Frederick Tatham

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: abt 1811 - 1815, St Paul's School, Cheapside, London
• Occupation: abt 1826 -; Sculptor & Portrait Painter
• Residence: bef 1830, Alpha Rd, Regents Park
• Residence: aft 1830, 12 Charles St, Marylebone
• Residence: abt 1840 - 1842, Southgate St, Winchester
• Residence: Mar 1848, Upper Berkeley St, Marylebone
• Occupation: Mar 1851; Small portrait draughtsman
• Residence: Mar 1851, 144½ High St, Guildford
• Occupation: Apr 1861; Artist
• Residence: Apr 1861, 2 Maria Terrace, Odessa Rd, West Ham
• Occupation: Apr 1871; Minister
• Residence: Apr 1871, 45 Oak Village, Kentish Town
• Probate: 29 Jul 1878, London; < £200

Notes:

Frederick Tatham was born in 1805. He was the son of the architect Charles Heathcote-Tatham (1773-1842). His sister Julia eloped with her cousin, the artist George Richmond. Frederick was a sculptor, portrait painter and painter of miniatures. Art drew him to William Blake and he, together with other artists like Samuel Palmer, Welby Sherman and George Richmond, formed a group of painters, calling themselves 'The Ancients'. They looked upon Blake as a seer, or Old Testament prophet come to life. Their admiration for early Renaissance art and their belief in the superiority of ancient over modern humanity, led them to form that artistic brotherhood, to which Edward Calvert and Francis Oliver Finch also belonged. Tatham's works were characterised by their imitation of stiff early Renaissance styles, in the manner of the Shoreham Ancients, although his later work became more conventional. In a letter, Tatham describes Blake as: 'Child­like, impetuous, fiery, indom­it­able, proud and ­humble.' After Blake's death in 1827, his destitute widow, Catherine Sophia Boucher appointed Frederick Tatham his literary and artistic executor. He has subsequently been dubbed a villain by historians and scholars alike for what he did with Blake's works. According to Michael Rossetti, brother of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Tatham was 'beset' by 'Swedenborgians, Irvingites, or other extreme sectaries', and compelled to thrust 'a gag into the piteous mouth of Blake's corpse'. What they feared was that Blake's paintings, manuscripts and engravings would disclose his intense, frequently obsessive and occasionally pornographic interest in sex. Blake left many drawings and manuscripts containing his most explicit sexual, religious and political expressions. Tatham felt obliged to destroy these. The loss was irreparable. Joined by Blake's friend John Linnell, Tatham erased the offending words or images. When that proved impracticable, they resorted to a fig leaf. Blake's original nude self-portrait for his Milton exhibited an erect and oddly blackened penis. One of Blake's descendants mitigated the shock caused by the poet's proud member, by drawing a pair of knickers over it. Modern technology has restored much of this censored material, and what emerges is a vivid recognition that for Blake, sex was at the centre of his spiritual and domestic life. Catherine nominally worked for Tatham as his housekeeper, but after she died four years later, in the arms of Frederick's wife Louisa, much of Blake's work and many of his plates came into Tatham's possession. He claimed that these had been left to him by Mrs Blake, but there was no evidence to support such a claim. If such a bequest occurred it was probably oral. That claim brought him into conflict with Linnell, who insisted that Blake's sister should have inherited them. Tatham also tried to extract paintings that Linnell owned, despite the fact that he had paid Blake for them. Shortly afterwards Tatham joined a millenarian sect, becoming a follower of the preacher Edward Irving, who momentarily captured the attention of London's chattering classes. At that time, Tatham's religious dogmatism led him to destroy a significant number of Blake's works in the belief that they had been inspired by the Devil. Tatham later wrote his Life of Blake and whilst he certainly knew the man better any other Blake biographer, that eccentric work suffered from his own inability to understand the nature of Blake's genius. He also edited and published The Letters of William Blake. He is known to have reprinted a number of copies of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience in the 1830s. Tatham certainly sold up to 200 of Blake's works, some of them to the British Museum. However, he fell on hard times and went from living in Mayfair, attended by four servants, to renting a house in unfashionable Gospel Oak. He rented the house with his sister Harriet and three daughters. Apart from one daughter who was a draper's assistant, Tatham was the only breadwinner - earning a pittance as minister of a church in Kentish Town. His sculpture and portrait studio closed and like his father, he too eventually went bankrupt. As his financial fortunes declined, Tatham sold off more and more of Blake's work to support his family. He died at Gospel Oak in 1878 at the age of 73. His marble bust of John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1830) may be found in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London. [Biographies of British Artists, London Atelier of Representational Art, website accessed 02 Mar 2012]

Birth:
baptism reg not found

Occupation:
did sculpture of Lord Eldon in Lincoln's Inn

Residence:
Presumed from birth place of 2 children; but not listed there with family in Jun 1841 census.

Residence:
married but wife not resid.
4 serv.

Residence:
with sister Harriet

Occupation:
Catholic Apostolic Church (Irvingite)

Residence:
married [?], resid with sister

Probate:
Administration of the Personal Estate of Frederick Tatham late of 45 Gospel-Oak-villas Highgate in the County of Middlesex Gentleman a Widower who died 13 July 1878 at 45 Gospel-Oak-villas was granted at the Principal Registry to Herbert Tatham a Corporal in the Royal Artillery now stationed at Manchester in the County of Lancaster the Son and one of the Next of Kin. 29 July. Personal Effects under £200. [NPC]<

Death:
July 13, after a short illness, at 45, Oak Village, N.W., Frederick Tatham, aged 73, eldest son of the late C. Heathcote Tatham. [The Standard]

Frederick married Louisa Keen Viney on 25 Apr 1831 in St Mary Stratford, Bow. Louisa was born about 1812 in Lambourne, Essex; died about Aug 1868 in St Pancras. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage:
Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Stratford, Bow, in the County of Middlesex in the Year 1831. Page 179. No. 27.
Frederick Tatham, of this Parish, Bachelor, and Louisa Keen Viney, of this Parish, Spinster, were married in this Church by banns this Twenty Fifth Day of April in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty One By me John Stock. This Marriage was solemnized between us: Frederick Tatham, Louisa Keen Viney. In the presence of: Henry Brooke Marriott, James Harris.

