Kings Hill
House & Garden
( 52.2881747 -2.2928825)
KINGS HILL - KINGSHILL
1520 JOHN MARTEN de Kyngeshyll Lay Subsidy Pd 18d tax Goods valued £30
ref L 142.44 page 88
1542 JOHN MARTEN bur Shrawley
1545 Sep 14th MARGERY daughter of RICHARD MARTIN bap
1548 Apr27th THOMAS son of RICHARD MARTIN bap
1553 Dec 11th JOHN s. of RICHARD MARTEN bap
1621 ROBERT PAYTWIN
1630 JACOBUS MARTIN died JOHN MARTIN son and heir admitted tenant
1710 THOMAS STONE died passed to son and heir RICHARD –he surrendered it to OSBORNE
1743 WILLIAM MARTIN died – passed to his wife MARY
1743 MR SANDERS (mortgaged by RICHARD STONE)
KINGSHILL - open to claim ,but no-one came so it will be the Lord’s
1771 RICHARD STONE in debt by way of mortgage passed to ROBERT BOURNE
1771 ROBERT BOURNE Admission and surrender of Richard Poole,heir of Mrs Brown, dec’d ,
to Mr Bourne,Richard and Elizabeth his wife from Bromyard, on holding of John Tolley
1782 ROBERT BOURNE and SARAH his wife surrendered for use of WILLIAM JONES (tenant
Mr Smith) ref SHRAWLEY COURT ROLLS
1786 WILLIAM JONES died – passed to wife CATHERINE, then to trustees .Revd. SAMUEL
WHARTON and Revd. WILLIAM FOX of Shrawley and their heirs.
1800 MRS HOOK
1801 THOMAS MARTIN died (King Hill, Gilberts and Turners)
1803 THOMAS MARTEN – passed to his daughter, SARAH, wife of JOHN JACKSON,
and his heirs
1802 SARAH JACKSON, only d. and child of Sarah Jackson ,deceased. John Jackson her guardian
‘as Sarah is only 4 or thereabouts’
Sarah Jackson was great-granddaughter and heir of William Martin .She also inherited
Gilberts, Turners and Poppits
1804 CATHERINE HOOK (formerly JONES see 1786) died passed to trustees
1804 TRUSTEES surrendered to JAMES DIPPLE
1808 JAMES DIPPLE died .Widow became tenant.
1808 JN . JACKSON paid 2 sh rent to J .Phillips C
WIDOW DIPPLE paid 5sh 6d rent to J.Phillips C
1823 Nov24th JOB s of WILLIAM & SARAH TAYLOR bap
1827 ANN DIPPLE Land Tax
1834 K.Hill Estate sold to MR VERNON
1839 WM. JONES occ. owner T.B.V.
JOHN PRICE occ. of other house owner T.B.V. Tithe
1840 H.F.VERNON occupied by Henry Clutton
1520 JOHN MARTEN de Kyngeshyll Lay Subsidy Pd 18d tax Goods valued £30
ref L 142.44 page 88
1542 JOHN MARTEN bur Shrawley
1545 Sep 14th MARGERY daughter of RICHARD MARTIN bap
1548 Apr27th THOMAS son of RICHARD MARTIN bap
1553 Dec 11th JOHN s. of RICHARD MARTEN bap
1621 ROBERT PAYTWIN
1630 JACOBUS MARTIN died JOHN MARTIN son and heir admitted tenant
1710 THOMAS STONE died passed to son and heir RICHARD –he surrendered it to OSBORNE
1743 WILLIAM MARTIN died – passed to his wife MARY
1743 MR SANDERS (mortgaged by RICHARD STONE)
KINGSHILL - open to claim ,but no-one came so it will be the Lord’s
1771 RICHARD STONE in debt by way of mortgage passed to ROBERT BOURNE
1771 ROBERT BOURNE Admission and surrender of Richard Poole,heir of Mrs Brown, dec’d ,
to Mr Bourne,Richard and Elizabeth his wife from Bromyard, on holding of John Tolley
1782 ROBERT BOURNE and SARAH his wife surrendered for use of WILLIAM JONES (tenant
Mr Smith) ref SHRAWLEY COURT ROLLS
1786 WILLIAM JONES died – passed to wife CATHERINE, then to trustees .Revd. SAMUEL
WHARTON and Revd. WILLIAM FOX of Shrawley and their heirs.
1800 MRS HOOK
1801 THOMAS MARTIN died (King Hill, Gilberts and Turners)
1803 THOMAS MARTEN – passed to his daughter, SARAH, wife of JOHN JACKSON,
and his heirs
1802 SARAH JACKSON, only d. and child of Sarah Jackson ,deceased. John Jackson her guardian
‘as Sarah is only 4 or thereabouts’
Sarah Jackson was great-granddaughter and heir of William Martin .She also inherited
Gilberts, Turners and Poppits
1804 CATHERINE HOOK (formerly JONES see 1786) died passed to trustees
1804 TRUSTEES surrendered to JAMES DIPPLE
1808 JAMES DIPPLE died .Widow became tenant.
1808 JN . JACKSON paid 2 sh rent to J .Phillips C
WIDOW DIPPLE paid 5sh 6d rent to J.Phillips C
1823 Nov24th JOB s of WILLIAM & SARAH TAYLOR bap
1827 ANN DIPPLE Land Tax
1834 K.Hill Estate sold to MR VERNON
1839 WM. JONES occ. owner T.B.V.
JOHN PRICE occ. of other house owner T.B.V. Tithe
1840 H.F.VERNON occupied by Henry Clutton
In June 1841 ...
1841 A lot of work was done on Kingshill –BA 7335/107
1841 WILLIAM JAMES Census
1841 Payment by VERNON for painting up KINGSHILL and whitewashing JAS.SPRAGG'S
house
1844 HUGHS paid for slates for KINGSHILL BA 7335/107
Lots of bills relating to work done to Kingshill in this box
THRUPP blacksmith paid for metal hooks ,nails etc for Kingshill
1841 A lot of work was done on Kingshill –BA 7335/107
1841 WILLIAM JAMES Census
1841 Payment by VERNON for painting up KINGSHILL and whitewashing JAS.SPRAGG'S
house
1844 HUGHS paid for slates for KINGSHILL BA 7335/107
Lots of bills relating to work done to Kingshill in this box
THRUPP blacksmith paid for metal hooks ,nails etc for Kingshill
In March 1851 ...
In April 1861 ...
In April 1871 ...
In April 1881 ...
1881 ALFRED MOORE Bricklayer Census
1881 SARAH HOOPER Retired shopkeeper Census
1892 SAMUEL POWICK Kellys Directory
1896 MRS POWICK Kellys Directory
1895 SAMUEL POWICK died April 1895 aged 62yrs MI
1881 ALFRED MOORE Bricklayer Census
1881 SARAH HOOPER Retired shopkeeper Census
1892 SAMUEL POWICK Kellys Directory
1896 MRS POWICK Kellys Directory
1895 SAMUEL POWICK died April 1895 aged 62yrs MI
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In September 1939 ...
History from 1940 to recent times
In 2020 ...