The Children of John Barrand and Nancy Ann Routledge

Robert W. Barrand was the 1^st child of John Barrand and Nancy Ann Routledge, born in 1815 (Date not known), and baptised on the 7^th December, 1815 in St. Martin-in-The-Fields, Westminster. He was named Robert after Nancy’s father Robert Routeledge. At the time of the baptism, his father, John Barrand was a shoemaker living at Little Chapel Street in Westminster (see below). This is the only time that John Barrand (Robert’s father) is mentioned as a shoemaker. Robert who was described on his death certificate as an Egg Dealer, died on the 9^th March, 1839 at the age of 24, of consumption (Tuberculosis) at an address called “3, Gilbert’s Passage” (see below) with his mother, Nancy (nee Routeledge) present at the death, and he was buried on March 24^th, 1839 but his home address shown on the burial records is Little Earl Street, Seven Dials, Westminster. Gilbert’s Passage is part of Clare Market that is shown on John Barrand’s petition in his bankruptsy in 1830, so clearly the family must still have been using this address in 1839 and from the 1839 Robson Trade Directory for London, it confirms this as it mentions both John Barrand and Robert Barrand. John is described as an Egg Merchant with home address of Little Earl Street, and Robert is an Egg Salesman at Clare Market. From this, it is certain that 3, Gilbert's Passage, Clare Market is the actual address that Robert Barrand used for his egg business. In 1841, John’s address is given as No 6, Clare Market, so this suggests they may have had 2 premises. It seems that two of John’s children, Robert and Thomas followed in John’s footsteps and were egg salesmen while their father, John was an egg merchant. Death Ref: Strand 1839 - 1st Qtr (1 - 320)

Gilbert’s Passage mentioned on Robert’s death certificate, was an alleyway in the Clare Market area and joined on to Portugal Street. From the 1720s most shops were either just in the front rooms of ordinary houses without any external display of goods, or open-fronted, with wooden shutters to close them off at night. Glazed fronts spread along major shopping streets in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. Many houses were devoted to trade and manufacture from the outset but few would have possessed special shop fronts. Glass windows were seldom used in shops before 1760. Even where there were shops and shop fronts, many had a vaulted cellar, probably under the pavement, with light filtering in from above at the back and the upper storeys often remained domestic and separately let to tenants. Rear premises were the natural first place for extending shops. The victuallers, greengrocers, butchers, cheesemongers and so forth were dotted on smaller sites and along humbler stretches of the street and many were too small to get into the directories, while the street’s itinerant hawkers would never have featured at all. Shops would have been known to their customers mainly by word of mouth, since advertising was extremely limited. Shops generally had no numbers and just a sign over the pavement.

The houses were primarily shops with living accomodation above. The buildings were up to 5-storeys tall described as “slums of crumbling tenements” and “decaying multiple occupancy homes.” Several houses collapsed in September, 1771 in “a most dreadful hurricane” “The damage is incredible” it was reported and in June, 1796 two other houses collapsed with the loss of seven inhabitants.

On the left, the 1st shop (no number) was McNiven’s coffee and chop house, No: 1 was a Fishmongers Shop, No: 3 was a horse yard with a small carpenters’ shop, No: 5 was a butcher (Mr. Scrivener), No: 7 was Robert Barrand’s egg shop, Next door (no number was the White Lion Public House), No: 9 was Mr. Jardine’s glassware and earthenware shop, No: 11 was Mr. Bliss, an undertaker and next door with no number was Samuel Rees, a Brandy and wine merchant, and the last shop was Mr. Sears, a butcher. On the other side of the passage, No: 2 was Mr. Bott, a pork butcher, No: 4 was Mr. Hamilton, an undertakers, next door (no number) was David Brown, a hairdressers, No: 7 was John Barrand’s Egg and cheese shop, No: 8 was a Public House known as George the Fourth, next door (no number) was a watchmaker’s shop with rooms above, No: 10 was Mr. Salter, a tallow chandler. The houses above the shops were let out to numerous families and there were as many as 40 people living above each shop. From Clements Lane, the lane bore off to the left, and led to the back of King's College Hospital, merging in Gilbert Street and Gilbert Passage, which opens through Portsmouth Street, into the south-west corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields. Described as : Time has made it into a huge overcrowded den, where blasphemy, rags, gin hollow-eyed poverty, and stinted industry, were all fearfully huddled together. Where noble dames once moved with costly and flowing trains, a short time since women in rags rocked to sleep the children of misery, to whom hunger gave a fearful vitality; and where courtiers used to exchange the bow of recognition, fearful and brutal collisions between man and man took place. Gilberts Passage became the home to Irish thieves and other outcasts. A great change has come over the locality of St. Clement's Lane, and its continuation, Gilbert Street, up to Bear Yard, and only the eastern side is now left standing; the blocks of houses under Clare Market, between Clement's Lane and Clare Market have disappeared, and what is left is nothing but the floor window of what was one of the dingiest broker's shops — now shut up — at the corner of Gilbert Passage, leading into Portugal Street. On the angle of the baker's shop at the corner of Vere Street and Clare Street is a curious stone sign in low relief, which represents two negroes' heads facing each other, with the date 1715 and the initials W S M. According to the Enumerators’ Schedule in the 1841 census, it is also near to Serle Street, Grange Court, Carey Street and Cook’s Court.

