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William Clapham and Piercy Horne © A reference on Ancestry Family Trees indicate William was the son of William Clapham, a Tailor, and his wife Susannah nee Brookes, and that he was baptized in Little Harrowden on the 2nd February, 16951. On the 11th June, 1724, William married Piercy Horne1 in the All Saints Parish Church in Great Addington. The little village of Great Addington sits roughly 4km north-north-east of Finedon and 4km north-north-west of Cranford. There is evidence of Celtic, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon settlement within the village boundary2. A surviving charter of 833, indicate King Witlaf, confirmed to Croyland Abbey the gift of Wulnoth his steward of 2 hides of land in Addington, with a fishery, the advowson of the church of the village, and a virgate of land in Little Addington. This grant was confirmed in other charters by King Behrtulf in 851, by Burgred in 868, and by King Eadred in 948, the last confirmation refers to the gift as 3 hides, with the advowson of the church of the village. In the Domesday Book3, the Abbot of Croyland was entered as holding 2 hides in Addington, and a mill rendering 13s. 4d. At the northern end of the village is the church, dedicate to All Saints, the original of which was built around 1250. Historical records show there were riots in Addington, at Rushton and 'Pightesley' in 1607 regarding the enclosure of lands. Although they married in Great Addington, records suggest both William and Piercy were from Finedon. It is estimated Piercy was born around 1698, but no record of her baptism has yet been located. William and Piercy appear to have settled in Finedon after their marriage, and records4 indicate they had at least six children: Mary 1725-1728; Avis 1727; Mary 1730-1743; Thomas 1733, he married Elizabeth Bridgefoot 1757; Piercy 1735-1773; and Arthur 1741-1824. William died in 1751 and was buried in the Finedon Parish Churchyard on the 27th September4. Piercy, survived her husband by nearly nineteen years. Dying in 1770, she was buried in the Finedon Churchyard on the 15th March4.
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