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James Fuller and Jane Lucock © It is thought James Fuller was born in Dorking in 1722. It is also believed James was the son of Joseph Fuller and his wife Margaret / Margery (nee Bide) and that he was baptized in St Martin's Parish Church, Dorking on the 15th February, the same year1. Nothing is known of James' life until he married Jane Lucock in the St Nicholas Parish Church in Wisley, on the 10th February, 1755. This record tells us that Banns for their marriage were read in Wisley Parish Church on the 26th January, 2nd & 9th February2. The ceremony was conducted by the Curate George Lillington, and it is recorded that James was from Dorking and Jane, a Spinster, was from Wisley, there is no mention that they were single or widowed, or of either of their ages. It is strange that this record does not include their signatures or marks and that there are no witnesses recorded2. Wisley is about 20km south-south-west of Dorking. The name comes from the phonetic 'wiz' which is typically a person's name and ‘lea’ which is another English word meaning meadow3. Held by Osuuold (Oswold) of Wotton, Wisley appears in the Domesday Book of 10864 as Wiselei. Consisting of 10 small house-holds, it rendered £3 in the feudal system to its overlords per year. Variant spellings of Wiselei and Wyseleye feature in the Feet of Fines and similar rolls at Westminster and Lambeth Palaces. The Feet of Fines is the archival copy of the agreements between two parties in an English lawsuit over land. The process which was followed from around 1195 until 1833, involved the practice of registering the settlement of disagreements over land by having both parties bring a suit before the royal courts: the resulting decision was thus given royal sanction. At first, two copies of an agreement (‘fine’) was made, with the text written in duplicate on a single piece of parchment. The parchment was then cut in half, one copy going to each of the litigants. Under Justice Hubert Walter, about 1195, the practice was started of writing the text in triplicate, so that a third copy could be filed in the treasury. This copy of the text was written at the foot of the piece of parchment, and so became known as the ‘Foot of Fine’. Wisley was joined with the Parish of Pryford in 1761. Jane Lucock, the daughter of John Lucock and his wife Jane, was baptised in St Martin Parish Church, Dorking on the 19th October, 17311. Dorking Parish records1 tell us James and Jane had seven children: James 1757-1757; James 1758, he married Sarah Earl 1791; John 1759; William 1761-1761; Mary 1767; Richard 1768-1768 and William 1769. There are no records which indicate James’ occupation, nor if his wife or children followed the same type of work. But it is fair to presumption that at least James was most likely a farm worker of some sort. However, records of their children’s baptisms do suggest that James and Jane stayed in, or at least very close to, Dorking all their lives. At the age of 69, James died5 and he was buried in Dorking Parish Churchyard on the 19th August, 1791. James’ wife Jane died in 1795, she was 64years old and was buried on the 4th March, also in the Dorking Parish Churchyard5.
References: 2. Parish Marriage Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk 3. British History Online, Wisley http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42991 4. Domesday Book http://domesdayhttp://opendomesday.org/map.co.uk/ 5. Parish Burial Record via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk Other Sources: Public Family Trees via Ancestry.co.uk https://www.ancestry.co.uk Family Story |
