Charles Richard Ball Explained

Revd. Charles Richard Ball (died 1918) was the leading trustee and reputed Lord of Madeley Manor.^{[1] [2]} In Peterborough, he was the Vicar of St Paul's Church^[3] and the Honorary Canon of Peterborough Cathedral.^[4]

Early life

Ball, born 11 March 1833^[5] in Clifton, Bristol, was the son of Joseph and Rebecca Ball.^[6] He had a brother A.W. Ball. He graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1858 and a M.A. in 1864.

Career

In 1869, was made vicar of St Paul's Church serving the towns of Millfield and New England of Peterborough.^{[7] [3]} He was curate of Trentham, Staffordshire and Belgrave, Leicestershire. In Leicester, he was curate at St John's and St Andrews.

He was the rural dean of Peterborough, appointed by the Bishop of Creighton. By 1891, he was appointed the Honorary Canon of Peterborough Cathedral by Bishop Magee.^[8] He was elected proctor for the Diocese of Peterborough to Convocation.

Ball wrote The Apostle of the Gentiles, His Life and Letters in 1885. By that time, he also had written The Promised Seed and Lessons on our Lord's Ministry.^[9] He also wrote The Faith in Outline, Plain Thoughts on a Great Subject, The Blankthorpe Papers, and The Dispensation of the Spirit.

Personal life

He married Mary Eliza Saunders on 28 December 1871,^[10] the daughter of Rev. A. P. Saunders, DD, who was the headmaster of the Charter House and the Dean of Peterborough. They had a son, Richard Reynold Ball, on 8 August 1882.^[11]

In 1891, eleven members of the family settled their shares or interests in Madeley Manor on trustees, Charles Richard Ball being the leading trustee and reputed lord of the manor. Between 1871 and 1889, the manor had passed to the Ball family, descendants of Joseph Reynolds's daughter Rebecca and her husband (and second cousin) Joseph Ball.^{[12] [13]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Madeley: Manor and other estates. British History Online. From a footnote: "abstr. of title of the Revd. C. R. Ball to land at Madeley Wood, 1893.". 4 March 2017.
2. Web site: Declaration by the Rev. Charles Richard Ball and others that the 1/32 share in the Manor of Madeley is held for the persons and in the proportions within mentioned.. The National Archives. 27 November 1889. 4 March 2017.
3. Web site: Births and Marriages. Newspaper Archive. 4 March 2017.
4. Web site: Western Daily Press Bristol, England 25 Jul 1889 ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE, Article Bristol Mercury Bristol Mercury Bristol, England 6 Mar 1891 PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Genes Reunited. 4 March 2017.
5. Book: Edmund Waller. Biographical Register of Christ's College 1505-1905. 1856. CUP Archive. 537. GGKEY:54QU0CZG2CG.
6. Book: Henry Robert Addison. Charles Henry Oakes. William John Lawson. Who's Who. 1903. A. & C. Black. 65. Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen.
7. Book: kelly. Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts, and Northamptonshire, with Maps. 1885. Kelly and Company. London. 437, 442.
8. Web site: Western Daily Press Bristol, England 25 Jul 1889 ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE, Article Bristol Mercury Bristol Mercury Bristol, England 6 Mar 1891 PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Genes Reunited. 4 March 2017.
9. Book: Charles Richard Ball. The Apostle of the Gentiles, His Life and Letters. 1885. London. 1.
10. Web site: Births, Marriages and Deaths. Newspaper Archive. 4 March 2017.
11. Book: Winchester College. Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register. 1907. P. and G. Wells. 560.
12. Web site: Madeley: Manor and other estates. British History Online.
13. Web site: Declaration by the Rev. Charles Richard Ball and others that the 1/32 share in the Manor of Madeley is held for the persons and in the proportions within mentioned.. The National Archives. 4 March 2017.