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"  Remember  Ike  days  of  old. 
Consider  the  years  of  viaiiy  gt-ncialions. 

Ash  thy  father. 
And  he  will  slieio  thee; 

Thy  elders. 
And  they  will  tell  thee:' 
Tell  ye  your  children  of  it,  and  Id  voiir  children  tell  their 
children,  and  their  children,  another  x^ncralion." 


History  of  the  Family 


STANSFELD  of  Stansfield 


Parish   of    Halifax 


AND   ITS   NUMEROUS   BRANCHES. 


JOHN     STANSFELD, 


WITH      MANY      ETCHINGS     AND      ILLUSTRATIONS. 


ILcelia : 

GOODALL    AND    SUDDICK,    COOKRIDGE    STREET, 

PRINTED     FOR     PRIVATE     CIRCULATION. 

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in  Mtnxovinm. 


Colonel  Hobe it  Stansfdb, 

0bit  \3ili  ©ctober,  1885. 


3t  is  voiiii  feelings  of  profounb  soxtow  tlje  lutl^or 
y^as  to  recorb  tl^e  beatl^  of  (Eolonel  J^obert  Stansfelb,  of 
5ielb  ^ousc,  SoioerbY,  to  ml^om  tbis  book  is  bebicateb. 
During  tl^e  preparation  of  tijis  tnork  Ijis  reaby  Ijanb 
toas  coer  outstretcljeb  to  renbec  all  available  anb  most 
material  assistance;  Ije  carefully  iratcljcb  its  progrtss,  anb 
peruseb  loitlj  genuine  pleasure  its  pages  as  tljey  appeareb ; 
onb  ttjc  fact  tl]at  it  i}ai>  not  reacljeb  l^im  in  its  ftnisl]eb 
conbition,  from  tlje  belay  occasioncb  in  probucing  tlje 
illustrations,  is  a  source  of  keen  bisappointment  anb  beep 
regret  to  tlje  91utljor. 

<Df  dolonel  Stansfelb  it  can  be  truly  saib  tljat 
fully  recogni5ing  lljat  property  Ijas  its  buties  as  u'ell 
as  its  rigljts,  i^e  was  eoer  anxious  to  furtljer  tlje  best 
interests  of  Ijis  tenantry,  by  ml^om  Ije  was  so  justly 
beloceb  ;  tl]e  poor  l^aoe  lost  in  l^im  a  generous  benefactor, 
anb  all  tl^ose  wl-}0  wexe  pricilegeb  to  knou?  l?im  wWl 
beplore  tl]e  loss  of  a  ujann-l^earteb  frienb;  l^e  u?a5 
empl^atically  in  all  respects  tlje  type  of  an  (Eitglislj 
gentleman,  a  gcob  man  anb  true;  I^is  useful  life  was 
Ijappily  enlargcb  tt>itlj  a  multitube  of  bays,  spent  in 
generous  frienbsl^ip  anb  nobility  of  purpose;  tljus  l^is 
memory  oiill  cccr  lir»e  in  tlje  Ijcarts  Ije  Ijas  left  bel|inb. 


Biography  of  Colonel  Stansfeld  as  it  appeared  in  tlie  Hahfa.x  Guardian  24tli 
October,  1885  :— 

It  is  with  much  regret  we  have  to  announce  the  death  of  this  gendeman,  on  Monday  evening,  at 
his  residence.  Field  House,  near  Hahfax,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  nearly  four  score  years.  Though 
increasing  years  somewhat  restrained  the  activity  of  one  who  to  the  last  has  shown  himself  possessed 
of  remarkable  vigour,  Colonel  Stansfeld  has  moved  about  to  the  last.  On  Saturday  he  visited  Halifax, 
and  spoke  to  many  of  his  acqu^ntances  in  his  well -known  cheerj- style.  On  Sunday  he  attended  service 
at  Sowerby  Church,  as  usual.  On  Monday  morning  he  rose  at  his  usual  hour,  and  during  the  day  he 
attended  to  various  matters  of  business  in  connection  with  his  estate.  In  the  afternoon  he  retired  to 
his  room  to  write  some  letters,  and  in  the  evening  he  became  indisposed,  and  shortly  afterwards 
breathed  his  last,  through  failure  of  the  action  of  the  heart- 

The  deceased  gentleman  was  the  son  of  Robert  Stansfeld.  Esq.,  of  Field  House,  a  gentleman  still 
remembered  by  the  older  inhabitants  of  Halifax  as  one  whose  fine  commanding  figure  was  noted  with 
pride,  and  who  wasa  rernarkable  example  of  the  old  English  gentleman.  Colonel  Stansfeld,  who  inherited 
many  of  his  father's  characteristics,  was  born  at  Sowerby,  on  the  5th  of  December,  1805.  He  was 
educated  at  Heath  Grammar  School.  In  his  youthful  days  he  took  great  pleasure  in  manly  pursuits, 
and  when  he  reached  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  he  resolved  to  adopt  the  miUtarj-  profession,  and 
entered  the  19th  Regiment  by  purchase.  He  was  gazetted  Ensign  of  his  rcgimeni  on  the  19th  of 
September,  1826.  and  Lieutenant  on  the  2nd  of  November.  1832.  He  ser\-ed  with  his  regiment  for 
many  years  in  the  West  Indies,  and  whilst  abroad  married  Hannah  Laetitia.  orly  daughter  and  heiress 
of  I^wis  Farley  Clogston  Johnston,  Esq..  Chief  Justice  of  the  Island  of  Trinidad.  On  the  4th  of 
August,  1837,  Colonel  Stansfeld  retired  from  his  regimenL  On  his  return  to  England,  he  took  up  his 
home  at  the  Breck,  in  Sowerby,  but  after  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1855.  he  removed  to  the  paternal 
residence.  Field  House,  where  he  has  continued  to  reside  to  the  last.  In  1852,  Colonel  Stansfeld 
joined  the  2nd  West  York  Militia,  whose  headquarters  were  at  York,  and  received  the  command  of  a 
company  ;  but  on  the  formation  of  the  6th  West  York  Militia,  he  became  Major  of  that  regiment,  the 
headquarters  of  which  were  at  Halifax.  The  date  of  his  appointment  was  the  25th  of  April,  1854. 
After  eighteen  years' service  as  Major  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  on  the 
26th  of  March,  1872.  On  the  15th  of  May.  1874  he  resigned  his  command,  but  was  allowed  the  title 
of  Honorarj'  Colonel  of  his  regiment.  Since  that  time  he  has  always  taken  an  interest  hi  the 
regiment,  and  has  been  present  at  the  annual  reviews  and  sports.  During  the  year  1861,  a  sham  fight 
on  a  large  scale  took  place  on  Skircoat  Moor  and  the  neighbourhood,  in  which  the  6th  West  took  part, 
and  Colonel  Stansfeld,  who  was  then  Major,  was  in  command  of  the  Militia.  On  the  29th  of  April, 
1864,  colours  were  presented  to  the  regiment.  On  that  occasion  an  escort  of  yeomanrj-  cavalry, 
commanded  by  Sir  Henr>-  Edwards,  Bart.,  assembled  on  Skircoat  Moor,  where  the  Militia  were 
drawn  up.  The  colours  were  presented  by  Miss  Edwards,  and  Colonel  Hind,  who  was  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  regiment,  returned  thanks.  Colonel  Stansfeld  has  taken  a  great  interest  in  the  Volunteer 
movement,  and  frequently  been  present  at  the  annual  reviews  of  the  Halifax  Rifle  Volunteers.  When  the 
great  national  campaign  took  place  at  Cannock  Chase,  Colonel  Stansfeld  went  into  camp,  although  he 
was  then  advanced  in  life,  and  endured  all  the  hardships  experienced  by  younger  men.  For  many  years 
Colonel  Stansfeld  has  been  a  justice  of  the  pe\ce  for  the  West  Riding,  and  formerly  was  very  regular 
in  attending  to  the  duties  at  the  West  Riding  Court.  He  was  a  staunch  Conservative,  though  he  has 
never  taken  an  active  part  on  the  platform.  He  was,  like  his  father  before  him,  a  Churchman,  though 
tolerant  of  those  who  differed  from  him,  and  a  regular  worshipper  at  Sowerby  Church,  where  many  of 
his  ancestors  now  rest,  and  where  many  memorials  of  their  zeal  and  liberality  are  preserved.  These 
have  been  carefully  recorded  in  the  '*  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family,"  a  splendid  work  by  Mr.  John 
Stansfeld,  of  Leeds.  A  painted  window,  representing  the  Crucifixion,  is  in  memory  of  Robert 
Stansfeld,  of  Field  Hous.-.  and  Lydia.  his  wife,  the  parents  of  Colonel  Stansfeld.  In  the  north 
clerestory  is  a  plaster  representation  of  the  Stansfeld  arms — Three  goals  statant.  Crest— a  lion's  head 
erased.  Motto  — Know  thyself.  There  are  several  mural  tablets,  including  one  to  the  memory  of 
Robert  Johnston  Stansfeld,  elder  son  of  Colonel  Stansfeld,  who  served  with  distinction  in  the  Crimean 
War  and  through  the  Indian  Mutiny.  It  w.is  chiefly  through  the  liberality  of  an  ancestor  of  Colonel 
Stansfeld's  that  the  present  church  was  erected,  and  the  remains  of  the  older  church  were  re-erected, 
and  now  stand  at  Fieldhouse.  In  the  restoration  of  Sowerby  Church,  Colonel  Stansfeld  took  great  in- 
terest, supporting  the  scheme  liberally  with  his  money,  and  giving  his  supervision  whilst  it  was  being 
carried  ouL  He  was  ready  to  help  in  any  work  of  improvement  in  his  own  district,  and  subscribed  to  the 
funds  for  the  formation  of  the  new  road  to  Sowerby.  He  was  averse  to  mixing  up  in  public  affairs, 
and  lived  the  life  of  a  quiet  countrj' gentleman.  About  a  year  ago  he  was  thrown  from  his  horse,  and 
received  such  injuries  as  might  have  ended  fatally  to  men  of  less  strong  constitutions.  An  early  riser, 
and  one  who  was  regular  in  his  habits,  he  has  preserved  a  fresh  and  youthful  appearance  till  advanced 
in  life.  He  was  a  fine  representative  of  a  hardy  race,  and  his  family,  who  trace  their  ancestors  back 
to  the  time  of  William  the  Norman,  include  many  who  have  rendered  good  service  to  the  State  and 
the  Church.  Colonel  Stansfrld  has  had  three  sons: -Lewis  Johnston,  who  died  young;  Robert 
Johnston,  late  captain  of  the  12th  and  38th  Regiments  of  Foot  (lately  deceased)  ;  and  John,  late 
Captain  of  the  Royal  Scots  Greys,  who  married  Eliza,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Patrick  Arkley, 
Esq.,  of  Dunninald  Castle,  Forfarshire,  and  he  is  a  magistrate  for  the  county  of  Forfar  and  the  West 
Riding.  Colonel  Stansfeld  had  also  three  daughters,  one  of  whom  married  the  late  Johnston  J.  Foster. 
Esq.,  J.P..  of  Cliffe  Hill,  Lightclifl^e.  Colonel  Stansfeld  was  a  member  of  the  Junior  United  Service 
Club,  S.W.  As  trustee  of  Wheelwright's  Charity  he  look  great  interest  in  the  successful  working  of 
Rishworth  Grammar  School.  He  was  also  a  governor  of  the  Waterbouse  Chanty,  besides  other 
charitable  trusts. 


EPITOME    OF    CONTENTS. 


I. — The  Parish  dF  Halifax 
II. — Heptonstall  Church 
III. — Heptonstall  Register-s     - 
IV.— Stansfield  Township 
V. — Crostone  Church       -        -        -        - 
VI. — The  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield 
VII.— The  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield  and 

SOWERBY  ----- 

VIII. — Sowerby  Church        -        -        -        - 
IX. — The  Stansfelds  of  Sowerby     - 
X. — The  Wolrich  or  Wolryche  Family 
XI. — Guiseley  Church       .       -       .       . 
XII. — Stansfeld  of  New  Milnes.  N.B. 
XIII. — The  Stansfelds  OF  Burnley     - 
XIV. — The  Stansfelds  of  Wadsworth 
XV. — Stansfelds  of  Shore  in  Stansfield 
XVI.— Arms  of  Stansfeld    -        -        -        - 
XVII.— The  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield  and 

Hartishead  -        -        -        -        -     3 1 3  to  346. 

XVIII. — Stansfeld  of  Ewood  and  Adamroyd  347  to  362, 

XIX. — Stansfelds  of  Elland  and  others  -    363  to  374 

XX. — Stansfeld  Evidences        -        -        -    375  to  404. 

XXI. — Northgate  End  Chapel    -        -        -    405  to  408, 

INDEXES. 

LOCORUM     --------  409  to  429. 

NOMINUM    --------  430  to  452. 

General    --------  453  to  459. 


I 

to 

18. 

19 

to 

36. 

37 

to 

74- 

75 

to 

84. 

S5 

to 

100. 

lOI 

to 

128. 

129 

to 

160. 

161 

to 

182. 

183 

to 

246. 

247 

to 

252. 

253 

to  258. 

259 

to 

266. 

267 

to 

280. 

281 

to 

286. 

287 

to 

302. 

303 

to 

312. 

Various  ways  by  which  the  present  name  of  Stansfcld  is  spelt 
in  the  following  pages  : — 


Stainefeikl 
Stainesfeld 
Stainsfeld 
Stainsfcud 

Stamfeild 
Stamfield 
Stamfild 
Stampfield 


Stanesfield 

Stanfeld 

Stanfeldc 

Stanffelde 

Stanffeld 

Stanfield 

Stanncsfeld 


Stancefeild 

Stancefeilde 

Stancefeld 

Stancefelde 

Stancefield 

Stancesfeld 

Standfelde 
Standfield 
Standsfeild 
Standsfield 

Stancfield 
Stanefylde 
Stanesfeld 
Stanesfclde 


Stansfeeld 
Stansfeild 
Stansfeilde 
Stansfelde 

Stansfeuld 
Stansffeldc 
Stansfild 


Stauncefeld 

Staiinccfelde 

Staunsfild 

Staynfeld 


LIST   OF    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Engraved  Plate.  Stansfeld  Arms,  Crest,  and  Motto. . .  Frontispiece. 
Colonel  Robert  Stansfeld, Field  House, nr.  Halifax...  Facing  Title. 
Emblazoned  Arms,  with  Crest,  Motto,  and  Supporters. 

Facing  Dedication. 

Portrait  of  the  Author,  facing  chapter  I.  Page   i. 

Exterior  of  Heptonstall  Old  Church.         ...         ...  ,,19. 

Heptonstall  New  Church.  ...         ...         ...         ...        „     ^7. 

Interior  of  Heptonstall  Old  Church.  ...  ...  ',37- 

The  Bridcstones  in  Stansfield  Township.         ...  ...         „     75. 

Sowerby  Church.       ...         ...         ...         ...         ...  „  161. 

Fac-simile  of  George  Stansfeld's  Letter,  1764.  ...        ,,168. 

Statue  of  Archbishop  Tillotson  in  Sowerby  Church.  „   169. 

Old  Field  House,  Sowerby,  nr.  Halifax.  „   185. 

George  Stansfeld,  Leeds,  ^(5.  1872 ,,    [86. 

Timothy  Stansfeld,  Field  House,  New  Cross,  Surrey, 

od.  1829 „   187. 

New  Field  House,  Sowerb}',  nr.  Halifax „   t88. 

Josias  Stansfeld,  Field  House,  New  Cross,  Surrey,  od.  184.6.   „    189. 

Robert  Stansfeld,  Field  House,  nr.  Halifax,  <?/^.  1855 195. 

Major  Robert  Stansfeld    Birkbeck,   Anley,  nr.   Settle, 

od.  1882 '      196. 

Captain    Robert  Johnston    .Stansfeld,    Firby   Hall,  nr. 

York,  olr.  1876.  ...  ...  ...  ...         „   199. 

Major  Johnston  J.  Foster,  Moor  Park,  co.  Salop,  06.  1880.    „  200. 

George  Stansfeld,  Settle,  <>^.  1869 ,  200. 

Lieut.-Col.  George  Stansfeld,  Cottingley  Hall,  Bingley.        „  201. 
George  Stansfeld,  Field  House,  nr.  Halifax,  ^<J.  1805....         „  213. 

Fac-simile  of  George  Stansfeid's  Letter,  1791.  ...         ,,218. 

Hope  Hall,  nr.  Halifax.        ...         ...         ...         ...  „  227. 

His  Honour,  Judge  Stansfeld,  Halifax,  oIk  1872.        ...        „  239. 

Right  Hon.  James  Stansfeld,  P.C,  M. P.,  Halifax...  „  243. 

Tomb  of  Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  Constable  of  Pontefract.        „  268. 
Emblazoned  Arms  of  Stan.sfeld  of  Stansfield.  ...        „  303. 

Fac-simile  of  Stained  Glass  from'  Heptonstall  Old  Church.  „  305. 
Fac-simile  of  Tricking  of  Arms  in  Herald's  College.  „  306. 

Emblazoned  Arms  of  Richard  .Stanfeild  of  Shepley.  „  307. 

Fac-simile  of  Tricking  of  Arms  in  the  British  Museum.  „  308. 
Fac-simile  of  Tricking  of  Arms  in  Herald's  College...  „  308. 
Emblazoned  Arms  of  Sir  Jas.  Stamfeild  of  Newmilnes,  N.B.  „  309. 
Emblazoned  Arms  of  Stansfield  of  Ewood  and  Todmorden.  „  311. 
Tailpiece.  >.  459- 


LIST   OF   SHEET    PEDIGREES. 


PACE. 

Stansfield  of   Stansfield,  nr.  Halifax,  in  the  Wapentake  of 

Agbrig  and  Morley 'oo 

(From  the  Harleiaa  MS.,  folio  582,  in  the  British  Museum.) 


Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  nr.  Halifax. 

(Heralds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  I.) 


Pedigree    shewing    the  connection   of   Fleming  of  Wath, 
Stansfeld  of  Stansfield,  and  Savile  of  Coplej-. 


.Stansfcld  of  Sowerby.  Follows  page  1 28. 

(Heralds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  II.) 


Stansfeld  of  Stansfield  and  Sowerby. 

(Heralds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  III.) 


Stansfeld  of  Stansfield  and  Sowerby. 

(Heralds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  IV.     First  part.) 


Stansfeld  of  Stansfield  and  Sowerby 

(Heralds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  IV.    Second  part.) 


Stansfeld  of  Pond,  Field  House,  Sowerby,  nr.  Halifax.    ...      184. 


Stansfeld  of  Pond,  Sowerby,  and  Field  House,  New  Cross, 

CO.  Surrey.  192. 


Stansfeld  of  Newark  (Heralds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  V.).  ...       220. 


Stansfeld  of  Hope  Hall,  Halifax,  Flockton  Manor  House, 
and  Weetwood  Grove,  Leeds 


I'edigree  shewing  Saxon  descent  of  Sarah  Stansfeld. 

Pedigree  shewing  double  descent  of  Sarah  Stansfeld  from 
Henry  HI.  and  Edward  I 


Stansfield  of  Shore,  Lothersdale,  and  Halifax 286. 


Stansfield  of  Stansfield  and  Hartishead 312. 

(Uer.alds'  College  Pedigree,  No.  VI.) 


Stansfield  of  Ewood  and  Todmorden 34^- 


PREFACE. 


IF  all  portions  of  a  book  perhaps  the  most  difficult  to 
write  is  the  preface  ;  we  approach  this  part  of  the 
work  with  the  feeling  that  a  load  has  been  removed 
by  the  completion  of  the  main  body  of  the  Book, 
and  rise  from  the  same  with  a  sense  of  having  performed  the 
duty  in  a  perfunctory  manner,  and  a  feeling  of  doubt  as  to 
whether  we  have  made  every  acknowledgment  to  those 
numerous  friends  who  have,  from  time  to  time,  assisted  by  word, 
work,  or  material,  to  make  our  record  complete. 

Some  years  have  passed  since  I  first  directed  my  attention 
to  the  study  of  the  genealogy  of  my  own  famih-,  and  from  the 
various  references  then  published,  compiled  a  pedigree,  which 
was  printed  for  private  circulation. 

Since  that  time,  I  have  collected  much  additional  and 
hitherto  unpublished  matter,  which,  with  the  kindly  offers  of 
help  I  received,  made  the  scheme  of  a  Family  History  feasible. 

The  idea  of  my  writing  it  first  suggested  itself  whilst 
inspecting  the  large  and  varied  archselogical  MSS.  left  by  the 
late  Edward  Johnson  \\'alkcr,  who,  as  editor  of  the  Halifax 
Guardian  for  nearly  half  a  century,  was  in  a  peculiarly 
advantageous  position  for  collecting  information,  relating  to  the 
historic  town  and  parish  in  which  he  lived  ;  and  when  it  is 
borne  in  mind  that  the  Stansfeld  family  is  one  of  the  many 
important  families  which  have  sprung  from  Halifax,  the 
advantage  which  has  arisen  from  the  possession  of  these  local 
MSS.,  will  be  evident  to  all  readers  of  the  following  pages. 


vi.  Preface 

Besides  the  possession  of  the  above,  I  have  had 
the  advantage  of  the  personal  assistance  of  one  of  Mr.  E.  J. 
Walker's  sons,  the  author  of  "  Halifax  Registers "  ;  without 
whose  knowledge  of  their  contents,  they  could  not  have  been 
utilized,  to  the  best  advantage.  And  what  has  thus  been  used, 
is  but  a  fair  sample  of  the  great  bulk,  contained  in  the 
Walker  MSS.,  which  might  similarly  illustrate  the  history  of  any 
one  of  the  families,  connected  with  this  old  parish. 

To  Mr.  John  Lister,  M.A.,  of  Shibden  Hall,  I  must 
express  my  heart-felt  appreciation  of  his  kindness,  in  sending 
any  information  relating  to  the  Stansfelds,  contained  in 
his  own  collections.  This  is  none  the  less  sincere,  because 
I  find  that  a  peculiarly  valuable  portion  thereof,  viz.,  the 
transcripts,  made  by  himself,  from  Dodsworth's  original  MSS. 
in  the  Bodleian  Library,  Oxford,  had  previously  been  lent  to 
Mr.  E.  J.  Walker,  who  collated  them  with  his  own  extracts  from 
Jennings'  copy,  in  the  British  Museum. 

To  Mr.  John  E.  Bailey,  F.S.A.,  of  Stretford,  my  thanks 
are  also  due,  for  his  search  through  the  Towneley  MSS.,  for  any 
matter  relating  to  the  subject  of  this  work  ;  and  for  his  care  and 
attention,  in  sending  transcripts,  and  correcting  the  proofs  of  the 
result  of  his  labours.  To  Mr.  William  Ecroyd  of  Lomeshaye,  a 
member  of  a  family,  well  known  and  honoured  in  the  parish  of 
Halifax,  that  of  Akroyd  of  Akroyd,  of  Bank  Field  and  of 
Foggathorpe,  I  am  indebted  for  the  loan  of  a  deed,  mentioned  in 
the  account  of  the  Stansfelds  of  Burnley  ;  and  also  for  other 
information  on  the  subject. 

In  searching  the  registers  of  Heptonstall  Church,  for  which  I 
had  the  ready  permission  of  the  vicar,  I  have  had  the  additional 
advantage,  of  a  full  copy  of  the  first  volume  made  for  publication, 
and  lent  to  me,  by  Mr.  James  H.  Ogden,  a  member  of  another 
old  Halifax  family,  settled,  till  recently,  at  Wadsworth  Banks,  in 
Wadsworth  ;  to  the  authorities  of  Gray's  Inn,  who  kindly  allowed 
the  entry  of  the  admission  of  Ashton  Stansfeld,  to  be  published, 
and     to   Mr.  T.    C.   Noble    of  Greenwood    Road,  Dalston,  E., 


Preface.  vii- 

who    acted,    for  me,    as     copyist,    in    recent    investigations    in 
London,  my  acknowledgments  are  also  due. 

To  members  of  the  familj-,  whose  interest,  in  the  publication 
of  this  volume,  should  be  as  great  as  my  own,  I  am  not 
called  upon  to  offer  any  special  thanks,  for  information  given, 
which  is  as  much  to  their  benefit,  as  to  mine.  But  two  exceptions 
demand  a  special  mention,  viz. : — Captain  John  Stansfeld  of 
Dunninald  Castle,  Montrose,  N.B.,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Wolryche 
Stansfeld  of  Weetwood  Grove,  Leeds,  who  have  both  rendered 
me  valuable  service.  They  will  be  found  mentioned,  in  the 
body  of  the  work,  in  connection  with  deeds,  &c.  lent  by  them. 

It  is  a  matter  of  regret,  that  the  earlier  family  portraits 
in  existence,  were  not  available  for  reproduction.  Some 
of  them  are  at  Esholt  Priory  ;  but  the  present  possessor,  General 
Stansfield,  does  not  seem  sufficiently  aware  of  their  individual 
identity.  The  portrait  of  David  Stansfeld,  who  died  in  1769, 
would  have  formed  an  appropriate  complement,  to  the  etching 
of  Hope  Hall,  of  which  he  was  the  builder.  I  have  been  more 
fortunate  in  obtaining  to  accompany  the  etching  of  Field  House, 
a  portrait  of  its  founder,  George  Stansfeld,  who  died  in  1805, 
from  a  painting,  in  the  possession  of  Colonel  Robert  Stansfeld  of 
Field  House.  Capital  portraits  of  both  David  Stansfeld  of 
Hope  Hall,  and  his  son,  David  Stansfeld  of  Leeds,  who 
married  Sarah,  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  Wolrich 
of  Armley  House,  are  at  present  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Wolryche  Stansfeld  of  Weetwood  Grove,  being  the  property,  I 
believe,  of  Colonel  Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld,  the  head  of  that 
branch  of  the  family. 

Those  members  of  the  family,  who  have  contributed,  at  their 
own  cost,  the  etched  portraits,  which  form  such  a  striking  feature 
of  this  book,  will  be  amply  repaid  by  the  appreciation,  which 
cannot  fail  to  be  rendered  by  all  readers.  They  are  Colonel 
Robert  Stansfeld  and  the  Misses  Stansfeld  of  Field  House  ; 
Captain  John  Stansfeld  of  Dunninald  Castle,  Montrose  ;  Mrs. 
Foster,  Moor  Park,  Salop  ;  Miss  Elizabeth  Stansfeld,  Rallin  Brow, 


viii.  Preface. 

Settle;  Mrs.  Birkbeck,  Anley,  Settle;  Mrs.  Mary  Stansfeld 
Williams,  Eaton  Square,  London,  and  others. 

A  work  like  this,  though  dealing  of  necessity,  more  with  the 
history  of  the  past,  yet  is  intended  to  convey,  to  future 
generations,  a  picture  of  the  state  of  their  family,  at  the  time 
of  publication. 

To  the  young  members  of  the  family,  and  to  all  \\ho  will 
be  added  to  them,  this  present  work  creates  the  possibility 
"  That  search  may  be  made,  in  the  book  of  the  records  of  their 
fathers."  The  opportunity  offers  itself  of  surpassing  the  fame 
and  works  of  their  ancestors,  and  of  proving  the  truth  of  both  the 
propositions  of  the  proverb  "  that  as  the  glory  of  children  are 
their  fathers,  so  the  children's  children  may  be  the  crown  of 
their  ciders." 


Leeds,  October,  1885. 


LIST   OF  SUBSCRIBERS. 


VERY  member  of  the  family,  whose  name  and 
address  could  be  ascertained,  had  the  oppor- 
tunity of  accepting  or  refusing,  at  the  subscription 
price,  a  copy  of  this  work.  The  original  prospectus 
stated  its  size  to  be  about  200  pages,  but  it  will  be  seen  that 
they  amount  to  more  than  double  that  number.  In  the  same 
manner,  the  illustrations  first  projected,  were  less  than  a  quarter 
of  the  number  included.  The  following  are  the  names  of  the 
original  subscribers,  for  whose  ready  appreciation  of  the  labours 
and  good  faith  of  the  author,  of  which  they  could  have  so  little 
pre-existing  knowledge,  he  is  bound  to  render  his  acknow- 
ledgment. 

Advocates'  Library,  Edinburgh,  N.B. 

William  Aldam,  J. P.,  Frickley  Hall,  near  Doncaster. 

John  E.  Bailey,  F.S.A.,  Stratford,  Manchester. 

Mrs.  Emily  Margaret  Barrow,  Blackheath  Park,  Kent 

Walton  Graham  Berry,  Broomfield,  Fixby,  near  Huddersfield. 

Anthony  Binns,  Whitwell  Place,  EUand. 

Mrs.  Birkbeck,  Anley,  Settle  (4  copies). 

John  Birkbeck,  Junr.,  J.P.,  Bankwell,  Settle. 

Miss  E.  A.  Bischoff,  Highbury  Terrace,  London,  N. 

Reginald  Stewart  Boddington,  Markham  Sq.,  S.W. 

Bodleian  Library,  Oxford. 

Edward  Whitley  Booth,  Crown  St.,  Halifax. 

Arthur  Briggs,  Cliff  Cottage,  Rawden,  Leeds. 

Mrs,  Marianne  Briggs,  Woodland  House,  Leeds. 

British  Museum  Library,  London. 

Thomas  Brooke,  J. P.,  F.S.A.,  Armitage  Bridge,  Huddersfield. 

Colonel  W.  E.  G.  Lytton-Bulwer,  Quebec  House,  East  Dereham. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Burgess,  Park  Crescent,  Brighton. 

Cambridge  University  Library,  Cambridge. 

C.  H.  Charlesworth,  Holly  Bank,  Settle. 

J.  W.  Clay,  Rastrick  House,  Brighouse. 


X.  List  of  bUBSCRiHKR.s. 

Mrs.  Stansfeld  Cousens,  Streatham  Hill,  Surrey. 

W.  T.  Crampton,  Vernon  House,  Roundhay,  Leeds. 

John  E.  Craven,  Mulcture  Hall,  near  1  odmorden. 

Fred  A.  Crisp,  Grove  Park,  Denmark  Hill,  S.E. 

Thomas  CuUeton,  Cranbourn  Street,  London,  W.C. 

Francis  Darwin.  J. P.,  Creskeld  Hall,  Otley. 

SUnley  Dickinson,  Belle  Sauvage  Yard,  London,  E.G. 

Miss  Annie  Maria  Dinsdale,  Knaresbro'. 

Henry  Stansfeld  Dinsdale,  Knaresbro'. 

Joseph  Dinsdale,  Knaresbro'. 

Joseph  Dinsdale,  Junr.,  Knaresbro'. 

Miss  Phiebe  Arabella  Dinsdale,  Knaresbro'. 

George  Dixon,  J. P.,  .\ugustus  Road,  Birmingham. 

William  Downing,  Olton,  near  Birmingham. 

George  Dyson,  Brighouse,  near  Halifax. 

William  Ecroyd,  Spring  Cottage,  near  Burnley. 

Major  Arthur  H.  Edwards,  J. P.,  Ash  Grove,  Elland,  near  Halifax. 

V.  Gary  Elwes,  F.S.A.,  Billing  Hall,  Northampton. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Fearnsides,  All  Saints'  Vicarage,  Todmorden. 

Mrs.  Foster,  Moor  Park,  near  Ludlow  (4  copies). 

John  Foster,  J.P  ,  Coombe  Park,  Whitchurch,  Oxon. 

Joseph  Foster,  Boundary  Road,  St.  John's  Wood,  London,  N.W. 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Gray,  Duxmere,  near  Ross,  Herefordshire. 

Joseph  J.  Green,  Stanstead  Montfitchet.  near  Bishop's  Stortford. 

Lewis  Hainsworth.  Bowling  Old  Lane,  Bradford  (2  copies). 

Edward  Hailstone,  D.L.,  F.S.A.,  Walton  Hall,  \\'akefield. 

William  Hall,  ^LR.CS.,  Moorham,  Headingley. 

C.  E.  H.  Chadwyck  Healey,  Harley  Street,  London.  W.  (2  copies). 

Edward  Charles  Healey,  J. P.,  Wyphurst,  Cranleigh.  Surrey  (2  copies). 

Mrs.  Hickson,  Brixton  Hill,  S.W. 

Mrs.  E.  J.  Highley,  Rockville,  Halifax. 

John  Hitchman.  Birmingham. 

Parker  S.  Holt.  Lower  Kebroyd,  Triangle,  near  Halifax. 

Robert  Hovenden,  Park  Hill  Road,  Croydon. 

J.  J.  Howard,  LL.D..  F.S.A.,  Blackheath   Kent. 

Mrs.  Edward  Huth.  Wykehurst,  Hayward's  Heath,  Sussex. 

Ferdinand  i\Larshall  Hi'ith,  Upjier  Grosvenor  Street,  London,  W. 

Mrs.  Frances  Caroline  Huth,  Kensinjiton  Palace  Gardens,  W.  (4  copies). 

Captain  Frederick  H.  Huth,  Lansdowne  Crescent,  Bath. 

Reginald  Huth,  Kensington  Palace  Gardens,  l.ondon. 

Thomas  Illingworth,  Crown  Street,  Halifax. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ingham,  Castle  Lodge,  Todmorden. 

Richard  Jackson,  Commercial  Street,  Leeds. 

Francis  James,  Cromwell  Road,  London,  S.W. 

Joseph  Laycock,  Clarendon  Place,  Leeds. 

Williaui  Lee,  Hanover  Square,  Bradford. 

Leeds  Public  Library  [James  Yates,  Librarian],  Leeds. 

John  Lister,  M.A.,  Shibden  Hall,  Halifax. 

Mrs.  \.  M.  A.  Macfarlane,  Uplands,  Chesterfield. 

Alfred  Marshall,  Fernside,  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Mrs.  George  Stansfeld  Marshall,  Elsham  Road,  Kensington,  W. 


List  of  Subscribers.  xi. 

August  Gottlieb  Meissner,  lo,  St.  Helen's  Place,  London,  E.G. 

Miss  M.  A.  Micklethwait,  Newbridge  Hill,  Bath. 

Samuel  Midgley,  Aked's  Road,  Halifax. 

James  Miles,  Trinity  Street,  Leeds  (2  copies). 

D.  Milligan,  Market  Street,  Leeds. 

James  William  Mitchell  (Rothesay  Herald  at  Arms),  Sidmouth,   Devon. 

Edwin  Morley,  Springfield  Terrace,  Leeds, 

John  Moxon,  M.R.C.S.,  Loraine  Place,  Holloway,  N. 

J.  H.  Munkman,  Commercial  Street,  Leeds. 

Joseph  E.  Newsom,  Forest  Hill,  London,  S.E.  (2  copies). 

Samuel  Leathley  Nussey,  Potternewton  Hall,  Leeds. 

J.  H.  Ogden,  Hopwood  Lane,  Halifax. 

Abraham  Ormerod,  J. P.,  Ridge  Foot.  Todmorden. 

William  Ormerod,  Langfield  House,  Todmorden. 

T.  H.  Parker,  Solicitor,  Newport,  Monmouthshire. 

Charles  Pebody,  De  Grey  Terrace,  Leeds. 

Thomas  Boyne  Pegler,  St.  George's  Square,  Leeds  (2  copies). 

William  Fetch,  J.P.,  Aldingham  Hall,  near  Ulver.ston. 

W.  N.  Pitcher,  Apley  Terrace,  Stretford. 

Frederick  William  Prior,  Gordon  House,  Blackheath  Park,  S.E. 

Mrs.  Pulleine,  Clifton  Castle,  Bedale. 

Bernard  Quaritch,  Piccadilly,  London,  W. 

John  Eamage,  Warwick  Lane,  London. 

W.  H.  Rawson,  J.P.,  D.L.,  Mill  House,  Halifax. 

James  Reid,  Chapel-AUerton,  Leeds. 

John  C.  Reid,  Leighton  Mllas,  Roundhay,  Leeds. 

Thomas  Wemyss  Reid,  Leeds. 

George  Roberts,  Ashne  Road,  Sheftield. 

William  Sager,  Solicitor,  Todmorden. 

Joseph  Scott,  Solicitor,  Leeds. 

John  Shorter,  Oakfield,  Forest  Hill,  Kent. 

John  Simpson,  Belle  Vue  Villa,  Chapeltown  Road,  Leeds. 

Mrs.  Harriott  A.  Smith,  Ulva  Road,  Putney. 

William  Smith,  F.S.A.S.,  Osborne  House,  Morley. 

Henry  Sotheran,  Cross  Street,  Manchester. 

Alfred  Wolryche  Stansfeld,  Weetwood  Grove,  Leeds. 

Miss  Amy  M.  Stansfeld,  The  Vicarage,  Daventry. 

Berthold  Robert  Stansfeld,  M.A.,  Ben  Rhydding,  Leeds. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Stansfeld,  Rallin  Brow,  Settle. 

Miss  Ellen  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

Miss  Frances  Emily  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  George  Stansfeld,  J. P.,  Cottingley  Hall,  Bingley. 

Mrs.  Stansfeld,  Cottingley  Hall,  Bingley. 

George  Micklethwait  Stansfeld,  Clifton,  Bristol. 

Colonel  Henry  Hamer  Stansfeld,  Sidmouth,  Devon. 

Right  Hon.  James  Stansfeld,  P.C,  M.P.,  etc.,  Halifax. 

Captain  John  Stansfeld,  J.P  ,  Dunninald  Castle,  Montrose  (2  copies). 

John  Stansfeld,  Junr.,  Leeds. 

Rev.  J.  B.  E.  Stansfeld,  Manor  House,  Preston,  near  Uppingham. 

Joseph  J.  Stansfeld,  B.A.,  Ladbroke  Square,  London,  W.  (2  copies). 


xii.  List  of  Subscribers. 

ISIiss  Mary  Katherine  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

Miss  Phoebe  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

Raywood  Micklethwait  Stansfeld,  The  Poplars,  Halifax. 

Richard  Micklethwait  Stansfeld,  The  Poplars,  Halifax. 

Colonel  Robert  Stansfeld.  J. P.,  Field  House,  nr.  Halifax  (2  copies). 

Robert  Stansfeld.  Leeds. 

Colonel  Thomas  Wohich  Stansfeld,  Dinan,  France, 

Thomas  Wolryche  Stansfeld,  J.P.,  Weetwood  Grove,  I-eeds. 

William  Stansfeld,  Mansion  Lodge,  Leeds. 

William  Edward  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

William  Fetch  Stansfeld,  Leeds. 

Hall  Stansfield.  Park  House,  Halifax. 

John  William  Stansfield,  Park  House,  Halifax. 

William  Ashton  Stansfield,  Westbank,  Todmorden. 

George  Suddick,  Cardigan  Road,  Leeds. 

Captain  T.  Crossley  Sutcliffe,  J.P.,  D.L.,  The  Lee,  Heptonstall. 

William  Sutcliffe,  Lower  Laith,  Todmorden. 

John  Sykes,  M.D.,  J.P..  F.S.A..  Doncaster. 

J.  Teal,  Southgate,  Halifax  (4  copies). 

Rev.  John  Tinkler,  M.A..  Arkengarthdale  Vicarage,  Richmond. 

Todniorden  Industrial  Society,  Educational  Department. 

George  W.  Tomlinson,  F.S.A.,  The  Elms,  Huddersfield. 

Trinity  College  Library,  Dublin. 

T.  Broadbent  Trowsdale.  F.R.H.S..  La  Belle  Sauvage  Yard,  E.C 

J.  Horsfall  Turner,  Idle,  Bradford. 

toseph  Turner,  Fern  Lea,  New  Leeds. 

Edward  Johnson  Walker,  Clare  Road,  Halifax. 

Henry  \Valker,  Regent  Park  Terrace,  Headingley. 

Thomas  Ibbetson  AValker,  Craven  Terrace,  Halifax. 

W.  J.  Walker,  Holmroyd,  New  Westminster,  British  Columbia. 

Geo.  Ward,  Buckingham  Terrace,  Headingley. 

Miss  Adelaide  Mary  Williams,  Eaton  Square,  London. 

Mrs.  Mary  Stansfeld  Williams,  „ 

Miss  Theresa  Stansfeld  Williams,         ,,  „ 

Wni.  Savile  Wood,  The  Grove,  Pontefract. 

Arthur  Edward  Woolrych,  M.D.,  Royal  Avenue,  Chelsea. 

John  Henry  M'urtzburgh,  De  Grey  Road,  Leeds. 


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Chapter     I, 


THE    PARISH    OF    HALIFAX. 


^HE  history  of  a  large  local  family  like  that  of  the 
Stansfelds,  would  be  imperfect,  even  though  the 
account  were  understood,  if  some  description  were 
not  given  of  the  large  and  important  ecclesiastical 
district,  from  a  portion  of  which  the  family  took  its  name. 
Not  only  is  this  necessary  in  the  case  of  the  special  township, 
that  is,  Stansfield,  which  is  the  birthplace  of  the  family,  so  far  as 
its  present  surname  is  concerned;  but  as  Stansfield  itself  was 
but  a  portion,  ecclesiastically,  of  an  ancient  parochial  chapelry, 
and,  civilly,  of  other  still  larger  divisions  of  land,  so  it  is  requisite 
that  these  greater  areas  should  be  in  some  degree  described,  that 
the  reader  may  understand  what  greater  terms  may  include  the 
less,  when  the  place-names  are  given. 

The  parish  of  Halifax  long  considered,  though  falsely,  the 
largest  parish  in  England,  has  an  area,  according  to  the 
Ordnance  Survey,  of  82,539  acres.  Elsewhere,  in  the  census  of 
183 1,  returned  as  75,740  statute  acres,  the  parish  of  Whalley  is 
given  as  104,689  acres,  and  the  county  of  Rutland,  commonly 
said  to  be  but  a  little  larger  than  the  parish  of  Halifax,  is  shewn, 
in  the  same  return,  as  having  an  area  of  107,728  statute  acres, 
but  with  a  considerably  less  population  than  Halifax.  The 
appearance  of  the  country  has  been  well  described  by  Cobbett, 
in  his  vigorous  English  : — 

"  This  part  of  England  is  the  most  interesting  that  I  ever  saw. 
It  is  here  where  nature  has  been  sportive  indeed.  Here  are  never- 
ending  chains  of  hillocks ;  hill  after  hill,  and  hill  upon  hill ;  the 
deep  valleys  winding  about  in  every  direction,  and  every  valley 
having,  therefore,  a  run  of  water  greater  or  less.  Evpry  now  and 
then  a  cross  valley  comes  twisting  down  into  this  main  valley  ;   the 


2  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

view  is  never  the  same,  riding  on  a  post-chaise,  for  two  minutes  at 

a  time.     From  foot  of  hill  to  foot  of  hill,  the  main  valley  is  not,  on 

an  average,  more  than  from  200  to  400  yards  wide;    and  the  hills 

rise  up  almost  perpendicular.     Sometimes  they  are  covered  with 

trees,  of  puny  size  to  be  sure,  sometimes  with  rough  grass  ;  but  in 

height,  width,  form,  and  every  other  circumstance,  the  variety  is 

endless." 

Local  historians,  Whitaker,  Watson,  and  others,  have  attempted 

descriptions  of  the  scenery  at  greater  length  ;   but   it    will    be 

sufficient-to  state,  that,  occupying  the  eastern  watershed  of  the 

Pennine  range  of  mountains,  the  backbone  of  England,  for   a 

considerable  distance,  the  parish  of  Halifax  affords  almost  eveiy 

variety  of  mountain  scenery  ;  several  of  its  rugged  passes  and 

its  wild   moorland   stretches,  rivalling  in  appearance,  if  not   in 

degree,  the  favoured  haunts  of  the  tourist  and  the  painter,  and 

which,  as  Drayton  puts  into  the  mouth  of  the  West  Riding  : — 

"  Were  they  not  here  in  me, 
In  any  other  place,  right  well  might  wonders  be." 

And  if  the  tourist  and  the  painter  have  failed  to  appreciate 
the  parish  of  Halifax,  the  historian  no  less  has  even  detracted 
from  the  historic  importance  of  its  central  township,  and 
omitted  to  read  in  the  ancient  Domesday  Survey,  where  smaller 
townships  have  their  place  recorded,  the  name  of  Halifax,  under 
its  more  ancient  designation.  Camden,  indeed,  went  further,  and 
credited  it  with  a  name  it  never  bore  : — 

"  From  hence  the  river  Calder  passes  through  the  Mountains 

on  the  left  by  Halifax,  a  very  famous  town,  situated  from  West  to 

East  upon  the  gentle  descent  of  an  hill.     This  name  is  of  no  great 

antiquity;    not  many  ages  since  it  was  called  Horton,  as  some  of 

the  Inhabitants  say,  who  tell  us  this  story  concerning  the  change  of 

it,  ei--c.,  fi-'C.     Note.  Some  think  it  was  formerly  call'd  The  Chapd 

in  the  Grm'c" 

The  story  will   be  given  further  on,  a  different  story,  by-the- 

bye,  to  the  legend  concerning  the  name  of  Halifax  in  Camden's 

first  edition  in  1 587.  The  above  quotation  is  from  Gibson's  edition, 

1695,  p.  707.     But  some  attempt  to  explain  Camden's  error  would 

not  be  out  of  place.     As  Halifax  was  not  known  to  be  mentioned 

in  Domesday  Book,  and  as  the  importance  of  the  place  warranted 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  3 

some  attempt  to  find  it  there  mentioned,  under  a  different  name  ; 
we  can  easily  imagine  the  shrewd  suggestion  of  the  late  Dr. 
Walker,  of  Scammonden,  to  be  correct.  This  was,  that  the 
Saviles,  finding  Overe  and  not  Halifax  in  Domesday,  misled 
Camden  in  this  particular,  making  Overe  into  Ourton  (Horton). 
The  note  as  to  the  Chapel  in  the  Grove,  which  undoubtedly  was 
Southowram  Chapel,  tends  to  strengthen  this  theory.  Kirkby's 
Inquest  [1284-5]  calls  Overe — Suthouerton,  so  that  there  is  high 
precedent  for  the  error.  Hunter  records  in  his  History  of  Hallam- 
s/iire,  p.  9,  a  similar  error : — 

"  It  is  remarkable  that  Sir  Henry  Savile,  himself  a  Yorkshire- 
man,  in  his  edition  of  Hoveden,  and  in  the  section  De  Wapentagio, 
f.  346  /',  has  printed  Warewickshire,  where  it  is  plain  that  Yorkshire 
[Euerwickshire]  was  the  county  intended." 

That  "some  of  the  Inhabitants"  who  were  Camden's  informers, 
were  the  Saviles,  we  may  well  imagine,  knowing  the  intimacy 
that  existed  between  them.  John  Hanson,  a  local  antiquary,  in 
whose  handwriting  the  58th  vol.  of  Dodworth's  MSS.  in  the 
Bodleian  library  is  written,  was  a  contemporary  of  the  Saviles 
when  Camden  visited  Bradley  Hall  in  1580  and  1599,  and  in  the 
above-named  volume  records  that,  on  the  5th  of  August,  1 599, 
he  rode  with  Camden  and  another  eminent  antiquary,  Edward 
Bolton,  from  Bradley  Hall  to  Bradford,  which  route  would  be 
through  Halifax. 

To  those  who  love  to  trace  the  wave  of  colonisation  in 
ancient  times,  by  the  place-names  on  the  track,  the  parish  of 
Halifax  affords  a  clear  example  of  two  lines  of  differing  tribes, 
one  on  either  side  of  the  river  Calder.  The  immigration  of  the 
military  Danes,  along  the  spur  of  the  Pennine  range,  south  of  the 
river,  has  left  its  record  in  Sheepridge,  Rastrick,  Fixby,  Sowerby 
(whose  earlier  name  undoubtedly  was  Ardwick),  and  Horsehold 
(Horsa's  hold)  in  Erringden,  the  line  being  taken  up  in 
Lancashire  further  west.  The  more  pacific  course  of  the 
agricultural  Frisians  is  indicated  by  the  advance,  from  the  east, 
of  a  people  who  established  their  occupation  in  the  three  villages, 
which  they  distinguished  by  their  positions  as  seen  upon  the  line 
of  march,  Hipperum,  and  North  and  South  Owrum.     It  is  said  : 


4  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

"  You  may  distinguish  a  Fiisian  parish,  as  the  Eton  Grammar 
distinguishes  nouns  of  the  neuter  gender.  It  is  omne  quod  exit  in 
"  um  "  :  for  so  end  nine  out  of  ten  of  the  Frisian  villages." 

It  must  be  noted,  that,  in  the  most  ancient  deeds,  the  pronuncia- 
tion is  shewn  by  the  spelling,  as  it  is  to  this  day  in  the  tongue  of 
the  old  inhabitants,  e.g.,  Hipperome  or  Hipprum,  not,  as  written 
now-a-days,  Hipperholme.  To  such  a  band  of  immigrants, 
impelled  by  stern  necessity,  or  hope  of  improvement,  to  seek 
"  fresh  fields  and  pastures  new  ;  "  the  remainder  of  the  parish,  on 
the  north  side  of  the  vale  of  Calder,  as  seen  from  the  heights  of 
North  or  Southowram  (the  Overe  of  Domesday),  would  appear 
in  the  form  of  three  successive  inclined  plateaux  of  similar 
external  character,  but  differing  from  anything  seen  by  them 
before  in  Yorkshire.  These  would  be  :  The  slope  of  the  present 
town  of  Halifax,  including  the  parallel  of  Skircoat ;  the  slope 
under  the  remarkable  rounded  whorl  of  Roll's  head  ;  and  the 
plateau  westward  of  the  vale  of  Luddenden.  Seeing  this  con- 
formation of  this  part  of  the  parish,  it  is  more  than  a  remarkable 
coincidence  that  there  occur  in  the  enumeration  of  its  berewics 
in  Domesday  Book,  three  which  have  the  "  lei,"  a  meadoiv,  for 
the  concluding  syllable.  The  nine  berewics  attached  to  the 
manor  of  Wakefield  are  written  in  Domesday  as  : — 

"  Sandala,  Sorebi,  Werla,  feski,  Micleie,  Wadesuurde,  Crube 
tonestun,  Langefelt,  and  Stanesfelt." 

Sandal  is  not  in  this  parish  ;  Sowerby  comes  naturally  first  of 
those  which  are,  being  the  head  of  that  portion,  which  was  first 
called  the  Forest  of  Hardwick,  and  afterwards  Sowerbyshire. 
And  if  Feslei  had  preceded  Warley,  the  enumeration  would  have 
followed  the  precise  topographical  succession  of  the  parish,  and 
thus  the  correct  apportionment  to  existing  townships,  would  not 
have  been  delayed  to  the  present  time.  Whitaker  suffered  a 
guess  that  Feslei  was  Fixby,  to  over-ride  his  usually  clear  judg- 
ment ;  although  he  met,  in  another  part  of  the  Dom.  Boc,  with 
the  very  township  under  its  proper  name,  Feckesbi.  There  is  no 
known  instance  where  the  name  of  a  place  ending  in  "  /«,"  in 
Domesday  Book,  has  in  more  modern  days  become  a  "  by"     The 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  5 

above  eight  berewics  in  the  parish,  taken  in  their  topographical 
order,  can  be  identified  as  follows,  and  only  as  follows  :— 

^o^^'^i        -  -  Sowerby,Soyland,  and  Rishwortli. 

Feslei         -  -  Halifax  and  Skircoat. 

Werla         -  -  Warley  and  Ovenden. 

Miclei        -  -  Midgley. 

AVadesuurde  -  Wadsworth. 

Langefelt  -  -  Langfidd. 

Crubetonsetun  -  Cruttonstall  (in  Erringden)  and  Heptonstall 

Stanesfelt  -  -  Stansfield. 

These  townships  form  a  portion  of  the  parish,  \\'hich  has  always 
been  separated  from  the  rest,  by  having  separate  manorial  and 
ecclesiastical  rights  ;  and  it  is  the  only  portion  of  the  parish 
wherein  the  ancient  right  of  capital  punishment  in  the  manorial 
court,  was  prolonged  in  the  unique  Gibbet  Law  of  Halifax.  It 
will  complete  this  part  of  the  subject,  if  the  remaining  townships 
m  the  parish  are  given  under  the  name  by  which  they  are  repre- 
sented in  the  recapitulation  of  Terra  Regis,  in  the  wapentake  of 
Morley,  in  Domesday  Book  (Plate  Ixxxii.,  Facsimile  edition). 
In  the  soke  of  Wakefield  :— 

Stanland  -  -  Stainland,  Barkisland,  and  Norland 

Linleie  -  Old  Lindley. 

Rastric  -  -  Rastrick. 

Feckesbi  -  -  Fixby. 

Huperum  -  -  Hipperholme-cum-Brighouse. 

Vfrun  -  -  Northowram. 

Scelf  -  -  Shelf. 

In  the  honor  of  Pontefract : — 

Elant  -         -         Elland-cum-Greetland. 

0\'ere        -        -        Southowam 

The  remaining  portion  of  the  parish,  that  is,  the  8  berewics 
belonging  to  Sowerbyshire,  or  the  Forest  of  Hardwick,  are 
included  in  the  recapitulation  under  Wachefeld,  in  Agbrigg 
wapentake. 

It  forms  no  part  of  this  family  history  to  identify  the  townships 
of  the  parish,  as  they  occur  in  Domesday  Book,  so  the  matter  of 
Crubetonsetun  is  not  here  further  gone  into.      But  as  it  was 


6  History  ok  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

necessary  to  mention  that  Halifax  occurs  therein,  and  so  many 
historians  declare  the  contrary,  some  amount  of  support  was 
requisite  to  combat  such  a  consensus  of '  authorities.  The 
original  name  of  Halifax,  therefore,  was  Feslei,  and  the  meaning 
of  the  word  is  as  obvious  as  that  of  the  others  of  the  three 
■"leis."  Midgley,  pronounced  by  the  inhabitants  Mig-ge-ley,  is 
the  Mickel,  or  great  ley  ;  Warley,  still  called  by  the  natives 
Warle-ley,  is  the  meadow  under  the  whorl,  or  rounded  hill ;  and 
Feslei  (Danish  faze,  fibre,  filament,  ligament)  the  meadow  oi  the 
hair. 

In  the  grant  to  the  priory  of  Lewes  of  the  advowsons  of 
churches  in  the  Warren  fee  in  Yorkshire,  by  the  third  earl 
Warren  circa  A.D.  1 146,  that  of  Halifax  is  called,  Eccksiam  de 
Halyfax  cjim  omnihis  pert :  snis.  In  this  deed,  the  ley  or  lei  is 
dropped  from  the  end  of  the  name  ;  but  it  must  not  be  over- 
looked that,  as  the  grant  refers  to  the  church  alone,  the  affix  was 
not  necessary.  But  in  charters,  wherein  successive  kings  of 
England  confirmed  immunity  from  tolls,  to  the  tenants  of  the 
ancient  demesnes  of  the  Crown,  the  township  of  Halifax  is 
called,  evidently  from  some  old  copy  of  the  Terra  Regis, 
Halifaxleie.  The  local  pronunciation  of  Halifax  was  Halifaice, 
or  Halifaze,  and  is  so  pronounced,  even  yet,  by  old  folks. 

Why  Halifax  was  called  Feslei,  the  meadow  of  the  hair, 
and  why  the  prefix  halig,  holy,  was  attached,  between  Domesday 
Survey  and  the  date  of  the  grant  of  Halyfax  church  to  the 
priory  of  Lewes,  we  must  continue  Camden's  account  to 
ascertain.  Reverting  to  the  former  quotation,  it  proceeds  to 
say: — 

"A  certain  Clergy-man  of  this  town,  being  passionately  in  love 
with  a  young  woman,  and  by  no  means  able  to  move  her  to  comply 
with  his  lust,  grew  stark  mad,  and  in  that  condition  villanously  cut 
offher  head.  Herhead  was  afterwards  hung  upon  an  Eu-tree,  where  it 
was  reputed  holy  by  the  vulgar,  till  quite  rotten ;  and  was  often 
visited  in  Pilgrimage  by  them,  every  one  plucking  off  a  branch  oi 
the  tree  [as  a  holy  relique.]  By  this  means,  the  tree  became  at  last 
a  ineer  trunk,  but  still  retain'd  its  reputation  of  sanclity  among  the 
people,  who  even  perswaded  themselves  that  those  little  veins, 
which  are  spread  out  like  hair  in  the  rind  between  the  bark  and  the 
body  of  the  tree,  were  indeed  the  very  hair  of  the  Virgin.     This 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  7 

occasion'd  such  a  resort  of  Pilgrims  to  it,  that  Norton,  from  a  little 
village,  grew  up  soon  to  a  large  town,  assuming  the  new  name  of 
Halig-fax  or  Halifax,  which  signifies  holy  hair." 

It  is  no  detriment  to  Camden's  accuracy  in  reporting  this 
tradition,  that  his  reference  to  Horton,  as  the  prior  name  of 
Halifax,  is  obviously  a  mistake  ;  and  Watson  himself  would,  no 
doubt,  have  withdrawn  or  mitigated  his  remark  : — 

"This  relation  our  author  had  from  some  of  the  inhabitants, 
but  it  is  something  strange  that  so  judicious  an  antiquary  should 
give  such  entire  credit  to  it ;  for  some  parts  of  the  story  are  very- 
suspicious,  and  others  untrue." 
had  he  lived  to  learn    the  error  which   he  himself  fell  into,  in 
confounding    Hepton,    in    the    wapentake    of     Agbrigg,    with 
Heptonstall  ;  for  which  see  Whitaker's  remarks  under  the  latter 
place. 

The  other  tradition,  as  to  the  origin  of  the  word  Halifax,  is 
perpetuated  in  the  corporate  seal  of  the  modern  borough,  which 
is  described  in  The  Seals  of  all  the  Corporations  in  Yorkshire,  by 
William  Boyne,  F.S.A.,  as  follows  : — 

"  In  the  field,  within  Gothic  tracery,  on  network,  the  bearded 
head  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  (to  whom  the  Parish  Church  is 
dedicated),  with  an  ornamental  nimbus ;  below  are  three  drops  of 
blood  ;  above  the  head,  in  Saxon  letters,  H.ilig,  and  below.  Fax, 
here  supposed  to  mean  Holy  Face.  On  one  side,  Warren,  the 
ancient  feudal  Lord  ;  on  the  other,  Lewes,  the  priory  to  which  the 
church  and  lands  in  Halifax  belonged." 

The  legend  was  first  published  in  Camden's  Britannia ;  but 
abandoned  in  the  later  editions,  and  is  alone  quoted  by  Bentley, 
in  Halifax  and  its  Gibbet  Lazu,  1708,  as  follows: — 

"  As  to  the  name  (saith  he),  all  antient  records  that  ever  were 
do  give  it  the  Name  of  Halifax,  the  reason  of  which  name  seems  to 
be  this  :— 

"  That  at  first  it  was  a  Hermitage  of  very  great  antiquity ;  the 
Church  that  now  is,  built  from,  or  rather  added  to,  a  Chappel  long 
since  built,  consecrated  and  dedicated  to  St.  John  Baptist,  who 
is  stiled,  by  some  antients,  the  first  father  of  hermits  :  and  in  which 
place,  as  they  pretend,  was  kept  the  real  face  of  St.  John  Baptist  ; 
hence  was  it  named  Halifax  or  Holy- Face.'' 


8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

But  this  account,  it  will  be  observed,  is  a  pure  tradition,  un- 
supported by  any  collateral  circumstance  for  corroboration.  And 
yet  it  is  one  that,  if  true,  must  have  been  so  supportable.  The 
possession  of  holy  relics,  was  the  boast  of  many  early  churches. 
The  head  of  S.  John  the  Baptist  seems  to  have  had  unusual 
•claims  to  many  ecclesiastical  collections.  But  wherever  so 
precious  a  relic  was  possessed,  it  would  surely  be  the  duty  of  the 
clerics  who  profitted  by  it,  religiously  to  retain  and  preserve  it. 
Had  such,  indeed,  been  the  boast  at  Halifax,  possibly  some 
impartial  local  antiquary  in  the  past,  would  have  echoed 
the  incredulity  of  Mrs.  Burton,  who  albeit  as  an  hereditar>- 
daughter  of  the  Roman  Communion,  ever  ready  to  accept  its 
teaching,  yet  says  of  her  visit  to  the  Great  Mosque  at  Damascus, 
The  Inner  Life,  vol.  i,  p.  169  : — 

"  It  is  said  that  a  little  vault  underneath  contains  a  casket,  on 

which  is  written,  'This  casket  contains  the  head  of  John  (the 

Baptist),  son  of  Zachariah,'  and  that  the  head  is  still  kept  there,  to 

be  honoured  by  the   Moslems  and  the  few  strangeis  admitted.     I 

have  a  right  to  feel  sceptical  about  the  head,  because  I  have  already 

seen  three." 

But  at  Halifax  there  is  no  proof  that  ever   any  one   saw  such  a 

relic.     In  the  absence  of  any  such  proof,  it  has  been  suggested 

that  the  head  was  not  a  relic  but  a  picture  ;  but  Whitaker,  who 

contemptuously  controverted  the  whole  story,  showed  that  there 

could  be  nothing  unusual  in  such  a  mere  painting : — 

"  It  must  be  remembered  that  by  the  Canons,  a  picture  of  the 
patron  saint  was  required  to  be  placed  not  only  in  every  conventual, 
but  every  parish  church — Imagincm  priiicipahm  in  cancello.  Vide 
Const :  abp.  Winchelsey  apud  Lindwood,  L  3,  T  27." 

And  in  the  time  of  Kenulph,  King  of  Mercia,  the  synod  of  Cele- 
cynth  ordered  .that  in  every  church,  there  should  be  a  figure  of 
the  saint,  to  whom  it  is  dedicated.  Dr.  Whitaker's  explanation 
of  the  name  Halifax,  nevertheless,  is  wholly  indefensible,  requiring 
as  it  does,  a  half  Norman,  half  Saxon  origin  : — 

"  It  appears,  however,  to  have  been  no  fable,  that  in  the  deep 
valley,  then  embosomed  in  woods,  where  the  Parish  Church  now 
stands,  was  an  Hermitage  dedicated   to  St.  John  the   Baptist,  the 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  9 

imagined  sanctity  of  which  attracted  a  great  concourse  of  pilgrims 
in  every  direction,  hour  ways,  by  which  the  modern  town  of 
Halifax  is  entered,  still  distinctly  point  at  the  Parish  Church,  as 
their  common  centre,  though  at  one  extremity  of  the  place.  These 
were  the  roads  by  which  the  pilgrims  approached  the  object  of  their 
devotion,  and  hence  the  name  Halifax,  or  Holy-ways  ;  for  fax  in 
Norman  French,  is  an  old  plural  noun  denoting  high  ways." 

The  three  derivations  which  have  been  given,  all  unite  in  the  use 
of  the  prefix  holy ;  and  it  remained  for  a  local  etymologist 
elsewhere  mentioned  (William  Priestley,  Esq.)  to  suggest  one 
entirely  independent  of  tradition  : — 

'•  After   much   tedious   investigation,  a   derivation  from    the 
Islandick  appears  to  correspond  with  the  situation  : — 
Isl  :  /^a//,  canda;  //a//i7,  inclinare ;  //a//^,  proclivus,  lapis. 

fax,  juba  [a  ridge]. 
That  is,  the  extremity  of  the  ridge,  or  the  sloping  ridge  ;  the  edge. 
border,  of  the  high  ground  which  overhangs  the  town." 

Supposing  that  the  fact  of  the  church  being  dedicated  to  St.  John 
the  Baptist,  were  put  fonvard  as  a  proof  of  the  veracity  of  the 
Holy  Face  legend,  there  is  otherwise  sufficient  evidence  to  account 
for  that,  by  no  means  uncommon,  dedication  amongst  the 
churches  of  the  period.  And,  supposing  that  the  legend  of  the 
hermitage  be  accepted,  how  well  the  exquisite  stanza  by  Spenser 
would  describe  the  scene  : — 

"  A  little  lowly  hermitage  it  was, 
Down  in  a  dale,  hard  by  a  forest's  side, 
Far  from  resort  of  people,  that  did  pass 
In  travel  to  and  fro  :  a  little  wide, 
There  was  an  holy  chapel  edified, 
Wherein  the  hermit  duly  wont  to  say 
His  holy  things,  each  morn  and  eventide  : 
Thereby  a  crystal  stream  did  gently  play, 
Which,  from  a  sacred  fountain,  welled  forth  alway." 

Close  by  the  river  was  a  holy  well,  which  existed  until  the  present 
generation,  under  the  name  of  Jonas  (Johannis)  Well.  This 
supplies  us  with  another  suggestion,  as  to  the  cause  of  the  dedi- 
cation to  St.  John  the  Baptist.  Well  or  fountain  worship  was 
general  among  Germanic  nations.  Professor  Finn  Magnusen 
observes  of  the  midsummer  festival : — 


lo  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

"  The  people  of  the  North  would  not,  on  the  introduction  of 
Christianity,  forsake  so  ancient  and  dear  a  national  festival,  with 
which  was  associated  the  superstition  that  wells  (as  Baldurs  Brond, 
Tis-vaeld,  and  many  others  in  Denmark),  baths,  certain  plants,  &c., 
at  the  mysterious  summer  solstice,  possessed  a  supernatural  power 
of  healing  sickness,  neutralizing  pernicious  witchcrafts,  &c.  The 
converters  of  the  North  acted  here,  as  in  other  cases,  according  to 
circumstances,  by  transferring  the  heathen  midsummer  festival, 
dedicated  to  Baldur,  to  the  eve  of  St.  John,  which  happened  about 
the  same  time  ;  for  as  the  people  of  the  North  had  formerly  com- 
memorated the  death  of  Baldur,  they  could  now  mourn  over  the 
similar  fate  of  John  the  Baptist.  If  they  had  previously  seen 
Baldur"s  blood  on  the  root  of  a  plant,  since  named  alter  St.  John, 
the  Christian  populace  now  believed  that  what  they  there  saw  was 
the  blood  of  the  martyr,  but  which,  in  fact,  consisted  in  the  eggs  of 
certain  insects,  containing  a  red  fluid  ;  if  Baldur  had  previously  been 
the  healing  god,  his  miracles  were  now  transferred  to  the  new 
saints." 

To  this  day,  Spa  Sunday,  the  first  Sunday  in  May,  is  obser\-ed 
b\-  thousands  of  Halifax  parishioners,  who  visit,  at  an  early  hour, 
the  different  local  spas  or  springs,  supposed  to  have  some 
medicinal  virtue;  a  custom  now,  as  then,  taken  advantage  of  bj- 
promoters  of  Christianity,  to  spread  their  tenets.  Now,  however, 
the  Christian  missionary  is  represented,  usually,  b}-  some  local 
dissenting  preacher ;  but  supposing  the  Apostle  of  Halifax 
found  such  a  well,  venerated  for  its  supposed  beneficent  effects, 
both  bodily  and  spiritual,  upon  its  devotees,  he  would  be  but 
following  the  canonical  course,  in  hallowing  it  to  the  real  beneficent 
purposes  of  holy  baptism.  Nothing  survives,  however,  respecting 
Jonas  Well  (as  easily  derived  from  Johannis  well,  as  Pecket 
Well,  in  Wadsworth,  from  Becket's  well),  save  perhaps  the 
name  of  an  adjacent  street,  Cripplegate  ;  but  Halifax  fair,  on 
Midsummer  Day,  has  long  been  one  of  the  most  important  in  the 
north  country. 

But  another  reason  for  the  dedication  of  Halifax  church  to 
St.  John  Baptist,  may  be  suggested,  which  would  also  account 
for  the  same  dedication  of  other  churches  in  the  Warren  fee, 
such  as  Kirkheaton,  &c.  The  whole  of  Christendom,  at  the  time 
of  the  building  of  Halifax  church,  was  aroused  bj-thc  preaching 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  ii 

of  the  crusades,  and  one  of  the  most  ardent  crusaders  was 
Robert,  duke  of  Normandy,  and  son  of  WilUam  the  Conqueror, 
who  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  first  earl  Warren.  At  this  time, 
also,  the  great  religious  order  of  the  Knights  of  S.  John  of 
Jerusalem,  or  the  Hospitallers,  sprang  into  existence,  and  was 
much  favoured  by  Godfrey  de  Bouillon,  the  first  christian  King 
of  Jerusalem.  William,  the  third  earl  Warren,  who  married 
Adela,  daughter  of  William  Talvace,  earl  of  Ponthieuand  Sais, 
was  slain  in  Palestine,  and,  no  doubt,  in  some  degree  would  be 
associated  with  the  Knights  Hospitallers.  And  although,  from 
this  presumption,  no  direct  inference  is  drawn  in  connection  with 
the  third  earl  Warren  and  the  dedication  of  Halifax  church,  as 
that  earl  held  the  manor  of  Wakefield  for  such  a  short  time 
(1138-II47)  ;  yet  as  Halifax  church  first  occurs  in  history  in  his 
grant,  or  confirmation,  to  Lewes  priory,  of  the  churches  in  the 
Warren  fee,  and,  presumably  his  wife's  relations,  the  Talvaces, 
occupied  so  prominent  a  position  in  the  parish,  as  well  as  in  the 
church  of  Halifax,  it  would  not  be  proper  to  overlook  the  possible 
results  of  the  connection. 

That  the  Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  held  property  in 
the  parish  of  Halifax,  at  a  very  early  date,  we  have  direct  evi- 
dence in  Watson's  History  of  Halifax, pp.  325-8,  where  are  several 
charters  printed,  relating  to  them.  And  in  a  charter  dated  1 306, 
William  de  Schippedene  granted  land  to  his  son,  John,  rendering 
to  the  lord  of  the  fee  8s.  at  three  terms,  and  to  the 

"  Magistro  de  Neivland  tres  denarios  ad  Pentecost" 
In  the  following  year,  in  a  deed  to  the  same  John  de  Shipedene, 
occurs  a  reference  to  the  ter :  Hospital:  the  land  of  the  Hospital. 
In  another  charter,  which  was  called  in  George  Baylifife's  Waste- 
Book  (see  Watson's  Halifax, p.  325)  Concessio  Hominis  Nativi  in 
Barkisland,  ]oh.r\  de  Ackworth  and  Cecilia,  his  wife,  granted  and 
confirmed : — 

"  Deo  et  heate   Mirie  ct   S.  Joh:  Bapt:    et  fratrihiis   hospit: 

[erusahm,  fohannem  fil.  Ade  de  Clogh  cum  oibus  sin's  et  tota  sequela 

sua." 
In  1313  Frater  Simon  Paxable,  Preceptor  Dom.  Hosp.  S.  Joh  : 
Jerusalem  ad  Novem  Terram,  granted  to  John  fil  Rob.  de  Clay, 


12  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

a  messuage  called  Clogh.  In  1326,  Brother  Thomas  Larchier, 
prior  of  the  Knights  of  S.  John  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  brethren, 
recited  that  Henry  de  Coldelay  held  a  certain  tenement  in 
Coldelay  (Coley)  of  their  house.  There  are  many  more  recent 
records,  shewing  that  the  Knights  Hospitallers  held  some  early 
grants  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  also  had  some  connection 
with  the  Talvace  or  Copley  family,  which  is  said  to  have  supplied 
the  first  rector  of  Halifax  ;  and  probably,  if  this  point  were 
further  investigated,  the  true  reason  of  Halifax  church  being 
dedicated  to  S.  John  the  Baptist  would  be  ascertained. 

As  it  is,  also,  the  legend  of  the  Holy  Hair,  having  obtained 
the  greater  credence  amongst  historians,  leaves  the  dedication  of 
the  church  unaffected  by  the  name  of  Halifax,  and  so  requires 
some  evidence  to  be  tendered  upon  the  subject.  As  has  been 
said  before,  Camden's  Britannia,  in  the  later  editions,  gives  this 
legend  solely,  as  the  origin  of  the  name  ;  and  Drayton,  in  his 
Polyolbion  published  in  161 2,  puts  the  information,  errors  and  all, 
into  rhyme : — 

"  But  Calder  as  she  comes,  and  greater  still  doth  wax. 
And  travelling  along  by  heading  Halifax, 
Which  Horton  once  was  called,  but  of  a  Virgin's  hair 
(A  Martyr  that  was  made,  for  chastity  that  there 
Was  by  her  lover  slain)  being  fastened  to  a  tree, 
The  people  that  would  needs  it  should  a  relic  be, 
It,  Halifax  since  named,  which,  in  the  northern  tongue, 
Is  holy  hair." 

John  Brearcliffe,  a  local  antiquarj',  informs  us  that  even  at  the 
end  of  the  17th  century,  the  remains  of  the  yew  tree  were  in 
existence,  and  were  pointed  out  as  one  of  the  "lions"  of  the 
town.     Thoresby  records  in  his  Diary  : — 

"A.D.  1679;  March  25.  Taking  the  inscriptions  upon  some 
monuments  in  Halifax  Church.  26.  Mostly  at  Mr.  Brearcliffe's,  and 
viewing  the  antiquities  of  the  place,  as  the  View-tree  with  the  halig 
fax  (kc  :  (vid.  Cam.  Brit.)  and  Johannes  de  Sacro  Bosco's  hill,  &c," 

And  again  in  his  Review,  Thoresby  more  clearly  states : — 

"  That  I  should  not  mention  a  short  journey  to  Halifax,  but 
for  the  sake  of  my  old  friend  Mr.  Brearcliffe,  the  antiquary,  who 
shewed  me  the  tree  whereupon  tradition  says  the  virgin's  head  was 
hung   whose  holy  hair  gave  denomination  to  the  town." 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  13 

It  is  a  valuable  fact,  that  neither  Thoresby  nor  Brearcliffe  make 
any  mention  of  any  other  traditional  origin  of  the  name  of 
Halifax  than  this,  so  agreeable  to  the  spirit  of  the  times,  when 
the  oppressed  Saxons  were  so  apt  to  canonise  the  victims  of 
their  Norman  oppressors.  Similar  cases  are  known  of  the  same 
period,  notablj'  Waltheof,  who  was  betrayed  to  the  first  earl 
Warren  and  two  Norman  bishops,  and  beheaded  ;  but  was  made 
a  martyr  by  the  Englisli  monks  and  people.  The  true  Robin 
Hood,  no  doubt,  supplies  a  later  instance  ;  and  in  A.D.  1537,  in 
the  picturesque  valley  of  Crimsworthdean  (which  Whitaker  took 
to  be  the  Crubetonestun  of  Domesday)  in  Wadsworth,  was  dis- 
covered an  ancient  stone  with  this  inscription  : — 

"  Hard  Iron  Han  heere  Lye 
By  frith  and  fell  that  ever  got  victory." 

No  doubt  another  popular  hero,  of  this  or  a  succeeding  age. 
And  if  the  readiness  of  the  people  to  canonise  the  victims  be  thus 
shewn,  there  is  no  lack  of  testimony  as  to  the  greed  and  lusts  of 
the  oppressors.  The  Venerable  Bede,  in  his  epistle  to  the  arch- 
bishop Egbert,  laments,  that  persons  having  not  the  least  claim 
to  the  monastic  character,  obtained  lands  professedly  for  religious 
purposes  ;  but  gave  themselves  up  to  luxury  and  fornication,  and 
abstained  not  from  the  virgins  consecrated  to  God.  The  common 
seal,  still  in  existence,  of  the  Poor  Law  Corporation  at  Halifax 
in  1662,  which  no  doubt  would  be  designed  by  Brearcliffe,  per- 
petuates this  legendary  origin  of  Halifax  ;  and  it  is  also  the  seal 
of  the  local  county  magistracy.  The  former  is  described  in 
Boyne's  Seals  of  Municipal  Corpoj-ations  in  Yorkshire,  p.  54,  as 
follows  : — 

"  A  Seal  of  this  Corporation  (Waterhouse  Charity,  1635)  bears 
the  inscription  Sigill:  Corp:  apud  Hali.if:  1662  ;  in  the  field,  a 
virgin  hung  in  a  tree  by  her  hair;  on  the  other  side  a  man  standing, 
holding  in  his  hand  a  ball  or  sphere." 

But  whatever  may  be  the  origin  of  the  name,  there  is  no  doubt 
at  all  that,  upon  the  erection  of  the  church,  Halifax  became  the 
centre  of  what  is  now  called  the  parish  of  Halifax  ;  thus  super- 
seding the  site  of  the  Roman  town  of  Cambodunum,  at  Outlane, 
the  Saxon  fort  which  marked  the  capital  of  Hardwick  (Sowerby- 


14  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  P"a>[ily. 

shire)  at  Sowerby,  and  the  singular  Danish  camp  at  Rastrick,  the 
churchyard  of  which  last  place  is  hallowed  by  the  possession  of 
an  ancient  cross,  somewhat  similar  to  Walton  Cross  at  Hartis- 
head. 

When  the  ecclesiastical  parish  of  Halifax  was  formed,  there 
were  given  to  it  the  Domesday  townships  of  Elant  and  Overe 
(Southowram)  out  of  the  Lacy  fee  (the  Honour  of  Pontefract)  ; 
and  also  from  the  Warren  fee,  the  eight  local  berewics  of  Wake- 
field (not  counting  Sandal),  which  had  evidently,  along  with 
Wakefield,  been  taken  out  of  the  Saxon  parish  of  Morlc}-.  To 
these  were  added  the  other  local  townships  named  in  the 
recapitulation  of  Terra  Regis,  in  the  soke  of  Wakefield,  viz., 
Stanland,  Linleie,  Rastric,  Feckesbi,  Huperum,  Vfrun  (North- 
ouram),  and  Scelf,  which,  along  with  Elant  and  Overe,  were 
evidently — as  shewn  by  recent  payment  of  tithe  to  it — taken 
from  the  Saxon  parish  of  Dewsbury.  At  the  present  time,  also, 
the  parish  of  Halifax  is  subdivided  into  three  ancient 
chapelries  :— 

First.  The  district  attached  to  the   mother  church  of 

Halifax,  including  the  townships    of  Halifax,   Sowerby, 

Warley,      Ovenden,       Southowram,       Hipperholme-cum- 

Brighouse,  Midgley,  Skircoat,  and  Shelf. 

Second.  The  parochial  chapelry  of  Elland,  consisting 

of  the    townships    of    Elland-cum-Greetland,    Barkisland, 

Fixby,      Norland,     Rastrick,     Rishworth,     Soyland,     and 

Stainland  with  Old  Lindley. 

Third.  The    parochial     chapelry    of    Heptoxstall, 

containing     the      townships     of    Heptonstall,     Erringden, 

Langfield,  Stansfield,  and  Wadsworth. 
It  is  necessary  that  these  should  be  clearly  understood,  as, 
unfortunately  for  the  antiquary  without  some  local  experience, 
each  chapelry  is  called  after  the  leading  township  within  it.  The 
way  this  affects  the  subject  is  as  follows.  Any  person  described, 
say,  in  his  will,  as  of  Halifax,  might  have  been  resident  either  in 
the  township  of  Halifax,  the  parochial  district  of  Halifax,  or  in 
the  parish  of  Halifax  at  large.  And  in  the  same  manner,  a 
person  described  as  of  Heptonstall,  may  have  been  resident  either 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  15 

in  that  particular  township,  or  in  any  of  the  townships  of 
Erringden,  Stansfield,  Langfield  and  Wadsworth.  Any  further 
description  of  these  townships,  and  the  subsidiary  chapehies 
within  them,  dependent  upon  the  ancient  chapeh'ies,  which  may 
be  necessary,  will  be  given  further  on  in  this  work,  when  the 
progress  of  the  history  requires  it. 

Some  account  of  the  manorial  histoiy  of  the  parish,  also, 
will  not  be  out  of  place.  It  has  already  been  said  that,  when  the 
parish  was  formed,  two  great  manors  contributed  to  it.  Of  the 
Honour  of  Pontefract,  belonging  to  the  Lacy  fee,  it  will  not  be 
requisite  to  say  much  more  than  that  Elland  and  Southowram 
have  always  been,  and  are  still,  parcels  of  it.  In  process  of  time, 
when  smaller  manors  grew  up  by  grant  of  the  chief  lord,  or  by 
prescription,  Elland  became  a  manor,  in  the  hands  of  a  family  of 
the  same  name.  Edward  I.,  in  1 303-4,  granted  by  charter  to 
Hugh  de  Ealand,  free  warren  in  all  his  demesne  lands  in  Ealand, 
&c.  By  the  marriage  of  an  heiress,  the  manor  of  Elland  came 
to  the  Saviles,  who  hold  it  to  this  daj-.  Southowram,  in  the 
same  way,  became  a  manor  in  the  Eland  family;  and  from  thence, 
by  marriage,  to  the  Lacies  of  Cromwelbottom. 

The  manor  of  Wakefield  demands  more  special  mention. 
Previously  the  property  of  the  Saxon  kings,  it  became  the 
possession  of  William  the  Bastard,  by  conquest.  He,  or  his  suc- 
cessor, granted  it  to  earl  Warren  ;  and  it  is  from  members  of 
the  Warren  family,  that  most  of  the  grants  were  made  to  sub- 
tenants in  the  parish.  On  the  accession  of  Edward  IV.,  it 
became  annexed  to  the  Crown;  in  1554  it  was  united  to  the 
duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  remained  in  royal  hands  until  it  was 
granted  to  Henry,  earl  of  Holland,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  ; 
since  which  time  it  has  changed  hands  several  times,  and  is  now 
the  property  of  Baron  Conyers.  The  smaller  manors,  such  as 
are  requisite  to  be  named,  will  be  mentioned  as  they  occur,  in 
succeeding  pages. 

Dr.  Whitaker,  a  neighbour  (Loidis  and  Elmete,pp.  370-1  j, 
does  not  give  a  flattering  opinion  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  parish 
of  Halifax  in  his  day.     He  writes  : — 


i6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

"  The  manners  of  the  inhabitants  partake  of  the  character  of 
the  soil,  rugged  and  intractable,  yet  vincible  to  a  certain  degree,  by 
moral  cultivation.  Though  ignorant,  and  often  brutal,  they  are 
certainly  not  a  stupid  people.  ...  In  the  remoter  parts  of  the 
parish,  and  particularly  on  the  confines  of  Lancashire,  where  old 
families,  the  great  correctors  of  barbarism,  either  have  never  existed 
or  have  long  been  e.xtinct,  the  state  of  manners  and  morals  is, 
perhaps,  more  degraded  than  in  any  other  part  of  the  island. 
Ignorant  and  savage,  yet  cunning  and  attentive  to  their  own 
interests,  under  few  restraints  from  law,  and  fewer  from  conscience, 
it  is  a  singular  phenomenon  that  almost  all  the  people  are.  under 
one  denomination  or  other,  religionists.  A  striking  instance,  I  will 
not  say  of  the  tendency  of  separation  (dissent)  to  produce  im- 
morality, but  of  the  inefficacy  of  multiplied  and  discordant  modes 
of  worship  to  correct  it.  In  fact,  as  far  as  any  evidence  can  be 
collected  on  the  subject,  they  were  neither  better  nor  worse  before 
the  Reformation ;  they  were  no  better  when  all  were  nominally 
members  of  the  Church  of  England.  Coupled  with  their  other 
propensities,  the  inherent  baseness  of  their  natures  is  perhaps  a 
blessing ;  they  do  not  appear  to  have  courage  for  atrocious  crimes  ; 
poaching  and  petty  larcenies  are  most  congenial  to  their  dis- 
positions. .  .  .  Breeding,  too,  from  generation  to  generation 
among  themselves,  with  scarcely  any  foreign  admixtures,  the  lowest 
order  have  acquired,  with  few  deviations  in  ei'.her  sex  from  ugliness, 
a  characteristic  turn  of  countenance,  very  striking  to  an  observant 
stranger,  and  even  to  those  who  have  been  long  accustomed  to 
them,  after  a  temporary  absence.  Add  to  all  these  a  squ.alid 
countenance,  a  savage  grin,  the  legs  and  feet  uncovered,  together 
with  the  whole  habit  neglected  and  forlorn,  and  the  portrait  of  one 
of  these  wretched  beings  is  complete. 

Then  again,  forests,  when  enclosed,  are  usually  granted  out  in 
small  parcels,  and  are  colonised  with  a  race  of  inferior  yeomanry  at 
most;  these,  in  situations  like  that  of  the  forest  of  Hardwick,  partly 
from  the  stubborn  genius  of  their  soil  and  climate,  and  partly  from 
the  sweets  of  commercial  gain,  naturally  decline  into  manufacturers  ; 
hence  a  spirit  of  equality  and  republican  independence  becomes 
universal ;  they  have  no  superior  to  court,  no  civilities  to  practise. 
A  sour  and  sturdy  humour  is  the  consequence,  so  that  a  stranger  is 
shocked  by  a  tone  of  defiance  in  every  voice,  and  an  air  of  fierce- 
ness in  every  countenance." 
It  is  useless  to  deny  that  Dr.  Whitaker  has  veiy  fairly  described 
the    peculiar    characteristics   of    natives   of    Halifax ;     though 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  17 

probably,  if  the  description  had  been  written  by  one  of  them- 
selves, it  would  have  been  worded  with  less  harshness,  and  some 
virtue  claimed  in  that  spirit  of  sturdy  independence,  which  has 
made  the  yeoman  class  of  Halifax,  so  remarkably  prolific  in  great 
men.  Indeed  it  may  be  said  of  the  yeoman  class  throughout  the 
country,  that  like  the  Pennine  Range  on  which  Halifax  stands, 
it  has  been  the  back-bone  of  England.  And  as  the  yeomen  have 
restrained  the  luxuriousness  of  the  gentry,  so  they  have  in  the 
past,  set  a  fair  example  to  the  labouring  classes  beneath  them. 
Cobbett,  who  has  already  been  quoted  of  the  place,  says  of  the 
people  of  Halifax  : — 

"I  am  sitting  at  a  window,  and  it  is  Sunday.  Hundreds  of 
the  working  people  have  passed  by  this  window,  this  day  ;  and  it 
is  a  very  long  time  since  I  have  seen  working-people  so  well- 
dressed  as  they  are  here  .  .  .  which  with  their  lesser  immorality, 
is  attributable  probably  to  their  not  being  crowded  together  as  in 
large  towns ;  but  something  must  also  be  owing  to  the  conduct  of 
the  employers — to  their  conduct  towards  their  workpeople,  and  to 
their  own  excellent  example." 

But  it  is  to  the  class  of  people,  that  Hunter  describes  as 
below  the  sheriff,  but  above  the  constable,  that  Halifax  owes 
so  much  ;  and  of  whom  it  has  most  reason  to  be  proud.  And 
not  only  Halifax,  but  America  also  owes  considerably  to 
early  colonists  of  this  class,  from  this  parish.  Holding  a 
position  in  society  most  nearly  that  of  the  gentleman  farmer 
of  to-day  ;  but  building  and  residing  in  large  halls,  where  the 
hand-loom  weavers  and  the  spinners  had  their  rooms,  the 
clothier  yeomen  of  Halifax,  up  to  one  or  two  hundred  years 
ago,  occupied  peculiarly  fortunate  positions.  Their  farms  and 
pastures  gave  them  territorial  standing ;  and  their  trade  brought 
them  a  considerable  profit  in  money  ;  and  they  were  all,  more 
or  less,  related  by  birth  or  by  marriage,  to  the  gentrj^  of 
the  district. 

Dr.  Whitaker,  in  his  History  of  Craven,  after  mentioning 
the  birth  of  Richard  Wylson,  prior  of  Drax  and  archbishop 
of  Negropont  (in  partibus),  and  aftenvards  bishop  of  Meath, 
at  Bingley,  adds  in  a  note,  that  he  did  not  know  that  the 
deanery    of    Craven    had    given    birth    to    any    other    bishop, 


i8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

catholic  or  protestant.  In  another  place  he  remarks,  that  the 
parish  of  Halifax  has  given  birth  or  residence  to  more  talent,  in 
various  departments,  than  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  some  entire 
counties.  In  the  matter  of  bishops  alone,  it  is  easy  to  substantiate 
the  contrast  given  above.  The  following  does  not  exhaust  the 
list :  Archbishop  Tillotson,  bishops  Lake,  one  of  the  seven  bishops 
sent  to  the  Tower  ;  Ferrar,  burnt  at  the  stake,  in  his  own  diocese 
at  Caermarthen,  at  the  Reformation  ;  Tilson,  who  fled  from  his 
Irish  diocese  during  the  troubles  of  the  Commonwealth  ;  Carr, 
Deane,  Jackson,  Lacy,  Best,  and  Horsfall.  Archbishop  Rokeby 
of  Dublin,  though  not  a  native,  yet  was  vicar  of  Halifax,  and 
the  founder  of  one  of  the  chapels  in  the  parish  church.  As  for 
the  native  inferior  clergy,  though  many  of  them  have  attained 
reputations, excelling  their  right  reverend  fathers  of  the  episcopate, 
there  is  no  space  to  mention  them  ;  for,  with  all  due  apology  for 
the  impropriety  of  the  context,  their  name  is  legion. 

The  later  remarks  of  Dr.  Whitaker,  are  sufficient  to  correct 
any  wrong  impressions,  which  may  be  given  of  his  sweeping 
judgment  of  Halifax  people.  It  is  matter  of  regret,  however, 
upon  his  line  of  argument,  that  they  have  more  courage  than  he 
gives  them  credit  for.  Atrocious  crimes  of  great  magnitude  are 
by  no  means  uncommon  in  the  annals  of  the  past;  and  a  Crijiiinal 
History  of  Halifax,  would,  if  atrocious  crimes  be  not  rather,  as  is 
more  likely,the  result  of  cowardice,  as  easily  testify  to  the  courage 
of  the  natives,  as  a  Military  History  of  Halifax.  With  the  latter 
is  bound  up  the  history  of  the  33rd,  Duke  of  Wellington's,  Regi- 
ment, which  was  formed  and  has  always  been  recruited,  in 
Halifax  ;  and  which  bears  a  foremost  place  in  military  records. 
But  for  the  .petty  jealousy  of  a  neighbouring  town,  this  regiment 
would  have  been  one  of  the  few  bearing  the  name  of  a  town  ;  but 
on  representations  being  made,  the  proposed  territorial  title  of 
"  Halifax  "  was  altered  to  that  of  the  "  West  Riding  Regiment." 


Chapter    II. 


HEPTONSTALL   CHURCH. 


S  has  been  already  mentioned,  the  township  of  Hepton- 
stall  is  not  named  in  Domesday,  Watson's  statement 
to  the  contrary  being  erroneous.  It  formed  a 
portion  of  the  manor  of  Wakefield,  and  earl  Warren 
is  returned  as  the  lord  in  Kirkby's  Inquest,  temp.  Edward  I. 
(1284-5),  and  ^Iso  in  Nomina  Villaruin  13 16.  It  passed  through 
the  Thornhills,  by  marriage  into  the  hands  of  the  Saviles,  who 
still  hold  it.  Heptonstall  church  was  certainly  in  existence 
before  1260,  as  in  the  deeds  relating  to  the  establishment  of  a 
vicarage  at  Halifax,  it  is  mentioned  that  pope  Alexander  IV., 
who  died  circa  1260,  confirmed  to  the  prior  and  convent  of 
Lewes,  the  church  of  Halifax  cum  suis  capellis  (with  its  chapels); 
and  the  vicarage  endowment  deed  in  1273,  bound  the  vicar  to 
pay  to  the  curates  of  the  chapels  (Elland  and  Heptonstall)  a 
salary  of  £\  each,  which  is  done  to  this  day.  The  old  church  is 
dedicated  to  S.  Thomas  a  Becket,  archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
who  was  martyred  30th  December,  1172.  There  is,  on  the 
opposite  hill  in  Wadsworth,  a  hamlet  now  called  Pecket  Well, 
evidently  from  a  holy  well,  dedicated  to  the  same  saint.  It  is 
very  probable,  that  the  church  was  built  soon  after  the  arch- 
bishop's muft-der,  whilst  the  memory  of  it  was  still  fresh. 

There  is  no  mention  of  any  chapels  in  connection  with 
Halifax  church,  in  the  deed  of  earl  Warren  circa  1 146,  in  which 
he  gives  the  churches  in  Wakefield  manor,  to  the  priory  of  Lewes. 
It  is  very  probable,  however,  that  there  was  some  glebe  land  in 
Heptonstall   belonging  to   Halifax  church  ;    for  in  the  British 


20  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Museum,  Vespasian  F  xi'.fo/io  T,osb,Cotto!nan  MS S./is  a  rental 
of  Heptonstall  dated  1439,  due  to  the  priory  of  Lewes.  In  a 
similar  rental  of  Halifax,  occurs  the  name  of  John  Grenewode, 
clerk,  of  Hemptonstall ;  and  two  years  previously,  on  the  nth 
April,  1437,  a  man  was  fined  Ss.  for  assaulting,  and  blood- 
shedding  from,  William  Aspenden,  chaplain  at  Heptonstall. 
These  are  the  earliest  mentions,  yet  seen,  of  clergy  of  Hepton- 
stall. Chaplain  generally  means  one  who  serves  a  chantry,  and 
at  Heptonstall  there  were  two  chantries,  according  to  Watson, 
but  the  certificates  in  the  Augmentation  office  give  only  one. 
This  was  founded  by  William  Grenewod  of  Heptonstall,  by  his 
will,  1 2th  October,  1506. 

"  Item.  I  will  y'  myn  executors  purches  asmuch  land  as  thei 
may  gett  for  y"=  valor  of  x  mark.  And  that  lond  so  bought  and 
purchased  I  will  it  remayn  to  tliaid  and  fynding  of  one  honest  p'st : 
to  sing  w'  in  the  chappell  of  our  Lady,  in  y=  church  aforsaid  (Saint 
Thomas  the  Martyr,  Heptonstall),  and  so  to  continue.  And  as 
sone  as  myn  executors  have  a  lawfuU  estate  by  the  law,  of  and  in 
all  such  landes  rentes  and  ten'ts  :  as  they  shall  purches  w^^  y=  said 
X  markes,  I  will  y'  thai  immediady  aff  y=  same,  make  a  lawful! 
estate  and  feoffem''  as  strong  as  ya  cane,  of  and  in  all  such  landes 
rentes  and  ten'ts:  as  ya  shall  purches  w'  y=  said  x  markes,  to  vj 
honest  men  of  y*^  p'ish  aforesaid,  to  thuse  and  behove  of  y^  fynding 
of  y^  said  p'st :  And  if  it  fortune  ij  or  iij  at  y«  most  of  y=  said 
feoffees  to  dye,  then  I  will  y'  tha  levyng  mak  oV  for  tham  so 
decessyd,  to  y«  nomber  of  vj,  as  often  as  it  shall  neid.  Also  I  gife 
to  y=  wark  of  y=  said  chappell  xxs." 

The  chantry  certificate  in  the  Augmentation  office,  supplies  a 
further  account  of  the  legacy  : — 

"  N.  33.  The  chauntrie  in  the  chapell  of  Heptenstall  in  the 
paroche  of  Hallifaxe,  Roberte  Bentley  incumbent,  the  same  is  of 
thordinance  of  William  Grenewoode,  to  thentent  to  pray  for  Xpen 
sowles,  and  to  have  in  the  said  chapell,  Divyne  service  done  and 
celebrate,  as  by  the  ordinance  of  the  same,  dated  ultimo  Aprilis 
A°  D"'  MDxxiiij*"  apperyth. 

The  same  is  within  the  said  paroche,  and  distaunt  from  the 
said  churche  vj  myles ;  the  necessitie  is  to  have  masse  and  Dyvine 
service  celebrate  and  done  in  the  said  chapell,  the  same  is  used 
accordinglie.     Goods,  nil.     Plate,  nil. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

First,  certen  lands  and  tenements  in  Holme  Fryth,  in 
the  tenures  of  Henry  Haigh  and  John  Charlesworth, 
over  and  above  the  rent  to  the  chief  lord  by  yere      ...    s66 

Messuage  in  Wyke  called  Hie  Fernely,  in  tesiure  of 
William  Boukley,  over  and  above  &c 20 

Cottage  called  Gleide  Shay  in  tenure  of  John  Horsfall  ...     13 


loth         10     c 

90     o 
In   Browne   Willis'  History  of  Abbies,  p.  292,  is   the  following, 
amongst  pensions  and  annuities  paid  to  incumbents  of  chantries, 
&c.,  in  1553  : — 

Hempston    Stalle,   Virgin   Mary's  Chantry.       To  llichard 
Mitchell,  Incumbent.  3I.  12s. 

This  Richard  Mitchell  was  curate  of  Heptonstall,  and  his  name 
occurs  from  1538  to  1559,  the  latter  being  the  date  of  his  will. 
The  court  rolls  of  Wakefield  shew  what  became  of  the  land  in 
Holme.  On  the  24th  May,  1 548,  Robert  Horsfall  of  Balderoide, 
Henry  Sutcliffe,  John  Michell,  and  Edward  Akroyd  (surviving 
trustees  of  a  deed  dated  nth  October,  1521),  feoffees  of  the 
service  of  the  Blessed  Mary  within  the  church  of  Heptonstall, 
appeared  and  surrendered  16  acres  of  land,  &c.,  in  graveship  of 
Holme,  called  Boythe  house,  in  tenure  of  John  Charlesworth 
and  Robert  Hagh,  to  the  use  of  Robert  Bentley,  chaplain,  during 
his  life,  and  remainder  to  Thomas  Gargrave  knight  and  Thomas 
Darley,  to  the  use  of  John  Cotton,  gent.,  and  his  heirs,  by  virtue 
of  a  certain  commission  of  the  lord  the  king,  by  John  Tempest, 
knight,  seneschal  of  the  court,  and  Henry  Saivell,  esq., 
supervisor. 

Some  of  the  testamentary  burials  within  the  church  or 
churchyard  of  Heptonstall,  and  also  bequests  in  the  same  wills, 
are  curious,  and  deserve  more  than  a  passing  mention.  Many 
valuable  references  to  the  date  of  rebuilding  or  repairing 
churches,  are  to  be  found  in  the  wills  of  the  period.  Dodsworth 
records  the  earliest  testamentary  burial  ;  the  remainder  are 
extracted  from  the  wills  at  York.     The  date  is  that  of  the  will. 


22  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1467 —      Shagh  Robert,  Heptonstall.  Churchyard. 

1479     October  20.     Akerod  John,  Heptonstall.  do. 

1506  „         12.     Grenewod  William,  Heptonstall.  Quire  of  Church. 

1508  November   20.     Greenwood  William,  Heptonstall.  Church. 
December   to.     Stansfeld  Thomas.  do. 

1508-9  February   20.     Grenewode  Jacobus,  Wadsvvorth.         do. 

1509  May    28.     Nayler  Thomas,  Heptonstall.  Churchyard. 

1510  June   10.     Nayler  Richard.  do. 

"  Item  :  lego  fdict.  capelle  ad  sitpportacoem  S'vieti  bte  :  Marie 
decern  rifcas." 
1 5 14     July  3.     Crabtree  Thomas,  Heptonstall.  Churchyard. 

1514-5   March    14.     Shakilton  Jacobus,  Wadsworth.  do. 

15 17  August   20.     Fayrbank  Richard.  do. 
15 17-8  March    19.     Browne  sir  Robert,  priest.                   Church. 

"Allso  I  will  that  every  prest  beyng  at  my  dirige  and  messe, 
have  iiijd ;  and  every  dark  that  can  syng  id. 

Allso  I  bequeath  to  the  chappell  of  Heptonstall,  a  coppe  of 
velwet,  and  that  my  soule,  my  ffader's  soull  and  my  model's  soull 
be  upon  the  bedrowll  to  be  praied  for  evermore,  the  price  of  the 
same  xx''  nobilles. 

Also  I  will  ther  be  a  trentall  of  Saynt  Gregorie  said  and  sung 
at  Heptonstall,  for  my  soull  and  the  soulles  of  Lawrence  Bentley 
and  Jennet  his  wyffe,  and  that  prest  to  have  xs.  Allso  I  bequeath 
to  the  makyng  of  Sourbrige  v  markes." 

1518  November  22.     Harde  William.  Church. 

1520  „  15.     Sutclife  Roberte,  Cherd  (?)  do. 

,,  3.     Sutclif  William.  Churchyard. 

1520-21    Januar}'    15.     Cokcroft  Henry,  Burleis.  Church. 

February    3.     Aykeroide  Thomas, Wadsworth.  Churchyard. 
,,         8.     Hanson  George.  do. 

1521  June    21.     Crosley  John,  Kilnehirst.  do. 
1523     April     6.     Crosley  Peter.                       South  part  of  the  Kirke. 

"  Also  I  wil  towardes  the  reparellyng  of  the  stepill  of  the  said 
Kirke  v  markes." 

June    10.     Gibson  John.  Churchyard. 

Shakelton  John.  do. 

Sutclif  Henry.  do. 

Crosley  Richard.  do. 

Shakilton  Elizabeth,  relict  of  James,  of  Wadsworth 

banks.  Churchyard. 

19.  Horsfall  Thomas,  (Bawdewayne  rode)  do. 
5.       Sutclyff  Robert,  Meyrode.  Church. 


1524 

April   23. 

1526 

August   II. 

1527 

June    10. 

1528 

April   29. 

1530 

November 

1530' 

[    January   ; 

History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  23 

1533  December  10.  ffarebanke  Edmund.  Church. 

"The  said  Edmund  (his  son,  who  was  parish  clerk  of  Hepton- 
stall)  to  pay  yerely  to  new  chapell  in  thestfeld  of  Hiperom  (Lightcliffe 
chapel),  towards  fyndyng  of  a  prest  ther  for  ever  xx''-" 

1534  November  5.     Hemyngway  John,  Ayringden.         Churchyard. 

„  4.     Crabtre  Thomas,  Heptonstall.  do. 

September  21.     Grenwod  William,  Heptonstall.  do. 

1534-S  February  12.     Stansfelde  Laurence,  Stansfeld.  Church 

or  Churchyard. 
1532     October  6.         Midgeley  William.  Churchyard. 

153s     November  10.    Crabtre  Ric'us,  Heptonstall.  do. 

^SS^-y    February  13.    Grenewod  John,  Colden.  Church. 

"  I  bequeathe  to  the  reparating  of  the  rode  loite  at  the  said 
Heptonstall  iijs  iiijd." 

1537  April  8.     Horsfall  Robert,  Heptonstall.  Churchyard. 

1538  „     7.     Sutclif  Richard,  Heptonstall.  Church. 
November  14.     fflecher  William.                               Churchyard. 

1539  April  9.     Mychill  AVilliam,  Heptonstall.  Church. 
June  II.     Acroid  William,  Heptonstall.                  Churchyard. 
July   15.     Estwood  Richard,  Aeryngd en.  Church. 

"  I  give  other  iijs  iiijd  towards  repa'cons  of  the  said  churche, 
so  that  my  childer  children  may  occupie  one  forme,  next  benethe 
Bentley  forme." 

July  3.     Michell  James,  Blackshayhead.  Churchyard. 

July  20.     Sutclif  John,  Wethyns.  do. 

1539-40  January   23.    Stancefelde  Nicholas, Heptonstall.     Church. 
„         14.    Thomas  William,  Helhouse.  do. 

1539  December   12.    Grenwoode  James,  Heptonstall.     Churchyard. 

,,  9.    Sutclif  John,  Hirst.  do. 

1540  May    6.     fflecher  Richarde,  Heptonstall.  do. 

"  My  bodie  to  be  buried  in  the  churche  yerde  dedicate  to  God, 
in  the  memorie  of  the  holie  apostle  Saincte  Thomas." 
1540-1     January   12.     Hergraves  James,  Heptonstall.        Church. 

1540  October   7.     Bentley  William,  Heptonstall.  Churchyard. 

1541  April   6.     Cokcrofte  Agnes,  Heptonstall.  Church. 

'  Next  my  forme  ende.  Also  unto  one  honest  and  lawfuU 
preste,  which  hath  no  manner  service,  iiij"-  sterlinge,  for  the  space 
of  one  yere  ...  to  serve  and  say  in  the  parishe  churche  at 
Heptonstall,  contynually  duringe  the  saide  spacie  of  one  holl  yere, 
matins,  messe,  evensonge  and  all  other  dyvine  servyce,  and  to  pray 
contynuallye,  for  the  saul's  helth  of  me,  the  saide  Agnes  Cokcrofte, 
and  my  parent's  saules,  and  all  christen  saules." 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


1 54 1  May    i6.     Thoml)'nson  John,  Ileptonstall.  Church. 

1542  April  23.     ShakiltonChroft (Christopher), Gudgreif. Churchyard. 
May    19.     Sutclif  John,  Mankynehoilles.  do. 

1542-3  January  29.   Dickson  Agnes,  Wadsworth.  Church. 

March     20.    Nayler  Thomas.  Wadsworth  banks.  do. 

1543  May    15.    Shakelton  John,  Walshawe.  Churchyard. 
June    20.    Hargraves  Richard,  Wadsworth.  do. 
August  6.  Migeley  Thomas,  Stancefelde.                     do. 
November  19.    fforenes  Robert,  Ayrynden.               Church. 

1543-4  February    i.    Hemyngway  James,  Heptonstall.       Churchyard. 

1544  April   24.     Crabtre  Robert,  Heptonstall.  do. 
1545-6  January    10.  Brigge  Thomas,  Roughe  Heade.       Churchyard. 

1545  October   20.     Midgley  John,  Heptonstall.  Church. 

1546  June    12.     Naler  Alice,  Wadsworth  banks,  widow.     Church. 
1545-6  March    23.  Sutclif  Robert,  Holloke  Lee.    Church  or  Churchyaid. 


1546 
1547 
1548 
1547- 
1548 
1549 
1548 
1551 


November   18.     Mychell  John,  Crosleye. 
July   I.     Crosseley  John,  Heptonstall. 
May  I.     Uday  Robert,  Heptonstall. 


February 

May   14. 

April  20. 

June   25. 

April     5. 

June    II. 
1556-7  February   8 
1582 
1586 
1619 
1621 

1627 

1631-2  February   6. 

1569     June 


>8.     Stansfeld  Uenrie,  Shoore. 
Michell  Richarde,  hie  grenewood. 
Helewell  Richard,  Whitlee. 
Ferror  Henrie,  Ewewood. 
Grenewood  William,  Heptonstall. 
Brig  Richarde,  Oldtowne. 

Aikroode  William,  Heptonstall. 
October    i.     Aickroid  Robert,  Heptonstall. 
August     7.     Hellowell  Thomas,  parish  of  Halifax. 
September   16.     Gramshaw  James. 
Aug-ust   18.     Bell  John  (nuncupative). 
September  23.     Acroid  Alice,  Langfield. 
June   19.     Stansfeild  Agnes,  AYadsworth,  widow. 

Greenewood  John,  Mansfeild  house 

Church  or  Churchyard. 
Sutcliff    Henry    of    Aryngden,    tailer,    bequeathed 
as  follows  : — 

"  Item.  I  gyve  unto  the  byinge  of  a  bible  of  the  great  volome, 
to  the  churche  of  Heptonstall  iijs.  iiijd." 
September  23.     Sutclyf  Thomas  of  Ould  chamber,  also  gave  : — 
"  to  the  said  churche  of  Heptonstall  xijd.  towardes  the  byinge 
of  one  Byble." 
In  the   churchyard   are   one   or   two   curious  gravestones, 
remarkable  for  their  peculiar  epitaphs.     The  following  occurs  on 
the  under  side  of  a  stone,  which  was  turned  over  to  be  copied. 


do. 
Churchyard. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Church. 

Churchyard. 

Church. 

do. 
Churchyard. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do 
Church. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  25 

"J.G.  1774.  JG.  1799,  aged  66.  MG.  1808,  aged  78.  In 
memory  of  William  G.  of  Pecketwell,  who  was  found  dead  at  Bridge- 
well  head  in  Wadsworth,  on  the  14th  day  of  August,  1820.  He  was 
forsaken  by  a  bad  wife,  who  enforced  him  to  serve  His  Majesty,  in 
the  3rd  York  Militia  for  eight  years-  He  left  a  girl  aged  16  years, 
to  be  cozened  by  her  mothering  father  out  of  his  money ;  his  own 
father  deposed  for  felony;  his  own  brother  James  G  who  was 
arraigned  before  a  magistrate  for  his  raiment,  which  he  had 
bequeathed  to  him  before  his  death,  in  the  presence  of  two  witnesses. 

His  thread  of  life  now  spun, 
His  a»e  near  thirty-four  years  ; 
And  in  his  trade  dropped  down, 
And  left  this  vale  of  tears. 

James  Greenwood  stone.       T.G. 
Upon  the  upper  side  of  the  same  stone: — 

T.G.  Heare  lyeth  the  body  of  Henery  Clayton,  who  departed 
the  24  June  1650.     E.N.  Feb.  9,  1695. 

Other  curious  stones  are  the  following,  the  first   a   little  west  of 
the  old  church  : — 

He  lived  as  no  one.  He  died  as  no  one.  Being  buried  as 
no  one.     N  &  S. 


Henry  Bentley  oweth  this  stone,  and  to  the  Lord  he  made  his 
mone.  And  he  did  pray  to  God  when  he  did  die  :  that  his  soul 
might  rest  eternally.     H.B.  1726. 

David  Hardey,  1770. 
W.  H.,  1789. 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  Mark  Saltonstall.  Died  August  i6th, 
1783,  aged   19. 

The  last  but  one  is  the  gravestone  of  "  King  David,"  who  was 
the  head  of  a  gang  of  coiners  in  Erringden.  He  was  executed, 
as  is  recorded  in  the  church  register  of  burials,  under  date 
1st  May,  1770.  The  last  is  the  gravestone  of  "  Sotty,"  who  was 
hung  on  Beacon  hill,  near  Halifax,  for  inciting  a  riot,  and 
breaking  into  a  bread  shop,  in  a  time  of  scarcity.  It  was  always 
said  in  the  neighbourhood  that  "  Sotty "  was  not  guilty ;  but 
that  it  was  a  man  called  "  Whistlepegs,"  who  broke  open  the 
door.  The  rope  broke  with  his  companion.  Pickles,  tradition 
says  ;  but  the  entry  in  the  register,  see  19  August  1783,  is 
Thomas  Spencer.  D 


26  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  1849,  the  Rev.  Joshua  Fawcett,  M.A.,  pubh'shed  A 
Memorial,  Historical  and  Arcliitectural,  of  the  Church  of  St. 
Thomas  d.  Becket,  Heptonstall.  In  this,  as  well  as  in  Watson's 
and  other  Histories  of  Halifax,  much  interesting  information 
relating  to  the  church  will  be  found.  It  is  somewhat  strange, 
that  when  the  new  church  was  built,  it  was  dedicated  to  St. 
Thomas  the  Apostle.  A  similar  instance  of  change  of  dedica- 
tion, took  place  on  the  rebuilding  of  Sowerby  Bridge  church. 
The  old  church  was  close  by  the  bridge,  on  the  Warley  bank  of 
the  Calder,  and  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary.  The  new  church  is 
<ledicated  as  Christ  church.  This  seems  a  slight  upon  the 
memory  of  a  mother  that  no  man,  solely  human,  could  overlook ; 
but  time  has  revenged  her  memory,  for  since  then,  in  the  neigh- 
bouring township  of  Sowerby,  two  out  of  three  new  churches, 
have  been  dedicated  to  the  mother  of  Christ,  viz.,  St.  Mary, 
Cottonstones,  and  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  Luddendenfoot.  But  in 
the  case  of  two  saints  bearing  the  same  name,  it  is  not  uncommon 
to  find  both  commemorated  in  a  greater  and  less  degree  ;  and  in 
a  church  at  Antwerp,  dedicated  to  St.  Augustine,  the  mural 
paintings  illustrate  the  lives  of  both  the  bishop  of  Hippo  and 
the  archbishop  of  Canterbury. 

The  following  are  the  inscriptions,  &c.,  within  the  new 
church. 

Over  the  tower  entrance,  cut  into  the  lintel : — 

"  St.  Thomas'  Church,  consecrated  October  26th,  1854." 
The  Chancel  :  A  brass  on  the  reading  desk  : — 

In  Memory  of  Matthew  Sutcliffe,  D.D.,  a  Native  of  this 

Chapelry,  and  Dean  of  Exeter,  in  the  Reign  of  James  1st. 
A  brass  on  the  organ  front  in  the  south  chapel,  or  chancel  aisle  : — 
This  Organ  was  Presented,  a.d.    1867,  by  John  Crossley 

Sutcliffe,  J. P.,  D.L.,  of  the  Lee,  Heptonstall. 
On  the  roof  in  the  north  chapel  or  chancel  aisle,  is  a  hatchment, 
the  dexter  side  of  the  frame  sable,  bearing  the  following  : — 

Arms  :  Quarterly,  ist  and  4th  :    Sable,  a  chevron  ermine  with 

two  couple  closes  or,  between  three  swans  argent  (should  be  beaked 

and  membered  of  the  third,  the  two  in  chief  respecting  each  other, 

as  granted  to  Eastwood  in  1747). 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  27 

2nd  and  3rd  :  Or,  on  a  fess  gules,  three  lozenge  buckles  of  the 
field.     (Shackleton.) 
On  the  roof  of  the  south  chapel,  or  chancel   aisle,  immediately- 
opposite,  is  a    similar    hatchment,   but  with  both  sides   sable, 
bearing  the  same  arms,  with  the  following  additions  : — 

Crest  :  Over  a  squire's  helmet,  on  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  a 
sinister  arm  gules,  embowed  at  the  elbow,  ruffed  ermine,  holding  a 
pheon  shafted  in  bend  sinister.     (This  crest  differs  from  that  in 
the  window,  being  in  bend  sinister  instead  of  dexter.) 
Motto  :  Hoc  Tenemus. 
West    End  :    The  Royal  Arms   are   over    the    west   gallery ,^ 
"G.  R.  III.,"  same  as  at  Sowerby.      In  the  west  gallery,  on  the 
north  wall  of  the  tower,  are  four  mural  tablets  : — 

At  the  foot  of  this  pillar  lie  the  remains  of  Sarah,  wife  of 
James  King,  of  Mitholm,  in  Stansfield,  died  December  4th,  1743. 
James  King,  died  November  14th,  1753,  JE  57.  Sarah,  wife  of 
James  King,  Esq.,  Son  of  the  above,  died  December  19th,  1810, 
^  6g.  James  King,  died  July  12th,  181S,  ^  78.  Two  of  their 
children  died  young.  Mary,  their  only  surviving  daughter,  widow 
of  Alexander  Turner,  Esq.,  of  Leeds,  died  July  8th,  1824,  JE- 
63- 


William  Cockcroft,  of  Mayroyd,  Esq.,  and  Mary,  his  wife, 
and  Henry,  Elizabeth,  and  Grace,  their  children. 

