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The Shipman family appears in Hickling Parish Records from the 1700s through to the late 1800s where members of the family are recorded as farmers both owning and tenanting land throughout the village. In the 1800s the family are also recorded as landlords of the Navigation Inn which was built in 1804 to serve the Grantham Canal. By the 1880s, records for the Shipman family in Hickling itself fade and although the name recurs locally, they appear to have dispersed away from Hickling.

Churchyard:

There are two surviving Shipman headstones in Hickling churchyard:

Headstone 1: John (1855) and Mary (1825) Shipman

John Shipman died 10th December 1855 aged 87yrs also Mary, wife of John died 27th April 1825 aged 46yrs ‘Sacred to the memory of John Shipman who died December 10th 1855, aged 87years also Mary, wife of the above who died April 27th 1825, aged 46yrs (Swain)’

Mary Spencer was born in Kinoulton in 1779, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hoe) Spencer. Little is known about her early life but it is assumed this was spent in Kinoulton. She married John Shipman on 10th June 1802 at Kinoulton and the couple made their home in Hickling. Mary died on 27th April 1825 aged 46yrs. she was buried in Hickling Churchyard on 30th April 1825.

John Shipman was baptised in Cotgrave Parish Church on 10th December 1768 (see Headstone 2, below). He was the son of John and Mary (Hill) Shipman. On 10th June 1802 John married MARY SPENCER in Kinoulton Parish Church. The couple made their home in Hickling and had at least 8 children. John’s wife, Mary died on 27th April 1825 aged 46yrs. She was buried in Hickling churchyard on 30th April 1825. In 1841 he is living in Hickling with two of his children aged 70yrs and working as a publican. In 1851 he is living with his daughter, Mary, the wife of Charles Harvey an Innkeeper in Nether Broughton. John Shipman is described as a widower, lodger born in Cotgrave. John died on 10th December 1855 aged 87 years. He was buried on 13th December in Hickling Churchyard with his wife who had died in 1825.

Mary’s father was JOSEPH SPENCER who had been born in Kinoulton about 1754; Joseph Spencer married Elizabeth Hoe (1754-1839) on 26th June 1774 at Cotgrave. Joseph died on 10th February 1832 at Kinoulton.

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hoe) Spencer:

• Elizabeth bap 1777 Kinoulton
• Mary bap 1779 Kinoulton – married John Shipman Died 27th April 1825 Hickling
• John bap 1781 Kinoulton
• Joseph bap 1783 Kinoulton died 1786
• Ann bap 1785 Kinoulton                                                    
• Joseph bap 1787 Kinoulton                                               
• William bap 1792 Kinoulton                                              
• Thomas bap 1795 Kinoulton
• Jane bap 1802 Kinoulton died 1813

Headstone 2: John (1859) & Hannah (1878) Shipman

John Shipman died 6th October 1859 aged 56yrs also Hannah wife of John died 7th May 1878 aged 73yrs ‘erected in affectionate remembrance of John Shipman who died October 6th 1859 aged 56yrs also Hannah, wife of the above who died May 7th 1878 aged 73yrs This sudden summons speaks aloud to all […] ready for the masters call [remaining unreadable]’

• John Shipman was Baptised on 24 June 1803 in Hickling Parish Church, the son of John and Mary (Spencer) Shipman
• John married HANNAH CHEDWICK [from Mansfield] in Mansfield on 14th June 1824. The couple lived in Mansfield for a short time and son, William, was born here is 1825. They then moved to live in Hickling Notts, which is where John originated from and stayed here for the rest of their lives.
• John Shipman died on 6th October 1859 aged 56 yrs. He was buried in Hickling churchyard on 8th October 1859. His widow Hannah, continued to live in Hickling until her death in 1878.
• HANNAH CHEDWICK (also spelt CHADWICK): Hannah was born circa 1805 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Prior to her marriage to John Shipman nothing has been discovered about her parentage or early life.  A William Chadwick was a witness at her wedding.  A Hannah Chadwin daughter of Miles and Martha was baptised in Mansfield 15 April 1805, possibly an error in the Parish Register.  It may be relevant that her son Charles married a Mary Chadwick.

