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On this page:

• Introduction
• Origin of the surname Man/Mann/Manns
• In the Parish Registers
• Hickling Churchyard: surviving Mann family headstones
• Mann family Wills (Hickling)
• Protestation Returns
• Census records
• Newspaper articles
• Miscellaneous sources and references (chronological order) (including the Charge of the Light Brigade)
• From the Wadkin Archives:
  • Book transcriptions
  • In the News
  • Photos

Introduction

The Mann family are one of the oldest families in Hickling with descendants still living here today. Early records show the Manns were living in Hickling in the 1400s. These early Manns were quite wealthy and certainly had servants.

Robert Mann, who was married to Joan, was born in the late 1400s, died in 1543 and left a Will. His Will gives a wonderful insight into life in Hickling at this time and what possessions were considered important enough to be mentioned in a Will, such as a sword, bow and arrows, barley, jackets and even hose. Other early Hickling families mentioned in the Mann Wills are the Dafts, the Hopkinsons and the Nobles.

In Joyce Mann’s Will dated 1587, the Mann Christian names, George, Stephen, John and William; which continue to be used for over 200 years, are first mentioned. In the 1600s and 1700s there were often several Mann males with the same Christian name, each having families at the same time. To distinguish between these families references such as George Mann senior; George Mann of the Close; George Mann the elder; George Mann of Long Lane are discovered in records. However, it has still proved to be difficult to accurately create family trees for the Mann family of Hickling.

The research into the Mann family is ‘not set in stone’ and we would welcome further information about this family which will help to establish accuracy.

(Carol Beadle; February 2026)

Origins of the surname: Man/Mann/Manns

• This surname may simply originate from the need to distinguish an adult ‘man’ from children with the same name.
• “English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status.” (familysearch.org)
• (britishsurnames.co.uk) The surname Mann is a family name of multiple linguistic and cultural origins, chiefly German, English and Jewish. Its etymology is rooted in the Middle High German word man, meaning “man” or “husband”, and in the Anglo‑Saxon and Old German term mann with a comparable sense. In its Germanic context the name functions as a patronymic, originally designating the son of a man called Mann. It may also have operated as a nickname for an individual who displayed attributes traditionally associated with masculinity, such as strength or bravery. Within Jewish communities, the same Germanic form was adopted, preserving the literal meaning of “man”. In the British Isles the surname appears in several early records. The earliest known spelling, William Man, is recorded in the Knights Templar register of Yorkshire in 1185, during the reign of King Henry II. Subsequent instances include Robert Mann, who married Avis Hankel at St George the Martyr, Canterbury in 1577, and Daniell Manns, a witness at St James, Clerkenwell in 1720. Variants such as Manns and Manson are also documented, reflecting the fluid orthography of the period. Scholarly interpretation offers several possible origins for the English form. One hypothesis links it to a pre‑7th‑century English personal name Mann, still in use in the 12th century, which may have conveyed meanings ranging from “friend” and “associate” to “foreman” or “servant”. Another suggestion connects the name to a feudal description, comparable to the Latin phrase “homo Bainardi”, denoting “the man of Bainard” who owed service to a lord. A further, though less widely accepted, theory proposes a toponymic origin from the French province of Maine, as exemplified by the record of Johannes de Mann of Yorkshire in the 1379 poll tax rolls. Overall, the surname Mann signifies a longstanding association with the male gender or its attendant characteristics, while also illustrating the complex interplay of linguistic, cultural and social factors that have shaped British surnames from the medieval period to the present.
• Whilst the surname ‘Manns’ doesn’t occur in Hickling records, it is understood that descendants of William Mann (who was transported from Hickling to Australia in 1833) added the ‘s’ at some point. More work is needed but it appears that William was known as William Manns as early as 1836 when his future wife joined him.

In the Parish Records

Baptisms (by father’s surname, then child’s Christian name)

