Personal Details of Richard Knight
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| Buried: | 15/04/1885 |
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Birth
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Burial Register
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Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.
Memorial Details
| Headstone: IMO/ RICHARD KNIGHT/ who died April 9th. 1885/ aged 80 years./ "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord./ For they rest from their labours."/ Also of/ DAVID KNIGHT/ son of the above/ who died Feb. 27th. 1888/ age 48 years./ Interred at Winkfield | |
| Name on Memorial | Richard Knight |
| Date of death | 09/04/1885 |
| Age | 80 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Headstone |
| Construction Material | Sandstone, engraved |
| Condition of memorial | Headstone good, although inscription mostly unreadable |
| Pattison Location Code | P(K)16 |
| Others named on memorial | |
| David Knight |
Cemetery accounts
This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.
| Name at death | Richard Knight |
| Date of burial | 15/04/1885 |
| Whence brought | Newbury |
| Where & how buried | Unconsecrated PG |
| By whom buried | Benyon Smith |
| Account Entry | Book 02 - Page 018 |
| Transcription comments | On FBMD |
Accounts Entry for Richard Knight
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Reproduced with kind permission
Accounts Entry for Richard Knight
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
Richard Knight
| Source: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Article date: | 16/04/1885 |
| Copyright: | Newbury Weekly News |
| Transciption: | RICHARD KNIGHT April 9, at 3 Bartholomew-terrace, Newbury, Richard Knight, late of Winkfield, aged 80 years |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
The articles below contain information about Richard Knight.
Richard Knight
Richard Knight
c1805-1885
Richard was a Bricklayer he was born in Nettlebed Oxfordshire the son of David and Mary Knight (nee Cotterill) who were married on the 24th January 1778 in Swyncombe Oxfordshire. (David was a Mealman from Nettlebed)
Richard married Sarah Duckett on the 3rd May 1838 at St Mary Reading and they had three children, David born c1839, Mary, born c1841 and Jane born 1843 (all births registered in Wokingham)
In 1841 Richard (35), Sarah (33), David (2) and Mary (3 months) were living in Whistley Green Hurst Berkshire
Sarah died aged 38 in 1845 (name at death registered as Night).
Richard remarried on the 8th February 1849 his 2nd wife was widow, Hannah Atto (nee Shepherd)
The 1851 census records Richard (45) living in Haines Hill Lodge, Broad Hinton, Berkshire with Hannah (57), David (12) and Jane (7).
In 1861 Richard (51), Hannah (73) and Jane (19) were recorded living in Hinton Lodge, Hurst, Berkshire
In the 1871 census Richard (65) and Hannah (84) were again recorded living in Haines Hill Lodge. Richard’s married daughter Mary Clinch (29) was also recorded in the household, as a visitor.
Hannah died aged 84 in 1871 (death registered in Wokingham)
In 1881 Richard (75) was recorded as a Lodger at “The Crown” Maiden’s Green Winkfield Berkshire
He died aged 80 on the 9th April 1885 and was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 15th April
Probate: Knight Richard Personal Estate: £111 10s 27th June 1885 Administration of the Personal Estate of Richard Knight late of 3 Enborne-terrace Newbury in the County of Berks Bricklayer a Widower who died 9th April 1885 at 3 Enborne-terrace was granted at Oxford to David Knight of Mount-pleasant Winkfield in the said County Bricklayer the son and only Next of Kin
Author: Christine Gambles
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