Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire / with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county.

by Thomas Coleman

INDEX.

Academy at Mile End, [137]
Addington, Dr. Stephen, pastor at Harborough, [135]
Allen, Mr. Richard, ejected from Norton, [268]
Alsop, Mr., ejected from Wilby, [212]
Amos, Mr. G., Home Missionary, [377]
Anderson, Mr. John, minister at Wollaston, [350]
Andrews, Mr. Thomas, ejected from Wellingborough, [212]
Anecdotes of Mr. Edward Snape, [3];
Dr. Owen, [55];
Mr. R. Davis, [59];
Mr. T. N. Toller, [113];
Opposition to a Village Service, [153];
Dr. Gibbons, [168];
Mr. Mattock, [191];
Mr. Grant, [233];
Mr. Clark, [252];
Mr. Heywood, [281];
Mr. Raban, [294];
Mr. Hoppus, [298]
Apperley, Mr. James, pastor at Long Buckby, [274]
Ashley and Wilbarston, [146]
Ashworth, Dr. Caleb, pastor and tutor at Daventry, [195]
Aston, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [183]
Atkinson, Mr., Puritan minister, [257]
Bacon, Mr., pastor at Ashley, [149]
Barber. Mr., pastor at Yelvertoft, [342]
Barnett, Mr. Andrew, pastor at Daventry, [189]
Bedworth, Dissenters from Welford travelled to, [162]
Bell, Mr., pastor at Wellingborough, [242]
Belsham, Mr., pastor and tutor at Daventry, [206]
Bennett, Mr. John, pastor at Northampton, [35]
Bennett, Mr., at Potterspury, [277]
Bettson, Mr. Robert, pastor at Wellingborough, [228]
Bevan, Mr., pastor at Wellingborough, [248]
Beverly, Mr. John, first pastor at Rowell, [46]
Bicknell, Mr. John, pastor at Welford, [173]

Blower, Mr. Samuel, pastor at Northampton, [10]
Bolton, Mr., Puritan minister, [117]
Boyce, Mr. Benjamin, pastor at Kettering, [100]
Boyce, Mrs., her death, [105]
Brackley, [369]
Bradbury, Mr. David, pastor at Wellingborough, [215]
Bradshaw, Mr. S. A., pastor at Weldon, [332]
Braybrook, Mr., pastor at Weedon, [264]
Brigstock, Church at, [314]
Broughton, Church at , [116]
Browning, Mr. John, pastor at Rowell, [49]
Buckingham, Mr., pastor at Paulerspury, [373]
Buckby Long, Church at, [268]
Bullock, Mr. G., pastor at Ashley, [150]
Bunn, Mr., pastor at Yardley, [302]
Bushnell, Mr., pastor at Potterspury, [278]
Cambden, Mr., pastor at Daventry, [190]
Cartwright, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Buckby, [269]
Carver, Mr. John, pastor at Wellingborough, [238]
Causby, Mr. Stephen, pastor at Towcester, [360]
Cauthorn, Mr. Edward, lecturer at Oundle, [255]
Chadwick, Mr. Joseph, pastor at Oundle, [260]
Church Covenant at Rowell, [47];
Harborough, [126];
Northampton, [11];
Wellingborough, [247];
Potterspury, [279];
Brigstock, [316]
Clarke, Mr. Hugh, Puritan minister at Oundle, [252]
Clarke, Mr. Matthew, pastor at Harborough and Ashley, [121]
Clarke, Mr. Matthew, junior, [123]
Coleman, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Ashley, [152]
Commercial Street, Northampton, Church at, [42]
Cooke, Mr., pastor at Oundle, [260]
Creaton, Church at, [179]
Crick, Church at, [313]
Cuzens, Mr., pastor at Crick, [313]
Dale, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [180]
Dann, Mr. J., pastor at Nassington, [376]
Daventry, Church at, [186]
Davis, Mr. John, pastor at Daventry, [208]
Davis, Mr. P., pastor at Wellingborough, [247]
Davis, Mr. R., pastor at Rowell, [54]
Davis, Mr. Robert, pastor at Wellingborough, [248]

