The London Post Office Commercial directory for 1867 lists James Shilleto at 1 st Johns st, Clerkenwell London. He is described as a member of Royal College of Surgeons and as being entered in the Medical Register. As it was common in the mid-nineteenth century for streets to be renumbered it is possible that the address given in 1867 and 1869 relate to the same house.

A search was made for the marriage of the parents of Montague Stow Platt Shilleto, working back from 1869. The indexes of marriage, which are available for public inspeaction at the central register office in London, are massive quarter volumes giving the names of brides and grooms in alphabetical order, and the registration district within which each marriage took place, and references to the full certificates. When the bride and groom have the same reference this indicates their marriage, and enables an application to be made for a copy of the certificate to be established, though-for a fee-specific details can be checked by an official.

James Shilleto married Eliza Jemima Lucas Sparrow on the 7th June 1860, by licence at the parish church of High Ongar, Essex. James Shilleto stated that he was a widower aged 49 and a surgeon living at Chipping Ongar. He was the son of John Shilleto, esquire. Eliza Jemima Lucas Sparrow was 31 years of age and a spinster living at High Ongar. She was the daughter of robert George Sparrow,esquire. Both parties signed the register in the presence of Horatio S Sparrow, Julia Sparrow, Harriet Shilleto, William George Goodchild-Vicar of East Tilbury, Jane Pickering, Edward Williamson and Richard Shilleto the officiating minister.

A mortgage dated March 26th March 1850 states that Eliza Jemima Lucas was one of the ten children (excluding the eldest child) of Theodora Louisa Sparrow, widow. The document is an agreement to lend to Eliza Jemima Lucas Sparrow-who had attained the age of 21 in February last, the sum of £150 on the security of property left to her mother by her mothers uncle, the reverend Montagu Pennington by his will dated 1st July 1848. The document states that Theodora Louisa Sparrow has ten children and that this total excluded the eldest son Thomas Sale Pennington who had been adopted by the Reverend Montague Pennington's "dear brother the Reverend Thomas Pennington".

The records of the Universities of Oxford and cambridge give details of three of the children of Theodora Louisa Sparrow and Robert George Sparrow: Thomas Sale Sparrow, born around 1817/8 (Oxford) John James Horatio Pennington Sparrow (Cambridge) Other children of this couple whose names have been found in records in the searches which have been carried out were. William Cunningham Farlie Sparrow, who was described as being of Pimlico, London in 1853 in the entry in the Cambridge Alumni relating to his maternal grandfather, the Reverend Thomas Pennington. This last named gentleman died at his grandson's residence aged 91 in 1853. William is also mentioned in his brother Montagu's will. There is an entry in the 1867 London directory for a William Sparrow, a chemist of 2 Ranelagh terrace Pimlico, London S.W which may be relevant. Theodora Louisa, who married Mr Nivelle and was mentioned in the will of her brother Montagu in 1877.

Sigmunda Elizabeth Cecilia mentioned in the wills of her brother Montagu and her sister Eliza Jemima Lucas Shilleto nee Sparrow. She had married the Reverend Otto Adolphus (who died around 1890/1)

Reference to their father Robert George Sparrow do not give his place of origin or occupation. He is described as being of Tottenham End, Middlesex in 1839 and of St George-the-Martyr, London in 1837. It is clear from the Alumni record of his son Montagu that he was in Florence, Italy at one time. He died before March 1850. His widow's death was searched for from 1850 up to 1861 but her death was not found in this period. Although she was described as being from Deal, Kent in 1850 she was not living in Middle St at the time of the cencus. Middle Street is where her uncle was living in the latter part of his life. A blanket search of the 1851 cencus of Deal was not carried out.

Montagu Pennington sparrow died in 1884 according to the Alumni record and a search was made in the records of the Principal Probate registry for an entry relating to a grant of letters of administration or a will and the following was found.

1884 30th May. Rev Montague Pennington Florentio Romulus Sparrow late of Temple Grafton, Warwick, Clerk. Died 25th April 1884 at the Vicarage House, Temple Grafton. Probate, power reserved to Peregrine Platt of Vine St Clerkenwell Road, Middlesex, secretary to the Field Lane Institution, Reverend John James Horatio septimus Sparrow of Willesborough Rectory, Kent, Clerk, the brother and Sigmunda Elizabeth Cecilia Adollphus (wife of the reverend Otto adolphus, Clerk,) of 45 Lyndhurst Road, Peckham, Surrey, the sister. £1284 5s 1d. The entry in the death indexes gives the following information.

