Index
Fiskerton manor court rolls (Richard 1726 to 1814 and others)
John 1768 to 1833 (Dissenter)
Mary (nee Woods) 1808 to 1852 (Treated for mental illness)
Frank Simpson 1862 to 1933 (X-Ray Martyr)
Leslie Alexander Winchell 1891 to 1954 (Canadian soldier in WWI)
Liddon Maxmuller 1896 to 1982 (Canadian soldier in WWI)
Frank Wilfred 1898 - (Canadian soldier in WWI)
Jeffrey Ashby 1868 to 1934 (Settled in Queensland, Australia)
Robert 1868 to 1939 (British Army in Jamaica and school sergeant at Charterhouse)
Sydney Robert 1897 to 1917 (British soldier WWI)
Robert Thomas 1904 to 1985 (British soldier WW2 MBE)
Harold Stanley 1909 to 1944 (British soldier WW2)
Robert Percy 1914 to 1979 (RAF pilot awarded DFC)
Fiskerton Manor Court Rolls 278536 found at Northamptonshire Record Office.
(The manor of Fiskerton was held by The Dean and Chapter of Peterborough Cathedral and included the area of the four parishes of Fiskerton, Cherry Willingham, Reepham and one other adjacent parish)
The Fiskerton homage jury
At least one Pepperdine appears on the Fiskerton court jury every year from 1816 to 1842
One or another Richard appears at intervals from 1779 to 1835 but never two together
One or other but never both Johns appear at intervals from 1802 to 1832
Thomas appears at intervals from 1828 to 1855 (in fact he does not attend on only six occasions during this period)
Francis appears from 1831 to 1834 only
Robert appears at intervals from 1848 to 1862
Prior to 1779 a search backwards to 1734 revealed no mention of a Pepperdine apart from William who appears on the jury in 1777
(If William is Richard’s father we have no knowledge of where William came from.)
A Walter Skepper appears 1734 to 1754 and Original Skepper from 1750
Also noticed Stephen and Richard Skepper. Original was sometimes referred to as Rigg or Ridge. In later records a passing mention is made of Stephen Skepper of Kennington Green in County Surrey, carpenter and joiner 8 December 1827
Page 451 16 May 1798
At this court came Thomas Barker one of the customary tenants of the said manor and in open court before the homage surrendered by the rod out of his hands into the hands of the lords of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of the said steward and according to the custom thereof, all that cottage situate in Fiskerton aforesaid, built upon the lords waste there at the towns and below Mr Harrison’s yards the dimensions of the said waste being thirty five yards in length and fifteen yards in breadth held of the said manor under the annual rent of three pence together with the rights, members and appurtenances to the same belongings to the use and behoos of Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton aforesaid farmer his heirs and assigns for ever according to the custom of the said manor which said Richard Pepperdine being present in court humbly craves of the lords of this manor to be admitted tenant to the said cottage with appurtenances to whom the lords by their said steward granted siezen thereof by the rod to hold to him the said Richard Pepperdine his heirs and assigns for ever of the lords by the rod at the will of the lords according to the custom of the said manor by the annual rent aforesaid, fealty suit of court and all other customs and services for the same therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and having paid to the lords and there fine as appears in the margin and performed fealty, he the said Richard Pepperdine is admitted tenant thereto as aforesaid saving to all persons their rights
Margins: Pepperdine Richard from Thomas Barker Rent 0s 3d Fine 0s 3d Copy made out
Page 452 16 May 1798
At this court came William Taylor of Reepham in the county of Lincoln, farmer one of the customary tenants of the said manor and in open court before the homage surrendered by the rod out of his hands into the hands of the lords of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of the said steward according to the custom thereof all that one close of meadows or pasture ground containing by estimation four acres be the same more or less situate and being in Fiskerton within the said manor and is part and parcel of the customary premises to which he the said William Taylor was admitted at a court held the 20th day of May 1739 on the surrender of Edward Hannah, together with the right members and appurtenances to the said close belonging to the use and behoos of Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton aforesaid farmer his heirs and assigns for ever according to the custom of the said manor which said Richard Pepperdine being present in court humbly craves of the lords of this manor to be admitted tenant to the said close of meadow or pasture ground with the appurtenances is surrendered to him as aforesaid to whom the lords by their said steward granted seizon thereof by the rod to hold to him, the said Richard Pepperdine his heirs and assigns for ever of the lords by the rod at the will of the lords according to the custom of the said manor by the annual apportioned rent of two shillings fealty suit of court and all other customs and services for the same thereof formerly due and of right accustomed and having paid to the lords their fine as appears in the margin and performed fealty he the said Richard Pepperdine is admitted tenant thereof as aforesaid saving to all persons their rights
Margin: Pepperdine Richard from William Taylor Rent 2s 0d Fine 2s 0d Copy made out
Page 453 16 May 1798
At this court came Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton aforesaid farmer one of the customary tenants of the said manor and in open court before the homage surrendered by the rod into the hands of the lords of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of the said steward and according to the custom thereof all that one close of the meadows or pasture ground containing by estimation four acres be the same more or less situate and being in Fiskerton aforesaid within the said manor and to which the said Richard Pepperdine was first this day at this court admitted on the surrender of William Taylor together with the rights members and appurtenances to the said customary premises belonging to the use and behoos of William Parker of Hykham in the county of Lincoln, gentleman his heirs and assigns for ever according to the custom of the said manor provided always and upon this condition that if the said Richard Pepperdine his heirs executors or administrators or any of them do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said William Parker his executors administrators or assigns the full and just sum of one hundred and twenty pounds with interest for the same after the rate of five pounds for one hundred pounds for a year of good and lawful money of Great Britain at and upon the sixteenth day of November next ensuing the date hereof without fraud or further delay and without any deduction defaltation or abatement whatsoever then the said surrender is to be void but otherwise to be in full force power and virtue
Margin: Pepperdine Richard to Parker Conditional surrender copy made out by virtue of an authority to me directed bearing date the 12 May 1823. I hereby enter satisfaction of all principal and interest money secured by this conditional surrender as witness my hand. John Gates steward
Page 498 20 May 1801
At this court came William Taylor of Reepham in the county of Lincoln, farmer a customary tenant of the said manor and in open court before the homage surrendered by the rod out of his hands into the lords hands of the lords of the said manor by the acceptance of the said steward and according to the custom there all that close (now divided into two closes) called the Moor Close and being in Reepham aforesaid within the said manor and containing by measurement sixteen acres and twenty perches being part and parcel of the customary premises to which he the said William Taylor was admitted at a court held and for the said manor the 16th day of May 1792 on the surrender of Diana Walker together with the rights members and appurtenances to the same belonging to the use and behoos of Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton in the said county of Lincoln, yeoman his heirs and assigns for ever according to the custom of the said manor which said Richard Pepperdine present in court humbly craves of the lords of this manor to be admitted to the said close called the Moor Close and premises with appurtenances so surrendered to him as aforesaid to whom the lords by their said steward granted siezon thereof by the rod to hold to him the said Richard Pepperdine, his heirs and assigns for ever of the lords by the rod at the will of the lords according to the custom of the said manor by the apportioned rent of four shillings and four pence fealty suit of court and all other customs and services for the same therefore formerly due and of right accustomed and having paid to the lords their fine as appears in the margin and performed fealty he the said Richard Pepperdine is admitted tenant thereof as aforesaid saving to all persons their rights
Margin: Pepperdine Richard from William Taylor Rent 4s 4d Fine 4s 4d Copy made out
Page 499 20 May 1801
At this court came Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton aforesaid yeoman one of the customary tenants of the said manor and in open court before the homage surrendered by the rod into the hands of the lords of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of the said steward and according to the custom thereof all that cottage situate in Fiskerton aforesaid, built upon the lords waste there at the towns and below Mr HARRISON’S yard and also all that close (now divided into two closes) called the Moor Close lying and being in Reepham within the said manor containing by measurement sixteen acres and twenty perches all which premises are now in the occupation of the said Richard Pepperdine together with the rights members and appurtenances to the said customery premises belonging to the use and behoos of Thomas Poole of Nettleham in the county of Lincoln, farmer his heirs and assigns forever according to the custom of the said manor provided always and upon this condition that if the said Richard Pepperdine his heirs and executors or administrators or any of them do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Thomas Poole his executors, administrators or assigns the full and just sum of four hundred pounds with interest for the same at the rate of five pounds for one hundred pounds for a year of good and lawful money of Great Britain at and upon the twentieth day of November next ensuing the date hereof without fraud or further delay and without any deduction defaultation or abatement whatsoever then the said surrender is to be void but otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue
Margin Pepperdine Richard to Poole Conditional surrender
By virtue of an authority under the hand of all the within named Thomas Poole I do hereby enter satisfaction of all principal and interest money secured by this conditional surrender As witnessed my hand the 18 may 1830 John Gates steward
20 May 1801
At this court came Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton yeoman one of the trusty tenants of the said manor and in open court surrendered by the rod into the hands of the lords of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of the said steward and according to the custom there all and singular his customary or copyhold messuages cottages and tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate and lying and being within the holden of the said manor by copy of court roll with their and every of their appurtenances to the use of his last will and testament according to the custom of the said manor
20 May 1801
At this court came Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton, yeoman one of the trusty tenants of the said manor and in open court surrendered by the rod into the hands of the Lords of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of the said steward and according to the custom there, all and singular his customery or copyhold messuages, cottages and tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate and lying and being within the holden of the said manor by copy of court roll with their and every of their appurtenances to the use of his last will and testament according to the custom of the said manor.