Christian name	Father	Father	Mother	Mother	Date baptised	Where baptised	Abode	Father’s profession
Alice	John	MAN	Alice		1679 08 31	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Anne	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1670 06 24	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Edward	George	MAN	Mary		1743 10 24	HICKLING St Luke
Eliz.	George	MAN	Anne		1722 04 15	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	George	MAN	Mary		1661 01 27	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Elizabeth	George	MAN	Mary		1746 07 10	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	John	MAN	Anne		1676 08 20	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Elizabeth	John	MAN	Alice		1685 08 15	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Elizabeth	John	MAN	Anne		1707 07 30	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	Stephen	MAN	Elizabeth		1673 06 29	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Elizabeth	William	MAN	Anne		1743 10 24	HICKLING St Luke
George	George	MAN	Parnell		1654 07 17	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
George	George	MAN	Mary		1663 12 27	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
George	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1672 06 30	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
George	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1686 05 23	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
George	George	MAN	Anne		1718 10 19	HICKLING St Luke
George	George	MAN	Mary		1737 11 19	HICKLING St Luke
George	John	MAN	Anne		1703 01 01	HICKLING St Luke
George	Stephen	MAN	Anne		1723 03 13	HICKLING St Luke
George	William	MAN	Elizabeth		1744 05 14	HICKLING St Luke
Jeese	Willm.	MAN			1647 12 18	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	George	MAN	Ane		1654 10 11	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	George	MAN	Parnell		1665 05 28	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	George	MAN	Anne		1720 01 24	HICKLING St Luke
John	John	MAN	Alice		1681 07 24	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	John	MAN	Anne		1705 10 18	HICKLING St Luke
John	Richard	MAN	Mary		1689 06 30	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	Stephen	MAN	Elizabeth		1683 06 24	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	Stephen	MAN	Anne		1716 08 18	HICKLING St Luke
Joshua	George	MAN	Mary		1682 02 06	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Joshua	John	MAN	Anne		1718 10 03	HICKLING St Luke
Joshua	Joshua	MAN	Margaret		1724 03 11	HICKLING St Luke
Joyce	George	MAN	Parnell		1671 04 29	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Lucy	George	MAN	Amy		1705 06 17	HICKLING St Luke
Margaret	Joshua	MAN			1726 01 07	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1679 04 20	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1683 09 30	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1692 05 29	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	George	MAN	Amy		1708 01 04	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	George	MAN	Mary		1739 07 25	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	John	MAN	Alice		1687 01 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	John	MAN	Mary		1703 03 07	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	John	MAN	Elizabeth		1738 04 23	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	Stephen	MAN	Elizabeth		1678 12 08	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	Stephen	MAN	Anne		1720 06 26	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	William	MAN	Anne		1739 08 05	HICKLING St Luke
Nicholas	George	MAN			1660 07 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Nicholas	Nicholas	MAN			1646 06 07	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Parnell	George	MAN	Parnell		1659 02 18	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Sarah	George	MAN			1659 08 21	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Sarah	George	MAN	Parnell		1672 09 08	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Sarah	George	MAN	Elizabeth		1689 04 07	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Sarah	William	MAN	Anne		1745 09 15	HICKLING St Luke
Stephen	George	MAN	Mary		1679 06 29	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Stephen	John	MAN	Alice		1683 02 11	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Susanna	Nicholas	MAN	Margaret		1690 12 07	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Tho.	Jno.	MAN	Anne		1722 12 21	HICKLING St Luke
Thomas	George	MAN			1726 04 11	HICKLING St Luke	Pudding Lane
Thomas	John	MAN	Anne		1713 05 31	HICKLING St Luke
Thomas	Stephen	MAN			1647 05 23	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Thomas	Stephen	MAN			1725 05 17	HICKLING St Luke
Thomas	Thos.	MAN	Ann		1757 10 19	HICKLING St Luke
William	George	MAN	Parnell		1658 01 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
William	John	MAN	Alice		1688 10 14	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
William	John	MAN	Anne		1711 03 02	HICKLING St Luke
William	Stephen	MAN	Anne		1718 07 13	HICKLING St Luke
William	William	MAN	Anne		1741 04 19	HICKLING St Luke
William	William	MAN	Elizabeth		1742 09 16	HICKLING St Luke
William	William	MAN	Elizabeth		1746 12 26	HICKLING St Luke
Abigail	Thomas	MANN	Mary		1838 05 13	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Shoemaker
Alice	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1810 08 26	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Ann	George	MANN	Eleanor		1755 11 03	HICKLING St Luke
Ann	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1728 03 31	HICKLING St Luke
Ann	John	MANN	Mary		1757 12 02	HICKLING St Luke
Ann	William	MANN	Abigail		1812 02 15	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Anne	George	MANN	Mary		1735 07 08	HICKLING St Luke
Anne	John	MANN	Mary		1768 07 22	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Anne	Richard	MANN	Mary		1713 09 20	HICKLING St Luke
Anne	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1822 09 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Anne	William	MANN	Anne		1737 03 21	HICKLING St Luke
Daniel	William	MANN	Abigail		1818 09 02	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Shoemaker
Dorothy	William	MANN	Anne		1748 09 19	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	John	MANN	Mary		1698 11 27	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1733 02 18	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	John	MANN	Mary		1756 01 23	HICKLING St Luke
Elizabeth	Richard	MANN	Mary		1841 03 20	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Farmer
Elizabeth	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1838 11 05	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Labourer
Elizabeth	William	MANN	Abigail		1810 10 21	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Emma	John Henry	MANN	Mary Ann		1890 03 16	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Fanny	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1801 06 14	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Fanny	Richard	MANN	Mary		1854 10 31	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Florrie	John Henry	MANN	Mary Ann		1896 11 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
George	George	MANN	Ellen		1759 12 25	HICKLING St Luke
George	John	MANN	Mary		1761 09 16	HICKLING St Luke
George	John	MANN	Mary		1770 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
George	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1809 03 19	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
George	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1813 06 27	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Farmer
George	Thomas	MANN	Ann		1755 08 03	HICKLING St Luke
George	William	MANN	Anne		1734 11 26	HICKLING St Luke
Helen	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1815 11 29	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Butcher
Henry	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1832 06 24	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Jacob	Thomas	MANN	Mary		1838 05 13	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Shoemaker
James	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1829 11 02	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Jemima	Thomas	MANN	Mary		1831 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Lace maker
John		MANN	(Widow)		1731 03 26	HICKLING St Luke	Pudding Lane
John	George	MANN	Mary		1673 05 23	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	George	MANN	Mary		1731 11 13	HICKLING St Luke
John	George	MANN	Mary		1795 02 15	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1735 09 14	HICKLING St Luke
John	John	MANN	Mary		1752 01 27	HICKLING St Luke
John	John	MANN	Mary		1766 04 16	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1804 02 02	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1805 03 10	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	Joshua	MANN	Mary		1712 01 10	HICKLING St Luke
John	Richard	MANN	Mary		1850 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Farmer
John	Richard	MANN	Mary		1860 03 18	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
John	Thomas	MANN	Eliz.		1765 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
John	Thos.	MANN	Anne		1761 01 27	HICKLING St Luke
John	William	MANN	Abigail		1814 06 12	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Shoemaker
John William T.	John Henry	MANN	Mary Ann		1894 08 20	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Joseph	William	MANN	Abigail		1803 05 15	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Joshua	Thomas	MANN	Mary		1831 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Lace maker
Margaret	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1730 02 22	HICKLING St Luke
Margaret	John	MANN	Mary		1759 06 16	HICKLING St Luke
Margaret M.M.	John	MANN	Mary Ann		1892 05 22	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Grazier
Mary	George	MANN	Elizabeth		1674 07 05	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	George	MANN	Ellen		1758 10 23	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	John	MANN	Mary		1750 09 30	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1800 05 11	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary	Joshua	MANN	Margaret		1728 08 04	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	Richard	MANN	Mary		1697 06 20	HICKLING St Luke
Mary	Richard	MANN	Mary		1847 10 30	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Farmer
Mary	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1824 11 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Mary	William	MANN	Abigail		1801 05 17	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Mary Anne	Thomas	MANN	Mary		1831 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Lace maker
Mary Elizabeth	John Henry	MANN	Mary Ann		1886 04 21	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Matilda	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1817 12 09	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Butcher
Matthew	William	MANN	Abigail		1816 10 06	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Shoemaker
Pleasant	Thomas	MANN	Anne		1753 01 20	HICKLING St Luke
Reuben	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1819 11 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Richard	John	MANN	Elizabeth		1807 04 12	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Richard	John Henry	MANN	Mary Ann		1884 01 06	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Richard	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1834 11 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Labourer
Richard	Stephen	MANN	Ann		1728 03 15	HICKLING St Luke
Robert	John	MANN	Mary		1780 05 14	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Samuel	John	MANN	Mary		1777 03 16	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Samuel	Willm.	MANN	Abigail		1805 03 03	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Sarah Annie	John	MANN	Mary Ann		1888 04 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Stephen	Stephen	MANN	Anne		1733 10 22	HICKLING St Luke
Steven	George	MANN	Eleanor		1753 07 16	HICKLING St Luke
Susannah	Richard	MANN	Mary		1860 03 18	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
Thomas	John	MANN	Mary		1765 12 22	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Thomas	John	MANN	Mary		1775 01 22	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Thomas	Thomas	MANN	Anne		1751 12 08	HICKLING St Luke
Thomas	Willm.	MANN	Abigail		1799 05 01	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Vincent	Thomas	MANN	Mary		1832 11 07	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Lace maker
William	John	MANN	Mary		1754 03 27	HICKLING St Luke
William	John	MANN	Mary		1773 02 22	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
William	Richard	MANN	Mary		1844 12 29	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Farmer
William	Samuel	MANN	Sarah		1826 10 30	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier
William	Thomas	MANN	Rebekah		1752 02 11	HICKLING St Luke
William	William	MANN	Mary		1737 01 16	HICKLING St Luke
William	William	MANN	Abigail		1806 08 31	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
William Richard	Richard	MANN	Mary		1870 02 02	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Carrier

Baptisms (by mother’s surname, then child’s Christian name)

Edward			Sarah	MANN	1769 08 13	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling
Thomas Barlow			Mary	MANN	1827 11 04	HICKLING St Luke	Hickling	Single woman

Marriages (by groom’s surname)

Groom’s surname	Groom’s Christian name	Bride’s surname	Bride’s Christian name	Date of marriage	Location
MAN	George	DALLIS	Mary	1658 06 26	HICKLING St Luke
MAN	George	SUTTON	Amy	1702 01 15	HICKLING St Luke
MAN	John	DAFT	Anne	1675 11 13	HICKLING St Luke
MAN	Nicholas	BAYLEY	Margaret	1686 05 08	HICKLING St Luke
MAN	Stephen	COKAINE	Mary	1703 10 26	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	George	COLLISHAW	Mary	1730 09 21	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	John	BARNIT	Mary	1697 07 08	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	John	LEESON	Anne	1698 07 09	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	John	SMYTH	Elizabeth	1699 06 08	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	John	BARLOW	Elizabeth	1785 11 24	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	John Henry	WHITE	Mary Ann	1883 06 11	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	Richard	MUSSEN	Mary	1712 02 05	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	Richard	BLOUNT	Mary	1841 02 14	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	Stephen	WILKINSON	Ann	1776 09 08	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	Stephen	FAWKES	Mary	1799 10 02	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	Thomas	DAFT	Anne	1751 01 16	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	Thomas	TOYNE	Mary	1822 02 18	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	William	KETTLEBORN	Mary	1735 06 29	HICKLING St Luke
MANN	William	MORELEY	Abigail	1798 04 10	HICKLING St Luke

