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SUCCESSFUL CLAIMANTS TO THE DUNMOW FLITCH
This list is incomplete at present: if you have any further information on dates or successful claimants, with photos if possible, please get in touch. Although there have been several emulations of the Dunmow Flitch Trials, we will only publish the details of awards made by the town of Great Dunmow.
| Date |
Name(s) |
From |
| 27 Apr 1445 |
Richard Wright |
Badbourge, Norwich |
| 1468 |
Stephen Samuel |
Little Easton, Essex |
| 8 Sep 1510 |
Thomas LeFuller |
Coggeshall, Essex |
| 7 June 1701 |
William & Jane Parsley |
Much Easton, Essex |
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John & Ann Reynolds |
Hatfield Brodeoke, Essex |
| 31 May 1751 |
Thomas & Ann Shakeshaft |
Wethersfield, Essex |
| 1773 |
John & Susan Gilder |
Tarling, Essex |
| 16 July 1851 |
Christopher Alfred James Hurrell & Minnie Ella Hurrell |
Felsted, Essex |
| 19 July 1855 |
James & Hannah Barlow |
Chipping Ongar, Essex |
| |
Jean-Baptiste F E & Clara De Chatelain |
London |
| 25 June 1857 |
Thomas Jeremiah & Sarah Heard |
Bentley, Staffs |
| 16 Aug 1869 |
William & Emma Casson |
Victoria Park, London |
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Josiah & Mary Leaver |
Clerkenwell, London |
| 10 Aug 1874 |
Joseph & Hannah Clegg |
Roman Road, London |
| 17 July 1876 |
James Henry & Mary Boosey |
Ventnor, Isle of Wight |
| 23 July 1877 |
James & Hannah Barrick |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
| 26 July 1880 |
Joseph & Sarah Thorne |
Bethnal Green, London |
| 20 Jan 1886 |
Lord George R Baron & Elizabeth Augusta Northwick |
Northwick Park, Glos |
| 4 Aug 1890 |
Mr & Mrs John Hoy * |
Tottenham, London |
| 3 Aug 1891 |
Rev & Mrs W C Wallace |
Highampton, Devon |
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William & Ellen Charlotte Bowen |
Hounslow, Middlesex |
| |
Mr & Mrs William Robert White |
Wadhurst, Sussex |
| 1 Aug 1892 |
Mr & Mrs Joseph Hird |
Bow, London |
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Mr & Mrs Dennis Bridgman |
Forest Hill, London |
| 8 Aug 1893 |
Mr & Mrs Francis Webb |
Wednesbury, Staffs |
| |
Mr & Mrs Philip Garner |
West Molesey, Surrey |
| 10 Aug 1894 |
Mr & Mrs Angelo Fahie |
Monkstown, Dublin |
| |
Mr & Mrs Daniel Welch |
Essenden, Herts |
| 5 Aug 1895 |
Sgt Major Daniel & Mrs Louise Baker |
Plumstead, Kent |
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Mr G & Mrs Jessie Kinnear Johnson |
Market Harborough, Leics |
| |
Mr & Mrs James Clough |
Surlingham, Norfolk |
| 3 Aug 1896 |
Mr & Mrs Alfred Drury |
Queens College, Oxford |
| |
Mr & Mrs Henry Johnson |
Lambeth, London |
| |
Edward & Susannah Rooke |
Great Amwell, Herts |
| 2 Aug 1897 |
Josiah & Mary Lambert |
Islington, London |
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George & Eliza Taylor |
Little Leighs, Essex |
| 1 Aug 1898 |
Frederick & Elizabeth Herbert |
Hounslow, Middlesex |
| |
James Frost |
Sutton, Surrey |
| 7 Aug 1899 |
Sgt Alexander & Mrs McCullock |
Norwich |
| 6 Aug 1900 |
Mr & Mrs Evelyn John Evatt |
Newcastle |
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James & Sarah Ann Munnings |
Pinner, Middlesex |
| 5 Aug 1901 |
James Owers & Kate Devereaux |
Southwark, London |
| |
Herbert Edgar & Amelia Elizabeth Clarke |
Stepney, London |
| 4 Aug 1902 |
George H & Mary Edith Wallis |
Derby |
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Alfred & Alice Brook |
Bromley, Kent |
| 3 Aug 1903 |
Mr & Mrs J C Keeble |
Northampton |
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Mr & Mrs W L Jackaman |
Felixstowe, Essex |
| 1 Aug 1904 |
Mr & Mrs Christopher Holford |
Putney, London |
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James & Margaret Quiggan |
Marylebone, London |
| 19 July 1905 |
Rev. Owen Francis Samuel Partridge & Elizabeth Jenkins |
Mold, North Wales |
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Frederick John Garbett & Eva Jane Noakes |
Ludlow, Shropshire |
| 6 Aug 1906 |
Walter Stephen James & Gertrude Augusta Lloyd-Willey |
Bow, London |
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Henry Lewis & Katherine Mary Morgan |
Bristol |
| 5 Aug 1912 |
Lewis Frank & Harriet Newberry Butcher |
Brixton, London |
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Harry & Annie Smith |
Crewton, Derby |
| 4 Aug 1913 |
Littlejohn & Lily Rose Wood |
Upper Holloway, London |
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William & Agnes Hewett |
York |
| 1924 |
Mr & Mrs Thomas Mardy-Jones |
MP for Pontypridd |
| 4 Aug 1930 |
E W & Ivy Walker |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Frederick William & Winifred D Goodey |
Great Easton, Essex |
| 3 Aug 1931 |
Edward Herbert & Winifred Jessie Devoil |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
| |
Alfred Henry & Dorothy Elsie Cox |
London |
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Mr & Mrs G E Hodgetts |
Fulham, London |
| 1 Aug 1932 |
Samuel Gilbert & Elizabeth Rose Nicholls |
Axminster, Devon |
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Frederick William & Lucy Louisa Potter |
Poplar, London |
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Mr & Mrs Andrew Sams |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
| 7 Aug 1933 |
Mr & Mrs G E Bird |
Hammersmith, London |
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Mr & Mrs E C Cox |
Peckham, London |
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Mr & Mrs Edwin Mann |
Woking, Surrey |
| 22 Apr 1935 |
Ernest John & Lucy Elizabeth Wells |
New Cross Gate, London |
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Mr & Mrs R Evans |
Lower Clapton, London |
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Mr & Mrs G W McCaig |
Brunswick Square, London |
| 6 June 1938 |
Mr & Mrs C W Garner |
Islington, London |
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Mr & Mrs J Bancroft |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs R Compton |