Deaconesses chosen in the Church at Rowell, [64]
Denham, Mr. Joshua, pastor at Towcester, [359]
Denny, Mr. R., pastor at Buckby, [269]
Dod, Mr. John, Puritan minister, [7]
Doddridge, Dr. Philip, pastor at Northampton, [13]
Drake, Mr. J., pastor at Yardley, [292]
Edwards, Mr. B. L., pastor at Northampton, [39]
Epitaph on Matthew Clarke, by Dr. Watts, [125]
Evans, Mr. Isaac, pastor at Weedon, [266]
Evans, Mr. F., pastor at Buckby, [274]
Everdon, Church at, [367]
Fawsley, the Puritan press at, [7]
Fenn, Mr. Humfrey, Puritan minister, [3]
Flavell, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Daventry, [190]
Fletcher, Mr. William, Puritan minister, [5]
Fowler, Mr., ejected from Crick, [304]
Floyd, Mr., pastor at Daventry, [195]
Forsyth, Mr., pastor at Oundle, [259]
French, Mr., pastor at Wellingborough, [215]
Fuller, Mr., pastor at John Kettering, [106]
Gallsworthy, Mr., pastor at Rowell, [78]
Gardiner, Mr. Thos., pastor at Kilsby, [142]
Gardner, Mr. Isaac, pastor at Potterspury, [288]
Gear, Mr., pastor at Harborough, [142]
Geddington, [116]
Gibson, Mr., pastor at Yelvertoft, [340]
Gilbert, Mr. R., pastor at Northampton, [29]
Gill, Mr. G., pastor at Harborough, [139]
Gill, Mr. Walter, pastor at Welford, [177]
Glascott, Mr., pastor at Peterborough, [352]
Goodrich, Mr. D. Oundle, [258]
Grant, Mr., pastor at Wellingborough, [231]
Gravestock, Mr. J., pastor at Old, [364]
Gregson, Mr. M., pastor at Rowell, [75]
Gronow, Mr. J., pastor at Weedon, [264]
Griffiths, Mr. D., pastor at Buckby, [272]
Griffin, Mr., pastor at Brigstock, [318]
Goode, Mr., pastor at Potterspury, [284]
Hall, Mr., pastor at Crick, [313]
Halford, Mr., assistant to Mr. Some, [133]

Harborough Market, Church at, [119]
Harris, Mr., pastor at Peterborough, [353]
Harrison, Mr. M., pastor at Potterspury, [275]
Harwood, Mr., pastor at Kilsby, [312]
Hawkins, Mr., pastor at Towcester, [359]
Hennell, Mr. D., pastor at Wollaston, [347]
Heywood, Mr., pastor at Potterspury, [278]
Hillyard, Mr., pastor at Brigstock, [317]
Hitchin, Mr., pastor at Towcester, [359]
Hextal, Mr., pastor at Northampton, [37]
Hobson, Mr. B., pastor at Welford, [174]
Hogg, Mr. R., pastor at Oundle, [259]
Hook, Mr., ejected from Creaton, [179]
Hoppus, Mr. J., pastor at Yardley, [297]
Horsey, Mr. J., pastor at Northampton, [30]
Howe, Mr., pastor at Weedon, [263]
Hunt, Mr. J., pastor at Northampton, [12]
Hyatt, Mr. C., pastor at Northampton, [34]
Ironmonger, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [180]
Isaac, Mr., pastor at Peterborough, [354]
Islip, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Yelvertoft, [341]
Jackson, Mr., pastor at Buckby, [268]
Jackson, Mr. S., pastor at Old, [362]
Jacomb, Mr. R., pastor at Wellingborough, [215]
James, Mr. T., pastor at Yelvertoft, [342]
Jelly, Mr., pastor at Daventry, [190]
Jeanes, Mr., pastor at Peterborough, [354]
Jocelyne, Mr., at Creaton, [184]
Johns, Mr. E., pastor at Welford, [173]
Jones, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Kilsby, [312]
Jones, Mr. Jas. Rees, pastor at Kilsby, [313]
Kettering, Church at, [80]
Kilsby and Crick, Church at, [304]
King, Mr. Samuel, pastor at Welford, [166]
King, Mr. Joseph, pastor at Oundle, [257]
King's Street Chapel, Northampton, [37]
Knight, Mr., pastor at Yelvertoft, [338]
Knightley, Sir Richard, favours the Puritan, [6]
Letters from Mr. Browning, when in prison, [51]
Letter of dismission from Rowell, [57]

