The Robinson Family
Catharine (Robinson) Andrews
26 May 1793, in All Saints,
Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Henry
Robinson
Ann
(Carpendale) Robinson
John Andrews on 20 May 1816 in in
All Saints, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
John Andrews junr. is recorded as a bachelor, resident in Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire. Catharine Robinson is recorded as a spinster, resident in
Winthorpe. The marriage was performed by W. Bowerbank, curate pro tem, and
witnessed by Mary Andrews, Eliza Robinson, Henry Robinson and Catherine Mary
Bowerbank.
John was a mercer and draper. He was educated at the Free Grammar School in
Mansfield, whose headmaster was William Bowerbank, his future wife's uncle.
London
Gazette 16 January 1846 p184
Mansfield.—Assignment for the benefit of Creditors.
NOTICE is hereby given that John
Andrews, of Mansfield, in the county of Nottingham, Draper, hath by
indenture, dated the 10th day of January instant, assigned all his real
and personal estates unto John Kitching, of Mansfield aforesaid,
Banker's Clerk, and John Howell, of the firm of Ellis, Everrington, and
Co. of Saint Paul's Church-yard, London, in trust, for the equal benefit
of such of the creditors of the said John Andrews who shall, within one
calendar month from the date of the said indenture, by themselves or
their agents, duly execute the same; which said indenture, as to the
execution thereof by the said John Andrews and John Kitching, is
witnessed by John Marsh, of Mansfield aforesaid, Gentleman ; and as to
the execution thereof by the said John Howell, the said indenture is
witnessed by Thomas Parker, of No. 18, Saint Paul's Church-yard, in the
city of London, Solicitor, and is deposited at the offices of Messrs. G.
and T. Walkden, in Mansfield, for the perusal and signatures of the
creditors.—Dated this 10th day of January 1846.
- Elizabeth Catharine Andrews (1817 - ? )
1817, at Mansfield,
Nottinghamshire, England
19 March 1817, at St Wilfrid,
Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Catharina Andrews is recorded as aged 24, resident in Mansfield.
Eliza Robinson
18 August 1799, in All Saints,
Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Eliza was received into the church, in January 1800.
Henry Robinson
Ann
(Carpendale) Robinson
Eliza is mentioned in the will of her
father, dated 1 November 1824.
Henry Robinson
1755/6
17 January 1756, in
Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Henry Robinson
Mary (Boot) Robinson
Ann
Carpendale on 17 April 1786 in St Mary, Newark, Nottinghamshire,
England
Henry is recorded as being of Winthorpe co Nott
Schoolteacher, and later a
farmer
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Bartholomew Howlett's engraving of Views in Winthorpe in 1807
shows the School House at that time in possession of Henry
Robinson
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Henry taught, and probably also lived, at the "School House", on the estate
of Roger Pocklington. This house, at the junction of Holme Lane and
Gainsborough Road, was one of the subjects of Bartholomew Howlett's
engravings of "Views in Winthorpe" in 1807. Henry was still occupying the
School House in 1810 when Roger Pocklington's estate was put up for lease.
Nottingham Journal 31 March 1810 p2
TO BE LET,
And entered
upon on the 6th Day of April next (if not previously sold),
THE following valuable and Tythe-Free Estates, situate at Winthorpe and
Balderton, in the County of Nottingham, viz.
In Winthorpe.
An Estate at Winthorpe; comprising an excellent Dwelling House,
called the GROVE HOUSE, with convenient Offices, Coach House, Stables,
and other Outbuildings and Gardens, well adapted for the Residence of. a
genteel Family. The whole is surrounded by Plantations, and was lately
in the Occupation of Major Pocklington.
Also a House and Homestead, in the Possession of Edmund Horner;
and a Cottage, in the Possession of Joseph Mayfield.
Also a Messuage, used for and called the SCHOOL HOUSE, with a
Yard and Outbuildings thereto belonging, in the Possession of Mr. Henry
Robinson.
Also several Parcels of rich Arable and Pasture Land, containing
about 228 Acres.
