Churchwardens of Wednesbury St Bartholomew

A Listing of the Churchwardens of St Bartholomew Church, Wednesbury from 1561 to 1717.

Extracted from 'A History of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford'
by JN Bagnall
Published 1854, by William Parke, Wolverhampton.

Note: This listing was compiled from parish registers and other parish documents and minutes and is incomplete.

1561/98 - Nicholas Tonkes, Thomas Meryhurst
1599 - Thomas Hopkins, Edward Syddon
1600 - Thomas Dolphine, John Hawke
1601/03 - John Poynder, John Mathen
1604/06 - Samuel Addenbrooke, William Babbe
1607/09 - Henry Sheldon, Thomas Hurbbutt
1610 - Francis Tonkys, William Hebbeard
1611 - Thomas Tonks, George Medewe
1612/13 - George Holdin, Richd. Browne
1614/15 - Thomas Cowy, Thomas Parkshouse
1616/17 - Francis Pool, Henry Pool
1618 - William Hopkins, George Bassett
1619 - John Becke, Richard Sheldon
1620 - Henry Hurbbut, Rickard Wilkes
1621 - Thomas Biram, George Siddowne
1622 - Henry Siddowne, Richard Salte
1623 - William Hopkins, Nicholas Field
1624 - John Willis, Robert Nightingale
1625 - George Darlaston, Henry Morris
1626 - Henry Nightingale, John Browne
1627 - Richard Hart
1628 - William Hopkins, Edward Watson
1629/30 - Francis Perry, Richard Jarratt
1631 - Henry Addenbrooke, Humphrey Tonkys
1632 - John Carter, Richard Sylvester
1633 - Simon Warde, William Terry
1634 - William Hopkins, Thomas Cowy
1635 - Thomas Jefferson, William Hawkes
1636 - Henry Siddowne, John Hampson the younger
1637 - Richard Sheldon, Henry Siddowne

There are no records of churchwardens during the Commonwealth period

1676 - Thomas Hide, Thomas Hawkes
1677 - Henry Aston, John Chester
1678 - Joseph Tibbutts, Samuel Welsh
1679 - Thomas Jesson, Henry Bassett
1680 - Thomas Meadew, Henry Wood
1682 - Thomas Hind, Philip Harrison
1683 - John Snape, John Chester, jun.
1684 - William Tibbutts, jun., Abram Parks
1685 - Richard Right, Richard Dunton
1686 - Josiah Freeman, Edward Whitehouse
1687 - James Silvester, John Belshar
1693 - William Holden, jun., Henry Jackson
1695 - Richard Smith, George Silvester
1698 - Richard Edge, Richard Hanson
1699 - John Mountford, Henry Wood
1700 - Humphrey Kendrick, Thomas Saunders
1701 - John Cox, Samuel Hide
1702 - Thomas Wright, Richard Darby
1703 - Alexander Bunn, Richard Lane
1704/05 - John Belshar, Daniel More
1706 - John Russell, John Cashmore
1713 - Thomas Brown, Richard Tebbits
1714 - Humphrey Kendrick, Thomas Jesson
1717 - George Hunt, Samuel Bruerton

A number of Overseers are also noted by Bagnall as follows:
1679 - John Tuncks, William Hopkin
1683 - Thomas Jesson, Thomas Hind
1685 - John Hunks, John Fidoe
1686 - Henry Aston, Richard Hollyhead
1687 - William Smallwood, William Constable
1690 - Thomas Haines, James Silvester
1691 - Thomas Jesson, Richard Budler
1694 - Josiah Freeman