Pentlow Genealogical Records
Pentlow 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.
Baptism records from people born in and around Pentlow between 1539 and 1878. Lists the name of people's parent's, their occupations and abode.
A transcript of registers that record baptisms in Pentlow parish church. Most entries, bar a handful of early ones list the baptised's parents.
Digital images of all baptism registers deposited at Essex Archives. Some registers are indexed by name.
Transcriptions of 206 parish baptism registers. They list children, their parents' names, residences, occupations and sometimes other details.
Pentlow 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.
The Banns register of St. George, Pentlow gives details on those who intended to marry. They record an individual's real parish of residence if they moved to a parish temporarily for the purpose of a marriage.
Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.
A transcript of registers that record marriages in Pentlow parish church. Records list those married and sometimes residence and/or father's name.
An index to marriages in between 1539 and 1800, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Pentlow 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.
Burial registers are the primary source for death documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date someone was buried, their age & residence. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
A transcript of registers that record burials in Pentlow parish churchyard.
An index to burials recorded at Quaker meetings. The records contain the name of the deceased, the date they were buried and their age.
Digital images of all burial registers deposited at Essex Archives. Some registers are indexed by name.
Pentlow 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 transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
A list of taxes paid by heads of households.
Newspapers Covering Pentlow
A collection of newspaper extracts, largely covering affairs in Foxearth, Glemsford, Cavendish, Pentlow, Borley, Liston, Long Melford and Clare.
A regional newspaper covering news and events in Norfolk and Suffolk. The newspaper contains numerous notices and articles useful to family historians, such as notices of birth, marriage and death.
Regional news; notices of births, marriages and deaths; business notices; details on the proceedings of public institutions; adverts and a rich tapestry of other regional information from the Essex district. Every line of text from the newspaper can be searched and images of the original pages viewed.
A regional newspaper including news from the Essex district, business notices, family announcements, legal & governmental proceedings, 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.
Pentlow 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.
Full transcriptions of around 1,400 17th century wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk. Contains an index of all the people and places mentioned in the wills.
Full transcriptions of several hundred early wills from the Archdeaconry of Sudbury in Suffolk.
An index to over 10,000 names occurring in Suffolk wills.
An index to early wills proved at the Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury and the Commissary Court of Bury St. Edmunds.
Pentlow 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.
Pentlow Military Records
An introductory history to an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army.
A calendar that lists most of the important dates in the history of the Regiment.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Suffolk, with some service details.
A chronicle of the regiment's part in numerous military campaigns from around the world.
Pentlow Court & Legal Records
An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.
Transcriptions and translations of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes. A number of cases relate to Suffolk.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Pentlow Taxation Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
A list of Suffolk householders and the number of hearths they possessed.
Pentlow Land & Property Records
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted.
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.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Pentlow Directories & Gazetteers
A directory of settlements in Suffolk detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the private Descriptions of physical and geological landmarks, a listing of government offices and descriptions of the villages & parishes, including a list of the 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 historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Pentlow Cemeteries
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Transcriptions and illustrations of monuments erected remembrance of personages in Essex. Also contains pedigrees for historic families of the county.
Photographs and descriptions of Essex's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
An index to vital details engraved on over 170,000 gravestones and other monuments across the county of Essex.
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.
Pentlow 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.
Pentlow Histories & Books
A large collection of postcards, photographs and other images depicting scenes and life in Foxearth, Glemsford, Cavendish, Pentlow, Borley, Liston, Long Melford and Clare.
A history of the church, with close attention paid to its architecture.
A collection of transcripts of all manner of documents relating to day-to-day life, war, crime and more in Foxearth, Glemsford, Cavendish, Pentlow, Borley, Liston, Long Melford and Clare.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Describes the parishes in the three hundreds of Wangford, Mutford and Lothingland, in the north-east of the county.
Pentlow 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.
Pentlow Occupation & Business Records
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 introduction to smuggling in on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Details of the wages to be expected for various tradesmen and labourers.
An introduction to smuggling on the east coast of England, with details of the act in various regions.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Pentlow
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Transcriptions and illustrations of monuments erected remembrance of personages in Essex. Also contains pedigrees for historic families of the county.
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.
Pentlow Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Suffolk's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Five collections of pedigrees based on 16th and 17th century genealogical manuscripts. These works record families who had a right to bear coat of arms, essentially the gentry.
