Richard Baker Bellyse

17 May 1809 to 11 January 1877

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Richard Baker Bellyse, of Limehurst, and The Beeches, Audlem, MRCS, LSA (1837), MOH and Public Vaccinator for Audlem, born 1807, died unmarried (this is not right) 11 January 1877 (Burke, John and Burke, Sir Bernard (1836)(Eighteenth Edition, 1972), Bellyse Baker of Highfields in Burke’s Landed Gentry, Volume 3, pages 35 to 38).

1809

Richard Baker Bellyse, the son of Dr John Bellyse the Younger and Hannah (nee Baker) Bellyse, was born on 17 May 1809 in Pipegate (1871 Census) and baptised on 30 August 1812 in Audlem (Parish Register).

1831

Richard married June in about 1831 and they had a daughter, Eliza (BEL00010). June does not seem to have lived long afterwards and may have died in childbirth.

1837

Richard Baker Bellyse, remembered on the monument in Audlem Square, was the third and last Dr Bellyse of Audlem. (Baker, J Bellyse (1982), Highfields, Audlem: Sixteenth Century Home of the Dod and Baker Families, Audlem District History Society, page 19).

One of the most famous, however, was Dr Bellyse (1809 to 1877) who was surgeon in the parish for 40 years until his death. He was the grandson of the great “Cockfighter Bellyse”. A monumental lamp now stands in the centre of the Square, a much loved member of the community. (Latham, Frank (1997), Audlem: The History of a Cheshire Parish and its seventeen townships, page 48).

(The Standard, 10 February 1837, St James’ Chronicle, 11 February 1837)

Richard became a Surgeon. He was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) and a Licence of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) by 1837.

1841

1841 Census, Sandy Lane, Mount Pleasant, Audlem

John Bellyse, 50, surgeon

Richard Bellyse, 30, surgeon

Hannah Bellyse, 55

Louisa Bellyse, 15

Eliza Bellyse, 10

(Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel, 25 November 1955)

1848

(London and Provincial Medical Directory 1848 to 1858)

1851

1851 Census – Sandy Lane, Audlem

John Bellyse, head, 64, surgeon general practitioner, born in Audlem

Hannah Bellyse, 64

Richard B Bellyse, 41

Eliza Belize, John’s granddaughter, 19

Mary Clarke, Servant, 50

Harriot Reeves, 20, servant

1859

(Medical Registers, 1859)

1861

1861 Census, Audlem

Richard B Bellyse, 51, surgeon and apothecary, MRCS

Lizzie Bellyse, 30, surgeon’s daughter

Charity Baker, 27, visitor, magistrate’s daughter

Mary Clarke, 60, cook

Eliza Jones, 17, housemaid

1869

(Chester Chronicle, 25 September 1869)

1870

(Medical Directory)

1871

1871 Census – Audlem

Richard B Bellyse, 61, surgeon and apothecary, born in Pipegate, Shropshire

Ann Latham, 40, servant

1877

(The Standard, 18 January 1877)

(Probate Index)

(Parish Records)

There is an inscription in the square at Audlem which reads “In memory of Richard Baker Bellyse, who practised as a surgeon in this town for 40 years. Born 17th May 1809. Died 11th January 1877. In appreciation of a life spent in relieving the sufferings of his fellow creatures. A man he was to all the country dear. By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.”

The monument in 2026

(The Chronicle, 29 June 1994)