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List of persons presented as "Sectaries" prior to the year 1642.
BALDERTON: Wife of John Barnsdale.
BARNBY: Elizabeth Walker.
BASFORD: Wife of Gabriell Wheeldon, miller; Isabel Cotes.
FLAWFORTH: Ann Walker, widow; Samuel Walker.
NORTH COLLINGHAM: Charles Ridge, carpenter; Benjamin Sheppard, Senr.; Benjamin Sheppard, Junr.; Anna Sheppard; Samuel Sheppard, gent.; Elizabeth fflood, widow; Wm. fflood alias Loyd; John Loyd; Elizabeth Loyd.
SOUTH COLLINGHAM: Thos. Southorne and wife; George Bowes and wife.
WILLOUGHBY: Wm. Sore, laborer.
List of Clergymen whose names appear in the Records during the seventeenth century.
ADBOULTON: Samuel Birch, rector, in 1691 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
ARNOLD: Edward Meek, clerk. In 1641 several men were indicted for stealing his hay; and in 1615 he and several others were indicted for a riotous assault on Gervase Sanford. Thomas Naylor, clerk, was indicted in 1629 for drunkenness. Edward Naylor, clerk, in 1629 indicted with others for a riotous affray. David Chadwick, clerk, in 1690 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
ATTENBOROUGH: Gervase Dodson, clerk, with others was indicted in 1631 for riotous affray.
AUDSELL: Edward Raines, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
AVERHAM: Robert Grace, clerk, was fined 5/- in 1608 for causing a servant to withdraw from service before the end of the term.
BABWORTH: Richard Wilson, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BARNBY; . . . . . . . . . Flower, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BASFORD: Matthew Hickman, clerk, was indicted in 1629 for drunkenness.
BECKINGHAM: John Cook, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BEESTON: Henry Wilkinson, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BINGHAM: Samuel Brunsill, clerk, parson of Bingham, in 1656 appealed against his rate. (See page 99.)
BLEASBY: John Jackson, clerk, was indicted in 1661 for not reading the Book of Common Prayer. Will Bennill, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BLYTH: Charles Fisher, clerk, was indicted in 1661 for not reading the Book of Common Prayer. Samuel Turner, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BOALE: Robert Ward, vicar, in 1681 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BROUGHTON: John Moris of Over Broughton, clerk, in 1681 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
BULWELL: Matthew Lacocke, clerk. In 1642, a question was raised whether the tenant of his tythe and glebe was chargeable for leys.
BURTON JOYCE: Edward Wilson, clerk, was in 1629 indicted at Assizes for nuisance. Joseph Hawkins, clerk, vicar, in 1694 was certified as having taken the Sacrament at "Boulcoat."
CALVERTON: James Stephenson, clerk, in 1656 was described as "late minister of Calverton ejected by the Commissioners" and as being destitute. (See page 119.) John Elliott, clerk, was indicted in 1661 for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
CAR COLSTON: Samuel Bruncell, Professor of Theology, was indicted in 1681 for not repairing the King's way.
CARLTON IN LINDRICK: Thomas Benson, Doctor of Sacred Theology, rector, in 1632. (See pages 124-125.) Will Ashton, rector, and Joshua Newton, curate, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
CAUNTON: Richard Hughes, clerk, in 1624 was fined 6d. for a private assembly in his house (see page 134); and in 1631 was indicted for breaking the common pound. Thomas Salter, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
CHILWELL: John Mader, clerk, was fined 2/- in 1609 for erecting a cottage.
CLARBOROUGH: John Wildbore, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
CLAYWORTH: John Tunstall, clerk, in 1609 was indicted for an assault in the church; in 1610 was fined 1/- for an assault and affray; and in 1627 was fined 20/- for contemptuous words in Court. John Crumwell, or Cromwell, clerk, rector, in 1657 certified as to payment to parish clerk (see page 147); and in 1661 was indicted for not reading the Book of Common Prayer. Will Sampson, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
CLIFTON [ON TRENT]: Thos. Onsley, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
CLIFTON [NEWARK]: John Smith of Clifton, clerk, in 1604 with others was indicted for riot and rout.
COLSTON BASSETT: Roger Jackson, vicar, in 1619 produced certificate of conformity of rescusant.
COLWICK: Wm. Aldred, clerk, in 1616 was indicted for wrongly dismissing a servant.
