Richard Tonks

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Baptism: 6 Aug 1808, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Apprenticeship: 6 Feb 1822, Hartshill, Warwickshire, England; Age 13 to Thomas Hands Blacksmith
• Removal Order: 21 Apr 1829, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; To Hartshill See notes

Notes:

Thomas Hands died in Dec 1821 before Richard finished his apprenticeship and under the terms of his indentures he was removed to Ratcliffe

Blacksmith Note :-
in 1851 George Hands a Blacksmith age 75 was lodging with William West( b. Ratcliffe) and His wife Jane (Hands) at Abbey Street Nuneaton.

Also in 1881 there was a Thomas Hands Blacksmith born Hartshill in 1842 operating as a Blacksmith at Sheepy Parva

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Tonks
• Residence at marriage: Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: Labourer

Notes:

1841 Census Ratcliffe Culey

Tunks John 60 Y
Tunks An n60 Y
Tunks Elizabeth 50 Y

John married Frances Chamberlain on 8 Oct 1801 in Saint Mary Magdalane, Peckleton, Leicestershire, England. Frances was born in 1772; died in Jan 1847 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 17 Jan 1847 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fanny Tunks
• Residence at marriage: Peckleton, Leicestershire, England

John married Sarah Cheatle on 2 Nov 1769 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Sarah (daughter of Joseph Cheatle and Mary Orme) was born in Jun 1746 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in Jul 1828 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 20 Jul 1828 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Jun 1745, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England

Notes:

Of interest is the oldest memorial to survive in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey; LEI, lying to the South West of the Chancel, (that ground being considered in pre-reformation times as being the most holy), a small roughly incised slab of Sarah's Brother Joseph Viz:-
Here Lyeth the Body of Joseph Cheatle
Departed this life March ye 15th
the year of our lord 1765 aged 22
Farwell my wife and child most dear
I am not dead but sleeping here
My life is spent my grave you see
my loving wife mourn not for me
. My mother and Sister too
For now I have bid this world a dew
as I am so you must be steay
but awile and follow me

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The Cheatle family were notable farmers at Bodymoor Heath close to the border with Lea Marston in the Parish of Kingsbury. There are numerous family memorials in the churchyard there. Today at Dosthill there is a building called Cheatle's Court and a farm at Bodymoor heath called Cheatle's Farm.

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Mary the widow of Joseph Cheatle of Ratcliffe Culey in her will dated 1 Aug 1767 named her daughter Sarah as executrix and her main beneficiary including her messuage. after her death in Feb 1797 probate was granted 27 April 1797 to her daughter Sarah wife of John Tonks.

Notes:

John Pemberton was the Parish Clerk and William Farmer the Church Warden

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Tuncks

Thomas married Anne Browne on 6 Nov 1740 in Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. Anne was born about 1719; died in Nov 1760 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 10 Nov 1760 in Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Churchyard, Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the IGI, (1539 - 1663 and 1673 - 1834), there are no Brown baptisms at Kingsbury between 1697 and 1726 although the registers for this period are good. Browns are well represented in the period 1642 - 1827 over all.
The hearth tax returns 1671 a William Browne occupied a cottage at Hurley Common owned by George Allsop of Tamworth it was empty in 1670 and the returns of 1673 and 1674 indicate only that the ownership was that of Allsop.
On the 4 Sept 1715 Anne Browne Dau of William Browne was Baptised at Tamworth according to the IGI. The Tamworth Registers have yet to be read.

Notes:

Abstract of Will Dated 16 April 1749
Joseph Cheatle of Ratcliffe Culey, My son in law Thomas Worthington trustee for my two children Joseph and Sarah Cheatle. My wife Mary to be Executor. Witnessed by Silvester Vincent, Richard Cheatle and William Farmer. Probate Granted to Mary Cheatle Widow 2 Oct 1749 sole executrix.
N.B. Thomas Worthington married Ann Cheatle at Baxterley on 17 June 1736.
N.B. there is no burial entry for Joseph Cheatle at either Ratcliffe or Sheepy. There is however a burial on April 25 1749/50 of Richard Cheatle at Sheepy Magna.

Joseph married Mary Orme on 27 Nov 1738 in Saint Martin's, Desford, Leicestershire, England. Mary (daughter of John Orm and Elizabeth Glen) was born in Oct 1712 in Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England; died in Feb 1797 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 12 Feb 1797 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Oct 1712, Saint Edith's, Orton on the Hill, Leicestershire, England
• Probate: 27 Apr 1797; To Sarah Tonks nee Cheatle

Notes:

Will Dated 1 Aug 1767
Mary Cheatle widow of Ratcliffe Culey, to my grand daughter Mary Cheatle 5/- to my daughter in law Sarah Eggington 1/- my daughter Sarah Cheatle my messuage here and my executrix. Witnessed by William Eborall, Henry Ward and William Hollier. Probate granted 27 April 1797 to Sarah wife of John Tonks previously Sarah Cheatle sole executrix. Value under ?10.
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