Children of John and Hannah Shipman:

• William baptised 6th March 1825 Mansfield and also on 4th November 1830 in Hickling age 6 at the same time as his sister Harriet
• Harriet baptised 4th November 1830 Hickling
• John baptised 3rd November 1833 Hickling
• Mary baptised 2nd September1838 Hickling
• Charles baptised 26th June 1842 Hickling, father boatman, married Mary Chadwick of Chesterfield at Trinity Church, Chesterfield on 21 December 1870, he farmer, her father was an estate agent
• Henry baptised 25th October 1845 Hickling, father farmer and publican

John Shipman’s lineage:

(grandparents) JOHN SHIPMAN born c. 1740, died 1811; married 1st July 1761 at Cotgrave to MARY HILL (died 1798). They had 7 children:

• William bap 12th June 1764 Cotgrave died 11 Dec 1764
• William bap 26th Jan 1766 Cotgrave
• John bap 10th Dec 1768 Cotgrave
• Sara bap 22nd March 1772 Cotgrave
• Mary bap 6th Sept 1776 infant death
• Mary bap 29th Sept 1780 Cotgrave
• Thomas bap 21st July 1782 Cotgrave died 29 Oct 1785

(parents – see Headstone 1, above) JOHN SHIPMAN bap. 10th December 1768 Cotgrave, died 10^th December 1855, buried Hickling 13^th December 1855; married 10th June 1825 at Kinoulton to Mary Spencer (1779-1825)

Children of John and Mary (Spencer) Shipman:

• John bap 24th June 1803 Hickling
• Elizabeth bap 22nd September 1805 Hickling
• Mary bap 2nd April 1808 Hickling, buried Hickling 16 January 1818 age 9
• William bap 4th November 1810 Hickling, buried Hickling 23 August 1815 age 4
• Jane bap 3rd November 1813 Hickling, father boatman, buried Hickling 21 September 1825 age 12
• Eliza bap 3rd October 1816 Hickling
• William bap 10th October 1819 Hickling died 1843
• Mary bap 6th November 1822 Hickling married Charles Harvey (Q2 1846 Nottingham Vol 15 page 903)

Parish Records (to 1900).

Baptisms:

• Annie – Charles SHIPMAN – Mary – 1874 04 26 – HICKLING St Luke – Farmer
• Charles – Charles SHIPMAN – Mary – 1876 05 21 – HICKLING St Luke – Farmer
• Charles – John SHIPMAN – Hannah –    1842 06 26 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• Eliza – John SHIPMAN   – Mary – 1816 10 03 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• Elizabeth – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1805 09 22 – HICKLING St Luke         
• Elizabeth – Michael SHIPMAN – Margaret – 1710 08 23 – HICKLING St Luke                
• Elizabeth – Paul SHIPMAN – Elizabeth- 1746 06 24 – HICKLING St Luke                         
• Harriet – Charles SHIPMAN – Mary – 1872 02 18 – HICKLING St Luke – Farmer
• Harriot – John SHIPMAN – Hannah – 1830 11 04 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• Henry – John SHIPMAN – Hannah – 1846 10 25 – HICKLING St Luke – Farmer & Publican
• Jane – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1813 11 03 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• John – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1803 06 24 – HICKLING St Luke         
• John – John SHIPMAN – Hannah – 1833 11 03 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• John Henry – Charles SHIPMAN – Mary – 1877 04 22 – HICKLING St Luke – Farmer
• Mary – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1808 04 02 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling     
• Mary – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1822 11 06 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• Mary – John SHIPMAN – Hannah – 1838 09 02 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• Paul – Michael SHIPMAN – Margaret – 1712 03 01 – HICKLING St Luke                         
• William – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1810 11 04 – HICKLING St Luke         
• William – John SHIPMAN – Mary – 1819 10 10 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman
• William – John SHIPMAN – Hannah – 1830 11 04 – HICKLING St Luke – Boatman

Marriages:

• SHIPMAN Paul – SPOWAGE Elizabeth – 1746 04 29 – HICKLING St Luke
• HART Thomas – SHIPMAN Harriet – 1855 11 05 – HICKLING St Luke
• HOLMES William – SHIPMAN Elizabeth – 1829 10 03 – HICKLING St Luke
• TIMMS Elijah – SHIPMAN Ann – 1847 05 12 – HICKLING St Luke

Burials:

