Marriages in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire in 1818

[davidft]

OK I was going to see if they were in Ripon registers, but they are not (no JOY entries there from 1815 to 1820)

[Calverley Lad]

So you want a link for St Cuthberts Pateley Bridge records!
http://www.calverley.info/home.htm
Look for Nidderdale church records.
You should be o'k there.
 Brian

[Keithtug]

Thanks for trying, David.

Brian, I've had a look and the records just jump from 1817 to 1819, Just the same as everywhere else I've tried . It looks like the parish records are hiding for 1818!!

Thanks for trying everyone
 
PS LizzieL where did you see the newspaper articles, please?

[LizzieL]

The newspapers were on FindMyPast, I expect they're on British newspaper Archive as they are both Brightsolid sites. 

[Keithtug]

Thanks LizzieL,
I've had a look at the newspaper reports.  And I thought Vicars were pillars of the establishment! 
Keith

[LizzieL]

I suppose there will always be a few who for some reason or another don't live up to expectations.
Maybe some tragic event drove him to drink, or he had a medical condition which nowadays could be diagnosed and possibly treated or at least alleviated. One report said he was uttering profanities and neglecting duties. Whether this was the alcohol or some mental disorder who knows.

[Keithtug]

Another interesting twist to this story (well, to me anyway!). My 3x grt grandfather & mother were the last people to get married by the Reverend William Neesom in Pateley Bridge on 20 Jun 1819.
He was still officiating at Baptisms and Funerals until 19/20 Jul 1819, after which other ministers took over. I'm looking at the Bishop's Transcripts for my information, so the Parish Records might show a different story. I really will have to get up to Pateley Bridge before I kick the bucket
Keith
PS.
I've just looked up the burial of the Reverend William Neesom (they didn't strip him of his title, then) it was 19 April 1820. Whether all his trouble hastened his end, I don't know. He was 65 years old.
Keith

[LizzieL]

I think the date of the (church) court where the Archbishop sacked him was on the 22nd July 1819. That ties in nicely with records of him officiating up until a couple of days before.
 

[LizzieL]

I've just found another newspaper from 1809 (ten years before he was sacked). It reports the names and moneys paid to clergyman from a charity set up to help poor clergyman. William received £53 to support 9 children. He is included on some online trees, but they seem to be short of a couple of children if the newspaper was right. William would have been about 54 in 1809 and I would have thought the two oldest sons would be old enough to support themselves.