Appendices

Glossary & Odd Information

Before 1752, the year began on 25th March. Thus dates before 1752 from January 1st to March 24th are shown as 12 Feb. 1725/26

Early mentions of Kenwrights

SIL 47 from the Assize rolls p.26 1246 -7
.................... v. Stephen son of Kenwrek

SIL 46 p.85 1332
.............. 2 messuages which Kenewrekes the fisherman and Mabel his wife held ........

VCH vol III p.174
................ in 1594 sold a house in Huyton to Christopher Kenrick of Rainford.

Cheetham Society, vol 21, p 205
2nd Oct. 1627 an Inquisition was taken at Wigan (with reference to Prescot grammar school).
James Kenricke gave £300, due from Robert Kenricke, by deed dated 26 Nov. 1597, for the maintenance of a free school and chapel in the parish of Prescot, and decreed that the school should be built in Eccleston, on condition of Edward Eccleston Esq. giving £100 and an acre of land. During 23 years, no progress had been made in carrying out the benefactors intentions, when the school wardens of Prescot sought to have the £300 transferred to their school; and as Henry Eccleston Esq., son of the said Edward Eccleston, refused to confirm his fathers grant of the site, and was willing that the school should be erected in Prescot, the commissioners ordered the school wardens to prosecute John Kenricke of Rainhill, administrator of Christopher Kenricke, brother of the said James, for the £300, for that purpose. A building, now used as a dwelling house, was probably built for a school, in pursuance of this decree. 

Cheetham Society vol 77 p 142
James Kenwright gent.,recusant,borne in the parish of Prescott in Lankashire came unto me Thomas Mead vicar of Prescott the 16 day of April AD 1602 and in the prescence of Gilbert Lyon one of the constables of Windle and Henry Blundell of Prescott towne did confyne him selffe according to a statute in that case heretofore provided; the house where he intendeth to make his abode accordinge to his confininge is the house of Robert Mosse the younger in Windle.

Cheetham Society vol 77 p 273
Inquest 15 July 1605 ....... John Kenwrighte of Raynehill ...... (and others)

VCH vol III p.328
Edward Kenrick was 'reader' at Burtonwood in 1609. (Burtonwood Chapel)
 

Various Information

Visitation of Lancashire 1664-5 page 177
Isabel dau of Christopher Kenwrick of Rainhill married to Henry Lathom of Whiston ob. 1652 [marr 1594]

1661 LRO QSP 207/31 Petition for relief [very hard to read]
Joseph Kenwright of Sutton labourer [as below]

20 July 1685 LRO QSP 603/7 Petition for relief [hard to read]
To the right Worshippfull Justices of the Peace (Quarter sessions in Ormskirk)
The humble petition of John Kenright of Sutton in Prescot.
That your poor petitioner is of good seventy seven years of age upwards and very Lumd and decrepott in so much that hes not able to worke for his livlihood whereby he is brought into a very low and poor condition in sunning that he is likely to starve for want of some small releife for his present want; the promises llongi jour your petitioner humbly tlwanoth your good worships on dor for his speedy helpe and suckor and he is in duty is bound to pray.

Subscription list for relief for Christian slaves at Algiers 1690 (LRO - PR 2880/6)
Ranhill Jonathan Kenrick 00 - 00 - 02
Prescott George Kenwrick 00 - 00 - 06
Mrs Kenwrick 00 - 00 - 06

St. Helens Independent Chapel 1711 - 1837
A copy of the ground plan of St. Helens Independent Chapel taken from the orrigonal this 15th Nov. 1785 p James Harrison
Viz Anno Dom 1710
Number 1 Jonan Kenwright of Rainhill one half -
(goes Hy Fenney of Sutton his son in law the other half
up to 52) Thos. Tyrer of Sutton hath bought Jonan Kenwright's half seat

Papist List 1740 (LRO P22880/8)
of Prescot
Kenwrick Jno
Kenwrick Thos
Kenwrick Wm
Tyrer Thos
Tyrer Jno


Papist List 1767 (Wigan History Shop)
No Kenwrights in Prescot, Farnworth, Sankey, St. Helens, Burtonwood,Penketh, Widnes, Ditton, Bold, Cuerdley, Winwick, Childwall, Speke, Hale, Huyton, Sutton, Whiston, Windle, Rainhill, Eccleston

Lease & Release 25 & 26 Sept. 1767 SH/2/13 (St. Helens library)
from Mr. Henry Houghton & Mr. John Roughley to Mrs. Martha Kenrick of Mr. Roughleys Estate in Sutton in Lancs. etc. for security of £400
(Martha Kenrick of Chester, spinster)

11 March 1769 SH/2/14 (see above)
Miss Kenrick & Mr. Roughley to Geo Venables & Mr. Turner. Conveyance of estate in Sutton.

