i CONTENTS page iii PREFACE CHAPTERS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 William Faulkner, born about 1743 William Faulkner, born 1785 Frederick Faulkner, born 1807 William Faulkner, born 1833 Thomas Faulkner, born 1875 William Faulkner, born 1901 Gordon Faulkner, born 1929 1 5 14 18 23 27 31 1 Events 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wills Deeds & leases Schools Rates Poll Books Directories Sun Fire Policies London Common Council Livery Companies Law Bank of England Railways Boulogne Miscellaneous Clark(e) information 37 43 47 50 54 61 63 65 67 69 70 72 73 78 83 84 85 86 87 APPENDICES Birth/baptisms Marriages Deaths & MI Census Illustrations NOT included here. 1 Pump Court, Vineyard, St Olaves 1827 7 Guildhall, c1847 8 Court of Common Council early 19C 9 Old Bermondsey Bakery & the Poor 10 St Giles Camberwell 1827 12 Holy Cross School 1910 Reference GHL 24096 GHL 3515 GHL 21429 by Theodore Gericault, V&A Southwark LSL Bristol Ref Lib. (Loxton Print) Illustrations 2 Boulogne The English Chapel 1850 3 London from Southwark (on “Overview” page) 4 Public Supper in Christ’s Hospital 5 Interior of Saddler’s Hall 6 Signatures of William(785) ILN May 1850 Old Print Old & New London Vol II p373 “History of the Saddler’s Guild” 1889 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Caroline Place, Alphington TEF & Caroline c1902 Temple Meads c1920 WJF & WDR 1924 Record of marriage Southville Methodist chapel Track diagram of model railway 1948 Photo of model railway in 1950 Gordon & Barbara Faulkner 1950 Andrew & Colin Faulkner 1960 Golden Wedding 2000 Golden Wedding family Group 2000 Family tree © Gordon and Barbara Faulkner 1) 2) 3) ML 5085 (1807) ML 5318 (1817) CLRO Box 7.5 (1832) Personal Personal Unknown Personal Personal Personal Personal Personal Personal Personal ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 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. Bristol Record Office, Bristol Bristol Reference Library Bristol & Avon Family History Society Public Record Office, Kew Family Records Centre, Myddleton Street, London Corporation of London Record Office Guildhall Library London London Metropolitan Archives Southwark Local Studies Library Devon Record Office, Exeter West Country Studies Library, Exeter 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. BIBLIOGRAPHY Dictionary of Surnames by Cottle (1987)” The Guilds of the City of London, by Sir Ernest Pooley Old & New London, by Walter Thornbury et al. Devon and its People by W G Hoskins. The Story of Bermondsey, by Southwark Libraries staff The Story of the Borough, by Southwark Libraries Staff Boulogne-sur-mer 1840-1860 by Janine Watrin The Worst Street in North London by Jerry White. (1988) ABBREVIATIONS PRO FRC SOG GHL MAC SLSL CLRO BRO DRO WCSL IGI WAC ML WRO Public Record Office, Kew Family Records Centre, Myddleton Street, London The Society of Genealogists, London Guildhall Library, London Metropolitan Archive Centre, London Southwark Local Studies Library Corporation of London Record Office Bristol Record Office, Bristol Devon Record Office, Exeter The West County Studies Library, Exeter International Genealogical Index Westminster Archives Centre Minet Library, Lambeth Worcester Record Office PR BT Trans Parish Register Bishop’s Transcripts Transcription © Gordon and Barbara Faulkner