• Elizabeth SHIPMAN – 1710 09 29 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Dau of Michael & Margaret
• Michael SHIPMAN – 1714 01 30 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling                           
• Elizabeth SHIPMAN – 1748 08 20 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling                
• Paul SHIPMAN – 1756 10 13 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling                              
• Elizabeth – SHIPMAN – 1804 03 19 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling                
• William SHIPMAN – 1815 08 23 – 4 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling           
• Mary SHIPMAN – 1818 01 16 – 9 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling      
• Mary SHIPMAN – 1825 04 30 – 45 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling           
• Jane SHIPMAN – 1825 09 21 – 12 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling           
• Elizabeth SHIPMAN – 1828 06 02 – 11 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling           
• Mary SHIPMAN – 1830 04 08 – 4 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling      
• Charles SHIPMAN – 1835 12 25 – Inf – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling           
• Jane SHIPMAN – 1837 05 20 – Inf – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling           
• William SHIPMAN – 1843 02 14                – 25 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Hickling
• John SHIPMAN – 1855 12 13 – 87 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – Nether Broughton       
• John SHIPMAN – 1859 10 08 – 56 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling – constipation of bowels
• Hannah SHIPMAN – 1878 05 11 – 73 – HICKLING St Luke – Hickling

Hickling Cemetery: no records to 2014

Wills (Hickling only):

• Michael Shipman 1714: Inventory & Bond – link
  • Names Margaret Shipman (widow) and Paul Hardy (yeoman of Hickling)
• Paul Shipman 1758: link
  • Framework knitter; estate bequeathed to his only daughter, Elizabeth Shipman
  • Except one room ‘called the shop’ bequeathed to his servant Ann Horn during her lifetime or until she marries
  • Mention also of his sister-in-law ‘now living in London’; Mary (Spencer) Hornbuckle
  • Also, his cousin, Paul Hardy jnr (a dyer) as executor
  • Inventory included (probate 6th July 1758)
• John Shipman 1859 (see, below)

Hickling documents:

• (document held with the Deeds for Old Mill Cottage) Ann Dickman married William Wright on 23rd November 1819 in Hickling; both are said to be residents of Headon-cum-Upton although this is likely to be a transcription error. Witnesses are Elizabeth Shipman and William Wiles (probably Ann’s brother-in-law).
  • Old Mill Cottage/Ivy Cottage/Virginia Cottage: 1838 declaration (link)
• Chris Granger’s History of Hickling appendix 5 (unknown source) lists property owners and occupiers in Hickling in 1856:
  • John Shipman – owner – house and wharf – Navigation Inn – Beer house – £11.08.00 (rental)
  • John Shipman – owner – land – Mill Lane – 1 acre – wharfinger, coal – £1.08.00 (rental)
  • John Shipman – owner – 5 houses – Village – dealer and farmer – £8.00.00 (rental)
  • John Shipman (occupier) – John White (owner) – land – Clawson Lane – 13 acres 1 rood 31 perches – £20.04.00 (rental)
  • John Shipman (occupier) – Rector (owner) – land – Clawson Lane – 81 acres 1 rood 7 perches – £78.00.00 (rental)
  • John Shipman (occupier) – Sarah Shittlewood (owner) – land – Dunster – 24 acres 2 roods – £38.11.00 (rental)
  • John Shipman (occupier) – Sarah Shittlewood (owner) – land – Near Village – 1 acre 1 rood 23 perches – £2.04.00 (rental)
• Chris Granger’s History of Hickling explores frameworkers in Hickling in the C18th:
  • Hickling remained almost fully involved in agriculture and self-sufficient in all the central trades. Unsurpisingly, framework knitting provided profitable employment for many local people, both male and female. It being a major industry in the area. Frames were purchased and hired out by the better off people to some of their neighbours and were regarded as a sound investment. Elizabeth Daft, an elderly spinster, left two frames in her 1798 will and mentioned Ann March, Jack Moulds and Ann Morris or Hickling and Ann Barnett of Long Clawson as knitters.
  • More and more people turned to the frames for their bread and butter. The only names to come down to us from the first half of the eighteenth century are Edward Collishaw and a relative of his who had moved to Nottingham and Paul Shipman.
  • While the industry had spread massively throughout the Midlands, little had happened to improve the mechanisms of the frame until 1758 when Jebediah Strutt introduced an innovation which produced what became known as the “The Derby Rib”. The Industrial Revolution and Richard Arkwright’s spinning machine quickly reduced the former prosperity of the knitters to abject poverty within twenty years. Their unsurprising reaction was Luddism and factories and mills were turned to smouldering ashes in a matter of hours. Davison and Hawksly’s Arnold (Nottingham) Mill briefly burgeoned and boomed, even feeding the poverty stricken in the famine of 1800. Their copper pennies and shillings are a token of the benevolence of rich men imbued with the ideals of the French Revolution and a devout wish to alleviate poverty.