Marriages (Mann family brides)

BARLEY	Robert	MAN	Mary	1723 01 01	HICKLING St Luke
BARNET	John	MAN	Joan	1668 03 24	HICKLING St Luke
BESON	John	MAN	Elizabeth	1655 10 18	HICKLING St Luke
BONSER	William	MAN	Elizabeth	1780 06 19	HICKLING St Luke
BROWN	Henry	MAN	Sarah	1687 02 15	HICKLING St Luke
BROWN	Henry	MAN	Elizabeth	1690 01 21	HICKLING St Luke
COLLISHAW	Edward	MAN	Mary	1726 12 19	HICKLING St Luke
CROSS	Richard	MAN	Alice	1708 01 27	HICKLING St Luke
DAFT	Robert	MAN	Jane	1665 08 03	HICKLING St Luke
DAFT	Robert	MAN	Joan	1669 04 26	HICKLING St Luke
FELSTEADE	William	MAN	Ellioner	1666 11 13	HICKLING St Luke
GIBSON	Gervase	MAN	Elizabeth	1729 06 10	HICKLING St Luke
MOULTON	Charles	MAN	Mary	1702 03 17	HICKLING St Luke
TWELTRIDGE	Henry	MAN	Elizabeth	1718 12 22	HICKLING St Luke
WILFORD	John	MAN	Susannah	1722 04 01	HICKLING St Luke
COLLISHAW	John	MANN	Elizabeth	1773 10 31	HICKLING St Luke
DICKMAN	Robert	MANN	Elizabeth	1772 06 09	HICKLING St Luke
FAWKES	John	MANN	Mary	1757 07 19	HICKLING St Luke
FLEWITT	William	MANN	Mary	1787 09 02	HICKLING St Luke
HICKLING	Thomas	MANN	Alice	1837 07 17	HICKLING St Luke
HIVES	John	MANN	Ann	1794 06 10	HICKLING St Luke
LUDHAM	Charles	MANN	Helen	1842 07 17	HICKLING St Luke
MORRIS	Robert	MANN	Mary	1736 02 02	HICKLING St Luke
PARKES	Robert	MANN	Fanny	1882 05 15	HICKLING St Luke
RIPPIN	Joseph	MANN	Mary	1876 05 22	HICKLING St Luke
ROWBOTHAM	William	MANN	Frances	1828 09 28	HICKLING St Luke
SOMERFIELD	George	MANN	Amy	1709 05 01	HICKLING St Luke
WOODE	William	MANN	Ann	1667 01 21	HICKLING St Luke

Burials (by surname and date)

Christian name	Surname	Date of burial	Age	Place of burial	Abode	Notes
William	MAN	1650 01 14		Hickling		And his wife (unnamed)
William	MAN	1658 02 24		Hickling		Son of George Man junor
Stephen	MAN	1666 11 22		Hickling		Senr.
John	MAN	1669 05 24		Hickling		Junr.
Sarah	MAN	1672 06 02		Hickling		Dau of George junr.
Elizabeth	MAN	1675 05 11		Hickling		Widd.
Anne	MAN	1676 08 25		Hickling		Wife of John
Elizabeth	MAN	1676 08 25		Hickling		Dau of John
George	MAN	1676 10 07		Hickling		Senr. At Long Lane end.
Elizabeth	MAN	1679 06 06		Hickling		Dau of George in Corby Lane
Prudence	MAN	1682 04 30		Hickling		Wife of Nicholas
Mary	MAN	1685 07 14		Hickling		Dau of George & Elizabeth
Catharine	MAN	1685 07 21		Hickling
Elizabeth	MAN	1685 08 17		Hickling		Dau of John & Alice
George	MAN	1685 08 30		Hickling		Junr. In the Close
Anne	MAN	1685 10 15		Hickling		Widd.
Mary	MAN	1687 05 02		Hickling		Dau of John
Nicholas	MAN	1688 06 12		Hickling		Senr.
Alice	MAN	1688 11 26		Hickling		Wife of John
George	MAN	1702 05 09		Hickling		Senr. At long lane end
George	MAN	1707 04 20		Hickling
John	MAN	1712 10 18		Hickling
George	MAN	1716 04 13		Hickling		Died at Melton
Mary	MAN	1718 06 22		Hickling		Wife of George
George	MAN	1718 10 11		Hickling
Thomas	MAN	1719 02 04		Hickling		Son of John & Anne
John	MAN	1719 08 02		Hickling		The Towman
Nicholas	MAN	1720 09 11		Hickling
Anne	MAN	1721 01 06		Hickling		Widw.
Mary	MAN	1721 01 21		Hickling		Single woman
Anne	MAN	1722 06 17		Hickling		Dau of George
Richd.	MAN	1723 06 05		Hickling
Anne	MAN	1723 07 26		Broughton		Wife of George in Pudding Lane
Eliz.	MAN	1724 10 14		Hickling		Widdow
John	MAN	1726 06 16		Hickling		Son of George. Pud. Lane
George	MAN	1737 11 26	Inf	Hickling
Anne	MAN	1742 11 18		Hickling
William	MAN	1743 07 06		Hickling
Elizabeth	MAN	1744 10 12		Hickling
Edward	MAN	1746 08 22		Hickling
Mary	MAN	1749 04 25		Hickling		Widow
William	MAN	1782 07 31		Hickling		Labourer
Jeremiah	MANN	1686 04 08		Hickling
John	MANN	1698 10 30		Hickling		Son of Stephen & Elizabeth
Mary	MANN	1710 04 06		Hickling		Wife of Richard
Parnel	MANN	1710 04 18		Hickling		Wife of George
Nicholas	MANN	1712 01 04		Hickling		Senr.
Margaret	MANN	1729 03 22		Hickling		Dau of Joshua
Stephen	MANN	1729 04 26		Hickling		Tanner
Robert	MANN	1729 12 11		Hickling
John	MANN	1730 05 21		Hickling		Son of George & Mary
George	MANN	1730 11 17		Hickling		Of Pudding Lane
Margaret	MANN	1730 12 17		Hickling		Wife of Joshua
Anne	MANN	1731 07 01		Hickling		Dau of John & Eliz,
Mary	MANN	1734 07 28		Hickling		Widow
Mary	MANN	1735 04 22		Hickling		Dau of Stephen
Anne	MANN	1735 11 19		Hickling		Dau of George
John	MANN	1741 11 09		Hickling
William	MANN	1742 08 31		Hickling
Thomas	MANN	1751 12 13		Hickling
Steven	MANN	1752 04 20		Hickling
Steven	MANN	1752 04 30		Hickling
Ann	MANN	1752 07 02		Hickling
Anne	MANN	1752 07 02		Hickling
John	MANN	1756 04 17		Hickling
Ann	MANN	1758 08 06		Hickling		Dau of John & Mary
Thomas	MANN	1758 08 16		Hickling		Son of Thos.& Anne – carpenter
Anne	MANN	1758 09 17		Hickling		Dau of George & Ellen
Mary	MANN	1758 11 02	Inf.	Hickling		Dau of George & Ellen
William	MANN	1759 02 11		Hickling
Margaret	MANN	1759 08 17	Inf.	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1767 05 07		Hickling		Spinster
Thomas	MANN	1767 12 23	Inf	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1768 11 25		Hickling		Wife of George senr.
George	MANN	1772 11 13		Hickling		Yeoman
Ellen	MANN	1776 04 17		Hickling		Wife of George
Mary	MANN	1779 04 19		Hickling		Wife of Mr.John – yeoman. Mrs. Mary
John	MANN	1780 11 20		Hickling		Farmer
Ann	MANN	1787 04 09		Hickling		Wife of George
George	MANN	1787 07 06	Inf	Hickling
Ann	MANN	1788 03 31		Hickling		Widow. Pauper
John	MANN	1789 11 15		Hickling		Batchr. In ye Hall Yard
George	MANN	1796 04 18		Hickling
Ann	MANN	1798 01 07		Hickling		Wife of Stepn.
John	MANN	1799 12 29		Hickling		Yeoman
William	MANN	1801 05 29		Hickling
John	MANN	1804 02 05	1d	Hickling
George	MANN	1809 05 02	Inf	Hickling
William	MANN	1811 04 29		Hickling		Farmer
Mary	MANN	1814 06 23	69	Hickling	Hickling
Samuel	MANN	1816 02 09	11	Hickling	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1816 05 05	15	Hickling	Hickling
Matthew	MANN	1816 10 20	2m	Hickling	Hickling
John	MANN	1817 04 14	2	Hickling	Hickling
Stephen	MANN	1818 06 19	61	Hickling	Hickling
Daniel	MANN	1818 09 11	10d	Hickling	Hickling
Joshua Toyne	MANN	1825 02 15	2	Hickling	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1825 10 12	81	Hickling	Hickling
George	MANN	1826 09 16	82	Hickling	Wymondham Leics	Gentleman
Abigail	MANN	1828 07 30	52	Hickling	Hickling
William	MANN	1828 11 10	55	Hickling	Nottingham
William	MANN	1829 06 07	Inf	Hickling	Hickling
John	MANN	1830 09 30	79	Hickling	Hickling	Gentn.
Abigail	MANN	1831 03 20	Inf	Hickling	Hickling
George	MANN	1833 06 27	72	Hickling	Nottingham
Mary	MANN	1833 09 11	75	Hickling	Hickling
Elizabeth	MANN	1836 08 17	26	Hickling	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1837 08 30	70	Hickling	Hickling
Thomas	MANN	1839 12 29	43	Hickling	Grimstone
William	MANN	1840 11 12	14	Hickling	Hickling
George	MANN	1842 08 05	73	Hickling	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1843 07 31	83	Hickling	Hickling
Elizabeth	MANN	1847 06 13	90	Hickling	Clawson
Mary	MANN	1850 01 09	5	Hickling	Hickling
Elizabeth	MANN	1851 03 24	73	Hickling	Hickling
John	MANN	1852 01 28	86	Hickling	Hickling
John	MANN	1855 02 15	5	Hickling	Hickling	Scarlet Fever
William	MANN	1859 11 28	17	Hickling		smallpox
Samuel	MANN	1860 11 16	83	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1872 06 23	78	Hickling		asthma
John	MANN	1877 10 24	72	Hickling		bronchitis
John	MANN	1878 06 04	82	Hickling	Bingham
Richard	MANN	1880 03 08	72	Hickling		heart
Sarah Jemima	MANN	1884 04 03	62	Hickling	Nottingham
Mary Ann	MANN	1885 03 04	72	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1888 01 19	87	Hickling	Melton Mowbray
Elizabeth	MANN	1888 09 11	80	Hickling
George	MANN	1892 01 16	77	Hickling
Mary	MANN	1892 12 29	76	Hickling

