Richard Chidgey

   Another name for Richard was Chedzey, Chedgey, Chedzoy.

  General Notes:

In 1814 the records of the Stogursey Poorhouse note that a Richard Chedgey received 2s 6d for clearing snow from Stogursey to Shurton (with Thos Fish), another 2s 6d for his wife in childbirth and 4s for 1 month's lodgings for his family.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 12 Jun 1786, Stogursey. ⁷

• Residence, 1808, Stogursey. ⁷

• Occupation: Sawyer, 1823, Stogursey. ⁷

• Occupation: Carpenter, 1861, Stogursey.

Richard married Joan Pierce, daughter of John Pierce and Mary Venn, on 16 Apr 1808 in Stogursey.⁷ (Joan Pierce was born in 1783 in West Anstey, Devon ^3,11.)