Census Records (Hickling)

1841

Household 1

• John Shipman – Male – 35 – 1806 – Nottinghamshire
• Hannah Shipman – Female – 35 – 1806 – Nottinghamshire
• William Shipman – Male – 16 – 1825 – Nottinghamshire
• Harriett Shipman – Female – 10 – 1831 – Nottinghamshire
• John Shipman – Male – 7 – 1834 – Nottinghamshire
• Mary Shipman – Female – 2 – 1839 – Nottinghamshire

Household 2

• John Shipman – Male – 70 – 1771 – Nottinghamshire
• William Shipman – Male – 20 – 1821 – Nottinghamshire
• Mary Shipman – Female – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire
• Ann Gardner – Female – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire
• John Buxton – Male – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire

1851

Household 1

• Ann Shipman – Head – W – Female – 63 – 1788 – Retired farmer – Hose, Leicestershire
• Elizabeth Knapp – Servant – Unmarried – Female – 25 – 1826 – Servant – Branston, Leics

Household 2

• John Shipman – Head – Married – Male – 47 – 1804 – Farmer 110acres employing 3 labourers – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Hannah Shipman – Wife – Married – Female – 46 – 1805 – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• William Shipman – Son – Unmarried – Male – 26 – 1825 – Boatman – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• John Shipman – Son – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1834 – Plumber – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Shipman – Son -Male – 9 – 1842 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Henry Shipman – Son – Male – 6 – 1845 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Harriett Shipman – Daughter – Female – 20 – 1831 – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Mary Shipman – Daughter – Female – 12 – 1839 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Benjamin Stevenson – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 27 – 1824 – Boatman – Barkston, Leics
• Samuel Skinner – Boatman – Unmarried – Male – 20 – 1831 – Boatman- Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire
• Thomas Burkett – Boatman – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1834 – Boatman – Lenton, Nottinghamshire
• Jacob Mann – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1834 – Servant – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

1861 (Hickling village)

• Hannah Shipman – Head – Widow – Female – 56 – 1805 – Farmer – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• John Shipman – Son – Unmarried – Male – 27 – 1834 – Plumber & gas fitter – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Mary Shipman – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 22 – 1839 – Farmers daughter – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Shipman – Son – Unmarried – Male – 19 – 1842 – Farmers son – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Catherine Hart – Granddaughter – Female – 3 – 1858 – Ragdale, Leicestershire
• Sarah Bonser – Servant – Unmarried – Female – 17 – 1844 – Servant – Barnston, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Sharlow – Lodger – Married – Male – 23 – 1838 – Plumber – Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
• John Hicks – Lodger – Unmarried – Male – 46 – 1815 – Labourer – Colston Bassett, Nottinghamshire

1871 (Navigation Inn, Hickling)

• Hannah Shipman – Head – Female – 66 – 1805 – Farmers 13 acres 2 lab 1 boy – Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Shipman – Son – Male – 29 – 1842 – Farmer – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Mary Shipman – Daughter – Female – 37 – 1834 – Farmers wife – Chesterfield, Derbyshire

1881 (Hickling)

• Charles Shipman – Head – Married – Male – 39 – 1842 – Farmer of – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Mary Shipman – Wife – Married – Female – 47 – 1834 – Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• Harriet Shipman – Daughter – Single – Female – 9 – 1872 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Annie Shipman – Daughter – Single – Female – 7 – 1874 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Charles Shipman – Son – Single – Male – 5 – 1876 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• John H Shipman – Son – Single – Male – 4 – 1877 – Scholar – Hickling, Nottinghamshire
• Hannah Chadwick – Sister in law – Female – 42 – 1839 – Annuitant – Chesterfield, Derbyshire
• Emma Marshall – Servant – Single – Female – 20 – 1861 – General servant – Hickling, Nottinghamshire

Note: census records in Chesterfield in 1841 and 1851 identify the sisters Mary and Hannah Chadwick – father, schoolmaster (he is a widower in 1851). In the news report of Charles and Mary’s marriage in Chesterfield, her father is said to be an estate agent.

1891 -1921; no census records in Hickling.

Census 1891 & 1901: Charles Shipman is recorded as a widower in his brother’s household in Middlesex. No record has been found for the death of his wife, Mary, and no census records for their children, Harriet, Annie, John or sister-in-law, Hannah Chadwick in 1891.