Hickling Churchyard: surviving Mann family headstones

Mann family Wills (Hickling)

The button (above) links to transcriptions of a number of Mann family Wills from Hickling and neighbouring villages; select ‘M’ then scroll down to ‘Mann’.

In addition, a member of the Hickling local history group has been working on early Mann family Wills; please contact us if you would like further information on Carol’s research:

THE MANN FAMILY OF HICKLING – THE WILLS THEY LEFT

INTRODUCTION

(CB February 2026)

The Mann family of Hickling were prosperous enough to leave Wills, with the earliest dating from when Henry VIII was on the throne and several were made during the reign of Elizabeth 1.

The Mann family, also would have had connections with nearby villages and it is known that an early branch of the family lived in Flintham. Wills of the Mann families of other villages have not been included in the list below.

WILLS DATED IN THE 1500s

• ROBERT MANN 1543
• THOMAS MANN 1563
• HENRY MANN 1585
• JOYCE MANN 1587
• ROBERT MANN 1598

WILLS DATED IN THE 1600s

• WILLIAM MANN 1603
• MARGARET MANN 1604
• GEORGE MANN 1609
• JOHN MANN 1610

WILLS DATED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1700s

• GEORGE MANN 1707
• GEORGE MANN 1716
• ANN MANN 1720
• GEORGE MANN 1731
• ROBERT MANN 1731
• WILLIAM MANN 1759

Protestation Returns; 5^th Day of March 1641 recording all adult males living in the parish of Hickling

Signatories include:

• Stephen Man
• Nicholas Man
• William Man
• George Man

Census Records

(separate households are numbered as they appear in census records with numbering beginning in 1841; households appearing in subsequent census records retain their original number)

(Note: there are two different Mary Mann individuals – both born in 1801 and both appear in successive census records. (1) Mary Mann – married and widowed (2) Mary Mann unmarried farmer’s daughter)

1841 Census:

Household 1 (village of Hickling)

• Richard Mann – Male – 30 – 1811 – Nottinghamshire
• Mary Mann – Female – 20 – 1821 – Nottinghamshire
• Eliza Mann – Female – 0 – 1841 – Nottinghamshire

Household 2 (village of Hickling)

• Elizabeth Mann – Female – 80 – 1761 – Nottinghamshire
• Thomas Barlow – Male – 30 – 1811 – Nottinghamshire
• Mary Freckingham – Female – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire
• John Wild – Male – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire

Household 3 (Hickling)

• Samuel Mann – Male – 60 – 1781 – Nottinghamshire
• Sarah Mann – Female – 45 – 1796 –
• Ellen Mann – Female – 20 – 1821 – Nottinghamshire
• James Mann – Male – 12 – 1829 – Nottinghamshire
• Henry Mann – Male – 10 – 1831 – Nottinghamshire
• Richard Mann – Male – 6 – 1835 – Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Mann – Female – 2 – 1839 – Nottinghamshire

Household 4 (Village of Hickling)

• John Mann – Male – 75 – 1766 – Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Mann – Female – 60 – 1781 – Nottinghamshire
• Mary Mann – Female – 40 – 1801 – Nottinghamshire
• John Mann – Male – 35 – 1806 – Nottinghamshire
• George Mann – Male – 25 – 1816 – Nottinghamshire
• Thomas Barlow – Male – 13 – 1828 – Nottinghamshire
• Elizabeth Rowbottom – Female – 11 – 1830 – Nottinghamshire
• Sarah Hickling – Female – 3 – 1838 – Nottinghamshire
• Esther Wright – Female – 15 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire

Household 5 (Hickling)

• George Mann – Male – 70 – 1771 – Nottinghamshire
• John – Mann – Male – 45 – 1796 – Nottinghamshire

Household 6 (Hickling)

• Joseph Malsby – Male – 65 – 1776 – Nottinghamshire
• Jane Malsby – Female – 45 – 1796 – Nottinghamshire
• William Malsby – Male – 11 – 1830 – Nottinghamshire
• Harriett Malsby – Female – 7 – 1834 – Nottinghamshire
• Sarah Malsby – Female – 3 – 1838 – Nottinghamshire
• Mary Mann – Female – 80 – 1761 – Nottinghamshire

1851 Census

Household 1 (Hickling)

• Richard Mann – Head – Married – Male – 44 – 1807 – Cottager – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 34 – 1817 – Wife – Harby, Leics
• Anne Mann – Daur – Female – 13 – 1838 – Hickling
• Eliza Mann – Daur – Female – 11 – 1840 – Hickling
• William Mann – Son – Male – 7 – 1844 – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Daur – Female – 4 – 1847 – Hickling
• John Mann – Son – Male  – Hickling

