William Charles Empson b. Abt. 1771 d. 1850 Slough, Buckinghamshire (Dec 1850 Eton BKM 6 250): Featherstone One Name Study

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William Charles Empson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male 1771 - 1850  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name William Charles Empson  [1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Born Abt. 1771  [6] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 07 Apr 1771  St Nicholas, Tooting Graveney, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 16 Feb 1788  Peckham, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1804  Lambeth, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Residence 1811  13 Charlotte Street, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1811  Mitcham, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Occupation 1814  [7, 10] 
    attorney at law 
    Residence 1814  Isleworth, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Occupation 1841  [6] 
    attorney 
    Residence 1841  High Street, Leamington, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • age 65
    Died 1850  Slough, Buckinghamshire (Dec 1850 Eton BKM 6 250) Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 9] 
    • age 81
    Buried 31 Oct 1850  St Lawrence, Upton cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • Hi Paul, William Charles Empson, the son of William Empson and Mary Masters, was baptized April 7, 1771 in St. Nicholas Church, Tooting Graveney, now a part of London. He was a solicitor and quite a colorful figure who was in bankruptcy prison twice. He also wrote a book "The Trial of Baron Hempesch."
      Where does the haugh come from?
      We have a legal document concerning John and Mary Ann Featherston. It would appear Martha Greenhill of Isleworth left some property to John & Mary when they became 24. Somehow this filtered down to Charles Empson, one of William's sons. I don't see any way to send a pix of the document through Ancestry. I also have quite a bit more info on William Charles if you care. My email is empson@usfamily.net 27 February 2023

      UK Articles of Clerkship 16 February 1788
      Wm Empson of Peckham in the County of Surrey, Wm Chas Empson son of the said William Empson and Jonathan Thompson of Broad Street Buildings agreed as clerk in the practice of an attorney and solicitor for the term of five years

      Old Bailey On Line
      Mary Evans, Theft &gt grand larceny, 16th April 1795.
      218. Mary Evans was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 25th of March three guineas, and a half guinea, the monies of William Charles Empson .(The case opened by Mr. Alley.)
      William Charles Empson sworn.
      I live in Portland-street, Cavendish-square, I am an attorney ; I was returning home; I believe it was on Wednesday, the 25th of March, about one in the morning, very sober; I was accosted by the prisoner; she asked me where I was going? I told her I was going home. She walked down to the corner of the street with me, and I got a few yards off, and she asked me if I would give her sixpence to get something to drink? I put my hand into my right hand waistcoat pocket, where I had four guineas and a half in gold, and three shillings and sixpence in silver. I put my hand into my pocket and felt for the sixpence, and when I had found it among the other money, I put it into her hand; I staid with her about a minute or two minutes and a half, in the street; and all of a sudden she began to abuse me, and told me I might have the sixpence again; I was induced to think from such an extraordinary circumstance, and from her having her hand round my waist, that she had been picking my pocket; on feeling in my pocket I found my suspicion was confirmed, for out of four guineas and a half, I had but one guinea and two shillings and sixpence left; she went off, I pursued her, and overtook her opposite the Pantheon.
      Q. At the time the prisoner came up to you, are you certain you had four guineas and a half in you pocket? - I am very sure; I had been playing at whist, and I had marked with them.
      Q. Were there anybody else near you? - No.
      Q. Am I to understand that there was nobody near you from the time you felt your money, to the time you missed it? - Yes.
      Q. Have you ever found your money? - No.
      Q. How soon did you overtake her? - It might be about five minutes.
      Q. Did you take her? - I did; and desired the watchman to feel in her pockets, and he only found some halfpence, and a sixpence; I believe there was a shilling, but I did not take much notice.
      Q. Was she searched after, at the watch-house? - Yes, she was a great distance, near a mile off.
      Q. Was there any other girl with her when you overtook her? - Yes, and I think it was the same that was with her when I first met her, but I am not sure.
      Q. You had her committed? - Yes.
      Q. No property found at all? - No.
      Prisoner. I had been to Mary-le-bone, to speak to my sister, and that gentleman met me, and said I had robbed him, and charged the watchman with me. I never see him before in my life.
      Court to Prosecutor. Did I understand you to say there were two girls when she came up to you? - Yes; she left the other; the other stood three quarters of the width of the pavement off; the pavement was very wide.
      Q. I understood you to say there was no other person in the street but her, at first? - No, at the time I felt for my money and found it was gone.
      Not Guilty.
      Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Recorder.

      UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers Wm Empson Poll Year 1802 freeholder living in Isleworth, Middlesex

      St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey
      William Charles Empson a bachelor of this parish and Mary Ann Featherston of the parish of Isleworth in the county of Middlesex a spinster married in this church by licence this twenty first day of January 1804
      signed W C Empson
      M A Featherston
      in the presence of W Gawler and Sarah Jennings

      1811 London and Country Directory
      Wm Chas Empson esq 13 Charlotte Street and Mitcham, Surrey

      from Rootsweb London list
      William Charles Empson, married Mary Ann Featherston in 1804. They were married (I think) in the Parish of St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey (If that is correct? William was of that Parish and Mary Ann from the Parish of Isleworth, Middlesex. Anybody out there any connections, or comments? Warwick Empson Sydney, Aus. Warwick Empson warwicke@intercoast.com.au 26 April 1998

      from Geni http://www.geni.com/people/William-Charles-Empson/6000000003358243228
      William Charles Empson Birth date: 1771 Birthplace: Eton, United Kingdom Death: Died October 25, 1850 in Eton Immediate Family: son of William Empson Husband of Maryann Empson father of Charles Empson

      Real Cases in Chancery. [A statement of the misconduct of Andrew Burt, in ... By England. Court of Chancery, Andrew Burt (Lawyer.)
      To prove the ruin of individuals by the dilatoriness of this Court many cases may be quoted the following however will here suflice 1828 May 9th In the Insolvent Debtors Court William Charles Empson was heard on his petition His Schedule contained a statement that appeared to astonish the Court llis words were I attribute my insolvency to an error in judgment of the late Lord Chancellor Eldon The insolvent had a claim on the estate of a bankrupt which had been the subject of a suit in Chancery and Lord Eldon after much consideration having still some doubts directed an issue to the Court of King's Bench where Empson obtained a verdict but by this delay and litigation the estate having in the interim been entirely exhausted he never received any benefit and in addition to this he had to pay his own costs whereby he was utterly mined by the cause he had gained The Court declared the insolvent entitled to his discharge

      London Gazette https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7BdKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1652&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U0RlswSQrBRmLiIuYEs7J7pTydqKQ&ci=121%2C226%2C410%2C644&edge=0
      Notice is hereby given that by indentures of lease release and assignment bearing date respectively 28th and 29th days of June 1839 William Carter Leamington priors in the county of Warwick Ironmonger conveyed assured and assigned all his real and personal and effects whatsoever and wheresoever to Robert Hardy the city of Worcester Iron Founder William Henry Bates Birmingham in the said county of Warwick Merchant Trichard Charles Hughes of Leamington priors aforesaid Hotel Proprietor upon trust to sell and dispose of the estates excepting the trade premises in thoper Union parade Leamington priors aforesaid and extending along there including the messuage or tenement and occupied by himself and family and out of the thereof and of the rents and prots in the mean time and of the profits of the said trade to make a dividend amongst the creditors who shall have duly executed the said trust deed as often as there shall be funds in hand sufficient to pay shillings ind six pence in the wound on all the said debts the same shall be fully discharged paid and satisfied and when and so soon as that shall happen to reassign all the stock in trade and other the personal estate and effects re convey the said trade premises and dwelling house as and other freehold premises if any then unsold unto him the said William Carter his heirs executors administrators or assigns and in the mean time the said trade and business to the continued and carried on in the and under the immediate management superintendence and direction of the said William Carter in person which said indentures of lease and release have been respectively duly executed by the said William Carter in the presence of and attested by William Charles Empson of Leamington priors aforesaid Attorney at Law and which said indenture of re lease was within fifteen days after the execution thereof by the said William Carter duly executed by the said Robert Hardy William Henry Bates and Richard Charles Hughes in the presence of and attested by the said William Charles Empson and the same now lies at his offices in Leamington priors aforesaid for execution by all such creditors as shall think fit to execute the same within three calendar months from the date thereof Dated this 20th day of August 1839

