Harrod & Co.s Directory of Beds, Bucks 1876 - West Wycombe

Life History

Notes

• Joseph presumably moved into his shop in West Wycombe after he married in 1848.
  He's listed in the Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Beds, Bucks 1876.
  The shop is clearly visible in photos from c1900 - it's the shop with the jetting above the pavement.
  As this frontage was not present when the shop was previously the 'Coach and Horses' Public House it may have been that Joseph added this feature ... it's purpose was to increase the importance of the house and provided a 'Solarium' (sunroom).
  When he died in 1889 his daughter Elizabeth took over running the shop, but it's ownership stayed as a joint venture with the rest of the family.
• Death Record Name  Joseph Rippington
  Year of Registration  1890
  Quarter of Registration  Jan-Feb-Mar
  Registration District  Wycombe
  Registration County  Buckinghamshire
  Age at Death:  87
  Volume Number  3A
  Volume Page  467
• Name: Joseph Rippington
  Gender: Male
  Baptism/Christening Date: 20 Jun 1802
  Baptism/Christening Place: MONKS RISBOROUGH,BUCKINGHAM,ENGLAND
  Father's Name: John Rippington
  Mother's Name: Rebecca
  Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C10993-1
  System Origin: England-ODM
  Source Film Number: 919247
  Reference Number:
  Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
• Bucks Herald - Saturday 29 March 1845
  MAGISTRATES' CHAMBER, AYLESBURY. Saturday, March 22. Present- Lord Nugent, Sir J. D. King, Bart., Wm. Rickford, Esq., and Wm. Jenney, Esq. Joseph Rippington, of Bledlow Ridge, was summoned for the non-payment of four rates of 10s. 6d. each. The overseer stated that Rippington occupied ten acres of land, and that he was rated at ten guineas; he had demanded the rates, but he refused to pay them. Rippington said he had only seven acres of land, and he was rated for ten, being three more than he occupied ; the person who previously occupied the land, was rated for only seven acres The rate-book was then referred to, which was found to be correct. It appeared he ought to have been rated at 9s. 6d. instead of 10s. 6d., and the Bench decided that he should pay the amount of four rates at 9s. 6d. The Bench referred the case to the vestry, with the view of their altering the rate-book.
• Bucks Herald - Saturday 05 January 1861
  CHARGE OF STEALING PIES AT WEST WYCOMBE. William Chalfont, 21, chairmaker, was charged with having, on the 17th of December, at West Wycombe, stolen six pies, the property of Joseph Rippington, also with having, on the 17th December, at West Wycombe, stolen eight apple pies and one dish, the property of Thomas Cooper. Mr. Payne prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. The wife of the prosecutor, who keeps a shop at West Wycombe, proved having eight pies in the centre of her shop window. She went out on the 17th December for about a quarter of an hour, and on her return found them gone, with a dish. Thomas Pusey proved seeing the prisoner open the door of the prosecutor's shop, and take out a dish and go towards the end of Church-lane, where he saw him afterwards. Police- constable Joseph Sworder said—On the 17th December, a little after five, I saw the prisoner in Church-lane. Pusey was then walking away from him. I cannot state whether I searched Pusey, but subsequently I searched the prisoner. On the spot where the prisoner was standing I found some pastry and apple. I afterwards apprehended the prisoner at Wheeler-end; and I picked up a broken piece of a dish about forty yards from where I had seen the prisoner. His Lordship intimated his opinion that there was no case, and the jury, under his direction, "Acquitted" the prisoner. There was a similar charge, for a robbery at the shop of Joseph Rippington on the same evening. Dinah Rippington, the prosecutor's wife, stated that she lost some pies on the 17th December. Ellen Rippington, daughter of the prosecutor, eleven years old, proved that Pusey, the witness in the last case, came into the shop for a pennyworth of sweets, and at that time some one pushed the door open and took some apple pies. She did not know that the prisoner was that person. Thomas Pusey was again called, but Mr. Payne said it would not be respectful to the Court to call him again, and withdrew from the case. His Lordship discharged the prisoner, and told Pusey that in his opinion he ought to have been by the side of the prisoner.

Sources

• 1. Bucks Herald
  • (secondary evidence)
• 2. 1841 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 3. 1851 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. 1861 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 5. 1871 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 6. 1881 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 7. British Newspaper Archive
  • 2012
  • (secondary evidence)
• 8. Princes Risborough Baptism Transcripts
  • (secondary evidence)
• 9. Princes Risborough Burial Transcripts
  • (secondary evidence)