Monument list for St John the Baptist (2) Church burial ground

St John the Baptist (2)'s Church burial ground, Bishops Tawton, Devon, England

Monument list

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126FordThomas Ford1756721828id: 292836761721
Sarah Ford

127ForwoodDorothy Mary Forwood1872991971id: 465838253191Dorothy Mary Forwood was one of 12 children and was born 9th December 1872 to Sir William Bower Forwood and Lady Mary Forwood. They lived at Ramleh, Blundellsands, near Liverpool. She married Edward Jenks in 1898 (his second marriage) who went on to become a respected professor of law, teaching at an Australian University for a while. He also wrote many books and articles on law, history and politics. He was regarded as a leading academic in relation to the English Civil War.Edward is also buried at Bishops Tawton. Dorothy and Edward had a daughter,Barbara Frances (died 1958) and a son, Jorian Edward Forwood Jenks (1899 - 1963). Jorian was an early pioneer of organic agriculture. During the war, he was the agricultural advisor to an extreme right wing political party and was detained in prison from 1940-1941. After his release, he settled as a tenant farmer in Sussex. He became an active member of the Soil Association and influenced many people with his views on organic farming and good husbandry.He wrote pamphlets on better land use, the dangers of insecticides and the exhaustion of non-renewable natural resources. Jorian died in Devon in 1963.
Edward Jenks Edward Jenks was born in Clapham, Surrey, (now London) on 20th February 1861.His first marriage was in 1890 to Annie Ingham, who died after giving birth to a son; their son would die fighting in the Great War in 1917. His second marriage in 1898 was to Dorothy Mary,daughter of Sir William Bower Forwood,Liverpool, with whom he had a daughter Barbara Frances died 1958, and a son,Jorian Edward Forwood Jenks. Edward was a brilliant law student at King's College, Cambridge and was placed first in the law tripos of 1886. He was called to the bar in 1887. He held many seats: Director of Studies in Law and History at Jesus College, Cambridge 1888-9, Dean at the faculty of law University of Melbourne 1890, University College, Liverpool 1890-92 then later to 1895 at Victoria University of Manchester, reader of English at University of Oxford from 1896, and then at the University of London from 1928-1930 as as professor of English law in the London School of Economics and Political Science. Edward was a Fellow of the British Academy. He was a founder of the Society of Public Teachers of Law and its secretary 1909-1917. He also wrote many books and articles on law, history and politics. He was an editor of A Digest of English Civil Law (1905–1917) which led to receipt of an honorary doctorate from Paris. He was regarded as a leading academic in relation to the English Civil War.Edward died 10th November 1939. Jorian Jenks was an early pioneer of organic agriculture. During the war, he was the agricultural advisor to an extreme right wing political party and was detained in prison from 1940-1941. After his release, he settled as a tenant farmer in Sussex. He became an active member of the Soil Association and influenced many people with his views on organic farming and good husbandry.He wrote pamphlets on better land use, the dangers of insecticides and the exhaustion of non-renewable natural resources. Jorian died in Devon on the 20th August 1963.

128FrogwellFrederick Frogwell1867651932id: 144835401491
Bessie Frogwell1876631939

129GabrielRobert Gabriel1807571864id: 246836341771
Elizabeth Wilson1836221858
James Wilson
Caroline Gabriel1806741880

130GaydonJohn Gaydon1919561975id: 205835982681
Elizabeth Gaydon1824701894

131GaydonWilliam Gaydon1842341876id: 201835941851
Thomas Gaydon186791876
Mary Davie Gaydon1841551896

132GaytonHenry Gayton1808481856id: 403837661551
Samuel Henry Avery Gayton1842341876

133GaytonThomas Gayton1847id: 39834492971
Agnes Gayton1795651860

134GentEllen Mary Hodges Gent1869381907id: 295836791961
John Beard Gent

135GentMary Gent1837id: 280836643611
Henry Gent1846
William Gent1832141846
Humphrey Gent1791701861
Jane Gent1802461848
Eliza Ann Gent
Mary Jane Gent184011841

136GibbsGeorge Gibbs1870671937id: 146835421731
Rosalie Gibbs1898831981
Emma Gibbs1869761945

137GidlerMary Ann Gidler60id: 289836731771
Bartholomew Gidler81

138GilbertJohn Gilbert1801761877id: 450838101511
Frances Gilbert1801771878

139GoreMary Louisa Gore1838201858id: 282836662721
John Gore
Lewis Hole1779911870
Mary Hole1783811864

140GossRobert Goss1761761837id: 35834451981
Mary Tribling1799671866
Mary Goss1769701839

141GouldJohn Gould1791521843id: 441838001351
Martha Gould1795741869

142GregoryAnn Gregory1849id: 257836422131
John Gregory

143GregoryEliza Ann Gregory1855411896id: 153835491991
John Gregory1851661917
Alfred Henry Gregory1885151900

144GregoryThomas Gregory1878141892id: 189835831961
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145HammettHannah Hammett1854851939id: 262836472491
Thomas Hammett1857821939

146HancockIda F Hancock1894651959id: 147835431481
Richard Hancock1872741946

147HardingEdward Henry Harding1861721933id: 373837431211
Mary Ann Harding1858821940

148HardingEvelyn Beatrice Harding1882701952id: 101835012701
A Leigh Harding

149HarperEmma Harper187021872id: 266836511741
Robert Harper
Emma Harper1838741912

150HartnollAnn Hartnoll29id: 161835573991
Thomas Hartnoll

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