This  Monument  erected  by  the  Executor  of  Barbara  Lobley, 
another  of  their  children,  1797. 


In  memory  of  Ann,  wife  of  William  Cockcroft,  Gent.,  Late 
of  Stocks  in  Erringden,  deceased,  and  third  daughter  of  William 
Cockcroft,  Esq.,  of  Mayroyd,  who  died   March   19th,  1823,  aged 
83  years. 
At  the  foot  of  the  centre  tablet,  on  a  smaller  one  : — 

The  Three  Monuments  above,  originally  placed  in  the   Old 
Church,  were  erected  here  by  the  Churchwardens,  a.d.  1873. 
In   the    west   gallery,  on  the  south   tower   wall,   are  also  four 
tablets  :— 

I.H.S.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  the  Fosters  of  Learings,  in 
this  township,  whose  remains  are  resting  near  the  Communion 
Table  of  this  church  in  hopes  of  a  blessed  resurrection  to  eternal 


28  History  of  thk  Stansfeld  Family. 

life.  Sarah,  the  wife  of  John  Foster,  Esq.,  who  died  27th 
April,  1814,  aged  40  years  Thomas,  their  son,  who  died  loth 
August,  1825,  aged  16  years.  Betty,  their  daughter,  who  died 
20th  March,  1841,  aged  46  years.  Also  the  said  John  Foster, 
Esq.,  who  died  25th  November,  1841,  aged  70  years. 

The  surviving  children  of  the  above-mentioned  John  and 
Sarah  Foster  have  raised  this  tablet  in  affectionate  remembrance 
of  the  virtues  of  the  deceased. 

In  affectionate  remembrance  of  William  Shackleton,  late 
Master  of  the  Free  Grammar-School  at  this  Place,  where  Thirty-six 
Years  of  his  Life  were  occupied  in  an  able,  zealous,  and  laborious 
Discharge  of  the  Duties  of  his  Profession.  This  Monument  was 
erected  at  the  Expense  of  his  grateful  Scholars.  He  died  Nov. 
1 6th,  1805,  in  the  6ist  Year  of  his  Age. 


Rest  at  the  Foot  of  this  Pillar  the  much-lamented  Children  of 
John  and  Betty  Greenwood,  of  Heptonstall.  The  Lord  gave 
and  the  Lord  hath  taken  away.  For  this  is  the  End  of  all  Men  : 
and  the  Living  will  lay  it  to  Heart.  B.G.,  Died  April  8th,  1791, 
aged  48.  S.G.,  2d  wife  of  J. G.,  Died  August  17,  1802,  aged  51. 
Also  John  Greenwood,  Died  June  i6th,  1823,  Aged  81  Years. 
Also  Elizabeth  Greenwood,  3rd  Wife  of  J.G..  Died  August  30th, 
1823,  Aged  68  Years.  George  Gd.,  born  4th  April,  1776; 
died  isf/i  May,  1776.  Hannah  Gd.,  fior/i  141/1  I'ebruary,  ittt  ; 
died  dth  Jan.,  1780.  Elizabeth  Gd.,  born  6th  fitly,  1781  ;  died 
I'^thJ'an.,  1786. 

At  the  foot  of  the  centre  tablet,  as  on  the  north  wall : — 

The  above,  formerly  in  the  old   Church,  was  placed  here  by 
the  Churchwardens,  a.d.  1873. 
In  the  ringing  chamber  is  a  representation  of  a  clock  face,  with 
the  following  inscription  on  and  underneath  : — 

Titus  Bancroft,   Maker.     This    Clock  was  Erected  A|iril, 
1810.      Churchwardens:    John   Ernshaw  and  Wm.  Crabtree, 
Heptonstall ;     David    Morley,  Errenden ;    John    Ingham     and 
James  Shackleton,  Wadsworth. 
The  Windows  :  In  the  north  wall  of  the  Sacrarium  : — 

Subject:  Four  apostles.  Inscription:  ►!<  In  memory  of  the 
late  Richard  Sutcliffe,  yeoman  of  this  town,  by  his  widow  and 
sons,  as  a  kind  husband  and  affectionate  father,  1851. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  29 

On  a  similar  window,  that  is,  of  four  lights,  each  being  filled  by 
a  representation  of  an  apostle,  in  the  south  wall,  immediately 
opposite  is  the  : — 

Inscription  :  ►!<  In  memory  of  Joseph  Charnock,  incumbent 
of  Heptonstall  44  years,  who  died  December  25th,  1847,  aged  82. 

A  three  light  window  over  the  chancel  arch  bears  the  following 
arms.     In  the  central  light : — 

Arms:  Quarterly,  1st  and  4th:  Gules,  a  bend  between  a 
demi  unicorn  erased  in  chief,  and  four  crosses  (should  be  crosslet 
flory)  in  base,  all  or.  (Foster  of  Wadsworth  Banks  and  Hepton- 
stall Slack.)  2nd  and  3rd:  Quarterly,  1st  and  4th  :  Argent,  an 
elephant  passant  sable.  (Sutcliffe,  confirmed  to  Dr.  Matthew 
Sutcliffe,  dean  of  Exeter  )  2nd  and  3rd  :  Sable,  a  chevron  ermine 
between  three  saltires  argent     (Greenwood.) 

Over  all,  an  escutcheon  of  pretence  beaiing:  Azure,  on  a 
chevron  argent  between  three  bezants,  as  many  martletts,  or  (Lord, 
but  obviously  incorrectly  emblazoned,  as  in  Sowerby  church  it  is 
impaled  by  George  Stansfeld  of  Field  House  :  Azure,  a 
chevron  or,  charged  with  three  martletts  of  the  field,  between  as 
many  annulets  of  the  second). 

Crest  :  A  cubic  arm  erect,  vested,  holding  in  the  hand  a 
battle-axe  fesseways. 

Motto  :  Monograji  :  I.  F. 

The  pedigree  of  John  Foster,  Esqre.,  J. P.,  of  Heptonstall 
Slack,  who  died  25th  November,  1841,  explains  these  quarterings. 
He  married  SARAH,  the  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry 
Lord,  Esq.,  of  Bacup,  co.  Lancaster,  whose  arms  are  therefore 
borne  on  a  shield  of  pretence.     His  father  was  : — 

John  Foster,  Esq.,  of  Heptonstall  Slack,  who  died  17th 
July,  1839,  and  was  buried  at  Heptonstall  23rd  July,  1839,  aged 
61  years.  He  married  at  Heptonstall,  on  the  i8th  December, 
1794,  Mary,  the  daughter  of  WILLIAM  SUTCLIFFE,  of  Fieldhead. 
She  was  the  only  child  who  left  any  issue,  and  her  son,  John 
Foster,  became  heir-at-law  to  her  father's  half  cousin,  William 
Sutcliffe  of  Bath,  Esq.,  who  died  7th  May,  1852,  without  issue. 
Their  last  common  ancestor  was  William  Sutcliffe,  who  was 
baptised  at  Heptonstall,  isth  April,  1698,  and  married,  at  Coley, 


30  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

26th  February,  1716,  Dorothy  Godby  ;  and  was  the  son  of 
Robert  SutcHffe  of  Hoohole,  and  Mary  (Eastwood)  his  wife. 

William  Sutcliffe,  father  of  Mary,  wife  of  the  above 
John  Foster,  married  Grace,  daughter  of  HENRY  GREEN^VOOD 
of  Field  Head. 

The  northern  light  contains  the  following  : — 

Arms  :  Per  Pale,  ist :  Argent,  an  elephant  passant,  sable. 
(Sutcliffe.)  2nd:  Quarterly,  ist  and  4th:  Argent,  an  elephant 
passant  sable.  (Sutcliffe.)  2nd  and  3rd  :  Sable,  an  elephant 
passant  argent ;  in  a  chief  azure,  three  mullets  of  six  points,  or. 
(CocKROFT  of  Mayroyd,  as  in  Hahfax  Church.) 

Crest  :  A  demi  man  armed  in  antique  mail,  or,  holding  in 
the  right  hand  a  spear  in  pale,  gold,  over  the  shoulder  a  belt  gules. 

Motto  :  Foy  en  tout.     Monoc.ram  :  T.S. 

The  southern  light  contains  the  following : — 

Arms  :  Sable,  a  chevron  ermine,  with  two  couple  closes  or, 
between  three  swans  argent  (should  be  beaked  and  membered  of 
the  third,  the  two  in  chief  respecting  each  other.     Eastwood). 

Crest  :  A  cubit  arm  embowed  at  elbow,  vested  gules,  holding 
a  pheon  shafted  in  bend. 

MoiTo:  Meliora  Spero.     Monogram:  A.G.E. 

The  Terrier  book  records  that  the  stained  glass  in  the  east 
window  cost  iJ^iSo,  and  that  in  the  west  window  was  put  in  by 
the  h'rcemasons  at  a  cost  of  ;f  59  lOs.;  also  that  :  — 

The  gable  window  of  three  lights  over  the  chancel  arch  is 
commemorative  of  the  first  child  of  the  Reverend  Thomas  Sutcliffe, 
being  jointly  subscribed  for  by  the  father  and  John  Foster,  Esq., 
and  A.  G.  Eastwood,  Esq.,  the  sponsors,  whose  respective  arms 
are  depicted  in  the  window.     Cost  £i-]. 

North  Aisle  :  Easternmost  window  : — 

Subject  :  The  centre  light  depicts  the  stable  at  Bethlehem. 
The  Holy  Child  is  lying  in  ihe  manger.  At  the  foot  kneels  the 
Blessed  Virgin  Mary  in  an  attitude  of  devotion.  S.  Joseph,  the 
putative  father,  stands  towards  the  head  of  the  manger,  his  left 
hand  resting  on  his  staff,  and  his  right  hand  raised  as  though  in 
admonition.     The  left  rearground  of  the  picture  is  filled  by  the 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  31 

corner  of  a  thatched  cattle-shed,  whence  the  heads  of  an  ox  and  an 
ass  project,  gazing  upon  the  scene.  A  pahn  tree  occupies  the 
rear.  A  panel  beneath  bears  an  angel  holding  a  scroll  inscribed, 
To  THE  Glory  of  God. 

The  eastern  light  represents  the  three  kings  or  magi  bearing 
their  mystic  offerings,  guided  by  the  Star;  and  one  of  them 
leading  a  camel.  The  panel  beneath  bears  under  the  monogram 
D.S.:— 

Arms  :  Sable,  three  goats  trippant  argent,  armed  and  unguled 
or. 

Crest  :  Over  a  squire's  helmet,  and  upon  a  wreath  of  the 
colours,  a  demi  lion  rampant  or  (should  be  argent)  langued  gules. 

Motto:    Nosce  te  ipsum. 

The  western  light  illustrates  the  vision  of  angels  to  the  shep- 
herds in  the  fields  of  Bethlehem.  In  the  cloud  bearing  the  angels 
is  a  scroll.  Glory  to  God  in  the  Highest.  Two  shepherds 
are  shewn,  one  kneeling  on  his  right  knee  with  his  hands  outspread 
erect,  and  the  other  leaning  on  his  shepherd's  crook.  Both  are 
gazing  upward,  and  a  few  sheep  are  seen  behind  them.  The  panel 
beneath,  under  the  initials  R.S.  bears  the  following : — 

Arms  :  Vert,  three  goats  trippant  or. 

Crest  :  Over  a  squire's  helm  and  upon  a  wreath  of  the 
colours,  a  lion's  head  erased  or,  langued  gules. 

Motto  :  Nosce  te  ipsum. 

Inscription  :  This  window  was  erected  a.d.  1873,  by 
descendants  of  Robert  Stansfeld  of  Field  House,  near  Halifax,  ob. 
1855  ;  and  of  David  Stansfeld  of  Hope  Hall,  Halifax,  ob.  1769; 
to  replace  an  east  window  of  the  old  church,  which  bore  the  family 
arms  and  date  1508. 
Second  window  : — 

Subject'  :  Illustrative  of  the  text  beneath. 

Inscription  :  Come  unto  Me,  all  ye  that  labour  and  are 
heavy  laden. 

To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  memory  of  George  Sutcliffe  of 
Stoneshaygate  in  this  parish,  who  died  4th  Sep.,  1875,  and  of 
Martha  Ann  his  wife,  who  died  30  May,  i86c,  this  window  was 
erected  by  their  son  Gamaliel  Sutclifff,  A.D.  1878. 

Third  window : — 

Subject  :  Christ  receiving  little  children. 
Inscriptions  :  And  whoso  shall  receive  one  such  little  child  in 
My  Name  receiveth  Me. 


32  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  loving  remembrance  of  Selina,  the  wife  of  John  Edward 
Greenwood,  who  died  Nov.,  1S78,  age  31  years 
South  Aisle  :  Easternmost  window  : — 
Subject  :  The  Ascension. 

Inscription  :  >i>  Dedicated  by  Sarah  Foster,  in  memory  of 
her  late  husband  Thomas  Foster,  of  Carr  House,  Erringden,  who 
died  nth  February,  1835,  aged  31  years.  Also  of  Esther  Hannah 
SuTCLiFFE,  her  grand  niece,  who  died  28th  June,  1871,  aged 
26  years. 
Second  window  : — 

Subject  :  Centre  hght,  the  Presentation  in  the  Temple 
Eastern  light,  Query  ?  S.  John  the  Baptist,  the  aged  Simeon  and 
Anna  the  Prophetess.  Western  light,  Christ  walking  with  the  two 
disciples  to  Emmaus. 

Inscription  :  ^  In  memory  of  William  and  Mary  Foster, 
of  Wood  Top,  late  of  Park  in  Erringden.  "h  Erected  by 
Sarah  Foster,  of  Carr  House. 

In  the  window  of  the  upjoer  school-room,  adjoining  the 
churchyard,  are  some  remains  of  ancient  stained  glass  from  the 
old  church.  The  whole  measure  no  more  than  about  tw^o  square 
feet  ;  and  fragments  may  be  indentified  of  a  crucifixion  ;  a  grey- 
hound collared,  or,  apparently  the  sinister  supporter  of  a  shield  of 
arms ;  three  fleurs  de  lis ;  portions  of  dates,  cccciii,  uiii ;  the  letters 
"  ETERNA,"  "  HAM  ; "  a  boy  in  ancient  costume,  blowing  a  horn 
and  leading  a  dog  by  a  rope  ;  an  eagle  on  a  mount,  pluming 
itself ;  a  trefoil  leaf  slipt,  or,  and  other  subjects. 

Henry  VII.  (1485-1509)  used  as  supporters,  DEXTER,  a 
dragon,  gules  (being  the  ensign  of  his  ancestor  Cadwaladyr,  the 
last  king  of  the  Britons),  and  SINISTER,  a  greyhound  argent, 
collared  or,  (for  the  house  of  York)  the  collar  charged  with  a 
rose  gules  (see  Parker's  Glossary,  p.  23).  The  manor  of 
Wakefield,  of  which  Heptonstall  was  a  portion,  was  granted  to 
Edmund  de  Langley,  fifth  son  of  Edward  III,  in  1362,  when 
created  earl  of  Cambridge.  He  was  afterwards  created  duke 
of  York,  by  his  nephew  king  Richard  II.,  in  1385.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  son  Edward,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Agincourt, 
141 5.  Edward's  nephew,  Richard,  succeeded  him,  and  was 
slain  at  Wakefield  fight  in  1460  ;  and  his  son  became  king 
Edward  IV.,  since  whose  time  the  manor  of  Wakefield  remained 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  33 

in  the  hands  of  the  crown  until  1554,  when  it  was  united  to 
the  duchy  of  Lancaster.  This  sinister  supporter  therefore, 
as  It  was  not  borne  by  any  lord  of  Wakefield  before  Henrj-  VII 
in  1485,  and  was  only  borne  by  the  succeeding  lord  (Henry 
VIII.)  for  a  few  years,  is  an  additional  evidence  of  the  age  of 
the  east  window  of  Heptonstall  church  ;  the  date  of  which, 
1508,  along  with  the  arms  of  Stansfeld,  is  preserved  in  the 
fragment  of  stained  glass  at  Field  House. 

Other  monuments  in  the  old  church  are  given  in  Fawcett's 
Memorial,  from  which  work  the  following  are  copied. 

To  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Eastwood,  the  wife  of  John  East- 
wood, of  Eastwood,  Esq.,  1847. 

Gravestones  within  the  altar  rails,  beginning  at  the  south  side. 

1 7  D.L  12.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Daniel  Towne,  who  supplied  the 
cure  of  souls  in  this  church  of  Heptonstall  44  years.  Died  May 
the  3rd,  and  was  here  buried  the  8th,  aged  8r,  His  last  text  was 
•'  Buye  the  truth  and  sell  it  not."  Pro.  the  23rd  chap.,  the  23rd 
verse, 

T.S.  1748.  ToBiT  SuTCLiFFE,  M.A.,  Glas  -  qui  post  58 
annos  pastoral!  hujus  ecclesite  cura  fideliter  transactos  decessit, 
24  die  Feb.,  1803,  anno  aetatis,  85. 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  Grace,  the  wife  of  Paul  Greenwood, 
of  Horsehold,  deceased,  who  departed  this  life  the  13th  day  of 
May,  anno  tetatis  82,  domini  1708. 


Here  lieth  the  body  of  Sarah  Cockroft,  daughter  of  Willl\m 
Cockroft.  of  Mayroyd  in  Wadsvvorth,  who  departed  this  life  the 
first  day  of  February,  anno  domini  1700,  and  in  the  38th  year  of 
her  age.     S.C. 

On  a  brass  plate  : — 

In  memory  of  Henry  Cockroft,  only  son  of  William 
Cockroft,  of  Mayroyd,  gendeman,  who  died  the  13th  of  January. 
1773,  aged  2  years. 

Another  brass  plate  : — 

In  memory  of  Grace  Cockroft,  5th  daughter  of  William 
Cockroft,  Esq.,  of  Mayroyd,  who  died  the  20th  of  March,  17S1, 
aged  33  years. 


34  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Another  brass  plate  : — 

Under  here  lieth  the  bodies  of  William  Cuckroft,  of  May- 
royd  in  Wadsworth,  gentleman,  and  Mary,  his  wife.  He  died  the 
29th  day  of  May,  1685,  in  the  47th  }-ear  of  his  age.  She  died  the 
30th  day  of  January,  17 19,  in  the  84th  year  other  age. 

On  a  marble  slab  : — 

Here  lies  interred  William  Cockroft,  of  Mayroyd,  Esq- 
He  died  Nov.  29,  1773,  aged  68.  Also  Mary  Cockroft,  his  wife. 
She  died  Feb.  the  27th,  1784,  aged  79. 

In  memory  of  Mrs.  Grace  Cockroft,  of  Mayroyd,  who  died 
unmarried,  in  March  1745,  aged  70  years. 

Under  the  communion  table  on  a  brass  plate  : — 

In  memory  ot  Henry  Cockroft,  younger  brother  of  William 
Cockroft  of  Mayroyd,  gentleman,  who  died  the  13th  of  March 
1774,  aged  66  years 

On  a  brass  plate,  past  the  first  pier  from  the  chancel : — 

Near  this  place  lie  the  remains  of  Grace  Sutcliffe,  daughter 
of  William  Sutcliffe,  Field  Head,  in  Stansfield,  gent.,  who  died 
ist  April,  1805,  aged  24  years.  Also  the  remains  of  John  Sutcliffe, 
son  of  the  same  W^illiam  Sutcliffe,  who  quitted  this  transient 
scene  of  life  4th  of  May,  1805,  aged  21  years.  Also  the  remains 
of  William  Sutcliffe,  son  of  the  above  William  Sutcliffe,  who 
departed  this  life  17th  Jan.  1806,  aged  34  years.  An  awful  lesson 
this  to  surviving  mortals. 

On  a  pew  door,  half-way  between  the  third  and  fourth  pier 
in  the  middle  row,  was  a  brass  plate  inscribed  : — 

A  little  lower  in  this  aisle,  beneath  the  stone  on  which 
there  is  an  index  and  reference  to  this  inscription,  rests  the  body 
of  William,  the  son  of  Henry  Cockroft,  of  Great  Burlees, 
Wadsworth,  who  was  born  May  ist,  1796,  and  died,  Dec.  loth, 
1802.  And  also  ot  Henry  Cockroft,  the  father  of  the  above 
Wm.  CocKROFr,  of  Great  Burlees,  Wadsworth,  who  departed  this 
life  Jan.  i8th,  1812,  aged  54  years.  In  the  same  vault  there 
resteth  also  the  body  of  Sarah  Cockroft,  the  wife  ot  the  above 
Henky  Cockroft,  of  Great  Burlees,  Wadsworth,  who  was  born 
Aug.  9th,  1755,  and  died  Aug.  sth,  1820. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  35 

Near  the  fourth  pier  was  a  brass  plate  : — 

At  the  foot  of  this  pillar  are  deposited  the  remains  of  Sarah 
HoRSFALL,  who  died  iSth  Dec,  1779,  aged  20  years. 

On   the  first  pillar  in  the   south   aisle  was  a  brass  plate,  facing 

north  : — • 

In  memory  of  Abraham  Gibson,  junr.,  of  Greenwood  Lee, 
who  died  Feb.  7th,  1805,  aged  24  years.  See  a  stone  near  the 
foot  of  this  pillar  marked  A.Ci.,  1S05.  Also  of  Grace,  wife  of 
Abraham  Gibson,  senr.,  who  died  July  19th,  1830,  aged  76  years. 
Also  of  Abraham  Gibson,  senr.,  who  died  May  iSth,  1834,  aged 
89  years.  1133717 

On  the  same  pillar,  looking  west : — 

Near  unto  this  pillar  lies  the  body  of  Marv,  the  daughter  of 
John  Eastwood,  of  Eastwood,  in  Stansfield,  and  wife  of  Robert 
SuTCLiFFE,  of  Hoohole,  in  Erringden,  who  departed  this  life  the 
i2th  day  of  April,  anno  domini,  1698,  and  in  the  30th  year  of  her 
age.  And  also  the  body  of  Robert  Sutcliffe,  of  Hoohole,  her 
husband,  who  departed  this  life  the  6th  day  of  June,  anno  dom. 
1728,  and  in  the  63rd  year  of  his  age.  Close  to  the  north  side  of 
Greenwood  Lee  pew  lies  interred  the  body  of  Ellen,  first  wife  of 
John  Sutcliffe,  of  Hoohole,  died  1765,  aged  64  years.  Also  the 
body  of  the  said  John  Sutcliffe,  who  departed  this  life  the  9th 
day  of  April,  1772,  aged  53  years. 

On  Greenwood  Lee  pew,  within  the  south  chancel,  and  opposite 

the  singers'  pew  was  a  brass  plate  : — 

At  the  foot  of  this  pew  are  interred  the  bodies  of  Mr.  Jno. 
Sutcliffe,  of  Greenwood  Lee,  in  Heptonstall,  and  of  Sarah,  his 
sister,  late  wife  of  Mr.  George  Heartlev,  of  New  Church,  in 
Pendle.  He  died  July  27th,  1744,  aged  28  ;  she  died  Sept.  i6th, 
1744.  aged  33. 

In  memory  of  Betty  Gibson,  daughter  of  Akm.  Gibson,  of 
Greenwood  Lee,  who  died  Nov.  20th,  1778,  aged  21  years.  Also 
Susannah,  his  wife,  who  died  May  23rd,  1779,  aged  58  years. 
Also  the  said  Abm.  Gibson,  who  died  June  i6th,  1780,  aged  60 
years. 

The  inscriptions  on  the  bells  are  as  follows  : — 
No.  I.     Tenor  bell.      "John  Watson,  York,  Thomas  Mears,  London, 
fec't  1804."     Weight,  lo  cwt. 


36 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


No.  2.     "  Coelorum  Sanctis  liraina  sacra  patent,   1748."     The  sacred 

doors  of  heaven  lie  open  to  the  saints. 
No.  3.     "  Vox  mihi  sacra  data  est,  manibus  me  tangite  castis,  1 748." 

A  sacred  voice  has  been  given  me,  therefore  touch  me  with 

pure  hands. 
No.  4.     "  Hue  properate  sonanti  mea  voce  viri,  1748."     Hasten  hither, 

O  ye  men,  when  my  voice  sounds  forth. 
No.  5.     "  Sum  decor  ecclesise,  pinus  ceu  montibus  altis."     I  am  an 

ornament  to  the  church,  as  the  pine  tree  is  to  the  lofty 

mountains. 
No.  6.     "  Given  by  contribution,  Dalton  of  York,  fecit,  1788." 


Chapter     III. 


HEPTONSTALL     REGISTERS. 


Volume    I. 

HE   first    volume   of   Heptonstall    registers  contains 
marriages  from  2nd  January,  1593-4,  to  28th  August, 
1660;    baptisms    from    8th    July,    1599,    to    23rd 
September,   1660;    and  burials  from    12th  January, 
1593-4  to  i6th  September,  1653. 


1594    June.   Simon  Stansfeld  et  Janie  R'bots  nupt.     xxv  die. 
1594-5  March.  Ric  Horsfall  et  Isabell  Stansfeld  nupt.     iiij  die. 
1596     September.  Anthonius  Crosley  et  Ellin  Stansfeld.     vij  die. 
October.  Rob'tus  Doughty  et  Grace  Stansfeld.     xxvij  die. 
1596-7  ffebruary.  Johes  Tatersall  et  Jennet  Stansfeld  nupt.     vj  die. 
1599     May.  James  Killerby  et  Susana  Stansfeld.     xxvij  die. 
1599-1600     January.  Abraha  Stansfeld  et  Maria  Dean  nupt.     xxij  die. 

1 60 1  October.  Will'm  Mychell  et  Mary  Stansfeld  nupt.     viij  die. 

1602  August.  Will'm's  Them's  et  Mary  Stansfeld  nupt.     xxviij  die. 

1603  May.  Caleb  Brodley  et  Margareta  Stansfeld  nupt.    xxiij  die. 

1604  October.  Luke  Horsfall  et  Grace  Stansfeld.  nupt.  xxiij  die. 
1607-8  ffebruary.  Thorn's  Crosley  et  Elyz.  Stansfeild.     ix  die. 

1609  May.  Abraha  Stansfeld  et  Eliz.  Cadaw  nupt.     xxviij  die. 
November.  Henricus  Stansfeild  et  Johanna  Long  nupt.    xx  die. 

1610  May.  Edmund  Stansfeld  et  Elysabeth  Naylor.     viij  die. 

161 1  July.  Tobias  Pighels  et  Dionis  Stansfeld  nupt.     xxix  die. 
1611-12   ffebruary.  Joh'es  Crosley  et  Martha  Stansfeld  nupt      iiij  die. 

—        Johnes    Helewell    et    Christabell    Stansfeld    nupt. 

xxiiij  die. 
August.  Ric  Stansfeld  et  Sara  Longbothom  nupt.     iij  die. 
September.  Joh'es  Sotill  et  Isabell  Stansfeld  nupt.     vij  die. 
Maie.     Jonas  Baldwoine,  Susan  Stansfelde  nupt.     xxxj  die. 
Julye.    Edmundus  Stansfeld,  Prudence  Horsfall  nupt.    xxiij  die. 
November.  Matthew  Stansfeild  et  Margaret  Midgley.  28  die. 
April.     Tho.  Greenwood  et  Elizabeth  Stansfeld  nup ;    23  die. 
November.     Richard  Crosley    et  Easter  Stansfeild  nup.    fuer't. 

12  die. 


1612 
1614 
1615 

1616 
1617 
1620 


38  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

162 1     Maye.     Richard   Grenwod  et  Martha    Stansfeild    nup.    fuer't. 
7  die. 

Maye.     Bartholemew  Taylor  et  Grace  Stansfeild.      15  die. 

August.     George  Stansfeild  et  Grace  Barker.     28  die. 

December.  James  Stansfeild  et  Mary  Crosley.  17  die. 
1621-2  March.  Charles  Haworthe  et  Susan  Stansfeild.  5  die. 
1623     Aprill.  Richardus  Stansfeild  et  Maria  Whittam.     30  die. 

September.  Samu'll  Crabtree  et  Dinah  Stansfeild  nup.     4  die. 
1624-5  february.  Gideon  Stansfeild  et  Grace  Eastwod.     21  day. 
1625     November.  James  Stansfeilde  et  Liddia  Crosley.     21  day. 
1627     Aprill.  Michaell  Sutcliffe  et  Sara  Stansfeild.     21  day. 

Decembris.  William  Ingham  et  Anna  Stansfeild.     17  die. 
1629     Novemb'r.  Simon  Stansfeild  et  Martha  Horslall.     3  day. 

1633  Aprill.  John  Stansfeild  et  Mary  Bordall.     21  day. 
August.  John  Widdopp  et  Mary  Stansfeild.      18  day. 

1634  Male.  Abraham  Clegg,  Meriam  Stansfeild.     3  day. 

1637     Mensis  Octobris.  John  Stansfeild,  Ann  Stansfeld  nupti.    20  daie. 
1637-8  Mensis  ffebruary.    James  Waltan,    Susan   Stansfeild   nupt.   att 

Hallifaxe. 
1639     Aprill.  Willm  Sunderlande,  Grace  Stansfeild  nupt.      15  daye. 

Mensis  May.    Abraham  Stansfeild,  Alice  Cockroft  nupt.  26  day. 

Mensis  July.  Thomas  Stansfeild  et  Grace  Crabtree  nupt.   16  day. 
1646     Aprilis.  Jacobus  Draper  et  Miriam  Stansfeild  nupt.  fuer.     21  die. 

Junij.  Joh'es  Stansfeild  et  Prudencia  Stansfeild  nupt.  fuer.  30  die. 
1652     May.  Hen'y  Stansfeild  and  Mary  fifitton  married  at  Luddingden. 
16  die. 


1599  September.     Johes  fil.  Johis  Stansfeld,  Stan,     xxij  die. 

1 5 99- 1 600     March,  b.  Robtus  fil  Thome  Stansfeld  Margaret  Law  al> 
Smyth,  bapt.  martij  xxv  die. 

1600  May.   Margaret  fil.  Abraha  Stansfeld,  Wad.  bapt.  xj  die. 

1 60 1  June.  James  fil  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  Ayring.  bapt.  xiiij  die. 
August,  b.  Martha  fil.   Thome   Stansfeld  et   Margaret  Smyth, 

bapt.  xix  die. 

1602  May.  Anna  fil.  Myles  Stansfeild  De  Sta.  bapt.  xxix.  die. 

1603  Aprill.    b.  Jacobus  fil.  Luci  Stansfeld  et  Grac  Hawley,  bapt.  iij  die. 

—       Gracia  fil.  Nicholai  Stansfeld  De  Stan,  bapt  xvij  die- 
June.  Sara  fil.  Abraha  Stansfeld,  Wad.  bapt.  xix  die. 
December,  b.  Maria  fil.  Johis  Wilkinson  Janit  Stansfeld,  bapt? 
xxvj  die. 

1604  Julius.  Mirian  fil.  Milonis  Stansfeld,  Ayr.  bapt.  XV  die. 

1605  July.   Maria,  Luke  Stansfeild  Grace  Hawley,  bapt.  xxvj  die. 

1606  July.  Abraha  fil.  Abraha  Stansfeld,  Wad.  bapt.  xxvij  die. 
1606  7  March.  Maria  fil.  Myles  Stansfeld,  Ayr.  bapt.  viij  die  Martij. 

1608  June.  Grace  fil  Charles  Stansfeild,  bapt.  xix  die 

1609  May.  Johes.  fil.  Johne  Stansfeld  de  Stan.  bapt.  xxi  die. 
August.  Symon  fil.  Symon  Stansfeld  Stan.  bapt.  xxvij  die. 

1610  Aprill.  Abraha  fil.  Charles  Stansfeld  Wad.  bapt.  xxvij  die. 
Septe'br.  Josua  fil.  Edmund  Stansfeld  Hept.  bapt.  ij  die  Septebr. 
October.  Johes  fil.  Abraha  Stansfeld  Sta.  bapt.  xx   die. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  39 

1611-12     January.  Martha  fil.  Johne  Stansfeld  Stan,  bapt-  .xix  die. 

161 2  May.  Susan  fil.  Myles  Stansteld  Ayr.  bapt.  xxj  die. 

161 2-3  ffebruary.  Henry  fil.  Abraha  Stansfeld  De  Wad.  bapt.  xxj  die. 

1613  June.  Charles  fil.  Charles  Stansfeild  Wad.  bapt.  vj  die. 

1614  October.  Maria  fil.  Johis  Stansfeld  de  Stan.  bapt.  ij  die. 
1616     June.  Isabellfil.  Richard  Stansley  Stan.  bap.  23  die 

September.  John  fil.  Edmund  Stansfeld  de  Stan.  bapt.  10  die. 

1618  Julij.    Prudens  fil:  John  Stansfeild  Stan.  bap.  12  die. 

1619  December.  Prudence  fil.  Edmud  Stansfeild  Stan,  bap:   12  die. 

1620  Januarye.  Susanna  fill.  Edmund  Stansfeild,  Sta,  7  die. 

1621  April.  Edmund  fill.  John  Stansfeild  Sta.  15  die. 

1622  July.  Thomas  fill.  George  Stansfeilde  Sta.  7  die. 
1622-3  January.  Maria  fill.  Edmundi  Stansfeild  Sta.  26  die. 

1623  Aprill.  Gideon  fill  Abrahi  Stansfeild  Sta.   28°  die. 

1623-4  January,  b.  Ann  fil  Johis  Stansfeilde  and  Jane  Watson.  4  die. 
1625     Aprill.  Jonas  fill.  Edmund  Stansfeild  Sta.   17  die. 

November.  James,  John  Stansfeld,  S.   1 6  d. 
1625     November.  Mirriam,  Giddon  Stansfeld,  H.  27. 

1627  August.  Jonathan  fil  Edmund  Stansfeild  de  Stansf:   12  die. 
December.  Abraham,  James  Stansfield  St.  9  die. 

1627-8  January.  Marie,  George  Stansfield  St:   17  die. 

—         .Marie,  Gedeon  Stansfield  Wad:  20  die. 

1628  August.  John,  Hugh  Pilling,  Stans.  3  day. 

1629  December.  Martha,  Thomas  ffoster,  baptized  at  Crosstone,  13. 
1629-30     Januarie.     b.    Margaret,    Edmond   Stansfeild    and    Joanna 

Eastwood.  6. 

—  Susan,  James  Stansfeild,  Stans.  31. 

1630-31  Januarie.  Grace,  Edmond  Stansfeild,  Stans.  30  day. 
1 63 1-2     March.  Abraham,  fil  Gideon   Sta'sfeild  de  Wadsworth  bapt. 

II  day. 

1632  September.    Prudence   fil.    Edmund   Stansfeild   de   Stan.  bapt. 

30  day. 

1633  Julye.  Gideon,  John  Stansfeild  Stansfeild,  21  day. 

1633-4  ffebruarie.  Dorathy,  Edmund  Stansfeild  Jona  Eastwode  St.  21  die. 

1634  Julye.  Debora  fil.  Gideon  Stansfeild  de  Wad,  27  die. 

1635  Aprill.  Martha,  James  Stansfeild  Stansfeild,  12  die. 

1636  October,     base    Henry   fil    Thomas   Stand   Eliz:   ffarrer    lang. 

9  dale. 
1636-7  Mensis  ffebruarie.    John  fil  (Mdeon   Stansfeild  de  Wad.  bapt. 
5  daie. 
—  b.  Prudence  fil  Edmund  Stansfeild  JonaEastwod  St.  12  daie. 

1637  Mensis  Septembris.  Debora  fili  James  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild 

bapt.   25  daie. 

1638  Mensis  Novembris.  Abigail  fili  Gideon  Stansfeild,  bapt.  25  day. 

1639  Mensis  Septembr.     Martha,  fili  Thomas  Stansfeild  de  St.  bapt. 

xxij  day. 
1639-40  mensis  fifebr.     John  fili  James  Stansfeild  de  St.  ix  day. 
March.     Martha  fili  Edward  Stansfeild,  St.  bapt.  xxij  day. 

1640  Mensis  Julij.     Symon  fili  John  Stansfeild  St.  bapt.  28  day. 
1640-1  Mensis  ffeb.     Martha  fili  Jo.  Stansfeild  St.  bapt.  14  day. 

1 641  Mensis  May.     Charles  fili  Ab.  Stansfeild  de  Wad.  bapt.  16  day. 


40  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1 64 1  Mensis  Maij.    Sara  fill  Gideon  Stansfeild  de  Wad.  bap.  30  day. 
mensie  Octobr.     John  fili  Tho.  Stansfeild  de  St.  bapt.  24  day. 

1641-2  Mensie  January,      base  Prudence  Jo.  Stansfeld,  Sara  Pickles,  St. 
bap.     9  day. 

1642  Mensie  Aprill.     Tymothie  fil  Abra  Stansfeild  Wad.  bap.   26  day. 
mensis  May.     Charles  fili  Miles  Stansfeild  St.     bap.  15  day. 
mensis  August.     Lidia  fili  James  Stansfeild  de  St.  bap.     7  day. 

1643  Maij.     Maria,  filia  Abrahanii  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  bapt.  fuit. 

7  die. 

1644  Septembris.    fil  Milonis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bapt. 

fuit.  8  die 
1 644-5  ffebruarij.     IMaria  fil.  Abrah.  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  bapt.  fuit. 
17  die. 

—  Carolus  fil.  Jacobi  Stansfeild  de  Shore  bapt.  fuit. 
23  die. 

—  Maria  fil.  Thome  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bap.  fuit. 
23  die. 

Marcij.     Martha  fil.  Abraham!  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  bap. 
^  fuit.   16  die. 

1645  Maij.     Maria  fil.  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeld  bapt.  fuit.   11  die. 

1646  Septembris.     Prudencia  fil.  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bap. 

13  die. 

1646-7  Januarij.     Susan   filia  Abraharai  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  bap. 
31  die. 

1647  Maij.     Hanna   fil.    Abrahami   Stansfeild    de    Wad.  bapt.   ap'd. 

Luddingden,  21  die. 
Junij.     Jacobus   fil   Josephi  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bap.  fiiit. 

27  die. 
Julij.     Jacobus  fil.  Thome  Stansfeild   de   Stansfeild   bap.   fuit. 

II  die 
Octobris.      Elizabetha   filia   Johis    Pillinge   de   Stansfeild    bap. 

3  die. 
Decembris. fili  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  bap.     19  die. 

1648  Julij.     William,  Hugh  Pilling,  Stans.  bap.     26  die. 
Decembris.     Georgius  fil.  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  bap.  24  die. 

1648-9  Januarij.     Carolus  fil  Abraham  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  bap. 

14  die. 

1648-9  ffebruarij.      Gilb'tus  fil.  Gilb'ti   Lacye  de   Midgeley  bap.   apud 
Croston.     9  die. 

1649  Octobris.    John  fil  Johis  Pillinge  de  Stansfeild,  bapt.  fuit.     12  die. 
1649-50  January.      Carolus  fili   Abrahami   Stansfeild   de   Mithoraroid 

brigge,  bapt.  apud  Luddingden.     22  die. 

1650  Junij.     Thomas,  Gracia,  gemelli  Josephi  Stansfeild  de  Hepton- 

stall,  bap.     16  die. 
Septembris.     Thomas,  Hugh  Pilling,  Stans.  bap.     1 7  die. 
1650-1  ffebruarij.      Sara  fil.  Abrahami  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  bap. 

fuit.     23  die 
165 1-2  Januarij.      Richard  fil  Johis   Pillinge  de   Stansfeild   bapt.  fuit. 

8  die. 

1652     August.       Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  Stansfeild  of  Wadsworth, 
bap.  22. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  41 

[653     July.     Abraham,  sonne   of  Abraham  Stansfeild  of  \\'adsworth, 
bap.  1 6. 
August,   base.  Martha  daughter  of  \Vm.  Sunderland  and  Martha 
Stansfeild.  9. 

1654  Septembr.  Richd.  John  Stansfeld  Shore  bap.     10. 

1655  July.  Martha,  Henry  Stansfeild,  loines,  bapt.   29. 
1658     August.  Mary,  Abr.  Stansfeild,  Eastwood,  bap.   15. 


1594  November.     Ric.  Stansfeld  de  Ayring.  sepult.  xvj  die. 

—  ux.  Johis  Stansfeld  de  Stan,  sepult.  xix  die. 

1595  May.     ux.  Thome  Stansfeld  de  Stan,  sepult.  xxiij  die. 
October.     Johes  Stansfeld  de  Stan,  xij  die. 
December.     Maria  fil  Kic  Stansfeld  de  Hept.  xxix  die. 

1596  June     Agnes  Stansfeld  de  Lang  sepult.  viij  die. 
1596-7  January.     Margaret  Stansfeld,  Stan,  xxxj  die. 

ffebruary.     Susan  fil  Henrici  Stansfeld  Wad.     iiij  die. 

1597  October,     ux.  Edmund  Stansfeld,  Stan,     xv  die. 
December.     Jane  Stansfeld,  Hepton,  sepult.  xxx  die. 

1597-8  March,     ux  Johis  Stansfeld,  Ayring.  xxiij  die. 

1598  Aprill.     Eliz.  Stansfeld,  Stan,  eodem  die  (xiij). 
June.     Infans  fil  Thome  Stansfeld  Sta     xxiiij  die. 
July,     ux  Thome  Stansfeld,  Stan,  sepult.  xxx  die. 
October.     Edwardus  Stansfeld,  Todmorde     xviij  die. 

1599  July-     Johes  Stansfeld   Ayring.  sepult.  xx  die. 
August.     Willms  Stansfeld,  Hepton.  xvj  die. 

1600  December,   ux  Henrici  Stansfeld  de  Sta.  xxij  die. 

160T     July.    Edmnds.  Stansfeld  de  Stansfeld,  sepult.  xxvij  die. 

1 60 1 -2  March.         Elizabethe    Dei    gratia    Anglia  francia   et   hiberniae 

reginse  sepult  hoc  mensis. 
1602     Aprill.     ux  Edwardi  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeld  sepult.  xj  die. 

July.     Georgius  Stansfeld  De  Ayringde.     xxix  die. 

"October,     ux  Nicholai  Stansfeld  de  Sta.  xij  die. 

November,     ux  Myles  Stansfeld  De  Sta.  sepult.     xxiiij  die. 
1604     May.     ux  Edwardi  Stansfeld  De  Sta.  xiij  die. 

1606  June,     ux  Nycholas  Stansfeld,  Ayr.  sepult  eodem  die  (xxiiij). 
1606-7  January.     Edward  Stansfeild  De  Sta,  sepult.  iiij  die. 

March.     Luke  Stansfeld  De  Wadesworth  sepult.  xxiij  die. 

1607  August,     ux  Edward  Stansfeld  De  Lang,  sepult.  xxij  die. 
1607-8  ffebruary.     Grace  Stansfeild  De  Hepto.  sepult  eodem  die  (xij). 
1608-9  January.     Johes  fil  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  Ayr.  sepult.  ij  die. 

1609  Aprill.    Jome  (?  J:me)  fil  Nycholus  Stansfeld  De  Stan,  xxviij  die. 
December.     Agnes  Stansfeild  De  Ayringden.  xj  die. 

1 6 10  December,  ux  Thoms  Stansfeld  De  Hept.  sepult.  xvij  die. 
i6ti     July,     ux  Edwards  Stansfeld,  Wad.  sepult    iij  die. 

161 2-3  January.     Charles  Stansfeld  De  Wad.  sepult.  xviij  die. 
161  5     December.     Thoms  Stansfeld  De  Stan,  sepult.  p'mo  die. 
1613-4  March,     ux  Nycholus  Stansfeild  de  Ayr.  sepult.  vj  die. 
1616     Apri'l.     Vidua  James  Stansley,  Hep.  sep.   12  die. 

October.     Sara  Stansfeild,  Lang,  sepult.  2  die. 
161  7      August.     Infant  John  Stansfeild,  Stan.  sep.    17  die. 


42  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1617-S  ffebruary.     Thomas  Stansfeild,  Stan.   10  day. 

1 618  May.      Henrie  Stansfeild,  Sta.  sep.   21  die. 
September.     Infant  Edmund  Stansfeild,  Stan.  29  die. 
October.     James  Stansfeild,  Hep.  sep.   18  day. 

1 6 19  December.     Prudence  Stansfeild,  Stan.  sep.  20  die. 

1620  September.     Uxor.  Johanis  Stansfeld  de  Shore  sep.    13  die. 

1 62 1  December.     Edward  Stansfeild,  Lang.  28  die. 

1622  May.     Edward  Stansfeild,  Sta.  25  die. 
October.     James  Stansfeild,  Ayr.  31  die. 
November.     Mary  Stansfeild,  St.  18  die. 

1623  May,     Johes  Stansfeild,  St.  26°  die. 

June,     uxor  Jacobi  Stansfeild,  Sta.  29"  die. 

Septembr.     Margar'ta  Stansfeild,  Wad.  5°  die. 

—  Infas  Abrahai  Stansfeild,  Stan.  6°  die. 

Octobr.     Mr.  francisscus  Hook,  Sta.  sepult.    27  die. 
1625     Aprill.     uxor.  George  Stansfeild,  Sta.  3  day. 
1625-6  february.     Infas  James  Stansfeild,  St.  11  day. 
1627     Septembris     Vidua  Nich.  Stansfeld,  Wad.   12  die. 

1630  Aprill.     Simon  Stansfeild,  Stansf    24  day. 

Theise  Parsones  dead  of  the  plague  or  supposed  to  dy  of  that 
disease  w'^>in  the  p'ish  of  Heptonstall  to  the  Number  of  one 
hundreth  &  Seauen. 

1631  August.      Eliphall  Smyth,    Heptonstall,  sone  of  the   Minister. 

18  day. 

—  Will'm  Smithe,  minister.  20  day. 

. —  uxor  Mathew  Stansfeild.     28  day. 

Septembr.     Mathew  Stansfeild.     9  day. 
October.     John  Hoyle  Gierke,  Hep. 

—  vidua  Mr.  Smyth,  minisf   Hep. 
All  thez  dyed  of  the  Plague,  1631. 

1632  Decemb''-     Debora  Stansfeild,  St      24  die. 

1633  Decemb''-     uxor  John  Stansfeild,  Stans.     20  die. 

1635  Novemb''-     Infans  Gideon  Stansfeild,  Wad  sepul.     23  day. 

1636  Juely.     Charles  Stansfeild,  Wad.     i  die. 

1637  Juelie.     James  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sepult.  fuit  30  dale. 
December.    Infans  Gibson  (?  Gideon)  Stansfeild  de  Wad.  sepult. 

31  day. 

1638  Mensis  August.     Infans  Abraham  Stansfeild  sep.     25  day. 
1638-9  Mensis  ffebruary.     Vidua  James  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  Hall. 

17  day. 

1639  July.     Infans  Abraham  Stansfeild  de  VV^ad.  sep,     xix  day. 

1640  September.     U.xor  Myles  Stansfeild  de  St.  sepult.     3  day. 
1640-1  ffeb.     John  Stansfeild  de  St.  sepult.   10  day. 

—      Vidua  Symcn  Stansfeild  de  St.   19  day. 

1642-3  Februarij.      Infans    Abrahami    Stansfeild    de sepult.  fuit. 

1 1  (lie. 
Marcij.     Infans  Thome  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sep.  fuit.  24  die. 
1643     Deccmbris.     Johes  Stansfeild  de  Halifax  scpultus  fuit.  23  die. 
1643-4  ffebruarij.     Abrahamus  Stansfeild,  de  Wadsworth  sep.  fuit.  4  die. 
1646     Aprilis.     uxor  Milonis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  in  Stansf.  sep.  27  die. 
1647-8  Januarij.     Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  sepult.  fuit.  4  die. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  43 

1648-9  Februarii.     Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sep.   19  die. 

1649  Julij      Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  sep.  21  die. 

1650  Aprilis.     Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  sepult.  fuit.    27  die. 
Junii.     Infans  Abrahami  Stansfeild  de  eadem  (Wadsworth)  sep. 

18  die. 
1650-1  Januarij.     Vidua  Abrahami  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  sep.    2  die. 

165 1  Apiilis.     Infans  Thome  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  Sep.   14  die. 
Septembris.     A  Scott  travaileinge  from    Worcester   homeward. 

17  day. 
Octobris.     An  infant  of  Thomas  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild  buried. 
24  day. 

1652  May.     An  infant  of  John  Stansfeild  of  Shore  buryed.  2  day. 

1653  August.     An  infant  of  John  Stansfeildes  of  Shore  buryed.   7  day. 

Here  endeth  ye  Burials  (in  volume  I). 
At  the  end  are  many  entries  relating  to  benefactions,  sales 
of  seats,  &c.,  amongst  them  the  following  : — 

Md.  y"=  21  day  of  April  Anno  Domini  1572  in  y^  parish 
Church  of  Heptonstall  there  were  laid  up  in  y=  Coffer  with  y<= 
Register  Book  120  Organ  pipes  And  16  great  pipes,  5  wood  pipes, 
and  15  Lead  pipes  were  laid  up  with  Richard  Bentley  in  Hepton- 
stall for  y«  use  of  ><=  parish  in  y^  presence  of  us  Men  whose  names 
are  underwritten 

By  me  Wm.  Greenwood 

By  me  Thos.  Broadley 

By  me  Michael  Bentley 

By  me  Wm.  Mitchell 

By  Rich'i-  Shackleton 

p.  me  Wm.  Mitchell 

Clericum  ibid"'- 


Volume     II. 
The  second  volume  of  registers  commences  in  1653,  and  at 
the  beginning  is  bound  up,  printed  on  paper,  a  copy  of  the  : — 

"  Act  touching  Marriages  and  the  Registering  thereof,  And 
also  touching  Births  and  Burials.  London,  Printed  b)'  lohn  Field, 
printer  to  the  Parliament  of  England,  1653." 

The  first  page  of  the  register,  which  is  of  parchment 
throughout,  contains  the  certificate  of  Will,  fifarrer,  J. P.,  respect- 
ing the  purposes  of  the  book,  and  the  election  and  appointment 
of  Edmonde  Rigge,  as  parish  registrar  under  the  Act.  The 
second  page  contains  the  account  of  the  appointment  and 
payment  of  Richard  Wadsworth,  as  parish  clerk  in  1676.  The 
other  pages  are  occupied  as  follows  : — 


44  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Pages    3 — 19     births  from  5th  October.  1653,  to  —  September,  i66o. 

21 — 63     baptisms  from  7th  October,  1660,  to  24th  March,  1685-6. 

64 — 9S  banns  and  Commonwealth  marriages  from  9th,  October 
1653,  to  7th  October,  1660. 

99 — HI   marriages  from  9th  October,  1660,  to  i6th  Feb.  1685-6. 

112  contains  a  copy  of  the  archbishop's  mandate  to  Crostone 
chapel  respecting  certificates  of  baptisms  and  burials 
within  that  chapelry,  namely,  the  townships  of  Stansfield 
and  Langfield,  to  be  sent  to  the  curate  of  Heptonstall, 
and  enjoining  the  prevention  of  burials  in  Todmorden  of 
parishioners  of  Crostone  chapelry,  dated  28th  June,  1682. 

113,  and  four  inserted  leaves,  contain  receipts  of  the  incoming 
churchwardens,  for  the  goods  of  the  church,  from  the 
24th  May,  1759,  to  the  19th  June,  1814. 

114 — 163  contain  burials  from  31st  October,  1653,  to  24th 
February,  1685-6;  and  a  few  remaining  leaves  are 
occupied  by  entries  of  certain  agreements,  &c..  relating 
to  stalls  in  the  church,  and  by  some  further  receipts  by 
incoming  churchwardens. 


1653  December.     George  Stansfeild  of  Adam  Royd  in  Stansfeild  was 

buryed  at  Todmorden.     5. 
1653-4  ffebruary.     Elizabeth  Stansfeild  of  Harley  Wood   in   Stansfeild, 
widow,  late  wife  of  Miles  Stansfeild,  bur.     28. 

1654  October-      An   unbapt.    son   and    inft.    of  James    Stansfeld    of 

Cowbank  in  Hundersfeld,  buried  the  29. 

1655  October.     An    unbapt.    son    and    inft.    of  James    Stansfeild    of 

Cowbank  in  Hundersfeld.     6. 

1656  August.      An    unbapt.    son   and    inft.    of    James    Stansfeild    of 

Cowbank  in  Hundersfeld.     7. 
November.    Gedeon  Stansfeild  yonger  of  Heptonstall  was  buried 
the  29. 
—  John  son  of  John  Stansfeild  of  Harley   Wood    in 

Stansfeild  at  Crostone,  the  20. 

1657  June.     Jane  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild  was  buried  at  the  Crostone 

the  15. 

1658  March.     James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  esq.  buried  at  Cro.-tone 

the  27. 
May.     Gedeon  Stansfeild  of  Heptonstall  was  buried  the  9. 
November.     .\n   unbapt    son  and  inft.  of  James  Stansfeild  of 

Heyhead  in  St.  at  Cro.     7. 
December.     Sara  Stansfeild  of  Heptonstall  was  buried  the  i  7. 
1661     Julij.     Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sepult.  fuit.      12. 
1662-3  Marcij.     Henricus  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth  sepult.  fuit.     2. 
1663     ISIaij.     Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  sepult.  fuit.   12. 

Augusti.     uxor  Johis  Stansfeild  sen.  de  Shore  sepult.  fuit.  29. 
Septembris.     Johes  Stansfeild  senior  de  Shore  sepultus  fuit.   7. 
Novembris.     Jacobus  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sepultus  fuit.  9. 
Decembris.     Vidua  Nicholai  Stansfeild  de   Heptonstall  sepulia 
fuit.  27. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  45 

1663-4  ffebruari.     Jacobus  Stansfeild  de  Shore  sepultus  fuit  in  agro  suo 
ibiTi.     25. 

—  Abrahamus  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sepultus.  fuit.  29. 
1665     Septembris.     Johes  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  sepult  apud  I'od- 

merden-     28. 
1665-6  Januarij.     Infans  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Shore  sepult.  fuit.  17. 

1667  May.     vxor  John  Stansfield  Shore.     20. 

1668  December.     Infant  James  Stansfeild,  Shore.     21. 
1668-9  January.     Vid.  Henry  Stansfeild,  Wad.     8. 
1669-70  February.     Miles  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     8. 
1670     April.     George  Stansfeild,  Shore.     9. 

1670-1  January.     John  Stansfeild,  Shore.     28. 

1672  November.     Edward  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     29. 

1673  March.     Inft.  of  George  Stansfeild  and  Isabell  Crowther.     28. 

1673  August.     Infant,  James  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     10. 
September.     John  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     ic. 

1673-4  January.     Martha  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     iS. 

1674  April,     uxor.  James  Stansfeild,  Heptonstall.     (12.) 

—  Martha,  James  Stansfeild,  Heptonstall.     14. 
August.     John  Pilling,  Stansfeild.     3. 

1674-5  January.     Debora  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     5. 

March.    Joseph,  James  Stansfeild,  Heptonstall.     9. 

1675  April.     Abraham,  John  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     3. 
T676     November.     Sara  Stansfeild,  Wads.     4. 

1677     May.     Susan  Stansfeild,  Stans.     11. 
1677-8  March.     Prudence  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     12. 
1678-9  January,     vx.  James  Stansfeild,  Stansfeild.     22. 
1679-80  February.     James  Stansfeild,  Heptonstall.     6. 

1680  October,     vid.  Stansfeild,  Hept.     24. 

—  Tho.  Stansfeild,  Stan.     30. 
1 680-1  March.     James  Stansfeild,  Stan.     5. 

1681  May,     Inft.  Abraham  Stansfeild,  Wad.     3. 

—       Abraham  Stansfeild,  Wad.     27. 
November.     John  Stansfeild,  Stan.     25. 

1682  April.  Susan  Stansfeild,  Stan. — 18. 
August.  Abraham  Stansfeild,  Wad. —  i. 

—  Grace  Stansfeild,  Stan. — 14. 
1684     August.  James,  James  Stansfeild,  Stan. — 2. 

End  of  burials  in  vol  ij. 

Note  :  Tho.  Stansfield  signs  his  name  (last)  as  churchwarden  in 
1 747  ;  whether  for  Stansfield  or  Langfield  townships,  not 
mentioned. 


1653  (erasure)  sonne  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Shore  in  Stansfeild  borne 

the  1 8th  of  January. 
James,  sonne  of  John  Pillinge  of  Hillhouse  in  Stansfeild   borne 
the  sth  March. 

1654  Richard,  son  of  James  Stansfeld  of  Shore  in  Stansfeld  born  the 

30th  of  August. 


46  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1654-5  Sara,  daughter  of  John  Stausfeild  of  Shore  in  Stansfeild  was 
born  28th  ffebruary. 

1655  Martha,  daughter  of  Henry  Stansfeild   of  Loynes  in  Wadsworth 

28th  July, 
(blank)  son  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Cowbanke  in   Hundersfeild 
borne  5th  October. 
1655-6  b.  VVill'm  bastard  son  of  Gilbt.  Holden   et  Dorothy  Stansfeld 
borne  in  Stansfeld  29th  ffebr  : 

1656  Miles  and  Susan  bastard  twinnes  of  Miles  Stansfeild  and  Mary 

ffairbank  bo  :  in  Sta  :   19th  Apr  : 
Thomas,  sonne  of  John  Pilling  of  Stansfeild  hall  in  Stansfeild 

born  5th  July, 
(blank)  son  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Cowbanck  in  Hundersfeild 

born  5th  August. 
Israeli  bastard  son  of  James  Stansfeild  yonger  and  Grace  Mitchell 

bo.  in  St. — October. 
Mary,  daughter  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Heyhead  in  Stansf :  hor. 

3  November. 
Jonas,  son  of  John  Stansfeild   of  Shore  in  Stansfeild  born    22 

Novemb. 

1657  Mar}',  daughter  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Cowbank  in  Hundersfeld 

bor  :   7th  of  June. 
Susan,  d.  of  John  Stansfeild  of  Shore  in  Stansfeild  born  the  — 
(November). 
1657-8  Jonas,  Sonne  of  John  Stansfeild  of  Shore   in   Stansfeild  borne 
the  —  (March). 

1658  Mary  d.  of  Abraham  Stansfeild  of  Eastwood  in  Stansfeild  born 

the  8th  August 
(blank)  sonne  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Heyhead  in  Stansfeild  born 
6  November. 

1659  Thomas,  sonne  of  John  Pilling  of  Stansfeld  was  borne  the  22iid 

Septber. 

1660  Martha,  d.  of  Abraham  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild —(Septbr.) 
Mar)-,  d.  of  John  Stansfeild  of  Shore  in  Stan.— (Septbr.) 


1660  Octobris.  — fil.  Johis  Stansfeild,   14. 

Decembris.    Jacobus  fil  Jacobi   Stansfeild   de   Stansfeild  bajit : 
fuit.  30. 

1 66 1  Aprilis.  Abrahamus  fil  Henrici  Stansfeild  de  Wadsworth   bapt. 

fuit.  21. 
Octobris.  Abrahamus  fil  Johis  Stansfeild  de  (blank)  bap.  fuit.  28. 
1 66 1-2  ffebruarij.   Johes   fil   Jacobi   Stansfeild   de    Hundersfeild   bapt. 
fuit.  9. 

1662  Julij.  Maria,  fil  Johis  Pilling  de  Stansfeild  baptizata  fuit.    27. 
Novembris.    Elizabetha,    fil    Milonis    Stansfeild    de    Stansfeild 

baptizata  fuit.  16. 

1663  Junij.  Debora,  fil  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  baptizata  fuit.  28. 

1663  Julij.  Johes  fil.  Jacobi  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bapt.  fuit.    5. 

1664  Aprilis.  Sara  fil  Jacobi  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bapt.  fuit.  3. 
Maij.  Abrahamus  fil  .\brahami  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bapt.  fuit.  i. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  47 

1664  Julij.  WillSs  Pillinge  Johis  fil  baptizatf  fuit.  10. 
Septembris.  Sara,  fil  Johis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeilde  bapt.  fuit  1 1 
Decembris.  Johes  fil  Rici  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bapt.  fuit.  18 

1665  Octobris.  Abrahamus  fil  Milonis  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild  bantizat 

fuit.   12.  F        • 

1665-6  ffebruarij.    George   filius    Richi.  Stansfeild   de   Stansfeild   bapt 
fuit.   II. 

Baptized. 

1666  May.  George,  James  Stansfeild,  Stan  :  g. 
July.  John,  John  Stansfeild  de  Shore.  2K 
October.  Sara,  Abr.  Stansfeild,  Stansf.                                 14 

1667  July.  Mary,  Mr  Jer.  Hey.  Minister  Hept.  1' 
November,  no.-  Mary,  George  Stansfeild  and  Marya  Stansfeild,  7. 

—           Mary,  Rich  :  Stansfeld,  St.  24. 

1668-9  ffebruary.  George,  Abraham  Stansfeild,  St.  21! 

1670  March.  Thomas,  Rich'' Stansfeild,  Sta.  27! 
May.  b.  Robt-  James  Stansfeild  and  Isabell  Crowther  '3.' 

1671  June.  Maltha,  James  Stansfeild,  H  :  u. 
September.  Mercy.  Abr  :  Stansfeild,  Stansf.  10' 

1672  April  14.  Rich.  Rich.  Stansfeild,  St. 
1672-3  January  26.  Joseph,  James  Stansfeild,  Hep. 

1673  June  22.  Abraham,  John  Stansfeild,  Shore- 
December  20.  Martha,  John  Pillinge  elder,  Stansf : 

1674  May  31.  Abraham,  Richard  Stansfeild,  Stan  : 

July  21.  Henry,  Henry  Bentley  and  Prudence  Stansfeild. 
August  26.  James,  James  Stansfeild,  Stansf: 

1676  March  28.  N  :  John,  Tho.  Stansfeild  and  Joanna  Horsfall. 
September  22.  John,  John  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

Octobers.  Martha,  Rich^-  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1677  May  28.   Mary,  Tho.  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1677-8  March  3.  N.  Joseph,  Rich^-  Stansfeild,  and  Sara  Stansfeild. 
1678-9  January  22.  Henry,  James  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

—  25.  Elizabeth,  Tho.  Stansfeild,  Stan, 
ffebruary  3.  Susan,  John  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

—  10.  Eliza,  Kichd-  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1680  March  28.  Sara,  Richd-  Stansfeild,  Stan. 
June  14.  Susan,  Richard  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1 680-1  ffebruary  8.  Judith,  Tho.  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1 68 1  May  i.   John,  James  ffeilden  and  Grace  Stansfeild,  B. 
October  23.    Prudence,  John  Stansfeild,  Stans. 
December  25.  James,  James  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1681-2  March  5.  Judith,  Rich^  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1683  July  8.    Mary,  Rich=i-  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

—        Thomas,  Thomas  Stansfeild,  Stan. 
September  14.  Prudence,  Rich^-  Stansfeild,  Stan. 
1683-4  March  23.  John,  John  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1684  October  19.   Mary,  Richd-  Stansfeld,  Hept. 
1684-5  March  8.  Mary,  John  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1685  October  11.  John,  Rich"!-  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

End  of  baptisms  in  vol.  ij. 


48  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

MARRIAGES. 

The  first  marriages  in  the  second  volume  of  registers,  are 
under  the  Commonwealth  law,  already  referred  to.  The  first 
certificate  will  be  given  in  full,  and  will  scr\-e  as  a  sample  for  the 
others. 

"  William  Sunderland,  of  Heptonstall,  husbandman,  and  iMartha 
Stansfeild,  of  the  same,  spinster,  were  the  gth  of  Oct.,  1653,  in  the 
public  meeting  place,  commonly  called  the  parish  church,  of  Hepton- 
stall, the  first  tyme  published  to  bee  married. 

The  said  William  Sunderland  and  Martha  Stansfeild  were,  the 
1 6lh  of  October,  1653,  in  the  same  place  the  second  tyme,  published 
to  bee  married. 

The  said  WiUiam  Sunderland  and  Martha  Stansfeild  were,  the 
23rd  of  October,  1653,  in  the  same  place,  the  third  tyme  published 
to  bee  married. 

The  said  William  Sunderland  and  Martha  Stansfeild,  the  17th 
of  November,  1653,  by  joining  hands,  and  pronouncing  the  words 
appointed  by  the  Act,  entitled  '  An  Act  touching  marriages  and  the 
registering  thereof,'  testified  their  consent  to  marriage,  and  were 
therefore  declared  to  be  husband  and  wife  by  me. 

Hen.  Tempest. 
In  the  presence  of  Miles  Stansfeild  and  Jo.  Sutclifife  yo=." 

The  publication  of  banns,  if  the  parties  to  be  married  so  desired 
it,  was  made  in  the  market  place  next  to  the  church  or  chapel, 
on  three  market  days  in  three  several  weeks  next  following, 
between  the  hours  of  eleven  and  two.  The  marriages  were 
always  to  be  performed  before  some  Justice  of  the  Peace,  the 
words  to  be  pronounced  according  to  the  Act,  and  the  ceremony 
necessary  being : — 

"  The  man  to  be  married,  taking  the  woman  to  be  married  by 
the  hand,  shall  plainly  and  distinctly  pronounce  these  words : — 

/,  AB,  do  here  in  the  presence  of  God,  the  Searcher  of  all  Hearts, 
take  thee,  CD,  for  my  wedded  wife  ;  and  do  also  in  the  presence  of 
God,  and  before  these  iuit?iesses,  proviise  to  be  unto  thee  a  hving  and 
faithful  Imshand. 

And  the  woman,  taking  the  man   by  the  hand,  shall  plainly  and 
distinctly  pronounce  these  words  : — 

/.  CD,  do  here  in  the  prese?ice  of  God,  the  Searcher  of  all  Hearts, 
take  thee,  AB,for  my  wedded  husband ;  and  do  also  in  the  presence 
I'f  God,  and  before  these  rcitnesses,  promise  to  be  unto  thee  a  loving, 
faithful,  and  obedient  wife" 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  49 

James  Radcliffe,  of  the  Hawkecloughe  in  Sowerby,  Clothier,  and 
Sara  Chrichley,  daughter  of  Mr.  James  Chrichley,  minister  of  the 
Gospell  att  Heptonstall,  published  2nd,  9th  and  i6th  Aprill,  1654, 
and  married  26th  Aprill,  1654,  before 

Hen.  Tempest. 

George  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld  yeoni  :  and  Hester  Thomas  of  Hep- 
tonstall late  daughtr  of  Jonas  Thomas  deced  published  1 7th  and 
24th  September  &  ist  October,  &  married  loth  October  1654,  in 
the  presence  of  Jonas  Thorns  &  John  Pillinge  before 

Will:  ffarrer. 

Miles  Stansfeild  and  Henry  Pollard  witnessed  the  marriage  of  John 
CoUinge  of  the  Shore  in  Stansfeild,  clothier,  and  Mary  ffrost  of  the 
same,  widdowe,  on  the  12th  October  1654  before 

Will:  ffarrer. 

Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Adamroyd  in  Stansfeld,  and  Mary  Wadsworth 
of  Langfield,  daughter  of  Richard  Wadsworth,  husbandman,  pub- 
lished 24th  and  31st  December  1654.  and  7th  January  and  married 
the  8;h  January  1654-5  before 

U'ill:  ffarrer. 

Miles  Stansfeild  of  Shore  in  Stansfeild  yeom:  and  Mary  ffairbankof 
the  same  late  daughter  of  Daniell  ffairbank  Deced,  published  17th 
and  24th  June,  and  ist  July  1655  and  married  (blank) 

This  marriage  was  evidently  not  performed. 

James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild  Heyhead  in  Stansfeild,  yeom:  and 
Mary  Sutcliffe  of  .A.shes  in  Stansfeild  abovesaid.  Daughter  of  Richard 
Sutcliffe,  published  21st  and  aSth  October,  and  4th  November,  and 
married  6th  November  1655,  in  the  presence  of  Mary  Midgley  and 
Richard  Sutcliffe  before 

Will:  ffarrer. 

Charles  Radcliffe  gent"-  and  Edm.  Rigge  (parish  registrar)  witnessed 
all  the  marriages  (seven)  on  the  28th  April  1656,  before 

Will:  ffarrer. 

Thomas  Cockroft  of  Sowterhouse  in  Wadsworth,  Clerke,  and  Mary 
Riley  of  ffallandroyd  in  Wadsworth,  published  8th  15th  and  22nd 
June,  and  married  26th  June  1656  in  the  presence  of  Mr.  Paule 
Greenwood  and  Thomas  Cockroft  before 

(not  signed) 

John  Crossley  of  Shore  in  Stansfeild,  husbandman  and  Prudence 
Stansfeld  of  y^  same  Daughter  of  Edmd.  Stansfeild,  published  29th 
March,  5th  and  12th  Aprill,  and  married  27th  Aprill  1657  in  the 
presence  of  Gregory  Mitchell  and  ^^'illilT  Rawson  before 

(not  signed) 

Thomas  Stansfeild  and  Sarah  Smetherd  both  of  Stansfeild  published 
i8th  and  25th  September  and  2nd  October  1659. 
(No  entry  as  to  marriage.) 

G 


50  History  of  thk  Stansfeld  Family. 

1660-1  ffebruarij.  Thomas  Barker  et  Martha  Stansfeild  nupt:  fuerunt.  19. 
1 66 1     Septembris.       Henricus    Deane   et   fifrancisca   Stansfeild   nujiti 
fuerunt.  19. 

1663  August!.  Willus  Barrett  et  Maria  Stansfeild  nupt:  fuerunt.    i. 

1664  Augusti.  Rich'us  Stansfeild  et  Miriam  Clegge  nupt:  fuerunt.   4. 
1666     August.    Sam:  Widdoppe  and  Elizab:  Stansfeild.  married.    14. 
1667-8  January.  Thomas  Dewhirst  and  Margaret  Page  ir. 

1668  September.  John  Barker  and  Elizabeth  Pilling  29. 

1669  June.  John  Mosur  and  Susan  Stansfeild  26. 
1669-70  ffebruary.  Mr.  Daniel  Towne  and  Hester  Sundi'land        3. 

1670  November.  James  Stansfeild  and  Sara  Midgley  20. 
December.  Robt.  Ayrton  and  Sara  Pilling  i. 

1672     November  2r.  John  Taylor  and  Mary  Stansfeild. 
1674     Aprill  29.  Gilbt.  Lacy  and  Elizabeth  fifielden. 

June  6.  Nathaniell  Sutcliffe  and  Susan  Stansfeild. 
1676     May  25.  Tho:  Stansfeild  and  Joanna  Horsfall. 

1678  Aprill  20.  Richd-  Stansfeild  and  Sara  Stansfeild. 
May  5.  Rich'i-  Thomas  and  Mary  Stansfeild. 

1678-9  March  3.  .\braham  Stansfeild  and  Jane  Saltonstall. 

1679  May  10.  James  Crosley  and  Mary  Stansfeild. 

1680  August  8.  John  Stansfeild  and  Sara  Mitchell. 

1681  .Aprill.  Nathan  Pighels  and  Mary  Stansfeild. 

—    30.  James  Stansfeild  and  Maiy  Haworth. 
1683     Aprill  24.   John  Croslev  and  Mary  Stansfeild. 
May  8.   Paul  Ryley  and  Mary  Stansfeild. 
End  of  marriages  in  vol.  ij. 


Terrier  Book. 
In  a  .small  parchment  book,  containing  terriers,  copies  of 
wills  bequeathing  legacies  for  charitable  purposes,  sales  of  seats, 
and  much  other  valuable  information,  which  book  will   be  here- 
after referred  to  as  the  "  Terrier  book,"  is  a  : — 

"  True  and  p'fect  Register  of  all  p'sons  that  have  been  buried 
in  Woollen  att  Heptonstall— according  to  a  late  Act  of  Parliam'  in 
these  Cases  made  and  provided,  in  the  Thirtieth  year  of  the  Reigne 
of  King  Charles  the  second,  now  over  England  Sec:    1678." 

Every  entry  is  followed  by  the  remark  "  affida:  made  &c.,"  a  con- 
traction for  the  full  information  given  in  the  first  enti-y,  w  hich  is 
given  below,  along  with  others  relevant  to  the  present  \\ork. 

September  1678.  Buried.  3  John  Clarke  of  Stansfeild  and  affidavit 
was  made  and  brought  to  the  Minister  there  according  to  a  late 
Act  of  Parliam'  in  that  case  made  and  provided. 

1678-9     January  22.     ux  James  Stansfeild,  Stan:  affida:  made  Ac: 

1679  80     January  9.     Henry  Stansfeild,  Stan: 
ffebruary  6.     James  Stansfeild,  Hept: 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1680  October  24.     Vidua  Stansfeild,  Hept: 

—  30.     Tho:  Stansfeild,  Stan: 
i68o-r   March  5.     James  Stansfeild,  Stan: 

1681  Mays.     Inft:  Abra:  Stansfeild.  Wad: 
—  27.     Abra:  Stansfeild,  Wad: 
November  25.     John  Stansfeild,  Stan: 

1682  Aprill  18.     Susan  Stansfeild,  Stan: 
August  1.     Abraham  Stansfeild,  Wad: 

—  14.     Grace  Stansfeild,  Stan: 


Volume  III. 
The  third  volume  of  registers  is  of  parchment,  and  size  and 
shape  generally  called  a  large  quarto,  the  leaf  measuring  131^ 
by  II  i^  inches.  It  contains  1 16 numbered  pages,  and  also  a  few 
fly  leaves  of  paper.  Those  at  the  commencement  contain  an 
inventory  of  church  plate  and  goods,  and  also  receipts  for  them, 
by  incoming  churchwardens.  Also  an  entry,  that  in  the  night 
between  the  15th  and  i6th  December,  1765,  the  vestry  was 
broken  into,  and  the  communion  plate  was  stolen,  &c.  There 
is  also  pinned  to  the  second  fly-leaf,  the  following  curious  docu- 
ment : — 

"Heptonstall  Bill  Assessed  y-  23d  day  of  September  1698  for 
Births,  Marriages  and  Burialls  and  for  Batchlors  and  Widdowers 
smce  y:  25'h  of  March  last." 

The  births  are  charged  2s.  each,  the  marriages  2s.  6d.,  burials  4s., 
and  bachelors  and  widowers  6d.  The  only  "  widdow "  is  Mr.' 
Daniell  Towne,  and  the  total  assessment  amounts  to  £2  19s.  6d. 
It  is  signed  by  John  Bentley,  collector,  and  confirmed  by  John 
Stanhope  and  Walter  Calverley,  and  ordered  to  be  paid  at  Mr. 
Dolliffe's  in  Hall"  :   17  December,  1698. 

The  following  are  the  contents  of  the  parchment  pages  :— 
Pages  1-36.     Burials  from  3rd  March   1687-8  to  23rd  March 

Page  37  contains  the  following  curious  entry,  or  list  of  clergy, 

Mr.  Edmund  Thornley,  Cur'  Littlebrough. 

Mr.  Abram  Sharp  Cur'  White  Chappel  i°th'  north. 

Mr.  Shepherd  Mendicant  Priest. 

Mr.  Joseph  Sutcliffe  Cur'  Todmerden. 

Mr.  Mic'i  Godly  Curat  of  Crostone. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Between  pages  40  to  46  the  ordinary  leaves  are  either  missing 
or  have  been  cut  down  to  half  breadth,  and  the  space  is  occu])ied 
by  five  parchment  leaves  of  smaller  breadth,  which  have  been 
lettered  in  pencil  A  to  G.  They  contain  baptisms  from  ist 
September  1724  to  the  24th  March  1725-6. 

Pages  47-90  contain  baptisms  from  25th  March  16S8  to  loth 
November  1723. 

Pages  91-113  contain  marriages  from  28th  March  1688  to 
22nd  February  1725-6. 

Page  114  contains  Heptonstall  terrier,  not  dated,  signed  by 
'J  hos.  Greenwood,  Cur'  and  three  churchwardens. 

Page  115  is  blank,  and  page  116  contains  lists  of  briefs  col- 
lected, and  a  curious  entry  about  a  child  being  born  without 
arms. 


1688-9  ffebruary  29.     George  Stansfeild,  Stan: 

1689  June  27.     ux:  Rich:  Stansfeild,  Stan: 
1689-90  March  8.     ux:  Tho:  Stansfeild,  Stan: 

1690  May  I.     Mr.  Rich:  Robinson  Curat  de  Crostone. 
September  12.     ux:  Mr.  Jam:  Stansfeild,  Stan: 
November  24.     ux:  John  Stansfeild,  Stan: 

1691  May  18.     vid:  Ab:  Stansfeild,  Wad: 
July  29.     Mr.  Jam:  Stansfeild,  Stan: 

1692  November  2.     Stans/ei/ti  becomes  ■Stansjie^d  for  ihe  ftrst  time. 
December  20.  Infant  John  Dewhirst  and  Marth:  Stansfield. 

1693  September  22.     Ab:  Jn°  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1693-4  January  12.     Jn"  Smalley  a  wanderer. 

February  14.     Tho:,  Rich:  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1694  Aprill  18.     ux:  Mr.  Robinson,  Stan: 
May  31.     George,  Ab:  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1694-5  February  16.     (no  name)  Rich:  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—         21.     At  Crostone.     Simond  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1695  Aprill  8.     Jn"'  \\^  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—     13.     ux:  Mr.  Sunderland,  curat:  de  Tuddip(den). 
July  13.     ux:  Ab:  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1695-6  February  25.     Infant,  Jam:  Stansfield,  Stan: 
March  18.     Martha  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1696  July  27.     Sarah  Sutcliffe,  Wad:  a  town  prentice,  and  died  before 

loose. 

1697  June  29.     Infant,  Jam:  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1699  July  31.  Grace  Stansfield,  Hep: 
December  12.     Jn°  Grimeshaw,  p'ish  Clerk. 

1699-1700     ffebruary  12.     Mary,  Rich'*  Stansfield,  Stan: 

memorand  :  y'  George  Bannister  on  y=  7  die  of  January  1699 
(1700)  Entred  to  bee  y<=  ])'ish  Clericus  for  Heptonstall  Church. 

1700  Apri'l  9.     Grace,  James  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1700-1  February  20.     Ab:,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Stan: 
i;o2     May  15.     Grace  Stansfield,  .Stansfield. 

July  20.     James  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  53 

1702  September  2.     Inft:  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 
December  i.     Inft:  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1703  July  24.     Mary,  Abraham  Stansfield,  Stan: 
October  20.     Inft:  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1703-4  March  23.     Susannah,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Stans: 

—  25.     Rich''.  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1705  August  13.     Abraham  Stansfield,  Erring: 
1705-6  March  24.     A  child  of  Joshua  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1706  August  30.     A  wandring  Beggar  y'  died  in  Wad: 

mem.  y'  y=  dutye  of  Birth   Buriall  &c.  was  not  paid  since  y= 
I  day  of  August  1706. 

November  5.     Nothus.     Inft:  Abraham  Stansfield    and    Sarah 
Earnshaw,  Stans:  (base.) 

1707  August  14.     Rich'' Stansfield,  Stans: 
October  30.     Wid:  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 
November  15.     Mercy,  Rich'' Stansfield,  Stans: 

1707-8  February  7.     James  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1708  May  3.     ux.  John  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 
1708-9  March  11.     Inft:  John  Stansfield.  Stansfield. 

1709  July  28.     ux:  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

—  29.     ux.  Will""  Sutclife,  Stansfield  hall. 
August  24.     Mary,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Stans: 

—      28.     Abraham,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Erring: 
1709-10  January  22.     Thomas  Stansfield,  Stans: 
—       26.     Wid:  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1710  July  18.     Mr.  Clarkson,  ofificer  of  y^  excise.  Hep: 

171 1  October  12.     Will™  Sutclife  in  Stansfield,  Buried  aft  Croston. 
1711-12  January  19.     J n°,  J n'' Stansfield,  Eringden. 

17 12  May  8.     Mr.  Daniell  Towne,  Curate  of  Heptonstall. 
August  6.     Martha,  Jno.  Stansfidd,  Stan: 

1713  August  22.     ux:  Edmund  Barker,  Stansfield. 
September  23.     Mary,  daughf-  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1715     Aprill  21.     ux:  Mr.  Metham,  Curate,  Croston. 

June  16.     uxor  Thomas  Stansfield,  Stans: 

October  11.     John  Stansfield,  Eringden. 
17  16     June  2.     Jn°'  Sutclife,  Stansfield,  lived  att  Ashes. 

December  26.     Luke,  son  of  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1 7 17  March  28.     ux:  \Vill">-  Sutclife,  Stansfield  hall. 
May  13.     Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stans: 

November  9.     Jn°-  son  Ab:  Stansfield,  Cliviger. 
December  24.     George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1718  Aprill  10.     Wid.  Stansfield,  Stans: 

—  13.     Eliz:  dau""-  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 
1 7 18-9  February  26.     David  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 

1 719  June  13.     Abraham  Stansfield,  Stan: 
July  14.     A  child  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad. 
August  12.     Milla  y^  wife  michkall  wone  travelar. 

1720  August  20.     Child  Tlio:  Stansfield,  Wad: 
September  19.     Jn°->  Robert  Stansfield. 
November  17.     Widow  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1 720-1  March  3.     Richard  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 


54  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

I  72  I  2  January  i.     Wid:  Stansfield,  Stan:  Spin.  (?  a  Spinner). 
[722     July  23.     Child  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

December  27.     Jn°-.  Will:  Sutcliffe,  Stan:  Gent: 
[723     July  6.     Child,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stan: 
[724     Aprill  I.     Abraham  Stansfield,  Stan:  Hos:  (Householder) 
—    16.     Martha  Stansfield,  Wad: 


An  interpolation. 

Grace,  David  Brigge,  of  Wads:  was  Baptised  at  Burnley,  y^  25''' 
of  October,  1687. 

1688  July  15.     An:  Hen:  Rob:  gem:  Hugh  Spencer  de  Wadsworth. 

This  is  an  early  instance  of  three  children  at  one  birth.     It  proved 
fatal  for  the  mother,  for  the  register  of  burials,  although  there 
is  no  entry  relating  to  the  children  up  to  1690,  records  : — 
168S     July  17.     Uxor,  Hugh  Spencer,  Wad: 

The  wives  in  Heptonstall  parish  seem  to  have  been  remarkably 
prolific  at  this  time.  Several  times  when  the  baptism  of  two 
children  of  the  same  family  has  occurred,  the  curate  or  the  clerk 
has  thought  it  necessary  to  add  not  twins.  And  the  following 
three  entries  (out  of  a  total  of  six)  occur  in  the  month  of 
October,  1688. 

7.     P.iull  and  Prissilla.  gem:  John  Ormroyd,  Stansfield. 

iB.     Hen:  and  Anna,  gem:  Robert  SutcHfife,  Langfield. 

28.     John  and  Mary,  gem:  Henry  Helliwell,  Eringden. 
1 688-9  ffebruary  3.     J^'^^'  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1689  May  19.     Mary,  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

October  22.     Seraphin,  John  Hodghon  and  —  Eastwood,  B. 

1690  November  24.     Miles,  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1 69 1  June  14.     John,  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 
July  12.     Tho:  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1693  "October  8.     Jonath:  Jn°-   Stansfield,  Stan: 

1694  September  15.     David,  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 

December  16,     Gibt:,    Rich:    Stansfield    and    wid:    Stansfield, 
Bas: 

1695  December  25.     Susan,  Jn"- Stansfield,  St: 
1695-6  March  i.     Mary,  Rich:  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1696-7  January  3.     Edmd:  Jno-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—  17.     Mary,  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—  18.     Mary,  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 

(Query,  if  this  be  not  a  double  en»y  ?) 
March  14.     Mary,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Eri: 
1697-8  January  2.     Wm:,  Juo.  Stansfield,  Stan: 
—       17.     Mary,  Geo:  Stansfield,  Stan: 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  55 

1698  Aprill  16.     Geo:  Geo:  Stansfield,  Stan: 
October  23.     Jam:  Robt:  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1699  June  II.     Rich:  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 
August  24.     Ab:  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1700  August  24.     Geo:,  Abr™-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—  Mary,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Stan: 
December  15.     Jn°  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Bring: 

—  22.     Susan,  Rob:  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1 701  Aprill  6.     Mary,  George  Stansfield,  Stan: 
December  28.     Jonas,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1702  November  26.     Mary,  Robert  Stansfield,  Heptons: 
December  8.     Mary,   Abraham    Stansfield    and    Mary    Clegg, 

Stansfield,  bas: 

1703  September  26.     James,  Joshua  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1703-4  February  27.     Sarah,  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 
i7°4-5  January  21.     Ab:  John  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 

1705  March  25.     Joseph,  Rob:  Stansfield,  Hep: 
July  22.     I\Iary,  Joshua  Stansfield,  Stan: 

November  4.     base.     Ab: ,  Ab:  Stansfield  and  Ephan  Crabtree, 
Stan: 

1706  March  31.     John,  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 
November  5.     Mary,  Ab:  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1707  June  19.     Joshua,  Joshua  Stansfield,  Stans: 
November  9.     Robert,  Robert  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1707-8  February    22.     Martha,  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1708  Aprill  25.     Miriam,  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 
May  9.     Sarah,  George  Stansfield,  Hep: 
July  II.     Ab:,  Ab:  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1709  July  17.     Jn°- Joshua  Stansfield,  Midgley. 

—  28.     Mercy,  Abraham  Stansfield,  Wad: 
1709-10  February    13.     Jn^.  Robert  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1710  December  10.     Eliz  : ,  John  Stansfield,  Eringden. 
1710-1  February  18.     Martha,  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1711  June  24.     Sarah,  Ab:  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1 7 12  July  5.     Charles,  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—  15      Paull,  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—  27.     George,  Rich<i-  Stansfield,  Stan: 
September  15.     Ab:,  Ab:  Stansfield,  Wads: 

1713  May  24.     Martha,  daughf-  of  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

July  15.     Martha  and  Mary,  twins  of  James  Stansfield,  Eringden. 

1714  July  4.     WilK.  son  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Stans: 
August  8.     Mercy,  dau"'-  Ab:  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1 7 14-5  January  23.     Susanah,  dau"'-  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stans: 

February  20.     Sarah,  daug""-  Will"'  Sutclife,  Stansfield  hall. 

1715  November  27.     Jn°-   son  Rich''-  Stansfield,  Stans: 
December  11.     Betty,  dau"'-  Tho:  Stansfield,  Ering: 

—  29.     Rich'''  son  Abraham  Stansfield,  Wad: 
17x5-6  February  5.     Jon:  son  James  Stansfield,  Ering: 

1716  July  27.     Eliz:  dau"'- Jn°-  Stansfield,  Ering: 
October  14.     Luke,  son  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1 7 16-7  March  24.     Jn°'  son  Thomas  Stansfield,  Ering: 


56  HlSTORV  OF  THE   STANSFELD   FAMILY. 

1717  July  28.     Jn°' son  Abraham  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1718  May  22.     Rob',  son  of  James  Stansfield,  Stans: 
July  8.     Mary,  dau"-  Ricli"^-  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1718-g  Januar)'  31.     Elizabeth,  dau"'  James  Stansfield,  Ering: 
I  7 19     Aprill  12.     Mary,  dau"'-  Thomas  Stansfield,  Wad: 

June  2.     Mary,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Stans: 
1719-20  January   17.       Bas:    Jn"'  John  Stansfield,  Lang:  and    Judith 
Greenwood,  Hep: 

1720  June  19.     Mary,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad: 
October  14.     Eliss:  Jona:  Stansfield,  Stan: 
November  24.     Ab:  Jn^-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1 7 20-1  January  22.     Sarah,  James  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1721  September  17.     Sarah,  Tho:  Stansfield,  \Vd: 
December  24.     Eli,  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Err: 

1 72 1-2  March  6.     Sarah,  Abr"'-  Stansfield,  Stan: 

—     18      Grace,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Poor. 

Pages  86,  87,  88,  and  89  are  missing,  but  there  is  a  note  at 
the  bottom  of  page  85,  and  the  record  is  unbroken  :  — 
"  Turn  to  this  mark  *  page  90."' 

1722  June  29.     Martha,  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

October  6.     Jn°-'  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Err:  H(ouseholder). 
1723-4  January  26.     Mary,  Abraham  Stansfield.  Stan: 

1724  October  3.     Ann,  J n"- Stansfield,  Stan: 
1724-5  February  i.     Martha,  W"-  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1725  Aprill  22.     Eli,  James  Stansfield,  Err: 

End  of  Baptisms  in  vol.  iij. 

MARRI.\l.iKS. 

168S     May  17.     Nathaniell  Taylor,  Martha  Stansfield. 
1691     May  10.     George  Stansfeild,  Sarah  Horsfall. 
1692-3  January  12.     Ab:  Stansfeild,  and  Eliz:  Clegge. 
1693     June  14.     Tho:  Stansfield  and  Judith  Dixon. 

August  25.     Jam:  Charnock  and  Mary  Stansfield. 
1695     May  20.     Jam:  Stansfield  and  Suzan  Helliwell. 

November  19.     Rich:  Stansfield  and  Martha  Crosley. 
1695-6  February  2.     Jn°-  Stansfield  and  Sarah  Chapman. 
—        9.     Robt:  Stansfield.  Martha  Shackleton. 
1700     May  5.     Josshuah  Fielden,  Susan  Stansfield. 
1 701-2  February  10.      Jn"-  Stansfield  and  Susan  Ashworth,  Stan: 
1702     November  24.     Joshua  Stansfield,  Judith  Townend,  Stans: 

1704  November  9.     Job  Sutclife,  Susan  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1705  Novembers.     Ab:  Stansfield,  Sarah  Greenwood,  Stans: 

—  Jn°-  Pilling,  Eliz:  Barker,  Stans: 

1705-6  February  4.     Jam:  Radclife,  Susan  Stansfield,  Todmorden. 

March  25.     VVillm:  Sutclife,  Eliz:  Stansfield.  Stans: 
I  706     November  7.     Ab:  Sunderland,  Mary  Stansfield,  Stans: 
1706-7  February  13.     Jn°-  Sutclife,  Martha  Pilling,  Stan: 
1707     June  29.     Ab:  Stansfield,  Sarah  Clegg,  Stans: 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 


57 


1709  July  I.     Jonas  Stansfield,  Naomi  Pilling,  Stans- 

1 7 10  xMa)-  30.     James  Stansfield,  Judith  Midgeley,  Erined- 
June  15.    Jno-  Horsfall,  Martha  Pilling,  Stansfield 
July  16.     Jn"-  Mortimer,  Luce  Kegill,  Hallifax. 

iJecember  10.     Tho:  Chamberlain,  Mary  Phillips,  Northovvram 

1711  September  18.     Jonas  Stansfield.  Sarah  Dawson,  Stans- 
November  i.     Geo:  Stansfield,  Mary  Readman,  Wad- 

1712  May  22.  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Mary  Ormroyd,  Stans: 

1 7 13  April!  6.  Jona:  Stansfield.  Mary  Whittaker,  Stans- 
1713-4  January  28.  Jn"  Stansfield,  Martha  Stansfield,  Todmorden 

ffebruary  8.  Tho:  Stansfield,  Mary  Greenwood,  Stans- 
17 14-5  ffebruary  24.  Tho:  Stansfield,  Eliz:  Thomas,  Ering- 
171S-6  ffebruary  14.  Willm:  Barker,  Mary  Stansfield,  Stans: 
Nathan  Crosley,  Susan  Stansfield,  Ering: 

1717  November  5.  Tho:  Stansfield,  Grace  Ashworth,  Stans: 

1 7 18  September  4.  James  Stansfield.  Martha  Farnell.  Ering: 

1721  June  20.  Jonathan  Stansfield  and  Mary  Briggs.  AVad:    and 

Err:  Certified  by  Mr.  Burton. 

1722  March  27.  Jn°-  Horsfall  and  Mary  Stansfield,  Err: 

1722-3  February  26.  Charles  Dickinson,  Rosiendall  and  Eliz:    Brercliff, 
Wad:    certified  by  J.  Place,  Curate  at  HasHnden. 

1724  Apnll  7.  Wm.  Stansfield,  Wb:    and   Judith  Sutclifife,  both  Hep: 

—       9.  Wm.  Kendal,  Wb:  and  .Sarah  Stansfield,  Sp:  both  Stan  ■ 

1725  September  13.  Thomas  Kitson,  Southourom  and  Mary  Stansfield, 

Halhfa.x-,  Certified  by  Mr.  Burton,  V(icar)  H(ahfa\) 
November  18.  Abra--  Stansfield,    Cord-  and   Eliza  Clegg,    Sp: 


Tf:RRiER  Rook. 
The  Terrier  book  of  Heptonstall  church,  is  a  very  valuable 
register  of  matters  connected  with  the  church  ;  and  vicars  of 
other  churches,  would  do  well  to  imitate  the  example,  there  set 
before  them.  And  besides  its  valuable  contents,  it  contains  the 
great  test  of  a  book,  a  good  inde.x.  Some  extracts  will  be  found 
elsewhere,  of  persons  buried  in  woollen.  At  page  26,  commences 
an  account  of  the  allotments  of  seats,  made  by  the  church- 
wardens 2nd  April  1635,  after  they  were  made  uniform. 

"  Item,  ye  8">  one  to  Hugh  Pilling  of  ye  Hillhouse  in  Stans- 
field and  he  paid  to  y*  Churchwardens  for  those  2  seats  and  for 
paving  under  foot  and  for  Registring  5  s.  od. 

Md  y'  George  Halstead  of  Mythom  in  Stansfield  was  placed  by 
y<=  Churchwardens  in  one  forme  or  stall  next  above  y^  Clerk  Table 
standing  between  ye  Clerk^  Table  and  one  forme  belonging  to  Joha 
Greenwood  and  Will"  Greenwood  And  he  paid  for  ye  said  Stall  and 
for  Registring  8s.  od. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

7.  Stall  belonging  to  George  Halstead  cost  making  uniform 
8s.  od.  3  seats. 

8.  Item  one  stall  next  below  belonging  to  Ab:  Stansfield 
cost  9s.  od.  3  seats. 

That  Rank  of  formes  on  y=  north  side  of  y'^  quier  as  followeth. 

1.  One  pew  belonging  to  Mr.  Stansfield  not  made  uniforme 

containing  14  seats. 

2.  One  stall  in  y*-'  north  side  of  y=  Quier,  belonging  to  Mr. 

Stansfield  not  made  uniform,  6  seats. 

3.  One  pew  belonging  to  John  Greenwood  of  Hall,  7  seats. 

4.  Joseph  Sutcliffe.  3  seats. 

5.  One  pew  belonging  to  Mr.  Greenwood  not  made  uniforme, 

5  seats. 

6.  Will""  Sutcliffe,  6  seats. 

7.  George  Halstead,  Rich  :  Lord,  6  seats. 

8.  John  Murgateroyd,  6  seats. 

9.  Luke  Horsfall,  6  seats. 

10.  Edmund  Barker,  6  seats. 

11.  Rich  :  Thomas,  Ab:  Naylor,  6  seats. 

These  six  last  stalls  cost  12s  a  piece  making  uniforme  besides 
2  pews  cost  £1.  8s.  And  other  2  pews  and  one  stall  not  medled 
with  would  a  cost  jQ^.  sum  is  jQ^^  besides  ye  jQz- 

That  Rank  of  Stalls  before  y=  Pullpit  as  follows. 

2.  John  ffielden.  Will™  Cockcroft,  Joshua  ffielden.  John 
Stansfield,  Jam:  Stansfield,  Amb:  Kendall  and  John 
Grosley,  8  seats.      Ab:  Naylor  in  y=  end,  2  seats. 

7.  George  Stansfield  &c.  i\:c.  8  seats. 

8.  Hugh  Pilling  in  y"=  end,  2  seats. 

Pages  45-5  2  contain  a  copy  of  the  will  of  Richard  Naylor  of 
Burndacres  in  Erringden,  dated  29th  May  1609. 

"  .  .  LrEM,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  George  Halstead  my 
Landlord  fourteene  pounds.  Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
Agnes  his  wife  six  pounds,  thirteen  shillings  and  lour  pence. 
.  .  .  Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Robert  Halstead 
son  of  y"=  said  George  Halstead  ten  pounds,  And  unto  Hester 
his  wife  twenty  shillings.  .  .  Item,  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  Thomas  Naylor  yonger  son  of  Richard  Naylor  of  Crou- 
tonstall.  all  y"  said  Messuage  and  dwelling  house  called 
Mutterhoyle,  &c.,  &c.  .  .  Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to 
every  one  of  ye  Children  of  Miles  Stansfield  my  tenant,  twelve 
pence  a  peece-" 

Pages  59-66  are  occupied  with  extracts  from  the  will  of  the 
Rev.  Charles  Greenwood,  rector  of  Thornhill,  and  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Heptonstall,  dated  14th  July  1642,  founding  two  fellow- 
.ships  and  two  scholarships  in  University  College,  Oxford,  and  a 
grammar  school  at  Heptonstall. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Familv.  59 

Pages  93-104  contain  the  Terrier  delivered  nth  May  1764. 

On  page  1 29  is  an  agreement  of  sale  of  a  pew  by  John  Sutcliffe 
ofStansfield  Hall,  Gentleman,  to  John  Greenwood,  shopkeeper  of 
Heptonstall,  dated  23rd  August,  1803. 

Pages  130-141  contain  another  Terrier  dated  23rd  June  1809. 
Abraham  Stansfield  signs  as  churchwarden  an  account  of  the 
augmentation  of  the  living  in  1812. 

Page  1 7 1  contains  a  list  of  curates  of  Heptonstall ,  but  a  more 
complete  list  is  given  on  pp.  201-2. 

Pages  206-235  contain  the  account,  with  lists  of  benefactors, 
of  the  building  of  the  new  church  in  1850-4.  The  total  of  dona- 
tions, &c.,  amounts  to  ;^696o. 

END    OF    TERRIER    BOOK. 


Volume  IV. 
The  fourth  volume  is  a  large  handsomel)-  bound  book  of 
parchment,  in  quarto  shape  15  by  121^  inches.  The  baptisms 
commence  20th  March,  1726,  and  end  31st  December,  1786.  The 
marriages  commence  12th  April,  1726,  and  end  21st  March,  1754. 
The  burials  commence  26th  March,  1726  and  end  31st  December, 
1786.  The  volume  is  not  paged,  but  the  thickness,  two  inches, 
will  give  some  idea  of  its  contents. 


1726  November  27.  Edmund  Wadsworth,  Web.  (webster-weaver)  and 
Martha  Stansfield,  Sp:  Hep: 

1728  November  15.  Robert  Feber,  Plep:  Web:  and  Prudence  Stans- 
field, Sp:  Err: 

1730  March  30.  John  Stansfield,  Err:  Web:  and  Susanna  Mitchell, 
Wad:  Sp: 

1733  Tunc  5.  Joseph  Stansfield,  Web;  and  Eliz:  Cockroft,  Sp:  Hep: 
July  8.  Robert  Wade,  Web:  and  Martha  Stansfield,  Sp:  Err: 

1736-7  February  i.  Thos:  Walton,  Web:  Stan:  and  Mercy  Stansfield, 
Dit:  Sp: 

1737  May  30.  Paul  Stansfield,  Stans:    Web:  and  Betty  Suison,  Stan: 

1738  April  20.  Charles  Stansfield,  Stans:    Yeoman  and  Mary  Foster, 

Clividsher  in  the  parish  of  Burnley,  Licence  from  Mr.  Gunby 

Curat  of  Sowerby. 
1739-40     February  18.  John  Stansfield,  Stan:  Web:  and  Betty  Sutcliffe, 

Lang : 
1740     November  30.  William  Stansfield,  St:    ^^'eb:   and  Ann  Bentley, 

same,  Sp: 
1741-2  January  26.  Abraham  Speak,  Stans:  Web:  and  Grace  Stansfield, 

same,  Sp: 


•6o  HiSTORV   OK  THE   STANSFELD   FaMILV. 

1743  May  23.     John    Barker,    Stans:     Web:    and    Mary    Stanslield, 

same,  Sp: 

1744  May.     On  ye  seventh  of  this  month  the  Rev"*  Mr.  SutcHffe  was 

hcens'd  to  this  Chapel  upon  y*  Resignation  of  f  Rev"  Mr. 

Greenwood. 
1747     November  30.    Thomas   Stansfield,   Wad:    and  Grace  Kidson, 

same,  Sp: 
1750     April  17.  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hept'  Webster, and  Ennile  (?  Emily) 

Clayton,  D°  Spin"'- 
1 754     February  26.  Samuel  Stot  and  Ann  Stansfield,  St: 

March  21.   William  Stansfield,  Hep  :  Web:  and  Salley  Thornton, 

Er:    Sp:    by    Certificate    from    Mr.     Watson,    Curate    of 

Halifax. 

This  is  the  Rev.  John  Watson,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  author  of  the 
History  of  Halifax,  and  the  Earls  of  Warren  and  Sitrny.  The 
<:ertificate  mentioned,  would  simply  be  that  of  the  publication  of 
banns,  which  is  still  such  a  remarkable  incident,  every-  Sunday 
morning,  in  Halifax  parish  church.  This  entrj'-  is  the  last 
amonest  the  marriages  in  volume  iv. 


1726  May  17.  Geo:,  Abra"^  Stansfield,  Stan: 
October  6.  Jn°-  Abraham  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1727  August  4.  John,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1728  June  2.  John,  Rose  Crabtree  and  Jn°  Stansfield,  Err:  Base. 
1729-30     January  — .  William,  W™  Stansfield,  Wad: 

February  — .   (illegible),  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stan: 
March  22.   Prudence,  Ab™  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1 73 1  September  12.  James,  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1 731-2  February  27.  Mary,  Wm.  Stansfield,  \\&A: 

March  12.  Mary,  Sarah  Stansfield  and  Mic"  Utley,  Stan:  Base. 

1732  December  3.  Joseph,  Abra:  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1733  July  16.  Mary,  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stan: 

November  5.  Christopher,  Sarah  Mitton  Hep:  and   John  Wads- 
worth,  Hep:  Base.  Runagate. 

1734  .\ugust  15.  Tho*-  Lord,  aged  34. 

November  7.  Sara,  Abr"*-  HoUingrake.  Stan:  aged  about  20  Y^- 
and  married  y=  same  day. 
—  12.  Ann  Robertshaw,  Aged  above  22  Y"'^-  and  Married  the 
same  day. 

1735  .■\ugust  24.  James,  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 
October  19.  Samuel  and  Sarah,  Jonas  Stansfield,  St: 

1735-6  January  25.  Luke,  Abraham  Stansfield,  St: 

1736  May  10.  Maiy,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep: 
November  28.  Robert,  William  Stansfield,  St: 

1737  June  12.  John,  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 
August  24.  Ann,  George  Stansfield,  Hepton: 
October  9.  John,  Paul  Stansfield,  Stans: 


HiSTORV   OF   THE    SXANSFELD    FAMILY.  6l 

1737  October  16.  Bettey,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Wad: 

1738  September  3.  Sarah,  Abraham  Stansfield,  Stan: 
1738-9  February  11.  George,  George  Stansfield,  St: 

1739  November  18.  Susan,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep: 
1739-40     March  22.  Sarah,  Charles  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1740  —      30.  Martha,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep: 
April  27.  Judith,  John  Stansfield,  Stan. 

May  25.  EUzabeth,  George  Stansfield,  St: 
July  20.  Susan,  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1 741  May  12.  John,  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Er: 

1742  September  26.  Elizabeth,  George  Stansfield,   St: 
December  5.  Susan,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1742-3  ffebruary  20.  James,  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Erin: 

1743  May  7.  Abraham.  Abraham  Stansfield,  St: 
December  18.  Mary,  Abraham  Stansfield,  Stan. 

1744  May  27.  Betty,  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 
June  17.  Jonas,  George  Stansfield,  St: 
August  12.  James,  John  Stansfield,  Wads: 
December  16.  Martha,  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1744-5  February  21.     William,  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Err: 

—  24.     John,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1745  May  19.  Sarah,  George  Stansfield,  St: 
June  2.  Ely,  John  Stansfield,  Er: 

October  14.  (illegible)  Charles  Stansfield,  St: 

[The  Crostone  register,  however,  supplies  the  name.] 

October  16.    John,  of  Charles  Stansfield  of  Stansfield. 

1745  December  i.  John,  Susan  Crosley  and  y^  Reputed  Father,  John 

Stansfield  both  of  St: 
1745-6  March  23.  Mary,  George  Stansfield,  St: 

1746  June  25.  Betty,  Ely  Stansfield,  Er: 

July  27.    Thomas,  Martha  Barker,  and  Reputed   Father  John 

Stansfield  Both  of  Stansfield. 
October  12  (?).  Mary,  Joseph  Stansfield,  St: 
1746-7  ffebruary  8.  Mary,  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Er: 
March  8.   Mary,  George  Stansfield,  St: 

—  22.  Mary,  John  Stansfield,  Wad: 

1747  July  12.  Sarah,  Abraham  Stansfield,  Wad; 
October  1 1.  Sarah,  John  Stansfield,  Hep; 
November  22.  ]Mary,  John  Stansfield,  St: 

1747-8  February  21.  John,  John  Stansfield,  St: 

1748  April  10.  James,  James  Stansfield,  St: 
June  12.  Susan,  John  Stansfield,  Hep: 
July  25.    Thomas,  George  Stansfield,  St: 
September  11.  Salley,  William  Stansfield. 

—  18.  Richard,  Thomas  Stansfield,  Wad: 
1748-9  January  8.   James,  Ely  Stansfield,  Er: 

1749  March  28.  Jonathan,  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Er: 

—  Abra'm,  George  Stansfield,  St: 

—  Sara,  John  Stansfield,  St: 

May  28.  Richard  S.  Thomas  Stansfield,  Stansfield,  Webster. 


62  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1749  October  15.  Simeon  S.  James  Stansfield,  Stansf-^  Webster. 
1749-50  ffebruary  4.  Robert  S.  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hept':  Webster. 

1750  March  25.   Abraham  S.  Abraham  Stansfield,  Stansf"!-  Webster. 
April  22.  Grace  Barker  D.  Martha  Barker,  Stansf>i-  Spin''- and  John 

Stansfield,  Stansfield,  Webster. 
December  2.  Hannah  D.  Thos.  Stansfield,  Langfield. 
1 750-1  Tanuary  6.  Charles  S.  John  Stansfield,  Wads:  Webs^- 

—  19.  Thomas  S.  James  Stansfield,  Stansfield. 

—  27.  Susannah  D.  John  Stansfield  of  Stansfield. 
ffebruary  3.  John  S.  Eli  Stansfield,  Erringden,  Webs"- 

1 75 1  December  8.  Sarah  D.  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

1752  February  2.  Ellis  S.  John  Stansfield,  Krr:  Web: 

—  7.  Stansfield     (illegible). 
March  22.  Betty  D.  Thomas  Stansfield.  St:  Web: 
April  19.  Susan  D.  Paul  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 
May  7.  John  S.  John  Stansfield,  Wads:  Comber. 

—  17.  "William  "S.  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
August  3.  Mary  D.  Abraham  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 
October  5.  Susey  D.  John  Stansfield.  Hep  :  carrier. 

—  4.   Richard  S.  George  Stansfield,  St  :  \Veb: 
November  12.  Susannah  D.  James  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 

1753  August  12.  Sarah  D.  P21i  Stansfield,  Er:  Web: 

October  4.     Christopher    S.    Thomas    Pawson,    Hep:    School 
Master. 

1754  May  12.  Thos.  S.  Thos.  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 
June  20.  James  S.  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Stans: 
October  13.  Ric*-  S.  James  Stansfield,  St: 
November  3.  Betty  D.  Jonathan  Stansfield,  E:  Web: 

—  Betty  D.  Rev^-  Mr.  Jn°-  Law.  Stansfield. 

1755  June  29.  Betty  D.  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
August  24.  William  S.  W"'-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

1756  January  12.   Mary  D.  W""-  Stansfield,  St: 
March  9.  James  S.  Jn"-  Stansfield,  St: 
September  19.  Betty  D.  Betty  Stansfield,  Err:  Base. 

1757  February  21.   Mary  D.  Geor:  Stansfield,  Stans: 
May  30.  Charles  S.  Jam'-  Stansfield,  St: 

1758  February  17.  Jn°-  S.  Tho'*-  Stansfield,  Wad:  Tradesman. 

1759  May  13.  Jn°-  S.  W™- Stansfield,  Stans: 
August  12.  Betty  D.  George  Stansfield,  Stans: 
December  31.  Ann  D.  Jo:  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 

1760  April  3.  George  S.  Ja'- Stansfield,  St: 

—  8.  Jam^-  S.  Jn°-  Stansfield,  St: 

—  18.  Abram  S.  Tho^- Stansfield,  Wad:  Tradesman. 
June  8.  Betty  D.  James  Stansfield,  St: 

1761  January  25.  Tn^-S.  Ab""- Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
August    23.  Jn°-  S.  W-"-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

1762  February  21."  W"-  S.  Tho'-  Stansfield,  Web- 

—        28.  Jn°-  S.  Ja'-  Stansfield,  St: 
March  28.  James  S.  Abraham  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
June  27.  Ann  D.  George  Stansfield,  St: 
T763     February  26.  Sarah  D.  Jn°-  Stansfield,  St: 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  65 

1763     March  27.   Rubfin  Bever  S.  Vashti  Bever,  Wad:  Reputed  Father 

RiJ-  \Vads\vorth,  Wad: 
May  8.  Base.      Sara  Stansfield  D.  Mary  Stans^-  Erring^-  Base 

Reputed  Father  Tho=  Greenwood,  woolcomber. 
August  21.  Jeptha  S.  Aaron  Mozer,  ^^•ad: 

NOTE. — This  was  by  no  means  an  uncommon  name  in 
Wadsworth,  and  on  the  22nd  March,  1761,  the  name  occurs  in  a 
baptism  as  Thos.,  .son  of  Aaron  Moses,  Wad:  Taylor.  As  an 
instance  of  how  names  and  trades  survive  in  the  same  family,  it 
is  not  twelve  months  ago,  since  the  death  of  Aaron  Moses,  tailor, 
was  recorded  in  the  neighbouring  township  of  Midglcy.  It  is 
useful  also  to  note  the  original  of  this  peculiar  surname,  arising 
no  doubt,  from  the  use  of  a  nickname. 

1763  December  25.  Grace  D.  Ab"-  Stansfield. 

1764  June  24.  Sally,  Tho^    Stansfield,  Shackleton  fold,  \\ad- 
July  25.  Jo:  Stansfield  S.  W™-  Satansfield  (sicj  Hep:  ^^■eb• 
October  7.  Jimey  Greenwood  S.  Malley  Greenwood  Err:  Reputed 

Father  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
—     13.  Charles,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Hayhead,  St: 
November  11.  Sarah  D.  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

1 765  January  13.  Base.     Samuel,  Betty  Sutcliffe,  Fearnelee,  St-  reijuted 

father  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Hundersfield. 
February  3.  George,  Ge°-  Stansfield,  Holings,  St: 
March  16.    Base.     Ja*.  Susan  Stansfield,  Hep:  reputed  Father 

Abel  Brieriey,  Hep: 
April  9.     Ab"",  Ab"  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
September  22.     Mary,  Eli  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
October  27.     John,  John  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

1766  January  29.     James,  Pharoah  Hay,  Wad:  Woll  Comber. 
June  I.     George,  Tho'  Stansfield,  Shackleton,  Wad: 
August  30.     Mary,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Hay  Head,  St: 

1767  January  4.     Grace,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
February  i.     Malley,  Tho=  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 

—         8.     Sally,  Ja*  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
August  12.     W",  Jno  Sutcliffe,  Stansfield  Hall,  St:  Tun-- 
September  13.     Jn",  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 
October  11.     Malley,  Ab"  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
November  29.     Salley.  Ely  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
December  28.     Jn"  and  Betty,  Mary  Stansfield,  Crostone,  Sf 
reputed  Father  Ab""  Sutcliffe,  Todmorden. 

