Scard Family 
Reverend Thomas Scard
B.A., M.A. of Durley
[1796-1873]
Spouse: Elizabeth Veck
[1789-1866]
1796: Rev. Thomas Scard was born at Eling, Hampshire born 13th March 1796, baptised 14th March 1796 at Eling
the son of Thomas Scard and his wife Mary nee Yeats. He had eight siblings.
1815: Thomas' paternal grandmother Susannah Scard [nee Benness] died testate, buried at Eling 9th November 1815 at the
recorded age of 72yrs. John's parents were also living at Eling at this time and it is assumed John who was aged
nine at this time had close contact with his grandmother.
1816: Thomas was aged ten when his father died, buried at Eling on the 21st December 1816 at the recorded
age of forty-one. His youngest sibling was aged three at that time
. 1820: Following the death of his father subsequent records imply there was financial strain on the family at this time
his maternal uncle William Yeats took steps in his Will to ensure Thomas' mother's security and later his
paternal grandfather Thomas Scard made mention of a 'great misfortune' in his Will.
1821: Thomas attained a Batchelor of Arts Degree at Oxford University by 1823
His Brother Edward Scard [later Sugeon] also matriculated at Oxford;
From the Oxford University Alumni: CopyfromAncestry.com;
Scard, Edward, son of Thomas of Eling, Hants, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric 30 June 1827, aged 19
Scard, Thomas, son of Thomas of Eling, Hants, cler. Madalen Hall, matric 27th Jan. 1819. aged 22;
B.A. 1827, M.A. 182?, chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge, vicar of Durley, Hants, 1855. until his death 7 Feb.,1873.
1821: At the age of twenty-five Thomas Scard married Elizabeth 'Eliza' Veck 19th December 1821 at nearby Bishops
Waltham. Elizabeth was seven years his senior, born at Bishop Waltham in 1789.
Eliza Veck was baptised at Bishops Waltham 4th April 1789 the daughter of Richard Aubrey Veck and his
wife Elizabeth nee Bulpett.
Eliza's father Richard Veck [1756-1823] was famed for his cricketing career and took up
business interests at Bishops Waltham.
See Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Aubrey_Veck
More information http://www.alresford.org/displayed/displayed_3_1.htm
Eliza's brother, Henry Aubery Veck, M.A. was the Curate of Alverstoke.
The Veck Family is well documented online.
1823: Two years later Thomas was received into Holy Orders at the age of twenty-seven.
Ordination Papers: 1] Thomas Scard, Deacon 1823.
2] Thomas Scard, Priest 1823.
Hampshire Record Office [HRO]: http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServeA/search.htm
1824 Thomas' paternal grandfather Thomas Scard [the Elder] died testate, buried at Eling 29th January 1824 at the recorded
age of 87years. Thomas was aged twenty-eight at this time and his uncle John Scard, nominated as Executor was
also living at Eling at this time.
1825: At the age of twenty-nine Thomas was recorded in the Salisbury Winchester Journal on Monday 24th October 1825
when he was noted to have delivered Service at the Cathderal, to the Anniversary Meeting of the Charitable Society
of Aliens “where a most excellent sermon was delivered by the Rev. T. Scard”.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dutillieul/index.html
1826 Thomas' maternal Uncle William Yeats Esquire died, buried at Lymington on the 3rd November 1826 at the recorded
age of seventy-two. Testator's Will was drawn in 1820 and was Thomas bequeathed his Uncle's Pew or Seat
- No. 29 at the Church at Lymington. Thomas was the only one of Mary's children to be individually named in uncle's Will
although his mother and his siblings were also beneficiaries.
1828 Thomas published a book, advertised in the Monthly Repository of Theology in 1828 “Short & Familiar Sermons
for the use of Schools and young persons in General” by Rev. Thomas Scard B.A., which sold for 5 shillings.
1841 [Census] :Thomas now aged 45 yrs was Clerk of Bishop's Waltham Grammar School for Boys. Thomas with his wife
Eliza lived at the School with many boarding pupils under their care.
1843: Thomas’s Curate Licence was issued on the 13th April 1843 when he officially assumed the Curateship of Durley.
1846: On the 29th May 1846 Thomas with several other parties, surrendered lease to Winchester Bishopric Estate a
property lying under St. Catherines Hill near Winchester and also pieces of ground called the Chehill or
Rackhill and Dunns’s piece.
The same property’s lease was renewed on the 30th May 1846 by the same parties for a period of 14 years.
The Lease was released and renewed again on the 4th May 1854 and 5th May 1854 respectively by the same parties.
1848: In 1848 Thomas was noted as a subscriber of ‘The Architectural Views and Details of Netley Abbey’ in which he
had a general interest.
1849: On the 8th January 1849 Thomas was appointed by the Duke of Cambridge, the notice appearing in the London
Gazette;
'Cambridge House 6th January 1849.
The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Reverend Thomas Scard M.A.
to be one of His Royal Highness' Chaplains.'
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/AdvancedSearch.aspx?geotype=London
1851 Census: Residence: Durley Lodge;
[J] T. Scard, Head, aged 55 yrs, Curate of the Parish
Eliza Scard, Wife, aged 58 yrs
Eliza Scard, aged 18, Surgeon's Daughter [Eliza was the daughter of Thomas' recently deceased brother Edward Scard].
http://www.durley.hampshire.org.uk/parishrecords/1851CensusIndex.pdf [kindly found by LynMealey]
1857: In 1857 Thomas was issued in writs of sequestration against the Benefice dated 20th August, 20th August,
27th October, 24th November and 17th December 1857 by Plaintiffs Sarah Long, John Sanger, Edmund Etherington
and Abraham Edwards.
1857 Thomas appears in the London Gazette surrendering his Real Estates to various Creditors. Published 21st July 1857;
Creditors: Thomas Clark , Merchant of Bishop's Waltham & Robert Hash Stares , Land Surveyor of Duxford
and several others. An agreement had been reached and signed 1st July 1857 whereby Thomas issued Covenant
that all his Lands and Estates be held in Trust until all debts were paid at annual installments of £100.
1861: Four years later in 1861 Thomas issued an oath that he has served notice to quit upon his curate, Rev. Sumner
Wilson 29-30th October 1861. It seems his resignation was not accepted and Thomas continued his appointment at
Durley and was recorded as Rector of Durley in the 1861 Census.
1862: 1st November 1862, Noted in the Papers of Longcroft, Lewis and Barwick of Havant, solicitors
A Release, relating to the payment of debts of Reverend Thomas Scard
[i] Charles Wooldridge
[ii] Reverend Thomas Scard
1866: Thomas’s wife Eliza died testate in 1866. [Her Will was Registered under the name of Eliza Scard formerly of Bishops
Waltham and late of Durley, wife of Reverend Thomas Scard] [HRO].
Published - Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England),
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 1866; Issue 3501.
Kindly submitted by David Kenny;
![Death Eliza Scard [nee Veck] wife of Rev. Thomas Scard of Durley](SCARD HAMP Rev Thomas Scard_clip_image001_0001.gif)
1871 [Census] Thomas was recorded living at Durley, a widower aged 75 ‘The Rector of the Parish’ with two servants.
1873: Rev. Thomas Scard died testate, noted in the document as ‘Rector of Durley’ 7th February 1873 in Durley at the
age of seventy-seven.
Published- Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England)
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 1873; Issue 4225.
Kindly submitted by David Kenny;
'Scard - on the 7th instant, the Reverend Thomas Scard, rector of Durley, Hants aged 76 years.'
Published - The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Monday, February 10, 1873; Issue 2493.
Kindly submitted by David Kenny;
'The Rectory of Durley Hampshire has become vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Scard M.A.
it is worth about £500 a year, and is in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester.'
Hampshire Telegraph: Saturday, February 15, 1873 - Issue 4226
All in all Rev. Thomas Scard held his position at Durley for a total of fifty years till his death when it passed
to Richard Ferguson MA by induction mandate on the 10th May 1873 [after presentation of Deed of Derley vicarage
19thApril 1873] issued by Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, Lord Bishop of Lichfield formerly Lord Bishop of New Zealand.
Over the years he was well documented in the Hampshire Telegraph as a popular champion of the Poor and the
working class.
NOTE: Codicil 1] In his Will below Thomas noted that one of his beneficiaries,
his nephew Thomas Scard - Surgeon by his brother Edward Scard - Surgeon [deceased]
of whom Thomas appears to have had no knowledge of his whereabouts.
Thomas had settled in Sydney Australia and his uncle hearing the news of his
nephew's premature death, issued a Codicil to that effect.
Codicil 2] Exactly two months before his death would imply the plea of his aging spinster sister Mary
for his horses and stable gear. This was applied. The horses plus tack were eventually
bequeathed to William Knapp Jonas in Mary's Will in 1891 [see note below the transcription
of Thomas' Will]
THE WILL OF REVEREND THOMAS SCARD
RECTOR OF DURLEY
Transcribed and submitted by LynMealey
This is the last Will and Testament of me The Reverend Thomas Scard Rector of Durley in the County of Hants Clerk
I give and bequeath all my furniture plate china glass and other household effects and property which shall be in and about my
dwelling house at the time of my decease unto my Brother John Scard absolutely
I give and bequeath unto Frederick Rowling if still in my service at the time of my decease nineteen pounds and nineteen
shillings
And I give and bequeath unto my nephew Thomas Scard Son of my late Brother Edward Scard the sum of Two hundred pounds
and I direct that the same sum shall be invested by my Trustees hereinafter named or the survivor of them or other the Trustees
or Trustee for the time being of this my Will in their or his own names or name in the public stocks or funds of Great Britain
or upon government or real securities in England as soon as conveniently may be after my decease and that the said Trustees
or Trustee shall stand possessed of or interested therein upon trust to pay and transfer the same to my said nephew in case he
shall appear and claim the same within three years from the date of my decease Provided nevertheless that in case
my said nephew shall not so appear and claim the said legacy of Two hundred pounds within three years after my decease
then the said Trustees or Trustee shall immediately after the expiration of such three years or after ascertaining the fact of my
said nephews decease stand and be possessed of and interested in the said sum of Two hundred pounds and the stocks funds
and securities in or upon which the same shall be invested upon trust to pay and transfer the same unto my Niece Eliza Mary
Adams the daughter of my said late Brother Edward Scard and Wife of Seymour Adams Esquire
And I declare that it shall be lawful but not compulsory for my said Trustees or Trustee to apply all or any part of the annual
income or interest of the said sum of Two hundred pounds during the said three years in advertising and making enquiries or
otherwise endeavouring to discover the place of abode of my said Nephew or the fact of his being alive or dead or that the residue
of such annual income shall be accumulated for the benefit of the person or persons who shall become entitled to the said sum
of Two hundred pounds
And I give and bequeath unto my friend Charles Warner hereinafter named as one of my Trustees and Executors the sum of
Fifty Guineas free of legacy duty as a token of my regard for him and of my gratitude for the many services he has rendered me
And I give and bequeath unto my friend William Knapp Jonas also hereinafter named as one of my Trustees and Executors
the sum of Fifty pounds free of legacy duty as a token of my esteem and regard for him
And I give devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my real and personal estate effects and property whatsoever and
wheresoever (except such parts thereof as may be of copyhold or customary tenure and also except estates vested in me as
Trustee or Mortgagee unto Charles Warner of the City of Winchester in the County of Hants Gentleman and William Knapp
Jonas of Bishops Waltham in the same County Gentleman their heirs executors and administrators according to the nature or
quality thereof Upon trust that they the said Trustees or the survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time
being of this my Will shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease sell and convert into money all such parts of my
said residuary real and personal estate as shall not at the time of my decease consist of money
And I direct that my said Trustees shall also sell such parts of my residuary estate as shall be of copyhold or customary tenure
And I empower my said Trustees or Trustee to enter into all such contracts and agreements and to make all such conditions
and stipulations and to execute all such conveyances and assurances as they may consider expedient for carrying out the trusts
of this my Will and to sell the premises hereby devised in trust for sale and directed to be sold either together or in parcels and
either by public sale or private contract
And I declare that the receipt of my said Trustees or Trustee shall be a sufficient discharge for all moneys coming into their or
his hands by virtue of or under this my Will and shall exonerate the person or persons paying such monies from all liability in
respect to the application thereof
And I direct my said Trustees and Trustee to stand possessed and interested in my said residuary real and personal estate
subject to the payment of my debts funeral and testamentary expenses and the legacies given by this my Will Upon trust as to
one third part or share thereof to pay thereout the sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds to my said Brother John Scard and
Two hundred and fifty pounds to my Nephew John Cowper Scard and to invest the remainder of such one third part or share in
the names or name of my said Trustees or Trustee in any of the public stocks or funds of Great Britain or upon government or
real securities in England but not elsewhere with power for the said Trustees or Trustee to vary the said stocks funds and
securities at their or his discretion
And I declare that the said Trustees or Trustee shall pay the annual income of the remainder of such one third part or share of
and in the said trust funds to my said Brother John Scard for his life and after his decease to his Wife for her life and after the
decease for the survivor of them then I declare that the said Trustees or Trustee shall pay and divide the remainder of such one
third part or share of and in my said residuary estate unto and equally between such of the children of my said Brother John Scard
as shall be then living share and share alike as tenants in common
And upon trust as to one other third part or share of my residuary trust estate to invest the same in manner aforesaid and
to pay the annual income thereof to my sister Mary Scard for her life and after her decease to pay and divide the same unto and
equally amongst such of the sons of my said Brother John Scard as shall be then living share and share alike as tenants in
common
And as to the remaining one third part or share upon trust to pay the annual income thereof in equal shares to my said
Sister Mary Scard and my said Brother John Scard for their joint lives and to the survivor for her or his life and after the decease
of the survivor to pay and divide the said last mentioned one third part or share of my said residuary trust estate unto and
equally between such of the daughters of my said Brother John Scard as shall be then living share and share alike as tenants
in common
And I hereby declare that the shares and interest in my residuary estate so as aforesaid given and bequeathed to the children
of my Brother John Scard shall be considered vested and transmissable interests on their respectively attaining the age of
twenty one years
I give devise and bequeath all estates and property vested in me as Trustee or Mortgagee to the said Charles Warner and
William Knapp Jonas their heirs executors and administrators according to the nature thereof and subject to the equities
affecting the same the money secured on any mortgage to be considered as part of my personal estate
And I hereby declare that any Trustee for the time being of this my Will who may be an Attorney or Solicitor shall be entitled
to all such usual and reasonable professional fees and charges for or in relation to any business matter or thing concerning
the aforesaid trust premises or anything arising out of this my Will as he could or might have been entitled to if he had not been
such Trustee
and I appoint the said Charles Warner and William Knapp Jonas Executors of this my Will and I hereby revoke all other Wills
and Testamentary papers heretofore made by me
In testimony whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in four sheets of paper and to each sheet thereof set
my hand this seventh day of March One thousand eight hundred and seventy one Thomas Scard
Signed by the said Testator Thomas Scard as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who
have hereto in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our names as Witnesses James Padbury of Bps Waltham
Thomas Tilbury of Bps Waltham
This is a Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me The Reverend Thomas Scard Rector of Durley in the County of Hants
Clerk which Will bears date the seventh day of March One thousand eight hundred and seventy one
Whereas by my said Will I have given to or in trust for the benefit of my Nephew Thomas Scard Son of
my late Brother Edward Scard the legacy or sum of Two hundred pounds with a proviso that in case my
said Nephew should not appear and claim the said legacy within three years after my decease then that
the same legacy or sum and the stocks funds and securities upon which the same should be invested should
be paid and transferred unto my Niece Eliza Mary Adams the daughter of my said late Brother Edward Scard
and Wife of Seymour Adams Esquire
And whereas since the date of my said Will I have received intelligence of the death of my said nephew
Now therefore I revoke the said bequest contained in my said Will and I give the sum of Two hundred
pounds so bequeathed as aforesaid unto my said Niece Eliza Mary Adams
And in all other respects I confirm my said Will In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth day of June One thousand eight hundred and seventy two Thomas Scard
Signed by the said Testator Thomas Scard as a Codicil to his last Will and Testament in the presence of us
present at the same time who have hereunto in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed
our names as Witnesses John Morley Lee Rector of Botley Wm Langrish Brofall Farm Botley
This is a Second Codicil to the last Will and Testament of me The Reverend Thomas Scard Rector of Durley in the
County of Hants Clerk
I give and bequeath my brougham carriage horse and harness and all the hay corn and shaw(?) and all the
stable requisites which shall be in and about my stable and carriage house at the time of my decease to my
Sister Mary Scard for her own absolute use and benefit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of January One thousand eight
hundred and seventy three Thomas Scard
Signed by the said Testator Thomas Scard as a second Codicil to his Will in the presence of us present at
the same time who have hereunto in his presence and in the presence of each other subscribed our names
as Witnesses David Weyman Botley George Godwin Doryey
Proved at Winchester with two Codicils the fourteenth day of March 1873 by the Oaths of Charles Warner
and William Knapp Jonas the Executors named in the Will to whom administration was granted
The Testator The Reverend Thomas Scard was late of Durley in the County of Southampton Clerk
and died on the seventh day of February 1873 at Durley aforesaid
Under £7,000 Warner Solrs Winchester
Note;
Named Executor, William Knapp Jonas was very wealthy in his own right and a trusted friend of the Scard Family
for many years. Both he and his spinster sister Eliza having taken into their home the two spinster sisters of the
Rev. Thomas Scard i.e. Mary & Susan from the time of their mother's death where they remained until both sisters having died testate,
unmarried & without issue, the latter leaving her Estate to her elder sister in 1871, the former Mary leaving her Estate to
William Knapp Jonas in 1891. Although settled in Hampshire he had interests in Sussex.
More information in the Biography of Mary & Susan.