3 April 1804 Richard Pepperdine the younger surrendered to his will
1805 William Greetham surrendered to Richard Pepperdine
1807 William Hurton surrendered to Richard Pepperdine Little Mudeswood
1808 William Taylor surrendered to John Pepperdine a cottage and the “Hop Yard”. John Pepperdine surrendered to his will
William Wright surrendered to Richard Pepperdine place called “Beastgate”. Richard Pepperdine surrendered to his will
14 May 1816
To this court came George Mann, George Moore and Thomas Smith by Mr Bromhead of £350 paid by Richard Pepperdine, farmer all that close part of sheet estate called Mundeswood, bounded on the east by the land of Joshua Gupham, on the south by the River Witham, on the west by the land of Messrs Wise and on the north by Longwood Road to the use of Richard Pepperdine. Richard Pepperdine surrendered it to his will
Duty £4 Copy sent to solicitor in Lincoln first mail 28 August 1816
19 May 1818
John Pepperdine admitted as in the will of his father (NB a Richard Pepperdine attended this court so the John mentioned would be 1768-1833 and his father the elder Richard)
Duty £1. Delivered to John Pepperdine 20 May 1820
19 May 1818
At this court came William Attersall of Fiskerton in the county of Lincoln, labourer and in consideration of the sum of £140 of good money of Great Britain to him in hand paid by Richard Pepperdine of Fiskerton xxx? xx ? xxx before the paying of this surrender in full for the absolute purchase of the hereditaments and premises hereinafter described did surrender into the hands of the lords of the said manor by the rod according to the custom thereof all that copyhold and customary close pieces or parcels of land situated at Fiskerton called and known by the name Hooker’s Close (Bricknall Close) containing by estimation 4 acres more or less together with all and every the rights members and appurtenances to the same belonging to the use and behoos of the said Richard Pepperdine his heirs and assigns forever. Now at this court came the said Richard Pepperdine and prayed to be admitted tenant to the close to whom the lord of the said manor by his steward did grant seizure thereof by a rod according to the custom of the said manor to have and to hold the same premises and every part thereof unto the said Richard Pepperdine his etc
Duty £2 Delivered to Mr Pepperdine 18 May 1819
15 May1821
To this court came John Pepperdine of Fiskerton, farmer and in consideration of £340 to him paid by Robert Gibson and Richard Pepperdine, both of Fiskerton carpenters, in full and open court surrendered all that two cottages or tenements with the gardens and outbuildings all the appurtenances thereonto belonging situated in Fiskerton in the occupation of Robert Gibson and Richard Pepperdine to which John Pepperdine was amongst other premises admitted 7 January 1808 by surrender of William Taylor. To the use of Richard Pepperdine and Robert Gibson (another note identifies Richard as a nephew of John)
Duty £5 Delivered to Richard Pepperdine 14 May 1822
1821
To this court came John Pepperdine of Fiskerton farmer and to consideration of £340 to him paid by Robert Gibson and Richard Pepperdine both of Fiskerton carpenters, in full and open court surrendered all that two cottages or tenements with the gardens and outbuildings all the appurtenances thereonto belonging situate in fiskerton in the occupation of Robert Gibson and Richard Pepperdine to which John Pepperdine was amongst other premises admitted 7 January 1808 by surrender of William TAYLOR to the use of Richard Pepperdine and Robert Gibson. (Another note clearly identifies this Richard as a nephew of John)
14 May 1822
The first proclamation for heirs of Richard Pepperdine:
Richard Pepperdine late of Fiskerton, farmer made his will 19 March 1821 to John Pepperdine his son and Original Skepper. John Pepperdine and Original Skepper admitted
Duty £1 Delivered to Mr Pepperdine 13 May 1823
13 May 1823
At this court it is found by the homage that John Pepperdine of Fiskerton in the county of Lincoln, farmer, one of the customary tenants of the said manor did surrender into the hands of the lord of the said manor by the hands and acceptance of John Gates, gentleman steward of the said manor all that newly erected messuage or farmhouse with the barn and stables and outbuildings thereto belonging and also the yard and close thereto adjoined called the Hop yard containing by estimation 1-2-0 and two acres of land in the Cottager’s Moor and two acres more land in the Cottager’s Fen and also all that one close of meadows and pasture containing by estimation 4 acres be the more or less and also all those 8 acres of common gates or acres of land in Ming? situate part in Cottager’s Moor and part in Cottager’s Fen, that is to say 5 acres in moor and 3 acres in fen, all of which said premises are situated lying in Fiskerton in the tenure of John Pepperdine his under tenants or also together with all and singular outhouses, edifices, buildings, yards, gardens, orchards, ways, paths, passage, watercourses, liberties, privileges, easements, profits, commodities, advantages, emoluments, hereditary rights, members and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises belonging or in anyway appertaining and the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents and profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof to the use and behoos of John Walker of the City of Lincoln, gentleman his heirs and assigns for ever at the will of the lord according to the custom of the said manor subject to the proviso hereinafter contained, that is to say provided always that if the said John Pepperdine his heirs executors administrators or other or any of them shall and do well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said John Walker his heirs etc the full and just sum of £500 good and lawful money of Great Britain and Ireland current in great Britain on 13th day November now next ensuing together with the interest for the same after the rate of £5 for one hundred pounds for a year without any deduction or abatement out of the same or any part thereof for or in respect of any taxes, rates, charges, assessments or impositions whatever that then this present surrender shall cease and be void or otherwise shall be and remain in full force and virtue
Signed John Gates steward and John Pepperdine
18 May 1830 John Pepperdine and Original Skepper surrendered to Francis Pepperdine
15 May 1832
Pepperdine Francis to Joseph Cooke conditional surrender
Francis Pepperdine, one of the copyhold tenants, £50 from Joseph Cooke, yeoman of the City of Lincoln all that cottage and dwelling house in Fiskerton build upon lord’s waste there at the towns and below Mr Greetham’s yard length 12 yards breadth 15 yards (annual rent 3d) to which Francis Pepperdine was admitted tenant 18 May 1830 on surrender of John Pepperdine and Original Skepper. Signed Francis Pepperdine
1833 At this court it is found that John Pepperdine of Fiskerton died on 23 April 1833 and had made a will (Details on loose minutes page which I did not find)
19 May 1835
Tuesday Francis Pepperdine to Joseph Ashlin
Francis Pepperdine, labourer, customary tenant £30 from James Ashlin, labourer which sum of £30 of the sum of £50 now due and owing Joseph Cooke secured to him by conditional surrender 15 May 1832. James Aslin now to pay £50 to Joseph Cooke
1836 Richard Pepperdine received £180 from James Yates carpenter and surrendered wheelwrights shop and blacksmiths shop to James Yates
Comments:
We know that the first Richard Pepperdine to settle in Fiskerton was buried there 14 March 1814 and said to be 88 years of age. His wife Ann buried 12 January 1794 aged 57.