1768  February  14.     Susannah,  Tho*    Stansfield,  Wad:  Tradesman 
March  13.     Jn°,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Shore,  St:  Yeo: 

August  28.     Sarah,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
November  13.     Jimmey,  W'"  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 

1769  January  i.     Grace,  Tho.  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
March  28.     Ann,  Ja^  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 


64  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1769  June  25.     Mar)',  Ab™  Stansfield,  St; 
July  2.     Ann,  jn"  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
August  31.     VV"-,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 

October  8.     Jn°,    Susan    Stansfield,    St:   reputed    Father    Ely 

Stansfield,  St: 
November  19.     Ashton,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Hep:  Yeo: 
December  17.     Jn°,  Ely  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

1770  January  5.     Ely,  Ab"  Stansfield.  Wad:  Web: 
March  25.     Ab"!,  Ja=  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
September  23.     Sally,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
December  9.     Susannah,  Ellis  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

1 77 1  January  18.     W",  Ann  Helliwell,  Wad:  Spinster,  reputed  Father 

Jon"  Stansfield,  Wad:  W'eb: 
Februar)'  21.     Jon",  W""  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
April  2.'    Betty,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
May  26.     Ja^,  Sarah   Stansfield,  Err:   Spinster,  reputed   Father 

Matthew  Scott,  Sowerby,  Web: 
June  14.     Jn".  Jn°  Sutcliffe.  Stansfield  Hall,  St:  Yeo: 
' —    15.     Ab"","  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

—  30.     Susan,  Jn°  Stansfield.  Hep:  Aged  4  Years. 
Mary,  Jn°  Stansfield.  Hep:  ^^'eb' 

July   5.     Susannah,  Ja*  Stansfield,  Err:  ^Veb: 
September  i.     Tho:,  Tho:  Stansfield.  Wad:  Web: 
—        IS-     Betty,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
October    26.     Mary,     Susan     Crowther,    St:     reputed    Father 

Richti  Stansfield,  St: 
November  19.     ^V'",  Jn°  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

1772  March    22.      Edmund    and    Susan,    Twins   of  Jn°   \\'ilkinson, 

Hep'  Half  pay  Oflficer. 
April  8.     Wn>.  Ab™  Stansfield,  St:  W^eb: 

—  tg.     Mark,  Ely  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
May  7.     Tommy,  Ric^  Stansfield,  Hep'  Web'' 
August  20.     Sarah,  Ja«  Stansfield,  St: 
October  11.     Jn",  Ellis  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
December  30.     Hannah,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Hep:  Yeo: 

1773  April  9.     Ja%  Ja^  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web'' 
May  4.     W-",  Tn°  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web'^ 
August  8.     Sarah,  W'"  Stansfield,  Err:  Web'' 
September  5.     Mary,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad:  'Wth' 

(Tho:    is   interpolated   above   Mary,   but    neither   crossed 
through.) 

September  12.     Martha,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web" 
—         2T.     Geo:,  Geo:  Stansfield,  Shore,  St: 

December   29.     Hannah  and  Phaney,  Twins,  Sally  Stansfield, 
reputed  Father  Jn°  Crabtree,  Sowerby,  Web'' 

1774  January  30.     John,  Ab""  Uttley,  Hep'  Clerk. 
March '23.     Sally,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web'' 

May  I.     Susey  and  Jinny,  Twins  of  Ric<'  Wadsworth  late  Sexton 
of  Heptonstall. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  65 

1774  May    13.     Ab-,  Ja^  Stansfield,  Sf 
June  12.     Ja%  Jn°  Stansfield,  St: 
October  s.     Jno,  Jas  Stansfield,  Err:  Web^ 
December  4.     Ja»,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Err-  Web^ 

xn^.     f  r        ^^-     '^^'''"'  ^"'s  Stansfield,  Err-  Web'' 

1775  Jebruary  5.     W-,  James  Stansfield,  St- 

AnTn  ,/%   Ab'n.Rich'i  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 
April  i8.     Jno,  Ja^  Stansfield,  Err:  AVeb^  • 
J  Jinny.  Ely  Stansfield,  Err:  'Web'- 

June  14.     Betty,  Ja^  Stansfield.  St:  Wool  Comber 

1776  2T^''''-     MJn°  Stansfield,  Sowerb),CWer 

A    T       ^?,'     J^''  •^"°  Stansfield,  St:  Yeo: 
April  9.     Betty,  Jno  Stansfield,  Hep-  Web^ 
Susy,  The:  Stansfield,  Wad-  Web^ 
—  14-     Jesse,  Jno  Stansfield,  St- 
May  2.     Jno,  Susannah  Stansfield,  Hep-  Spinster 
reputed  Father  Jno  Foster,  Hep:  &         ' 
Oc^ber  12.     Charles,  Ja^  Stansfield,  Wad-  Web^ 

NovemhP^'rr  ^^  ak;["V^"'^'''^^'  Stansfield  Hall,  St:  Yeo: 
^member  19.     Ab-,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

177,       '''^^™'^^'' ^-   ^. Betty,  Ja^  Stansfield,  St: 

Marcrx,'"  JrT  ^"'^  ^'''^"^fi^'d,  Err:  Web^ 
March  II      \Vn>,  Jno  Stansfield,  Err:  Cloeeer 
April  I.     Geo:,  Ely  Stansfield,  Hep:  VVeb^^ 
—    6.     Rob',  Jno  Stansfield,  St- 
May  4.     Hannah,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Err-  Web>- 
J_une  .9.     Annah,  Jas  Stansfield,  Err:  Cordwainer. 

~~  ""'^ThoXor^'Vbr^^^'^'  -p"'^^  ^-'^-' 

Ye^ars?"  Months.  ^°'°"'  "^^^  ^^'^°°'  Master.  Aged  i; 

sa  j^.r"  ^'"'^^"  °'  '"■  ^"  ^^^''  ''^'^  '^^''^'  ^'  ^^- 

August  24.     Susan,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web^ 
November  9.     Jno,  Richard  Stansfield,  Wad:  ^Yebr 
December  14.     Jno,  Jno  Stansfield,  St  Web^ 
1778     January  II.     Betty.  Ja^  Stansfield,  Err:  Web^ 

February  3.     John,  John  Sutcliffe,  St:  Inspector 

Ja^Stan.sfid,''st""(.d':ir^''  ""^^^    '^"^^    '^''^'^^    ''^^^^^ 
March  I.     Mary,  Jno  Stansfield,  St:  Yeo- 
May  3.     Jno,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

(James   Stansfield    signs   several    pages   amongst   church- 

r;r;st;:L.;"^"^^^"^^--^— '----"^^ 

I 


66  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1778  August  18.     Geo:,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

1779  March  14.     W"\    Sarah    Horsfall,    St:    Spr:    reputed    Father 

Ja=  Stansfield,  St:  W'eb'^ 
April    2.       Tn^i    Sarah    Clegg,    Hep:     S|3r:     reputed     Father 
Rob'  Stansfield.  Hep:  Web-- 

—  6.     Henry,  Ellis  Stansfield,  Err:  Web-^ 

—  II.     W"",     Ann     Ultley,     Hep:     Spr:     reputed     Father 
Rob'  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

—  14.     Matty,  Ja^  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 

May  2.     Ashton.  jn"  Nowell,  St:  Wool-Comber. 
—  16.     Henry,  Vv-"  Stansfield,  Err:  Web-- 
June  4.     Jn",  Jn°  Stansfield,  St: 
September  25.     W-",  Ely  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
November  20.     Ph.anny,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Err:  Clogger. 
Sally.  Tho  :  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web^- 

1780  March  4.  Jn".  Jn»-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

—  20.  Jn°-  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web:  (sic) 
May  28.  Mary.  Petty  Mitchell,  St.  Spr:  reputed 

Father  Ja^'  Stansf^-  St.  Web: 
June  18.  Betty,  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

—  20.  Betty,  Ja^'  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 
September  3.  Mary,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 
October  13.  Ann,  Ja^  Stansfield.  St: 

November  19.  Sally,  Mary  Stansfield,  Err:  Spr:  reputed 
Father  Ja^  Lord,  Err:  Web: 

1781  February  27.  W™"  Ric^-  Stansfield,  Wad:  W'-  Comber. 

March  26.    Sarah.  Petty    Stansfield,  Err:   Spr:   reputed  Father 

Ab^"-  Speak,  Err:  AVeb: 
April  22.  Tho:,  Geo:    Stansfield,  St:  Holebottom. 
June  7.  Jonathan,  John  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
August  2.  Jn"-  J  a''-  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 

—  5.  Jon"-'  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
November  10.  Mary,  Ric''-  Stansfield,  Langf'^- 

1782  May  12.  Joseph,  Rob'-  .St.insfield,  Hep:  Web: 
July  6.  Sally,  Jn"  Stansfield,  Shore,  St.  Yeo: 
August  II.  Annah,  Jn»-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
November  3.  W"'-  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

• —       17.  Grace,  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Sovv(erby)  Web'^' 
December  25.  Jn"-.  Ja*-  Stansfield,  St:  Militiaman. 

1783  June  22.  Hannah,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web: 

October  n.   Mary,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web:  .aged  4  months. 

1784  February  24.    W"'-  Susannah   Greenwood,    Wad:    Spr:    reputed 

Father  Ja'-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web"'- 
April  9.  Henry,  Rob'-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

—  17.  Hannah,  Ri:  St.insfield,  Lang: 

May  2.  Tho*-  of  George  and  Ann  Stansfield  of  St: 
June  5.  Sally,  Ja*-  Stansfield,  St: 
July  15.  Betty,  W"-  Stansfield,  Hep:  AV-  Comber. 
September  11.  Tho:,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  St: 

Geo:,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  St: 

Abm:,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  St: 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  67 

C784     September  II.  Betty,  Jn"- Stansfield,  St: 

26.  Abraham,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  St: 

November  4.  Squire,  Ja^-  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 
[7S5     May  I.  Susey,  Susan  Stansfield,  St:  Spn  reputed    Fath---  Rob'- 
Thomas,  St:  Yeo  :  Aged  3  months. 
June  14.  Ely,  Ja=-  Stansfield,  Err:  Cordwainer. 
October  ii.  Jo:,  Jn°-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
December  5.  Mally  and  Sally,  Twins  of  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
:7S6     January  22.  Jn°-.  W'"-  Shackleton,  School  Master  of  HeptonstaU. 
March  5.  Jn".  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

Mally,  Tn°-  Stansfield,  Sow:  Clogger. 

April  30.   Ja^-.    Mally    Stansfield,   Wad:  'Spr:   reputed    Father, 

Ja^-.  Nowell.  Wad:  Web: 
May  14.  Betty,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

—      6.  Mary,  Ja=^-  Stansfield,  St:  At  Crostone. 
June  25.  Sally,  Ricd-  Stansfield,  St:  Webr: 
September  17.  Sally,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St:  Web: 

End  of  baptisms  in  vol.  iv. 


1726  Aprill  I.  Wife  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Er: 
June  22.  M"--  W-"-  Sutcliffe,  Sutcliffe,  Stan: 

1727  October  19.  M"--  Edward  Metham,  Cur'-  Crosstone. 
1727-8  March  17.  Child  John  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1728  April  29.  Abram  Stansfield  Stan: 

1729  June  15.  Robert  Stansfield,  AVad:  poor. 
1729-30     January  12.  Wife,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Err: 

1730  August  3.  Geo:  S.  Rich^-  Stansfield,  Sow  (erby). 

1731  April  24.  Ja^- Stansfield,  Warley,  House  (holder). 
December  20.  John  Stansfield,  Stan: 

1 73 1-2  March  11.  W""-  Sutcliffe,  Err:  Gent: 

—     ig.  Child,  John  Stansfield,  Err: 

1732  May  19.  Child,  Mic'i-  Utley  and  Sarah  Stansfield,  Warly,  Base. 

1733  Aprill  14.  John  Stansfield.  Stan:  Yeoma: 

1734  Aprill  16.  Wife,  George  Stansfield,  Stan  : 

1735  .lune  10-  James,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep"- 

Oc:   10.    Bettey  the  Daughter  of  John  Stansfield,  St: 
December  25.  A  stranger  Died  in  Hep: 
1735-6  February  27.  John  Stansfield  of  St:  Poor. 

1736  May  13.  Titus,  Toho^  (sic)  Stansfield,  St: 

July  27.  M---  Henry  Cockcroft,  Wad:  of  Mayroid. 

1738  May  12.  John  Stansfield,  Stans:  House: 
1738-9  January  22.  Wife  of  George  Stansfield,  St: 

1739  March  25.  Child,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep: 
August  20.  Abraham  Stansfield,  Hep:  House: 

1739-40     February  25.  John  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1 741-2  March  23.  Child,  Mr.  Arnold,  Hep: 

1742-3  fifebruary  5.  Richard  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  House: 

1743  May  7.  Widow  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1744  Junes.  Widow  Stansfield,  Eringden. 


■68  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1744  September  19.  Wife,  Mr.  George  Heartley  of . 

1745  October  16.  Wife,  Charles  .Stansfield,  St: 

1746  June  4.  Daughter,  George  Stansfield,  St: 
July  20.  Child,  John  Stansfield,  Er: 

October  12.  Mary,  Daughter  John  Stansfield,  St: 

—        6.  Margaret,  Daughter  Mr.  James  Harison,  Hep: 
November  7.  Mrs.  Grimshaw  of  Hawworth,  wife  of  The  Rev.  Mr. 

Grimshaw,  Curate  there,  and  Daughter  of  Henry  Cockroft. 

Esq:  of  Mayroid. 

1747  May  2.  Child,  John  Stansfield,  Wad: 

—  27.  Wife  of  sum  man  in  Lang: 

— —     Wife,  William  Stansfield,  Hep: 
1747-8  February  15.  John  Stansfield,  St: 

March  5.  A  AVoman  from  Sowerby. 

1748  June  I.  John  of  John  Stansfield,  St: 
August  17.  Widow  Stansfield,  St: 

September  i.  Mr.  Greenwood,  Elphabrough  Hall,  late  Curate  of 
Heptonstall.  He  serv'd  this  Chapel  32  Yrs.,  having  resign'd 
in  v<=  Year  1744. 

1749  May  18.     (Jrace,  wife  of  Thomas  Stansfield,  Wads:  Web: 
August  18.     Mary  Stansfield,  widow. 

1 75 1  May  20.     Mary  Stansfield,  widow,  Erringden,  poor. 

—  31.     Charles  S.  John  Stansfield,  Wads:  AA'^ebs''- 
November  8.     Sarah  "D.  Charles  Stansfield,  St: 
December  ji.     Wid:  Stansfield,  St: 

1752  August  II.     Mary  D.  William  Stansfield,  St: 

—  13.  The  Reverd-  Master  John  Parker,  from  Leeds, 
Curate  of  Pool  and  Usher  of  y^  Free  School  in 
Leeds. 

1753  May  8.     Sarah,  Wife  Abraham  Stansfield,  St: 
—  28.     Sarah,  Wife  Jonas  Stansfield,  St:  Yeo: 
June  28.     Mr.  Leeming,  Hep:  Doctor. 
November  17.     Mary,  Wife  John  Stansfield,  St: 
December  18.     Widow  Stansfield,  Turvin  (Erringden). 

1754  March  24.     Wife  Mr.  Thomas  Cockroft,  Wad: 

July  17.     Mr.  Abram  Sutcliffe,  Ribbingden  (Ripponden?) 
November  4.     Jn°-  Stansfield,  Wad:  householder. 
December  21.     Wife  Mr.  Abram  Sutcliffe,  Er: 

1755  February  18.     Sarah,  daughter  Paul  Stansfield,  Stans:  Comber. 
June  27.     Wife  Jonathan  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

October  14.     Abram  Stansfield,  Wad:  widow  (er). 

1756  October  9     The  Rev^-  M''-  Rob'-  Lund,  Curate  of  White  Chapel. 

1757  July  21.     William  S.  John  Slater,  Hep:  Sexton,  Accidental  Death. 

1758  March  29.     Jam'*'  S.  John  Stansfield,  St: 
June  25.     John  Stansfield,  Stans: 
December  7.     John  Stansfield,  Stans: 

1759  May  23.     Wife,  Ja^-  Stansfield,  Err: 
November  22.     Wife,  James  Stansfield,  St: 

1760  May  30.     Tho'^-  Stansfield,  Wad: 

1761  February  12.     Widow  Stansfield,  W'ad: 

1762  March  2.     \\ife,  Jn''-  Greenwood,  Hep:  Sackstone  (Sexton). 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  eg 

1761      March  20.     Widow  Stansfield,  Sf 

1763  January  15.     Jn-  S.  Ta-  Stansfield,  St: 
April  13.     Wife,  ]a?-  Stansfield,  Err:  Web- 
July  4-     Wife,  Ab™-  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

1764  May  19.     Wife,  Ellis  Stansfield,  Err: 

—  30-     Two  children,  Ab"-  Stansfield,  En- 
July  27.     Wife,  Ab™-  Stansfield,  St: 
September  12.     Wife,  Ab">'  Stansfield,  Holings,  Sf 

—         26.     Charles  Stansfield,  Bacop,  Lankishire. 
November  16.     Child,  Jo-  Stansfield,  Luddenden. 

1765  February  18.     Jonas  Stansfield,  Commons,  St: 
May  6.     W-   Stansfield,  Highlath,  Hep: 
August  19.     AVidow  Stansfield,  St- 

1766  April  15.     Wife,  Edmund  Stansfield,  St: 

1767  August  13      AVn,.,  jno.  sutcliffe,  Stansfield  Hall,  Jun-  Sf 
^o     t^P'emberii.     Daniel  Helliwell,  Hep:  Clerk.     " 

176S     March  3.     Wife,  Jn".  Sutcliffe,  Stansfield  Hall,  jun-  St- 
September  9.     Jn-  Law,  Clerk,  Curate  of  Crostone. 
October  2.     Ann,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Cross  Lee,  St- 

—  4-     Male  Child,  Paul  Stansfield,  Err:  Web- 
November  2.     Ann,  Jn"-  Stansfield,  Crossley,  St: 

(NOTE.— This  is  evidently  a  duplicate  entry,  see  October  -nd  ) 

December  6.     Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web- 
1770     May  I.     David  Heartley  de  Bellhouse  in  Villa   Erringdinensis 
suspensus  in  Collo  prope  Eboracum,  ob  Nummos  publicos 
ilhcite  cudendos  et  accidendos.  ' 

[That  is,  David  Hartley  of  Bellhouse,  in  the  township  of 
Ernngden,  hanged  near  York,  for  illegally  clipping  and  coining 
public  money.]  '^ 

177c     June  14.     Ab-,  Geo:  Stansfield,  Shore,  St: 
July  25.     Elizabeth  Stansfield,  Err:  Spinster 
—  29.     Jon"  Stansfield,  AVad:  AVeb: 

1771  May  2.     Henry  Cockroft,  Wad:  Gentleman, 
August  29.     Wife,  Ab™  Stansfield,  St: 

(Jctober  26.     Ann,  Betty  Stansfield,  St:  reputed  Father 

Ja"  Greenwood,  St: 
November  21.     M^  Tho:  Pavvson,  45  Years  School  Master  of 

Heptonstall. 

1772  March  3.     Wife,  Jon"  Stansfield,  Midgley. 

—  29.     Edmund  Stansfield,  St:  Wool-Comber. 
April  14.     Jno  Sutcliffe,  Err:  Gent: 
May  20.     Jo:  Ab"'  Stansfield,  St:   Web-- 
June  21.     Jno  Kershaw,  Lang:   drown'd  in  ye  River  Calder. 
July  23.     iMary,  Jo:  Stansfield,  St: 


■JO  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1772  Augusts-     Ann,  W™  Stansfield,  Hundersfield. 

—  17.     Matthew    Ackroyd,    Wad:     Coal-Miner  felloniously 

slain  by  Jon"  Tovvnend,  Wad: 

1773  January  16.     Henry,  W™  Cockroft's  only  Son  of  Mayroyd,  Wad: 

Gentleman. 
April  6.     Martha  Stansfield,  Err:  Spinster. 
July  31.     Sally,  Jn°  Stansfield  f™  Rochdale. 
August  20.     Ab""  Stansfield,  St: 
October  3.     Betty  Stansfield,  St: 

4.     Geo:,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

—  18.     Mary,  Ab-"  Stansfield,  St: 
November  iS.     Wife,  Ja«  Stansfield,  St: 

December  2.     William  Cockroft,  Mayroid,  Wad:  Gentleman. 

Betty,  Ja^  Stansfield,  St: 

—       6.     Jo:  Stansfield,  St:  Webster. 

1774  January  8.     Ab""'  Ab™  Stansfield,  St: 

—  9.     Mary,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

February  16.     M''  Henry  Cockroft,  Mayroyd,  Wad: 

—  4.     Jn°  Ja-  Stansfield,  St:  Web' 
27.     Mary  Stansfield,  Hep'  Spinster. 

March  16.     Mr.  Henry  Cockroft,  Mayroid,  Wad: 

(This  is  evidently  a  double  entry,  see  February  i6th.) 

April  12.     Jo:,  Jo:  Stansfield,  St: 

—  13.     Wife,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Err:  Web'' 
May  13.     Mary,  Wife  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

—  28.  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 
June  26.  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 
August  28.     Ja%  Jno  Stansfield,  St: 

1775  June  14.     Wite,  Paul  Stansfield,  Err:  Web' 
July  II.     Wife,  Jn°  Stansfield,  St: 

December  6.     Hannah,  Sally  Stansfield,  Err:  Base. 
—       29.     Ja'  Stansfield,  Err:  Web' 

1776  January  5.     W""  Stansfield,  Err:  Web' 
March  20.     Ja=  Stansfield,  St:  Wool  Comber. 

—  31.     Catherine,  Sally  Stansfield,  Err:  Base. 
May  17.     Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

July  2.     Jn°  Stansfield,  St:  Web' 

—  8.      Grace,  Jn°  Stansfield,  St: 
September  9.     Child,  Ely  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web' 
October  23.     Mary,  Wife  Jn"^  Sutcliffe,  Stansfield  Hall,  Yeo: 

1777  Auril  16.     Wife,  Jn°  Stansfield,  St: 
May  31.     Susannah  Stansfield,  Hep: 

1778  February  28.     Paul  Stansfield.  St:  Web' 
March  15.     Betty,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web' 

(James  Stansfield  signs  the  register  amongst  the  church- 
wardens, the  last  but  one.) 

1779  April  28.     Hannah,  A\'ife  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 
May  4.     Joshua  Fielden,  Clerk  of  Cross-Stone. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  71 

1779  July  II.     Ellis  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

1780  February  4.     Martha,  wife  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

June  15.     Ab™  Gibson  of  Greenwood  Lee  in  Hep:  Yeo: 
July  23.     Ja^  Greenwood,  wilfully  murder'd  by  Rob'  Blakenev, 

Soldier.  ^ 

September  8.     W""  Greenwood,  Hep:  Yeo:     Killed  by  standing 

too  near  a  Cow  and  a  Bull. 
October  i.     W"" Stansfield,  Langfd 

—  2.     Esther  wife  Luke  Crossley,  St:  Gent: 

—  9.     Ann,  Ab'"  Uttley,  Hep:  Clerk. 

—  17.     W-",  Ely  Stansfield,  Hep: 
December  12.     Martha,  Ja^  Stansfield,  St:  AVeb: 

1781  January  9.     Henry  Stansfield,  St: 

Susan,  Ely  Stansfield,  St:  Badger. 

—   13.     Jasja^  Stansfield,  St: 
February  4.     Betty,  Ja^  Stansfield,  St: 
March  31.     Rev^  M"^  Jonas  Uttley,  Curate  of  Luddenden. 
April  3.     Charles  Stansfield,  Err: 

—  4.     Luke  Townend,  Halifax,  Charcoal  burner. 

May  24.     Miss  Grace  Cockcroft  late  of  Mayroyd  from  Halifax. 
December  5.     Henry,  AV"  Sutcliffe,  Fieldhead,  St:  Gent: 

1782.  March  13.     Tho:,  Geo:  Stansfield,  St: 

April    8.  Mary,  wife  of  y=  Rev'  M''  Atkinson,  Curate  of  Crostone. 

1783.  August  19.     Thomas  Spencer  de  Sowerby  suspensus  in  Collo 

prope     Olicanem     proper     (propter?)     Turbam     Anonoe 
(Annonje?)    Ratione     excitatam    in    Tempore     Caritatis. 
Marcus  Saltonstall  de  Erringden  idem  propter  Crimen  eanden 
(eadem  ?)  Poenam  ibidem  luebat  (?). 

[That  is,  Thomas  Spencer  of  Sowerby  was  hanged  near 
Halifax,  for  kindling  a  bread  riot  in  a  time  of  scarcity.  Mark 
Saltonstall  underwent  the  same  penalty,  at  the  same  place,  for 
the  like  offence.] 

1783  September    15.     Ric^  SutclifTfe,    Hep:    late   School    Master    at 

Calverly. 

1784  February  4.     Martha,  Tho:  Stansfield,  Wad:  Web-- 

March  2.     Mary  Relict  of  W-"  Cockroft,  late  of  Mayroyd,  Wad: 
Gent: 

—  9.     Jn°  Stansfield,  Shore,  St: 
June  5.     Sally,  Ja^  Stansfield,  St: 

NOTE  :  The  above  is  entered  along  with  four  others,  and 
crossed  out  with  them  ;  but  is  omitted,  when  the  others  are 
entered  in  the  proper  place. 

September  8.     Ki:  Sutcliffe,  St:  late  School-Master  at  .Mirfield. 

1785  February  15.     Jn°  Lord,  Hep:  Surgeon. 
August  24.     Hannah,  Jn°  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 
September  14.     'Squire,  Ja^  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 

October  21.     Mary  wife  Tho:  Greenwood,  Clerk  from  Mirfield. 


-3  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1785  Decembers.     Sally,  Ja' Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

—       18.     Mally,  Ja^  Stansfield,  Err:  Web: 

1786  March  31.  Mary  wife  Elly  (Ely)  Stansfield,  Sow;  Web: 

wife,  Ely  Stansfield  Sowerby,  A\'eb: 

April  23.     Widow  Stansfield,  Err: 

May  6.     Susan,  The:  Barker,  Stansfield  Hall,  St; 

August  22.     Hannah  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  Sp'' 

—      19.     Sally  Stansfield,  St: 
October  16.     Ja^  Stansfield  from  Skircoat,  ^^'eb:  paup(er). 
December  12.     Wife,  Joseph  Stansfield,  Hep:  Web: 
End  of  burials  in  volume  iv. 

MARRIAGES. 

The  first  volume  of  marriages  alone,  commences  in  1754, 
and  ends  in  1765.  It  is  of  paper,  printed  according  to  the  Act 
of  parliament  relating  thereto. 

1754  November  12.     John  Stansfield,  webster  and   Betty   Naslv  spr: 

both  of  Stansfield.     Witness  Joseph  Stansfield. 

1755  November  6.     W">  Greenwood,  Blacksmith,  and  Ann  Stansfield, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 

1756  Februarys.     A\'illiam  Eastwood,  widower,  and  Susan  Stansfield, 

widow,  both  of  ^\'adsworth. 

June  I.  Edward  AVadsworth,  webster,  and  Martha  Stansfield, 
spinster,  both  of  Heptonstall. 

August  26.  Get.rge  Stansfield,  wool  comber,  and  Mary  Green- 
wood, spinster,  both  of  Stansfield 

1757  December  26.     Luke  Stansfield,  webster,  and  Betty  Greenwood, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield.     Witness,  Joseph  Stansfield. 

1758  January  19.     Thomas  Stansfield,  widower,  and    Mary  Crossley, 

spinster,  both  of  W'adsworth. 
April  13.     James   Stansfield,    woolcomber,   and    Ann    Mallison, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 
July  27.     Samuel  Fielden,  Cliveger  in  y'^  chapelry  of  Burnely, 

and    Mary   Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  spinster.      Witness, 

Joseph  Stansfield. 
December  17.     Jonas  Boulton,   webster,  and  Betty  Stansfield, 

spinster,  both  of  Erringden. 

1759  August  6.     Joseph   Stansfield,  webster,  and   Mary  Stephenson, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 
December  31.     James  Stansfield,  webster,  and  Mary  Stephenson, 
spinster,  "both  of  Stansfield.     Witness,  Josepli  Stsnsfield. 

1760  January  24.     Abraham  Stansfield,  webster,  and   Grace   Rishton, 

widow,  both  of  Erringden. 
February    28.    John    Ogden,   webster,    and    Susan    Stansfield, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 
May   28.      Thomas  Cockroft,    Gentleman,  and    Mary    Ogden, 

spinster,  both  of  Wadsworth. 

1 761  June  27.     Thomas  Stansfield,  webster,  and  Ann   Holt,  spinster, 

both  of  Stansfield. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


73 


1762  September  2.     John  Stansfield,  and  Susan  Hollingrake,  both  of 

Stansfield. 

7.     James  Shackleton,  and  Mary  Stansfield,  both  of 

Heptonstall. 

November  11.     John  Taylor  and  Elizabeth  Stansfield,  both  of 
Stansfield. 

1763  January  13.     Robert  Suthers  and  Prudence  Stansfield,  both  of 

Stansfield. 
September  15.     Luke  Harwood,  whitesmith,  widower,  and  Betty 

Stansfield,  widow,  both  of  Stansfield. 
October  13.    John  Stansfield,  widower,  and  Mary  Greenwood, 

widow,  both  of  Heptonstall. 
November   3.     John    Stansfield,   webster,    and   Ann    Sutcliffe, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield.     AVitnesses,  John  Stansfield 

and  George  Stansfield. 
10.       John    Greenwood,    webster,    and     Hannah 

Stansfield,  spinster,  both  of  Stansfield.     Witness,  John 

Stansfield. 
24.     Charles  Stot,    webster,  and   Sarah    Stansfield, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 
December  26.     Abraham  Stansfield,  webster,  and  Susan  Green- 
wood, spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 
1764.     March  5.     James  Stansfield,  webster,  and  MallyHeap,  spinster, 

both  of  Erringden.     Witness,  Ely  Stansfield. 

—  6.     Solomon  Crabtree.  cordwainer,  and  Mary  Stansfield, 
spinster,  both  of  Erringden. 

September    27.     Ely   Mitchell,   joiner,   and    Sarah    Stansfield, 

spinster,  both  of  Stansfield. 
November  20.     William  Stansfield,  webster,  and  Mary  Midgley, 

spinster,  both  of  Erringden. 
December  27.     John   Stansfield,  webster,  and    Betty   Clayton, 

spinster,  both  of  Erringden. 


Amongst  many  entries,  not  copied,  in  volume  ij  of  marriages 
only,  is  the  following  : — 

No.  170.  John  Stansfield  of  this  parish,  Veoman,  and  Sarah 
Gibson  of  D°  Spinster,  were  married  in  this  Chapel  by  Licence 
granted  by  D^  Legh,  Surr:  this  Twentieth  Day  of  April,  in  the  Year 
One  Thousand,  Seven  Hundred  and  Sixty-seven  by  me. 

T.   Sutcliffe,   Curate. 
The  Marriage  was  solemnized  between  us. 

John  Stansfield. 
Sarah  Gibson. 
In  the  presence  of        Ab"  Nayler. 

Jno.  Sutcliffe. 


74  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  the  succeeding  volumes  of  the  registers,  the  Stansfeld 
entries  are  very  numerous  ;  but  as  they  are  of  such  recent 
dates,  they  thereby  lose  their  interest,  unless  they  apply  to 
members  of  the  family,  mentioned  in  the  pedigrees.  But,  as 
will  be  seen  hereafter,  the  Sowerby  branch  of  the  family  seems 
to  have  monopolised  all  the  attention  of  previous  historians. 
Thoresby,  indeed,  communicated  with  Samuel  Stansfield  of 
Bradford,  whom  he  considered  the  head  of  the  family  ;  and 
not  fifteen  years  before  the  date  of  his  letter  to  John  Evelyn, 
James  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  whose  grandfather  sold  Stans- 
field Hall,  was  buried,  on  the  29th  July,  1691.  The  descen- 
dants of  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  his  father,  Ashton  Stansfield, 
who  are  mentioned  in  Heralds'  College  pedigree  No.  i,  must 
have  been  living  at  the  time,  and,  no  doubt,  continue  to  this 
day ;  but  the  obscurity  of  the  locality  where  they  resided, 
then,  as  now,  would  render  difficult  to  be  obtained,  the 
information  necessary  to  form  a  pedigree. 

The  registers  of  Crostone  church,  were  copied  in  the 
Heptonstall  registers,  the  extracts  being  forwarded  on  a  note. 
As  successive  parish  clerks,  who  made  the  copies,  would  differ 
materially  in  the  ability  and  pains  displayed  in  their  work,  it 
is  easily  understood,  how  errors  and  omissions  occur  in  Hep- 
tonstall registers.  The  entries,  in  the  preceding  pages,  were 
copied  errors  and  all.  Some  are  double  entries,  as  on  pp. 
54,  69,  JO  and  72  ;  and  others  may  have  the  wrong  date 
attached,  as  shewn  by  the  entry  direct  from  Crostone  register, 
on  p.  61.  But,  taken  as  a  whole,  the  Heptonstall  registers  are 
in  splendid  preservation,  highly  creditable  to  those  who,  in  the 
past,  have  been  charged  with  their  possession 


Chapter     IV. 


STANSFIELD    TOWNSHIP. 


USTICE  demands  more  than  a  passing  reference 
to  the  township,  from  which  the  Stansfeld  family- 
derived  its  name.  The  name  itself  is  not  difficult  to 
be  understood,  especially  as  another  not  far  distant 
township,  in  the  same  parish,  is  called  Stainland,  stone  land.  But 
Stansfield,  spelt  in  Domesday  as  Staucsfcit,  has  always  had  the 
plural  to  the  first  syllable,  and  would  seem  to  mean  the  field  of 
the  stones.  But  the  ordinary  meaning  of  the  word  field,  is  not 
applicable  in  this  case.  When  we  read  of  "  O'er  hill  and  dale, 
o'er  wood  and  field,"  we  understand  the  last  named,  to  be  a 
place  cleared  of  trees,  which  have  been  "  felled."  What,  in  the 
backwoods  of  America,  is  called  a  "  clearing  ; "  and  applied,  in  a 
woody  country,  in  the  same  manner  as,  in  moorland  tracts,  the 
word  "  royd  "  is  used.  That  the  township  of  Stansfield,  which 
extends  for  six  miles  along  the  river  Calder,  and  stretches  far 
away  from  the  banks,  over  precipitous  hills,  to  wild  ranges  of 
moorland,  that  never,  even  yet,  have  been  enclosed  for  cultivation, 
could  be  faithfully  described  as  a  place  cleared  of  trees,  no  one 
could  credit.  Some  other  derivation  must  therefore  be  sought, 
and  this  is  readily  found  in  the  Anglo  Saxon  field  (locus  vastus, 
montanus),  or  the  Danish  field,  of  the  same  meaning.  Compare 
Dovrefeld,  a  mountain  in  Norway  ;  and  Fairfield,  in  the  lake 
district.  To  the  Saxon  or  Danish  settlers  advancing  up  Calder 
valley,  the  township  might  well  appear  a  mountainous  waste  ; 
so  equally  would  the  opposite  township  of  Langfield.  Stansfield, 
therefore,  may  be  taken  to  mean,  the  mountainous  waste  of  the 
stones. 


■jQ  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

What  particular  stones,  if  any,  were  commemorated  in  the 
name  of  the  township,  it  is  not  difficult  to  discover.  Watson's 
History  of  Halifax,  pp.  23-5,  copied  in  later  histories,  gives  an 
account  of  several  druidical  remains  in  the  township,  and 
specially  of  the  Bridestones.  This  same  account  appears  in  the 
Archcsologia  vol.  II,  being  a  paper  read  by  the  same  author, 
before  the  Society  of  Antiquaries.  He  does  not  give  a  very 
lucid  description  of  the  scene  ;  but  mentions  that,  "  At  iirst  view 
the  whole  looked  something  like  a  temple  of  the  serpentine 
kind,  described  by  the  late  Dr.  Stukeley."  He  also  refers  to  a 
similar  remain,  called  by  the  same  name,  in  Staffordshire, 
mentioned  in  Rowland's  Mona  Antiqna.  There  is  a  full  account 
of  these  Bridestones,  which  stand  upon  the  ridge  between 
Cheshire  and  Staffordshire,  in  the  Reliquary  vol.  IV,  pp.  27-8. 
Watson,  whilst  regretting  that  Rowland  attempts  no  etymology 
of  the  name,  offers  the  Saxon  bryd,  a  bride,  as  a  reasonable 
one,  and  quotes  a  deed,  dated  at  Stansfield,  Sth  Januarj-,  6th 
Henry  VII  (1491),  to  shew  that  the  name  was  no  modern  one. 
But  although  a  name  be  not  modern,  it  is  very  easy  to  attach  a 
modern  meaning  to  it  ;  and  that  is  probably  what  the  country 
people  did,  when  they  gave  the  name  of  the  Groom,  to  an 
adjacent  rock  to  the  principal  one,  which  they  called  the  Bride. 
The  neighbours  of  the  Staffordshire  Bridestones,  have  gone 
further  than  this,  and  have  attached  a  romantic  story  of  a  Danish 
groom  and  a  Saxon  bride  being  murdered,  and  the  stones  being 
placed  around  their  grave. 

But  the  real  etymology  of  the  term  is  not  remote,  and  has 
been  well  illustrated  by  the  late  William  Priestley.  The  British 
hreiad,  Gaelic  braidh  and  bearrad/i,  Islandic  bryddr  and  Danish 
bred,  all  have  some\^hat  similar  meanings,  and  describe  exactly 
the  situation,  both  of  the  Stansfield  and  Staffordshire  Bride- 
stones, namely,  the  edge  or  margin  of  the  top  of  the  moun- 
tain. One  of  the  stones  is  very  much  honey-combed  with  the 
weather.  Close  to  it,  is  a  circular  cluster  of  about  a  dozen 
rounded  ones,  on  the  west  side  the  end  one  is  fallen  down,  and 
the  next  one  is  standing  on  its  thin  end,  like  a  balloon  in  shape. 
The  next  three  arc  all  detached.     A  rude  stone  cut  as  a  calvary 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  tj 

cross,  was  found  in  a  field  next  below  the  road,  under  the  Bride- 
stones.  As  it  was  customary  for  the  early  christian  missionaries, 
to  utilise  the  sacred  places  of  the  people,  and  to  hallow  them  for 
the  purposes  of  the  new  religion  ;  this  is  some  sort  of  con- 
firmatory evidence  of  the  druidical  character  of  the  place. 

But  there  is  nothing  in  the  appearance  of  the  rocks,  to  shew- 
that  their  disposition  is  due  to  any  human  interference.  The 
whole  group  supplies  a  practical  illustration  to  students  in 
elementary  geology,  of  the  ordinary  denudation  that  has  been 
going  on  for  hundreds  of  years,  on  the  summits  of  our  local  hills. 
Bathed,  sometimes  for  days  together,  in  the  low-lying  clouds 
that  here  meet  with  their  first  resistance,  in  their  eastern  course 
across  the  island,  it  is  no  wonder  that  the  surface  soil  has  long 
been  washed  away.  But  the  millstone  grit,  which  lies  beneath, 
offered  and  still  does  offer,  a  stubborn  resistance,  to  the  wear 
and  tear  of  atmospheric  disintegration.  But  even  that  must 
suffer,  though  in  a  less  degree  ;  hence  rocks  that  once  were 
buried  deep  in  soft  alluvial  soil,  now  tower  feet  above  the 
surrounding  ground,  and  bear  upon  their  rounded  surfaces,  the 
scars  and  groovings  of  the  war  of  ages.  And  as  the  stones 
themselves  are  rounded,  so  likewise  are  the  summits  of  the  hills. 

No  wonder  then,  that  denuded  rocks  appear  detached,  in 
circular  form,  in  many  cases.  Even  if  the  summit  were  originally 
a  solid  mass  of  rock,  such  is  the  power  of  sun  and  frost,  and  wind 
and  water,  upon  these  elevated  surfaces,  that  the  work  of 
detachment  is  but  a  question  of  time.  But  the  country-people 
ascribed  to  human  agency,  what,  in  many  cases,  was  the  ordinary- 
daily  work  of  nature.  With  the  self-same  ignorance,  they  called 
the  flint  celts  and  arrow-heads,  of  a  preceding  age,  which  they 
sometimes  turned  up  with  their  spades,  elfin  or  fairy  bolts  ;  and 
many  a  stretch  of  Roman  road  over  solid  rock,  is  called  to  this 
day,  the  Devil's  Causeway.  So  tradition  does  not  always 
correctly  differentiate,  between  the  work  of  man  and  nature,  elf 
or  fairy,  and  the  Devil. 

But  what  nature  has  prepared,  man  may  use ;  and  the 
druids  appropriated,  for  their  religious  purposes,  the  stones  on 
the  high  places  of  the  land.     But  who  does  not  remember  the 


7^  History  of  thk  Stansfeld  Family. 

shrinking  horror,  with  which  some  ignorant  country-man  would 
point  out  the  bowl-shaped  cavities,  with  which  these  rocks 
abound  ;  and  with  a  voice  lowered  from  its  natural  high-pitched 
shout  [it  is  said  they  "barked,"  in  Haworth,  until  a  hundred 
years  ago]  to  a  mysterious  whisper,  explain  that  these  were 
made  by  the  druids,  to  hold  the  blood  of  human  victims.  And 
perhaps,  even  while  he  spoke,  the  innocent  causes  of  their 
e.xistence  were  still  at  work. 

The  rocks  are  full  of  pebbles  of  quartz,  much  harder 
than  the  sandstone  in  which  they  occur.  Hence  they  stand 
out  like  gems  from  the  surface ;  and  when  their  sandstone 
setting  is  worn  away,  if  they  cannot  fall  to  the  ground,  they 
are  blown  by  the  wind  into  some  slight  depression,  probably 
a  matrix  whence  some  larger  pebble,  or,  may  be,  some  nodule 
formed  from  a  nucleus  of  another  combination,  has  been 
freed,  or  a  softer  portion  of  the  rocky  surface.  Here  the 
wind,  not  strong  enough  to  blow  them  clear  away,  agitates 
them ;  and  they  cut  away  the  rock,  releasing  other  quartz 
crystals,  and  veiy  soon  obtain  a  circular  motion,  being  driven 
round  and  round  by  the  wind.  When  the  quartz  point  [often 
used  to  cut  glass  in  the  district]  is  worn  quite  smooth,  other 
pebbles  either  loosened  in  situ,  or  blown  into  the  freshly  started 
bowl,  are  ready  to  take  up  the  work.  The  rain  lodges  there, 
and  contributes  its  share.  The  gritty  sand  blows  in,  and  what 
with  wind  and  water,  pebbles  and  sand,  and  perhaps  some 
chemical  agency,  a  bowl-shaped  cavity  soon  is  formed,  large 
enough  to  hold  the  blood  of  many  a  man.  These  restless 
sei-vants  of  nature  may  be  seen  any  time,  moving  round  and 
round  ;  time  is  no  object  with  them,  and  their  very  corporate 
existence  is  worn  away  in  the  task.  At  last,  during  a  heavy 
rain,  they  escape  partly  in  solution,  and  perhaps  in  time,  reach 
a  mountain  stream,  and  thence  a  factory-  boiler,  and  form  an 
encrustation  of  silicates,  which  maj-  be  the  primary  cause  of 
more  sacrifice  of  human  life,  than  ever  druids  contemplated  on 
the  rocky  heights  above. 

Stansfield  was  part  of  the  manor  of  Wakefield,  granted  by 
the  crown  to  earl  Warren,  who  claimed  free  chacc  and  warren 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  79 

therein,  and  produced  a  charter,  dated  27th  January,  37   Hen. 
lii  (1253)  from  that  king,  granting  him  free  warren  in  all  his 
demesne    lands,    which    he    already   had,    or   should    in    future 
acquire.     And  even  afterwards,  when  the  sub-infeudatory  manor 
of  Stansfield  had  been  created,  the  sub-tenant,  John  Thornhill 
granted   to  William,    earl  Warren,  right   to   keep  all    his    wild 
beasts,  deer  and  fowls,  in  his  land  of  Sowerbyshire,  of  which 
Stansfield  was  a  part,   by  the  proper  forester  of  the  earl  ;   in 
exchange,  that  the  said  John  Thornhill  and  his  heirs,  should  take 
yearly,  five  stags  of  grease,  and  five  hinds  in  winter,  and  make  their 
whole  commodity  of  all  their  lands  and  woods  in  Sowerbyshire, 
at  their  pleasure,  without  contradiction  of  the  earl  and  his  heirs.' 
Hamelyn  Plantaginet,  earl  Warren,  who  succeeded  in  11 63 
to  the  manor  of  Wakefield,  granted  to  Jordan,  son  of  Askolf 
his  inheritance  in  Sowerbyshire  ;  and  the  said  Jordan  granted 
the  fourth  part  of  the  said  inheritance  to  his  brother  Helias,  and 
his   heirs,  and   seven   oxgangs   of  land    in    Stansfield,  and   in 
Rottenstall,  to  hold  of  Jordan   and    his   heirs,  as  of  the  first 
begotten,  by  right  of  foreign  scr\ice.     And  in  Dodsworth's  MS. 
is  a  deed  without  date  : — 

"  I  John  son  of  Essolf  have  given  to  Roger  son  of  Warin  and 

to  Amabella  his  daughter,  5  oxgangs  ofland  in  Stansfeld,  with  the 

mill  in  the  same  towne,  with  what  is  fixed  to  the  mill,  which  with 

the  appurtenances  amount  to  7  oxgangs  of  land.     To  be  held  as 

free  marriage  with  wastes,  woods,  &c.,  rendering  isd.  yearl)-." 

In  the  same  MS.it  is  recorded  that,  3rd   Edward   I  (1^4-5) 

John  de  Thornhill,  held  xl.  (forty)  oxgangs  of  land  in   Stansfield' 

and  Wadsworth,  and  rendered  by  the  year  xs. 

There  was  a  trial  in  the  Duchy  Court,  6th  Elizabeth 
(1563-4),  between  the  crown,  as  owner  of  the  manor  of  Wake- 
field, laying  claim  to  the  wastes  and  manors  of  Stansfield 
&c.,  against  Edward  Savile,  whose  ancestor  had  married  the 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Simon  Thornhill,  and  thus  become 
possessed  of  them.  The  jury  found  for  the  defendant  who 
produced  the  deeds  above-mentioned,  and  many  others 
(See  Watson's  I/hiorj'  of  Halifax,  pp.  S7-9.)  The  manor  of 
Stansfield  has  remained  in  the  Savile  family  to  this  day.    At  the 


8o  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

inquisition  held  at  Pontefract,  25th  August,  5  and  6  Philip  and 
Mar>'  (1558),  after  the  death  of  Henry  Savile,  the  father  of  the 
above  Edward,  it  was  found  that  the  manors  of  Stansfeld  and 
Wadsworth,  were  held  of  the  lordship  of  Wakefield,  by  the 
annual  rent  of  two  shillings,  and  to  be  worth,  beyond  reprises, 
thirt)-  pounds. 

The  pedigree  of  the  Thornhills,  commences  with  Askelph, 
who  is  credited  with  the  following  issue  : — • 
Askelph,  Aisolf,  or  Essulf.  = 

I  \  \  i 

John,  Jordan,     constable    of  =  daughter     of        Thomas.=  Helias. 

d.s.p.  Wakefield  dead  in  1194,  I  Richard  Fitz 

lord  of  Stansfield.  Roger. 


I                                                     I 
Richard,  son  of  Jordan,                             Jordan, 
son  of  Aisolf,  1 194,  de 
Thomhill,    ancestor    of 
the  Thornhills.  , 


Michael,  s.  of  John,    s.    of 

Thomas,    son  Thomas,  son 

of  Aisolf.  of  Aisolf 

Thornhill  in  Domesday,  was  the  land  of  Ilbert  de  Laci,  pre- 
viously of  Gerneber,  Aldene  and  Gamel.  There  was  a  Gamell, 
son  of  Linulf  de  Batheley,  who  gave  to  the  hospital  of  S.  Peter 
of  York,  the  land  in  Helei  called  Gamelrode.  And  Dodsworth 
also  records  another  deed,  without  date  : — • 

"  Know  ye  that  I  Emma  d.  of  Hugh  s  of  Orm  de  Batelai, 
and  Assulf  my  son  and  heir,  have  sold  unto  Roger  son  of  William 
de  Bingley  one  oxgang  of  land  with  appurtenances  in  the  town  of 
Rastrick,  to  wit  that  which  Leising  the  son  of  Herbert  held,  and 
Leising  himself  with  all  his  sequence." 

Rut  this  Roger  de  Rastrick  was  living  in  A.D.  1251. 

Dr.  Whitaker,  in  Loidis  and  Ehnete,  remarks  that  the 
family  which  enjoyed  the  manor  of  Batley,  are  remarkable  for 
having  borne,  not  successively,  but  at  the  same  time,  according 
to  their  occasional  changes  of  abode,  the  surname  de  Batteley, 
de  Copley  and  de  Oxenhope.  But  the  time  of  settled  surnames 
was  not  yet,  and  it  is  possible  that  not  only  this  family,  but 
several  others  in  the  parish  of  Halifax,  will  be  found,  when  the 
history  of  the  Talvace  or  Talevas   family   is   written,   to   have 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  8i 

sprung  from  it.  William,  the  third  earl  Warren,  married  Adela, 
daughter  of  William  Talvace,  earl  of  Ponthieu  and  Sais  ;  and 
there  is  no  doubt  whatever,  that  the  family  of  Copley  is  derived 
from  a  Talevas.  And  seeing  that  Skircoat  was  part  of  the 
domain  of  Sowerbyshirc,  granted  by  Hameline  Plantaginet,  who 
married  the  daughter  by  the  above  marriage,  to  Jordan  son  of 
Askolph,  the  following  deeds,  given  by  Dodsworth,  seem  to  bear 
upon  the  point  : — 

"  John  Talvas  gave  to  Thomas  his  son,  the  fourth  part  of  the 
town  of  Skircoat,  and  the  demesne  lande  of  Copley.  Witnesses, 
Jordano  filio  Askelphi  de  Thornhill,  Hugone  de  Eland,  Jo:  filio 
Rob"  de  Cromwelbothom,  railitibus ;  Jo:  fil.  Fergus  de  Stans- 
feld, Andrea;  de  Langtield.  The  seal  is  four  arrow-heads  with 
a  posy. 

"  Jordan,  son  of  Jo:  Talvas,  gave  to  Hugh  de  Copley  son  of 
Thomas  Talvas  his  brother,  xvj  acres  in  Skircoat  woods,  v  acres  in 
Merecloughbothom,  and  the  fourth  part  of  the  miln.  Witnesses, 
Peter  de  Alta  Ripa,  Robt.  de  Flaynesburgh,  John  de  Thornhill, 
Henry  de  Hiperum,  Hugh  de  Rastrick,  Michael  Talvas,  Richard 
de  Stansfeld,  Will  de  Laval. 

"  Hugh  Talvas  gave  to  Richard  vicar  of  Halifax,  the  manor 
of  Copley,  in  the  township  of  Skircoat  a.d.  i  363.  Witnesses,  John 
Savile  de  Eland,  Henry  Savile,  John  de  Lacy,  Will  de  Stansfeld, 
Thomas  Culpan." 

The  above  deeds  supply  three  generations  of  the  Talvas 
family  of  Copley,  and  also  four  generations  of  the  family  of 
Stansfeld. 

Whitaker's  History  of  Whalley  relates  a  matter  connected 
with  the  township  of  Stansfield,  which  gives  some  idea  of  the 
wildness  of  the  country,  and  of  its  inhabitants,  in  his  days  :— 

"  One  practical  superstition,  peculiar  so  far  as  I  know  to  this 
place,  deserves  to  be  remembered.  The  hydro-cephalus  is  a  disease 
incident  to  adolescent  animals,  and  is  supposed  by  the  shepherds 
and  herdsmen  to  be  contagious.  But  in  order  to  prevent  the 
progress  of  the  disease,  whenever  a  young  beast  had  died  of  this 
complaint,  it  was  usual,  and  it  has,  I  believe,  been  practised  by 
farmers  yet  alive,  to  cut  off  the  head,  and  convey  it  for  interment, 
into  the  nearest  part  of  the  adjoining  county.  Stiperden,  a  desert 
place  upon  the  border  of  Yorkshire,  was  the  place  of  skulls.  Of  so 
strange  and  fantastic  a  practice,  it  is  difficult  to  give  any  soluUon ; 

L 


82  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

yet  it  may  have  arisen  from  some  confused  and  fanciful  analogy  to- 
the  case  of  the  Azazel  (Numbers  xvj.  22.),  an  analogy  between  the 
removal  of  sin  and  of  disease." 

Crostone,  or  Cross  Stone,  takes  its  name,  so  says  Watson, 
"  From  an  ancient  stone  cross,  the  top  of  which  is  now  destroyed, 
and  the  bottom  is  made  into  a  seat,  from  whence  is  a  very  good 
prospect  of  the  country."  It  must  have  been  a  remarkably  wild 
view  in  Watson's  days,  as  even  yet,  the  tops  of  the  hills  are 
clothed  in  heather.  But  the  rising  town  of  Todmorden,  in  the 
valley,  to  the  right,  gives  a  feature  of  life  to  the  scene,  which 
must  then  have  been  lacking.  On  the  hill  above  Todmorden, 
Dob  Royd  Castle,  a  modern  erection,  stands  in  the  position  of 
an  ancient  feudal  hall.  Crowning  the  heights  of  Langfield 
opposite,  a  landmark  for  miles  around,  is  erected  Stoodley  Pike, 
an  obelisk  of  stone,  rising  from  a  balustraded  basement,  forming 
a  gallery,  reached  by  a  flight  of  steps,  40  feet  from  the  ground. 
The  obelisk  itself  towers  80  feet  higher  still ;  the  total  height 
being  40  yards.  A  former  pike  was  commenced,  upon  the 
abdication  of  Napoleon  the  Great  in  1814,  and  completed  in 
181 5,  soon  after  his  final  fall.  It  was  blown  down,  however,  in 
the  terrible  storm  of  the  8th  February  1854;  and  the  present 
erection  commemorates  the  restoration  of  peace,  after  the 
Crimean  war. 

Watson  thought  that  Cnlhctoiisctiin  in  Domesday,  might  be 
Crostone,  being  of  opinion  that  he  had  discovered  in  Heptone,. 
the  original  of  Heptonstall.  Dr.  Whitaker,  who  pointed  out 
this  latter  mistake,  objected  to  Crostone  that : — 

"  This  is  not  only  no  hamlet  within  Stansfield,  but  never  was 

included  within  it,  I  deem  it  therefore  much  more  probable,  that  it 

is  meant   for  the  valley,  bounding  on  one  side  the   township  of 

Heptonstall,  now  called  Crimsworthden  or  Crimsworth  (especially 

as  Heptonstall  itself  is  not  mentioned  in  Domesday)." 

Dr.  Whitaker's  reasoning  against  Mr.  Watson   invalidates 

his  own  conjecture  ;  for  Crimsworthden,   also,  is  not    only  no 

hamlet  within  Heptonstall,  but  never  was  included  in   it.     The 

name  also,  is  as  little  like  that  in  Domesday,  as  Crostone  itself. 

]>ut  discard  all  idea  of  providing  for  Heptonstall,  a  local 
habitation,  if  not  its  own  name,  in  Domesday  book  ;  and  a  place 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  83 

■at  once  suggests  itself,  having  similarity  of  sound,  with  the  lost 
locality  in  the  Dom  Boc.  Under  the  ridge  of  the  hill  in 
Erringden,  on  a  ledge  of  sloping  land,  nearly  opposite  Hepton- 
stall,  there  is  still  a  little  hamlet  called  Cruttonstall,  preserving 
after  the  lapse  of  nine  centuries,  as  near  an  approach  to  the 
name — Crubetonsetun,  as  the  imperfect  phonography  of  the 
Norman  scribes  permitted.  Its  situation  furnishes,  moreover,  a 
reason  for  the  cessation  of  the  name,  in  the  legal  documents  of 
the  earliest  periods,  subsequent  to  the  date  of  Domesday. 
Where  there  is  a  great  change  in  the  orthography,  between  a 
name  in  the  Domesday  book,  and  one  in  the  present  da}-,  an 
intermediate  stage  is  often  seen  in  the  early  charters.  But  in 
the  case  of  Crubetonsetun,  there  is  the  single  entr_\-  in 
Domesday  book,  and  then  no  more.  If  it  were  Cruttonstall,  this 
•disappearance  would  be  explained  ;  as  Erringden,  wherein  it 
was  situated,  was  emparked,  and  remained  a  preserve  of  deer, 
until  the  reign  of  Henry  VI. 

The  difficulty  that  this  application  of  Crubetonsetun,  to 
a  portion  of  Erringden,  leaves  Heptonstall  entirely  out  of 
Domesday,  is  no  objection  to  this  suggestion  ;  since  the 
suggestions,  both  of  Mr.  Watson  and  of  Dr.  Whitaker,  arc 
equally  open  to  the  like  remark.  Crimsworth  is  in  Wadsworth 
township,  which  is  itself  mentioned  in  Domesday,  as  one  of  the 
berewics  of  Wakefield.  There  is  no  natural  boundaiy,  by  which 
it  could  ever  have  been  separated  from  that  township.  Where- 
as the  present  boundary  of  Heptonstall  (on  that  side),  is  obvious 
and  irremovable,  following  the  course  of  the  Hepton,  from 
the  valley  of  the  Calder,  to  its  rise  on  the  hills  bounding  York- 
shire and  Lancashire.  In  the  same  manner,  Crostone  is  part 
of  the  township  of  Staucsfelt,  mentioned  in  Domesday  ;  and  Mr. 
Watson  offers  no  hypothesis,  why  it  should  be  separately  men- 
tioned as  Crubetonsetun  in  that  survey.  When,  however, 
Erringden  becomes  dispaled,  the  early  deeds  do  not  mention  the 
names  of  places,  but  Croutonstall  occurs  in  a  deed  dated  16 
February  1603,  and  is  spelt  exactly  in  the  same  way,  in  the  will 
of  Richard  Nailor  of  Brundackcrs  in  Erringden,  the  benefactor 
to  Heptonstall  church. 


84  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  purposes  for  which  Erringden  was  made  into  a  park, 
suggest  an  early  "  ridding,"  or  clearing,  of  the  land,  for  agricul- 
tural purposes.  It  is  spelt  circa  A.D.  1335,  Heyrikdenc  ;  which,  it 
has  been  suggested,  means  the  dean  or  valley  of  the  hay-ricks. 
It  is  also  spelt  Earingden,  meaning  the  valley  of  the  earing  or 
ploughing.  When  it  was  found  that  a  park  was  necessary,  in 
which  to  preserve  the  deer,  &c.,  and  to  grow  food  for  them,  in 
winter  ;  it  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that,  having  the  whole  forest 
to  choose  from,  that  portion  which  could  most  readily  be  brought 
under  sufficient  cultivation,  and  yet  be  near  to  the  residences  of 
the  foresters,  would  be  selected.  The  former  would,  necessarily, 
be  in  the  valley,  and  as  the  early  inhabitants  chose  the  hill  sides 
for  their  residences,  it  may  safely  be  supposed  that  the  two 
places  of  Erringden  and  Cruttonstall  supplied  what  was  requisite 
for  the  purpose.  The  suitability  of  the  former  would  be  due  to 
the  proximity  of  the  more  ancient  settlement,  and  the  labours 
of  the  residents  of  the  latter  place. 


Chapter  V. 


CROSTONE  CHURCH. 


RIGINALLY,  no  doubt,  the  chapel  of  Crostone  was 
buih,  during  the  great  era  of  church-building,  in  the 
parish  of  Hahfax,  at  the  close  of  the  fifteenth,  and 
commencement  of  the  sixteenth  centuries.  The  will 
of  Thomas  Stansfeld,  dated  3rd  April  1537,  and  which  is  given 
in  full  elsewhere,  favours  the  latter  period.  After  bequeathing 
legacies  to  Sowerby  church,  he  adds  : — 

"  Item.  I  gyve  to  the  chappell  beilded  at  the  crosse  stone, 
in  the  parishe  of  Heptonstall,  liijs.  iiijd.  now  in  the  handes  of 
\\'iniam  More  of  Heptonstall,  the  wiche  su  I  will  that  the  sayd 
William  More  paye  unto  Richard  Horsfall  and  Thomas  Stans- 
feld, to  bye  therwith  one  chales  to  the  said  chapell,  and  the  chales 
beyng  ther,  to  bee  geven  agayne  to  the  chiirche  of  Heptonstall, 
orels  the  new  chales  remayne  ther." 

Two  points  in  the  above,  infer  a  then  recent  building  of  the 
chapel.  First,  were  it  otherwise,  the  chapel  would  have  been 
called  Crostone  chapel,  for  the  use  of  the  phrase  "  builded  at  the 
cross  stone,"  seems  to  imply  a  recollection  of  the  building,  for  a 
chapel  could  not  well  have  been  there,  if  it  had  not  been  built. 
The  second  is  the  fact  of  the  chapel  not  having  a  chalice  of  its 
own,  but  evidently  having  borrowed,  or  been  accommodated 
with,  a  spare  one  from  Heptonstall. 

Another  inference  which  may  be  drawn  from  the  above  will 
is,  that  there  was  not  a  hamlet  at  Crostone,  the  chapel  being 
mentioned,  as  having  been  built  at  the  cross  stone.  Some  such 
hallowed  association  would  be  almost  necessary,  to  account  for 
its  being  built  there  ;  for  a  more  inconvenient  site  could  hardl}' 
(in  reason)  be  chosen,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  inhabitants 


86  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

of  Stansfield  and  Langfield.  Erected  on  the  heights  of  the 
former  township,  the  inhabitants  of  the  latter,  would  have  to 
descend  their  hill,  and,  along  with  the  bulk  of  the  parishioners, 
who  in  both  townships  resided  in  the  valleys,  would  have  to 
ascend  a  steep  hill,  on  the  road  to  nowhere,  except  the  church. 
There  never  was,  as  may  easily  be  seen,  a  hamlet  there. 

Where  the  national  school  is  built,  close  by  the  church,  is 
called  Priestwell,  and  this  may  point  to  some  very  early 
residence  of  a  priest  there,  long  before  a  chapel  was  built. 
Watson's  list  of  the  curates  commences  in  1650,  but  the 
following  occur  previous  to  that  time,  in  the  dates  added  to  their 
names. 

1592     Michaele  Wilson,  curate  att  Crostone. 
1607     Lawrence  Ambler,  minister. 
161 7     Mr.  Hambleton,  preacher  at  Crostone. 
1621-3  Samuel  Newman,  preacher  at  Crostone  chappell. 
1623     Mr.  francisscus  Hoolt,  Sta:  buried  at  Heptonstall  27th  October. 
1631-46  Jonathan   Scholefield,   who   was    chaplain   at  the  capture    of 

Leeds  by  the  parliamentarians  (see  True  Relation).     He 

was  also  one  of  the  ministers  who  "  laid  hands  "  on  Oliver 

Heywood. 
1646     AVilliam  ^\'halley,  clarke,  minister  of  Croston  chappell,  who  is 

curiously  mixed  up  with  a  case  of  witchcraft  at  Heptonstall, 

31st  December  1646. 
On  the  3rd  January  1590-1,  John  Craweshaye  of  Th'assenhirste 
in  Stansfield,  bequeathed  xxs.  towards  the  repairing  of  Crostone 
chapel.  Margarett  Mychell  left  iijs.  iiijd.  for  the  same  purpose, 
31st  July  1592.  Anthony  Sutcliffe  of  Stoytheley  in  Langfield,  in 
his  will  made  1 5th  March  161 5-6,  bequeathed  £6  each  to  the  town- 
ships of  Langfield,  Stansfield  and  Heptonstall  for  the  poor,and  : — 

Item.     I  give  to  the  enlargeinge  of  the  chappell  xls. 
John  Sutcliffe  of  Eastwood  lee  in  Stansfield,  yeoman,  on  the 
2 1st  January  1623-4,  after  bequeathing  xls  each  to  the  curates 
of  Heptonstall  and  Crostone,  added  : — 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  for  and  towardes  the  reparacon   of 
Croston  chappell  xls." 
He  also  left  £\o  and  ;^5  to  the  poor  of  Stansfield  and  Langfield 
respectively. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  87 

The  licence  for  baptisms  and  burials  at  Crosfone,  is  dated 
1st  November  1678.  This,  however,  led  to  laxity  in  the  matter, 
for  the  curate  of  Crostone  added  marriages,  and  also  permitted 
burials  to  take  place  in  Todmorden  churchyard,  whereby  the 
curate  of  Heptonstall  lost  his  fees,  and  the  registers  were  not 
properly  entered.  An  injunction  was  therefore  issued  to  the 
curate  and  churchwardens,  dated  28th  June  1682,  which  is 
entered  in  full  in  the  Heptonstall  registers. 

The  Parliamentary  Survey  xviij.  274,  reports  of  Crostone 
chapel : — 

"  No  maintenance.  To  be  united  to,  and  Heptonstall  to  be, 
the  Parish  Church  " 
Watson  states  there  is  an  endowment  of  the  chapel  of  los.  per 
annum,  paid  to  the  curate,  for  preaching  a  sermon  there,  every 
Whitsun  Day,  from  a  farm  in  Harley  wood  called  Jumps.  This 
must  have  been  of  the  gift  of  the  Ormerod  family,  as  that  farm 
has  been  in  their  possesion,  at  any  rate,  since  7th  July  1591, 
when  Peter  Ormeroyde  made  his  will. 

The  present  church  is  quite  modern,  the  first  stone  being 
laid  by  the  vicar  of  Hahfax,  3i.st  May  1832.  It  was  consecrated, 
along  with  a  new  burial  ground,  29th  September  1835.  It  is 
dedicated  to  S.  Paul.  The  previous  erection  was  not  old,  as  a 
facult}^  was  granted  to  rebuild  the  old  chapel,  on  2rst  June 
1717.  Following  the  example  of  Heptonstall,  and  no  doubt  the 
usual  course,  the  seats  were  assigned  in  1719  ;  and  the  list  is 
given  below,  as  furnishing  a  valuable  account  of  the  owners  of 
property  in  the  township,  at  that  time.  As  explaining  the  title 
to  such  assignments,  a  legacy  of  one  by  will,  may  well  be  pre- 
fixed thereto.  In  his  will,  dated  12th  January  1626-7,  ^"d  proved 
14th  April  1634,  William  Eastwood  of  Swallowshaye  in  Stans- 
field,  bequeathed  to  his  son  Simeon,  and  his  daughter  Sara : — 

"  All  my  estate,  title,  clame,  right,  and  demaunde  whatsoever, 
which  I  have  in  Heptonstall  church,  in  one  fforme  or  stall,  which 
doth  adioyne  neare  to  the  pulpitt,  in  the  said  church ;  and  also  in 
one  other  fforme  or  stall,  which  is  in  the  chappell  at  Crostone,  neare 
adioyninge  the  wall,  in  the  lower  end  of  the  said  chappell,  to  have 
and  to  hold  to  them,  the  said  Simmeon  Eastwood  and  Sara 
Eastwood,  and  to  their  heires  and  assignes  for  ever." 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


An  account  of  all  y=  Forms,  stalls,  or  seats,  pieous  [pews?]  being 
in  the  North  side  of  y=  Chappel  at  Crosstone,  below  y=  Chancell, 
commonly  called  Stansfield  side,  and  to  whom,  and  to  what  places, 
ye  same  do  properly  belong,  as  herein  and  hereafter  followeth,  anno. 
Dom.  1 7 19. 

The  First  below  the  Chancel,  for  the  Feofies. 


William  Sutcliffe  for  Royde. 
Richard  Gibson.  Eastwood. 
John  Fielden,  Shore. 
John  Eastwood  for  Eastwood. 
James  Gibson,  Brigroyd. 
William  Law,  Langfield. 
Stoothley  in  Langfield. 
Abr.\ham  St.\nsfield,  East- 
wood. 
Jonathan  Horsfall,  Castle. 

William  Sutcliff,  Upper  Ashes. 
Richard  Gibson,  Eastwood. 
John  Sutcliff,  Eastlee. 
John  Taylear,  Lane. 
Abraham  Stansfield,  East- 
wood. 
John  Fielden,  Shore. 

William  Sutcliffe,   Beanhoyl- 

head. 
Jonas  Clegg,  Rodwelend. 
James  Gibson,  Brigroyd. 
Richard  Thomas  for  Heatley. 
Abraham  Nayler  for  Croslee. 


John  Ormeroyd,  Jumps. 
Abraham  Ormerovd  for  , 


4.  William  Sutcliffe  for  Horsfall. 

Abraham  Nayler  for  

Jonas  Stansfield  for  Shore. 
John  Pilling  for  Pawood. 
John  Barber. 

5.  William  Sutcliff,  Xalflees. 
John  Holden  for  Dike. 
John  Sager  for  Intacks. 
Henry    Greenwood,    Ashen- 
hirst. 

Jonathan  Ingham,  Hippram. 
John  Sutcliff,  Lane. 
Thomas  Sutcliff  for  Killop. 
Jonathan  Ingham  for  Birks. 

6.  AVilliam  Sutcliff  for  Royd. 
William  Barber   for   Hough- 
tone. 

William  Mitchel  for  Hoorlaw. 
William  Sutcliffe,  four  parts. 
William  Barber,  a  sixth  part. 
William  Michell,  a  sixth  part. 


The  first  below  the  pulpit  adjoyning  up  to  it. 
I.     William  Sutcliff  for  Horsfall,  two  seats. 

Luke  Crosley  for  Rodwelend,  one  seat. 

John  Sutcliff  for  Eastlee,  one  seat. 

John  Sutcliff  for  Cross  gap,  one  seat. 

Thomas  Hellewell,  Greenhirsthey,  one  seat. 


John  Eastwood,  Upper  Tenement,  two  seats. 
Richard  Sutcliff,  Whittelroyd,  one  seat. 
James  Gibson  for  Bentheads,  one  seat. 
Abraham  Gibson,  Scout,  one  seat. 
Jonas  Stansfield,  U'hittonstall,  one  seat. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

John  Pilling,  Parrockend,  one  seat. 

Richard  Thomas,  Trustee  for  Ridgeyate,  one  seat. 

William  Greenwood,  Mutterhole,  two  seats. 

Thomas  Fielden,  Heyhead,  one  seat. 

Mearcy  Clegg  for  Holm,  one  seat. 


William  Sutcliff,  Upper  Ashes,  one  seat. 
Henry  ^^'alton  for  Holebottom,  one  seat. 
James  Stansfield,  Heyhead,  one  seat. 
Nicholas  Ogden,  Crosstone,  one  seat. 
Richard  Stansfield,  Adamroyd,  one  seat. 
James  Gibson,  Ashes,  one  seat. 

Jonathan  Horsfall,  Castle,  one  seat. 
Richard  Gibson  for  William  Sutchffe,  one  seat. 
John  Hellewell,  Greenhirsthey,  one  seat. 
Abraham  Nayler  for  Olivers,  one  seat. 
John  Eastwood  for  Eastwood,  one  seat. 
Abraham  Fielden  for  Kitsonroyd,  one  seat. 


William  Sutcliff,  Upper  Ashes,  one  seat. 
Abraham  Stansfield,  Eastwood,  one  seat. 
Richard  Gibson,  Eastwood,  one  seat. 
John  Taylear,  Lane,  one  seat. 
Edward  Sutcliffe,  Highcoat,  one  seat. 
Henry  ,  Fieldhirst,  one  seat. 


William  Sutcliffe,  Beanhoylhead,  one  seat. 
Abraham  Nailer,  Croslee,  one  seat. 
John  Sutcliife,  Eastlee,  one  close  (seat  ?) 
Richard  Thomas,  Hartley,  one  seat. 
Jonathan  Stansfield,  upper  Hartley,  one  seat. 
John  Ormeroyd  for  Jumps,  one  seat. 


The  Eighth  below  the  Pulpit. 

Sarah  Mitchel,  Whole  Law,  one  seat. 

Abraham  Nayler,  Kitsonwood,  one  seat. 

Jonas  Stansfield,  Lower  Shore,  one  seat,  assigned  over 

to  Sarah  Greenwood. 
Sarah  Greenwood  for  Croft  house  at  Shore,  one  seat. 
William  Sutcliffe  for  Rodwelhead,  one  seat. 
James  Gibson  for  Crostone  and  Beanhoyl,  two  seats. 

M 


go  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

9.     William  Greenwood,  West  Ashenhirst,  one  seat. 

Jonathan  Ingham,  ,  one  seat. 

Jonathan  Ingham,  Birks,  one  seat. 
John  Sutdiff,  Lane,  one  seat. 
Thomas  Sutcliffe,  Killop,  one  seat. 
John  Sagar,  Upper  Intack,  one  seat. 


John  Eastwood,  Halfe  Form. 

Amos  Eastwood,  one  seat  for  Fearney  lee. 

Luke  Crosley,  one  seat. 

Paul  Hellewell,  Upper  Ibbotroyd,  one  seat. 


Abr.\ham  St-^nsfield,  Eastwood,  one  seat. 
Richard  Gibson,  Ea.stwood,  one  seat. 
James  Gibson,  Hillhouse,  one  seat. 
Wiliam  Robert,  Intack,  one  seat. 
Henry  Cockroft  for  Bluebell,  one  seat. 
Henry  Greenwood,  Mercerfield,  one  seat. 

Richard  Gibson,  Eastwood,  one  seat. 
Amos  Eastwood,  Ballinroyd,  one  seat. 
Luke  Crosley,  West  Ballinroyd,  one  seat. 
Jonathan  Crabtree,  Hollinrake,  one  seat. 
John  Fielden,  Hartleyroyd,  one  seat. 
Henry  Greenwood,  Rawhey,  one  seat. 

John  Eastwood,  two  seats  for  Eastwood. 
John  Fielden,  Hartleyroyd,  three  seats. 
Henry  Cockcroft,  Lower  Stiperden,  one  seat. 


Richard  Gibson  for  William  Sutcliffe,  one  seat. 
Luke  Crosley,  Rodwellend,  one  seat. 
Paul  Hellewell,  Upper  Ibbotroyd,  one  seat. 
Thomas  Hellewell,  Greenhirsthey,  one  seat. 
Paul  Hellewell,  Lower  Ibbotroyd,  one  seat, 
Joshua  Fielden,  Shore,  one  seat. 


Abraham    Gibson,   for    Harleywood    Land,    the    whole 
Form. 

Richard  Thomas,  Trustee  for  Ridgeyate,  onejeat. 
Henry  Greenwood  for  Nethershays,  one  seat- 
George  Stansfield  for  Winsley,  two  seats. 

Nicholas  Ogden  for ,  one  seat. 

Edward  Ogden  for  Leemenhall,  one  seat. 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family.  91 

In  a  "Brief  Account  of  many  of  the  prosecutions  of  the 
People  called  Quakers  in  the  Exchequer,  Ecclesiastical  and 
other  Courts ;  for  demands  recoverable  by  the  Acts  made  in  the 
7th  and  8th  years  of  the  Reign  of  King  William  III.,  for  the 
more  easy  recover)'  of  Tythes,  Church  Rates  &c.,"  it  is  said  at 
page  165  :— 

"1 714.  William  Greenwood,  William  Sutcliffe,  Joshua 
Fielden,  Elizabeth  Sutcliffe,  Abraham  Fielden  and  Mary  Barker, 
were  prosecuted  before  the  Commissioners  for  pious  uses,  for 
certain  sums  demanded  of  them,  towards  the  maintenance  of 
Edward  Metham,  Parson  of  Crow-stone  Chapel  and  Vicar  of 
Hallifax.     The  sums  demanded  were  of: — 

£    s.    d. 
William    Greenwood,   for    5    years   and    3 

Quarters  at  5s,  4d.  per  annum i    10     8 

William  Sutcliffe,  ditto  at  3s.  4d 19     2 

Joshua  Fielden,  ditto  at  2s,  od 116 

Elizabeth   Sutcliffe  and  Abraham   Fielden, 
for    a    yearly   stipend    5s.    4d.,   and    for 

arrears  j^i.   i.  4.  , 168 

Mary    Barker,   for  5  years   at    3s.  6d.    per 

ann.  ...  17     (, 

The  said  William  Greenwood,  William  Sutcliffe  and  Joihua  Fielden 
were  committed  to  Rothwell  Goal,  on  the  21st  of  September  17 16, 
and  were  discharged  thence  on  the  5th  of  October  171 7. 

To  this  book  Archdeacon  Hayter  (afterwards  in  1759 
bishop  of  Norwich)  published  a  pamphlet  answer,  entitled,  "  An 
examination  of  a  Book  lately  printed  by  the  Quakers,  and  by 
them  distributed  to  the  Members  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament, 
entitled  A  Brief  Account,  &c:  Printed  for  John  and  Paul 
Knapton,  London,  1741  " — in  which  he  gives  the  reply  of  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Legh,  vicar  of  Halifax,  22nd  December  1740,  giving  an 
abridged  account  of  the  real  facts  of  the  case,  viz.: — 

I'hat  the  accused  were   not   charged    as   alleged,   but   were 

brought  before  a  Commission  of  pious  uses,  for  non-payment  of 

amounts,  charged  upon  the  lands  they  held. 

That  Metham  was  never  vicar  of  Halifax,  but  had  been  curate 

of  Crostone  chapel ;  who,  in  the  beginning  of  February  9th  Queen 

Anne,  exhibited  a  complaint  against  Elizabeth  Sutcliffe,  Abraham 

Fielden  and  Maria  Barker. 


92  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

That  an  Inquisition  was  taken  at  Leeds,  8th  February,  under 
the  43rd  Elizabeth,  entitled  An  Act  to  redress  the  misemployment 
of  Lands  Goods  and  Stocks  of  Money  heretofore  given  to  chari- 
table uses  ;  when  twelve  honest  and  lawful  men  found  : — 

"  It  is  found  and  doth  appear,  that  there  is  and  has  been  an 
antient  custom,  time  immemorial,  that  the  owners  or  occupiers  of 
all  the  messuages  and  lands,  lying  in  the  towns  of  Stansfield  and 
Langfield,  did  yearly  and  every  year,  pay  unto  the  curate  of  Crostone 
chapel  ^20,  as  a  stipend  for  reading  prayers,  preaching  and  per- 
forming other  godly  duties  in  the  said  chapel  .  .  .  until  such 
time  or  times  as  persons  called  Quakers  came  and  purchased  estates 
in  the  same  towns,  and  to  live  amongst  them. 

That  Elizabeth  Sutcliffe  and  Abraham  Fielden  had  themselves 
purchased  lands,  for  which  part  of  this  payment  had  always  been 
made ;  and  that  the  lands  occupied  by  Mary  Barker,  as  tenant, 
always  paid,  until  she  herself  became  the  owner." 

The  Commissioners,  therefore,  decreed,  on  the  9th  February, 
that  they  must  pay  the  amount  found  due,  with  costs ;  on  which 
decree  a  Writ  of  Execution  was  served,  tested  at  the  court  19th 
February  nth  Anne. 

On  the  30th  August  171 1,  another  Jury  (under  a  similar  Com- 
mission) at  Leeds,  found  that  the  messuages  and  lands  in  Stans- 
field, by  ancient  custom  paid  20  marks  a  year,  quarterly,  to  the 
feoffees  or  trustees  of  the  chapel  of  Crostone,  for  the  use  of  the 
curate,  and  those  of  Langfield  20  nobles. 

That  William  Greenwood's  farm  paid  5s.  4d.  per  annum,  until 
he  became  its  owner. 

That  Joshua  Fielden's  farm  had  paid  up  to  the  time  he  pur- 
chased it. 

That  Will:  Sutcliffe's  farm  had  paid  up  to  the  time  he  pur- 
chased it,  as  by  a  certain  old  rental,  to  the  said  jurors  in  evidence 
now  showed,  and  other  good  and  due  proofs,  and  upon  the  oaths 
of  diverse  antient  people,  appears.  The  Commissioners,  36th 
January  loth  Anne,  decreed  payment  accordingly.  Dr.  Legh  says 
that,  though  the  first  three  are  included  in  the  Quakers'  charge,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Metham  forgave  them  all,  or  great  part  of  the  debt ;  and 
that  as  to  the  olher  three,  when  the  writ  of  execution  was  issued 
out  of  Chancery,  13th  July  17 14,  they  exhibited  exceptions  in 
Chancery  (whither  says  Dr.  Hayter  "  They  might  well  hope  the 
poor  curate  would  not  be  able  to  follow  them  "),  but  on  the  loth 
of  I'ebruary  following,  he  put  in  his  answer,  several  witnesses  were 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  95 

heard,  and  the  ancient  rental  book  put  in,  the  15th  November 
1 7 15,  before  the  then  Lord  Chancellor  Couper,  who  over-ruled 
the  exception,  confirmed  the  decree,  and  ordered  the  exceptants  to 
pay  taxed  costs,  which  are  said  to  have  been  ^120  additional. 
And  it  was  because  they  refused  to  obey  this  decree,  that  they  were 
sent  to  Roth  well  Gaol  until  they  complied  therewith. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Legh  says  that,  except  this  stipend,  Mr.  Metham 
had  no  other  certain  provision,  but  "  A  poor  cottage  for  himself 
and  his  family  to  live  in,  worth  about  20s  per  annum,  an  annuity 
of  I  OS,  and  another  of  40s,  for  preaching  a  sermon  yearly  at 
Halifax." 

The  Rev.  John  Grimshaw,  who  became  curate  of  Crostone  25th 
January  1736,  afterwards  of  Luddenden,  lUingworth  and 
Haworth,  wrote  an  account  of  the  case,  as  follows,  in  1738: — 

"  Antient  tradition  informs  us,  that  the  chapel  of  Crostone 
was  founded  by  one  Stansfield  of  Stanskield  Hall,  who, 
being  possessed  of  several  messuages  withm  the  township  of 
Stansfield,  enjoined  the  several  occupiers  thereof,  to  make  an 
annual  contribution,  in  proportion  to  their  respective  farms,  towards 
the  maintenance  of  a  Minister.  After  this,  all  other  principal 
inhabitants  in  Stansfield,  as  also  of  Langfield  (another  hamlet 
within  the  said  chapelry),  agreed  to  advance  the  contributions  of 
Mr.  Stansfield's  tenants,  to  twenty  pounds  per  annum.  Stansfield 
paid  20  marks,  and  Langfield  20  nobles,  and  thus  it  has  continued 
time  immemorial,  as  will  hereafter  appear.  Tis  also  said  there  was 
a  deed,  which  notified  this  agreement  of  the  inhabitants,  and  spe- 
cified the  several  sums  respectively  paid  off  each  messuage.  These 
contributions  are  supposed  to  have  been  proportioned,  like  their 
other  assessments,  to  the  value  of  each  messuage  respectively.  The 
said  Deed  farther  mentioned  six  messuages,  four  in  Stansfield 
and  two  in  Langfield,  whose  proprietors  were  to  be  collectors  of  the 
said  annual  contribution  of  ^20,  and  therefore  called  Feoffees  of 
Crostone  chapel.  The  same  deed,  as  tis  supposed,  was  destroyed 
about  30  years  ago,  by  a  Dissenter,  wife  to  one  of  the  said  feoffees, 
in  whose  custody  it  was  lodged.  Tis  said  that  it  was  signed  by 
some,  but  not  by  all,  ot  the  said  inhabitants  of  Stansfield  and  Lang- 
field. About  80  or  100  years  ago,  and  since,  some  of  the  said 
messuages,  either  by  purchase  or  descent,  fell  into  Quakers'  hands. 
The  names  of  which  last-mentioned  messuages,  with  the  respective 
sums  paid  for  them,  together  with  the  names  of  the  present  occu- 
piers of  the  same,  are  as  follows  : — 


94  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

s.   d. 

Carhouse — Anthony  Dixon  ...  36    ^//w  Elizabeth  Sutcliffe's. 

Swallowshaw — John  Sutdiffe         ...  3     4     Son  to  WiUiam. 

Ashenhurst — Wilh  Barker...  ...  46 

Top  o'th'Ashenhurst — ^Mary  Barker  o     7 

5tannerly — Abraham  Barker         ...  36     Son  to  Mary. 

William  royd — James  Roberts      ...  on 

Hartleyroyd — Jon.\than  Stansfield  i     2 

Lungfield — John  Greenwood         ...  54     Son  to  William. 

Swinshead — John  Haworth  ...  20     tj/Zw  Joshua  Fielden's. 

Then  he  narrates  the  trials,  and  adds—  Their  discharge  was  pro- 
cured by  a  Church  of  England  man,  intimately  acquainted  with  one 
of  the  prisoners.  He  laid  down  about  ,^40  for  it,  which  money 
was,  in  all  probability,  either  privately  put  into  his  hands  for  that 
purpose,  or  aftenvards  repaid  him.  Since  which  time,  the  Curate 
makes  distress  upon  their  goods  for  nonpayment,  by  a  warrant 
granted  by  two  justices  of  the  peace,  by  virtue  of  a  late  statute. 

Dr.  Hayter,  in  his  pamphlet,  shews  that  this  proceeding, 
had  nothing  to  do  with  the  statute  against  which  the  Quakers 
complained  ;  and  observed  : — 

"  A  curate  could  not  have  been  so  speciously  delivered  out  to 
the  public  as  an  oppressor,  and  accordingly  he  is,  in  the  wording  of 
the  prosecution,  described  as  being  also,  what  he  never  was,  vicar 
of  Halifax.  Indeed,  this  poor  man's  lot  is  peculiarly  hard,  to  be 
traduced  now  he  is  dead,  by  the  very  people  who  endeavoured  to 
wrest  from  him  when  living,  by  a  groundless  litigation,  and  to  with- 
hold from  him,  contrary  to  the  decision  of  law,  part  of  a  bare  sub- 
sistence for  himself  and  his  family.  And  as  three  at  least,  if  not 
four,  were  themselves  purchasers  of  those  lands,  which  the  piety  of 
former  owners,  had  charged  with  payments  appropriated  to  the  ser- 
vice of  God,  they  must  consequently  have  had  an  allowance  for 
these  payments  in  the  purchase ;  and  yet,  because  these  sums  were 
set  apart  for  the  maintenance  of  a  curate,  they  could,  it  seems, 
with  a  quiet  conscience,  detain  them  as  their  own,  knowing  at  the 
same  time,  that  they  paid  no  valuable  consideration  for  them." 

To  this  pamphlet  the  Quakers  published — "  A  Vindication  of  a 
Book  entitled,  A  Brief  Account,  &c.,  in  answer  to  a  late  examin- 
ation thereof,  in  defence  of  the  clergy  of  the  diocese  of  York. 
London,  printed  by  T.  Sowle  Raylton  and  Luke  Hinde,  at  the 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


95 


Bible  in  George  yard,  Lombard  street,  1741."  They  reply  to 
the  Doctor's  complaint  of  misrepresenting  the  status  of  Mr. 
Metham,  "  This  may  have  been  a  mistake,  and  the  Examiner 
may  excuse  it,  because  it  was  but  doing  the  Curate  too  much 
honour ;"  and  they  retaliate  that  the  Doctor's  more  perfect 
knowledge  of  the  clergy,  may  have  made  him  a  better  judge 
than  the  Quakers  are,  for  "  He  seems  to  conceive  that  a  Vicar, 
being  in  a  degree  more  rich  and  more  powerful  than  a  Curate, 
may  be  more  speciously  delivered  out  to  the  public  as  an 
oppressor."  The  Quakers  in  conclusion  saj'  that  the  three 
prisoners  were  released  : — ■ 

"  Without  their  consent,  by  a  compassionate  neighbour,  who 
agreed  the  affair,  by  paying  moneys  either  to  the  curate,  or  to  Will: 
Sutclifife  of  Stansfield  Hall,  the  Curate's  benefactor  and  supporter, 
in  the  charges  of  this  suit,  whose  compassion,  not  the  curate's  lenity, 
had  prevented  the  other  three  being  sent  to  prison,  Mary  Barker 
being  a  poor  widow  with  many  children,  and  Elizabeth  Sutcliffe 
and  Abraham  Fielding,  weakly  persons,  likely  to  die  in  prison." 

The  ancient  registers  of  Crostone  church,  for  Stansfield  and 
Langfield  townships,  are  not  in  good  preservation  ;  but  as  the 
entries  also  appear  in  Heptonstall  registers,  it  is  not  so  much  to 
the  damage  of  archaeological  enquiry,  as  otherwise  it  would  have 
been.  The  following  are  the  inscriptions,  within  the  church  ; 
and  of  some  of  the  gravestones  in  the  churchyard. 

In  the  Church  :— On  a  small  white  marble  tablet,  on  the 
wall  between  the  easternmost  and  the  next  window,  in  the  north 
aisle  : — 

In  Memory  of  William  Eastwood,  of  Todmorden,  Attorney 

at  Law,  who  died  12th  May,  1847,   aged   35  years.     "  Multis  ille 

bonis  flebilis  occidit." 

Over  the  inscription  is  a  shield,  &c,  as  follows  : — 

Arms  :  Sable,  a  chevron  ermine,  with  two  couple  closes,  or, 

between  three  swans  argent  (should  be  beaked  and  membered  of 

the    third,    and    the    two    in   chief  respecting   each    other,    for 

Eastwood.) 

Crest  :  On  a  wreath,  a  dexter  arm  embowed  attired  gules, 

turned  up  ermine  or  argent,  holding (broken). 

Motto  :  Hoc  Tenemus. 


96  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  Royal  Arms,  in  the  front  of  the  west  gallerj',  arc  modern. 

Over  the  churchwardens' pew  at  the  west  end,  painted  on  a  board:— 

Benefactions  connected  with  this  Church. 
Mrs.  Sally  Walton  (Rehct  of  Abm.  Walton  of  Mill- 
wood, and  daughter  of  Wm.  Eastwood  of  Eastwood)  who  died 
19"'  Feb-^'-  1851,  by  her  Will  bequeathed  the  sum  of  L250  upon 
Trust,  to  apply  the  Interest  thereof  in  the  purchase  of  Bread, 
to  be  distributed  every  Sunday  Morning  after  Divine  Service, 
amongst  such  of  the  Poor  Persons  Inhabitants  of  the  Township  of 
Stansfield,  as  shall  attend   Divine  Service  in  this  Church. 

;^250     o      o. 

East  window.     Centre  light : — 

Inscription  :  Dedicated  by  Robert  Shackleton  East- 
wood Esqr.  M:A:  in  affectionate  remembrance  of  Sally  Walton 
his  aunt,  who  died  19  February  1851,  aged  56  years. 

Northern  light  : — 

Inscription  :  To  the  glory  of  God,  by  Barker  Sutcliffe, 
churchwarden  1876. 

Southern  light  : — 

Inscription  :  In  memory  of  The  Crossleys  of  Great 
House,  Eastwood. 

On  the  alms  dish  : — 

This  Alms'  dish  and  eight  collecting  plates,  presented  to  the 
Rev.  Whiteley  Mallinson  M.A.  Vicar,  for  the  use  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Cross  Stone,  by  Elizabeth  Ingham  of  Hallroyd,  Tod- 
morden.     Easter  1878. 

Inside  the  altar  book: — 

Given  to  the  Rev.  John  Ligbtfoot,  B.A.,  Vicar  of  Cross  Stone 
by  A.  G.  Ramsbotham.  The  altar  cloth  and  cross  were  given 
at  the  same  time  by  Mrs.  Ramsbotham,  Mrs.  John  Fielden  and 
Mrs.  Richard  Ramsbotham.     Easter  1883. 

On  brass  plates,  on  each  of  two  chairs  within  the  altar  rails: — 

Presented  to  the  Revd.  W.  Mallinson,  M.A.,  for  the  use  of  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Cross  Stone,  by  Elizabeth  Ingham,  Hallroyde, 
June  sth  1867. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  97 

In   the   Churchyard  :— On  a  gravestone  at  the  south- 
east corner : — 

In  memory  of  George  Stansfield  of  Stansfield  Hall,  wlio 
died  January  ist  1832,  aged  58  years.  He  served  as  a  soldier 
in  the  i6th  Queen's  Lt.  Dragoons,  during  the  whole  of  the  Penin- 
sular war,  and  was  present  at  the  Battle  of  Waterloo.  Also  of 
Susannah  his  wife,  who  died  August  9th  1840,  aged  50  years. 
Also  of  Sally  Stansfield,  wife  of  Joseph  Stansfield  of 
Wellington  Road,  Todmorden,  son  of  the  above,  who  died  Jany. 
19th  1877,  aged  59  years.  Also  of  Hannah  their  Daughter,  born 
February  8th  1841,  died  March  loth  1841. 

NOTE  :  There  were  some  cottages  near  Stansfield  Hall,  which 
also  were  known  by  that  name. 

Here  resteth  the  Body  of  Sally  Stansfield,  Daughter  of 
John  and  Sally  Stansfield,  of  Upper  Ibbot  Royd  in  Stansfield, 
who  departed  this  Life  the  24th  day  of  June  1799,  aged  16  years. 
x\lso  the  Body  of  Hannah  Stansfield,  daughter  of  the  above 
John  Stansfield,  who  departed  this  Life  the  29th  day  of 
June  1800,  aged  27  years.  Also  the  body  of  Abraham 
Stansfield,  son  of  the  above  John  Stansfield,  who  departed 
this  life  the  loth  day  of  June  1803,  aged  —  years.  Also 
the  Body  of  James  Stansfield,  son  of  the  above  John  Stans- 
field, who  departed  this  life  the  17th  day  of  June  1810,  aged  34 
years.  Also  of  Sally,  the  wife  of  the  said  John  St.\nsfield, 
who  departed  this  life  Nov  15th  1821,  aged  73  years.  Also  of 
the  aforesaid  John  Stansfield,  who  departed  this  life  June  loth 
1829,  aged  83  years.  Also  Susannah  Tillotson,  Daughter  of 
the  above  John  and  Sally  Stansfield,  who  departed  this  life 
February  ist  1847,  aged  66  years.  Also  of  Mary  Stansfield, 
Daughter  of  the  above  named  John  and  Sally  Stansfield,  who 
died  loth  of  August  1858,  aged  80  years. 
NOTE  :  Upper  Ibbot  royd  is  now  called  Style. 

Mary  Stansfield,  July  26th  1747.  Ann  Stansfield,  Sep- 
tember 29th  1768.  James  Stansfield,  September  nth  1784. 
William  Stansfield,  January  14th  1789.  Also  the  Body  of 
Betty  Stansfield,  who  died  September  14th  1794.  Also  the 
Body  of  William,  Son  of  John  Stansfield,  died  July  15th  1803. 
In  Memory  of  John  Stansfield,  of  Millgate,  who  died  Dec.  loth 
1879,  in  the  35th  Year  of  his  age. 

N 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Here  lie  the  Remains  of  Betty,  the  Daughter  of  James 
Stansfield  of  Todmorclen,  who  departed  this  life  July  21st  181 1, 
aged  17  weeks.  Also  of  John  and  Sally,  who  died  in  infancy. 
Also  of  Jane  his  Daughter,  who  departed  this  Life  March  6th  1825, 
aged  n  months.  Also  of  Robert  his  Son,  who  departed  this 
Life,  March  23rd  1831,  aged  11  years.  Also  of  the  above 
Ja.mes  Stansfield,  who  departed  this  Life  Nov.  27th  1834,  aged 
51  years.  Sarah  Ann,  Daughter  of  Willl\m  and  Ann  Stans- 
field, died  March  21st  1835,  aged  23  weeks.  Also  Mary  Jane, 
their  Daughter,  died  August  22nd  1839,  aged  13  months.  Also 
of  Sarah,  Daughter  of  the  above  James  Stansfield,  who  died 
March  2nd  1844,  aged  i5  years.  And  of  William,  Son  of  the 
above,  who  died  October  28th  1845,  ^g^d  36  years.  Also  of  Sally, 
wife  of  the  above  James,  who  died  May  15th  1846,  aged  60  years. 


Li  Memory  of  Miss  Ann  Stansfield,  the  second  Daughter 
of  Mr.  John  Stansfield  of  Stoodley  House  in  Stansfield,  who 
departed  this  Life,  the  9th  day  of  July  1838,  aged  21  years. 

"  Blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the  Lord." 
"Ere  sun  could  blight  or  sorrow  fade, 
Death  came  with  friendly  care. 
The  opening  bud  to  heaven  conveyed, 
And  bid  it  blossom  there." 

Also  of  the  above  named  John  Stansfield,  who  departed  this 
Life  Oct.  31st  1839,  aged  63  years.  Also  of  j\L\ry,  Relict  of 
the  above  John  Siansfield,  who  died  Jan.  29th  1865,  aged  84 
years.  Also  of  Oeokge,  their  Son,  who  died  Dec.  7th  1867,  aged 
53  years.  

Here  lieth  the  Body  of  James  Stansfield  of  Stansfield  Hall, 
who  departed  this  Life,  November  19th  1826,  in  the  54th  year  of 
his  age.  Also  of  Betty  his  Wife,  who  departed  this  Life,  October 
1 8th  1850,  aged  69  years.  Also  of  William  his  Son,  who  departed 
this  Life,  May  14th  1848,  aged  41  years.  Also  of  Mary,  Daughter 
of  the  above,  who  departed  this  Life,  December  4th  1849,  aged  44 
years.  Also  of  Sally,  Daughter  of  the  above,  who  departed  this 
Life,  .-Vugust  30th  1850,  aged  28  years.  Also  of  Eliza  Ann  Stans- 
field, died  June  14th  1863,  aged  17  years.  Ann  Stansfield,  died 
Feb.  13th  1865,  aged  55  years.  .Vlso  of  Susan  Stansfield,  who 
departed  this  Life  at  Manchester,  August  7th  1876,  aged  61  years. 

Here  lie  the  Remains  of  George  Stansfield,  late  of  Eastwood, 
who  departed   tliis   Life,  July   23rd    1846,  aged  91   years.      .\lso 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  99 

Ann,  the  wife  of  George  Stansfield  of  Lower  Birks,  who  de- 
parted this  Life,  June  3rd  1815,  aged  58  years.  Also  of  Susan  his 
Daughter,  who  departed  this  life,  December  4th  1825,  aged  32  years. 


In  Memory  of  William  Stansfield,  who  died  May  loth 
1858,  aged  70  years.  Also  of  Susan,  wife  of  the  said  William 
Stansfield,  who  died  January  4th  1844,  aged  56  years.  Also  of 
John  their  Son,  who  died  November  ist  1842,  aged  28  years. 
Also  Thomas  Stansfield  of  Sandy  Gate,  who  died  February 
9th  1869,  aged  60  years.  Also  of  Ann  his  Daughter,  who  died 
November  9th  1878,  aged  22  years. 


Here  lieth  the  Body  of  JiMxMV,  Son  of  James  Stansfield  of 
Millwood,  who  died  January  loth  1781,  in  the  3rd  year  of  his 
age.  Also  the  Body  of  Mary  his  Daughter,  who  died  October 
13th  1798,  in  the  13th  year  of  her  age.  Also  the  Body  of  the 
above  James  Stansfield,  who  died  April  8th  1813,  aged  58  years. 
Also  of  Betty,  the  wife  of  the  said  James  Stansfield,  who  died 
April  15th  1833,  aged  81  years.  Also  Ann  their  Daughter,  who 
died  Feb.  22nd  1849,  aged  68  years.  Also  of  William,  Son  of 
the  above  James  and  Betty  Stansfield,  who  departed  this  Life, 
August  3rd  1854,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age.  Also  of  Mary,  wife 
of  the  above  William  Stansfield,  who  died  February  7th  1855, 
in  the  77th  year  of  her  age. 

In  Memory  of  Fred,  the  Son  of  Richard  and  Grace  Stans- 
field, Iron  Founder,  Todmorden,  who  died  July  19th  1850,  aged 
3  months.  Also  of  the  aforesaid  Richard  Stansfield,  who  died 
July  17th  1870,  aged  53  years. 


Here  lie  the  Remains  of  William,  the  Son  of  James  Stans- 
field of  Bridge  End,  who  departed  this  Life,  June  nth  1820. 
aged  I  year  and  6  months.  Also  of  Mary  Ann  his  Daughter, 
who  departed  this  Life,  Feb  22nd  1825,  aged  3  years  and  ii 
months.  Also  of  the  above-named  James  Stansfield  of  Swines- 
head  Clough,  born  November  25th  1797,  died  January  19th  1876. 
Alsoof  Betty  his  Wife, born  March  ist  1797,  died  April  17th  1876. 


Here  lieth  the  Body  of  Abraham  Stansfield,  who  departed 
this  Life,  August  isth  1773-  Also  the  Body  of  George  Stansfield, 
who  died  April  26th  1795,  aged  69  years.     Likewise  of  the  Body 


HiSTORV  OF  THE  StANSFELD   FAMILY. 

of  Mary  Stansfield,  who  died  March  30th  1797,  aged  6  years. 
Also  Betty,  the  Wife  of  George  Stansfield,  who  died  June  26th 
1 810,  aged  42  years.  Likewise  the  above  George  Stansfield, 
who  died  October  i6th  1814.  aged  42  years.  Also  Abraham 
Stansfield,  who  died  September  27th  1823,  aged  52  years. 


In  Memory  of  Abraham  Stansfield  of  Blind  Lane,  who 
died  May  7th  1855,  in  the  ssth  year  of  his  age.  Also  of  William 
his  Son,  who  died  Oct.  19th  1870,  aged  20  years.  Also  of  ^L\rv, 
Wife  of  the  above  Abraham  Stansfield,  v.ho  died  Feb.  14th  1876, 
in  her  70th  year. 

Here  rest  the  Remains  of  Grace,  Daughter  of  John  Stans- 
field of  ^Millwood,  who  died  Aug.  4th  1813.  Also  Mary  his  Wife, 
who  died  July  12th  1814,  aged  25  years.  Also  Maria  his  Daughter, 
who  died  July  14th  1814.  Also  Mary  his  Daughter,  who  died 
November  26th  1815,  aged  i  year.  Also  Mary  Smith  Stansfield. 
who  died  Nov.  iSth  i83i,aged  3  years  and  6  months.  Also  of  Sarah 
Stansfield,  who  died  Sept.  14th  1835,  aged  2  years.  Also  of  the 
above  named  John  Stansfield,  who  died  May  23rd  1864,  in  his  77th 
year.   Also  of  Mary  his  Wife,  who  died  Dec.  2  7th  1 87 1 ,  aged  75  years. 


Here  lieth  the  Body  of  John  Stansfield  of  Holm,  who  de- 
parted this  Life,  the  loth  day  of  May  1733.  Mary  Stansfield, 
May  y=  loth  1774.  George  St.\nsfield,  May  y«  20th  1774.  Also 
the  Body  of  John  Stansfield,  who  died  February  7th  1803,  in  the 
60th  year  of  his  age.  Also  Abraham  his  Son,  died  February  3rd 
1812,  aged  32  years.  Also  Ann,  the  Wife  of  the  above  John 
Stansfield,  who  died  December  23rd  1815,  aged  73  years.  Also 
of  John  Stansfield  of  Whilworth,  who  died  August  4th  1867,  aged 
60  years.  Hannah,  AVife  of  Richard  Thg.mason,  who  died  May 
loth  1873,  aged  30  years.  Also  of  Sally,  Wife  of  the  above  John 
Stansfield,  who  died  May  13th  1876,  aged  68  years. 

There  are  two  or  three  old  gravestones,  known  to  be  belong- 
ing to  the  Stansfeld  family,  but  containing  nothing  but  initials 
and  dates.  One  has  M.S.  18 10,  and  another  simply  the  date 
1669,  which  the  present  clerk  and  sexton  himself  cut,  whilst  the 
original  figures  were  visible.  But  other  marks  are  illegible,  which 
may  be  largely  due  to  the  fact  that  the  stones  once  formed  a 
portion  of  the  floor  of  the  churches,  which  existed  previously 
to  the  present  erection. 


^tansfieHi  oi  ^tansfielti,  near  ilaltfajc,  in  tfte 
SS^apentacIke  oi  ^^rifl  anU  JHorle^. 

/-V^;//    Harleian    MS.    4.6J0,   folio    ^82    in    Britisli    Museum. 

Kore  Sable,  3  Goats  tiippant,  Argent. 


Wyon  Maryons. 
Lord  of  the  Lo'pp  of  Stansfield, 
married  and  had  issue. 


I 

Jordan  of  Stansfield.        ==         ,  daughter  of 

Was  seized  of  the  Lordship  of  John  Townley,  Esq. 

Stansfield  near  Halifax. 


John  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.  ==  Elizabeth,  daughter       Thomas.        Robert.        Oliver,  Constable  of 
Son  and  heire  of  Jordan.  of   Mr.    Thomas  Pontefract  Castle. 

Entwistle. 


Richard  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.  ==  Alice,  daughter  of  Sr-  Thomas        Jane  =  Rafe  Copley,  Esqr. 
Son  and  heire  of  John.  Tunstall  of  Thurland  Castle  in 

the  County  of  Lancaster,  Knt- 

Edmond  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.   =  Agnes,  daughter  of  Mr.  Robert.  Hugh.  Roger. 

Son  and  heire  of  Richard.  Thomas  Midglev. 

Rafe  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.  =  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas        Bryan.  Gilbert. 

Son  and  heire  of  Edmokd.  Copley  of  Copley,  Esq. 

Henry  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.  =  Diones,  daughter  of  Bryan        Rafe.        Jordan.        William. 
Son  and  heire  of  Rafe.  Thornhill,  Esq. 

William  STAN.SFIELD  of  Stansfield,  Esq.   =  Johan,  daughter  of      Richard.       Mary.      Jane.      Elizabeih. 
Son  and  heire  of  Henry.  Sir  John  Burton 

of  Kinesley,  Knt. 

Thomas  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.   =  Barbara,  daughter  of  Mr.        Mabell.        Jane.        Meryon. 
Son  and  heire  of  William.  I    John   Lasseli,  of  Lassell 

J     Hall,  near  Almondbury. 

i  '  \  \  i 

John  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.   =  Mary,  daughter  of  Mr.  John       Robert.      Anthony.      Will'm. 
Son  and  heire  of  Thomas.  I     Fleming  of  Wathe. 

i  \  \  \  \  \  i 

Thomas  Stansfield  =  Alice,  daughter    Henry.     ANNE  =  Mr.  Thomas    Isabell.    Jane.    Elizabeth.     Mary. 
of  StansfH'.ld,  Esq.       of  Mr.  John  Savile. 

Son  and  heire  of  John.  I    Savile. 

i  i  i  i  \  ^1 

Will'm  Stansfield  =  Elizabeth,  daughter  of        Robert.        Richard.        Henry.        Julyan.        Mary. 
of  Stansfield,  Esq.    I    John  Duckenfield  of 
Son  and  heire  of  Duckenfield,  Esq. 

Thomas. 


James  Stansfield  of  Stansfield  and  Harteshead  =   ,  daughter  of  Mr.  Holden  of  Lancashii 

near  Kirklees.  Esq.     Son  and  heire  of  Willm.  ' 

AsHTON  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esq.   ==   ,  daughter  and  heire  Severall  other  children, 

Son  and  heire  of  James,  was  Barrister  at  of  Mr.  Philemon  Speight  of  sons  and  daughters. 

Lawe  of  Graye's  Inne,  lived  in  Wakefield.  Earlesheaton  near  Dewsberrj'. 

A 


Severall  children,  who  all 
died  younge  without  issue. 


HERALDS'    COLLEGE    PEDIGREE    No,    1. 

^tansfielti   of  ^tansfielti,   near   l^allifajc. 

Bore  sable  3  goats  trippant  argent. 


I 

Jordan  Stansfield,  Esqr.      =     daughter  of  Sr.  John  Townley 

of  Townley,  in  com.  Lane. 

I  '         \  \  I  I 

John.  =  Elizabeth,  daughter  of      Thomas.      Robert.      Oliver,  Constable  of    Jane.   =  Rape  Copley,  Esqr 
Thomas  Entwistle.  Tontefract  Castle. 

Richard  Stansfield,  Esqr-     ==    Alice,  dr-  of  Sr.  Thomas  Tunstall, 
of  Thurland  Castle. 


Edmond.    =     Agnes,  dr-of  Mr-  al's  Sr.  Tho: 
I      Midgeley. 


Ralph  Stansfield,  Esqr. 


I 
Henry  Stansfield,  Esqr- 


Will":  Stansfield,  Esq. 


I 
Thomas  Stansfield,  Esq. 


John  .Stansfield,  Esq. 


Jane,  dr.  of  Thomas  Cupley, 
of  Copley. 


DioNEs,'dr.  of  Brian  Thornhill,        Ralph.        Willm-  Jordan. 

of  Thornhill,  Esq. 


I  I  I  I 

Joan,  dr-of  Sr. John  Burton,        Richard.        Mary.        Jane.        Elizabeth. 
of  Kinsley,  in  com.  Ebor. 


Barbara,  dr.  of  John  Lassell,  of      Mabel.      Jane.        Meriox. 
Lassel  Hall,  in  com.  Ebor.,  Esq. 


Mary,  dr.  of  John  Fleming,         Robert. 
of  Wath. 


Thomas  Stansfield,  =Alice,  dr.  of    Henry.     ANN  =  Mr.  Tho:  Savile.    Issabel.    Jane.     Elizabeth.     Mary. 
of  Stansfield,  Esq.  John.S.WIle, 


William  Stansfield,  Esq.   =  Eliz:  dr.  of  John        Robert.         Richard.         Henry.         Julian.          .Mary. 

I      DUCKENFIELD,Esq. 

James  Stansfield,  of  Stansfield  and  H.irteshead,     =     dr-of  Mr-  Holden,  of  Lancashire- 
near  Kirklees,  Esq.,  living  in  1536. 


Ashton  Stansfield,  Esq.,  Barrister-   =     dr.  and  heir  of  Several  other  children. 

at-Law,  lived  in  Wakefield.  j       Mr-  Philemo  Speight,  sons  and  daughters. 

I      of  Earles  Heaton,  near 
Dewsberry. 

A 

Several  children,  who  all  died 
young,  without  issue. 

N.B. — Of  this  family  were  the  Stansfields  of  Lewis,  in  Sussex,  who  alter'd  their  arms  to  Vert,  3  goals  passant 
argent,  armed  or. 


■  Pedigrees  and  Descents  of  /  r7 

the  County  of  York,  collected  /S^!:^/         JC     y£ 

■e,"  in  the  Coll",  of  John  -^ U^Z6i>^     ^.i^^^ 


From  a  MS.  entitled  "  The  Pedigrees  and  Descents  of 

the  Nobility  and  Gentry  of  the  County  of  York,  collected 

by   the  Revl-  John  Brooke,"  in     '      "  "        -  ~  • 

Charles  Brooke,  Somerset  Herald.  ^ 


Chapter    VI. 


THE    STANSFELDS    OF   STAXSFIELD. 


Heralds'  College  Pedigree   No.  i. 

Historians  give  but  scant  mention  in  their  local 
works  of  Stansfield  Hall.  Dr.  Whitaker  states  that 
it  is  situated  in  a  very  beautiful  part  of  the  valley 
of  Todmorden.  Watson  says  that  in  his  days,  there 
were  no  remains  of  antiquity,  nor  any  dates  or  inscriptions  ;  but 
the  north  part  of  the  house  was  studded,  and  there  were  some 
remains  of  the  Stansfeld  arms,  over  the  mantel-piece  in  the  hall, 
in  plaster  work.  Dr.  Whitaker  adds  that  these  arms  were  irre- 
gularly placed,  along  with  those  of  Lassels,  a  cross  flory  ;  from 
which  circumstance,  he  judged  it  probable,  that  it  was  built  by 
Thomas  Stansfeld,  who  married  Barbara,  daughter  of  John 
Lassels.  But  in  that  case,  the  cross  flory,  a  common  description 
of  the  cross  patonce,  the  true  bearing  of  the  Lassels  family, 
should  have  been  impaled.  And  although  the  cross  may  be 
considered  but  as  a  christian  symbol,  over  the  grave  of  Oliver  de 
Stansfeld,  in  the  Stansfeld  quire  of  Burnley  church  ;  yet  it  must 
not  be  overlooked,  that  Dr.  Whitaker  himself,  describes  that  tomb 
as  an  ancient  gravestone,  well  according  with  the  era  of  Edward 
II.,  on  which  is  engraved,  in  very  bold  relief,  a  cross  fleury.  If 
Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  constable  of  Pontefract  castle,  bore  a  cross 
fleury,  it  is  not  unlikely  that  the  founder  or  rebuilder  of 
Stansfield  Hall,  with  whom  were  contemporaneous  the 
descendants  of  Oliver,  in  the  Stansfelds  of  Burnley,  should 
intermingle  along  with  his  own  coat,  the  arms  borne  by  a  neigh- 
bouring branch  of  the  family,  and  presumptively  by  their 
common  ancestor. 


I02  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

It  is  matter  of  regret,  that  the  deeds  by  which  the  Stansfeld 
family  alienated  Stansfield  Hall  from  them,  are  not  producible  ; 
but  the  date  is  not  difficult  to  be  ascertained.  The  Heptonstall 
register  of  births  supplies  a  clue,  as  James,  son  of  John  Pilling  of 
Hillhouse,  was  born  5th  March  1653-4,  ^nd  his  brother  Thomas, 
son  of  John  Pilling  of  Stansfield  Hall,  was  born  5th  July  1656. 
This  John  Pilling  married  Mar}',  daughter  of  George  Stansfeld  of 
Adam  Royd,  whose  will  will  be  found  elsewhere.  He  sold 
Stansfield  Hall  to  Joshua  Horton  of  Sowerby  in  1675,  according 
to  Watson,  who  states  further  that  the  widow  Pilling  released 
her  right  of  dower  in  the  said  hall,  to  Dr.  Thomas  Horton  in 
1693.  Joshua  Horton  died  in  1679,  leaving  three  sons,  Joshua, 
who  purchased  Chaderton,  and  was  grandfather  of  the  first 
baronet  of  the  name  and  place  ;  Elkanah  of  Thornton  Hall, 
barrister,  who  died  without  issue  in  1729 ;  and  Thomas  of 
London,  M.D.,  who  died  without  issue  in  1694,  bequeathing  his 
estates  to  his  eldest  brother.  Stansfield  Hall  did  not  long  remain 
in  the  possession  of  the  Horton  family  ;  for  Elkanah  Horton,  by 
deed  dated  29th  May  1696,  conveyed  it  to  William  Sutcliffe  of 
Upper  Ashes,  who  appears  to  have  been  a  thriving  and  pros- 
perous man.  It  remained  in  the  Sutcliffe  family,  until  it  was 
bought  from  them  by  its  present  owner,  Joshua  Fielden,  J.P. 