Photographs and descriptions of Essex's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Pentlow Church Records
The parish registers of Pentlow are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Transcriptions of registers that record baptisms, marriages and burials. They form the primary source of genealogical information for people who lived in Pentlow.
A history of the church, with close attention paid to its architecture.
An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.
Histories of Suffolk's parish churches, illustrated with a plethora of photographs.
Biographical Directories Covering Pentlow
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.
Pentlow Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
A collection of maps plotting the counties of Essex and Suffolk, and some of their settlements.
Digital images of maps covering the county.
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.
Pentlow Reference Works
A database of names of fields, roads, inns, houses, farms, manors, places, rivers, streams, woods, etc, and names of owners, tenants, landlords, parties to agreements etc, recorded from historic documents.
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.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
PENTLOW is a parish on the river Stour, on the borders of Suffolk, 1 mile south from Cavendish station on the Sudbury and Haverhill branch of the Great Eastern railway, 4 miles east from Clare and 5 ½ north-west from Sudbury, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Hinckford, North Hinckford petty sessional division, Sudbury union and county court district, and in the rural deanery of Yeldham, archdeaconry of Colchester and diocese of St. Albans. The church of St. George is an edifice of flint, in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of apsidal chancel with north chapel, nave, south porch and an embattled round tower at the west end containing 5 bells: the original Norman church was probably destroyed in the 14th century, after which the present structure was erected on the old foundations, the tower being reared against the Norman west doorway: in the chapel is a very fine monument, with recumbent figures, to George Kempe, ob. 1606, John Kempe esq. his son and Ellinor his wife, together with the kneeling figures of their children, 10 daughters and 4 sons: the chancel contains an altar tomb with shields of arms to the Felton family, bearing the date 1542. but without inscription, as well as memorial tablets to the families of Mathew and Bull: the font is Early Norman, and has a 15th century canopy, which opens with doors: in 1887 the chief part of the church was thoroughly restored at a cost exceeding £1,000, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Fawcett, architect, of Cambridge: a pulpit and lectern have since been presented, and all the woodwork is of the best English oak: the only fittings retained were the Jacobean communion table and the rails around it: there are 120 sittings. The register dates from the year 1539, and contains a list of rectors from 1323. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £262, with residence and 27 acres of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1877 by the Rev. Felix Edward Pepys Bull M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, rural dean of Yeldham, J.P, Essex, and F.R.G.S. In 1859 an octagonal tower in the Tudor style was erected in the rectory grounds by the Rev. Edward Bull M.A. rector here from 1834, to the memory of his father; it is considered a fine work and has a spiral staircase to the top, from which a fine view is obtained, above 45 churches being visible. The charities include (1) the rents arising from a small farm in Pentlow, left by Mrs. Susan Gooch, of Great Livermore, now administered by a body of trustees, consisting of the rector, churchwardens and overseers, a special confidence being imposed by the testatrix in the rector; (2) George Kempe gave £26 14s. 4d. for the relief of 8 poor folk, but this has been lost and the present rector has vainly tried to trace it; (3) “The fine of the Alienation of Panels,” whensoever it falls, was given by George Kempe, to the reparation of the church of Pentlow for ever; but this, too, does not appear to be recognised. There are three manors, viz. Pentlow Hall, Bowes or Bower Hall, and Paines (originally Hogges). Of these, Pentlow Hall is the chief. The noble families of Baignard, Fitzwalter, and Ratcliffe, Barons Fitzwalter and Earls of Sussex, continued chief lords of it for a long time. Under them it was holden by the families of Fitz-Humphrey, Norman, Kempe &c. Henry Pearl esq. is lord of the manor of Pentlow Hall. The principal landowners are Robert Orbell esq. Charles Brogden Sperling esq. of Dynes Hall, Great Maplestead; Thomas P. Brand esq. of Brook Hall, Foxearth, Henry Pearl esq. W. S. Orbell esq. the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and the rector. The soil is clay, loam and gravel; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, beans and barley. The area is 1,888 acres of land and 10 of water; assessable value, £1,010; the population of the parish in 1901 was 274.
Parish School (mixed), built in 1876, for 100 children; average attendance, 44.
