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All of this is based on the earlier assumption that the Thomas Masters who married Ann and had five children in Staverton between 1720 and 1734 was the same Thomas Masters who was christened in Badby in 1695. Thomas Masters was christened on 12 March 1663 in Badby, Northamptonshire. His parents were Thomas Masters and Margaret Masters (formerly Rushall). On 6 October 1689 Thomas married Mary Nun or Mun who was described as a widow at the time. They had at least eight children. William was christened in Badby in 1691, Thomas in 1695, John in 1698, Mary in 1700, Joseph in 1702, Susanna in 1704, Bridget in 1706 and another daughter whose name is unclear in the Parish Register in 1710. Their eldest son, William, married a woman named Abigail and produced at least two grandchildren for Thomas; Jane in 1718 and Elizabeth in 1720. Their third son, John, married a woman named Rebecca and they produced a grandaughter called Harriet. Their second son, Thomas, produced five grandchildren as can be seen on his page, Thomas Masters (b.1695). His fifth child, Joseph, died before reaching five months of age in 1702. In a 1702 election the Northants Poll Book records in Badby that Thomas Masters voted for Lord Spencer and Sir St Andrew St John (Whig). In a 1705 election the Northants Poll Book records in Badby that Thomas Masters voted for Lord Mordant. In 1705, when Thomas was approximately thirty-eight years old, the steeple of Badby church fell down. It was due to be rebuilt by 1707. I am sure this would have been considered a major event for the village. Thomas was buried in Badby on 9 September 1727, at the approximate age of sixty-four. |
 The 1691 baptism of William in Badby Parish Register |
 The 1695 baptism of Thomas in Badby Parish Register |
 The 1697 baptism of John in Badby Parish Register |
 The 1702 baptism of Joseph in Badby Parish Register |
 The 1702 burial of Joseph in Badby Parish Register |
 The 1704 baptism of Suzanne in Badby Parish Register |
 The 1705 collapse of Badby Steeple documented in the Badby Parish Register |
 The 1710 baptism of an unknown daughter in Badby Parish Register |
 A price list of burials in Badby c.1725 from the Badby Parish Register |
 The 1727 burial of Thomas Masters in Badby Parish Register |
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1685 – JAMES II ASCENDS THE THRONE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & WALES following the death of his father, Charles II. 1688 – REVOLUTION OF 1688 EXPELS JAMES II from power. 1689 – WILLIAM III (son of William of Orange) AND MARY II (eldest daughter of James II) INSTALLED BY THE REVOLUTION IN JOINT RULE. 1694 – MARY II DIES, BRINGING AN END TO THE JOINT RULE. William III continues as sole monarch. 1702 – QUEEN ANNE ASCENDS THE THRONE following the death of William III. Anne is the second daughter of James II. 1702 – ENGLAND ENTERS THE WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION versus the French. 1707 – ISAAC NEWTON PUBLISHES HIS GREAT WORK, “ARITHMETICA UNIVERSALIS”, whereby he puts forth the first notions of the Theory of Gravity. 1707 – UNION OF ENGLAND & WALES WITH SCOTLAND. A process started by James I, who was King of England, Wales and Scotland, is finally completed. 1713 – TREATY OF UTRECHT secures Britain St. Kitts, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Hudson Bay basin from the French and Minorca and Gibraltar from Spain. 1714 – GEORGE I ASCENDS THE THRONE, following the death of Queen Anne. George is the son of the Elector of Hanover and Sophia (the daughter of Elizabeth and James I). George is the first monarch of the House of Hanover. 1721 – ROBERT WALPOLE, the later Earl of Oxford (Whig), is Great Britain’s first Prime Minister. 1727 – GEORGE II ASCENDS THE THRONE, following the death of his father, George I. 1733 – PASSAGE OF THE MOLASSES ACT SECURED, giving Britain increasing share of the lucrative West Indian trade and correspondingly weakening Britain’s rivals. 1739 – BRITAIN GOES TO WAR AGAINST SPAIN AND FRANCE which will last, after a brief respite in between, until 1763. 1742 – SPENCER COMPTON, EARL OF WILMINGTON (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. 1743 – HENRY PELHAM (Whig) becomes Prime Minister. |