1. Herbert Tatham was born on 28 Feb 1838 in Middlesex Hospital, Marylebone; died on 25 Oct 1900 in London, ON.
2. Gertrude Tatham was born about Nov 1840 in Winchester; died about Nov 1905 in Kensington.
3. Frederica Tatham was born about Nov 1842 in Winchester; died about Feb 1918 in Barnet.
4. Cyril Ambrose Tatham was born about Nov 1845 in Marylebone; died in Mar 1848 in Upper Berkeley St, Marylebone; was buried on 14 Mar 1848 in Paddington Churchyard.
5. Beatrice Tatham was born about May 1848 in Marylebone; died est 1886 in Canada?.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: abt 1782 - 1788, Louth Grammar School
• Occupation: abt 1788; Apprentice Architect & Surveyor
• Occupation: aft 1789; Architect and Designer
• Education: abt 1794 - 1797, Italy; Art studies
• Residence: 1808, 103 Park St, Mayfair
• Residence: abt 1812 - 1831, Alpha Rd, Regents Park
• Residence: May 1817, Queen St, Mayfair
• Occupation: Jul 1831; Architect
• Residence: Jul 1831, 34 Alpha Rd, Regents Park
• Residence: Nov 1833, Montpelier Square, Brompton
• Financial: 1834; Dire misfortune
• Occupation: 1837 -, Trinity Hospital, Greenwich; Warden
• Occupation: Jun 1841, Trinity Hospital, Greenwich; Warden
• Residence: Jun 1841, Trinity Hospital, Greenwich
• Probate: 15 Dec 1842, London

Notes:

Charles Heathcote Tatham, was b. 8 Feb., 1772, at Duke Street, Westminster, He was educ. at Louth, co. Lincoln, and returned to London, 1788, when aged 16. According to one account, which may be correct, but it is not alluded to in the record of Tatham in the Dict. of Nat. Biog., to which the reader's attention is directed for fuller particulars, Charles Heathcote Tatham was taught drawing by John Landseer, 1769-1852, painter, eminent engraver, and author, father of, - besides the artist dau., Jessica, - three famous sons, Thomas, Charles, and Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., the animal painter; and the account goes on to say that Tatham competed against his master for the design of the Nelson Memorial, Trafalgar Square, of which more hereafter.
On leaving Louth Grammar School and returning to London, in 1788, he was for a brief period in the office of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, Architect and Surveyor, but soon left, and worked hard for a year or more at home, at Architecture, French Ornament and Mathematics. Then, about the end of 1790, or commencement of 1791, "when nearly 19," he was received into the house of Henry Holland, 1746?-1806, the Prince of Wales's architect in the Carlton House alterations, and the Pavilion, Brighton, who designed for B. R. Sheridan, in 1791, Drury Lane Theatre, the house being opened 12 March, 1794, only to be destroyed by fire, 24 Feb., 1809. For this Theatre, Tatham designed and drew at large all the ornamental decorations; D.N.B.
The years 1794-1797 were spent in fruitful study in Italy.
He contributed to the Royal Academy between 1797 and 1836, exhibiting 53 designs. In 1799, he published "Etchings representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, drawn from the Originals in Rome and other parts of Italy during 794, 1795, and 1796."
In the same year, 15 Aug., 1799, the Treasury invited designs from artists for a national monument of a pillar or obelisk 200 ft. high upon a basement of 30 ft., "in commemoration of the late glorious victories of the British Navy." Tatham sent in three designs. Finding after more than two years had passed that no decision had been made, he published, in 1802, his designs as etchings, with descriptive text, dedicating them to the Earl of Carlisle, whom he had met in Rome. The D. N. B. adds: "The project ultimately took shape in the Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square;" which, according to A Dictionary of Dates, "was laid out between 1829 and 1845." In another account it is stated that "the Corinthian column, designed by W, Railton, was erected in 1843,"
"The four bronze lions for which Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., was commissioned in 1859, were placed there in 1866, and uncovered 3 Jan., 1867;" D.N.B.
Charles Heathcote Tatham appears in 1808 as "C. H. Tatham, Esq., Surveyor, 103, Park Street, Grosvenor Square."
He was living at Queen Street, Mayfair, May, 1817, and at Mayfair, June, 1818. In the Royal Blue Book, 1825, he appears as "Charles Heathcote Tatham, Esq., 1 Queen St., Mayfair, and 35 Alpha Road, Regent's Park."
The D. N. B. says: "Tatham removed from 101 Park St., Mayfair, first to York Place, and then to a house with a beautiful garden in Alpha Road, which he built for himself." In Nov., 1833, he was living at Montpelier Square, Brompton.
In 1834, dire misfortune befell; his wife died, and his house and valuable collections were sold.
In 1837, he was appointed Warden of Greenwich Hospital, and delivered an Address to the Aged Poor there that year, which is now in the British Museum Library, with other publications.
He d. 10 April, 1842, when Warden of Holy Trinity Hospital, Greenwich, and was bur. in the Chapel there.
Portrait by Thomas Kearsley, in the possession of his grandson, Canon Richmond. Large crayon portrait by R.Haydon, dated 1823, in the Print Room of the British Museum. [Curtis]

