Collated by Mary Mason.
Marriages Licenses.
agricola =
farmer, husbandman. generous = noble birth. Bourton= Flax Bourton.
1584 Jun 25
William Spencer husbandman of Wrington to Elizabeth Sellye of Easton in Gordano
puella of Thomas. (girl about 5-12)
1584 Dec 12
Thomas Russell husbandman of Tickenham to Westhian Lewis.
1591 Nov 29
Edmund Neathwaye husbandman of Portbury to Margaret Thringe wid of Portbury.
1591 Sep 11
John Powell of Worle to Elizabeth Parsifall alias Camplyn of Tickenham.
1591 Jan 17
John Cotterell yeoman of Weston in Gordano to Cicilia Merrie virgin of the
same.
1592 Mar 7
William Barber of Chewstoke to Mary Ede wid of Tickenham.
1592 Apr 11
John Davies of Nailsea to Alice Winbold of the same.
1592 Jul 23
William Godwin generousus of Portbury to Elizabeth Hallswell wid of Blackford.
1592 Jul 26
Thomas Clapham vicar of Yatton to Susanna Woolfall virgin of the same.
1593 Feb 5
John Hardinge agricola of Portbury to Susanna Powell.
1594 Jun 1
John Byfin carpenter of Clapton in Gordano to Joan Cobbe virgin of Huntspill at
Clapton.
1594 Jun 3
William Buck of Tickenham to Margaret Buck virgin of Loxton.
1596 Jul 25
Richard James yeoman of Portishead to Elizabeth Veringe of the same, ancilla.
(servant maid)
1596 Nov 30
Thomas Horte sayler of Portishead to Egidia (Giles ) Deane wid of Weston in
Gordano, at either.
1596 Dec 13
Hugh Powell yeoman of Portbury to Margaret Blanche of Wraxall.
1597 Aug 24
Francis Dyer generosus of Wincanton to Elizabeth Halse wid of Tickenham.
1597 Sep 16
William Vouker yeoman of Tickenham to Silvestra Rowswell virgin of Long Ashton.
1597 Nov 3
John Gaynerde agricola of Walton in Gordano to Joan Marne wid of the same.
1597 Feb 3
William Godwin yeoman of Nailsea to Edith Cox vigin of the same, at Tickenham.
1598 Nov 18
Mr. John Aishe generosus of Tickenham to Margaret Dyer of Wincanton.
1598 Dec 19
William Oliver agricola of Nailsea to Mary Voker virgin of Tickenham.
1598 Jan 12
Richard Wilkes alias Wheeler yeoman of Bedminster to Agnes Phelpes of the same
virgin.
1598 Feb 9
Richard Tomlins of Bedminster to Joan Dabbes of the same.
1599 Apr 13
John Harder yeoman of Portbury to Alice Atkins virgin of the same.
1603 Jul 2
William Easton mercator of Bristol to Mary Dyer spinster of Pilton. Oath by
Thomas Lowle gent of Walton in Gordano husband of Mary`s sister.
1603 Oct 21
Thomas Burnell gent of Yate to Mary Hals of Tickenham.
1603 Dec 9
Richard Williams gent of Yatton to Alice Wylley spinster of Yatton.
1603 Feb 18
Richard Evans yeoman of Wraxall to Katherine Filer spinster of Ubly.
1604 Jul 7
Robert Haveland merchant of Bristol to Elizabeth Guise spinster of Kenn.
1604 Aug 12
Richard Webb sayler of Bedminster to Dorothy Cox spinster of Flax Bourton.
1604 Sep
Mr. Cadwalader Hughes rector of Heathfield and Sara Dawes spinster of Kenn.
1604 Oct 29
Thomas Allen jur of Wraxall to Agnes Allen spinster of Wrington.
1605 Feb 8
Mr Edmund Holcombe rector of Walton in Gordano to Florence Halse spinster of
Wraxall.