Two  early  pedigrees  of  the  Stansfields  of  Stansfield,  are 
given  in  sheets.  One  is  from  a  MS.  in  Heralds'  College,  and 
the  other  from  the  Harleian  MS.  4630  fo:  582,  in  the  British 
Museum.  They  are  ver>-  similar,  and  so  will  be  treated  of 
together,  taking  each  generation  in  the  order  there  given. 


I._WYON  MARYONS. 
Bore,  argent,  three  fleurs-de-lis.  gules. 
WyoN  MaryoNS,  lord  of  the  lordship  of  Stansfield,  came 
from  Normandy  with  William  the  Conqueror.  So  says 
Whitaker,  but  Watson  states  :  "  Probably  of  Norman  extraction, 
and  in  all  likelihood  a  follower  of  earl  Warren,  on  whom  this 
Tordship  was  bestowed."  Burke's  Heraldic  Illustrations,  plate 
cxviii.,  says  of  him  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  103 

"Wyon  -Maryon,  the  descendant  of  a  noble  line  in  Brittany, 
and  a  companion  of  William  the  Conqueror,  obtained  from  his 
Royal  Master  a  grant  of  the  extensive  township  of  Stansfeld,  in  the 
CO.  of  York,  and  assuming  therefrom  his  surname,  was  founder  of 
this  family  (Stansfeld),  which  has  continued  through  an  uninter- 
rupted male  course  by  intermarriages  with  many  of  the  most 
ancient  houses  of  that  county,  down  to  the  present  period,  becoming 
connected  in  some  instances  with  the  Saviles,  ancestors  of  the 
Earls  of  Scarborough  and  Mexborough,  and  Marquesses  of  Halifax; 
that  model  of  an  English  gentleman,  the  celebrated  John  Evelyn, 
derived  through  his  mother  from  the  Stansfelds. 

"The  noble  descent  and  ancient  arms  of  the  family  of  Maryon, 
namely  '  Argent,  three  fleurs-de-lis,  gules,'  were  confirmed  by  the 
Chamber  of  general  reform  of  the  nobility  of  France,  instituted  by 
command  of  Lewis  XIV.  to  Claude  Marion,  Seigneur  de  Kerhouel. 
at  Quimper,  September  4th,  1669,  The  name  of  Kyriell  appears 
on  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey  as  that  of  one  of  the  conquerors  of 
Haotings.  Robert  Duke  of  Normandy,  the  Conqueror's  father,  in 
order  to  keep  in  check  the  people  of  the  Pays  de  Dol,  built  in  the 
year  1030,  a  castle  at  Cazel  or  Cheruel,  upon  the  Coesnon.  a  river 
which  then  divided  the  provinces  of  Normandy  and  Ijrittany. 
This  place  gave  the  name  to  a  family  which  became  highly  distin- 
guished in  succeeding  generations  on  each  side  of  the  channel,  in 
its  different  branches. 

"The  family  of  which  ^^-e  are  now  treating,  that  of  Maryon,  Lord 
of  Stansfeld,  was,  if  not  in  the  main  line,  one  of  the  younger 
English  branches.  Another  and  a  more  distinguished  one  retained 
the  Seignorial  name  of  Kyriel,  and  in  the  course  of  its  descent, 
intermarried  with  the  Norman  and  English  noble  families  of 
Crevecceur,  Neville,  AubreviUe,  Clifford,  and  Peche,  acquiring  itself 
a  barony,  now  dormant,  namely,  that  of  de  Crioles,  its  last  male 
representative  being  Sir  Thomas  Kyriel.  K.G.,  who  left  two  co- 
heiresses, his  daughters  in  1460. 

"The  family,  in  the  English  as  well  as  French  descents,  takes  a 
high  place  in  the  naval  and  military  annals  of  the  respective 
countries.  Kyriell,  probably  the  common  ancestor,  appears  on  the 
Roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  as  having  fought  at  the  battle  of  Hastings. 
Hue  Kyriel  was  admiral  of  the  French,  Nicholas  of  the  English 
fleet,  in  the  14th  century.  Yvon  Cheruel,  the  brother  in  arms  of 
Bertrand  du  Guesclin,  took  a  jsrominent  part  as  Champion  of 
Brittany,  in  the  celebrated  combat  anno  135 1,  between  thirty  English 
and  thirty  Breton  knights,  in  which  the  former  were  vanquished. 


I04  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Sir  Hugh  Calverley  and  Sir  John  Russel  contending  on  the  opposite 
side;  and  Sir  Thomas  Kyriel,  K.G.  already  mentioned,  after  having 
received  the  thanks  of  his  Sovereign  for  his  eminent  services  in 
France,  where  he  commanded  the  English  army,  supported  the 
Yorkist  party  at  the  second  battle  of  St  Albans,  immediately  after 
which,  he  was  beheaded  by  order  of  Queen  Margaret. 

"  The  only  family  of  distinction  bearing  similar  name  and  arms 
now  existing  in  this  country,  apparently  an  offshoot  from  the 
baronial  branch,  is  that  of  Kyrle  of  Much-Marcle,  co.  Hereford, 
represented  by  the  Rev.  William  Money-Kyrle,  M.A  ,  one  of  whose 
collateral  ancestors  forms  by  no  means  the  least  truly  illustrious 
feature  in  this  sketch,  namely  John  Kyrle,  who  has  already 
acquired  from  Pope  as  '  The  Man  of  Ross  '  a  claim  to  immor- 
tality, which  the  '  boast  of  Heraldry '  could  not  have  achieved  for 
him." 


II.— JORDAN    STANSFIELD. 

Jordan  Stansfield,  son  of  Wyon  Maryons,  was  seized 
of  the  lordship  of  Stansfield  near  Halifax,  married  a  daughter 
of  John  Townley  Esq.,  alias  Sir  John  Townley,  of  Townley,  co. 
Lancaster,  knight  (who  bore :  Argent,  a  fess  sable,  in  chief,  three 
mullets  of  the  second),  and  had  issue,  John,  son  and  heir,  Thomas, 
Robert,  and  Oliver,  constable  of  Pontefract  Castle.  The 
Heralds'  College  pedigree  adds  Jane,  who  married  Rafe  Copley; 
but  the  British  Museum  pedigree  calls  her  the  daughter  of 
John. 

The  name  of  Jordan  was  not  uncommon  in  early  times,  and 
suggests  to  the  mind,  what  was  the  most  striking  feature,  in  the 
history  of  the  period.  The  preaching  of  the  crusades  attracted 
alike,  the  religious  and  military  ardour  of  the  nobles  and  their 
followers.  This  matter  has  already  been  touched  upon  to  some 
extent ;  so  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  add  anj'thing  further,  save 
that  the  name  of  the  sacred  river,  would  be  commemorated  in 
that  of  many  a  child  of  crusading  fathers,  who  would  probably, 
in  addition,  be  baptised  in  water  brought  from  the  Jordan,  for 
that  purpose. 

Jordan  the  son  of  Askelph,  if  he  be  not  really  the  same 
person  as  this  Jordan,  who  is  here  called  son  of  Wyon   Maryons 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  105 

sii])plies  another  instance  ;  and  there  is  hardl}-  an  old  family  in 
the  neighbourhood  that  does  not,  at  one  time  or  another,  boast 
of  a  Jordan  in  its  pedigree.  It  is  not  impossible  that  Jordan 
son  of  Askelph,  who  really  was  lord  of  Stansfield,  may  be  the 
same  whom  the  Heralds  call  son  of  Wyon  Maryons  ;  as  it  is 
evident  that  he  must  have  lived  at  a  period  much  posterior  to 
the  Conquest,  and  two  or  three  generations,  as  is  not  unusual, 
may  have  been  omitted.  The  Townley  family,  into  which  he 
married,  had  not  then  i-eceived  that  surname.  The  first  Townley 
of  Townley,  was  Geoffrey  son  of  Robert  the  dean  of  Whalley, 
who  received  a  grant  thereof  from  Roger  dc  Lacy,  his  father-in- 
law,  between  the  years  1193-1211.  And  no  John  dc  Townley 
occurs  in  the  pedigree,  given  in  Foster's  County  Families  of 
England,  until  A.D.  1410.  Again,  Oliv-er  de  Stansfeld,  constable 
of  Pontefract,  occurs  in  the  great  Lacy  Inquisition  A.D.  131 1, 
and  is  said  to  have  survived  until  23  Edward  III.  [1349-50], 
as  may  be  seen  in  the  pedigree  of  Stansfelds  of  Burnley, 
further  on.  The  Heralds'  College  pedigree  does  not  state 
how  the  manor  of  Stansfield  left  the  family  ;  but,  supposing 
this  Jordan  were  the  son  of  Askelph,  the  Stansfelds  might 
have  been  descended  from  a  younger  son,  or  from  that  brother 
Helias,  to  whom  he  granted  the  fourth  part  of  his  inheritance 
in  Sowerbyshire. 

But  if  the  Stansfeld  family  did  not  possess  the  manor,  they 
possessed  the  mill  and  its  appurtenances  ;  and  the  grant  of  John 
son  of  Essolf,  to  Roger  son  of  Warin  and  to  Amabella  his 
daughter,  of  the  mill  and  12  oxgangs  of  land  in  Stansfield,  must 
not  be  overlooked,  in  its  direct  reference  to  the  early  history  of 
the  Stansfeld  family.  At  the  same  time,  another  deed,  some- 
what later,  must  be  considered,  in  which  probably  the  same  John, 
or  his  nephew,  but  called  Talvas,  disposes  to  his  son  Thomas,  of 
the  fourth  part  of  the  town  of  Skircoat,  which  was  part  of 
Sowerbyshire,  granted,  unless  previously  alienated,  by  Hameline 
earl  Warren,  to  Jordan  son  of  Askelph,  in  which  the  same 
Jordan  occurs  as  a  witness,  along  with  John  son  of  Fergus  de 
Stansfeld  and  others.  This  Jordan  son  of  Askelph  was  dead  in 
1 194. 


To6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

III.— JOHN     STAXSFIELD. 

John  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  Jordan, 
married  ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  Thomas  Entwistle  (who  bore  : 
Argent,  on  a  bend  engrailed  sable,  three  mullets  of  the  field),  and 
had  issue,  Richard,  son  and  heir,  and  Jane,  who  married  Rafe 
Copley  of  Copley,  Whitaker  3.dAs,  temp.  Henry  I.  [1100-1135]. 
According  to  Wilson's  MSS.  in  the  Leeds  library,  this  Ralph 
Copley  esq.  was  the  grandson  of  Adam  Copley,  who  was  slain 
at  the  siege  of  York,  under  William  the  Conqueror,  and  the 
brother  of  Adam  Copley,  vicar  of  Halifax  ;  but  the  vicarage  of 
Halifax  was  not  instituted  until  A.D.  1273,  and  from  that  time,  a 
full  and  perfect  list  of  vicars  is  known,  and  there  is  not  one  of 
the  name  of  Copley.  And  according  to  the  same  account, 
Robert  Grosthead,  the  famous  bishop  of  Lincoln,  who  died  8th 
November  1253,  was  descended  in  the  fifth  generation,  from  the 
above  Ralph  and  Jane  Copley.  And  Ralph  Stansfeld  of  Stans- 
field, great-grandson  of  John  Stansfeld,  and  great  nephew  of 
Jane  Copley,  that  is,  according  to  the  pedigree  in  the  British 
Museum,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Copley  of  Copley, 
who  was,  according  to  Wilson's  MSS.,  ninth  in  descent  from 
Ralph  Copley  and  Jane  (Stansfeld)  his  wife.  It  is  evident  from 
these  and  other  considerations,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  accounts 
of  the  Copley  family  elsewhere  in  this  work,  that  a  much  later 
date  must  be  ascribed  to  the  last-mentioned  marriage. 

A  deed  of  John  Talvas  (of  Copley)  has  already  been  men- 
tioned, wherein  occur  as  witnesses,  Jordan  son  of  Askelph  de 
Thornhill,  and  John  son  of  Fergus  de  Stansfeld,  the  former  of 
which  was  dead  in  1194.  It  is  not  improbable,  that  this  is  the 
John  Stansfeld  who  heads  this  section  ;  but  even  then,  of  course, 
he  could  not  have  been  the  brother  of  Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  con- 
stable of  Pontefract  castle,  mentioned  in  1311  and  1350.  But 
there  are  several  mentions  of  a  John  de  Stansfeld,  who  had  a 
son  Richard,  who  would  be  contemporaiy  with  Oliver  de 
Stansfeld. 

In  a  convention  between  Thomas  de  Thorneton  and  Henry 
de  Risheworthe.  dated  1288,  relating  to  the  fourth  part  of  the  town 
of  Barkisland.  the  following  occur  as  witnesses  : — Hugh  de  Eland. 


HiSTOKV   OF   THE    STANSFELD    FAMILV.  IO7 

John  de  Lascye,  John  de  Stansffld,  Richard  de  Eccisley,  Wilham 
his  son,  Hugh  son  of  Matthew  de  Northland,  and  John  de  Emyrhead. 

In  another  deed,  of  Henry  son  of  Richard  de  Hiperum,  lord 
of  Hiperum,  to  Thomas  de  Tothill,  of  certain  rents  there,  from 
tenants  named  in  another  deed  dated  1298,  the  witnesses  named 
are  Hugh  de  Eland,  Sir  John  de  Heaton  knight,  John  de  Lacy 
de  Cromwelbothom,  John  de  Stansfeld,  Henry  de  Rishworth 
and  John  del  Rode. 

In  another  deed,  from  Richard  son  of  Richard  de  Hiperum, 
to  John  de  Tothill,  the  same  witnesses  occur,  Hugh  de  Eland 
being  called  Sir,  and  Sir  William  de  Clifton,  knight,  being  substi- 
tuted for  J  ohn  del  Rode.  The  same  witnesses  occur  in  another 
deed  to  the  same  party. 

In  a  chirograph  of  convention  between  Henry  de  Hipeium 
and  John  de  Totehill,  the  witnesses  are  Sir  Hugh  de  Eland, 
Thomas  de  Coppley,  John  de  Lacy,  Richard  de  Cromwelbothom, 
and  John  de  Stansfeld. 

Amongst  some  copies  of  court  rolls  copied  by  Watson  at  Okes 
in  Rishworth,  Robert  de  Wrenthorp  leased  for  i5  years  to  Thomas 
de  Totehill,  Overhage  and  Netherhage,  under  date  31  Edward 
[1302-3];  witnesses.  Sir  Hugh  de  Eland,  John  de  Lacy,  Thomas 
Talvas  ol  Fekisby,  John  del  Rode  of  Hiperum  (Hipperholme), 
John  de  Percy  (?),  John  de  Stansfeld,  Henry  son  of  William  de 
Eland,  and  John  de  Scoles  of  the  same. 

In  a  deed,  dated  the  feast  of  the  natale  of  S.  John  the  Baptist 
(29th  August)  1313,  between  Henry  son  of  Richard  de  Hiperum, 
and  Robert  his  son  and  heir,  the  following  are  witnesses,  John 
de  Thornhill,  John  de  Stanesfeld,  John  de  Quermeby,  John 
Scot  de  Calvirley,  Richard  de  Tonge,  and  Elias  de  Birton. 

John  de  Stansfeld,  Richard  del  Dene,  William  de  Sothill 
senior,  William  de  Sothill  junior,  Richard  de  Rediker,  and  Richard 
Scissor  were  witnesses  to  a  deed  dated  1301,  from  Thomas  the 
clerk  of  Waddesworth,  to  John  Culpon,  of  certain  places,  to  hold 
of  Richard  de  Waddesworth  by  the  payment  of  2s  lod  &c: 


IV.— RICHARD    STANSFIELD. 

Richard  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  son  of  John,  married 

Alice,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Tunstall  of  Thurland  Castle, 

count)'    Lancaster,    knight    (who    bore :     Sable,    three    combs 

argent,  two  and  one),  and  had  issue,  Edmond  son  and   heir, 


io8  History  ok  tui:  Staxsfeld  Family. 

Robert,  Hugh  and  Roger.  Plantaginct-Harrison's  History  of 
Yorkshire,  vol.  I.  /.  300-1,  gives  a  pedigree  of  the  Tunstali 
family,  b}-  which  it  appears  that  the  builder  of  Thurland  castle, 
was  Sir  Thomas  Tunstali,  knight,  who  along  with  two  of  his  sons, 
fought  at  the  battle  of  Agincourt  in  1415.  He  obtained  licence 
of  the  king  to  embattle,  fortify  and  make  a  castle  of  his  manor- 
house  at  Thurland,  5  Henry  IV.  [1403-4].  Both  his  father  and 
grandfather  were  called  Thomas,  the  former  being  also  a  knight. 
Just  as  in  the  last  generation,  there  were  instances  given,  evi- 
dently of  two  John  Stansfelds,  so  Richard  Stansfeld  occurs  in 
ancient  deeds,  in  two  widely  different  periods,  suggesting  that 
instead  of  two  generations,  there  should  have  been  written  four. 
The  following  are  the  instances  referred  to : — 

Richard  de  ^^'addesworthe  senior,  Richard  son  of  John  de 
Staxsfeld,  Richard  del  Rediker,  Thomas  de  Langfeld,  ^Villiam  de 
Stodley  and  ^Villiam  de  Sothill  senior  were  witnesses  to  a  deed  of 
Otonis  de  Dynyle  (Ryvyle  ?)  to  ^Villiam  de  Sothill  junior,  of  certain 
lands  &c:  at  Heghhirst  and  Swithen  cliff,  and  certain  rents, 
amounting  to  5,6,  out  of  Brodbothom,  dated  1305. 

Know  ye  that  I  Otto  de  (Rivill  ?)  have  given  to  Richard  de 
Stansfeld  for  his  homage  and  service,  one  oxgang  of  land  in 
AVaddesworth,  to  wit,  that  which  Richard  Talvas  sometime  held, 
and  lies  in  the  field  of  Waddesworth  and  in  Crimlishworth.  '{"o 
have  and  to  hold  Sac.     Harhian  MS.  i^i,  aa  138. 

In  the  court  roll  at  \\'akcfield,  i6th  Edward  I.  [1287-8]  is 
recorded : — 

Alanus  filius  Ric.  Talvas  captus  fuit  et  imprisonatus  pro  sex 
garbis  Avense  q:  recepit  de  ^Yill.  del  Hirst  se  invito  dicens  quod 
ipse  Will,  si  tenebatur  in  eisdem  quia  ser\-avit  bladum  suum  nort. 
de  Bestiis  silvestribus  &c.  eodem  anno. 
[Translation.] 
Alan,  son  of  Richard  Talvas,  was  taken  and  imprisoned,  for  six 
sheaves  of  oats,  which  he  took  from  A\'illiam  del  Hirst  against  his 
will,  alleging  that  the  said  'William  owed  him  the  same,  because  he 
protected  his  corn  in  the  night,  from  the  wild  beasts. 
The  other  mentions  of  a   Richard   Stansfeld,  seem   to  be  of 
an   earlier  date.       The    deed  has  already  been  quoted   under 
.Stansfield  township,  whereby  Jordan  son  of  John  Talvas,  gave 
to   Hugh  de  Copley,  son   of  Thomas  Talvas  his  brother,  the 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Faiiilv.  109 

fourth  part  of  Copley  miln  &c:  the  witnesses  being  Peter  de 
Alta  Ripa,  Robert  de  Flaynesburgh,  John  de  Thornhill,  Heniy 
de  Hiperum,  Hugh  de  Rastrick,  Michael  Talvas,  Richard 
DE  Stansfeld  and  William  de  Laval.  It  is  not  likely,  how- 
ever, that  it  was  the  same  Hugh  Talvas,  who  gave  to  Richard 
(de  Heton),  vicar  of  Halifax,  the  manor  of  Copley  in  1363,  as 
the  witnesses  to  the  above  deed  occur  much  earlier,  e.g.  Hugh  de 
Rastrick  circa  1257,  Michael  Talvas  about  the  same,  both  being 
associated  as  witnesses  in  a  deed  of  about  that  date,  along  with 
Sir  John  de  Thornhill,  Sir  John  de  Heton,  Sir  John  Fleming 
(Flaundrensi),  John  de  Eland,  Henry  de  Hiperum,  John  de 
Lascy,  John  Clerk,  and  Thomas  de  Norland. 

In  a  charter  of  William  son  of  Richard  de  Hiperum,  to  Henry 
son  of  Henry  de  Coppeley,  which  is  undated,  but  a  sum  of  ten 
shillings  is  mentioned  therein,  to  be  paid  before  the  feast  of  the 
Assumption  B.V.M.  Anno  Grat:  1260,  occur  as  witnesses,  John 
de  Eland,  Richard  de  Stansfeld,  Richard  de  Hiperum,  Peter 
de  Northcliffe,  John  son  of  Helye  the  Harper  (cythariste),  and 
Adam  the  Clerk  the  writer  hereof 

\A'illiam  de  Enay  (and  Ennalie),  John  de  Lacye.  William  de 
Ekesley,  Alan  de  Fykesby,  and  Richard  de  Stansfeld  witness  a 
deed  of  Peter  de  Tothill,  to  John  son  of  Mathew  his  kinsman. 
The  iirst  three  occur  in  a  deed  circa  1257,  along  with  John  de 
Eland,  Henry  de  Hiperum,  Michael  Talvas,  ^^'illiam  de 
Trimingham,  Hugh  son  of  Jervis  de  Heton,  and  Richard  de 
Toythill. 

During  the  turbulent  reign  of  Heniy  III.,  the  crown 
revenues  had  been  much  diminished,  by  the  tenants  in  capitc 
alienating  lands  without  license  ;  and  other  encroachments  had 
been  made,  to  the  injury  of  the  crown.  One  of  the  first  acts  of 
Edward  I.,  on  his  accession  to  the  throne,  was  to  enquire  into 
these  abuses ;  and  the  Hundred  Rolls,  as  they  are  called, 
afford  evidence,  upon  the  oath  of  a  juiy  of  each  Hundred 
and  town  in  every  county,  in  the  4th  year  of  his  reign  [1275-6] 
upon  the  several  (twelve)  queries,  which  were  placed  before 
them.  See  Sim's  Manual  for  the  Genealogist,  &-C.,  pp.  10^-6.  In 
the  county  of  York,  and  wapentake  of  Morley,  the  jury's  report 
is  entered,  in  reply  to  the  question  as  to  the  exactions  of 
sheriffs,  escheators,  &c. 


I  lo  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 

Dicunt  &c.  q°  Ric    de    Haydon  senescallus    com:   W'arenn: 
occasionavit  maliciose  Ric:  de  Stanesfelde  et  impo.suit  ei  q"*  hos- 
pitasset  quemdam  felone  et  extorsit  d:  dco:  Ric:  x  m: 
[Translation.] 

They  say  also  that  Richard  de  Haydon,  steward  of  the  earl 
Warren,    maliciously     hindered    Richard    de    Stansfeld,    and 
charged  him  with  harbouring  a   certain  felon,  and  extorted  from 
the  said  Richard  lo  marks. 
In  reply  to  the  question  as  to  the  debts  owing  to  the  king,  &c: 

Item  dicunt  q"^  Johes  de  Rafnesfeld  cepit  de  Johe:  fil.  Elye. 

DE  Stansfeld  di.  m.  de  debito  dni.  R.H.  et  n5  eum  aq'etavit  et 

it'um  di.  m.  et  non  eum  aq'etavit  et  it'um  vjs  et  vjd  et  eum  inde 

non  aq'etavit.     Dicunt  et  q-^  idem  Johes.  de  Rafnesfeld  cepit  de 

Johe.  de  Haldeworth  di  m.  de  debito  dni.  R.H.  et  it'um  di.  m.  et 

adhuc  eum  non  aq'etavit.     Dicunt  et  q"^  Wills:  de  Wetel  cep.  de 

Rico,  le  Vavas''  p'sona  de  Mirfeld  j.  m.  de  debito  dni.  R.H.  et  non 

eum  aq'etavit.  r„       ,  ,•      n 

^  [Translation.] 

They  say  that  John  de  Rafnesfeld  took  of  John  son  of  Elias 
DE  Stansfeld,  half  a  mark  of  the  debt  of  the  lord  the  king  Henry, 
and  did  not  acquit  him  ;  and  again  half  a  mark,  and  did  not  acquit 
him ;  and  again  6s.  6d.  and  did  not  acquit  him  thereof  They 
say  also,  that  the  same  John  de  Rafnesfeld  took  of  John  de  Halde- 
worth, half  a  mark  of  the  debt  of  the  lord  the  king  Henry,  and 
again  half  a  mark,  and  still  did  not  acquit  him.  They  say  also 
that  William  de  Wetel  took  of  Richard  le  A'avasour,  parson  of 
Mirfield,  one  mark  of  the  debt  of  the  lord  the  king  Henry,  and 
did  not  acquit  him. 

In  a  deed,  undated,  of  Thomas  franciscus  son  of  John  de 
Waddesworth,  to  Helias  de  Brodebothom.  the  witnesses  are 
Richard  de  Stansfeld,  William  the  Clerk  of  Langfield.  Helias 
son  of  Roger  de  Stansfeld,  Adam  de  Waddesworth,  Adam  de 
Rediker  and  (Michael  ?)  Talvas. 

In  another  deed  from  William  son  of  Adam  dc  Birkinsayhe,  to 
William  son  of  John  de  Mankanholis,  occur  as  witnesses,  Richard 
DE  Stansfeld,  John  his  son,  Thomas  de  Langfeld,  William  de 
Stodley,  Henry  de  Stodley,  and  A\illiam  Canatore  de  Stansfeld. 

There  are  two  deeds  in  which  this  last  mentioned  witness 
occurs,  whereby  "John  Sotehill  knight,  gave  to  Beatrix,  some- 
tym  wiffe  of  Adam  sonne  of  William  de  Stansfeld,  all  that 
porcon  of  land  in  Stansfeld  \\^^  William  Carnator  released  unto 
him,  as  it  lyeth  betweene  Greenhyrst  &c." 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family.  1 1 1 

Sir  John  de  Sotehill,  knight,  h'ved  in  the  time  of  Henry 
HI.,  and  his  son  Henry  granted  9  acres  of  land  in  Ovenden  to 
Thomas  de  Thornhiil  and  Margaret  his  wife  25th  January,  131 3. 


v.— EDMOND  STANSFIELD. 
Edmond  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of 
Richard,  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Mr.  alias  Sir  Thomas 
Midgley  (who  bore :  Sable,  two  bars  gemelles,  or  ;  on  a  chief 
of  the  second,  three  Catharine  wheels  of  the  first).  The 
Harleian  MS.  says  the  former  only.  They  had  i.ssue,  Ralph, 
son  and  heir,  Bryan  and  Gilbert.  There  is  no  pedigree  of 
the  Midgley  family,  which  goes  so  far  back  as  the  time  of 
the  above  marriage,  nor  indeed  does  the  name  often  occur 
so  early.  A  John  de  Midgley  occurs  in  a  deed  undated, 
of  Agnes  at  the  Gate  of  Northowram,  to  John  de  Tothill,  along 
with  Hugh  de  Eland,  John  de  Lacy,  Henry  de  Rishworth, 
Thomas  de  Copley,  and  John  de  Haldworth.  The  records,  too, 
are  singularly  silent  as  to  Edmond  Stansfeld,  his  name  not 
occurring  once  in  the  large  number  of  deeds,  from  which  this 
work  is  composed.  As  there  are  many  mentions  of  the  family 
during  this  period,  this  seems  remarkable,  and  suggests  a  mis- 
nomer. 


VI.— RALPH  STANSFIELD. 
Ralph  or  Rafe  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  son  and  heir 
of  Edmond,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Thomas  Copley  of 
Copley  (who  bore :  Argent,  a  cross  moline,  sable),  and  had 
issue,  Henry,  son  and  heir,  Ralph,  William  and  Jordan.  The 
Harleian  MS.  gives  the  younger  sons  as  Rafe,  Jordan  and 
William.  The  Wakefield  court  rolls  record  that  at  the  Turn 
at  Halifax,  on  the  feast  of  S.  Edmund,  i  Edward  II.  [i 307-8], 
Richard  son  of  Ralph  Stansfeld,  was  amerced  for  non- 
attendance.  Further  information  relating  to  a  Ralph  de 
Stansfeld,  which  can  hardly  be  the  same,  is  published  by  the 
Public  Record  Commissioners  in  \olume  i  of  Rotnloruin 
Patientium  ct  Clansoi-iiin  CanccUariic  Hibcniiiu,  claus,  32  Edward 
III.  [1358],  paragraph  2,  p.  41. 


112  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Familv. 

R.  Majori  et  balFis  civit.  Dub.  (recit.  se  concessisse  Rad'o  de 
Stanesfeld  q^  ip's  20  dolia  vini  ad  Angl.,  tarn  ad  opus  Hen. 
ducis  Lane,  q""  ad  coniodu  suu,  cluce  possit) ;  mand.  q''  p'mit. 
Kilmehallock,  28  Maij. 

[Translation.] 
The  king  to  the  mayor  and  baiHffs  of  the  city  of  Dublin 
(reciting  that  he  had  granted  to  Ralph  de  Stanesfeld,  that  he 
might  bring  20  casks  of  wine  to  England,  as  well  for  the  use  of 
Henr)-,  duke  of  Lancaster,  as  for  his  own  convenience).  Permis- 
sion given.     Kilmehallock  28th  May. 

R  licenc.  dedit  Rado.  de  Stanfield  q"^  ip'e  600  quartia 
blador'  et  20  dolia  allecin"  piscis  saliti  in  Hib  (ernere)  et  in  Navib' 
carcare  et  ad  Angl.  duce  possit,  ad  com'odu  suu  Westm'.  28  Nov. 
An.  30.  Et  quia  ide  Rad'us  invenit  Ada  de  Lovestok  cive  Dub. 
Petru  de  Wakefeld,  Tho.  de  QuykeshuU  et  Pet.  de  Okebourne 
Pleg.  suos  q<^  p'dca  nusq'ni  ahbi  q"  ad  d'cas  ptes  ducet,  mand'. 
Vic  Dub'  q"^  dcm  Rad'  ea  carcare  &c.  P'mittat  Dub.  28  Dec. 
[Translation.] 
The  king  gave  licence  to  Ralph  de  Stanfieli),  that  he  may  buy 
600  quarters  of  corn,  and  20  casks  of  salt  herrings  in  Ireland,  and 
load  them  in  ships,  and  bring  them  to  England,  for  his  convenience. 
Westminster,  28  November  30th  year.  And  because  the  same 
Ralph  found  Adam  de  Lovestok,  citizen  of  Dublin,  Peter  de 
Wakefield,  Thomas  de  QuykeshuU  and  Peter  de  Okebourne,  his 
pledges,  that  he  should  bring  the  aforesaid,  nowhere  elsewhere  than 
to  the  said  parts,  it  is  ordered  to  the  sheriff  of  Dublin  that  he 
should  permit  the  said  Ralph  to  load  the  same  &c.  Dublin  28 
December. 

There  is  still  another  Ralph  dc  Stansfeld,  who  occurs  in 
deeds,  &c.,  dating  from  1402  to  1439.  It  is  with  this  last,  that 
the  marriage  with  Jane  Copley  would  be  most  likely.  In  the 
British  Museum,  Cottoiiian  MSS.  Vespasian  F  xi\  fol.  jojl',  is 
the  following  : — 

Rental  de  Hemptonstall  (Heptonstall)  fact,  et  renovat.  p. 
tenent.  apud  Halifax  wj"""  die  Decembr.  ann.  Hen.  sexto  post 
conq.  xviij  [1439]  temp.  Joliis.  Vyncent  p'catoris  poris  de  lewes  in 
p'tibus  Ebor. 

Joh'na  uxor  Rauulphi  de  Stancefelde  tenet  t'ras  et  ten. 
in  Hemptonstall  et  redd  p'^  ann.  viijd. 

Eadem  Joh'na  tenet  una  p'cell  t're  nup.  capt.  de  vasto  et  redd 
per  ann   vd. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  113 

The  pedigree  of  the  Copley  family,  in  Wilson's  MSS.  in  the 
Leeds  library,  states  that  Jane,  who  married  Ralph  Stansfeld 
of  Stansfield,  was  daughter  of  Thomas  Copley  of  Batley, 
younger  son  of  Richard  Copley,  and  grandson  of  Adam  Copley, 
who  married  the  heiress  of  the  Oxenhopes.  This  last-named, 
being  himself  the  son  of  Ralph  Copley,  by  the  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Adam  de  Batley,  was  designated  by  the  three  sur- 
names of  de  Copley,  de  Batley,  and  de  Oxenhopc.  This  last 
tri-surnamed  Adam  founded  a  chantrj'  in  an  oratory,  recently 
erected  by  him  in  the  church  of  Batley,  and  by  charter,  bearing 
date  1 8th  October  1334,  endowed  it,  the  witnesses  being  Sir 
John  de  Eland,  Sir  Brian  de  Thornhill,  Adam  de  Hoperton,  John 
de  Calverley,  and  others.  The  objects  of  the  chantry  are  stated 
to  be  : — 

"  Pro  anima  mea  et  aniraa  Marjoris,  uxoris  mese,  Willelmi  de 
Coppeley,  Johannis,  Willelmi,  Thomas  fralrum,  et  animabus 
domini  Johannis  de  Thornhill,  Briani  filii  ejus,  Thomse  de 
Thornton  et  Elenae  uxoris  ejus,  Johannis  de  Manyngham  et 
animabus  fratrum,  sororem,  parentum,  et  omnium  benefactorum 
meoi-um." 

He  died  in  1337.  Sir  Richard  Copley  of  Batley,  brother  of 
Thomas  the  father  of  Jane,  who  married  Ralph  Stansfeld,  died 
circa  1434 ;  so  that  the  Johanna  (Jane)  wife  of  Ralph  de 
Stansfeld,  named  in  the  Lewes  rental  1439,  might  have  been,  so 
far  as  the  date  is  concerned,  his  niece.  The  pedigrees  state  that 
her  father  was  Thomas  Copley  of  Copley.  This  could  not  well 
be,  for  the  last  Thomas  Copley  of  Copley,  was  son  of  Hugh,  who 
was  living  in  1363  and  1378.  He  married  Johanna,  daughter  of 
Thomas  de  Kighley,  1363,  and  left  an  only  daughter  and 
heiress,  Helena,  who  married  Henry  Savile ;  and  the  deed 
settling  the  Copley  estate  upon  the  three  sons  of  this  last 
marriage,  John,  William,  and  Thomas  Savile,  is  dated  1402-3. 
It  is  evident  that,  although  there  was  a  Ralph  de  Stansfeld  con- 
temporary with  Thomas  de  Copley,  yet  it  is  certain  that  the 
latter  had  but  one  daughter,  from  whom  were  descended  the 
Saviles  of  Copley,  and  the  earls  of  Mexborough.  Ralph 
Stansfeld's  name  is  by  no  means  infrequent  in  early  deeds  and 
records  : — 

P 


114  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1403.  May  7.  At  the  Turn  at  Halifax,  Ralph  df.  Stances  feld  was 
amerced  for  drawing  blood  from  William  Hare. 

1403.  A  deed  of  Robert  Mathewson  de  Illingworth,  to  Richard 
Harrison  de  Rotonstall,  of  land,  &c.,  near  ffallandrode,  is 
witnessed  by  Randulfe  de  Stansfeld,  Ric.  de  Waddes- 
worth.  Thomas  del  Scha,  Henry  de  Cokroft,  Randolfe 
Draper  and  others. 

1415.  May  15.  William  le  Drapour,  chaplain,  granted  to  Thomas 
Drapour,  his  brother,  certain  lands  &c.  which  he  had  of  the 
feoffment  of  John  Drapour  his  brother.  \\  itnesses.  Rad'us 
DE  Stansfeld,  Henry  Savell  de  Coppeley,  Thomas  del 
Schagh,  Henry  del  Brigg  and  Richard  de  Wadsworth. 

1429-30.  John  Rawlyn,  Drapur,  quitclaimed  to  Thomas  Drapur,  his 
inheritance  in  Brodebothom,  Burlees  &c.  in  Waddesworth. 
Witnesses,  Hugh  de  Kyghley,  Radolphus  de  Stansfelde, 
John  de  Stansfelde  and  others. 

1429.  October  28.  Robert  de  Crosselegh  de  Stansfeld  granted  to 
Ralph  de  Stansfeld,  Thomas  de  Schagh,  Robert  de  South- 
cliff  and  Richard  de  Schagh,  a  messuage  &c.  in  Waddes- 
worth called  Brodebothom  and  Myllyncroft.  Witnesses, 
Robert  de  Pylkyngthon,  John  de  Stansfeld,  and  William 
de  Schagh. 

1429.  October  28.  The  above  grantees  appoint  Nicholas  dk 
Stansfei.d  and  John  de  Schagh,  their  attornies  in  the  above 
trust.     Witnesses  also  the  same. 

1428.  October  i.  John  Kyng,  vicar  of  Halyfax,  Henry  Sayvell  de 
Coppelay,  John  de  Stansfeld  son  of  Ralph  de  Stansfeld 
and  John  Mylner  de  Braddelay,  appointed  Ralph  Smyth  de 
Stansfeld,  their  attorney  in  the  above  estate.  Witnesses,  John 
de  Ryssheworth,  William  Otes  de  Halyfax,  and  Richard 
Lyster  of  the  same. 

The  last  seems  to  have  been  a  previous  trust,  and  the  former 
of  the  preceding  two  deeds,  a  conveyance  to  new  trustees  ;  and 
as  it  is  not  likely  that  a  son  would  appoint  his  father  under  such 
circumstances,  these  deeds  suggest  three  generations,  Ralph,  son 
of  John,  son  of  Ralph  de  Stansfeld.  Ralph  and  John  Stansfekl 
also  occur  together  in  deeds,  dated  1430  and  1437. 

1416.  October  5.  Halifax  Turn.  The  panel  present  Ralj'H 
Stansfeld,  John  Stansfeld,  John  son  of  Ralph  Stansfelji. 
and    R— (torn)    Stvnsfeld,  for  making,   at  Halifax,  on  the 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  115, 

27tli  August,  4th  Henry  V.  [1416],  an  assault  upon  Riclmrd 
Horneclif  and    Thomas    Horneclif,  shooting    at    them    and 
drawing  blood  from  the  same  Richard,  and  making  a  great 
affray.     They  are  ordered  to  be  attached. 
1440-1.     In  Heralds'  College  CCI.  Claus  ig  H  6.  m  36. 

Ws  Metheley  et  Joh'es  Metheley  filij  Tho.  de  MetheJey  arm* 

et  Elenffi  ux.  sute,  filife  Joh'is  de  Wodehede,  remisit  Joh'i  de 

Stansfeld  filii  Rad'i  de  Stansfeld  ar'  via  t'ras  et  tenta.  sua 

in  villa  et  territorio  de  Herteshede  et  Lyvrsege. 

This  is  the  earliest  mention  of  Hartishead   in  connection 

"ith   the  family,  and  this  is  probably  the   "John   Stansfield  of 

Stansfield  in  co.  Ebor.  Esqr"  with  whom  the  Heralds'  College 

pedigree  No.  vi.  commences.      A  coincidence  of  date  in  another 

deed,  would  seem  to  suggest  that  Ralph   Stansfeld  died  circa 

1440;  the  fact  of  his  wife,  although   not  called  a  widow,  paying 

rent  to  the  priory  of  Lewes,  also  confirms  the  supposition. 

1440.     June  26.     Thomas  Sayvyll  de  Thornyll  armig.  and   Mergareta 

his  wife,  sold  to  Richard  Waddesworth  senior,  a  certain  place 

m  Wadsworth,  between  the  lands  of  John  Stone  on  the  east, 

the  River  Calder  on  the  south  et  terras  Heted.  de  Stansfeld  ex 

occidentali,  and  the  common  pasture  of  Luddenden  on  the 

north.       Witnesses,    Richard     de     Fyrthe    and    Henry    de 

Southclif. 

William  Stansfeld,  probably  the   son  of  Ralph,  occurs  in  a 
deed  : — 

1442.  20th  August  23rd  Henry  VI.  John  Rtetheley  to  John 
Cokcrofte,  land  called  Holstones  and  Gunnylcroft,  near  Bur- 
leghes,  Heghhyrst,  Nutclough  and  Hawker  in  Wadsworth. 
Witnesses,  William  Stansfeld,  Edward  Stansfeld.  WiUiam 
Brygs,  John  Brygs,  and  Richard  Brygs. 
The    following    two    deeds    copied     in     Heralds'     College, 

evidently  refer  to  the  same   William   Stansfeld. 

1 430-  Sciant  p'-sentes  &c.  ego  Joh'es  Tonge  armiger  dedi  &c.  Joh'i  Dove, 
Rob'to  Arthyngton,  and  Will'o  Stansfeld  om'ia  terras  &c.  in 
Tonge,  Grymesthorp,  Collyng  in  Ayredale,  Oulecotes,  Tyresall 
Shagh,  Hulme,  Rycroft  and  Sculbruke,  h'end  et  tenend'  &c.  In 
cujus  rei  &c.  Hijs  testibs  &c.  Waltero  de  Calveday,  Joh'e 
Passelew,  AVill'o  Myrfeld  &c.  Armigris.  Dat'.  25th  July  8  H 
VI.  [1430]. 


ii6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1430.  Oniib^  &:c.  John  Dove,  Capell's,  Rob'tus  Arthyngton  and  Will'm's 
Stansfeld,  sal't'm  &c.  Nov'itis  nos  dimisisse  &c.  Joh'i  Tonge 
Armigro  om'ia  terras  &c  in  Collying  in  Ayrdale  quo  hiiim.  &c 
ex  dono  &c.  pdci  Joh'is  Tonge.  Hend:  &c.  ad  terminu  vite 
sue  &c.  et  qd.  post  mortem  Joh'is  Tonge  omia  pdca.  terra  &c. 
remaneant  Hugoni  fratri  pdci  Joh'is  Tonge  ad  t'rminu  vite  sue 
et  qd.  post  mortem  pdci  Hugonis  oiriia  pdca  &c.  remaneant 
Jolii  filio  Johis  Arthyngton  de  Arthyngton  et  Margarete  filie 
pdci  Hugonis  et  heredib^  dee  Margarete  &c.  et  si  contingat 
pdcam  Johem  &c.  sine  exitu  &c.  pcreat  obire  tunc  &c.  remane- 
ant pdce  Margarete  &.c.  et  si  contingat  pdcam  Margaretam  sine 
pede  de  corpore  suo  &:c.  tunc  &c.  remaneant  etc.  he'dibus  dci 
Hugonis  &c.  Et  si  contingat  &c.  remaneant  Johi  Roos  filio 
Agnetis  ux'is  pdci  Johis  Tonge  et  he'dibus  de  corpore  suo 
&c.  et  si  contingat  &c.  remaneant  Robto  Passelewe  de  Ledes 
filio  Radulphi  Passelewe  H'end  &c.  &:c. 
Dat'  penultimo  die  mens  July  8  H:  vi.  [1430] 
(N.B. — At  page  269  of  this  MS.  there  occurs  a  second  copy 
of  this  deed.) 

Transcript.      From  the  original  (W.C.  49,  pp.  252  and  269)  in  the 
Heralds'  College,  London. 


J:  4..^^    /<^^-    ""^^^^^^tf^-^i^.--^:-^ 


VII.— HENRY  STANSFIELD. 

Henry  Stan.sfield  of  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  Ralph, 
married  DiONES,  daughter  of  Brian  Thornhill  of  Thornhill, 
Esquire  (who  bore :  Gules,  two  bars  gemelles  and  a  chief,  argent). 
They  had  issue,  William,  son  and  heir,  Richard,  Mary,  Jane 
and  Elizabeth.  The  marriage  of  this  member  of  the  family, 
with  a  daughter  of  the  house,  which  owned  the  manor  of 
Stansfield,  should  decisively  fix  the  period  in  which  he  lived. 
It  is  worthy  of  note,  however,  that  the  British  Museum  pedigree 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  117 

omits  the  words  "of  Thornhill";  and  this  omission  owes  its 
significance,  to  the  fact  that  the  last  Thornhill  of  Thornhill  was 
Sir  Simon,  who  died  43  Edward  III.  [1369-70],  whose  daughter 
and  heiress  married  Henry  Savile,  from  whom  are  descended  the 
Saviles  of  Thornhill,  and  the  earls  of  Scarborough.  From  a 
younger  brother,  Thomas  Thornhill,  whose  son,  Richard,  married 
the  heiress  of  the  Toothills  of  Fixby,  are  descended  the 
Thornhills  of  Fixby.  It  was  the  grandson  of  this  Richard, 
namely  Bryan  Thornhill  of  Fixby  and  Toothill,  who  died  in 
March  1484-5,  whose  daughter  married  Henry  Stansfeld. 
Foster's  Yorkshire  Pedigrees  says  William  Stansfeld,  following 
Thoresby's  Diicatus  p.  115  and  Watson's  History  of  Halifax 
p.  192  ;  but  this  is  evidently  a  mistake,  for  Dodsworth's  MS. 
records  : — 

1^93  Jone  de  Stansfeld  relict  of  Henry  de  Stansfeld  gave  to  John 
de  Nottingham  her  cosin  all  her  lands  and  ten'^  in  Rastrick, 
P'ekysby  and  Linley.  loth  December  9th  Henry  VII.  [1493]. 
British  Museum,  Harkian  MSS.,  jgj  AA  140a. 

And  amongst  the  deeds  at  Fixby,  Watson  copied  a  quit- 
claim by  John  Nottingham,  to  Nich.  Savile,  of  all  right  in  a 
messuage  lands,  &c.  in  the  graveship  of  Rastrick,  or  in  the  vills 
of  Fekisby,  Totehill,  Linley,  hamlet  de  Stayneland  or  elsewhere, 
witnesses,  John  Thornhill  esq.  John  Hanson,  Gilbert  Clay, 
chaplain,  &c.     iSth  May  20th  Henry  VII.  [1505]. 


VIII.— WILLIAM    STANSFIELD. 

William  Stansfield  son  and  heir  of  Henry,  married 
JOANE,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Burton  of  Kinesley,  co.  York, 
knight  (who  bore:  Argent,  a  bend  wavy,  sable).  They  had 
issue,  Thomas,  son  and  heir,  Mable,  Jane,  and  Merion. 
Hunter's  Doncaster,  vol.  ij.  p.  434,  gives  a  pedigree  of 
the  Burtons  of  Kinesley,  since  1390,  when  a  branch  of  the 
Burtons  of  Burton  in  Leicestershire  settled  there.  By  this  it 
appears  that  Sir  John  Burton,  knight,  died  22nd  November, 
29th  Henry  VIII.  [1537].  But  this  is  much  too  recent,  for  the 
position  which  this  William  Stansfeld  holds,  in  the  pedigree  of 


ii8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

the  famil}'.  And  the  deeds  quoted  below,  mention  the  name 
of  his  wife,  viz :  Maud,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Culpon  of 
Sowerby,  and  sister  of  John  Culpon  who  died  in  1370,  without 
issue,  leaving  five  sisters  and  coheiresses. 

1353.  In  a  deed  dated  1353,  whereby  John  son  of  Thomas  de  Lascy, 
gives  to  John  de  Bollyng,  Elias  de  Burton  and  John  de  Crosse- 
land,  chaplain,  his  manor  of  Cromwelbothom,  occur  as  witnesses, 
Sir  Brian  de  Thornhill,  Sir  Henry  de  Sothill,  knight;.  William 
de  Mirfield,  John  Sayvell  de  Eland,  Robert  de  Bollyng,  William 
de  Leventhorp,  William  de  Stansfeld,  and  Hugh  de  Coppelay. 

1362.  A  turn  was  held    at  Halifax,  i8th  May  36  Edward  IH,  whereat 

it  was  found  by  an  inquisition,  consisting  of  William  de 
Stansfeld,  Hugh  de  Copley,  Thomas  Culpon,  John  de 
Godley,  Thomas  de  Northland,  John  del  Shore,  William  de 
Tayllevas,  John  del  Seme  (Dene?),  Thomas  de  Feld,  William 
de  Oldfeld,  William  Son  of  Thomas  de  Grenewod,  and 
William  de  Croskloughe,  that  the  Prior  of  Lewes  and  Parson  of 
Halifax,  ought  to  receive,  at  the  charge  of  the  said  Prior,  the 
Lord's  servants  upon  their  coming  to  hold  the  Lord's  turns  at 
Halifax,  and  entertain  them  in  the  Rectory  there.  And  of 
this,  the  Lord  was  seized,  time  out  of  memory,  until  a  certain 
Hugh  de  Totehill,  procurator  of  the  Rector}',  retracted  the 
"  hospitium  "  of  the  Prior,  and  so  had  it  been  retracted,  twelve 
)ears  with  heavy  loss.  DodsicortlC s  MSS.  vol 58,  folio  ig,  in 
the  Bodleiati  Library,  Oxford. 

1363.  John  Savile  of  Eland,  Henry  Savile,  John  de  Lacy,  William 

DE  Stansfeld  and  Thomas  Culpon,  witnessed  the  deed 
whereby  Hugh  Talvas  gave  to  Richard  [de  HetonJ  vicar  of 
Halifax,  the  manor  of  Copley  in  1363. 
1370.  From  Harkian  MSS.  797,  AA  1401^.  44th  Edward  HI.  John 
the  son  of  Thomas  Culpon,  dyed  seized  of  three  messuages 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  meadow  in  Sowerby,  and  Maud 
the  wife  of  \\'illiam  Stansfeld,  Jone  the  wife  of  William  de 
Silkeston,  Margaret  the  wife  of  Robert  Priestley,  Katerine 
Culpon  and  Alice  Culpon  are  sisters  and  coheirs  of  John,  and 
paid  a  fine  ot  xiijs.  iiijd. 

It  was  during  this  time,  that  the  Poll  Tax  was  lc\-ied,  2nd 
Richard  IL  [1378-9].  The  returns  of  the  collectors  for  the  West 
Riding,  are  published  in  The  Yorkshire  ArcJiaological  and 
Topographical  Journal,  vol.  vj,  and  as  that  work  is  not  general  1)- 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


119 


accessible,  the  whole  of  the  subsidy  for  the  township  of  Stansfield 
is  given  below,  as  well  for  a  sample  of  the  whole,  as  for  the 
reference  it  has  to  the  particular  object  of  this  work. 

ROTULI    COLLECTORUiM    SUBSIDII    REGI    A    LAICIS   ANNO    SECUNDO 
CONCESSI     IN    WeSTRYTHYNGO    IN    COMIT.\TU    EBORAGI. 

Wappentagiu.m  de  Morlay.     Stansfeld. 

)  Johannes  de  Schore  et  vx.  xijd. 
I  Willelmus  de  Stansfeld  et  vx.  xijd. 


Johannes  de  Estwode  et  vx.  iiij. 
Adam  de  Schore  et  vx.  iiij. 

Ricardus  de  Herkelslay  et  vx.  iiij. 
Willelmus  Herklay  et  vx.  iiij. 
A\'illelmus  filius  Ricardi  et  vx.  iiij. 


Thomas  Pendaunt  et  vx. 
Thomas  Crosseleys  et  vx. 
Johannes  Crosles  et  vx. 
Willelmus  Spenser  et  vx. 
Willelmus  Alokocson  et  vx 
Johannas  Vtlay  et  vx. 
Rogerus  Tumour  et  vx. 
Willelmus  filius  Ade  et  vx. 
Adam  Wright'  et  vx. 
Ricardus  Grenehirst  et  v.>:. 
Rogerus  de  Estwode  et  vx. 
Henricus  Dobson'  et  vx. 
Ricardus  Harper  et  vx. 
Ricardus  filius  Willelmi  et  vx.  iiij. 
Johannes  seruiens  Johannis  iiij. 
Agnes  de  Corbrygh'  iiij. 

S  um  ma- 


Matilda  Herlay.    (Hertlay?) 
Elena  Crossle. 
Johannes  Horneclif '. 
Margareta  Turnour. 
Willelmus  Herlay.  (Hertlay?) 
Magota  Coke. 
Matilda  Turnour. 
Johannes  filius  Petri. 
Robertus  Mydop.  (Wydop  ?) 
Johannes  Holmerake. 

(Hollinrake  ?) 
Johannes  Gibson' 
Margeria  del  More. 
Willelmus  Estwode. 
Willelmus  filius  Henrici. 
Johanna  Grenehirst. 
Johanna  Harper'. 
Elena  Harper'. 
Ricardus  del  Horesfall'. 
Cecilia  Estwode. 
Isabella  Croslee. 

-xvs.  viijd. 


A  Robert  de  Stansfeld  occurs  as  witness,  during  the  same 
period,  in  a  quit-claim  by  Henry,  son  of  Adam  Wylleson  of 
Skamenden,  vill.  de  Quermeby,  to  Roger  del  Clay,  of  certain 
lands  in  Greetland  and  Stainland.  The  other  witnesses  are 
John  de  Leek  de  Colby,  Henry  son  of  Robert  dc  Barkjs- 
land,  Roger  de  Stanclyff  and  Ralph  de  Halyfax.  Dated  at 
Cleby  in  co.  Leicester,  45   Edward   HI.  [1371]. 


I20  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

IX.— THOMAS  STANSFIELD. 
Thomas  Stansfield  son  and  heir  of  William,  married 
Barbara,  daughter  of  John  Lassell,  of  Lassell  Hall,  Almondbur)-, 
CO.  York,  and  had  issue,  John,  son  and  heir,  Robert,  Anthony,  and 
William.  He  is  called  of  Stansfeld  Hall  in  Whitaker's  pedigree, 
as  it  is  inferred  he  built  it,  because  a  cross  flory  said  to  be  the 
arms  of  Lassells,  occurred  along  with  the  Stansfeld  arms,  but  not 
impaled,  in  some  plaster  work  over  the  fire  place,  in  one  of  the 
rooms  there.  John  Stansfeld  his  son  and  heir,  is  said  to  have 
married  in  1410,  so  by  that,  his  marriage  with  Barbara  Lassells 
would  occur  about  1385.  But  the  records  yet  consulted,  are 
singularly  silent  about  that  date,  which  certainly  follows  that  of 
William  de  Stansfeld,  who  appears  in  the  poll  tax.  But  another 
William  occurs,  who  may  be  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas 
Stansfeld  above-mentioned. 

1399.     Turn  at   Brighouse,    22nd    April    22nd    Richard    II.  William 

Stansfeld  was  amerced,  on  the  presentation  of  the  constable 

of  Hipperholme,  for  drawing  blood. 
1401.     Turn  at  Brighouse,  i8th  October,  3  Henry  IV.  Hipperholme. 

WiLLL\M  DE  Stancesfeld's  wifc  amerccd  for  brewing. 
1404.     A\tlliam  de  Stancesfeld,  constable  of  Hipperholme. 
1406.     6th  October,  8th  Henry  IV.     Brighouse  Turn.     William  de 

Stancesfeld,  near    Hipperholme,   amerced  for  brewing  an 

helpale. 


X.— JOHN  STANSFIELD. 
John  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Stansfield, 
married  Marv,  daughter  of  John  Fleming  of  Wath.  Dr. 
Whitaker  gives  the  date  1410,  and  adds  that  she  was  lineally 
descended  from  Sir  Michael  le  Fleming,  kinsman  to  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  one  of  his  generals.  The  arms  of  Fleming  of 
Wath  are:  Azure,  two  bars  argent,  on  a  chief  of  the  second, 
three  lozenges,  gules.  Thej^  had  issue,  Thomas,  son  and 
heir,  Henrj',  Ann,  Isabel,  Jane,  Elizabeth  and  Mar)-.  William 
Fleming,  the  last  of  that  name  of  Wath,  left  two  daughters. 
The  younger  one  married  Thurstan  Hall,  who  also  left  two 
daughters,  the  )'Ounger    one    of  whom,  married    Henry    Savile, 


Petftsrte  sfirioms  iiyt  conn^ttton  of  iflemiajg;  of  SS^atl), 
^tansfeld  of  ^tausfiielti,  anlr  labile  of  Copley. 


t  Thomas  Culpon  of  Sowerbv.   = 

i 

I 


*tWlLLIAM  STANSFELD.: 

Occurs    in    deeds     from 
1353  to  1379- 


John  Fleming  of 
Wath.  1 1  Hen.  IV. 
[1409-10]. 


I  I 

=  Mawd    Margaret. 
Culpon. 


Ralph  Stansfeld,  =  Jane, 
occurs       in      many     1     1439. 
deeds,  from  1402  to 
1439.     Probably  de- 
ceased in  the  latter 
year. 


Ill  I 

JONE  m.  Wm.  de  John  Culpon,  *tHuGHTALVAb; 

Silkeston.  died,  &  inquisi-     de  Copley. 

KaterineCui.-  tion    held,    44     Gave  manor  of 

PON.  Ed.  III.  [1370].    Copley  1363,  in 
Alice  Culpon.  '™^'- 


living        Thomas  Copley  of  Copley. 


William  Fleming 
of  Wath,  8th  Henry 
VI.     [I429-30]- 


William  Fleming= 
of  Wath. 


Mary 
Fleming. 


John  Stansfelu.  Occurs 
as  "John  de  Stansfeld,  son 
of  Ralph  de  Stansfeld,"along 
with  Henry  Sayvell  de  Cop- 
pelay,  in  1428.  And  in  other 
deeds  from  1428,  to  1456,  in 
which  latter  also  occurs  John 
Sayvyll  of  Copley. 


Helen  Copley,  only= 
daughter  and  heiress. 


Will  dated 
Nov.,  1437. 


Ann  Stan  sfeld.= Thomas  Savile 
of  Hullenedge 
[second  son].  Ad- 
ministration nth 
April  1457,  to 
Isabell,  relict,  and 
Henry  &  Thomas, 
sons. 


John  Savile  =  Maud,  daughter 

of  Copley,  son      of  Thomas 

&  heir.      Will      ford  of  Trafford, 

dated  20  Apr.      co.  Lancaster. 

1459,  and  was 

proved  2 1  Jan. 

1459-60.  [.S"«?-- 

teesSocieij/vol. 

.XXX.  p.  238.] 


Thomas=Alice  Savile. 
Stansfeld, 
son  &  heir 
of   John. 


Elizabeth 
Fleming. 
Younger  d. 
&  co-heiress. 


I 
zThurstan    Elizabeth; 
Hall.  Fleming. 

Will  dated     Elder   d.  & 
1527.  co-heiress. 


John  Savile.  =: 
Executor  of  his  I 
father's  will.  I 
He  died  before  j 
«493- 


I      I 
Anna. 

Margarei. 
Named  in 
their  father's 
will. 


Humphrey 
Savile. 


Rich.\rd      Nicholas  Savile=  Agnes,  daughter 


Dalton 
de  Croston, 
Lancashire. 


of  Ne  whall,  4th  son 


Roger  Dalton  de  Croston.       Another  son. 


if  Robert 
kinson,brotherof 
Thos.  Wilkinson 
de  Eland,  insti- 
tuted 8th  vicar  of 
HaUfax,  20tli 
May  143S. 


Henry  Savile  of  Nor- 
land, son  and  heir,  con- 
firms land  in  Norland 
1493. 


Katherine  HALL  =  RALPn  Collinson.    Elizabeth  Hall.  =  Henry  Savile  of 
bom    30th    March     D.  s.p.  I  NewhaU.  Third  son. 

I49S- 


From  whom  the  Saviles  of  Wath. 


*  Occurs  in  Poll  Tax  1378. 
t  Occurs  in  Rectory  Inquisil 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  121 

third  son  of  Nicholas  Savile  of  New  Hall,  and  the  father  of 
John  Savile  of  Wath,  living  at  the  Visitation  of  Yorkshire  in 
1585,  and  grandfather  of  Henry  Savile  of  Wath,  who  signed  his 
pedigree,  at  the  Visitation  in  1612.  The  connection  between  the 
families  of  Fleming  of  Wath,  Stansfeld  and  Savile,  will  be  best 
understood,  by  referring  to  the  pedigree,  drawn  for  that  purpose. 
It  will  be  noticed,  that  two  of  the  children  of  John  Stansfeld, 
married  into  the  Savile  family,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  his  son  and 
heir,  marrying  Alice  daughter  of  John  Savile  of  Copley,  and 
Ann  Stansfeld  marrying  Thomas  Savile  of  Hullenedge,  uncle 
of  her  brother  Thomas'  wife. 

This  John  Savile  of  Copley,  father-in-law  of  Thomas 
Stansfeld,  left  a  son,  John  Savile,  omitted  in  all  the  printed 
pedigrees  of  the  Saviles  of  Copley.  This  descent  may  be  proved 
by  the  will  of  the  first  John,  dated  20th  April  1459,  and  proved 
2ist  January,  1459-60,  published  in  Testainenta  Eboracciisia, 
Surtees  Society,  vol.  xxx.,  p.  2j8,  and  also  copied  in  Dodsworth's 
MSS.  vol.  gp,  folio  4.23  in  the  Bodleian  library  But  the  most 
interesting  evidence  is  contained  in  the  following  curious  settle- 
ment, which  was  copied  by  Watson,  but  not  embodied  in  his 
History  of  Halifax.  The  original  deed  was  then  in  the  possession 
of  Mr.  Parker  of  Halifax,  and  was  in  the  form  of  a  chirograph, 
with  the  first  eleven  letters  of  the  alphabet  cut  through. 

"  This  Indenf  made  the  iiij  day  of  the  monethe  of  May  in 
ye  yer  of  the  reigne  of  Kynge  Henry  Sext  after  the  conquest  xxxvj 
witnes  that  John  Sayvyl  of  Coplay  Esquyar  hafe  gefyn  and  graunt 
and  w"^  his  Charter  confermede  to  Thomas  Wylkynson,  Vycar  of 
the  Kyrke  of  Halyfax,  John  Lacy  Esquyer,  John  Brodelegh, 
Prest,  Rye  :  Shagh  and  Ric  :  Waterhous,  all  Mesez  Lands  and 
Tenements  of  his  Rents  and  S'vic'  w'^  the  pert,  quyche  ye  saide 
John  Sayvill  hase  in  Northlande,  Hamelett  de  Vill  de  Ryschworth 
Southourom  and  Staynlande,  exept  two  Mesez  and  on  cloyse  of 
the  qnych  on  is  calde  Northrode  another  cald  Hollyngegge,  and 
the  thryde  cald  Hermetrode  as  in  ye  saide  Charter  yeroff  made 
more  fully  apperus. 

Nevertheles  this  is  the  wyll  and  the  entent  of  the  saide 
John  Sayvyll  that  ye  saide  Thomas,  John  and  John,  Ric.  and 
Ric.  his  feffys  make  or  gar  be  made  a  State  lawfull  unto  John 
Sayvill   his   son   and    to   the   herrys   male   of    his   body   lawfully 

Q 


132  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

getyn,  of  all  the  Landes  and  Ten'tz  w'''  ye  pert :  y'  his  saide 
Feffys  late  hase  hade  be  his  gyft  and  feffement  in  Northlande 
before  saide.  and  iff  hitt  happyn  the  said  John  Son  of  ye  said 
John  Sayvyll  for  to  dye  w'  oute  her  male  of  his  body  lawfully 
getyn,  then  all  ye  saide  Landes  and  Ten'tz  w'  the  pert :  holly 
remayndre  unto  Umfray  SayvjU  Brother  of  ye  saide  John  and 
to  ye  Her  male  of  his  body  lawfully  getyn.  And  iff  hitt  happyn 
)e  saide  Umfray  for  to  dye  w''^  outen  Her  male  of  his  body 
lawfully  getyn  then  all  ye  saide  Lands  and  Ten'tz  w"'  thayr  pert : 
unto  ye  ryght  Heres  of  ye  saide  John  Sayvyll  Fadre  to  ye  said 
John  and  Umfray  remayndre  for  evermore. 

Also  that  ye  saide  Thomas  John  and  John,  Ric  :  and  Ric : 
make  or  gar  be  made  a  State  lawfiill  unto  the  saide  Umfray 
or  to  ye  Heres  male  of  his  Body  lawfully  getyn  of  all  Landes 
and  Ten'tz  w'l^  pert,  quych  yai  have  hade  late  of  the  gyft  and 
feffement  of  ye  saide  John  Sayvyll  Fadre  to  ye  saide  Umfray 
in  Southourom  and  Staj-nland.  And  if  hitt  happyn  ye  saide 
Umfray  for  to  dye  w'''  outyn  Here  male  of  his  body  lawfully 
gotyn  then  all  ye  saide  Landes  and  Ten'tz  w"'  ye  pert :  re- 
mandre  unto  John  Sayvyll  Brother  of  ye  saide  Umfray  and  to 
ye  Heres  male  of  his  body  lawfully  got)'n.  And  if  hitt  happyn 
ye  saide  John  Sayvyll  Brother  of  ye  saide  Umfray  for  to  dye 
w">  outyn  Here  male  of  his  body  lawfully  gotyn,  then  all  ye  saide 
Landes  and  Ten'tz  w'''  the  pert:  unto  ye  ryght  Heres  of  ye  saide 
John  Sayvyll  Fadre  unto  ye  saide  John  and  Umfray  remandre 
lor  evermore. 

Into  witnes  heroff  the  saide  John  Sayvyll  Fadre  to  ye  saide 
John  and  Umfray  to  ayther  p'te  of  yis  Indent :  his  Seall  hase  sett. 
Thise  wytnes,  John  Ryschworth  Juni"'  John  Ecclyslay,  Ric'. 
Mylner,  Jun'-  and  other  moo.  Grauntyd  att  Northland  the  day 
and  the  yere  beforesaide  "  [1458]. 

The  fi\e  trustees  above-named  conveyed,  as  directed,  to  Umfray 
Savile,  under  date  26th  October,  8th  Edward  IV.  [1468],  with 
remainder  to  John  his  brother,  &c. 

In  a  deed,  however,  dated  25th  March,  Sth  Henry  \'II. 
[1493],  Henry  Sayvell,  son  and  heir  of  John  Say\-ell  late  of 
Northland,  deceased,  confirmed  lands  there,  to  John  Rayner, 
which  descended  to  him  on  the  decease  of  the  said  John  Sayvell, 
his  father,  in  exchange  for  a  close  called  Richardroyde,  between 
his  close  and  a  close  of  Henry  Sayvell,  of  Copley.     Henry  Sayvell 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  123 

de  Copley  also  is  named  in  deeds  148 1  to  1508,  and  made  his 
will  29th  April,  proved  2nd  July,  15 10.  He,  therefore,  may  have 
been  the  grandson  of  John  Savile,  of  Cople)^  who  died  in  1459, 
by  a  son  and  heir  (Thomas,  according  to  Wilson's  MSS)  who  is 
not  named  in  his  father's  will,  as  also  was  not  Alice,  a  daughter, 
who  married  Thomas  Stansfeld.  The  latter  would  have  been 
already  provided  for,  by  her  marriage  portion,  &c.,  and  the 
former  may  have  been  of  age,  at  his  father's  death,  and  so 
inherited  Copley,  or  it  otherwise  might  have  been  assured  to 
him.  It  is  somewhat  strange,  however,  that  he  is  not  named  ; 
but  he  may  have  been  dead,  and  his  son  a  minor. 

John  de  Stansfeld  occurs  in  deeds,  along  with  Ralph,  his 
father,  from  1428,  as  has  already  been  shown,  under  the  section 
dealing  with  the  latter  generation,  in  the  Heralds'  pedigree. 

1434  John  de  Stansfeld,  Ric.  de  AVaddesworth,  Henry  de  Cokcrofte, 
John  de  Shagh  and  Henry  de  Southclyff  witnessed  a  deed  of 
John  Maunsell,  of  the  Parish  of  Wakefield,  to  Richard  de  Shagh 
and  Robert  de  Southclyff,  of  Wadsn'orth,  of  certain  lands,  &c., 
late  the  possession  of  Anabelle,  late  wife  of  William  Maunsell. 

1456  20th  June,  34th  Henry  VI.  Richard  Pek,  son  of  John  Pek. 
of  Southowrani.  enfeoffed  Nicholas  Worteley,  esquire,  Thomas 
Wilkynson,  vicar  of  Halyfax,  John  Sayvyll  of  Copley,  John 
Ryshworth  of  Coldeley,  and  John  Stansfeld,  in  all  mes- 
suages, &c.,  which  he  lately  had  of  the  feoffment  of  the  said 
Nicholas,  together  with  James  Wodhouse  and  John  Ryshworth 
of  Hymysworth.  Witnesses,  Richard  Rokes,  A\'illiam  Otes, 
and  John  Hemyngway. 

1458-9  4th  January,  37th  Henry  VI.  The  above  feoffees  convey  to 
Thomas  Neylson,  citizen  and  merchant  of  York,  the  above 
premises,  which  formerly  belonged  to  William  Brodelegh  of 
Shepedeyn.  Witnesses,  Laurence  Newall,  William  Otes  and 
John  Hemyngway.  William  Bentley  was  appointed  attorney 
to  deliver,  and  John  Rysscheworthe  junr.  of  Coldelay,  son  of 
Christopher  Ryssheworth,  to  receive^  seizin.  The  above  pro- 
perty was  called  Dove  House. 

From  the  Wakefield  court  rolls  : — 

141 6  sth  October,  4th  Henry  V.  Ralph  Stansfeld,  John  Stans- 
feld, John  son  of  Ralph  Stansfeld,  and  R — (torn) 
Stansfeld,  presented  for  assault. 


124  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1424  Halifox  Turn.  John  Stansfeld  of  Sourbybrig,  attached  for 
an  assault,  made  on  Sunday  next  after  the  Feast  of  the 
Ascension  of  Our  Lord,  2nd  Henry  VI  ,  on  John  Rigmayden  ; 
and  for  a  great  affray  against  the  peace. 

1429  John  Stansfeld  amerced  on  the  presentation  of  the  forester  at 
Hipperholrae,  for  cutting  and  carrying  off  underwood,  within 
that  lordship,  without  license. 

1431  13th  March  and  6th  June,  at  Wakefield  court,  under  Hipper- 
holme,  John  Stansfeld  was  a  juror  in  a  suit  between  Richard 
Prestelay,  plaintiff,  and  William  Brodele,  defendant. 

1433  Brighouse  Turn.      6th  October,  12th  Henry  VI.     John  Stans- 

feld presented  for  non-attendance. 

1434  The    constable  of  Northowram  presents  John  Stansfeld  for 

digging  turves  on  the  moor  of  Northowram,  where  he  has  no 
right  of  common. 

1434  29th  October,  13th  Henry  VI.  Court  at  Wakefield.  Hipper- 
holme.  Suit  between  Henry  Townende  and  others,  plaintiffs, 
and  John  Stancesfeld  defendant,  re  common  of  pasture  in 
Horwythyns,  in  greaveship  of  Hipperholme. 

1435-6-7  &  8  John  Stancesfeld  presented  by  the  constable  of 
Northowram  for  digging  turves  in  Mikilmosse  in  Northowram, 

1436  19th  October,  15th  Henry  VI.      Hipperholme.    John  Stances- 

feld presented  by  the  "  Gustos  "  of  Brynescoles. 

1437  iQth   September   &    24th   April    1438.       John    Stancesfeld 

amerced  for  cutting  underwood  in  Brynescoles,  Hipperholme. 

1439  Decoll.  S  John  Bapt.  [29th  August]  17th  Henry  VI.  Hipper- 
holme. Suit  between  William  Sharpp,  plaintiff,  and  John 
Stancesfeld,  defendant.     Plea  of  trespass. 

1439  2nd    September,     18th    Henry   VI.       Hipperholme.        John 

Stancesfeld,  of  Lightcliff,  fined  for  non-attendance. 

1440  22nd  April,  1 8th  Henry  VI.       Hipperholme.     John  Stances- 

feld presented  by  the  custos  of  Brynescoles  in  Hipperholme, 
for  cutting  wood. 

The  evidences  above,  favour  the  assumption,  adopted  in  the  sheet 
pedigree  attached  to  this  section,  that  this  John  Stansfeld  was 
the  son  of  Ralph  and  Jane  Stansfeld,  whose  name,  as  such,  is 
mentioned  in  connection  with  a  deed  of  William  and  John,  sons  of 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  125 

Thomas  de  Metheley  and  Ellen  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  de 
Wodehead,  to  him,  of  lands,  &c.,  in  Hartishead.  Hartishead 
adjoins  Northowram  and  Hipperholme,  hence,  no  doubt,  the 
frequent  presentments  for  trespass.  The  Flemings  were  also,  at 
this  time,  lords  of  Clifton,  adjoining  Hartishead  ;  and  if,  as  the 
dates  suggest,  Henry  de  Stansfeld,  who  married  Jane,  daughter 
of  Brian  Thornhill,  of  Fixby,  was  the  grandson  of  this  John,  and 
son  of  Thomas,  by  Alice,  daughter  of  John  Savile  of  Copley ; 
the  Stansfelds,  at  this  period,  were  allied  to  the  best  families  in 
the  neighbourhood. 

Kirklees  nunnery,  famous  amongst  readers  of  romance,  and 
all  children  who  have  ever  heard  of  Robin  Hood,  as  the  scene 
of  his  death  and  burial,  was  founded  by  Reyner  le  Fleming  ;  and 
Jane  Stansfeld,  probably  the  daughter  of  this  John  Stansfeld,  by 
Mary  Fleming  his  wife,  was  one  of  the  nuns,  and  afterwards 
became  prioress.  It  may  well  be  imagined,  that  the  fact  of  being 
"  of  Founder's  blood,"  would  form  an  important  factor  in  her 
election.  She  must  have  been  of  good  age,  if  her  father  were 
married  in  1410  ;  but,  as  she  only  held  that  position  eight  years, 
and  the  election  might  have  gone  by  seniority,  this  is  only  what 
might  reasonably  be  gathered  from  the  known  facts. 

1 49 1  April.  Archbishop's  register,  York.  Confirmation  of  the 
election  of  Johanna  Stansfeld  as  prioress  of  Kirklees,  upon 
the  death  of  Cecilia  Hik. 

"  In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  dame  Johanna  Stansfeld, 
chosyn  and  confirmed  p'oresse  of  Kirkleghes,  of  thord""  of  Saynte 
Barnarde,  of  York  dioc.  shalbe  true  and  obedient  to  the  moste 
reverende  fadir  in  God  Thomas,  by  the  grace  of  God,  Archebisshop 
of  Yorke,  primate  of  England,  and  legate  of  the  cuurte  of  Rome, 
and  to  his  successors  lawfullie  entring  ad  to  their  officers  and 
ministres  in  all  man^  of  lawfull  comaundments,  so  God  me  helpe 
and  thies  eungelists." 

On  her  death,  Margaret  Tarlton  received  confirmation  as 
prioress,  24th  April,  1499.  The  last  prioress  was  Jane  Kepax, 
confirmed  4th  November,  1 540 ;  and  Whitaker,  in  his  account 
of  Mirfield  church,  the  advowson  of  which  was  appropriate  to 
Kirklees,  describes  her  memorial : — 


126  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

'■  Around  an  arch  which  seems  to  have  been  a  Confessionary. 
on  the  North   side  of  the  choir,  is  an  inscription,  comparatively 
modern,  and  merely  copied  from  the  Parish  Register,  to  commemo- 
rate the  last  prioress  of  Kirklees,  who,  after  the  dissolution,  might 
probably  be  allowed  the  use  of  an  apartment  in  the  parsonage,  in 
aid  of  her  poor  annuity  of  40s. — '  Dame  foan  Kephasl,  late  nun  of 
Kirkkcs.  buried  February y  s^h  day,  1362.'" 
Above  it  are  the  following  lines,  so  touchingly  appropriate  to 
this  and  the  other  poor  ladies,  thrown  upon  the  world,  with  the 
libellous  taint  of  sin  and  shame  cast  upon  their  names,  by  perjured 
men,  at  the  dissolution  of  religious  houses  ;  a  time  when  a  charge 
of  shameful  sin,  against  the  innocent,  was  guilt ;  and  a  guilty 
king,  wallowing  in  that  crime,  whose  children  were  legitimate 
by  act  of  parliaiuent,  was  considered  innocent : — 

Beneath  the  great  oppressor's  frown. 

When  virtue  lies  distress'd  ; 
\Yhen  sorrow  bows  the  body  down, 

God  gives  the  mourner  rest.     ►{« 

From  the  marriage  of  Ann,  daughter  of  John  Stansfeld,  with 
Thomas  Sa\ile  of  HuUenedge,  are  descended  the  Saviles  of 
Hullenedge,  Wath,  Welborne,  Mexborough,  Newhall,  Bradley 
and  Methley.  Of  the  last  branch,  is  the  present  earl  of  Mex- 
borough ;  and  Sir  Henry  Savile,  of  Methley,  was  created  a 
baronet  in  161 1,  but,  his  three  sons  dying  young,  the  baronetc\- 
became  extinct,  at  his  death  in  1632. 


XI.— THOMAS  STANSFIELD. 
Thomas  StaNSFIELD,  of  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  John, 
married  Alice,  daughter  of  John  Savile,  and  had  issue,  William, 
son  and  heir,  Robert,  Richard,  Henry,  Julian  and  Mary.  The 
arms  of  Savile  of  Copley  arc :  Argent,  on  a  bend,  sable,  three 
owls  of  the  field ;  a  crescent  for  difference.  This  crescent 
marks  the  second  branch  of  the  family ;  the  Saviles  of  Thorn- 
hill,  being  the  main  line.  The  connection  with  the  Savile 
family,  has  already  been  explained,  and  it  will  be  sufficient 
to  note  here,  that  John  Savile  of  Copley,  died  in  1459,  and 
Thomas    Savile    of    Hullenedge,    his    brother,   died    in    1457. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  127 

These  dates  of  the  deaths  of  the    father-in-law    and    brother- 
in-law   of    Thomas    Stansfeld,    assist    in    ascribing   a   date    to 
his  own  period.      But  in   the   administration   of  the  goods  of 
Thomas    Savile  of   Hullenedge,  granted    nth  jA.pril,   1457,  his 
relict  is  called  Isabell.      She  may  have  been  a  second  wife.      So 
the  following  will  of  Thomas  Stansfeld,  would  well  accord  with 
the  period,  but  his  wife  is  there  also  named  Isabell. 
1465     MlWs  at  York  vo/.  IV.  22Z  l>  for  121  /'.      20th  November,   1465. 
Thomas    Stansfelde,    of   parish    of    Heptonstall,    bequeathed   his 
soul  to  Almighty  God,  Saint  Mary  and  all  saints,  and  his  body 
to   be    buried   as    God   would   dispose.       His   mortuary    to   the 
church  of  Halifax,  and   ten   shillings  to  the  chapel  of  Hepton- 
stall.    The   residue   of  all   his   goods  he  left  to  his  wife  Isabell 
and  his  children,  and  he  appointed  her  his  executrix.    Witnesses, 
Richard  St.\nsfelde,  Thomas  Robertsha,  and  Laurence  Benday. 
Probat.  24th  January,  [1465-6]. 

XII.— WILLIAM     STANSFIELD. 

William  Stansfield,  of  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of 
Thomas,  married  ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  John  Duckenfield  of 
Duckenfield  in  Cheshire,  and  had  issue,  JAME.S  STANSFIELD  of 
Stansfield  Hall,  son  and  heir,  living  1536,  in  which  year  he 
removed  to  Hartishead.  He  (James)  married  a  daughter  of 
Mr.  Holden  of  Lancashire,  had  issue,  Ashton  and  several  other 
children,  sons  and  daughters.  ASHTON  Stansfield  was 
Barrister-at-Law,  lived  in  Wakefield,  and  married  a  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Philemon  Speight  of  Earls  Heaton,  by  whom  he  had 
issue  several  children,  who  all  died  young  without  issue.  Such 
is  the  statement  of  the  Heralds,  but  another  pedigree  from  their 
College,  gives  these  last  two  generations  differently,  as  will  be 
shewn  afterwards,  making  James  the  son  of  another  James,  as  is. 
doubtless,  correct,  and  can  be  proved  by  evidence. 

The  arms  of  Duckenfield  are :  Argent,  a  cross  pointed 
(another  wavy),  voided,  sable. 

Dr.  Whitaker,  in  a  note  at  the  foot  of  his  pedigree  of  the 
family  of  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld  Hall,  which  occurs  between 
//.  202-j  in  his  Loidis  and  Elviete,  remarks  : — 


128  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 

The  above  pedigree,  down  to  James,  the  son  of  William 
Stansfeld  and  Elizabeth  Duckenfield,  agrees  nearly  verbatim,  with 
one  in  the  College  of  Arms,  one  in  the  British  Museum,  and  one 
in  the  hand  writing  of  Ralph  Thoresby,  sent  by  him  to  John 
Evelyn,  F.R.S.,  the  celebrated  author  of  Silva,  and  ancestor  of  the 
Baronets  of  that  name.  Mr.  Evelyn's  mother  was  daughter  and  sole 
heir  of  John  Stansfield,  Esq.  of  Lewes,  in  Sussex,  living  anno 
1600,  who  on  declaration  that  he  was  descended  from  the  Yorkshire 
family,  had  the  following  arms  granted  him,  and  confirmed  by 
Sir  William  Segar  :  vert,  3  goats  passant,  argent,  armed,  or.  The 
pedigree,  and  Mr.  Thoresby's  letter,  which  accompanied  it,  are  now 
in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Upcott,  sub-librarian  to  the  London 
Institution,  to  whom  they  were  lately  given  by  Lady  Evelyn.  But 
in  this  pedigree,  as  well  as  in  the  two  others  alluded  to  above,  the 
James  Stansfeld  just  mentioned,  is  erroneously  stated  to  be  the 
father  of  Ashton  Stansfeld,  a  barrister,  at  Wakefield.  Ashton's 
father,  James,  who  sold  the  last  of  the  Stansfeld  estates,  died  in 
1674.  In  his  will,  proved  in  that  year,  he  mentions  his  deceased 
son  Ashton's  children,  James  and  Frances,  who  were  living  in  1 65  7, 
when  the  will  was  made. 

With  respect  to  this  matter,  it  is  sufficient  to  state,  at  present, 
that  James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfield,  who  made  his  will  on  the  i  ith 
January  1657-8,  proved  17th  February  1674-5,  was  buried  at 
Crostone,  soon  after  the  former  date,  the  entry  of  his  burial  in 
the  register  being: — 

1658     March.      James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  esq.  buried  at  Crostone 
the  27. 

This  was  the  father  of  Ashton  Stansfeld,  and  the  grandfather  of 
James  and  Frances  Stansfeld  of  Stansfield.  How  Whitaker 
could  assert,  that  he  sold  the  last  of  the  Stansfeld  estates,  we 
cannot  say  ;  unless  he  never  saw  the  will  he  himself  alludes  to. 
This  will,  which  recites  the  remnant  of  the  Stansfeld  estates,  in 
the  possession  of  the  testator,  will  be  found  in  full,  in  the  chapter 
relating  to  the  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield  and  Hartishead. 


HERALDS'   COLLEGE    PEDIGREE    No.   IL 


tansfelti    of    ^otoeribp 


James  Stansfeld. 
Named  1534. 


Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Heptonstall  in  Stansfeld  co;  York.  Will  at  York  1508. 
To  be  buried  at  Heptonstall,  and  in  the  window  of  the  Church  are  the  arms  as  in 
Vincent  105.  == 


Laurence  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld.     =     Isabell  Horsfall. 
Wai  at  York,  1534.  1534. 


Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Sourby  adjoining 
Stansfeld,  1534.     Will  dated  1537. 


Thomas  Stansfeld,  1534. 
Son  and  Heir,  1537.  Of 
Higgin-chamber  in  Sowerby. 
Will  1564. 


Thomas  Stansfeld. 


Alice  Mitchell, 
1537.     Willises. 


Laurence  Stansfeld, 
'534. 


Laurence  Stansfeld  =  Eliz: 
of  Sowerby  dein.  Will  I  1591. 
1591-  1599- 


Nicholas  Stansfeld. 
youngest  son. 


Nicholas  Stansfeld, 
eldest  son,  of  Norland 
in  Stansfeld.  Will 
dated  1599.    ^ 


Laurence  Stansfeld. 


James  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir,  1599. 
1623.  Of  Lane  Ends  in  Sowerbie.  Of 
Sowerby  Dean,  in  Wakefield  Court  Roll 
1647.     Ob:   1648.  = 


JosiAH  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby. 


Thomas  Stansfeld, 
youngest  son.  1591- 
IS99- 


Laurence  Stansfield, 
2  son  of  Barkisland,  ad- 
joining Sowerbie.  Will 
1623. 


Nicholas,  eldest  s 


James. 


From  the  Original  (B.  P.  xix.,  213-214)  : 
Heralds   College,  Lonnoii. 


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HERALDS'   COLLEGE   PEDIGREE  No.    III. 


^tansfelti  of  ^tansfielis  anU  ^objeitp. 


BROOKE     390. 


John  Stansfield  Esq. 
of  Stansfield. 


Mary   dau.  of  John 
Fleming  of  Wath. 


Thomas  Stansfei.d     =     Alice  dau.  of 
of  Stansfeld  Esq.  |      Jno.  Savile  Esq. 


Ann  marrd. 
Tho:  Savile. 


Isabel. 
Jane. 


Eliz: 
Mary. 


William  Stansfeld 

Esqre. 


Eliz.  dau.  of  John 
Duckenfield  Esq. 


I     I 
Julian. 
Mary. 


James  Stansfield  of  S.  and 
Harteshead  near  Kirkby  Esq. 
Living  1536. 


.  .  .  daur.  of 
.  Holden  of 
Lane: 


AsHTON  Stansfeld 
of  Wakefield,  Barrr- 
at  Lawr. 


daughter  and  hr- 
ef Philemo  Speight  of 
Earles  Heaton  near  Dews- 
berry. 


Sons 
and 
Daurs. 


Thomas  Stansfeld  of    =     Blanch. 
Heptonstall  in  Stansfeld.       ;       1537. 
Will  at  York  1508. 


Laurence 
Stansfeld 
of  Stansfeld* 
Will  1534. 


I 
Thomas 
(iS34)of 
Sourby. 
Will  1534. 


Several  Children.     Died 
young,     s.p. 


Thomas  Stansfeld. 
son  and  heir. 


(*  Names  his  uncle  James.) 


Transcripts  from  the  Originals  (B.P.  jru.,  207-212^ 
in  the  Heralds^  College,  London. 


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HERALDS'   COLLEGE  PEDIGREE  No.    IV. 

^tansfeltr  oi  ^tansfielU  anti  ^objeitp. 


[FIRST    PART.] 


John  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld  Esq.,    =   Mary  dau.  of 
son  and  heir  of  Thomas,  marrd.  1410.  John  Fleming. 


Thomas  S.  of  S.  Esq.,  son  and  heir.  =  Alice  dau.  of 
I     John  Savile  Esq. 

in  \  n  i 

Julian.  William  S.    of  S.  Esq.,  son  and  heir.     =     Elizab.  dau.  of  John  Rob:  Henry. 

Mj^ry.  Duclcenfield  Esq.  RiCH: 


I  1 

James  S.  of  S.  Esq.,    =     Thomas  S.  of  Heptonstall     ==     Blanche. 

son  and  heir.  I  in  Stansfeld.     Died  1508. 


I  I 

Lawrence  S.  of  Stansfeld.     =     Isabel  Tho.mas  S.  of  Sowerby. 

Died  1534.  '       Horsfall.       Ob:  1537. 


I  1 

Thomas  Stansfeld  of    =     Alicie  Mitchell        Lawrence  Stansfeld. 


Higginchamber 
Sowerby.     Died  1565. 


of  Heptonstall. 
Died  1568. 


Thomas  Stansfeld.  Lawrence  Stansfeld  of    =     Elizabeth. 


Sourbie  Dein.     Died  1 591.  Wordsworth  Royde?  Died 


I 

Nicholas  S.  of  Norland,     —     Susan  Hopkinson. 
3.  and  h.     Died  1599.  Marrd- at  Halx- 1591. 


I  I 

James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld     ==     Martha  Bentli-.v,  Lawrence  Stansfeld 

Pond  at  Lane  ends.    Born  1592.  married   at    Halifax  of     Barkisland.        Died 

Died  1648.  1612.  1623. 

I  \  \  i 

JosiAS  Stansfeld  of  Breck.    =     Timv.  James  Susan. 

Born  1619.     Died  1702.  I  Stansfd-  Stansfd. 

i  \  \  \  \  \ 

Timothy  of  Joshua  of  Samuel  of  James  of  Ely,  M.A.  Josi ah  Stansfeld 

Stansfd-Pond.  Horton.  Bradford.  Bowood  (?)  Vicar  of  of  Breek. 

Newark. 


Anna  d.  of  .  .  .  .     =     John  S.  of  Sowerby     =     Eltz:  da:  of (?)  of 

Bothe.  I       60:1657.  Died  1737.       I       Alswood  Hall  co:  Chester. 

2  Sons  and  2  Daurs.  s.P. 


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Chapter    VI  I. 


THE  STANSFELDS  OF  STANSFIELD  AND 
SOWERBY. 


Heralds'  College   Pedigrees  H.  HI.  and  IV.  [First 
Portion]. 


O  difficulties  occur  in  the  intermediate  portion  of 
the  pedigree  of  the  Stansfeid  family,  from  its 
junction  with  the  main  line,  established,  at  the  time 
of  the  union,  at  Stansfield  Hall  and  Hartishead 
Hall,  down  to  Josias  Stansfeid  of  the  Breck,  from  whose  seven 
sons,  the  lines  are  carried  separate!}',  down  to  the  present  time. 


I.— THOMAS  STANSFELD. 
Another  pedigree  in  Heralds'  College,  is  evidently  copied 
from  Watson's  and  Whitakcr's  works.  It  commences  with  John 
Stansfeid,  who  married  in  1410,  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Fleming,  and  had  issue,  Thomas  Stansfeid,  who  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  John  Savile,  and  had,  amongst  others,  William 
Stansfeid,  who  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Duckenfield. 
The  issue  of  this  marriage,  is  stated  to  be,  James  Stansfeid  of 
Stansfield,  son  and  heir,  and  Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Hepton- 

stall  in  Stansfield,  who  married  BLANCHE  and  died  in 

1508.  Another  pedigree,  duly  attested  by  Somerset  Herald, 
will  be  found,  in  which  is  added  the  information  that  his  will  is 
at  York,  ordering  him  to  be  buried  at  Heptonstall  ;  and  in  the 
window  of  the  church,  are  the  arms  as  in  Vincent  105.  The 
will,  in  epitome,  is  as  follows  : — 


I30  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Vol.  viij .  folio  ih.  Dated  loth  December  150S,  proved  loth 
January  1508-9.  Thomas  Stansfeld  bequeathed  his  soul  to 
Almighty  God,  the  B.V.M.  and  all  saints,  and  his  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  chapel  of  S.  Thomas  the  Martyr,  of  Heptonstall.  Also  his 
best  animal  in  the  name  of  a  mortuary,  and  3s.  4d.  towards  the 
building  of  the  said  chapel.  The  residue  of  his  goods,  he  be- 
queathed to  his  wife  Blanche,  whom  he  also  appointed  his 
executrix.  Witnesses,  John  Gall,  chaplain,  \\'illiam  Feror, 
Laurence  Siansfelde  and  others.  In  the  probate,  administra- 
tion is  granted  to  William  Halile  [Halliwell  or  Highley  ?]  of  York, 
Fishmonger,  by  request  of  Johanna,  relict  of  the  defunct. 

The  issue  of  Thomas  Stansfeld  is  given,  as  Lawrence  and 
Thomas.     The  latter,  in  his  will,  mentions  his  mother  Blanch. 

Vol.  xi.fol.  244a.  In  No'ie  dei  amen  tercio  die  Aprilis  Anno 
D'ni  mcccccxxxvj.  I  Thomas  Stansfeld,  seke  in  bodye,  hoole 
of  mynde  and  memory,  ordane  and  make  my  last  wyll  and  testa- 
mente,  in  maner  and  fo'me  foloing.  fiyrste  I  gyve  and  bequeathe 
my  soull  to  almyghtye  god,  and  oure  blessed  lady  Sancte  marie, 
and  to  all  the  sanctes  in  heven,  and  my  body  to  bee  buryed  in  the 
churche  yearde  of  sancte  John  baptiste  of  halyfax. 

Item,  I  bequeathe  to  the  chapell  of  Sourbye  vj  li  xiijs  iiijd,  of 
wiche  su,  at  the  day  of  making  herof,  is  in  the  handes  of  John 
Banastre  iij  li  vjs  viijd,  and  iij  li  in  the  handes  of  Richard  Horsfall 
of  Heptonstall,  to  bee  payd  aftre  decesse  of  Blaunche  my 
moder. 

Also  I  bequeathe  to  the  buylding  of  one  chamer  to  the  p'iste 
at  Sourbye  vijs.  viijd. 

Jtm.  I  bequeathe  to  William  Crabtrie,  sone  of  Thomas 
Crabirie,  vj  li  xiijs  iiijd,  to  be  payd  by  the  handes  of  my  executors, 
when  he  cometh  to  the  aidge  of  xxj  yeares. 

Itm.  I  bequeathe  to  Alice,  the  vyfe  of  Thomas  Hergreyves, 
all  my  sheipe,  and  iij  li.  vjs.  viijd. 

Itm.  I  bequeathe  to  the  mending  of  the  way  in  the  Wecher- 
lane  xs.,  nowe  in  the  handes  of  Thomas  Wilson  of  Kendall. 

Itm.  I  gyve  to  the  chapell  beilded  at  the  crosse  stone,  in  the 
parishe  of  Heptonstall  liijs.  iiijd.,  now  in  the  handes  of  William 
More  of  Heptonstall,  the  wiche  su,  I  will  that  the  sayd  William 
More  paye  unto  Richard  Horsfall  and  Thomas  Stansfeld,  to 
bye  therwiih,  one  chales  [chalice]  to  the  said  chapell,  and  the 
chales  beyng  ther,  to  bee  geven  agayne  to  the  churche  of  Hepton- 
stall, orels  the  new  chales  remayne  ther. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  131 

John  Brigge  and  James  Robynson  are  appointed  executors, 
and  vijli.  to  his  forthbringing  (funeral),  and  the  remainder  equally, 
to  Alice  Stansfelde  and  Alice  Helevvell. 

Witnesses,  George  Smyth,  Alane  Penyngton,  Richard 
Horsfall,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  Edward  Naler  and  oder. 

Pr.  17th  May,  Dno.  Johanni  Helewell,  cant,  apud  Eland. 

It  is  evident,  that  the  above  testator  was  the  brother  of 
Laurence  Stansfeld,  whose  will  is  given  next,  by  the  following 
considerations.  Laurence,  who  died  first,  mentions  a  brother 
Thomas,  a  father-in-law  Richard  Horsfall,  and  a  son  Thomas 
who  married  Alice  Mitchell.  These  are  all  mentioned  in  the 
above  will,  Alice  Stansfeld  being  co-residuary  legatee  with  Alice 
Helliwell,  probably  a  married  niece. 

Vol.  xi.  folio  133a.  Dated  12th  February,  proved  loth 
March  1534-5. 

"  I  Laurence  Stansfelde  of  Township  of  Stansfelde  in  the 
Parish  of  Heptonstall,  being  of  whole  mind  and  memory  &c.  &c. 
my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chapel  of  Heptonstall.  Also  I  be- 
queath to  the  "Vicar  of  Hallifax,  a  mortuarie  after  th'acte  of  soverayne 
lord  King  Henrie  Height. 

"  Also  I  bequeath  towards  the  repairing  of  the  said  chapel, 
vjs.  viijd.  sterling;  and  I  will  that  Lawrence  Stansfelde,  my 
youngest  son,  have  all  the  mess,  and  landes  and  tents,  in  Hepton- 
stall, which  shall  or  may  descend  to  me  or  my  heirs,  after  the  death 
of  Ja^  Stansfelde  my  uncle,  and  another  mess,  with  another  to  it 
adjoining,  with  appurtenances,  in  Heptonstall,  after  dethe  of 
Thomas  Stansfelde  my  brother ;  to  be  hadde  all  to  the  said 
Lawrence  my  son,  for  terme  of  his  life,  as  more  plainlie  doth 
appear  by  a  surrender  thereof,  made  into  the  handes  of  Thojnl\s 
Stansfelde  of  Parke  [Paile  ?]  Lord  ten'nt. 

"  Also,  whereas  that  Isabell  my  wife  is  with  childe,  if  it  please 
God  it  be  a  man  childe,  I  will  that  it  hath  all  the  mess"  landes 
and  tene""5  called  Hegynchawmbre  for  terme  of  its  life,,  or  els 
Thomas  Stansfelde  my  son  and  Heire  appering,  to  pay  to  him 
twenty  nobills,  when  the  said  childe  come  to  lawful  age ;  and  if  it 
be  a  woman  childe,  then  the  said  Thomas  my  son  to  pay  to  her  and 
other  his  sisters,  the  sum  of  xx'y  nobills.  at  such  time  as  the  said 
messug«=  and  lande  called  Hegynchawmbre  shall  come  to  the  said 
Thomas  my  son. 


132  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

"  Also,  I  will  that  Rich<i  Horsfall,  my  Father  in  Law,  have 
and  keep  the  said  Thomas  my  son  and  Heir,  during  his  said  non- 
age, and  yearly  take  and  have  xls.  off  rentes  of  landes  of  said 
Thomas,  towards  his  fynding.  Also  I  will  and  assign  the  said 
Thomas  my  son,  to  enjoy  and  have  certaine  land  or  close  called 
Hawkescloughe,  w^hich  Mr.  James  Stansfelde  did  surrender  unto 
me  and  my  assigns,  for  terme  of  his  life,  as  appeareth  in  the  rente 
rolls  of  Wackefield. 

"  And  also,  I  will  that  the  said  Isabell  my  wife,  and  our 
younger  children,  have  the  rentes  and  proffits  coming  and  growing 
upon  all  my  other  landes  and  tene'*-  until  the  sayd  Tho^  my  son 
be  twenty  one  years  of  age.  Residue  of  all  my  goods  above  not 
bequeathed,  I  give  unto  the  said  Isabell  my  wife,  and  childer,  and 
make  them  my  executors.  And  the  said  Rich<i  Horsfall  to  be  their 
supervisor,  overseer  and  reuler  of  them,  their  goods  and  landes.  to 
and  for  their  most  profit. 

"  Witnesses,  John  Grenwoodde  my  curate,  Wilm:  NichoU, 
Edmund  Fairbank,  Parish  Clerk,  John  Estwoode,  Tho^  Nayler  and 
others. 

"  Proved  before  Sir  John  Helliwell  chantry  priest  (cantarist) 
Elland." 

Dr.  Whitaker  made  the  connection  between  Thomas 
Stansfeld,  who  died  in  1508,  and  William  Stansfeld  and 
Elizabeth  Duckenfield,  evidently  allowed  by  the  Heralds,  on  the 
strength  of  this  allusion  to  an  uncle  James  Stansfeld  ;  on  whose 
death,  the  reversion  of,  at  any  rate,  a  life  interest  in  certain 
messuages  &c.  in  Hcptonstall,  was  to  fall  to  Laurence  Stansfeld, 
a  younger  son  of  the  testator.  This  is  willed  to  him  for  his  life, 
according  to  the  terms  of  a  surrender.  He  also  bequeathed  to 
another  son,  Thomas,  a  life  interest  in  Hawkesclough,  which  Mr. 
James  Stansfeld  surrendered  to  him,  for  the  surrenderor's  life. 
This  looks  like  an  exchange  of  interests,  the  life  interest  to  Mr. 
James  Stansfeld  being  a  consideration,  for  the  use  of  Hawkes- 
clough, which  being  adjacent  to  a  mill  &c.  would  be  required 
by  the  tenant  of  the  mill,  which  we  suppose  the  testator  to 
have  been.  It  was  not  necessary,  therefore,  to  kill  off  all 
the  issue  of  the  main  line,  in  order  to  explain  the  terms  of 
this  will. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  133 

That  the  Mr.  James  Stansfeld  who  possessed  Hawkesclough, 
was  the  head  of  the  family,  the  possessor  of  Stansfield  and 
Hartishead  Halls,  there  is  sufficient  evidence  to  prove.  He 
paid  heriot  at  the  court  of  Wakefield,  20th  May  5th  Henr\- 
VHI.  [15 1 3],  as  son  of  Ralph  deceased,  and  grandson  and  heir 
of  Geoffrey  Stansfeld,  for  a  parcel  of  land  in  the  course  of 
the  Calder,  and  an  attachment  to  a  mill  dam,  between  Rydicarr 
and  Hawkesclough.  This  is  the  James  Stansfeld,  who  appears 
in  Heralds'  College  pedigree  No.  VI.,  treated  of  under  the  title 
of  the  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield  and  Hartishead.  He  died 
before  1541,  as  he  is  referred  to,  in  the  will  of  Robert  Helewcll, 
of  that  date,  as  "  Mr.  James  Stancefelde  late  of  Stancefelde, 
deceased." 

It  is  evident,  therefore,  that  James  Stansfeld  of  Hartis- 
head, circa  1536,  and  Thomas  Stansfeld,  whose  arms  were  in 
the  window  of  Heptonstall  church,  were  not  the  sons  of 
William  Stansfeld  and  Elizabeth  Duckenfield.  But  it  remains 
to  be  proved,  that  they  were  brothers  ;  for,  although  in  the 
foregoing  will,  an  uncle  James  Stansfeld  is  named,  and  likewise 
a  Mr.  James  Stansfeld,  who  owned  Hawkesclough,  it  by  no 
means  follows  that  they  were  the  same.  The  balance  of  pro- 
bability, as  far  as  the  will  alone  is  concerned,  is  against  the 
identity  ;  for  one  person  is  called  Mr.  James  Stansfeld  and  not 
uncle,  and  the  other  is  called  James  Stansfeld  Jiij/  nnc/c,  and 
not  Mr.  And  it  is  certain,  that  James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfield 
Hall  and  Hartishead,  had  a  brother  Thomas,  who  is  mentioned 
in  his  marriage  settlement,  28th  March  15 18,  and  could  not, 
therefore,  be  the  Thomas  Stansfeld  who  died  in  1 50S.  And  the 
three  wills  already  given,  seem  to  prove  that  Laurence  and 
Thomas  were  sons  to  the  other  testator. 

The  difficulty  is  increased  by  the  following  reports  of 
proceedings  at  law,  respecting  Higginchamber,  mentioned  in 
the  will  of  Laurence,  as  though  the  whole,  and  not  a  moiety 
of  it,  were  in  his  possession. 

Ducat  us  Lancastriic — Calendar  to  Pleadings,  Vols.  x.  12  and 
xvi.  I.  3rd  Elizabeth  [1561].  Laurence  Stansfeld,  claiming 
by   the   Custom    of  the    Manor    of   Wakefield,  against   Thojias 


134  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Stansfeld,  claiming  by  forfeiture,  as  found  by  the  Homage  at 
the  Court  called  the  Steward's  Turn  at  Halifax.  Moiety  of  a 
Messuage.  Barn,  Lands  and  Appurtenances  called  Hegyn 
Chamber,  Sowerby,  Halifax. 

5th  Elizabeth  [1563J.  Laurence  Stansfeld,  claiming  by 
Inheritance,  against  Thomas  Stansfeld,  claiming  under  a 
Decree.     Moiety  of  a   Messuage  &c. 

The  bills  are  not  dated,  otherwise  than  in  the  calendar  ; 
but  the  second  one,  from  which  the  following  resume  is  taken, 
is  addressed  to  the  Rt.  Hon  Sir  Ambrose  Cave,  knight,  one 
of  the  Queen's  Majesty's  Council. 

Sedioti  I  .-—8111  hied  by  Lawrens  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld, 
Yorke,  yeoman,  setting  forth  that  :— 

"Whereas  one  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  lait  of  Stansfeld,  York, 
yeoman,  was  lawfully  seised  in  his  demeane  as  of  fee,  according 
to  the  Custome  of  the  manor  of  Wakefield,  of  and  in  the  moiety 
of  one  messuage  or  tenement,  or  halfe  of  one  barne,  tenne  acres, 
and  a  rood  of  land,  meadow  and  pasture,  called  Heginchamber, 
in  Sowerbye,  in  the  Lordship  of  Wakefeld,  parcel  of  the  Duchy  of 
Lancaster. 

"  Being  so  seised,  he,  the  said  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  at  a  Court 
holden  at  Halifax,  Ocf  is'"!  in  the  8'^  of  King  Henry  VH''^ 
[1492],  did  give  into  the  hands  of  the  Steward  thereof,  all  the 
premisses,  to  the  use  of  Nicholas  Stansfeld  his  sonne,  and  of  his 
heires  mailes  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten,  and  in  default  to  his 
own  right  heirs.  Nicholas  the  son,  entered  the  premisses,  after  the 
death  of  his  father,  and  died  possessed  of  same,  without  issue 
male ;  and  after  such  death,  the  premisses  ought  to  come  to  the 
pit  [as  above]  as  Cousin  and  heir  of  Nicholas  Stansfeld  the  Donor, 
that  is  to  say.  Brother  of  Thomas,  son  of  Lawrens,  son  of  Thomas, 
son  of  the  said  Nicholas  the  Donor.  By  virtue  thereof,  pit 
according  to  the  custom  of  the  said  Manor,  entered  the  same 
premisses,  and  was  thereof  seised." 

It  appears,  that  one  Thomas  Stansfeld,  in  the  said  County  of 
York,  yeoman,  of  his  extorte,  might  and  power,  and  accompanied 
with  divers  other  Riotous  and  evil  disposed  persons,  to  pit 
unknown,  entered  the  premises,  and  molests,  vexes  and  troubles 
pit.  "  The  premises  considered,  and  for  that  the  said  Thomas 
Stansfeld  ys  a  man  of  great  myghte.  Riches,  habilytie  and 
power,  and  also   greatly   frended,  kined,  and  allied  in    the   said 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  135 

Countye,  as  well  as  unto  the  Steward  of  the  Court  of  Wakefeld, 
and  pit,  beinge  powre,  and  haveinge  no  frends  in  the  said 
Countye,  fears  an  in-different  trial."  Ending  by  praying  the 
usual  writ  to  answer. 

Section  la: — Another  bill,  not  dated,  filed  by  Lawrence 
Stancefeld  of  Stancefeld,  Yorke,  yeoman,  setting  forth  that  he  in 
Trinity  Term,  3'"'  Elizabeth  [1561]  exhibited  his  bill  in  the  Duchy 
Chamber  at  Westminster,  against  one  Thomas  Stancefeld  of 
Sowrebye,  Yorke,  yeoman,  concerning  the  moiety  of  a  barn,  and 
ten  acres  of  land  called  Hyngynge  Chambre,  in  Sowrebye,  York, 
whereunto  the  said  Thomas  appeared,  and  pleaded  as  by  the 
answer  may  appear.  Notwithstanding,  the  case  was  dismissed, 
the  judge  ordered  pit.  to  pay  the  said  Thomas  Stancefeld 
£(i  13s.  4d. 

In  Michaelmas  Term,  5''^  Eliz">  [1563]  one  John  Sutcliffe  paid 
the  money,  on  behalf  of  pit. 

Pit.  now  prays  that  the  Court  will  order  the  said  Thomas  to 
answer  his  bill. 

Section  lb  : — Thomas  Stancefield  answers  the  bill,  admitting 
what  pit.  says ;  but  further  states  that  the  bill  is  vexatious  to  him, 
inasmuch  as  pit.  has  not  paid  the  costs  of  the  action,  when  ordered 
by  the  judge,  and  prays  dismissal. 

Section  i"^:— This  is  a  replication  of  Lawrence  Stancefeld,  to 
the  answer  of  Thomas  Stansfeld ;  who  maintains  what  he  already 
said  in  bill. 

Sect/on  id: — This  is  a  rejoinder  of  Thomas  Stancefeld,  to 
the  Replication  of  Lawrence  Stauncefeld,  who  says  that  Nicholas 
Stauncefelde  the  younger,  mencioned  in  the  saide  Aunsweare, 
demised  the  premises  to  one  Thomas  baytes,  for  30  years ;  and 
further  says,  that  the  demise  was  a  forfeiture  of  his  Copyhold,  by 
the  Custom  of  the  manor. 

It  ends  by  stating,  that  the  whole  answer  is  an  attempt  to 
defraude  him  of  the  premises. 

These  proceedings  are  interesting,  not  only  from  a  genealogical 
point  of  view  ;  but  also  as  illustrating  the  tenure  of  copyhold 
land,  &c.,  more  than  three  hundred  years  ago.  The  fact  of 
the  manor  of  Wakefield  being  then  parcel  of  the  duchy  of 
Lancaster,  accounts  for  the  proceedings  in  the  Duchy  court. 
The  claimant's  pedigree,  at  first  sight,  appears  to  be  the  same 
as  that  at  present  under  notice. 


136  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


Nicholas  Stansfeld. 
Surrendered  a  moiety  of 
Higginchamber  in  1492. 


Thomas  Stansfeld.   = 
Forfeited  the  moiety  by  leasing  it. I 

I 
Laurence  Stansfeld.  = 
Evidently  deceased  in  1 561.     I 


I 
I^URF.NCE  Stansfeld. 
The  plaintiff  in    1561-3. 

For  comparison,  the  other  pedigree  is  subjoined. 
Blanche. 


I  I 

I  aurenxe  Stansfeld.  =  Isabel  daughter  of       Thomas  Stan 
Will  dated  1534-5.     Be 


queathed  Higginchamber 
to  his  son  Thomas.on  pay- 
ment of  &c.  Mentions  his 
lirother  Thomas  Stansfeld. 


Richard  Horsfall.  Will  dated  1537.     Men- 

tions his  mother,  Blanche, 
Richard  Horsfall,  and 
Thomas  and  Alice  Stans- 
feld. 


Thomas  Stansfeld  —  Alice  Mitchell.        Laurence       James  Staks- 


Stansfeld.     feld.  Poslhu- 
Younger  son.      mous  son. 


of  Higginchamber,  son 
and  heir.  Will  dated 
1564.  Evidently  the 
defendant  in  the  above 
proceedings,  1561-3. 

Stansfelds  of  Sowerby  &c. 

It  will  be  seen  at  a  glance,  how  curiously  these  pedigrees  seem 
to  coincide.  Both  the  plaintiff  and  defendant,  were  sons  of 
Lawrence,  and  grandsons  of  Thomas.  The  plaintiff,  Lawrence, 
had  a  brother,  Thomas  ;  and  the  defendant,  Thomas,  had  a 
brother,  Lawrence,  and  also  another  brother,  James.  But  the 
plaintiff  and  defendant  could  not  have  been  brothers,  as  the 
disposition  of  property  in  the  will  of  Lawrence,  dated  1534, 
would  have  debarred  the  son  Lawrence,  as  Higginchamber  is 
definitely  bequeathed,  either  to  the  child  unborn,  or  to 
Thomas  ;  and  Lawrence  is  otherwise  provided  for.  But  the 
defendant,  no  doubt,  represented  the  other  moiety  of  Higgin- 
chamber, and  the  contingent  remainder  of  the  moiety  in 
question.  It  is  not  improbable,  therefore,  that  the  Nicholas 
and  Thomas,  who  head  the  pedigrees,  were  brothers. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  137 

The  reference  to  the  defendant,  being  greatly  friended, 
kined  and  alHed  in  the  county,  as  well  as  to  the  steward  of 
the  court  of  Wakefield,  is  further  evidence  of  the  connection 
between  the  Stansfield  and  Sowerby  branches  of  the  pedigree 
of  Stansfeld.  The  Duchy  Pleadings,  only  eight  pages  further 
on,  mention  the  name  of  James  Staunsfild,  the  Queen's 
bailiff,  5th  Elizabeth  [1563].  The  following  is  the  will  of  a 
Nicholas  Stansfeld,  who  may  be  the  one  who  forfeited  his 
inheritance. 

Vol.xi.,p.4osb.     Dated  23rd,  proved  30th  January,  1539-40. 

Nicholas  Stancefelde  of  the  parish  of  Heptonstall  &c. 
bequeathed  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  chapel,  and  for  his 
burial  fee,  iijs.  iiijd.  to  the  said  chapel.  Residue  to  Thomas 
Stancefelde. 

Another  will,  probably,  belongs  this  branch  of  the  family  ;  and 
as  the  plaintiff,  Lawrence  Stansfeld,  calls  himself  the  brother 
of  Thomas,  it  may  be  that  of  the  latter.  But  it  is  more 
probably  that  of  Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Erringden  Park,  the 
tenant  of  the  lord  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Laurence  Stansfeld, 
in  153+ 

Vol.  XV.,  folio  156  a.  (the  third  set  of  numbering).  Dated  21st 
August,  proved  loth  November,  1558. 

Thomas  Stansfeld  of  the  parishing  of  Heptonstall,  be- 
queathed to  his  sons  Richard  and  George,  and  daughters  Alis 
and  Elyza,  ;^2o,  which  was  in  the  hands  of  Edward  Stance- 
FELD,  his  son  and  heir.  All  other  goods  &c.  to  his  wife  Isabell, 
executrix,  and  to  his  daughters  Alys  and  Elizabeth.  Sir  Gilbert 
Stancefeld,  curate,  was  one  of  the  witnesses. 

Thomas  Stansfeld  was  Head  Greave  of  Sowerby,  i8th 
Henrj'  VH.  [1502-3];  and  in  the  22nd  year  of  the  following 
reign  [1530-1],  the  wife  of  Thomas  Drapar  was  greave  for  lands 
in  Marshehay,  and  had  help  of  Christofer  Felde,  John  Drapar, 
James  Felde,  John  Bannystar  for  Holingbarshay,  Richard 
Ridinges,  Thomas  Stansfelde,  and  Edward  Bates.  Thomas,  son 
of  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  was  witness  to  a  deed  of  Shay  in  Lang- 
field,  dated  nth  June,  1530.  And  the  court  roll  of  Wakefield, 
4th  November,  1 5  24,  records  that : — 

S 


138  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Edward  Akroyd  through  Thomas  Stancefelu,  surrenders  a 
messuage,  with  divers  lands,  now  in  tenure  of  Isabella  Crosselee, 
after  lapse  of  term  which  Peter  Crosselee  has,  to  the  use  of  John 
Wadsworth,  and  his  assigns,  for  six  years. 

