Stevens 1879-03-05
Confirmation at Swalcliffe Church by Dr John Fielder Mackarness, Bishop of Oxford. Lunched at Mr Payne’s after Confirmation with Mr Cookes and Mr Gerraty. Dined at Mr Henry Norris’s Swalcliffe this evening. The Bishop was present and Mr Cookes – no others except the family.
William Spicer called at my house this morning and asked for his confirmation ticket. I was engaged and did not go to see him. He came a second time after we had started and followed us. I spoke seriously with him. He seemed sorry and promised good things, so I gave him his ticket.
The following are the names and ages of my candidates – ages last birthday.
Boys
| William Wyatt | 15 |
| Joseph Coleman | 14 |
| Frederick Ward | 15 |
| John Tay | 14 |
| George Padbury | 16 |
| Richard Gaydon | 16 |
| William Rimell | 14 |
| William Gaydon | 14 |
| Thomas Manning | 18 |
| Henry / Harry Manning | 14 |
| William Spicer | 20 |
| John Lines | 16 |
| John Young | 14 |
Females
| Mrs Jarvis | 30 | |
| Rachel Sabin | 18 | |
| Eliza Payne | 13+ | |
| Ada Padbury | 13 | |
| Alice Holtom | 19 | presented at Spelsbury on 20th March |
| Fanny Lines | 16 | |
| Emma Webb | 13 | |
| Annie Coleman | 14 | |
| Fanny Jones | 16 | |
| Elizabeth Randle | 16 | |
| Selina Bishop | 16 | |
| Annie Spicer | 15 | |
| Eliza Robinson | 15 | |
| Eliza Harris | 14 | |
| Marion Harris | 15 | |
| Elizabeth Rimell | 16 | |
| Eleanor Barton | 13 | |
| Temperance Young | 13 | |
| Mary Padbury (Ada’s sister) | 19 | presented at Christ Church, Banbury |
| Elizabeth Webb | 17 | ditto |
| Elizabeth Payne | 17 | ditto |
Total 13 boys at Swalcliffe, 18 girls at Swalcliffe: 31. 4 girls elsewhere.
Wrote to Alice Holtom and told her if she would send me word what parish she was staying in I would write to the Clergyman and ask him to present her with his candidates.
5 Mar 1879