Rippington Henry (1857) Oxford Journal - Saturday 19 April 1890

Life History

15th Mar 1857	Born in 24 Upper Marylebone, Middlesex, London
28th Jul 1858	Baptised in Holy Trinity, Marylebone Road, Westminster, Middlesex, London
1861	Resident in 24 Upper Marylebone St., Middlesex, London
between 1871 and 1881	Resident in Marston, Oxfordshire
1st Dec 1880	Married Jane SHEPHERD in Kidlington, Oxfordshire Name: Henry Rippington to Jane Shepherd Year of Registration: 1880 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Woodstock County: Oxfordshire Volume: 3a Page: 1164 Marriage took place on 1.12.1880 in Kidlington - witnesses were George Shepherd (eldest brother), Jane Shepherd (mother), E F Cotterell. (source Parish records Woodstock vol 3 page 104)
1881	Occupation Farm Bailiff
Apr 1881	Birth of daughter Ada RIPPINGTON in Marston, Oxfordshire
6th Apr 1884	Birth of son Herbert Henry RIPPINGTON in Marston, Oxfordshire
25th Feb 1885	Misc in Bancruptcy hearing
1886	Occupation Licensee of the Blue Anchor Public House
1886	Resident in 29 High Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
8th Jan 1886	Birth of son Charles Edwin RIPPINGTON in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
1891	Census 1891: cabman (noted as single) in cabman (noted as single) in 8 King St., Oxford, Oxfordshire
1899	Death of Jane SHEPHERD in Baker St., Enfield, Middlesex, London
1901	Resident in 28 Castle Street, St. Peter le Bailey, Oxford, Oxfordshire
7th Aug 1901	Birth of daughter Hilda Jenny WALTON in 28 Castle Street, St. Peter le Bailey, Oxford, Oxfordshire
1903	Married Ada WALTON in Headington Registration District, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Feb 1903	Birth of son Harold WALTON in 3 Dover Place, Friars Entry, St. Mary Magdalene, Oxford, Oxfordshire
1904	Resident in 35 Chilswell Road, Grandpont, Oxford, Oxfordshire
26th Jun 1904	Birth of daughter Ida RIPPINGTON in 35 Chilswell Road, Grandpont, Oxford, Oxfordshire
1905	Birth of son Cyril RIPPINGTON in Headington Registration District, Oxford, Oxfordshire
1905	Resident in 68 Cranham Street, St. Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire
17th Nov 1905	Birth of daughter Gertrude Mary RIPPINGTON in 68 Cranham Street, St. Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire
23rd Nov 1905	Death of son Cyril RIPPINGTON in 68 Cranham Street, St. Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire.1
1911	Census 1911 in 6 Cranham St, Oxford
1911	Occupation Cab Driver
1911	Resident in 6 Cranham Street, St. Giles, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Mar 1911	Birth of son Cyrell RIPPINGTON in Oxford, Oxfordshire
7th Apr 1915	Died in Infirmary of Oxford Workhouse, St. Clement, Oxford.1

Other facts

CauseOfDeath in Bronchitis and Asthma.1

Notes

• At the 1881 census Henry was described as a farm bailiff but by 1884 was known as a farmer.  He presumably benefited from the will of his father who had died in 1881 (will not yet seen).  However, he was declared bankrupt in 1885, the alleged causes being "purchasing stock at a disadvantage to enable mile to be supplied, bad season, and want of capital to start with".  His one-third part share in Cross Farm and various other properties and his own farm stock and machinery were auctioned off.
  Afterwards, he must have moved to Chipping Norton as licensee of The Blue Anchor public house, where, on 7th April 1886 he attempted to commit suicide.  At his trial it was described how her received a letter from his wife (Jane Shepherd) saying that she would not return to her husband on account of his conduct and the treatment she had received at his hands. After receiving the letter he asked his servant to bring him a drink of lemonade and brandy but when she took it up to him she saw him in the act of cutting his throat with a razor.  She immediately went to fetch help from a man next door.  He was attended by a doctor but it seems that the wounds were not too severed and he made a good recovery.  It was decided by the magistrates that a jury would not convict and he was discharged.  In today's parlance this might have been  described as a cry for help.
  He later moved into Oxford where he found employment as a cabman.  However his troubles were not quite over as he was fined in 1890 for being drunk and leaving his cab unattended outside a public house.  He lost his job due for this although later is still described as a cabman so presumably got another similar position.
• Name: Henry Rippington
  Record Type: Baptism
  Estimated Birth Date: abt 1858
  Baptism Date: 28 Jul 1858
  Father's name: Mark Rippington
  Mother's name: Mary Rippington
  Parish or Poor Law Union: Holy Trinity Marylebone Road
  Borough: Westminster
• Name: Henry Rippington
  Estimated birth year: abt 1858
  Year of Registration: 1915
  Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
  Age at Death: 57
  District: Headington
  County: Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire
  Volume: 3a
  Page: 1275
• Birth Record Name  Henry Rippington
  Year of Registration  1857
  Quarter of Registration  Apr-May-Jun
  Registration District  Marylebone
  Registration County  London
  Mother's maiden name
  Volume Number  1A
  Volume Page  337
• Oxford Journal - Saturday 19 April 1890
  OXFORD CITY POLICE COURT,
  TUESDAY.
  Present—The Mayor (Ald. Hughes), and Justices R. Cross, C. T. Hawkins, J. Sheard, and J. Saunders.
  TWO OFFENCES BY A CABMAN. —Henry Rippington, cab-driver, was summoned for leaving his cab unattended outside the Three Horse Shoes public-house, Castle-street, and also for being drunk at the same time; he pleaded guilty, and P.C. Furmage and P.S. Prior stated the facts, the latter stating that a gentleman called his attention to the defendant, and he was so far intoxicated that he would not let him remain on the box. He had lost his situation on account of it. —The defendant, who said it all arose through it being Easter Monday, was fined 1s. and 6s. costs, or 7 days for leaving the cab unattended, and 2s. 6d. and 6s. costs, or 7 days for being drunk.
• Oxford Journal - Saturday 17 April 1886
  Blue Anchor, 29 High Street, Chipping Norton
• Morning Post - Wednesday 11 February 1885
  Rippington (Henry 1857) Morning Pos
  BANKRUPT AND OTHER NOTICES.
  BANKRUPTS.
  NOTICES OF ADJUDICATIONS AND FIRST MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.
  (New Bankruptcy Act, 1883.)
  (To surrender in the Country.)
  ..... — H. Rippington, Marston. Oxfordshire, farmer, Feb. 25, at 3.

Sources

• 1. Avril Deam (nee Walton)
  • 2012
  • (primary evidence)
• 2. Jacksons Oxford Journal
• 3. 1881 England Census
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. 1911 England Census
  • 18/06/2009
  • (secondary evidence)