George Gillett LRCP Edinburgh,LSA London. [26]

  General Notes:

Census information shows George Gillett born 1801, Hackney. HEC couldn't have known what was in the census (as it was sealed for 100 years), so could only have included what the family knew / believed to be the case. His information states that GG was born on 1st May 1801, Hackney, Middlesex. This seems to be confirmed by two sources: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975: George Gillett, Bapt Date: 22 May 1801, Hackney, Middlesex, England, Father's Name: William Gillett, Mother's Name: Elizabeth Gillett, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03553-1 , System Origin: England-EASy, Source Film Number: 2214815; and IGI Christening: 22 May 1801, St John, Hackney, London, England. Father William Gillett, Batch No. C042152, dates 1742-1812, Source Call No. 0569924, Type Film, Printout Call No. 6904009.
I don't have access to London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1812 (haven't the right subscription level on ancestry), but there appears to be an entry there as well (also for several other baptisms for the Hawkhurst family).

The marriage between George Gillett and Eliza Catherine Wakley took place in St John's Church,Exeter,by licence.The officiating minister was CE Walkey(Charles Elliot Walkey,her uncle)who was Rector of Clyst St Lawrence from 1804 to 1865.The witnesses were HMC Walkey(possibly Harriet Mary Collyns Walkey(daughter of Charles Elliott Walkey,her first cousin),Samuel Walkey,B Walkey and Thomas ?Beckett Adams.
Elliot Clarke(son of Laura Maria Gillett) also records that they lived at Castle House(The Castle),Taunton for a while.
Qualified as an Apothecary on 20 November 1823 and was apprenticed to William Johnston of Peterborough for 5 years from 1816.LSA.
Licentiate of the College of Physicians in Edinburgh.LRCP

In 1841 lived at Berry House,Colyton,Devon.Occupation surgeon and apothecary.
Berry House was purchased from Mrs Newbury in 1837.
Description of Berry House, 1 Vicarage St, St Andrews Square, Colyton , Devon. EX24 6LJ.
"Large early Circa1900 house. Stuccoed, and with bitumenised slate roof with
gabled ends and bracketed eaves. Corner pilasters, rusticated base and with key
pattern above. Three storeys. Three bays. Sash windows with glazing bars and flat
arches with voussoirs and keyblocks. Central round headed rusticated doorway with
semi-circular fanlight and panelled door. Later C19 porch with large square piers
and heavy entablature. End chimney stacks, one with bracketed cap."

Dr George Gillett apparently lost his joint medical Officer appointment in Colyton in 1846 for being too generous with meat allocations ordered for the sick in the Colyton district & became M.O. at nearby but smaller Shute - Lower salary but perhaps a small part of his total annual salary- In any case he sounds a good man !
George & Eliza later moved to Axminster (around 1854?) William G's only brother-Our Gt grandfather, Samuel & youngest sister were both born there in 1856 - Some question of whether they lived at South St or Silver St, Axminster - We noticed on our visit that both roads crossed each other- There's a sizeable (yellow) Georgian house on corner of both streets which may have been their home? We have Samuels birth certificate confirming some of these details.(Refer Charles Gillett)

From National Archives website..1840's ..
Folios 71-87. Letter from Charles Bond, Clerk to the Guardians of the Axminster Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, headed 'Medical Appointments'. Bond is replying to the letter of 21 March 1843, and encloses particulars of medical appointments on the forms transmitted for that purpose. (Included in list of the areas annual Medical Officer appointments were ..)
'……2. Thomas Cann, Medical Officer for the Axmouth District. The form shows Cann of Seaton has been a parish surgeon. The salary is to be £44 per annum. There was no vacancy, Cann being a re-appointee. 3. *George Gillett and John Samuel Snook, Medical Officers for the Colyton District. The form shows Gillett and Snook, both of Colyton, have been medical officers 'for the same district they now hold'. The salary [for the double post]is to be £61 per annum. The posts became vacant by the expiry of former contracts. 4. Charles Hayman and Philip Hayman, Medical Officers for the Kilmington District. Charles Hayman of Axminster has been medical officer 'from the commencement of the Union and for 30 years previously'. Philip Hayman is from Axminster. The salary [for the double post] is to be £78 per annum. 5. Charles Brourton, Medical Officer, for the Thorncombe District. The form shows Brourton of Chard 'had charge of a large district and workhouse for two years'. The salary is to be £27 per annum. There was no vacancy…."

In 1851 lived at Church House,Colyton,Devon.Occupation surgeon(Church House is now The Vicarage in Vicarage Street.
(also recorded as being Cuckoo Street,Colyton) and not to be confused with Old Church House on Market Place which is a
part-Mediaeval building dated 1612,also situated in Vicarage Street.

In 1861 lived at Silver Street,Axminster,Devon.A GP and MRCSC and LSA.
Moved to Taunton in 1865.

In 1871 lived at The Castle,Bishops Hull, Taunton,Somerset.Age 69,surgeon,not practising.
Dr George Gillett became President of the West Somerset branch of the British Medical Association in 1872.
He lived at Taunton Castle in 1872.