Letter of Mr. Maidwell, [82]
Letter of Mr. Saunders, [96]
Letter of Mr. Shuttlewood, [157]
Lewis, Mr. J., ejected from Northampton, [9]
Longfield, Mr. J., pastor at Oundle, [259]
Lord, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Brigstock, [324]
Lowry, Mr. Thomas, ejected from Harborough, [120]
Maidwell, Mr. T., pastor at Kettering, [81]
Mandeno, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [185]
Martin, Mr. G., ejected from Weedon, [262]
Martin, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [185]
Mason, Mr., pastor Daventry, [190]
Matthews, Mr. E., ejected from Wollaston, [344]
Matthews, Mr. J., at King's Cliffe, [376]
Mattock, Mr., pastor at Daventry, [191]
Meacock, Mr., pastor Everdon, [367]
Meeting House threatened, [89]
Merbury, Mr. F., Puritan minister, [2]
Milway, Mr. Thos., pastor at Kettering, [84]
Milway, Mr. Thos., junior, pastor at Kettering, [87]
Mitchel, Mr., Brigstock, [319]
Modern Question, [68]
Moody, Mr. T., pastor at Old, [365]
Moffatt, Mr., pastor at Weldon, [332]
Morgan, Mr., pastor at Kilsby, [312]
Morrell, Mr., pastor at Potterspury, [287]
Moseley, Mr., pastor at Buckby, [272]
Negus, Mr. S., lecturer at Oundle, [255]
Nettleship, Mr. G., pastor at Yelvertoft, [342]
Newth, Mr. A., pastor at Oundle, [261]
Newell, Mr. G., pastor at Potterspury, [275]
Nicholson, Mr. G., pastor at Northampton, [42]
Norris, Mr., pastor at Welford, [162]
Northampton, Churches at, [1]
Northend, Mr., pastor at Welford, [173]
Notcutt, Mr. W., pastor at Ashley, [151]
Offord, Mr., pastor at Weedon, [264]
Old, Church at, [361]
Orton, Mr., pastor at Wellingborough, [215]
Oundle, Church at, [250]

Paget, Mr. Eusebius, Puritan minister, [250]
Palmer, Mr. Wm., pastor at Peterborough, [355]
Paterson, Mr., pastor at Daventry, [206]
Penry, Mr., Puritan minister, [4]
Perne, Mr. Andre, minister, [211]
Perry, Mr., pastor at Wollaston, [345]
Peterborough, Church at, [352]
Phares, Mr., pastor at Weedon, [264]
Philip, Mr. John, pastor at Weldon, [331]
Phillips, Mr. Maurice, pastor at Brigstock, [318]
Pickering, Mr. R., pastor at Brigstock, [319]
Pinkerton, Mr., pastor at Weedon, [266]
Porter, Mr., pastor at Northampton, [39]
Porter, Mr. Thos., pastor at Kilsby, [312]
Potterspury, Church at, [275]
Poulter, Mr. J. F., pastor at Wellingborough, [225]
Prandlove. Mr., Puritan minister, [6]
Prout, Mr. E., pastor at Oundle, [261]
Preston, Dr. John, a Puritan minister, [5]
Prust, Mr. E. T., pastor at Northampton, [43]
Puritans preach at Kettering, [81]
Raban, Mr. T., pastor at Yardley, [292]
Redsbury, Mr. R., ejected from Oundle, [253]
Renals, Mr. J., pastor at Wellingborough, [243]
Renfrew, Mr., pastor at Weedon, [264]
Robertson, Mr. James, pastor at Wellingborough, [220]
Robins, Mr., pastor and tutor at Daventry, [198]
Robins, Mr., character of, by Mr. Toller, [201]
Robinson, Mr. I., pastor at Potterspury, [277]
Rowell, Church at, [46]
Rowlet, Mr., ejected from Sudbury, [213]
Rowlatt, Wm., Esq, [333]
Sanderson, Mr. J., pastor at Rowell, [70]
Saunders, Mr. Julius, pastor at Bedworth, [161]
Saunders, Thomas, pastor at Kettering, [90]
Saunders, Thomas, character of, by Mr. Some, [91]
Scott, Mr. Walter, pastor at Rowell, [76]
Severn, Mr. W., pastor at Welford, [172]
Shepherd, Mr. Thos., pastor at Northampton, [11]
Shepherd, Mr., pastor at Oundle, [256]