Household 3 (Hickling)

• Samuel Mann – Head – Married – Male – 74 – 1777 – Cottager – Hickling
• Sarah Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 58 – 1793 – Redmile, Leics
• Eliza Mann – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 12 – 1839 – Hickling

Household 4 (Hickling)

• John Mann – Head – W – Male – 84 – 1767 – Farmer – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 50 – 1801 – Housekeeper – Hickling
• Frances Rowbotham – Daughter – Married – Female – 49 – 1802 – Hickling
• George Mann – Son – Unmarried – Male – 37 – 1814 – Hickling
• Thomas Barlow – Grandson – Unmarried – Male – 23 – 1828 – Joiner – Hickling
• Sarah Hickling – Granddaughter – Unmarried – Female – 13 – 1838 – Hickling
• William Faulkes – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 23 – 1828 – Labour servant – Hickling
• Maria Poole – House servant – Unmarried – Female – 16 – 1835 – House servant – Hickling
• George Rowbotham – Grandson – Male – 9 – 1842 – Scholar – Leics
• John Rowbotham – Grandson – Male – 6 – 1845 – Scholar – Waltham, Leics

Household 7 (Hickling)

• Mary Mann – Head – W – Female – 50 – 1801 – School mistress – Nottingham
• Abigail Mann – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 12 – 1839 – Scholar – Hickling

Household 8 (Hickling) – 1841 household 4?

• John Mann – Head – Married – Male – 46 – 1805 – Grazier – Hickling
• Elizabeth Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 43 – 1808 – Broughton, Notts

Household 9 (Hickling) – Jacob doesn’t seem to appear in 1841 but is born in Hickling

• John Shipman – Head – Married – Male – 47 – 1804 – Farmer – 110acres employing 3 labourers – Hickling
• Hannah Shipman – Wife – Married – Female – 46 – 1805 – Mansfield, Notts
• William Shipman – Son – Unmarried – Male – 26 – 1825 – Boatman – Mansfield, Notts
• John Shipman – Son – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1834 – Plumber – Hickling
• Charles Shipman – Son – Male – 9 – 1842 – Hickling
• Henry Shipman – Son – Male – 6 – 1845 – Hickling
• Harriett Shipman – Daughter – Female – 20 – 1831 – Hickling
• Mary Shipman – Daughter – Female – 12 – 1839 – Scholar – Hickling
• Benjamin Stevenson – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 27 – 1824 – Boatmann – Barkston,  Leics
• Samuel Skinner – Boatman – Unmarried – Male – 20 – 1831 – Boatmann – Colston Bassett
• Thomas Burkett – Boatman – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1834 –  Boatmann – Lenton, Notts
• Jacob Mann – Servant – Unmarried – Male – 17 – 1834 – Servant – Hickling

Household 10 (Hickling) – John Mann, household 5, 1841?

• Storer Beaumont – Head – Married – Male – 26 – 1825 – Baker – Asfordby, Leics
• Martha Beaumont – Wife – Married – Female – 24 – 1827 – Farnborough, Warks
• Sariah Hanwell – Married – Female – 55 – 1796 – Gardeners wife – Northamptonshire
• John Mann – Lodger – Unmarried – Male – 56 – 1795 – Drover & butcher – Hickling, Northamptonshire
• (note; John Mann should read ‘Nottinghamshire’ – does this affect Sariah Hanwell record?)

1861 Census.

Household 1 (Hickling Village)

• Richard Mann – Head – Married – Male – 52 – 1809 – Carrier – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 43 – 1818 – Ratby, Leics
• Mary Mann – Daughter – Female – 14 – 1847 – Scholar – Hickling
• Frances Mann – Daughter – Female – 10 – 1851 – Scholar – Hickling
• John Mann – Son – Male – 5 – 1856 – Scholar – Hickling
• Susannah Mann – Daughter – Female – 3 – 1858 – Hickling

Household 3 (Hickling Village)

• Sarah Mann – Head – Widow – Female – 66 – 1795 – Redmile, Leics
• Henry Stephenson – Boarder – Unmarried – Male – 24 – 1837 – Police constable – Bramcote, Notts

Household 7 (Hickling Village)

• Mary Mann – Head – W – Female – 66 – 1795 – School mistress – Nottingham
• Note: in census 1851 Mary Mann’s age is given as 50 – likely to be the same individual but records need checking.

Household 8 (Hickling Village)

• John Mann – Head – Married – Male – 55 – 1806 – Grazier – Hickling
• Elizabeth Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 53 – 1808 – Broughton, Notts

Household 11 (Hickling Village) John Mann, household 5, 1841 and household 10 in 1851?

• Sarah Shaw – Head – Widow – Female – 50 – 1811 – Tambourer – Dalby, Leics
• Mary Ann Shaw – Daughter – Unmarried – Female – 26 – 1835 – Tambourer – Woodhouse Eaves, Leics
• Elizabeth Shaw – Granddaughter – Female – 4 – 1857 – Scholar – Hickling
• John Mann – Lodger – Unmarried – Male – 66 – 1795 – Butcher – Hickling

1871 Census.

Household 1 (Burnetts Yard, Hickling)

• Richard Mann – Head – Male – 63 – 1808 – Carrier – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Wife – Female – 54 – 1817 – Wife – Harby, Leics
• Eliza Mann – Daughter – Female – 30 – 1841 – Tambourer – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Daughter – Female – 24 – 1847 – Tambourer – Hickling
• Fanny Mann – Daughter – Female – 18 – 1853 – Tambourer – Hickling
• John Mann – Son – Male – 15 – 1856 – Scholar – Hickling
• Susanna Mann – Daughter – Female – 13 – 1858 – Scholar – Hickling
• William Rd Mann – Son – Male – 9 – 1862 – Scholar – Hickling

Household 4 (Hickling)

• Mary Mann – female – head – 70 – 1801 – farmer’s daughter – Hickling

Household 7 (Hickling)

• Mary Mann – Head – Female – 76 – 1795 – School mistress – Nottinghamshire
• Jemima Mann – Daughter – Female – 45 – 1826 – Nottinghamshire
• Jacob Mann – Son – Male – 36 – 1835 – Farm servant – Hickling
• Jacob Mann – Grandson – Male – 8 – 1863 – Scholar – Woodthorpe, Notts
• Emma Mann – Granddaughter – Female – 6 – 1865 – Scholar – Woodthorpe, Notts
• Vincent Mann – Grandson – Male – 4 – 1867 – Scholar – Woodthorpe, Notts

Household 8 (Hickling)

• John Mann – Head – Male – 65 – 1806 – Grazier – Hickling
• Elizabeth Mann – Wife – Female – 63 – 1808 – Wife – Broughton, Notts

Household 12 (Smithfield Lane)

• Elizabeth Gilding – Head – Female – 66 – 1805 – Lodging house keeper – Mather, Leics
• John Mann – Lodger – Male – 77 – 1794 – Butcher – Hickling
• Mary Hand – Niece – Female – 21 – 1850 – Servant – Mathern, Leics
• John Caunt – Lodger – Male – 47 – 1824 – Labourer – Hickling

1881 Census

Household 1 (Hickling)

• Mary Mann – Head – Widow – Female – 63 – 1818 – Harby, Leics
• Frances Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 29 – 1852 – Worker on lace – Hickling
• John Mann – Son – Single – Male – 24 – 1857 – Carrier – Hickling
• Susannah Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 23 – 1858 – Hickling

Household 4 (Hickling)

• Abigail Hives – Head – Widow – Female – 93 – 1788 – Retired – Hickling
• Mary Mann – Servant – Single – Female – 80 – 1801 – Servant – Hickling