• Mary Shipman – possible death/burial record: St. Catherines, Nottingham, burial 15^th June 1888 age 54 (born 1834)
• Census 1891: Charles jnr, age 15, is recorded as a pupil at a blind school in St. Mary’s Parish, Nottingham – he had been totally infirm since birth and is learning chaircaning.
• Census 1891: A single woman of the right age and named Hannah Chadwick is recorded as a lodger close to Charles Shipman’s blind school which may indicate that she continued to care for her blind nephew following the death of her sister.
• Census 1901: It is likely that this same Hannah Chadwick is listed nearby (born Chesterfield) as a hosiery maker working from home – she is apparently the aunt of Jane Eley (age 32) born, Chesterfield
• Census 1901: Charles snr recorded in Twickenham with his wife Mary Hannah (born Twickenham 1856.
• Repetitions of names and surnames make connections difficult; the family of Charles and Mary Shipman appears to have dispersed at some point after the census of 1881(see liquidation auction notice in news reports, below).

A school photo dated c.1885 is labelled with the name E Shipman (7th from the left, 3rd row from the back); there are no parish or census records for a likely little girl and more information is needed.

Hickling Pubs – lists of landlords

The Navigation Inn:

• 1844 – 1872? – Mr J Shipman – After his death his widow, Hannah Shipman, continued; at some point she was joined by their son, Charles Shipman (perhaps around 1864). They were predominantly farmers. Listings refer to Hannah and Charles Shipman at least until 1872.
• 1873 – WY Spriggs – (referenced here in March 1873; no precise detail)
• 1877 – Mr John Glover – (referenced here in September 1877; no precise detail)
• 1879 – Mr Richardson – (referenced here in January 1879; no precise detail)
• 1879 – Mr Lamb – (referenced here in October 1879; no precise detail)
• 1884 – Mr George Lamb dies at The Navigation; 28th July 1884
• 1885 – 1904 – Mrs Sarah Lamb 
• 1903 – Mr Harry & Mrs Sarah Parnham – (see The Plough) seem to be living at The Navigation (Wadkin archive) although not as licensees

The dates covering the Shipman family’s residence at the Navigation Inn are a little unclear but the family’s links to Hickling at this time do seem to be centred around Hannah and John Shipman – after Hannah Shipman’s death in 1878 the Navigation Inn and associated land and properties are sold at Auction. News cuttings imply that their son, Charles, bought out his siblings at Auction in 1879 but he/his property is then reported to be in liquidation and another auction follows in 1881.

The Auction notices refer to a newly built 5-bedroom house which may be the property now known as Carneal Cottage; it would seem that Hannah Shipman was responsible for building it and between the auctions in 1879 and 1881, it would seem that Charles and his family may have lived here (information to be confirmed).

John and Hannah Shipman are first recorded in Hickling in the census of 1841 and the first formal record (so far) of their connection to the Navigation appears in 1844, although there is a newspaper cutting linking them to The Navigation slightly earlier in 1835. There are no Shipman family records in Hickling after the census of 1881.

Information from the Shipman family (descendants of Henry Shipman born 1846)

Last Will and Testament – John Shipman 6^th October 1859.

I, John Shipman, of Hickling, in the County of Nottingham, Farmer and Publican, do make and publish this, my Last Will and Testament.

I give and bequeath to My Dear Wife, Hannah Shipman, all and singular, my furniture, linen. Household goods and chattels, used in and about my dwelling house at Hickling, aforesaid together with the house where I now live, also the five cottages situate in Hickling with the paddock adjoining, also all houses in my possession or due to me from any source whatever at the time of my decease. To have and to hold the same [asher] proper goods and chattels or property absolutely without any matter of condition during the term of her natural life, or while she continues my widow, and at her decease or marriage the said property to be sold and divided equally among my six children, namely, William Shipman, Harriet Hart, John Shipman, Mary Shipman, Charles Shipman, Henry Shipman, share and share alike, also my stock and crops to be disposed of in the same way. And further I do hereby appoint my Dear Wife Hannah Shipman, as sole executrix or administratorix, of this my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereto put my hand this sixth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.

John Shipman signed and declared as the last Will and Testament of the above named Testator, who in our presence has hereto set his hand, and we in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our name as Witness.

Witnesses. John Featherstone. Raynor Wright.

(John Shipman was buried in Hickling 2 days later)

An Auction notice – dated 30^th January 1879

(see also, In the News, below)

The sale includes the Navigation Inn, a newly build house on Main Street (likely to be Carneal Cottage), a paddock and cottages bordering Mill Lane.

In the News.

