Dr John Evans was the minister of Hand Alley Presbyterian meeting in London. This list compiled and updated by Evans between 1715 and 1729 and provides a survey of Baptist, Independent and Presbyterian congregations. The full list is held at Dr Williams' Library in London (reference MS 34.4)
The details for Northamptonshire are shown in the table. The numbers of hearers and Voters should be treated with caution as they may not accurately reflect our interpretation of these descriptions. As can be seen some of the Presbyterian ministers were in fact ejected Church of England clergy. For convenience the modern parish names are shown in the first column.
| Key to the table | |
A |
Anabaptist |
Ant |
Antinomian |
AP |
Particular Baptist |
AG |
General Baptist |
f or F |
on the fund |
I. |
Independent |
O. |
Ordained |
P. |
Presbyterian |
Parish |
Place |
Minister |
Ordained |
Fund |
Directions |
Hearers |
Voters |
Northampton |
Northampton |
Thos. Tingey removed to L. Jan. 1728/9 |
I. |
at Northampton |
900 |
154 |
|
Higham-Ferrers |
Higham-Ferrers |
Jn. Davies |
I. |
360 |
17 |
||
Daventry |
Daventry |
(Edmund Jelly removed) David Mattock1721 |
P.f. £6 |
300 |
27 |
||
Rothwell |
Rowell |
Matthew Morrice |
I.Ant. |
600 |
76 |
||
Kettering |
Kettering |
Thos. Saunders1 (Thos. Milway removed to Ipswich 1721) |
I.F. |
740 |
20 |
||
Kettering |
Kettering |
Jn. Wills |
I.Ant. |
250 |
6 |
||
Wellingborough |
Wellingborough |
Jn. King |
O |
P.f. £6 |
600 |
55 |
|
Oundle |
Oundle |
(Joseph King dd.) |
I.F. |
300 |
24 |
||
Welford |
Welford |
Jn. Norris |
O |
P. |
430 |
60 |
|
Long Buckby |
Long Buckby |
Thos. Cartwright |
O |
P.f. £5 |
360 |
60 |
|
Creaton |
Creaton between |
Abraham Chambers |
O |
P.f. £5 |
360 |
38 |
|
Potterspury |
Potters Pury |
(Wm. Bushnel) removed to Andover 1729 |
O |
P.f. £6 |
500 |
20 |
|
Flore |
Flower, nr. Daventry |
Jn. Foster removed to Sudbury |
I.F. |
400 |
34 |
||
Ashby |
Ashby |
I. |
400 |
60 |
|||
Yardley |
Yardley |
Jn. Drake |
I.f. £7 |
|
|
||
Brigstock |
Brickstoke1 |
I. |
150 |
|
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Wellingborough |
Wellingborough |
Robt. Betteson |
I.Ant. Lay-preacher |
200 |
4 |
||
Thorpe Waterville and Brigstock |
Thorp-Waterfield |
(Sewell del.) |
(I.Ant.del.) |
200 |
3 |
||
(Jn. Johnson, conformed 1726 |
f. £5 |
150 |
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Rushden |
Rusden, nr. |
Daniel Hefford |
I. Lay-preacher |
|
|
||
Yelvertoft |
Yelvertoft |
Norris |
f. £3 |
|
|
||
Kettering |
Kettering |
Thos. Wallis |
A.Pr. |
60 |
7 |
||
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The Account of this County received from Mr.Clark in a Letter to him from Mr. Jennings of Kibworth in Leics. |
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| Northampton | Northampton |
Tho. Garret |
A.G. |
50 |
13 |
||
|
Jn. Moore |
A.Ant. |
300 |
70 |
|||
Kettering |
Kettering |
Thos. Wallis |
A. |
60 |
7 |
||
Byfield |
Bifield and Chipping Warden |
Nathanael
Kinch |
A.G. |
}These with Banbury
& |
100 |
12 |
|
Woodend, Weston by Weedon, Bradden |
Wooden |
Jn.
Britain |
A.G. |
}At Cosgrave |
150 |
20 |
|
Slapton |
Slapton |
Simon
Harecourt |
A. |
People mixt.as to Baptism |
40* |
3 |
|
Eastcote |
Eshcott |
Jn. Payne |
A. |
People mixt.as to Baptism |
50* |
10 |
|
Roade |
Rode |
Joseph Palmer |
A.P. |
200 |
16 |
||
Yardley Gobion |
Yardly (and |
Jn. Britain of Cosgrave |
A. |
240 |
17 |
||
Welton, |
Welton, Stairton and Braunston |
(name del.) |
A. |
100 |
18 |
||
Braunston, |
Raunston, |
Jn. Painter of Moulton |
A.G. |
70 |
10 |
||
Walgrave, |
Waldgrave, |
Painter
& Garret |
A. |
80 |
9 |
||
Isham, |
Isham |
Ibid. |
A. |
70 80 |
10 |
||
Flore |
Flowre |
Jn. Foster |
A. |
400 |
34 |
||
St. James, Northampton |
St. James in |
Jn. Collis |
A. |
50 |
14 |
||
Naseby |
Naseby |
Ralph Wright |
A. |
30 |
|
||
Clipstone |
Clipston |
Austin
Taylor |
A.Part. |
50* |
6 |
||
Walgrave |
Waldgrove |
Wm. Barker |
A. |
100 |
10 |
||
Brafield on the Green |
Branfield ye Green |
Robt. Pageon |
A. |
60 |
6 |
||
| Wollaston and Rushden | Woolaston |
Jn. Woolaston |
A.P. |
220 |
14 |
||
Ringstead |
Ringstead |
Curtis |
A. |
160 |
16 |
||
Peterborough and Eye |
Peterborough |
A.G. |
40* |
6 |
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| The Numbers markd. in this County with an Asterisk not so much to be depended on for exactness. | |||||||
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