Household 7 (Hickling)

• Jacob Mann – head – single – male – 45 – 1836 – domestic gardener & labourer – Hickling

1891 Census

Household 1 (Main Street, Hickling)

• Mary Mann – Head – Widow – Female – 74 – 1817 – Harby, Leics
• William Mann – Son – Single – Male – 29 – 1862 – Grazier – Hickling
• Susannah Shelton – Daughter – Widow – Female – 32 – 1859 – Hickling
• Cecil Shelton – Grandson – Single – Male – 7 – 1884 – Hickling
• Mary E Shelton – Granddaughter – Single – Female – 3 – 1888 – Hickling
• William Rippin – Servant – Single – Male – 16 – 1875 – Farm servant – Hickling

Household 4? (Front Street, Hickling)

• George Mann – Head – Married – Male – 77 – 1814 – Retired farmer – Hickling
• Mary Sampson – Servant – Single – Female – 62 – 1829 – Housekeeper – Bulwell, Notts

Household 7 (Main St. Hickling)

• Jacob Mann – head – single – male – 53 – 1838 – domestic gardener & seedsman – Hickling

Household 13 (Smithfield Lane, Hickling) – see household 1

• John Mann – Head – Married – Male – 35 – 1856 – Grazier and carrier – Hickling
• Mary A  Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 34 – 1857 – Frisby, Leics
• Richard Mann – Son – Single – Male – 7 – 1884 – Scholar – Hickling
• Mary E Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 5 – 1886 – Scholar – Hickling
• Sarah A Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 3 – 1888 – Hickling
• Emma Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 1 – 1890 – Hickling
• Albert A Gray – Servant – Single – Male – 13 – 1878 – General servant – Hose, Leics

1901 Census

Household 1 (Hickling Village)

• William Mann – Head – Single – Male – 37 – 1864 – Grazier – Hickling
• Susannah – Shelton – Sister – Widow – Female – 41 – 1860 – Hickling
• Cecil Shelton – Nephew – Single – Male – 17 – 1884 – Hickling
• Mary E Shelton – Niece – Single – Female – 14 – 1887 – Hickling
• John Parnham – Servant – Single – Male – 22 – 1879 – Carter & cowman on farm – Kinoulton, Notts

Household 7 (Hickling Village)

• Jacob Mann – head – single – male – 66 – 1835 – ordinary labourer on farm – Hickling

Household 13 (Hickling Village, The Pastures)

• John H Mann – Head – Married – Male – 43 – 1858 – Carrier and grazier – Nottinghamshire
• Mary A Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 41 – 1860 – Leicestershire
• Richard Mann – Son – Single – Male – 17 – 1884 – Hickling
• Emma Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 11 – 1890 – Hickling
• Margaret Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 8 – 1893 – Hickling
• John W T Mann – Son – Single – Male – 6 – 1895 – Hickling
• Florrie Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 4 – 1897 – Hickling

1911 Census

Household 13 (Hickling Pastures)

• John H Mann – Head – Married – Male – 54 – 1857 – Grazier – Hickling
• M Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 52 – 1859 – Frisby on Wreake, Leics
• Florence Mann – Daughter – Single – Female – 14 – 1897 – Home duties – Hickling
• John William Mann – Son – Single – Male – 16 – 1895 – Baker – Hickling

Household 14 (Hickling Village)

• Richard Mann – Head – Married – Male – 27 – 1884 – Grazier – Hickling
• Florence Mann – Wife – Married – Female – 29 – 1882 – Leicester
• Violet Kathleen Mann – Daughter – Female – 0 – 1911 – Hickling

Household 15 (The Rectory, Main St, Hickling)

• Francis James Ashmall – Head – Married – Male – 54 – 1857 – Clergyman established church – Staffordshire Hammerwick
• Anne Mary Ashmall – Wife – Married – Female – 48 – 1863 – Lancashire Waterloo
• Christine King – Adopted dtr – Single – Female – 19 – 1892 – Somerset Bridgwater
• Alfreda King – Adopted dtr – Female – 4 – 1907 – Somerset North Henton
• Cecil Aubrey White – Adopted son – Male – 9 – 1902 – Middlesex Ashford
• Sarah Annie Mann – Servant – Single – Female – 25 – 1886 – Domestic servant- cook – Hickling (see household 13)
• Sarah Elizabeth Jackson – Servant – Single – Female – 23 – 1888 – Domestic servant- house parlour maid – Leicestershire Harston

1921 Census

Household 13 (Melton [rd] Hickling Pastures)

• John Henry Mann – Head – Male – 1855 – 65 – Hickling – Grazier (Retired)
• Mary Ann Mann – Wife – Female – 1858 – 63 – Frisby, Leics – Home Duties
• Florrie Mann – Daughter – Female – 1896 – 24 – Hickling – Dairy Maid – Henry Thompson & Son
• Violet Kathleen Mann – Granddaughter – Female –  both parents alive – 1910 – 10 – Hickling (see household 14)

Household 15 (The Rectory, Main St, Hickling)

• (Head of household, Canon Ashmall – as 1911)
• Sarah Annie Mann – Servant – Female – 1887 – 34 – Nottinghamshire – Cook – F J Ashnall (see household 13)

1939 Register

• No Mann family members listed in Hickling.
• Sarah Annie Mann (household 15) is listed at Normanton House, Normanton-on-the-Wolds, near Keyworth (paid domestic duties in the household of Thomas Henderson, ophthalmic surgeon).
• Florence Mann (household 13) is listed at Stragglethorpe Cottages Bingham Road, Hollygate, Cotgrave (unpaid domestic duties: in a household with Alice Sheldon (unpaid domestic duties) and Florence Wilson (housekeeper))

Newspaper Articles

(see also Wadkin Archive newspaper cuttings, below)

Nottingham Review 12^th June 1846: Accidental death by drowning, at Hickling. On Sunday last, at the house of Mr John Mann, the sign of the Wheat Sheaf, Hickling, before the same coroner on view of the body of Joseph Davies. Robt Morris, of Hickling aforesaid, labourer, being sworn, said,- On Friday afternoon last, the 5^th instant, about four o’clock, I was coming from Mr Clarke’s, farmer, with his horse and cart, for a barrel of beer, and when I got to the Smite Bridge, near the town, I saw some boys clothes lying upon the bridge, and a pair of boots, and I moved the boots to let my horse and cart to pass without going over them. I looked into the water, and saw a cap floating upon the top, over a hole close to the bridge, about ten feet deep. The water was quite still and calm, and I looked round and under the bridge, but could see nothing of any boy, and I then forwards to Mrs Hives public-house, and told her that I had found some boy’s clothes on the bridge, but could see no boy bathing. I then went into the stable and got a long flag-pole, and a person named John Gilding got a drag, and we and others went in search of the boy, and to drag for him. I went on one side of the hole, and Gilding on the other side, and at the second drag, Guilding brought the body of the deceased up, and he was got out of the water. He was quite dead and cold. I had got my horse and cart with me, and we put the deceased and his clothes into it, and I knew him directly to be Joseph Davies. We brought his body home to his father’s house, and carried him in, and laid him upon a bed. It was about half an hour after I saw the clothes upon the bridge before we found the body. I cannot say how long he had been in the water. He is the son of John Davies, labourer, of Hickling, and was ten years old on the day he was drowned. The boy had been sent to turn a pony into a field to graze, and no doubt while bathing got into a hole, made in the river by the flood. Verdict – Found drowned in the river Site, in the parish of Kinoulton, but how he got into the water no evidence appears to prove.