1605 Feb 15
William Lyne agricola of Tickenham to Elizabeth Foord spinster of Brislington.
1606 Sep 28
William Whiting yeoman of Nailsea to Joan Perrie spinster of Clevedon at
Clevedon.
1606 Feb 8
John Harris yeoman to Agnes Baker spinster of Clevedon.
1606 Feb 10
Edmund Morgan husbandman of Portbury to Joane Cooke spinster of Portbury.
1606 Jan 7
Frances Trenchard esquire of Wraxall to Elizabeth of Wraxall.
1606 Mar 18
William Beakes husbandman of Kingston Seymour to Agnes Hayman wid of the same
at St Cuthbert, Wells.
1607 Dec 21
Mark Luker of Overstowey and Elizabeth Cotterell spinster of Tickenham.
1608 Feb 10
Edward Jenkins juvenis of Backwell to Joan Salter wid of Flax Bourton.
1608 Feb 20
John Dowlting juvenis of Tickenham to Edith Eaton of Bristol.
1608 Feb 27
John Higgins wid of Clevedon to Elizabeth Patche wid of Kenn.
1608 Mar 6
William Tilladams juvenis of Bristol to Mary Merifield of Easton in Gordano.
1609 May 6
John Griffin wid of Bourton to Elizabeth Gregorie wid of Barrow Gurney.
1609 Aug 26
George Turervile gent of Clapton to Judith Dabnie spinster of Wayford.
1609 Oct 19
Francis Payton juvenis of Wraxall to Elizabeth Ayres wid of Wraxall.
1609 Feb 26
William Saunders juvenis of Keynsham to Rachel Bushe wid of Tickenham.
1609 Mar 14
William Foord juvenis of Pucklechurch, Glous to Elizabeth Clapham spinster of
Yatton.
1610 Sep 30
George Hobbes gent of Stogursey to Dorothy Lang spinster of Kenn.
1610 Apr 27
Thomas Everitt juvenis of Long Ashton to Francis Norman spinster of Bedminster.
1610 Oct 8
William Coape juvenis of Portbury to Mary Baber of Portishead.
1610 Jan
William Storcke juvenis of Newton St. Loo to Joan Spore wid of Long Ashton.
1610 Jan 26
Richard Stampford husbandman of Tickenham to Joan Bayley spinster of Tickenham.
1611 Apr 13
Joseph Kinge juvenis of Barckeley to Agnes Willmott spinster of Backwell.
1611 Jul 10
John Harris sen of Tickenham to Lucy Eva..e wid of Tickenham.
1611 Jul 13
Xpofer Cox juvenis of Winscombe to Elizabeth Hurditch wid of Yatton.
1611 Dec 11
George Parsons sailor of Portbury to Margery Paine wid of Portbury.
1611 Feb 11
John Saunders sailor of Long Ashton to Elizabeth Knight spinster of Long
Ashton.
1618 Thomas
Sherburne yeoman of Wraxall to Mary Milsham wid of Barrow Gurney at Barrow
Gurney.
1618 Thomas
Wade clothier of Dundry to Rose Stibbins wid of Portbury at Portbury.
1619 Dec 14
William Baylie husbandman of Naylsie to Joan Whitinge spinster of Naylsie.
1619 Feb 1
Joseph Cowle yeoman of Nailsie to Elinor Hannam spinster of Winford.
1620 Thomas
Wale gent of Yatton to Mary Owen spinster of Tickenham
1620 Feb 14
Edmund Parsons yeoman of Portishead to Ann Tanner wid of Portishead.
1620 Mar 2
Thomas Westburie gent of Portishead to Agnes Dando wid of Weston in Gordano.
1620 Robert
Hedges husbandman of Brocklie to Elizabeth Higgins wid of Tickenham.
1624 Jan 21
Edmund Symons husbandman of Hutton to Grace Baker spinster of Portbury.