Charles Heathcote Tatham was the father of Edmund and Robert Bristow Tatham, brothers who came to Natal in 1850. He was born in 1772, the fifth and youngest son of Ralph Tatham and his wife Elizabeth Bloxham. Ralph Tatham was a "private Gentleman in Essex who imprudently exhausted his fortune by involving himself in the party politics of his day". "He left a widow lady with five sons having most restricted means."
At a very early age Charles Heathcote showed great talent in drawing. He was taught drawing by Landseer, worked for two well-known Architects of the time, and himself became a famous Architect. He is sometimes mentioned as the "Father" of the Regency style of furniture, and was Architect to King William IV. Furniture designed by him for Carlton House and Brighton Pavilion is now at Buckingham Palace - two magnificent chairs are in the Throne Room. While he was still a very young man he designed and drew all the ornamental decoration for the exterior of Drury Lane Theatre, which was later destroyed by fire. He exhibited 53 designs at the Royal Academy between 1797 and 1836.
In 1794 Charles Heathcote was given an income by his employer, Henry Holland, Esq. to go to Rome for three years, and while he was there he associated with the famous Canova, Camucini, Flaxman and Nollekens. He afterwards published "Etchings representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture drawn from originals in Rome and other parts of Italy during 1794, 1795, 1796." The original drawings of this work are in the Soane Museum in London. A copy of this magnificent book is in possession of George Tatham, Ladysmith, and another belongs to Mr. Wilfrid George Tatham of St. Helena.
Charles Heathcote built and did additions to many Stately Homes of England. He designed and built the Portrait Gallery at Castle Howard near York. In 1808 he was living in Grosvenor Square, and in 1817 in Mayfair. In 1833 he was living at Montpelier Square, Brompton.
In 1799 he entered a Competition for the design of the Nelson Memorial in Trafalgar Square. There is a theory that the Corinthian column erected there was actually designed by Charles Heathcote. Owing to a delay in the result of the Competition he published his designs, and it is possible that the ensuing Court Cases about this matter were the reason for his diminished financial circumstances.
In 1834 "dire misfortune befell". His wife, Harriet, died, and his house and valuable collections were sold. In 1837 he was appointed Warden of Greenwich Hospital, and afterwards Holy Trinity Hospital, Greenwich. (Some accounts say it was Norfolk College, Greenwich.) [Note: Greenwich Hospital, Holy Trinity Hospital and Norfolk College are one and the same.] He died in 1842 and was buried in the Chapel of Holy Trinity Hospital, Greenwich. A beautiful watercolour portrait in his uniform of that time, was painted by his son, Frederick Tatham, R.A. and is in possession of Mr. Bill Tatham in Johannesburg. It was given to him by the Richmond family in England. A large Crayon portrait by B. R. Haydon dated 1823 is in the Print Room at the British Museum. Copies of this portrait are in possession of various members of the family.
Charles Heathcote married in 1801, Harriet, daughter of William Williams, button-maker of London. A miniature of Harriet Williams by John Linnell is in possession of the Maritzburg Tathams. They had four sons and six daughters. Copies of etchings of these as children are in possession of various members of the family. [TFSA]

Residence:
He was living at Queen Street, Mayfair, May, 1817, and at Mayfair, June, 1818. In the Royal Blue Book, 1825, he appears as "Charles Heathcote Tatham, Esq., 1 Queen St., Mayfair, and 35 Alpha Road, Regent's Park." [Curtis]

I saw Mr Tatham, Snr., yesterday: he sat with me about an hour, and looked over the Dante; he express'd himself very much pleas'd with the designs as well as the Engravings. I am getting on with the Engravings and hope soon to get Proofs of what I am doing. [William Blake to John Linnell, 15 Mar 1827]

Financial:
no evidence yet located that he was legally bankrupt or insolvent. edit of Wikipedia article by Chipgc on 09 Jul 2011 cites Curtis and bankruptcies from The Times Digital Archive.

Occupation:
Trinity Hospital, Greenwich, was founded in 1613 as a charity to shelter and care for 20 poor men in almshouses. It is still carrying out its original purpose and was enlarged in 2007. There was never any connection with the better known and much larger Royal Hospital for Seamen (1712-1869), later the Royal Naval College (1873-1998).

At the eastern end of the town, fronting the Thames, is a college for the maintenance of twenty old and decayed housekeepers, twelve of whom are to be chosen from Greenwich, and the rest alternately from two parishes in Norfolk. It is called the Duke of Norfolk's College, though it was founded not by one of the Dukes of Norfolk, but by his brother Henry, Earl of Northampton, who committed it to the care of the Mercers' Company. The edifice, which is commonly styled Trinity Hospital, is situated at a short distance eastward of Greenwich Hospital. [Edward Walford, "Old and New London": Volume 6 (1878), pp. 190-205. British History website accessed 11 Dec 2009]

Probate:
Will dated 13 Sep 1841, proved PCC 15 Dec 1842. Witnessed by his 2nd cousin & solicitor Meaburn Tatham (1784-1875)

Death:
of Norfolk College per burial register, same place as Trinity Hospital

Charles married Harriet Williams on 23 Oct 1801 (Linked: 2 bro = 2 sis) in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster. Harriet (daughter of William Williams and Mary Gearing) was born on 18 Jan 1780 in London; died on 13 Jan 1834 in Montpelier Square, Brompton; was buried on 20 Jan 1834 in Holy Trinity, Brompton. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Jul 1831, 34 Alpha Rd, Regents Park
• Residence: - 1834, Montpelier Square, Brompton

Notes:

A miniature of Harriet Williams by John Linnell is in the possession of the Hon. Mr.Justice Tatham, D.S.O., of the Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg. [Curtis]
Original presented to the National Gallery by Mrs M M Richmond [Margaret Muriel Lubbock]. [JH]

Birth:
age 54 at death

or born 10 Nov 1781

Burial:
2 registers: 1 for church & 1 for graveyard.