Nottinghamshire Guardian 29^th January 1852: ALL PERSONS having any Claims or Demands against the Estate of JOHN MANN, late of Hickling, in the County of Nottingham, farmer and Victualler, deceased, are requested to send the particulars thereof to my Offices; and all Persons who stood indebted to the said John Mann, at the time of his decease, are requested to pay the amount to me without delay. (By Order of the Executors) H. BRUCE CAMPBELL, Solicitor, Nottingham, January 29^th, 1852.

Nottingham Journal 12^th March 1852: Sale at Hickling Nottinghamshire – to be sold by Auction, by Messrs Burton and Clark, on Monday, the 15^th day of March, 1852 upon the premises of the late Mr John Mann at Hickling, in the county of Nottinghamshire. The following valuable LIVESTOCK of IMPLEMENTS of HUSBANDRY and other Effects; comprising 11 in lamb ewes and 11 lamb hogs; 4 dairy cows, in full profit; one in-calf ditto, near profit; 2 three-year old heifers, 6 two-year old ditto and steers, 4 yearling sturks, and 3 rearing calves; an in-foal mare, a brown draught ditto, a three year old chestnut ditto, good grey pony, a chestnut filly (rising two years old), grey hackney mare (rising five years old), and two fat pigs; a narrow-wheel waggon, 6-inch cart, light market cart and harness, ploughs, harrows, a drag, corn fan, cutting knives, corn sieves, ditto strike, ditto screen, corn sacks, sheep and pig troughs, forks, rakes, tackle for six horses, saddle and bridle, side saddle, malt querns, wheelbarrows, cart wheels, and other implements; quantity of old iron etc. Also, part of TWO STACKS of well-got HAY, which may be taken off the land. The HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c., comprises bedsteads and hangings, feather and flock beds, bolsters, and pillows; oak press, mattresses, blankets, oak bureau, painted set of drawers, carpets, hearth rug, night commode, house and chamber chairs, oak chests, dressing tables, wash stands and services, oak set of drawers, chimney and dressing glasses, fenders, fire irons, ashes pans; oak dining, tea stand, and dressing tables; clock and case, knives and forks, tea trays and waiters, tea caddy, plated cup, glass, two sets of tea china and earthenware, set of castors, pair of steel-yards, brass and iron candlesticks, six Windsor stools, pair of copper scales, warming pan, four spittoons, two sets of of window curtains; belmetal, brass, copper, and iron pots; pewter measures, barrel and hand churns, milk [leads] cheese vats and hoops, cheese hastener, butter bowl, cheese tub and press, ditto hoops, milk churns and pad, four tin buckets, and other dairy articles; two brewing coppers and furnaces, bread tub, hand and clothes baskets, oven tools, several sweet and convenient-sized barrels, wash trays, barm tub, pipe horse, wood bottles, brass taps, several brewing tubs and vessels, rain water tub, nine cheeses, three sacks of peas, besoms, fish net. This sale to commence in the Home Close, at Eleven o’Clock, and proceed with the Furniture, &c., immediately afterwards.

Miscellaneous sources and references (chronological order)

(see also; Wadkin Archive book transcriptions, below)

UK Register of Duties paid for apprentices indentures 1710-1811: April 18^th 1713 Master’s name Mich Mann of Hickling in Notts a framewright. Apprentice Edwd son of Robert Collishaw of Hickling afore 3^rd March 1713.

31^st October 1811 Exchequer of Prerogative Court of York: William Mann of Hickling in the County of Nottingham – yeoman. Mary Mann of Hickling aforesaid widow his relict the sole executrix. Debts to be paid by executrix. To Mary Mann wife all his messuages or tent’ closes heredits real estate with the appurts in Hickling and or elsewhere during her life at her death he gives same to John Mann nephew [his this ysigns] for ever subject as following to wit John Bonsor & William Bonsor nephews £100 a piece 6 months after the death of his wife and he gives to her Mary Mann wife all his ready [… … … …] goods chattels [… … … …] subject as follows to wit Thomas Bonsor nephew, Mary Bonsor, Elizabeth Bonsor and Mary Hewitt nieces £100 a piece to be paid immediately on the marriage of his wife or 6 months after her death. (original document held at the National Archives)

Notes relating to James Mann and the Charge of the Light Brigade (MJ): James Mann returned to Hickling two years later and appreciation was shown to him with a dinner at the Plough and he was presented with a silver watch value £3 and the engraving ‘Presented by the inhabitants of Hickling to James Mann, one of the few survivors of the 17^th Lancers at the late Balaklava Charge”. He had been a soldier from 1848 and continued so until 1862, also serving in the Indian Mutiny. He got various casual jobs on his return but was then unable to find work and so in 1884 he landed up in the Bingham Workhouse although able and willing to work and wishing to look after horses. Not found out what happened to him after that, although in 1871 I found him in Rotherham working as a bricklayer’s labourer.

John WT Mann – WWI: John Mann was born and brought up in Hickling and Hickling Pastures; he is named on the Hickling Roll of Honour for WWI and was the recipient of a DCM in 1916. Click here.

From the Wadkin Archives

Book Transcriptions:

Scrapbook of Hickling.

(p.13): Inventory of Nicholas Mann. A true and perfect inventory of all the goods and cattle and chattells of Nicholas Mann of Hickling in the County of Nottingham yeoman appraised by us July the 16th 1688 John Smith William Wilson his mark. Imprimis his purse and apparell £2 s0 d0 Debts good and bad £20 s0 d0

(pp16-18) Will and inventory – Robert Mann [sic] In the Name of God Amen. The fifth day of September in the Year of our Lord 1728. I Robert Mann of Hickling in the County of Nottingham Currier being very sick and weak of Body but of sound and perfect Mind and Memory, Praise be given to Almighty God therefore, do make and constitute this my present last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First and principally, I commend my Soul into the Hands of Almi ghty God , hoping thro’ the Merits, Death and Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full and free Pardon and Forgiveness of all my Sins, and to inherit everlasting Life and my Body I commit to the Earth, to be decently buryed at the Discretion of my Executors here after named and as touching the Disposition of all such Temporal Estate as it has pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth. First, I Will That my Debts and Funeral Charges shall be payed and discharged. Item I give unto my Nephew Stephen Man Yeoman One Oxgang of Land commonly called by the Name of Buttlers Lane, to him and his Heirs forever. Item I give unto Richard Cross of Broughton Sullney One Oxgang of Land called by the Name of Pepper to him and his heirs forever. Item According to my Will, I require Stephen Man aforesaid and Rich. Cross afores. to pay unto my Nephew William Man the Sum of five pounds each, a Year after my decease. Item I give to my Nephew William Man, one third part of an Oxgang of Land, bought of One Fillingham to him and his Heirs forever. Item I give unto John Man Senr. at the Brigg ten pounds which he has now in his own Hands. Item I give to the Daughter of Sarah Brown of Long Claxton which shall be alive at my Decease, four pounds each to be payd them a Year after my Interrment. Item I give unto Elizabeth Browns two Daughters of Hickling four pounds a piece to be payd them a Year after my Decease. Item I give unto Stephen Man of Waltham forty Shillings to be payd a Year after my Intermt. Item I give unto John Farr that now lives at or near Gainsborough forty shillings to be payd him a year after my decease. Item I give unto the poor of Hickling the Sum of Five Pounds now lying in the Hands of George Daft eldest Son of late Richard Daft of the Dove Coat and the Interest thereof to be payd yearly amongst them at the Discretion of my Executors forever. Item I give to the School of Hickling the Sum of Five pounds being now in the Hands of Widow Hopkinson Relick of John Hopkinson late deceas’d and the Interest thereof to be payd Yearly to the Schoolmaster forever. Item I do make, constitute and ordain my Nephew Stephen Man and my Nephew William Man to be my Sole Executors to pay and discharge the several Sum or Sums above mentioned and I do hereby revoke, disannul and make void all former Wills and Testaments by me heretofore made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.