Stradishall, Suffolk |
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Mr & Mrs H V Clark |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
| 1 Oct 1949 |
Mr & Mrs T C Cocker |
Newbold, Cheshire |
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Mr & Mrs G E Hunt |
Penn, Bucks |
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Mr & Mrs W J Laws |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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L E & Gladys Shelly |
Wolverhampton |
| 6 Aug 1951 |
Albert & Ethel Shakeshaft |
Goodmayes, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs C J R Faulkner |
Great Easton, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs D N Small |
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| 25 June 1960 |
Mr & Mrs T A Southey |
Wallington, Surrey |
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Mr & Mrs K Denton |
Headington, Oxford |
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Mr & Mrs Charles Williams |
Barnston, Essex |
| 29 June 1963 |
Alderman & Mrs Stanley Wilson |
Saffron Walden, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs Masterton-Smith |
Roxborough Park, Harrow |
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Mr & Mrs Vernon Horsnell |
Bradford, Yorkshire |
| 22 June 1968 |
Mr & Mrs C H Short |
Newton, Cambs |
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Mr & Mrs R C Stammers |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs P Lawrence |
Little Sampford, Essex |
| 24 June 1972 |
NAMES NOT KNOWN |
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| 2 July 1977 |
Dr Lewis & Mrs Cynthia Castleden |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Mr Nigel & Mrs Ann Eastaway |
Takeley, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs Frederick Pettitt |
Barnston, Essex |
| 28 June 1980 |
Jack & Audrey Harding |
Northolt, Middlesex |
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Mr & Mrs John White |
Lincoln |
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Michael & Judith Hurst |
Panfield, Essex |
| 1988 |
Russell & Marion Green |
Saffron Walden, Essex |
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Mr & Mrs Ivor Slater |
Grantchester, Cambs |
| 1992 |
Reginald William James & Madeleine Helen Beard |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Brian John & Olive Margaret Crosby |
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| 13 July 1996 |
Wayne de Lisle & Sandra Bayley |
Sussex |
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Robert Purcey & Kathryn Ann Chambers |
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Alan & Sheila McGibney |
Chelmsford, Essex |
| 8 July 2000 |
Michael Derek & Susan Corrinne Perry |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Timothy Peter & Nicole Monique Sheehan |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Alan Edward & Daphne Patricia Bradley |
South Woodham Ferrers, Essex |
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Fred & Joan Shepherd |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
| 10 July 2004 |
Ross & June Steele |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Percy & Barbara Balhaam |
Copford Green, Essex |
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David Ensor & Goranka Gudelj |
Barnston, Essex |
| 12 July 2008 |
Michael & Janet Denny |
Rayleigh, Essex |
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Jeff Dotts & Erin Albers |
Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
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Graeme Fearon & Amanda Horner |
Ramsbury, Wilts |
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Des & Claire Rayner |
Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex |
| 14 July 2012 |
Steve & Pat Schorah |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Dave & Sue Gilham |
Spain |
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John & Helen Wright |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Matthew Harrington & Julie Lovell |
Dulwich, London |
| 9 July 2016 |
Ralph & Helen White |
London, N1 |
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Christopher Atkinson & Meredith Atkinson-Wood |
Stebbing, Essex |
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Mohammed Mizan Sabur & Emma Marcus |
Churchend, Great Dunmow |
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Dr Geoff & Caroline Parkes |
Diseworth, Derbyshire |
| 9 July 2022 |
Mike O'Reilly & Dr Zanna Voysey |
Churchend, Great Dunmow |
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Desmond & Minette Carter |
Berkely, Michigan, USA |
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Chris & Helen Figg |
Christchurch, New Zealand |
| 13 July 2024 |
Jimmy Rowley & Barbara Egerton-Rowley |
Northumberland |
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Emma Hynds & Emma D’Costa |
Great Dunmow, Essex |
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Anna & Kristian McMaster |
Austin, Texas, USA |
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Colin & Amanda Linacre |
Buckinghamshire |
* In 1890, the flitch was not awarded by the jury but was given by a visitor to stop these unsuccessful claimants complaining.
Awards have also been made by the people of Great Dunmow as follows:
| July 1981 |
To Prince Charles & Lady Diana Spencer |
A gift of a Traditional Flitch |
| July 1986 |
To Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson |
A copy of the Flitch Oath |
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Worthy Claimants?
You will note in days gone by, sometimes only the names of the husbands are recorded as being worthy of the Flitch. It has been suggested that this was because the bacon was a reward for the patience of enduring husbands. The committee shall refrain from comment on this matter!
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