Thomley Map 1885

Life History

1748	Born in Ickford, Buckinghamshire
19th Feb 1748	Baptised in Ickford, Buckinghamshire
26th Sep 1771	Married Elizabeth WRIGHT in Worminghall, Buckinghamshire by licence
1772	Birth of daughter Mary RIPPINGTON in Holton, Oxfordshire
1773	Birth of son John RIPPINGTON in Holton, Oxfordshire
1775	Birth of son Henry RIPPINGTON in Holton, Oxfordshire
1776	Birth of son Richard Tipping RIPPINGTON in Holton, Oxfordshire
1778	Birth of son William Thomas RIPPINGTON in Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire
1778	Death of son William Thomas RIPPINGTON in Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire
1779	Birth of son Thomas RIPPINGTON in Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire
1781	Birth of son George RIPPINGTON in Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire
1782	Birth of son Jeremiah RIPPINGTON in Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxfordshire
1813	Died in Brentford, Middlesex, London
9th Sep 1813	Buried in St. Mary the Virgin, Waterperry, Oxfordshire

Notes

• For the latter part of his life John lived at Thomley Hall in Waterperry which was leased from Henry Horn. This is shown in the 1790 Land Tax Assessment which was assessed by his cousin Thomas Rippington who was also living in Waterperry.  It is possible that earlier members of the family had also lived at Thomley Hall.
  In a book dated 1813 there is a report on the local agriculture which has the following text and which probably relates to John:-
  "At Thumley, near Waterperry, Mr Rippington keeps both long and short horned (presumably cattle). The latter give most milk, and improve most in value, but they are tenderer than the long-horned, which suit better on cold land.  All are applied to making butter for London; the average produce may be reckoned 6lb. per week in summer.  All are kept on hay in winter; but if dry early, some are on straw, not many, nor for a long time.  If any straw be eaten, 50cwt. of hay will winter one; the summer food about two acres.  He has, or knows a piece of 64 acres, which feeds 20 cows, besides sheep in couple; the cross South Down and Wiltshire, very few Leicesters."
  He died at Brentford and was brought back to Waterperry to be buried.
  His farming stock and implements, together with some personal effects had been auctioned in September 1812 and it is presumed therefore that he then went to stay with his son Richard, who live in Brentford at the time.
• UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798
  Proprietor: Edwd Horne Esquire
  Tenant: John Rippington
  Residence: Waterperry, Oxford, England
  Year: 1798
  Volume: 1
• Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts
  St. Mary the Virgin Church, Waterperry
  Burials
  September 9, 1813
  Rippington John 66 of Brentford, late Thumley

Sources

• 1. Waterperry Land Tax Assessment 1790. Oxfordshire County Record Office ref QSD/S/296
• 2. General View of the Agriculture of Oxfordshire (1813). A report of the work drawn up for the consideration of the board of Agriculture and internal improvement.
• 3. Jacksons Oxford Journal