Death:
After a few days' illness, on Monday, the 13th inst., in Montpelier-square, Brompton, Harriet, the beloved wife of C. H. Tatham, Esq., in the 54th year of her age. [The Times]

Notes:

youngest 6 children all baptized at Christ Church, Marylebone, on 19 Jul 1831, aged 7 to 18.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1732, St Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees
• Occupation: abt 1755 - 1765; Spanish Merchant
• Residence: abt 1755 -, Cooper's Row, Crutched Friars
• Residence: abt 1761 - 1765, Paternoster Row, Cheapside, London
• Financial: Nov 1765; Bankrupt
• Occupation: abt 1773 - 1778; Horse Breeder
• Residence: abt 1773 - 1778, Havering-atte-Bower
• Occupation: 1778; Scrivener, Dealer and Chapman
• Residence: 1778, Duke St, Westminster
• Financial: Nov 1778; Bankrupt
• Occupation: - 1779; Secretary to Admiral Rodney

Notes:

Ralph Tatham (1732-1779) of Stockton-on-Tees, co. Durham, [married] Elizabeth Bloxham (1739-1809), daughter of Jabez Bloxham, a wealthy wholesale hosier and property owner in Cateaton Street, Cheapside. On her marriage on 14 March 1761 Elizabeth brought her husband a considerable dowry with which, from 1772, he farmed and bred horses, unsuccessfully, at Havering Park, Havering atte Bower, Essex. He then became private secretary to Captain (later Admiral Lord) Rodney, a family friend, but died suddenly in London, of cholera, aged forty-seven, while on his way to join ship at Portsmouth.

Name:
here numbered Ralph Tatham V

Baptism:
Ralph Tatham, eldest son of William Tatham and Alice Raisbeck, was bp. 14 Nov., 1732, at Stockton Parish Church. [Curtis]

Residence:
In early life he was of Cowper's Row, Crutched Friars, Spanish Merchant. [Curtis]

cf The Universal Pocket Companion. 3rd edn., 1760. London

Residence:
resid in parish of St Augustine, Cheapside, at marriage Mar 1761

Financial:
Bankrupts. Ralph Tatham, of London, Merchant, to surrender of the 8th and 15th instant, and 17th December at five in the afternoon, at Guildhall. [Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, Wednesday, November 6, 1765; Issue 11436]

To be sold by auction by Mr. Saunders. By order of the assignees. On Wednesday the 18 December, and the following day, at the late dwelling house of Mr. Ralph Tatham, merchant, the corner of Queen's-head-court, Paternoster-row.The lease of the said house, of which there are about ten years unexpired; and likewise the household furniture, consisting of damask, moreen and check; a harpsichord and a spinet; linen, china and books; a small quantity of rum and other liquors; and good kitchen furniture. The goods to be viewed and house seen on Monday next, and to the time of sale; when catalogues may be had at Mr. Saunders' in Cateaton-street, near Colman-street, and at the place of sale.
N.B. The lease to be put up at one o'clock on Wednesday, precisely. [Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, 12 Dec 1765; Issue 11468]

Sales by auction. To be sold at auction by Mr. Saunders. By orders of the assignees. On Friday the 10th instant, on the premises, at three o'clock in the afternoon, The remainder of the term in the lease of the late dwelling house of Mr. Ralph Tatham, merchant, the corner of Queen's-head-court, Paternoster-row, at the yearly rent of 42 l, per annum, of which there were 10 years unexpired at Christmas last. The house to be seen to the time of sale. For further particulars, enquire on the premises; or of Mr. Saunders, in Cateaton-street, near Coleman-street. [Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, 3 Jan 1766; Issue 11 486]

Certificates to be granted clearing Bankrupt status. Aug. 20, Ralph Tatham, of London, Merchant. [Public Advertiser, 01 Aug 1768; Issue 10530]

Occupation:
Later he lived at Havering Park, Havering-atte-Bower, about 8 miles N. of Romford, Co, Essex, and took to horse-breeding, G. H. Tatham [Gerald Hamilton Tatham] says. [Curtis]

Residence:
As "Ralph Tatham, Esq." he is mentioned as Overseer of Havering, 1773, and Chapel Warden, 1775 and 1776; ex inform., 1922, Rev. Harold Smith, D.D., who resides at Havering, and is an authority on its History. These records, and the baptisms to be quoted, indicate that Ralph was living, at Havering at least as early as 1775, and probably earlier. [Curtis]

On the back of a pastel portrait is written, in pencil, by George Richmond, R.A., "Ralph Tatham, Esq., Millbourne [Park?][Place?], 1772." The Rev. Dr. Smith knows of no name such as Millbourne Park, or Place, anywhere near Havering. There is a Bourne Bridge, a mile and a half off, on the other side of the Havering Park property, where, in the old days, there may have been a mill and a house. Perhaps some member of the Tatham family has information as to the whereabouts of Millbourne Park or Place, where Ralph was living 1772, and will state whether this was in Havering, or was Ralph's residence before he moved there. [Curtis]

Financial:
Bankrupts. Ralph Tatham, of Havering-Park, in Essex, Scrivener, to Surrender, Nov. 25th, Dec 2, 29, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Rickman, Took's-court, Cursitor-street, Chancelery-lane. [Public Advertiser, 18 Nov 1778, Issue 13763]

The Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt awarded and issued against Ralph Tatham, of Haveringham Park, in the Parish of Hornchurch, in the County of Essex, but now of Duke-street in the City of Westminster, Scrivener, Dealer and Chapman, intended to meet on the 10 Day of December next, at Ten in the Forenoon, (not on the 2d of December as before advertised) at Guildhall, London, in order to chuse an Assignee or Assignees of the said Bankrupt's Estate and Effects; when and where the Creditors, who have not already proved their debts, vote in the choice of an Assignee or Assignees accordingly. [London Gazette, 24 Nov 1778; Issue 11930]

By order of the assignees, on Tuesday next, and the following day at twelve o'clock. The genuine Household Furniture, Plate, China, linen, books, a spring clock, a hansom crane-necked coach, two hogsheads of claret, four quarter casks of sherry, a chamber organ and other valuable effects of Mr. Ralph Tatham, a Bankrupt at his house in Duke-street, Westminster. Also the improved lease of the premises.
To be viewed on Monday, and till the sale. Catalogues to be had on the premises, and of Mr. Whitcomb, in Princes-street, Soho. N.B. The lease will be put up at one o'clock, in the first day's sale. [Morning Post and Daily Advertiser, 6 Jan 1779; Issue 1943]