Inventory of Robert Mann: A true and perfect inventory of all the goods and chattells of and belonging unto Robert Mann, Batcholour of Hickling Appraised by us Aug15th 1730. Purse and apparel £23 s0 d0 Bed and cloths and furniture in his Room or Chamber £10 s0 d0 Total £33 s0 d0

Will and inventory – Stephen Mann: [sic] In the Name of God amen: April 19th 1729: I Stephen Mann of Hickling in the County of Nottingham tanner Being of perfect Mind and Memory blessed by god for it do: Make and ordain this My Last will and testament in Manner and form: following first I give and bequeath My Sole unto the hand of almighty God My Creator hoping through the Mercies of Jesue Christ My Redeemer to be saved and my Body to be: Decently buryed in Hickling Churchyard at the discreation of My Executors here after mentioned: and as for my worldly Estate which god hath been pleased to bestow upon me: I give and bequeath in manner and form following: Impr. I give unto my Loving Brother John Mann of Hickling all those houses: Lying and being in the Narrow Marsh In Nottingham with all the appurtancies: there unto belonging now in the tenner and occupation of Robert Hardy and John Leak and Ann Peire Thomas Dunn: to Enter upon emediatly after my decease to him and his heirs forever: Itm I give to Mr Deer and Loving wife Mary: the interest of Eight Score pounds being now In the hands of widow Cock Late the wife of James Cock of Darby tanner to be paid to her every half year during her Natural Life . And as for the princepall: sume of the above Eight score pounds I give and bequeath to my Deer and Loving Brother John Mann of Hickling whom I make Sole Executor of all my goods cattle and chattell: of this my Last will and testament revoking all other will heretofore main by my mee: In witness thereof  I hereunto put my hand and seal the day and year first above written. Signed sealed published and declared in the presence of us: John Collishaw Mary Cettlebone her mark Robert Morris Stephen Mann

Inventory of Stephen Mann April 30th 1729. An Inventory of the Goods and Chattell of Stephen Mann late deceis – praised by whose Names are here subscribed. His purse and apparill £1 s1 d2 In the house one bedstead and bedding £8 s8 d1 7 chears one chest one table one cubard one stool £0 s19 d6 In the chichen 2 pans £0 s7 d6 One wheel one peel £0 s2 d6 One tosing forke and pestel and tongs and frying pan £0 s2 d0 One sospan and 6 trenchers £0 s2 d0 One flagan one table kichen ware £0 s3 d6 In the chamber bedstead and bedding £0 s8 d0 2 towles £0 s1 d0 Coles £0 s4 d6 Wooll and hopeful dets £160 s2 d10 Things seen and unseen £0 s1 d4 Summa totlis £166 s8 d11 John Daft Paul Hanley

(p35) August 1907 Scholars attending the Church Sunday School had a most enjoyable excursion to Belvoir Castle. They assembled at 11 a.m. at Clawson Lane where conveyances awaited them. The conveyances were generously provided for the journey by Messrs. H.Edgson, Geo. Collishaw , James Collishaw, Geo. Faulks , John and Wm. Mann and T.G. Wiles. The home journey commenced at 7pm and after a ride through the woods arrived home at 9.15pm

(p.46) Carriers ln 1885 were John and William Mann who travelled to Melton on Tuesdays and Nottingham on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The carrier had a horse and cart and would take potatoes, fruit, eggs and poultry or anything people wished to have taken into town. The carriers wife would fetch any shopping or change goods as needed. In later years the carrier had a small lorry.

(p.51) Transport: During the 1800’s goods were transported by a carrier on certain days each week, these were as follows:- 1832  Richard Copley to Nottingham on Saturdays leaving at 4 a.m and to Melton Mowbray on Tuesdays leaving at 7 a.m. 1841 Richard Copley, Nottingham 4 a.m. on Saturdays and Melton 7 a.m. on Tuesdays, Jn Marsh to Nottingham on a Saturday at 6 am 1864. Richard Copley to Nottingham on Saturdays and Melton on Tuesdays, Richard Mann to Nottingham on a Wednesday and Saturday. 1894.. John and William Mann to Nottingham on a Wednesday and Saturday. Hollingworth’s business in cattle transport started in the late 1920’s by Mr. E. Hollingworth with his motor-bike and sidecar . On market days he would collect from the farmer either one calf or one sow in his sidecar and take it to Melton then return to collect the piglets. Transport during the 1920’s was mainly by train, to Nottingham from Widmerpool station and Melton from Upper Broughton. To reach the station people walked, cycled or were given a lift by horse and cart or milk float when taking the churns to the station. The first bus was Barnetts from Widmerpool which called through the villages on a Tuesday. Seating was the length of the bus and held 14 passengers who usually had to alight to push the vehicle up the hills. Mr. Malcolm King from Long Clawson ran the first regular service from Melton to Nottingham twice weekly then each week-day (not Sundays). Barton’s eventually bought the business from Mr. King. A weekly workman’s ticket was issued by Barton’s in the latter part of the 1940’s but only on the 7.40 a.m. to Nottingham, this was discontinued at the end of 1950 and replaced by a daily workman’s return ticket at 1/8d, ordinary fare during the day 2/-.

(p.62) March 1907 The Rector (The Rev. F. J. Ashmall) presided and the following persons were duly elected to form the Parish Council. Messrs. Geo. H. Collishaw, Jas. W. Collishaw, Chas. Dickman, John Dickman, Thos Drake, Wm Mann and Jos. Parr Mr G. H. Collishaw was re-elected District Councillor.

Maggie’s Memories

(p.57) CARRIERS I do not remember Mr. J. Mann when he was a carrier with horse and cart to Nottingham, but I remember Mr. Mann when he retired and lived with his family in the ‘Parsons Cottage’ next to the Churchyard, this cottage was always in danger of being flooded when heavy rains occurred, and many times I can recall when furniture was taken upstairs. When I was at school the Wiles family lived their Tom, Fred, Dorothy and Madge and Addie and Eva born at their present house, and the Parsons Cottage then had a thatched roof. Mr. Malcolm King of Long Clawson was carrier to Nottingham for many years, but much later than Mr. Mann’s time, he had a lorry and his daughter Annie helped him, he came through Hick1ing each Thursday and would take anything in to town, furniture, sacks of potatoes, fruit and would deliver anywhere in town, on Saturday mornings he collected eggs from farmers and other poultry keepers, pack them in egg boxes and sell them to shops in Nottingham Annie did any shopping, such as pills and potions, and medicine from the Chemist, a reel of matching cotton, etc. and change dresses or blouses that were not the correct size. And anyone going either to or from town on holiday their suitcase would be most certain in ‘King Lorry’ after Annie married, Mr. King had an assistant Ernest Tinsley and he gradually took over the business until it finally finished. Mr. Bernard Gardner of Kinoulton was also a carrier but after Mr. King had finished, he took calves etc in his open lorry to Melton Market each Tuesday, and would take or collect anything anytime, he retired several years ago.

(p.92) Mr & Mrs Mann Was carrier for a number of years. I remember them living in Church Cottage. Mr Mann suffered with arthritis very badly in later years, his wife a spotlessly clean woman took in washing. They had Billy, lived in the North and received decoration in the 1914-18 War. Dick a tram driver in Nottm. until retiring to Kinoulton, ‘Maggie Minnie May Mann’ married and lived away. Sarah a Maid at the Rectory in Canon Ashmalls time, never married, and Florence also a Maid at the Rectory, she married and lived away. Mr Mann’s sisters were Mrs Susanna Shelton. Mrs Robert Parkes I remember on several occasions the Mann family moving their furniture upstairs because of floods at Church Cottage. There are not any ‘Manns’ left in the district. Were members of the Parish Church.

This gallery is from the Wadkin Archives