{"id":7829,"date":"2020-04-23T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=7829"},"modified":"2022-08-23T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T20:00:06","slug":"forder-richard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=7829","title":{"rendered":"Richard Forder, Schoolmaster of Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Richard Forder<\/strong>, <strong>Schoolmaster of Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Richard Forder was born on 5<sup>th<\/sup> December 1794 in Rollesby. His parents were William Forder &amp; Hannah Crow. When he was 17, he married Sarah Smith on 25th December 1811 at Ludham where Sarah came from. They had the following children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sarah Forder who was born on 27th Jun 1812 at Rollesby She was baptised at St Mary\u2019s, Martham but died aged only three in 1815 in Martham.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Richard Crow Forder was born in 1815 in Martham. His middle name came from his grandmother\u2019s maiden name. He was baptised at St Mary\u2019s and died aged only 20 months in 1816 in Martham.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sarah Smith Forder was born about 1818 in Martham. Her middle name came from her mother. She died in 1841 in Martham aged 21.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eleanor Forder was born about 1819. She died in June 1826 at Martham aged seven.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forder-sarcophagus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7833\" width=\"804\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forder-sarcophagus.jpg 800w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forder-sarcophagus-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Forder-sarcophagus-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 85vw, 804px\" \/><figcaption>Forder sarcophagus. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sadly, Richard\u2019s wife Sarah died on 29<sup>th<\/sup> May 1825 and is buried in the sarcophagus shown above in St Mary\u2019s graveyard section E, plot I1.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/School-House-Whittaker-Carpets-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7836\" width=\"802\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/School-House-Whittaker-Carpets-001.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/School-House-Whittaker-Carpets-001-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/School-House-Whittaker-Carpets-001-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 85vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption>Modern photo of what was the Free School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Eight years later Richard married again, this time to Mary Steward on 4<sup>th<\/sup> April 1833 at St Mary\u2019s by which time he had become the schoolmaster at the Free School in Martham. Various records show that he was actually employed as the schoolmaster between 1815\u20131844*.\u00a0 Richard &amp; Mary had the following children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ann Mary Forder who was born on 6<sup>th<\/sup> March 1834 at Martham and was baptised at St Mary\u2019s. She died in 1838 at Martham aged 4.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Elizabeth Steward Forder was born in 1835 in Martham and unlike many of Richard\u2019s other children lived a full life until she died in 1906 at Blofield. Before that she married Benjamin Rising Purdy on 29th Dec 1857 at St Mary\u2019s on 29<sup>th<\/sup> December 1857.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>Richard was listed in the 1841 census with Mary when they were living at the Free&nbsp; School where he stayed until his death in 1846. He was buried on 6th April that year with his first wife Sarah. His second wife, Mary, continued to live at the School House until at least 1851 but by 1871 had moved to Repps Road and was living on a pension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><em>* Electoral Register: Bet. 1832\u20131836 at Free School, Martham (master of the Free School, his salary was obtained from land owned and let by the Trustees of the school). Electoral Register: Bet. 1840\u20131841 in Martham. Electoral Register: 1844 in Free School, Martham, occupier of Free School.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Area-E-1-989x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7840\"\/><figcaption>The <em>Forder sarcophagus is at plot I1.  <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a class=\"maxbutton-22 maxbutton maxbutton-back-to-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=369\"><span class='mb-text'>Back to People<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Forder, Schoolmaster of Martham Richard Forder was born on 5th December 1794 in Rollesby. His parents were William Forder &amp; Hannah Crow. When he was 17, he married Sarah Smith on 25th December 1811 at Ludham where Sarah came from. 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