Quarter and year Name Age Registration district

June 1884. Montagu Pennington R.F Sparrow. 65 Stratford

The will of Montagu Pennington Sparrow contains information about the land he held. This comprised land at Deal in Kent which he devised to his sister, Mrs Adolphus; a share in copyhold land in Tottenham, Middlesex to his sister, Mrs Shilleto subject to an annual payment to his sister, Mrs Nivelle; and copyhold land etc. near Thorley in Hertfordshire and all other land to his two brothers, William and John James. The will was made on the 23rd June 1877 and proved on the 30th May 1884 to three of the four executors named.

According to the Alumni entry John James Horatio Septimus Sparrow (Later Pennington) died on the 27th July 1910 and an account of his death and funeral is given in THE ANCHOR. This magazine also records the death shortly afterwards of his sister Eliza Jemima Lucus Shilleto at the age of 81 on the 1st september 1910 at 29 College Street, Islington. Listed at this address in the 1908 London Post Office Directory is Mrs Chard (who appears as one of the witnesses to the second codicil to Mrs Shilleto's will) The entry relating to this will in the records of the Principal Probate registry is as follows.

Wills 1910.

Eliza Jemima Lucus Shilleto of 29 College Street, Islington, Middlesex, widow. Died 1st September 1910. Probate London 1st November to Edmund Thomas Watts gentleman, Montague Stow Platt Shilleto gentleman, and Reverend William Platt, Clerk. £1245.13s.4d.

There were two codicils to the will, one of which reverses the request that she be buried at Willesborough, Kent "owing to the expense" The will names her two sons, her sister, Mrs Adolphus and her brother the Reverend Pennington and her four nieces. According to the ANCHOR Mrs Shilleto lived with her brother Montagu Pennington Shilleto who was rector of Temple Grafton after her husbands death. When her son Montagu Stow Platt married in 1891 he stated that his father was deceased. A search was made to find the death record and will of James Shilleto in the 1870-1891 period. There was no entry for a James Shilleto of the correct age in this period. Nor was any will or grant of letters of administration found. While making this search the following was noted in the records of the Principal Probate Registry.

1871. 15th February. administration of the goods etc. of James Shilleto, late of Selby Yorks, surgeon. Died 3rd March 1824. Grant to Elizabeth, wife of Robert Fowler, farmer of Wilberfoss, Yorks, the daughter. Under £100.

THE ANCHOR stated that James Shilleto was the brother of Dick Shilleto, the celebrated Cambridge coach, whose grandson Roland James Shilleto published THE HISTORY OF THE SHILLETO'S OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. in the Thoresby Society miscellanea, volume 26, published in 1924. This states that James Shilleto Surgeon of Boston Spa (sic) (Yorkshire) was born on the 6th april 1811 and married "Mary Hick" of Thorp Arch (Yorkshire) died 1886; daughter of Robert Hick of Leeds and had issue Edward James Shilleto and Emma Shilleto. There is no mention of a second marriagebut full information is not geiven about all the children of John Shilleto. 1783-1833 and the writer concentrated-understandably on his direct line of ancestry.

A search had been made in the 1871 census to find the returns for 238 St Johns Street, Clerkenwell and locate details of James Shilleto and his family. While there wre no returns for 236 and 240, the houses on either side of 238 there were, strangely no returns for 238. Tis may ean that the house was unocupied on the 2nd April 1871. But if this was the case then the census returns are deficiant since the enumerator should have noted that 238 St Johns Street was unoccupied at the time of the census.

As an entry for the death of James Shilleto was not found a search was was made for references to him in Medical Directories from 1871 onwards and the following found relating to James Shlleto, Licentiate of the society of Apothecaries 1836 and member of the oyal College of Surgeons 1838.

Date of Directory. Residence.