The first mention of Richard found anywhere is that he married Ann Coulson in the parish of St Mary Burton-on-Humber 9 December 1766, banns having been called 16, 23 and 30 November. Ann is described as spinster of this parish and made her mark. The records do not indicate whether Richard was previously married he is described as yeoman of Fiskerton and signs his name in the register.
So, if the age at death is to be believed, when they married Richard was 40 years old and Ann aged 27 years.
Richard first appears as a tenant in the manor of Fiskerton in 1798 when he takes over the tenancy, from Thomas Barker, of a cottage built on waste land. At the same date he takes over tenancy from William Taylor of 4 acres of land. He would then have been 72
In 1801 he takes over the tenancy of 16 acres of land from William Taylor of Reepham and surrenders all his copyhold properties to his will.
1804 Richard the younger surrenders to his will
Subsequent entries concern the First Richard, and his two sons, John (who had no children) and Richard the younger and his children
No trace of a Richard born 1726 has been found. The closest being Richard baptised 1743 in Blankney but there is no reason to suppose this was a late baptism as he had younger and older brothers and sisters. Possibly he was born before his parents married and adopted their name. At the beginning of the IGI is a long list of persons whose surname is unreadable or not mentioned in the parish register. A Richard baptised son of Robert and Anne in West Keal December 1725 might have been a possibility if it showed a partly legible name but it shows no name at all. There is however no known Robert and Ann Pepperdine at this time so we can disregard this. The use of names Richard and John for their sons strongly suggests that the Fiskerton Pepperdines originate in Blankney and the baptism was simply not recorded or Richard’s father married outside the county and their first child was born in the wife’s parish before they returned to settle in Blankney. Another clue may be the marriage of Jane Pepperdine in Fiskerton. She may be a sister of the first Richard but no other facts have come to light to confirm this.
Other manors held by the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough Cathedral
Leics Great Easton, Bringhurst
Lincs Thurlby, Scotter, Fiskerton
Notts Collingham
Northants Peterborough (Boroughbury), Thorpe, Glinton, Walton, Werrington, Castor, Eye, Peakirk, Longthorpe, Sutton, Irthlingborough, Alwalton, Maxey and Northboro, Paston
Very few parish register entries can be found in Northamptonshire
Maxey Elizabeth Pepperdine=William Myres 1671oct22
King’s Cliffe 1657 Roger bapt son of Richard Pepperdine
“ 1661 Katherine Pepperdine=
“ 1662dec30 Roger Pepperdine buried
“ 1668apr20 John Pepperdine buried
North Northants parishes: Deeping Gate Maxey Northboro Borough Fen Newborough Gunthorpe Eye Paston Walton Caston Marholm Werrington Peakirk Gliston Etton Bainton Helpston Barnack Ufford Southorpe Upton Sutton Ailsworth Easton on hill Colley weston Wittering Thornhaugh Wansford King’s Cliffe
John Pepperdine 1768 to 1833
First reproduced in Pepperdine News Dec 1997
Pepperdine Dissenters
For most of the seventeenth century England was ruled by the Stuart Kings who were Catholics. This century was notable for constant social turmoil. Intellectual discussion about all manner of subjects persuaded many of the population to change their loyalties and beliefs. In the previous century the Church of England had split with the Church of Rome. In 1664 it became a penal offence to attend the services of some other nonconformist sects and the following year preachers of these sects were forbidden to preach within five miles of a town and were not to keep schools. These religions met in secret until James II, the last Catholic King was overthrown and replaced by William and Mary.
In Lincoln Record Office there are a number of Dissenting Certificates from a later century:-
Fiskerton Dissenters Certificate 1836
(Diss IV 1836)
To the right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lincoln and to his Registrar. I William Smith Wesleyan Minister of Lincoln do hereby certify that a building situate at Fiskerton in the County of Lincoln belonging to the executors of the late John Pepperdine is intended forthwith to be used as a place of religious worship by an assembly or congregation of Protestants and I do hereby request you to register and record the same according to the provision of an Act passed in the 52nd year of the reign of His Majesty George the third intituled(sic) 'An Act to repeal certain Acts and amend other Acts relating to religious worship and Assemblies, and persons teaching or preaching therein, and hereby request a certificate thereof.
Witness my hand this 13th day of May 1836. William Smith
I Robert Swan Registrar of the court of the Bishop of Lincoln, do hereby certify that a certificate of which the above is a true copy was this day delivered to me to be registered and recorded pursuant to the Act of Parliament therein mentioned.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1836 Registrar
Jackson Printers Boston.
Mary Pepperdine, nee Wood 1808 to 1852
"We have to record a circumstance of an unusual nature in the parish of Barlings 8 miles east of this city; a marriage! The population of the parish is estimated at 300 and the last previous entry in the marriage register of that village was 1775! On Thursday the 1st April, Mary Wood was joined by connubial ties to Mr Francis Pepperdine, by the Rev James Armitsead curate of Fiskerton. We by no means however wish to convey a false impression to our readers that there is a deficiency of children in the above mentioned parish"
The above news item appeared originally in 'The Lincoln Herald and County Advertiser' 0f 1830 April 2 and was thought so curious that it has been quoted again in 'Lincolnshire Past and Present' No2 edition of Winter 1990/91.
Regular readers may be aware that the original Richard Pepperdine A of Fiskerton had only one son who married. This second Richard and his wife Mary had 11 children of which 7 were sons. Their names in order of birth (and age at death in brackets) are John, labourer (36), Richard, carpenter(44), Thomas, farmer(59), Robert, farmer(90), Francis, agricultural labourer (41), William, agricultural labourer (76) and James, shepherd(55). John, Richard and James all left widows who remarried but the fate of Francis's widow Mary was to be a more tragic affair.
Francis died 1844Nov1 in Fiskerton leaving Mary with a young family of Jane (1831), William (1833), Ann (1835), Mary (1838), Sarah (1840) and Hannah (1842). Maria was baptised later in November 1844.
In the census of June 1841 the family with five children were living in Fiskerton. Ten years later in the census of March 1851 we find Jane age 20 employed as a servant at 27 Waterside South in the Lincoln City parish of St Swithin and in November of the following year she married, in this parish, Henry Holden a foundry man, son of a waterman.
