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St. Mary's Church, Charlynch, Somerset

Bartholomew (1727-1777)

1761 Bartholomew Chaundy 1st Lieutenant, Marines, Commission: 13th January 1761.British Army List
Bartholomew Chaundy married Mary Amyatt on 22nd July 1765, at Dittisham (pronounced Ditsum), Devon. Dittisham Parish Records
Mary Amyatt was the only daughter of Benjamin & Mary. She was baptised on 31st July 1727 in Totnes.

1757 London Gazette 9th April, page 3:
Newspaper Cutting
Admiralty Office, April 5, 1757.

The King having been pleased to appoint the following Gentlemen to be Officers in the Thirty
Additional Companies of Marines, to be fortbuith raised, and to Vacancies in the present
100 Companies; It is the Direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that they
do repair with the utmost Expedition to the respective Head Quarters, hereafter mentioned,
of the Company to which they belong, unless they are commanded elsewhere by their
Superior Officers.

PORTSMOUTH

Company
Captain
1st Lieutenants:
2nd Lieutenants:
101
Stephen NevinfonThomas TiminsJohn Ogilvy
Bartholomew Chaundy
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1761 London Gazette 10th March, page 2: & 14th March, page 1:
Newspaper Cutting
Admiralty Office, March 14.

The King having been pleased to appoint the fol-
lowing Gentlemen to be Officers in His Marine
Forces, it is the Direction of the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, that the Second Lieutenants
hereafter named, do immediately repair to this
Office, where Commissions will be delivered to such
of them as shall be approved of: After which they
are to repair to the respective Head Quarters of the
Companies to which they belong, unless they are
commanded elsewhere by their Superior Officers.

Comp
Captains
......
First Lieutenants
......
82Bartholomew Chaundy, Gent,
......

1768 Lieutenant Bartholomew Chaundy (Quarter Master, Marines) subscribed to The Military Medley: Containing the most necessary Rules and Directions for Attaining a Competent Knowledge of the Art: To which is added an Explanation of Military Terms, Alphabetically Digested. 2nd edn., 1768, SIMES, Thomas. London. Printed in the Year M DCC LXVIII.
1769 Lieutenant Chaundy, in the Marines, Plymouth Dock subscribed to A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons.
1770 Quarter Masters (Plymouth), Barth. Chaundy, The military register: A List of the GENERAL and FIELD OFFICERS, CAPTAINS, and SUBALTERN OFFICERS, of his Majesty's MARINE FORCES.
1772 Lieutenant Bartholomew Chaundy (Quarter Master, Marines) subscribed to The Military Guide for Young Officers, containing A System of the Art of War; Parade, Camp, Field-Duty; Manoeuvres, Standing and General Orders; Warrants, Regulations, Returns, Tables, Forms, Extracts from Military Acts of Parliament, for His Majesty's Land Forces. Battles, Sieges, Fortified Places, Forts, Ports, Military Dictionary, &c. With Twenty- five Maps and Copper Plates. By Thomas Simes, Esq. Author of the Military Medley, 1772, SIMES, Thomas. London.
1777 Capt. Lieut. and Quarter Master Bartholomew Chaundy, Marines subscribed to A Military Course for the government and conduct of a Battalion, designed For their Regulations in Quarter, Camp, or Garrison; with useful Observations and Instructions For their Manner of Attack and Defence. Ornamented with a Frontispiece and Twenty Copper-Plate Plans. By Thomas Simes, Esq. Late of the Queen's Royal Regiment, Author of the Military Guide, &c. Governor of the Hibernian Society for the Orphans and Children of Soldiers (2nd edn.), 1777, SIMES, Thomas. London.
Bartholomew Chaundy died 30th November 1777.
From New Church, Exeter:

Underneath are deposited the remains of Bartholomew Chaundy Esq, Captain in the Marine Service,
a brave officer, an affectionate husband, a tender patient and a sincere friend.
He deceased the 30th day of November 1777 aged 50.



Now located at Royal Marines Museum, Eastney, Portsmouth
Will of Bartholomew Chaundy, Lieutenant of Marines of Stoke Damerel, Devon proved 12th January 1778 at Canterbury. PRO

1778 List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines
Book Extract
P O R T S M O U T H
AdjutantsThomas Archbold11 Apr. 1771
William Fielding22 Oct 73
Quarter-Master Thomas Sims23 Nov. 59
P L Y M O U T H
AdjutantsJohn Waller18 Apr. 1771
John JacksonFeb. 76
Quarter-Master Bartholomew Chaundy 10 Sept. 62
C H A T H A M
AdjutantsHenry Anderson29 Jan. 1772
David Collins20 Dec 76
Quarter-Master Edward Hill1 May 63

Mary Chaundy of Totnes signed and sealed a will on 27th May 1785.
Mary Chaundy made a memorandum to that will on 20th June 1788.
Mary Chaundy died 16th December 1788.
Will of Mary Chaundy, Widow of Totnes, Devon proved 10th March 1789 at Canterbury. PRO

Note to Chaundy researchers, detailing information about the links between Rev Chaundy and the parish of Charlynch

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