Quarrendon Genealogical Records
Quarrendon Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
An index to births registered to British Army personal at home and abroad.
An index to over 100,000 birth and christening notices from The London Times.
Quarrendon Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Abstracts of documents grating couples a right to marry in church by licences issued by Lincoln Diocese. The abstracts list name, condition, occupation, residence, age and other details.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Transcriptions of 56 parish marriage registers. They list brides and grooms, their residence, marital status and occasionally other details.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of marriage records that cover over 160 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
Quarrendon Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of death and burial records that cover over 140 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to deaths registered at the central authority for England and Wales. To 1866, only the locality the death was registered in was listed. Age was listed until 1969, when the deceased's date of birth was listed. Provides a reference to order a death certificate, which has further details.
An index to deaths of British Army personal at home and abroad.
Quarrendon Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
A transcription of records detailing taxes paid in Buckinghamshire.
An early census of heads of households, with details on their worth for taxation.
Newspapers Covering Quarrendon
A regional newspaper including news from the Oxford district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, advertisements and more.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the High Wycombe area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A local paper including news from the Oxford area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A regional newspaper primarily covering Hertfordshire, but also Essex, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Middlesex. Its coverage was biased towards agricultural issues and affairs. It contained announcements of births, marriages and deaths.
A conservative newspaper covering news in the county of Buckinghamshire, particularly the district of Aylesbury. Contains family announcements, business notices, advertisements and other items of interest to family historians.
Quarrendon Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Abstracts of early wills, naming legates etc., from the Diocese of Lincoln, covering parts of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties.
Index of wills proved in the Consistory Court of Lincoln. Provides a reference which can be used to locate records.
A list of wills proved by the Consistory Court of Lincoln.
An index to records administering deceased's estates in the Diocese of Lincoln.
Quarrendon Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Quarrendon Military Records
A record of the regiment covering topics from lists of fallen to sports during the time of WWI.
A survey of Buckinghamshire men who were eligible and able to serve in the military. Includes occupations and a name index.
A list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Buckinghamshire, with some service details.
An index to over 125,000 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire soldiers whose records are deposited with the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.
Quarrendon Court & Legal Records
Abstracts of records covering minor legal matters in Buckinghamshire.
Legal records created as the result of the visitation of the bishop to the parishes in the Archdeaconry
Transcripts of wills and proceedings of the ecclesiastical courts of the Archdeaconry of Buckingham. These records are in Latin.
Transcriptions of early Buckinghamshire land records. These records have been translated to English.
Abstracts of various deeds, settlements and other records pertaining to Buckinghamshire. Records are ordered by parish and list their reference number.
Quarrendon Taxation Records
A list of Buckinghamshire residents who supplied money to fund the suppression of rebellion in Ireland.
A transcription of records detailing taxes paid in Buckinghamshire.
A collection of early taxation records, including a very detailed 1332 lay subsidy, which lists peoples' personal effects and their value.
A collection of records detailing taxes and agreements relating to shipping.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Quarrendon Land & Property Records
Transcriptions of deeds and charters from various collections. These records primarily detail the affairs of land-owners.
Transcriptions of early Buckinghamshire land records. These records have been translated to English.
Abstracts of various deeds, settlements and other records pertaining to Buckinghamshire. Records are ordered by parish and list their reference number.
Abstracts of lawsuits over Buckinghamshire land. Digital images of some records are available on an external site.
Abstracts of records produced by itinerant justices from Westminster in Buckinghamshire. These records largely deal with land disputes.
Quarrendon Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A directory of the counties detailing its history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
Quarrendon Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Buckinghamshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Quarrendon Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Quarrendon Histories & Books
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Buckinghamshire.
A dictionary of words from the Buckinghamshire dialect.
A collection of photographs of Anglican and non-conformist churches.
Photographs ordered by settlement.
Quarrendon School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Quarrendon Occupation & Business Records
Histories of Buckinghamshire pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Books listing doctors who were licensed to operate in Britain and abroad. Contains doctor's residencies, qualification and date of registration.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Quarrendon
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Quarrendon Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Buckinghamshire's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Quarrendon Church Records
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese. Includes act books and bishop's registers.