Shuttlewood, Mr. John, pastor at Welford, [155]
Simpson, A. C., Dr., pastor at Oundle, [261]
Slye, Mr. J., pastor at Potterspury, [289]
Snape, Mr. Edward, Puritan minister, [2]
Some, Mr. David, pastor at Harborough, [127]
Some, Mr. David, junior, [127]
Spence, Mr. John, pastor at Old, [365]
Spencer, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Kilsby, [312]
Spong, Mr., pastor at Yardley, [302]
Stirmey, Mr., pastor at Everdon, [368]
Stone, Mr. Edward, Puritan minister, [357]
Stone, Mr. Thomas, Puritan minister, [115]
Strange, Mr. Thomas, pastor at Kilsby, [306]
Strange, Mrs. Thomas, [311]
Summers, Mr. H., pastor at Wellingborough, [216]
Taylor, Mr. S., pastor at Potterspury, [278]
Taylor, Mr. G., pastor at Wellingborough, [223]
Terry, Mr. Wm., pastor at Kettering, [86]
Thomas, Mr., pastor at Wellingborough, [215]
Thomas, Mr. Thos., pastor at Wellingborough, [248]
Thomas, Mr. Thos., pastor at Weldon, [332]
Thorpe, Mr., ejected from Barby, [305]
Thresher, Mr., pastor at Peterborough, [353]
Todman, Mr. William, pastor at Yardley, [302]
Toller, Mr. H., pastor at Harborough, [143]
Toller, Mr. T. N., pastor at Kettering, [107]
Toller, Mr. T., pastor at Kettering, [114]
Towcester, Church at, [357]
Tyte, Mr. C. C., pastor at Wellingborough, [245]
Unitarian letter of separation, [33]
Vaughan, Mr. I., pastor at Brigstock, [323]
Vowell, Mr. G., pastor at Potterspury, [287]
Walker, Mr. W., pastor at Buckby, [269]
Wake, Mr. A., Puritan minister, [5]
Warburton, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [182]
Washbourn, Mr. D., pastor at Wellingborough, [216]
Watson, Mr. G., pastor at Daventry, [207]
Weedon Beck, Church at, [262]
Weldon and Corby, [327]
Welford, Church at, [155]

Wellingborough, Churches in, [210]
West, Mr. J., pastor at Ashley, [148]
White, Mr. E., pastor at Potterspury, [287]
Whitefoot, Mr., pastor at Potterspury, [287]
Whitehead, Mr. J., pastor at Creaton, [182]
Whittenbury, Mr., pastor at Daventry, [208]
Wilby, [210]
Wild, Dr. Robert, pastor at Oundle, [254]
Wild, Mr. W., pastor at Harborough, [143]
Williams, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [184]
Wills, Mr. H., ejected from Loddington, [213]
Wills, Mr. John, pastor at Kettering, [86]
Wilson, Mr. Thomas, [42]
Wollaston, Church at, [344]
Wood, Mr., pastor at Creaton, [182]
Wood, Mr. J., pastor at Rowell, [75]
Woodward, Mr., pastor at Northampton, [41]
Worth, Mr., ejected from Kilsby, [304]
Wright, Mr., pastor at Oundle, [259]
Yardley Hastings, Church at, [291]
Yelvertoft, Church at, [335]

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London: Printed for John Snow, 35, Paternoster Row.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] The articles of faith contained in the Church-book are entitled, "A Translation and Collection out of Dr. Francis Junius his Ecclesiasticus, as concerning the nature and administration of the Church of God, Professor of Divinity in Leiden, a choice University, in Holland, about 1595."

[2] Mr. Edward Barwell was lord of the manor of Marston, when Bridges wrote his 'History of Northamptonshire.'

[3] Market Harborough is in the county of Leicester; but being just on the verge of Northamptonshire, it has always been connected with the Association in that county, and hence has a place in these 'Memorials.'

[4] The manuscript was kindly lent to the author for this purpose by the family of the late Mr. Toller.

[5] A note to this statement observes, that the services, nearly all printed, were never completed nor published, owing to the neglect and indolence of Mr. Worthington, who undertook to superintend the publishing, and unaccountably failed in discharging the trust committed to him.

[6] The document quoted above does not state the distances correctly. Oundle is seven miles, Kettering eight, Rowell eleven or twelve, and Wellingborough thirteen miles distant.

[7] The name, in legal proceedings, of Hampshire.

[8] Some alteration has been made in the account here, to bring it to an agreement with the present date, 1852.

Transcriber's Notes:

Inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation and punctuation have been resolved in all cases where it was possible to divine the author's intent with a reasonable degree of certainty.

The remaining corrections made are indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.

Page 88 "...at a meeting this 26th of October, 1820, do hereby call and desire you.." The transcriber has taken the liberty to change 1820 to read 1720, as this appears to be a typographical error.

Again on page 91 "...and entered on his stated engagements there September 14th, 1821" has been changed to read 1721.

On page 313 "Mr. Cuzens, the next pastor, commenced his ministry in July of the same year, and left in October, 1831." 1831 is in error; likely 1841. Has been changed to read 1841.