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CLARKSON CONTENTS
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PREFACE
CHAPTER
1.0
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Clarkson Families
1.1
Early Clarksons
1.2
Our Family Line
1.3
Descent from John-Francis Clarkson (b 1781)
1.4
Descent to Bro John-Paul of Mt. St Bernard Abbey
1.5
Descent to Rev James Clarkson of Liverpool
Clarkson Events
2.1
Baptisms
2.2
Marriages
2.3
Burials
2.3.1 Monumental Inscriptions
2.3.2 Obituaries
2.4
Census Returns
2.5
Wills
Lancashire
3.1
Township Records
3.2
Clarksons Fold
3.3
Land Tax Assessments
3.4
Taxation Rolls & Returns
3.5
Quarter Sessions
3.6
Preston Court Leet
3.7
Directories
3.8
Victoria County History
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Bedfordshire
4.1
Blunham Vestry Book
4.2
Land Tax Assessments
4.3
Blunham enclosures
4.4
Blunham Geographical Survey
4.5
Quarter Sessions
4.6
Poll Books
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London
5.1
Directories
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Catholicism
6.1
Clarkson Priests 1558-1914
6.2
Bishop Leyburn’s Confirmation register 1687
6.3
Cosins List of Catholic Non-Jurors 1715
6.4
Papist Estates 1717-1725
6.5
Returns of Papists 1767
6.6
Catholic Record Society & Recusant History
6.7
Miscellaneous printed Sources.
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Illustrations
Fig 1 Marriage Bond Henry Clarkson & Ann Eccles 1778
Fig 2 Marriage Cert W W Faulkner & Ann Esther Clarkson
Fig 3 Ladyewell 1988
Fig 4 Preston church 1796
Fig 5 Map of Haighton area.
Fig 6 Clarksons Fold Old shippon
Fig 7 Clarksons Fold Framing
Fig 8 Clarksons Fold 1771 building
Fig 9 Blunham Tithe Map (no 51)
Fig 10 Shefford Mission (our no 58)
Fig 11 Memorial card per Fr James Clarkson
Genealogical Trees
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Tree based on the will of Thomas Clarkson probate granted 1638
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Tree based on Will of George Clarkson of Elston died 1651
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Tree based on 1676 Recusant Returns
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Descent from George Clarkson born c1675
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Descent from John-Francis Clarkson born 1781
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Descent from Thomas Burgess to the Bishop of Clifton
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Descent from James Clarkson born 1776 to Br John-Paul Sanderson
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Descent from Thomas Clarkson to Fr James Clarkson
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We are grateful for the help received from many sources. In particular mention should be
made of the following, a list that is probably not comprehensive.
Fr James Clarkson of Liverpool
Br John-Paul Sanderson of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire
Bristol Reference Library
Lancashire Record Office, Preston
Bedfordshire Record Office, Bedford
London Metropolitan Archives
Southwark Local Studies Library
Catholic Central Library, London
Family Records Centre, Myddleton Street, London
The Society of Genealogists, London
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS for their IGI
Invariably the staff at all these locations were most obliging, directing our tentative footsteps
to many sources which would have otherwise have remained undiscovered.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information included here,
any errors are solely the responsibility of the authors.
ABBREVIATIONS
BedRO
BT
CL
IGI
LPRS
LRO
PR
PRO
SOG
Trans
Bedford Record Office
Bishop’s Transcripts
Catholic Central Library, Euston London
International Genealogical Index
Lancashire Parish Register Society
Lancashire Record Office
Parish Register
Public Record Office, Kew
The Society of Genealogists, London
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