The Find My Past newspaper archive also includes a number of cricket matches relating to Hickling (not transcribed); also, Agricultural Shows/Sales and Hunt Meet reports (not transcribed as it isn’t always possible to distinguish between Hickling residents and non-residents). Where similar or identical reports/notices appear in more than one publication, only one has been transcribed)

Gallery of original clippings:

Leicester Journal 4^th April 1828

Hickling, Nottinghamshire. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MR BURKILL, At the Widmerpool New Inn, on Monday the 21^st April, 1828, at three o’clock in the afternoon. All that valuable Tythe-free and Freehold Close of Grazing Ground, situate in Hickling aforesaid, containing six acres, or thereabouts. To view the property, apply to Mr John Shipman, of Hickling, the tenant; and for further particulars, apply to Mr William Gibson of Old Dalby, or at the Office of Messrs. Craddock, Solicitors, Loughborough.

Nottingham review 9^th October 1829

On the 3d instant, at Hickling, by the Rev. E. Anderson, Mr Job Marston, lace-manufacturer, Hyson Green, to E. Morris, eldest daughter of John Morris, Gent., of the former place; also, Mr W. Holmes, to E. Shipman, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Shipman, coal-merchant.

Fined for Opening Hours: Nottingham review 18^th Dec 1835

… licensed victuallers, were convicted by the same magistrates, in the penalty of 40s and costs, for having kept their houses open (…) for the sale of beer at Broughton Sulney, at other hours than by law allowed, – John Wright and Francis Hopkins, of the same place, and John Shipman and John Hopkinson of Hickling, were convicted by John Smith Wright and Thomas Nixon Esq., in the penalty of 40s each and costs, for having committed a like offence.

Jury duty – John Shipman 1845.

(Petit Jury = Trial Jury)

An article in the Nottingham Review 1^st August 1845 records John Shipman as a juror in the County Court; another Hickling resident, Robert Hardy, is also on the jury. One of the cases they heard involved the ownership of a property in Hickling which had been the home of Mr Nail for many years but following his death had been claimed by the Parish which was being contested by a Mr Innocent.

(there are a number of articles citing John Shipman of Hickling as juror over these years (not transcribed) – this is the only one to record a case involving a Hickling resident)

Police Notice; Nottingham Review 14^th May 1847

Wm SHIPMAN, aged 22, of Hickling, was taken late on Sunday night by p.c.Leavers, who found him drunk and helpless in the street, his clothes dangling about his heels. He had about £2 in his pocket, which by a miracle had not been stolen. The bench fined him 5s and discharged him.

Police Notice: Nottingham & Newark Mercury 14^th May 1847

William Shipman, aged 22, boatman, Hickling, was charged with being helplessly drunk in High-street, at half-past twelve in the night of Saturday. It appeared that the simpleton had drank so copiously of “old Tom,” that he lay asleep in the channel. His clothes were completely saturated with wet and filth. Fortunately for him he was discovered by the police ere his pockets were rifled, and he was conveyed to the watchhouse, After a reprimand from the Mayor the boatman was discharged upon paying five shillings. Sarah Tomlinson, aged 23, better known by the elegant cognomen of “Happy Land,” a married woman, but living apart from her husband, was also charged with being drunk at the same hour of night as Shipman. She was cautioned aand discharged upon paying five shillings.

Marriage: Leicester Journal 25^th June 1847

On Wednesday the 12^th alt. Mr Elijah Timms, of Help-out Mill, at Odstone, in this county, to Miss Ann Shipman, of Hickling, Notts.

Leicester Chronicle 26^th February 1853

ROBBERY AT WYMESWOULD – On the 9^th instant, a new black cloth single-breasted waistcoat, the property of Mr john Shipman, of Hickling, Notts, coal dealer, was stolen from a gig, while standing in a public house yard at Wymeswould.

Robbery From a Boat at Hickling; Nottinghamshire Guardian 4^th October 1855

Thomas Hemsley and William Bonser were remanded in order to be taken before the justices at Bingham on a charge of having stolen some property from a boat at Hickling, belonging to a man named Shipman.

Nottinghamshire Guardian 14^th February 1856

STEALING FROM A BOAT – Sarah Hatfield was charged with having stolen a blanket, the property of Mr Shipman, from a boat at Hickling. The blanket produced in Court was found in the prisoner’s house, and she told the policeman that it belonged to the prosecutor. She now said it was her own. The magistrates thought the evidence was not sufficiently conclusive, and discharged the prisoner.