      Submitted by edpope on Fri, 01/09/2015 - 00:43 http://www.edpopehistory.co.uk/entries/empson-william/1000-01-01-000000
      Mill Voters 1802: William Empson of Isleworth
      The will PCC 1802 of John Masters Empson surgeon in Royal Navy written at the hospital in Martinique mentioned his father and mother William and Mary Empson resident in Isleworth, and his brother Empson. William Empson bach of Streatham married at St John Horslydown 30.9.1764 Mary Masters sp otp by lic, their dau Mary was baptised Streatham 1.8.1765. John M Empson was taken apprentice 1787 by Thomas Walker apothecary of Chipping Ongar, Essex.
      Perhaps the brother or perhaps of a separate family was William Charles Empson son of William Empson gent of Peckham who was articled as an attorney in 1788, listed as an attorney in Marylebone in 1793 and at Croydon in 1799, married as bach at Lambeth 21.1.1804 Mary Ann Featherston sp of Isleworth by lic, confined in Kings Bench 1805. William Featherstonehaugh son of William Charles (attorney at law) & Mary Ann Empson was baptised 20.5.1814 Isleworth. William Charles Empson was indicted for a libel on John Russell at Leamington in 1837 (Warwickshire Quarter Sessions/5/72) and went bankrupt as a money scrivener there that year. He was also mentioned date 1823 at Bath Record Office BC 134/64. He died in 1850

      1841 census HO107/1135/10/34/17/18
      High Street, Leamington, Warwickshire
      Wm Empson 65 attorney N
      Howd Empson 25 attorney N

      death registration index William Charles Empson Dec 1850 Eton BKM 6 250

      Upton Cum Chalvey, Buckinghamshire William Charles Empson buried 31 October 1850

      Newspaper Aris's Birmingam Gazette 28 October 1850
      Died, on Friday last at Slough in his 81st year Mr William Charles Empson formerly of Leamington
    Person ID I372421956389  Southern England
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Family Mary Ann Featherstonhaugh,   b. Abt. 1781, Isleworth, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1821, Walcot, Bath, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 21 Jan 1804  St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Children 
     1. William Featherstonhaugh Empson,   b. 09 Apr 1814, Isleworth, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Frederick Empson,   b. 27 Aug 1817, Bath, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878, Dec 1878 Aston WAR 6d 278 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. Charles Empson,   b. 28 Apr 1819, Bath, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1875, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F4765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 16 Feb 1788 - Peckham, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1804 - Lambeth, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Jan 1804 - St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1811 - Mitcham, Surrey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1814 - Isleworth, Middlesex Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1841 - High Street, Leamington, Warwickshire Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1436055531] Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1910, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl 09000 60; Document Reference: DR 514/3.
      Record for Frederick Empson

    2. [S1436055531] Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1910, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl 09000 60; Document Reference: DR 514/3.
      Record for Charles Empson

    3. [S1435192560] marriage register.

    4. [S1435192572] newspaper.

    5. [S1435192615] see notes.

    6. [S1435192663] 1841 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2010;), Class: HO107; Piece: 1135; Book: 10; Civil Parish: Leamington Priors; County: Warwickshire; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 34; Page: 17; Line: 18; GSU roll: 464174.
      Record for Wm Empson

    7. [S1435192668] London, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2010;), London Metropolitan Archives, Isleworth All Saints, Register of Baptism, DL/DRO/BT/044, Item 017.
      Record for William Featherston Empson

    8. [S1435192671] England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2006;).
      Record for William Charles Empson

    9. [S1435192688] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2014;).
      Record for William Charles Empson

    10. [S1435192709] UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2013;).
      Record for William Charles Empson

    11. [S1435192748] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2014;).
      Record for William Featherstonhough Empson

    12. [S1435192796] London, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2010;), London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary At Lambeth, Register of marriages, P85/MRY1, Item 395.
      Record for William Charles Empson

    13. [S1435192802] UK, Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, United States of America; Date: 2012;), The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey; Court of King's Bench: Plea Side: Affidavits of Due Execution of Articles of Clerkship, Series I; Class: KB 105; Piece: 4.
      Record for William Charles Empson


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