Little is known of the family of Serle, after whom Serle Street is named, except what the "Handbook of London," suggests, that it was called after a Mr. Henry Serle, one of the benchers of Lincoln's Inn. It describes Portugal Street as:- Portugal Street has a dull and dingy look, as if it had met with misfortune.Clare Market Chapel stands close to the eastern entrance to Clement's Inn, and the access to it is through a gateway leading into Gilbert’s Passage, which opens out into Carey Street. A surgeon, Mr. G. A. Walker, gained possession of the chapel with the intention of removing the remains from the vault, or "dusthole," as it was usually called, to a more appropriate place. The work of exhumation was then commenced, and a pyramid of human bones was exposed to view, separated from piles of coffin wood in various stages of decay. This "Golgotha"was visited by about 6,000 persons, previous to its removal, and some idea may be formed of the horrid appearance of the scene, when it is stated that the quantity of remains comprised four upheaved van loads. The whole mass of bodies was decently interred by Mr. Walker, at his own cost, in one pit in the cemetery at Norwood, the coffin wood being piled up and burnt. It is indeed strange to think that such foul abuses were not swept away until the reign of Victoria.

From: 'St Clement Danes: The parish', Old and New London: Volume 3 (1878), pp. 26-32

Duke Street Clare Market Gilbert’s Passage Portugal Street Searle Street

On Wednesday morning, a few minutes before one o'clock, a fire broke out at the house of Mr. Sears, at the corner of Gilbert's Passage and Portsmouth Street, Clare Market. The flames were first observed issuing from the third-floor window, over the room in which Mr. and Mrs. Sears slept. Mrs. Sears, who had been confined for nearly three weeks, with difficulty, and in a fainting condition, escaped with her infant to the adjoining house; the servant maid, who slept on the same floor where the fire commenced, affected her escape by the trap- door, and gaining the roof. A butcher in the employ of Scrivener (next door to Robert Barrand’s shop) got upon the roof through an adjoining house, and rescued her. The flames were not subdued till the upper part of the house down to the second floor was completely destroyed.

Spectator, 15 September 1832, Page 5

Morning Post 13^th September, 1832

Morning Advertiser 19^th August, 1833 – Robert Barrand’s egg shop.

Morning advertiser 17^th April, 1824 – John Barrand’s cheesemongers’ shop

Little Chapel Street is situated to the North West of Soho Square, off Oxford Street. The street was made on the part of Soho Fields It was laid out and first built up with the development of Sheraton Street (formerly Little Chapel Street) The easternmost end of that street was built on Soho Fields and the junction of the two streets perhaps afforded the Pulteney estate in Soho its first clear access eastward On 5 September 1688 James II issued letters patent incorporating a body of ten French ministers and granting them a licence to establish one or more churches for the Huguenot refugees in the City and suburbs. Two churches, both known as 'La Patente', were established by the ministers, one in Spitalfields and the other in Berwick Street in the parish of St. James, Westminster. In 1694 part of the congregation of the latter removed to Little Chapel Street in the parish of St. Anne.From: 'Wardour Street Area: Pulteney Estate', Survey of London: volumes 33 and 34: St Anne Soho (1966), pp. 288-296.

Little Chapel Street Soho Square

John and Nancy lived in Little Chapel Street in 1815

ROBERT BARRAND Male

Event(s):

Christening: 07 DEC 1815 Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London,

Parents:

Father: JOHN BARRAND

Mother: NANCY ROUTLEDGE

Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

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IGI Record of birth of Robert Barrand

Baptism record of Robert Barrand

Robson’s Directory of professional people 1839

Death certificate of Robert Barrand

Burial record of Robert Barrand

Susan (or Susanna), the second child of John Barrand and Nancy Routeledge was born in 1817 (date not known) and baptised on the 28^th September, 1817. The family address was now 25, New Compton Street, and Susan’s father John was by now a cheesemonger. In 1841, Susan aged 25, was employed as a servant in Victoria Road, Westminster. Susan Barrand married William Baskett, a porter on the 9th December, 1844 in St. Martins in the Field - Marriage Ref: St Martin 1844 - 4^th Qtr (1 - 137) Their address is shown as 10, Garth Street (?) (Address not found) or 10, Castle Street, and a witness to the marriage was Mary Ann Matilda Fencock, a daughter of Susan’s great uncle William.