1624 Dec 2
Rd. Sheppard alias Richmond gent of Wraxall to Alice Scovell spinster. (Lovell)
1625 Nov 21
Rd. Payton husbandman of Wraxall to Mary Greene spinster of Wraxall.
1626 Mar 12
Nicholas Lane husbandman of Portbury to Ann Smith spinster.
1626 Jul 5
George Ivie gent of Clapton and Elizabeth Winter spinster
of Clapton.
1626 Jul 7
Silvester Davies yeoman of Portbury to Isabell Wallis spinster of Portbury.
1626 Robert
Mayes sayler of Portbury to Mary Nayler spinster of Portbury.
1626 Aug 5
Richard Paine husbandman of Clapton to Florence Brock spinster of Bedminster.
1627 Apr 10
Thomas Smith armiger of Long Ashton to Florence Pawlett virgin.
1627 May 25
Henry Playce husbandman of Barrowe Gernie to Jane Roche spinster of Long Ashton
at Long Ashton.
1627 Aug 1
Richard Playce husbandman of Wraxall to Dorothy Abraham wid of the same.
1627 Sep 3
Thomas Horwood victuler of Portbury to Avicia Williams wid of Easton in Gordano
at St. Cuthbert, Wells.
1627 Sep 13
John Flodiate husbandman of Walton in Gordano to Agnes Horler wid of Clevedon
at Clevedon.
1627 Dec 12
Robert Horwood yeoman of Tickenham to Edith King wid of the same.
1627 Jan 12
Walter Roome husbandman of Yatton to Joan Aishford spinster of Whitchurch at
Whitchurch.
1628 Jul 4
Maurice Blanche of Bourton to Elizabeth Baker at Bourton or Portbury.
1628 Sep 15
John Saunders of Long Ashton to Elizabeth Beavin spinster at St. Cuthbert,
Wells.
1628 Jan 3
William Hurman of Walton yeoman to Rebecca Powell spinster of Portbury at
Portbury.
1628 Feb
Edmund Beekes and Jane Maye at Clapton.
1628 Nov 4
Edward Miller of Bourton to Elizabeth Atkins, spinster.
1629 May 5 Robert
Thurber alias Durber wid of Easton in Gordano husbandman to Johan Miller
spinster of Eastharptree at Eastharptree.
1630 May 28
Thomas Haynes yeoman of Winford to Elizabeth Jenkins wid of Backwell, at
Backwell.
1630 May 28
Richard Sharpe carpenter of Worle to Joan Gaie wid of Nailsea, at either.
1632 Oct 5
William Standford of Tickenham to Elizabeth Newman spinster of Portbury, at St.
Cuthbert, Wells.
1632 May 22
Anthony Lullett husbandman of Tickenham to Joan Moore spinster of Congresbury
at either.
1632 Jun 4
Richard Parsons chaundler of Backwell to Elizabeth Moorford wid of Batheaston
at Batheaston.
1636 Aug 11
Jacob Mogg gent of Midsummer Norton to Cicillia Parsons wid of Backwell at St.
Cuthbert, Wells.
1637 May 4
Edward Trencher armiger of inner temple London to Katherine Percival of Weston
in Gordano at Weston in Gordano.
1663 Nov 25
William Flower wid of Portishead to Sara Parre 30 spinster of the same, at
Portishead, Clapton or Walton.
1663 Dec 22
Christopher Usher armiger of Long Ashton to Martha Pygott spinster of Long
Ashton.
1663 Jan 12
Abraham Dawes 24 husbandman of Walton to Honor Lane wid of Chelvie, at Walton,
Chevie or St. Cuthbert, Wells.
1663 Jan 16
John Newman 24 gent of Kewstoke to Katherine Chappell 19 spinster of
Portishead.
1663 Feb 1
Samuel Maynard wid yeoman of Walton to Ann Hayes wid of the same, at Walton or
St. Cuthbert, Wells.
