Banton, Edward/Ned (Tenant)
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Description
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Tenant of Sir Samuel in Wombourne.
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Dates
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1733-1791
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Biography
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Edward (Ned) Banton was a tenant who leased part of Sir Samuel's land in Wombourne. He was baptized 28th December 1733 and married Esther Cartwright on 1st June 1774. Esther died in 1782, and Ned died in 1791. He was a church warden for Wombourne Parish Church. According to Stebbing Shaw, Over the South door of the church, on the outside was marked 'The Rev. Joseph Honeyborn, vicar, Edward Banton, John York, churchwardens, 1760'.
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St Benedict Biscop Church, Wombourne, Staffordshire