These  are  not  all  the  same  person,  although  bearing  the  same 
name.  It  is  not  at  all  unlikely,  indeed,  that  four  different  persons 
are  here  mentioned  ;  but  it  is  not  possible,  at  present,  to  identify 
each  one,  in  the  pedigree. 


II.— LAURENCE    STANSFELD. 

Laurence  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas,  whose 
will  has  already  been  given,  married  Isabel,  daughter  of  Richard 
Horsfall  (who  bore  :  Gules,  three  horses'  heads,  erased,  argent). 
The  will  of  Richard  Horsfall  of  Heptonstall,  was  made  14th 
October,  1557,  and  proved  9th  March,  1557-8.  He  mentions 
his  brother  John,  sons,  Richard,  John  and  Henry, and  his  daughter 
Anne.  Laurence  Stansfeld  paid  9s.  for  ;^i8  goods,  in  the  subsidy 
15th  Henry  VIII.  [1523-4],  the  other  payments  of  the  same 
name  being,  in  Stansfield,  James  Stansfeld,  for  20  mark  lands, 
13s.  4d.;  and  under  Heptonstall,  Edward  Stansfeld,  for  20s.  land, 
1 2d.  He  had  issue,  Thomas,  son  and  heir,  and  Laurence,  men- 
tioned, and  a  posthumous  son,  James,  provided  for,  in  his  will. 

In  a  schedule,  consisting  of  dates  and  contents  of  thirty- 
three  pieces  of  evidences,  written  in  1558,  but  referring  to  some 
deeds,  which  were  then  250  years  old,  the  following  are  entered  : — 

26.  Deed,  isth  July,  3  Ric.  III.  [1485].  Wm.  VVhiteleigh 
releases  to  Nicholas  Savile  of  ffekesbie,  his  right  in  a  close  called  ferie 
leigh,  and  in  xs.  rent  going  forth  of  certain  lands  of  Robert  Mitchell. 

31.  Itm.  a  deed  dated  the  xx  of  December,  in  the  xvi  yeare 
of  Kinge  Henrie  the  Eight  [1524],  whereby  John  Savile  gave  to 
Lawrence  Stansfeld,  xs.  rent  issuing  forth  of  lands  in  Stansfield, 
sometym  Whitleigh  and  Jo.  Whitleigh. 

29.  Deed,    loth  Jany.   16   Hen.   viij   [1525],   Henry  Savile 

esq.  son  of  Nicholas,  released right  in forth  of  lands 

sometime  Robert  Mitchell's. 

30,  Deed,   5th  April  23  Hen [1532] gave  to  Jennett 

his  wi(e,xs  rent  issuing  forth  of  lands  sometime JohnWhideigh's. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  139' 

The  will  of  James  Stansfeld  of  Heptonstall,  was  made  10th 
Septbr.,  and  proved  2nd  March,  1572.  He  mentioned  his  wife 
Alice,  bequeathed  to  his  bastard  daughter  Jennet,  for  ever,  the 
house  he  then  dwelt  in,  and  13s.  46.  yearly  rent,  to  his  daughter 
Alice.  On  the  31st  May,  1575,  Alice  Stansfeld,  widow,  with 
Anthony  and  John  Beane,  butchers,  of  Bradford,  entered  into  a 
bond  in  ;^20,  to  Alice  Stansfeld,  her  daughter,  to  pay  the  latter 
the  annuity  mentioned  in  the  will. 

The  Condycon  of  this  obligacon  ys  suche,  that  yf  the  aboue 
named  Alyce  St.^ncefeild,  Virgyn,  hir  heres  and  Assignes,  at  all 
tymes  herafter,  Immedyatlie  from  and  after  the  Daie  of  the 
Deceasse  of  the  aboue  Bounden  Alyce  stancefeild,  weadowcv 
shall,  may,  and  doe  Quyetlie  and  peacefullie  p'ceyve,  receyve,  and 
take  one  Annewytie  or  Annewal  rent  of  Thirtene  shillings  and 
fouer  pence  of  good  and  lawfull  money  of  england,  goinge  forthe 
and  to  be  leavied  of  one  howse  in  heptonstall,  v/^^  th'  apprten'n'c's, 
layt  th'  inheritance  of  James  Stancefeild,  Deceased,  ffather  of 
the  said  Alyce,  in  the  ffeaste  of  St.  Martyne  the  bishopp,  and 
penticost,  or  contraryewise  in  the  said  ffeaste,  as  yt  shall  happen 
by  and  after  the  Deceasse  of  the  said  Alyce  Stancefeild,  weadowe, 
by  eaven  porcons,  accordinge  to  the  true  meaninge  of  one  \\Titinge,. 
thereof  made  to  the  said  Alice  Stancefeild,  vergyne,  hir  heres  and 
assignes. 

By  iforce  of  one  surrender  hertofore,  by  the  said  James 
Stancefeild  in  his  lief  tyme,  for  that  purpose  made,  of  the  said 
yerlie  rent,  and  geven  upp  into  thande  of  one  Edw.\rd  Stance- 
feild, of  Arrendenne,  tenante  to  the  Lorde,  accordinge  to  the 
Custome  of  the  mannr.  of  hallyfax,  and  as  by  the  writinge  thereof,, 
bearing  Date  of  this  obligacion,  more  at  large  it  doethe  and  may 
appeare,  vv'"^  oute  any  interruption,  suyt,  lett,  hynderaunce  or  in- 
cubrance  of  one  Jennett  Stancefeild,  an  illigdymat  Daughter 
of  the  said  James  Stancefeild  Deceased,  his  heires  and  Assignes, 
or  any  of  theme,  or  any  other  p'son  or  p'sons  whatsoev''  ■  clamyngCr 
p'tendinge  or  havinge  any  estait,  interest,  title  or  right  in,  and  to 
the  said  howse  w""  thapp''tenance,  or  in  or  to  any  p'te  or  p'cell  of 
the  same,  by,  frome  or  under  the  said  Jennett,  hir  heires  and 
assignes,  or  any  of  theme,  at  any  tyme  or  tymes  herafter  for  ever, 
That  then  this  present  obligacion  to  be  utterlie  void  and  of  none 
effect,  or  els  yt  to  stand,  remayne  and  abide  in  full  force,  power, 
strengthe  and  vertue. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Sealed  and  delyu'ed  the  daie  and  yere  w'^  in  said  in  the  p'sens 
of  John  Hanson  of  Woodhouse  ;  Thomas  Wilkynson  of  Ovenden ; 
John  Hutchinson  ;  Edward  Stancefeild  of  Arrenden  ;  Richard 
Waterhouse  of  Myrewall,  in  Sowerby  ;  Thomas  \Mlkinson,  ^Villiam 
Learoyd  and  Xpofer  Waterhouse  of  Hallyfax. 


III.— THOMAS    STANSFELD. 

Thomas  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Laurence,  married 
Alice  Mitchell,  of  Heptonstall,  and  had  issue,  Thomas, 
Laurence  and  Nicholas,  sons  ;  Elizabeth  (married  Richard 
Fourness  of  Erringden),  Margaret,  Jennet  (married  Henry 
AVaterhouse),  and  Alice,  daughters.  The  arms  of  Mitchell  are  : 
Sable,  a  chevron,  or,  between  three  escallops,  argent.  They  are 
painted  on  the  roof  of  the  chancel  of  Halifax  parish  church, 
along  with  an  escallop  for  crest,  which  seems  to  be  or. 

He  is  mentioned  in  the  following  deeds  : — 

1552.  John  Denton  of  Barkesland  (alias  Tenkyn  Denton),  granted  by 
deed,  26th  December,  6  Edward  V^.  [1552],  to  Edward 
Tattersall  of  Sowerby,  an  annuity  of  ;^i,  for  four  years,  out 
of  two  messuages,  &'c.,  in  Barkesland.  Witnesses,  Will. 
Prestlay,  Tho.  Stancefield,  and  John  Maud  of  Trem- 
yngham. 

1558.  Deed  of  Composition  of  Halifax  rectorial  tithes. 

Thomas  Stansfeilde  for  his  own  proper  lands  in  Sowerby  3  9 
Thomas  Stansfelde  of  Stansfelde,  for  his  own  proper 

lands  called  Holingerake  Holme  2 

Item,  for  &c.  in  Langefeld  called  Horsewoode  4 

Item,  for  &c.  called  Higgyne  Chambre                      i  3 

Item,  for  &c.  in  Estwoode  w"'in  Stansfeld                 3  4 

Item,  for  &c.  in  Soureby  Deyne                                  i  5 

1559.  April  26.     Wakefield  Great  Court.      Robert  Akroyd  surrenders 

by  Thomas  Stansfeld,  the  fourth  part  of  3J2  acres  with 
buildings,  in  the  graveship  of  Sowerby,  to  the  use  of  James 
Halylee  and  his  heirs. 
1561.  Zansdowfie  A/SS.  No.  11,  fol.  36.  Within  a  list  of  free- 
holders of  Yorkshiie  in  1561,  occur  in  the  liberty  of 
Wakefield,  Ric'us  Speyght,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  and 
Edwardus  Stansfeld  and  others. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  141 

Thomas  Stansfeld  has  already  been  mentioned,  as  the  defendant 
in  the  proceedings  of  the  Duchy  court,  respecting  a  moiety  of 
Higginchamber.  The  following  is  an  abstract  of  his  will, 
followed  by  that  of  his  wife. 

Vol.  xvij.f.  413a.  Dated  nth  October  1564,  proved  March 
afith  1565. 

Thomas  Stancefeld  of  Hyginchamber  in  Sourbie,  yo- 
man,  recites  that  he  stands  seazed  in  fee  simple,  in  a  mes- 
suage and  certain  cottages  called  Netherswyneshead,  with 
lands  &'c.  appertaining,  in  Langfield,  purchased  of  Thomas 
Draper  of  Brodbothom  :  in  occupation  of  testator  and  James 
Crabtree. 

Also  in  three  houses  and  a  laithe  called  Horsewodde,  with 
all  lands  (5^'c.  in  Langfield,  in  occupation  of  Robert  Crabtree, 
Robert  Nailer  and  Richard  Whitcher. 

Also  of  a  close  called  Hollinrake  Hollins  in  Stansfield. 

He  bequeathed  them  to  his  wife  Alice,  for  10  years,  to 
pay  debts;  then  as  dower  for  life.  Then  to  youngest  son, 
Nicholas  and  his  heirs,  paying  to  sons  Laurence  and  Thomas 
;^io,  after  first  10  years.  In  default,  to  his  four  daughters, 
Elizabeth  now  wife  of  Richard  Fournes,  Margaret,  Jenet  now 
wife  of  Henrie  Waterhouse,  and  Alice  Stancefeld  and  their 
heirs. 

Testator  intends  to  make  a  deed  tripartite,  of  said  mes- 
suages and  lands,  to  son  Nicholas,  with  said  remainder  and 
reversion.  John  Mawde  of  Warley  Wodde,  an  attorney  to 
deliver  seisin. 

Has  surrendered  a  messuage  called  Hygm  chamber,  and 
12  acres  of  copyhold  land,  to  John  Maude  for  ro  years,  to  pay 
debts.  Then  to  use  of  son  Nicholas,  with  remainder  to  said  four 
daughters  and  heirs. 

He  stands  seized  in  fee  simple,  of  a  messuage  and  lands 
called  Waddisworthe  Royde,  which  he  leaves  to  his  wife  for  two 
years,  to  pay  debts,  and  then  as  above. 

"  Also  I  give  .and  bequithe  to  the  said  Nicolas  Stancefeld  my 
sone,  two  bothes  in  Bartilmew  faire,  at  London,  during  the  tytle 
that  I  have  in  the  same." 

Bequeathed  to  his  daughters,  Margaret  ;^30,  and  Alice  ^20, 
for  their  portion,  and  Elizabeth  Fournes,  and  Jenet  Waterhouse, 


14-2  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Familv. 

£l  6s.  8d.  each.  Residue  to  wife  Alice,  wliom  he  appoints 
executrix  ;  and  as  supervisors,  John  Lacye  of  Brcreley  gentilman, 
Thomas  Grenewodd  of  Learinge,  Richard  ffournes  of  Ayrinden, 
and  Henrie  Waterhouse. 

Voi.  .wiij.  folio  ggb.  Dated  14th  September  1568,  proved 
2nd  March  1568-9. 

Alice,  widow  of  Thomas  Stansfeild  of  Hyginchamber, 
recites  her  husband's  surrender  to  her  use,  for  1  o  years  of  Hygin- 
chamber, 1 1  acres  and  3  roods  of  land,  and  also  30  yards  in  length 
by  8  in  breadth,  to  same  p'tayning.  She  gives  remainder  of  that 
term,  to  her  son  Nicholas,  he  paying  to  her  sons,  Thomas  50s,  and 
Laurence  30s  ;  also  to  said  Thomas  and  Laurence  los,  and  to 
Thomas  and  Richard,  sons  of  Richard  Fournes,  ids  for  rent. 

After  reciting  other  part  of  her  husband's  will,  assigns  property 
therein,  to  William  Grenewood  of  Learinges  and  Henry  Water- 
house  of  Sowerby,  during  residue  of  ten  years ;  paying  to 
daughters  Margaret  ^,'},o,  Alice  ^£20,  and  ;^io  of  her  mother's 
free  gift,  and  to  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Richard  Fournes  ^'3.  6s-  8d., 
&c.  &c. 

"  To  son  Nicholas,  one  tenter,  foure  pair  of  loonies,  with 
healds  and  slays  p'taining  unto  them,  one  counter,  one  meale  ark, 
one  almerye  and  a  syde  borde,  all  myn  iron  geare,  except  one 
brandrethe.  I  gyve  and  bequeath  to  Margaret  my  doughter,  one 
plowe  and  one  Harrowe.  To  son  Laurence,  two  paire  of  walker 
sheares.  To  William  Skelton,  one  pair  of  walker  shares.  And 
the  residue  of  my  walker  sheres,  I  gyve  and  bequeathe  to  the  said 
Nicholas  Stansfeild,  my  son." 

She  also  gives  all  her  pots,  pans  &c.  to  her  daughters ;  and 
appoints  as  her  executors,  Henry  Mytchell  of  parish  of  Hepton- 
stall,  and  Xpofer  Mytchell,  dark,  parson  of  Christelton.  her 
brethren  ;  Nicholas  Mitchell  of  Stryndes  being  witness. 

The  Mitchells  were  a  large  and  important  family  in  the  district. 
Besides  the  Christopher  Mitchell,  parson  of  Castleton,  named  in 
the  will,  two  other  contemporary  members  of  the  family  were  in 
holy  orders.  Sir  Richard  Mitchell  succeeded  Sir  Gilbert  Stans- 
feld, as  curate  of  Heptonstall  in  1558,  after  having  been  a 
chaplain  there  in  1538.  He  died  in  1559.  Sir  William  Mitchell 
occurs  as  clerk,  from  1572  to  1598;  but  he  does  not  seem  to 
have  been  curate  of  Heptonstall,  but  most  probably  of  Crostonc. 
He  was  buried  26th  July,  1598. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  143 

There  is  nothing  in  the  wills  of  Thomas  Stansfeld  and 
Alice  his  widow,  to  indicate  positively,  whether  Thomas  or 
Laurence  was  the  eldest  son.  Whitaker  gives  the  former  ;  but 
as  the  father,  in  bequeathing  to  Nicholas  his  youngest  son, 
mentions  the  elder  ones  as  Laurence  and  Thomas  ;  and  again, 
as  the  brother  Nicholas,  in  reciting  a  deed,  gives  them  in  the 
same  order,  there  is  good  evidence  to  suppose  that  Whitaker's 
pedigree  is  wrong.  Foster,  Yorkshire  Pedigrees,  in  following  the 
last  named,  states  that  Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby,  parish  of 
Haworth,  married  Jennett,  and  that  his  will  is  dated  1 5th  March, 
43  Elizabeth  [1600-1],  and  proved  30th  April  following.  But 
this  is  an  error,  for  in  the  will  alluded  to,  Sowerby  which  is  in 
the  parish  of  Halifax,  has  been  misread  for  Stanburie,  in  the 
parish  of  Haworth. 

From  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  the  youngest  son,  were  descended 
the  Stansfelds  of  Wadsworth,  who  will  be  mentioned  in  a 
separate  chapter.  Margaret,  the  second  daughter,  seems  to  have 
hiarried  a  Dixon  of  Sowerby,  presuming  that  the  following  will 
belongs  to  her  : — 

Vol.  xxviti,  folio  24J/1.  Dated  13th  February,  1599-1600, 
proved  28th  October,  1600. 

Margaret  Dicksonn  of  Sowerby,  widow,  bequeathed  forty 
shillings  to  the  poor  of  Sowerby.  She  mentions  her  sister  Alice 
Wade.  Also  John,  Jane,  Marie  and  Easter,  children  of  Richard 
Fournes  ;  John  Fournes  of  the  Carr ;  Grace,  wife  of  Thomas 
Fournes,  and  George  their  son  ;  Marie,  wife  of  George  Hopkinson, 
and  Michael  their  son  ;  Grace,  wife  of  Robert  Doughty  ;  Samuel 
Hilelee  [Highley];  and  Abraham,  Luke,  Charles  and  Marik 
Stansfeild.     Executors,  Thomas  and  George  Fournes. 

The  above  legatees  arc  mostly  relatives.  Richard  Fourncss 
married  testatrix' elder  sister  Elizabeth.  His  will,  dated  1582, 
mentions  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and  children  Elizabeth,  Thomas, 
George  and  Richard  Fourness. 

Jennet,  the  third  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Alice  Stansfeld, 
married  Henry  Waterhouse  of  Sowerby.  The  following  sketch 
gives  one  or  two  generations  of  this  large  and  important  family, 
which  were  resident  in  Sowerby. 


144  -History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Edmond  Watebhouse  of  Sowerby.= 
Will  dated  and  proved  same  day,       I 

7th  June,  1551. 

■ j  \  \ 

Edmond  Waterhouse.  Agnes.  =  Edward  James 
Will  dated  24  Sept.  1558  1  Stokedale.  Water- 
and  proved  15th  Dec.  and  proved  18  Jauy.  HOUSE  = 
1587.       Married,    1st        1558-9.                                                  |  I 

wife.  Jennet  Stans-                                                                A  I 

FELD.     Second    wi.fe,  [ 

tE 

1 


Margaret,  named  in  111 

his  will.  =  Edmond.      Jennet.    John. 


Henky  Waterhouse.  Sara  Waterhouse. 

Will  dated  28  July,  and 
proved  16  Nov.,  1592. 


The  will  of  Sara  Waterhouse,  proves  the  connection  with  the 
Stansfelds  ;  and  it  is  evident  therefrom,  that  Margaret,  the  widow 
of  Henry  Waterhouse  who  died  in  1587,  must  have  been  a  second 
wife.  Sara  Waterhouse  mentions  in  her  will,  Abraham,  Luke,  and 
Charles  Stansfeld,  and  the  children  of  John  Wade  of  Chastle- 
town,  and  bequeathed  the  residue  of  her  estate,  to  Thomas  and 
George  Fourness  of  Blackwood.  Thomas  Fourness  was  ap- 
pointed guardian  of  the  testatrix,  in  the  will  of  her  father  in  1 587. 


IV.— LAURENCE  STANSFELD. 
Laurence  Stansfeld,  son  of  Thomas  Stansfeld,  married 

Elizabeth ,  and  had  issue,  Nicholas,  son  and  heir,  Laurence, 

Thomas,  Grace,  married  Henry  Hole,  Elizabeth  and  Sara.  His 
name  occurs  as  a  party,  evidently  in  trust,  in  the  following  deed. 
1569 — John  Horsfall  junior,  of  Eastwood,  son  and  heir  of 
John  Horsfall  senior,  Laurence  Stansfeild  and  John  Eastwood, 
convey  to  Richard  Horsfall  junior,  brother  of  the  said  John 
Horsfall  junior,  a  messuage,  called  Blackshayroid,  a  garden  and 
four  closes  of  land  and  meadow,  in  occupation  of  Thomas  Sutcliff 
and  Alan  Grenewood  alias  Sutcliff,  a  messuage  and  tenement  called 
Grenehirste  alias  Birkes,  two  gardens  and  four  closes  of  land, 
meadow,  wood  and  pasture,  in  Stansfeild,  in  occupation  of  Thomas 
Holland  and  William  Horsfall.     loth  August  nth  Elizabeth. 

He  is  mentioned,  as  having  land  in  Stansfield,  in  the  will 
of  George  Banister  of  Hebden  Bridge,  dated  19th  August  1588, 
and  proved  29th  January  1 595-6. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  145 

He  made  his  will  in  1591,  and  the  remark  has  been  made 
in  one  of  the  printed  pedigrees,  "  Does  not  mention  his  son 
Nicholas,  whom  it  is  inferred  he  disinherited."  But  this  by  no 
means  follows  ;  and  instances  are  not  rare,  in  which  the  son  and 
heir  is  not  mentioned  in  a  will,  having  been  previously  provided 
for,  either  on  his  marriage,  or  by  a  surrender  of  copyhold  estate. 
And  instances  are  very  common,  where,  although  the  son  and 
heir  is  mentioned,  as  executor,  supervisor  &c.  no  legacy  is 
bequeathed  to  him,  for  the  same  reasons.  But  although,  in  the 
following  will,  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir,  is  not  named ; 
yet  a  search  made  a  hundred  years  ago,  distinctly  names 
Nicholas,  eldest  son,  probably  obtained  from  the  probate. 

Vol.  xxiv.f.  73311-  Dated  28th  June,  proved  loth  November 
J59I- 

Laurence  Stansfeild  of  S'biedein,  bequeathed  to  his  second 
.son  Laurence,  4  messuages,  tenements  &c.  lands  &c.  in  Stansfeld, 
in  tenure  of  Richard  Horsfall,  Robert  Clegge,  Margaret  Mytchell. 
widow,  and  Richard  Sharpe. 

To  his  youngest  son  Thomas,  a  messuage  called  Horsfall,  and 
also  two  closes  of  land  (now  divided  into  three),  called  Radwell 
banke  in  Stansfeld,  in  occupadon  of  Robert  Crosseley,  John  (Hegge 
and  John  Lawe. 

To  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and  daughters  Elizabeth  and  Sara,  all 
goods,  and  rents  of  lands  if  necessary,  to  make  their  portions 
^46  135  4d  each.  Mentioned  his  eldest  daughter,  Grace,  wife 

of  Henry  Hole;  and  ordained   Henry    Haghe  of   Norland,  and 
Edmund  Hole  of  Brundacre,  supervisors. 

Other  daughters  and  sons-in-law  are  mentioned  in  the  will 
of  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  his  son  and  heir.  One  of  the  former, 
called  sister  Isabell  Haghe,  explains  the  appointment  of  Henr}- 
Haghe,  as  one  of  the  supervisors  ;  and  it  is  not  improbable,  that 
she  was  the  wife  of  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Haigh,  mentioned  as 
deceased,  in  his  will. 

Vol.  xxxvi.  folio  321a.  Dated  22nd  March  161 0-9,  proved 
8th  February  1 620-1. 

Henry  Haighe  of  Norland,  bequeathed  ^loo  out  of  his  copy- 
hold estates,  surrendered  for  that  purpose  to  Thomas  Haighe  and 
others,  to  John,  Sara  and  Grace,  younger  children  of  his  late  son 
Thomas  Haighe  deceased. 

T 


146  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  other  sisters  named  by  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  are  Grace, 
wife  of  Henry  Hoole,  EHzabeth  wife  of  Thomas  Siddell, 
Bhmche  wife  of  Richard  Horsfall,  and  Sara  wife  of  Thomas 
Jackson. 


v.— NICHOLAS  STANSFELD. 
Nicholas  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Laurence,  married 
at  Halifax  in  1591,  SuSAN  HOPKINSON,  and  had  is.sue,  James, 
son  and  heir,  and  Laurence.  John  Hopkinson  resided  at 
Higginchamber  in  1602,  and  was  husband  of  Helen,  who 
founded  along  with  her  sister  Jane  Crowther,  Crowther  and 
Hopkinson's  charity  at  Halifax. 

Vol.  .v.v/.v. /.  ^o6a.  Dated  31st  August  1599,  proved  nth 
June  1604. 

Nicholas  Stansfeild  of  Norland,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to  his 
second  son  Laurence,  and  his  heirs,  3  messuages,  lands  &c.  in 
Stansfeld,  in  tenure  of  Christopher  Wilcocke,  Elizabeth  Hellywell 
and  Matthew  Lee.  and  the  reversion  of  them,  at  death  of  his 
mother,  Elizabeth  Stansfeild  widow,  who  holdeth  the  same,  for  the 
term  of  her  life  in  dower.  To  eldest  son  and  heir,  James,  and  his 
lieirs,  the  residue  of  all  lands  and  tenements  ;  but  to  Laurence ;^io 
yearly,  out  of  all  copyhold  lands,  for  8  years.  He  appointed 
Edward  Hopkinson  and  Henry  Hoole,  to  whom  the  copyhold  lands 
were  surrendered  in  trust,  guardians  of  both  children,  and  exe- 
cutors. He  ordained  that  his  brother,  Thomas  Stansfeild.  should 
enjoy  two  closes  called  Banckes  for  life  ;  and  bequeathed  small 
legacies  to  his  sisters  Isabell  Haghe,  Grace  wife  of  said  Henry 
Hoole,  Elizabeth  wife  of  Thomas  Siddell,  Blanche  wife  of  Richard 
Horsfall,  and  Sara  wife  of  Thomas  Jackson;  and  to  Nathan  Carter, 
Jeremy  Brigg,  Isak  Bates,  Arthur  Webster  and  Henry  Haghe. 

Laurence,  the  younger  son,  married  on  the  20th  May  161 7, 
Abigael,  daughter  of  Henry  Sharrock  M.A.,  the  curate  of 
Ripponden,  with  whom  Watson's  list  commences.  She  was 
baptized  nth  November  1593,  and  her  father  was  evidently  a 
popular  parish  priest.  His  first  mention  occurs  in  the  Elland 
register  of  baptisms  : — 

2  Oct.     1586.       Theophilus    f.     Henrici    Sharrock,   ministri 

Riponden. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  147 

He  held  the  living  twenty-six  years,  and  the  entry  of  his  burial 
shews,  that  he  held  a  pre-eminent  office  amongst  the  neigh- 
bouring   clergy. 

7  Feb.  1612-3.     Mr.  Henricus  Sharrock,  minister  at  Evanc/elij 
p  edicator  apud  Ribonden  et  Ruralis  Decanus. 
Other  children  named  in   Elland  registers,  are   Adam,  Simeon. 
and  John.     Henry  Sharrock  occurs  frequently  in   the  wills  of 
the  period.     He  was  witness  to  those  of  James  Scholefield  of 
Ripponden,    clothier,   in    1587;    of  James  Hoylroyd   of   Brook 
Granes ;  with  Adam   Morris  and  James  Metcalf,  clerks,  was  a 
legatee  for  20s.  in   the  will  of  Janet,  widow  of  John  Mawd  of 
Shibden,  who  had  a  tenter  in   Soyland  ;  in   1592,  in  the  will  of 
Richard  Hoole  of  Lighthazles,  yeoman  ;  in   1594,  had  5s.,  with 
three  other  clergy,  in  the  will  of  Richard  Hoyle  of  Threaps'croft  ■ 
in  1 595,  had  6s.  8d.  in  the  will  of  John  Hoole  of  Crowwellshaies.' 
clothier ;    was  witness    to  the  wills  of  Christopher    Dyson    of 
Stanningden,  and  John  Gleydhill  of  Barkisland  in  1594  ;  to  the 
will  of  Richard  Mawnde  of  the   Brune  Moor,   Elland,  in  1598; 
and  with  his  son,  Theophilus,  in    1601,  to  the  will    of   Gyles' 
Bolton  of  Ecksley  ;    in    1602,   was  legatee   in  Anne   Norman's 
will  ;  in  1603,  had  los.  in  the  will  of  Gyles  Bolton  of  the  Hill  in 
Wariey  ;  was  named  as  joint   occupant   of  land,  in  the  will  of 
John   Firth  of  Royd,   Sowerby,   yeoman,  in    1606  ;    witness  in 
1608,  to  the   will   of  Wm.   Eastwood  of  Stanningden,  clothier  ; 
and  the  same  year  had   lOs,  in   the  will  of  Thomas    Horton  of 
Barkisland  ;  had  a  bequest  of  30s.  in  1609,  in  the  will  of  Richard 
Naler  of  Brundackers,  in  Erringden,  yeoman  ;  and  in  161 2,  had 
£4  left  to  him  by  Naler's  widow,  Emma,  "  which  was  owing  to 
her   by   Peter    Spincke   of  York,    merchant ; "    as    M.A.  ''^as 
supervisor  of  the  will  of    Thomas  Prestley  of  Goodgreave,  in 
1610  ;  in    162 1,   had   20s.    in    the    will    of  Gilbert    Reyner'  of 
Ribonden,  clothier,  Symeon  Sharrock  being  a  witness  ;  and  5s. 
in  the  will  of  Mary  Denton  of  Soyland,  spinster. 

Theophilus  Sharrock  M.A.  succeeded  his  father,  as  curate  of 
Ripponden  ;  and  his  burial  is  thus  recorded,  under  14th  June  1623. 

Theophilus    Sharrock.    fidelis     verbi     Dei,     minister     apud 
Ribon[den].  ^ 


i4f^  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Familv. 

Laurence    Stansfeld    had    issue,    Nicholas,  Martha    and    James, 
mentioned  in  his  will  : — 

Vol.  xxxviij.f.  294l'-  Dated  2nd  May  1623,  proved  ist  Af)ril 
1625. 

Laurence  Stansfeeld  of  Barkisland,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to 
liis  brother,  James  Stansfeeld,  with  John  Hopkinson  of  the  Land- 
endes  in  Sowerby,  yeoman,  and  Hugh  Rigbye  of  Hudhouse,  in  the 
parish  of  Burnley,  yeoman,  two  houses  in  Stansfeld,  in  occupation 
of  John  Whitwham  and  Michael  Hellewell,  and  of  testator,  to  sell, 
and  pay  one  third  price  thereof,  to  his  wife  Abigail,  ;£\i  to  eldest 
son  Nicholas,  £,2"]  to  two  younger  children  ^Lirtha  and  James, and 
residue  to  his  wife,  to  bring  up  his  said  three  children.  He  left  his 
goods,  one  third  to  his  wife,  another  to  his  children,  and  the  last 
third  to  bring  up  his  children.  Theophilus  Sharrocke,  Simeon 
Sharrocke  and  Samuell  Drake  were  witnesses. 


VL— JAMES  STANSFELD. 
James  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas  Stansfeld, 
born  1592,  married  in  161 2,  Martha,  sister  of  Richard  Bentlc}' 
of  Sowerby.  He  is  called  of  Stansfeld  Pond  at  Lane  ends,  and 
his  issue  is  given  as,  Josias,  son  and  heir,  Timothy,  James  and 
Susan.  It  will  be  seen,  however,  that  only  two  children  arc 
mentioned  in  his  will,  Josias  and  Joshua.  The  similarity  of 
these  two  names,  may  have  caused  them  to  be  taken  for  the 
same  person,  and  so  occasioned  the  omission  of  the  latter,  in 
the  Heralds'  College  pedigree.  A  misreading  of  the  former,  in 
the  original  will,  caused  in  another  pedigree,  the  name,  John, 
to  appear  as  that  of  the  eldest  of  three  sons.  Sowerby  Dean 
and  Pond  are  both  ancient  names,  for  what  is  now  called  the 
Lodge,  Triangle  ;  the  mill  attached  thereto,  being  still  known 
as  Stansfeld  Mill. 

Index  i6j6  fii  i6j2.  Dated  22nd  February  164S-9,  proved 
29th  May  1650. 

Be  it  known  unto  all  men,  that  I,  James  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby, 
doe  this  day  make,  publish  and  declare  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testament,  in  manner  and  forme  following.  First  my  will  is,  that 
all  the  debts  I  owe,  be  paid  by  my  executor,  hereafter  named,  as 
speedily  as  may  bee ;  and  seeing  I  have  sundry  good  sums  of  money 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  149 

owing  to  me,  by  sundry  persons  and  late  merchants  of  Yorke,  vh. : 
of  Samuel  Breary  deceased  ^63,  of  Michael  Sechbar  deceased 
;^33,  of  John  Moore  of  Stockton  ^33,  of  Thomas  Dawson  ^35, 
of  Richard  Huitt  ^^14,  of  Willm.  Brooke  ^14,  of  Richard  Clarke 
^£■13,  and  of  the  Parliamt.  uppon  Publique  faith,  lent  att  Sundree 
times,  ^18  ;  part  of  wh'^''  debts  to  mee  I  doubt  will  be  lost,  and 
many  of  the  rest  but  slowlie  paid. 

Wherefore  for  the  better  and  more  speedy  payment  of  what  I 
owe,  itt  is  my  will  and  minde,  and  I  do  hereby  give  unto  my 
Brother  in  Lawe  Richard  Bently,  and  James  Robbinsonn  of 
Bowode,  and  their  heirs,  all  those  my  freehold  landes  and  Tene- 
ments, lying  and  being  in  Norlande,  with  all  buildings  thereuppon 
builded,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  Michael  Carter  and 
mee,  James  Stansfeld,  or  my  Assignees,  to  have  and  to  hold  the 
said  landes.  Tenements  and  premises,  with  all  the  appurtenances, 
to  the  said  Richard  Bently  and  James  Robinsonn,  and  their  heirs 
for  ever,  in  trust  and  confidence,  and  of  the  intent,  that  they,  the 
said  Richard  and  James,  and  the  heirs  of  the  survivors  of  them, 
shall  make  sale  of  the  said  landes  and  premises,  as  shortly  as  may 
bee,  at  as  high  and  full  a  rate  as  possibly  itt  will  give,  and  so  paye, 
or  cause  the  whole  money  the  same  is  sould  for,  to  be  paid  to  my 
Executor,  for  the  more  speedy  discharge  and  payment  of  my 
debts. 

Yett  my  will  and  minde  is,  that  Josias  Stansfeld  my  son,  would 
buy  it  of  them,  before  any  others;  if  soe  hee  bee  willing  to  give  as 
much  for  itt  as  another  will.  And  what  part  of  the  money  the  said 
lande  is  sould  for,  with  what  part  of  my  debts,  also,  that  can  be 
reed  or  recovered  and  gott  in,  which  shall  remayne  when  my  debts 
is  fully  paid,  I  give  the  same,  with  all  my  goods  and  chattells, 
wholly  to  my  son,  Joshua  Stansfeld,  his  executors,  administrators 
or  assigns. 

Butt  if  it  should  fall  out,  that  not  soe  much  as  the  debts 
owing  to  me,  with  the  money  the  landes  be  sould  for,  will  not 
extend  to  paye  the  debts  I  owe  ,  then  my  will  and  desire  is,  that 
my  son  Josias  Stansfeld,  would  bee  pleased  to  allow  the  whole 
yearly  profitts  of  those  two  fulling  Millnes  and  their  landes,  letten 
to  the  Millner,  now  lying  on  the  west  side  of  the  Brooke,  with  one 
houlme  called  Millne  houlme,  wh:  I  enjoy,  whilst  I  live  here,  may 
be  taken  up  and  employed,  for  the  payment  of  the  residue  of  my 
debts,  untill  the  same  be  fully  discharged.  And  also,  until  the 
yearly  profitts  of  the  said  landes  and  milnes  have  made  up  the  sum 
of  ;^40  more,  towards  the  help  and  prefermt.  of  my  son  Joshua, 


150  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

his  brother,  to  be  paid  to  him,  when  he  cometh  to  hiu'e  ended  his 
apprenticeship  with  Mr.  Leaver  [?]  att  London.  And  I  desire  my 
son  Josias,  also  to  take  order,  whether  he  himself  live  or  not,  that 
other  ^40  may  be  payde  to  Joshua,  my  son  above  said,  at  the  end 
of  five  years,  next  after  the  end  of  Joshua  his  apprenticeship. 

Also,  I  do  hereby  appoint  and  make  Josias  Stansfeld,  my  son, 
sole  executor  of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament ;  but  if  he  refuse 
to  undertake  the  said  offer,  then  I  do  hereby  make  his  brother 
Joshua,  my  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will ;  hoping,  notwith- 
standing, that  my  son  Josias  will  undertake  to  do  his  endeavor,  to 
see  this  my  last  will  performed.  In  witness  whereof,  I  hereby  set 
my  hand  and  seal,  the  day  above  said.  These  being  witnesses, 
Richard  Bentley  and  Josias  Stansfeld. 

The  explanation  of  this  peculiar  reference  to  the  elder  son, 
Josias,  is  that,  prcviousl}'  to  the  date  of  his  will,  viz.  in  1647. 
James  Stansfeld,  of  Sowerby  Dean,  surrendered  a  messuage  and 
lands  &c.  and  a  fulling  miln  and  Milneholm,  to  the  use  of 
Josias  Stansfeld  his  son  and  heir  apparent.  He  himself 
obtained  possession  of  the  mill,  then  in  tenure  of  Thomas 
Stansfeld  of  Sowerby  Dean,  evidently  upon  the  death  of  his 
uncle  Laurence,  as  he  is  called  in  the  Wakefield  court  roll,  in 
1612  : — 

Jacobus  Stansfeld  consang.et  here.  Lauren tii  nuper  de  Sowerby, 

def. 

The  above  date,  161 2,  coincides  with  that  of  his  marriage 
to  Martha  Bentley,  at  Halifax  ;  and  it  is  readily  imagined,  how 
the  succession  to  his  uncle's  property,  would  enable  him  to 
provide  for  such  an  important  change  in  his  life.  The 
clothiers  of  those  days,  were  a  cautious,  thrifty  class  ;  and  the 
Puritanism  of  the  family,  into  which  James  Stansfeld  married. 
would  tend  to  deepen  those  characteristics  in  him  and  his  off- 
spring. It  certainly  supplied  them  with  names,  as  the  puritans 
have  always  been  fond,  notwithstanding  their  exclusive  preten- 
.sions  to  evangelicism  and  the  "pure  gospel,"  of  Jewish  names  in 
the  old  testament,  in  preference  to  christian  names  in  the  new. 
And  now,  instead  of  the  old  family  names,  Laurence,  Thomas, 
Nicholas  and  James,  all  conveying,  more  or  less,  christian  re- 
miniscences, we  find  the  judaistic  character  of  the  new  religion, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  15.1 

represented  by  such  names,  in  the  succeeding  generation,  as 
Josias  and  Joshua,  and  in  another  generation,  the  seven  brothers 
are  called  Timothy,  Joshua,  Samuel,  James,  Ely,  Josiah  and  John. 
The  Richard  Bentley,  named  in  the  will  of  James  Stansfeld, 
as  his  brother-in-law,  was  the  father  of  Timothy,  Eli  and  Daniel 
Bentley.  Eli  Bentley  was  the  puritan  minister  occupying  the 
vicarage  of  Halifax,  when  vicar  Marsh,  dean  of  York,  returned 
to  his  own  again.  Daniel  Bentley  was  the  curate  of  Sowerby 
Bridge,  and  was  buried  2nd  March,  1659-60.  Oliver  Heywood, 
in  his  account  of  the  Independents  of  Sowerby,  mentions  both 
their  parents  : — 

"Others  there  were  of  Mr.  Root's  society,  severall  whereof  are 
dead,  and  some  others  fallen  off,  and  joyn  with  no  society. 

1.  Mr.  Robert  Tillotson,  yet  living,  but  deserted  Mr.  Root 
in  his  life  time.  [He  was  father  to  John  Tillotson,  after  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  aged  90.] 

2.  Mr.  Richard  Bentley,  Mr.  Eli  Bentley 's  father,  a  solid 
good  christian,  kept  his  integrity,  dyed  of  a  palsey  in  Halif.  about 
the  year  1650.     [Dead.] 

3.  Sarah  Bentley  hi.s  wife,  yet  living,  but  ancient,  and  not 
able  to  travel  about.     [Now  dead  A.D.  1670.]'' 

The  portions  in  brackets,  were  added  at  subsequent  periods. 
The  other  trustee  in  the  will,  James  Robinson  of  Bowood,  made 
his  will  in  1662.  His  children,  named  therein,  are  John,  Israel, 
Joshua,  Josias,  Jeremy,  Mary  (Milner)  and  Anna  (Hewitt)  ;  and 
amongst  the  bequests  to  his  wife,  Grace,  is  a  pocket  watch. 

Joshua,  second  son  of  James  Stansfeld,  commanded  a  com- 
pany of  militia  in  1642,  under  lord  Fairfax,  at  the  battle  of 
Adwalton  Moor,  who  was  routed  there  by  the  royalist  com- 
mander, the  earl  of  Newcastle.     He  died  about  1680. 

Mention  has  been  made  in  another  place,  of  the  greaveship 
of  Sowerby,  which  contained  the  three  townships  of  Sowerby, 
Soyland,  and  Warley.  In  a  rental  of  the  king's  rents,  belonging 
the  greaveship  of  Sowerby,  in  the  manor  of  Wakefield,  dated  1608, 
occurs  the  name  of  James  Stansfeld,  for  a  freehold  messuage  in 
Sowerby  Dean,  and  one  fulling  mill — ^4s.  2d.,  compounded  for 
£1  I2S.  I  id.     And  in  the  articles  of  every  greave  occurs  : — 


152  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

No  59.  Sowerby.  James  Stansfield,  for  a  mess,  called 
Stansfield  (;iough,  4s. 

Helps.  Sam.  Gaukroger,  for  a  mess,  called  Souterhouse.  4s. 

Abr:  Sunderland,  for  a  mess,  near  Turnley,  3s. 

Joshua  Dixon,  for  two  messuages  near  Annabutley  in  Turvin. 
4s.  9d. 

Abr.  Stansfield,  for  a  messuage  called  Higginchamber, 
IS.  2d. 

Minister  of  Sowerby,  for  a  mess,  called  Coldhindle.  is.  2d. 

There  were  sixty  greaves,  and  every  helper  had  to  pay  to  the 
head  greave  4d.  for  eveiy  penny  of  lord's  rent,  and  so  after 
that  rate,  for  a  greater  or  less  sum.  James  Stansfeld  was  also 
•constable  of  Sowerby,  for  the  year  ending  i6th  October  1638  : 
and  his  statement  of  disbursements  whilst  in  office,  is  given 
below,  from  the  book  of  accounts  1629-1706.  In  addition,  are 
a  few  entries  from  the  accounts  of  other  constables,  in  which  the 
name  occurs. 

JAMES  STANSFELD,  year  ending  i6th  October  1638. 

Imprimis,    October    30,    spent   at    Sowerby,    in 

seasinge  the  shippmoney.  o     7 

It.     Novem.  24th.     Spent  in  goeinge  v/'^  privye 

search,  and  to  see  they  licenses  of  Alewives.  4 

It.  Decerab'^  15th.  Pd.  for  a  warrant,  for 
Edmund  Hylely  and  Susan  Wadsworth,  for 
bruinge  wti^out  license.  i     o 

It.  Decem.  9th,  to  I\Ir.  Peter  Sunderland,  for 
an  quittance  for  shippmoney,  4d  ;  and  spent 
for  a  pint  of  wine,  when  I  pd.  him,  6d ;  in  all.  10 

It.  Decem.  loth.  to  John  Heworth  and  Henery 
Banisf-  who  were  taVien  and  punished  at 
Halifax,  and  sent  to  Standigge,  4d ;  and  to 
one  to  carry  them  2d  ;  in  all.  6 

It.  the  i2th.  given  to  John  Milner  of  Askew'^ 
in  Westmerland,  Gent,  who  had  lost  600"'  by 
fire  and  suretyshippe,  had  a  passe.  4 

It.     feb.   13th.     to  John  Greene,  Gent,  his  wife 

and  one  child,  travcllinge  to  Scottland.  9 

It.  feb.  14th.  to  John  Catdaw,  for  wipriinge  of 
Willm.  Rudd  and  Abed  Rudd  of  Ratchdall, 
who  were  taken  begginge.  3 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  155 

It.     spent  of  them  and  the  said  Catdaw.  3 

It.     feb  8th.     to  WiUm.  Johnes,  his  wife  and  one 

child,  who  came  from  y<=  Kinge's  surgions,  for 

meate  and  drinlce  and  2d.  in  money,  6d.;  and 

for  2  horses  and  a   man,  to  cary  them,  other 

6d.;  in  all.  i     o 

It.     March  27  th.     Spent  on  the  Harfeuant.  3 

It.     May  i8th.     to  Willm.    ButUer,  and   Mathew 

Coward,  gent,  who  lost  a  shipp.  8 

It.     May  25th.     to  Robert  Savill  of  Meddley.  and 

his  wife.  3 

It      May  26th.    to  Edmund  Ogden,  for  makeinge 

and  upphouldinge  the  Butts.  2     o 

It.     May  26th.  for  lodgeinge  an  Irish  Gent^™man, 

Mrs.  Mary  Owen  Carty,  2  nyghts  and  a  da}-, 

w"'  4  child,  and  4d.  given  her  in  money.  i     6 

It.     May  29th.     at  Eland  at  sessions.  6 

It.     June  sth.     John  and  Robert  Savill,  had  a  passe.  4 

It.     June  15th.     to    Edward  Wassy  and  Garett 

Smolet,  who  had  the  Kinge's  broad  seale.  6 

It.     August  Sth.     to    David  Dicksonn,  for   wip- 

plnge  of  Martha  Heape,  as  was  con[victed].  6 

It.     the    same    day,   spent    in   takinge   the   said 

Martha,  and  carringe  her  before  Mr.  Farrr-  4 

It.     Au.  22d.     pd.  to  Abraham  Lummbe,  for  a  rest.  8 

It.     for  a  sword  belt,  for  th'  common  men.  1     S 

It.     to  John  Cooke,  for  mending  a  plate.  > 

It.     for    2    paire    paniere,    to    carry    y«    Towne 

Armour  in.  3     4 

It.     August  23d.     spent  in    i6   soldiers  and  my 

selfe,  at  Wakfeld.  4     o 

It.  pd.  they  common  men  in  wages,  for  2  dayes.  112  o 
It.     to  him  y'  vewed  the  Amies.  1     o 

It.     to  John  Horstall  and  John  farrar,  for  carringe 

and  recarringe  8  pikes.  4     o 

It.     to  Nathan  Hoyle,  for  caringe  and  recaringe  2 

loade  of  Armour.  S     o 

It.     paid  for  3  pound  and  a  halfe  of  gunpowder, 

for  common  souldiers.  7     6- 

It.     Sept.   6th.     pd.   for  a  sword    belt,  for  John 

Horsfall.  i     o 

It.     for  match,  for  y=  Souldiers.  8. 


154  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

It.     to  Ab.   Lummbe,  for  dressinge  the  muskitts 

and  makinge  a  pann  lid.  i     2 

Sept.  6th.  and  7th.  pd.  to  16  Souldiers,  for  2  dayes 
traininge,  and  every  man  either  day  gd.  to 
drink  in  ale.  i      9     4 

It.     for  earring  16  cappes.  3 

It.     more  in  powder.  4 

It.  spent  in  2  dayes,  6d.  a  day  beinge.  1      o 

It.  Sep.  isth.  for  5  pounds  of  powder,  and  carringe 

from  Yorke,  and  2d  spent.  10     6 

It.  for  6  )ards  of  match.  11 

It.  for  mendinge  a  rest.  2 

It.  Sep.  1 7th.  and  i8th.   pd.  16  souldiers,  for  2  dayes.     i     6     8 
And  spent  of  them  in  a'le.  4     o 

It.  spent  on  my  selfe,  2  dayes.  i     o 

It.  Sep.  20th.  spent  in  goeinge  to  Ottley,  my  selfe, 

Isaac  Naylor  and  John  ffowernes.  4     8 

It.  Sep.  25th.  spent  on  them  yt.  came  about  tobacco.  2 

[Petition  &c.  about  cottages  ] 
It.  to  ux.  Willm.  Dobsonne,  for  keepinge  Towne 

Armour.  1  o     o 

It.  given  to  8  searchers  for  cloath,  for  8  punches.  8     o 

It.  Disbursed  for  th'  repair  of  Mithom  Royde 
Brigge,  for  our  towne,  more  then  was  granted 
us  at  sessions,  51b.  8s.  4d,  whereof  our  p't 
commetli  to.  2142 

Money  disbursed  to  the  high  constable. 
Imprimis  De.  i6th.  for  his  ma"==  p'vision  for  oxen, 
towards  the  repaire  of  \\'alchforth,  Gargreave, 
Skippbridgge  and  Rotherome  bridge,  for 
Collonel  ffarar,  his  fee,  and  for  the  Gov'nour 
of  ye  house  of  correctionn.  2      i     S 

It.  feb.  24th.  for  the  releife  of  ye  visited  people  in 

Kingstone-uppon-Hull.  i     9     S 

It.  feb.  24th.  for  the  repaire  of  Lintonn,  Gargreave 
and  the  Walsforth  bridges,  for  ye  releife  of  ye 
prisoners  in  Yorke  Castell,  and  for  the 
governour  of  the  house  of  Correctionn.  1 4     o 

It.  May  5  th.  for  ye  releife   of  they  visitted  people 

in  Kingstone-uppon-Hull.  278 

It.  May  1 2th.  for  the  repaire  of  Wetherby,   Ilkley 

and  Walchforth  bridgges.  i      611 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

It.  May  26th.  towards  the  wages  of  the  gov'nour 
of  ye  house  of  correctionn,  at  Wakfeild, 
towards  ye  repaire  of  the  sd.  house,  for  the 
repaire  and  furnishinge  of  Castellforth  and 
Meathly  Bridgges. 

It.  May  26th.  for  the  repaire  of  Wakfeld  Bridgge 
and  Chappell,  and  for  the  repaire  of  ferry 
Bridgge. 

It.  June  2d.  for  the  repaire  of  Huthersfeld  Briddge.     . 

It.  jLine  i6th.  ye  repaire  of  Couper  Bridgge,  and 
for  increasinge  of  his  M"«=  purveyors  allow- 
ance, 3s.  4d.  in  an  oxe. 

It.  August  25th.  towards  ye  repaire  of  Mithoroyde 
Bridge,  for  Collonell  ffarrers  fee,  and  for  ye 
releife  of  they  prisoners  in  Yorke  Castell. 

In  the  accounts  of  Henrie  Wilson  : — 

1639-40.  February  i.  Spente  the  same  daye  on 
James  Stansfeilde,  ffrancis  Pristeley  and 
myselfe,  at  the  clarke  of  markett,  beinge  at 
Halifaxe. 

In  the  accounts  of  John  ffournes  : — 

1640.  Octob.  7.  It.  paid  to  Mr.  Midgley  and  his 
man,  for  a  search  of  the  Courte  Roules,  and 
a  coppye  of  the  same, and  also  for  examniininge 
the  sayd  coppye  by  the  Roules,  before  witt- 
nesse,  and  enteringe  it  in  the  Constable's 
Booke. 

It.  payd  to  Mr.  Stansfeild  for  his  fee. 

In  the  accounts  of  JOHN  MITCHELL  of  Fieldhouse  :• 

1644-5.  January  the  11,  spent  of  James  Stans- 
feld and  myselfe,  and  2  horses,  in  goinge  to 
Pomfrit. 

1645.  May  the  5,  spent  in  going  to  Leds, 
aboute  the  Scotes  sesment,  of  Jeremy  Bently, 
James  Stansfeld,  John  Deardin  and  my  selfe. 

1649.  Paid  by  Josias  Stansfeild,  22  May  1649, 
for  being  discharged  of  2  teames,  for  carrieing 
away  of  guns  and  other  materialls,  and  for 
Josias  charges  to  Pomfrett,  in  all  is.  2 


iS'5  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  the  accounts  of  JOSIAS  Stansfeld,  Constable  in  1672  :— 

1672.  May  3.  In  charges  of  my  self  and  horse, 
in  rideing  to  Adwalton,  to  answer  a  war'- 
what  loose  and  unknowne  persons  wee  had.  i     6 

May  10.  for  charges  for  my  self  and  horse,  in 
rydeing  to  thornhill  bridge,  beefore  Sir  Jno. 
Armitage  and  Sir  Jno.  Kay,  to  give  a  further 
acco'-  of  loose  persons,  according  to  warr'  i     2 

May  20th.  for  charges  in  goeing  to  Nunbrooke, 
to  make  returne  of  all  Bruers,  within  our 
libertie.  i     4 

June  13th.  ]}aid  to  a  man  for  waiteing  on  Thomas 
Coopmann,  being  apprehended  as  a  loose 
person,  and  caried  beefore  Mr.  Farrar.  i      4 

In  the  accounts  of  JOHN  DiCKSON  : — 

1686.  Aprill  12,  gave  JosiAS  Stansfield,  when 
he  went  to  the  Generall  Quarter  Sessions,  att 
Pontefracte,  conscerning  Mithom  Royd 
Bridge.  i    10     a 

paid  for  my  horse,  thre  days  to  the  same  sessions.  3     o 

In  the  accounts  of  John  Stansfeld,  constable  in  1689  : — • 

i68g.  Aug.  20,  paid  unto  the  constables  of  Halli- 
fax,  our  proporcion  of  the  charges  of  the 
ofificers,  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Boulton's 
regem*'  in  going  unto  Bradford,  Bouling, 
Manningham  and  other  places,  to  charge 
horses,  for  their  assistance  to  Ratchdale.  6     i  ^ 

Jany.  ist.  spent  in  going  to  assist  the  constables 
of  Hallifax,  in  distraining  upon  Randale 
goods,  being  injoyned  by  an  order,  under 
the  hands  and  scales  of  3  of  theire  Majesties 
deputy  leiutenants.  1     o 

July  15,  for  my  journey  to  ^Vakefeild,  to  answer  to 
a  warrant,  requiring  the  names  of  all  Papists 
within  our  Constablry,  to  be  given  in,  and 
them  summonsed  thear  to  appear.  4     o 

The  above  accounts  offer  a  contemporary  view,  of  the  history  of 
the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century,  in  the  stirring  times  of 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  157 

the  last  English  civil  war.  The  Rev.  Oliver  Heywood,  a 
presbyterian  minister,  and  of  undoubted  puritan  opinions,  thus 
commented  upon  them,  from  his  own  experience  : — 

"  Surely  there  is  a  gracious  moving  wheel  of  Providence  in 
all  these  vicissitudes.  Usurpers  have  had  the  seat  of  juris- 
diction, have  held  the  reins  in  their  hands,  and  driven  on 
furiously  these  twelve  years.  They  commanded  a  toleration  of 
all  but  tender  consciences,  cast  off  parliaments  of  their  own  appoint- 
ment, at  their  pleasure,  and  threatened  sequestration  for  all  who 
would  not  fall  down  and  worship  the  golden  image  of  their  own 
invention." 

Oliver  Heywood  is  here  writing  of  civil  matters  ;  unless, 
indeed,  the  sting  of  his  remarks,  which  lies  in  the  tail,  was  not 
occasioned  by  a  remembrance  of  like  treatment  of  the 
Presbyterians  by  independents  and  other  dissenters,  as  the 
presbyterians,  had  given  the  Church.  And  like  all  other  good 
old  puritans,  he  could  not  see  that  his  remarks  relating  to 
the  civil  power,  and  monarchy,  applied  quite  as  forcibly  to 
the  Church  ;  although  the  vicar  of  Halifax  narrowly  escajjcd 
the  same  fate,  as  his  royal  master. 


VU.— JOSIAS  STANSFELD. 
JOSIAS  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  James,  was  born  in 
1619,  and  died  in  1702-3,  being  buried  at  Sowerby,  on  the  23rd 
March.  He  married  MARTHA  SWAYNE  of  Little  Horton,  in 
the  parish  of  Bradford.  Both  he  and  his  wife,  were  members  of 
the  Independent  congregation  formed  by  Mr.  Root  ;  and  upon 
his  death,  they  joined  Oliver  Heywood's  presbyterian  body,  on 
the  1 8th  June,  1672.  Their  house  at  Breck,  was  useful  to 
Heywood,  when  he  visited  Sowerby  to  preach,  and  several 
references  occur  in  his  diaries,  &c: — 

1 67 1.  On  munday  we  came  to  Manch[ester],  on  thuesday  to 
Ratchdale,  preacht  at  Elizab.  Haslams,  on  Wednesday  night,  at  Josiah 
Stansfuclds,  in  Sowerby,  on  thursday  octob.  12  I  came  home. 

1672.  On  friday  may  31,  we  had  a  private  day  at  Josiah 
Stansfield's  house,  where  also  I  preacht — it  was  a  good  day 
blessed  be  god. 


15!^  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 

1672.  Munda)',  came  to  Ratchdale,  preacht  twice  there  on 
thuesday.      Wednesday  [Oct.   2]   came  over  the    edge,  lodged  at 

JOSIAH    StANSFIELd's. 

1678.  October  31.  Thursday,  I  went  to  preach  my  Lecture 
in  Sowrby,  god  graciously  helpt,  there  was  a  great  congregation,  I 
dined  at  Josiah  Stansfield's,  came  home 

1691-2.  Jeremiah  Wadington  of  Sourby,  bur)'ed  there  feb.  9, 
aged  56,  left  his  son  to  Josiah  Stansfield. 

1692-3.  Joseph  Galkroger  of  Sowrby-dean,  had  been  at 
Halifax,  Jan.  21,  as  he  rode  home  fell  ill,  light  at  Josiah 
Stansfield's,  got  him  to  make  his  will,  died  there  that  day,  could 
not  be  got  home. 

1699.  Sept.  22.  Josiah  Stansfield,  Anthony  Naylor,  Abr: 
Bolton  and  Jonathan  Priesdey,  were  bondsmen  to  Oliver  Heywood, 
for  execution  of  covenants. 

1702.  Mar.  23rd.  Old  Josia  Stansfield  of  the  Breck  in 
Sowerby,  bur.  at  Sowerby. 

Richard  Brooksbank  of  Shelf,  j-eoman,  who  made  his  will 
4th  February  1662,  mentioned  that  he  had  given,  2Sth  August 
22  Chas.  [1646],  all  his  lands  in  Shelf,  to  his  brother-in-law 
Samuel  Swaine,  late  of  Horton,  and  Josias  Stansfeld  of 
Sowerby,  to  the  uses  of  his  will.  His  son  Joshua  Brooksbank, 
in  his  will  dated  4th  April  1666,  bequeathed  to  his  uncle  and 
aunt  Stansfeld,  ;^3  and  a  pair  of  boots,  and  to  their  children 
20s.  each.  He  also  specially  named  his  cozens,  Timoth}-  and 
Joshua  Stansfeld. 

In  the  roll  of  a  subsidy,  granted  to  Charles  H.  in  1664, 
occurs  under  Sowerby. 

Josias  Standfield  iti  terris.         i   10     o 

As  has  already  been  stated,  Josias  Stansfeld  had  sc\en 
sons,  all  of  whom  married  and  had  issue.  From  this  point,  the 
pedigree  must  be  carried  down,  from  each  of  these  seven  sons  ; 
to  whom  many  of  the  present  members  of  the  family  have  to 
ascend,  in  order  to  trace  their  relationship  to  each  other.  B\it  of 
the  seven  sons,  four  have  now  no  sun'iving  male  issue,  the  male 
issue  of  another  is,  no  doubt,  numerous,  but  obscure ;  and 
singularly  enough,  it  is  from  the  eldest  and  youngest  sons,  that 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  159 

the  present  known  descendants  of  the  name  are  derived.  The 
following  entries  of  burials,  in  Sowerby  register,  no  doubt, 
belong  to  this  Josias. 

1658.     May  26.     An  infant  of  Josias  Stansfield. 
1659-60.     March  5.     A  2""^  infant  of  Josias  Stansfield. 
1662.     Nov'' 14.     A  3'"<^  infant  of  Josias  Stansfield. 
1684.     Feby.  23.     Martha  Stansfield. 
1702-3.     March  23.     Josias  Stansfield,  senior. 

An  entry  in  Oliver  Heywood's  diary,  may  also  well  be  given 
here,  recording  an  instance,  which  does  not  often  occur,  in  the 
history  of  any  family  : — 

1679.  May  19.  munday  I  rode  to  Joshua  Stansfields  of 
little  Horton,  where  Mr.  Sharp  and  I,  and  many  others,  kept  a 
day  of  thanksgiving,  for  the  deliverance  in  child  bearing,  of  5 
brothers  wives,  viz.:  Timothys,  Joshuas,  Samuels,  Jamess, 
JosiAHS  Stansfiei.ds  wives  in  childbed. 

James  Stansfeld  and  Josias  Stansfeld  were  witnesses  to  a 
deed,  relating  to  a  messuage  in  the  Roughhey  in  Norland, 
dated  i8th  April,  1645.  On  the  13th  February,  1671-2,  Elizabeth 
Lee  of  Sowerby,  bequeathed  to  Josias  Stansfeld  ;^8,  and  ap- 
pointed him  sole  executor.  He  was  also  executor  of  the  will  of 
Edward  Wainhouse  of  Butterisse,  in  Norland,  dated  i8th 
September,  1686.  The  following  is  the  marriage  settlement  of 
his  fourth  son  : — 

1677.  August  27th.  Indenture  between  Josias  Stanskei.d  of 
Sowerby,  yeoman,  and  James  Stansfeld  (one  of  the  sons  of  said 
Josias)  of  the  ist  pt.;  Joshua  Stansfeld  (one  other  of  the  sons  of  said 
Josias)  and  Adam  Mattershead  of  Macclesfield,  Alderman,  of 
the  2<^-  part,  and  George  Hir.'^t  of  Bradbury,  Co  :  of  Chester,  yeo- 
man, 3''''  part. 

In  consideration  of  marriage  between  James  Stansfeld  and  Anna 
Hirst,  a  daughter  of  George  Hirst,  the  said  George  Hirst  agrees  to 
pay  James  Stansfeld  ^300  as  a  portion,  and  Josias  Stansfeld  cov'*- 
to  settle  upon  them  :  Copyhold,  two  fulling  mills  under  one  roof, 
called  Stansfeld  Mill  in  Sowerby  Dean,  theretofore  in  the  occup'on  of 
James  Stansfeld  deceased  (father  of  said  Josias)  and  of  Josh. 
Whiteley,  then  or  late  of  said  Josias,  and  2  crofts  adjoining,  and  a 
cottage  and  a  dwelling-house  thereon  erected.  Freehold,  a  messuage. 


History  of  the  Stansfei-d  Familv. 

barn,  2  gardens  and  closes  called  Uppermost  Holme,  Middle 
Holme,  Lowest  Holme,  Shuttleholme,  Tenter  Eank  and  Scan- 
leading  to  the  Shuttleholme,  situate  in  Norland,  then  or  late  in  the 
occupation  of  TijMothy  Stansfelp. 

As  to  the  copyhold,  to  the  use  of  Josias  Stansfeld  for  life, 
paying  to  James  Stansfeld  during  their  joint  lives,  ;^i3  6s.  8d. 
per  annum,  and  to  Anna  after  James'  decease  ;^2o  per  annum. 
Remainder  to  James  Stansfeld,  and  the  heirs  of  the  marriage, 
chargeable  as  after.  Remainder  as  to  half  the  copyhold,  to  the  use 
of  Josias  Stansfeld  (another  son  of  said  Josias)  in  fee,  and  as  to 
the  other  half,  to  the  use  of  John  Stansfeld  (another  son) 
in  fee. 

And  as  to  the  freehold,  to  the  use  of  Josias  Stansfeld  sen''-  for 
life.  Remainder  to  the  use  of  James  Stansfeld  for  life.  Remainder 
to  Anna  Hirst  for  life.  Remainder  to  the  use  of  the  heirs  of  the 
intended  marriage,  chargeable  as  afterward.  Remainder  to  the 
heirs  of  the  body  of  James  Stansfeld.  Remainder  as  to  one 
moiety,  to  Josias  Stansfeld  jun''-  in  fee,  and  as  to  the  other,  to  John 
Stansfeld  in  fee. 

Covenants  from  Josias  Stansfeld  sen''-  for  title,  subject  to 
dower  of  Martha,  wife  of  Josias  Stansfeld  senior. 

Executed  by  Josias,  James  and  Joshua  Stansfeld,  in  the 
presence  of  Timy.  Bentley,  John  Stansfeld  and  Edw^-  Davenport. 


Chapter    VIII. 


SOWERBY      CHURCH. 


lOREBI  occurs  in  Domesday,  as  one  of  the  nine 
berewics  attached  to  Wakefield.  It  was,  before  the 
church  at  Halifax  was  built,  evidently  the  capital  of 
Sowerbyshire  ;  and  is  mentioned  first,  amongst  the 
eight  berewics,  which  are  in  the  ancient  parish  of  Halifax. 
Sowerbyshire  was  also  known  as  the  forest  of  Hardwick,  and 
when  the  Danes  or  Danish  kings  became  possessed  of  the 
district,  they  expressed  in  their  own  language,  the  original 
meaning  of  the  place.  It  is  easily  understood,  by  anyone 
standing  upon  the  site  of  an  old  fort  or  camp,  near  the  top  of 
the  town,  and  viewing  the  steepness  of  the  ascent,  from  the 
Ryburn  valley,  on  the  one  hand,  and  Caldei-vale  on  the  other, 
and  the  magnificent  military  position  it  occupies,  as  commanding 
the  two  passes  over  and  through  the  border  hills  of  Lancashire 
and  Yorkshire  ;  how  Sozverby  (the  sure  village)  and  Hardwick 
(the  strong  village)  equally  express  the  situation  of  the  place. 

When  Hameline,  earl  Warren,  granted  to  Jordan  son  of 
Askolf,  his  inheritance  in  Sowerbyshire,  it  is  evident  that 
the  lordship  of  the  manor  of  Sowerby  was  not  included,  as  it 
remains  to  this  day,  portion  of  the  manor  of  Wakefield.  Possibly 
the  fact  of  Sowerby  and  Warley  being  a  forest,  excluded  them 
from  the  grant,  and  the  other  portions  of  Sowerbyshire,  not 
^ranted  to  Jordan,  had  already  been  subinfeudated  ;  as,  for 
instance,  Halifax  to  the  priory  of  Lewes.  Watson's  History  of 
Halifax  treats  at  some  length,  upon  the  manor  and  territory  of 

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i62  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Sowerby,  so  that  it  is  unnecessary  here,  to  state  much  more 
than  that  the  townships  of  Sowerby,  Soyland  and  Warley,  were 
united  in  the  greaveship  of  Sowerby. 

The  first  erection  of  a  church  at  Sowerby  must  be  placed, 
in  default  of  any  evidence,  even  as  suppositious  as  that  relating 
to  Crostone,  to  the  period  of  religious  activity  immediately 
preceding  the  Reformation.  For,  although  the  great  provision 
of  endowments  in  that  period,  seems  only  to  have  whetted  the 
covetousness  of  the  ruined  spendthrifts  of  a  luxurious  court  ; 
yet  it  was,  without  doubt,  the  commencement  of  a  great  religious 
revival  in  the  Church.  This,  but  for  the  intervention  of  foreign 
Puritanism  from  Geneva  and  elsewhere,  might  have  resulted  in 
an  even  greater  and  more  successful  exhibition  of  an  ancient 
branch  of  the  Catholic  Church,  purifying  itself  from  the  cor-j 
ruptions  of  the  times,  throwing  off  the  shackles  of  a  foreign 
bishop,  and  uniting  in  itself,  on  the  broad  basis  of  catholic 
doctrine  and  apostolic  discipline,  all  the  religious  life  of  a  great 
and  powerful  nation. 

In  her  will,  dated  3rd  August,  152 1,  Alicia  Holroydc,  after 
directing  her  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  Halifax, 
and  bequeathing  6s.  8d.  to  that  church,  and  her  best  beast  to  the 
vicar  as  mortuaiy,  adds  : — 

'■  Itm  :  lego  usu  capelle  de  Sourby,  viijs.  p'  uno  sopite   exinde 
faciend  :  " 
In  the  will  of  John  Baites   of  Bradshay,  dated    isth  September, 
1 52 1,  occurs  : — • 

"  Itm.  I  bequeath  to  th'use  of  the  chapell  of  o'  lady  of 
Soureby.  viijs.  Itm.  I  bequeath  to  the  beldying  of  Soureby  brig, 
xjs.  viijd." 
But  it  is  probable,  that  the  above  is  a  miscopy  for  Sowerby 
Bridge  chapel,  as  that  at  Sowerby  is  dedicated  to  Saint  Peter. 
And  although  the  dedication  of  Sowerby  Bridge  chapel  has  been 
altered,  in  modern  times,  from  S.  Mary's  to  Christ  church;  yet  it 
cannot  be  conceived  of  Sowerby  puritan  ism,  to  rob  the  memory 
of  the  B.V.M.  the  Mother  of  Christ,  to  add  that  of  S.  Peter,  the 
patron  saint  of  Rome.      Still  Watson  refers  to  the  surrender  of 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  163 

the  ground,  which  states  that  Sowcrby  Bridge  chapel  was  built 
17th  Henry  VHI.  (1525-6),  on  a  parcel  of  land,  26  yards  in 
length  and  8  in  breadth.  And  in  the  will  of  John  Crabtree, 
dated  27th  January  1526-7,  is  bequeathed  : — 

•'  Also  to  the  }ie2U  chapell  at  Soureby  brig  xls.  Itm.  to  Sourby 
brig  x^- " 

The  legacy  of  John  Baites,  however,  speaks  of  the  chapel 
of  our  Lady,  as  if  in  full  use  ;  so  that,  after  all,  it  must  refer 
to  Sowerby.  In  July  1513,  Edward  Bates  of  Sowerby,  be- 
queathed 24s.  to  the  chapel  of  Sowerby.  John  Dykson's  will, 
dated  27th  September  15 17,  contains  the  following  clauses  : — 

"  Itm :  do  at  lego  capelle  de  Soureby,  sex  decern  den'rios 
firme  p'cipiend.  annuatim  de  quod'm,  tenemente  vocat.  Smythie. 
Itm.  do  et  lego  ffabrice  lapidij  ponte  apud  Sowerby  predict,  sex 
solidos  et  octo.  den'ios." 

On  the  25th  February  1536,  Gilbert  Ryley  of  Sowerby,  made 
his  will  in  substance  as  follows  : — 

He  bequeathed  his  soul  to  Almighty  God,  our  Lady  Saint 
Mary,  and  to  all  the  holy  company  of  heaven ;  and  his  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  churchyard  of  S.  John  the  Baptist,  of  Halifax. 
Mortuary  to  the  vicar.  "  Also  I  gyve  to  the  chapell  of  Sourbye 
vjs.  viijd.  Itm.  I  gyve  tovvardes  a  chambre  buyldyng  at  the  said 
chapell  vjs.  viijd.  Also  I  wyll  that  James  Ryley,  Margarete  Ryley 
and  Jenet  Ryley  have  a  rewarde  of  my  goodes,  at  the  handes  of 
myne  executor.  Also  I  will  that  all  surrenders  of  landes  and 
barganes  of  the  same,  wiche  I  have  gyven  up  in  to  the  hands  of 
John  Baites,  to  th'use  of  the  said  chappell  of  Sourbye,  and  to 
th'use  of  the  said  Margarett  Ryley,  stand  firme  and  stable,  as  the 
courte  of  Wakefield  will  admitte  and  sufTre."  To  John  Roid 
33s.  4d. ;  and  the  residue  to  his  father,  William  Ryley,  whom  he 
appointed  his  executor. 

On  the  8th  April  1539,  John  Lome  (Lumb)  bequeathed  "  To  the 
emend'cion  of  a  bell,  at  the  chapell  of  Sowrebie,  vjs.  viijd." 

Watson's  list  of  curates  of  Sowerby  commences  with  Adam 
Morris,  who,  he  says,  went  chaplain  to  a  regiment  in  Ireland, 
and  was  buried  at  Halifax,  24th  September  1591.  He  was 
witness,  or  legatee,  in  several  wills  from  1 567  ;  and  the  Halifax 


164  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

register  of  baptisms  contains  eight  of  his  children,  from  i  568  to 
1582,  and  that  of  burials  records  : — 

"  xxiij.  Sept.  1591.     Mr.  Adam  Morres,  minisf-  of  Sower  :  " 
In  1603,  Gyles  Bolton  of  the  Hall  in  Warley,  left  Ss.  to  :— 

"  Katharin  Morrys,  late  wiefe  of  Adam  Morrys,  clerke." 
The  following  additions  may  be  made  to  Watson's  list : — 

1527.     Sir  Richard  Oldfeld,  chaplayne,  witnessed  the  will  of  Richard 

Ryding  of  Sowerby,  6th  June  1527. 
1549.     John    Nicholl  prest,  witnessed  that  of  Edwarde   Tattersall  of 

Fieldhouse,  Sowerby,  dated  4th  June  1549. 
1551.     Richard  Leiche,  minister,  is  one  of  the  witnesses  to  the  will  of 

Edmond  Waterhouse  of  Sowerby,  made  7th  June  1551. 

1554.  Sir  John  Hilton,  priest,  occurs  14th  March  1553-4. 

1555.  In  the  Halifax  registers  is  a  baptism  : — 

"8   Sept.    1555.      Anthonius  fili^  fiho    Dni.  Will' Jacson  de 
Sourby." 

Oliver  Heywood,  in  his  diary  for  4th  August  1666,  writes  of  a 
subsequent  curate  of  Sowerby : — 

"  I  lodged  near  Sowerby  Bridge,  with  M^'^  Root,  heard 
honest  Mr.  Jackson  at  Sowerby,  on  the  Lord's  day ;  who,  for  aught 
he  knew,  preacht  his  last  sermon  there,  being  sadly  opposed  by  Dr. 
Hook,  vicar  of  Halifax." 

It  is  unfortunate  for  the  memory  of  Dr.  Hooke,  that  the  gossip 
of  Oliver  Heywood  anent  him,  has  been  published,  without  any 
corresponding  publication  of  Dr.  Hooke's  views  on  the  different 
matters.  It  must  be  remembered,  however,  that  a  preceding 
curate  of  Sowerby,  the  husband  of  Oliver  Heywood's  hostess  on 
the  above  occasion,  even  whilst  receiving  his  stipend  as  a 
presbyter  under  the  Directory,  or  as  a  priest  of  the  Church  of 
England,  up  to  the  passing  of  the  act  of  Uniformity,  formed, 
and  kept  up,  a  congregation  of  independents,  until  his  death  in 
1669.  The  Ga)/£-rc/ia,  published  164.6,  p.  216,  of  Thos.  Edwards, 
minister  of  the  gospel,  shews  the  spirit  in  which  the  presb)'tcrian 
ministers  looked  upon  schism  : — 

"  A  minister  in  Yorkshire  writes  a  letter  to  a  minister  of 
London,  dated  January  29,  1645,  '  Sects  begin  to  grow  fast  in  these 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  165 

Northern  parts,  for  want  of  a  settlement  in  discipline.  Mr.  R[oote] 
hath  gathered  an  independent  congregation,  in  Halifax  parish,  and 
some  others  are  about  to  do  so  also.  I  could  wish  we  were 
reduced  into  Presbyteries,  to  prevent  further  mischief.' " 

Dr.  Hooke,  as  a  faithful  vicar,  would  have  to  do  his  duty  ;  and 
his  justification,  apart  from  Heywood's  observations  against  Mr. 
Roote,  under  date  1679,  is  amply  shown  in  the  following  docu- 
ment, copied,  although  not  published,  by  Watson  : — 

"  I,  Christopher  Jackson,  late  of  Sowerby,  withm  the  vicaridge 
of  Halifax,  do  ingenuously  acknowledge  and  cordially  confess,  that 
I  have  found  Richard  Hooke  D.D.,  my  very  true  and  faithful 
friend.  And  I  do  further  declare,  I  have  been  very  imprudent,  if 
not  unchristian,  in  many  particulars  of  my  carriage  towards  him,  to 
his  wrong,  and  the  offence  of  others,  for  all  which  I  beg  his 
pardon,  and  desire  they  may  be  buried  in  oblivion.  And  I  do 
further  signify,  that  the  materials  of  those  Queries,  contain'd  in  a 
libel,  lately  dispers'd  against  the  said  Dr.  Hooke,  were  in  my 
thoughts  unworthy,  lying  and  groundless ;  and  I  am  very  sorry, 
that  I  have  given  any  occasion,  to  him  or  others,  that  I  shou'd  be 
suppos'd  to  be  the  author,  abettor  or  inventer  of  the  same,  pro- 
mising for  the  future,  to  shew  myself  thankful  for  courtesies 
receiv'd,  obedient  to  the  Church,  cautious  to  remove  all  scandal, 
and  to  be  exemplarily  active  to  promote  Conformity,  wherever  I 
shall  reside,  and,  more  especially,  in  the  vicaridge  of  Halifax,  it, 
upon  further  satisfaction,  I  shall  be  allow'd  by  the  said  Dr.  to 
officiate  in  any  chapel,  within  the  same. 

Chr:  Jackson,  clerk. 

Witnesses:  Tho:  Hillington ;  Edm:  Garforth ;  Jo:  Hilling- 
ton  ;  Susannah  Longbothom." 
A  still  more  curious  relic  of  a  Sowerby  curate,  is  preserved  by 
Watson,  in  his  unpublished  manuscripts.  The  author  was  the 
son  of  Josias  Midgley  of  Headley,  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Haworth,  see  James'  History  of  Bradford,  p.  338.  FTe  was 
buried,  loth  May  1706,  in  his  34th  year;  and  a  monument  to 
his  memory  still  exists  in  Halifax  church. 

"  Prayer  compos'd  and  us'd  by  the  Rev^  Mr.  Midgley,  curate 
of  Sowerby,  who  liv'd  at  Wood  Lane,  and  was  impos'd  upon,  by 
the  art  of  a  Servant  Maid,  who  contriv'd  to  make  him,  and  the 
neighbourhood,  believe  that  the  House  was  haunted. 


i66  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

'•  O  Great  Ruler  of  the  World  !  who  can'st  restrain  the  power 
of  the  Spirits  of  Darkness,  and  set  them  bounds,  which  they  cannot 
pass  ;  who,  since  the  coming  of  Thy  Son  into  the  world,  very  rarely 
suffers  them  to  molest  the  professors  of  the  Christian  Faith,  by 
terrible  appearances,  hideous  shrieks,  knockings,  thumpings,  or  any 
tumultuous  noises  ;  yet  we.  Thy  servants,  being  under  great  conster- 
nation, upon  the  account  of  some  unusual  disturbances,  seemingly 
beyond  the  reach  of  man  to  make,  conclude  that,  either  Thou  hast 
permitted  some  Spirit,  or  some  mortal,  confederate  with  evil 
Spirits,  to  do  things  beyond  the  power  of  Nature.  However  it  be, 
we  make  our  addresses  unto  Thee,  upon  our  bended  knees,  for 
succour,   support  and  deliverance. 

"  If  it  is  a  Spirit  of  Satan's  retinue,  suffer  it  not,  O  Lord  ! 
to  appear  iti  any  terrible  shape,  nor  to  harm  either  our  souls  or 
bodies. 

"  If  it  is  a  wandering  soul,  having  hidden  secrets  to  reveal,  ere 
it  can  be  at  rest,  suffer  not  its  appearance  to  be  ghastly  or  frightfull : 
and  to  whomsoever  it  shall  apply  itself,  endow  them  with  more 
than  manly  courage,  to  sustain  the  appearance. 

"  If  the  disturbances  that  have  been  made,  proceeded  from 
magical  arts,  do  Thou,  O  Gracious  Father  !  set  limits  to  those 
covenant  servants  of  the  Devil,  and  suffer  none  of  us,  any  more, 
to  be  discompos'd  or  affrighted  with  the  like  noises  and  dis- 
turbances. 

"  If  it  is  a  Spirit  of  Thy  sending,  to  chastize  us  for  our 
sins,  if  it  seem  good  unto  Thee,  O  Heavenly  Protector  !  take  some 
gentler  method,  at  once,  to  convince  us  ol  our  guilt,  and  correct 
us  for  it,  and  suffer  no  envious  Demon  to  cruciate  or  torment  us. 

"  Rut  if  it  be  a  good  Spirit  (for  we  are  ignorant  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  invisible  world)  sent  by  Thy  providential  hand,  to 
forewarn  us  of  some  imminent  danger,  grant  that  its  appearance  may 
be  suitable  to  the  kind  message  it  brings ;  and  we,  Thy  servants,  will 
nevei  cease  to  laud  Thy  great  and  glorious  Name,  for  Thy  super- 
natural care  and  protection  over  us. 

"  Finally,  whatever  be  the  cause  or  author  of  our  dis- 
turbances, do  Thou  protect  us  under  the  shadow  of  Thy  wings,  and 
suffer  neither  spiritual  nor  temporal  enemies  to  injure  our  souls, 
bodies  or  goods,  or  to  affright  us  by  day  or  night  :  but  do  Thou, 
if  it  be  Thy  blessed  will,  put  a  speedy  period  to  all  the  unusual 
noises,  which  have  been  lately  heard. 

"These,  our  petitions,  or  w^hatever  else,  upon  this  important 
occasion,  Thou,  in  Thine  infinite  wisdom,  thinks  proper  for  us  to 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  167 

ask,  we  humbly  beseech  Thee  to  grant,  for  His  sake,  who  died  for  our 
sins,  and  rose  again  for  our  justification,  to  whom  with  the  Father 
and  Holy  Spirit,  be  all  honour  and  glory,  world  without  end. 
Amen." 

The  present  church  of  Sowerby  was  built  in  1762,  faculty  dated 
22nd  June  1761,  and  opened  for  service,  3rd  January  1763.  It 
was  not  consecrated,  however,  until  Tuesday,  the  27th  April 
1847.  The  curate,  at  the  time  of  rebuilding,  was  John  Welsh 
M.A.,  ordained  deacon,  23rd  December  1739,  and  priest,  23rd 
September  1744.     He  was  previously  curate  at  Crostone. 

In  May  1764,  there  were  593  families  in  Sowerby,  containing 
3,040  inhabitants,  whereof  451  were  dissenters,  viz,  140  presbj'- 
terians,  188  independents,  56  anabaptists,  62  methodists,  and  5 
quakers.  There  were  1533  communicantsof  the  Church  of  England 
above  16  years  of  age,  whereof  70  received  at  Easter,  1764. 
The  bell  weighed  48olbs. 

The  present  peal  of  bells  was  opened  29th  October 
1781  ;  and  on  the  22nd  August  1846,  at  a  ringing 
contest,  the  censors  were  confined  16  hours,  until  1.30  next 
morning  ;  the  umpire,  from  Oldham,  8y  years  of  age,  having 
assisted  at  the  opening  of  the  bells  in  1781.  The  eight  bells 
cost,  including  hanging  &c.,  ^503,  of  which  sum  George 
Stansfeld  subscribed  ;^200.  Besides  the  maker's  name  and 
date,  "  William  Chapman  of  London,  Fecit.  1781,"  the  bells  have 
the  following  inscriptions  : — 

Treble  bell,  "  Exchanged  for  the  old  bell";  2nd  "  By  assess- 
ment ";  3rd  "  Gift  of  Joseph  Priestley ";  4th  "  Gift  of  Martha 
Stansfeld";  5th  ■' Gift  of  Ann  Stansfeld";  6th '•  Gift  of  Geokge 
Stansfeld";  7th  "  By  Subscription ;"  Tenor  bell,  "Gift  of  Susan 
Stansfeld." 

A  portion  of  the  old  church  was  removed  by  George  Stansfeld, 
and  rebuilt  at  the  back  of  Field  House,  where  it  remains 
to  this  da)'. 

The  following  are  the  inscriptions,  &c.,  within  the 
church  : — 

The  Chancel  :  In  the  east  wall  is  a  painted  window, 
representing  the   Crucifixion,    depicted    in    an    unconventional 


1 68  History  of  the  Stansfeld  F"amily. 

manner.  Below  the  central  light,  is  a  brass  memorial,  now- 
hidden  by  the  reredos,  inscribed  as  follows  : — 

To  the  Glory  of  God,  and  in  memory  of  Robert  Stansfeld 
of  Field  House,  who  died  August  2nd  1855,  aged  83  years  ;  and 
of  Lydia  his  wife,  who  died  July  31st  1816,  aged  36  years.  This 
window  is  placed  here,  a.d.  1862. 

In  the  north  clerestory,  is  a  plaster  representation  : — 

Arms  :  Three  goats  statant  [Stansfeld].  Crest  :  A  lion's  head 
erased.     Motto:  Know  Thy  Self. 

Over  the  east  window,  is  a  similar  representation  of  the 
Royal  Arms,  within  the  Garter,  with  the  initials  and  date  : 
G.R.   1766. 

In  the  south  clerestory,  is  another  plaster  representation  of 
the  arms  of  Welsh,  John  Welsh,  M.A.,  being  curate  of  Sowerby 
in  1766.  The  arms  of  Welsh,  as  given  in  Burke,  are :  Azure, 
6  mullets,  3,  2  and  i,  or.  Here,  however,  the  charges  are  estoiles 
of  eight  points.  The  crest  is  a  dexter  hand  erect,  couped  at  the 
wrist,  holding  a  book  (bible  ?)  in  bend  sinister,  which,  along  with 
the  motto  Sic  itur  ad  astra  (Thus  they  go  to  hea\'en),  is  e\-i- 
dently  a  difference,  introduced  in  allusion  to  the  sacred  office  of 
the  bearer. 

The  Credence  is  within  a  niche  of  modern  woodwork,  the 
design  and  execution  being  in  accordance  with  other  woodwork, 
inserted  when  the  pews  were  replaced  by  free  and  unappro- 
priated sittings,  at  the  recent  restoration  of  the  church. 
Beneath  it  is  a  brass  containing  the  following  inscription  : — 

To  the  glory  of  God.  The  two  Angel  groups  in  mosaic,  were 
erected  as  a  tribute  of  affection,  from  the  Re\'.  A.  L.  W.  Bean, 
in  memory  of  Ellen  Susanna  Bean,  Born  3rd  March  1809.  died 
loth  January  1876. 

North  Aisle:  Commencing  east.  In  the  organ  chamber, 
on  a  brass  plate  on  the  organ  front : — 

This  organ  is  presented  to  St.  Peter's  Church,  Sowerby,  by 
John  Rawson  Esq.  of  Brockwell,  as  a  memorial  of  the  late 
WiLLL\M  Priestley  Esq.  formerly  of  Sowerby,  an  enthusiastic 
admirer  of  church  music,  May  19th  1861. 


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1630. 

I  ARCHBISHOP  OF  CANTERBURY- 
in  the  Reign  of  WILLIAM  andMART 

died  'lo-i-eraliPT   22. Kin  4. 


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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  169 

On  a  white  marble  tablet,  west  of  the  westernmost  window  :— 
Sebastopol.      Alma.      Balaklava.      Inkerman.      To  the 
memory  of  those  brave  men  from  the  township  of  Sowerb}',  who 
laid  down  their  lives,  in  the  campaigns  of  1854  and   1855,  so  tri- 
umphantly achieved  for  the  liberties  of  Europe. 
J  OSEPH  Wadsworth,  G'^  Guards.     Eli  Crowther,  G"  Guards. 
John  Greenwood,  1='  Royals.  Elijah  Saltonstall,  7"^  R'  Fusil"'* 

George  Cr.^btree,  19*  Reg.  Joseph  Thorp,  19'^  Reg. 

James  Hellowell,  ao'i-  Reg.  Daniel  Sharp,  47''>  Reg. 

William  Brown,  gs'^  Reg.  Joseph  Holroyde,  R'  Marines. 

"Thy  dead  men  shall  live."     IsaiaA  xxvi.  19.     Erected  by  Sub- 
scription. 
Close  to  the  west  wall,  behind  (north  of)  the  font,  on   the  pedi- 
ment of  an  effigy  of  archbishop  Tillotson,  which  statue   stands 
in  a  niche  (see  plate)  : — 

The  Most  Reverend  John  Tillotson,  D.D.,  born  at  Haugh- 

end,  in  this  township;  1630:  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  in  the 

Reign  of  William  and   Mary,  died  November  2  2<i.  1694;  in    the 

65'*^  year  of  his  age. 

On  the  right  (dexter)  side  is  a  shield,  bearing   the   arms  of  the 

see  of  Canterbury  : — • 

Azure,  an  episcopal  staff  in  pale,  argent,  ensigned  with  a  cross 
patee,  or,  surmounted  by  a  pall  of  the  second,  edged  and  fringed 
of  the  third,  charged  with  four  crosses,  formee  fitchee,  sable. 
Over  the  shield  is  an  archiepiscopal  mitre.     On  the  left  (sinister) 
side  is  a  shield  bearing  the  arms  of  Tillotson  : — • 

Azure,  a  bend  cotised  between  two  garbs,  or      Crest  :  Out  of 
a  mural  coronet,  a  greyhound's  head,  all  proper. 
North  Gallery:  Commencing  east.     A  plaster  coat  of 
arms,  similar  in  execution  to  those  in  the  chancel : — 

Ermine,  on  a  fess  three  crescents.     Crest  :  On  a  wreath,  a 
nag's  head  couped.     Mono  :  Macte  Carit.\te. 
Between    the    second    and    third    windows,  on    a  white  marble 
tablet  :— 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Henry  Priestley,  of  Haugh-end. 
who  departed  this  life  22nd  April  1837,  aged  46  years.  Also  to 
Henry  Lea,  only  child  of  the    above  Henry  Priestley,  and 

X 


170  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Mary,  his  wife,  who  departed  this  life,  the  29''^  Ma)'  1844,  in  his 
14th  year.  Also  to  the  above  named  Mary  Priestley,  who  died 
at  ^Vinchester,  13th  June  1855,  aged  66;  and  is  interred  in  the 
cemeterj'  in  that  city,  where  a  monument  is  erected  to  her  memory. 

Between  the  third  and  fourth  windows,  a  hatchment  containing  : — 

Per  pale,  ist :  Gules,  on  a  chevTon,  between  three  towers, 
argent,  (issuing  out  of  each  a  demi  lion  rampant,  or.)  as  many 
grappling  irons,,  sable.     [Priestley]. 

2nd.      Argent,   a   chevron   between   three    crescents,    sable. 
[\Valker]. 
Between  the  fourth  and  fifth  windows,  a  white  marble  tablet : — 

Erected  to  the  memory  of  John  Priestley  of  Thorpe,  the 
youngest  son  of  John  Priestley  of  Whitewindows,  in  Sowerby. 
He  died  January  21=',  1801,  aged  46  years.  Also  of  Elizabeth. 
his  wife,  the  second  daughter  of  William  Walker  of  Crownest, 
in  Hipperholme  ;  she  died  July  27'''  1829,  aged  78  years.  And 
also  of  their  children,  William,  Ann  and  Edward.  William  died 
]\Iarch  ig"!  1778,  aged  16  days.  Ann  died  April  20'*'  1793,  aged 
7  weeks.  Edward  died  May  27th  1824,  aged  33  years.  Walker 
died  May  i"  1853,  aged  66  years.  John  died  July  21*'  1858, 
aged  74  years.     William  died  April  i^'  i860,  aged  80  years. 

Below   is   a   coloured    shield  of  arms,  same  as  the   hatchment 

already  described. 

Crest  :  Over  a  squire's  helm,  mantled  gules,  on  a  wreath  of 
the  colours,  a  cockatrice  argent,  standing  on  the  lower  part  of  a 
broken  spear,  lying  fessways,  or,  in  the  mouth,  the  other  portion. 

West  End  :  Commencing  north.  The  Font  is  of  Caen 
stone,  octagonal,  richly  carved.  On  the  foot,  at  the  cast  side,  is 
cut:— 

F.H.M.R.     Born  February  i.  1853.     Died  October  21.  1861. 
On  the  bevelled  edge  of  the  rim,  commencing  on  the  east  side  : — 

To  the  glory  of  God  and  as  a  memorial  of  Florence 
Harriet  Marianne,  the  beloved  child  of  Frederick  Edward 
and  Harriet  Susanna  Rawson  of  Thorpe,  in  this  chapelr)',  1862. 

Upon  the  rim  : — 

>f«  And  He  took  them  up  in  His  Arms,  put  His  Hands  upon 
them  and  blessed  them. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  171 

On  a  tablet  reaching  from  the  floor,  about  eleven  feet  high  : — 

To  the  Honoured  Memory  of  the  Family  of  Stansfeld  of 
SowERBY,  particularly  of  the  Branch  thereof,  resident  at  Field 
House,  some  of  whose  Remains  were  removed  from  the  Site  of  the 
Old  Church,  and  deposited  in  a  Vault  under  this  New  Church. 
And  above  all  To  the  revered  Memory  of  his  most  loving  and 
most  beloved  Wife,  Mary,  Daughter  of  Mr  James  Lord  of 
Todmorden,  who  died  on  the  25th  Day  of  February,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Family  Vault,  on  the  s'l'  Day  of  March,  1799. 
George  Stansfeld  Esq'',  her  most  afflicted  Husband,  has  placed 
this  Inscription,  in  Testimony  of  his  Gratitude  to  her,  and  of  his 
most  tender  and  affectionate  Love  for  her.  Possessed  of  all 
Female  Excellencies,  she  employed  them  diligently,  in  the  well 
ordering  of  her  Family,  in  Acts  of  Charity  to  the  Poor,  and  in 
making  her  dear  Husband  one  of  the  happiest  Men  upon  Earth. 
During  a  severe  Illness  of  three  Months,  convinced  of  her 
approaching  Dissolution,  she  was  thoroughly  prepared  for  it,  and 
perfectly  resigned.  Her  only  Thoughts  about  this  World,  were  her 
Cares  for  the  Happiness  of  her  dear  Husband,  during  the 
Remainder  of  his  Days.  Upon  this  mournful  Subject,  she  gave 
him  Counsel,  with  Composure,  whilst  he  listened  with  Sorrow  and 
Amazement,  and  when,  at  the  last,  she  desired  him  to  be  buried  in 
the  same  Grave  with  her,  he,  overwhelmed  with  Grief,  made  her 
that  .Promise,  and  will  order  it  to  be  strictly  fulfilled,  and  he  hopes, 
through  the  Mercies  of  his  Creator  and  Redeemer,  to  have  the 
Blessing  of  being  united  with  her,  in  the  Mansions  or  Everlasting 
Happiness. 

At  the  base  in  large  capital  letters  : — 

George  Stansfeld  Esq.     Died  Feb.  20.  1805,  aged  79. 
On  a  sepulchral  urn,  at  the  top,  is  a  shield  of  arms  : — 

Per  Pale,  ist  Vert,  three  goats  statant,  argent,  armed  and 
unguled,  or.     [Stansfeld] 

2iid.  Azure  on  a  chevron,  between  three  annulets,  or,  three 
martlets  of  the  field.     [Lord.] 

Crest  :     On  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  a  vine  branch,  fructed, 
issuing  from  a  mount,  all  proper. 
A  tablet  of  white  marble  : — 

In  memory  of  John  Lea  of  Haughend,  Esquire,  who  died 
February  26*  1800,  aged  81 ;  and  of  Mary  his  wife,  who  died 
July  iS'ii  1796,  aged  78;  this  monument  was  erected  by  Lydia 


172  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

their  only  daughter  and  heiress,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Priestley  of 
White-Windows,  Esquire ;  as  a  tribute  of  filial  regard,  for  her  most 
affectionate  and  deserving  parents. 

A  shield  of  arms  and  a  crest  have  been   removed,  or  lost,  from 

underneath.     Watson's  History  of  Halifax  gives,  as  the  arms  of 

Mr.  Lea,  then  living  : — 

Argent,  a  chevron  engrailed,  between  two  leopards'  heads,  sable. 
Cresi-  :     A  bull's  head  cabossed,  couped  at  the  neck,  or. 

On  a  white  marble  tablet : — 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mary  Ann,  wife  of  John  ^VILKs, 
of  the  Lodge,  Triangle  ;  who  departed  this  life,  the  29'*'  of  Aug. 
181 7,  aged  30  years.  She  was  endeared  to  her  friends,  by  an 
amiable  disposition  and  engaging  manners  ;  particularly  to  him. 
who  now  deplores  her  loss.  Also  in  the  same  vault,  lie  interred 
two  infant  children  of  the  above  John  and  Mary  Ann  Wilks. 
Also  to  the  memory  of  the  above  John  Wilks,  who  died  in  Liver- 
pool, January  2^'-^  1855,  aged  68  years,  and  was  interred  the  30* 
January  1855.  Also  of  Hannah,  wife  of  the  above  John  Wilks, 
who  died  at  Huyton,  near  Liverpool,  25"'  June  1874,  aged  81. 
"Thou  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect  peace,  whose  mind  is  stayed  on  Thee." 

Another  mural  tablet : — ■ 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Henry  Bruen  Longfield,  last 
surviving  son  of  the  late  LiEur.  Col.  Richard  Longfield,  of 
Castle  JMary,  in  the  county  of  Cork,  who  departed  this  life  at 
Sowerby  parsonage,  March  13,  1833,  aged  15  years. 

The  love  of  Christ,  which  was  shed  abroad  in  his  heart,  by 
the  power  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  he  accounted  greater  riches,  than  the 
treasures  of  an  earthly  heritage ;  for  he  had  respect  unto  the  recom- 
pense of  the  reward,  even  that  gift  of  God,  which  is  eternal  life, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

"  I  love  them  that  love  Me,  and  those  who  seek  Me  early  shall 
find  Me." 
Beneath  are  the  arms,  crest  and  motto,  as  follows  : — 

Arms  :  Gules,  a  chevron,  ermine,  between  seven  crosses 
crosslet,  fitchee,  three  in  chief  and  four  in  base,  argent. 

Crest  :  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet,  or,  a  demi  lion  rampant,  gules. 

Motto  :  Parcere  subjectis  et  debellare  superbos. 
Mr.  Longfield  was  a  pupil  at  the  parsonage,  at  the  time  of  his  death 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  173 

South  Aisle  :   Commencing  east.      Between  the  second 
and  third  windows,  a  mural  tablet  containing  : — 

Arms  :  Vert,  three  goats  trfppant,  argent.  Crest  :  A  lion's 
head  erased.     Motto  :   Know  Thy  Self. 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Robert  Stansfeld  of  Field  House, 
who  departed  this  life,  August  and  1855,  aged  83  years.  And  of 
Lydl\  his  beloved  wife,  who  died  July  31^'  1816,  aged  36  years. 
I  am  the  resurrection,  and  the  life  ;  he  that  believeth  in  Me,  though 
he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live.  John  xi.  25. 
Between  the  third  and  fourth  windows,  a  mural  tablet,  containing 
the  following  arms  and  inscription  : — 

Per  Pale:  i  st  Vert,  three  goats  trippant,  argent.    [Stansfeld.] 
2nd.      Azure,  a  demi  lion  rampant,  couped,   between   three 
pheons,  or.     [Harrison.] 

Crest  :  A  lion's  head  erased,  or.  Motto  :  Know  Thy  Self. 
Supporters  :  Dexter,  the  figure  of  Justice,  holding  in  the  dexter 
hand,  a  pair  of  scales,  and  in  the  sinister  hand,  a  sword  erect : 
Sinister,  the  figure  of  Temperance,  holding  in  the  hands,  a  bridle  and 
reins.  Motto  above  the  crest :  "  Justitia  et  per  tot  specula  tem- 
perantia." 

In  beloved  memory  of  Robert  Johnston  Stansfeld,  elder 
son  of  Colonel  Stansfeld  of  Field  House  in  this  parish,  late  a 
captain  in  Her  Majesty's  38th  and  12th  regiments,  and  a  magistrate 
for  the  West  Riding,  who  died  at  Firby  Hall,  near  York,  on  the 
23rd  day  of  April  1876.  aged  38  years.  He  served  with  distinction 
in  the  Crimean  war,  and  through  the  Indian  mutiny.  A  brave  sol- 
dier, true  and  loyal,  gentle,  patient,  full  of  faith,  and  full  of 
charity. 
The  above  is  within  a  scroll,  underneath  is  : — 

The  Eternal  God  is  thy  refuge,  and  underneath  are  the  Ever- 
lasting Arms. 
Below  this  text,  are  two  wreaths,  composed  of  roses,  thistles 
and  shamrocks,  leaves  and  flowers,  and  crowned.  The  dexter 
wreath  encloses  a  garter,  inscribed  with  the  words  "  ist  Stafford- 
shire," and  encircles  the  figures,  in  Roman  numerals,  "  xxxviii." 
The  sinister  wreath  encloses  a  similar  garter,  inscribed  "  East 
Suffolk,"  encircling  the  figures,  "  xii."  At  the  foot  of  the  whole 
tablet,  are  the  words  : — 

Erected  by  his  widow  Agnes  Stansfeld  1877. 


174  History  of  the  Stansfkld  Family. 

West  of  the  westernmost  window,  on  a  small  tablet : — 

In  memory  of  Eliza,  the  beloved  wife  of  William  George 
AViLKS  of  Liverpool,   who  departed  this  life,  at  Torquay,  on  the 
1 8th  March  iS6o,  aged   26.     "Whosoever  believeth  in    Me   shall 
never  die."     fohn  xi.  26. 
South  Gallery  :    Commencing  cast.     Between    the  first 

and  second  windows,  is  a  plaster  coat  of  arms,  similar  to  those  in 

the  chancel,  being  : — 

Arms:  Gules,  on  a  chevron,  between  three  towers,  argent, 
issuing  out  of  each  a  demi  lion  rampant,  or,  as  many  grappling 
irons,  sable.  [Priestley.]  Crest  :  A  cockatrice,  argent,  standing 
on  the  lower  part  of  a  broken  spear,  lying  fessvvays,  or ;  in  the 
mouth,  the  other  portion.     Mono :  Fear  God. 

Between  the  second  and  third  windows  : — 

In  memory  of  Thomas  Milne  of  Cliff-Hill,  \\'arley,  who  died 
September  i6th  1844,  in  the  87th  year  of  his  age.  Also  of  Sarah, 
his  beloved  wife,  who  departed  this  life,  December  17th  1840,  aged 
72  years.  And  their  four  daughters.  Thanks  be  to  God,  AVhich 
giveth  us  the  victory,  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  \st 
Cor.  15  ch.  '^ith  V. 
Between  the  third  and  fourth  windows  : — 

A  tribute  of  conjugal  affection,  to  the  memory  of  Jane,  the 
beloved  wife  of  Lewis  F.  C.  Johnston  Esq'^'=  (one  of  Her 
Majesty's  Judges  of  Trinidad),  and  the  affectionate  mother  of 
Hannah  L^titia,  the  wife  of  Lieutenant  Robert  Stansfeld, 
of  the  Breck.  The  remains  of  this  much  lamented  and  respected 
lady,  who  died  at  the  Breck,  on  the  25th  April  1842,  are  interred 
in  the  vault,  under  this  church,  belonging  to  the  family  of  Stansfeld 
of  Field  House,  in  this  Parish.  Also  to  the  memory  of  the  above 
Lewis  F.  C.  Johnston  Esq"'*-  who  was  one  of  the  unfortunate 
passengers,  on  board  the  Royal  Mail  steamship  Amazon,  which  was 
lost  on  her  voyage  to  Trinidad,  January  the  4th  1852.  I  am  the 
resurrection,  and  the  life ;  he  that  believeth  in  Me,  though  he  were 
dead,  yet  shall  he  live.     St.  John   nth  chap,  z^th  ve?: 

A  monument  has  been  erected  by  his  daughter,  to  the  memory 
of  her  beloved  father,  in  Trinity  Church,  Trinidad. 

Between  the  fourth  and  fifth  windows,  on  a  tablet : — 

Arms  :  Argent,  two  carpenter's  squares,  gules,  in  pale  frett- 
wise,  intercharged  with  thirteen  mill  rinds,  sable  ;  a  shield  of  pre- 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  175 

tence,  bearing  the  arms  of  Jubb  of  Rotherham  :  On  two  bars,  six 
birds,    three  and  three.       Crest  :    A   lion    rampant.       Mono  : 

Querito  entiam. 

In  a  vault,  in  the  adjoining  churchyard,  lie  the  remains  of 
Charles  Milne  of  Cliff  Hill,  Warley,  near  Halifax,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  Milne,  who  died  June  15th  1858,  aged  63 
years.  "  If  we  believe  that  Jesus  died,  and  rose  again,  even  so 
them  also,  which  sleep  in  Jesus,  will  God  bring  with  Him."  His 
sorrowing  widow  places  here  this  monument,  in  affectionate 
remembrance  of  one,  who  was  a  faithful  and  humble  christian,  a 
loving  and  tender  husband,  and  a  true  friend.  In  the  same  vault, 
lie  the  remains  of  Margaret,  widow  of  the  above  Charles  Milne, 
who  remarried  May  12th  1864,  James  Aked,  of  Kershaw  House, 
and  died  at  CUfif  Hill,  his  widoWj  August  30th  187 1,  aged  72 
years. 

Between  the  fifth  and  sixth  windows  : — 

In  memory  of  John  HADVi'EN,  of  Dean,  Sowerby,  who  died 
June  19,  1852,  aged  78  years.  Also  of  Mary,  his  wife,  who  died 
June  27,  1810,  aged  42  years.  And  of  their  sons  and  daughters, 
Thomas  Wilson  Hadwen  of  Dean  House,  Sowerby,  who  died  at 
Bradbury,  near  Stockport,  March  14,  1855,  aged  51  years.  John 
Hadwen  of  Kebroyd,  Soyland,  who  died  December  22,  1862, 
aged  57  years.  Ellen,  who  died  August  27,  1809,  aged  11 
months.  Mary  Ann,  who  died  April  17,  1S26,  aged  16  years. 
Ellen,  who  died  July  24,  1842,  aged  25  years.  And  of  Joshua 
Wilson,  of  Dean  House,  Sowerby,  brother  of  Mrs.  Mary 
Hadwen,  who  died  Feb.  15,  1833,  aged  58  years. 

Inscriptions  in,  and  concerning,  the  windows. 

North    Aisle  :     Commencing  cast.       First  window  west 
of  the  organ  chamber  : — 

Subject  :  S.  John  the  EvangeHst,  in  the  upper  portion  of  the 
window ;  and,  in  the  lower,  S.  John  leading  the  B.  V.  Mary  from 
Calvary.  Inscription  :  To  the  glory  and  honour  of  God,  and  in 
memory  of  John  Morris,  born  April  25,  iSio,  died  May 
22,  1869. 

Second  window  : — 

Subject  :  The  Annunciation.  Inscriptions  :  My  soul  doth 
magnify  the  Lord.  To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  loving  memory  of 
Henrietta  Rawson. 


17^5  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Third  window : — 

Subject  :  Dorcas  distributing  bread  to  the  poor.     Inscrip- 
tions :  This  woman  was  full  of  good  works  and  almsdeeds,  which 
slie  did.   To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  loving  memory  of  Elizabeth 
Marianne  Rawson. 
Fourth  window  : — - 

Subject  :  The  Angel  and  the  two  Maries,  at  the  empty  tomb. 
Inscriptions  :  He  is  risen,  He  is  not  here.     To  the  glory  of  God, 
and  in  memory  of  William   Morris,  born  July  9,  1806,  died 
Sept.  12,  1882. 
Beneath  is  a  brass,  with  the  following  additional  inscription  : — 
In  memory  of  AVilliam  Morris  of  the  Lodge,  J-P.,D.L., 
born  July  g^^  1806,  died  Sepf  12*  1882.     This  window  is  erected 
by  voluntary  subscription,  as  a  lasting  remembrance  of  the  loving 
regard  and  sincere  esteem,  in  which  a  kind  and  generous  employer 
was  held  by  his  workpeople.     July  isth,  1883. 
Fifth  window  : — 

Subject  :  The  baptism  of  Christ.     Inscription  :  This  is  My 
Beloved  Son  in  Whom  I  AM  well  pleased. 
West  Wall  :  Northern  window  : — 

Subject  :  Christ  blessing  little  children.  Inscriptions  : 
Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto  Me.  To  the  glory  of  God,  and 
in  loving  memory  of  Mary  Rawson  of  the  Haugh  End. 

Southern  window  : — 

Subject  :  Christ  at  the  door.  Inscriptions  :  Behold  I  stand 
at  the  door  and  knock.  To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  loving 
memory  of  William  Henry  Rawson,  of  the  Haugh  Eiid. 

South  Aisle  :  Easternmost  window  : — 

Subject  :  Christ  with  a  little  child  on  His  Knee,  S.  Peter  and 
the  B.  V.  Mary  in  the  right  and  left  front  respectively,  and  a  few 
sheep  in  the  foreground.  Inscriptions  :  The  Good  Shepherd 
giveth  His  Life  for  the  sheep.  To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in 
memory  of  M.  I.  B.,  born  1819,  Dec<i  1861,  and  of  her  daughter, 
M.  C.  B.,  born  1852,  deceased  1858. 

Next  window  : — 

Subject:  The  three  Maries  in  the  garden  of  S.  Joseph. 
Inscriptions  :  They  brought  sweet  spices  to  anoint  Him.  To  the 
glory  of  God,  and  in  loving  memory  of  Mary  Elizabeth  Rawson. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  177 

Westernmost  window : — 

Subject  :  Christ  giving  the  keys  to  S.  Peter.  Inscription  : 
I  will  give  unto  thee  the  keys  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

East  Wall  of  church.     South  gallery,  over  the  vestry : — 

Subject  :  The  charge  to  S.  Peter.  Inscriptions  :  Feed  jVly 
sheep.     To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  memory  of  Am.\ziah  Empson. 

North  gallery,  over  the  organ  chamber  ; — 

Subject  :  Christ  and  the  woman  of  Samaria.  Inscriptions  : 
I  will  give  thee  living  water.  To  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  memory 
of  Ellen  Empson. 

In  the  Churchyard.     In  a  railed  enclosure,  lying  to  the 
south  of  the  chancel : — 

In  affectionate  remembrance  of  H.annah  LiETiTiA,  the  beloved 

wife  of  Robert  Stansfeld,  Esqre.,  of  Field  House,    who   died 

Nov.  17th,  1864,  aged  56  years. 

Robert  Johnston  Stansfeld,  died  April  23rd,  1876,  beloved 

and  lamented,  aged  38  years.      "  He  giveth  His  beloved  sleep." 

Two  infant  children  of   Robert    Johnston    Stansfeld   and  of 

yVoNES  his  wife,  given  and  taken,  a  daughter  on  the  21st  August, 

1872,  and  a  son  on  the  5th  December,   1874. 
Close  to  the  north  wall : — 

Here  lleth  the  body  of  Robert  Stansfeld  of  Lodge,  in 
Sowerby,  who  died  May  20th,  1808,  in  the  7Sth  year  of  his  age. 
Here  is  interred  the  body  of  Robert  Stansfeld,  the  son  of 
Samuel  Stansfeld  of  Fieldhouse,  who  died  April  ist,  1815,  in 
the  3rd  year  of  his  age.  Also  Ann,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Phebe  Stansfeld,  who  died  March  5th,  1822,  in  the  2nd  year  of 
her  age.  Also  Thomas  Stansfeld,  their  son,  died  Novr.  25th, 
1830,  aged  20  weeks.  Also  John  Stansfeld,  their  son,  died 
Sept.  5th,  1831,  aged  3  weeks.  Samuel  Stansfeld,  father  of  the 
above  children,  died  on  the  7th  of  May,  1834,  aged  59  years.  Also 
Henry,  son  of  Samuel  and  Phebe  Stansfeld,  who  died  April 
23rd,  1857,  aged  32  years. 

Here  lieth  the  body  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Robert  Stans- 
feld, of  Soyland,  who  died  Aug^'  25th,  1797,  in  the  50th  year  of 
her  age.  Also  of  Elizabeth  Stansfeld,  daughter  of  the  above, 
who  died  October  20th,  1852,  aged  83  years.  Also  of  Timothy 
Stansfeld,  son  of  the  before-named  Samuel  Stansfeld,  who 
died  April  8th,  1866,  in  his  49th  year. 

Y 


178  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  Registers  :  The  first  six  volumes  of  Sowcrby  registers, 
contain  baptisms  from  1668  to  181 2,  and  burials  from  1643  to  1812. 

BAPTISMS. 

Martha  D.  of  Nicolas  Stansfield. 
Martha  D.  of  James  Stansfield. 
Josiah  S.  of  James  Stansfield. 
John  S.  of  John  Stansfield. 
Susannah  D.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 
Ellen  D.  of  James  Stansfield. 
Eli  S.  of  John  Stansfield. 

Elizabeth  D.  of  James  Stansfield. 
George  S.  of  James  Stansfield. 
Mary  D.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 
George  S.  of  John  Stansfield. 
Elizabeth  D.  of  Josiah  Stansfield. 
Hannah  D.  of  James  Stansfield. 
Samuel  S.  of  John  Stansfield. 
Josiah  S.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 
Sarah  D.  of  James  Stansfield. 
Martha  D.  of  Josiah  Stansfield. 
John  S.  of  John  Stansfield. 
]\Iary  D.  of  Josiah  Stansfield. 
Josiah  S.  of  John  Stansfeld. 
Abigail  D.  Josiah  Stansfield. 
Hannah  D.  of  John  Stansfield. 
.     Elizabeth  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 

Mary  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
!.      Lydia  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
!.     James  S.  of  George  Stansfield. 
Ann  D.  of  George  Stansfield. 
Martha  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
Alice  D.  of  George  Stansfield. 
Peter  S.  of  Eli  Stansfield. 
Ely  S.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
Titus  S.  of  Eli  Stansfield. 
Abigail  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
Elizabeth  D.  of  Ely  Stansfeld. 
Susan  D.  of  George  Stansfield. 
.     David  S.  of  Ely  Stansfeld. 
Sarah  D.  of  George  Stansfeld. 
Mary  D.  of  Josiah  Stansfeld. 
Ely  S.  of  Ely  Stansfield. 


