the curate's line

                                           Crick, Northamptonshire. 1577-1700

Richard Garrett is listed in the 1620 Court Rolls (1), as is his son John Garrett, but on a plea partion to St Johns Collage in 1620 only John signs as a freeholder.
(see photograph of his signature on this document)

There is no more mention of a Richard until an entry in the Quit Rents and payments for Crick in 1631 (2); this Richard is most likely the son of John (b 1577).
So did Richard die either in 1620/21 or shortly after?
There’s no record of his death in the parish registers but being of a good age had he gone to live with a married daughter or a son and died in their parish?

1. SJC MUN V11-84

2. SJC MUN V11-55

Signature of John Garrett, born 1577, on 1620 plea partion to St Johns Collage, Oxford.

Musters, Beacons, & Subsidies

Trained Bandes in the Hundred of Guilsboroughe. (Date about 1613)

Cricke: (Richard) Gerrat.

The names of such men as are marked to be ymployed uppon aney occasions in the hundred of Guilsboroughe.

Cricke: [Richard] Garrett, junior

The above two are most likely Richard born 1590,usual age was 18-45. All as written.

In the Subsidy, 42 Elizabeth  (42nd regnal year, 17th Nov 1599-16th Nov 1600)

Richard Garret: gdes iiij li. x s. viij d  ( He was one of the top two payers in Crick)

In the Subsidy 44 Elizabeth  (44th regnal year, 17th Nov 1601-16th Nov 1602)

Richard Garrett: gdes iiij li.x s. viij d  (He was one of the top three payers in Crick)

Musters, Beacons, Subsidies, Etc in the County of Northampton. A.D. 1586-1623. Vol III.          Pages 66,106,147,149, Northampton Record Society Publications.

A small fact in John Garretts life, a day at a live stock fair:-

This ffayre was helde at Bucton Greene The xxvth daie June Ano 1627

Thomas Wryght of Creeke this co hau sold a brown horse to Thomas bletso gentleman of
geat addington prise v l voucher john Garrit of Creek the sam  (As written)

Thomas Wryght was a husbandman or small farmer in Crick.

Later Garretts in Crick:

In the 1674 Hearth tax returns there were three John Garretts listed! John Garret jun had a 3 hearth house while the others had 2 hearth houses, a Moris Garet had a 1 hearth house.

Ricardis Garret is listed on a 1669 Court Roll as a juryman, so he’s still a tenant of the Manor,
but by 1714 on the Court Rolls (1) the following is written:

Note   that the Lands wch were Richard Garrards ……….five yard lands,  And are now sold or
divided into several ……….are in possession of the several hereunder named viz.
there follows names and rents. See original. (Note one yard land equals 30 acres).

Then on a 1729 list of tenants and rent arrears for the manor (2) there’s the following:

For Five Yard Lands, formerly of Farmer Garrett, in Creek. Charged at 5s per Ann [Upon
J. Venables, and Wm Whale in the Bursar’s .....] But Parcelled out (long since, and now) among
Nineteen Proprietors, here undernamed. Viz: there follows nineteen names and rents. See original.
Of these names Venables and Wale were married to John Garrett’s (b 1624/5) daughters.

See his will. He was the son of Richard born 1603.

There’s a John Garrett listed on the 1729 Suit Roll (3), (Lists and rolls of tenants who owe suit to the court), but there are no Garretts listed on the 1741 tenants list. (4)

The Garrett family were active in Crick in the church, Richard (b 1603) was a church warden in 1664, and he was buried 6th May 1670. There were John Garretts, wardens in the 1650’s, 1698, 1726.

It was most likely in the last half of the 1600’s that the Garretts stopped renting from Crick manor.
In the late 1500’s and early 160’s there were only Richard and his son John to have the whole of the farming to themselves, but during the 1600’s more Garretts entered the picture, John had three sons, and they in turn had eleven between them. There may have been too many to share the business. Their acreage was later taken over by nineteen people!

Did various branches of the family have freehold land to farm? We know some of them sold land,
John Garrett (b 1637) sold a quartern (about seven and a half acres) to Richard Sabin his brother-in-law.

We can see a Garrett and his wife were involved in land dealings in Crick and beyond.
There's a Final Concord between William Smith, the querent, and John Garrett & Elizabeth his wife, the deforcents, of a messuage, 20 acres of arable, 10 of meadow, 50 of pasture, 10 of heath &
furze & commons in Haslebitch & Cricke, for the Nominal Consideration of £100. (5)

The contents in these types of transactions were fictious, but from a previous Indenture (deed) attached to the Concord, the actual property in Haslebitch appears,to be '....all that close or inclosed ground of pasture with thappurtenure (?) called Bushill Close and  appurtenances....' and other property '....comonly called or known as Middle ground...' other property such as tenemente, messuages, houses, edifices, buildings, barnes, stables, yarde, orcharde, garden, backsides, landes, were mentioned but whether included is unknown.

The property in Crick is unknown.

This is most likely John Garrett born 1624/5.

Eventually after centuries of having large farming interests in Crick they disappear from the farming community altogether.

In the 1869 Post Office directory of Northants, Bedfordshire and Rutland, the entry for Crick
records no Garretts farming or having any other business in the Village.

References:

1. MUN VII-87. Crick Manorial Documents, St John's College, Oxford.    
    1714 Crick Court Rolls.

2. MUN VII-89-6. Crick Manorial Documents, St John's College, Oxford.
    1729 Crick list of tenants and rent arrears.

3. MUN VII-49-2. Crick Manorial Documents, St John's College, Oxford.
     1729 Crick list of tenants and rent arrears.

4. MUN VII-89-1. Crick Manorial Documents, St John's College, Oxford.
     1741 Crick list of tenants.

5. WY363/ (b) Michs 27 Car II (1675?) NRO

                                                                                  Crick field  names.

          From the centre of the village take a north north west direction, today Garratt's Slade 
                                                                       and Far Dockham are one field.