16 Oct. 1793 LRO QSP 2337/88
Whereas complaint has been made .... residing in Great Sankey that Mary Appleton fingle woman was about a month ago delivered of a female bastard child ... since christened Ann .... and that George Kenwright of Burtonwood tailor is the true and only father who hath appeared before us to answer the charge but hath not shown any cause to the contrary. ..... George Kenwright shall pay to the overseers of the poor one pound fifteen shillings which they have expended for the lying in etc. ... up to the time of making the order ..... to pay one shilling and six pence in money, weekly from this present time for as long as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the township .... & also that Mary Appleton shall pay one shilling and six pence ......

7 Sept. 1813 LRO QSP 2650/50 Settlement order
To the Overseers of the Poor of Parr
George Kenwright & Alice his wife and Charles aged twelve years John aged ten years Martha aged eight years George aged five years and Daniel aged three years or thereabouts their children .... have come to inhabit in your township, not having gained legal settlement there ... ... their lawful settlement is in Warrington.

6 Feb. 1821 LRO QSP 2783/59
Whereas complaint has been made .... residing in Bold that Mary Kenwright fingle woman was about seven weeks ago delivered of a female bastard child ... since christened Ann .... and that John Woods of Cuerdley is the true and only father who hath appeared before us to answer the charge but hath not shown any cause to the contrary. ..... John Woods shall pay to the overseers of the poor one pound which they have expended for the lying in etc. ... up to the time of making the order ..... to pay one shilling and six pence in money, weekly from this present time for as long as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the township .... & also that Mary Kenwright shall pay two shillings weekly ......


21 Apr. 1824 LRO QSP 2831/84
Whereas complaint has been made .... residing in Parr that Martha Kenwright fingle woman was about thirteen weeks ago delivered of a male bastard child ... since christened Joseph .... and that Joseph Gleave of Parr miner is the true and only father who hath appeared before us to answer the charge but hath not shown any cause to the contrary. ..... Joseph Gleave shall pay to the overseers of the poor two pound three shillings which they have expended for the lying in etc. ... up to the time of making the order ....., a further sum of five shillings for costs of apprehending and securing Joseph Gleave and sixteen shillings towards costs. .... to pay one shilling and nine pence in money, weekly from this present time for as long as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the township .... & also that Martha Kenwright shall pay one shilling weekly ......
[also mentions settlement order from Warrington]

Baines Lancashire vol 2 1825
Prescot - The whole township is copyhold of inheritance: the Provost & Scholars of Kings College, Cambridge are Lords of the Manor (with the exception of a part of Great Sankey)
Total of 4606 families - 1242 in agriculture
No Kenwrights but farmers not listed
West Derby Hundred - Walton (on the Hill) - Thomas Kendrick, overseer

19 March 1828 LRO QSP 2901/52
Whereas complaint has been made .... residing in Parr that Martha Kenwright fingle woman was about four weeks ago delivered of a male bastard child ... since christened Richard .... and that John Booth otherwise John Bold of Parr bricksetter is the true and only father who hath appeared before us to answer the charge but hath not shown any cause to the contrary. ..... John Booth otherwise John Bold shall pay to the overseers of the poor one pound six shillings which they have expended for the lying in etc. ... up to the time of making the order ..... , a further sum of five shillings for costs of apprehending and securing John Booth otherwise John Bold and sixteen shillings towards costs. .... to pay one shilling and three pence in money, weekly from this present time for as long as the said bastard child shall be chargeable to the township .... 

