William de Wickwane’s background is unknown, but he was referred to as "magister", so he probably attended university. Wikewane/Wykewane was the name of Wickhamford in the Middle Ages, so it is feasible that he was born in that village, but see Footnote.
PROPERTY SALE
A well-attended property sale was held at the King’s Head on Monday. Messrs E G Righton & Son were the auctioneers, and Mr E G Righton, Senior, conducted the sale. Property at Badsey was first offered.
Lot 1 comprised a pair of newly-built freehold dwelling-houses called “Hopyard Villas” with front and back gardens and yard, situated in the parish of Badsey, and fronting the Evesham and Bretforton Road. Bidding started at £400 and rose to £450, when the property was knocked down to Mr J Sears of Badsey.
BADSEY
George Higgins Hardiman was one of many men working in horticulture in Wickhamford in the period from around 1900 until the 1930s. He attempted to join the Army in 1902, married in 1905 and had three children. He later owned a greengrocery shop in Broadway. There are many places where information on his life can be found and, rather than writing an article about events in his life, these are presented in date order below. His case is an example of how people can do research into relatives or people of interest in their community.
Parish Registers were kept from about 1536, by order of Queen Elizabeth. In two entries in the Wickhamford Marriage Register, in 1597 and 1603, the groom’s names included the abbreviation ‘Domus’, short for ‘Dominus’. This meant that the two gentlemen had Bachelor of Arts degrees and such men were often Vicars.
“CAPPED” FOR ENGLAND
WELL-DESERVED HONOUR FOR EX-EVESHAM FOOTBALLER
His many friends in the Evesham district and particularly in his native village of Wickhamford learned with gratification that Jack Haines, West Bromwich Albion’s inside-left, had been chose to play for England in the match against Switzerland to be played at Highbury on December 1.
This event followed immediately after the annual Christmas carols outside The Wheatsheaf. Around 50 people came to warm themselves in St James' Church, Badsey, with tea/coffee and mince pies. Musyck Anon, who performed in 17th-century costumes, then sung several early English carols. They are an Evesham-based “a cappella” group with particular interest in early music. A total of £130 was raised for their chosen charity, Children with Cancer.
We asked members who had hit a brick wall in their research, to contact us to see if we could sort it out. Research was undertaken by Maureen Spinks, Tom Locke and Shirley Tutton, making use of the various subscription sites which the Society pays for. After 80 years of not knowing, Ivor Martin, whose father was adopted, at last found out the identity of his paternal ancestors. Will and John Dallimore learned more about the family of their late mother, Myrtle Grace Dallimore (née Blakeway), who was orphaned as a child.
Alan Tutton spoke to us about some of the skeletons in his family history. This was a precursor to the family history event which was taking place the following month.
Berkeley Castle has been the home of the Berkeley family for 850 years (the oldest in the country to be inhabited by the same family who built it). Our visit began with a guided tour of the castle. After lunch we visited Dr Jenner’s house, where Edward Jenner developed the idea of smallpox vaccination, and saw where he established a free vaccination clinic in his garden. There was then free time to follow the Jenner Trail and to visit St Mary’s Church.
