See also

Venerable William SPOONER (1778-1857)

1. Venerable William SPOONER, son of Isaac SPOONER ( - ) and Barbara GOUGH ( - ), was born on 20 August 1778. He was a Clergyman (Archdeacon of Coventry 1827). He married Anna Maria Sydney O'BRIEN on 1 September 1810 in Newington, Kent. He died on 2 September 1857. He was buried on 9 September 1857 in Elmdon.

 

Ven'''' William Spooner, 4th son of Isaac Spooner of Elmdon Hall, co.=f
Warwick, by Barbara his wife, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Gough of Edgbaston,
CO. Warwick, Baronet, brother of Abraham Spooner Lillingston of Elmdon
Hall (see Vol. g, page jj) ; bom at Birches Green, co. Warwick, on
Thursday, 20 August, bapt. privately the same day, received into the church '
at Aston 28 November 1778 ; educated at Rugby and at St. John's College,
Oxford, matriculated 20 October 1796, B.A. 1800, M.A. 1803; Rector of I
Elmdon 30 November 1802 until his death. Vicar of Chipping Campden, I
CO. Gloucester, 30 April 1815, Rector of Acle, co. Norfolk, 8 May 1824
until his death. Archdeacon of Coventry 1827, resigned March 1851,
Prebendary of Lichfield 4 June 1828 to 185 1 : died at the Rectory, Elmdon,
aged 79, 2 September, bur. at Elmdon 9 September 1857. M.I. 1
(See " Fragmenta Genealogica" Vol. 7, page 61). Will dated 26 September |
1850, with codicil dated 25 February 1853, proved (P.C.C. 713, 57) 25
September 1857, by William Spooner, son, and Henry James Selfe Selfe,
two of the Exors.

(See ''Notes" to "Visitation of England and Wales"
Vol. 8, page 143.)

 

Anna Maria Sydney O'BRIEN, daughter of Sir Lucius O'BRIEN ( - ) and Anne FRENCH ( - ), died on 24 December 1846. She was buried in Elmdon. She and William SPOONER had the following children:

 

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William SPOONER (1811-1880)

Second Generation

2. William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP, son of Venerable William SPOONER and Anna Maria Sydney O'BRIEN, was born on 18 July 1811. He was a Barrister-at-Law, Judge of County Court for N. Staffs. He married Jane Lydia WILSON on 6 October 1841 in Whitkirk, Co. York. He died on 19 May 1880.

 

educated Oriel College Oxford (BA 1832, MA 1834).

 

William Spooner of Walton Lodge, co. Stafford ;=
bom 14 July, bapt. at Elmdon i September 181 1; of
Onel College, O.xford, matriculated 2 April 1829, B.A.
1832, M.A. 1835; of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law
23 November 1837 ; Revising Barrister for East
Gloucester 1862, Judge of the County Court for
North Staffordshire 13 February 1863 until his
death; J. P. for co. Stafford; died at Walton
Lodge, in his 69th year, on ^Vednesda\•, 19 May
1880, bur. at Baswick, co. Stafford. Will dated
18 April 1879, proved at Lichfield 7 June 1880, by
the Rev. William Archibald Spooner and the Rev.
Henry Maxwell Spooner, sons, the Exors.



 

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All Spooner info comes from this book "Visitation of England and Wales" [vol.16] ed. Frederick Arthur Crisp???

 

Jane Lydia WILSON, daughter of John WILSON (1767- ) and Martha BASSETT (1776-1869), was born in 1815 (estimated). She died on 17 August 1898 in 8 Norham Gardens, Oxford. She and William SPOONER had the following children:

 

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William Archibald SPOONER ( - )

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Mary Anne SPOONER (1842- )

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Henry Maxwell SPOONER (1846-1929)

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Janet Sarah SPOONER ( - )

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Catherine Barbara SPOONER ( - )

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George Archibald SPOONER (1879-1879)

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Barbara SPOONER (1881-1881)

Third Generation

3. Rev. William Archibald SPOONER, son of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON, married Frances Wycliffe GOODWIN.