CROMWELL: Joseph Trueman, clerk, in 1661 was indicted for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
CROPWELL BISHOP: Humphrey Reynolds, clerk, in 1627 was indicted for swearing in church, and in 1630 was indicted " for omitting prayers."
DARNETHORPE: In 1642, Wm. Sedgwick, clerk. (See page 56.)
DUNHAM: Joseph Everington, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EAST RETFORD: Thomas Holland, clerk, in 1604 was convicted for shooting with hailshot. Joseph Watt, clerk, in 1619 was indicted for soaking flax in the River Idle. William Winteringham, vicar of East Retford and rector of West Retford, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EAST STOKE: Richard Chimney, clerk, and others were in 1605 fined for riot rout and trespass. Arthur Bassett, clerk, in 1608 was indicted for illegal hunting. Richard Simney, vicar, in 1627 signed a Conformity Certificate. (Seepage 133.) Francis Clarke, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EASTWOOD: Peter Lowlovell, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EATON: John Kirk, vicar, in 1658 sued a man for payment of small tythes due to him. John Smith, vicar of Eden [? Eaton] in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EDWINSTOWE: George Rigge, clerk, in 1634 was indicted for an affray. Thomas Bowes, clerk, rector in 1653 was ordered to pay £8 yearly to "George Rigge, clarke, late Rector." (See page 147.) Wm. Silverton, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EGMANTON: Thomas Wright, clerk, with others was in 1619 indicted for riotous affray with a watchman, and for bad conduct in an alehouse. Ralph Worsley, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
ELSTON: George Lassells, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EPERSTON: Robert Squire, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
EVERTON: Anthony Wilson, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c. and in 1698 he signed a Sacrament Certificate.
FARNDON: William Howitt, clerk, in 1626 was indicted for narrowing a highway, and in 1627 he gave a Certificate of Conformity.
FINNINGLEY: James Shepheard, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
GEDLING: Master Stokes, vicar, in 1638 was illegally arrested as he was departing from divine service. (See page 46.)
Jacob Jolliffe, clerk, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
GOTHAM: John Bridges, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
GRANBY: Jonathan Jordan, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
GRESTHORPE: William Butcher, clerk, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
GRINGLEY ON THE HILL: Jacob Prowster, clerk, in 1605 was indicted with others for riot and assault, and in 1616 he was indicted for frequenting tippling houses and for being a common barretor.
HALAM: Wm. Hodgson, clerk, was in 1654 sworn "Parish Register" of Halham. (See page 147.)
HARWORTH: Tho. Lanchyshire, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
HAWKESWORTH . . . . . . . . . Clay, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
Richard Bradford, clerk, rector, in 1690.
HAWTON: John Turner, clerk, in 1661 was indicted for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
HEADON: Thomas Hancock, clerk, in 1620 was fined 6d. for riot.
HOCKERTON: Nathaniel Woolley, clerk, was indicted in 1618 for disturbing a clerk during prayers, and in 1619 for playing at cards in a victualling house.
HOUGHTON: Robert Waldron, rector, in 1689 took Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
KEGWORTH: Edward Barwell, clerk, in 1627 was indicted with others for riot and trespass.
KELHAM: Hugh Cartwright, clerk, in 1691 took Oaths of Allegiance.
KEYWORTH: Wm. Barker, clerk, was indicted in 1609 for erecting a cottage and for harboring inmates.
KINGSTON: . . . . . . . . Bartram, clerk, in 1636 obtained a warrant against two men for stealing out of Kingston Church.
KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD: Nicholas Crosse, clerk, in 1626 was indicted for certain opprobrious words spoken before a Justice of the Peace. Clement Ellis of Kirkby, Prebendary of Beckingham in ye Colledge Church of Southwell, in 1694 took Oaths of Allegiance.
KIRKLINGTON: Nathaniel Woolley, clerk, was indicted with others in 1622 for riot.
KIRTON: . . . . . . . . . Carborne, clerk, was indicted in 1653 for not administering the Sacrament for a yeare. John Amblett, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance.
KNEESALL: Wm. Clough, clerk, his wife and another, were indicted in 1636 for riot and in 1636 Wm. Clough was indicted for extortion. Martyn Horberry, vicar, in 1690 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
KNEETON: Joseph Hawkins, clerk, minister, in 1690.
LAMBLEY: Robert Kimbe'r, clerk, in 1623 was indicted for retaining a servant contrary to the Statute, and in 1629 he was fined 10/- for riot, affray and trespass.