1871 Chipping Ongar Essex.

1875 Elesmere Shropshire.

1879. Castle Cary Bath.

1886. " " "

1889. Ulleskelf,Tadcaster,Yorks.

1894. " " "

1895. James Shilleto not listed.

The qualifications given for James Shilleto and the years in which they were obtained are identical to those given for him in the printed register of Repton School where James Shilleto son of John Shilleto of Ulleskelf was at school, having entered there in August 1823. His brothers Richard Shilleto, the famous Cambridge Coach and John Shilleto were also at Repton (entered in August 1822). A further search was carried out for the death of James Shilleto after 1891 and the death was found. James Shilleto died on the 24th March 1894 at Garmoyle, Clarence Road, Shanklin in the Isle of Wight, Hampshire. He was 82 years of age and described as a surgeon, M>R>C>S & L.S.A. The cause of death was certified by J Leslie Jeafferson, M.R.C.S (England) as cancer of the Oesophagus. The informant present at the death was E.M.Shilleto his daughter who was also of the same address. She registered it on the 27th March 1894. Presumably the daughter was Emma Shilleto. no will or grant of letter of administration was found in the period immediately after his death. Although James Shilleto was listed in an 1871 London Directory at 238 St Johns Street, Clerkenwell he is also listed in the 1871 Medical Directory as being at Chipping Ongar. The 1871 census returns of Chipping Ongar were searched but he was not found here.It must be borne in mind that a directory was usually compiled a year before it was issued and it is possible that the information as to James Shilleto's whereabouts in these two sources may have been obtained at different times in 1870 or early 1871.

The printed sources consulted on the Shilleto family before the pedigree in the Thoresby Society volume was obtained had taken the pedigree back from James Shilleto, surgeon to his parents , John Shilleto (1883-1833 and Sarah daughter of Mr Braithwaite and grandparents, Richard Shilleto and Catherine daughter of John Stow sometime Sheriff of York. Although the Misses Shilleto are listed at Ulleskelf in Pigot & Co's 1834 Directory of Yorkshire by 1841 only the following Shilleto's were living there at the time the census was taken on the 7th June in that year.

Ulleskelf in Kirby Wharfe Parish, near Tadcaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

HO 107 1282.

Name Age Occupation Whether born in same county

p.6 Mary Shilleto. 42 Independant Yes

p.9 Harrison Shilleto 45 School Master Yes

Mary " 40 "

Harrison " 22 Shoemaker "

Ann " 12 "

Amos " 9 "

Harriot " 5 "

William " 2 " p.7 James Shilleto 15 Apprentice to William Gowland Yes

The first census whose returns are of any use to geneologists was taken in 1841. The entries give the names of all members of a houehold, their relaaionship to the head, occupations, ages to the nearest multiple of five below their actual age (except children under 15 whose true age is given), and the answer yes or no to te queson "Were yu born in the county in which you are living now?". the later censuses available for public inspection-1851, 1861 and 1871 in England and Wales, but as late as 1901in scoland-give ages an birthplaces more precisely.

Since a member of the Shilleto family did marry into a Harrison family it would seem that the family of Harrison Shilleto the school master are part of the ancestral family although they cannot be placed on the pedigree since the issue of descendants of all the collateral ulleskelf Shilleto's is not given in Rolnd James Shilleto's account of the family. This account takes the family back from Richard Shilleto 91722-1801) who married Catherine Stow through this Richards parents, James Shilleto (1681-1757) and Faith daughter and heiress of John Harrison of Acklam back to Richards 91722-1801) grandparents.

They were Thomas Shilleto born around 1645 who married Sarah Hawke at Kirby Wharfe in 1673 and died there in 1729 aged 84. On the floor of the chancel in Kirby Wharfe church there is a memorial inscription to James Shilleto and Faith, and to his son Richard Shilleto. This is enclosed as is the inscription on the font which records that it was placed there in pious memory of John Shilleto of Ulleskelf, esquire by his surviving children in 1857.