William the only son of Francis was 17 in 1851 and following his father's occupation of agricultural labourer in Cherry Willingham. He married Ann Walton in the parish of St Swithin in 1857, so perhaps the occasion was an opportunity for all his sisters to get together. Ann's place of birth was Swinderby outside Lincoln and in 1861 we find the couple living in Fiskerton with a 7 month old son William. By 1871 William had risen to the position of farm forman and acquired a further 4 daughters. In 1881 he had reverted to farm labourer, he and his wife lived in Cherry Willingham with two daughters aged 8 and 5. In later life William kept a beer house in Fiskerton and no doubt supplied fishermen who came to the river Witham for the fishing .
Ann in 1851 was a servant in the village of Welton who in 1854 also married a foundry man in St Swithins. Henry Graby was the son of a labourer.
Mary in 1851 was a servant in Cherry Willingham who in 1857 married a labourer named Henry Smith. Unlike all her brothers and sisters, she married out of town, in the parish of Langton.
In 1851 Sarah(10), Hannah(8) and Maria(6) are all described as paupers and listed together in the parish of St Peter in Eastgate in Lincoln.
In 1861 Hannah is a housemaid in Newland in the Lincoln City parish of St Martin, she was living at 28 Bailgate Lincoln when she married William Bell, a tea dealer, at the Free Methodist church in Silver Street in 1866
Maria has not been found in 1861 but we know she married in the same Free Methodist church two years before her older sister. Her husband was John Knott, a saddler, son of a shoemaker and we have already produced her photograph in later life on page 6 of newsletter V.
It would appear that all the children (except possibly Sarah, who cannot be traced at present) married and lived satisfactory lives. They all lived within five miles of each other, some in Lincoln and some to the north in the neighbouring parishes of Fiskerton and Cherry Willingham. When children were orphaned in those days they became the responsibility of the parish and did not lack for food or clothing however the pressure was always upon them to become self sufficient at an early age and to marry. In this case we do not see any of them apprenticed at an early age, as often used to be the case, but the girls all took up positions as domestic servants and consequently became divided and scattered.
When Jane, William and Ann (who had known their father) married they gave his occupation correctly as labourer, but as the younger sisters married they declared that he was a cottager or a wheelwright perhaps not wishing him to seem inferior to their uncles.
Admission of Mary Pepperdine to the Lawns Hospital
Entry in the admissions register reads:
Date of last previous admission.
Number in order of admission. 1378
Date of admission. 1850may20
Christian and surname at length. Mary Pepperdine
Sex and class. Pauper female
Age. 43
Condition as to marriage. Widowed
Condition of life and previous occupation. Labourer's wife
Previous place of abode. Fiskerton
County union or parish to which chargeable. Lincoln union
By whose authority sent. R O W Chapman
Dates of medical certificates and by whom signed. Redman and Hanworth 20th May
Bodily condition. Good
Name of bodily disorder if any. none
Form of mental disorder. Mania
Supposed cause of insanity. Privation
Duration of existing attack. One week
Number of previous attacks. none
Age on first attack. 43
Date of death. 1852feb13
Mentions of Mary Pepperdine appear in Surgeons notes and the casebook (ref Lawn 2/1/11, 2/1/12 and 2/12/2) and have been sorted into chronological order as follows:
1850may20. Provisionally admitted at a weekly payment of ten shillings, Mary Pepperdine, a widower from the parish of Fiskerton, a member of the Church of England aged 43, she has been insane a week. She is at present violent and noisy from her being brought here under a false pretence and raving about her children and home, appears to be in good bodily health, is of a florid complexion, tongue clear, pulse natural and skin moist.
1850may21. Soon became calm and has set herself to work to clean furniture.
1850May24 Friday. She has been very orderly and good natured since she has been here. She is continually at work and makes herself very useful.
1850sep11 Went with a nurse to the union to see her children the parting with them gave her great distress.
1850nov13. Not any improvement occurs in the patient.
1851feb18. Complains of pain in her chest and difficulty of breathing, the pulse is very weak, tongue furred. She is to go to bed in the infirmary. Apply mustard poultice, some warm fluid for her breakfast and warmth to be applied to her flesh.
1851feb19. She complains of pain in her chest and difficulty breathing, the pulse is very weak, tongue furred- to go to bed in the infirmary. Apply a mustard poultice, some warm fluid for her breakfast and warmth to be applied to her feet.
The house surgeon requested me to visit the patient this evening. I found her labouring under an attack of spasmodic asthma which affection she has suffered from several times.
1851feb20. Is recovering from an attack of spasmodic asthma.
1851march20. Is very noisy.
1851march23. Has become hoarse from continual raving.
1851march26. Remains exceedingly noisy and abusive. She fancies she has been injured and taken away from her children by some plot.
1851apl15. Is becoming more noisy and is aroused in the state of her mind.
1851aug22. Has an attack of spasmodic asthma.
1851aug23. Is recovering from the attack.
1851aug25. Had recovered from the attack.
1851sep4. Has become much more quiet lately, is in every respect improved.
1851sep14. Remains very quiet more rational in her conversation is improving generally.
1851dec21. Looks very frail and thin but refuses to complain. very irritable (stomach?)
1851dec23. Has fancied (boiled eggs?) and wishes to have one always to discuss?) which may be allowed.
1852jan6 Tuesday Males 63 and females 67.1852jan6. M P is getting thinner she has an anxious expression of face. Her stomach irritable she has any kind of diet she may fancy but is sick often after eating. 1852jan16. Has cough and exhaustion, not urgent at present and is becoming emaciated. She eats her meals regularly but vomits them up occasionally.
1852jan23. M P is declining fast.
1852jan24 Saturday M P is not as well today.
1852jan25. Has vomited her food. Medication recommended.
will now take medicines every 3 hours.
1852jan26. Has a return of vomiting with each eating whatsoever she swallows is immediately ejected from the time of her present attacks her faculties have been perfectly clear and she is willing to conform to every direction. Her hands and face are unusually cold and her pulse very weak under the present circumstances both medicines and stimulants are out of the question. Warmth will be applied to hands and face.
Has recovered warmth of her hands and now lives upon her usual (diets?). Half an ounce of castor oil was given to her this morning and will be repeated in good time tomorrow. Was much worse last night and was seen by the surgeon this morning.
1852jan26. M P was much worse last night and was seen by the physician she complains of uneasiness and pain within body. Abdomen distended and hard has taken ½ oz castor oil.
1852jan26. M P stronger tonight pulse better extremities warm her mania has returned with this temporary improvement in her health.
1852jan27. Has been very weak throughout the day. Very weak has eaten a few morsels of food.
1852jan28. M P remains in bed becoming weaker daily.
1852jan28. Remains in bed becoming
weaker daily continues very feeble, has a hectic flush in her cheeks. Coughs but not
much. expectorates into handkerchief. Complains of body pain.
1852jan29. M P remains in bed daily becoming weaker daily.
1852jan29. Remains in bed daily becoming weaker. Now pallid, flush has left, does not make complaints of pain.
1852jan30. Much worse. Vomits as soon as fluid put in her mouth.
1852jan30. M P is much worse her thirst is great yet as soon as liquid is put into her mouth she vomits a dark green matter is continuing vomiting.
1852jan31. Vomits everything she likes. Craves for powders to cool her stomach. Let her lips be wetted continually with cold water.
1852feb1 Sunday. M P vomits when anything is applied to her mouth but has gained rest by 5 drops of laudenham being put into her mouth the effect of it has brought her from restlessness into a quiet sleep. Then M P remains in a quiet sleep
1852feb1. Vomits continually now when not eating, if anything applied to mouth. Sedative laudanum?) applied every half hour induced sleep from state of unsleep.
