John Bicknell (buried 1913)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Bicknell
First name: 
John
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
711
Born: 
7/1/1821
Died: 
15/04/1913
Buried: 
18/04/1913
Occupation: 
Deacon; Chaplain; Vicar;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
9
Cemetery plot: 
8
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone description: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves
Headstone inscription: 
None Found - Listed in Heene Cemetery Index of Graves

Life story

Life story

John Bicknell was born on 7 January 1821 in Colchester, Essex,  to Rev John Bicknell and his wife, Elizabeth. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1839 and gained his BA in 1843 and his MA in 1846. He was ordained deacon at Peterborough in 1844 and in the same year was Chaplain to Oakham Gaol in Rutland. He married Charlotte Ellington, the daughter of John Ellington, surgeon, of Oakham on 2 November 1847. Between 1866 and 1899 he was Vicar of St Saviour's, Highbury, Middlesex and lived at the Parsonage. By 1901 he had moved to Staplehurst', Winchester Road, Worthing, where he lived for the rest of his life, looked after by a widowed daughter, Frances Mary Sparling. He remained active in the religious life of St Botolph's Church, Worthing. In the Worthing Gazette it was reported that as parochial secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 1903 he raised total contributions for the parish to £107 12s 1d, the highest sum yet reached. Rev John Bicknell died on 15 April 1913, aged 92, and left £6533 15s 11d to be administered by two of his sons, Rev Herbert Ellington, Rector of St Peter and St Paul, Birtsmorton, Tewkesbury, and Rev Charles Vincent Bicknell, Vicar of St Michael's, St Albans.

Burial researcher: 
Angela Levy

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
07/01/1821
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Charlotte
Spouse one last name: 
Ellington
Marriage one date: 
02/11/1847
Marriage one address: 
Oakham, Rutland, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
15/04/1913
Age (at time of death): 
92
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Staplehurst, Winchester Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Herbert Ellington Bicknell status: Clerk - Son: Charles Vincent Bicknell status: Clerk - Son
Probate pounds: 
£6,533

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Longbridge, Deverill, Wiltshire John Bicknell, 30, head, curate of?Deverill; Charlotte Bicknell, wife; Frances Mary Bicknell, 2, daughter; Hubert (sic) but actually Herbert Ellington Bicknell, 1, son; Charles Vincent Bicknell, 1, son; Frederick Holmes A Court, 11, pupil; Henry Holmes A Court, 9, pupil; plus 2 female house servants

1861 census: 

"Oak Villa", Castle Hill, Cookham, Berkshire John Bicknell, 40, head, clergyman without schoolmaster private pupils; Charlotte Bicknell, 38, wife; Herbert Bicknell. 11, son, scholar; Charles V Bicknell, 10, son, scholar; Walter L Bicknell, 7, son, scholar; John P Ballard, 16, boarder, scholar; John D Morice, 11, boarder,  scholar; John G S Morice, 11, boarder, scholar; Walter Morice, 10, boarder, scholar; William Morice, 9, boarder, scholar; Charles Parke, 10, boarder, scholar; plus  3 domestic servants

1871 census: 

Parsonage House, Aberdeen Park, Islington John Bicknell  MA, 50, head, Vicar of St Saviours; Charlotte Bicknell, 48, wife; Charles Vincent Bicknell, 20, son, tea broker plus 2 domestic servants

1881 census: 

The Parsonage, St Mary, Islington, Highbury John Bicknell, 60, head, clergyman; Charlotte Bicknell, 48, wife; William D Mooser, 63, visitor, clergyman; Margaret Mooser, 22, daughter; plus cook and housemaid

1891 census: 

St Saviours Parsonage, Islington Highbury John Bicknell, 70, head, widower, clerk (crossed out) in Holy Orders, clergy; Frances M Bicknell, 42, daughter, Majory C M Sparling, 2, grand; plus cook daughter; Hart Philip Sparling, 1 , grandson; plus cook, housemaid and nurse

1901 census: 

Staplehurst, Heene John Bicknell, 80, head, widower, clergyman Church of England; Frances Mary Sparling, 52, widow, housekeeper at home; plus cook and housemaid

1911 census: 

Staplehurst, Winchester Road

"Staplehurst", Winchester Road, Worthing Frances Mary Sparling, 62, head, widow, private means; John Bicknell, 90, widower, clergyman; Marjory Charlotte Mary Sparling, 22, daughter; plus 2 female domestic servants

Miscellaneous information

Heene Parish Magazine - February 1904

A Parochial Record - The Heene Parish Magazine for February has the following paragraph: "We heartily congratulate our parochial Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the Rev. John Bicknell, on the result of his efforts for the Society during the year 1903. The total contributions from this parish amounted to £107.12s.1d., the highest sum yet reached. We could wish that every parish had so energetic a Missionary Secretary, for results would be far different, and support of the Missionary cause far greater."