Burial:
He was bur 1779, at Havering-atte-Bower, it was believed. Recent enquiry, however shows that there is no record of his burial either at Havering-atte-Bower, or at Romford, and no Memorial or Stone, etc. in the Church or Churchyard at Havering. It is possible that, having died in London, he was bur. at Kensal Green Cemetery, where - perhaps for that reason - his widow was afterwards interred. [Curtis] [but Kensal Green Cemetery did not open till Jan 1833]

Death:
died Oct/Dec 1779 per Curtis

Ralph married Elizabeth Bloxham on 14 Mar 1761 in St Augustine, Watling St, London. Elizabeth (daughter of Jabez Bloxham and Elizabeth Butler) was born on 02 Jan 1739/40 in London; died on 02 Apr 1809 in 11 Mount St, Mayfair; was buried on 05 Apr 1809 in St George, Hanover Square, Mayfair. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jan 1739/40, St Lawrence Jewry, London
• Residence: Mar 1761, Holborn
• Residence: abt 1773, Havering-atte-Bower
• Residence: 1796, Conduit St, Mayfair
• Event: 19 Apr 1856, Kensal Green Cemetery; Reinterment

Notes:

Event:
Reinterred at All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, on 19 Apr 1856, without ceremony, after removal from the Public Vaults at St George's, Hanover Square.

Death:
d 29 April per Curtis; presumed misprint

Notes:

No baptisms yet found between Elizabeth 19 Sep 1764 and John 10 May 1768.
Gaps indicating possible missing children in 1767 and 1769.

Marriage:
Ralph Tatham m., 14 of March, 1761, Elizabeth, dau. and co-heiress of Jabez Bloxham, a hosier in Cateaton Street, Cheapside, with considerable property in the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, Paternoster Row, and Westminster. Each of his daus. inherited £30,000. [Curtis]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: abt 1797 - 1818, 103 St Martin's Lane, Westminster; Button Maker
• Residence: 1819, Lambeth Rd, Southwark

Notes:

From H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham (1924)
Pedigree of Williams
Walter Williams, of Court Robert, in S. Wales, m. ......... by whom he had issue 1 son:
William Williams,*+ who was born 28 Nov., 1752; he m. Mary (?) ... b. 14 Oct., 1746; d. 21 Dec., 1787; by whom he had issue 1 son, Walter, and 2 daus:
1. Mary-Ann, who m. 4 Oct., 1798, Henry Tatham, 1770-1835, brother of Charles Heathcote Tatham.
2. Harriet, who was b. 18 Jan., 1780, and d. 13 Jan., 1834; bur. at Brompton Old Church. She m.,1801, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Charles Heathcote Tatham, 1772-1842; p.32. A miniature of Harriet Williams, by John Linnell, (1792-1882, the friend of William Blake) is in the possession of Mr. Justice Tatham, D.S.O., of the Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
* He was the well-known Button-maker at 103, St. Martin's Lane, London, where his firm appears at this address in 1797, as Williams & Son; in 1808, as Wm. Williams & Son, Button-makers, Platers and Thimble-manufacturers; in 1818, as Wm. Williams, Button and Trimming Seller; and in 1822, as Walter Williams, Button-maker and Wholesale Silversmith.
+ "This William Williams may be identical with the William Williams, Esq., who m. Lambton, 3rd surv. dau., of Crosier Surtees, of Redworth, co. Durham, who m. 12 Sept., 1769, at Heighington, his cousin Jane Surtees, dau. and co-h. of Robert Surtees, of Redworth. "
[Note: The connection suggested by Curtis is speculative:
- (1) The name William Williams is frequent at all periods, and there is no reason to suppose these 2 persons are one and the same;
- (2) The present Williams family is said to be from South Wales, settled in London; whereas the Surtees family was from Co. Durham and had no known links with London, nor with South Wales;
- (3) In Burke's Commoners (Vol II pp 656-659, 1836), presumably Curtis's source, the husband of Lambton Surtees is "William Williams, esq. of Durham".
For these reasons Lambton Surtees has not been included in the present Tatham tree as 2nd wife of this William Williams.]

Name:
son of Walter Williams (1725-1776) and Elizabeth Watkins (1732-1778), of Court Robert, Raglan

Birth:
birth place not confirmed

William married Mary Gearing on 22 Apr 1770 in St John the Evangelist, Smith Square, Westminster. Mary was born on 14 Oct 1746 in Westminster; died on 21 Dec 1787. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 09 Nov 1746, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster

Notes:

Birth:
parents Francis & Jane Gearing

Notes:

Daughter Elizabeth born St Martin's Lane, Westminster, 25 Mar 1777. Her birth was registered 05 Jun 1822 - 45 years later, along with her brother Walter - in non-conformist registers at Dr Williams' Library; witnesses, present at the birth: Thomas Denman (1733-1815[sic]), Accoucheur, & Mary Desbrow [her aunt, née Williams, wife of Benjamin Desbrow].
She was presumably then still living, but nothing else is known.

Son Walter Williams, born St Martin's Lane, Westminster, 25 Aug 1778. Birth registered 05 Jun 1822, along with his sister Elizabeth.
He continued the family button making business after his father's death in 1819.
In 1847, as creditor, he was granted administration of the estate of his cousin by marriage Charles Tatham, then an army accoutrement maker.
He married Charlotte Hastings at Reigate in 1844, when he was 66 and she was abt 28. There were 2 children: Charlotte Elizabeth b 1848, and Walter b 1849.
- Charlotte Elizabeth Williams married Thomas Wearn, hairdresser, at Brighton in 1872. They had 8 or more children, and settled in New South Wales.
- Walter Williams Jr disappears from view after Apr 1861, when he and and his sister Charlotte were living in Clerkenwell with their uncle Charles Hastings and family.