1669 

June  29. 

1678 

Oct.  6.  I 

1680 

Sepf^  9. 

1682 

June  5.  . 

Aug.  13. 

June  25. 

1683 

July  15- 

Feby.  10. 

1685 

Feb.  5.  i 

1686 

Sept.  13. 

1687 

May  30. 

Nov-  I. 

1688 

Aug.  9. 

Dec  17. 

Jan.  14. 

1690 

Dec^  16. 

I69I 

July  22. 

1692 

April  21. 

1694 

April  3. 

June  19. 

1696 

July  13- 

Ocf  II. 

1704 

Feby.  12. 

1708 

Sepf^  19. 

1709 

March  12 

I7I0 

March  12 

I71I 

Jany.  24. 

•  713 

July  30. 

Feby.  9. 

I7I4 

Feby.  24. 

I7I5 

Apl.  10. 

I7I6 

June  27. 

Augt.  2. 

■  717 

Jany.  26. 

I7I8 

Nov'  25. 

I7I9 

Jany.  28. 

1720 

April  2. 

July  13. 

1722 

May  9. 

History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  179 

1723  Augt.  4.     Martha  D.  of  Mr.  George  Stansfeld. 

1724  March  21.    Mary  D.  of  Ely  Stansfeld. 

BURIALS. 

1648  March  5.  James  Stansfeild. 

165 1  Jany  3.     The  Wife  of  Mark  Stansfeild. 

1656  Jany  10.  Mark  Stansfield. 

1658  May  26.  An  infant  of  Josias  Stansfield. 

1659  March  5.  A  2nd  infant  of  Josias  Stansfield. 
1662  Nov''  14.  A  3rd  infant  of  Josias  Stansfield. 
1670  March  7.  Mary,  Widow  of  Edward  Stansfield. 

17.  James  S.  of  Nicholas  Stansfield. 

1672     July  26.  John  S.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 

1676     Jany.  22.  Nicolas  Stansfield. 

1680  Nov  II.  Mary  Stansfield. 

1681  Dec"  24.  Josias  Stansfield. 
1684     Nov""  3.  John  Stansfield. 
1684-5  J^'^y-  23.  Josias  Stansfield. 

Feby.  23.     Martha  Stansfield. 
1690     March  25.     Elizabeth  wife  of  John  Stansfield. 
1694     Aug'  24.     Josiah  S.  of  Josiah  Stansfield. 

Sepf  5.     Mary  D.  of  Josiah  Stansfield. 
i6g8     March  8.     Sarah  Widow  of  Nicholas  Stansfield. 

1700  SepP^  14.     Abigal  D.  of  Josias  Stansfield. 

17.     Alice  D.  of  John  Stansfeild. 

Nov  14.     Martha  D.  of  Josia  Stansfeild. 

1701  Apl.  30,     Samuel  S.  of  John  Stansfeild. 

1702  March  8.     Alice  D.  of  James  Stansfeild. 
23.     Josias  Stansfield,  Senior. 

1703  Deer.  2.     Mary  wife  of  Timothy  Stansfeld. 
1705     Nov  12.     Hannah  wife  of  James  Stansfield. 
1 7 14     Sepf^  30.     Josiah  Stansfield. 

1716  Aug''  27.  Ely  S.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
1718.  Ocf  7.  Anna  D.  of  James  Stansfield. 
1724    April  29.     Isaac  S.  of  Ely  Stansfield. 

MARRIAGES. 

The  following  marriages  are  taken  from   the    registers    of 
Halifax  church,  as  marriages  were  not  solemnized  at  Sowerby, 
during  the  period  embraced. 
1580     May  8.  Thomas  Hemingway  et  Rosamud  Stansfeld. 

1636  Nov-  21.  Henry  Stansfeild  and  Grace  Learoyd,  Hx. 

1637  April  II.     John  Stansfeild  and  Sarah  Ogden,  Hx. 


i8o  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1637  Jany-  20.  James  Walton  and  Susan  Stansfeild,  Wadsworth. 

1638  Nov-  26.   Hugh  Haworth  and  Ann  Stansfeild,  Hal. 
Feby.  2.     W"'-  Brigg  and  Mary  Stansfeild,  StansfJ- 

1639  Sepf-  2.  John  Fox  and  Mary  Stansfeild,  Hall. 
1641     Nov- 8.  John  Maud,  Hall,  and  Sibill  Stansfeild. 

1644     Feby.  20.     Lawrence  Williard  and  Margaret  Stansfeild,  North. 
1654     June  8.     Abr""-  Illingworth,  South'"  and  Marie  Stansfeild,  Hx. 
1657     Feby.  8.     Abraham  Stansfield,  Stansf''-  and  Mary  Clegg,  Stansf^- 
1664     May  17.     W""-  Roids,  North.,  and  Susan  Stansfeild,  Ovend: 

Sepf-  6.  Nicholas  Stansfield  and  Sarah  Bites,  Sowerby. 

Dec'-  7.  James  Stansfield,  Skircoat,  and  Susan  Smith,  Sowerby. 

1667  May  22.     Josia  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  and  Eliz.  Nichols,  Warley. 
July  31.     Samuel  Stansfield,  Hx:  and  Maria  Priestley,  Skircoat. 

1668  Aug'-    18.    Timothy  Higgen  and  Mary  Stansfield,  Heptonst: 
Sep'-    15.     Jo:     Earnshaw    and  Maria  Stansfield  de  Stansfield. 

Per  Licentiam. 

1669  April  13.     Ri:  Stansfield  and  Mercy  Wilson,  Hx. 
May  31.     Ri:  Stansfield  and  Jane  Ford,  Ovend. 

1672     Aug'-  3.  Georgius  Batty  and  Gratia  Stansfield. 

1674     Jany.  14.     Jo:  Sugden,  Hx:  and  Maria  Stansfield,  Kighley. 

1683     Oct"-   21.  .^Vbr:  Muise  [Moser?]  and  Tana    Stansfield,    Hepton- 

stall. 
1687     Octr.  16.     Jo:  Bloomer  and  Gratia  Stansfield,  Midgley. 

Nov-  24.    Sam:    Stansfield,  Hiperholm,  and    Catarina    Sutclif, 

South. 
1689     June    29.     Abra:     Riele}',    Soyland,    and    Martha    Stansfield, 

Sowerby. 

1691  Ocf-  5.  John  Stansfield  and  Annie  Harper  de  Halifax. 

1692  June  19.     Hen:  Stansfield  and  Eliz:  Hanson  de  Halifax. 
Oct"'-  15.  Edmund  Barker  and  Mary  Stansfield,  Stansfd: 

169s     May  II.     John  Phoenix,  South:  and  Sara  Stansfield,  Hip. 
1698     Augt.  3.     Jos*"  Tillotson  and  Martha  Stansfield,  Sowerby. 

1700  April  23.     Geo:  Wood  and  Sara  Stansfield,  Hx. 
30.     John  Yates  and  Ann  Stansfield,  Hx: 

1 701  Sept.  8.     AV""  Cassan  and  Eliz:  Stansfield,  Hx. 

1703  Feby.  28.     Josi^  Stansfield  and  Joice  Radclifife,  Sowerby. 

1704  August.     Timothy  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  and  Sarah  Haigh,  Nor- 

land, had  a  certificate,  but  were  married  elsewhere. 

1705  Augt.  23.      Sam:    Ibbotson,    Ovenden,    and    Susan    Stansfeld, 

Sowerby. 

1 706  Sept'-  29.    Jam:  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  and  Eliz:  Priestley,  Skircoat. 
25.    Thos:    Holden,  Hx.    and    Eliz:   Stansfield,  Sowerby, 

married  at  Newark. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  i8i 

1707     April  27.     Jonas  Stansfield  and  Phoebe  Crowther,  Sowerby. 

Augt-   21.    Eli  Greenwood,  Warley,    and    Susannah    Stansfield, 

Ovenden. 
1 7 10     May  3.     Richard   Marsden,  Curate  of  Sowerby,  and  Elizabeth 

Stansfield,  Sowerby. 
1 7 14     May  i.     Eli    Stansfield,   Sowerby,    Cloath--   and    Mary  Farrer, 

Warley,  Sp''- 
1 7 16     Aug'-  16.  Jonathan  Mawd,  Skirc.  and  Phcebe  Stansfield,  Warley, 

Spr: 
17 19     Sepf-   10.    Josias  Stansfield,    Cloth--    and    Martha    Wadsworth, 

Sowerby,  Spr. 

The  above  extracts  from  the  registers  at  Sowerby,  are  nearly  all 

entered  in  the  pedigree  of  the  Stansfelds  of  Sowerby.      Six  of 

the  remaining  ones,  may  be  connected  together  as  follows  : — 

Nicholas  Stansfield.  =  Sarah  Bates. 
Married,  6th  September   ,    Buried  8  Marcli 
1664;     and   buried,   22       1698-9. 
January  1676-7. 


Martha  Stansfield.  =  Abraham  Riley,  James  Stansfield. 

Born  29  June  1669,  and      of  Soyland.  •   Buried    17th  March 

married  29  June  1689.  1670. 

The  register  of  marriages  at  Elland,  contains  the  following  :— 
161 9  April  27.  Marcus  Stansfeild  de  Halifax  et  Martha  Hoole. 
The  Ryburn,  the  little  brook  which  gives  the  name  to  Ripponden 
[Ryburnden,  the  valley  of  the  king's  beck  or  rivulet,]  separates 
the  ancient  chapelry  of  Elland,  from  that  attached  to  the  parish 
church  of  Halifax.  The  Hoyles  were  a  Ripponden  family  ;  so, 
no  doubt,  the  above  couple  are  the  same,  whose  burials  are 
entered  at  Sowerby  in  165 1  and  1656. 

There  are  a  few  other  entries  in  the  Elland  registers,  which 
may  as  well  be  recorded  here,  as  in  any  other  chapter  of  this 
work  : — 

1561  June  15.     Will"sWheatley  et  Elizab.  Stancefelde  nupt. 
1593  May  10.     Thorn's  Jackson,  Heptonstall,  et  Sara  Stancefeld. 
16 1 7  May  20.     Laurentius  Stansfeild  et  Abigael  Sharrock. 
1619  April  27.     Marcus  Stansfeild  de  Halila.x  et  Martha  Hoole. 
1626-7  Feb.  6.     ffranciscus  Savill  et  Jana  Skencefell  [Stansfeld  ?  ] 
1656-7  March  19.      Baptised,  Whatgodwill   dau.   of  Joseph   Lister  of 
Thorniall  brigges,  buried  the  29th. 


i82  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1685  October  5.      Askelphus  f.   Georgii  Thornhill,  arm--    de   ffikesby, 

buried  i8th  April  1701. 
1727  Dec.  7.     Johannes  Stot  et  Susanna  Stansfield. 
1692  Aug.  9.     Jacobus  Haworth  et  Henrietta  Maria  Wilkinson. 

The  last  is  given  as  an  early  instance,  in  this  district,  of  the 
use  of  a  double  christian  name.  Called,  no  doubt,  after  the 
queen  of  Charles  I.,  it  implies  that  one  member,  at  least,  of  the 
Wilkinson  family,  did  not  join  in  the  puritan  feelings,  so  common 
amongst  those  of  his  name,  and  expressed  in  the  baptism  of 
Whatgodwill  Lister,  who  died  so  early  afterwards,  as  well  she 
might,  with  such  a  name.  Equally  unfortunate  was  George 
Thornhill  J. P.  of  Fixby,  eighteenth  in  descent  from  Askelphus 
de  Thornhill,  in  endeavouring  to  revive  that  ancestor's  name. 
For  fifteen  years,  the  valiant  boy  struggled  beneath  the  burden  of 
his  ancient  name ;  and  although  in  the  peculiarly  fortunate 
position,  that  is,  according  to  folk  lore,  of  being  a  seventh  son, 
yet  even  he  at  last  succumbed,  and  was  buried  in  his  sixteenth 
year,  l8th  April  1701. 


HERALDS'   COLLEGE    PEDIGREE    No.  IV. 


^tansfelti   of   ^tansfielti   aitti    ^ototrbji?. 


[SECOND    PART.] 


ANNA  d.  of  .  .  .  .     =     John  S.  of  Sowerby.    == 
Bothe.  i       Bo:  1657.  Died  1737. 

2  Sons  and  2  Daurs.  s.P. 


Ely  Stu.  of  Sowerby,  s.  and  h. 
Bo:  1683.   Maid.  1713.   D.  1734. 


Mary  da.  of  John  Farrer  of  Cliffhill 
in  W alley.     Died  1765.     tet:  78. 


Dav:  St:  of  Hope  House,  Hal^.,  s.  and  h. 
Bom  1720.  Marrd.  at  Burton  (?)  Chapel 
1748.     Died  1769. 


Ellen  da:  of  Revd. 
Timy.  Aired  of 
Morley. 


Elizab.  wife  of 

Joseph  Moore. 


5  sons  and  i 
daur.  Died 
young. 


David  Stansfeld, 
of   Leeds.       Living 
1815. 

Sarah,  daur.  and  only  surviving  child 
of  Thomas  Wolrich  of  Armley  Hc\ise, 
near  Leeds,  and  Peggy,  his  wife,  dau. 
of  Samuel  Hamer  of  Hamer  co:  Lane. 

Nelly     =    Jno- 
ST.           1       royd 

Rawson  of  Stoney 
nr.  Halifax  Esq. 

I.  Thomas     Wol-     2. 

RICHSTANSKIiLD. 
Born    at     Leeds. 
Coel:   1815.      Of 
Leeds,  Merchant. 

George    Stans-  = 
FELD,    of    Brad- 
ford.     Merchant. 
1815. 

A  Son 
4  July 

=  Anna  dau.  of  Rich- 
ard     Micklethwaite 
Esq.    of   Newlaithes 
near  Leeds. 

Born 
181S. 

1 
3.  William  Stans-  = 
FELD    uf    Manor 
House,  nr.  Wake- 
field, Mt- s.r.  July 
1815. 

Margt.  d.  and  ooh. 
of    Jas-   Milnes     of 
Manor  Ho:  Esq. 

4.  David  Stans- 
KELD.  Lost  on  his 
passage   from  S"- 
Ama.      Coel: 

.  JosiAs  Stans-       6.  James    Stans- 
feld   of    Leeds,             FELD  of  Halifax, 
Surgeon     to    the             Attorney  at  Law. 
Leeds   Infirmary.            Coel: 
Coel:  18x5. 

1 
7.  Hatton  Hamer 
Stansfeld    of 
London,  Mt  Coel: 

1 
8.  Henry     Stans- 
feld of  London, 
a      minor,      July 
1815. 

9.  Hamer  Stansfeld, 
youngest  son,  a 
minor,   1S15. 


Peggy.  Marrd. 
James  son  of  George 
Bischoff  of  Leeds. 


2.  Ellen,  imipt.  1S15. 

3.  Mary,  inupt.  1815. 


inupt.  1815. 


7  children. 

Transcripts  from  the  Originals  (B. P.  -i/.v.,  207-212^ 
in  the  Heralds'  College,  London. 


Z  jU^  y^s^  "^-^^ 


Cha  pter    IX, 


THE  STANSFELDS  OF  SOWERBY. 


Heralds'  College  Pedigrees  V.  and  IV.  [second 
portion]. 

HE  last  of  the  three  portions,  into  which  the  Stansfeld 
pedigree,  for  convenience  of  description,  has  been 
divided,  consists  of  the  offspring  from  the  seven 
sons  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  the  Breck  in  Sowerby, 
who  died  in  1702.  It  is  pretty  evident,  that  the  pedigrees  in 
Heralds'  College,  of  all  but  the  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield  and 
Hartishead,  owe  their  existence  there,  to  the  investigations 
made  by  Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld  of  Burley  Wood,  letters  to 
whom,  dated  1794,  are  mentioned  in  No.  31  of  the  General 
Search,  and  other  letters  from  the  Heralds,  are  still  in  the 
possession  of  his  nephew,  Thomas  Wohyche  Stansfeld  of 
Weetwood  Grove,  Leeds. 


I._TIMOTHY  STANSFELD  of  POND. 
Timothy  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Josias,  resided  at 
the  Pond  in  Sowerby,  which  house  so  called,  tradition  says, 
according  to  Whitaker,  has  belonged  to  the  name  of  Stansfeld, 
ever  since  the  Conquest.  He  was  twice  married,  and  the 
following  entries  in  the  Sowerby  registers,  belong  to  him  anc- 
his  family  : — 

BAPTISMS. 

16S2     Aug.  13.     Susannah  d.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 
1686     Sept.  13.     Mary  d.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 
1688-9     Jany.  14      Josiah  s.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 


184  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


1672     July  26.     John  s.  of  Timothy  Stansfield. 

1 703  Deer.  2.     Mary,  wife  of  Timothy  Stansfeld. 

His  second  marriage  is  recorded  at  Halifax,  marriages  not  being 
then  solemnized  at  Sowerby  : — 

1 704  August.    Timothy  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  and  Sarah  Haigh,  Norland. 

Had  a  certificate,  but  were  married  elsewhere. 

The  Northowram  Register  gives  the  same  marriage,  and 
states  the  latter  end  of  August  as  the  time,  and  also  supplies  the 
following : — 

1698     June  3.     Enoch,   son  of  John  Firth   and  Martha,  d.   Timothy 

Stansfield,  at  Halifax.     [Marriage.] 
1709     Oct.  13.   Thomas  Wilkinson,  near  Shipden  Mill,  and  Mary,  d.  of 

Timothy  Stansfeld.      [Marriage.] 
1703     Nov.  24  [Dec.  2  ?].     Wife  of  Timothy  Stansfield  bur  : 
1718     Dec.     Timothy  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby  Dean,  died  9  Dec. 

Oliver  Heyvvood's  diary  also  contains,  under  No.  123,  in  his 
Event  Book,  the  account  of  a  prayer  meeting,  established  at  the 
house  of  Tirnothy  Stansfeld,  for  Soyland  : — 

"  — 3  and  now  lately,  since  I  began  to  preach  at  Sam. 
Hopkinson's.  another  meeting  of  christians  is  set  up  about 
Soyland,  at  Tim  Stansfield's  6-c.  and  I  am  informed  they  are 
wonderfull  forward  and  affectionate,  many  come,  they  weep  sore,  a 
good  sign,  oh  for  sincerity,  there's  good  hopes,  great  reformations, 
many  strong  convictions,  who  knows  what  good  may  be  done  b}- 
these — Blessed  be  the  name  of  my  god — this  is  July  20,  1676. 
These  meetings  are  a  token  of  good  to  England." 

These  evidences  of  religious  sincerity,  sound  strange  to  modem 
ears  ;  but  the  history  of  religious  revivals  in  later  years,  notably 
that  inaugurated  by  the  Wesleys,  within  the  Church,  about  a 
century  later,  supplies  yet  greater  instances  of  unrestrained 
religious  emotions.  Happily,  the  catholic  revival  of  half-a- 
century  ago,  commenced  in  the  intellect,  and  the  most  successful 
mission  priests  of  to-day,  deprecate  violent  appeals  to  the 
amotions  of  their  hearers. 


^tansftiu  of  ^onti,  anti  dftelH  f^ouse,  ^ohjetjip,  "^^'^  ^ 


GEOKCE  : 

Stassfkld, 
J. p.,  of  Ccjt- 
lingley  Hall, 
liingley,  Lt.- 
Col.  4th 
liatlalion 
Duke  of 
Wellington's 
West  Riding 


Hannah, 
4th  daughter 
of    John 
Foster,    of 
Homby  Cas- 

married       5 
March  1867. 


of  Pond.  Born 

and  died  20  May  1808. 

[See  other  pedigree.] 


£L1J,  —  Elizaueth  Blackbu 


Stansfelds  of  Field  House, 
New  Cross,  co.  Surrey.  [See 
other  pedigree.] 


.  RoiiERl    S  rAN.SF El.IJ  =    Lvi 

of  Field  House,  co.        Jo 
York.     Bom  7  Nov.         died  31st  July  1816,  born  24  May 

1771,     and    died     2         aged  361  I779,of  Mo 

Aug.  1855.  trealjC 


I 
,  Daviu 
Stansfelu, 
bom  24  Jan. 
i786,ofMon- 
treal,Canada. 


Stansfelu, 
bom  19  July 
i790,ofMon- 
treal,  Canada. 


ELIZABfclH 

Stansfkld, 
died  20  Oct. 
1852,  aged 
83. 


M.A.,     l.ar- 

J.P.  for  Lan- 
cashire and 
West  riding, 
York,  born 
1 5  Dec.  1 803, 
and  died  3 
Mar.  1869. 


Hakold  Eugene 
Stansfei-D,  M,A.,  bar- 
rister-at-law,  born  at 
Burnley,  5  Dec.  1843. 
Kenneth  Adrian 
Stansfelp,  born  at 
Burnley,  11  Oct.  1845, 
died  unmarried  24  Mar. 


Sarah  Lydia 

dau.  of  Wii.-    Stansfeld, 
LI  am  Birk-    married      at 
beck,  of    Halifax,  9lh 
Settle,   born    June  1841. 
at  Settle,  29 
June,    1806, 
marriedthere 
3  July  1834. 
and  died  18 
July  1869. 


Stansfeld,  M.A.,  bar- 
ristet-at-Iaw,  born  at 
Burnley  22  Apl.  1849, 
married  19  Oct.  1881, 
Ada  Marion,  second 
daughter  of  James  HoD- 
son,  of  Oakfield,  Man- 
ningham,  and  has  issue, 
Elizabeth  Maryons 
Stansfeld. 


3.  Sarah 
Georgina 
Stansfeld, 


I.ES  Hy. 
Charles- 
worth,  of 
Holly  Bank, 
Settle,  only 
son  of  Tho- 
mas Chak- 
lesvvorth, 
of  Leeds. 


=  John  Birc- 

llECK,J.P{of 

York,'  eUer 
son  of  JoIn 

BlRKllECtof 

Settle,  [y 

Margart, 

dau.  of  Join 
i   loNofBrod- 

mireinDat. 

Born  at  &t- 
I     tie    26    fly 

1817. 

i  "1 

;  John  Birk    Robert    Stans- 

BECK,    J. P.,    FELD    B  KKBECK, 

of  Bankwell  born  J ;  Aug. 
born  at  Set  1847,  ied  un- 
tie    I     Jul;    married...  1 1    July 


Robert  Stansfeld, 
of  Field  House,  born 
5  Dec.  1805,  late  of 
the  19th  Foot,  now 
Hon.  Colonel  3rd  and 
4th  Battalions  Duke 
of  Wellington's  West 
Riding  Regiment,  and 
J.P.forW.R.ofYork- 
-shire.  Married  in  the 
Island  of  Trinidad,  29 
Sept.  1834. 


Lewis  Far- 
lev    Clog- 

STON,  Chief 
Justice  of 
Trinidad. 
Died  17  Nov. 
1864,  aged 
56. 


NELL,  Vica 

Welton,No 
ainptonshir 


Elizabeth,  6r5t  wife, 
eldest  dau.  of  the  late 
John  Birkbeck  of 
Anley  and  his  wife 
Margaret  Ion,  bom 
at  Settle,  5  April 
1S19,  mard.  at  Gig- 
gleswick  5  Dec. 
1843,  and  died  at 
Coniston  Cold  9  Feb. 
1861. 


Major  (  f  Iht 
Battalio  1  Du 
Welling  on'. 

Riding  l'i.:;ii 


3rd 


Lewis 

Stansfeld, 
born  21  Oc- 
tober 1836, 
and  died  II 
May  1837. 


Robert  = 
Johnston 
Stansfeld, 
J.  P.,  Captain 
1 2th  l<"oot, 
born  16 
April  1838, 
married  14 
June  1871, 
and  died  with 


:  Agnes, 
daughter    of 

Harrison, 
of  Galligrea- 
ves  Hall,  & 
Samlesbury, 


J.P., 

late  Captain 
Scots  Greys, 
bom  16  Jany. 


Hannah  = 
Jane  Stans- 
feld, second 


fantry  li.ai  racks, : 
York,  whilst  c 
duty      ^vith       tl 


J.  P.,      of    Cliffe     EVELVN!)TA»S- 

Hill   and  Moor  Park,     FELD,  in  Holf 

CO.    Salop,   2nd  son  of    Orders,  M. A.,  & 

John       Foster,      of    rector  of 

Homby    Castle.       He    ton,co.R 

died     at      Cannes,    in 

France,  26  Feb.  1880, 

and  is  buried  imder  his 

private  chapel    in  the 

church    at    Lightcliffe, 

near  Halifa.\,  of  which 

he  was  the  founder. 


[  of    M.AR, 

>*LMOS     St.v 


Georcje  R&HNAI.D 
Stansfeld,  born 
19  Aug.  187a 


Bertha  Rosamond 
Stansfeld,  born  27 
Feby.  1872,  and  died 
8  Oct.  following. 


John  Biri 
Victor  Jc 


r  J0H> 


25fidy  1873 
in  Sept.  1879- 


loHS  R*"*"  *J^vx 


^"^^tt^  near  %nMny, 


vAii  2.  Samuel       Stans- 

SFELD.  i-ELD,    bom  9  Juiie 

1774,   died   7    May 

1834,  aged  59  years, 

Sowcrby  church. 


Phiebe,  daughter  of 
Henry  Bates,  died 
II  Aug.  1864, aged 70 
years,  and  interred  in 
the  vault  of  her  father 
at  Sowerby  Bridge 
church.  Slie  was  mar- 
ried a  second  time  to 
a  Mr.  Priestley,  but 


ANCES, 

nd  wife, 


born  9  July 
1813,  died  I 
April,  1815. 


Georoe   Stans- 

the'  Old  Hall, 
Field  House,  3 
Tune  181S,  died 
.It    Wingham 

Leeds,  17  July 
1872,  and  was 
interred  at  Wood- 
house   Cemetery, 


Htly  Oiders,  born  at  Leeds 
M.A.,iS:  Vicar  3  May  1846, 
of  Claines,  married  17 
Worcester.  March  1873, 

at  St.  George's 
church,  Leeds. 


Henkv 

iFELD, 

7  Mar. 

died 

;d. 


daughter    of 

Stansfelti, 

Stanspeld, 

Stansfeld,   born    6 

Stansfe 

JoH.s-   Mox- 

bom  11  Nov. 

bom 

23  Oct. 

bom  17 

i8i7,diedat 

1S20, 

died  5 

Benjamin   M.    Par 

1825, 

Lceds.   Mar- 

Bradford,   8 

Mar. 

1822. 

KER  of  Northallerton, 

ried  20  Dec. 

April    i866. 

and  had  issue,  Titus 

?sV/^ 

1843,      :>t 

and  was  in- 

Henry  Parker,  so 

Leeds  parish 

terred    at 

licitor,    of    Newport. 

church,    and 

Sowerby 

Mon.,  who  is  married. 

died  26  Dec. 

church. 

and  has  issue.      She 

1882. 

died  at  Romanby,  nr. 
Northallerton,    18 
Dec.  187a 

William   =  Emma  Scorr, 
Edwar  )      I    of  Leeds. 

STANSFEL5 


Thomas 
Stansfelu, 
bom  4  July 
1830,  died 
25  Nov. 
1830. 


=  Annie 


daughter    of 

Burton,  of 
Esse.t.  First 
\vife,  married 
II  Jany.  1872, 
at  Wrang- 
thorn,  Leeds, 
and  died  28 


Stansfeld, 

Sophia,  third 

Stansfeli., 

born  at  Leeds 

daur.  of  THO- 

born at  Leeds, 

7  Feby.  .848, 
bapt.  at  Mea- 

MAS  Fetch, 

of     Milford 

mar.  II  March 

dow  Lane 

Hall,  York. 

1875.      I  0 

C.  W.VILK- 

church. 

Second  wife. 

married     20 

E  R  5 ,          of 

Feb.  1884. 

London,     & 
has       issue, 
Stansfeld 

ViCKERS, 

born     13 
June  1S81. 

Phcebe 
Stansfeld, 
bora  9  Jany. 
1872. 
Ellen 

bom  22  Dec. 
1874. 


Stansfeld, 

Ellen    = 

=  Joseph 

DiNSDALE, 

Maria 

born     15 

Stansfeld, 

of     Knares- 

Aug.       and 

bom  in  1834. 

borough. 

died  5  Sept. 

1831,  buried 

at    Sowerby 

I         I         I        I       I       !       I 

Henry  Stansfeld  Dinsdale,  bom  24 
II  arch  1863. 


Joseph  Dinsdale,  bom  10  Oct.  1866. 
William  Edward  Dinsdale,  bom  17 


Dec. 

George  Sta 

Feb.  1871. 

Annie  Mar 

1872. 

John  Stan.-,felu  Dinsd.u-e, 

1874. 


SFELD  Dinsdale,  boro  II 

L  Dinsdale,  born  9  Dec. 

I  Oct 


^<, 


Georc-.e  St. 
June  1877. 


Stansfeld,   died    ui 


John  Stansfeli 
-Mary  K.wheri 
Robert  Stansi-, 


^        1  I 

Stansfeld,  born  23  March  1S73. 

,  born  14th  July  1875. 

E  Stansfeld,  bom  6  Dec.  1876. 

LD,  born  27  June  1880. 


i86  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

whom  next  ;  Timothy,  born  nth  November,  1817,  died  without 
issue,  8th  April,  1866  ;  Ann,  born  at  Old  Field  House,  23rd 
October,  1820,  died  5th  March,  1822  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  6th 
January,  1823,  married  Benjamin  M.  Parker  of  Northallerton, 
and  died  at  Romanby,  i8th  December,  1870,  and  had  issue, 
Titus  Henry  Parker,  solicitor,  Newport,  Mon. ;  Henry,  born  17th 
March,  1825,  died  unmarried,  23rd  April,  1857;  William 
Edward,  born  25th  August,  1827,  married  Emma  Scott  of 
Leeds,  and  has  issue,  Henry,  died  young,  Phoebe,  Ellen,  and 
Elizabeth  Stansfeld  ;  Thomas,  born  4th  July,  and  died  25th 
November,  1830;  John,  born  15th  August,  and  died  5th  Sep- 
tember, 1831  ;  Ellen  Maria,  born  in  1834,  married  Joseph 
Dinsdale  of  Knaresborough,  and  has  issue,  Henry  Stansfeld, 
Phcebe  Arabella,  Joseph,  William  Edward,  George  Stansfeld, 
Annie  Maria,  and  John  Stansfeld  Dinsdale. 

George  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Samuel,  was  born 
at  Old  Field  House,  Sowerby,  3rd  June,  181 5,  and  died  at 
Wingham  House,  New  Leeds,  17th  July,  1872.  He  married,  20th 
December  1843,  Eliza,  daughter  of  John  Moxon,  surgeon,  of 
Leeds,  and  had  issue,  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

George  Edwin  Stansfeld,  the  elder  son,  was  born  at 
Leeds,  3rd  May,  1846,  and  married  17th  March,  1873,  Eliza  Amy, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Oram  of  London,  and  has  issue,  Florence  ; 
George,  born  i6th  June,  1877;  Amy;  and  Annie,  died  in  infancy. 
John  Stansfeld,  the  younger  son,  was  born  at  Leeds,  7th 
February,  1848,  and  married  nth  January,  1872,  at  Wrangthorn, 
Frances  Sophia,  daughter  of  Robert  Burton  of  Essex  and  Leeds. 
She  died  28th  January,  1883,  aged  ^6  years.  By  her,  he  has 
issue,  Francis  Emily,  born  23rd  March,  1873  ;  John,  born  14th 
July,  187s  ;  Mary  Katherine,  born  6th  December,  1876;  Robert, 
born  27th  June,  1880.  John  Stansfeld  married  secondly,  20th 
February,  1884,  Annie  Sophia,  third  daughter  of  Thomas  Fetch 
of  Milford  Hall,  near  York,  and  has  issue,  William  Fetch  Stans- 
feld, born  1st  May,  1885. 

Annie,  daughter  of  George  Stansfeld,  was  born  15th  August, 
1849,  married  nth  March,  1875,  Charles  William  Vickers  of 
London,  and  has  issue,  Stansfeld  Vickers,  born  13th  June  1881. 


_     i,4^€^-^^>t^^4J^^^ 


1 86  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

whom  next ;  Timothy,  born  1 1  th  November,  1 8 1 7,  died  without 
issue,  8th  April,  1866  ;  Ann,  born  at  Old  Field  House,  23rd 
October,  1820,  died  5th  March,  1S22  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  6th 
January,  1823,  married  Benjamin  M.  Parker  of  Northallerton, 
and  died  at  Romanby,  18th  December,  1870,  and  had  issue, 
Titus  Henry  Parker,  solicit'  r.  "^">  u  pon.  "SU--.  :  TTc!.!\-,  born  17th 
March,    1825,    died    un:  \illiam 

Edward,    born    25th    *  U   of 

Leed  anti 

Eli;:.  ^5th 

Nf .  Sep- 

tci>  'icph 

Dins.,a,..   w>    ,C  :.,.., >    ....ui.,feld. 

Phtebe   Arabcli.i  'ward,  George  Stansfeld, 

Annie  Maria,  and  j  -dale. 

George  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Samuel,  w  as  born 
at  Old  Field  House',  Sowerby,  3id  June,  1815,  and  died  at 
Wingham  House  "  '  20th 

/)ecembcr  1843,   .  v  "f 


dau^  i 

George,  born  rjin  j  ujic,  1 ,-,  ^  ,  .mi,)  .    ;,!.;  .\:.:  1..    ■ 

John  StaksfelD,  the  younger  son,  was  born  at  Leeds,  7th 

February,  1848,3!-       •  ■'  ■  ■'^'^  ^  .,.,..,     '  ,^73,  at  Wrangthom, 

Frances  Sophia,  d  (Essex  and  Leeds. 

She  died   28th   j  .     By  her,  he  has 

issue,  Francis  Emily,  bon  ,  :  John,  born   14th 

July^  1875  ;  Mary  Kathciir  nber,  1876 ;  Robert, 

born  27th  June,  i88o.  John  ;5taiisicid  married  secondlyi  20th 
February,  1884,  Annie  Sophia,  third  daughter  of  Thomas  Fetch 
rtf  Milford  Hall,  near  York,  and  has  issue,  William  Fetch  Stans- 
•-•Id.  bom  i^t  May,  1885. 

lU-r  of  George  Stansfeld,  was  bom  15th  August, 
l84>,  li   March,    1875,  Charles  William  Vickcrs  of 

Loriui....,  •■  "••   Stansfeld  Vfckers,  born  1 3tli  June  1 88 1. 


A^;^iK^     c^i^^^'^S^-^-^^^i^^^tl-^ 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  187 

IV.— TIMOTHY  STANSFELD  of  FIELD  HOUSE, 
SURREY. 

Timothy  Stansfeld,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Robert  and 
Sarah  Stansfeld  of  Pond  in  Sowerby,  was  born  15th  February 
1755,  and  died  23rd  November  1829.  He  built  Field  House, 
New  Cross,  co.  Surrey,  which  he  so  named,  after  the  residence 
of  his  distant  relative,  George  Stansfeld,  in  Sowerby.  He  was 
three  times  married,  and  had  issue,  a  son  Josias,  of  whom  here- 
after, and  four  daughters,  by  his  second  wife.  The  son  died 
without  issue,  as  will  be  seen  hereafter,  but  all  the  daughters 
married,  and  the  descendants  from  each,  are  numerous  and 
influential.  Their  lineage  will  be  shown  separately,  under  the 
particular  daughter  of  Timothy  Stansfeld,  from  whom  they  are 
descended. 

His  first  wife  was  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Joanna 
Hart  of  London,  who  died  in  1783.  In  her  will,  dated  21st 
January  1783,  and  proved  on  the  15th  April  following,  she  is 
described  as  the  wife  of  Timothy  Stansfeld  of  Fish  street  Hill, 
in  the  parish  of  S.  Leonard  Eastcheap,  London.  She  mentions 
therein,  copyhold  lands  in  S.  George's  Middlesex  ;  her  father  and 
mother,  John  and  Joanna  Hart  of  Queen  street,  victuallers  ;  her 
brothers,  John  and  Thomas  Hart,  and  five  sisters.  George  Stans- 
feld was  one  of  the  witnesses  [F.C.C.  Register  Cormvallis  200]. 

His  second  wife  was  ANN  Clarke,  and  he  married 
thirdly,  ELIZABETH,  the  widow  of  Samuel  Milne,  who  died  in 
1800,  of  Warley.  Her  maiden  name  was  Robinson,  and  she 
was  a  niece  of  the  Rev.  George  Legh  LL.D.,  vicar  of  Halifax, 
and  prebendary  of  York,  who  died  6th  December  1775. 
Besides  his  contribution  to  the  Hoadley  controversy,  alluded  to 
in  his  epitaph,  and  which  was  published  in  Scotland,  under  an 
assumed  name.  Dr.  Legh  wrote  a  poem  called  The  Clergyman  s 
choice  of  a  wife  delineated.  This  is  dated  at  the  commencement, 
1st  April  1736,  and  at  the  preface,  Cambridge,  30th  August 
1738,  but  printed  by  E.  Jacob,  Halifax,  in  1776.  It  is  published 
anonymously,  "  By  a  Foreign  Bishop,  now  residing  and 
preaching  in  his  diocese  in  Terra  Incognita "  ;  but  the  copy, 
now  in  the  possession  of  the  author,  has  the  autograph  on  the 


1 88  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

title  page,  of  "Joseph  Priestley,  1st  January  1777,"  and  in  the 
same  handwriting,  at  the  foot  of  the  page,  "  Wrote  by  Doctor 
Leigh  Vicar  of  Hahfax."  A  draft  will,  dated  1784,  has  a  refer- 
ence in  it,  to  the  third  wife  of  Timothy  Stansfeld,  then  the  wife 
of  Samuel  Milne. 

Elizabeth  Robinson  of  Halifax,  widow,  bequeathed  to  her 
friends,  Thomas  Nelson  of  Halifax,  merchant,  and  Joseph  Charles 
Gautier  of  Warley,  manufacturer,  ^10  each,  and  all  her  personal 
estate,  to  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  invested,  paying  the  interest  to 
her  grand-daughter  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Milne  of  Warley,  mer- 
chant, for  her  life;  and  to  pay  ^^5 00  to  their  daughter  Harriet 
Milne,  when  twenty-one.  If  Elizabeth  Milne  die  before  her  hus- 
band, then  the  interest  to  be  paid  to  him,  to  bring  up  their 
children,  and  the  principal  to  the  children  equally,  when  of  age. 

If  no  children,  then  to  testatrix'  niece,  Mrs  Ann  Miller,  wife 
of  Mr  John  Miller  of  Wike,  for  life,  and  then  to  her  son.  If  none, 
then  equally  between  Mrs  Scott,  y=  mother  of  Sir  John  Scott,  and 
her  sister,  Mrs  Jane  Lewis  of  Edinburgh. 

She  remits  to  the  said  Samuel  Milne,  ;^4oo  of  bond  of  ;£"42o, 
and  leaves  him  and  his  wife  ;,£^io  each  for  mourning.     Also  to  her 
daughter-in-law  Sarah,  wife  of  Thomas   Hobson   of  Halifax  £10; 
to  said  Harriett  Milne,  a  silver  coffee-pot  and  a  family  bible,  and 
to  her  niece  Ann  Miller  her  (testatrix')  uncle  Chamber's  picture. 
The  register  at  Halifax  parish  church,  records  the  marriage, 
9th  May  1782,  of  Samuel  Milne,  Warley,  merchant,  to  Elizabeth 
Robinson   of  Halifax,  spinster.     She  outlived  her  second  hus- 
band, and  died  at  New  Cross,  21st  August  1834,  aged  76,  leaving 
a  son  and  daughter,  by  her  first  husband,  the  latter  of  which 
married  her  stepbrother,  Josias  Stansfeld  of  Field   House,  New 
Cross,  Surrey.     The  arms  on  her  coffin  plate,  do  not  give  any 
intimation  of  her  first  marriage,  being  simply: — 

Sable,  three  goats  statant,  argent,  within  a  bordure  engrailed, 
charged  with  sixteen  hurts  [St.\nsfeld]  ;  impaling  :  Vert,  on  a 
chevron,  between  three  roebucks  trippant,  argent,  as  many  cinque- 
foils,  gules  [Robinson]. 

George  Stansfeld,  the  builder  of  the  modern  mansion  of 
Field  House,  Sowerby,  who  was  the  last  male  descendant  of 
James  Stansfeld  of  Bowood,  the  fourth  son  of  Josias,  seems  to 
have  gone  afar,  to  seek  a  male  legatee  of  the  family  name,  to 


.a£i3 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  189 

whom  to  bequeath  the  remainder  of  his  real  estate.  The 
following  is  from  a  draft  of  his  will,  made  5th  January  1791, 
and  is  only  given,  as  showing  the  relationship  acknowledged 
therein.  After  settling  his  estates  upon  the  male  descendants 
of  his  married  sister's  (Sarah  Holden)  daughters,  he  adds  :— 

"  With  remainder,  in  default  of  such  issue,  to  the  use  and 
behoof  of  my  cousin  Timothy  Stansfeld,  of  the  city  of  London, 
merchant,  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever ;  subject,  nevertheless,  to, 
and  charged,  in  the  possession  of  the  said  Timothy  Stansfeld,  his 
heirs  or  assigns,  with  the  clear  sum  of  ^^5,000,  of  &c.,  to  be  paid, 
within  one  year  next  after  he,  or  they,  shall  come  into  possession  of 
the  premises,  unto  his  brother  (my  cousin)  George  Stansfeld. 
merchant,  at  Montreal,  in  Canada,  his  executors,  administrators  or 
assigns  :  which  sum  of  ^^5,000,  I  do  hereby  (in  the  event  of  the 
said  cousin  Timothy  Stansfeld  &c.  coming  to  the  possession  of  the 
premises)  give  to  my  said  cousin,  George  Stansfeld,  and  do  direct, 
that  the  same  shall  be  paid  accordingly  [gives  power  to  distrain 
&c.]— Which  said  legacy,  I  direct  shall  be  a  vested  interest,  in  my 
cousin  Geo.  Stansfeld,  his  exrs.  admrs.  or  ass^-  whenever  the  said 
Timothy  Stansfeld,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  shall  come  into  possession 
of  the  said  premises,  and  shall  not  be  lapsed  or  void,  notwith- 
standing the  death  of  my  said  cousin  Geo.  Stansfeld,  may  happen 
in  my  life  time,  or  m  the  life  time  of  the  said  Timothy  Stansfeld,  or 
from  any  other  cause  or  circumstance  whatsoever. 

This  draft  (in  the  possession  of  the  author)  is  most  interest- 
ing, as  it  contains,  in  the  margin,  several  remarks  and  answers, 
made,  evidently  in  reply  to  queries  by  counsel,  in  the  handwriting 
of  the  testator  ;  e.g.  opposite  the  reversionary  legacy  of  ^5,000, 
to  George  Stansfeld  of  Montreal,  are  the  question  and  answer  : — 

"  Has  he  any  children  ?" 

"He  never  was  married  !  " 
But  the  document  will  be  found,  more  fully  copied,  in  its  own 
proper  place,  to  which  the  reader  is  referred  for  more  particulars. 
JOSIAS  Stansfelij,  of  Field  House,  New  Cross,  co.  Surrey, 
only  son  of  Timothy  and  Ann  Stansfeld,  was  born  in  1789,  and 
died  22nd  August,  1846,  aged  57.  He  married  his  step-sister, 
Amelia,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Milne,  of  Cliff 
Hill,  Warley,  who  was  born  in  17S6,  and  died  in  1859.  They 
had  no  issue. 


igo  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

I._ANN,  LADY  MARSHALL. 
Ann,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Timothy  Stansfeld,  of  Field 
House,  New  Cross,  Surrey,  was  born  ist  December  1786,  married 
Sir  Chapman  Marshall,  knight,  lord  mayor  of  London, 
1839-40,  and  died  22nd  August  1848.  They  had  issue,  three 
sons  and  two  daughters,  the  last  of  which,  Annie,  died  j'oung. 
The  others  all  married,  and  had  issue  as  follows  : — 

1.  Chapman  Stansfeld  Marshall,  married  Josephine, daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Welzer,  of  Vienna,  and  died  in  1872,  having  had  issue: 
Rudolf,  deceased  ;  Alfred,  now  residing  at  Fernside,  Bishopsdown, 
Tunbridge  Wells  ;  Edwin,  deceased  ;  Josephine  and  Lionel 
Marshall. 

2.  George  Stansfeld  Marshall,  married  Emma,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Pilcher,  and  died  in  1883,  leaving  issue  :  Eliza  ;  Chap- 
man, now  residing  at  Sutton,  co.  Surrey  ;  Annie  and  Henry 
Marshall. 

3.  Frederick  Anthony  Stansfeld  Marshall,  clerk  in  holy 
orders,  M.A.,  and  vicar  of  Great  Easton,  co.  Leicester,  married 
Helen  Wilhelmina,  daughter  of  Archibald  Campbell,  of  Lochnell, 
Argyll,  and  died  in  1874,  having  issue:  Helen  Frances,  born 
1 846 ;  Frederick,  born  1847;  Charles,  born  1848;  Henry,  born 
and  died  in  1849;  Leonard,  born  1850;  Caroline  Anne,  born 
1851  ;  Beatrice  Esther,  born  1853;  Edith  Wilhelmina,  born 
in  1856  married,  in  1876,  Edward  Huth,  M.A.  Oxon.,  of 
W>-kehurst,  Haywards  Heath,  co.  Sussex,  and  has  issue,  of 
whom  presently;  Walter,  born  1859;  Henry  Douglas,  bom 
and  died  in  1861  ;  Kenneth,  born  1862;  and  Madeline  Hope 
Marshall,  born  in  1864. 

4.  Frances  Caroline  Marshall,  only  surviving  daughter, 
born  in  1812,  married,  in  1836,  Charles  Frederick  Huth,  of  Oak- 
hurst,  CO.  Kent,  and  9,  Kensington  Palace  Gardens,  London, 
merchant,  and  director  of  the  Bank  of  England,  who  bears: 
Argent,  two  chevronels,  gules  ;  in  chief,  a  human  heart  of  the 
last,  and  in  base,  a  hat,  sable,  with  an  ostrich  feather,  proper  :  and 
for  crest :  Three  sprigs  of  oak,  erect,  proper  ;  each  bearing  an 
acorn,  or. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  191 

The  family  of  Huth,  which  is  connected  three  or  four  times 
by  marriage,  with  the  descendants  of  Timothy  Stansfeld,  demands 
more  than  a  mere  incidental  mention. 

John  Frederick  Huth,  of  Stade,  in  the  kingdom  of  Han- 
over, born  in  1 75 1,  and  died  in  1800,  leaving  issue  a  son  :— 

Frederick  Huth,  born  in  1777,  married  in  1S06,  and  died 
14th  February,  1864.  His  wife,  M.\nuela  Philippa,  was  the 
daughter  of  Don  Antonio  Mayfren,  of  Corunna,  Spain,  and  died 
m  1856.  In  1809  he  setded  in  England,  and  became  naturalised 
by  act  of  parliament. 

He  was  an  eminent  merchant  and  banker  in  the  city  of  Lon- 
don, and  was  also  knight  of  the  Orders  of  Guelph  of  Hanover 
and  Charles  III  of  Spain.  He  had  issue,  six  daughters  and  five 
sons,  the  latter  being,  Charles  Frederick,  of  whom  next ;  Ferdinand, 
born  1808,  died  in  1826  ;  Henry,  of  whom  afterwards;  Edward, 
born  1819,  died  in  1844;  and  Louis  Huth,  of  Possingworth,  co. 
Sussex,  born  1821,  and  married  in  1855,  Llelen  Rose,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Ogilv)',  of  Corrimony,  co.  Inverness,  but  has  no  issue. 

Charles  Frederick  Huth,  eldest  son,  before-mentioned, 
who  married  Frances  Caroline  Marshall,  has  issue  :  Frederick, 
born  1837,  died  in  1838;  Alexander,  born  1838;  Ferdinand  Mar- 
shall, born  1840,  now  of  44,  Upper  Grosvenor  Street,  Grosvenor 
Square,  London  ;  Caroline  Anne,  born  1842  ;  Frederick  Henry 
(Captain)  born  1844,  now  of  Beckford  House,  Lansdowne  Crescent, 
Bath;  Fanny  Gertrude,  born  1845;  Marian,  born  1847  and  died 
in  1876;  Octavia,  born  1849,  married  her  cousin  Alfred  Henry 
Huth,  see  aftenvards  ;  Percival,  born  1851,  and  Reginald  Huth, 
born  in  1853. 

Henry  Huth,  of  Wykehurst,  co.  Sussex,  third  son  of  Fred- 
erick Huth,  was  born  30th  June,  1815,  and  married,  in  1844, 
Augusta  Louisa  Sophia,  daughter  of  Frederick  W'estenholz,  of 
Vienna  and  Waldenstein  Castle,  Austria.  He  was  a  commis.sioner 
of  lieutenancy  of  the  city  of  London,  and  died  nth  December, 
1878,  leaving  issue  : — 

I.  Edward  Huth,  M.A.  Oxon.,  of  Wykehurst,  Sussex,  born 
8th  January,  1847,  married,  29th  February,  1876,  Edith  Wilhel- 
MiNA,  fourth  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Frederick  Anthony  Stansfeld 
Marshall,  M.A.,  by  whom  he  has  issue:  Geoffrey  Edward,  born 
1878;  Austin  Henry,  born  1881  ;  Helen  Beatrix  born,  1877;  and 
Rosalind  Mary  Huth,  born  in  1879. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

2.  Alfred  Henry  Huth,  of  Bolney  House,  London,  born  14th 
January,  1850,  married,  i6th  January,  1872,  his  cousin  Octavia, 
youngest  daughter  of  Charles  Frederick  Huth,  but  has  no  issue. 

3.  Richard  Basil  Huth,  born  2nd  November,  1852. 

4.  Augusta  Julia  Huth,  born  20th  April,  184S. 

5.  Louisa  Sophia  Huth,  born  27th  October,  1858. 


2.  MARY  BLACKWELL  GRAY. 
Mary  Blackwell  Stansfeld,  second  daughter  of 
Timothy  Stansfeld  of  Field  House,  New  Cross,  Surrey,  by 
his  second  wife  Ann  (iii^e  Clarke),  born  in  1789,  married 
2ist  May  1814,  Robert  Alexander  Gray,  J. P.,  D.L.,  of 
Camberwell,  Surrey,  and  Falmouth,  Cornwall,  and  died  12th 
October  1863.  He  was  born  in  1790,  and  died  9th  December 
1877,  leaving  issue  : — 

1.  Robert  Alexander  Gray,  born  14th  November  18 18, 
married  in  185 1,  Charlotte,  fourth  daughter  of  Richard  Edmonds 
of  New  Cross,  Surrey,  now  residing  at  Duxmere,  Ross,  co. 
Hereford,  and  died  9th  January  1868,  leaving  issue:  Catherine 
Charlotte,  born  8th  July  1857  ;  Robert  Alexander,  born  23rd 
August  1859;  Florence  Mary,  born  28th  March  1861 ;  Alex- 
andra, born  7th  February  1863  ;  Richard  Tucker,  born  30th  July 
1864;  and  Alexander  Frederick  Gray,  born  23rd  Februaiy  1868. 

2.  Mary  Stansfeld  Gray,  born  in  1815,  married  in  1840, 
John  Williams,  born  1800,  of  Eaton  Square,  London,  and 
Boones,  near  Eden  Bridge,  Kent.  They  have  issue :  John 
Aubrey  died  in  1880,  Alexander  Stansfeld  died  in  1852, 
Herbert  Gray,  Arthur  Bernard,  Adelaide  Mary  and  Theresa 
Stansfeld  Williams. 


3.  HARRIOTT  PRIOR. 
Harriott  Stansfeld,  third  daughter  of  Timothy 
Stansfeld  of  Field  House,  New  Cross,  Surrey,  by  his  second 
wife  Ann  (nee  Clark),  was  born  in  1792,  married  8th  January 
1818,  and  died  1845.  Her  husband,  Samuel  Prior  of  London, 
was  born  in  1785  and  died  in  1859,  leaving  issue,  three  sons  and 
two  daughters,  viz  : — 


=  Timothy     Stansfeld,     of  =  Sarah   Haigh,    of  Mar 

Pond,  eldest  son  and  heit  of         Norland.        Second  of  Jc 

Josias  Stansfeld  of  the  Breck,  wife,  married  in  Aug.  Hort 

1704-    s.p.  ried 


Sowerby.    Died  9  Dec. 


Mary  Hart, 

daughter  of  =  Timothy  Stansfeld,   of 
nna  Hart  of         Field  House,  New  Cross, 

Ann  Clarke. 

fflo^S^S 

Second  wife. 

RoBIiNSON,widowof  Samuel 

Mo.i 

t  %vife.    WiU         CO.  Surrey.     Born  15  Feb. 

Milne  of  Warley,  and  niece 

ofRev.GeorgeLe6h,LL.D., 
vicar  of  Halifax.     She  died 

IS  April  1783. 

I»ny 

21  Aug.  1834,  aged  76. 

Josias   Stansfeld,  of   Field  House,  New  =    Ameli 
Cross,  Surrey.      Son  and  heir,  bom  in  1789,  of   Sai 

married  the  daughter  of  his  father's  third  wife.  Bom  i 

Elizabeth,  by  her   former  husband,    Samuel  1859. 

Milne,  of   Warley.       He   died  on    the  22nd 
August  1846,  aged  57,  without  issue. 


Ann  Stansfeld.     Eldest  Sir  Chapman  Marshall,  knight, 

daughter,  born  i  Dec.  1786,     i  lord  mayor  of  London  in  1839-40, 

and  died  2Ist  August  1848.      I  born  4th  August  1786,  and  died  9th 

I  January  1862. 


1808.  married  6th 
1836,  and  died  at 
3!ce,27ApiaiS72. 


3LF  WEL2EE 

-'=.iHAiL,  bom  27th 
;_j.  1837.  Married 
i^i,  Harriet  Moodte 
o.b.,  S.O.,  2ia  March 
1879,  (ioeased, 
Alpied  JUeshju.1, 
of  Fet&sde,  Bbhof»s- 
ik>7n,  Tnnbridge 
WeCs.  Eora23jany. 
l63a.Mixriedl8Xov. 
I0«,  Cazmlla  Camp- 


I 
George  Stansfeld  Marshall.  Bom  23  Jany.  i8i4,=Emma  Eliza,  dau.  of 
and  died  while  Master  of  theDrapers'  Company  29  July  Jeremiah  Pilcher  of 
J883.  He  married  first,  in  June  1839,  Ellen  TooKE  London  &  Worthing, 
who  died  in  March  1841,  having  issue  a  son  George  Second  wife,  man-led 
Stansfeld  Marshall,  who  died  in  infancy.  30  Aug.  1843. 


Edwin*  Makshall, 
bora  9th  Feb.  1839, 
died  21  March  1S70, 
whilst  serving  inH.M 
RoyalHoiseArtillery. 
Josephine  Theiese 
Marshall,  bom  3rd 
Sept.  1841,  died  ;oth 
SepL  1841. 

JOSEPHl.VE 

Marshall,  bom  41I1 
Dec  1S43,  married 
II  Feby.  1863,  \Vm. 
von  Mauthner,  and 
hasiisne. 

Lionel  Maesimll 
>x>ni  7th  June  1S49. 
married  17th  October 
1872,  Edith  Mason, 


JohnJon: 
four   chill 


Chapman  Marshall. 
of  Stansfeld,  Sutlon.co. 
Surrey.  Bom  II  April 
1845,  and  raarriol 
Frances  MARiA,eldest 
daur.  of  Frederick  Ald- 
ridge  Clark  of  L)Titon 
Court,  Hove,  Sussex,  i: 


inanied. 

Henry  Marshall,  born 
SthNov.  1851,  married  29 
April  1880,  K.ME  Leh-.h 
Davis,  second  daughter  of 
William  Davis  of  Kensing- 

He'nry  Marshall,  born 
Sth  April  1881,  Robert 
Charles  Marshall, 
bom  l8th  April  1S84.  She 
died  7  Nov.  1884- 


Stansfeld 
Marshall,  M.A.,  vicar  of  Great 
Easton,  co.  Leicester,  bom  7th  Feby. 
1817,  and  died  14th  November  1874. 


Helen  Wilhelmina,  da 
of  Archibald  Campbell 
Lochnell,  co.  Argyll. 


Emma  Stansfeld  Marshall, 
born  7th  March  181 1,  died  14th 
August  181 1. 


I  I 

Helen  Frances  Leonai 
Marshall,  bom  all,  boi 
1S46.  CAr,OLI 

Frederick 
Marshall, 
1847, 

Chas.Mars 
bora  1848. 
Henry    M 


Marshall,  born 
1851. 

Be.\triceEsther 
Marshall,  bom 
IS53- 


ried  29  Feb.  1876. 


Edward  Huth,  Walter  Marsi 
of  Wykehurst,  ALL,  bom  1859. 
Hayward's  Heath,  Henry  DOUGL/ 
Marshall, 


Sussex,  M.A. 
of  Oxford  Uni 
versify.  Born  ( 
Jany.   1847. 


nd  died  in  1861. 

Marshall,    bom 
1S62. 

IfADELlNE  HOPE 

Marshall,   bom 
1854. 


1S37,    23Dec.i838, 
Feb.     married  19th 
Aug.  1S70. 


Gesoalda  Ferdinand^ 

Margherita  Marshall 

Maria,   dau.  HuTH,of44 

of     Giuseppe  Upper  Gros- 

Milani,  of  venor  Street, 

Olevano,  Grosvenor 

Rome.  Square,  Lon- 

Aug.     1S40, 


L0CKE,daur. 
of     Bonamy 


Rosalind  Mar 


30  Aug.  187S. 

Vivien   Josephine  Maria 

HuTH,  born  1  Nov.  1S79. 

Elaine    Huth,   bom    19th 

March  1881. 

Galahad  John  Huth,  born 

21  April  1S83. 


Harry AlexanderHuth,  Arthd 

bom  8  April  1867.  TON,  b< 

Evelyn  Caroline  Locke  Nancy 

Huth,  born  18  April  1S6S.  bom  ic 


^tansfcltj  of  ^onti, 


Martha  Sharp,  daur.   =  Joshua  Stansfeld,  of  =  Judith  Wood.    Second 

of  John  Sharp  of  Litde  Horton,  second  son,  did         wife,  married  atUradford, 

Horton.  First  wife,  mar-  in     Feb.    1733-4,    aged     :     7  Feb.  1677-S. 

ried  in   1672,    died    in  about  Sb. 

child-birth,  21  June  1674.  I 


e,  mamed  in  Aug. 


Samuel  Stansfiuld,  of  =  Mary  Clarkson 
Bradford,  third  son.   Died         of  Bradford. 
1st  Sep.  1727,  aged  78. 


Stansfelds  of  Iloilon, 


Josiah  Stansfeld,  of  Pond.  =  Makiha,  dauglite 

Baptised  14th  Januarj-  1688-9,  of  Mattliew   Wadi 

married  at   Halifax,  10  Sept.  wortli  of  Sowerby. 
1719. 


irried  =  Enoch  Firth.        Elizabeth  Sharp,  da 


ELD,  of  Pond.     Bom  =  Elizabeth  Blackburn.    Second        .Mary.     Baptised 
xi  20  May  1808.  I     wife,  married  13  Aug.  1769.  13  July  1720. 

Stansfelds  of  Field  House,  Sowerby  kc. 
See  that  pedigree. 


Rev.  Thomas  Sharp,  M.A.,  of 
Little  Horton.  First  wife, 
baptised  15  Nov.  1680,  married 
26  Aug.  1703,  I'ied  3  Oct.  1722. 

No  surviving  i 


AnnaBusfeild,  daur. 
of  William  Busfeild  of 
Rishworth  Hall  Bingley. 
Born  20  June  1697, 
married  3  Sept.  1723, 
and  died  I  Dec.  1757. 


Samuel  Stansfield,  baptised 
15  Oct.  1678. 

D.wid   Stansfield,  baptised 
10  July  1681. 


JosiAH       Stans-      George     Stans-  = ! 
feld,    baptised  9       FELD,  of  Bowood,     I 
Sept.     1680,    died       baptised  5th  Feb.     | 
young.  16S5,  married  12th 

Sept  1 709,  &  died 
21  Nov.  1735- 


•;,  widow  01  Samuel 
Warley,  and  niece 
«rge  Legh,  LL.D., 
lalifax.  She  died 
l834,aged  76. 


GEORGE  Stansfeld,  of 
Montreal,  Canada.  Born  in 
April  1759,  died  in  Ken- 
sington Square,  London,  17 
jany.  1829,  unmarried. 


Robert    Stan.sfield,    of  =  Jane  !•  errand  daur.  and 

Esholt,     which     he     pur-  co-heiress     of    Richardson 

chased    from     Sir    Walter  Ferr,and     of    Harden,    by 

Blackett,  Baronet,  in  1755.  Anne,    younger    daur.    of 

Baptised  at    Bradford,    24  William  Busfield  of  Rish- 

Jany.    1727,    and   died    14  worth  Hall,  Bingley. 
Sept.  1772,  s.  P. 


;  children 


Annie  STANSFiELD,heiress 
of  her  brother,  born  27 
Aug.  1729,  married  27  Aug. 
1758,  &  died  12  Feb.  1798. 


William  Rookes,  of 
Royds  Hall,  the  last  of  that 
family  in  the  male  line. 
Born  27  Aug.  1719,  and 
died  24  Oct.  1789. 


James  Stansfeld,  of 
Field  House,  Sowerby, 
baptised  12  March  1710, 
buried  in  July  1743. 


Mary  Elackwell  Stansfeld. 
Second  daughter,  bom  1789,  mar- 
ried 21  May  1814,  and  died  12 
Oct.  1863. 


Robert  Alexander  Gray,  of 
Camberwell,  SuiTey,  &  Falmouth. 
Cornwall.  Bom  in  1790,  and 
diedg  Dec.  1867.  HewasJ.r. 
and  D.L. 


Frances  Caroline  Marshall. 
Bom  21  Mny  1S12,  and  married  in 
1836. 


Charles  Frederick  Hutu 
of  Oakhurst,  Kent,  and  Keii 
sington  Palace  Gardens,  Lon 
don.  merchant,  and  a  directo 
of  the  Bank  of  England. 


=Caroline  Caroline=Georci 
LocKE/iaur.  AsneHuth  |  Rawiio 
of  Bonamy  bom  17  July  son  of  A 
Dobre«,  of  1842,  mar-  Ruxton 
London.  ried  28  Aug.    1  Ardec, 

1869.  Louth, 

land. 


Captain  Frederick  =.-Manuela      Caro- 


llENRY   HUTH  (lato 

King's  3rd  Dragoon 
Guards),  of  Beckford 
House,  Lansdowne 
Crescent,  Bath.  Bom 
22  Feb.  1S44,  mar- 
ried his  cousin,  7  Oct. 
1865. 


SE,  aau,  01  Angus, 
i  Henr.an  Kinder- 
inn,  of  Liverpool. 


I 
Fanny 
Gertrude 
HuTH,  born 
29N0V.1845, 
married  Ilth 


1864, 


Col.  Thomas 
Ross,  24* 
Regt.,  now 
Lieut-Geii., 


exanderHuth,    Arthur  Frederick  Rux. 
nl  1867.  TON,  bom  12  June  1870. 

aeoline  Locke    Nancy  Marias  Rl-xton, 
■a  iS  April  1868.      bom  10  April  1871. 
^  ^1"^  *'"'^"'    George     Hugh      Lucas 
ly  1869.  Ruxton,  bom  7  Oct  1872. 

Dorothy    Joanna    Rux- 
ton, bom  30  .March  1874. 


Maxuela  Teresa  Huth,  Margaret  Sofia  Hu- 

born  17  July  1866.  born  10  Dec.  1874. 

Josephine  Hutu,  bom  10  Marian  Huth.  born 

Jiny.  186S.  Sept  1876. 

Frederick  Percy  Huth,  Sydney  Francis   Hui 

born  30  Aug.  1869,  &  died  born  11  July  1878. 

Huth,  bom 


14  Sept.  1874. 

Philip  Stansfeld  Huth, 

bom  12  Oct.  1870. 

Violet  Huth,  born  I  Feb. 

1872. 

Gertrude        Fernanda 
HiTiii,  born 26  July  1873. 


MarhnHuth, 
born  30th  Aug. 
1847,  married 
Lieut.  John 
Baillie  Bai.- 
lantyneDick- 
soN,  of  the  iStli 
Bengal  Cavalrj-, 

Colonel  in  the 
5th  Dragoon 
Guards,  &  died 
loth  Mar.  1876, 
having  issue, 
Guy  Dickson, 
born  l8th  Nov. 
1872,  *  Mar- 
JORIE  Dickson, 
born  15th  Aug. 
1874,  and  <Ucd 
18  May  1S76. 


7  Sept.  1849, 
married  1 6th 
Januy.  1S72, 
her  cousin, 
Alfred  Henry 
Huth,  son  of 
Henry  Huth, 
of  Wyke- 
hurst,buthas 


Dec.  1879. 
Charles    I 
Huth,  born  ; 
Roland  He 
Oct.  1883. 


.Marion, 
dan.  of  Rev. 
George     W. 
DoddofTun- 
bridgeWells. 


I       I         i         I       I 
Frances  M.\uDHuTH,bcrn 
4  Jany.  1S77. 

Winifred  Huth,  born  19 
Jany.  1878. 

PercivalCuthbertHui  H, 
bom  22  Feb.  1S79. 
Frederick  Lionel  Huth, 
bom  II  Feb.  i88o. 
MurielKathleenMaeion 
Huth,  bom  31  March  18S2. 


Robt.  Alexander=Chaklotte,  fourth 
Gray.  Born  14  Nov.  daur.  of  Richard 
l8l8,marriedinl85l,  Edmonds,  of  New 
and  died    9th  Jany.      Cross,     co.    SuiTey. 


Ill  I  I  I    u 

Catherine  Charlotte  Alexandra  Gray,  bon 

Gray,  born  S  July  1857.  7  Feb.  1863. 

Robert       Alex.\nder  RichardTuckerGray 

Gray,  born  23  Aug.  1S59.  bom  30  July  1864. 

Florence  Mary  Gray,  AlexanderFred 


Gray,  born 25  Feb.iS6S. 


Martha   s 

FELD,  bapti 
Oct.  1678,0 
^  .'Vug.  l6« 
died  at  Bro 
in  177I1  agei 


se,  Sowerby,  be 
mimed  20  A 
i  died  20   Fe 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


193 


I.  Samuel  Turner  Prior,  born  13th  April  1819,  married 
1 6th  April  1842,  Margaret  Lawford,  and  died  in  1876.  His 
widow  now  resides  at  Gordon  House,  Blackheath  Park.  Their 
children  are:  Margaretta,  born  isth  May  1843;  Samuel 
Lawford,  born  loth  June  1845,  and  died  17th  February  1884; 
Frederick  William,  born  6th  December  1847  ;  Henry  Stansfeld, 
born  4th  March  1849,  married  September  1879,  Evelyn  Amanda 
Poole,  and  has  issue  Evelyn  Lawford  Stansfeld,  born  August 
1 88 1,  Aubrey  Lionel,  born  March  1883,  and  died  young,  and 
Hector  Francis  Acland  Prior,  born  September  1884,  and  died 
3'oung  ;  Harriott  Emily,  born  26th  October  1850,  married  Decem- 
ber 1876,  William  Auld,  and  has  issue,  William  Douglas  Auld  ; 
Jessie,  born  sth  December  1852,  and  died  2nd  July  1861  ;  Edith 
Annie  (twin),  born  13th  June  1855;  Alfred  Ernest  (twin),  born 
13th  June  185  s,  married  in  September  [1884,  Emily  Wilcox; 
Marion  Florence,  born  21st  Februarys  1858,  married  20th  August 
1885,  Harry  Crossley  Richmond;  Emma  Georgina,  born  nth 
November  1859;  and  Francis  Montague  Prior,  born  6th  June  1862. 
2  &  3.    Charles  Henry,  died  unmarried,  and  Alexander  Prior. 

4.  Harriott  Anne  Prior,  born  26th  April  1821,  married 
William  Henry  Smith,  born  181 5,  of  Ulva  Road,  Putney, 
and  has  issue:  Harriott  Ada,  born  1st  May  1849;  Clara 
Gertrude,  born  Sth  June  185 1,  married  19th  February  1879, 
Robert  Alexander  Jackson,  and  has  issue,  Alexander  Erie 
Jackson,  born  17th  June  1880;  Frederick  William,  born 
14th  March  1853,  married  19th  January  1884,  Martha  Rosalie 
Pearse,  and  has  issue  Gordon  Smith,  born  November  1884; 
Ernest  Theodore,  born  21st  August  1856;  Percy  Stansfeld, 
born  1st  March  1859  ;  and  Charles  Edward  Smith,  born  3rd 
May  1861. 

5.  Elizabeth  Prior, married  at  Hove  parish  church,  Brighton, 
22nd  September  1863,  Edward  Nathan  Burgess,  born  in  the 
parish  of  S.John's  Horsley  Down,  21st  September  1812,  now 
of  Park  Crescent,  Brighton.  They  have  issue  :  Alice  Louise, 
died  young ;  Florence  Mabel,  died  young ;  Edward  Neville, 
born  at  Lewisham,  Blackheath,  9th  April  1868  ;  Amy  Gertrude 
and  Blanche  Madeline  Burgess. 

AA 


'^  of  «mi5c.  f.ctu  Cross,  to.  ^ 


mxt^. 


JosiAS  Stansfeld,  of  the 
Breck,  Sowerby,  born  in 
1619,  buried  23rd  March 
1702-3.  [See  Heralds' 
College  Pedigree  No.  IV.] 


Martha  Swayne,  of 
Little  Horlon,  near 
Bradford.  Buried  at 
Sowerby  23rd  Feb. 
1684-5. 


Hannah  Hi;rst,  =  James  Stansfeld, 
daur.  of  George  ,  of  Bowood,  fourth 
Hurst.of  Bradbury,  |  son,  married  in  167;, 
CO.  Chester,  first  I  buried  29  June  1730. 
wife,  buried  I2th  I 
Mov.  1705.  ! 


Elizabeth,  daur.  of 
William  Kitchingman 
of  Skircoat,  &  widow 
of  Thomas  Priestley, 
of  Holdsworth,  second 
wife.    [See  page  210.  j 


Ely  Stansfeld  M.A.  =  Elizadeth  Craytox, 
Vicar  of  Newark,  fifth  |  daur.  of  Thomas  Cray- 
son,  j     ton     of     Kingston-on- 


Heralils'  College  Pedigree  No.  V. 


Josias  Stansfeld,  of  ==  Elizabet 
ll.augh  End,  sixth  son, 
married  22  May  1667, 
and   buried    30    Sept. 


Nicholson, 
daughter  of  Matthew 
Nicholson  of  Boistead  & 
Graystones,  Warley,  died 
iS  Sep,  1730, 


Elizabeth  Hirst  of  Adswood=JoHs  SxAssreLD, 
Hall,  CO.  Chester.     First  wife,  I  ofSowert^.serenth 
married  in   1681,  buried    25th     son. 
March  1690,  aged  40. 


Ellen  Stans- 
feld, baptised 
25  June  1682. 


Sarah  Stans-  =  Thomas    Old- 


bTANSFEI.n, 

baptised  10  Feb. 
1683.4,  and  mar- 
ried 3  May  1 710. 


1      I 

Ann  StansfeU),  bapt.  24  Jany.  1711. 

Alice  Stansfeld,  bapt.  9  Feb.  1713. 

SfSAN  Stan.sfeld,  bapt.  25  Nov.  171S. 

Martha  Stansfeld,  bapt.  4  Aug.  1723. 

All  died  unmarried. 


Maksden, 
curate     of 
Sowerby, 
afterwards 
ofHornsey, 
CO.  York. 

FEI.n,      baptised     9       feld,    baptised         field,  of  War- 

Aug.  168S,  and  bur-       16    Dec.    1690,          ley, 

ied  7  Oct.  1718.               and  married   13 

Alice   Stansfeld,      J^'™"'^  "y-S- 

buried    Sth    March,                                      '^ 

1702.                                                  See  page  220. 

"feld,  of  Haugh 
En,l,       married 
4th  Nov.   1 719, 
but  h.ad  no  issue. 

Jf.nkinson,    of 
Lime          Ditch 
Manchester. 

feld,     marric< 
19th  Oct.   1703 
and    buried    ji 
Oct.  1 74 1. 

Sarah    Stansi- 
tised    2    April 
married  10  Apl. 

ELD,     bap-    =    RiCHAUD  HOLDEN. 

1720,    and 

I74S. 

Se 

A 

Holden  pedigree,  pages  2II-2, 

Sarah  Stans-  =  JL^rtin  Hot- 
FELD,  married s  ham,  of  York, 
January  1708-9,         died  23rd  May 


Elizabeth  Stans- 
feld, baptised  ist 
Nov.  1687,  married 
at  Newark,  25  Sept. 


Samuel  Prior,  of 
London,  l)om  in 
1785,  died  in  1859. 


Samuel  Turner  Prior.  =  Margaret   Lawford.    Charles    Hexr 
Born  13  April    1 819,  mar-         Now  of  Gordon   House,     died  unmarried  1 
ried  16  April  1842,  &  died         Blackheath  Park, 
in  1876. 


Alexander  Pr 


MakoarettaPriok, 
bom  15  May  1843. 
Samuel   Lawford 
Prior,  bom  10  June 
1845,    and    died    17 
February  1884. 

Henry  Stansfeld  = 
Prior.      Bom  4th 
March     1849,     and 
married  in   Septem- 
ber 1879. 

=  Evelyn  Amanda 
Poole. 

HARRIhlT       EMILY  =  Wii 

Prior.  Bom  26  Oct.   |<Au 
1850,   married   Dec.    ! 
1876. 

1 

FKKinniicK      \Vm. 
I'KIOK,  born  6  Dec. 
1847. 

1 

I   i  I  ~ 

Jessie  Prior.   Born  Alfred       Ernest  = 

5   Dec.    1S52,     and  Prior.    Born  (twin) 

died  2  July  1861.  I3june  l8s5,married 

EdithAnniePrior  '"  ^^P'-  '^84. 
Bom  (twin)  13  June 
1855. 


Marion  Florence=  Harry  Crossley    Emma     Georgina  Harrioit  Alu  Clara    Gertrude=  Robert  ALEX-iXDE: 

Prior.  Bom  21  Feb.      Richmond.  Prior,  born  11  Nov.  Smith.   Bom  i  May  Smith.  Bora  8  June  I  Jackson, 

1858,   married    20th  1859.  1849-  iSsi.marriedigFeb.  I 

August  1SS5.  FrancisMontaguk  '*''• 

Prior,  born  6  June 

1862.  I 


I  !  I 

Evelyn   Lawford  Stansfeld  Prior. 
bom  August  1881. 

Aubrey    Lionel   Prior,   bom    March 
1883,  died  young. 

Hector  Francis  Acland  Prior,  born 
Sept.  1884,  and  died  young. 


H  Hirst  of  Adswood=JoHN  SrANsFELD,=ANNA  Math,  daur.  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Bath,  M.A., 
Chester.  Finil  wife,  I  ofSowerby,seventh  vicar  of  Rochdile,  by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth, 
1   1681,  buried    25tli      son.  daughtir  of  Rand.ill   Hcaley  of  Spotland,  Rochdale. 

10  aced  40  1  Second  wife,  baptised  15  June  1656,  married  25  Dec. 

'  ■*  I  I  1690,  ahd  buried  7  Oct.  1728. 

edigree  No.  IV.     All  died  young. 


01-        EH7.AI1KTH    STANS-    : 

of  York,      Kl'-l.u,    baptised   ist 

died  23id  May      Nov.   1O87,  married 

1713.  at  Newark,  25  Sept. 

1706,     and    died    5 

March  1716. 

Sec  Holdcii  pcd 


Martha  Stansfrld,  baptised  22 
July  1691,  and  buried  14  Nov.  1700. 
Mary  Stansfeld.  baptised  3  April 
and  buried  5  Sept.  1694, 
.\iii(;Aii.  Stansfeld,  baptised  1 
July  1696,  and  buried  14  Sept.  1700. 


Caroline  Stansfeld. 
Fourth  daughtcr,married 
in  1814. 


Jam 
lilac 


Llizabeth  I'KIOl 
Married  at  Hove,  2 
Sept.  1863. 


Edward  Nathan 
Burgess,  of  Park 
Crescent,  Brighton. 
Born  21  Sept.  1812. 


Ellis  Cousens. 
Born  29th  Sept. 
181S,  married  g 
June  1846,  and 
died  in  1S73. 


I 
:EMMA,3rddaur.  Caroline  = 
of  Rd.  Edmonds,  Cousens. 
of  New  Cross,  Bom  23  Dec. 
Surrey.  Now  re-  1816,  ft  mar- 
siding  at  Streat-  ried  6  April 
hamHilljSurrey.  1842. 


=  R0UF.RT  Ai.EXA 


Fkhderick  \Vm.  =  Mai 
SmiOh.  Bom  14th  [  Pea 
March  1853,  married 


March  I»S3,  mi 
igjjiiiy.  1884. 


Smith,  bom2i  Aug. 

GESS,  died  young. 

Burgess. 

Cousens. 

Percy    Stan.sfelu 

Smith,  bom  1  March 

1859. 

Charles    Edward 

SMITH,  bom  3  May 

Florence    Mabel 
BiiRGESs,died  young. 
Edward    Neville 
BURGESS,    bom    at 
Lewisham,      Black- 
heath,  9  April  1868. 

BlancheMadeline 
Burgess. 

Died  in  1876. 

Born  17  June  18S0. 


I.OKENCE    ELIZABE 


JohnShortf.r,  Kate  Frances    = 

late  of  Oporto,  Lancaster  Ashmeade 

Portugal,  now  of  Cousens.  Cousens. 

Oak  field,  Forest  Diedinl877.  Born2iMay 

Hill,  Ixindon.  l852,5idied 


UOUSENS 


'died 


SewCr. 


ISADfL 
1854. 

Louisa  Cousens,    died 

1880. 

James  Cousens,  married 

Catherine,     daur.     of 

Richard    Edmonds,   and 

died  in  1867. 

Edward  Cousens,  died 

1880. 

SlDNEvCousENS,married 

FanNV,  d.aur.  of  the  Rev. 

W.  WatkinsofChichester, 

and  died  in  1868. 


194  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

4.  CAROLINE  COUSENS. 
Caroline  Stansfeld,  fourth  and  youngest  daughter 
of  Timothy  Stansfeld  of  Field  House,  New  Cross,  Surrey, 
by  his  second  wife  Ann  (7ice  Clark),  married  in  18 14, 
James  Cousens,  J. P.,  of  Black-heath,  Kent.  The)-  had 
issue  : — 

1.  Stansfeld  Ellis  Cousens,  born  29th  September  1S15, 
married  9th  June  1846,  Emma,  third  daughter  of  Richard 
Edmonds  of  New  Cross,  and  died  in  1873.  His  widow  now 
resides  at  Streatham  Hill,  Surrey.  They  had  issue,  Stansfeld 
Cousens,  died  in  1876;  and  Emma,  married  in  1876,  Sebastian 
E.  Shorter,  and  has  issue,  Florence  Elizabeth,  Constance 
Stansfeld  and  Felix  Sebastian  Shorter. 

2.  Caroline  Cousens,  born  23rd  December  1816,  married  6th 
April  1842,  John  Shorter  of  Oporto,  Portugal,  now  of  Oakfield, 
Forest  Hill,  London. 

3.  Kate  Lancaster  Cousens,  died  in  1877. 

4.  F"rances  Ashmeade  Cousens,  born  24th  November  18 19, 
married  21st  May  1852,  Richard  Edmonds,  junr.,  of  New  Cross, 
and  died  in  1877,  having  issue,  Frances  Evelina,  Richard  and 
Augusta  Maud  Edmonds. 

5.  Isabel  Cousens,  died  in  1854. 

6.  Louisa  Cousens,  died  in  1880. 

7.  James  Cousens,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Richard 
Edmonds,  and  died  in  1867. 

8.  Edward  Cousens,  died  in  1880. 

9.  Sidney  Cousens,  married  Fanny,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
W.  Watkins  of  Chichester,  and  died  in   1868. 

10.  Mary  Harriott  Cousens,  married  Henry  Smithies,  and 
died  in  1858. 


IV.— ROBERT  .STANSFELD. 
Robert    Stansfeld,  third    .son    of  Robert    Stansfeld    of 
Pond,  and  the  eldest   by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Blackburn, 
was  born  on  the  7th  November  1771,  and  died  2nd  August  1855. 


/2'^&!'  d  'lc>c^t.^f^£Jb,  l)^a^'^t 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


[95 


He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Walker  of  Mearclough 
House.  She  died  31st  July  18 16,  aged  36  years.  See  the 
account  of  Sowerby  church,  for  a  mural  tablet  and  east  window, 
to  their  memory.  They  had  issue,  George,  Robert,  John,  Jane 
and  Lydia. 

John  Walker  purchased  the  Mearclough  bottom  estate, 
from  Samuel  and  John  Waterhouse,  assignees  of  Michael  Wain- 
house,  nth  July  1795.  His  will,  dated  19th  December  1815, 
and  other  deeds  connected  with  the  estate,  give  the  names  of 
his  issue.  They  were  :  Joseph  Walker,  son  and  heir  ;  and  John, 
who  married  22nd  November  18 15,  at  Glossop,  Ruth,  second 
daughter  of  George  Eyre  of  Upper  House,  Kinder,  Derbyshire  ; 
Lydia,  wife  of  Robert  Stansfeld  of  Field  House  ;  Jane,  wife  of 
John  Hodgson,  of  Mulcture  Hall,  Halifax  ;  Mary,  wife  of  John 
Lomas  ;  Martha,  married  15th  October  18 17,  William  Broadbent 
of  Willow  Hall ;  Ruth,  wife  of  Edward  Joy ;  Sarah,  died 
unmarried,  2 1st  September  1 8 16,  aged  15  years;  Hannah,  wife 
of  Samuel  Anderson  Fourness  ;  and  Elizabeth  Walker. 

Robert  Stansfeld  inherited  Field  House,  &c.,  on  the  death 
of  George  Stansfeld,  who  built  the  modern  mansion,  and  who 
was  the  last  male  descendant  of  James  Stansfeld  of  Bowood, 
fourth  son  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  the  Breck.  And  upon  the 
extinction  of  the  male  issue  of  his  father,  by  his  first  wife  ;  that 
is,  upon  the  death  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  Field  House,  New 
Cross,  CO.  Surrey,  in  1846,  he  became  the  male  heir,  and  head  of 
the  family  of  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby. 

Jane  Stansfeld,  his  elder  daughter,  married  the  Rev.  Daniel 
Darnell,  M.A.,  vicar  of  Welton,  Northamptonshire. 

Lydia  Stansfeld,  the  younger  daughter,  married  at  Halifax, 
9th  June,  1841,  John  Birkbeck,  J. P.,  of  Anley,  co.  York,  who  was 
born  7th  July,  1 8 17,  elder  son  of  John  Birkbeck  of  Settle,  by 
Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Ion  of  Broadmire  in  Dent. 
Their  issue  was  two  sons,  of  whom  next,  and  a  daughter,  who 
died  young. 

John  BiRKBECKofBankwell,  J.P.,  bornatSettle.  istjuly  1842, 

married   his  cousin,   Rachel   Wilhelmina,  second  daughter  of 

George  Stansfeld  M.A.,  J.P.,  barrister-at-law,  3rd  October  1867, 


196  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

and  has  issue  :  John,  born  8th  March  1872  ;  Victor  John,  born 
27th  July  1873  ;  Hylbert  John,  born  sth  September  1879,  and 
Mary  Inez  Birkbeck. 

Robert  St.vnsfeld  Birkbeck,  the  younger  son  of  John 
Birkbeck  and  Lydia  his  wife,  younger  daughter  of  Robert  Stansfeld 
of  Field  House,  Sowerby,  was  born  23rd  August  1847,  and  died 
unmarried,  at  the  Infantry  barracks,  York,  nth  July  1882.  He 
was  Major  of  the  3rd  (Militia)  Battalion,  and  Captain  in  the  3rd 
Volunteer  Battalion  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington's  West  Riding  Regi- 
ment, and  died  whilst  on  duty  with  the  former. 

He  was  very  fond  of  heraldry  and  genealogy,  and  this  present 
work  is  one,  in  which  his  whole  heart  and  mind  would  have  joined, 
in  co-operation  with  the  author ;  who  here  desires  to  express,  in 
lasting  words,  his  deepest  sympathy  with  those,  who  sorrowed  most 
at  his  death ;  and  his  own  ever-present  sense  of  the  loss  of  one, 
whose  assistance  at  this  juncture,  would  have  been  so  valuable 
and  so  willing.  To  describe  his  personal  character,  is  to  use  words, 
which  in  future  years,  might  be  thought,  by  those  who  knew  him 
not,  too  fulsome.  Sufficient  to  quote  one  sentence,  which  has 
already  appeared  in  print,  and  the  announcement  of  his  death  by 
Colonel  Freer,  commandant  of  the  33rd  Regimental  District.,  of 
which  the  Brigade  Depot  is  at  Halifax. 

"Unselfish  in  all  that  he  did,  his  habit  was,  while  conscious 
of  his  own  shortcomings,  to  detect  keenly,  and  to  dwell  with 
pleasure  upon,  the  good  in  others,  and  from  their  failings,  to  turn 
with  persistent  steadfastness." 

The  following  is  from  the  Battalion  Orders,  issued  from 
Halifax,  12th  July  1882  :— 

"  The  Colonel  Commanding  announces  with  regret,  the  death 
(at  York)  of  Major  Robert  Stansfeld  Birkbeck,  of  the  3rd  Bat- 
talion. This  officer's  many  acts  of  generous  kindness,  and 
constant  display  of  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  Duke  of 
Wellington's  West  Riding  Regiment,  are  well  known  to  all  ranks 
at  the  Depot,  and  the  Colonel  Commanding  feels  assured,  that  all 
will  share  with  him,  the  sincere  regret,  which  the  untimely  death  of 
this  young  officer  merits." 

He  was  buried,  21st  July   1882,  both  the  procession  to  the 
railway  station  at  York,  and  the  funeral  at  Settle  church, being  con- 
ducted in  accordance  with  military  regulations. 
John  Stansfeld,  the  youngest  son  of  Robert  Stansfeld  of 
Field  House,  was  born  21st  September,  18 14.     He  was  vicar  of 


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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  197 

Coniston  Cold  in  Yorkshire.  He  married,  first,  at  Giggleswick, 
5th  December,  1843,  ELIZABETH,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Birk- 
beck  of  Anley,  and  Margaret  {jice  Ion)  his  wife,  who  was  born 
at  Settle,  5th  April,  1819,  and  died  at  Conistone  Cold,  9th 
February,  1861. 

He  married,  secondly,  26th  April,  1866,  Frances,  youngest 
daughter  of  James  Hamerton  of  Hellifield  Peel,  and  widow  of 
Peter  Garforth  of  Coniston  Hall.     He  had  issue  by  his  first  wife  : — 

1.  John  Birkbeck  Evelyn  Stansfeld,  in  holy  orders,  M.A. 
and  rector  of  Preston,  co.  Rutland,  born  27th  November,  1846, 
married  Agnes  Maiy,  daughter  of  William  Salmon  Barrenger, 
and  has  issue  :  Marion  Elizabeth,  born  21st  May,  1876  ;  Frances 
Evelyn,  bom  i6th  September,  1877  ;  and  John  Raymond  Evelyn 
Stansfeld,  born  20th  April,  1880. 

2.  Amy  Margaret  Stansfeld  ;  and  3.  Frances  Elizabeth 
Stansfeld,  married  12th  September,  1883,  the  Rev.  Alfred 
Stephenson  Porter,  M.A.,  vicar  of  Claines,  Worcester,  and  has 
issue,  Henry  Michael  Stansfeld  Porter,  born  29th  September, 
1884. 

Robert  Stansfeld,  of  Field  House,  J. P.,  second  son  of 
Robert,  was  born  5th  December,  1805.  He  entered  the  military 
profession,  and  served  with  his  regiment,  the  19th  Foot,  in  the 
West  Indies.  Whilst  there,  he  married,  in  the  island  of  Trinidad, 
on  the  29th  September,  1834,  Hannah  Laetitia,  only  child  and 
heiress  of  Lewis  Farley  Clogston  Johnston,  chief  justice  of  Trini- 
dad, whose  melancholy  fate,  as  one  of  the  passengers  in  the  Royal 
mail  steamship  "  Amazon,"  is  mentioned  amongst  the  mural 
inscriptions,  in  Sowerby  church.  On  his  return  to  England, 
Lieut.  Stansfeld  settled  at  the  Breck,  which  occupies  a  site  in  the 
park  at  Field  House.  On  the  formation  of  the  6th  West  York 
Militia,  the  head-quarters  of  which  were  at  Halifax,  he  received 
a  commission  as  major,  and  eventually  succeeded  to  the  command 
of  the  regiment.  He,  however,  retired  from  active  service  in 
1 874,  and  became  the  honorary  colonel  of  the  corps,  now  known 
as  the  3rd  and  4th  Battalions  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington's 
West  Riding  Regiment. 


tqS  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  affiliation  of  the  local  militia  and  volunteers,  to  the  regiment 
of  regulars,  whose  head-quarters  are  stationed  at  the  brigade  depots, 
throughout  the  country,  and  the  addition  of  a  territorial  designation  to 
the  name,  have  been  the  work  of  recent  years.  It  was  highly  satisfactory 
to  the  people  of  Halifax,  that  the  9th  Brigade  Depot  in  that  town,  had 
assigned  to  it,  the  old  Halifax  regiment,  the  "  Haver-cake  lads,"  whose 
tattered  colours  were  even  then,  rotting  in  a  dusty  corner  of  the  parish 
church.  These  colours  have  now  been  cleaned,  at  the  expense  of  the 
officers  at  the  depot ;  and,  at  an  impressive  service,  in  the  presence  of  the 
members  of  the  regiment  there,  and  old  pensioners,  were  placed  one  on 
each  side  of  the  great  chancel  arch,  of  the  restored  church  of  Halifax. 

The  33rd  Regiment  of  Foot  was  originally  raised  in  the  neighbour- 
hood of  Sowerby  and  Halifax,  which  has  always  been  a  prolific  recruiting 
ground  for  the  army.  As  in  many  other  hilly  districts,  where  Spring  is 
late,  and  Autumn  early,  and  the  cultivation  of  wheat,  a  delusion  and  a 
snare,  the  principal  cereal  food,  before  the  days  of  cheap  bread,  was 
oats.  Even  now,  although  the  bread  is  made  of  wheaten  flour,  yet  its 
general  use  is  disputed  by  that  of  porridge,  and  oat-cake  or  haver-bread. 
The  former  is  made  of  oatmeal,  boiled  thick  in  a  pan,  and  either  eaten 
mixed  with  milk,  or  turned  out  and  allowed  to  stiffen  on  a  plate,  and 
consumed  with  a  liberal  amount  of  treacle. 

The  latter  is  mixed  thinly,  with  milk  or  water,  a  little  leaven  added 
from  the  last  baking,  and  baked  thin,  an  eighth  of  an  inch  and  less  ; 
being  generally  poured  from  a  small  cup,  on  to  a  "  bak'-stone,"  over  a 
fire.  It  is  not  allowed  to  bake  hard,  and,  when  properly  cooked,  is 
nicely  browned  and  perfectly  flexible.  It  is  usually  hung  to  dry,  and 
then  it  becomes  quite  hard,  over  the  cross  pieces  of  a  square  frame, 
called  a  creel,  which  hangs  close  to  the  roof  of  the  cottage-house,  or 
farmhouse  kitchen,  and  which  also  comes  in  useful  for  drying  clothes, 
on  the  "  black  Monday  "  of  the  working  man,  the  washing  day. 

"Haver"  is  Saxon  for  oats,  and  survives  in  the  word,  haversack, 
the  sack  in  which  the  soldier  carried  his  food,  or,  maybe,  at  one  time,  a 
feed  of  oats  for  his  horse.  The  recruiting  sergeant  of  the  33rd  Regi- 
ment, when  on  enlisting  duty,  had  his  sword  stuck  through  a  cake  of 
haver-bread ;  hence  the  origin  of  the  name  "  haver-cake  lads."  It  may 
be,  that  the  custom  was  commenced  in  a  time  of  bread  famine,  and 
signified  to  the  starving  people,  a  promise  of  plentiful  food.  Thus 
initiated,  it  would  be  continued  as  a  badge  of  the  district,  where  it  was 
the  staple  food,  and  whence  the  regiment  was  raised.  Walker's  Costumes 
of  Yorkshire  depicts  on  plate  22,  the  recruiting  for  this  regiment  ;  but 
the  ornament  of  the  sergeant's  sword,  looks  more  like  a  woman's  hat, 
than  a  "  cake  o'  havver-breead." 


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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  199 

Colonel  Stansfeld's  wife  died  17th  November,  1864,  aged  56 
years.  Their  issue  is:  Lewis  Johnston,  born  21st  October,  1836, 
and  died  nth  May,  1837  ;  Robert  Johnston  ;  John  ;  Lydia  Jane 
unmarried  now  Hving;  Hannah  Jane;  and  Louisa  Johnston 
Stansfeld,  unmarried,  now  living. 

Robert  Johnston  Stansfeld,  J. P.,  second  son  of 
Colonel  Robert  Stansfeld,  was  born  on  the  i6th  April,  1838  ; 
and  married  14th  June,  1871,  Agnes,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Harrison  of  Galligreaves  Hall,  and  Samlesbury,  Lancashire. 
He  died,  without  surviving  issue,  at  Firby  Hall,  near  York,  on 
the  23rd  April,  1876,  and  is  buried  at  Sowerby.  He  served  in 
the  38th  Foot,  at  the  seige  and  fall  of  Sebastopol,  from  ist  June, 
1855,  including  the  attack  and  occupation  of  the  cemetery,  on  the 
1 8th  June.  He  also  was  engaged  in  the  Indian  mutiny,  from 
November,  1857,  including  the  capture  of  Meangunge,  seige  and 
capture  of  Lucknow,  and  the  affairs  of  Barree  and  Nugger.  He 
received  the  medal  and  clasp  for  the  Crimean  war,  a  Turkish 
medal,  and  a  medal  and  clasp  for  the  Indian  mutiny.  He  after- 
wards exchanged  into  the  12th  Foot ;  and  in  1873,  retired  from 
the  army  as  captain. 

John  Stansfeld,  of  Dunninald  Castle,  Montrose.  N.B., 
J. P.  for  Forfarshire,  and  West  riding  of  Yorkshire,  third  .son  of 
Colonel  Robert  Stansfeld,  and  late  captain  in  the  Scots  Greys, 
was  born  i6th  January,  1840.  He  married  on  the  nth  October, 
1871,  Eliza,  daughter  and  co-heircss  of  the  late  Patrick  Arkley, 
of  Dunninald  ;  but  has  no  issue. 

Hannah  Jane,  second  daughter  of  Colonel  Stansfeld  of 
Field  House,  married,  7th  January  1863,  JOHNSTON  JON.VS 
Foster  of  Moor  Park,  near  Ludlow,  co.  Salop,  Cliffe  Hill,  Light- 
cliffe,  and  Egton,  near  Whitby,  co.  York,  J. P.  for  Shropshire,  and 
the  West  riding  of  Yorkshire.  He  was  the  third  son  of  John 
Foster  of  Hornby  Castle,  Lancashire,  and  of  Oueensbury,  in  the 
CO.  of  York.  In  conjunction  with  two  of  his  brothers,  A.  B.  Fos- 
ter of  Canwell  Hall,  Staffordshire,  and  John  Foster  of  Coombe 
Park,  Whitchurch,  Oxon.,  he  rebuilt,  in  its  present  position,  the 
beautiful  Norman  church  of  S.  Hilda,  at  Egton,  in  1879.  '"^"d 
shortly   before   his    death,   he    arranged,  jointly  with   his    two 


200  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

brothers,  already  mentioned,  and  his  eldest  brother,  William 
Foster  of  Hornby  Castle,  for  the  rebuilding  of  the  chancel,  and 
the  general  restoration  of  Holy  Trinity  church,  Queensbury, 
which  since  his  death,  has  been  most  successfully  carried  out. 
He  built,  at  a  cost  of  over  ^12,000,  on  a  site,  presented  by  him- 
self, the  new  parish  church  of  S.  Matthew,  at  Lightcliffe.  The 
previous  church  remains  in  the  centre  of  the  ancient  churchyard, 
and  is  now  used  as  a  cemeterj-  chapel.  He  was  Major  in  the 
2nd  West  York  Yeomanrj-  Cavalry,  now  called  the  Prince  of 
Wales'  Own,  in  which  regiment  he  sen-ed  many  years.  He 
died  at  Cannes  in  France,  26th  Februarj'  1880,  and  was  buried 
in  the  vault,  beneath  the  Founder's  chapel,  south  of  the 
chancel  of  the  new  church  of  S.  Matthew,  Lightcliffe.  He  left 
three  daughters:  Katharine  Loetitia,  died  at  Moor  Park  31st 
October  1883,  aged  18,  and  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
the  parish  of  Richard's  Castle  ;  Ethel  Jane,  and  Gertrude 
Stansfeld  Foster. 


v.— GEORGE  STANSFELD  of  SETTLE. 

George  Stansfeld,  eldest  son  of  Robert  Stansfeld, 
of  Field  House,  Sowerby,  was  born  15th  December,  1803, 
married  3rd  July,  1834,  and  died  3rd  March,  1869.  He 
matriculated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  took  his 
B.A.  degree,  as  fifteenth  wrangler,  in  1826,  and  M.A.  in  1829. 
He  was  educated  for  the  bar,  and  was  admitted  at  Lincoln's 
Inn,  22nd  June,  1825. 

He  was  called  to  the  bar,  7th  July,  1829,  and  practised  in  the 
northern  circuit,  and  West  riding  sessions.  He  retired  early 
from  the  bar,  however,  and  became  an  active  partner  in  the 
Craven  Bank.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  West 
riding  of  Yorkshire,  and  also  for  the  county  of  Lancaster.  He 
married,  at  Settle,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Birkbeck  of  that 
place  ;  who  was  born  29th  June,  1806,  and  died  iSth  July,  1869. 
They  had  issue  : — 

1.     George  Stansfeld,  of  whom  next. 


^^^^J7 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  201 

2.  Harold  Eugene  Stansfeld,  born  at  Burnley,  5th 
December,  1843.  He  graduated  B.A.  of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  in  1866,  and  entered  a  student  of  Lincoln's  Inn, 
l6th  Januar}-,  1867.  He  was  called  to  the  bar,  lOth  June,  1870, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  north-eastern  circuit. 

3.  Kenneth  Adrian  Stansfeld,  born  at  Burnley,  nth 
October,  1845,  died  unmarried,  24th  March,  1881. 

4.  Berthold  Robert  Stansfeld,  born  at  Burnley,  22nd  April, 
1849.  He  graduated  B.A.  of  Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge, 
in  1872,  passing  to  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1875.  He  entered  as 
a  student  of  the  Inner  Temple,  30th  March,  1871,  was  called  to 
the  bar,  26th  January,  1877,  and  became  a  member  of  the  north- 
eastern circuit.  He  married,  19th  October,  1881,  Ada  Marion, 
second  daughter  of  James  Hodson  of  Oakfield,  Manningham, 
Yorkshire,  and  has  issue,  Elizabeth  Marj-ons  Stansfeld. 

5.  Elizabeth  Stansfeld. 

6.  Rachel  Wilhelmina  Stansfeld,  married  3rd  October, 
1867,  her  cousin,  John  Birkbeck,  J. P.,  of  Bankwell,  Settle,  cider 
son  of  John  Birkbeck  of  Anley,  J. P. 

7.  Sarah  Georgina  Stansfeld,  married  25th  April,  1865, 
Charles  Henry  Charlesworth,  of  Holly  Bank,  Settle,  only  son  of 
Thomas  Charlesworth  of  Leeds. 


VI.— GEORGE  STANSFELD  of  COTTINGLEY  HALL. 
George  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  George  Stansfeld  of 
Settle,  was  born  at  Halifa.x,  isth  June  1836.  He  married  at 
Hornby,  Sth  March  1867,  Hannah,  fourth  daughter  of  John 
Foster  of  Hornby  Castle,  Lancaster,  and  sister  of  Johnston 
Jonas  Foster,  already  mentioned.  He  resides  at  Cottinglcy 
Hall,  Bingley,  is  a  J. P.  for  the  county  of  York,  and  commands 
the  4th  Battalion,  Duke  of  Wellington's,  West  Riding  Regiment, 
of  which,  along  with  the  3rd  battalion,  his  uncle,  Robert 
Stansfeld  of  Field  House,  is  honorary  colonel.  Lieut.-Colonel 
Stansfeld  has  issue,  George  Reginald,  born  19th  August  1870, 
Mabel,  and  Bertha  Rosamond,  born  27th  February,  and  died 
Sth  October,  1872. 


202  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

2.     JOSHUA  STANSFELD  of  HORTON. 

Joshua  Stansfeld,  second  of  the  seven  sons  of  Josias 
Stansfeld,  was,  like  his  father,  a  member  of  the  nonconformist 
congregation  of  OHver  Heywood.  But  his  name  occurs 
amongst  the  original  members  of  the  presbyterian  "  church," 
and  not  accompanying  those,  who  joined  from  Mr.  Root's  Inde- 
pendent congregation.  And  the  name  of  his  wife  occurs  first, 
in  a  list  of  such  members,  as  were  dead  or  removed  in  1697,  and 
the  letter  R,  signifying  the  latter  change,  against  both  of  them. 
Other  entries,  evidently  relating  to  him,  occur  amongst  Oliver 
Heywood's  Diaries,  &c.;  but  it  will  be  as  well  to  preface  that, 
according  to  the  entry  of  his  death,  he  was  born  about  A.D. 
1647. 

1674  These  two  days  viz.  munday  and  thuesday  June  22  and  23,  1674 
I  haue  been  at  two  as  solemne  funerals,  as  ever  I  was  in  all  my 
life.  *  *  *  the  latter  Joshua  Stansfield's  wife,  who 
dyed  in  child-birth  June  21  and  the  child  with  her,  whom  I 
saw  laid  in  one  coffin,  the  child  in  her  arms,  as  the  it  were 
asleep,  an  affecting  sight,  sad  for  relations.  Lord  sanctify  it 
to  all. 

This  was  evidently  his  first  wife,  Martha,  daughter  of  John 
Sharp,  and  sister  of  Abraham  Sharp  the  mathematician,  to 
whom  he  was  married  in  1672  ;  for  Joshua  Stansfeld  married  at 
Bradford,  7th  February,  1677,  Judith  Wood.  As  the  Woods 
were  a  Hipperholme  and  Northowram  family,  this  would  ex- 
plain, how  her  name  occurs  first,  of  the  two,  in  the  list  of  the 
members  of  Oliver  Heywood's  congregation.  Taking  into 
consideration,  the  melancholy  end  of  his  first  wife,  the  following 
entry  attains  its  due  significance  : — 

15th  November  1678.  friday,  I  rode  to  litde  Horton,  there 
Mr.  Sharp,  George  Ward,  Joseph  Lister  and  [IJ  prayed,  many 
others  joyned,  at  Joshuah  Stansfield's,  for  his  wife  near  her  time,  oh 
w'-  a  heart  melting  day  was  it,  as  to  publick,  private. 

It  will  appropriately  conclude  this  little  incident,  if  the  happy 
dhioueinent  is  added,  which  has  already  been  given,  in  the  account 
of  Josias  Stansfeld,  the  father  of  Joshua. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  203 

1679  May  19.  munday,  I  rode  to  Joshua  Stansfiei.ds  of  little 
Horton,  where  Mr  Sharp  and  I,  and  many  others,  kept  a  day 
of  thanksgiving,  for  the  deliverance  in  child  bearing,  of  5 
brothers  wives,  viz.  Timothys,  Joshuas,  Samuels,  Jamess, 
Josiahs  Stansfields  wives  in  childbed. 

1690     Oct.  26.     Joshua  Stansfield's  wife  of  Little  Ho!  ton,  buried. 

1692     Sep.  9.     Baptised.     Josiah,  son  of  Joshua  Stansfield,  of  Horton. 

1704  Sep.  14.     Married.     John  Stansfeld  of  Little  Horton  and  Eliz. 

Battersby. 

1705  Aug.  24.     Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Stansfield  of  Horton,  died  of 

the  first  child. 

1 7 13  Feb.  18.     Josiah  S.  of  Joshua  Stansfeld  of  Horton  buried,  aged 

about  20. 

1 7 14  May  6.      Married.       Edward   Hanson    of   Wyke  and    Martha 

Stansfeld  of  Horton. 
1724     Dec.  16.     Joshua  Stansfield  of  Horton  buried  his  wife. 
1725-6  Jany.  13.     Married.     Sam'  Stansfield  of  Horton  and  Lydia,  d. 

of  Mr  Sandford,  Minister  at  Pontefract. 
1733-4  Feb.  14.     Joshua  Stansfield  of    Little    Horton,  aged  about  86 

years. 
1738     Oct.  21.     Samuel  Stansfield  of  Horton,  died  21  Oct. 

It  seems  very  probable  from  the  above,  that  there  were  two 
Joshua  Stansfelds  living  at  the  same  time,  one  of  Horton  and 
another  of  Little  Horton,  and  that  the  former  was  brother  to 
John  and  Samuel  Stansfeld,  and  son  of  the  other  Joshua 
Stansfeld  of  Little  Horton.  The  Halifax  and  Sowerby  registers 
contain  other  entries  : — 

MARRIAGE. 

i703-4Feby.  28.     Jos'*  Stansfield  and  Joice  Radclifife,  Sowerby. 

BAPTISMS. 

1704-5  Feby.  12.     Elizabeth  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
1708     Sepf^  19.     Mary  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
1709-10  March  12.     Lydia  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 
1 7 13     July  30.     Martha  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 

1 7 15  April  ID.     Ely  S.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 

1716  August  2.     Abigail  D.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 

BURIAL. 

1716     August  27.     Ely  S.  of  Joshua  Stansfield. 


204  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  some  notes  relating  to  the  Lister  family,  written  by  James 
Lister  of  Shibden  Hall,  14th  May  1792,  occurs  the  following, 
•copied  and  sent  for  the  purpose  of  this  work,  by  John  Lister, 
M.A.,  the  present  possessor  of  Shibden  Hall. 

"John  Lister,  third  son  of  John  Lister  (ofUpper  Brea),  was 
born  on  Thursday,  4th  Feby.  1636,  and  was  baptized  nth  of  the 
same  month.  He  married  Elizabeth  Stansfield,  daughter  of 
Joshua  Stansfield,  of  Bradford.  He  lived  at  York  and  Man- 
chester, and  last  at  Jamaica,  where  he  died,  20th  October  169S. 
without  any  Issue." 

This  marriage  is  not  entered  in  the  Lister  pedigree,  and  the 
only  Joshua  Stansfeld,  in  the  pedigree  of  the  latter  family,  who 
might  be  supposed  to  have  a  daughter,  contemporary  with  this 
John  Lister,  is  the  uncle  of  this  Joshua  Stansfeld,  the  captain 
of  militia,  who  fought  on  the  parliamentary  side,  at  the  battle 
of  Adwalton  moor.  Mr.  Lister  also  states,  that  Joshua 
Stansfeld  of  Horton,  and  Samuel  Stansfield  of  Bradford,  were 
bidden  to  the  funerals  of  the  two  daughters  of  Samuel  Lister  of 
Overbrea  (brother  of  the  above-mentioned  John  Lister),  on  the 
loth  April   1678,  and  the  following  nth  October. 


3.  SAMUEL  STANSFIELD  OF  BRADFORD. 
Samuel  Stansfield,  the  third  son  of  Josias,  married, 
1 2th  April  1675,  Mary  Clarkson  of  Bradford.  She  was  one 
of  the  five  brothers'  wives  in  childbirth,  at  the  same  time,  for 
whom  Oliver  Heywood  and  others,  kept  a  day  of  thanksgiving, 
19th  May  1679.  Heywood  also  records  in  his  diary,  a  visit  to 
her  husband's  house  : — 

"  1678  September  24.  Tuesday  morning,  I  rode  to  Brad- 
ford, kept  a  private  fast  at  Sam.  Stanfield's,  oh  what  a  heart  melting 
day  was  it,  w'n  Jo.  Lister  exercised,  and  myself,  my  heart  was 
drawn  out." 

In  1695,  a  new  vicarage  house  was  purchased  for  Bradford,  at  a 
cost  of  £\S3}  archbishop  Sharp  giving  ;^50.  Amongst  the 
other  subscribers,  occurs  the  name  of  Samuel  Stansfield  for  £2. 
In  1705,  the  seats  of  Bradford  church,  were  allotted  to  the 
different  owners  of  property,  in  the  parish.     Amongst  them  are  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  205 

Bradford  Township.     Samuel  Stansfield  3  J  seats  ;  Mrs   Sharper  R. 

Stansfield  2  i  seats. 
HoRTONS.     Mrs  Sharp  or  Robert  Stansfield  3j  seats  ;  Joshua  Stansfield 

-5  seat. 
Bowling.     Josa.  Stansfield,  Wm.  Hodgson,  Thomas  Siigden  and  'I'ho. 

Walker,  i  seat. 

Samuel  and  Robert  Stansfield  gave  £^,  towards  the  subscription 
for  raising  £100,  made  i6th  January  1718,  for  increasing  the 
endowment  of  the  living  of  Sowerby.  A  letter  from  Ralph 
Thoresby,  the  historian  of  Leeds,  to  John  Evelyn  F.R.S.,  whose 
mother  was  a  Stansfeld  of  Lewes,  refers  to  Samuel  Stansfield, 
who  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  to  spell  the  surname,  in  the 
manner  it  is  here  represented. 

"  Honoured  Sir.  You  obliged  me  with  a  letter  at  Christmas, 
which  I  gave  you  the  trouble  of  an  imperfect  reply  to,  for  tho'  I 
sent  to  Mr  Samuel  Stansfeld  of  Bradford,  (the  eldest  living  of  that 
name,)  to  know  whether  they  could  prove  their  descent  from 
the  Stansfelds  of  Stansfeld,  a  good  family  and  ancient,  in  this 
West  Riding  of  Yorkshire  ;  he  never  vouchsafed  me  an  answer  till 
the  other  day,  and  now  he  writes,  that  tradition  says  they  are 
descended  from  them,  and  as  a  confirmation,  in  several  of  their 
ancient  houses,  are  painted  the  arms  I  enquired  after ;  viz.  sable, 
3  goats  rampant  (I  presume  he  means  trippant),  argent.  His 
father,  Josias,  died  anno  1703,  in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age,  leaving 
7  sons,  one  of  whom  is  vicar  of  Newark-upon-Trent ,  the  rest  trades- 
men of  competent  estates.  It  may  perhaps  be  a  pleasure  to  your 
friends,  (and  then  it  will  be  a  great  satisfaction  to  me,)  to  send  you 
a  pedigree  of  that  ancient  family,  as  I  have  it  in  a  manuscript  of 
the  gentry  of  these  parts.  You  will  please,  Sir,  to  pardon  this 
repeated  trouble  from, 

Sir,  your  most  obliged  humble  Servant, 
Leedes  6th  April  1706.  Ralph  Thoresby. 

In  Bradford  church,  is  a  small  decorated  monument,  bearing ; 

Vert,  a  chevron  or,  between  three  goats  passant,  argent ;  and 

the  following  inscription  : — 

Near  this  place  lies  interred  the  body  of  Mr.  S.^muel  St.\^^s-^ 
FIELD,  of  Bradford,  who  died  the  first  day  of  September  1727,  in  the 
seventy-ninth  year  of  his  age.  Also,  nine  of  his  grandchildren,  viz. 
six  sons  and  three  daughters,  who  all  died  in  their  minority. 


2o6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

He    had    issue  :    Robert,    son    and    heir  ;    Samuel,    baptized   at 
Bradford,   15th   October   1678;  and  David,  baptized    lOth  July 


H.— ROBERT  STANSFIELD  of  BRADFORD. 
Robert  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  Samuel,  was  bap- 
tized at  Bradford,  22nd  March  1676.  His  first  wife  was 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Sharp  IVT.A.,  of 
Little  Horton,  baptized  15th  November  1680,  and  married  26th 
August  1703.  In  the  chancel  of  Bradford  church,  on  a  monu- 
ment to  the  memory  of  her  mother  and  brother,  is  the 
following  inscription,  relating  to  herself: — 

Also  the  body  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Mr.  Robert  Stansfield, 
of  Bradford,  late  daughter  of  the  said  Thomas  Sharp,  who  died 
October  3rd  1722,  aged  forty-two. 

There  is  a  short  biography  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Sharp 
M.A..  in  James'  History  of  Bradford,  Continuation,  pp.  308-10, 
and  his  will,  &c.,  is  given  at  /.  268.  His  brother,  Abraham 
Sharp,  the  famous  mathematician,  is  more  fully  commemorated, 
and  a  portrait  given,  in  the  same  book,  at  //.  400-9.  Arch- 
bishop Sharp  is  said  to  have  been  of  the  same  family ;  but  the 
connecting  link  has  not  yet  been  discovered.  The  Northowram. 
Register  records  the  marriage  and  death  of  Mrs.  Stansfield,  as 
follows  : — 

Mr.  Robert  Stansfield  of  Bradford,   married   Mrs    Elizabeth 

Sharp  of  Little  Horton,  Aug.  29  1703. 