Winthorpe adjoins the Turnpike Road leading from Newark to
Gainsburgh, and is within two Miles of the former Place.
In Balderton.
About 140 Acres of excellent Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land:
the latter Village is situate about two Miles from Newark, and adjoins
the Turnpike Road leading from London to York.
☞All necessary Information may be had at the End of ten Days from
this Date, of Mr. JAMES GREEN, Surveyor, Lenton Abbey, near Nottingham ;
and such Persons as may be desirous of treating for the Occupation of
the Premises above mentioned, or any Part thereof, are requested to
address their Proposals in Writing to the said Mr. Green.
15th March, 1810.
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Henry Robinson's mezzotint of the 1783
Great Meteor
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Henry is remembered by history in a small way for his mezzotint (with some
etching) of the Great
Meteor of 18th August 1783. The text accompanying the print reads:
An accurate
Representation of the Meteor which was
seen on Augt 18th 1783.＿At first it appeared as
one Ball of Fire, but, in a few Seconds, broke into many small ones.
It's Course was from N.W. to S.E.＿This extraordinary Phenomenon was that
Species of Meteor which the great Phisiologist DrWoodward and
other call the Draco volans or Flying Dragon＿The
above View was taken at Winthorpe near Newark upon Trent, by Henry
Robinson, Schoolmaster,＿and Published by him as the Act directs, 24 Octr
1783＿This Plate is inscribed to Roger Pocklington Esqr by his
much obliged humble Servant, Henry Robinson
Henry's etching is referred to "The
Great Meteor of 18th August 1783" by M. Beech in Journal
of the British Astronomical Association vol.99, no.3, p.130-134
(1989):
As many of the
eye-witness accounts have stated, the first sight of this magnificent
meteor was a startling experience; this is clearly shown on the
expression of the unidentified figure in the lower right hand corner.
That the meteor was very bright is also clear from the highlighting of
the cottage and trees to the left and the clouds and brickwork to the
right of the composition. While Robinson notes that the meteor first
appeared round, he has drawn it at the later stage when a tail was well
developed. Here it is clear that many fragments have broken off the
leading body. The ‘wiggley’ shape of their tails suggest that they
flickered, this being in contrast to the straight trails (and
short-lived trains) left by the lesser shooting stars. No evidence of a
residual train is apparent. Robinson's etching is both pleasing and
dramatic, and gives a clear idea of how spectacular this meteor must
have appeared when seen from the quiet of rural England.
It is not known how many copies of the etching were produced, but Beech
points out that by 1863, it is already described as a "somewhat scarce
engraving". The only copies that I can locate today are the mezzotint held
in the British Museums and one in the Museum of the History of Science in
Oxford, although a similar, but not identical, watercolor drawing with
nearly identical text below is held in the Royal Astronomical Society
Library, London, and is reproduced in Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive
Centuries, in British Art and Science p67 (Roberta J. M.
Olson, Jay M. Pasachoff, 1999).
Although it is not stated, it seems possible that the figure in the etching
is a self-portrait of Henry viewing the event, and also that the house
depicted may have been his dwelling. Certainly it would be representative of
Winthorpe at the time.
Henry later returned to Kirkby-in-Ashfield, possibly after inheriting land
there from his parents, and became a farmer.
10 January 1825, in St Wilfred,
Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Henry Robinson is recorded as aged 69, resident in Kirkby.
dated 1 November 1824, with a codicil
dated 4 January 1825
Testator: Henry Robinson of Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, farmer.
Bequeaths drawings, furniture and money to his children Henry, Thomas and
Eliza, subject to the life interest of his wife Ann. Devises his real estate
and the residue of his personal estate to his son Henry Robinson of Pedlars
Acre in Lambeth, timber merchant, Robert Bartram of Buckminster in
Leicestershire, grazier, and James Nicholson of Southwell in
Nottinghamshire, joiner, in trust to pay the rents and profits to his wife
Ann for her life and to allow her the use of the furniture and the
occupation of a farm in Kirkby Parks leased from the Duke of Portland.
