John Hodgson

Nicholas Jerome Paris of  Liverpool.

in the county of Lancaster Dancing Master

and John Hodgson of Liverpool a foresaid Gentleman

severally make oath and say and first deponent 

Nicholas Jerome Paris for himself saith that the contents 

of the parchment writing here unto annexed purporting 

to be a petition to the things most excellent majesty

from this deponent and signed by him this deponent are true and this deponent John Hodgson for himself saith that he was present and did see the said

Nicholas Jerome Paris sign the said petiton herunto annexed and that the name `Nicholas Jerome Paris `

therets subscribed is of the proper handwriting of the said 

Nicholas jerome Paris and that the name J Hodgson 

thereto subscribed as the witness attesting the execution 

thereof is of the proper handwriting of the deponent John 
Hodgson and the deponent John Hodgson further saith 
that he had received instructions ffrom the said Nicholas 
Jerome Paris to prepare a conveyance to him of a piece 
of land situate in a certain street caleed Hardman 
street in Liverpool aforesaid held under the corporation 
of Liverpool for lives and years which the said
Nicholas Jerome Paris has contracted to purchase 
from one Peter Mainwaring Whitnall of Liverpool
aforesaid school Master but by reason of the said
Nicholas Jerome Paris being an alien born he cannot 
take a legal conveyance of the said estate unless his 
Majestys Letters of Denization are granted him


The deponents Nicholas Jerome 
Paris and John Hodgson severaly 
sworn at Liverpool aforesaid the
twelfth day of March 1824
before me 

Nicholas Jerome Paris

Always interested in any Nicholas or  Jerome who pops up in a newspaper or archive .
And specially  has something to do with teaching or Holland or  France you go on alert .

So when finding all this combined at the right time  in 1824 and  in denizationpapers as well in the National Archives in Kew  you think this could be it.

Now the story of Jerome Hollander Vlieland will be reveiled.

As there is no more information to gain in advance ,only the entry in the catalogue of the National Archives ,

 you order the copies not knowing what to expect .
And when they finally arrive in a big brown envelope A3 size .

You feel like winning  the lottery .

But no,it was truely about a  Nicholas Jerome Paris .who was Dance Master in Liverpool, who was an alien and wanted denization papers so he could buy some property ,without giving up his foreign nationality .

So let me tell you what was in the envelope.

I will trancribe the first page
Nicholas Jerome Paris son of Louis Jerome Paris by
Catherine Marguerite Mahieu his wife born at Havre de Grace
in the kingdom of France now of Liverpool in the County of
of Lancaster maketh oath and saith that he had resided for
fourteen years and upward in that part of the United Kingdom
called England to which he has removed with his effects and
being an alien born is desirous to settle in England and his
deponent  saith he intends to make England his future and permanent place of residence.
And this deponent further saith that he is well affected
towards his Majestys person and  Government

Sworn at Liverpool
aforesaid the first day of June 1824


Charles Winn

Master  Extea. in chancery

sworn at the public
office southampton
buildings London
this 33 th daay of July 1824
before me 

And we find in Gore s  book and in Liverpool Schools 

Paris Nicholas Jerome, dancing master, 4, Hardman street
....................academy, 1, Pilgrim street

But that is not all it will be continued.
From now on each day here will be a declaration of a citizen of Liverpool appear .
William Macmurdo Duncan.
George Orred
William Pulford
John Gladstone
Charles Lawrence
Joseph Pilkington Brandeth
John Hodgson

Exeter soup kitchen

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Thomas Pearman 1829

Jerome Nicholas Vlieland in Havre le Grace

In this add from Saturday 13 January 1849 in the Norfolk Chronicle and Norwich Gazette .

Jerome is on the continent in Havre Le Grace  France .

Do you think that place sounds familiair ?

It was in 1848 that the first train arrived there from Paris.

It was a famous port for the immigrant ships to America.

And also of the stories of Jeroen Vlieland .The captain of the mail line to Topsham .

His brother Hendrik Vlieland sailed with his ship `The young Elisabeth`  from Rotterdam to Havre le Grace and was captured by Henry Bazely and his Kingsship `The Harpy`.

The ship ended as prizeship  and was sold .

The son of Hendrik was killed .

Hendrik complained to the clercks office 

Parts of his ship were later recovered in the place he lived Noordwijk.

Where they washed ashore.

Of this event is a lot of documentary.

The documents of the ship where discovered by us in the National Archives in Kew  where they 

were kept.