Extracts from the records of the Diocese of Lincoln, including visitations, subsidy rolls, clergy lists, records relating to papists and non-conformists etc.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Records relating to the administration of Lincoln Diocese.
Biographical Directories Covering Quarrendon
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Quarrendon Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Topographical maps of each of the counties hundreds.
The map of Berkshire that appeared in the Magna Britania.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
Quarrendon Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
QUARRENDON, or Quarrington, is a secluded village and parish, 2 miles north-west of Aylesbury, and lies between the Bicester and Buckingham roads, in the Mid division of the county, hundred of Ashendon, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Aylesbury, rural deanery of Wendover, archdeaconry of Buckingham and diocese of Oxford. Here are the ruins of an ancient and once splendid chapel dedicated to St. Peter; the remains exhibit portions of the Early English and later styles: though the edifice is now completely dilapidated, the arches which supported the nave roof are of fine stone and in excellent preservation; the remains of mullions and corbels, especially those of the eastern window of the chancel, prove it to have been originally adorned with great architectural skill: the ruins, as they at present exist, situated in the midst of a small meadow, have an extremely picturesque appearance: the chapel was used for occasional services some time after 1720; a marriage was solemnized here Dec. 22, 1746, and burials have taken place in the adjoining churchyard during the present century. There is no church in the parish. The living is a vicarage annexed to that of Bierton. William Baring Du Pre esq. of Wilton Park, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The land is fine pasture and extends over an area of 1,942 acres of land, nearly the whole of which is devoted to grazing, and 5 of water; assessable value, £2,578; the population in 1891 was 52.
At Quarendon, about two miles before we reach Aylesbury, the Chapel, on account of the monuments it contains, is entitled to particular notice It was founded by John Farnham, about 1392, and dedicated to St. Peter. In Elizabeth’s reign it was rebuilt by Sir Henry Lee; it has been for many years disused, and is now much dilapidated. The interior is entirely divested of its seats, ceiling, and almost every thing else that could preserve the memory of the holy purpose for which it was originally designed. Even: the costly monuments of the Lees, are in a very mutilated state, and hastening to decay. Among these the most remarkable, are those of Sir Anthony Lee, who was knight of the shire, and died about the year 1550, and that of his son Sir Henry Lee, who died in 1611. Upon the first-mentioned monument is the following inscription:
Anthony Lee, a knight of worthy name,
Sire to Sir Henry Lee of noble fame;
Son to Sir Robert Lee, here buried lies,
Whereas his fame and memory never dies;
Great in the fountain, whence himself did roam,
But greater, in the greatness of his son:
His body here, his soul in heaven doth rest,
What scorn’d the earth, cannot with earth be prest. On a black marble tablet fixed against the wall at the upper end of the chancel, is this inscription.
1611. Meruoria Sacrum.
Sir Henry Lee, knight of the most noble order of the garter, son of Sir Samuel Lee and dame Margaret his wife, daughter to Sir Henry Wiat, that faithful and constant servant and counsellor to the two kings of famous memory Henries the Seventh and Eighth. He owed his birth and childhood to Kent, and his highly honourable uncle Sir Thomas Wiat, at Arlington Castle; his youth to the court and King Henry the Eighth, to whose service he was sworn at fourteen years old; his prime of manhood (after the calm of that blest Prince Edward the Sixth) to the wars of Scotland in Queen Marie’s days, till called home by her whose sudden death gave beginning to the glorious reign of Queen Elizabeth. He gave himself to voyages and travels into the flourishing states of France, Italy, and Germany, where soon putting on all those abilities that become the back of honor, especially skill and proof in arms, he lived in grace, and gracing the courts of the most renowned princes of that age, returned home charged with the reputation of a well-formed traveller, and adorned with those flowers of knighthood, courtesy, bounty, and valor, which quickly gave forth their fruit as well in the field to the advantage at once of the two divided