John Shilleto of Ulleskelf 1645-1729 was born in the period of the civil war. One of the results of the fighting and unrest in that period of the seventeenth century is that many parish registers are no longer extant ptior to the restoration. Where they survive they are sometimes defective in the 1641-1661 period as the registers were often ill-kept or blank for many of the years in question. Be this as it may Roland James Shilleto's account states that it is believed that Thomas shilleto of Ulleskelf was the son of William Shilleto of Aberford, York but offers no proof of this statement though the naming pattern of the children of the Aberford branch is similar to that found to that of the Ulleskelf family. William Shilleto of Aberford was the son of Richard Shilleto the younger. In that period it was not unusual to find the same name given to more than one son. The mortality rate was high and by giving two or more sons the same name this increased the chances that a son of that name would survive. Richard Shilleto the younger is said to be the son of Thomas shilleto by his wife Alice, daughter of John Freeman. The Aberford Shilleto's had connections with Whitwood and earlier ancestors seem to have come from there. The information about this period is not definite but it would seem likely that the Thomas Shilleto who married Alice Freeman was the son of Thomas Shilleto and the grandson of Thomas Shilleto with origins in Featherstone. This parish according to R.J.Shilleto would appear to be the first settlement of the shilleto's of which we have a definite record. He goes on to state that the poll tax of 1378 shows that there were living in Whitewood in the parish of Featherstone, no less than four married couples of the name. In his opinion these four couples were closely related and from this descend all branches of the Shilleto's "portrayed in these pages.

DAW

Martha Ellen Daw was born on the 24th November 1904 at 24 Salmon Lane, Ratcliff, Stepney, London. She was the daughrt of William Alfred Henry Daw, an undertakers coachman and Annie Daw formerly Blair. Her mother registered the birth on 3rd January 1905.

William Alfred Henry Daw married Annie Blair on the 6th April 1896, according to the rights of the established church, after the calling of the banns at st. Philip's church, Stepney in the county of London. William Alfred Henry Daw stated that he was a batchelor aged 21 and a newsagent. He gave his address as 12 York Road Stepney and stated that he was the son of Henry Daw, deceased. Annie Blair was a spinster aged 25 living at 24 Salmon Lane. She was the daughter of James Blair a mast and block maker. both parties signed the register in the presence of Robert Blair and Jessie Taylor.

William Alfred Henry Daw was born on the 5th March 1876 at 92 Albert Road, North Woolwich, Kent. He was the son of Henry Daw, a labourer and Harriet Daw, late Thomas, formerly Ashmore. His mother registered the birth on the 15th April when she signed the register by mark.

A search was made for the marriage of Henry Daw and Harriet Thomas, working back from the date of birth of William Alfred Henry Daw. Despite an extensive search over a very long period no marriage was found of a Henry Daw, Dawe or Dawes which cross cheched against any Harriet Thomas. While the most usual varients of the surname Daw had been examined those which sound the same Daw but are spelt very differently had not been looked at. a second search was made looking under the bride's late surname, Thomas which is one found with great frequency in the marriage indexes. Eventually when a reference was made to the marriage of Harriet Thomas was located in the East End of London registration district of Bethnal Green, this was found to cross-check against a reference to a Henry Door. The certicate was obtained and found and to be ancestral.

Henry Door Married Harriet Thomas on the 17th May 1875 after banns, according to the rites of the established church of bethnal Green. Henry Door was a labourer. Harriet Thomas was a widow and the daughter of Alfred Ashmore, a weaver. Both parties stated that they were of full age, i.e aged 21 years or more. They both signed the register, Harriet doing so by mark and gave their address as 226 Green Street, Bethnal Green. The witnesses to the marriage were John Clarke and Annie Ashmore. As niether party to the 1875 marriage had given their exact ages the marriage certificate merely indicated that they were born before 1855. There was also the added complication that the documents relating to the ancestral family had been found under both Daw and Door varient spellings of the surname. Although it was not known if either Henry Daw or Harriet Ashmore were born in London a search was made in a source which contains a large number of entries relating to London families. This source comprises of baptisms and marriages of London, Middlesex and Surrey parishes immediately to the south of the Thames (e.g. Bermondsey and Southwark, now part of London) The material consulted was compiled by the church of the Latter Day Saints (The Mormons) and is very extensive for parts of London, particularly Stepney and adjoining areas. There was no possibility for the marriage of Harriet Ashmore to a Mr Thomas nor any entry for her baptism. There was a possible entry for the christening of her father, Alfred Ashmore in the baptism at St. Leonard's Shoreditch on the 26th August 1813 of Alfred Ashmore, son of John and Margaret Ahmore. There was one possibility in this Mormon source, called the international Genealogical index for the baptism of Henry Daw and this was the baptism of Henry Dawes, son of James Dawes and Ann on the 27th February 1842 at St. Nicholas Olive in the city of london. But this entry was annotated to the effect that the child had died in infancy. There was not many entries for the surname Door, Doors, Dore, Doore od Dorr variants and no possible baptism of a child named Henry who was son of James Door (or variant). Searches were made in census returns to try to find the family. Before the marriage in 1875 was found a search of the 1871 census returns had been made of 92 Albert Road, North Woolwitch, Kent to try and find the family. This search was not successful. A search was later made in the 1871 census returns of 226 Green Street, Bethnal Green but again the family was not found there. Many families in London moved frequently in the nineteenth century and the addresses that had been searched were midway between the time of the 1871 and 1881 censuses. It is usual, where possible, to look for the birth of a child born around the time of the census to find an address to search in the returns, or if the ancestor follows the kind of occupation which is listed in a directory a search or searches in this source may provide the answer.