Marriage:
William Williams, Bachelor, and Mary Gearing, Spinster, both of this Parish, were married in this Church by Banns, this twenty second Day of April in the Year One thousand seven Hundred and seventy
By me, Thos. Bennett, Curate.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us: William Williams, Mary Gearing; in the Presence of: Francis Gearing, William Kearin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1708, St Peter, Bishopton
• Occupation: Aug 1723, Stockton-on-Tees; Grocer's Apprentice
• Occupation: Dec 1731, Stockton-on-Tees; Merchant
• Occupation: - 1758, Sunderland; Salt Officer
• Probate: 12 Jan 1764, York

Notes:

Occupation:
As "William Tatham, son of Ralph Tatham, of Bishopton, Durham," he was apprenticed 1 Aug 1723 to William Lownsdale, of Stockton, Durham, Grocer, the fee being £40.

Occupation:
William Tatham, who was born in 1708, was a salt officer in Sunderland. This meant collecting taxes on an essential commodity. Because salt was so important, especially for preserving food into the winter, it was always a tempting thing for the government to tax. William III had reintroduced the tax for his French wars.
The great economist Adam Smith thought it must be the right job for no less a person than the great poet Robert Burns, but it never came about. A letter to Burns read: "Indeed, first when your Book reached Edr. [Edinburgh], Mr Smith, Commissioner of the Customs, suggested a thing which he thought might be procured, and which he said was just what he would have wished for himself had he been in narrow circumstances - being a Salt Officer. Their income is from £30 to £40, their duty easy, independent, and free from that odium or oppression attached to the Excise." [CGC]

Probate:
Admon of his estate was granted on 12 Jan 1764 to Alice his widow [grant document at Borthwick Institute; cf Raine's Test. Ebor. V.105; quoted by Wood; quoted by Curtis]

William married Alice Raisbeck on 25 Dec 1731 in St Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees. Alice (daughter of William Raisbeck and Esther Rudd) was born in 1708 in Stockton-on-Tees; died after Sep 1779. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1755, Stockton-on-Tees; Milliner
• Residence: 1779, Stockton-on-Tees

Notes:

for supposed link with "the celebrated wit Lord Alvanley", see note under her daughter Ann Tatham.

granted the administration of her husband's estate 12 Jan 1764 [Raine's Test. Ebor. V.105; quoted by Wood; quoted by Curtis]

Name:
said to sign herself "A S Tatham" in letter 13 Sep 1779

Occupation:
Mrs Mary Pearson, Dyer in the Close, Newcastle, hereby gives notice, that she carries on the business of Silk-Dying, by experienced workmen from London, as in the late Mr. Pearson's time; where all sorts of silks, brocades, damasks, satins, shagrins, Turkey mantuas, etc, are cleaned, dyed and calendered; she also cleans all sorts of wrought beds and sewed work; cleans and dyes scarlet cloaks and plaids; cleans and glazes chintzes and linens of all kinds; cleans, dyes and waters harrateens, and stuff beds of all sorts, and cleans, dyes and calenders all sorts of woollen goods and linen jerseys; she likewise discharges, dyes, frames and waters all sorts of tabbies, paduasoys, lutestrings, ducapes, burdets, dunjarees, mohairs, etc, to patterns or directions, and dyes worsted or woollen cloth, Saxon green or blue.
Any of the above goods are taken in by Mrs. Manney Thomson, at her shop, West End, Luckenbooths, Edinburgh; [...]; Mrs. Tatham, Milliner in Stockton; [...]; and at the above Mrs. Pearson's shop, Tyne-bridge-end, or at her house without the Close-gate; who will be accountable for all the goods which come to the above-mentioned persons hands; and all persons who favour her with their work may depend upon having it done as well, expeditiously and cheap as at London or elsewhere. [Caledonian Mercury, 18 Oct 1755]

Death:
just possibly = Alice Tatham, of St Giles in the Fields, buried St Anne, Limehouse, 03 Oct 1780, aged 70 [Parish register]

Notes:

Curtis states that there were 12 children, of whom 7 died young. However he elsewhere records that 7 of them were married, and that 2 others (John, Charles) lived beyond childhood.

NZ family tree shows 3 more daughters, died in infancy

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Dec 1702, Banbury
• Post/Rank/Title: 08 Oct 1742; Freeman of the City of London
• Occupation: - 1753; Hosier
• Residence: - 1753, Cateaton St, Cheapside
• Probate: 04 May 1753, London

Notes:

Birth:
Parents Robert Bloxham & Elizabeth Harris.

Post/Rank/Title:
Jabez Bloxham, whalebone seller, admitted into the Freedom of this City by Redemption in the Company of Ironmongers.

Occupation:
and/or Haberdasher and/or Whaleboneman.

Owned considerable property in the neighbourhood of St Paul's (Paternoster Row) and Westminster. [Curtis]

Probate:
Will dated 13 Apr 1753, proved PCC 04 May 1753

Each of his daus. inherited £30,000. [Curtis]

Jabez married Elizabeth Butler on 05 Oct 1736 in St Anne, Soho. Elizabeth was born est 1707 in London?; died about May 1766 in London?; was buried on 04 May 1766 in St Lawrence Jewry, London. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 15 May 1766, London

Notes:

Birth:
dau of John Butler

Notes:

also dau Mary, born 08 Sep 1744, bapt St Lawrence Jewry 13 Sep 1744; married Rev. Richard Shepherd, brother to Henry Shepherd whose daughter Susanna Shepherd married Thomas Tatham

Marriage:
marriage bond, Diocese of London, 02 Oct 1736: Jabez Bloxham, of St Lawrence Jewry, haberdasher, bachelor, and Elizabeth Butler, spinster.

marr abt 1725 per Curtis

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: abt 1678 - 1705, Little Stainton
• Residence: abt 1708 - 1742, Bishopton
• Probate: 02 Dec 1751, Durham

Notes:

