a history
Torquay: Arrivals: … … The Elms … Rev. F. A. Pynsent
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GRO0295 Hennock: Ferdinand Alfred Pynsent: 1822 – 1894
Flower Show … Among the visitors were … … Mr. and Mrs. Pynsent …
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Elizabeth College Sports: June has come round again, bringing with it one of the grand events of the year, the Elizabeth College Sports, of which, judging from the fine show of carriages yesterday, no one is ever likely to tire. For in Guernsey, as in England, outdoor games are assiduously cultivated all the year round, and the interest felt in them is always keenly displayed, whenever an opportunity is presented of so doing … (description of event and list of competitors and results, including – ma = major, mi = minor, min = minimus) … Steeple Chase: Under 16: Competitors: Atter ma, Atter mi, Bell, Connell, Carey, C. Carey, H. S. Forbes ma., Harvest mi, Hinde ma, Metcalfe, Pynsent, Vallancey mi. … …. Throwing Cricket Ball: Under 15: Competitors: Le Lievres, Le Messurier, Pynsent – 1. Pynsent, 2, Le Messurier, 3. Le Lievre … … Long Jump: Under 15: Prize a Cup: Competitors: Atter mi, Bazalgette, Connell, Druce, Forbes ma, Hitchins mi, Hinde ma, May, McCallen, Pynsent, Worssam, Wakley: … …Putting the Shot: Under 15: Prize a flask: Competitors: Connell, Le Lievre, May, Pynsent … …High Jump: Under 15: Prize, a flask: Cometitors: Baynes ma, Connell, Druce, Forbes ma, Hinde ma, Hitchins mi, Pynsent – 1, Pynsent, 2, Hinde ma, 3, Forebes ma. Height 4 feet 5 inches. … … Hurdle Race: Under 15: Prize a Sandwith Box: Competitors: Beesley, Bazalgette, Carey, C., Connell, Carey, W. S. Cull min. Fobes ma, Hitchins mi, Pynsent: – 1, Hitchins mi, 2. Bazalgette, 3, Pynsent … … Sack Race: Any Age: Prize, a knife: Competitors: Ayres, Alles ma, Baynes ma, Baynes min, Cull mi, Clarke, Carey, L., De Jersey mi, De Jersey min, De Carteret, ma, Dobree, Elkington ma, Elkington mi, Forebes ma, Forbes mi, orton, Hance, Harvest min, Harvest mi. Harrison mi, Jacob, Ozanne, R. Ozanne, D, Pynsent, Raymundo, Spedding, Stuart, Warren ……
(see also competed in the Three Legged Race and Consolation Handicap) …
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Pynsent’s Grammar School: Chudleigh, Devon: Founded 1668.
The Governors will shortly proceed to the election of a Headmaster. He must be a member of the Church of England and be a graduate of some University in the United Kingdom or produce such other evidence of his attainments as the Governors think sufficient. The grammar school is situated in a bracing and healthy locality, 10 miles from Exeter, 12 miles from Torquay, and 7 and 8 miles from Dawlish and Teignmouth; a branch of the Great Western Railway has a station with three miles of the school, and a branch to the town is in the course of construction. The Endowment is £30 a year. House and garden provided rent free. The authorized payments for day scholars range from £4 to £10. The rates for boarders are left to the headmaster, subject to the approval of the Governors. The school has ranked under former masters among the best County Schools in Devonshire. A copy of the schemes for the Government of the School, approved by her Majesty in Council, 20th March, 1877, price sixpence, may be had from Mr. R. Crook, book seller, Chudleigh. Candidates are requested to send, on or before the 1st day of August next, their applications, stating age, degree, or any other particulars, with original testimonials (which will be returned) addressed “the Chairman, of the Governing Body, Grammar School, Chudleigh”.
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Friday 25th May 1877]
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Honiton: … Board of Guardians: At the ordinary meeting of this Board on Saturday, Mr. C. Gordon occupied the chair. M. Ede said that as this was the last meeting of the Board, and as they were losing seven most valuable members in the Rev. Mr. Hunt, and Messrs. Ashley, Lawrence, Farmer, Irish, Hawkins and Yelverton, he would, if not out of order, move that the Board express its regret at the loss of these gentlemen … … The Clerk presented the following list of members of the new Board, as returned at the election just concluded: …. (includes) … Tallaton, Jonah Pynsent Mathew …
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Monday 16th April 1877]
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Paignton Directory: … … Index to Names of Residents and Visitors: … (long list) … Pynsens, 6; Pynsent, 8, 81, … …
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GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887
Torquay Directory: … … … 81: Scarborough Terrace (Belgrave Road): … 4, Mr. Lyon, Miss Pynsent …
(and others)
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Marriage: Peters – Mathew: February 7th, at Shepton Mallet, by the Rev. Canon Pratt, William Parsons Peters of Yeobridge, South Petherton, to Elizabeth Mathew, granddaughter of the late Jonah Pynsent Mathew, of Rydon House, Tallaton, Devon.
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NORTHAM Local Board: This body met on Saturday, A. B. Wren, Esq., J.P. occupied the chair … The Clerk read the following letter from the Local Government Board respecting a communication sent to them by Mr. T. Pynsent: I am directed by the Local Government Board to transmit to you, for the consideration of the Northam Board, the accompanying copy of a letter which the Board have received from Mr. T. Pynsent, of Westward Ho! with respect to the drainage of that place, and I have to request that the Board may be furnished with the observations of the Local Board on the subject. At the same time, I am directed to remind you that the Board are desirous of being informed of the decision arrived at by the Local Board with regard to the sewerage of Westward Ho! … (continues) … (elsewhere) … Westward Ho! Drainage Question: Another Disorderly Meeting: … The Chairman produced a letter from Mr. Pynsent, and asked whether he had the better read it – An excited discussion ensued, and, upon being put to the meeting in the form of a resolutions, it was resolved, by a majority, to read the letter, the purport of which was the Mr. Pynsent objected to the cutting of the dyke, as it would result in the formation of a number of cess pits all along the length of the dyke. …
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GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887
Northam Local Board: This body met on Saturday, A. B. Wren, Esq., J.P., occupied the chair …. (list of attendees) … … The Clerk read the following letter from the Local Government Board respecting a communication sent to them by Mr. T. Pynsent: I am directed by the Local Government Board to transmit to you, for the consideration of the Northam Board, the accompanying copy of a letter which the Board have received from Mr. T. Pynsent, of Westward Ho! with respect to the drainage of that place, and I have to request that the Board may be furnished the observations of the local Board on the subject. At the same time, I am directed to remind you that the Board are desirous of being informed of the decision arrived at by the Local Board with regard to the sewerage of Westward Ho! … (discussion and decision to notify the board of their intent to carry out the resolution agreed to on 8th March 1871 and confirmed December 29th, 1896. – at present they were prevented by floods, etc.) …
[see also Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Monday 1st January 1877]
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GRO0835 Hennock: Thomas Pynsent: 1808 – 1887