Jacob Robins of Cawston, Norfolk

[Yorkslass]

Hi Meslc,

You're welcome 

St. Martin Coslany (also known as St. Martin at Oak), was very near to the churches of St. Michael Coslany and St Mary Coslany.

Funnily enough, I was searching for my own family in St Martin at Oak for the very years you are looking at - 1709/10, and was upset to find the registers are almost illegible, due to flood damage 
You may have already seen them.....

However, the Archdeacons Transcripts are available, though it means a little more searching - I found the St Martin registers usually start at around pages 30-40, but you have to search by date.

I haven't looked through them, but here's the St Martin of Coslany for 1709/10 - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12986-20914-54?cc=1824688&wc=6895634

Yorkslass

[Meslc]

Hi Yorkslass

Thank you for the link to the Archdeacons Transcripts for St. Martin at Oak for the period I would be interested in.  I was aware they are available but haven't ever looked (time factor) but will investigate although as you say most are illegible.

I did take a proper close up look at the Marriage Bond for Jacob and Mary and was interested to see that although it mentions the marriage should take place in St. Saviour's in Norwich they are given the option to marry in Cawston, Norfolk.  However, those records are transcribed relatively clearly and they do not marry there in 1730 or a few years beyond.  So I need to look at the records for St. Saviours and see if they actually do marry there in the summer of 1730.

I also 'read up' re the history of Marriage Bonds - interesting to find out why they were used by couples.  Not only for quickness (or in my couple's case not being in or near their home parishes for Banns to be read) but also because they were the preferred option of 'gentry' many aspiring artisans also travelled that route so as to show they were of a better 'class' too.

You have certainly provided me with some excellent information for my tree... now just for the time to put it altogether!

Meslc

[Siamese Girl]

Jacob and Mary's grandson Brettingham Scurll 1762-1842 achieved a kind of immortality as he was the manservant of Parson James Woodforde of Weston Longville whose diaries have been published.
A few years ago I did some research on his ancestors, the Robins family, and wrote an article about them for the Parson Woodforde Society. If you PM me your email address I'll send a copy of it to you.

Carole

[Meslc]

Hi Carole

I have sent you a PM with my email address.  Thank you.

Kind regards,

Deborah