Directory of St. Helens and District 1871
Bold Kenwright Mrs., farmer
Newton Kenwright Rd. agent for the Wesleyan & General Assurance, Cross Inn

MS Rental of Bold Estates (Warrington Library)
Kenwright John 25 March 1889 Ackt for drain (Gleaves Farm) 1sh. / annum
last mention 25 March 1893 (later Collins Green Colliery)
first mention year ending 7 Dec. 1888
 

 
Chester Marriage Bonds & Licences

printed 77
George Kenwick and Mary Parson both of Prescot 17 Aug 1693
Thomas Kendrick of Prescott, co Lanc, shoomaker and Thomasin Plumbe 12 Jan. 1699/1700

printed 82
John Wright of Liverpool co Lanc Taylor and Ann Kenrick 6 May 1701
Henry Fenney of Sutton co Lanc Husb. and Mary Kenricke of Rainhill 2 Apr. 1703
(marr at Warrington 17 June 1703)
John Lease Jnr. of Sutton co Lanc Glassmaker and Catherine Kenwricke of Eccleston 21 July 1705 (marr at Winwick 7 July 1705)

printed 85
Thomas Kendrick and Lettice Kelsall both of Liverpool 14 Aug. 1709

 

 
CHESTER FREEMAN ROLLS

p = apprentice

1562 - 3 Thomas ap David ap Kenrick
3 July 1570 Hugh Kenrick joiner, p of William Stokes joiner
4 Sep. 1574 Edward Lle(wely)n joiner, p of Hugh Kenrick of Chester joiner
24 Feb. 1592 Thomas Edmonds joiner, p of Hugh Kenrick of Chester joiner

19 Aug. 1702 Josiah Kenrick p of Randle Pickmore of Chester, butcher defunct
1720 - 1 John Kendrick gentleman

5 Aug. 1776 John Kenrick grocer
11 Apr. 1778 William Kendrick carrier
6 Apr. 1784 John Kendrick p og Robert Jones of Chester cordwainer
19 Oct. 1798 William Kendrick the younger, huubandman son & p of William Kendrick husbandman
23 Sep. 1802 John Kendrick carter
 

 
Pilgimages to Old Homes by Fletcher Moss
 

p 28

"In the church (Ashley Heath?, Shropshire), which was founded by a David Kenric a soldier of fortune under the Black Prince from the spoils of war taken from 'a conquered enemy' (France) ......"

[Battle of Poitiers 1346]

 

 Patronymica Britannica
 

pub 1860

Kenrick
The family of Kenrick of Nantclwyd Woore, co. Denbigh claim from David Kenrick who fought under the Black Prince at Creci and Poictiers.
The name is clearly the A-Sax. baptiomal Cynric, or as it is written in Domesd. Kenricus and Kenric
 

 
Burkes Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies
 

KENRICK, of Whitley, Berkshire (South of Reading)
Created 29 March 1679
Extinct about 1699

1. William Kenrick esq. of Whitley, in Berkshire who was created a Baronet in 1679 married Grace, daughter and heir of Peter Kibblewhite esq. of Swinden in Wiltshire, and dying about the year 1685 aged 53 was succeeded by his son,

2. Sir William Kenrick of Whitley who married Mary House of Reading and had no male issue. He died about the year 1699 and the Baronetcy became extinct.
Arms. Ermine a lion rampant sa.
 

A Dictionary of British Surnames by P.H.Reaney 
 

pub 1958

Hugo filius Chenwrec 1160 P (Sa)
Enn an filius Kenewrec 1161 ib.
Kenwrec Walensis 1195 P (Sa)
Kenrig de Gretewurth 1219 Cur (Nth)
Nicholas Kenewrec 1327 SR So
Kenwrig ap Madog Duy 1391 Chirk
Richard Kendrick 1593 Bardsley (Ch)
Kendrick Eyton 1602 Bardsley (Ch)
Kendrick Evans 1613 ib.


Ch Cheshire
Chirk G.P.Jones "Extent of Chirkland", London, 1932
Nth Northamptonshire
Sa Shropshire
So Somerset
SR Subsidy Rolls (unpublished
 

 
GENERAL ARMORY by BURKE 1884
 

p 560

KENRICK - Lord Mayor of London 1652
Erm. a lion rampant. sa. Crest. On a sheaf of arrows fessways or, feathered headed ar. a hawk close also ar. beaked and belled gold.
Another Crest :-Three arrows one in pale & two in saltire, bound with ribbon p.p.r. thereon a hawk statent or.

KENRICK (Whitley, Co. Berks. Bart. extant; 1699.)
Same Arms & Crest.

KENRICK (Stock & Bradley Co. Worcester.)
Same Arms & Crest.

KENRICK ( Sutton, Co. Northants.)
Same Arms & Crest.

KENRICK (Co. Lancaster)
Same Arms & Crest.

KENRICK (Co. Surrey)
Descended from the Marriage of Edward Kenrick and Susannah Cranmer, Grand-niece of Archbishop Cranmer
Same Arms & Crest. Motto :- Virtue is Honour.