Bingham Sessions: Nottingham Journal 6^th March 1857

Thursday, February 19. – (Before Henry Martin, esq., and the Rev. J.C. Girardet.) – Taylor Sharp, farmer, and Chas. Bonser, butcher, of Kinoulton, William Shipman, boatman, and Thomas Magson, tailor, of Hickling, were severally convicted, on the evidence of police-constable Gilson, of being drunk in the town street of Hickling on the night of February 4^th and were fined each 5s and the costs; and Sarah Ives and Thomas Monks, publicans, of Hickling, charged also by Gilson with having served the above parties with spirits, knowing them to be in a state of intoxication, contrary to the tenor of their licenses, were ordered to pay respectively 10s and the costs of the conviction.

(Mrs Abigail Hives was landlady of The Plough and Mr Tom Munks landlord of the Wheel Inn)

Nottingham Journal 19^th August 1859

DEATH FROM BEING RUN OVER BY A WAGGON. – C Swann, Esq., coroner, held an inquest at the Wheel Inn, Hickling, touching the death of a little girl, eleven years of age, named Mary Marson. The deceased was the daughter of Elizabeth Marson, widow, and lived at Hickling. About a quarter-past six o’clock on Thursday evening, the 11^th instant, a waggon load of barley, belonging to Mr John Shipman, was being drawn by two horses, driven by a boy, named Charles Starbuck, from Mr Shipman’s field to the stack-yard. There was a number of children following the waggon, the deceased being one of them. Her brother was riding on the shafts, and the driver was near the fore horse. The deceased slipped down, and before the waggon could be stopped, the hind wheel had passed over her breast, and when picked up she was covered in blood. She was taken home in a handcart, but before she was removed she was quite dead. Verdict: “Accidentally run over by a waggon load of barley, and killed.”

Stolen Coal: Nottingham Journal 9^th July 1864

John Bradshaw, boatman, Nottingham, was charged by James Shipman, farmer, of Hickling, with stealing 1 cwt, of coal, value 9d, on the 1^st inst. Defendant was apprehended on the 2^nd inst., and bailed on the 4^th, to appear on the 7^th inst, when he was discharged, in consequence of complainant declining to prosecute.

Nottingham Journal 14^th June 1865:

A news clipping from June 1865 records Wm Shipman sen. & Wm Shipman jun. playing cricket for Hickling in a match against Harby.

(an example of several cricket reports)

Sale of land; Stamford Mercury 12^th Nov 1869

Sale of land in Long Clawson, Hickling and Harby which includes land occupied by Mrs Shipman in Hickling close to Long Lane, Pudding Lane and Saw Pit Lane.

Sheffield Independent 24^th December 1870

SHIPMAN-CHADWICK – Dec 21, at the Trinity Church, Chesterfield, by the Rev. M. Holmes, Mr Charles Shipman, farmer, Hickling, Nottingham, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Chadwick, estate agent, Chesterfield.

Nottinghamshire Guardian 20^th Jan 1871

HICKLING – On the 31^st ult., Mr J Speed, of the Plough Inn, had the misfortune to fall from his haystack through the ladder slipping, causing a fracture of one of his legs. – On the 6^th Mr. C. Shipman, of Hickling, gave a 4lb loaf each to 78 poor people, for which acceptable gift at this inclement season they desire to return him their sincere thanks. – The lovers of skating at Hickling have had a rare time of it for the last three weeks on the Canal. Skaters from all the neighbouring villages have flocked to this beautiful sheet of water which is the finest place for skating between Nottingham and Grantham.

Nottinghamshire Guardian 1^st December 1871

Elizabeth Marston was charged by Charles Shipman with stealing coal at Hickling, on the 22^nd inst. Prosecutor wishing not to press the case, she was discharged with a caution.

Notice of Death: 11^th May 1878

Shipman – at Hickling, on the 7^th inst., Hannah widow of the late Mr John Shipman, aged 73 years.

An Auction notice – dated 30^th January 1879

The sale includes the Navigation Inn, a newly build house on Main Street (likely to be Carneal Cottage), a paddock and cottages bordering Mill Lane.

Racing Match at Hickling; 10^th May 1879

A few days ago, a two miles’ match took place between Mr Price’s King Arthur and Mr Shipman’s Prince Charlie. Slight odds were laid on Prince Charlie, whose backers were very sanguine. Both nags came to the post in good condition. Prince Charlie went off in advance, but was very soon passed by King Arthur, who took a long lead; and although the former made a special effort in the last half-mile, he failed to get on equal terms with king Arthur, who came in an easy winner by nearly twenty lengths.