While the latest census returns available to the public are those for 1871 9the 1881 returns are being released in January 1982) (thse searches were made in 1981) searches for specific addresses in later census returns up to and including the returns for 1900 can be searched and limited information released. Thus since it was known that Henry Daw died before the 6th April 1896 it was possible that if he died around the the time of the 1881 or the 1891 census an address for the family might be obtained from his death certificate which would also give us his age. A search for his death was feasible since it was known that he died in 1876 to 1896 period. If Henry Daw's age when he died indicated that he was born in the period of General Registration (introduced in 1837) then a search for his birth would also have been feasible. However a search for possibilities for the death of Henry Daw produced under the Daw(e)(s) spelling only the following possibilities in the London area:

Quarter and Year Name Age app period of birth District

1. March 1887 Henry Daw 33 1843 Hackney
2. Dec 1879 Henry Dawe 48 1830 Pancras
3. March 1880 Henry Daw 44 1835/6 Holborn
4. March 1883 Henry Dawes 53 1830/29 Lambeth
5. Sept 1889 Henry Dawes 40 1848/7 Croydon
6. Sept 1891 Henry Dawes 43 1848/7 Camberwell
7. March 1893 Henry Dawe 70 1822/3 Greenwitch
8. June 1895 Henry Daw 44 1851 London city

At the time this search was made five of the quarterly death volumes were nat available for search as they were at the binders. A second search was later made under the Dore and Door spelling (at which time the volumes for June 1877, June 1888 and 1889 were ate the binders) and under (Daw(e) etc. To recheck the first search, and look at the previously missing volumes. While carrying out this search likely looking entries for Harriet's death-Henry, Harry and Harriet are not far from each other in the indezes-were also looked for, and the following were found for the 20 year period:

Quarter and year Name Age Birth period District

9. March. 1878 Harriet Daw 42 1835/6. Tenterden Kent

10. Dec 1879 Harriet Dore 30 1838/9 Lewisham Kent.

11. June 1881 Harriette Dawe 55 1825/6 Lewisham Kent.

12. March 1890 Henry Dore 61 1828/9 Fulham

13. Dec 1895 Henry John Dore 63 . 1831/2 St George Hanover Sq

In the above, the death in the nearest registration district to the birth in 1876 in North Woolwich and the 1875 marriage at Bethnal Green was the death of Henry Daw in the Hackney registration district. The certificate was obtained. Henry Daw, a labourer aged 33 died on the 27th February 1877 at the fever Hospital in Homerton. The cause of death was certified A Collie,M.D. as "Variola confluens. 1 bad mark of vaccination" (i.e.small pox). The informant of the death who did not give the usual address of the deceased was W.H.Norman, steward of the fever hospital at Homerton. This death record did not state whether the deceased was married-where this is the case the wife's name is often given-nor give his usual address so it is impossible on this information to ascertain whether the death is ancestral. it may be possible to follow up the death if there are still hospital recoreds extant.

If possible, since the surname Daw and its variants is not an uncommon one it would be best to find Henry Daw in a census return before looking for his birth 9even with information as to his approximate year of birth). The reason for this is that it is possible that even in a period of two or three years there may be more than one birth of a Henry Daw (or variant) who was the son of a James. Furthermore in the early years of general registration a number of births were not registered so that a place of birth obtained from a census return would aid the search for Henry's birth or baptism. One search it gas not been possible to carry out is a search for the first marriage of Henry Daw (or variant) Usually the names of both parties of a marriage are needed in order to be able to trace the relevant record. If the name of Henry's first wife is not known the only checking point is the fact that Henry was the son of James and any possible entries for Henry's first marriage would have to check against the name of his father.. Again, as with the birth search, it is possible that more than one marriage of a Henry son of James might be found.