In 1894 at the time of his wife Eliza's death,he is recorded as a MRCS on her death certificate.
George Gillett died Dec quarter 1880,Taunton district,vol 5c,p237(freebmd)
Death certificate;Registration district Taunton,sub-district Pitminster counties of Somerset and Devon,14 Dec 1880,Hoveland Terrace,Trull,Somerset.George Gillett,79 years,formerly a surgeon,Cause of death old age,cardiac dyspnea,48 hours,certified by WG Lidden,surgeon,registered by WE Gillett(17),son,present at death of 5 Berners Street,London.(offices of Bailey,Shaw and Gillett) Registered 16 Dec 1880,registrar Francis Lane.

Elliot Clarke(son of Laura Maria Gillett) mentions that his grandparents are buried at Staplegrove,near Taunton.
Family crest.
A Lucy(pike)preying in a butterfly.

Familysearch.org.
name:George Gillett
gender:Male
baptism/christening date:22 May 1801
baptism/christening place:SAINT JOHN,HACKNEY,LONDON,ENGLAND
father's name:William Gillett
indexing project (batch) number:C04215-2
system origin:England-ODM
source film number:569924
Note no mention of mother's name

History ofn the Castle in Taunton.
In 1655 it was stated that most of the boundaries had been destroyed around the Grammar School and exact outlines of previous properties could not be distinguished. In 1679 there are indications that the area to the north of Castle Bow, where Castle Hotel now stands, was cleared and used as a garden. In the remainder of the 17th century and the 18th century it is clear that most of the outer bailey was an open space known as Castle Green surrounded by buildings, many of which were remnants of castle buildings gradually being adapted to new uses. By 1627 Castle Green is clearly being used as a parading ground for public recreation.
By 1627 again a lease states that the Great Barn of the castle which had been made into stables was to be made into an inn. It stood near to the coffee shop and adjacent to the lords pound. Elsewhere in the enclosure there were gardens and signs of ramparts and walls of the castle. In the late 17th century the site of the Winchester Arms was occupied by the Lords Slatsbury and a long garden running to the inner bailey gate, encroaching on the Castle Green south east of Castle Bow, was the important Kings Arms, an inn recorded from the early 17th century and demolished in about 1720.
To the west of this and south west of Castle Bow was the Fountain Inn, in existence by 1680 and the most important 18th century inn in the town. Here dined William Pitt and from 1790 the first bank in Taunton - The Old Bank - occupied this site.
The principal development of the 18th century was the siting of the Great Markets of Cattle and Sheep on Castle Green. They were first held there in 1788 and were retained until 1929 when the present market was opened. Most of the present appearance of Castle Green, however, is the result of changes in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The present Castle Hotel (it has had numerous names) and the Winchester Arms were built by Josiah Easton soon after 1812, although extensions, additions and heightenings have obscured the earlier layout of the corner.
In 1386 the old grammar school was purchased by the Borough Council and converted in 1387. In 1928 the old school room was restored and used for a time as the Borough Courtroom. Extensions were made in 1887 and in 1904. Taunton's earliest inner relief road, Corporation Street, was cut in 1892 providing a more direct link to the west. It was built in the Castle ditch and reflects the line of the south defences of the outer bailey. It was known as Squint Street by the locals because it had a bend in it and it was little used until the mid l890s because the local people did not approve of it. On Castle Green the wall, visible on old prints, divided off the market area from the playground of the Grammar School.
Near the Castle Hotel stood the fire station, probably of the borough, and a billiard room. These were there by 1841 and in 1873 a clubhouse was built between them.
Clarks Tap, Castle Tap, now the Firestone, was in existence by 1852 and is close to, or on the site of, the lord's pound and a stable converted into an inn in the 17th century.
In 1932 the Odeon Cinema was opened on the site of other stables. The road alongside was cut in 1930/31. In 1930 also, the market having moved away, this area of Castle Green was first used as a car park - its present function. 1

  Medical Notes:

Cause of death old age,cardiac dyspnea,48 hours,certified by WG Lidden,surgeon,registered by WE Gillett(17),son,present at death of 5 Berners Street,London.(offices of Bailey,Shaw and Gillett) Registered 16 Dec 1880,registrar Francis Lane.
Elliot

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Surgeon in Colyton,Devon and later of Axminster.Moved to Taunton in 1865.

• Qualified as an Apothecary on 20 November 1823:

• Birth and christening detail source.:

George married Eliza Catherine Wakley [27] [MRIN: 17], daughter of Michael Wakley [121] and Elizabeth Walkey [120], on 23 Nov 1837 in St.John's Church, Exeter.No Longer In Existence .Bombed In Ww2. (Eliza Catherine Wakley [27] was born in 1815 in Exeter, Devon, UK., christened on 30 Jan 1816 in St Mary Steps, Exeter, Devon, died on 22 Mar 1894 in 9 Hoveland Terrace, Taunton. and was buried on 26 Mar 1894 in Staplegrove, Taunton.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Officiating officer,CE Walkey:

• Witness HMC Walkey of Charmouth,Samuel Walkey,B Walkey and Thomas Beckett Adams.:

• Recorded in Trewmans Exeter Flying Post issue 3765.: