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Jupp Newsletter

ISSUE 3
JUNE 2001

Contents:

Latest News
IGI Trees – Part 2
The 1832-34 Sussex Trade Directory
Standing Alongside Giants - Part 2
Archives

Latest News

Welcome to the 3rd quarterly Jupp Newsletter. While there has been a steady trickle of new Jupp researchers visiting the site, my mailbox has been fairly quiet with those of you wishing to share your Jupp information. May I take this opportunity to encourage any of you who have information to come forward.

A question I have been asked is ‘Do I have a mailing list of Jupp researchers?’ While it would be great to forward on all those e-mails of persons who have ever contacted me regarding the Jupp name, I have to respect their privacy. All I can do is encourage everyone to leave as much information as they wish on the Researchers Page to allow others to contact you.

If you come from a long line of Jupp’s and don’t have a website of your own, then submitting a Descendant Report is a good way of displaying every last detail of your Jupp ancestry. Remember though that the information needs to stem back into the 1800’s as again to protect the privacy of any living persons, I don’t like to include too much information about your current generation.

Looking at the viewing figures I can see that the Records Page (Birth, Marriage & Death PRO Indexes) are very popular. Obviously this is an ongoing project that will take some time to complete, so if you can spare any time on your next visit to the Records Office, this would speed things up greatly.

I’m sure during your research you would have come across various Jupp families on Census Returns, perhaps just your own line. I’m sure by now most people know about the 1881 Census on CD and what a very useful research tool this is, and steps are being taken to Index other years, that would make tracing our Jupp ancestors even easier. In the coming months I will be adding a Census Page which will include a miscellaneous collection of Jupp Census Returns for years other than 1881. Most will be from my own line, but also I will include any that I have come across in my research. My request is that you please submit any you might have to be added to this page. Keep an eye on the Records Page for developments on this.

Finally, I’m hoping some of you might have some interesting stories to add to future Newsletters. I would also be interested to hear your comments about the Newsletter and its content, as I would very much like to see it continue.

Feel free to contact me regarding any of the above at genealogy1@sprignall.freeserve.co.uk

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IGI Trees – Part 2 by John Gooch

My brother John has been looking at the many Jupp’s that are to be found on the IGI (International Genealogical Index). From that he has been able to piece together several descendant reports. Although these may look like ready made family trees, it is stressed that we have verified none of these details, and therefore any link that you may feel you have should be checked thoroughly.

To view the second of these reports follow the link below:

Descendants of Rycherd Jobe (b.1515 ?Horsham, Sussex)

Previous Report - Descendants of John Juppe (b.1671 Nuthurst, Sussex)

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The 1832-34 Sussex Trade Directory

Continuing my search for interesting Jupp resource material, I was disappointed not to find more entries in the Sussex Trade Directory for 1832-34. Although Sussex is the most popular county for the Jupp name, I only found entries in Horsham & Pulborough. This is how they actually appear.

PLACE TRADE NAME ADDRESS

Horsham Nobility, Gentry & Clergy Jupp, William, esq. North Parade

Horsham Flour Chandler Jupp, James East Street

Horsham Grocer & Tea Dealer Jupp, John East Street

Horsham Poulterer Jupp, James East Street

Pulborough Carpenter Jupp, John -

Pulborough Quarry Owner Jupp, John, sen. -

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Standing Alongside Giants - Part 2 by John Gooch

In the March Issue the story unfolded of 3 Jupp cricketers who played alongside the legends and giants of the sport.

Historically the second of our trio was George William Jupp, who was born on the 30th October 1875 in Axbridge, Somerset. We first come across him on the 1881 census when aged just 5 and living with his family. His father James was a Railway Station Master (born around 1844) from Aldingbourne in Sussex and we can imagine that he moved to Somerset through his job. In 1881 George had a brother Arthur and two sisters in Bertha and Caroline. Although George did not play a lot of first class cricket he did play in 5 matches for Somerset between 1901 and 1907, making his debut against Lancashire in Manchester in 1901 (as a right-handed batsman). Again we must remember that although there was now an official county championship including Somerset this did not require every team to play the same number of games so counties were left to arrange their own games and often did not play every other county. This was the period directly after the legendary W.G. Grace who finished playing in 1899. George then reappears in 1909, now playing for Scotland. He only made two appearances for Scotland, his final match being against the Australians in 1912. In those two matches he made one fifty and ended with a batting average of 32. He had obviously decided to make Scotland his new home for he died there in 1938 (at Longniddry, East Lothian) at the age of 63. If Henry could be said to have played in the formative years of organised cricket and George in the immediate post-Grace era, then our third cricketing Jupp played in what is often regarded as the golden age of English cricket.
Vallance William Crisp Jupp (pictured left), was born in 1891 (27th March) at Burgess Hill in Sussex. He had a long and often distinguished career in the game, going on to represent England in 8 Test Matches spread over 3 different series. His first recorded game was against Hampshire for his home county of Sussex in 1910 (aged 19). He was described as a ‘reliable right-handed bat and a guileful right-hand off-break bowler’. He played for Sussex until at least 1921 when he was selected to play for England against the touring Australian side. In that series he played in 2 of the 5 tests (Australia won the series 3-0 with 2 drawn games) taking 5 wickets and making 65 runs in 4 innings. Although England were well beaten the team already included some legendary names such as Jack Hobbs, Frank Wooley, Patsy Hendren and Wilf Rhodes.

In 1923 (now aged 32) he made his only tour to South Africa where he played in 4 of the 5 test series (England won the series 2-1). On the tour he took 14 wickets and made 117 runs at an average of 19.5 playing alongside such as Wooley and Percy Fender who had started at Sussex with him.

During the next few years he left Sussex to play for Northamptonshire who he later went onto captain. This saw perhaps his most successful period culminating in being named ‘Wisden Cricketeer of the Year’ in 1928 when he was again chosen to play for England. This time the opponents were the West Indies team including the legendary Leary Constantine. However an England team containing such stars as Sutcliffe, Hobbs, Tate and Larwood alongside Vallance were able to win the series 3-0, Vallance playing in two of the 3 games. In the second test he was to give his best bowling display with 4 for 37 and then 3 for 66 as England won by an innings and 58 runs.

Vallance never played again for England although it is interesting to note that in that 1928 series we see the appearance of Douglas Jardine who was to captain England in the infamous ‘Body line Tour’ soon afterwards. Had Vallance been selected for that tour his name might now be a household one. Instead he returned to county cricket where he continued to distinguish himself until 1938. Northamptonshire were never one of the more successful counties and it was often said that he ‘tottered under the weight of the county’.

However in his career he still managed to score over 13,000 runs and take 1,078 wickets. He managed 10 doubles in his career (1,000 runs and 100 wickets in the same season) and took 5 hat-tricks. His best ever bowling of 10 for 127 (against Kent in 1932) remains the best for a Northamptonshire player to date. All this and he remained as an amateur!

After his retirement from the game he remained in Northamptonshire until his death in 1960 aged 69 (at Spratton).

I would like to acknowledge the following sources of the details used in this article:
‘The Illustrated History of County Cricket’- Eric Midwinter, Kingswood Press (1992)
’The Wisden Illustrated History of Cricket’ - Vic Marks, Queen Anne Press (1989)

and the following Websites:
www.cricketline.com
www.usa.cricket.org
www.interprop.com.au/baggygreen/
www.uk.cricket.org

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Archives

Newsletter – Issue 1 – December 2000
Newsletter – Issue 2 – March 2001
Newsletter – Issue 4 – September 2001

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