PENNINGTON

Printed sources such as the Alumni and freedom records take the Pennington family back to the early part of the seventeenth century to Daniel pennington a mealman of aAll Saints parish in the City of Canterbury.

The freedom records of the city of Canterbury are extant from 1392 and from this year up to 1800 the following Pennington entries are found.

Freeman by birth

Thomas pennington of Deal, clerk son of Daniel Pennington of Canterbury mealman 1751.

John Pennington of London. Baker 1760.

Freeman by marriage

William pennington became a freeman in 1459 by reason of his marriage to the daughter of a freeman. He married Katherine daughter of Guy Elys.

Daniel Pennington, mealman married Mary daughter of Thomas Young a currier 1724

Freeman by apprenticeship.

No Pennington listed.

Freeman by gift.

William Pennington, vintner 1679.

Daniel Pennington the mealman and freeman of Canterbury in 1724 appears later on in these records because a son-in-law became a freeman by marriage in 1761. This was Thomas Parnell who married Mary daughter of Daniel Pennington in 1751.

There are many Young entries in the freedom records including an entry which must relate to Daniel Pennington's father in law. He was Thomas Young who became a freeman by apprenticeship to his father. Thomas Young became a freeman in 1695. His fthar was thomas Young a cordwainer (shoemaker) who became a freeman in 1680 by apprenticeship to Edmund Maplisden.

A proportion of individuals chose to marry by licence rather than by banns. Sometimes the reason for this is speed, a great many Kentish mariners were obliged to marry by licence as they did not have time to wait for the tedious reading os the banns over three weeks. Often members of middle-class or the gentry preferred to marry by licence. The canterbury marriage licences which are in print to 1837 include a number of entries relating to the family in the 1750 to 1837 period. Daniel Pennington must have married by banns since there is no record of a licence being granted for his marriage to Mary Young. But the following Pennington entries appear in the 1751 to 1837 period.

1751-1780

Thomas Parnell of Canterbury, gingerbread baker, batchelor aged 23 and Mary Pennington of all Saints, Holy Cross, St.Pauls or St.Dunstans Canterbury. Licence granted 3rd September 1751.

Thomas Batt of All Saints Canterbury, tallow chandler batchelor aged 22 and susan(na) Pennington of the same (parish) spinster. To be married at All Saints Canterbury 1763, 19th January.

1781-1809

Reverend Thomas Pennington, M.A. of Eastry, batchelor and Mary Sarah Sale of the same(parish) spinster. 13th February 1789.

John James Pennington of St. Dunstans in the east, London, gentleman, batchelor, 31 and Sarah French of St. Mary Northgate Canterbury, spinster, 28th May 1792.

Montagu Pennington of Deal, clerk, batchelor and Mary Watts of the same, widow. 21st January 1804.

1810-1837.

George Adams of St. Augustine's, Canterbury (extra parochial district) batchelor and Hester Pennington of the same spinster 34 at St. Paul's Canterbury. 17th August 1825.

In the printed Alumni records of Oxford and Cambridge university there is an entry relating to a son of Daniel Pennington.

Oxford:

Thomas Pennington, son of Daniel of Canterbury, who attended Exeter College and matricated 16th July 1747 aged 19 and therefore born around 1728. He obtained his B.A. at Christchurch in 1751 and his M.A. in 1754; and became a Batchelor and a Doctor of Divinity in 1770. he was one of the six preachers of canterbury Cathedral and was Rector of Kingsdown, Kent, 1754, and of Tunstall, Kent in 1766 until his death at Deal on the 26th November 1802. he was the father of James who matricated in 1722.