1852feb2. Countenance much collapsed, breathing becoming quick apparently dying. The nurse informs me that she occasionally becomes restive and endeavours to get out of bed.
1852feb3. Died at twenty minutes past five this morning. Ann Kirk and the night
nurse were present at her death. The (laudanum?) retained the memory and she died without suffering greatly.
Post Mortem revealed cause of death tubercular disease of the mysentry.
The burial register at Fiskerton says Mary Pepperdine of lunatic asylum Lincoln buried Feb 5th age 44.
Frank Simpson 1862 to 1933
A pioneer Radiologist in England and Canada
By Marion D Cameron of Gulph, Ontario, Canada in Pepperdine Exchange May 1992
F S Pepperdene, my maternal grandfather, was born Simpson Thomas Pepperdine in Camberwell, London on April 3 1862. His parents were Thomas Pepperdine born in Fiskerton, Lincs in 1832 and Jane Elizabeth Simpson, born in Rutland
In adulthood my grandfather changed his given names to Frank Simpson and the spelling of his surname to Pepperdene.
In 1860 he became interested in the new science of X-rays (Roentgen rays). From 1897 on he demonstrated and experimented with the new rays and like most of the early researchers became exposed to the dangerous radiation and contracted X-ray dermatitis leading to cancer. In 1910 his left arm was amputated and before his death he lost the other arm to cancer as well.
The following testimonial to F S Pepperdene’s work in England appeared in a letter to the Times of London on July 15 1910: “… Mr Pepperdene was not only one of the earliest experimenters in radiography and radiotherapy, but gave his valuable service freely to the City Orthopaedic Hospital London and to the Eversfield Hospital, St Leonard’s on Sea. In the former institution he used his own costly instruments, indeed the greater part of his work with the X-rays has been done gratuitously”.
This letter, signed by six physicians and surgeons, was an appeal for funds to help F S Pepperdene emigrate to Canada. There had already been a number of appeals for aid to the “X-ray martyrs” and it is not known how much help F S Pepperdene received
When in the spring of 1911 F S Pepperdene sailed for Canada with his family, he probably felt that his career as a radiologist was finished. His wife, Elizabeth Ann and children Kenneth, Leslie, Helena, Winifred, Liddon and Frank, ranged in age from 21 to 13, were settled on a fruit farm near Vineland in the Niagara Peninsula. F S Pepperdine found a position in St Catherines as a resident therapist at the Welland House, a popular spa hotel
In 1915 F S Pepperdene was appointed the first radiologist to the Gage Institute in Toronto and the sanatoria at Weston (Toronto) and Muskoka, three institutions operated by the National Sanatorium Association. As well as supervising the use of the first X-ray machines acquired by the institutions, he acted as his own technician, taking and developing his own films. At one period he travelled weekly to the Muskoka Hospital at Gravenhurst
Gradually the disease in his remaining hand worsened, two fingers were amputated. He lived with a good deal of pain. F S Pepperdene retired from the National Sanatorium Association in 1933/ On September 25 of that year he died of irradiation cancer in Quebec City at the home of his son the Rev Liddon Pepperdene.
In the former “San” at Weston now a chronic hospital F S Pepperdene’s portrait is on the wall along with those of the doctors who worked at the San through the years. A history of the Weston San, The Changing Years by Godfrey L Gale published in 1979 pays tribute to his work and states, “He is still spoken of with affection and respect”
Book Review
FRANK SIMPSON
PEPPERDENE a pioneer Radiologist in England and Canada
Frank Simpson PEPPERDENE (1862-1933) – or Dr
Pepperdene as he preferred to be called – was, according to his own statement,
involved with X-rays from 1897:
I commenced lecturing and demonstrating . . . in 1897. Since then I have been experimenting with the X-rays — interview with Pepperdene quoted in The Daily Mail, July 22, 1910.
Pepperdene was proposed for Membership of the Röntgen Society on 5 April 1898 and elected on 10 May. At the time of his application for membership, he described himself as "Analytical Chemist" and claimed to hold the degrees of M.A. and PhD. There is no evidence that he was entitled to either qualification. He later became a member of Council of the Röntgen Society. Despite his friendship with A.W.Isenthal, there is no doubt that he was a charlatan or, at least, a clever opportunist.
At the end of 1898, Pepperdene approached the City Orthopaedic Hospital in Hatton Garden with an offer to set up an X-ray department at his expense subject to his being appointed to the staff. This arrangement seems to have continued until about 1901-02 when he moved his family to Bexhill-on-Sea. In the meantime, he had established a private radiographic practice in rented rooms at 68 Wimpole Street. From about 1900, his hands had been effected by X-ray dermatitis and by 1902 this was seen to be serious. The condition worsened until February 1910 when his left arm was amputated just below the elbow. A public appeal was made to raise funds as it was thought that Pepperdene might never be able to work again. Pepperdene emigrated to Canada with his family in early 1911 and appears to have continued his work with X-rays until his death in 1933.
Pepperdene was interviewed in July, 1910 "in his London operating room" by a reporter from the London Daily News and is quoted as saying:
“I think I may claim to have been one of the earliest to experiment in radiography and radiotherapy, and I introduced the treatment into the City Orthopaedic Hospital. It is quite true that in those days, even in the hospital, I had to use my own instruments. They are those you see around you, and cost over £1,000. — interview with Pepperdene quoted in the Bexhill Observer, July 23, 1910.”
Allegany, NY--Lillian C. Pepperdine, of Allegany, and also a 7 year resident of Sena Kean Manor in Smethport, Pa. died peacefully Friday (February 7, 2003) in Sena Kean Manor.
Born March 25, 1907 in New Albion, NY she was the daughter of Carol and Inez Lawrence Stevens. On December 26, 1930 in Eden, NY she married Robert Pepperdine who predeceased her February 25, 1995.
Mrs. Pepperdine received a Bachelor of Science degree from Buffalo State College and spent many years teaching school in the Redhouse, Limestone, Four Mile in Allegany and Knapp’s Creek country schools. Later she taught first grade at Allegany Central School until her retirement in 1971.
She was a former member of Knapp Creek Methodist Church and was a member of the NYS Retired Teachers Association. She and her husband were former members of the 40 Coachmen Club. She enjoyed crafts, quilting and needlework.
Surviving are 3 daughters Carole (Donald) Partridge of Charleston, SC, Gail (Robert) Sweitzer of Olean and Sally Weinman of Bemus Point; 1 son Thomas (Linda) Pepperdine of Allegany; 11 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband she was predeceased by a son Robert Pepperdine in 1986.
There will be no public visitation. Private funeral services will be held Monday (February 10, 2003) in the Casey, Halwig & Hartle Funeral Home, Olean. Rev. John Bartz, pastor of Christ United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Allegany Cemetery. Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Allegany Elementary School Library, Maple Avenue Allegany, NY 14706 or to Sena Kean Manor PO Box 3307 Smethport, Pa. 16749.
Canadians in World War One
The following information is contributed by Marion Cameron
The official records in Canada hold no records of the fact that F S P himself was made a captain whilst training soldiers at the Weston Sanatorium. This suggests that he was in the militia.
The eldest of F S Pepperdene’s sons Kenneth was not involved in World War One but his son Jack (John Hanmer) Pepperdene had his whole career in the US Armed forces. He is now 87.
Three other sons of the X-Ray Martyr F S Pepperdene. All served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force
Leslie Alexander Winchell 1891 to 1954
Sergeant enlisted 10 January 1916 served in Canada and discharged 13 August 1918. His discharge certificate shows that he served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps Base Hospital and was discharged due to physical unfitness. 27 years and 2 months old at the time he was 5ft 7in high of medium complexion and had green eyes.