KENRICK (Woore Manor Co. Salop)
Same Arms & Crest :- A sparrow hawk ar. standing of arrows or.

KENWICK
ar. three martlets gu. on a chief of the second as many martlets of the first. Crest - An arm in armour, holding up an esquire's helmet all p.p.r.

KENWRICKE:
see Kenrick

KENDRICK (Reading Co. Berks.)
erm. a lion ramp. sa.

KENDRICK (Warrington Co. Lancaster)
Same Arms & Crest: On a sheaf of arrows, a falcon, jessed & belled all p.p.r.
Motto: Virtue is Honour.

KENDRICK (Co. Worcester.) Buckley, Co Worcester.
ar. five palets sa. Crest: a hawk's head erased, jessed & belled all p.p.r.

KENWICK
gu. on a bend engr. ar. to three roses of the field.

Population

England population (estimates vary)

increased 413% between 1801 & 1881
1541 2.7 million
1551 3.0 million
1601 4.1 million
1651 5.2 million
1701 5.5 million
1751 6.5 million
1801 8.9 million
1851 17.9 million
1901 32.2 million
1921 37.3 million

 
Lancashire population

1690 c200 000 1/7 in towns i.e. 30 000
1801 673 486 1/3 in towns i.e. 220 000
1851 2 031 236 2/3 in towns i.e. 1 400 000
1901 4 406 409

 
Towns in Lancashire and Cheshire populations

Increase started in earnest after 1730 with 10 x increase between 1801 and 1901. In 1801, only 26 towns in Lancashire had a population of over 2000. Only Manchester and Liverpool had a population of over 20000.

 Townships in Lancashire and Cheshire populations

In the 1500's and 1600's, children were working by the age of 7 for 2d or 3d a day.
Between 1574 and 1821, 60% of the population aged 15 - 24 left home to work in another home/farm or apprenticeship or education.

Early 1600's, estimated 20-25% of adults were unmarried. 1650 - 1700, 20% of people between 40 & 44 remained unmarried: this fell to 10% and less from the 1750's, rising above 10% in the late 1840's.
40% of the population were close to poverty or actually poor in 1688.

Before 1700, 10% of brides were pregnant at marriage.
Mean age at first marriage

1700 - 1749 men 27.5 women 26.2
1750 - 1799 26.4 24.9
1800 - 1850 25.3 23.4

Expectation of life at birth was 37.11 years in 1701.
Expectation of life at birth was 40+ years in 1820.
In pre-industrial England, 34.4% of deaths were of children under 10 - 6.7% of adults over 80
Today, 2.4% and 48.4%
Family size started to fall after the 1870's.
Acts of Parliament banned children under 9 (1878), 11(1893), 12 (1902) and 14 (1918) working in factories, etc.

Telephone directory entries 1973/1974

 

Prescot Court Baron (LRO DDKc)

1725 4/22 4/49 4/167
1726 4/166 4/49
1727** 4/54 4/49 4/86
1728 4/137bis 4/49
1729* 6/16 4/49

1730** 4/159 
1731* 4/72 4/137 
1732 4/23 4/137
1733* 4/40 4/26 4/92 4/137
1734 4/135 4/137
1735 4/125 4/134
1736 4/44 4/137
1737 4/71 4/137
1738 4/137
1739 4/137

1740 4/137 6/183
1741 4/183 4/151 6/164
1742 4/111 ü 6/149 6/174 
1743 4/25 ü 4/17 6/154
1744* 4/37 ü 6/156 6/176 6/175 
1745** 4/130 4/139 4/140 6/177 4/154bis 6/162
1746* 4/160 ü 6/182 ü 
1747 4/20 4/6 4/138 4/154bis 6/168
1748** 4/144 4/145 4/152bis 6/158
1749 4/154 4/114 6/157

1750 4/7 6/151 6/153
1751 4/7 6/179 4/145bis 4/557bis 6/150 6/167
1752 4/124 6/163 6/181 
1753 4/39 4/87 6/166
1754 4/31 4/70 4/51 4/157 4/156 6/171
1755 4/82 ü 4/136 6/127 ü 6/181 ü 6/214 ü 
1756 4/90 4/98 6/170 6/178
1757 4/15 6/180
1758 4/122 6/147bis 6/159
1759 4/46 ü 4/94 ü 4/127 4/141 6/160 Jonathan moved