And after the death of his wife, in trust to sell the real and personal
estate and to divide the proceeds equally amongst his daughter Mary Ann
(married to Robert Bartram), his son Henry, his son Thomas, his daughter
Eliza, and his grand-daughter Elizabeth Andrews (daughter of the testator's
late daughter Catherine).
Executors: Henry Robinson, Robert Bartram and James Nicholson.
Codicil (4 Jan. 1825):
Declares that his trustees may sell the real estate during the life of his
wife with her consent in writing, and that parts may remain unsold at the
trustees' discretion provided that the rents and profits are distributed as
specified in the will; orders that should the lands be sold in the lifetime
of his wife, the proceeds of the sale are to be invested and the interest
and dividends paid to his wife for her life.
Memorandum of probate granted in Prerogative Court of York, on 13 June 1825.
Henry Robinson
27 July 1788, in All Saints,
Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Henry was received into the church on 26 December 1788.
Henry Robinson
Ann
(Carpendale) Robinson
Agnes _____, in December 1823, in
Lambeth Church, Lamberth, Surrey
Agnes was of Beckford House, Walworth.
- 2 daughters
- Eleanor Catherine Robinson (1838 - ? ) - 3rd daughter
- Agnes Amy Robinson (1840 - ? )
Timber Merchant
Henry was in a partnership with Robert William Bartram (probably his nephew)
under the style or firm of Robinson and Bartram.
The Building News and Engineering Journal 8
September 1865 p635
STRIKES AND THE WAGES QUESTION.
THERE are a few strikes which require a short notice. The labourers
employed in the metropolitan saw mills have asked for an advance of 6d.,
and this not having been conceded, about 300 men are out on strike. A
general meeting of the men in all the mills has been held, and they
pledge themselves to support the movement. The men on strike are
principally from the firms of Messrs. Robinson's and Bartram's mills,
Belvedere-road, Lambeth, the York-road mills, and the Bermondsey mills.
The Scientific Review 1 February 1866 p184
COMPENSATION.—In
the case of Messrs. Robinson and Bartram, whose premises were required
under the Holborn Valley Act, and were estimated at a market value of
only £6,848 the jury gave £13,000 for value, and £15,000 for damages—the
recorder having told them that the damages sustained by the loss of the
premises might be taken into account
in their assessment. In this case £664 per annum, and £15,000, would be
required for premises not more suitable, nor even so much so, as those
which Messrs. Robinson and Bartram were obliged to give up. The
direction given by the recorder to the jury on this occasion was
pronounced by the judges to be perfectly correct. He would not have been
justified, however, in directing the jury to give damages to whole
amount claimed for reinstatement.
2 February 1861, at Belvedere road,
Lambeth, Surrey, England, aged 72
The Monthly record of births, deaths, & marriages
1861 p180
ROBINSON—Feb 2, at Belvedere road,
Lambeth, Henry Robinson, Esq, aged 72
London Gazette 30 November 1866 p6721
PURSUANT
to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the
estate of Henry Robinson, and in a cause Robinson against Robinson, the
creditors of Henry Robinson, late of Belvedere-road, Lambeth, in the
county of Surrey, Timber Merchant, who died in or about the month of
February, 1861, are, on or before the 24th day of December, 1866, to
send by post, prepaid,to Messrs. Nash, Field, and Layton, of No. 2,
Suffolk-lane, Cannon-street, in the city of London, the Solicitors of
the defendants, Agnes Robinson, Widow, and Harry Cristall, two of the
executors of the deceased, their Christian and surnames, addresses and
descriptions, the full particulars of their claims, a statement of their
accounts, and the nature of the securities (if any) held by them, or in
default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of
the said Order. Every creditor holding any security is to produce the
same before the Master of the Rolls, at his chambers, situate in the
Rolls-yard, Chancery-lane, Middlesex, on Wednesday, the 9th day of
January, 1867, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, being the time
appointed for adjudicating on the claims.—Dated this 26th day of
November, 1866.