Liddon Max Muller. 1896 to 1982
Staff Sergeant enlisted 16 November 1915 served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in Canada and Great Britain being discharged 17 September 1919
Frank Wilfred 1898 -
Private enlisted 28 June 1917 served in Canada, Britain and France discharged 16 June 1919 The following is from Veterans Memorial Bulletin June 1990 (Camp hill Medical Centre, Halifax.
PROFILE OF A VETERAN
Frank Pepperdene
Frank was born in London, England in 1898, but spent most of his childhood in Bexhill-on-sea, which is about 60 miles from London where his father had a medical practice. His father and a colleague invented the x-ray machine and he eventually died from exposure to it because they were not using protective clothing
His entire family, mother, father, two sisters and three brothers migrated to Canada in 1911, living in St Catherines, Ontario. His father went to Toronto and worked in the Gage Institute which is a research establishment for Tuberculosis.
Frank worked in a munitions factory in Toronto for one year, by which time the entire family had moved to Toronto
He says rather sentimentally, that what stirred him to enlist was watching troop movements from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Toronto waiting to embark for overseas
He enlisted in the 48th Highlanders from Toronto when he was 17 in 1917, went to Camp Borden for his training, after which time he went to England (Sussex). After he enlisted, he remembers with fond memories the selection of 100 men picked out at random to accompany a brass and pipe band through the streets of Chicago and New York, trying to get some support from the Americans who had not declared war yet.
After four months of training, he went directly to the theatre of war in France and Belgium. Most of his fighting was done on the streets and villages and towns, doing “mopping up” operations. While there he experienced seeing his best friend being killed right next to him by an enemy sniper.
He stayed in Belgium for about six months after Armistice, just in case fighting should flare up again and was discharged as a private in 1919, about two years after Armistice, by which time he had been transferred back to Toronto.
After his discharge, he joined the ranks of the unemployed which was very prevalent after the war, It was a time of extreme restlessness and most of the men were very unsettled. However, he only tolerated this for about six months, then he took a job as a farm hand in Cayuga, about 60 miles west of Toronto. His wages were $1.00 a day with room and board free. He farmed for about one year then he used all the money he had earned to enrol in the Ontario Agricultural College.
After he graduated from the college he joined a friend of his who was in the automotive industry and stayed with him for about two years
He ended up working for Northern Electric Company who did all the Bell Telephone work in Ontario. It was while he worked here that he met his future wife, a telephone operator by the name of Hilda Willoughby, and they were married in 1926. She died in 1981 leaving Frank alone, as they did not have any children
He saw an ad in the daily paper one day asking for men to staff the St Catherine’s School for the training of young English pilots. It was called the St Catherine’s Air School
He was employed immediately and placed in charge of all automotive vehicles which included an ambulance, oil tank truck, snowplow, and a 10 ton all purpose truck. He stayed here for about two and a half years, leaving because of undesirable changes in administration. He then took a job at Lightening Fasteners, a company that manufactured zippers, and was promoted to foreman just a short while after he had been employed.
When he left this company he and his wife moved to Owen Sound where she was born, and it was here that a car struck her and she became invalid. Frank cared for her until she died in 1981
He then moved to Marranatha Manor, a home for the elderly on Queen Street, Halifax, operated by Pastor Rockwood, the evangelist. This is where he met Helen Ernst who needed a friend as much as Frank did, and a relationship next to none resulted. She visits him faithfully, takes him to the cafeteria when it is open for meals.
He moved to Joseph Howe Manor, from where he had to go to the V.G. for investigation, and from here he went to Fairview Ville, where he stayed until he came here two years ago
In the past, when he was capable, his hobbies were gardening astronomy, but he mastered the art of fretting, a type of fine wood work. He only had a picture to show me because all the pieces he did (boxes etc) he had given away to friends, which
shows his great generosity
You will notice that Frank’s military record did not result in any awards etc but he is very gentle, easy to get to know, and I remember when I had occasion to go to Camp Hill Hospital for some minor surgery, I was put in a room with him where he was fighting a bout of pneumonia. Being delirious, he was struggling with the side rails to get out of bed. I got no sleep at all because I realized that if he did fall out of bed I would not be able to help him, and asked to be moved to another room the next morning. Frank did get better, hence this interview, but is plagued with a very sore back most of the time
I also remember him from Veteran’s Council about which he had nothing but good and praise to say. A good thing to have, a place to discuss things. Among his many handicaps is short vision, so one Friday he brought up the fact that those Veterans who had the same handicap as that, had a problem when they got to the elevator. They had nothing to hang onto, and he suggested the installation of rails and every time I see them I think of him. They have been so helpful that the same have been installed inside the elevator.
I have missed our little get-togethers and chats in the cafeteria and cab hardly wait until they start to serve hot food there, in order to be able to resume them
Joe LeBlanc a fellow inmate of the Camp Hill Medical Center
Jeffrey Ashby 1868 to 1934
A curious coincidence
I was able to introduce a Mr John Hiley of NSW, Australia to a cousin who had written to me from Canada some years ago. I understand they had not heard from each other for fifty years. Both were descendants of the Pepperdine family in Scopwick, Lincolnshire who had married Salters. (Think they must have had a sense of humour!).
However it seems that John then discussed the results of our correspondence with his golfing partner who said he was sure he had seen a Pepperdine Way in Geelong.
I remembered, that many years ago, someone had told me there was a
Pepperdine Walls in Australia. All attempts to trace it had failed but I did eventually conclude that if there was such a place it would probably be a local name for a geological formation and would be most unlikely to have any connection with John Pepperdine, the convict who was transported in 1831. He was a brickmaker by trade.
Enquiries about Pepperdine Way have proved to be more rewarding. The Geelong Family History Group Inc answered my letter with the news that there was a Pepperdene Way in Geelong. Regular readers may remember that the X-ray martyr Simpson Thomas Pepperdine had changed his name to Frank Simpson Pepperdene *** before emigrating from London to Canada. This immediately came to mind as I read the letter but as I read on I learnt that according to the Geelong Historical Society Pepperdene Way was named because a lot of pepper trees were growing there.
My next letter was to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew in London. Indeed it appears that there is a Pepper Tree [Schinus Molle L]. From their letter I discovered that it is a small attractive tree with long persisting bunches of red fruits and originates in South America.
I was called upon to attend a seminar in London on duty free shops at this time and took the opportunity whilst passing the Australian High Commission in the Strand to call in for a look in the library which I had consulted eight or nine years ago. There I discovered that the library had been donated to London University Library two years earlier. It was also suggested that I visit the Australian book shop in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. London. I had no time to visit the book shop but did write to University Library.
They found in their catalogue a mention of a short story called “The Pepper Tree” by D Stivens, included in an anthology of modern Australian fiction, that I have still not read.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica has the following entry.
Schinus molle, small ornamental tree, of the cashew family {Anacardiaceae), native to tropical America and cultivated in warm subtropical regions. The long leaves have storage cells that contain a volatile oil. The small white flowers are borne in clusters at the ends of the branches. Each pea like fruit has a hard kernel surrounding one seed. The fruits are used in beverages and medicines because of their hot taste and aroma. Pepper tree is a host plant for scale insects that damage orange trees.
Other sources indicate that it can be grown in Britain in glass houses and has been used as an ornamental street tree in southern Europe.
*** An e-mail correspondence with Brisban Family History Society produced the information about Simpson Thomas Pepperdene’s brother but no evidence that there is any connection with Geelong.
