Residents of Sherington who took the Oaths of Allegiance to King George in 1723-1724
“These are to certify whom it may concern, that at the General Sessions of the Peace, held in and for the County of Bucks by adjournment out off Aylesbury the Eleventh day of December in the Fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, &c. etc. etc.”
This oath of allegiance, was restricted to all persons over 18 years of age who held freehold, copyhold or leasehold lands within the County (parish in this case).
Robert Adams
Jonathan Brittaine
John Chibnall
John Field
Francis Goodridge
John Hooton
Sarah Leaper, Wid
Christopher Low
John Marshall
Thomas Newman
William Osborne
John Phipps
John Robinson
John Sharman
John Thompson
Richard Umney
Lit
Lit
Lit
X
X
X
X
Lit
Lit
X
X
Lit
X
Lit
X
N/A
Anne Barton, Wid
Daniel Broughton
Thomas Course
John Glover
Edward Hooton
Edward Joyce
Richard Leapidge
William Lucas
Thomas Millington
John Odell
Robert Perry
Thomas Richards
Robert Rogers
Alice Smith
Thomas Umney
John Umney
X
Lit
X
Lit
Lit
X
Lit
Lit
Lit
Lit
X
X
Lit
X
Lit
X
Quakers who took this oath of allegiance, 1723-1724
Thomas Coales (senior)
Thomas Marshall (senior)
Lit
Lit
William Coales
Lit
There were no Catholic residents of Sherington listed, amongst the documents checked. 1717 – 1748.
Key
X …………. Illiterate
Lit ……….. Could read or write
Wid ……… Widowed
N/A ……… Not known
(?) ………… Query, maybe not decipherable
OTP ……… Of this parish
Wits ……… Witnesses
By ………… Officiating minister
(From Bucks FHS Records, 19. 1. 2003, NA.)