Letters  of complaints and the the complaints of the wifes and widows of the crewmembers .

Here are the links again to reread those stories.

Hendrik Vlieland and his ship de Jonge Elisabeth.

J.N.Vlieland and daughter

Johnny of Norfolk

Said to be Cowper’s “Johnny of Norfolk” by William Blake.

                              

If you look closely at the marriage entre for Jerome  Nicholas Jansen de Vlieland, and his new wife Sarah Heath in 1824 at Hemblington Church, Norfolk you might notice the minister who officiated at this ceremony  was the Rev. Dr. John Johnson, (see blog 20^th May 2009).

 This is not an uncommon name and being so might not have aroused much interest, if you had not visited Hembleton Church and seen the plaque on the wall there to the memory of Sarah’s mother and father. It tells us they were William Heath and his wife Ann, who was daughter of John Johnson of Ludham, Norfolk.

Armed with this information and Google I started to do more research. It turns out that William Johnson of Holt 1668 – 1722 and his wife Ann Crofts 1694 -1722 had a son John born Holt 28^th May 1717 and died Ludham 26^th July 1785. 
One source believed this John to have been a tanner but others say a gentleman. 
It would seem he married 3 times and that Sarah’s mother Ann was by Hannah his first or second wife. 
The only son by any of these marriages to survive adulthood was John by his father’s third wife Catharine Donne born 15th July 1740 and daughter of the Rev. Roger Donne, (Rector of Catfield 1732-1773) and his wife  Harriet Judith Rival. It would seem Roger was the brother of Ann who was the mother of the great English poet and writer William Cowper. 
This made William Cowper the cousin of John Johnson’s mother Catharine. Roger and Ann were both Children of Roger Donne of Ludham Hall 1678-1722 and Catharine Clench 1675-1733

 It is said John Johnson first met William Cowper when he was in his early 20s and during his time at Cambridge. 
Cowper is said to have formed an affection for this “wild and bashful boy” which was reciprocated and named him his “Johnny of Norfolk”. 
Through his friendship with Cowper, Johnny circulated in the orbit of many well know artistic and literary people of excellence, including William Blake and William Hayley’s.
 During Cowper later years and declining health he moved from Olney in Buckinghamshire to Norfolk to be nearer and cared for by his Johnny. Cowper died at his house in the Market Place, East Dereham on 25 April 1800. In later life between 1815 and 1824 Johnny edited a number of Cowper’s works including poems, letters, and personal correspondence.

The Rev. Dr. Johnson himself was Educated at Holt Grammar School. He later had private supplementary tuition, followed by Caius College, Cambridge. 
He was ordained a deacon and priest in 1793.
 He became a Bachelor of Law in 1794, a Doctor of Law 1803.
 He was a curate of East Dereham, then Vicar of Hempnall and later became Rector of Yaxham with Welborne, Norfolk 1800-1833. 
He was locally known as a poet himself. Living at Yaxham, he married and had issue by his wife Maria Dorothy Livius. 
They were married 26 Aug 1808 Bedford.
 Decedents are still in contact with St Peter’s, Yaxham’s  Church.
 He was buried here 3^rd Oct 1833. Yaxham is a good 20 miles or more from Hembelton which means that to get to his half-sister’s daughter’s wedding he must have walked or more probably ridden the 20 miles plus to officiate.

Anyone interested in finding out more on his life and works will be surprised at how much they can learn by using the search engine Goggle and by entering a mix of the following. Johnny of Norfolk ---William Cowper and John Johnson---William Blake and John Johnson---William Hayley and John Johnson---John Johnson of Yaxham. I have found some of the entries facts were incorrect. Especially one particular site, so I did take my information back to parish records and correspondence of the day in the hope this window into his life would be as accurate as possible.    

 Thanks Gilly for this information !

Bury and Norwich Post 24 November 1847

More information 

John Johnson of Ludham

L´esperance

French knitting

Millet 1814 Knitting French girl

Jerome´s sister Susan was French knitter.

Trying to find out what kind of profession that was you learn a lot .

Did you know that French knitting was used to decorate uniforms sometimes with gold thread.Used to  make buttons and even socks.

The long cords were rolled and stiched on the uiforms.

The knitting was also used as a kind of lacemaking.

A machine was invented  to make lace.

Back in 1812, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, a machine to make lace was invented in England by John Leavers. The basis of his machine was the Elizabethan "stocking frame", invented c.1589 by a Nottingham vicar,Rev. William Lee, to help his wife knit stockings. It worked a bit like "french knitting", where children make a knitted tube by winding wool round nails on top of a cotton reel.