So we have the ten letter name “Pepperdene” coming into being from two quite different sources. It does make you wonder whether those of us with the name “Pepperdine” are necessarily related to each other.
Marriage. In the residence of J A Pepperdene according to the rites of the Wesleyan Methodist Church
When and where. 9th Jan 1892 in the Gympie district of the Colony of Queensland
Name and Surname. Jeffrey Ashby Pepperdine *** Mary Ann Graves
Condition. Bachelor *** Spinster
Birthplace. London, Surrey England *** Gayton Lee, Lincolnshire England
Profession, Trade or Occupation. *** Cordial manufacturer *** none
Age 27 years *** 21 years
Usual place of residence. Monkland Road Gympie *** Gympie
Father’s name and surname. Thomas Pepperdine *** Joseph Graves
Mother’s name and surname. Jane Elizabeth Simpson *** Ellen Day
Father’s rank or profession. Water Inspector *** Carpenter and Joiner
Jeffrey Ashby Pepperdine son of Thomas Pepperdine and Jane Simpson
d 9 Jan 1934 ref 34/001066
Mary Ann Graves daughter of Joseph Graves and Ellen Day
d 27 Aug 1938 ref 38/003883
Their five children :
Ethel Anne Pepperdine b 1 Nov 1892 ref 92/011993
Edith Pepperdene b 28 Jan 1894 ref 94/010880
Ada Ross Pepperdene b 17 Jul 1895 ref 95/011751
Ernest Arthur Norman Pepperdene b 15 Oct 1900 ref 00/011641
Lilly Mary Pepperdene b 18 Sep 1902 ref 02/011648
Their marriages:
Ethel Anne Pepperdene = Fred Robinson 1 Jan 1923 ref 23/000827
Edith Pepperdene= Byron Howse Ridge 3 Sep 1918 ref 18/002514
[Maud Pepperdene b 10 Jan 1911 illegitimate d of Ada Ross Pepperdene ref 11/012828]
Ada Ross = Robert Harold Campbell 7 Dec 1912 ref 12/003793
Ernest Arthur Norman Pepperdene = Agnes Elizabeth Horner ref 27/001911
Marriage. St Patrick’s Church, South Townsville according to the rites of the R C Church
When and where. 1st May 1926in the South Townsville District of the State of Queensland
Name and Surname. Ernest Arthur Norman Pepperdene *** Agnes Elizabeth Horner
Condition. Bachelor *** Spinster
Birthplace. Donoonby, Queensland *** Rockhampton, Queensland
Profession, Labourer *** Home Duties
Age 25 years *** 23 years
Usual place of residence. Oonoomba, Townsville *** Railway Estate, Townsville
Father’s name and surname. Jeffrey Ashby Pepperdene *** John Horner
Mother’s name and surname. Mary Ann Groves (sic) *** Margaret Curley
Father’s rank or profession. Plumber *** Labourer
Robert Pepperdine 1868 – 1939
Robert Pepperdine. According to the WO97 papers was born c Feb 1868 in Lincoln, eldest son of Robert by his first wife Charlotte formerly Furniss, he was a plumber by trade, had served with 1st/1st Lanark Engineers (Militia) before enlisting in the Royal Engineers in Feb 1890. He was then 5’ 6” tall, weighed 126 lbs, fair complexion, blue eyes, black hair, eyebrows met in the middle, mole on chest! He served from 1890-1911 and rose to Warrant Officer in October 1906 having served in Bermuda 1898-1900 and Jamaica 1900-03. He married Jessie Ann Nye on 24-9-1900 in St Marks at Brompton, Chatham and their children were Robert Thomas born 20-2-1904 (later a Lieut-Colonel, MBE) and Gladys Emma born 30-6-01. CSM Robert Pepperdine retired on 9-2-1911 to live at 35 Gardner Street, Gillingham and died on 7-4-1939 (copy death certificate) 20 Millward Road, Ryde, IoW at his sons home. A telephone call from a Major Henderson of Edinburgh revealed his interest in Robert Pepperdine and I sent him information and in due course he replied with additional detail as follows. Robert Pepperdine b Lincoln. Enlisted Royal Engineers (24638) 10 Feb’y 1890. Previous service 1 Lanark Engineer Volunteers. Trade plumber enlisted in London. Religion Presbyterian. Stated age 22. L Cpl 7 Mar 91, 2nd Cpl 1 Oct 93, Cpl 1 May 96, Sgt 1 Jan 1900, 59 company, CSM 24 Oct 1906, 59 company. Discharged 9 Feb 1911 on pension ? Company training battalion
Home 10 Feb 1890-9 Dec 1898. Bermuda 10 Dec 1898—23 Apr 1900, Home 24 Apr 1900—25 Dec 1900. Jamaica 26 Dec 1900—23 Dec 1903. Home 24 Dec 1903—9 Feb 11. Father at enlistment Robert Pepperdine 4 Amberley Villas, Bowes Park, London. No campaigns LS & GC (with gratuity). Army order 254 of October 1908. Married Jessie Ann Nye 24 September 1900 at St Marks Church, New Brompton, Chatham Kent. (Mrs Moss-Davis, see later, says that Jessie came from a family of builders in the Lincoln/Norfolk area)
Education 3rd class 3 Dec 1890. 2nd class 28 Dec 1891.
Children Gladys Emma b 30 June 1901 Bermuda
and Robertum Thomas b 26 Feb 1904 Chatham.
Died 7 April 1939 20 Millward Rd, Ryde IOW.
He worked as the School Sergeant at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey from the 1920’s to 1938 when he retired
Robert, died in April 1939 and is buried in Ryde Cemetery, Isle of Wight.
Gladys Emma, died on 8th January 1988, she went to school in Gillingham, Kent.
I was contacted by Peter Sharpe of Redditch Worcestershire on 17th April 2000. He had read my article about the John Pepperdine who served in India and wrote to say that in the shop of a dealer friend was a medal which belonged to a Robert Pepperdine born in Lincoln. “I just thought I would let you know, it’s a solid silver medal, Edward VII bust Army Long Service & Good conduct medal appropriately named. It’s on sale at £55 which is a bit steep as the going rate is really about £48.”
The following is extracted from the school magazine “The Carthusian”.
December 1938 Vol XVIII No 2
First paragraph of editorial:
In our last issue we should have mentioned the retirement of Sergeant Pepperdine, which took place last quarter. He came to the school in Oration Quarter, 1917, and so was School Sergeant for 21 years. He had been ill for some months before his retirement and are very sorry to hear that his illness is still serious. We know that we represent the feelings of the School in wishing very sincerely that he may recover and enjoy a happy retirement; for he was universally popular here.
June 1939 Obituaries
The whole community at Charterhouse heard with deep regret, that our late School Sergeant, Robert Pepperdine, who retired last year, passed away on Good Friday. Our deep sympathy goes out to his widow and family.
Sergeant Pepperdine’s innate courtesy, his readiness to answer any question and give any help in his power, his cheerful smile endeared him to all. We all felt, as we saw him showing parents round the School, that few could have explained its beauty or expressed its atmosphere so well as this faithful servant of our great School.
