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Facts and Events
Christopher Fox was baptised on 28th August 1763 at Wymeswold in Leicestershire, son of John Fox and his wife Elizabeth.
On 23rd February 1789, aged 25, Christopher married Hannah Wild. She was originally from Owthorpe in Nottinghamshire, about ten miles north-east of Wymeswold, but at the time of their marriage she was living in Leicester, where they married at St Margaret's church. Christopher was described as living at Thorpe in the Glebe at the time of their marriage, which was a parish immediately north of Wymeswold, but just over the county boundary into Nottinghamshire. Thorpe in the Glebe village had lost most of its population by this time and the church there had been abandoned some time during the 1700s, apparently being in use in 1730 but ruined by 1790.[5]
After their marriage, Christopher and Hannah initially returned to Thorpe in the Glebe. They had two daughters baptised at Wymeswold: Elizabeth in 1789 (who gave her place of birth as Thorpe in the 1851 census) and Mary in 1792, whose baptism record at Wymeswold notes that the family actually lived at Thorbe in the Glebe.
Some time between 1792 and 1818 the family left Thorpe in the Glebe and moved about sixteen miles south-west to Thornton in Leicestershire. Christopher's younger daughter Mary was married there in 1818 to Barnabas Sharp, a hosier from Sunderland, nearly 200 miles north of Thornton.
At Thornton, Christopher ran a mixed farm, rearing sheep, cows and pigs, and growing wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. He also appears to have produced cheese, with the inventory drawn up after his death specifically mentioning a cheese press and vats and one ton of cheese being in his possession.
Christopher died on 2nd June 1833, aged 69. Hannah survived him by fourteen years.
References
- ↑ Wymeswold, Leicestershire, England. Parish Registers (Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office / findmypast.co.uk).
Baptisms 1763 / Christopher Son of John & Eliz[abeth] Fox - Aug[ust] 28
- ↑ Burials register, in Thornton, Leicestershire, England. Parish Registers (Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office / findmypast.co.uk).
| BURIALS in the Parish of Thornton in the County of Leicester in the Year 1833 | | No. | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | 158 | Christopher Fox | Thornton | June 4th | 67 y[ea]rs [1765/6] | Reginald Rebett, Vicar |
- ↑ Leicester Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
Page 3, Saturday 8 Jun 1833.
Died.
On Sunday last, at Thornton, Mr. C. Fox, farmer, in his 67th year.
- Leicestershire Wills and Probate Records, 1500-1939 (Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office / findmypast.co.uk)
PR/T/1833/1.
This is the last Will and Testament of me Christopher Fox of Thornton in the County of Leicester Farmer I give unto my two daughters, Elizabeth, and Mary wife of Barnabas Sharpe of Sunderland in the County of Durham All my household furniture plate linen china live stock implements of husbandry and all other my personal Estate whatsoever subject nevertheless to the payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expences and also subject to the life interest of my wife Hannah who I intend shall enjoy the benefit thereof during her natural life and immediately after her decease my will is that the residue of my property shall then be divided between by two daughters Elizabeth and Mary them their heirs or assigns in such way and manner that my daughter Elizabeth may receive one hundred pounds more than my daughter Mary and lastly I do appoint the said Barnabas Sharpe and my said wife Hannah executor and executrix of this my will and testament In Witness whereof I the said Christopher Fox the testator have set my hand and seal the twentieth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Christopher Fox
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Christopher Fox the testator as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses hereto
Tho[ma]s Shuttlewood
Thomas Dilks
John Johnson
30th July 1833
Let a Probate be made to Barnabas Sharp in the Will called Sharpe of Sunderland in the County of Durham Hosier the Executor named in Will of the deceased who died 2o June last with Power of making the like grant to Hannah Fox Widow the Executrix when she shall apply for the same
He the said Barnabas Sharp having been duly sworn as well to the faithful Execution of this Will as that the testator's Goods Chattels and Credits without deducting any Debts owing by the deceased therefrom did not amount in value to the Sum of One thousand Pounds
Before me
Richard Davies
Surr[ogate] to the Official
Same day probate Accted[?] signed by
John Silverdale
Henry Rye
Inventory:
A true full and perfect Inventory of All and signular the Goods Chattels and Credits of Christopher Fox late of Thornton in the County and Archdeaconry of Leicester Farmer deceased which since his death have come the hands possession or knowledge of Barnabas Sharpe of Sunderland in the County of Durham Hosier the acting Executor under the will of the said deceased as follows To wit
This Exhibitant saith that the Household Goods and Furntirue, live and dead Stock and Implements in husband of the said deceased have been valued by a competent person at the sum of £880 0s 0d
That they consisted of the following articles -
124 Sheep, 14 Cows, 1 Bull 1 Steer 6 Stirks 8 Yearlings 9 Calves 1 Yearling Bull 4 draught Horses, 1 Mare and Foal 2 yearling fillies 11 Store[?] Pigs 23 Acres growing Wheat, 4 Acres Barley, 7 Acres oats, 7 acres Beans, 4½ Acres turnips and fallow, Stack of Hay, Stack of Clover, 3 Waggons 4 Carts, Quantity of Straw, 1 Ton Cheese Wheat & oats in Sacks, Forks & Rakes, Sacks, Horse Tackle, Brewing Utensils, Cheese Press, Cheese Vats, 6 Beds Sundry Lots of Chairs, 6 Tables, Clock Linen five Chests of Drawers, Sunry lots of Earthenware, Fire Range, Oven & Boiler Glass, China, Plate & Wearing Apparel
This Exhibitant saith that the foregoing contains a true full and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Christopher Fox deceased which since his death have come to his hands possession or knowledge (errors excepted) And that if at any future time any further or othre Effects of the said deceased shall come to his hands, he will readily and willingly charge himself therewith and add the same to this Inventory
Barnabas Sharp
Witness
John Stockdale Hardy
Not[ary] Publ[ic]
- ↑ Historic England: Thorpe in the Glebe medieval settlement, including church site and open field system, accessed 26 Aug 2019
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