Executors of Henry's will were Agnes
Robinson, Harry Cristall and Robert William Bartram
London Gazette 9 June 1868 p3271
The Bankruptcy Act, 1861.
In the Matter of a Deed made between Agnes Robinson, Harry Cristall, and
Robert William Bartram, Executors of the Will of Henry Robinson,
deceased, late of the Belvidere-road, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey,
Timber Merchant, which said Henry Robinson was formerly in partnership
with Robert William Bartram, in the business of a Timber Merchant, under
the style or firm of Robinson and Bartram, and the said Robert William
Bartram, and their Creditors.
THE Trustees of the estate of the above-named debtors hereby give notice
that it is their intention, after the 1st day of July, 1868, to declare
a Final Dividend on all debts due to the separate creditors of the late
Henry Robinson, deceased, which have either already proved, or which
may, before the said 1st day of July, 1868, be proved by affidavit or
declaration of debt in the form prescribed by the Bankruptcy Law
Consolidation Act, 1849, and the Bankruptcy Act, 1861 ; and they further
give notice, that such proofs or declarations of debt are to be sent to
the under-signed, on behalf of the said trustees, and that all persons
who do not on or before the said 1st day of July, 1868, so make proof of
their debts, will be excluded from the benefit of the said respective
dividends. And all claims heretofore made not then proven will be
disallowed.—Dated this 5th day of June, 1868.
LEWIS, MUNNS, NUNN, and LONGDEN,
No. 8, Old Jewry, Solicitors to the said Trustees.
1824: Pedlars Acre, Lambeth, Surrey (University
of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections Pl E12/6/18/8/10)
1841: Belvidere Road, Lambeth, Surrey (University
of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections Pl E12/6/18/8/12)
1851: Henry Robinson is aged 62, born in Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire
1861: Belvedere Road, Lambeth, Surrey (London Gazette 30 November 1866 p6721)
Mary Ann (Robinson) Bartram
18 February 1787, in All Saints,
Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Mary Ann was received into the church on 5 July 1787.
Henry
Robinson
Ann
(Carpendale) Robinson
Robert Bartram on 23 June 1806 in
in All Saints, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, England
Robert is recorded as resident in Buckminster. Mary Ann is recorded as
resident in Winthorpe. The marriage was performed by Thomas Mounsey,
curate,witnessed by Henry Robinson, Sarah Carpendale, W.? Horner and John
Cox.
Robert was baptised in Buckminster, Leicestershire, on 21 December 1786, the
son of Joseph Bartram and Mary Turnill. He was a grazier. Robert died on 29
March 1828, was buried in St John the Baptist, Buckminster, on 1 April 1828.
An issue arising from Robert's will made its way to the High Court of
Chancery (Reports of cases decided in the High Court of Chancery
vol 9 p87). The issue was a somewhat technical one involving a land
transaction that was in progress at the time of Robert's death and whether
Rober's heirs had good title to the land involved. Of interest is the size
of the transaction, which was a land swap of the Osbournly estate of Sir
William Manners with lands held by Robert at Buckminster and Sawston in
Leicestershire. Robert's properties were worth £500 more than the Osbournly
estate (and the payment of the difference was an issue in the transaction)
and parts of Robert's estate (including Osbournly was subsequently sold for
£12,500. The court ruled that Robert's heirs had good title to Osbournly and
that the subsequent sale could proceed.
- Joseph Bartram (1809 - 1815)
- Henry Bartram (1812 - 1844)
- Catherine Sarah Bartram (1814 - ? )
- Joseph Bartram (1816 - 1816)
- Rebecca Bartram (1817 - 1836)
- Robert Bartram (1821 - ? )
- Maria Bartram (1823 - 1839)
Thomas Robinson
17 January 1796, in Winthorpe,
Nottinghamshire, England
Thomas was received into the All Saints church, Winthorpe, on 4 July 1796.
Henry Robinson
Ann
(Carpendale) Robinson
Thomas is mentioned in the will of
his father, dated 1 November 1824.
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