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Reverend Jeremiah Revans 1727

Memoria aeterna lufti erunt

In the hope of a happy Refurrection

In the He lie interred the bodies

Of Abra the affectionate mother

Febry ye 16th 1691, George the indulgent

Father, Sept. ye 9th 1700, Mary the daughter

Of James Margery, Gent the moft

Loving, Pious, Virtuous and meek

Wife of Jeremiah Revans, Clerk

October ye 1st 1711 who in honour to

Her bleffed memory hath given

Three pounds per annum for the

Education of poor girles with other

Charitable donations.

 

O chara Maria nil nifilongior defuit vita

Aevum priefens te laudat laudabit futurum.

 

The Sd Mr Revans died Oct 1727 Aged 63 And

Was buried by his wife. He was a Apious good man and

Benefactor to ye parish, to East Tuddenham + Barford

And to all his relations.

 

(last three lines are not clear).

 

There is still a Reverend Jeremiah Revans Charity in existence, as part of the East Tuddenham Charities Group and a still body as part of Norwich Consolidated Charities.

opencharities.org/charities/210333-10

opencharities.org/charities/209224-94

 

There was apparently a larger memorial to Jeremiah in the church but this was badly damaged by bombing in the second world war.

www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichmartinatoak/norwichmarti...

The figure of him, currently in storage with the Museum service, can be seen here

www.culturalmodes.norfolk.gov.uk/projects/nmaspub5.asp?pa...

And that of his wife, Mary

www.culturalmodes.norfolk.gov.uk/projects/nmaspub5.asp?pa...

 

 

The Rectory at Barford was the beneficiary of £200 from Jeremiah. The poor of the parish were to receive an income from rents of 34 shillings per annum. Presumably this was in his will, as it is dated 1732.

books.google.co.uk/books?id=UUMJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA768&amp...

 

The seems to have been some controversy to his involvement with Barford. He was awarded the living, (I.e given the parish), by the Bishop of Norwich in 1693, but it subsequently turned out it was not the Bishop’s to give - that right rested with a local landowner Sir Henry Wingfield. However this seem to have been smoothed over as Sir Henry approved the appointment in 1699.

www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78101

 

He appears to have been ordained on the 20/02/1687 as a deacon in the Prebendial Church at Buckden , Hunts. He had graduated with a BA.

 

He became a licenced preacher on the 21/02/1687, although his church is shown as Waltham sup le Wold, Leicestershire.

 

He became Rector of Barford on the 3rd June 1693.

 

He became Vicar of East Tuddenham on the 12th November 1694, when the parish was united with Barford.

His qualification is now shown as M.A.

 

On the 13th November 1697 he became Rector of Marlingford, which then became united with East Tuddenham.

 

On the 1st February he was re-appointed as Rector of Barford.

 

However, he resigned as rector of Marlingford on the 17th May 1700.

 

By the start of 1728 the parishs of East Tuddenham and Barford are vacant due to the death of the incumbent.

ccedb.cch.kcl.ac.uk/jsp/persons/DisplayCcePerson.jsp?Pers...

 

From Whites Directory of 1854 - entry for East Tuddenham.

In 1705, the Rev. Jeremiah and My. Revans gave 1½a. of land for distributions of bread, and a yearly sermon ; and the former left a rent-charge of 30s. for the same uses ; also a rent-charge of £4 for the education of two poor boys of this parish, and two of Barford.

apling.freeservers.com/Villages/TuddenhamEast54.htm

 

This was expanded in the 1883 version to read:-

In 1705 the Rev. Jeremiah and Mary Revans gave 1½ acres of land, called Seabornes, for distributions of bread every fortnight, and a yearly sermon. The former also gave for the same uses a yearly rent-charge of 39s., out of a farm now belonging to Mr. Balls.

www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/t/tuddenham_east/whi...

 

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