Sydney Robert Pepperdine 1897 - 1917
Sydney Robert born in Edmonton 1897
Sydney was the eleventh and youngest son of Robert by his second wife Elizabeth Barnes formerly Robinson. Sydney was so anxious to join the war that he enlisted with the South Wales Borderers, under age using the false name Sydney Roberts and that is how he is commemorated. He gained the rank of corporal, service number 11771, in the first battalion but died at Passendale on Sunday 11 November 1917 and lies buried in the Oxford Road Cemetery in Ieper, Belgium
Robertrum Thomas Pepperdine MBE 1904 – 1988
Robertrum Thomas born Near Gillingham Kent 1904
Robertrum, or Robert as he called himself, was born 26th February 1904 at the military female hospital Brompton, son of Robert Pepperdine and Jessie Ann, formerly Nye of 5 Fieldwork Terrace, Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent the birth was registered on the 25th of March
Enlisted (boy service 1918 ? Battallion Royal Engineers,
1921 Football winner,
Man service 1922,
WOII 1932 (BAOR 1927-29) 1940. Evacuated to Singapore 11 Feb 1942
He married at St James parish church, in the Antrim Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland on 17th February 1932, aged 27 years, Bachelor, Staff Sergeant, father Robert but no occupation given. His bride Olive Edna Boyd aged 22 years, spinster, of 36 Clifton Drive, father Francis Arthur Stewart Boyd accountant
He had one child, a daughter, known as June Ann who was born in Northern Ireland 5th June 1933 . The birth took place at Thorndale House, Duncairn Avenue probably a nursing home. Name Olive June, Father a quarter master sergeant at Victoria Barracks, Belfast. (Thanks to Jennifer A Duguid of Belfast who found the precise details of this marriage and subsequent birth for me)
WOI 5 Nov 1936 (superintending draughtsman). Travelled abroad extensively
BEF 1939-40. Singapore. They lived mostly in Singapore and Penang from where they were evacuated when the Japanese invaded and they lost everything. He went to Java whilst his wife and daughter went to Sydney, Australia.
The London Gazette Supplement II July 1940 page 4252 Vol III Central Chancery of the orders of knighthood St James Palace SW1. 11 July 1940. The king has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotions in and appointments to the most excellent order of the British Empire, to be additional members of the military division of the said most excellent order No 1853860 Warrant officer class I (superintending draughtsman) Robert Thomas Pepperdine Royal Engineers.
London Gazette Supplement 4 Feb 1941 page 678 Vol I
Regular army emergency commission Corps of Royal Engineers. The under mentioned to be Lts (Qr-Mr) 14 Jun 1940. Superintending draughtsman Robert Thomas Pepperdine 168389
London Gazette Supplement 9 Apl 1946 page 1787 Vol II
War office 9 Apl 1946 Regular Army Corps of Engineers Lt (Qr-Mr) (war Subs Capt Qr-Mr) War Subs Robert Thomas Pepperdine MBE 168389 from emergency commission to be Lt (Qr-Mr) 21 Jan 1946
His daughter June Ann died on 1st December 1948 in London when she was 15 years old.
London Gazette Supplement Tues 4 Apl 1950 page 1647 Vol II War Office Regular Army Corps of Royal Engineers Capt (Gr-Mr) (War Subs Maj) Robert Thomas Pepperdine MBE 168389 to be Maj (Qr-Mr) 9 Mar 1950
London Gazette Supplement 30 Sep 1955 page 5485 Vol III Corps of Royal Engineers Regular Army. Maj (Qr-Mr) Robert Thomas Pepperdine MBE 168389 retires on net pay 8 Sep 1955 and is granted the hon rank of Lt Col
After the war he remained in the Far East until around 1955 when he retired early from the REs
Supplement 6 Mar 1959 page 1543 Vol 1. Corps of Royal Engineers Regular Reserve Officers Maj (Qr-Mr) (Hon Lt Col) Robert Thomas Pepperdine MBE 168389 having reached the age limit ceases to belong to Reserve of officers 26 Feb 1959
He was employed by the Hong Kong land investment company until 1969 when he and his wife returned to England to retire and settled in Virginia Water, Surrey.
His wife was Irish and died in January 1972
He left a will and I wrote to the solicitor in Surrey. This was followed by a letter dated 20 March 1988 from Mrs Moss-Davis and by another 12th April about her grand father. She is Lt Col Pepperdine’s niece, daughter of Gladys Emma and his only surviving relative and was able to supply much information. This was later supplemented by facts from Major Don Henderson of Edinburgh, a medal collector who had researched Robert’s details and those of his father.
Harold Stanley Pepperdine 1909 – 1944
Harold Stanley born Wandsworth London 1909
Harold was born 1909 son of Frank and Louisa formerly Roberts. In 1934 he married Cecily Gould and a daughter Silvia Patricia was born in Battersea 1936 who was later to marry Brian J Hall in 1959.
Harold reached the rank of Sergeant in the 67 (2/5th Battallion. The East Surrey Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. His service number was 1107640 and he died in Italy 22nd January 1944 Aged 35 years. He now lies in Minturno War Cemetery, Italy grave reference III, D, 15. This is located about 78 kilometres north of Naples close to the coast. More precise details given not reproduced here.
Copied from the CWGC internet site. Historical information: Minturno War Cemetery lies close to the western end of the German winter line of 1939-44, known as the Gustav Line. On this sector of the line the 10th Corps attacked across the River Garigliano on 17th January 1944; by the 19th the 5th Division had taken Minturno. The site was chosen in January 1944, but the 10th Corps then lost ground, the site came under German small-arms fire and the cemetery could not be used again until May 1944 when the Allies launched their final advance on Rome and the US 85th and 88th Divisions were in this sector. The burials are mainly those of the heavy casualties incurred in crossing the Garigliano. There are now 2,049 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-45 war commemorated in this site. Of these, 97 are unidentified
Harold’s widow Cecily married Thomas Murphy in Edmonton in 1956
Robert Percy Pepperdine DFC 1914 – 1979
Robert Percy undertaker and war time squadron leader
Today this undertaker’s business in Manchester is run by the fifth generation of Pepperdine descendants of the first Richard.
Robert Percy of the third generation was born in Chorlton, Manchester 16 April 1914.
He married Edna Horner in 1936 at Barton Isle and there was only one son Richard, born in Manchester 1947, who continued the family business but was also an RAF officer..
London Gazette Supplement 20 July 1943 page 3280 Vol III RAF Volunteer Reserve General Duties Branch, to be Pilot Officer on probation emergency Sgt 29 May 1943
1265231 Robert Percy Pepperdine 145773 26 Feb 1943
London Gazette Supplement 22 Oct 1943 page 4677 Vol IV RAF Volunteer Reserve General Duties Branch, Pilot Officer (probation) to be Flying Officer on probation (war subs) 19 Aug 1943 Robert Percy Pepperdine 145773 26 Aug 1943
London Gazette Supplement 7 Dec 1943 Vol IV Air Ministry 7 Dec 1943
The King has been graciously pleased to approve the following award Distinguished Flying Cross
Flying Officer Robert Percy Pepperdine 145773 RAF Volunteer Reserve No 179 Squadron
London Gazette Supplement 23 March 1945 Vol I
Promotions Flying Officer to Flt Lt (war subs) 26 Feb 1945
Robert Percy Pepperdine DFC 145773
London Gazette Supplement 14 Jun 1945 Vol II
Air Ministry 14 June 1945. The King has been graciously pleased to give orders for the publication of the names of the following personnel who have been mentioned in dispatches Flt Lt Robert Percy Pepperdine DFC 145773 RAF Volunteer Reserve
London Gazette Supplement to 26 May 1959 Vol II Emergency List
The under mentioned relinquish their commissions under the provisions of the Navy Army and Air Force Act 1954 and have been granted permission to retain their rank as stated with effect from date stated
Royal Auxiliary Air Force Flt Lt retaining the rank of Squadron leader 1959 Robert Percy Pepperdine DFC 145773 16 April
Edna died 1969 in Manchester aged 55 years
Robert Percy died 8 May 1979 in Trafford, Manchester
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