1663 Feb 8
Walter Kencott wid yeoman of Tickenham to Alice Coleman wid of Yatton, at
Tickenham, Clapton or Nailsea.
1663 Feb 13
Matthew Edwards 40 of Walton husbandman to Mary Young 20 spinster of Kenn at
Kenn or Yatton
1663 Feb 16
John Thorne 25 hushandman of Clapton to Mary Crook 22 spinster of the same, at
Clapton or St. Cuthbert, Wells.
1663 Feb 19
William Whiting wid of Kenn, yeoman to Ann Elk at Yatton or Kenn.
1663 Feb 19
William Willmott 26 husbandman of Weston in Gordano to Rose Phillips 19
spinster of Tickenham, at Weston, Walton or Tickenham.
1664 Jul 12
Gabrial Phelpes wid winecooper of Long Ashton to Mary Howell wid of the same at
Long Ashton.
1664 Sep 8
Joseph Wood 26 vintner of Backwell to Mary Hardicke wid of Bourton.
1664 Sep 19
Edward Sadbury 25 tanner of Nailsea to Sarah Tucker 22 spinster of Nailsea at
Congresbury, Rowborrow or Nailsea.
1664 Sep 23
Richard Jennings 21 blacksmith of Nailsea to Gertrude Mudge 30 spinster, at
Nailsea, Wraxall or Walton.
1664 Jan 10
Arthur Pickering gent of Clifton to Mary Hobson spinster of Long Ashton.
1664 Jan 11
John Willmott 32 husbandman of Weston in Gordano to Mary Phillips 21 spinster
of Portishead at Weston, Walton or Portishead.
1664 Feb 3
Richard Phelpes wid gent of Bedminster to Elizabeth Whiteing 28 spinster of
Long Ashton at either of Portbury.
1664 Mar 6
Thomas Ridley wid of Bristol to Joane Braye 52 spinster of Long Ashton at
Bedminster, Dundry or Long Ashton.
1672 Jul 1
Joseph Willing 24 yeoman of Portbury to Elizabeth Clarke 20 spinster of
Portishead at St. Cuthbert, Wells.
1672 Jul 17
Edmund Sturney mariner of Easton in Gordano to Anne Williams 23 of Portbury at
Bedminster, Long Ashton or Portbury.
1672 Aug 28
William Wilmott of Nailsey to Mary Vawer wid of Wraxall.
1673 Mar 31
Frances Cox 25 gent of Bourton to Elizabeth Wade 22 of Portbury at St.
Cuthbert, Wells.
1673 Apr 6
John Tucker wid on Nailsey to Mary Hicks wid of Westbury at Wedmore or Mark.
1674 Apr
Robert Jaques wid of Nailsea to Sara King wid of Nailsea at St. Cuthbert Wells.
1675 Apr 15
John Bullock 20 merchant of Naylsey to Joane Stone 20 spinster of Kenn at St.
Cuthberts, wells, Naylsea or Backwell.
1675 Nov 29
John Godwin husbandman of Nailsey to Hester Twitt alias Stillman 26 of City of
Bedminster at Long Ashton, Nailsey or
Wraxall.
1675 Apr 26
Edward Sperring 25 yeoman of Wraxall to Edith Tunstall 20 spinster of Sallford
at St. Cuthbert, Wells.
1675 Sep 11
William Newton wid of Wraxall to Elizabeth Porter wid of Flax Bourton at
Wraxall, F. Bourton or Backwell.
1675 Dec 11
James Jennings merchant of Bristol to Mary Knight 18 spinster of Bourton at
Flax Bourton, Wraxall or Long Ashton.
1675
Richard White milliner of Bedminster to Frances Kersey 21 spinster of the same
at Long Ashton, Whitchurch, Keynsham or Bedminster.
1676 Jul 2
John Christopher wid of Bedminster to Elizabeth Papwell 25 spinster at
Bedminster, Long Ashton or Dundry.