parts of this happily united state, and to both those Princes, his Sovereigns successfully in that expedition into Scotland, in the year 1573, when in goodly equipage he repaired to the siege of Edinburgh, there quartering before the castle, and commanding one of the batteries, he shared largely in the honour of ravishing the maiden fort: as also in court, where he shone in all those fair parts which became his profession and vows, honoring his highly gracious Mistress with raiding those later olympiads of her court, justs and tournaments (thereby trying and training the courtier in those exercises of arms, that keep the person bright, and steel to hardiness that by soft ease rusts and wears) wherein steel himself led and triumphed, carrying away the spoils of grace from his Sovereign, and renown from the world, as the fairest man at arms and most complete courtier of his times, till singled out by the choice hand of his Sovereign mistress for need of his worth, (after the lieutenancy of the royal manor of Woodstock and the office of the royal armoury) he was called up an assessor on the bench of honour among Princes and Peers, receiving at her Majesty’s hands the noblest order of the Garter, whilst the worm of time knawing the root of this plant, yielding to the burthen age, and the industry of an active youth, imposed on him full of the glory of the. court, he abated of his sense to pay his better part, resigned his dignity and honour of her Majesty’s knights to the adventurous Captain George Earl of Cumberland, changing pleasure for ease, for tranquillity honor, making rest his solace, and contemplation his employment, so as absent from the world present with himself, he chose to lose the friend of public use and action for that of devotion and piety, in which time (besides the building of four goodly mansions) he revived the ruins of this Chapel, added these monuments to honour his blood and friends, raised the foundations of the adjoining hospital, and lastly, as full of years as of honors, having served five succeeding Princes, and kept himself right and steady in many dangerous shocks, and three utter darns of state, with a body bent to earth, and a mind erected to heaven, aged 80, knighted 60 years, he met his long-attended end, and now rests with his Redeemer, leaving much patrimony with his name, honor with the world, and plentiful tears with his friends.
Of which sacrifice he offers his part, that being a sharer in his blood; as well as many of his honorable favors, and an honor of his virtues, this narrowly registered; his spread worth to ensuing time.
William Scott. Near this tablet is a magnificent altar monument, supported with surcoats and helmets, and adorned with battle-axes and javelins. On it is the figure of the knight in complete armour, with a surcout, collar and george of the order of the Garter; his head reposing on an helmet adorned with a plume of feathers; over the effigies of the knight is this inscription:
Fide & Constantia. —Vixit Deo patriæ & amicis. Annos.
Fide & Constantia. —Christo Spiritum camera sepulchro commendavi,
Fide & Constantia. —Scio, credo, expecto mortuum resurrectionem.
Beneath, on a black marble tablet, are the following lines:
If fortune’s store, or nature's wealthe commende,
They both unto his virtues praise did leude;
The waves abroad, with honour he did passe,
In courtly justs his sovereign’s knight he was;
Six princes he did serve, and in the frighte,
And change of state, did keep himself upright:
With faith untaught, spotless and cleare his fame,
So pure that envy could not wrong the same;
All but his virtue now so vain is breath,
Turn’d dust lie here, in the cold arms of death;
Thus fortune’s gifts and gentihle favors flye,
When virtue conquers death and destiny.
There are no remains of the hospital mentioned in Sir Henry Lee’s epitaph. The village of Quarendon has of late years very much decreased in population, containing at present little more than 50 inhabitants.
Most Common Surnames in Quarrendon
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Ashendon Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evett-Howse | 8 | 1:5 | 100.00% | 2,734 |
| 2 | Southam | 6 | 1:7 | 7.06% | 446 |
| 3 | Dunn | 5 | 1:8 | 12.82% | 867 |
| 3 | Simons | 5 | 1:8 | 6.49% | 487 |
| 5 | Price | 4 | 1:10 | 0.99% | 48 |
| 6 | Clarke | 3 | 1:14 | 0.37% | 9 |
| 7 | Arnold | 2 | 1:21 | 1.34% | 229 |
| 7 | Howes | 2 | 1:21 | 2.00% | 386 |
| 9 | Parker | 1 | 1:41 | 0.22% | 40 |
| 9 | Miller | 1 | 1:41 | 0.27% | 58 |
| 9 | George | 1 | 1:41 | 0.48% | 148 |
| 9 | Speed | 1 | 1:41 | 3.33% | 1,083 |
| 9 | Janes | 1 | 1:41 | 0.32% | 68 |
| 9 | Dover | 1 | 1:41 | 1.39% | 525 |