Robert Tatham, of Yarm, Yorkshire, married Bridget Laurence in 1652. Their son, Ralph, born in 1677, married Ann Mawes. This is the father of the member of St. John's. In the church at Bishopton there is a monument to his memory with the inscription: Here lies the body of Ralph Tatham, who departed this life May 9, 1742, aet. 64. [Admissions to the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge, 1903]

Name:
called Ralph Lawrence Tatham of Little Stainton, in an early Tatham pedigree possessed by Dr. Ernest J. Tatham, of Cheltenham. [Curtis]
[confusion with his younger brother Lawrence]

Birth:
- age 23 in marriage licence 14 Jan 1701/02: ie born bet 15 Jan 1678 NS and 14 Jan 1679 NS;
- age 64 at death 09 May 1742: ie born bet 10 May 1677 and 09 May 1678;
- ie born bet 15 Jan 1678 NS and 09 May 1678.
(in theory)

Residence:
The Dwelling-House now in the Possession of Mr. Thomas Stelling of Little Stenton, nigh Bishopton, ... is to be sold. Enquire of Mr. William Raper of Tynemouth; Mr. Ralph Stoobs, Attorney in Darlington; Mr. Ralph Tatham of Bishopton, or Mr. Thomas Stelling of Little-Stenton, who will treat with any about the same. [Newcastle Courant, 16 May 1724]

A Dwelling-house, with a Malt-kiln, and other good Conveniencies for a Common Brewer, and a small Parcel of Ground behind the same, at Little Stainton, in the County of Durham, about 4 Miles from Darlington. Enquire of Mr Tatham, of Bishopton, or Mr Raisbeck, of Stockton. [ibid, 17 Apr 1736]

Probate:
This is the last will and testament of me Ralph Tatham of Bishopton in the County of Durham Gentleman as follows to wit I give & bequeath all my estate both real and personal unto my dear wife Ann Tatham her heirs and assigns forever and make her sole executrix of this my will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty. Ra: Tatham.
Signed sealed and delivered & declared by the said testator in the presence of us who are at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto. William Addison; Do: Hilton; Barrow Eden.

2d of December 1751. Ann Tatham the executrix within named was sworn to the truth and execution of this will and to perform the same. before me. Sam: Huson, Vic: of Bishopton

Burial:
M.I. apparently no longer in existence, according to the present [abt 1925] Vicar, the Rev R H Reilly.
The original stone monument was subsequently replaced by a brass tablet, now rather worn, 4 ft. x 2 ft., let into the lower end of the Chancel floor, forming the landing from the Sacrarium on to the Chancel floor, which has inscribed on it the following epitaphs [...] :
In memory of the Rev. Ralph Tatham, B.A., xxiii years Vicar of this Parish, who died Jan. xi. mdcccxxii, aged lxxiv years;
and of Charles Tatham, his son, who died Sept. iv, mdcccxxvii, aged xxxv years.
Also of Ralph Tatham his Grand father who died May ix, mdccxlii, aged lxiv years.
[Curtis]

Ralph married Ann Mawer on 15 Jan 1701/02 in Acklam. Ann was born about 1679 in Bishopton; died in 1759 in Bishopton; was buried on 14 Jun 1759 in St Peter, Bishopton. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 03 Jul 1679, St Peter, Bishopton
• Probate: 26 Mar 1759, Durham

Notes:

Notice in Newcastle Courant, 21 Apr 1759:
To be sold to the highest bidder, at the house of Thomas Dobing, in Bishopton, in the County of Durham, on Tuesday the first day of May next, together or in three parcels, betwixt two and eight o'clock, in the afternoon:
A freehold estate, at Bishopton aforesaid and East Newbegin, pleasantly situated, late the estate of Mrs Tatham, deceased, consisting of about 120 acres of arable, meadow, and pasture grounds, well watered, and fenced with quickset hedges; with about 300 trees (mostly ash) standing upon the ground, part fit for sale: Also a good mansion-house and farm-house, with all suitable conveniencies.
Likewise at the same time and place, a large dwelling-house at Little Stainton, a mile from Bishopton; with a common brewery, malt-kiln and malt-mill; with a good close and orchard behind the same, with suitable conveniences. - Mr Tatham, of Bishopton, will shew the premises.

Name:
Dau of William Mawer & Sarah Young, marr Sedgefield 11 Aug 1678. [LDS member, not verified]

Problem of identity:
(1) Ana, dau Gulielmi Mawer, Bishopton, bapt St Peter, Bishopton, 03 Jul 1679;
(2) Ann Mawer married to Ralph Tatham - aged 20 in transcr of marriage licence 14 Jan 1701/02, ie born bet 15 Jan 1680/01 & 14 Jan 1681/82.
It would be strange to declare herself as under age if she was not.
So possibly = Hannah, dau of William Mawer, bapt Bishopton 04 May 1682?
However, she herself had one daughter Ann and another Hannah, so it would be unlikely for the names to be confused.

Burial:
date does not seem possible- register to be checked - maybe s/be Jan for Jun?

Notes:

Marriage:
Marriage licence issued 14 Jan 1701/02: Ralph Tatham, 23, of Little Stainton; Ann Mawer, 20. [Archbishop of York Marriage Licenses Index, Borthwick Institute, York]

Marriage registered in Middlesbrough parish; celebrated in Acklam church, there being no church in Middlesbrough at that time.

No other known connection of either family with Acklam or Middlesbrough

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant
• Residence: 1692, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Residence: abt 1695 - 1731, Stockton-on-Tees
• Post/Rank/Title: 1720; Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees

Notes:

The Raisbecks were undoubtedly the principal Stockton family during the 18th century. [J G Nicholls "Topogr & General" vol II, 1853, p88]

Birth:
son of James Raisbeck, mariner, & Frances Bailey.

Burial:
possibly = Willm Raisbeck, bur St Thomas, Stockton, 26 May 1726;
or Willm Raisbeck, bur St Thomas, Stockton, 05 May 1735;
or Wm Raisbeck, bur St Thomas, Stockton, 03 Jun 1736.