In the meanwhile in france making fine lace became an important craft industry - it was hand-made by thousands of craftspeople in their own homes or in small workshops. 18th centurysmugglers took French lace into England, to avoid heavy import taxes. 

In the mid-18th century, the British government was fighting colonial wars against France in North America and India. Money was needed to pay for wars, so heavy taxes were levied on imported luxury goods like lace, brandy, gin, coffee and tea. At the same time, sailors along the Channel coast had fallen on hard times, and were glad to earn good money smuggling these goods across the channel from France and the Netherlands.
Napoleon banned the export of lace to England in 1808 and some of the skilled labourers went to England to try their luck there.

knitting Madame in 1814.


18th century

Knitting on frames, the precursor to modern knitting machines, became popular in the 1700s. Jeremiah Strutt of Derby invented the Derby Rib Frame in 1759. Samuel Betts improved on this and created a mechanism that allowed for knitting lace. In 1768, spurred by the popularity of brocade waistcoats, Crain and Porter created a color change mechanism. This eventually led to the development of punch cards for color changes, a system which some knitting machines still use today.

Jeroen Aldertszoon Vlieland.

                                         

In 1787 Jeroen Vlieland sailed his Topsham Post from Rotterdam to Topsham.
And he did this many times after that, at least once a week .
He took some passengers and mail.
He announced in the newspapers when he should sail .So people could bring the mail they had to him in the harbour..
When he sailed out , it was announced in the newspapers and when he was arriving as well .
In 1803 we find the last advertisement of him sailing to Topsham and in 1811 the ship l´esperance  last sailed by Jeroen Vlieland is sold in Rotterdam .
All those years Jeroen Vlieland is not found in the newspapers or in archives.
Did he live in England or in Rotterdam ? Was he a prisoner of war ? When and where did he die ?
Was he Yarhan the father of John Vlieland ?.

To avoid being captured the fishermen went in to mailservice.
The mail was important and should be intact on arrival.
So the ship and crew were regarded as neutral and were not captured.
Jeroen Vlieland had a mailservice Rotterdam -Topsham and advertised both in England and in Holland with his mailservice.

Caledonian Mercury - Monday 08 February 1802

Thursday 7-1-1802 Morning Post.
The letters on ships were important and always saved.
When a ship was captured the mail was always kept and is still kept in the national archives.
It was a way of gathering information.

1. 

we find him as well
In a Rotterdam newspaper in 1803 we find Jeroen Vlieland with his ship the Topsham Post sailing from Topsham to Rotterdam.

insurance by LLoyds of London source google books.

In ">LLoyds

It says
Nicholaus Montauban van Swijndrecht,Willem van Dam and sons and  Hubertus Montauban Van Swijndrecht brokers in Rotterdam will sell on Tuesday 7 September 1811 in the afternoon at 4 o´clock sharp in tavern The Swineshead in public an extra well sailed bomship named Lésperance last sailed by Jeroen Vlieland Length from prow 41 feet,width between the bolts 19 feet hollow in the holt under the deck 6 foot and 8 thumbs all in Amsterdam foot with all his spars standing sails ,anchors ropes and other shipstools  like it is as the moment on the westside ,next to the newstreet more information at the brokers named above.
A bomship ( comes frome bottomship ) is a special type of vessel .
It had a flat bottom and was dragged to the shore so it did not need a harbour to land.

a photo of a page from a wharfinger's journal from the port of Exeter, (Reference Devon Record Office a1/4) which shows the cargo of cloth on the Post van Topsham on its sailing for Rotterdam on 8 February 1791.
It shows the number of bales of cloth loaded aboard for that voyage, by each of the following merchants:
Weres & Co is the same as Thomas Fox of Wellington
James Pulling, Smales & Dennys, Benjamin Dickinson, John Besly, Messrs Dunsfords and George & William Lewis are all from Tiverton
Baring & Co are from Exeter.

Thanks to Peter Maunder for this great information.


Some transcripts used for insurance purposes of de jonge  Maria

More about Jeroen and his ships 

More about Jeroen Vlieland or in English Jerome Vlieland

Captain and his clothes.

Looking at the watercolour painting of Captain Vlieland and you notice things.
You see his clothes,book and chair and wonder what they tell you.
His hat and the way it stands up, has he a scarf underneath his hat, his beard is it fashion or belonging to a captains outfit?

