Person:Thomas Fernihough (1)

Thomas Fernihough was baptised on 27th July 1784 at Bottesford in Leicestershire, son of Sarah Fernihough, formerly Castledine, and her husband William Fernihough, a labourer. Thomas was the second of their six children.

On 13th January 1812, aged 27, Thomas married Lucy Vessey at Barnby in the Willows in Nottinghamshire, about twelve miles north of Bottesford.

Later that year they had a son, Vessey Fernihough, baptised at Norwell, about ten miles north-west of Barnby. By 1814 they had settled at North Collingham, about nine miles north of Barnby. At North Collingham they lived at the Jolly Bargeman Inn at Collingham Wharf on the River Trent, a little way out of the village itself. As well as running the inn, Thomas worked as a miller.

Thomas and Lucy had another eight children baptised at North Collingham between 1814 and 1831. Back in Bottesford, Thomas's mother died in 1830.

In 1831 Thomas and Lucy's eldest son, Vessey, was convicted of sheep stealing. He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to transportation to Australia for fourteen years.

Thomas and Lucy's eldest daughter died aged seventeen in 1832. Thomas's father died in 1837 at Bottesford.

In 1842 Thomas appears to have inherited some houses and farmland at Flintham from Elizabeth Fernihough, who appears to have been his aunt by marriage, having been married to Thomas's father's brother Thomas. He put the property up for auction in November 1842.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses each find Thomas, Lucy and their children living at North Collingham. In 1841 Thomas was described as a victualler and in 1851 he was described as a miller.

Thomas died on 28th June 1854 at North Collingham, aged about seventy. Lucy survived him by nearly 27 years.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Bottesford (Leicestershire). Parish registers, 1563-1876. (Leciester: Leicestershire Record Office).

   Baptisms in 1784 / July 27. Thomas, Son of William & Sarah Fernyhough

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 862; Book 5; Folio 4; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Wharf, North Collingham, Nottinghamshire
   Thomas Ferniough, male, 55 [1781-6], Victualer, not born in county
   Lusey Ferniough, female, 50 [1786-91], born in county
   Jane Ferniough, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Mariah Ferniough, female, 16 [1824/5], born in county
   William Ferniough, male, 14 [1826/7], born in county
   Ellen Ferniough, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Ann Ferniough, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2136; Folio 53; Page 21, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: North Collingham, Nottinghamshire
   Thomas Ferneough, head, married, male, 66 [1784/5], Miller, b. Bottesford, Leicestershire
   Lucy Ferneough, wife, married, female, 62 [1788/9], Miller Wife, b. Barnby in Willows, Nottinghamshire
   William Ferneough, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Miller Son, b. Collingham, Nottinghamshire
   Hellen Ferneough, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], Miller Daughter, b. Collingham, Nottinghamshire
   Ann Ferneough, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1831/2], Miller Daughter, b. Collingham, Nottinghamshire

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Thomas FERNIOUGH, June Quarter 1854, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 200, aged 69 [1784/5]

5. ↑ Nottinghamshire Family History Society. Nottinghamshire Burials Database.

   bur. 29 Jun 1854, North Collingham (All Saints), Nottinghamshire: Thomas Ferniough of North Collingham, aged 70 [1783/4]

   Needs to be confirmed at Nottinghamshire Archives.

6. ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 8, 6 Jul 1854.

   DEATHS.
   At Collingham, on the 28th ult., aged 70, Mr. Thomas Ferniough, formerly publican for many years at the Jolly Bargeman, Trent Wharf, in that parish.

7.   Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 2, 11 Nov 1842.

   FLINTHAM
   FREEHOLD and TITHE-FREE ESTATE.
   To be SOLD by AUCTION,
   By Messrs. WOOD,
   At the house of George Cutton, the sign of the Black Horse, in Flintham, in the county of Nottingham, on Thursday the 17th day of November, 1842, at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, (unless previously disposed of by Private Contract,) subject to certain conditions of sale to be then produced,
   THE following very desirable ESTATE, situate at FLINTHAM aforesaid: viz.-
   A Messuage or Tenement, with Barn, Stable, Granary, and other Out-buildings, Yard, Garden, and Homestead thereto adjoining and belonging, containing One Rood and Twenty-two Perches, late in the occupation of Mrs. Ferniough, deceased.
   Three Cottages or Tenements, contiguous to the said Messuage, now in the respective tenures of Thomas Ragsdale, Thomas Herrick, and Richard Raworth.
   A Close or Parcel of excellent Pasture Ground, called the First or Top Close, containing 1A. 2R. 3P. (more or less).
   A Close or Parcel of rich Pasture Ground, called the Tundy Leys, containing 2A. 2R. 30P. or thereabouts.
   And a Close or Parcel or productive Arable and Meadow Ground, called the Meadow Close, containing 4A. 3R. 37P. or thereabouts.
   The Land was late in the occupation of the before-named Mrs. Ferniough.-The Estate is Freehold, Tithe-free and Land-tax redeemed; and possession may be had at Lady-day next.
   For further particulars, or to treat for the purchase by Private Contract, application may be made to Mr. Thos. Ferniough, the owner, Collingham Wharf, near Newark; or at the office of Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, Carlton upon Trent, or (on a Wednesday) at his office, opposite Gilstrap's Hotel, in Newark.
   1st November, 1842.