 

Warden of New College Oxford 1903-24, Hon Fell 1925-30, formerly Lecturer, Tutor, and Public Examiner; born 22 July, 1844; educated Oswestry Gram. sch., and New College Oxford, (MA, DD).

 

Rev. William Archibald Spooner, D.D., Warden of New=
College, Oxford; born in London 22 July 1844, bapt.
privately, received into the church at Elmdon 12 January
1845 ; educated at Oswestry Grammar School and at New
College, Oxford, matriculated 18 October 1862, Scholar
1862-67, B.A. (ist-class in Moderations and in the Final
Classical Schools) 1867, Fellow 1867, M.A. 1869, U.D.
1903; Public Examiner in University of Oxford 1875-76,
1890-92 and 1899, Chaplain to the Archbishop of
Canterbury 1881-83, Hon. Canon of Christ Church,
O.xford, 1899, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of
Peterborough 1901, Warden of New College, Oxford,
1903, ProA'ice Chancellor of O.xford University 1908
-1909; Author of "The Histories of Tacitus, with
Introduction and Notes," 1891, and "Bishop Butler, his
Life and Writings," 1901.

 

Frances Wycliffe GOODWIN was the daughter of Right Rev. Harvey GOODWIN DD, DCL, Bp Carlisle ( - ).

 

4. Mary Anne SPOONER, daughter of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON, was born on 30 October 1842 in 17 Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London. She was baptised in Elmdon.

 

5. the Venerable Henry Maxwell SPOONER, son of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON, was born on 9 May 1846. He was an Archdeacon. He died on 1 April 1929. He married Catherine GOODWIN.

 

Fell of Magdalen College Oxford, Hon Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, ordained 1871, Domestic Chaplain to Archbishop Tait 1870-75, Vicar of Boughton-under-Blean, Kent 1875, and Holy Trinity, Maidstone 1887, Rector of Saltwood, Hythe, Kent 1893, Archdeacon of Maidstone 1900-21; born 9 May, 1846; educated Oxford U (MA); married 12 Oct 1875, Catherine, 2nd daughter of Rt Rev Harvey Goodwin, DD (see above), and died 1 April, 1929.

 

Ven*"'' Henry Ma.\wel! Spooner, bom at Elmdon 9 May, bapt
there 7 June 1846; educated at Oswestry Grammar School
and at Balliol College, Oxford, matriculated 4 April 1864,
Exhibitioner 1864-68, B.A. (ist-class Classical Moderations
1865, ist-class Lit. Hum.) 1868, M.A. 187 1, Fellow of Magdalen
College 1868-76, Lecturer 1868-70; Domestic Chaplain to the
Archbishop of Canterbury 1870-75, Vicar of Boughton-under-
Blean, co. Kent, 1875-87, and of Holy Trinity, Maidstone,
1887-93, Rector of Saltwood, co. Kent, 1893-1900, Hon. Canon
of Canterbury 1898-1900, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop
of Rochester 1891, and of Winchester 1895, Archdeacon of
Maidstone and Canon Residentiary of Canterbury 1900.

 

Catherine GOODWIN was born in 1848. She died in 1929. She and Henry Maxwell SPOONER had the following children:

 

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Catherine SPOONER (1880-1905). Catherine was born in 1880. She died in 1905.

 

6. Janet Sarah SPOONER, daughter of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON, married Henry SALT.

 

7. Catherine Barbara SPOONER was the daughter of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON.

 

8. George Archibald SPOONER, son of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON, was born on 11 July 1879. He died on 3 August 1879.

 

9. Barbara SPOONER, daughter of William SPOONER of Walton Lodge, nr. Stafford, JP and Jane Lydia WILSON, was born on 28 January 1881 in Keble Terrace, Oxford. She died on 29 January 1881.