William married Esther Rudd on 19 Aug 1695 in St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish St, London. Esther was born about Feb 1672/73 in Co Durham?; died in Mar 1738/39 in Stockton-on-Tees; was buried on 18 Mar 1738/39 in St Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 04 Mar 1672/73, St Thomas, Stockton-on-Tees

Notes:

Thomas Rudd, of Sandford Warcop, and Alice Watson were married 13 Nov 1666 at Stockton-on-Tees church. Alice was buried 07 Nov 1723 at Long Newton, Co. Durham. [Curtis, MS additions to copy in SoG]

The Rev. Thos. Rudd, son of John Rudd, of Sanford, Westmorland, Rector of Long Newton, co. Durham, suffered for his faith and loyalty to the King, being deprived but subsequently reinstated at Long Newton. He was b. 11 May, 1641, and d. 1719., having m. Alice, dau. of Thos. Watson. [Curtis]

A different account of Rev. Thomas Rudd's 50 year ministry at Stockton was given by John Brewster The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton-upon-Tees: Including an Account of the Trade of the Town, the Navigation of the River, and of Such Parts in the Neighbourhood as Have Been Connected with that Place, Durham: Thomas Jennett, 1829.
The Reverend Thomas Rudd: Curate of Stockton.
Before the division of the parish of Norton, A.D. 1712, Mr. Rudd had continued for half a century the indefatigable minister of the ancient chapel of Stockton, having become curate, May 1, 1663, as he himself observes, "under the good and learned Dr. Allen Smalwood." An autograph sketch of his own life appears in the parish register; as well as some memoranda, which have been useful in compiling this history. He was a native of Westmorland, and son of John Rudd, of Sandforth, in the same county. The period of Mr. Rudd's ministry at Stockton was critical:-- he first became resident there soon after the restoration, before the town had recovered from those troublous times, and was only just beginning to rise either in trade or population. He was not a negligent observer of the change that was taking place; and doubtless his judgement and discretion contributed his part towards its prosperity. It is not improbable that his representation had its weight in separating the chapelry of Stockton from the mother church. The first sermon in the new church was preached by him, March 30th, 1712, before its consecration, which took place on the 21st of August following; he was instituted to the rectory of Longnewton July 15th, and inducted the 21st of July the same year. The last circumstance, so immediately connected with his last act at Stockton, seems to confirm the pious and zealous part he must have taken in promoting the religious establishment at Stockton.
The period of Mr. Rudd's ministry here was also one of considerable anxiety to a large body of conscientious clergymen, who suffered under great difficulties from the acts of parliament which required a repetition of the oath of allegiance during the changes of government, from the time of the revolution to the settlement of the crown at the accession of the house of Hanover. Mr. Rudd had not experienced the same difficulties himself; but the benevolence of his heart led him to soften their ill effects to his friends. "The vicarage of Norton becoming vacant by the Rev. Thomas Davison (who was vicar then) refusing to swear allegiance to King William and Queen Mary, the said Thomas Rudd was inducted into the said vicarage of Norton, July 25, 1691, yet continues at Stockton still, and allows his good master the profits of his vicarage as formerly, because he left it upon the account of his conscience."
The short character on his tomb-stone, in the chancel of Long-newton church, is a deserved tribute to his memory.
Hic conditus est Thomas Rud hujus paraeciae per septennium Rector; postquam fuisset Ecclesiae Stocktonensis 50 annos Minister; vir morum simplicitate et probitate antiqua; Patriae, Ecclesiae, amicis fidelis; omnibus benevolus et beneficus; Obiit Julii 15, A.D. 1719, Aetatis 79.

Name:
written as Hester in 1695 marriage register

Baptism:
dau of Thomas Rudd, curate, of Stockton

Notes:

son James, of Stockton and Darlington; Mayor of Stockton, 1736, 1742, 1746, and 1756. Marr at Long Newton 26 Oct 1725 to Jane Colling, of Hurworth. 1 son, 2 daus: Thomas, d. unmarr Jun 1793; Anne, marr Thomas Sheen, of Newcastle, daus; Jane, marr Thomas Bone, of Newcastle.

son Thomas, of Stockton, and of the City of Durham; solicitor; Mayor of Stockton 1737, 1738, 1747 and 1757; born abt 1702, died Feb 1765 age 63. Marr Sarah, 4th dau. of the Rev. Henry Stapylton, Rector of Thornton Watlass, and Marske, Yorks; born abt 1702, died 29 Sep 1783 age 81. 2 sons: William; John Stapylton.
Lent money to Ann Mawer, his sister Alice's mother-on-law, to help pay costs of the court case over care & education of her grandchildren Elizabeth & Ralph Tatham.
Founder in 1725 of Stockton law firm; passed in 1765 to his son John Stapylton Raisbeck; then in 1793 to his son Leonard Raisbeck, one of the promoters of the Stockton and Darlington railway. Firm taken over by George Newby in 1840 and still in business as Newbys Solicitors in 2013.

son William, single, bur Stockton 07 Sep 1719. [FHL film #1894159, ref ID 18]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1653, Banbury
• Occupation: abt 1677 -, Banbury; Butcher
• Probate: 08 Aug 1738

Notes:

2 previous marriages:
- bef 1682 to Maude (d 1690);
- bef 1694 to Mary (d 1694).
Children: Robert, John, Elizabeth (marr William Annersley), Andrew, William.

Birth:
born 16 Oct 1657 per IGI transcr (batch C02639-2 births/bapt Banbury 1558-1854)

Occupation:
Taster of Victuals for Banbury Council 1679-1680 & 1689-1690; Warden 1693-1694.

Robert married Elizabeth Harris on 08 Mar 1698 in Banbury. Elizabeth was born est 1677; died in 1734 in Banbury?. [Family Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

other children: Mary, bapt 1699; Nathaniel, bapt 1700; Benjamin, bapt 1704.

Marriage:
possibly 08 May