LANEHAM: Richard Bradley, vicar of Lanam, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
LANGAR: John Featley, parson, in 1657 was the prosecutor in an assault case.
LAXTON: Wm. Rooke, clerk and minister of the town, in 1616 charged Hugo Clarke, gentleman, with bad conduct and for threatening him. Wm. Stevenson, vicar, in 1689, took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
LENTON: Robert Ollernshaw, clerk, in 1629 was indicted for being a night walker, and in 1635 for occupying a temporal farm.
LINDBY: Zephanias Saunders in 1627 was indicted for brewing without licence. Thomas Martin, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
LOWDHAM: Thomas Goode, clerk, in 1619 was committed to gaol for using certain perilous words against the King. Charles Freeman, vicar, signed Sacrament Certificate in 1694. Zachary Hussey, M.A., vicar in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
MANSFIELD: M. Rishton, clerk, with others in 1611 was indicted for riotously breaking into a house. John Sympton, clerk, in 1614 was indicted as a man of bad behaviour.
(See page 25.) Brian Brittayne, clerk, in 1626 gave a Certificate of Conformity. John Simpson, clerk, in 1631 was indicted for non-payment of plague levy. John Firth, clerk, vicar, in 1692.
MAPLEBECK: Robert Parker, curate, in 1697 sued a man for non-payment of small tythes.
MARKHAM: George Ormerod, clerk, was indicted in 1628 for extortion.
John Burton, vicar of West Markham, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance.
MARNHAM: Henry Aldred of Church Marnham, clerk, in 1604 was indicted for riotous assault.
Robert Hargreave, clerk, in 1620 was indicted for non conformity in church.
MATTERSEY: Edmund Kemp, clerk, in 1637 was one of the sufferers by a fire.
Wm. Aspenwell, clerk, in 1661 was indicted for not reading the Book of Common Prayer. Tho. Simpson, vicar of Mattershead (sic) in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
Samuel Coaleby of Mattersey, clerk, in 1692 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
MISSON: Thomas Waterhouse, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
MISTERTON: John Maile junior, curate, in 1698 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c. (See Walkeringham).
NEWARK:
| John Herring, clerk | } | in 1604 were indicted with others for riot. | ||
| G . . . . . . Pye, Clerk | } | |||
| Lucas Mason, clerk | } | in 1618 were indicted for riotously en- | ||
| Christopher Martley, clerk | } | tering a church. | ||
John Moseley, described as Professor of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Divinity, in 1640 was indicted. (See page 35.)
Henry Featley, clerk, in 1689 took Oaths of Allegiance, &c, Sacrament Certificate given by Henry Smith "Minister of the Parish and Parish Church"
NORMANTON ON TRENT: Sidney Caches in 1689 took Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
NORTH COLLINGHAM: . . . . . . . . . Langdon, clerk, in 1618 is mentioned in the conviction of a Popish recusant. (See page 133.) Jacob Peary alias Pearson, clerk, in 1624 was indicted with two others for riot in church. George Green, clerk, in 1624 was indicted for drinking in an alehouse and for affray.
. . . . . . . . . Ogle, clerk, in 1661 was indicted for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
NORTH LEVERTON: John Cooke, clerk in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance.
NORTH WHEATLEY: John Hill, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance.
NORWELL:
| Henry Bannister, clerk | } | in 1604 with others were indicted for | |
| Richard Jackson, clerk | } | riot and rout. |
ORDSALL: Sec "Audsell."
ORSON or ORSTON: Arthur Hargreave, clerk, in 1608 was fined 2/6 for trespass, and in 1623 was fined 15/- for an affray and for drunkenness.
Thomas Speight, vicar, in 1691.
OXTON: Wm. Jackson, vicar, house burnt down in 1658.
PLUMTREE: Francis Chamberlain, clerk, in 1623 was indicted for retaining servants contrary to Statute. John Gee, minister, in 1690.
RAMPTON: James Twist, vicar, in 1689 took Oaths of Allegiance,. &c.
RATCLIFFE ON TRENT: George Cotes, clerk, his wife and two others in 1609 were fined 1/- each for riot and affray.
REMPSTONE: George Goodman, rector, in 1689 and John Bellamy, rector, in 1696 took Oaths of Allegiance. *
ROLLESTON: John Twentyman, clerke, vicar, in 1689.