We know that when captain Jan Vlieland escaped from the prison in Rotterdam he or his friend was dressed like this
In the Rotterdam  newspaper   of 21/12/1813
we find  the following.

On the 25 November 1813 is missing a person dressed in a brown woolen vest, a long white linen shirt with 24 smooth silver buttons,silver watch, silver chain.
Anyone who can point him out or return him to the madhouse (prison) in the highstreet will be paid a huge reward .

So what did the women and men wear about 1800.
To see how our ancestors were dressed we found this in Wikipedia

In the early 1800s, women wore thin gauzy outer dresses while men adopted trousers and overcoats.
Fashion in the period 1795–1820 in European and European-influenced countries saw the final triumph of undress or informal styles over the brocades, lace, periwig, and powder of the earlier eighteenth century. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, no one in France wanted to appear to be an aristocrat, while in Britain, Beau Brummell introduced trousers, perfect tailoring, and unadorned, immaculate linen as the ideals of men's fashion.
Women's fashions followed classical ideals, and tightly laced corsets were temporarily abandoned in favor of a high-waisted, natural figure.

The Schimmelpennink family .

And if you want to dress the same watch this clip.

Pickwick brewery

THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 12, 1887.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Isaac
Belcher and Samuel Hale Smith, carrying on business as
Brewers, Maltsters, and Wine and Spirit Merchants, at
Pickwick Brewery, Gorsham, in the county of Wilts,
under the style or firm of Belcher and Smith, has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business
will in future be carried on at the same address by
Thomas Pearman Stevens, by whom all debts due to the
late firm will be received. All debts owing by the late
firm will be paid by the undersigned, Isaac Belcher and
Samuel Hale Smith.—Dated this 4th day of April, 1887.
Isaac Belcher.
Samuel Hale Smith

The Falcon was owned by Thomas Pearman-Stevens, Pickwick Brewery of Corsham in Wiltshire in 1891. The business was acquired by Wilkins Brothers & Hudson Ltd of Bradford on Avon in 1896 with 20 tied houses. However, according to the 1903 petty licensing book, the Falcon was still owned by the Pickwick Brewery in 1903.

The pubs of the Wilkins Bros & Hudson Newtown Brewery were later acquired by Ushers Wiltshire Brewery. The Falcon Inn, however, was sold to Georges Bristol Brewery on 1st April 1926. The ownership later passed to the Courage Brewery.

The 17th century Falcon Hotel closed early in 2008 and it was feared that it would never again open as a pub. A controversial restrictive covenant was placed on the property by owners Enterprise Inns, that stipulated that the sale must be without a licence to sell intoxicating liquor. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and other interested parties are actively campaigning against these unjust restrictive covenants. However, common sense prevailed and the restrictive covenant was removed from the Falcon which began trading once more in the summer of 2009.

It is now owned by Tynedale Inns and the interior has been sympathetically redesigned. Real ales are now served direct from casks from behind the bar. The Falcon has survived against all odds.

Detail:

Map Reference: ST 759933

Owner in 1891: Thomas Pearman-Stephens , Pickwick Brewery, Corsham, Wilts

Rateable Value in 1891: £14.10s.0d.

Type of licence in 1891: Alehouse

Owner in 1903: Pickwick Brewery

Rateable Value in 1903: £14.10s.0s.

Type of licence in 1903: Alehouse

Closing time in 1903: 11pm

Owner in 1926: Georges & Co, Bristol Brewery

Present Status: Currently closed (March 2009)
Landlords:

1820,1830 Thomas Cary

1849,1863 George Hobbs Minett

1867 Elizabeth Wiles (Mrs)

1879,1881 James Derrett (born 1826 in Wotton under Edge)

1885 Elizabeth Derrett (Mrs)

1889 John Merson Baxter

1891 Laura Isabel Randall

1899 J. Saywood

1902,1903,1910 Caleb Goddard

1919,1927 John Hy. Goddard

1933,1939 Percival Stephen Harper

? William Charles Hooper

? Arthur Nicklin

? James Bond

? Raymond Cross

? John Bartram

1977 - March 1989 William and Irene Suffell

1997 Alison Neave

1997 (Nov) - 1998 (Jan) Mike Birch (former Gloucester rugby player)

1998 Steve Mirfin (manager)

2000 Chris Marchant (owner), Mike Donnelly (deputy manager)

2002 Brigitte Appleyard and Martyn Mould (who afterwards moved to the White Lion in Long Street)

2009 Wendy Turner

Pandora