On the 1851 census, William Baskett is noted as a labourer (b1819 and aged 32), born in Kensington, and “Susannah” is aged 33 (b 1818) in St. Giles, London and their address was 4, Chancellors Yard, Kensington.

The baptism records show that William Baskett was the son of James Baskett and his wife Elizabeth (Sluman?) and he was baptised on the 27th December, 1818. James Baskett and Elizabeth who were married in 1806 also had at least 4 other children, a son James born in 1813, a son Stephen, born in 1822, a son Francis, born in 1824 and a daughter Charlotte born in 1815. On the 1861 census, Susan and William's name is transcribed as "Bosket" and they are now living at No 4, Adam & Eve Yard in Kensington. William's occupation is described as a "Chaff Cutter" and his age is now shown as 42, (b 1819), and born in Kensington, and Susan's (Not Susanna) is given aged 43, born (1818) in St. Giles. A chaff cutter is a mechanical device for cutting straw or hay into small pieces before being mixed together with other forage and fed to horses and cattle. This aids the animal's digestion and prevents animals from rejecting any part of their food. Clearly then, William Baskett was working with horses in the stables. The stables were at one time called the “Palace Stables” and most probably part of Kensington Palace.

By 1871, they were now living at 34, Earls Court Road in Chelsea. (description below) William's occupation is again described as a labourer, and aged 52 (b 1819) and born in Kensington, and Susan's is given as aged 53 (b 1818) and born in St. Giles. Also living at this address is John Barrand, (Susan’s father) and he is described as a labourer, aged 78, (and therefore born 1793) in Marylebone. Susan died in their home at 48, Earls Court Road Kensington on the 16^th September, 1876 of stomach cancer. Death Ref: Kensington 1876 - 3^rd Qtr (1a - 100), and her age is given as 59. William Baskett is described as a porter, but clearly he could not read or write, as he placed “his mark” on the death certificate. On the 1881 census, William Baskett is now described as a widower, aged 73 (b 1818) in Kensington, and his occupation is given as "scavenger". In the 1800s, a scavenger was normally a person employed to clean the streets or collect refuse but, sometimes they were self-employed and scavenged for articles for recycling (eg bones which could be ground to make glue, rags or wood). Others were master scavengers empoyed by the parish (Council) but could strike private bargains with householders to make extra money. William Baskett died in 1899. There were no children from the marriage.

34 Earls Court Road, London

This substantial corner building comprises a two storey building on the corner of Earls Court Road and Pembroke Place with the ground floor providing retail accommodation and the first floor forming part of one of the self contained flats within the building. The retail premises which is now a hat shop also benefit from a basement. It was also the address of Michael Caine the actor when he lived in London.

Adam and Eve Mews

It was at first to be called Palace Stables, but this soon changed to Adam and Eve Stables or Yard and finally to Adam and Eve Mews

Adam and Eve Mews, Kensington

Shop fronts, New Crompton Street around 1880

Name: Susanna Barrand

Record Type: Baptism

Date: 28 Sep 1817

Father's Name: John Barrand

Mother's Name: Nancy Barrand

Parish: St Giles in the Fields, St Giles High Street, Holborn

Borough: Camden

County: Middlesex

Transcript of Parish Record of birth of Susan Barrand

Baptism record for Susanna Barrand

1841 Census

1851 Census

1861 Census

1871 census

SUSAN BARRAND

Marriages:

Spouse: WILLIAM BASKETT

Marriage: 09 DEC 1844 Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England

Source Information:

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IGI Record of marriage for Susan Barrand and William Baskett

Marriage Certificate Susanna Barrand and William Baskett

Marriage for Susan Barrand and William Baskett

Death certificate of Susan Baskett (nee Barrand)

John, the third child of John Barrand and Nancy Ann Routledge was born on the 30^th November, 1818 and baptised on the 25^th December, 1818. John Barrand (father) is described as a cheesemonger by this time. There is no street name mentioned on the baptism record.

John did not become an egg salesman or wholesaler like his brothers but served an apprenticeship and became a working jeweller. On the 16^th March, 1841, he married Eleanor West in The Parish Church, St. Martin in The Fields. Marriage Ref: Westminster 1841 - 1^st Qtr (1 - 296) Eleanor West was born on the 14^th November, 1821 and baptised on the 7^th December, 1821 in Greenwich, a daughter of Solomon West, a shipwright, shipbuilder and overseer at the London Docks, and his wife, Eleanor Routeledge. Solomon West married Eleanor Routeledge on the 21^st December, 1815 and they had 7 children and most possibly eight, and lived in Church Street, Woolwich at the time of their daughter, Eleanor’s baptism, which was within 50 yards of the address in Frances Street in Woolwich where Susan Barrand (nee Cook) still lived after the death of Thomas Barrand. Eleanor West’s mother was originally Eleanor Routeledge, the sister of Nancy Ann Routeledge, (John Barrand’s mother), so John Barrand and Eleanor West were cousins when they married.