Madm.  Stansfield,  wife  of  Mr.  Robert  Stansfield  of  Bradford, 

died  Oct.  3.  bur.  Oct.  6.  1722.     A  very  valuable  useful  woman. 

By  her,  Robert  Stansfield  had  issue:  Sharp,  baptized  17th 
February,  1705,  and  buried  i8th  August,  1706  ;  Thomas, 
baptized  12th  May  and  buried  14th  July,  1707  ;  Samuel,  baptized 
14th  November,  1712,  and  buried  15th  November,  1717  ;  Mary, 
baptized  25th  April,  1709,  and  died  26th  September,  1724; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  26th  November,  17 11,  and  died  in  infancy; 
and  Faith  Stansfield.  The  Northowravi  Register  records  of 
the  last-named  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  207 

1722.  Mr.  Richard  Gilpin  Sawrey  of  Broughton  Tower  in  Lanc're,  and 
Mrs.  Faith  dr.  of  Mr.  Robert  Stansfield  of  Bradford  mar. 
June  5. 

In  the  chancel  of  Bradford  church,  on  a  monument  of  various 
coloured  marbles,  erected  at  the  expense  of  Hannah  Gilpin 
Sharp,  is  the  following  inscription  : — 

Near  this  place  lies  interred  the  body  of  Faith  Sawrey,  widow 
of  Richard  Gilpin  S.wvrey,  Esq.,  of  Horton,  many  years  in  the 
commission  of  peace  for  this  county,  who  departed  this  life 
November  30th,  1767. 

She  was  a  legatee  in  the  will  of  her  great  uncle,  Abraham 
Sharp,  for  two  closes,  and  ^^400,  lent  upon  bond  to  her  father, 
Robert  Stansfield  ;  also  for  ;^200  owing  by  Robert  Gilpin  of 
Whitehaven  ;  .^200  owing  by  Mr.  Gilpin,  sugar  baker,  White- 
haven, and  ;£^450  owing  by  Richard  G.  Sawrey,  her  husband. 
She  died,  aged  63,  and  left  no  issue. 

Robert  Stan.sfield's  second  wife  was  Anna,  eldest 
daughter  of  William  Busfeild,  of  Rishworth  Hall,  near  Bingley. 
She  was  born  20th  June,  1697,  married  3rd  September,  1723, 
and  died  ist  December,  1757,  aged  60.  They  had  issue  :  Robert, 
son  and  heir,  of  whom  next  ;  William,  born  1725,  died  of  small 
pox,  1st  December,  1727  ;  William,  baptized  7th  October,  1730, 
died  unmarried  14th  July,  1762  ;  Thomas,  baptized  24th  June, 
1733,  died  unmarried,  24th  March,  1765  ;  Samuel,  born  1735, 
died  1737  ;  Elizabeth,  born  1725,  died  of  small  pox,  and  was 
buried  i6th  November,  1727  ;  and  Annie,  of  whom  hereafter. 


HI.— ROBERT  STANSFIELD  of  ESHOLT. 
Robert  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  Robert,  was  baptized 
at  Bradford,  24th  January,  1727,  and  died  14th  September,  1772, 
aged  44  years.  See  the  account  of  Guiseley  church,  for  a  monu- 
ment to  his  memoiy.  He  married  his  cousin,  Jane,  daughter 
and  co-heiress  of  Richardson  Ferrand  of  Harden,  by  Anne, 
younger  daughter  of  William  Busfeild  of  Rishworth  Hall, 
Bingley  ;  and  had  no  issue.  He  purchased  Esholt  Hall,  from 
Sir  Walter  Blackett,  second  baronet,  in  1755. 


3o8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Annie  Stansfield,  only  sunaving  sister  and  heiress  of 
Robert  Stansfield  of  Esholt,  was  born  27th  August,  1729,  and 
died  at  Esholt,  I2th  February',  1798,  aged  68.  She  married  at 
Otley,  27th  August,  1758,  William  Rookes,  of  Royds  Hall, 
senior  bencher  of  Gray's  Inn,  who  was  born  27th  August,  17 19, 
and  died  24th  October,  1789.  See  their  monument  in  Guiseley 
church.  They  had  no  surviving  male  issue,  and  their  daughter 
Anna  Maria  Rookes,  married  in  1786,  Joshua  Crompton  of 
York.  These  latter  had  issue  :  WILLIAM  RoOKES  CromptoN, 
who  assumed  the  additional  surname  and  arms  of  STANSFIELD, 
in  1832,  in  compliance  with  the  testamentary  injunction  of  his 
mother.  He  married  Emma,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Mark- 
ham  of  Becca  Hall,  co.  York,  and  granddaughter  of  archbishop 
IV{arkham,  but  had  no  issue.  The  present  possessor  of  Esholt  is 
his  nephew,  General  William  Heniy  Crompton  Stansfield. 


4.     JAMES    STANSFELD    of    BOWOOD. 

James  Stansfeld,  fourth  son  of  Josias,  resided  at  Bowood 
in  Sowerby.  He  married,  in  1677,  HANNAH,  daughter  of 
George  Hurst  of  Bradbury,  co.  Chester.  She  died  in  1705,  and 
was  buried  at  Sowerby,  on  the  12th  November.  He  died  in 
1 730,  and  was  buried  at  the  same  place,  on  the  29th  June.  They 
had  issue :  Josiah,  baptized  9th  September,  1680,  and  died 
young  ;  George,  son  and  heir,  of  whom  ne.xt  ;  Martha, 
baptized  6th  October,  1678,  married  3rd  August,  1698,  Joshua 
Tillotson,  nephew  of  archbishop  Tillotson,  and  buried  30th  July, 
1771,  stated  to  be  of  Brockwell,  and  aged  95  ;  Ellen,  baptized 
25th  June,  1682  ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  lOth  February,  1683-4, 
married  3rd  May,  17 10,  Richard  Marsden,  curate  of  Sowerb)-, 
afterwards  of  Hornsey,  co.  York  ;  Hannah,  baptized  9th 
August,  16S8,  buried  at  Sowerby,  7th  October,  1718  ;  Alice, 
buried  8th  March,  1702  ;  and  Sarah,  baptized  i6th  December, 
1690,  married  13th  January,  1715,  Thomas  Oldfield,  of  Warley, 
and  had  issue,  Timothy  Oldfield  and  others. 

Martha  Stansfeld,  who  married  Joshua  Tillotson,  had  issue  : 
John  ;    Joshua,   M.A.,  sur-master  of  .S.  Paul's   school,   London, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


209 


who  died  in  August,  1763  ;  and  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Hannah,  and 
Martha.  The  connection  between  her  husband  and  archbishop 
Tillotson,  is  shewn  in  the  following  pedigree  sketch  : — 


Robert  Tih,otson,=^Mary  DoBSON,  Peter  French  =  Robina.    Olivi. 


of  Haugh  End  and 
Breck,  Sowerby ;  sep. 
22  Feb.  1682-3,  aged 
91- 


of  Stones,  Sow- 
erby ;  sep.  31 
August  1667. 


D.D.    Canon  of 
Christ  church, 
Oxford. 


Cromwell, 
Lord  Pro- 
tector of 
England. 


Israel  Tillotson. =MaryMawd.    JounTillotson  D.D.  =  Elizabeth  Fre 
Archbishop  of  Can'.er-   I 
bury.  1 


Joshua  Tillotson. 
Died  in  1747. 


=  Martha  Stanskfld. 
Died  at  Brockwell,  in 
1771,  aged  95. 


The  Nortlioivram  Register  thus  records  the  second  marriage  of 
James  Stansfeld  : — 

1706.     Mr.  James  Stansfeld  of  Bovvood  in  Sowerby  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Priestley  (Mr  Kitchingman  Dau.)  married  Sept.  29. 

She  was  the  widow  of  Thomas  Priestley  of  Holdsworth,  the 
brother  of  Jonathan  Priestley  of  Priestley  Green,  who  wrote  the 
Memoirs  of  the  Priestley  Family.  Through  this  marriage,  a 
double  connection  between  the  Stansfeld  and  Priestley  families 
was  made,  as  will  be  seen  by  a  glance  at  the  pedigree  shewing  it. 
She  died  20th  January,  1743,  in  her  70th  year. 


Joseph  Priestley.: 
Son  and  heir  of 
Thomas  Priestley  of 
Goodgreave.  Died 
a  prisoner  in  Halifax 
1643- 


:  Elizabeth  daughter  of  John  Booth  of  Mixenden, 
and  niece  and  ward  of  George  Booth,  curate  of 
Heptonstall. 


I 
Joseph  Priest- 
ley. Son  and 
heir,  of  Good- 
greave,  from 
whom  the  Priest- 
leys  of  White- 
windows,  &c. 


Priestley, 
of  Holds- 
worth. 


3  =  Mary  d. of  Michael 
Whitley  of  Shelf 
[See  Oliver  Key- 
wood's  Diaries  vol 
Up 33]  and  Query  ? 
widow  of  his  brc- 
ther  John  Priestley 
[See  Pricslley  Mem- 
oirs}. 


:Matthe\v 
NiCHOL-  ; 
son  of  Boi- 
stead  in 
Warley. 
Will  dated 
1660. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


JosiAs  Stansfeld  of  Breck,= 
buried  23  March  1702.  I 


Thomas  Priestley 
of  Holdswortl),  7th 
son.  Married  .S  Oct- 
ober i694,at  Illing- 
worlh.  Died  1 7  and 
buried  ig  Septem- 
ber 1695,  aged  30. 


I 

= J  AMES  STAN: 
FELD  of  Bo- 
wood,  fourth 
son,  died  in 
1730- 


JosiAs  Stans- 
feld of  Hough 
End,  married 
22  May  1667, 
buried  30  April 
1714. 


:  Elizabeth 
Nicholson 
died  18  Sep- 
tember! 730 


=  Elizabeth 
daughter  of 
William 
Kitchingraan 
of  Skircoat. 
She  married 
secondly,  29 
September 
1706.  Died 
20thjanuary 
1 743,  in  her 
70th  year. 


The    two    entries,    alluded    to    in    connection    with    the    abo\-e 
marriage  of  Thomas   Priestley  of  Holdsworth,  are : — 

7.  Francis  Priestley,  a  solid  ancient  christian,  yet  upon  his 
coming  to  live  with  his  [wife's]  daughter  and  son  in  law.  Thos. 
Priestley  at  Holdsworth,  he  lesse  approved  Mr.  Root's  way,  but 
dyed  in  the  faith,  about  the  year  1666. 

My  brother  John  lived  in  London  ;  after  the  war  was  over,  he 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Michael  Whitley  of  Shelf,  that  he  had 
by  Sybil,  that  was  afterwards  married  to  my  uncle  Francis.  Joseph 
Whitley,  her  brother,  a  Lieutenant  in  the  Parliament  Army,  died 
of  his  wounds  at  Selby.     [See  AValker's  Halifax  Registers,  p.  76.] 

James  Stansfeld  of  Bovvood,  John  Tillotson  of  London  and 
Henry  Barrell,  were  the  first  trustees  of  the  Bairstow  charit}- 
school,  named  in  the  will  of  Paul  Bairstow,  clerk,  of  Rochester, 
dated  31st  March  1711.  James  Lister,  who  succeeded  upon  the 
death  of  his  cousin,  Samuel  Lister,  in  1702,  to  the  Shibden  Hall 
estates,  practised  in  medicine  in  Halifax,  previously  to  that  date. 
Amongst  his  patients,  entered  in  his  ledger  now  at  Shibden 
Hall,  are  Thomas  Stan.sefeild  of  Idle,  19th  January  1690,  and 
Mr.  James  Stan.'^feild,  May   1699. 


H.— GEORGE  STANSFELD   OF  BOWOOD. 
George  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  James,  was  baptised 
5th  February  1685,  and  married   12th  September  1709,  SusAN 
Lord.     His   death  is  recorded  in  the  Xorthoiurant  Register,  as 
ollows  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  211 

1735.     George  Stansfield  of  Sowerby  was  found  dead  upon  a   Moor, 
Nov.   21.  had  bin  long  Melancholy. 

They  had  issue:  James,  baptised  12th  March  17 10,  buried  in 
July  1743,  called  of  Fieldhouse  ;  George,  of  whom  hereafter; 
Ann,  baptised  24th  January  17 11,  and  died  unmarried;  Alice, 
baptised  9th  February  171 3,  and  died  unmarried;  Susan, 
baptised  25th  November  1718,  and  died  unmarried  ;  Sarah,  of 
whom  next  ;  and  Martha,  baptised  4th  August  1723,  died 
unmarried. 

Sarah  Stansfeld  was  baptised  2nd  April  1720,  and 
married  Richard  Holden,  merchant,  of  Bartholemew  Lane, 
London,  whom  she  survived.  Her  half  cousin,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  Haugh  End,  had  previously,  in 
1706,  married  into  the  same  family.  The  following  sketch  will 
sei-\-e  to  shew  the  connection. 


Nathaniel  Holden,  =  Hannah  Wokrai 


mercer,  of  Halifax, 
baptised  24  May  1678, 
aged  22,  married  23 
April  1678,  and  buried 
7  September  1 716,  in 
his  6ist  year. 


died  15,  buried  the  17 
May  1733,  nged  77. 


Nathauiel= 

=     Mary 

Richard 

Thomas   IIol-  = 

=  Elizabeth 

Holden, 

Mitchell 

Holden, 

DEN,  of  Halifax, 

Stansfeld 

mercer,      of 

of   Walter- 

grocer,  of 

married  at  New- 

daughter of 

Halifax, 

clough.bur- 

Manches- 

ark, 24  Septem- 

Josias 

married  2nd 

ied   on   the 

ter,     died 

ber    1706.     He 

Stansfeld 

August  1 716, 

5th  of  Oct. 

the     27th 

married  second- 

of Haugh 

died      24th, 

1746,  aged 

Februar}', 

ly,    5    Februarj' 

End,died5, 

buried    27th 

60. 

1725-6. 

171S-9,      Mar- 

buried the  8 

September 

tha    sister    of 

March  1 71 6. 

1723  (7  ?:■• 

Dr.  T.  Nettle- 
ton,    and    died 
28,    buried     30 
March  1722. 

George  Stansfeld.  =  Susan 

Hannah = 

=  Nathaniel 

Died 

n  1735- 

Lord. 

Holden. 
Married 
l8th  June 
1730. 

Priestley 
of  Norl  how- 
ram,  the  se- 
cond   writer 
of  the  Pnesi- 
ley  Memoirs. 

1 

. 

i 

History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


Richard  Holdkn  =  Sarah  Stansfeld. 

of        Bartholemew  j   Only    surviving 

Lane,  London,  heir  |   daughter. 

of  his  brother  Na- 

IHANIEL,  who  died 

25  Sept.  1723.   Will 

d.ited  17  June  1773. 


I 
Geoege  Stansfeld. 
Only  surviving  son, 
and  builder  of  Field 
House  (the  new  hall), 
died  s.P.  1805. 


Susan  Holden.  =  Samuel  Prime  of  Whitton,  M.i.ry  Holdex. 

Daughter  and  co-  i  Middlesex,    son   and    heir   of  Daughter       and 

heiress.      Married     Sir  Samuel  Prime,  KnL  co-heiress. 
in  1771. 


I 
Richard  Prime,; 
of  Walberton 
House,  M.P.  for 
"West  Sussex  I S47- 
54.  Born  I  April 
1784,  married  II 
October  1 81 5,  and 
died  7  Nov.  1S66. 


:Anne,  daugh- 
ter of  James 
Shuttleworth 
of  Gawthorp 
Hall,  Lanca- 
shire. 


Hannah  Prime 
married  Augus- 
tus Gosling 
LL.D.,  of  Whit- 
ton,  and  died  s.P. 
May  1851. 


~T1 

Elizabeth 
Prime. 
Susan 
Prime. 
Beth  died 
unmarried. 


I  I 

Charles  Edward  Emily  Anne  Prime. 
Prime.  Married  Married  G.  A.  F. 
and  has  issue.  Sullivan,      and      has 

issue. 


Arthur  Prime=:Matilda,  daughte 
of  Walberton,      of   Rev.   Robert 
late  Captain  5th  |  MACHELLM.A.of 
Dragoon  Guards,    j   Beverley. 
Born  1 2th  Aug. 
1819,    married 

July  1853.        ; 

I 
Arthur  Henry  Pjume. 

The  Holdens  possessed  the  property  in  HaHfax,  since 
known  as  the  Stannary  or  Green  Hill  estate.  Thomas  Holden 
purchased  Cabbage  close  and  Robinson  close  (inter  alia)  from 
the  lords  of  the  manor,  in  1615.  He  made  his  will,  20th 
September  1625,  proved  21st  March  1625-6,  bequeathing  the 
above  two  closes  and  a  messuage,  to  his  younger  son,  Thomas, 
and  the  residue  of  his  messuages  and  lands,  to  his  eldest  son, 
James.  The  other  children  named  are,  Joseph,  Grace,  and 
Sarah  Holden. 

Thomas  Holden,  tlien  of  flarnam,  co.  York,  yeoman,  conveyed 
the  above  messuage  and  two  closes,  26th  September  1632,  to 
Richard  Newton  of  Halifax,  butcher,  for  ^100. 

On  the  17th  June  1773,  Richard  Holden,  of  Bartholemew 
Lane,  London,  made  his  will,  appointing  his  brother-in-law, 
George    Stansfeld,    his    son-in-law,    Samuel    Prime,    and    his 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  213 

daughter,  Mary,  his  executors.  He  ordered  all  to  be  sold,  and 
^12,000  to  be  invested  in  the  public  funds,  for  the  use  of  his  wife, 
during  her  life,  and  then  to  be  divided  between  his  two  daughters, 
share  and  share  alike,  and  the  residue  to  them. 

On  the  29th  June  1779,  Samuel  and  Susan  Prime,  Sarah  and 
Mary  Holden,  and  George  Stansfeld  of  Fieldhouse,  joined  in  a 
conveyance,  to  George  and  John  Pollard,  of  Halifax  and  London, 
merchants,  for  _;j^2 100,  of  certain  hereditaments  in  Halifax;  and 
also  had  surrendered  to  them,  a  messuage  and  close  &c.  purchased 
by  Nathaniel,  grandfather  of  Richard  Holden,  from  William  Drake, 
and  the  messuage  &c.  since  erected  thereon. 

The  same  parties  conveyed  to  William  Bolland,  of  Halifax,  tin- 
plate  worker,  and  Thomas  Bolland  gent,  of  Leeds,  for  ;£'9oo,  a  mes- 
suage in  Crown  street,  Halifax,  late  in  the  occupation  of  George 
Pollard,  "  and  the  pew  or  seat  in  the  Parish  Church,  being  fourth  from 
the  West  wall  of  the  South  chapel,  and  adjoining  on  the  AVest  side, 
the  passage  leading  from  the  outdoor,  opening  into  the  said  South 
chapel,  towards  the  South  aisle,  in  the  body  of  the  said  Church  ; 
and  also  two  seats  or  sittings,  belonging  the  said  messuage,  being 
the  two  seats  next  the  door,  of  a  pew  on  the  North  side  of  the 
great  or  middle  aisle,  which  is  the  fourteenth  from  the  Choir,  and 
the  eleventh  from  the  cross  passage  next  the  Choir." 


III.— GEORGE  STANSFELD  OF  FIELD  HOUSE. 

George  Stansfeld,  son  of  George  Stansfeld  of  Bowood, 
was  born  in  1725.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Lord, 
of  Todmorden  (who  bore :  Azure,  on  a  chevron  between  three 
annulets,  or,  three  martlets  of  the  field),  and  died  20th  February 
1805,  aged  "Jf^,  without  issue.  The  following  is  the  entry  in  the 
register  of  marriages  : — 

20th  April  1795.  George  Stansfeld  of  Field  House  in  Soy- 
land  esq.  to  Mary  Lord  of  Field  House,  Sp""-  Robt.  ^^^ebster 
min"'- 

His  wife  died  25th  February,  and  was  buried  5th  March  1799, 
and  he  erected  a  monument  to  her  memoiy,  in  Sowerby  church, 
on  which  is  a  long  eulogium,  for  which  see  the  chapter  relating 
to  Sowerby,  page  171. 


214  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

He  was  very  active  in  public  business,  relating  to  the  town- 
ship  of  Sowerby;  and  in  1749,  being  churchwarden,  was  the 
prime  mover,  in  obtaining  a  commission  of  pious  uses,  held  that 
year,  to  enquire  into  the  administration  of  Waterhouse  charities, 
the  result  being  to  establish  the  claim  of  the  whole  parish  of 
Halifax  to  the  benefits,  and  his  own  appointment,  as  one  of  the 
trustees,  of  that  charity.  But  successive  attempts  to  form 
Sowerby  into  a  separate  parish,  and  to  appropriate,  to  the 
endowment  of  the  church,  the  dues  and  fees  payable  to  the  vicar 
of  Halifax,  from  that  township,  were  eminently  unsuccessful. 
As  Elland,  with  claims  vastly  superior,  both  from  their  antiquity, 
and  the  greater  importance  of  the  chapel  and  township,  had 
made  the  like  endeavours,  time  after  time,  and  failed  as  often,  no 
other  result  could  have  been  expected. 

These  futile  endeavours,  however,  chiefly  displayed  them- 
selves, in  opposing  the  churchwardens  of  Halifax,  in  their  work 
of  improving  and  repairing  the  ancient  church  there  ;  to  the  cost 
of  which,  the  whole  parish  was  liable,  in  certain  fixed  pro- 
portions. So  when  a  new  pulpit  and  reredos  were  proposed,  the 
chapelvvardens  of  the  out-townships  opposed,  and  a  case  was 
put  before  counsel,  W.  Stables,  York,  and  his  opinion  obtained, 
1 6th  July  1748.  The  case  as  put,  is  very  interesting,  but  too 
long  for  insertion  here  ;  but  the  following  extracts  immediately 
refer  to  the  reredos  and  pulpit : — 

"  That  round  the  Communion  table,  on  the  Wall  thereof. 
Hung  a  very  Hansome  Tapestry-,  in  a  Decent  manner,  as  the 
same  hath  Hung  there,  for  these  60  Y:  past.  But  the  Vicar  and 
so  y^  Churchwardens  at  his  request,  would  have  the  same  Taken 
of,  and  a  fine  Cieling  made  there  in  its  stead,  and  would  have 
y=  Chapelwardens  contributory  to  y=  Change  thereof.  N.B.  We 
are  informed,  that  This  New  Pulpit  is  intended  to  be  a  Running 
Pulpit,  and  its  cost;^2oo.  And  to  be  made  so  as,  that  when  the 
Doctor  thinks  fit,  he  may  run  from  one  end  of  the  Church  to  the 
other." 

Similar  opposition  was  offered  to  other  payments,  e.g.,  for 
chipping  the  church  bells,  and  repairing  the  frames,  chimes  and 
clock,  ringers  for  special  occasions,  prayer  books  for  the  church, 
sexton's  clothes,  &c.,  and  several  actions  took  place  at  law  upon 


History  of  thp:  Stansfeld  Family.  215 

the  subject,  in  which  George  Stansfeld  was  one,  and  some- 
times the  only,  defendant.  On  the  2Sth  January  1764,  the 
archbishop  wrote  a  letter  to  the  curate  and  churchwardens  of 
Sowerby,  with  the  concurrence  of  Sir  George  Savile  M.P.,  which 
seems  to  have  effectually  allayed  the  disputes,  between  Sowerby 
and  Halifax ;  as  may  be  seen  by  an  interchange  of  letters, 
between  the  two  churchwardens,  George  Stansfeld  and  John 
Priestley,  in  which  the  latter  refuses  to  have  anything  more  to 
do  with  the  affair,  upon  the  grounds  stated  by  the  archbishop. 
The  letter  of  the  former,  is  reproduced  in  facsimile. 

Amongst  other  public  affairs,  George  Stansfeld  took  great 
interest,  in  the  construction  of  the  canal ;  and  two  glass  punch 
bowls  are  still  preserved  at  Field  House,  which  were  made  bj' 
his  direction,  and  have  cut  upon  them,  representations  of  the 
benefits,  which  would  accrue  from  the  completion  of  such  under- 
takings. Upon  the  building  of  the  new  church  at  Sowerby, 
which  was  mainly  due  to  his  liberality  and  exertions,  he  pur- 
chased the  east  window,  and  other  portions  of  the  old  church, 
and  re-erected  them  at  Field  House.  He  also  directed  the 
execution  of  the  statue  of  archbishop  Tillotson,  in  Sowerby 
church,  an  engraving  of  which  is  given  in  this  work.  The  artist 
was  Joseph  Wilton  R.A.,  statuaiy  to  the  king,  and  keeper  of  his 
majesty's  royal  academy  ;  and  the  model,  presented  by  him,  to 
George  Stansfeld,  is  now  kept  in  the  hall  at  Field  House. 

Early  in  the  sixteenth  century.  Field  House  was  the  pro- 
perty of  a  family,  of  the  name  of  Brig.  On  the  12th  October 
1533,  William  Brig  of  the  parish  of  Halifax,  made  his  will,  and 
directed  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  S.  John 
the  Baptist,  at  Halifax  :— 

"  Before  the  altar  of  my  chauntrie,  which  I  have  founded  in 
the  north  pt  of  the  said  churche,  adioynyng  unto  on  chapell,  lately 
edified  and  buylded  by  the  Rev'ende  fader  in  God,  lorde  William 
Rokeby. 

Also  I  will,  that  Richard  Brig  of  Warley,  and  the  heires  of 
his  body  lawIuUy  begottyn,  be  patrons  and  defenders  of  and  in  my 
said  chauntrie  whiche  I  have  founded  in  the  said  churche 
of    Halifax,    and    the    said    Richard    and    his    heires    to    have 


2i6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

no'ation  and  piittyng  in  of  any  suche  honeste  prest,  as  shall  s've  in 
the  said  chaimtrie  for  ever  ;  savyng  that  I  William  Brig  have 
p'mysed  and  ye\7n  the  said  chauntrie,  to  Sir  Richard  Brig  during 
his  lif  naturall." 

They  were  to  pay  to  Sir  Richard,  and  to  his  successors, 
^.4  13s.  4d.  yearly  at  Pentecost  and  S.  Martin  in  winter;  and  in 
case  of  default,  Sir  Richard  or  his  successors  were  to  have  power 
to  enter  : — 

"  Unto  the  hoole  lands,  nowe  in  the  holdyng  of  Gilbert 
Sharpe,  Gilbert  Wod,  Thomas  Sharpe  and  Henry  Flecher,  lyeing 
on  the  south  parte  of  on  hie  waye,  ledyng  frome  the  comon  called 
Sowerby  Moore,  unto  the  house  of  George  Halddesworth  called 
Breke." 

"  To  John  Brig  and  his  heirs,  on  place  of  land  called  the  feld 
house,  with  all  the  edifyeing,  buyldyng  thereto  belongyng." 

"  Also  I  gif  and  bequeath  xs  to  bye  ij  candlesticks,  and  other 
things  necessarie  to  the  said  altar  and  chauntrie  ;  also  I  bequeath 
to  the  makyng  of  on  stone  brig,  at  Reponden,  vijs.  vjd.'' 

Edward  Tattersall  of  Sowerby,  by  will  dated  4th  June 
1 549,  bequeathed  to  his  son  Edward  : — 

"  My  whole  tacke  of  my  fe--mhold  called  Feldehousse ;  and 
also  twoo  oxen,  and  too  paire  of  walker  sheres." 

He  was,  as  the  wording  shews,  merely  a  tenant  of  Field 
House. 

The  next  mention  we  have  come  across  of  the  place,  gives 
another  family  as  the  owners.  It  is  in  the  tithe  composition 
deed  of  IS73.  relating  to  the  impropriate  rectory  of  Halifax. 

Richard  Wade  of  Sourebye,  for  all  his  landes  there, 

late  the  ynheritaunce  of  Cristofer  Feilde,  paid.        is     od 

Rob.  Wade  of  Sowerbye,  for  certeyne  landes,  called 

Feildhous,  paid.  5d 

William  Brigge  of  the  Field  House,  yeoman,  was  one  of  the 
jury  named  in  an  award,  made  26th  August,  17th  Elizabeth  [1575]. 

The  will  of  John  Brigge  of  Fieldhouse,  was  proved  29th 
January  1595,  mentioning  his  children,  Samuell,  Jerimy,  Dorothy, 
Mary  and  Grace. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  217 

Ontheaist  July  1613,  Jerinly  Bridge  of  the  Feldhouse  in 
Sowerby,  clothier,  made  his  will,  mentioning  his  wife,  Susan,  his 
brother-m-lavv,  James  Hileley,  and  his  children  Easter,  Febye 
[Esther  and  Phoebe],  Susan  and  Joseph. 

The  same  Jeremy  is  mentioned  as  a  cousin  of  blood,  in  the 
will  of  Edward  Robinson  of  Sowerby,  late  of  the  Lumme,  yeoman, 
dated  24th  January  1606-7.  He  bequeathed  to  him,  six  messuages 
at  Dean  Head,  in  the  township  of  Quarmby,  and  appointed  him 
one  of  his  executors. 

One  of  his  daughters,  Susan  Brig,  made  her  will,  3rd  May 
1628,  bequeathing  "to  Maister  Simons  xs,"  ^5  each  to  her 
brothers,  Joseph  and  Isaac,  and  20s  to  her  uncle,  Samuel  Brig, 
when  her  sisters  Easter  and  Phebye  thought  fit,  and  the  residue  to 
her  sisters.  She  appointed  her  father  [step-father).  Isaac  Farrer, 
her  executor. 

A  commission  held  at  York,  30th  July  1672,  found  that 
Robert  Wade,  late  of  Fieldhouse,  gent,  surrendered,  loth  January 
37th  Elizabeth  [1594-5]  an  annuity  of  ^4,  out  of  a  copyhold  mes- 
suage called  Quickstavers,  to  the  use  of  the  most  indigent  poor  in 
Sowerby.  Also,  that  it  had  been  withheld  by  one  Jeremy  Briggs 
who  was  decreed  to  pay  it,  with  arrears  and  costs. 

At  another  inquisition,  held  at  the  same  place,  nth  August 
1674,  It  was  found  that  the  same  Robert  Wade,  who  is  said  to  have 
purchased  Fieldhouse  from  Henry,  son  and  heir  of  Edward  Farrer, 
gave,  loth  January  1594.5,  an  annuity  of  ^5  to  Heath  grammar 
school ;  that  Fieldhouse  &c.  after  Wade's  death,  came  to  John 
Mitchell  of  Halifax,  gent,  who  paid  the  annuity.  His  son 
Abraham  Mitchell,  refused  to  pay  it,  in  1665.  The  commissioners, 
after  hearing  his  defence,  decided  against  him,  and  decreed  accord- 
ingly. Abraham  Mitchell  filed  a  bill  of  exceptions  against  this 
decree,  nth  February  1675-6,  on  the  following  and  other  grounds. 
That  Henry  Farrer,  Nicholas  Hanson  and  Mary  his  wife,  John 
Farrer  and  Isabel  his  wife,  surrendered  Fieldhouse,  24th  February 
1603-4,  to  the  use  of  Richard  Nayler,  and  Thomas  his  son  and 
heir.  The  latter  surrendered  it,  20th  April  1607,  to  the  use  of 
Nathan  Carter,  who  surrendered  it,  13th  April  1640,  to  the  use  of 
John  Mitchell. 

The  new  hall  at  Field  House,  was  built  by  Geor-e 
Stansfeld,  in  1749  ;  and  by  his  will,  with  other  estates,  it  passed 
into  the  hands  of  Robert  Stansfeld,  who  died  in  1855,  the  father 

DD 


21 8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

of  its  present  possessor.  The  following  condensed  copy  of  the 
draft  of  a  will  of  this  George  Stansfeld,  is  interesting.  The 
letter,  which  accompanied  it,  is  produced  in  fac-simile  ;  and  the 
remarks,  which  the  testator  made  in  the  margin  of  the  draft,  are 
inserted  in  brackets. 

He  directs  his  funeral  expenses,  and  the  debts  justly  due  at 
his  death,  to  be  paid  out  of  his  personal  estate,  his  Navigation 
Stock,  and  furniture,  plate,  linen,  jewels,  books,  pictures  and  house- 
hold effects,  in  his  mansion  called  Fieldhouse,  only  excepted ;  and 
if  insufficient,  then  out  of  his  real  estate,  his  aforesaid  mansion 
house,  and  the  lands  &c.  therewith  occupied,  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  again  excepted.  [/  occupy  a  s;reat  deal  Lands  more  than 
belong  to  the  Place.'] 

He  gave  to  his  niece,  M.\ry  Holdex,  all  his  horses,  hus- 
bandry, tools  &c.  and  also  all  the  residue  of  his  personal  estate, 
except  the  Navigation  Stock,  and  Field  house  furniture  &c. 

He  bequeathed  his  real  estate  to  his  cousin,  James  Old  field  of 
Warley,  in  trust,  Bowood  for  a  term  of  sixty  years  after  his  death, 
for  the  special  purpose  mentioned  hereafter  ;  and  after  such  term 
be  ended,  along  with  the  remaining  real  estate,  to  tiie  use  of  Mary 
HoLDEN,  for  life ;  then  to  her  sons  successively,  in  tail  male ; 
remainder  to  the  use  of  Richard  Prime,  second  son  of  his  niece, 
Susan  Prime,  remainder  to  his  sons  in  tail  male ;  and  remainder, 
in  default,  to  testator's  cousin,  Tuiothv  Stansfeld  of  London, 
as  described  under  that  heading.  The  personalty  of  Fieldhouse 
&c.  Navigation  Stock,  to  go  with  the  real  estate. 

"  And  whereas  the  late  Dr.  Wood,  late  Vicar  of  Halifax,  did 
heretofore,  commence  a  suit  in  the  Exchequer,  against  several  poor 
housekeepers  in  Sowerby,  to  compel  payment  of  various  sums  of 
money,  alleged  to  be  due  to  him,  as  Vicar  of  Halifax  ;  which  suit 
I  defended,  at  my  own  expense,  thinking  the  same  groundless,  and 
so  in  the  event  it  terminated ;  I  therefore  wish  to  protect  the 
poor,  who  are  unable  to  defend  themselves,  against  such  oppressive 
claims  and  suits  in  future.  And  for  that  purpose,  do  hereby 
expressly  declare,  that  the  said  term  of  60  years,  herein  before 
limited  in  use  as  aforesaid,  is  so  limited  upon  trust,  that  if  any 
such  suit  or  suits,  shall  hereafter  be  commenced,  by  the  present  or 
any  succeeding  vicar  of  Halifax,  within  that  time,  against  any  poor 
person  or  persons  resident  in  Sowerby,  that  then,  and  in  such  case, 
the  Trustee  of  the  said  term,  his  executors,  or  administrators,  shall 


.=2..^a^ 


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-^i?'^ 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  219 

and  may  take  and  receive  the  rents  and  profits  of  the  premises, 
comprised  in  the  said  term,  or  so  much  thereof  as  he  or  they  shall 
think  fit  (having  regard  to  the  circumstances  and  conditions  of  the 
defendants)  and  dispose  of  the  same,  in  defending  any  such  suit 
or  suits,  and  defraying  the  costs  thereof;  leaving  it  entirely  to  my 
said  trustee  of  the  said  term,  his  executors  and  administrators,  to 
determine,  from  time  to  time,  who  are,  or  are  not,  objects  of  such 
indemnity,  and  who  ought  or  ought  not  in  such  cases,  to  be  in- 
demnified and  protected,  by  the  means  aforesaid  [/  think  a  ftw 
words  should  be  put  in,  to  declare  that  I  do  Tiot  mean  to  protect  any- 
one that  is  able  to  protect  himself^  (meaning  only  to  protect  the  poor, 
and  not  such  as  are  able  to  defend  themselves). 

Am  surviving  trustee  in  the  will  of  Samuel  Hill,  deceased, 
and  may  be  entitled  to  remainder  of  his  real  estate,  and  having 
advanced  considerable  sums  to  the  Rev.  Charles  Vincent  and 
Amelia  his  wife,  and  on  their  account,  stand  engaged  to  pay  other 
sums— if  right  heirs  do  become  entitled  to  any  estate,  under  said 
will,  they  to  pay  to  my  executrix,  the  money  advanced  to  Mr  and 
Mrs  Vincent,  with  interest. 

Devisees,  who  enjoy  estate,  to  take  surname  of  Stansfeld, 
and  also  the  respective  husbands,  not  being  of  that  name,  of  any 
female  who  may  come  into  possession  of  the  real  estate.  \As  no 
Female  is  to  be  entitled,  but  Miss  Ilolden.  this  may  be  left  out.] 
And  within  one  year  of  possession,  to  bear  the  Arms  and  Crest  of 
St.\nsfeld,  and  shall  apply  for,  or  endeavour  to  obtain,  an  Act  of 
Parliament,  or  proper  Licence  from  the  Crown. 

And  hereby  revoking  all  former  Wills  by  me  made,  I  consti- 
tute and  appoint  the  said  Mary  Holden,  sole  Executrix  of  this  my 
Will,  hoping  she  will  see  the  same  duly  performed,  as  my  trust  is 
in  her,  for  that  purpose  reposed." 

As  may  have  been  expected,  the  name  of  George  Stansfeld, 
appears  frequently  in  contemporary  deeds. 

Joseph  Farrar  of  Cliff  hill  in  AVarley,  gentleman,  in  his  will, 
dated  23rd  June  1773,  appointed  George  Stansfeld  of  Field- 
house,  Sowerby,  merchant,  and  William  Buck  of  Halifax,  merchant, 
trustees. 

Manor  of  Wakefield  1733.  James  Greenwood  of  Cold  Edge, 
yeoman,  surrendered  for  ;£i4,  to  George  Stansfeld  of  Field- 
house  in  Sowerby,  merchant,  and  \Villiam  Buck  of  Halifax,  mer- 
chant, trustees  in  will    of  Joseph  Farrar,  late  of   Cliffhill,  gent. 


J220  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

deceased,  a  cottage  called  Roylshead,  theretofore  in  occui)ation  of 
David  Greenwood,  but  now  of  John  Raddifife,  with  liberty  to  fetch 
water  from  a  draw  well  of  one  Joseph  Sutcliffe,  in  trust  under  said 
will. 

He  is  mentioned  in  a  surrender,  dated  13th  February  178.^,  of 
Longbottom  mills,  Warley,  as  a  late  tenant,  the  then  tenant  being 
Adam  Drake. 

In  a  mortgage,  dated  20th  August  1788,  by  Richard  and 
William  Hopwood  of  Halifax,  gentlemen,  George  Stansfelh 
€squire,  is  mentioned  as  occupying  a  messuage,  called  Bentley 
Royd  Farm,  in  Sowerby.  In  a  subsequent  deed  of  sale  to  Joseph 
Priestley  of  Whitewindows,  esquire,  for  ^^i, 020,  the  same  property 
is  described  as  a  messuage  called  Bentley  Royd,  otherwise  Lower 
Bentley  Royd,  formerly  in  occupation  of  jMichael  Howarth,  and 
then  of  George  Stansfeld,  esq.,  and  also  twelve  closes  (44  days 
work)  and  the  Spring  wood  (10  days  work)  in  occupation  of  Mary 
Hopwood. 

In  a  draft  will,  dated  13th  December,  1770,  of  Timothy 
Oldfield  of  Stocks  lane  in  Warley,  gentleman,  he  mentions  his 
brother,  Thomas,  his  sisters,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah  Oldfield,  and 
nephew,  James  Oldfield.  He  bequeathed  the  residue  of  his 
estates  in  Warley,  Norland,  and  Sowerby,  (copyhold  surrendered) 
to  his  cousin,  George  Stansfeld  of  Fieldhouse,  merchant, 
in  trust. 

The  following   short  pedigree   shews   the  relationship,  between 
the  Stansfelds  and  Oldfields  : — 

James    Stansfeld  ==  Hannah  Hurst. 
of  Bowood,  Ob.  1730.    I 


1  I 

George  Stansfeld = Susan  Lord.      Sarah  Stansfeld.  ==  Thomas  Oldfield. 
of  Bowood,  0*.  1735.     I  Ob.    22  July,  1740. 

James  Siansfeld,         George  Stansfeld, 
of  Field  House,  Cb.  of   Field   House,  Ob. 

1743-  1805. 


I  I  II 

Timothy  Oldfield,  Thomas  Oldfield.  =  Ann  Aked,  Elizabeth 
of  Stocks  lane,  Warley.  VVill,  9  Sept.,  1 779.  I  of  Higli  Sun-  Oldfield. 
Will,  13  Dec,  1770.  derland.  Sarah 

Oldfield. 


Michael  Oldfield.  James  Oldfiell. 


HERALDS'    COLLEGE     PEDIGREE    No.    V. 


^tansfelti  of  J^etoarfe. 


James  Stansfeild  of  Sowerby 
within  the  parish  of  Halifax, 
in  com.  Ebor'. 


JosiAS  Stansfeild  of 

MAUTHAdau.  of 

Joshua  Stansfeild 

Sowerby  aforesaid. 

Swayne  of  Little 

2d 

son. 

eldest  son. 

Horton  in  the  parish 
of  Bradford  in  com. 
Ebor. 

MM 
I.  Timothy. 

1 

1 
6.  Ely  Stansfeld  of   = 

=     Elizabeth  daur 

7.  John, 

2.  Joshua. 

•s  >  ^ 

Sowerby  aforesd. 

of  Thomas  Crafton 

3.  Samuel. 

il^' 

=              now  living  at  Newark 

of  Kingston  upon 

marrd. 

4.  James. 

"              upon  Trent  in  com. 

Thames  in  com. 

and  hath 

5.  Josias. 

Nott.  anno  1712. 

issue. 

Ely  Stansfeld 
of  London, 
Gent,  ao  171 2. 


=     Frances,  daur  of 
John  Mather  of 
Newark  upon  Trent, 
aforesaid. 


Elizabeth, 
wife  of 
John  Hall. 


Frances,  an  Infant, 
ao  1 712. 

N.B. — Stansfield  in  Yorkshr  is  within  the  parish  of  Totmerden  in  Lancashire  as  Mr.  Stansfeld  says. 


From  the  Original  {H  to  Z.  9,  p.  159)  in  the 
Heralds'  College,  London. 


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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  221 

In  a  MS.  pedigree  of  the  Holroyd  family,  written  by  W.  F. 
Holroyde  of  Heath  Royd,  Skircoat,  in  1845,  the  following 
reference  occurs  : — 

Jeremiah  Holroyd,  born  at  Woodlane  Hall,  removed  to 
Kebroyd,  which  he  purchased  from  George  Stansfeld  esq.  of 
Field  House,  had 

Robert  Holroyd  of  Kebroyd,  (died  1S14),  which  he  sold  to 
Walker  Priestley  esq.  had 

Joseph  Holroyd  of  Stainland,  who  died  without  issue,  22nd 
June  1856,  and  possessed  the  coat  of  arms,  formerly  belonging  to 
the  Holroyds,  given  to  his  grandfather,  by  George  Stansfeld  esq. 
in  1780,  on  his  purchasing  the  Kebroyd  estate. 


S.— ELY  STANSFELD,  M.A.,  of  NEWARK. 
Heralds'  College  Pedigree  No.  V. 
Ely  Stansfeld,  fifth  son  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  the  Breck, 
is  mentioned  in  the  letter,  already  quoted,  of  Ralph  Thoresby  to 
John  Evelyn.  He  was  vicar  of  Newark-upon-Trent,  and  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Crayton  of  Kingston-upon- 
Thames.  They  had  issue,  Ely  of  London,  (who  married 
Frances,  daughter  of  John  Mather,  of  Newark,  and  had  issue 
Frances,  an  infant,  in  171 2),  and  Elizabeth,  who  married  John 
Hall,  and  was  a  widow  in  1732.  The  following  are  the  wills  of 
Ely  Stansfeld  and  his  widow  :— 

P.C.C.  Register  '■^  Schalkr'''  165.  Will  of  Ely  Stansfeld, 
Vicar  of  Newark-upon-Trent,  co.  Nottingham,  clerk.  Dated 
4th  April  1 7 19,  proved  12th  July  (7  20,  by  Elizabeth  Stansfeild, 
widow,  the  relict,  and  executrix. 

To  dear  and  loving  wife,  all  those  three  messuages  or  tene- 
ments in  Newark-upon-Trent,  in  the  tenures  of  Guydo  Dickinson, 
Charles  Dranfields,  and  Thomas  Cooper  or  assigns. 

To  my  brother  Samuel  Stansfield,  of  Bradford,  ;^5o. 

To  my  nephew,  John  Stansfield  of  Haughends  near 
Halifax,  ;^5o. 

To  John  Wyatt,  at  the  Rose  in  Paul's  Churchyard,  London, 
^18  to  be  equally  distributed,  to  those  trustees,  who  had  a 
chancery  suit  about  Barrington's  business. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

To  Mr.  Shute  of  London   House,  £s  to  be  distributed  at  the 
discretion  of  the  Society  for  the  propagating  Christian  Knowledge. 

To  son  and  daughter,  Hall.   20s.  each,  and   residue  to  his 
wife,  whom  he  appointed  his  executrix. 

Ely  Stansfeild. 
Witnesses  :— Ellin  Alhvood,  John  Wray,  and  Ro:  Heron. 


F.C.C.  Register  ''Bedford''  274.  Will  of  Elizabkth 
Stansfeld,  of  Brentford,  co.  Midd"-  widow.  Dated  20th  Sepf- 
1732,  and  proved  2nd  NoV-  1732,  by  Eia-  Stansfeld  the  son  and 
executor. 

To  my  loving  son.  Ely  Stansfeld,  all  effects  in  the  hands  of 
my  nephew,  Robert  Stansfeld  of  Bradford,  Yorkshire.  Also  all 
effects  in  the  hands  of  my  loving  brother,  John  Stansfeld  of 
Sorbey  in  Yorkshire. 

To  loving  daughter,  Fliz.  Hall,  widow. ;^2o. 

To  servant,  Mary  Fasinge,  ;!£'i5  viz.  ;^io  in  money,  and  ^^'s 
in  mourning. 

Residue  to  son  Ely  Stansfeld,  sole  Executor. 

Mark  of  Eliz.  Stansfeld. 
Witnesses  : — Wni.  Meredith,  John  Cooksley,  and  Richard  Neall. 


6._J0SIAS  STANSFELD  of  HAUGH  END. 
JOSIA.S  or  JosiAH  Stansfeld,  sixth  son  of  Josias  Stansfeld 
of  the  Breck,  married,  22nd  May  1667,  ELIZABETH,  daughter  of 
Matthew  Nicholson  of  Boistead  and  Graystones,  in  Warle)'. 
He  was  buried  on  the  30th  September  17 14;  the  Nort/iozi'rani 
Register  states  he  died  on  the  7th,  and  thus  records  the  death  of 
his  widow  : — 

1730.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Stansfield  of  Hough  End  near  Sowerby  Bridge, 
Widow  of  Mr.  Josiah  Stansfield,  died  Sepf-  18,  a  good  woman 
and  usefull  in  her  place. 

The  Sowerby  register  of  burials,  gives  four  burials  of  members 
of  the  family,  of  the  same  christian  name,  about  this  time,  77'^. 
24th  December  168 1,  23rd  January  1684-S,  23rd  March  1702-3, 
and  30th  September  1714.     The  last  is  the  burial  of  this  Josia.s"; 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  223 

the  one  before  it,  that  of  his  father  ;  and  one  of  the  other  two, 
will  probably  be  that  of  Joshua  Stansfeld,  brother  of  the  latter, 
who  is  said  to  have  died  about  1680. 

Josias  Stansfeld  of  Haugh  End,  had  issue  :  John,  son  and 
heir,  of  whom  next ;  Lydia,  married  19th  October  1703,  Richard 
Milne,  minister  at  Stockport,  who  died  Sth  May  1732,  leaving 
issue,  she  was  buried  at  Stockport,  31st  October  174I;  Sarah, 
married  5th  Januaiy  1 708-9,  Martin  Hotham  of  York,  who  died 
suddenly,  23rd  May  1713,  she  died  1st  February  1723-4  ; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  1st  November  1687,  married  at  Newark, 
25th  September  1706,  Thomas  Holden  of  Halifax,  and  died  5th 
March  1 716,  leaving  issue  as  vide  Holden  pedigree,  already 
given  ;  Martha,  baptized  22nd  July  1691,  and  buried  14th 
November  1 700 ;  Mary,  baptized  3rd  April,  and  buried  5th 
September,  1694;  and  Abigail,  baptized  13th  July  1696,  and 
buried  14th  September  1700. 

His  will  mentions  his  wife  Elizabeth,  his  son  John,  and  his 
daughters  Sarah  Hotham,  Elizabeth  Holden,  and  Lydia  Milnes, 
and  also  Gilbert,  Richard,  John  and  Hannah  Holden,  his  grand- 
children. 


H.— JOHN    STANSFELD    of   HAUGH    END. 

John  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Josias  or  Josiah  of 
Haugh  End,  married,  4th  November  1719,  Elizabeth  Jenkin- 
of  Lime  Ditch,  near  Manchester.  They  had  no  issue.  His 
name  occurs  in  the  following  deeds  : — 

28th  and  29th  June,  1728.  Abstract  of  title  to  Darcey  Hey 
and  Lane  Ends,  Skircoat.  Mortgage  for  ^259,  by  John  Towne  to 
John  St.\nsfeld  of  the  Haugh  End,  merchant. 

ist  and  2nd  June,  1752.  Release  of  above  mortgage  upon 
repayment,  by  John  Stansfeld  to  Richard  Towne,  son  of  George 
Towne,  brother  of  the  original  mortgager. 

2nd  October  1741.  Conveyance  from  the  executors  of  the 
late  John  Smith  of  Norland,  to  John  Priestley  of  White-windows, 
yeoman,  of,  amongst  others,  a  close  at  Sowerby  street,  in  the 
occupation  of  John  St.\nsfeld,  gentleman. 


History  of  the  Stansfkld  Family. 

13th  and  14th  December  1751.  Abstract  of  title  to  the 
Willow  Hall  estate.  Indenture  of  lease  and  release,  by  Thomas 
Martin  of  Upper  VVillow  Hall,  merchant,  and  John  Martin  of 
Halifax,  merchant,  co-partners,  to  Robert  AUenson  of  Royde  in 
Soyland,  merchant,  and  the  Rev.  Edward  Allenson,  Fellow  of 
Jesus  College,  Cambridge,  clerk,  for  ;^i.30o  of  {i7iier  aha)  the 
half  part  of  a  parcel  of  land  or  wood,  called  Stansfield  Wood, 
divided  by  a  hedge,  half  of  a  close  called  Little  Wood,  and  half 
an  inclosure  called  a  field,  on  the  North  of  a  messuage  called 
Westbothom,  sometime  since,  the  estate  of  George  Holroyd, 
deceased,  and  then  of  Mr.  John  Stansfield,  all  in  Norland, 
late  in  the  occupation  of  Josias  Stansfield,  and  now  of  John  and 
Jo.  Soothill.     Proviso  for  redemption  in  one  year. 


7.— JOHN  stansfp:ld  of  SOWERBY. 

Hkralds'  College  Pedigree  Xo.  IV.  [Second  Portion]. 

John  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby,  seventh  son  of  Josias  of  the 

Brcck,  was  born  in  1657.     He  married,  for  his  first  wife,  in  168 1, 

Elizabeth  Hirst  of  Adswood  Hall,  co.  Chester,  whose  burial 

is  thus  mentioned  in  the  Northoi^Tani  Register : — 

1690.     John  Stansfield's  wife  buried  at  Sowerby,  Mar  25.  aged  40,  long 
under  weakness. 

They  had  issue :  John,  baptized  5th  June  1682,  and  buried 
3rd  November  1684  ;  Eli,  of  whom  next ;  George,  baptized  30th 
May  1687,  died  s.  p.  ;  and  Samuel,  baptized  17th  December 
1688,  and  buried  30th  April  1 70 1. 

He  married,  secondly,  on  Christmas  Day  1690,  Anna, 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Bath  M.A.,  vicar  of  Rochdale,  by 
his  second  wife,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Randall  Healey  of 
Spotland,  Rochdale.  She  was  baptised  at  Rochdale,  15th  June 
1656,  being  named  after  her  aunt,  Anna  Healey  ;  and  buried.  7th 
October  1 728. 

The  issue  of  the  second  marriage  was  :  John,  baptized  21st 
April  1692  ;  Josiah,  baptised  19th  June  1694  ;  Hannah,  baptised 
nth  October  1696  ;  and  Alice,  baptised  8th  August,  and  buried 
17th  September,  1700  ;  all  of  whom  died  young. 


AiTOS  :— Sable,  3  goats  trippaiit,  »r.  bearing  on  an  f scutcheon 
of  pretence,  the  quarterings  of  Wolrich,  viz.  :— 

1st  and  Sth.     Wolrich,— Az.  a  chevron  between  3  swans,  ar. 

2d.     Upton. — Sable,  a  cross  moline  ar. 

3d.  Dodmaston— Per  fess  az.  and  or,  3  ciiiquefoils  counter- 
changed. 

4th.     Walton— Sable,  on  a  chief  ar.  3  torteaux. 

5th,  Uowley— Ar.  a  fess  between  3  mullets,  sable,  pierced 
of  the  field. 

6th.  Culling— Vert,  a  griffin  rampant,  or;  on  a  canton  of  the 
second  a  fleur  de  lis  of  the  first. 

7th.     Hatton— Az.  a  chevron  between  3  garbs,  or ; 

Crest  :  A  demi  lion,  rampant,  argent. 

Motto:  Noscetkii-sum. 


^tansfelti  of  Hf  ope  f^all,  l^alifav,  jFiLoit  i 


JohnStansfeld, 
babtized  5  June 
1682,  buried  3 
Nov.  1684. 


Eli      St.\nsfeld, 
Sowerby,     baptised     15 
July  1683,  married  1  May 
1 7 14,  and  died  11  April 
'734- 


Peter  Stansfeld, 
bapL  23  Feb.  1714-5. 
and  buried  16  Jany. 
•733-4- 


Titus  Stansfeld, 
bapt.  27  June,  1716, 
and  buried  8  Aug. 
1742. 


Eli  Stansfeld, 
baptised  in  1749,  and 
died  18  April  1750. 


TIMOUV         STA.S. 

.L 

Stansfeld, 

David    Stansfeld  = 

=  Sarah,  only  child  and  heiress  of  Thomas  Wolrich,  of 

FELD,  bapt.  4  April 

died  I 

I  Feb.  1753. 

of    Leeds,    born    13 

Armley    House    near    Leeds,    by    his    wife,   Peggy. 

1 75 1,    and    died     3 
May  1751. 

February  1755,  mar- 

daughter of  Samuel  Hamer,  of  Hamer,  co.  Lnncriiy 

ried    14    November 

Mary,  sister  of  Sir  Henry  Ibbetson  of  Leeds,  hart., 

1776,    and    died    in 

born  23  Peby.  1757,  and  died  in  1824. 

November  1818.  Will 

dated  23  Sep.  1800. 

Leavesalltohis  wife. 

Thomas  Wol- 
rich Stans- 
feld, of  Burley 
Wood,  CO. York, 
bom  II  March 
1779,  married  4 
Oct.  1820,  ,-ind 
died  24  May 
1853.  Lieut. - 
col.  of  the  Leeds 
local  militia  in 
1808. 


Anne,  eldest 
daughter  of 
Rawdon  Briggs 
J.P.,  D.L.,  of 
Halifax,  by  Ann, 
daughter  of  the 
Rev.  W^m.  Cur- 
rer,  M.A.,  vicar 
of  Clapham-in- 
Craven,co.York. 
She  died  12 
April,  1862. 


George  Stans- 
feld, of  New 
Laithes  Grange, 
CO.  York.  Born 
20  Feb.  1784, 
married  at  Guis- 
ley,  5  Feb.  1814, 
died  6  Mar. 
1834,  and  was 
buried  at  Guise- 
ley. 


Anna,  daughter 
of  Richard  Mic- 
klethwait  of 
Ardsley  and 
New  Laithes 
Grange,  CO.  York 
She  was  born 
2    March    1 794. 


William  =  Margaret 


Stansfeld,  of 
Manor  House, 
Flockton,  CO. 
York,  born  8 
June  .785, 
ned  31  Jan. 
1815,  and  died 
12  Ju: 


daughter  and  co- 
heiress of  James 
Milnes,  Esq.,  of 
the  Manor  H 
Flockton,  1 
York. 


An  infant,  bora  i| 
19  Oct.  1786. 
David  STANSfJlHi 
9  Sep.  i;88,  IM 
his  passage  fi 


Thomas  Woi.-= 
RICH  Stans- 
feld, Colonel 
(retired  list)  In- 
dian Army,  born 
24  Dec  1829, 
married  21  Mar. 
1853- 


Jane, 

SrANSFKLD, 

daughter  of 
William 

1)01.1     12     June 

iS-il,  married  in 

Beauchamp 

18O5,       Eliza- 

Surgeon- 

beth  Fowler, 

Major      in 

and  died  7  April 

the  Army. 

1857. 

Henry  Sians- 

FKLD,    born    in 

1832,   and  died 

in  infancy. 

21. 


2.  SakmiStans- 
FiELD,  born  in 
1822,  married 
ini864toJOHN 
Marshall 

CoLI.ARD. 

7.  MATILDA.born 
in  1833. 

8.  Sophia,  bom 
in  1S35. 


3.  Penelope  Mary 
Stansfeld,  died 
17  Sept.  1846,  un- 
married. 

4.  Ellen  Stansfeld 
born  in  1825  and 
died  4  Dec.  1841. 

6.  Matilda  Stans- 
feld, bom  in  1829 
and  died  ininfancy. 

5.  C  H  A  K  I.  O   T  T    E 

Stansfeld,  bom  in 
1827,  married  Geo. 
Western  Gipps. 


George  Mick- 
l  E  t  H  w  A  I  t 
Stansfeld,  of 
Redlands  Bris- 
tol, bora  4  July 
1815,  married  i 
July  1845,  Har- 
riet, dau.  of 
Wm.  Wood  of 
of  Bradford,  & 
his  wife  Harriet 
dau.  of  Lepton 


David 
Stansfeld, 
Ilkley,  bom  8 
May  1820, 
married  3  July 
1855,  Isabel 
D  A  M  A  r  I  s 
Heslop,  dau. 
of  Ralph  Hes- 
lop  of  Ripon. 


Richard  Mic- 
klethvvait 
Stansfeld, 
of  the  Poplars, 
Halifax,  bom  I 
June  1823,  mar- 
ried 24  Oct. 
1850,  Mary 
Jane,  daughter 
of  Richard  Ray- 
wood  of  Bams- 


II       i       i 
Thos.    Wolrich 
Logan       Stans- 
I  KLD,  born  29  May 
■854- 

WiLLiAM  Beau- 
champ  Stans- 
lELu,  bom  at 
Clifton  in  1862. 
James  Rawdon 
Stanskelu,  l»rn 
1866. 

ChaelksHaiton 
Stansfeld,  bom 
1871,  died  1873. 


Elizabeth  Stansfeld, 
born  i2Feb.  i8i7,died2i 
Jan.  1818. 

Sarah  Ellen  Stans- 
feld, died  5  Oct.  1857, 
aged  39,unmarried,buried 
at  Guiseley. 

Annabella  Stansfeld 
died  18  Apl.   1837,  aged 
15,  buried  at  Guiseley. 
Mary  Stansfeld,  mar- 
ried to  William  Henry 
Cooper  of  Shrewsbury, 
and  has  issue. 
Elizabeth       Pollard 
Stansfeld,  born  26  Jan. 
1825,  died  6  July  1827. 
Jane   Pollard  Stans- 
feld, died  26  Mar.  1836, 


J.P.  West  Ri- 
ding CO.  York, 
born  21  Feb. 
1816,  married 
21  Oct.  1862, 
Elizabeth 
Hay,  dau.  of 
Co.l.  Wm. 
Borthwick  & 
his  wife  Maria 
Ann  Maxwell. 


JAV 


Ellen  Louisa 
Stansfeld. 
Elizabeth  Raw- 
don Stansfeld, 
born  in  i860,  and 
buried  at  Moul- 
mein  in  1861. 


Mary  Annabella 
Stansfeld,    bom 
in    1S46  and    died 
in  1853. 
Harriet     Stans- 

Catherine  Lydia 
Stansfeld,  bora 
and  died  in  1848. 
Alice  Stansfeld. 


Emily 

Margaret 

Stansfeld 

Jessie 

Sarah 

STANSFIiLD 


Halifax, 
bora  29  Oct. 
185 1. 

George 
Stansfeld 
bom  7  June, 
1853- 


Edith 

Mary 
Stansfeld. 
Gertrude 


Aldith 
Marv  Annf. 
Stansfeld. 
Maud  Maria 
Margaret 
Stansfeld. 


at  boweiW  .^^ 
'>ged4o.   '■' 

KV  Fakrek,  da„,, 

^     Warley,  bapi, 
^;'v- 1689,  an.U 


1    STANSPELb,  (,( 

»:,  which  he  I 
1719-20,  married 
i,  and  died  10  A 


.ch,  of 
'eggy, 
c.,  by 
barL, 


,,LEGE  PEDIGREE,    No.  IV.    [Slcond  I'okt.o.n.J 


Sowerljy,   seventh    son    ot 
losias    Stansfeld     of    the    1 
Brcck,  bom  in  1657- 


■■ELD,  of  =  AiSNA  Bath,  daur.  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Bath,  M.A., 
vicar  of  Rochdale,  by  his  second  wife  Elizabeth,  daur. 
of  Randall  Healey  of  .Spotland,  Rochdale.  Baptised  15 
June,  1656,  married  25  Dec.   1690,  &  buried  7  Oct.  172S. 


S\MUKL  Stansfeld,  bap- 
tised 17  Dec.  1688,  and 
buried  30  April  1701- 


John  Stansfeld,  bapt.  21  April  1692. 
JosiAH  Stansfeld,  bapt.  19  June  1694. 
Hannah  Stansfeld,  bapt.  11  Oct.  1696. 
Alice  Stansfeld,  bapt.  8  Aug.,  and  buried 
17  Sep.  170a 

All  died  young. 


■  Ellen,  daugh.andeventualheiress 
'  of  the     Rev.     Timothy    Aldred, 

minister    at   Morley.       She  died 

20  Feb.  1755,  aged  33. 


Ely       Stansfeld,  Elizabeth   Stans-  —  Josei'II     Moore, 

bapt.   9   May  1722,  FELD,  bapt.  26  Jany.     i     of  Ovenden    near 

and  buried  28  Feb.  1717-8,    married     8     i     Halifax. 

1742-3.  Oct  1740,  and  died 

16  June  177S,   aged 


Mary  Stansfeld, 
bapt.  21  March  1724, 
died  unmarried  10 
March  177S. 


Nelly  Stansfeld,  —  Tohn  Rawson,  of  Stoney  Royd, 
born  in  1753,  and  Halifax,  co.  York,  bom  i  December 
died  23  Nov.  1837,  1744,  died  8  July  1815. 

aged  84.  [See  pedigree  of  Rawson  of  Mill- 

house,  in  Foster's  County  Families.'] 


Issue,  twelve  cliildren. 


Threlkeld, 
cousin  to   the 


Mary  Moore,  =  William 

bom    in     1742,  of  Halifax, 

married  4  May  mother  of  William  Words 

1773,   and  died  worth,  poet  laureate. 

15  Feb.  1820. 


An  infant,  horn 

19  Oct.  1786, 
David   Stassfh    Dm 
9  Sep.  1788,10111 

his  passage  from  S. 
in  1810. 
JosiasSt.^n 
to  the  Leeds 

20  Nov.  1790, 
ried,  izjany. 
Henry  St*w 
ley,  bom  4  N^' 


=  HattonHa- 

=  Mary  Jane, 

MER    Stans- 

second   wife. 

feld,   of  St. 

daughter      of 

Anne's    Hill, 

Thomas  Sher- 

Burlev,    offi- 

wood,          of 

cial    assignee 

Shearwater, 

in    the  Court 

of  Bankruptcy 

married  6  Oc- 

London, born 

tober  1852. 

29  Sep.  1793. 

married         i 

Sept.  1821. 

Peggy  Stansfeld, 
born  28  Oct.  1 777,  mar- 
ried 25  Jany.  1802, 
Jas.  Bischoffof  London, 
and  Appleton  Yorks. 
He  died  S  Feb.  1845, 
having  had,  with  other 
issue,  a  daughter,  Sa- 
rah, who  was  married 
to  Edwd.  Towgood, 
of  Paxton  Hill,  co. 
Hunts,  and  had,  with 


I    I    I 
Eleanor  Stansfeld, 
bom    16   Nov.    1780, 
died  in  1S61. 
Mary       Stansfeld, 
bom    s    April,    17S2, 
died  in  185 1. 
Sarah      Stansfeld, 
born  5  July  1797.    All 
died  unmarried. 


married, 8  Aug.  1865,1 
Rev.  Nixon  Porter. 
6.  Sophia  Stansfeld, 
married  to  the  Rev. 
P.  Bakevvell. 


7.  Mary  Stans- 
feld, married  in 
1855  to  George 
DixonJ.P.,M.P. 
for  Birmingham, 
son  of  Abraham 
Dixon  Esq.,  of 
Whitehaven,  by 
Letitia,  daughter 
of  John  Taylor 
Esq.  of  Gomersal 
Leeds.  They 
have  issue  Ar- 
thur Stans- 
feld Dixon, 
born  in  1856,  and 
Ellen  Marga- 
ret Dixon, 
born  in    Austra- 


Colonel  in  In- 
dian Army. 
Born  10  Oct. 
1839,  married 
at  H.  Steph- 
ens, Calcutta, 
9  March  1869, 
Katherine 
Charlotte, 


I  I  I 
2.  John  Will- 
iam Stans- 
FELD,bom28 
July  1823, 
died  in  1836. 

1.  Elizabeth 
Anne 
Crompton 
Stansfeld, 
born       1828, 
died  1S32. 

2.  Frances 
Mary 
Stansfeld, 
bom       1835, 
died  1853. 


Married  se-  =  T  H  o  M  a  s  =  Marian 
condly,    16      WoLRYCHE  j  Towgood, 
Dec.    1863,      Stansfeld  1  first     wife, 
Louisa      of      Weet-  i  married    in 

wood  Grove  I   1851,    died 

CO.      York,     in  1861. 

J.P.        for 

West     rid-  j 

ing,    eldest 

son,      born 

25        June 

1822. 


Agnes,  se- 
cond dau. 
of     Joseph 


Sta™elI"b^'    =r  Elizabeth  WiLHELMiN a 
Karrister-at-Uw,' 

bori,  19  April,  ,852,      J.P,,   ofWyphurst,  Craii^ 
leigh,  CO.  Surrey. 


James   Healey   Ashurst   Stansfeldj 
liorn  6lh  September.   1879. 


I       I       I       I 
Harold     Hamer 
Grey    Stans- 
feld,      bom      17 
Feb.,  1870. 
Cyril      Grey 
Stansfeld,    bom 
17  July,  1871. 
Margaret  Kliza- 
BETH  Stansfeld. 
Edith  Katie 
Stansfeld. 


^fiLLiAM  Hatton   Edward  Stansfeld=Nova    Beatrice, 


Stansfeld,     born  bom  23  April,  1S55, 

S  March,  1865  married  9  July'  18S4. 

Horace  Wol-  Alfred  Wolryche 

ryche  Stansfeld,  Stansfeld,    bom    7 

bom 22  Aug.,  1866.  June,  1861. 

Hubert    Arthur  Elizabeth     Stans- 

Stansfeld,     born  feld. 

29  Feb.,  1868.  „,^^^     STANSIELD. 

Mary      Adeline 
Stansfeld. 
Mabal  Katu- 
ERiNF.  Stansfeld. 


Bradshaw,  of  Fair 
Oak  Park,  Bishop- 
stoke,  Hants. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  225 

Watson    copied    the   following,  from   amongst  the  Horton 
papers  at  Chaderton  : — 

We  whose  names  are  subscribed,  do  promise  to  pay  unto 
Elkanah  Horton  esq.  the  several  sums  subscribed  with  our  names, 
upon  his  advancing  ;!^ioo,  in  order  to  receive  the  King's  Bounty 
Money  of  _^2oo,  the  income  of  the  whole,  to  be  settl'd  upon  the 
Minister  of  Sowerby  Chapel  for  ever. 

i6th  January  1718.  Jajies  Stansfeld,  ^10.  Thos.  Sunder- 
land, ^10.  George  Stansfeld,  ^^io.  Joshua  Tillotson,  ^£5. 
John  Holroyde,  ^10.  Jonathan  Naylor,  after  his  mark,  ^^5. 
Thos.  Jackson,  ;^io.  Joseph  Riley,  £^.  John  Walker,  after 
his  mark,  ;^5.  John  Stansfeld,  £^.  Sam.  Platts,  ^5.  Israel 
Wilde,  ^5.  Sam.  &  Robt.  Stansfeld,  [each?]  ;^5.  Joseph 
Priestley,  ^5. 


II.— ELI  STANSFELD  of  SOWERBY. 
Eli  STAN.SFELD,  son  and  heir  of  John,  was  baptised  15th 
July  1683.  He  married,  1st  May,  1714,  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Farrer  of  Cliff  Hill,  Warlej'.  The  arms  of  the  Farrers  are : 
Argent,  on  a  bend  engrailed,  sable,  three  horse  shoes  of  the 
field  ;  and  are  thus  painted,  on  the  roof  of  Halifax  parish  church. 
They  had  issue  :  Peter,  baptised  23rd  February  1714-S,  buried 
I6th  January  1733-4  ;  Titus,  baptised  27th  June  1716,  and  buried 
8th  August  1742  ;  Elizabeth,  baptised  26th  January  1717-8, 
married,  8th  October  1740,  Joseph  Moore  of  Ovenden,  and  died 
l6th  June  1778,  aged  60;  David,  of  whom  hereafter;  Ely, 
baptised  9th  May  1722,  and  buried  28th  February  1742-3  ;  and 
Mary,  baptised  2Ist  March,  1724,  and  died  unmarried,  loth 
March  1 778.  The  Nortlwivrani  Register  thus  records  the 
deaths  of  Eli  Stansfeld,  and  one  of  his  sons  : — 

1734,  Mr.  Ely  Stansfield  of  Sowerby,  was  at  Rochdale  on  Monday, 
got  home  very  ill  on  Tuesday  about  Noon,  made  his  will  on 
Wednesday  Night,  and  died  about  6  o'Clock  next  morning, 
viz.  April  nth. 

1734.  Peter  s.  Mr.  Eli  Stansfield  of  Sowerby,  bur.  Jan.  16.  had 
bin  some  time  with  Dr.  Nettleton  being  designed  for  a 
Physician. 

EE 


226 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


There  is  a  long  account  of  this  Dr.  Nettleton,  in  Watson's 
History  of  Halifax,  pp.  496-8,  and  the  same  work,  on  page  514, 
gives  the  following  : — 

Ely  Stansfield  of  Sowerby,  published  a  book  called 
"  Psalmody  epitomised ;  being  a  brief  collection  of  plain  and 
useful  f  salm  tunes,  both  old  and  new,  in  four  parts,  with  a  plain 
and  familiar  introduction,  by  way  of  question  and  answer."  A 
second  edition  of  this  was  printed  in  London  in  1731.  These 
tunes  are  most  of  them  the  old  Church  tenors,  in  use  above  an 
hundred  years  ago.  The  contra,  medius  and  bassus,  the  Author 
has  added.  He  has  likewise  intermixed  several  tunes,  wholly  of 
his  own  composition.  The  introduction  seems  to  be  a  good  one. 
Amongst  several  local  tunes,  he  has  given  us  Warley  new  tune,  to 
Psalm  c ;  and  Sowerby  tune,  to  Psalm  xcviii. 

The   family   into  which    Eli   Stansfeld   married,  would    be,  no 

doubt,    a   branch   of   the  Farrers   of    Ewood,    Midgley.      The 

following    short    pedigree   will    be    sufficient,   to    explain    the 

relationships,  which  are  mentioned  in  quoted  deeds. 

Jacob    Farrar  of  Sload,   =  Sarah  Holdswoeth. 
in  Warley,  buried   I  Sept.,     I 
1697,  aged  71. 


Isaac       =Judith 
I-'arrar,    I  Hudson. 
Will       A 
1729-30. 


aLUam 
Farrar. 


John  Farrar  := 
of  Cliffe  Hil 
^Varley,  died 
15  Dec,  1727. 
Purchased 
Hoyle  Green  in 
1702,  and  Cab- 
bage Field  in 
1712. 


I        I        I        I 
Thomas     Farrar, 
married  Susan  Wil- 
kinson. 

Timothy  Farrar 
married  MARY  Ayr- 
ton. 

John  Farrar.  Will, 
2fth  August,  1750. 
Joseph  Farrar. 
Will,  23  June,  1773. 


I 
Mary.  = 
Baptised 
15  Nov., 
1689, 
m  a  r  r  ied 
1st  May, 
1 714,  and 
died  in 
1765. 


Eli        Elizabeth^  John 
Stans-  Baptised7th      Naylor. 
FELD.     May,  1697,     Will,27th 

married  5th      July,!  742. 

November, 

171S. 


I  I 

Susan,  married 
Joseph  Cor- 

D  I  NGL  E  Y, 
minister  at 
Eastwood. 
HANNAH,mar- 
ried  Jf.isEPH 
Foster,     and 


David    =  Ellen.       Elizabeth.  =Joseph 
Stans- 
feld. 
Ub.  1769. 


Aldred.      Ob.  1778. 


MOORE 
of  Oven- 
den,  nr. 
Halifax. 


Mary 
Stans- 
feld. 
nb  un- 
married, 
1778. 


Mary  Moore.  =  William  Threlkei.d. 
A 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  227 

Mary  Moore,  the  grand-daughter  of  EH  Stansfeld,  was  born 
in  1742,  married  4th  May  1773,  to  William  Threlkeld  of  Halifax, 
merchant,  and  died  15th  February  1820.  They  had  issue  :  Eliza- 
beth and  Nelly,  twins,  born  13th  February,  and  baptised  nth 
March  1774;  and  Mary,  born  13th  February,  and  baptised  14th 
March  1780.  William  Threlkeld  was  the  elder  son  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Threlkeld,  dissenting  minister,  of  Northgate  End  chapel, 
Halifax,  who  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  younger 
son,  Thomas  Threlkeld,  born  12th  April  1739,  was  over  40  years 
a  minister,  28  of  them  at  Rochdale,  where  he  died,  6th  April 
1806.  The  elder  daughter,  Ann,  married  28th  September  1761, 
John  Ferguson  of  Halifax  ;  and  the  younger  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
married  7th  March,  1791,  William  Rawson  of  Mill  House,  near 
Halifax,  who  was  partner,  along  with  his  brother-in-law,  under 
the  style  of  Threlkeld,  Rawson  &  Co.  It  was  this  latter  lady, 
who  had  the  care  and  education  of  Wordsworth's  only  sister, 
Dorothy,  for  many  years,  being  cousin  to  their  mother.  To  this 
connection  with  Halifax,  we  owe  the  poem  of  "  Lucy  Gray," 
which,  in  Wordsworth's  own  words  : — 

Was  founded  on  a  circumstance  told  me  by  my  sister,  of  a 
little  girl,  who,  not  far  from  Halifax  in  Yorkshire,  was  bewildered  in 
a  snow  storm.  Her  footsteps  were  tracked  by  her  parents,  to  the 
middle  of  the  lock  of  a  canal,  and  no  other  vestige  of  her,  back- 
ward or  forward,  could  be  traced.  The  body  however  was  found  in 
the  canal.  [See  Memoir  of  Wordsworth  by  his  nephew,  the  late 
bishop  of  Lincoln.] 


HI.— DAVID  STANSFELD  OF  HOPE  HALL. 
David  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Ely  Stansfeld  of 
Sowerby,  was  baptised  28th  January,  1719-20,  and  died  loth 
August,  1769.  He  married,  at  Beeston  Chapel,  in  1748,  Ellen, 
daughter  and  eventually  heiress  of  the  Rev.  Timothy  Aldred, 
minister  at  Morley,  who  died  20th  February,  1755,  aged  33. 
They  had  issue:  Eli,  baptised  in  1749,  died  i8th  April,  1750; 
Timothy,  baptised  by  Mr.  Aldred,  his  grandfather,  4th  April, 
1751,  and  died  3rd  May,  1751  ;  Mary  died  nth  February,  1753  ; 
and  David  and  Nelly  of  whom  hereafter. 


228  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

There  is  a  short  account  of  the  Aldrcd  family,  in 
Scratcherd's  History  of  Morlej^'pp.  109-II0.  The  Rev.  Timothy 
Aldred  made  his  will,  5th  July,  1753,  being  then  of  Churwell, 
CO.  York,  in  which  is  the  following  clause  : — 

And  whereas,  upon  the  marriage  of  my  daughter,  with 
Mr.  D.wiD  Stansfield,  of  Halifax,  in  the  said  county,  I  promised 
to  give  the  said  David  Stansfield,  two  hundred  pounds  at  my  death, 
as  an  addition  to  my  daughter's  fortune  ;  now,  to  make  good  that 
promise,  I  do  hereby  charge  all  my  real  estate,  as  well  freehold  as 
copyhold,  if  my  personal  estate  falls  short,  with  the  payment  of  the 
said  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  to  the  said  David  Stansfield. 

A  draft,  dated  1774,  of  the  will  of  his  widow,  Mary  Aldred,  who 
died  2 1st  August,  1 778,  aged  92,  gives  some  interesting  informa- 
tion, relating  to  her  relatives  : — 

She  bequeathed  ^£'600  to  her  grandson,  David  Stansfeld,  and 
to  his  sister  Ellen  and  her  heirs,  all  her  messuages,  lands  df'c.  in 
the  townships  of  Idle,  Morley  and  Holmfirth,  and  also  all  the 
residue  of  her  personal  estate,  in  full  of  the  legacy  of  _;^3,ooo 
given  or  intended  for  her  benefit,  by  the  will  of  D.wid  Stansfeld, 
her  late  father,  deceased. 

If  she  die  under  age,  and  without  issue,  reversion  to  her 
brother  David;  and  then  the  bequest  to  him, to  go  to  her  relations, 
George  Moorhouse,  Sarah  Cooke  and  William  Buck,  and  all  the 
premises  to  be  charged  as  follows  :  To  her  relative  Ellen  Summers, 
^100  ;  to  James  Oldroyd's  [Aldred's]  widow,  ;,^5  per  annum  for 
life  ;  ;^5o  each  to  her  relations,  Mary  Ormerod  and  James  Oldroyd 
[Aldred]  and  Hannah  Ward,  and  ^30  each  to  Benjamin  Cromack, 
James  Cromack  and  Ellen  Cadisle.  Executors,  William  Buck  and 
James  Cooke  of  Halifax,  merchants. 

The  name  of  David  Stansfeld,  occurs  in  several  contemporary 
deeds.  He  purchased  the  Hunger  Hill  estate  in  Halifax,  and 
built  thereon,  Hope  House,  now  called  Hope  Hall,  an  etching  of 
which  appears  in  this  work.  He  also  became  possessed  of  the 
Lower  Shaw  hill  and  other  property,  as  will  be  seen  by  the 
following  abstracts  of  deeds  : — 

27th  July  1742.  Will  of  John  Naylor  of  Great  Longbotham, 
W'arley,  yeoman,  charging  on  personalty,  and  on  his  capital  messuage 
and  tenement  called  Great  Longbotham,  fulling  mills  and  several 
closes  of  land,  the   payment  of  his   debts,  and  to  raise  ^200. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  229 

Devises  a  messuage  called  Great  Longbotham,two  fulling  mills,  and 
a  cottage  or  mansion  house,  nigh  the  said  mills,  with  several  closes, 
in  the  townships  of  Warley  and  Sowerby.  to  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
for  her  hfe.  Then  to  his  nephew,  David  Stansfeld  of  Sowerby, 
and  his  heirs,  he  paying  ;^ioo  to  Anthony  Naylor  of  London, 
supposed  son  of  James  Naylor  of  Monserratt,  in  the  West  Indies. 

A  messuage  and  tenement  called  Upper  Longbottom,  with  the 
several  closes  c-c.  in  Warley,  in  occupation  of  John  Sutclifife,  to  his 
wife  for  life,  and  then  to  his  niece  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Joseph  Moore 
of  Ovenden,  for  her  life,  and  then  to  her  heirs. 

A  messuage  or  tenement  called  High  Old  Field,  in  Warley,  in 
occupation  of  David  Farrer,  and  an  annuity  of  2S.  a  year,  issuing 
out  of  a  parcel  of  ground  in  Warley,  106  yards  by  6  yards,  taken  from 
a  close  called  Fearny  Royd,  formerly  the  estate  of  one  Jonathan  Tatter- 
sall,  to  his  wife  for  life,  and  then  to  his  nephew.  D.wid  Stansfeld, 
he  paying  to  his  sister,  Mary  Stansfeld,  ;^3oo.  He  bequeathed 
to  his  brother,  Isaac  Naylor  of  Halifax,  ^10  ids.;  and  the  residue 
to  his  wife,  and  David  Stansfeld,  they  paying  his  debts  6-c. 

ist  September,  1768-  Will  of  Elizabeth  Naylor,  of  Long- 
bottom  in  Warley.  Her  body  to  be  buried  at  Warley  Meeting- 
house. All  the  residue  of  her  worldly  estate,  after  payment  of 
debts,  to  her  niece,  Elizabeth  Moore,  on  condition  of  payment  of 
following  legacies.  To  her  brother-in  law,  Joseph  Foster,  ;^  10, 
and  to  his  son  Stephen  Foster,  ^ro.  To  Mary  Moor,  daughter  of 
her  niece  F21izabeth  Moor,  ;^2oo,  if  she  has  issue,  and  until  then, 
the  sum  to  be  lodged  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  D.-wid  Stansfeld, 
merchant,  he  allowing  her  a  reasonable  interest.  Failing  issue,  the 
said  sum  of  ;^2oo,  to  be  equally  divided,  amongst  such  of  the 
children  of  her  nieces,  Hannah  Scholefield,  Sarah  Farrar,  and  Mary 
Travice,  as  shall  be  living,  on  the  death  of  Mary  Moor.  To  Mary 
Moor,  a  silver  tankard,  if  she  have  issue,  otherwise  to  Nelly,  the 
daughter  of  David  Stansfeld.  To  Hannah  Scholefield,  Mary 
Travice,  and  Sarah  F'arrar  wife  of  George  Farrar,  daughters  of  her 
sister  Sarah  [Susan?]  Cordingley,  each  of  them,;^io.  To  Sarah 
Farrar,  daughter  of  her  nephew,  Isaac  Farrar,  ,^^5.  To  her  niece 
Mary,  wife  of  James  Scholefield,  ^^5.  To  Elizabeth  Farrar,  of 
Leeds,  daughter  of  Timothy  Farrar,  ^20.  Other  legacies  to 
William  Law,  her  servant;  Sarah,  wife  of  Thomas  Chambers; 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Eli  Alderson  ;  Elizabeth  Foster,  if  she  continue 
with  her  to  her  death ;  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Simpson  of 
Warley  Town  ;  and  Nelly  Teal.  Signed  in  the  presence  of  Eli 
Alderson  and  Richard  Simpson. 


230  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Abstract  of  title  to  Saddle  (late  Packhorse)  Inn,  Petticoat 
Lane,  Halifax. 

26th  September  1759.  Joseph  Allison  of  Halifax,  staymaker, 
mortgages  to  David  Stansfeld  of  Halifax,  merchant,  for  ^40,  a 
messuage  or  tenement,  in  a  street  called  Petticoat  lane,  in  the 
occupation  of  John  Simpson;  and  again,  26th  September  1760.  for 
;^2o  more. 

9th  and  loth  February  1763.  Conveyance  in  absolute  sale, 
for  ^100,  to  D.wiD  Stansfeld,  free  from  dower  of  Mary,  wife 
of  Joseph  Allison. 

nth  and  12th  January  1780.  David  Stansfeld  of  Leeds, 
only  son  and  heir  of  David  Stansfeld  of  Halifax,  conveys  to 
John  Crabtree  of  Halifax,  stuff  manufacturer.  The  property  was 
put  up  by  public  aucdon,  loth  January  1778,  and  was  bought  fur 
^107,  by  John  Sutcliffe  of  Holdsworth,  stuff  manufacturer,  for 
John  Crabtree. 

Petticoat  lane,  like  many  other  old  streets  in  Halifax, 
exists  no  longer,  under  the  same  name.  Englishmen  regard  as 
childish,  the  feeling  which  prompts  the  French,  to  alter  their 
street  names,  at  every  revolution.  But  what  shall  be  said  of  a 
new-fledged  corporation,  whose  ignorance  could  only  be  sur- 
passed, by  that  of  an  urban  school  board,  regarding  Petticoat 
lane  as  an  indecorous  name,  and  substituting  for  it,  in  honour  of 
lord  John  Russell,  that  of  Russell  Street.  It  reminds  one  of  the 
dress,  often  assigned  to  that  statesman,  in  the  cartoons  of  the 
so-called  comic  papers  of  the  day.  Not  content  with  this  exhi- 
bition of  their  ignorance  of  the  fact,  that  Petticoat  signifies 
petty  (French  petit,  Welsh  pitiv),  little,  cote,  pure  Anglo-Saxon 
(Welsh  C2vt)  house,  cottage ;  they  made  several  other  altera- 
tions, such  as  Navigation  road,  for  Cut  lane. 

Deeds  relating  to  Shaw  Hill  estate : — 

1762.  May  loth  and  nth.  Lease  and  release.  Jere:  Rawson 
and  Frances  his  wife,  convey  to  David  Stansfeld  of  Halifax, 
merchant,  Shawhill,  otherwise  Lower  Shawhill,  four  cottages  near 
thereto,  four  closes  called  the  Ing,  the  LitUe  Croft,  the  Tenter 
close  and  the  Spring  Hall  close  (11  days  work).  Trinity  Term, 
2nd  George  IIL  [1762].     Fine  accordingly. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  231 

1778.  May  25th  and  26th.  Lease  and  release.  David 
Stansfeld  of  Leeds,  merchant  (the  son),  and  Sarah  his  wife,  for 
p^i,225,  sell  and  convey  above  premises,  to  Abraham  Chamberlain 
of  Halifax,  merchant.     Fine  levied  accordingly. 

1774.  February  nth.  Joanna  Nettleton,  late  of  Halifax, 
spinster,  deceased,  29th  November  1766,  had  surrendered  by 
Robert  Parker,  two  tenements  in  the  Bank  in  Northowram,  in  the 
possession  of  Mk.  David  Stansfeld. 

Will  of  David  Stansfeld,  dated  28th  June  1768,  proved 
2ist  July  1770. 

I,  David  Stansfeld  of  Hahfax,  in  the  county  of  York,  do 
constitute  and  appoint  this,  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament.  I 
give  to  my  sister,  Elizabeth  Moor,  for  and  during  the  term  of  her 
natural  life,  all  that  new  built  cottage  house,  situated  in  the  south 
wing  of  Hungerhill  Building  alias  iiopehouse,  containing  7  rooms 
and  other  closets,  with  free  egress  and  regress  thereto.  And  from 
and  after  her  decease,  I  will  the  aforesaid  house,  to  my  sister,  Mary 
Stansfeld,  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life.  And  after 
her  decease,  I  will  the  said  house  to  my  son,  David  Stansfeld, 
his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever. 

I  give  and  will  to  my  daughter,  Nelly  Stansfeld,  the  sum  of 
;^3,ooo,  to  be  paid  her,  when  she  attains  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years.  And  I  further  will  to  my  said  daughter,  Nelly,  one  annuity 
or  rent  charge,  upon  my  estate  at  Lilly  Bridge,  which  is  now 
occupied  by  Jam>es  Chadwick  and  Benj"  Haigh,  or  their  under- 
tenants, of  the  yearly  sum  of  ;^3o,  to  be  paid  her  half-yearly,  the 
first  payment  to  be  made  her,  on  the  first  day  of  June,  after  she 
has  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.  And  I  will  that  this 
annuity  be  continued  and  paid  to  her,  for  her  own  sole  and  separate 
use,  for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  without  being  sub- 
ject to  the  control  of  any  person  whatsoever,  and  I  will  that  her 
receipt  alone,  whether  sole  or  under  coverture,  shall  be  a  sufficient 
discharge,  to  my  executors  or  heir. 

All  the  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  my  real  estates  in  Warley, 
Halifax,  Skircoate,  Haworth,  and  all  my  other  leasehold  estates  in 
Halifax,  and  all  my  personal  estate,  after  the  payment  of  my  just 
debts  and  funeral  expenses,  I  will  to  my  son,  David  Stansfeld, 
his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.  And  I  hereby  constitute  and 
appoint  my  cousin,  George  Stansfeld  of  Field  house  in 
Sowerby,  merchant,  and  Joseph  Hulme  of  Halifax,  doctor  of 
physic,  and  my  son,  David  Stansfeld,  executors  of  this  my  last 


234  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

13th  February  1784.  Surrender  for  ^400,  to  Samuel  Milne 
of  Cliffhill  in  Warley,  merchant,  by  David  Stansfeld  of  Leeds, 
merchant,  only  son  and  heir  of  David  Stansfeld,  late  of  Halifax, 
merchant,  who  was  a  nephew  of  John  Naylor,  formerly  of  Great 
Longbottom  in  Warley,  yeoman,  and  devisee  in  fee,  under  his  will. 
All  those  two  fulling  mills  called  Longbothom  mills,  and  a  dwelling 
house  called  the  Milnehouse,  upon  the  river  Calder,  in  township  of 
Warley,  heretofore  in  occupation  of  George  Stansfeld,  but  now 
of  Adam  Drake,  with  all  mill  dams,  with  races,  stream  and  streams 
of  water ;  and  the  close  adjoining  on  the  west,  called  Upper 
Holme,  or  Upper  Mill  Holme. 

It  appears  that  the  premises  had  been  surrendered  to  use  of 
Grace  Ogden  of  Wads  worth  Banks,  widow,  to  secure  ;^ioo,  a 
legacy  in  said  John  Naylor's  will. 

David  Stansfeld,  by  his  marriage  with  Sarah,  the  only  daughter 
and  heiress  of  Thomas  Wolrich  of  Armley  House,  became 
connected  with  a  family,  that  traced  its  descent  to  the  Saxon 
kings.  For  a  statement  of  this  descent,  see  the  following 
chapter.  The}-  had  issue,  fourteen  children  ;  and  Nelly,  the 
only  sister  of  David  Stansfeld,  and  husband  of  John  Rawson  of 
Stoney  Royd,  had  twelve  ;  so  that  David  Stansfeld,  the  builder 
of  Hope  Hall,  although  he  had  only  two  children,  that  survived 
to  years  of  maturity,  yet  is  credited  in  the  pedigree,  with  twenty- 
six  grandchildren,  and  above  a  hundred  great-grandchildren. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  a  deed,  relating  to  the  manor 
of  Armley,  &c. 

1 6th  September  1800.  This  indenture  made  the  sixteenth 
day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  One  thousand  eight 
hundred,  between  Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld,  late  of  Leeds,  in 
the  county  of  York,  gentleman,  but  at  present  residing  at  Frank 
fort  on  the  Mayne,  in  Germany,  grandson  and  devisee,  named  in 
the  last  will  and  testament  of  Thomas  V\"olrich,  late  of  Armley, 
in  the  parish  of  Leeds,  in  the  said  county  of  York,  esquire, 
deceased,  on  the  one  part;  and  David  Stansfeld  of  Leeds, 
aforesaid,  merchant,  father  of  the  said  Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld, 
on  the  other  part. 

Whereas  the  said  Thomas  Wolrich,  by  his  last  will  and  testa- 
ment in  writing,  duly  executed  and  attested,  bearing  date  the  eighth 
day  of  December,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety,  gave 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  235 

and  devised  to  his  son-in-law,  the  said  David  Stansfeld,  and 
his  assigns,  his  (the  said  testator's)  manor  of  Armley,  and  his 
mansion-house  there,  called  Armley  House,  and  all  other  his 
messuages,  cottages,  farms,  lands,  tenements,  heriditaments,  and 
real  estate,  situate  in  Armley  aforesaid,  and  in  Bramley,  in  the  said 
parish  of  Leeds,  with  their  and  every  of  their  rights,  members, 
and  appurtenances.  To  hold  to  the  said  David  Stansfeld  and  his 
assigns,  during  his  natural  life,  and  after  the  decease  of  the  said 
David  Stansfeld,  to  testator's  daughter,  Sarah,  the  wife  of  the  said 
David  Stansfeld  and  her  assigns,  for  her  life,  and  after  her 
decease,  to  his  grandson,  the  said  Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld, 
his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever. 

Now  this  indenture  witnesseth,  that  for,  and  in  consideration 
of  the  natural  love  and  affection,  which  the  said  Thomas  Wolrich 
Stansfeld  hath  and  beareth,  towards  the  said  David  Stansfeld,  his 
father,  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  five  shillings,  the  said 
Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld  hath  granted,  bargained,  and  sold  6^c. 
the  remainder,  next  alter  the  several  deceases  of  the  said  David 
Stansfeld,  and  Sarah  his  wife. 

Signed,  sealed  c^c.  in  the  presence  of  Edward  Wainhouse  of 
Halifax,  in  England,  merchant,  John  Priestley  junr.  and  Thomas 
Grove  Edwards  of  the  same  place. 

The  issue  of  David  and  Sarah  Stansfeld,  will  be  treated  of 
separately  ;  excepting  those  who  died  unmarried,  or  without 
issue.  They  were  I  Peggy  ;  2  Thomas  Wolrich  ;  3  Eleanor, 
born  l6th  November  1780,  died  unmarried  1861  ;  4  Mary,  born 
5th  April  1782,  died  unmarried  1851;  5  George;  6  William; 
7  an  infant  born  17th,  died  19th  October  1786  ;  8  David,  born 
9th  September  1788,  lost  at  sea,  on  his  passage  from  South 
America,  in  September  1810  ;  9  Josias,  born  20th  November 
1790,  surgeon  to  the  Leeds  infirmary,  died  unmarried,  I2th 
January  1819;  10  James;  II  Hatton  Hamer ;  12  Henr>',  born 
4th  November  1795,  died  22nd  September  1829;  13  Hamer; 
and  14  Sarah,  born  5th  July  1797,  died  unmarried. 

Peggy,  the  eldest  daughter,  was  born  28th  October  1777, 
married  25th  January  1 802,  James  Bischoff  of  Highbury  Terrace, 
London,  second  son  of  George  Bischoff  of  Leeds,  who  died  8th 
February  1845.     She  died  in  1857.     Their  issue  was  : — 


236  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1.  Sarah,  born  1st  April  1803,  married  14th  January  1830, 
Edward  Towgood  of  St.  Neots,  and  had  issue  : — 

Marian,  born  2nd  December  1830,  married  in  1851,  her  half- 
cousin,  Thomas  Wolryche  Stansfeld  J.  P.  of  Weetwood  Grove, 
Leeds;  Edward,  born  17th  August  1832;  Eleanor,  born  25th 
October  1833  ;  Frank,  died  in  1857  ;  Arthur,  born  23rd November 
1834,  and  died  29th  September  1837  ;  Margaret,  born  9th  May 
1838;  Harriott;  Isabella,  died  in  1852;  Hamer,  Clara,  James 
and  Laura  Towgood. 

2.  Magdalene,  born  nth  May  1804,  died  in  1843. 

3.  Ellen,  bom  29th  June  1805,  married  the  Rev.  J.  Madge, 
and  had  Harriett  Ellen  Madge,  born  in  1845. 

4.  James,  bom  3rd  Nov.  1806,  and  died  23rd  Feb.  1807. 

5.  Elizabeth  Anne,  born  2nd  Februarj'  1808. 

6.  James,  born  29th  February'  1809,  married  Elizabeth 
Laughe  of  Hamburg. 

7.  An  infant  daughter,  born  3rd  and  died  7th  Sept.  18 10. 

8.  George,  born  i8th  November  18 12. 

9.  Margaret,  born  13th  July,  18 14,  married  T.  G.  Meissner, 
of  Hamburg,  and  died  in  1834,  leaving  issue :  Margaret  Eliza- 
beth, James,  Matilda  Freshnia,  Theodore  died  in  1844,  August 
Gottlieb,  Margaret  died  1848,  Ellen  Theresa  and  Margaret 
Meissner. 

10.  Mary,  born  1816,  and  died  in  1818. 

11.  David  Josias  Bischoff,  born  in  1819,  and  died  in  1861. 


I._THOMAS  WOLRICH  STANSFELD  OF  BURLEY 
WOOD. 
Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld,  eldest  son  and  heir  of 
David  and  Sarah  {ji^e  Wolrich)  Stansfeld,  was  born  Ilth  March, 
1779,  married  4th  October,  1820,  and  died  24th  May,  1853.  His 
wife  was  Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Rawdon  Briggs  of  Halifax, 
J. P.,  D.L.,  by  Ann,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  Currer,  M.A., 
vicar  of  Clapham.  Her  brother,  Rawdon  Briggs,  J. P.,  was  elected 
M.P.  for  the  borough  of  Halifax,  at  the  first  election  in  1832. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  237 

The  arms  of  Briggs  are  :  Argent,  a  bend  vair,  between  three 
escutcheons,  sable,  each  charged  with  a  pheon  of  the  field,  a 
bordure  engrailed,  gules,  bezantee.     She  died  12th  April,  1862. 

They  had  issue :  Thomas  Wolrich,  of  whom  next ;  Josias 
Logan,  born  12th  June,  1831,  married  in  1865,  Elizabeth  Fowler, 
and  died  7th  April,  1867  ;  Henry,  born  in  1832,  and  died  in 
infancy  ;  Anne,  born  in  182 1  ;  Sarah,  born  in  1822,  married  in 
1864,  John  Marshall  Collard  ;  Penelope  Mary,  born  in  1 824,  and 
died  unmarried  17th  September,  1846  ;  Ellen,  born  in  1825,  and 
died  4th  December,  1841  ;  Matilda,  born  in  1829,  and  died  in 
infancy;  Charlotte,  born  in  1827,  married  George  Western  Gipps  ; 
Matilda,  born  in  1833  ;  and  Sophia,  born  in  1835. 

Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld  has  already  been  named,  in  the 
will  of  his  father,  and  in  the  deed  breaking  the  entail  of  the 
Wolrich  estates.  He  was  Lieut.-Col.  of  the  Leeds  local  militia 
in  1808. 


n.— THOMAS   WOLRICH   STANSFELD. 

Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas 
Wolrich  Stansfeld,  was  born  24th  December  1829,  married  21st 
March  1853,  Elizabeth  Jane,  daughter  of  William  Beauchamp, 
surgeon  major  in  the  army.  They  have  issue  :  Thomas  Wolrich 
Logan,  son  and  heir,  born  29th  May  1854;  William  Beauchamp, 
born  at  Clifton  in  1862;  James  Rawdon,  born  1866;  Charles 
Hatton,  born  1871  and  died  1873  ;  Annie  Matilda;  Ellen  Louisa; 
Elizabeth  Rawdon,  born  in  i860  and  buried  at  Moulmein  in 
1861  ;  and  Ina  Elizabeth  Stansfeld. 

Thomas  Wolrich  Stansfeld  is  a  colonel  on  the  retired  list  of 
the  Indian  army,  and  resides  at  Dinon  in  Brittany. 


2.— GEORGE   STANSFELD  of  NEW   LAITHES. 

George  Stansfeld,  second  son  of  David  and  Sarah 
Stansfeld,  was  born  20th  February  1784,  married  at  Guiseley,  5th 
February  1814,  and  died  6th  March  1834.     His  wife  was  Anna, 


238  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

born  2nd  March  1794,  daughter  of  Richard  Micklethwait  of 
Ardsley  and  New  Laithes  Grange,  who  bore  :  Chequy,  argent  and 
gules,  a  chief  indented  azure.    They  had  the  following  issue  : — 

1.  George  Micklethwait  Stansfeld  of  Redlands,  Bristol, 
born  4th  July  1815,  married  1st  July  1845,  Harriett,  daughter  of 
William  Wood  of  Bradford,  and  Harriett  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Lepton  Dobson  of  Leeds,  and  has  issue :  Mary  Annabella,  born 
in  1846,  and  died  in  1853  ;  Harriett ;  Catherine  Lydia,  born  and 
died  in  1848  ;  and  Alice  Stansfeld. 

2.  David  Stansfeld  of  Ilkley,  born  8th  May  1820,  married 
3rd  July,  1855,  Isabel  Damaris,  daughter  of  Ralph  Heslop  of 
Ripon,  and  has  issue,  Emily  Margaret  and  Jessie  Sarah 
Stansfeld. 

3.  Richard  Micklethwait  Stansfeld  of  the  Poplars,  Halifax, 
born  1st  June  1823,  married  24th  October  1850,  Mary  Jane, 
daughter  of  Richard  Raywood  of  Barnsley,  and  has  issue  : 
Raywood  Micklethwait,  solicitor,  born  29th  October  1851; 
George,  born  7th  June  1853  ;  Agnes,  Edith  Mary,  and  Gertrude 
Maria  Stansfeld. 

4  to  9.  Elizabeth,  born  1 2th  Februaiy  1817,  died  2 1st 
January  1818  ;  Sarah  Ellen,  born  in  1818,  and  died  unmarried, 
5th  October  1857,  aged  39  (38  ?) ;  Annabella,  born  in  1822,  and 
died  1 8th  April  1837,  aged  15  ;  Mary,  married  William  Henry 
Cooper  of  Shrewsbury,  and  has  issue  ;  Elizabeth  Pollard,  born 
26th  January  1825,  died  6th  July  1827;  and  Jane  Pollard 
Stansfeld,  died  26th  March  1 836,  aged  6. 


3.     WILLIAM   STANSFELD  of  FLOCKTON. 

William  Stansfeld  of  Flockton  Manor  House,  third 
son  of  David  and  Sarah  Stansfeld,  was  born  8th  June  1785, 
married  31st  January  1815,  and  died  I2th  June  1836.  His  wife 
was  M,\RGARET,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  James  Milnes  of  the 
Manor  House,  Flockton.     They  had  issue  : — 

I.  James  Milnes  Stansfeld  of  Graythwaite  Hall,  co. 
Lancaster,  J. P.  for  the  West  riding  of    Yorkshire,   born    21st 


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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  239 

February  1 8 16,  married  2 1st  October  1 862,  Elizabeth  Hay, 
daughter  of  Colonel  William  Borthwick,  and  his  wife,  Maria  Ann 
Maxwell,  and  has  issue,  Aldith  Mary  Anne,  and  Maud  Maria 
Margaret  Stansfeld. 

2.  William  Logan  Stansfeld,  born  1822,  and  died  in  1825. 

3.  Henry  William  Stansfeld  of  Flockton  Manor  House, 
J. P.  for  the  West  riding  of  Yorkshire,  born  in  1828,  married  in 
1858,  Annie  Walker,  daughter  of  Captain  George  McKay 
Sutherland  of  Aberarder,  N.B.,  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Walker  of 
Cro\\'  Nest,  Halifax.  They  have  issue  :  Logan  Sutherland,  born 
at  Rome,  March  1859 ;  Harold  Sinclair  and  Francis  William 
Stansfeld,  twins,  born  4th  September  1862. 

4.  Laura  Ellen,  married  William  Lipscombe  J. P. 

5.  Adelaide  Marianne,  married  1st,  Colonel  Towgood,  who 
died  in  1858,  and  secondly,  the  Rev.  Edward  Macfarlane. 

6.  Emily  Margaret,  married  Robert  Barrow,  and  has  issue, 
Margaret  Ellen  Barrow,  and  Robert  Stansfeld  Barrow,  born  28th 
August  1865. 


6.— JAMES    STANSFELD   OF   MOORLANDS. 

James  Stansfeld  of  Moorlands,  Halifax,  sixth  son  and 
tenth  child  of  David  and  Sarah  Stansfeld,  was  born  22nd  April 
1792,  married  1817,  and  died  29th  January  1872.  His  wife  was 
EM^L\,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Ralph,  who  accepted  the 
ministry  of  Northgate  end  chapel,  29th  July  1767.  Mr.  Ralph 
had  previously  been  at  Stamford,  about  nine  years,  and  died  in 
1795.  His  widow,  Dorothy,  died  27th  August,  and  was  buried, 
3rd  September,  1824,  aged  70. 

They  had  issue  :  Emma,  born  3rd  October  1 8 1 8,  baptised 
4th  March  1819;  James,  of  whom  next;  Sarah  Woh-ich,  born 
27th  March,  and  baptised  17th  June  1821,  married  8th  April 
1847,  William  Arthur  Case  of  London,  and  has  issue  Edith 
Bessie,  born  1849,  died  1852,  Emma  Mabel,  Catharine  Jessie, 
Esther  Maria,  Emma  Sophia,  and  Janet  Elizabeth  Case  ;  Maria, 
born  4th  October  1823,  baptised  13th  August  1824,  married  the 


240  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Rev.  Francis  E.  Millson,  B.A.,  minister  of  Northgate  end 
chapel,  Halifax  ;  Elizabeth  Sudworth,  born  3rd  September 
1825,  baptised  15th  January  1826,  died  unmarried  in  1847  ; 
Ellen,  born  9th  November  1827,  baptised  25th  January  1828, 
married,  8th  August  1865,  the  Rev.  James  Nixon  Porter; 
Sophia,  born  13th  May  1830,  baptised  I2th  January  1834,  mar- 
ried the  Rev.  P.  Bakewell  ;  Mary,  born  8th  December  1832, 
baptised  12th  January  1834,  married  in  1855,  George  Dixon 
J. P.,  late  M.P.  for  Birmingham,  son  of  Abraham  Dixon  of 
Whitehaven  and  Lsetitia  his  wife,  daughter  of  John  Taj-lor  of 
Gomersal,  near  Leeds,  and  has  issue  Arthur  Stansfeld,  born  in 
1856,  and  Ellen  Margaret  Dixon,  born  in  Australia. 

In  the  Yorkshire  Archceologkal  and  Topographical  Journal 
vol.  II.  pp.  450-4,  is  an  obituary  notice,  from  which  much  of  the 
following  is  extracted.  Judge  Stansfeld,  under  which  name  he 
is  most  generally  remembered,  took  a  very  great  interest  in  the 
formation  of  Mechanics'  Institutes  ;  and  in  the  news-room  of 
that  at  Halifax,  his  portrait,  painted  by  Henry  T.  Wells,  R.A., 
testifies  the  appreciation  of  his  services,  by  a  large  circle  of  sub- 
scribers thereto.  A  somewhat  kindred  institution,  the  Yorkshire 
Penny  Bank,  founded  by  another  Halifax  man,  who  was  asso- 
ciated for  a  lengthened  period,  with  the  judge's  son,  as  colleague 
in  the  representation  of  Halifax  in  parliament,  viz.  Colonel 
Edward  Akroyd,  J.P.,  F.S.A.,  also  owes  considerably  to  his  care 
and  energy.  He  was  also  intimately  connected  with  other 
public  institutions,  in  the  town  of  his  residence,  though  not  of  his 
birth  ;  and  the  erection  of  the  "  Judge  Stansfeld  Memorial 
Rooms  "  at  Northgate  end  chapel,  indicates  the  regard,  in  which 
he  was  held  by  his  co-religionists,  who  worshipped  there. 

But  it  is  as  judge  of  the  County  Court,  of  the  Halifax 
district,  that  James  Stansfeld  will  be  remembered  most  in  the 
future,  as  he  is  in  the  present.  Occupying  that  position  from 
the  very  first,  and  a  somewhat  similar  one,  under  a  special  act  of 
parliament,  before  the  County  Court  Act  was  passed,  he  only 
resigned  it,  a  few  months  before  his  death.  The  attorneys 
within  the  circuit,  took  that  opportunity  of  presenting  a  piece  of 
plate  and  an  address,  but  the  illness  of  the  judge,  dclaj'ed  the 


History  of  the  Stansfelp  Family.  241 

formal  presentation  ;  and  his  subsequent  death,  necessitated  their 
being  received  by  his  son.  But  the  late  judge  had  pencilled  a 
few  notes  of  an  acknowledgment,  on  his  death-bed  ;  which,  as 
they  indicate  the  remarkable  position  which  he  held,  and  also 
are  not  without  biographical  interest,  are  copied  as  they  occur  in 
the  Journal  above  alluded  to. 

"  I  receive  this  rare  and  distinguished  testimonial  from  my 
fellow  solicitors,  with  pride  and  gratitude,  and  feel  its  value  en^ 
hanced  to  me,  by  its  being  presented  by  three  highly-valued  friends, 
one  of  whom  and  myself  are,  if  I  mistake  not,  two  of  the  oldest 
attorneys  of  the  West  Riding;  and  to  each  and  all  who  in  person, 
or  through  you,  have  joined  in  conferring  upon  me  this  honour,  I 
beg  to  offer  my  most  grateful  acknowledgments.  I  have  used  the 
epithet  '  rare,'  but  I  might,  I  believe,  have  called  it  unique  ;  for  I 
do  not  think  any  member  of  our  branch  of  the  profession  ever  re- 
ceived, or  could  have  received,  from  his  fellow-solicitors,  a 
memorial  of  so  peculiar  and  gratifying  a  significance  as  this. 

"  I  was  selected  to  preside  over  the  Halifax  and  Huddersfield 
Court  of  Requests,  under  its  extended  jurisdiction,  as  a  solicitor 
of  so  many  years'  standing  (I  forget  how  many),  and  I  felt  a  pride 
in  maintaining  the  status,  to  which  our  branch  of  the  profession 
was,  in  my  person,  advanced.  Other  solicitors  there  were,  who 
were  appointed  under  similar  local  acts  ;  but  they  preferred  being 
raised  to  the  bar,  for  reasons  which,  in  their  own  cases,  justified 
that  course.  My  name,  however,  has  remained,  since  the  year 
1815  to  this  day,  on  the  Rolls  of  the  Courts  of  Equity  and  Com- 
mon Law.  I  will  only  say  that,  as  regards  neither  branch  of  the 
profession,  did  I,  in  any  one  instance,  ever  fail  to  receive  from 
every  member  of  it  practising  before  me,  the  respect  and  courtesy 
due  to  the  position  I  held  ;  and  that  to  the  advocates,  in  both 
branches  of  the  profession,  I  have  always  felt,  that  I  was  greatly 
indebted  for  the  assistance  they  afforded  me,  in  carrying  out  the 
proceedings  of  the  Court. 

"  The  Legislature  having,  however,  left  the  appointment  open 
to  both  branches  of  the  profession,  let  us  for  a  moment  consider  the 
qualifications  of  each  branch.  On  the  one  hand,  there  would  be  a 
more  thorough  knowledge  of  the  law,  as  far  as  study  and  the 
attendance  on  some  one  of  the  Law  Courts  could  give  it ;  on  the 
other  hand,  there  would  be  a  wide  field  for  selection  amongst 
men,  who  had  for  a  number  of  years,  been  practising  in  all  the  dif- 
ferent Courts  of  Law,  Equity,  and  Bankruptcy,  and  mixed  up  in 

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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

all  the  ordinary  business  transactions  of  life.  Might  it  not  be  fairly 
presumed,  that  the  Legislature,  in  giving  the  option  to  select  from 
either  branch,  considered  there  were  circumstances  in  which  a  se- 
lection might  be  made  from  each  ?  Or,  was  the  option  in  regard 
to  one  branch  to  be  a  dead  letter  ? 

"  I  would  now  wish  to  say  a  few  words,  in  justification  of  the 
selection  of  myself,  as  one  of  the  few,  who  were  favoured  with  being 
taken  from  our  branch  of  the  profession. 

"  I  was  one  of  nine  sons,  whom  my  father  had  to  educate  and 
bring  up.  In  those  disastrous  times,  he  could  not  afford  to  give 
any  of,  us,  an  university  education,  nor  would  it  practically  have 
availed  much,  for  we  were  Dissenters,  and  I  remember  being  told 
when  a  boy,  that  there  was  no  chance  of  my  being  Lord  Chancellor, 
for  the  Test  and  Corporation  Acts  then  Avere  in  operation,  and  the 
smallest  appointment  under  the  Crown,  could  not  be  had  by  any 
one,  who  refused  to  take  the  Sacrament,  according  to  the  forms  of 
the  Church  of  England.  All  that  my  father  could  do,  therefore, 
was  to  give  us  a  good  school  education,  and  there  I  acquired, 
what  was  of  more  value  to  me,  in  aiter-life  than,  perhaps,  any- 
thing which  a  college  life  could  have  conferred  upon  me,  for  I 
learned  the  value  of  a  diligent  application,  to  the  work  I  had  before 
me,  and  to  that  I  attribute,  as  much  as  anything,  such  success  as  I 
attained. 