Charles Shipman – new Church Clock, 19^th June 1880

(Grantham Journal 19^th June 1880)

Our Old Church Clock, so long missed and wanted, has been at last set up again. The working men of the parish were quite tired of having no ‘time-keeper’ and consulted together as to whether they could not hunt out the old friend of their fathers, and, by raising a subscription, re-place it and enjoy again the sound of its once familiar tones. The subject was mooted, and the idea taken up warmly by the Rector, Rev. W.H. Edwards, and the churchwardens, Messrs. C. Shipman and J. Faulkes. So little time has been lost, that about three weeks have sufficed for everything, including getting the money and paying the bills. Great praise is due to Mr. Shipman for his exertions (as Mr. Faulkes was incapacitated by an accident), to Messrs. R. Collishaw, Shelton, and Burnett for the work done by them in their several trade departments, and to Mr C. Monks and several others for the useful help they gave to the cause. It is hoped that before long some other equally useful and pleasurable work will be set on foot.

Sheffield Daily Telegraph 24^th August 1881

C. Shipman, Hickling, Notts, formerly farmer, now out of business.

Auction notice – 29^th October 1881

An almost identical auction notice to the one placed in 1879, reappears in 1881 but relates to liquidation and  includes more detail in terms of Charles Shipman’s occupancy.

HICKLING Nottinghamshire. ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT IN FREEHOLD PROPERTY. SHOULER, SONS AND WALKER. Are instructed by the trustees in liquidation in re Chas. Shipman, to SELL by AUCTION on Monday 31^st Day of October, 1881, at the Plough Inn, in Hickling, at two for three o’clock in the Afternoon precisely, subject to conditions to be then produced, the following valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY in one Lot, namely:-

A NEWLY ERECTED, Brick-built, Sashed, and Slated DWELLING HOUSE, containing Parlour, Sitting-room, Kitchen, Dairy, and 5 good Bed-rooms; a neat Flower Garden, fronting the Main Street, enclosed by a brick wall; and a Kitchen Garden in the rear of the house, with Gig House, Cow Shed, Piggeries, and other convenient Out offices, nowin the occupation of Mr Shipman; also, adjoining the above, a Paddock of rich old PASTURE LAND, fronting Mill Lane, also in the occupation of Mr Shipman; and also Three Brick-built and Tiled COTTAGES, with Gardens and Out-buildings, occupied by respectable tenants. There is a good Lead Pump and Well of Water, always affording a plentiful supply for all the tenants. Hickling is within two-and-a-half miles of the station at Upper Broughton, on the new Midland line from Nottingham. – For further particulars, apply to the Auctioneers, Melton Mowbray; or to MR D WHITTINGHAM, Solicitor, Middle Pavement, Nottingham. 

Nottinghamshire Guardian 10^th February 1882

BY MESSRS ROYCE AND WRIGHT. THE GLEBE FARM, HICKLING, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs. ROYCE and WRIGHT, on Thursday, the 16^th day of February, 1882, upon the Farm lately occupied by Mr. C. Shipman, about 44 acres of Excellent GRASS KEEPING, in Four Lots, until the 25^th March next. The above Keeping is on good land, and very full of keep. Also, Wheat Straw off 16 acres, Oat Straw off 2 Acres, and Bean Straw off 3½ Acres; a Stack of Clover, about 3 tons; a Stack of Hay, about 4 tons; in Lots to go off. Sale to commence at Two o’clock. Melton Mowbray, February 8^th, 1882.

Auction of Farmland: Grantham Journal 11^th Feb 1882

HICKLING, Nottinghamshire. To be SOLD by AUCTION, by MESSRS ROYCE & WRIGHT, On Thursday, Feb 16^th, 1882, upon the Farm at Hickling, lately occupied by Mr C Shipman, about 44 ACRES of excellent GRASS KEEPING, until the 25^th of March next, in four Lots; the above is good Land and very full of Keep. Also, Wheat Straw of 16 acres, Oat Straw off 2 acres, Bean Straw off 3½ acres; part of a Stack of Clover, about 3 tons; and a Stack of HAY, about 4 tons, in Lots, to go off. Sale to commence at Two o’clock. Melton Mowbray, Feb 8^th, 1882.

Wadkin Archives:

Hickling: Reflections of Yesteryear

• Page 40 – school photograph, E. Shipman (possible error with initial)

Scrapbook of Hickling

• Page 30: John (1844 and 1853) and Hannah Shipman (1864) listed as landlords of the Navigation Inn
• Page 38: G Shipman member of the Hickling cricket team (photograph 1863)