The following articles relate to sons of the above Thomas Pennington:

Cambrige:

Thomas pennington admitted as a pensioner (i.e one who pays for his own commons out of his own income) aged 14 at trinityCollege on the 28th June 1775 and therefore born around 1761; he was the (elder) son of Thomas Pennington, of Deal and Margaret daughter of Nicholas Carter, D.D., Rector of Woodchurch and Ham, Kent. He obtained his B.A. in 1781 and migrated to Clare where he obtained his M.A. in 1783. He also became a fellow of Clare. He was the rector and patron of Kingsdown, Kent 1786-1853, and Rector of Thorley Hertfordshire 1798-153. He was Chaplain to the Countess of Bath, and ater to the Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough. He was described o bing of Deal and Bledlow Buckinghamshire and he was the author of Continental Excursions and A Journey into Various Parts of Europe. He died on the 21stdecember 1853, aged 91. at the residence of his grandson, William cunningham Farlie Sparrow.

Oxford

James Pennington, son of Thomas Pennington of Deal, Kent, doctor attended Hertford College where he matricated on the 6th July 1772 aged 14 and obtained his B.A. in 1776. He was born around 1758.

Montagu Pennington, son of Thomas Pennington of Mongeham, Kent doctor (i.e. Doctor of Divinity) was at Trinity College and matricated on 23rd October 1777 aged 14. He obtained his B.A. in1781 and his M.A. in 1784 and was Vicar of Northbourne and Shoulen, Kent in 1806. He was perpetual curate of St. George's Chapel, Deal, Kent from 1814 until his death on the 15th April 1849.

According to an entry in Musgrave's Obituaries there is an account-probably only one or two lines in length-about the death of Mrs Pennington at Canterbury in 1783 in The Gentleman's Magazine.There is no sign of any entry relating to her husband Daniel Pennington. However in the indexes to the local Canterbury newspapers there was a reference to Daniel Pennington in the late 1720s. These have not been examined.

SURNAMES

Surnames in the British Isles fall into four different catagories

1. Surnames based on the first name of an ancestor sometimes called the Font names;
2. Surnames derived from localities or place names;
3. surnames recording an occupation or status of an ancestor;
4. Surnames that are nicknames, descriptive of an ancestors figure, face, morals, taste, clothes and so on.

The origin of the surname Shilleto is commented on at length by Roland James Shilleto. He states that attempts to elucidate its origin and meaning without any real success.

Pennington is a surname derived from a place name. There are places of this name in Hampshire and Lancashire, any one of which may be the place of origin of the Penningtons of Kent.

The surname Sparrow is derived from the old English Spearwa 'Sparrow' literally 'flutterer'. A Richard Sperewe appears in early London records in 1160-5; a Ralph Sparewe in 1182 in the Norfolk Pipe Rolls and Ibbota. Sparrow is mentioned in the Court Rolls of the manor of Wakefield, Yorkshire 1325.

The surname Daw may be derived from one of two sources. Dawe is a pet name for David which shares this common surname with the old English Dawe 'Jack-daw'. Early instances of this surname are found in 1212 in The Book of Fees in Lancashire and Assize Rolls for Yorkshire in 1219. Ralph Daw is mentioned in the Curia Regis Rolls for Wourcester in 1211 and another in the Hundred Rolls for Devon in 1275. Lovekin Dawes appears in the Oxfordshire Hundred Rolls in 1279.

THE COAT OF ARMS ON THE BOOK PLATE IN THE BIBLE BELONGING TO MONTAGU PENNINGTON SPARROW, A.M.

This may be blazoned as follows:

Quarterly, 1st & 4th Argent three roses (gules barbed vert) SPARROW; 2nd & 3rd quarterly, 1st 7 4th or, five fusils conjoined in fess (azure) PENNINGTON; 2nd & 3rd Argent a chevron between three fusils (/ sable0 (unidentified); impaling or, a bend engrailing between six roses gules (?barbed vert) Warner crest: A Garb.

Motto: INDUSTRY AND LOVE.

or = gold; Argent=silver; Gules=red; Azure=blue and vert=green.

The coat of arms indicates that Montagu Pennington Sparrow married a lady whose surname before marriage was warner. His own surname was Sparrow, his mother was a Pennington. The unidentified part of the Pennington quartering doubtless relates to an earlier Pennington marriage.

To be legally entitled to bear arms a person has to prove direct male line descent from the original grantee. However in order to satisfy the demand from the newly rich middle classes, from the eighteenth century onwards some Heraldic Stationers supplied arms for a "name" which their customers used on their notepaperand rings without the real right to do so. Therefore, although for instance the coat of arms for Pennington on the book plate is that of the Muncaster family, and the use of it by the Reverend Pennington does not necessarily mean he was closely related.