CAYTON BY SCARBOROUGH PARISH REGISTER
Entries are as recorded. A range of 20 to 30 years has been allowed from birth to marriage.

Entry in the parish register for Lady Day 1702 and 1723

        Thomas Crumpton  Chappell warden

Entry in the parish register for Lady Day 1743 and 1762

        Abraham Crumpton ?? Gentleman Chappell Warden

who either entered the information or audited the books. It is possible that the entry which followed were written in his hand, the hand of the other chapel warden or the curate.

Linking hypothesis

It is possible that the above entries, in the Cayton by Scarborough parish register, bridge the gap between the wealth of the descendants of Thomas 'Auditor' Crompton and Thomas of Bridlington.

Between 1232 and 1894 the parishes of England were governed by Vestry - the village parliament equivalent to today's parish council - so called because they met, periodically, in the church Vestry, under the chairmanship of the priest. The Vestry, responsible for the majority of happenings within the marked parish boundary, comprised of:

• Parish Clerk            - 1232 to 1844;
• Constable                - 1242 to 1839;
• Waywarden             - 1555 to 1835 - in charge of highways;
• Overseer of the poor - 1601 to 1834; and
• Church Warden     - 1533 to 1894.

All the members of the Vestry were nominated from the landed gentry.  Failure to accept the nomination for this voluntary post resulted in a fine paid to the parish chest. Only the production of a Tyburn Ticket, a reward for bringing a felon to justice, could prevent this fine. Research has suggested that the same names rotated around the Vestry posts.

In modern times the Church Warden is responsible for church matters. However, within the Vestry the Church Warden could levy and apply his 'church rate' to the repairs of the church and to his secular responsibilities. These included:

• ensuring that there was no Sunday drinking, in the pubs, between the hours of 10am and 11am;
• pest control officer, a responsibility delegated by Henry VIII;
• the supervisor of the travel 'Pass', which allowed travelling people to pass through the village on their way to a given destination, and a possible travel subsidy of 6d. (Because the parish was responsible for its own, vagrants were moved on. Sailors, for example, returning to their home parish from their port of arrival required a 'Pass' so that they could stay within a village for a maximum of 14 hours.)

It is now a possibility that Thomas Crumpton and Abraham Crumpton, the grandfather and father of Thomas Crompton of Bridlington, were of the landed gentry and that this is how Thomas of Bridlington amassed his wealth in order to buy property and land in Bridlington. If this is so then, though this wealth, there is a tentative link to the wealth of the Stuart and Restoration periods.

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Baptisms 1686-1775

1699 Oct  29      Rich son of Thomas Crumpton and Ellice his wife Bap.
1701 Feb  16      Tho, son of Thomas Crumpton and Elliss his wife Bap.
1702 May  23      Wm  son of Thomas Crumpton and Ellice his wife Bap.
1704 May   2      Abraham son of Tho Crumpton Bapt.
1706 Sept  8      Roger  son of Tho Crumpton Bapt.
1709 Feb   1      Mary dau of Tho. Crumpton Bapt.
1711 Nov  11      Ann  dau of Thom Crumpton
1733 Jun  25      Prisilay daughter of Abraham Crumpton
1735 Nov  18      Ellise  daughter of Abraham Crumpton
1736 Dec  27      Mary daughter of Wm Crumpton
1738 Aug  20      William son of William Crumpton
1738 Sep   1      Thomas son of Abraham Crumpton
1741 Mar   6      Mathew son of William Crumpton
1742 Mar  16      Anne Dau of Abraham and Isabell Crumpton
1744 Feb  27      Richard son of Abraham and Isabell Crumpton
1745 Mar  30      Ann J daughter of Will and Mary Crumpton
1748 Apr  14      Elizabeth Dr of Abraham & Esbel Crumpton
1748 Sep  19      Johnathan son  of Will and Mary Crumpton

Marriages 1684-1754

1698 April 11     Tho. Crumpton & Eliz Wobow? (Elice Walker) was married
1701/2/16         are impossible to read.
1732              Abraham Crumpton & Isabell Brown

In 1753 Marriages were then transferred to new book and official format.

Deaths 1684 -1774

1700 Apr   2      Richard  Crumpton was buried
1701 Feb   6      Tho. Crumpton Buried  [Possible day transcription error.]
1731 Feb  15      Thomas Richardson a youth
1736 Feb  15      Tho Crumpton Blacksmith
1738 Feb  15      Elizabeth Crumpton
1741 Oct  27      Thomas Crumpton son of Willm Crumpton
1745 Sep  29      Jane Daughter of William and Mary Crumpton
1746 Jul  29      Richard Son of Abraham & Esabel Crumpton
1746 Dec  21      Tho. the Childe of Will & Mary Crumpton
1748 Apr  20      Elizebeth Dr of Abraham & Ebe Crumpton
1748 Oct  11      Jonathan A Childe of Will & Mary Crumpton
1769 Jan  ??      Thomas son of Thomas & Jane Crumpton

Source: For Cayton by Scarborough Parish Records - East Riding Archives, Beverley, East Yorkshire

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This page was created by Richard Crompton and maintained by Chris Glass	Version C3 Updated 24 October 2005