On the 1841 census, John Barrand and Eleanor West were shown as living in Wilson Street, St. Ann’s Soho, where John is described as a “Jeweller I” – independent jeweller. ie – working on his own account. John Barrand by this time had become well accepted in the Soho area and was offered the opportunity to join the masons and the "Lodge of Stability (264)" in West Smithfield and then the "Maybury Lodge" in Great Queen Street in 7-Dials at the Freemasons' Hall. In 1844 the family moved to rented premises in Buckingham Row near Buckingham Palace where John worked as a working jeweller for a Mr. Field, but shortly afterwards, the residents were given notice to quit the buildings by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to make way for improvements to the private entrance to the palace.

By 1851, John is described as a jeweller journeyman meaning he worked from place to place and for employer to employer on a daily basis. They now lived at 23, Union Street in Marylebone (most probably the Lincoln Inns area and near Lisson Grove) in 1851 and by this time they had 4 children – Eleanor, John, Arthur and Eliza.

The death certificate of Eleanor Barrand (nee West) shows she died aged 36 (should have been aged 38) on the 18^th December, 1859 of a stroke and heart disease, Death Ref: Clerkenwell 1859 - 4th Qtr (1b - 369) and their address at the time was 15, Weston Street, Pentonville. This left John Barrand with seven young children to look after as in the 1861 census, it shows John and Eleanor had a further 3 children: Sarah, Susan and Elizabeth, and John is shown as still a jeweller/setter, but now a widower and the address is now shown as 38, Willington Street, Finsbury. (Islington West) (sic) – This should probably be Wellington Street, as there is no record of a Willington Street. There are clear records of John Barrand on the voter’s list of 1865 living at 16, Wellington Street in Finsbury however, the will of John Barrand gives his address as 26, Wellington Street, and this is the same address that John Thomas (their son) lived in after John’s death. John died on the 12^th April, 1867 aged 48, of cystic disease of the kidneys and liver Death Ref: St. Pancras 1867 - 2nd Qtr (1b - 21) in University College Hospital and his death was subject to a coroner’s inquest on the 16^th April, 1867. John Barrand’s estate was administered by his son, John Thomas, also a jeweller. The death is recorded in the indexes as John Barraud and not John Barrand.

John Barrand and Eleanor West had a total of 7 children.

Wilson Street: At a corner on the north side of Long Acre, where it meets Endell Street, with entrances in Wilson Street, Charles Street and Long Acre, stands the Queen’s Theatre.

Union Street is shown on an early Victorian estate map with an irregular frontage with workshops and some bay windows. The houses, mostly of three storeys plus roof extensions, all have been shops at one time or another. Several of the premises are 5 storeys tall.

Wellington Street in Finsbury is off Goswell Street.

note: 1851 census Union Street The census also included Aldenham Street

note: There was also a family called Randall or Randell, living in Wellington Street, Islington on the 1861 census. The 1861 census for Wellington Street also shows St. James’s Road and the Duke of Wellington Pub, also Roman Road, Hollingsworth Street North, Charles Street + Wellington Road. The Randell family is eventually connected to the Barrand family as noted by marriage.

Middlesex Court before it became Wilson Street – off Drury Lane.

Record of John Barrand as voter in 1865

Castle Street Brokers Alley Middlesex Court which became Wilson Street

Castle Street Brokers Alley Middlesex Court which became Wilson Street

1868 map of London showing Wilson Street

JOHN BARRAND Male

Event(s):

Birth: 30 NOV 1818

Christening: 25 DEC 1818 Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England

Parents:

Father: JOHN BARRAND

Mother: NANCY ROUTLEDGE

Source Information:

Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

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IGI Record of John Barrand’s birth 1818

Pallots record of John’s baptism

Baptism record of John Barrand

Baptism record of Eleanor West

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Eleanor West

Record Type: Baptism

Date: 7 Dec 1821

Father's Name: Solomon West

Mother's Name: Eleanor West

Parish: Saint Mary Magdalene, Woolwich

Borough: Greenwich

County: Middlesex

Transcript of baptism of Eleanor West

Apprentice record of Solomon West –2^nd March, 1824 Marriage of Solomon West and Eleanor Routeledge

Burial record of Solomon West – Glass Yard

Marriage Certificate John Barrand and Eleanor West

William West’s marriage certificate (Eleanor’s brother) showing signature of John Barrand and Eleanor

1841 Census – John Barrand and Eleanor West

1851 Census

Death certificate of Eleanor Barrand (nee West)

1861 Census, John Barrand (Widower)

Death Certificate of John Barrand

John Barrand’s will 1867