RUDDINGTON: Thomas Storer, clerk, in 1610 was exonerated from the execution of the office of Constable; in 1613 was fined 15/- for erecting a cottage; in 1615 was indicted for keeping inmates; in 1616 was fined 10/- for placing three families or households in one cottage; and in 1629 was indicted for refusing to watch.
SAUNDBY: . . . . . . . . Rocke, clerk, in 1661 was indicted for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
SCREVETON: Thom. Snail, rector, in 1689 took Oaths of Allegiance.
SHELTON: Wm. Gibson, minister, in 1690.
SOUTH COLLINGHAM: Bryan Barton, clerk, in 1620 was indicted for not using the Book of Common Prayer, and in 1622 was fined 10/- for nonconformity in church
. . . . [torn] . . .lton † rector, in 1689 took the Oath of Allegiance at Newark Sessions, and at the East Retford Sessions a few days afterwards a Richard Bradford took the Oath as "Rector of South Collingham." Quoere whether this latter entry was not a clerical error.
SOUTH LEVERTON: Ste. Masters, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
SOUTH SCARLE: Jacob Whittbye, clerk, in 1607 was indicted for refusing to make the Boon days. Chris Newton, vicar, in 1691 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
SOUTHWELL: Peter Cannon, rector of Waltham in ye County of Lincoln and Prebendarie of ye Prebend of Dunham in ye Collegiate Church of Southwell in ye County of Notts., in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
SOUTH WHEATLEY: Leonard Cowley, rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
STRELLEY: In 1658, Relief was ordered to the widow of Abraham fforbes late Parson of Strelley, who was left destitute.
STURTON: Will Lovitt or Levitt, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
SUTTON BONINGTON: John Savage, Senr., clerk, was indicted in 1604 for being a common barretor. Thomas Savage, clerk, was indicted in 1628 for continuing a cottage.
SUTTON IN ASHFIELD: Robert Wallis, clerk, was indicted in 1642 for refusing to read the Book of Common Prayer.
SUTTON SUPER LOUND: George Burton, clerk, was indicted in 1618 for Nonconformity in Church. Ezechias Burton, clerk, was indicted in 1628 for riotous affray in church.
John Taylor, Vicar of Sutton, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
TEVERSALL: Francis Chapman, rector, in 1689 took oaths of Allegiance, &c.
THORNEY: Bardol Gregg, clerk, and others, were fined in 1624 for sitting and drinking in an alehouse.
THORPE: John Scarlett, clerk, was indicted in 1623 for keeping Greyhounds.
Henry Featley, clerk, was indicted in 1661 for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
THURGARTON: Edward Morehouse, minister, in 1691.
Richard Bradley, minister, in 1694.
TOLLERTON: Thomas Haughton, rector, in 1691 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
TROWELL: Owen Meredith, clerk, in 1631 was named in a Bastardy Order as the putative father of a bastard child. John Dand, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
TRUSWELL: Thomas Rainbow, clerk, was indicted in 1661 for not reading the Book of Common Prayer. Edward Wilson, "Rector of ye West Mediety of Shruswell" in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
TUXFORD: Daniel Oddingzell, clerk, with others, was indicted in 1619 for a riotous affray on a watchman, and for bad conduct in an alehouse. John Chamberlain, minister, in 1689.
WALESBY: Edward Smith, clerk, in 1616 was bound over to prosecute a papist at Assizes. Wm. Pennington, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
WALKERINGHAM: John Made, vicar, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
WARSOP: Thomas Calton, Vicar of Worsope, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
WEST BRIDGFORD: Thomas Hawson [or Houghton] rector, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
WIDMERPOOLE: Samuel Kendall, clerk, was indicted in 1660 for contumelous words against the King.
WILFORD: Philip Wharton, clerk, in 1604.
WINKBOURNE: Robert Parker, curate, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
WORKSOP: Richard Barnard, clerk, was indicted in 1611 for refusing to use reverence in administering baptism.
Walter Barnett, clerk, was indicted in 1661 for not reading the Book of Common Prayer.
Thomas Fothergill, Rector of Warksope, in 1689 took the Oaths of Allegiance, &c.
Thomas Calton, minister of the Parish Church, in 1694.
* Thomas Boyer, minister, was presented for absence from Church (see page 100).
† The name "William Moulton" appears in Wake's History of Collingham.