1760 4/117 6/173
1761* 6/172 ü 
1762 6/219
1763 4/38 4/100 6/190
1764 4/54 6/185
1765 4/96 4/168 6/192 6/216
1766** 6/14 ü 6/184 ü 6/225 ü Jonathan moved
1767 4/153 ü 4/163 ü 6/165 ü Jonathan moved
1768* 6/187 ü Jonathan moved
1769* 6/2 6/169 6/218

1770** 4/97 6/161 6/223
1771 4/152 6/221
1772 4/146 6/230
1773** 6/222
1774 4/142 6/13 6/220
1775 6/186 6/227
1776 4/155 6/217
1777** 6/9 6/189
1778 4/81 6/152 6/215
1779 4/5 6/8 6/18 6/224

1780 6/234
1781 7/94` 6/229 6/232
1782 4/2 4/6 4/128 6/238
1783 6/146 6/213 6/235
1784* 4/48 6/46 6/228 6/233
1785** 6/231
1786 (4/1 6/11 4/236 6/237
1787* (4/1 ü 4/147 ü 6/211 ü

* indicates a Kenwright burial

 
The Ryan / Kenwright family

Information from Norman Allan Kenwright in 1974 and also St Catherines Indexes.
Also see 1851 census for Grappenhall.

 (The two Ellisons were cousins)

 
Registers with NO Kenwrights

Wills examined for Kenwrights

Henry Hunt of Warrington, leather cutter 1754
Ellen Hunt of Woolston, widow 1717

Hector Kelsall of Liverpool 1735 Admon
Theophilus Kelsall of Chilwall, clerk 1735
Richard Kelsall of Liverpool, gentleman
George Kelsall of Liverpool, gentleman 1747

Elizabeth Plumb of Whiston 1719 Admon
Henry Plumb of West Derby 1714 Admon with Inv
Robert Plumb of Liverpool, innholder 1709
John Plumb of Whiston, gentleman 1728
John Plumb of Liverpool, carter 1737
John Plumb of Wavertree, watchmaker 1729

Jane Tyrer of Prescot, widow 1722
John Tyrer of Knowsley, yeoman 1728
Jonathon Tyrer of Hardshaw, tanner 1725
Anthony Tyrer of Knowsley, innkeeper 1730
Edmund Tyrer of Wavertree, yeoman 1730
Henry Tyrer of Knowsley, butcher 1727
Henry Tyrer of Windle, linen weaver 1725
John Tyrer of Aintree, yeoman 1726
John Tyrer of Knowsley 1729
Ralph Tyrer of Ormskirk, gent Admon 1733
John Tyrer of Thornton (Sefton), yeoman 1728
Richard Tyrer of Thornton, yeoman Admon with Inv 1723

Thomas Patten of Bank, Warrington esq 1772
Thomas Patten of Liverpool, blockmaker 1773
William Patten of Liverpool, mariner 1775
Margaret Patten of Liverpool, widow 1775
Isaac Patten of Liverpool, surgeon Infra 1777
Robert Patten of Warrington, merchant Admon 1780
Elizabeth Patten of Warrington, spinster 1783
 

John Kenwright's Family Bible

Copied from John Kenwright's Family Bible (J.K. born 1845) now in the possession of Lionel Kenwright.

John Kenwright born 29 Jun 1801 died 24 Sep 1858
Margaret wife of John born 25 Mar 1807 died 9 Oct 1874
Elizabeth their daughter born 2 Oct 1829 died 13 Aug 1866
Edward their son born 12 Jul 1831 died 18 Jun 1896
Mary their daughter born 31 Jul 1834 died
Margaret their daughter born 23 Oct 1836 died 26 Jul 1837
Ann their daughter born 5 May 1840 died 15 Sep 1893
Margaret their daughter born 24 Sep 1842 died 17 Aug 1912
John their son born 7 Apr 1845 died 8 Apr 1922
Ellen their daughter born 10 Jun 1847 died 28 Mar 1892
Jane their daughter born 31 May 1850 died 25 Feb 1897
Jonathan their son born 11 Apr 1853
Mary Kenwright daughter of Margaret Kenwright spinster born 9 Nov 1866

(In different handwriting)
Children of Jonathan Kenwright

John Kenwright born 15 May 1890
Emily Kenwright born 24 Jul 1891
Albert Kenwright born 19 Nov 1892
M Ellen Kenwright born 12 Feb 1894