Most Common Surnames in Pentlow
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Hinckford Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plumb | 50 | 1:6 | 30.49% | 612 |
| 2 | Skeemer | 23 | 1:13 | 100.00% | 3,184 |
| 3 | Johnson | 20 | 1:15 | 0.99% | 13 |
| 4 | Chambers | 17 | 1:17 | 4.89% | 275 |
| 5 | Ince | 14 | 1:21 | 15.56% | 1,126 |
| 6 | Braybrook | 13 | 1:23 | 9.42% | 751 |
| 6 | Maxim | 13 | 1:23 | 23.64% | 1,645 |
| 8 | Everett | 9 | 1:33 | 1.14% | 93 |
| 8 | Orbell | 9 | 1:33 | 24.32% | 2,249 |
| 8 | Turp | 9 | 1:33 | 10.34% | 1,156 |
| 11 | Deadman | 8 | 1:37 | 10.96% | 1,335 |
| 11 | Deal | 8 | 1:37 | 3.27% | 395 |
| 13 | Evans | 7 | 1:42 | 0.82% | 83 |
| 13 | Suttle | 7 | 1:42 | 43.75% | 4,181 |
| 13 | Chatters | 7 | 1:42 | 6.09% | 898 |
| 16 | Stiff | 6 | 1:49 | 9.68% | 1,505 |
| 17 | Ives | 5 | 1:59 | 1.95% | 378 |
| 17 | Hurrel | 5 | 1:59 | 33.33% | 4,369 |
| 19 | Wright | 4 | 1:74 | 0.12% | 4 |
| 19 | Woolard | 4 | 1:74 | 4.71% | 1,177 |
| 21 | Morris | 3 | 1:98 | 0.45% | 118 |
| 21 | Wells | 3 | 1:98 | 0.57% | 156 |
| 21 | Underwood | 3 | 1:98 | 0.84% | 264 |
| 21 | Offord | 3 | 1:98 | 1.60% | 524 |
| 25 | Barber | 2 | 1:148 | 0.50% | 225 |
| 25 | French | 2 | 1:148 | 0.18% | 45 |
| 25 | Bull | 2 | 1:148 | 0.41% | 180 |
| 25 | Harrington | 2 | 1:148 | 0.19% | 57 |
| 25 | Younger | 2 | 1:148 | 6.67% | 2,608 |
| 25 | Laughton | 2 | 1:148 | 40.00% | 10,531 |
| 25 | Hazel | 2 | 1:148 | 12.50% | 4,181 |
| 25 | Deeks | 2 | 1:148 | 0.90% | 442 |
| 25 | Tompson | 2 | 1:148 | 12.50% | 4,181 |
| 25 | Aldham | 2 | 1:148 | 11.11% | 3,844 |
| 25 | Path | 2 | 1:148 | 100.00% | 15,983 |
| 36 | Brown | 1 | 1:295 | 0.02% | 2 |
| 36 | Cooper | 1 | 1:295 | 0.06% | 24 |
| 36 | Lloyd | 1 | 1:295 | 0.32% | 304 |
| 36 | Reed | 1 | 1:295 | 0.11% | 76 |
| 36 | Howe | 1 | 1:295 | 0.23% | 196 |
| 36 | Finch | 1 | 1:295 | 0.12% | 86 |
| 36 | Brand | 1 | 1:295 | 0.17% | 140 |
| 36 | Wicks | 1 | 1:295 | 0.58% | 579 |
| 36 | Steer | 1 | 1:295 | 3.13% | 2,503 |
| 36 | Ashmore | 1 | 1:295 | 100.00% | 18,911 |
| 36 | Cornell | 1 | 1:295 | 0.18% | 145 |
| 36 | Thurgood | 1 | 1:295 | 0.27% | 248 |
| 36 | Game | 1 | 1:295 | 1.01% | 1,037 |
| 36 | Bear | 1 | 1:295 | 1.56% | 1,478 |
| 36 | Knock | 1 | 1:295 | 2.22% | 1,933 |
| 36 | Carder | 1 | 1:295 | 0.71% | 740 |
| 36 | Malyon | 1 | 1:295 | 0.69% | 717 |
| 36 | Salmons | 1 | 1:295 | 1.47% | 1,413 |
| 36 | Totman | 1 | 1:295 | 1.12% | 1,134 |
| 36 | Maidwell | 1 | 1:295 | 20.00% | 10,531 |
| 36 | Guin | 1 | 1:295 | 11.11% | 6,506 |
| 36 | Chickall | 1 | 1:295 | 20.00% | 10,531 |