"  My  father  was  a  Halifax  man,  though  he  served  his  appren- 
ticeship with  a  Leeds  merchant,  and  there  married  and  settled  in 
life.  It  was  thought,  therefore,  that  one  of  his  sons  might  suitably 
follow  the  profession  of  the  law  at  Halifax,  and  might  derive  some 
advantage  from  his  father's  connection  with  the  town,  and  all  his 
own  relatives  residing  there.  I  was  accordingly  articled  to  a  firm 
there  (Wigglesworth  and  Thompson)  having  the  largest  general 
practice  there,  embracing  Common  Law,  Equity,  Criminal  Law, 
Sessional  Practice,  and  Bankruptcy.  I  served  my  clerkship  out 
with  them,  concluding  in  the  year  1813,  and  I  worked  hard  during 
that  time,  as  you  may  imagine,  when  I  say,  that,  in  winter,  I  lighted 
my  own  fire,  every  morning  at  six  o'clock,  and  that,  in  summer,  I 
went  every  morning,  before  breakfast,  to  bathe  in  the  river 
at  Copley.  For  the  next  two  years,  I  took  the  rather  unusual 
step,  of  attending  the  chambers  of  a  special  pleader  and  convey- 
ancer, as  a  pupil.  This  I  always  considered,  to  be  a  very  valu- 
able portion  of  my  legal  education,  as  it  gave  me,  to  some  extent. 
the  advantage  more  generally  enjoyed  by  the  other  bianch  of  the 
profession. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  243. 

"  In  1815,  I  returned,  and  joined  the  firm  to  which  I  had 
been  articled,  as  junior  partner,  and  ultimately  assumed  the  chief 
management  of  it.  Meantime,  the  Law  in  Bankruptcy  had  been 
altered,  and  was  worked  by  fixed  Commissioners,  in  each  of  the 
large  towns,  two  being  barristers  and  one  a  solicitor,  I  was  se- 
lected by  the  late  Lord  Wensleydale,  the  then  senior  judge  on  the 
circuit,  for  Halifa.x.  Then  came  the  local  Act,  for  extending  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Court  of  Requests,  at  Halifax  and  Huddersfield. 
To  the  appointment  of  judge  of  it,  I  was,  as  before-mentioned, 
eligible.  I  was  a  competitor  for  it,  along  with  the  late  Mr.  Maude; 
but  he  had  the  superior  claim,  I  admit,  and  succeeded  ;  when,  on 
his  retiring  from  ill-health,  in  1841,  I  was  appointed  in  his  place, 
and  then,  in  1847,  on  the  passing  of  the  County  Court  Act,  I 
took  the  corresponding  Courts,  which  I  had  had  under  the  local 
Act. 

"  I  am  afraid  I  have  been  tedious  in  this  matter ;  but  I  thought 
it  right  to  deliver  the  round  unvarnished  tale,  which  I  hope  justi- 
fied the  Lord  Chancellor,  in  conferring  upon  me  the  appointment ; 
and  you,  I  think  I  may  assume,  have,  in  this  marked  and  distin- 
guished manner,  sanctioned  the  choice.  And  now  I  have  only  to 
thank  you  again,  and  all  my  friends  whom  you  kindly  represent,  for 
this  proof  of  your  sympathy  and  kindness,  and  to  assure  you 
that  I  shall  treasure  it  as  long  as  I  live,  and  leave  it  to  my  suc- 
cessor, as  an  heirloom,  by  whom  it  will  be,  I  am  sure,  equally 
appreciated." 

Judge  Stansfeld  resided  at  Moorlands,  during  the  latter  part 
of  his  life.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  West  riding 
of  Yorkshire.     Mrs.  Stansfeld  died  in  185 1. 


n.— RT.  HON.  JAMES  STANSFELD,  P.C,  M.P.,  &c. 
James  Stansfeld,  only  son  and  heir  of  Judge  Stansfeld, 
was  born  5th  March,  baptised  I  ith  September,  1820,  and  married 
27th  July  1844,  Caroline,  second  daughter  of  William  Henry 
Ashurst,  solicitor,  of  London.  He  was  educated  for  the  legal 
profession,  graduated  B.A.  1840,  LL.B.  1844,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  convocation  of  London  university.  He  entered  as 
student  of  the  Inner  Temple,  31st  October  1840;  and  was 
called  to  the  bar,  26th  January  1849.      He  was  elected   M.P.  for 


244  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 

his  native  town,  in  April  1859,  which  he  has  ever  since  repre- 
sented in  parHament.  He  was  Junior  Lord  of  the  Admiralty, 
from  April  1863  till  April  1864;  Under-Secretary  of  State  for 
India,  from  February  to  July  1866  ;  Third  Lord  of  the  Trcasuiy, 
from  December  1868,  till  November  1869,  when  he  became 
Financial  Secretary  to  the  Treasurj-,  until  March  1871.  He  \\  as 
then  appointed  President  of  the  Poor  Law  Board,  till  August, 
and  thence,  President  of  the  Local  Government  Board,  until 
February  1874.  He  was  created  a  Pri\y  Councillor,  in  Februarj' 
1S69. 

He  has  issue  one  son,  Joseph  James  Stansfeld,  of  whom  next. 


HI.— JOSEPH    JAMES    STANSFELD. 

Joseph  James  Stansfeld,  only  child  of  the  Rt.  Hon. 
James  Stansfeld,  was  born  19th  April  1852,  and  married, 
28th  February  1878,  ELIZABETH  WiLHELMiNA  Gertrude, 
only  daughter  of  Edward  Charles  Healey  J. P.,  of  Wyphurst, 
Cranleigh,  co.  Surrey.  The  arms  of  Healey  are  :  Gules, 
five  fusils  in  bend,  engrailed,  ermine,  between  two  lilies, 
slipped,  proper.  Crest :  On  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  a  lily, 
slipped,  proper,  in  front  of  four  fusils,  as  in  the  arms,  arranged 
fess-wise. 

He  graduated  B. A.  1875,  and  is  a  member  of  convocation 
of  London  university.  He  was  admitted  a  student  of  the 
Middle  Temple,  lOth  January  1876  ;  and  called  to  the  bar  26th 
January  1880. 


7.— HATTON  HAMER  STANSFELD  of  BURLEY. 
Hatton  Hamer  Stansfeld,  seventh  son  of  David  and 
Sarah  Stansfeld,  was  born  29th  September  1793,  married  ist 
September  1821,  Elizabeth  Anne,  daughter  of  Woodhouse 
Crompton  of  Warwick.  She  died  2nd  February'  185 1,  and  he 
married,  secondly,  6th  October  1852,  Mauy  Jane,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Sherwood  of  Shearwater,  co.  Surrey.  He  had  issue  by 
his  first  wife  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  245 

1.  Thomas  Wolryche  Stansfeld,  of  whom  next. 

2.  John  WilHam  Stansfeld,  born  28th  July  1823,  died 
in    1836. 

3.  Henry  Hamer  Stansfeld,  colonel  in  the  Indian  army, 
born  loth  October  1839,  married  at  S.  Stephen's,  Calcutta, 
9th  March  1869,  Katherine  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Sir  William 
Grey,  K.C.S.I.,  lieutenant-governor  of  Bengal,  and  has  issue : 
Harold  Hamer  Grey,  born  17th  February  1870;  Cyril  Grey, 
born  17th  July  1871  ;  Margaret  Elizabeth  and  Aldith  Katie 
Stansfeld. 

4  &  5.  Elizabeth  Anne  Crompton  Stansfeld,  born  1828, 
and  died  1832  ;  and  Frances  Mary  Stansfeld,  born  1835,  and 
died  in  1853. 

Hatton  Hamer  Stansfeld  resided  at  S.  Anne's  Hill,  Burley, 
and  was  official  assignee  of  the  court  of  bankruptcy. 


H.— THOMAS  WOLRYCHE  STANSFELD  of  WEET- 
WOOD    GROVE. 

Thomas  Wolryche  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Hatton 
Hamer  Stansfeld,  was  born  2Sth  June  1822.  He  married,  as  his 
first  wife,  in  1851,  his  half  cousin,  MARIAN,  daughter  of  Edward 
Towgood  of  Paxton  Hill,  co.  Hants,  by  his  wife  Sarah,  the 
daughter  of  James  Bischoff  and  Peggy  his  wife,  daughter  of 
David  Stansfeld  of  Leeds.  They  had  issue :  Edward,  born 
23rd  April  1855,  married  9th  July  1884,  Nora  Beatrice,  fourth 
daughter  of  James  Edward  Bradshaw  of  Fair  Oak  Park,  Bishop- 
stoke,  Hants  ;  Alfred  Wolryche,  born  7th  June  1861  ;  and 
Elizabeth  and  Hilda  Stansfeld. 

Mrs.  Stansfeld  [m'e  Towgood]  died  in  1861,  and  he  married 
secondly,  i6th  December  1863,  LouiSA  Agnes,  second  daughter 
of  Joseph  Barker  Chapman  of  Whitby.  They  have  issue  : 
William  Hatton,  born  5th  March  1865  ;  Horace  Wolryche,  born 
22nd  August  1866;  Hubert  Arthur,  born  29th  February  1868  ; 
Mary  Adeline  and  Mabel  Katherine  Stansfeld. 

Thomas  Wolryche  Stansfeld  resides  at  Weetwood  Grove, 
near  Leeds.  He  is  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  West  riding  of 
the  county  of  York. 


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History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


9.— HAMER  STANSFELD  of  HEADINGLEY  LODGE. 

Hamer  Stansfeld,  ninth  son  and  thirteenth  child  of 
David  and  Sarah  Stansfeld,  was  born  i6th  February  1797, 
married  in  1845,  and  died  in  1865.  His  wife  was  ELLEN, 
daughter  of  Matthew  Towgood,  of  Riversfield,  co.  Hants.  They 
had  issue,  Henry  James  Stansfeld,  born  at  Bonn  in  1849,  and 
went  to  reside  in  Natal,  South  Africa. 

Hamer  Stansfeld  was  J. P.  for  the  West  riding  of  Yorkshire, 
and  resided  at  Headingley  Lodge,  near  Leeds. 


Chapter     X. 


THE  WOLRICH    OR  WOLRYCHE  FAMILY. 


T  the  marriage,  on  the  14th  November  1776,  of  David 
Stansfeld  of  Leeds,  to  Sarah,  only  child  of  Thomas 
Wolrich  of  Armley  House,  the  Stansfelds  became 
connected  with  a  family,  whose  lineage  stretches  far 

down,  into  the  Saxon  period.     It  descends  in  an  uninterrupted 

male  line,  from  : — 

1.  Ordgar,  earl  of  Devonshire  and  Cornwall,  who  had, 
besides  a  daughter  Elfrida,  who  married  king  Edgar,  a  second 
son  : — 

2.  Eadulf,  who  married  Elfwina,  only  child  and  heiress 
of  Ethelred,  duke,  or  last  king,  of  Mercia,  by  Ethelfleda, 
daughter  of  king  Alfred  the  Great,  and  sister  of  king  Edward 
the  Elder.     He  had  issue  : — 

3.  Leofwine,  earl  of  Mercia,  who  had  immense  posses- 
sions in  Mercia,  which  evidently  were  inherited  from  his  mother, 
and  had  not  been  alienated  from  her,  when  she  was  dispossessed 
of  the  sovereignty,  by  her  uncle,  king  Edward  the  Elder.  He 
gave  Adelwolber,  to  the  abbey  of  Peterborough,  and  is  witness 
to  charters,  bearing  date  967  and  994  (see  Dugdale's  Monasticon). 
He  married  Alwara,  daughter  of  Athelstane,  son  of  Manne, 
son  of  Toglos,  a  Danish  duke  and  earl  of  East  Anglia,  whose 
wife  was  the  daughter  of  Athelstane,  half  king  of  all  England. 
They  had  issue  :  ^Ifhelm,  earl  of  Northumberland,  by  whose 
daughter,  Algwin,  Canute  the  Great  had  Sweyn,  king  of  Norway, 
and  Harold  I.,  king  of  England  ;  Norman,  slain  at  the  battle  of 
Assandun  in  Essex,  A.D.  1016  ;  Edwin,  slain  in  battle  by 
Griffin,  king  of  Wales  ;  Leofric,  earl    of  Mercia,  who    married 


24S  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 

the  famous  lady  Godiva  of  Coventn-  ;  Godwin,  of  whom  next  ; 
and  Ermenhild,  who  married  Richard  d'  Avranches  of  Nor- 
mandy, and  had  Hugh  Lupus,  earl  of  Chester,  died  in  iioi,  and 
Matilda,  ancestress  of  Robert  Bruce,  king  of  Scotland. 

4.  GODAVIN  married  GODA,  sister  of  king  Edward  the 
Confessor,  and  daughter  of  Ethelred  U.  by  Emma,  daughter  of 
Richard  H.,  duke  of  Normandy,  and  Estritha,  daughter  of 
Sweyn,  king  of  England  and  Denmark.  They  had  issue: 
Godric,  slain  at  the  battle  of  Harbeuer ;  Wolfric,  of  whom 
hereafter  ;  Egelric,  bishop  of  Durham,  who  resigned  in  favour  of 
his  brother,  in  1056  ;  and  Egelwin,  bishop  of  Durham,  starved  to 
death  in  1072. 

5.  Wolfric,  lord  of  Leek,  Staffordshire,  and  Croxton, 
Chester.  He  gave  Marham  to  Peterborough  abbey,  and  Blake- 
ford,  to  Glastonberg  abbey,  in  Wessex.  He  possessed  roj'al 
privileges  at  Worksop,  and  part  of  a  salt  work  at  Middlewich. 
He  was  warden  of  the  royal  forests,  in  the  time  of  Edward  the 
Confessor  and  William  L;  and  resided,  at  the  end  of  the  nth 
century,  at  Thornhill,  near  Wimborne  minster,  Dorset,  then 
forming  part  of  the  New  Forest.  He  married,  for  his  first  wife, 
a  daughter  of  William  Poncius,  count  of  Argues  and  Thoulouse, 
son  of  Richard  H.,  duke  of  Normandy.  By  her,  he  had  issue: 
Hama  (Orme)  Maser,  baron  of  Durham  Massey  ;  Waltheof,  lord 
of  Etchells  &c.,  and  ancestor  of  the  barons  of  Stockport,  earls 
of  Power,  and  the  Venables,  lords  Vernon,  &c.  Wolfric  married, 
secondly,  his  half-cousin  Aldith,  daughter  of  Algar  earl  of 
Mercia,  and  grand-daughter  of  Leofric  and  the  lady  Godiva. 
She  had  been  twice  widowed.  Her  first  husband  was  Griffin, 
king  of  Wales  ;  her  second  was  Harold  II.,  king  of  England, 
by  whom  she  had  a  daughter,  married  to  Waldemar  H.,  czar  of 
Muscovy.  Wolfric's  issue  by  her  was,  besides  Randulph  de 
Tettesworth : — 

6.  Gamel  de  Tettesworth,  lord  of  Aldithlc}-  at  the  time 
of  Domesday.     He  had  issue,  Alisus  and  : — 

7.  Adam  de  Aldithley  or  Audley,  who  had,  besides  a 
second  son,  Adam,  the  ancestor  of  the  Stanlej-s,  earls  of 
Derby,  &c.:— 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  249 

8.  LlONULPH,  son  and  heir,  sheriff  of  Cheshire  temp,  king 
Stephen,  who  had  : — 

9.  Adam  de  Audley,  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  H.,  who 
had  :  Sir  Henry,  son  and  heir,  lord  of  Audley,  Hving  in  1236,  and 
ancestor  of  barons  Audley ;  Richard ;  William  de  Lake ; 
and  : — 

10.  Sir  Adam  Wolryche  of  Wenlock,  with  whom 
many  of  the  pedigrees  of  the  Wolryche  family  commence,  living 
in  1343.  He  married  EDITH  A  and  had:  Richard  and  John,  both 
died  s.p.;  Roger,  of  whom  next,  and  Robert  and  Joan. 

11.  Roger  Wolryche,  living  2nd  Richard  H.  [1378-9], 
married  and  had  : — 

12.  Richard  Wolryche,  living  in    1393,  married   

Lenthall  and  had  : — 

13.  John  Wolryche,  who  married  Eliz.\beth  Bethe, 
and  had  : — 

14.  Roger     Wolryche,     who     married     Margaret, 

daughter  and  co-heiress  of Upton  of  Upton,  county  Salop, 

whose  arms  are  quartered  by  the  family.     They  had  issue  : — 

15.  William  Wolryche,  who  married  Margaret, 
daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Hugh  de  Dodmaston,  by  Isabell, 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Foster,  knight.  The  Dodmaston  arms 
are  quartered  by  the  Wolrichs.     They  had  issue  : — 

16.  Andrew  Wolryche  of  Dodmaston,  M.R  for  Bridge- 
north  in  1435.  Two  pedigrees  in  the  Harleian  MSS.  1174,  pp. 
123  and  158,  introduce  an  intermediate  descent  of  a  ROGER, 
married  to  a  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Grey,  marquis  of  Dorset, 
but  this  is  not  to  be  found,  in  more  authenticated  pedigrees. 
Andrew  Wolryche  married,  for  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Thomas  Walton  of  Staffordshire,  gentle- 
man, whose  arms  are  quartered  in  consequence.  He  married 
secondly,  MARGARET,  sister  to  Boicus  Hampton,  one  of  the 
esquires  to  the  body  of  Henry  VI.     He  had  by  his  first  wife  : — 

17.  Thomas  Wolryche  of  Dodmaston,  who  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  and  heiress  of  William  Rowley  of  Staf- 
fordshire, esquire,  whose  arms  occupy  the  fifth  quartering  of  the 


250  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Wolrich  shield.  They  had  issue  :  Humphrey,  Hving  4th  Henry 
VH.,  ancestor  of  the  Wolrichs  of  Dodmaston,  baronets,  now  re- 
presented by  the  earl  of  Dudley  and  others  ;  Joyce ;  Isabel ; 
Katherine ;  Margaret,  married  a  Percy ;  Eleanor,  married  a 
Houghton  ;  Rowland,  a  priest ;  Joyce,  a  nun  ;  and  : — 

18.  Sir  William  Wolrich,  knight,  second  son,  married, 

about    the  year    1500,  ISABEL,  daughter   and    heiress   of  

Cullinge  of  Wickombroke,  esquire.  He  first  came  into  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  with  the  earl  of  Kent.  The  Cullinge  arms  are 
quartered  in  the  sixth  quartering.  He  had  issue,  besides  a 
second  son,  Richard  : — 

19.  John    Wolrich    of   Wickombrooke,   who    married 

JOANE,  daughter  of Barnes  of  Soham  in  Cambridgeshire, 

esquire,  and  had  issue  :  Christopher,  whose  children  all  died  young; 
John,  ancestor  of  the  Wolrichs  of  Cowling  (now  extinct),  and 
of  lady  Hewley,  whose  trusts  were  so  long  the  subject  of  litiga- 
tion, and  others  ;  William,  who  died  without  male  issue  ;  Bridget, 

married Byre ;  Isabel,  married Parny  of  Mordhampton  ; 

Joane,  married  Dersley  ;    Margaret,  married,    ist,  Robert 

Higham  of  Cowling,  by  whom  she  had  five  sons  and  five 
daughters,  2nd,  Roger  Tornell,  esquire,  who  died  in  1598; 
and  : — 

20.  Thomas  Wolrich  of  Alconbury,  Huntingdonshire, 
married  ELIZABETH,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Wingfield  K.G.  of 
Kimbolton  Castle,  of  royal  blood,  as  see  pedigree.  They  had 
issue  :  Francis,  son  and  heir,  of  whom  hereafter  ;  Christopher, 
married  the  widow  of  Sir  Humphrey  Stafford,  knight,  by  whom 
two  daughters  ;  John  ;  Symond  ;  Honor,  married  her  cousin, 
Charles  Wolrich  of  Cowling ;  and  Temperance  Wolrich. 

21.  Francis  Wolrich  of  Alconbury,  married  Lore, 
daughter  of  Robert  Higham  of  Branches  Park,  Suffolk,  esquire, 
and  had  issue:  Anne,  married  Israel  Fielding  of  Starford,  York- 
shire, esquire  ;  Torrel  ;  Honor  ;  and  : — 

22.  Thomas  Wolrich,  son  and  heir,  married  Frances, 
daughter  of  William  Wickham,  bishop  of  Lincoln,  1585,  after- 
wards bishop  of  Winchester,  by  Antonina,  youngest  daughter  of 
William  Barlow,  bishop  of  Chichester.     Bishop  Barlow  had  five 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  251 

daughters,  all  of  whom  married  bishops.  Ann,  the  eldest, 
married  Herbert  Westphaling,  bishop  of  Hereford  ;  Elizabeth 
married  William  Day,  bishop  of  Winchester  ;  Margaret  married 
William  Overton,  bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry;  and 
Frances  married  ist  Matthew  Parker,  son  of  the  archbishop  of 
Canterbury,  and  2nd  Toby  Mathew,  archbishop  of  York. 
Thomas  Wolrich  left  issue  :  Sir  Toby  Wolrich  of  Bishopsboume 
and  Cowling,  knight,  LL.D.,  and  a  Master  in  Chancery,  who 
married  Jane,  daughter  and  eventually  heiress  of  Sir  Robert 
Hatton  of  Bishopsboume,  and  their  granddaughter,  Penelope 
Wolrich,  became  heiress  of  this  branch  of  the  family,  and 
married  her  relative,  Toby  Wolrich,  of  Leeds.  He  also  left, 
besides  three  daughters :  Frances ;  Antonina,  married Hind- 
marsh  of  Bishopsboume  ;    and  Joyce,  married Walker  of 

Tranton,  near  Newark  ;  a  second  son  : — 

23.  Henry  Wolrich  of  Barnby  Hall,  near  Cawthome, 
Yorkshire,  captain  of  horse  to  Charles  L,  died  in  the  Charter- 
house, 1697.  He  is  stated,  on  an  ancient  monument  in  Mill  hill 
chapel,  Leeds,  along  with  his  brother.  Sir  Toby  Wolrich,  to  have 
sacrificed  his  fortune,  and  hazarded  his  life,  in  defence  of  Charles 
I.,  and  the  constitution.  He  married  REBECCA,  and  had  issue, 
four  daughters:  Grace,  married  Barrow;  Ann,  died  un- 
married ;  Mary  ;  and  Rebecca,  married  William  Bramham  ;  and 
an  only  son  : — 

24.  Thomas  Wolrich,  M.A.,  vicar  of  Brotherton,  died 
1689.  He  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  John  Richardson  of 
Halifax,  gentleman,  and  left  issue,  besides  four  sons  and  two 
daughters,  who  all  died  without  male  issue : — 

25.  Toby  Wolrich  of  Leeds,  born  in  1683,  died  1742. 
He  married  PENELOPE  Hatton,  daughter  and  heiress  of  his 
half  cousin,  Hatton  Wolrich  of  Kingston-on-Thames,  esquire, 
and  granddaughter  of  Sir  Toby  Wolrich  of  Bishopsboume,  and 
of  Jane  Hatton  his  wife.  The  Hatton  arms  are  therefore 
quartered,  on  account  of  this  marriage.  Penelope  Hatton 
Wolrich  was  born  2nd  November  1687,  and  died  in  1763.  Their 
issue  was,  besides  three  sons  who  died  young,  two  daughters  who 
died  unmarried,   Hatton  of   Potternewton,  who  married   Mary, 


252  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

daughter   of    Laurence    Slater    of    York,    and    had    issue,    two 
daughters  ;  and  a  son  and  heir : — 

26.  Thomas  Wolrich  of  Armley  house,  near  Leeds, 
born  in  17 19,  died  1 791.  He  was  brought  up  by  his  distant 
relative,  lady  Hewley,  in  the  expectation  of  inheriting  her 
property,  some  part  of  which  she  did  bequeath  to  him.  He 
married  PEGGY,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hamer  of  Hamer, 
Lancashire,  esquire,  by  Mary,  sister  of  Sir  Henrj'  Ibbetson, 
baronet,  and  of  Samuel  Ibbetson  of  Denton  Park,  esquire. 
Besides  a  son,  Thomas,  born  and  died  in  1754,  and  a  daughter, 
Peggy,  born  1758,  died  1760,  their  only  issue  was  a  daughter : — 

27.  Sarah  Wolrich,  born  23rd  February  1757,  who 
married  in  1776,  David  Stansfeld  of  Leeds,  esquire,  and  had 
issue,  fourteen  children. 


^etiicjree  si)eluincj:  ^ajtoit  tiesceitt  oi  ^araj)  ^tansfetti. 


Alfked  the  Great. 


,  OrdgAR,  earl  of  = 
Devonshire  and 
Cornwall. 


King  Edward 
the  Elder. 


Elfrida  =:  King  Edgar. 


Ethei.fleda.  ==  Ethelred,  Athelstan.: 

i     last  king  &  Half  king  of 

j     first  earl  of  all  England. 
Mercia. 


A  daughter.  =  Athelstan  Manneson. 


Leopavine. 
Earl  of 
Mercia. 


.^LFHELM.  = 

Earl  of 
Northumber- 
land. 

Norman. 

Edwin. 

1 
Leofric.  = 
Earl  of 
Mercia. 

Lady      4.  Godwin.: 
Godiva. 


GoDA,  sister  Erme.\'hild.  =  Richard 
of  king  Ed-  d'Avranches. 

ward  the 
Confessor. 


1st  Griffin,  king  of  Wales.  ■ 
2nd  Harold  II.,  king  of 
England. 


I  I 

:  ALDITH,  ;=5.W0LFRI&  : 
forher3rd  | 
hushand, 


:  1st -—daughter 

of  William  Pon- 
civs,  son  of  Rich- 
ard II.,  duke  of 
Normandy. 


I  i 

Egelric.     Egelwin,  bishop 

Bishop  of    of    Durham,    suc- 

Durham.      ceeded  his  brother 

in  1056,  starved  to 

death,  1072. 


5.  Gamel  de  Tettesworth. 
Lord  of  Aldithley,  tern/. 
Domesday. 


Randulph  de  Tetteswokth. 


7.  Adam  de  Aldithley  or  Audley.  = 


S.  LiONULPH,  Sheriff  of  Cheshire,     == 
iemj).  king  Stephen. 


Adam,  ancestor  of  the  Stanleys 
earls  of  Derby,  &c. 


9.  Adam  de  Audley,  Ut/iji.  Heniy  II.     = 


Sir  IIehry  Audley,  son  and  heir,  lord  of 
Audley,  living  in  1236,  ancestor  of  barons 
Audley. 


William  de  Lake. 


Sir  Adam  Wolrycue  of 
Wenlock,  living  in  1343, 
with  whom  ir.any  of  the 
Wolrich  pedigi-ees  begin, 
ancestor  of  Sarah  Stans- 
FELD  {ih'c  Wolrich). 


from  ^mx^  Mh  anti  etitwarti  £ 


Richard  Fitzalak,     = 
sixth  earl  of  Anindel,  great-grandson  of 
Edmund,  earl  of  Lancaster,  son  of  Henry  III. 


Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
William  de  Bohun,  earl  of  Northampton, 
grandson  of  Edward  I. 


Elizaheth  Fitzalan,  ==  2udly.  Sir  Robert  Goushill,  knight, 
daughter  and  co-heixess. 


From  whom  the  dukes  of  Norfolk,  &c. 


Elizabeth  Goushill,    =    Sir  Robert  Wingfield,  knight.. 


daughter  and  co-heiress. 


of  Setheringham. 


JOANE  Goushill,  =     Thomas, 

daughter  and  co-heiress.      I       lord  Stanley. 


From  whom  the  earls  of  Derby,  &c. 


Sir  John  Wingfield,  knight. 


Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir 
John  Fitzlewis,  knight,  by 
Anne,  daughter  of  John 
Montacute,  earl  of  Salisbui-y, 
who  manied  secondly  John 
duke  of  Exeter. 


Elizabeth  Wingfield. 


Sir  William 
Brandon, 


istly.  Catherine,  sisterof  Elizabeth, 
queen  of  Edward  IV.,  and  widow  of 
Jasper  Tudor,  duke  of  Bedford,  and 
of  Henry  Stafford,  duke  of  Buck- 
ingham. 


From  whom  Sir  Philip  Sydney, 
I^ady  Jane  Grey,  &c. 


2ndly.  Bridget,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Sir  John  Wiltshire, 
knight.  She  married  secondly. 
Sir  Nicholas  Harvey,  and  by  him 
had  Henry,  father  of  the  first  lord 
Hai-vey,  and  ancestor  of  the  earls 


Elizabeth  Wingfield. 


=  Thomas  Wolrich,  of  Alconbury, 
ancestor  of  Sarah  Stansfeld  (late 
Wolrich). 


Chapter    XI. 


GUISELEY     CHURCH. 


|OT  far  from  Esholt  Hall,  the  seat  of  General  Stans- 
field,  is  the  little  village  of  Guiseley,  which  anciently 
formed  part  of  the  Saxon  parish  of  Otley.  The 
church  is  dedicated  to  S.  Oswald,  a  fact  in  itself, 
proving  the  antiquity  of  its  erection.  Whitaker's  Loidis  and 
Elmete,  opposite  p.  210,  gives  a  plate,  shewing  the  beautiful 
arcade  of  four  Norman  arches,  forming  the  south  side  of  the 
nave.  The  pillars,  clustered  of  four,  have  the  ordinary  base 
mouldings.  The  capitals  differ,  that  of  the  central  pillar,  having 
more  of  a  foliated  appearance,  being  similar  to  those  of  the 
outer  pillars,  but  with  the  invected  edges  of  the  moulding,  turned 
over.  Since  the  time  of  Whitaker,  the  church  has  been 
'  restored,'  and  a  clerestory  added,  above  this  arcade,  of  six 
double  lights,  deeply  splayed. 

The  northern  arcade  consists  of  three  graceful  pointed 
arches,  no  clerestory,  with  two  octagonal  piers,  having  ordinary 
bases  and  capitals.  At  the  spring  of  the  first  arch,  from  the 
pier  of  the  chancel  or  transept,  is  carved,  on  a  shield,  a  cross 
patonce.  Azure,  a  cross  patonce,  or,  are  the  arms  of  the  Warde 
family,  which  founded  the  church,  and  the  neighbouring  priory 
of  Esholt.  Whitaker's  Loidis  and  Elmete,  page  202,  gives  a 
facsimile  of  an  inscription,  which  remained  at  the  priory  ;  and 
one  of  three  shields,  which  forms  part  of  the  illustration,  he 
describes  as  follows  : — 

"  The  cross  patee  on  the  second,  is  the  armorial  bearing  of  the 

Wards,  founders  of  the  house ;    and  the  initial  R,  denotes,  in  all 

probability,  the  representative  of  the  family,  at  the  time  when  the 

stone  was  erected." 


254  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  cross,  however,  on  the  shield,  as  drawn,  is  a  cross  moline  ; 
but  as  Whitaker  did  not  see  the  inscription,  possibly  the  copyist 
may  have  made  an  error.  The  cross  is  borne  in  many  shapes 
and  tinctures,  by  families  of  the  name  of  Ward.  The  cross 
patonce,  however,  seems  the  most  ancient,  and  this  carving,  in  a 
church  of  which  one  of  the  family  was  the  founder,  should  have 
been  considered  decisive  ;  but  Slater's  History  of  Guiseley,  p.  loi, 
adopts,  Astire,  a  cross  patde  or.  At  the  spring  of  the  third  arch, 
from  the  tower  pier,  is  a  similar  shield,  charged  with  the  letter 
W,  and  over  it,  a  goat's  head  in  fess,  bearded,  being  the  mono- 
gram and  crest  of  the  Ward  family. 

The  east  wall  of  the  chancel,  contains  a  window  of  five 
lancet  lights.  Whitaker  ascribes  the  light  clustered  columns  of 
the  choir  and  transept,  to  the  time  of  Henr>'  III.  The  subjects 
of  the  east  window  above-mentioned,  are  : — 

ist  light,  north.     The  Holy  Babe  in  the  stable  at  Bethlehem  ;  and  the 

star  shining  overhead,  and  casting  down  its  rays  over  where 

He  lay. 
2nd.     The  baptism  of  Christ  in  the  Jordan  ;  the  Holy  Spirit  descending 

as  a  Dove  upon  Him. 
3rd  and  centre.     The  Ascension. 
4th.     S.  Mary  Magdalene  meeting   the   Risen  Lord,  in  the  garden  of 

S.  Joseph  of  Arimathea. 
5th.     The  first  Whitsun  day.     The  descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost  upon 

the  aposdes. 

The  inscription  at  the  foot  of  the  window,  is  as  follows,  taking 

the  same  order  : — 

1864.  This  window  to  the  glory  of  God,  and  in  memory  of  many 
members  of  the  families  of  Micklethwait,  Pollard,  and  Stans- 
feld, who  are  interred  within  this  church. 

It  is  worthy  of  note,  as  evidencing  the  less  regard  for 
accuracy,  in  modern  stained  windows,  and  also  the  absolute  dis- 
regard, for  any  historic  or  doctrinal  evidence,  which  may 
hereafter  be  drawn  from  them,  that  in  the  fifth  lancet,  there 
arc  only  nine  apostles  figured,  but  the  B.V.M.  is  shewn  in  the 
midst  of  them,  and  upon  her  head,  also,  rests  a  tongue  of  fire  ; 
and  not  one,  of  the  whole  ten  tongues,  is  cloven. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  255 

In  the  easternmost  window  of  the  north  aisle,  or,  as  it 
might  be  termed,  the  north  transept  window,  is  represented,  in 
stained  glass,  a  shield  of  arms,  and  an  inscription,  which  is  given 
below,  as  far  as  could  be  made  out.  The  portion  in  square 
brackets,  is  taken  from  VVhitaker,  who  seems  to  have  been 
more  fortunate,  in  his  opportunity  of  deciphering  it.  The  arms 
are  : — 

Per  Pale :  First,  Quarterly,  i.  Argent,  a  fess  between 
three  pheons,  sable  (R.awdon)  ;  2.  Argent,  a  fess  between  two  lions 
passant,  sable  (Follefait);  3.  Argent,  a  chevron  between  three 
hinds'  heads,  erased,  gules  (Beckwith)  ;  and  4.  Argent,  on  a  fess 
sable,  three  escallops  of  the  first,  a  canton  ermine  (  ). 

The  above  impales  : — Argent,  a  fess  between  three  cross  crosslets, 
azure  (Aldburgh).  Crest  : — A  pheon,  sable.  Date  as  Motto  : — 
1668.  Inscription  : — In  hac  parte  septentrionali  sepelitur 
corpus  Francisci  de  Rawdon  (una  cum  proauis  suis)  et 
Doratheje  Vxoris  sua;,  filias  Gulielmi  Aldburgh  de  Aldburgh 
Armigeri  qui  Connubijs  vixerunt  annos  57.  Ipsa  obijt  anno  i66[o] 
[ille  die  25  Aprilis  1668.] 

In  the  south  transept,  in  which  the  piscina  still  remains, 
evidencing  its  former  use,  as  a  chantry  chapel,  are  six  hatch- 
ments, three  on  the  east,  and  three  on  the  west.  Commencing 
at  the  north  of  the  former,  they  are  described  below,  just  as 
they  appear,  errors  and  all. 

No  1.  On  a  lozenge-shaped  shield  : — Vert,  three  goats  trippant, 
argent,  armed  and  unguled,  or  (Stansfield)  ;  on  a  shield 
of  pretence  :  Argent,  on  a  chief,  gules,  two  cross  crosslets  of 
the  field  (Ferrand). 

No  2.  Arms: — Argent,  a  fess,  sable,  between  three  rooks,  proper. 
(RooKEs);  on  an  escutcheon  of  pretence:  Vert,  three  goats 
trippant,  argent,  armed  and  unguled,  or  (Stansfield). 
Crest  : — Over  a  squire's  helmet,  on  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  a 
raven  feeding  on  a  wheat  sheaf,  proper. 

No  3.  Vert,  on  a  bend  cotised,  argent,  a  lion  passant,  gules,  between 
two  covered  cups,  or  ;  on  a  chief  gold,  three  pheons,  sable 
(Crompton)  ;  bearing  on  an  escutcheon  of  pretence : 
Quarterly,  !=■'  and  4''^  :  Vert,  a  fess,  sable,  between  three  rooks, 
proper  (RooKEs);  2nd  &  3rd:  Vert,  three  goats  statant,  argent, 
armed,  unguled,  and  bearded,  or  (Stansfield). 


256  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

No  4.  Arms: — Azure  (Vert?)  three  goats  trippant,  argent  (Stans- 
field)  ;  on  a  shield  of  pretence  :  Argent,  on  a  chief,  gules, 
two  crosses  patonce,  of  the  field  (Ferrand).  Crest  : — ■ 
A  lion's  head  erased,  gules.    Motto  : — Medio  tutissimus  ibis. 

No  5.  A  lozenge-shaped  shield,  bearing: — Azure,  a  fess,  sable,  between 
three  rooks,  proper  (Rookes);  on  an  escutcheon  of  pretence  : 
Vert,  three  goats  trippant,  argent,  armed  and  unguled,  or 
(Stansfield). 

No  6.  Arms  : — Vert,  on  a  bend,  argent,  double  cotised,  ermine, 
between  two  covered  cups,  or,  a  lion  passant,  gules,  on  a  chief 
azure,  three  pheons,  gold  (Crompton)  ;  bearing  on  a  shield 
of  pretence  :  Quarterly,  ist  and  4th  :  Argent,  a  fess,  sable, 
between  three  rooks,  proper  (Rookes).  2nd  and  3rd  :  Sable, 
three  goats  trippant,  argent,  collared  and  belled,  or  (Stansfield). 
Crest  : — Over  a  squire's  helm,  on  a  \vreath,  or  and  vert,  a  demi- 
horse,  sable,  vulned  with  an  arrow,  proper.  Motto  : — Love 
AND  Loyalty. 

On  the  south  side  of  the  same  transept  or  chapel,  are  two 
marble  monuments,  relating  to  the  Stansfield  family.  The  first 
bears  a  coat  of  arms  over  it,  and  inscription,  as  follows  : — 

Arms  : — Argent,  a  fess,  sable,  between  three  rooks,  proper  ;  on 
an  escutcheon  of  pretence :  Vert,  three  goats  trippant,  argent 
(Rookes  and  Stansfield).  Crest  : — On  a  sheaf  of  corn,  a  rook 
(or  raven)  nroper. 

Ann  Rookes.  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Ann  Rookes,  wife 
of  William  Rookes  Esq''-  and  sister  and  heir  at  law  of  Robert 
Stansfield  of  Esholt  Hall  Esq"'- :  Died  Febv-  12''',  1798,  aged  68. 
Mother  of  five  children,  of  whom  two  alone  survived  her.  From 
a  high  regard  for  her  religious  character,  and  unshaken  resignation, 
during  nine  years  painful  suffering,  her  son  -  in  -  law,  Joshua 
Crompton,  has  dedicated  this  memorial. 

Also  to  the  memory  of  William  Rookes  Esq''  husband  of  the 
above  Ann  Rookes,  senior  bencher  of  Gray's  Inn,  and  last  survivor, 
in  the  male  line,  of  the  ancient  family  of  Rookes  of  Roydes  Hall : 
died  Ocf-  24'^  1789,  aged  70. 

Also  to  their  son  William  Rookes  Esq""-  student  of  Gray's 
Inn;  died  Oct'-  8'''  17H6,  aged  25. 

The  other  monument  contains  the  following  arms  and  inscrip- 
tion : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  257 

Arms  : — Vert,  on  a  bend,  argent,  double  cotised,  ermine,  a 
lion  passant,  gules,  between  two  covered  cups,  or,  on  a  chief, 
azure,  three  pheons,  or  (Crompton)  ;  on  an  escutcheon  of  pre- 
tence :  Quarterly,  1='  and  4'''.  Argent,  a  fess,  sable,  between  three 
rooks,  proper  (Rookes)  ;  2°'*  and  3'''^.  Vert,  three  goats  trippant, 
argent  (Stansfield).  Crest  :^A  demi-horse,  sable,  vulned  in  the 
chest  by  an  arrow,  proper. 

Anna  Maria  Crompton  and  Joshua  Crompton.  Sacred  to 
the  memory  of  Ann  Maria  Crompton,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir 
of  William  and  Ann  Rookes  :  married  Feby.  28'!^  1786,  to  Joshua 
Crompton  Esq''-  of  York:  died  5 '^  June  1819  aged  56.  Her 
exemplary  conduct  during  the  varying  duties  of  life,  her  unaffected 
piety,  and  universal  christian  benevolence,  while  they  endear  the 
remembrance  of  her,  will  long  embitter  the  loss,  to  her  afflicted 
husband,  and  nine  surviving  children,  as  well  as  a  large  circle  of 
attached  relatives  and  friends. 

Also  to  the  memory  of  Stansfield,  their  eldest  son,  who  died 
June  25''!  1 80 1,  aged  13  ;  and  of  Joshua  Charles,  their  third  son, 
who  died  an  infant,  Dec^"'  12'''  1794. 

Underneath  this    monument,    is    a  brass  plate,  much  cor- 
roded : — 

Joshua  Crompton  Esq^'-  who  erected  this  monument  to  his 
beloved  and  lamented  wife,  died  at  Esholt  Hall,  Feb  13*.  1832, 
aged  77,  born  Aug  30"'  1755.  By  his  own  request,  his  remains 
were  placed  in  the  same  vault  with  her's,  in  the  north  part  of  this 
transept. 

He  was  third  son  of  Sam'  Crompton  Esq''=  of  Derby,  and  to 
record  the  death  of  the  last  of  two  excellent  parents,  their  eldest 
son,  W"  Rookes  Crompton  Stansfield,  has  inserted  this  plate. 

On  the  west  side  of  the  same  transept,  is  another  marble 
monument,  containing  arms  and  inscription  as  follows  : — 

Arms  : — Vert,  three  goats  trippant,  argent,  armed  and  unguled, 
or  (Stansfield)  ;  surmounted  by  an  escutcheon  of  pretence,  bear- 
ing :  Argent,  on  a  chief,  gules,  two  cross  crosslets  of  the  first 
(Ferrand). 

Crest  : — A  lion's  head  erased,  or. 

Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Robert  Stansfield  of  Esholt,  Esq''- 
He  married  Jane,  eldest  daughter  &  coheir  of  Richardson  Fer- 
rand of  Harden  Esq"'  &  by  her  had  two  daughters,  who  died  in  their 

I  r 


258  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

infancy:  He  departed  this  life  Sep'  14"'  1772,  aged  44  years. 
He  was  of  a  friendly  generous  &  affectionate  disposition,  esteemed 
by  his  acquaintance,  beloved  by  his  relations,  &  was  truly  deserving 
the  character  of  a  worthy  gentleman.  Also  to  the  memor)-  of 
Elizabeth,  second  daughter  of  William  Rookks  Esq'  by  Ann  his 
wife,  the  only  surviving  sister  &  heir  at  law  of  the  above  Robert 
Stansfield  Esq"'-  She  died  s'^  of  May  1780,  aged  15  years.  Also 
to  the  memory  of  Jane  Stansfield,  relict  ofthe  above  R:  Stansfield 
Esq"'  died  June  18*  1796  aged  65.  Her  conduct  as  a  wife  was 
irreproachable,  and  her  widowhood  of  24  years,  was  spent  in  un- 
affected piety  and  universal  benevolence  to  all  around  her,  parti- 
cularly to  the  afflicted  and  distressed,  to  whom  she  was  a  constant 
benefactress.     She  lived  beloved,  and  died  lamented. 

In  the  Yorkshire  ArchcBological  and  Topographical  Journal, 
vol.  6,  pp.  88-9,  is  the  following  copy  of  a  gravestone,  in  the  floor 
of  the  chancel. 

In  memory  of  Elizabeth,  Daughter  of  George  and  Anna 
Stansfeld  of  Bradford,  Born  the  i2'i>  of  February  1817,  Died  the 
2 1 5'  of  January  181 8.  Also  of  EnzABErH  Pollard,  another  of  their 
Daughters,  Born  26^^  January  1825.  Died  6  July  1827.  The  re- 
mains of  these  two  Children  are  deposited  in  the  Vault  beneath,  as 
well  as  those  of  their  Father,  the  above-named  George  St.\nsfeld. 
who  was  born  the  2o"»  day  of  February  1784,  and  died  b^"^  of 
March  1684.  Jane  Pollard  Stansfeld,  Died  26''^  of  March  1S36. 
Aged  6  years.  Also  of  Sarah  Ellen,  eldest  daughterof  the  above 
said  George  Stansfeld,  who  died  October  5'^  1857,  Aged  38  years. 
Here  lies  interred  Mary,  the  Daughter  of  M"'-  Richard  Mickle- 
THWAIT  of  Leeds,  who  departed  this  life  the  s"'  day  of  July  1700, 
Aged  1 1  months.  Also  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  the  above  Richard 
MiCKLETHWAiT,  died  7''' August  1 791,  Aged  3  years.  And  Edward 
a  Son,  who  died  an  Infant.  Here  also  is  interr'd  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
the  said  Richard  Micklethwait,  nowofNewLaithsin  this  Parish, 
who  departed  this  life  on  the  25">  of  May  1803,  Aged  41  years. 
Also  the  above  said  M""-  Richard  Micklethwait,  who  died  June 
3"^  1822,  Aged  66  years.  Also  Elizabeth,  Daughter  ofthe  above, 
who  died  Ocf  22"'^  i8r6,  Aged  17  years.  Also  Richard,  Son  of 
the  above,  who  died  Febv   iS'^  1823,  Aged  30  years. 


In  memory  of  Annabella  Stansfeld,  Daughter  of  George 
and  Anna  Stansfeld  of  New  Laiths,  in  this  Parish,  who  died 
April  iS'*-  1837,  Aged  15  years. 


Chapter    XII. 


STANSFELD  OF  NEW  MILNS,  N.I 


jjCOTLAND  supplies  the  darkest  page,  in  all  this 
^A||  history,  concerning  a  branch  of  the  familj^  which, 
ahhough  the  connection  with  the  parent  stem,  can- 
not yet  be  ascertained  ;  yet  seems,  by  the  evidence 
that  the  first  representative  came  from  Yorkshire,  and  also  the 
similarity  of  the  coat  of  arms,  witJi  a  difference  in  tincture,  to  be 
undoubtedly  from  the  same  root.  Little  did  the  Scotch  heralds 
know,  when  they  changed  the  field  of  vert  [green]  or  sable 
[black]  into  gules  [red],  with  what  a  deep  dark  stain  of  bloody 
that  escutcheon  would  be  tinctured.  And  amidst  all  the  strange 
and  superstitious  fancies,  which  cloud  around  the  subject,  may 
not  another  be  added  to  the  number  ?  Since  in  all  the  differ- 
ences, the  charges  are  left  unchanged,  may  not  the  guilt  or 
innocence  of  the  unhappy  Philip  Stansfeld,  be  left,  at  least,  a 
matter  of  opinion,  with  not  sufficient  evidence,  to  place  it  within 
the  region  of  fact?  The  differences  in  the  spelling  of  the  name 
of  this  branch  of  the  Stansfeld  family,  will  at  once  attract  the  notice 
of  the  reader.  In  the  grant  of  arms,  it  is  Stamfeild.  After- 
wards, in  various  places,  it  occurs  as  Stampfield,  Stamfield. 
Stansfield,  Standsfield,  Stansfeild  and  Stanfield  ;  and  proves,  at 
any  rate,  what  little  stress  should  be  placed  upon  the  mere 
orthography. 

The  following  account  of  the  tragedy,  which  has  been 
alluded  to,  is  gathered  from  Miller's  Lamp  of  Lothian  1844, 
Daniel  Wilson's  Memorials  of  Edinburgh,  from  Notes  and  Queries, 
and  other  public  and  private  sources. 


26o  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  the  time  of  Cromwell  the  Protector,  the  lands  near 
Haddington,  that  had  previously  belonged  to  the  abbey, 
were  disposed  of,  to  an  English  company,  of  which  Colonel 
James  Stansfeld  was  the  leading  partner.  When  young,  he 
was  secretary  to  General  Morgan  ;  but  soon  afterwards, 
took  to  trade,  and  married  a  Scotch  lady.  He  held  the 
rank  of  colonel  in  the  parliamentary  army,  and  established 
his  woollen  factory  upon  the  lands,  obtained  for  the  purpose, 
east  of  the  Nungate  and  west  of  Stevinston,  at  New  Milns, 
near  Haddington  ;  and  several  acts  of  parliament  were 
obtained,  in  favour  of  the  company.  It  is  said  that  Crom- 
well, whilst  residing  in  the  neighbourhood,  formed  the  plan 
of  this  establishment,  in  the  same  manner  as  he  did  that,  for 
the  manufacture  of  knitted  hose,  at  Aberdeen.  The  pastoral 
situation  of  Lammermoor,  very  naturally  suggested  the  idea, 
to  an  enterprising  mind. 

Colonel  Stansfeld,  with  great  success,  continued  to  carry  on 
the  manufacture,  after  the  Restoration  ;  and  Charles  II.  not  only 
granted  him  many  privileges,  but  also  conferred  upon  him,  the 
order  of  knighthood.  In  1678,  an  act  of  parliament  was 
passed,  by  which  the  country  (Scotland)  was  assessed,  for  raising 
a  voluntary  offering  for  Charles  II.,  of  eighteen  hundred  thou- 
sand pounds  (Scots)  ;  and  Sir  James  Stansfeld  was  appointed 
one  of  the  commissioners  for  collecting  it,  for  Haddingtonshire. 
And  again,  in  1685,  he  held  a  similar  position,  with  regard  to 
the  voluntary  offering  to  James  II.  of  two  hundred  and  sixteen 
thousand  pounds  (Scots)  yearly. 

He  had  two  sons,  Philip  and  John.  The  former  was  sent  to 
Saint  Andrew's  university,  and  was  of  age,  and  married,  in 
1680-2 ;  and  before  1687,  had  been  a  soldier  abroad,  and  in  several 
prisons.  He  was  on  indifferent  terms  with  his  father,  and  is  said 
to  have  been  of  a  reckless  temperament.  Happening  to  be  in 
Fife,  when  public  feeling  was  excited  against  archbishop  Sharpe, 
he  readily  joined  in  the  attack  upon  him.  Shortly  afterwards,  it 
was  believed,  the  thought  occurred  to  him,  that  he  might 
similarly  get  rid  of  his  own  father,  and  become  himself  the 
laird. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  261 

In  1687,  the  body  of  Sir  James  Stansfeld,  was  found  in  a 
ditch,  east  of  the  Nungate,  with  such  wounds  on  it,  as,  when 
examined,  left  little  doubt  of  his  having  been  murdered.  On 
the  third  day  after  the  discovery  of  the  body,  it  was  privately 
buried,  in  the  lonely  churchyard  of  Morham,  several  miles  away 
from  New  Milns  ;  notwithstanding  the  family  burial  ground  was 
in  Haddington.  The  proximity  of  the  abbey,  and  S.  Martin's, 
was  also  overlooked. 

It  was  in  consequence  of  some  rumours  being  in  circulation, 
provoked  by  this  hasty  interment,  that  an  order  from  the  privy 
council,  was  issued  to  Crawford  and  Muirhead,  two  eminent  sur- 
geons in  Edinburgh,  to  proceed  forthwith  to  Haddington.  They 
were  ordered  to  have  the  body  disinterred,  with  a  view  to  a  post- 
mortem examination  taking  place,  and  a  report  of  the  result  being 
drawn  up,  and  given  in  to  the  proper  authorities,  that  the  whole 
case  might  be  brought  under  the  investigation  of  the  Justiciary 
Court,  should  there  be  any  grounds  for  such  proceedings. 

At  first,  no  suspicion  was  excited  of  the  son  having  been 
the  guilty  party ;  but  in  the  circumstances,  it  was  suggested, 
under  direction  of  the  lord  advocate,  then  Sir  John  Dalrymple, 
afterwards  earl  of  Stair,  and  nephew  of  the  deceased,  that  a 
"  Trial  by  Ordeal "  should  be  adopted,  with  a  view,  if  possible, 
of  discovering  the  murderer.  Accordingly,  the  body  was  carried 
into  the  church  of  Haddington,  laid  before  the  pulpit,  and  after 
a  venerable  minister  had  solemnly  engaged  in  prayer,  that  He 
Who  seeth  in  secret,  would  make  known  the  guilty  one,  all  who 
were  understood  to  have  recently  had  intercourse  or  acquaintance 
with  the  deceased,  were  required  to  come  forward  and  touch  the 
corpse.  In  doing  so,  the  eldest  son,  probably  from  being  excited, 
giving  the  body  an  abrupt  movement,  caused  the  blood  to  flow 
or  start  from  some  wound.  The  result  was,  that  a  jury  after- 
wards declared  him  to  be  the  murderer,  as  disclosed  by  Him  Who 
cannot  be  deceived.  This  is  said  to  be  the  last  "  Trial  by  Ordeal," 
which  took  place  in  Scotland. 

His  servants  were  apprehended  and  put  to  the  torture, 
without  eliciting  any  further  "  proof"  The  trial  took  place  on 
the  6th  February  1687-8,  and  there  are  some  strange  things  in 


262  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

the  indictment,  such  as  :  Mr.  John  Bell,  minister  of  Haddington, 
who  was  staying  with  Sir  James  Stansfeld,  heard  great  noise 
that  night,  &c:  That  the  mother  of  Philip  had  the  dead  clothes 
ready :  That  he  drank  the  king's  confusion,  &c.,  which  shews 
that  political  matter  was  mixed  up  with  the  subject. 

In  the  defence,  it  was  urged  that  the  unhappy  youth  was 
intoxicated,  when  he  drunk  the  king's  confusion,  with  which 
he  linked  the  pope's,  the  chancellor's,  and  the  Devil's,  yet  the 
justices  found  it  treason.     And  in  the  words  of  Wilson  : — 

"  On  very  vague  circumstantial  evidence,  added  to  the  miracu- 
lous testimony  of  the  murdered  man,  the  son,  a  notorious  profligate, 
was  condemned  to  death,  and  hanged  at  the  Cross  of  Edinburgh. 
His    tongue   was   cut  out,  for  cursing  his  father  ;  his  right  hand 
struck    off,  for  parricide  ;  his  head   exposed  on  the  east  gate  of 
Haddington,  as  nearest  the  scene  of  the  murder ;  and  his  body 
hung  in  chains  on  the  Gallowlie,  between  Edinburgh  and  Leith. 
He  died  denying  his  guilt." 
It  is  said,  elsewhere,  that  he  confessed  his  guilt,  before  being  led 
forth  to  execution  ;  and  (vide  Notes  and  Qjieries)  had  attempted 
his  father's  life  so  early  as  1683.      But  lord   Fountainhall  seems 
to  have  had  doubts,  on  the  perpetration  of  so  horrid  a  crime. 
There  was  great  excitement  at  Haddington,  which  may  have 
occasioned  the  quiet  interment   at   Morham.       It  has  been  said 
that  :— 

"  The  thing  which  had  most  weight  with  the  jury,  was  the 
bleeding  of  the  body,  on  being  touched  by  the  unhappy  youth.  A 
thing  not  unlikely  to  happen,  on  a  bruised  body  being  moved." 
But  if  as  the  accounts  seem  to  state,  the  body  was  found  in 
water,  three  days  elapsed  before  burial,  and  the  "  trial  by  ordeal  " 
took  place  after  the  disinterment,  the  ordinaiy  bleeding  of  a 
bruised  body,  would  not  be  likely  to  occur  in  this  case.  Lord 
Fountainhall,  however,  remarks  : — 

"  This  is  a  dark  case  of  divination,  to  be  remitted  to  the 
great  day  ;  only  it  is  certain,  he  was  a  bad  youth,  and  may  serve  as 
a  beacon  to  all  profligate  persons." 

The  whole  story  is  summed  up,  though  rather  in  the  manner 
of  the  public  prosecutor,  or  the  sensational  novelist,  than  the 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  263 

judicious  historian,  by  F.  M.  S.,  in  Notes  and  Queries,  in  the 
following  dramatic  style  : — 

"  The  story  of  the  murder  of  Sir  James  Stansfield,  at  Newmilns, 
near  Haddington,  in  1687,  is  one  of  grim  interest.  It  is  remarkable, 
that  it  has  hitherto  escaped  the  sensation  novelist.  Certainly, 
imagination  could  not  invent  a  more  dreadful  story.  The  poor 
knight  complaining,  with  sighs  and  tears,  to  his  friend,  in  the 
Edinburgh  coffee-house,  that  he  had  no  comfort  in  wife  or  sons ; 
his  dreary  ride  home  to  Newmilns,  that  bleak  November  evening ; 
the  sounds  of  horror  in  the  house,  during  the  night,  causing  his 
guest,  pious  Mr.  Bell,  to  betake  himself  to  his  prayers,  thinking  the 
house  was  in  possession  of  evil  spirits  ;  the  discovery  of  the  body, 
floating  amidst  the  ice ;  the  hurried  and  indecent  interment,  and 
the  suspicions  and  rumours  consequent  on  it ;  the  disinterment  and 
the  scene  in  Morhame  church,  when  the  son  assists  to  raise  his 
father's  body,  and  the  gush  of  blood  flows  over  his  parricidal 
hands,  his  horror-struck  exclamation,  '  Lord  have  mercy  upon  me  !' 
the  trial,  conviction,  and  execution,  with  the  extraordinary  mishap 
of  the  slip  of  the  rope,  the  parricide  falling  on  his  knees  on  the 
scaffold,  and  being  ultimately  strangled  by  the  executioner,  dying 
thus  the  very  death  he  had  inflicted  on  his  own  father  ;  and  the 
horrible  rumours  afloat  respecting  Lady  Stansfield  ;  all  combine  to 
form  a  picture  of  horrors,  never  surpassed  by  the  most  unhealthy 
imagination  of  the  Eugene  Sue  stamp." 

The  report  of  the  trial,  mentions  that  Sir  James  Stansfeld  came 
from  Yorkshire ;  that  he  had  two  sons,  Philip  and  John  ;  a 
nephew,  James  Mitchel,  who  was  aged  20,  at  the  time  of  the 
trial  ;  and  a  brother-in-law,  Patrick  Smyth,  advocate,  who  gave 
evidence.  Notes  and  Queries  4.th  S.  ix.  p.  119,  shews  the  con- 
nection, between  Sir  James  Stansfeld  and  the  Dalrymples,  which 
will  be  seen  at  a  glance,  by  the  sketch  pedigree  overleaf 

"  On  reading,  the  other  day,  the  virulent  attack  on  the  Stair 
family,  in  Mr.  Maidment's  curious  Book  of  Scottish  Pasquils  (Edin. 
1827),  I  observe  that  the  writer  says  that  John,  first  earl  of  Stair, 
was  a  cousin  of  Philip  Stansfield,  the  parricide.  Now,  as  the 
earl  was  son  of  James  Dalrymple  of  Stair,  by  Margaret,  daughter 
of  James  Ross  of  Balneil,  in  Galloway,  it  follows  that  Lady  Stans- 
field must  have  been  either  a  Dalrymple  or  a  Ross.  But  had  she 
been  a  Dalrymple,  the  writer  of  the  lampoon,  would  not  have  failed 
to  have  made  the  most  of  it." 


264 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


James  Ross  of  Balneil,  = 
v/hohoTc:  Or , a  chevron  \ 
clifqiiy,argeHt  and  sable, 
between  three  water  bou- 
gets  of  the  last — now 
quartered  by  the  earls 
of  Stair. 


I 
Patrick     =...  Mitchell. 


Smyth,  advocate, 
brother-in-law  of 
Sir  Jas.  Stans- 


I 
James  Mitchell, 
aged   20  in    1687. 
Nephew     of     Sir 
James  Stansfeld. 


Either  a  Ross 
or  a  Dalrymple 
married  Sir 
James  Stans- 
feld, knight, 
said  to  have 
been  murdered 
by  his  son,  Phi- 
lip, in  1687.= 

I 


Margaret  Ross 
married  James 
Dalrymple  of 
Stair,  created 
Baronet  in  1 66:). 
Viscount  of  Stair. 
&  Lord  Glenluce 
and  Stanraerl690, 
died  1695.  =^ 


cide,  1687-8. 


I 
James  Dalrymple, 
mentioned  in  Sir 
James  Stansfeld's 
will,  and  ancestor  of 
the  present  Earl  of 
Stair. 


I 
Hugh  Dalrymple, 
heir  of  his  uncle  Sir 
James  Stansfei  i>knt. 
One  of  the  Commis- 
saries of  Edinburgh. 


JuHN  Dalrymple  of 
Stair,  Lord  Advocate 
1682,  created  Earl  of 
Stair  &c.  1703  died 
in  1706-7.  Cousin  to 
Philip  Stansfeld 
the  parricide  (See  Book 
of  Scottish  Pauiuils 
1827.) 

Upon  the  death  of  Sir  James  Stansfeld,  the  manufactory  got 
into  pecuniary  difficulties  ;  and  its  lands  and  premises  being 
purchased  by  Colonel  Charteris,  he  changed  the  name  of  New 
Milns,  to  that  of  Amisfield,  the  ancient  seat  of  his  ancestors,  in 
Dumfrieshire.  His  descendant,  maternally,  is  its  present  owner, 
the  earl  of  Wemyss  and  March. 

Daniel  Wilson,  in  his  Memorials  of  Edinbiirgli  in  the  Olden 
Times  (184S),  Vol.  ii. p.  55,  besides  the  matter  already  utilized 
in  the  sketch  of  the  murder  and  trial,  gives  the  following  infor- 
mation respecting  the  name  : — 

"  The  High  Street  and  Nether  Row.— Worid's  End  Close  is 
the  appropriate  title  to  the  last  alley,  before  we  reach  the  site  of 
the  Nether  Bow  Port,  that  terminated,  of  old,  the  boundaries  of 
the  walled  capital,  and  separated  it  from  its  courtly  rival,  the 
Burgh  of  Canongate.  It  is  called,  in  the  eariiest  title  deeds  we 
have  seen  connected  with  it,  Sir  James  Stanfield  Close,  and 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  265 

though  the  greatest  part  of  it,  has  been  rebuilt,  it  still  retains  a  few- 
interesting  traces  of  former  times.      Over  the  door  of  a  modern 
land,  a  finely  carved  piece  of  open  tracery  is  built  into  the  wall, 
apparently  the  top  of  a  very  rich  Gothic  niche,  similar  to  those  in 
Blyth's  Close  and  elsewhere ;   and  on  a  Lintel  of  an  old  land,  at 
the   foot   of   the   close,   there   is   a  shield  of  Arms,  now   partly 
defaced,  and  this  variation  of  the  Common  Motto  : — 
Prais .  ye  . 
the  .   Lord  .  for  .  al  .  his  . 
Giftis  .  M.S. 

But  when  Captain  Stansfeld  of  Dunninald  Castle,  near 
Montrose,  visited  World's  End  Close,  on  the  6th  of  November 
1884,  he  could  discover  no  remain.s  of  cither  tracery,  arms  or 
motto. 

It  will  be  remembered,  that  the  murdered  man  was  first 
buried  in  Morham  churchyard.  The  Rev.  John  G.  Tainsh  M.A., 
of  Morham  manse,  through  whom,  and  his  friends,  W.  Richard- 
son, Esq.,  of  Haddington,  and  the  Rev.  J.  Strathers  LL.D.,  F.S.A. 
(Scot.)  of  Prestonpan  manse,  most  of  the  private  information, 
relating  to  this  chapter,  has  been  received,  states  that  the 
registers  of  Morham  parish,  onh-  commence  in  1712  ;  also 
that  :— 

"  There  is  a  stone  in  our  churchyard,  set  on  pillars  (or  rather, 
was  set),  and  nicely  and  artistically  cut,  which  I  have  always  con- 
nected with  some  person  of  wealth  or  eminence.  But  the  inscrip- 
tion is  quite  illegible." 

But  the  present  sexton  of  Haddington,  has  it  from  an  old  or 
former  sexton,  that  Sir  James  Stansfeld  is  buried  in  the 
Haddington  churchyard,  and  points  out  the  ground,  which  was 
close  to  the  old  boundar}-  wall,  removed  a  few  years  ago,  when 
the  churchyard  was  enlarged  ;  and  that  a  very  old  tombstone, 
built  into  the  said  wall,  which  fell  to  pieces  in  taking  down  the 
wall,  was  in  commemoration  of  Sir  James  Stansfeld,  although 
quite  illegible.  The  ground  was  known  as  the  Newmilns 
burying  ground,  and  there  now  stands  a  tombstone  upon  it,  with 
the  following  inscription,  which  may  have  some  connection  with 
the  nephew,  named  James  Mitchell. 

KK 


266  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

James  Mitchel,  Factor  to  the  Earl  of  Wemyss  for  5^  years, 
born  at  Alford,  Aberdeenshire,  9th  Oct.  1735,  died  6th  Oct.  1803. 
aged  68.  Also  Jean  Lorimer  his  spouse,  born  at  Earnhill, 
Banffshire,  Dec.  13th  1741,  died  June  8th  1811.  Also  his 
mother,  and  three  of  his  children. 

Mr.  Tainsh,  however,  adds :  The  sexton's  story,  like  most  of 
sextons'  stories,  must  go  for  little — or  nothing. 

Sir  James  Stansfeld  made  no  will ;  but  in  the  Commissariot 
of  Edinburgh,  in  volume  79  of  testaments,  is  a  Testament 
Dative  and  Inventory,  obtained  by  his  creditors.  His  personal 
estate  seems  to  have  consisted  only,  of  one  eighth  part  of  a  ship, 
and  one  sixteenth  part  of  another  ship  called  the  "  Penelope," 
valued  at  ;^i6,  and  also  the  furniture  of  his  house,  which  was 
secured  to  his  widow,  under  marriage  settlements.  His  whole 
estate  seems  to  have  been  estimated  at  £70^  6s.  8d.,  Scots. 
In  addition  to  this,  however,  there  were  some  rents  due  to  him, 
at  his  death,  of  considerable  amount,  which  would  lead  one  to 
suppose  that  his  estates  were  large. 


iuC 


Chapter  XIII. 


THE  STANSFELDS  OF  BURNLEY. 


|OLLOWING  the  Heralds'  College  pedigree,  the 
grandson  of  Wyon  Maryons,  and  son  of  Jordan  de 
Stansfeld,  was  Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  constable  of 
Pontefract  castle.  This  great  stronghold  was  the 
head  of  the  honor  of  Pontefract,  held  by  the  Lacies  ;  and  Elland 
and  Southowram  have  already  been  mentioned,  as  the  two  town- 
ships in  the  parish  of  Halifax,  which  were  parcels  of  that  honor. 
And  although  the  township  of  Stansfield,  as  has  already  been 
stated,  was  always  a  portion  of  the  manor  of  Wakefield,  granted 
direct  from  the  crown  to  earl  Warren  ;  yet  it  was  the  neighbour- 
ing township,  to  the  great  honor  of  Clitheroe,  also  held  by  the 
Lacies.  The  employment,  therefore,  under  the  Lacies,  of  a 
member  of  a  family,  which  held  lands  &c.  in  the  Warren  fee,  is 
not,  in  this  case,  entirely  unexplained. 

One  of  the  chapels  in  Burnley  church,  is  called  the  Stansfeld 
chapel ;  and  Dr.  Whitaker's  History  of  Whalley,  fourth  edition, 
page  1 60,  thus  describes  it : — 

"  At  the  eastern  extremity  of  the  south  aisle,  was  the  Stansfieid 
gueere,  the  property  of  the  Haydocks,  of  Hesandforth,  as  representa- 
tives of  the  Stansfields,  lords  of  Worsthorn.  Within  the  site  of  this 
quire,  still  remains  an  ancient  gravestone,  [5ft.  loin.  long;  breadth 
at  top  iQin.  at  foot  i4in.  ;  thickness  at  top  gin.  at  base  Sin. ;  the 
sword  thereon  is  3ft.  6in.  long,  including  the  handle]  on  which  are 
engraved,  m  very  bold  relief,  a  cross  fleury  and  sword;  which  I 
suppose  to  have  covered  one  of  the  earlier  Stansfields,  and  probably 
Oliver  de  Stansfeud,  the  first  grantee  of  the  manor  of  Worsthorn,  as 
the  style  of  it,  well  accords  with  the  sera  of  Edward  II.     The  sword 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


marked  his  office,  as  constable  of  Pontefract  castle ;  and  the  quire, 
undoubtedly,  belonged  to  his  house  of  Hesandforth,  and  was  called 

by  his  name." 

The  same  work  gives  a  pedigree  of 
eight  generations,  commencing  with  Wyon 
Maryons,  of  whom  it  is  said,  that  he  was  a 
follower  of  one  of  the  earls  of  Warren. 
Watson's  statement,  in  his  History  of 
Halifax,  p.  281,  may  well  be  compared 
with  this.  In  the  commencement  of  the 
Stansfeld  pedigree,  he  writes : — 

"The  original  of  them,  was  one  Wyan 
"^laxyons,  probabiy  of  Norman  extraction,  and 
in  all  likeliliocd  a  follower  of  earl  'W^arren,  on 
whom  this  Lordship  was  bestowed." 

The  italics  are  ours,  and  it  may  be  well 
to  explain  Watson's  rather  ambiguous  state- 
ment. There  is  no  doubt  whatever,  seeing 
the  information,  relating  to  the  manor  of 
Wakefield,  and  to  the  sub-manor  of  Stans- 
field,  contained  in  other  pages  of  Watson's 
History  of  Halifax,  and  also  in  his  MS. 
collections  yet  unpublished,  that  the  con- 
cluding sentence,  "  on  whom  this  Lordship 
was  bestowed,"  refers  to  earl  Warren,  and 
not  to  Wyan  Maryons. 
The  charter  of  Henry  de  Lacy,  earl  of  Lincoln,  to  Oliver  de 
Stansfeld,  of  the  manor  of  Worsthorn,  is  as  follows  :— 

"  Omnibus  &c.  Henricus  de  Lacy,  comes  Lincolnie,  salutem, 
&c.  Nos  concessisse  &c.  Olivero  de  Stanisfeud  receptori  nostri 
de  Pontefracto,  pro  homagio  et  servicio  suo,  homagium  et  servi- 
cium  totum  Tobannis  de  la  Leye,  de  omnibus  terris  et  tenamentis, 
que  de  nobis  tenuit,  die  confeccionis  hujus  scripti,  in  W'rsthorne  ; 
homagium  &c.  Henrici  fil  Gilbert!  de  W'rsthorne,  de  omnibus 
terris  &c.;  homagium  &c.  Ade  le  Heir,  de  omnibus  terris  &c.; 
homagium  &c,  Ade  le  Spencer,  de  omnibus  terris  &c.;  homagium 
Robert!  filii  Alexandri,  de  omnibus  terris  &c.j  homagium  &c.  Will. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  269 

de  Halstedes,  Joh.  de  Windgill,  Ric  fil.  Henr.,  Tho.  del  Stocke, 
Ade  Rudd,  Jo:  le  Hunt,  Ric.  Strideovermore,  Robert  Fitel,  Robt. 
Chapman,  Ade  de  Bottedene,  Elie  fil  Rogeri  de  Halstedes,  Ade 
filii  et  heres  Robt.  Juste,  Agnetis  filie  Rich,  de  Townley,  Philippi 
de  Clacton  et  Isabella  uxoris  ejus,  de  hereditate  dicte  Isabella 
uxoris  ejus,  Jo.  de  la  Laye  et  Cecilia  uxoris  ejus,  de  hereditate  dicte 
Cecilie,  Gilbert!  de  Bridtwisell  de  omnibus  terris  et  tenementis,  que 
da  nobis  tenuit  per  legem  Anglic,  de  hereditate  Ade  filii  sui,  die 
confeccionis  hujus  scripti,  in  W'rsthorne.  Tenendum  et  habendum 
eidem  Olivaro  et  heredibus  de  Emma  quondum  uxore  sua,  et  here- 
dibus  eorundam  de  nobis  et  heredibus  nostris,  in  feodo  et  hereditate 
&c.,  reddendo  inde  annuatim  jd.  ad  festum  Sancti  Egidii  Abbatis, 
salvis  tamen  puturis  debitis  et  consuetis  servientibus  et  forestariis 
nostris  es  heredum  nostrorum  predictis  tenentibus  &c.  Testibus, 
domino  Will  le  Vavasoure,  domino  Jacobo  de  Navill,  domino 
Johanna  de  Hodilston,  militibus ;  domino  Will  de  Nony,  domino 
Nicholao  de  Redings,  clericis ;  Tho.  da  Fischburne,  Alano  de 
Smethetton  et  aliis.  Data  apud  Pontemfractum,  7"^  die  Aprilis,  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  primi  Vicessimo  [1292]." 

Oliver  de  Stansfeld  occurs  as  a  witness,  in  a  Norman-French 
charter  of  Henry  de  Lacy,  to  Henr>'  de  Briddeswisele,  dated 
15th  October  1292,  along  with  Sirs  Milus  de  Stapelton,  Joh.  les 
Springs,  Will,  de  Stepham,  chevalers ;  Tho.  de  Fischeburne, 
Robt.  de  Hepehale,  Will,  de  Heskayth  and  others.  The  following 
deeds  also,  with  the  above,  appear  in  Whitaker's  Whalley. 

Ad.  de  Bilyngton  gave  to  Galf.  de  Chaderton,  land,  &c.  'Wit- 
ness, Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  procurator  of  Whalley. 

Oliver  de  Stanesfelde  gave  Wil.  fil.  mao  et  Mabilie,  matri 
sue,  a  messuage  cum  edifiis,  in  Bilyngton,  and  all  his  land  and 
meadow,  beginning  ad  le  Holcloghheved,  so  to  the  land  Bernard 
held,  along  Caldyr  to  Brokeholehirstesike,  along  the  sike  to  Mula- 
cornehurst  brok,  thence  to  le  Grene  riddinge,  along  that  to  the 
land  of  Joh.  de  Bilyngton,  fratris  dicte  Mabilie,  et  sic  sequendo 
juxta  terram  Johannis  Glebedehirste,  et  sic  inde  sequendo  Hol- 
cloghevad,  per  medium  Glebedekar ;  to  be  held  de  veris  dominis 
feodo  illis,  paying  them  2s.  6d.  on  5th  August.  Dat.  apud  Whalleye, 
24th  October  1294. 

The  two  following  deeds  of  Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  occur  in 
C.  Towneley's  M.S.,  Inqnis.  Lane.  Gentry  (A  j.  j6),  pp.  iiio  and 
I II 2,  in  the  Chetham  library,  Manchester. 


270  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Sciant  qd.  ego  Oliv'us  de  Stanesfeld  confirmavi  Johi  filio 
Gilbert!  de  la  Legh  et  heredibus  suis,  unum  messuagiu'  et  duas 
bovatas  terri  cum  p'tinentiis  suis,  in  villa  de  Worthestorne,  et 
totam  p'tem  meam  molendini  de  Worthestorne  et  omnia  ilia  ten' 
redditus  et  servitia  que  habui  infra  p'd'  villam  de  Worthestorne. 
Tenend  p'd'to  Johi  de  d'nis  capitalibus  illius  fcedi  faciendo  d'nis 
capitalibus  et  eiusdem  foedi  servitia  consueta  contra  omnes  homines 
et  feminas  imp'p'tun'.  In  testimoniu'  Sigillu'  meu'  apposui. 
Hijs  testibus,  Symone  de  Alvetham,  Gilberto  de  BriddestwesiU, 
Rico  de  Merclesdene,  clerico,  Adam  de  la  Ley  chichar;  Gilberto  de 
la  Ley,  Johe  de  Whittaker,  Ada'  fabro  de  Clivicher,  Gilberto  de 
Ornierode,  et  alijs  multis.  Dat.  apud  Worthestorne,  die  Lune  in 
crastino  circumcisionis  d'ni,  anno  gra'  d'ni  1306. 
[Abstract  in  English.] 

Oliver  de  Stanesfeld  grants  to  John  son  of  Gilbert  de  la 
Legh  and  his  heirs,  a  messuage  and  two  bovates  of  land,  with 
their  appurtenances,  in  the  township  of  Worthestorne,  and  all  his 
part  in  the  mill  and  service  &c.  there,  in  customary  fee.  Witnesses, 
Symon  de  Alvetham,  Gilbert  de  BriddestwesiU,  Richard  de  Mercies- 
dene,  clerk,  Adam  de  la  Ley  chichar,  Gilbert  de  la  Ley,  John  de 
Whittaker,  Adam  the  smith  of  Clivicher,  Gilbert  de  Ornierode, 
and  many  others.  Dated  at  Worthestorne,  Monday  2nd  January 
1306.  

Sciant  qd.  ego  Oliv'us  de  Stanesfeild  confirmavi  Joh'ni  filio 
Gilberti  de  la  Legh,  octo  acras  terre  in  villa  de  Clevacher  tunc 
p'tin'  suis  iacentes  in  una  inclusa  in  Schedene  quas  habui  de  dono 
Comit.  tenend.  p'd'  Johni  faciendo  d'no  capitali  foedo  servitia  con- 
sueta contra  omnes  ho'i'es  et  feminas  imp'peluum.  In  testimonium 
sigillummeum  apposui.  Hijs  testibus, Symone  de  Alvetham,  Gilberto 
de  Briddestuesil,  Rico  de  Merclesdene,  clerico,  Adam  de  la  Leye, 
Johne  de  Whitakre,  Johne  de  Windul,  Ada  fabro  de  Clivachre, 
Gilberto  de  Ornierode,  et  alijs  multis.  Dat.  apud  Worthestorne 
secundo  die  Januarij  Anno  d'ni  1306. 

[Abstract  in  English.] 

Oliver  de  Stanesfeild  confirms  to  John  son  of  Gilbert  de 
la  Legh,  8  acres  of  land,  in  the  township  of  Clivacher,  with  their 
appurtenances,  in  an  enclosure  in  Schedene,  which  he  had  of  the 
gift  of  the  lord  the  earl.  Witnesses,  Symon  de  Alvetham,  Gilbert 
de  Bnddesteusil,  Richard  de  Merclesdene,  clerk,  Adam  de  la  Leye, 
John  de  Whitakre,  John  de  Windul,  Adam  the  smith  of  Clivachre 
[Cliviger],  Gilbert  de  Ormerode,  and  many  others.  Dated  at 
Worslhestorne,  2nd  January  1306. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  271 

In  the  great  de  Lacy  inquisition,  taken  after  the  death  of  the 
above-mentioned  Henry  de  Lacy,  A.D.  13 11,  the  following 
items  occur  : — 

Bruneley  [Burnley].     There  are  certain  Free  Tenants,  who  hold 
divers  Tenements,  paying  a  Rent  certain,  every  year  at  the 
Feast  of  St.  G5'les.     Amongst  them  are  : — 
Oliver  de  Stainsfeld,  for  50  acres  of  land,  jd. 

WoRSTHORN.     Oliver  de  Stainesfeld  held  of  the  same  Earl, 
the  Hamlet  of  Worsthorn,  by  the  Homage  and  Service  of  jd. 

The  pedigree  of  this  branch  of  the  Stansfeld  family,  is  given  in 
Whitaker's  Whalley,  page  230,  collected  partly  from  Watson's 
History  of  Halifax,  and  partly  from  original  authorities, 
belonging  the  author,  as  follows  : — 

Wyon  Maryons,  a  follower  = 
of  one  of  the  Earls  of  Warren.    I 

Jordan  de  Stansfield.  ==  A  daughter  of  John  de  Townley. 

I  \                      \                                    I 

John,  mar.  Elizabeth,  dau.        Thomas.        Robert.  Oliver  de  Stansfeud, 

of  Thomas  Entwistle.  =  Constable  of  Pontefiact, 

I  grantee    of    this    manor, 

1  survived   to    23    Edward 

yy  III.    [1349-50],    married 

Stansfield  of  Stansfield.  Emma,  dau.  of = 


John  de  Stansfield,  8  Hen.  VI.  [1429-30]== 

I 
James  Stansfield,  32  Hen.  VI.  [1453-4]= 

Geffray  Stansfield.  == 

I 
Giles  Stansfield.  = 

Johanna.  ^ Simon  Haydock  of  Hesandforth,  gent. 

The  pedigree  of  the  Haydocks,  is  carried  down  seven  generations, 
from  the  above  marriage,  at  page  176.  On  the  same  page,  is 
mentioned  a  grant  from  Robert  de  Swillington  [Billington  ?J 
to  Oliver  de  Stansfeld  of  land,  described    in    a    former    deed 


2/2  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

All  that  Ralph,  son  of  Norman,  had  granted,  vii!..  40  acres 
which  Henry  the  clerk  of  Bronley  formerly  held,  between  the 
rivulet,  flowing  through  the  midst  of  Bronley,  and  the  field  called 
Saxifield,  saving  to  John  de  Lacy,  domino  suo,  his  right  of  forest 
and  venison. 

These  are  the  40  acres  held  b\-  Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  at  the  Lacy 
inquisition  in  1311  ;  and  as  both  this  and  his  other  possession, 
the  manor,  &c.,  of  Worsthorn,  have  been  traced  to  him,  it  is 
readily  seen  how  likely  it  is,  that  he  was  a  j'ounger  son  of  some 
family,  in  another  great  fee,  and  that  he  was  the  first,  to  found  a 
family  of  Stansfeld,  under  the  Lacies.  In  the  charter  of  Henry 
de  Lacy,  dated  7th  April  1292,  it  is  shewn  that  Oliver  de  Stans- 
feld was  a  widower,  or  married  a  second  time  ;  as  the  manor  of 
Worsthorn  was  settled  on  the  heirs  of  him  and  Emma,  his  late 
wife.  And  it  is  not  unHkel}-,  that  she  was  the  daughter  and 
heiress  of  a  previous  lord  of  Worsthorn.  Another  deed,  already 
quoted,  gives  us  the  name  of  the  second  wife  of  Oliver  de  Stans- 
feld ;  who  had,  by  her,  a  son,  William  de  Stansfeld,  on  whom 
he  settled,  along  with  his  mother,  certain  propertj'  therein 
described.  She  is  therein  called  Mabell,  sister  of  John  de 
Bilyngton. 

As  to  the  arms  borne  by  Oliver  de  Stansfeld,  there  is 
no  record.  The  cross  fleury  on  his  tombstone,  may  be 
but  a  christian  emblem,  and  as  to  the  likelihood  of  that, 
the  reader  may  judge  for  himself,  from  the  representation 
given.  But  the  font  of  Burnley  church  contains  a  shield, 
bearing :  A  goat  passant,  belled  at  the  neck.  On  the  south 
side  of  the  church,  also,  there  are  two  car\ed  stones  ;  one 
bearing  the  arms  of  Townley,  and  the  other  the  goat  passant 
to  the  sinister.  The  font  at  Haslingden  church,  contains  the 
same  coat,  along  with  that  of  Townley  and  others.  It  also 
occurred  upon  the  chantry  priests'  house,  at  the  west  end  of 
the  churchyard  at  Burnley,  and  was  ascribed,  b)-  Dr.  Whitaker, 
to  Gateford. 

In  the  list  of  monks  of  Whallc)-  abbej-,  appears  the  name 
of:— 

Fr.  Robertus  Stanfield  ob.  pr.  non.  Nov.  1339. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  273 

That  is,  brother  Robert  Stanficld,  died  4th  November  1339.  As 
Oliver  de  Stansfeld  was  then  living,  and  the  pedigree  shews  him 
to  have  had  a  brother,  Robert,  this  would  probably  be  the  same. 
The  title  of  Oliver,  as  procurator  of  Whalley,  and  his 
position  generally,  under  Henry  de  Lacy,  earl  of  Lincoln,  the 
great  benefactor  of  that  house,  considerably  increases  the  like- 
lihood. 


n.— JOHN  DE  STANSFELD  DE  WORSTHORN. 
According  to  the  pedigree,  Oliver  de  Stansfeld  had  issue,  by 
his  first  wife,  Emma,  John  de  Stansfeld,  who  is  said  to  have  lived 
or  died  8th  Henry  VI.  [1429-30].  The  pedigree  makes  no 
mention  of  Mabell  Billington,  his  second  wife,  by  whom  he  had 
a  son,  William  de  Stansfeld.  The  great  interval  between  1350 
and  1430,  the  dates  ascribed,  respectively,  to  the  deaths  of  Oliver 
and  John  de  Stansfeld,  suggests  that  a  generation  is  omitted  in 
the  pedigree.  This  conjecture  is  borne  out  by  the  following 
deeds,  relating  to  Worsthorn,  in  which  John,  son  and  heir  of 
Richard,  occurs  in  1397. 

Christopher  Towndeys  MS.  ^  5,  36,  pp.  1 161  and  1 1 16.  Sciant 
qd.  6-c.  Ego  JoH.\NNES  de  Stainesfeld  filius  et  hares  Rici  de 
Stannesfelu,  remiss.  Roberto  Hoppay  et  heredibus  suis,  totum  ius 
meum  quod  habeo  in  omnibus  illis  terris  et  ten.  cum  p'tin.,  que 
idem  Robertus  Hoppay  habet  de  feofumento  p'd.  Rici  de 
Stanesfeld  patris  mei,  in  villa  et  in  territoriis  de  Worsthorne, 
que  idem  Ricus  pater  meus  prius  habuit  de  feofumento 
Alicia  quondam  uxoris  Joh'is  Rudde,  et  Alicie  filie  eiusdem  Joh'nis 
Rudde,  in  eadem  villa  et  Territorijs  de  Worsthorne,  contra  omnes 
gentes.  In  testimonium  sigillum  maum  apposui.  Hiis  testibus, 
Joh'ne  de  Towneley,  Richardo  de  Habringham,  Rogero  de 
Bancrofte,  Johne  Haliday,  Adarn  de  Walshan,  Johanne  le  Clerk, 
et  alijs.  Dat.  apud  Brunlay,  die  d'nica  proxim.  post  festum  pasche, 
anno  Rici  secundo,  vicesimo  [1397]. 

[Abridgment  in  English.] 

John  de  Stainesfeld,  son  and  hair  of  Richard  de 
Stannesfeld,  releases  to  Robert  Hoppay  and  his  heirs,  all 
right  he  has  in  the  lands  and  tenements  in  Worsthorn,  which 
the    said    Robert    Hoppay   has   of  the   feoffment   of  his    father, 

LL 


274  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Richard  de  Stansfeld.  and  which  the  last  named  previously- 
had  of  Alice,  late  wife,  and  Alice,  daughter,  of  John  Rudde. 
Witnesses,  John  de  Towneley,  Richard  de  Habringham,  Roger 
de  Bancrofte,  John  Haliday,  Adam  de  Walshan,  John  the  clerk 
and  others.  Dated  at  Burnley,  first  Sunday  after  Easter,  20th 
Richard  II.  [1397]. 


Condico  istius  obligationis  talis  est  qd.  si  supr.  obligatus  Joh'nes 
Stanesfeld  el  filii  sui  steterint  arbitrio  Willi  Mirfeld  et  Thurstani 
Banastr,  arbitratores  de  p'te  diet.  Johis  Stanesfeld,  et  Henrici 
Sothell  et  Walteri  Calveley,  arbitratores  ex  p'te  Hugonis  Hesketh 
et  d'ci  Johnis  Towneley,  elect,  de  et  sup'  iure  titulo  cuiusdem  placet 
terre  vocat.  Bradley  in  Hapton.  Necnon  de  et  sup'  omnimodis 
accoinbus.  inter  p'fat  Johem  Stanesfeld  et  filios  suos  ex  p'te  una,  et 
d'cos  Hugonem  et  Johem  Towneley  ex  p'te  altera,  tunc  p'sens 
obligatio  pro  nullo  heatur. 

[Abridgment  in  English.] 

John  Stanesfield  and  his  sons,  are  bound  to  accept  the 
decision  of  William  Mirfield  and  Thurstan  Banastre,  arbitrators  for 
his  part,  and  of  Henry  Sothell  and  Walter  Calveley,  on  the  part  of 
Hugh  Hesketh  and  John  Towneley,  respecting  the  title  to  Bradley 
in  Hapton.     No  date. 


III.— JAMES  STANSFELD. 
James  Stansfeld,  called  the  grandson  of  Oliver,  in 
Whitaker's  pedigree,  but  more  probably  further  removed,  is 
mentioned  in  connection  with  a  dispute  with  the  Townleys, 
respecting  his  manorial  rights  ;  which  was  settled  by  an  award, 
in  his  favour,  made  by  Sir  Thomas  Stanley,  father  of  the  first 
carl  of  Derby.  He  also  occurs  in  the  following  deed,  which  is  a 
bond  for  the  payment  of  ;6^300  to  John  Towneley,  esquire,  the 
parties  being  James  Stansfeld  of  Burnley,  senior,  Geoffrey 
Stansfeld  of  Burnley,  William  Orell,  John  Holcroft  and  Robert 
Bccamshawe,  gentlemen  : — 

C.  Townelefs  MS.  p.  11 11.  Nou'rint  vniu'si  p'  p'sentes  nos 
Jacobum  Stansfeld  de  Brunley  sen.  gen.  (sic)  Galfrid.  Stans- 
feld de  Brunley  gen,  Willm.  Orell  gen.  Johem  Holcroft  gen.  et 
Robtu'  Becanshawe  gen.  firmiter  obligari  Johni  Towneley,  Armigero, 
in  trecentis  libris  Sterlingor'  Solvend'  eidem  Joh'ni  Towneley  firmiter 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  275 

p'  p'sentes  sigillis  n'ris  signal.       Dat.  in  crastino   Sci.   Lawrentii, 
anno  Henrici  sexti  post  conquestu'  tricesimo  primo.     [nth  August. 
I4S3-] 
The  Wakefield  court  roll  also  records,  in  1424: — 

Turn  at  Halifax.  William  Smyth,  late  of  Sowerby,  and  James 
Stansfeld  of  Burnley,  presented  for  an  assault,  made  last 
Autumn,  on  Richard  Mawd,  the  greave. 

The  mention  of  the  word,  senior,  in  the  above  bond  in  1453, 
implies  that  there  was  a  James  Stansfeld  junior,  who  probably 
was  a  younger  son,  unmentioned  in  the  pedigree. 


IV.— GEOFFREY  STANSFELD. 
Geoffrey  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  James  Stansfeld, 
occurs  in  a  bond  dated  1453,  along  with  his  father,  already  given  ; 
and  also  in  the  marriage  settlement  of  his  son  Giles,  which  will 
be  given  in  full  afterwards.  In  connection  with  the  award,  made 
by  Sir  Thomas  Stanley,  the  following  deed  occurs  in  C.  Towneley's 
MS.  p.  1x05:— 

Pateat  vniversis  p'  presentes  me  Galfridum  filium  Jacobi 
Stansfeld,  recepisse  de  Johne  Towneley,  Armigero,  quinq'  marcas 
p'cell  quadragint'  libraru',  p'  Thomam  Stanley  tunc  militem  arbitral, 
in  festo  Omnium  Sanctorum,  de  quibus  fateor  me  fore  solut'  diet' 
q'  Joh'em  inde  acquiet  p"  presentes.  Sigillo  meo  signal.  Dat.  in 
festo  Omniu'  Sanctoru',  anno  Henrici  sexti  post  conquestu',  tricesi- 
mo quinto.     [1456.] 

[Abstract  in  English.] 

Receipt  for  five  marks  by  Geoffrey  son  of  James  Stansfeld, 
from  John  Towneley,  esquire,  a  portion  of  ;^4o,  awarded  by 
Sir  Thomas  Stanley,  arbitrator.  Dated  All  Saints'  Day,  35lh 
Henry  VI.  [1456]- 

The  same  MS.,  p.  114I,  contains  the  following  extract  from  an 
Jnqitisitio  post  mortem  : — 

Galfridus  Stansfeild  de  Haysandforth  Anno  15  H.  7. 
Tenuit  manerium  de  H.  de  rege  ut  de  ducat.  Lane,  p'  ser^■itium 
mililare,  valent  p'  ann.  6)i,  el  Johanna  filia  Egidij,  filii  p'd'  Galfridi, 
est  consanguineus  el  heres  dicti  Galfridi,  et  fail  setatis  2  annorum. 


2/6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

[Translation.] 
Geoffrey  Stansfeild  of  Haysandforth.  in  the  15th  year  of  king 
Henr)'  VII.  [1499-1500]  held  the  manor  of  H.  of  the  king,  as  of 
his  duchy  of  Lancaster,  by  knight  service,  of  the  value  of  £(i  per 
annum,  and  Jane,  daughter  of  Giles,  son  of  the  before-mentioned 
Geoffrey,  is  the  blood  relative  and  heiress  of  the  said  Geoffrey,  and 
is  of  the  age  of  two  years. 

In  a  MS.  book  of  sketch  pedigrees  from  inquisitions,  &c.,  made 
by  Christopher  Towneley,  in  the  possession  of  John  E.  Bailey, 
F.S.A.,  of  Stretford,  the  following  occurs  on  page  75,  No.  189  : — 

GaLFRID  STANSFELt)  = 

deHesanford.ob.isH;.  I 


JonANN  dau.  and  heir.  =Symon  Havdockk  of  Hazanford. 


v.— GILES  STANSFELD. 
Giles  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Geoffrey  Stansfeld, 
married  ISABELLA,  natural  daughter  of  Lawrence  Townley  and 
Matilda  Suthworth,  circa  1485  ;  as  the  following  marriage 
.settlement,  in  the  possession  of  William  Ecroyd  of  Lomeshaye, 
shews  : — 

Sciant  p'sentes  et  futuri  qd.  nos  Dni.  Bern'dus  Tounley  et 
Rob'tus  Boys  Capellani  dedimus  concessimus  et  hac  p'sent'  Cart, 
n'ra  Indent,  confirmavimus  Isabelle  Tounley  fil.  Laurencii  Tounley 
Armig'i  alias  diet.  Isabell  filie  Matelde  Suthworth,  duo  Claus'  et 
omia  t'ras  pV  et  boscos  et  pastur.  cu  suis  ptins  que  nup.  h'uim' 
ex  dono  et  feoffamento  GALFRroi  Stansfeld  in  villa  de  Brunley  in 
Com'  Lane  prout  plenis  patet  in  Cart'  sua  itide  nobis  fact.  H'end  et 
tenend.  p'dict'  duo  Claus'  et  oinia  terr.  prat,  bosc'  et  pastur.  p'dict 
cu  suis  ptins  in  villa  et  com'  p'dict  p'fat  Isabelle  et  Assignat.  suis 
ad  t'minii  vite  sue,  libere  quiete  et  pacifice  de  Capit'li  d'no  feod. 
illius  p  s'vicia  inde  debit  et  de  jure  consuet.  Ita  qd.  post  morte 
ip'ius  Isabelle  p'dict  duo  Claus'  et  omia  p'dict  ter'  p't  bosci  et  past, 
cu  suis  ptins  integre  remaneant  Eoinio  -Stansff.lde  filio  et  hered. 
p'fat  Galfridi  et  hered.  de  cor^  ip'ius  Egidii  leg'ie  p'creat.  H'end.  et 
tenend.  omia  p'dict.  Claus'  terr'  pt.  bosc'  et  past'as  cu  suis  ptins 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  277 

in  villa  et  Com'  p'dict  lib'e  quiete  et  pacifice  p'fat  Egidio  et  hered. 
suis  de  ccrpore  suo  leg'ie  p'creat.  de  Capit'li  d'no  feod.  illius  p'servicia 
inde  debit  et  de  jure  consuet.  Imppetuii.  Et  si  contingat  p'dict 
Egidiu  obire  sine  hered.  de  cor^  suo  leg'ie  p'creat  tuc  volum'  et 
concedim'  qd  p'dict  duo  clausa  et  oniia  p'dict  terr.  p'ta  bosci  et 
paste  c.u  suis  ptiiis  integr  remaneant  rect.  hered.  p'dict  Galfridi. 
H'end.  et  tenend.  p'dict  duo  clausa  cu  suis  ptiii'  eiisdem  recte  hered. 
lib'e  quiete  et  pacifice  de  Capit'li  d'no  feod.  illi'  p's'uicia  inde  debit 
et  de  iure  consuet.  Imp  pm.  Et  nos  vero  p'fat  d'ni  Bern'dus  et  Robt' 
p'dict  duo  clausa  et  omia  p'dict  terr'  p'ta  boscos  et  past'as  cu  suis 
ptins.  in  villa  et  Com'  p'dict  p'dict.  Isabelle  et  assign'  suis  ad  t'minu 
vite  sue  necnon  p'dict  Egidio  et  hered.  de  cor<=  suo  leg'ie  p'creat. 
ac  etiam  rect.  hered.  p'fat.  Galfridi  in  forma  p'dict.  Warantizabim'et 
cont.  oifies  gentes  defendem'  Imp.pm.  P'uiso  semp.  qd.  si  contingat 
qd.  aliquod  deuorciu.  in  futur'  H'eat'  int.  p'dict.  Egidiu  et  Isabellam 
post  matimoniu  int.  eosdm  h'it  et  solemnizat.  Causa  deuorcii  crescent 
et  execut.  ex  p'te  p'fat  Isabelle  quo  p'dict  mat'moniii  ad  nullet' 
casset.  et  judicialit'  p'nullo  heat'  extuc  volumus  qd.  p'sens  statu  et 
seuna  inde  libat'  vacuu  sit  et  nulli'  valoris  et  eff'cus  alioqu'in  in  sua 
robore  p'sen'et  et  virtute.  In  cui'  rei  testimo'  huic  Cart'  n're 
indentat  Sigill.  nra  apposuim's  hiis  teslib'  Rico  Shirburn  milite  Rico 
Banast.  de  Altham  Rogero  Nowell  nup.  de  Reved.  arniig'is  et  multis 
aliis.  Dat  nono  die  Septembris  Anno  regni  Regis  Henrici  septimi 
post  conquestu  Angli.primo.  [1485-] 
[Translation.] 
Know  ye  all  present  and  to  come,  that  we,  Sir  Bernard  Tounley 
and  Sir  Robert  Boys,  chaplains,  have  given,  granted,  and  by  this 
our  present  charter,  indented,  have  confirmed  to  Isabella  Tounley, 
daughter  of  Laurence  Tounley,  esquire,  otherwise  called  Isatella 
daughter  of  Matilda  Suthworth,  two  closes  and  all  lands,  meadows 
and  woods  and  pastures,  with  their  appurtenances,  which  we  late 
had,  from  the  gift  and  infeoffment  of  Geoffrey  Stansfelde,  in  the 
town  of  Brunley,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,  as  more  plainly 
appears  in  his  charter  thereof,  made  unto  us.  To  have  and  to 
hold  the  aforesaid  two  closes,  and  all  lands,  meadows,  woods  and 
pastures,  aforesaid,  with  their  appurtenances,  in  the  town  and  county 
aforesaid,  to  the  aforesaid  Isabella  and  her  assigns,  for  the  term  of 
her  life,  freely,  quietly  and  peaceably,  of  the  chief  lord  of  that  fee, 
by  the  services  thereof  due  and  of  right  accustomed.  So  that  after 
the  death  of  the  said  Isabella,  the  aforesaid  two  closes,  and  all  the 
aforesaid  lands,  meadows,  woods,  and  pastures  with  their  appurten- 
ances, shall  remain  entirely  to  Gii.e.=;  St.\nsfeld,  son  and  heir  of 


278  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

the  aforesaid  Geoffrey,  and  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  the  said  Giles, 
lawfully  begotten,  &c.     To  have  and  to  hold,  &c. 

And  if  it  shall  happen,  that  the  aforesaid  Giles  die  without  heir 
of  his  body  lawfully  begotton,  then  we  will  and  grant,  that  the  afore- 
said two  closes,  and  all  the  aforesaid  lands,  meadows,  woods,  and 
pastures,  with  their  appurtenances,  shall  remain  entirely  to  the  right 
heirs  of  the  aforesaid  Geoffrey. 

And  we  also,  the  aforesaid  Sirs  Bernard  and  Robert,  will 
warrant  and  defend,  against  all  persons,  for  ever,  the  aforesaid  two 
closes,  and  all  the  aforesaid  lands,  meadows,  woods,  and  pastures, 
with  their  appurtenances,  in  the  town  and  county  aforesaid,  to  the 
aforesaid  Isabella  and  her  assigns,  for  the  term  of  her  life;  also  to 
the  aforesaid  Giles,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  ; 
and  also  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  aforesaid  Geoffrey,  in  form  afore- 
said. Provided  always,  that  if  it  shall  happen,  that  any  divorce  here- 
after be  had,  between  the  aforesaid  Giles  and  Isabella  and  after  the 
marriage  between  the  same  had  been  solemnized,  by  reason  of  the 
divorce,  and  executed  on  the  part  of  the  aforesaid  Isabella,  by 
which  the  aforesaid  marriage  be  annulled,  broken  and  judicially  be 
of  none  effect,  then  we  will,  that  the  present  estate,  and  seisin 
thereof  delivered,  be  void,  and  of  no  value  and  effect,  otherwise  let 
it  continue  in  full  force  and  virtue.  In  witness  whereof,  to  this  our 
charter  indented,  we  have  set  our  seals,  these  being  witnesses, 
Richard  Shirburne,  knight,  Richard  Banaster  of  Altham,  Roger 
Nowell  late  of  Reved,  esquire,  and  many  others.  Dated  the  9'h 
day  of  September,  in  the  first  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry 
vij'!^  after  the  Conquest  of  England.     [1485-] 


NOTE. — The  appendage  for  the  seal,  is  a  strip  of  parchment, 
evidently  from  some  older  deed,  on  which  is  written : — 

Nov'rint   univ'rsi  p'p'sentes  nos  Galfridum    Stansfelde   de  le 
haysandfr. 

Lawrence  Townley,  the  father  of  Isabella,  was  one  of  the 
five  sons  of  John  de  Townley,  who  joined  together,  in  a  deed  of 
release,  in  1474.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  Barnsidc  branch  of 
the  family,  and,  along  with  his  next  brother,  Nicholas,  the  first 
of  the  Townleys  of  Royle,  was  executor  of  his  father's  will. 
The  Sir  Bernard  de  Townley,  one  of  the  parties  to  the  deed,  was 
another  brother,  the  fifth,  and  was  rector  of  Wigan  in  Lancashire, 
vicar  of  Felkirk,   co.   York,   and    LL.D.      The   eldest  brother 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  F"amily. 


279 


was  Sir  Richard  Townley,  knight,  who  died  in  September,  1482. 
Their  mother  was  Isabella,  daughter  of  Richard  Shirburn  of 
Stonyhurst.  Sir  Richard  Shirburn,  knight,  was  her  nephew. 
Roger  Nowell,  who  died  in  i486,  married  Grace,  the  sister  of  the 
five  brothers  above  mentioned,  and  therefore  a  cousin  of  Sir 
Richard  Shirburn.  Another  Roger  Nowell,  the  grandson  of  the 
above,  and  half-brother  of  the  celebrated  scholars,  Alexander 
and  Laurence  Nowell,  married  Grace,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard 
Shirburn.  Richard  Banaster  de  Altham,  the  third  witness, 
married  Isabel,  the  legitimate  daughter  of  Laurence  Townley  of 
Barnside.  Sir  Robert  Boys,  chaplain,  would,  no  doubt,  be  the 
curate  of  Burnley. 

The  following  sketch  best  explains  the  relationship  of  the 
persons  named  : — 


Richard  Shirburn  of  Stonyhu 
d.  V.  p.  1441. 


: Matilda  Hamerton. 


John  de  Townley.  = 
Married  1444-5  ^'^'^ 
died  before  1473. 


:  Isabel  Shirburn. 


Robert  Shirburn.  :=  Johanna  Rad- 
Died  in  1492.  I  cliffe. 


Mill  I  I 

Sir  Richard  Townley,    Grace,  =  Roger  Nowell.  SiRRicHAROr 


knt.  d.  1482. 
Nicholas  Townley. 
Henry  Townley. 
Sir  Bernard  Townley, 
priest,  LL.D. 
Laurence 
Townley.  = 


Married 
in  1465. 


Shirburn, 
knt.  Aged  30 
years  in  1492, 
died  in  1 5 12. 


John  Nowell.  =  Douse  Hesketh. 
Married  in  i486  ' 

and  died  in  1526. 


!  Isabel  Townley.  =  R  i  c  h  a  r  d 

Bannister. 

i  Died  1509-10. 

Isabella,  natural = Giles  Stansfeld. 
daughter   by    Ma- 
tilda Suthworth. 


Roger  Nowell.  =  Grace  Shirburn. 
Died  1597.  Married  151 1-2  and 

died  in  1565. 


Whitaker's  History  of  Whalley,  4.th  Edit.  p.  476,  makes 
Isabel,  who  married  John  de  Townley,  the  daughter  of  Robert 
Shirburn  ;  but  as  she  is  elsewhere  stated  to  be  the  daughter  of 
Richard,  and  this  best  fits  in  with  the  dates,  it  is  so  represented. 


28o  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Giles  Stansfeld  died  in  the  lifetime  of  his  father,  leaving  a 
daughter,  Johanna,  who  was  aged  two  years,  at  her  grandfather's 
death,  in  1499- 1 500.  She  married  Simon  Haydock  of  Hesand- 
forthe,  who  died  in  1568.  She  died  in  1562.  Whether  Geoffrey 
had  any  other  son  besides  Giles,  is  not  recorded,  but  the  fol- 
lowing deeds  are  in  the  possession  of  John  Lister,  M.A.,  of 
Shibden  Hall,  Halifax.  The  property  involved  is  the  Hill  Top 
estate,  in  the  township  of  Hipperholme: — 

1527.  September  25th.  Release  by  John  Stansffld  of  the 
parish  of  Burnley,  co.  Lane,  and  Agnes  his  wife,  daughter  of  John 
Baker  deceased,  to  Henry  Ferrour  of  Eawood,  Edmund  Fayr- 
banke  senior,  Robert  Brighouse  and  John  Scolfeld,  and  their 
assigns,  of  their  right  &--c.  in  all  and  singular  lands,  messuages,  tene- 
ments in  Hyprom  and  Lightcliff,  which  the  said  Henry,  Edmund. 
Robert  and  John  have  and  occupy  separately,  and  which  they 
lately  bought  of  Robert  Baker  and  Johanna  his  wife,  by  certain 
sums  of  money  paid  to  Robert  and  Alice  (sic  hu\.  query?)  Baker, 
and  John,  their  son  and  heir.  Given  at  Heptonstali.  Witnesses. 
John  Naler,  cap.,  Willm.  Stansfeld,  Ric.  Stansfeld,  Ranulph 
Newall,  Thomas  Naler  and  others. 

By  deed  of  same  date,  John  Stansfeld  of  Burnley,  and 
Agnes  his  wife,  acknowledge  receipt  of  four  marks,  in  considera- 
tion of  above.  Witnesses,  John  Nayler,  chaplain,  Wji.  Stans- 
FELDE,  RiCH.\RD  Stansfelde  his  brother,  Ranulph  Newall,  Robert 
Ferrour,  son  of  William  Ferrour,  and  others. 

From  other  deeds,  relating  to  the  same  estate,  the  following 
sketch  is  drawn,  illustrating  the  connection  of  John  Stansfeld 
and  the  Bakers,  and  shewing  the  dates  when  the  different 
persons  occur. 

NVn.I.IAM    KOYD,  = 
of  Hippevhohne.     I 


I  I  I 

Alice,  =Thomas  Margaret,  d.  .and  c.  h.,  Johanna,    =Robert  Baker. 

(1.    and  I  Atkynson.  married  Robert  Hanson.  d.  and  c.  h.       [1501-1521  ] 

c.  h.  [1501.]  [1501.]  [1501.1521] 

[1501].  I 

William  Atkynson,  Joh\  Baker,  = 

s.  &  h.  app.   4   .\ugiist  s     &    h.   died    [ 

1501.  before  1527. 


Agnes  Baker  =  John  Stansfeld  of  Burnley. 
[1527]  [1527] 


Chapter    X  I  V. 


THE  STANSFELDS  OF  WADSWORTH. 


ilARLY  in  the  pedisrree,  a  few  generations  can  be 
traced  from  tlic  younger  son,  Nicholas,  of  Thomas 
Stansfeld  of  Higginchamber,  who  made  his  will 
nth  October  1564,  bequeathing  to  him,  amongst 
others,  a  messuage  and  lands  called  Wadsworth  Royd,  of  which 
he  stood  seised  in  fee  simple. 

Nicholas  Stansfeld,  as  above,  married  Agnes,  named 
in  his  will,  as  follows  : — 

Vol.  xxiij.  folio  6jja.  Dated  14th  February  and  proved  19th 
March  1587-8. 

Nicholas  Stansfeild  of  ^Vads^\■o^th  Roid,  yeoman,  after 
reciting  that  his  brothers,  Laurence  and  Thomas,  had  for  their 
lives,  ^5  annuity,  arcording  to  a  deed  of  his  father,  Thomas 
Stansfeild,  deceased,  and  of  him  ;  bequeathed  Wadsworth  Roid 
(freehold)  for  9  years,  to  bring  up  his  children.  His  wife,  Agnes, 
was  to  have  governance,  and  if  any  child  would  not  stay,  it  was  to 
have  ;^3  a  year,  towards  its  keep-  Then  A\^adsworth  Roid,  to  go 
to  younger  sons,  Luke  and  Charles  Stansfeild  and  heirs  male. 
His  daughters,  Grace  and  Mary,  were  to  have  all  messuages  &c. 
in  Stansfield  (afterwards  called  Langfield),  for  7  years,  then  to 
eldest  son  and  heir,  Abraham  Stansfeild,  and  his  heirs  for 
ever. 

He  sold  HoUinrake  Holm,  22nd  April  1586,  to  Anthony 
Crosley  of  Scaitcliff,  see  Foster's  Lancashire  Pedigrees,  under 
that  family.  His  widow  is  named  in  the  will  of  his  youngest  son, 
Charles  Stansfeld,  with  whom  she  resided,  dated  4th  January 
1612-3.  She  is  the  defendant  in  the  following  curious  pro- 
ceedings : — 


!  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Duchy  of  Lancaster.  Calendar  to  Pleadings,  Vol.  C2<j.  H  27. 
31st  Elizabeth  [1589].  John  Hopkinson,  William  Wadesworthe 
and  ors.  against  Agnes  Stansfeld,  in  right  of  Robert,  earl  of 
Leicester,  Sir  Thomas  Gargrave,  knight,  and  Henry  Savile.  Land 
and  Stoppage  of  Way  to  the  Moors  and  Commons,  through  Broad- 
loyne  Hey,  and  divers  Lands  and  Tents.  Sowerby,  Wakefield 
Manor,  Heptonstall,  Sowerby  Chapel,  Sowerby  Greaveship,  Hip- 
perholme,  Raistrick,  Holmfrith,  &c.  &c. 

This  bill  is  dated  the  28th  of  January  1588,  and  filed  by  John 
Hopkinson  the  elder,  John  Hopkinson  the  younger,  William  Wades- 
worthe, and  Lawrens  Harryson  of  Sowerby,  York.  Setting  forth, 
that  the  Queen  was  lawfully  seised,  in  her  demeane  as  of  fee,  in 
right  of  Her  Highness'  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  "  Of  and  upon  the 
mores,  wastes  and  comons  of  Sowerby,  and  a  parcel  of  ground 
called  Broadloyne,  upon  one  close  of  arrable  and  pasture  grounde, 
of  the  said  William  Waddesworth,  throughout  which  said  parcel  of 
ground,  called  Broadloyne,  one  heighe  and  usuall  way  hathe  bene, 
tyme  o'  of  mynde,  used  at  all  tymes  in  the  yeare,  for  all  manner 
of  persons,  as  well  on  horsebake  as  on  [foote],  with  all  manner  of 
cartes  and  carrages,  to  goe  and  passe  at  their  pleasure,  between  the 
town  of  Heptonstall,  and  the  Chappell  of  Sowerby  in  Yorke. 

And  whereas  one  Agnes  Stansfeld,  widdowe,  did  heartofore 
intrude  upon  Her  Ma''==  said  wastes,  of  and  in  the  said  p'cell  of 
grounde,  called  Broadloyne,  beinge  a  heighe  way,  and  also  pcell  of 
the  said  wastes  and  mores  in  Sowerby,  aforesaid,  whearin  the 
Quenes  Ma''"  Coppihoulders  of  Sowerby,  aforesaid,  had  common,  and 
did  not  only  take  upp  the  Cawsey  heighe  way  of  Stonne,  in  the  same 
beinge,  but  also  inclosed  the  same  p'cell  of  grounde,  called  Broad- 
loyne, with  stonn  walles,  at  bothe  thends  thearof,  whearby  the  said 
way  was  not  passable,  nor  to  be  used,  as  the  same  had  allwayes 
before  that  tyme  bene,  to  the  great  p'judice  and  anoyans  of  yo'' 
said  orators,  and  of  all  such  as  had  occasion  to  Travell  betwene 
Heptonstall  and  Sowerby  Chappell,  as  aforesaid,  whearupon  some 
of  yo''  said  orators,  did  at  seu'all  tymes,  in  quiete  rnann''.  by  one  of 
them  at  once,  seu'ally  enter  in  the  said  p'cell  of  grounde,  and  then 
and  theare,  in  lyke  quiete  mann"'-  did  pull  down  some  sraale  p'cells 
of  the  said  walles,  whearw''>  the  said  Agnes  Stansfeld  had  so 
stopped  up  the  said  heighe  way,  as  aforesaid. 

And  theareupon  one  Abraham  Stansfeild,  sonne  of  the  said 
.^GNEs  Stansfeilde,  did  in,  or  not  longe  before,  the  monethe  of 
September  last  past,  in  the  thirteth  yeare  of  the  Quenes  Ma''"  raigne 
that    nowe    ys,  by   his    garden   and    tutor,    Willm.    Sutcliife    of 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  283 

Earington,  in  the  said  Countie,  exhibiie  a  bill  of  compl'=,  betore 
the  Couiicell  established  in  the  northe  ptes.,  against  the  said 
John  Hopkinson  the  yonger,  Willm.  Waddesworthe  and  Lawrens 
Harryson,  three  of  yC  said  orators.  Supposinge  thearby,  that 
one  Nich'as  Stansfeld,  beinge  lawfully  seised  in  fee,  of  and  in, 
one  roode  of  lande,  w'>»  one  litle  Turffehouse,  thearupon  builded, 
w""  th'app'tennce,  scituate,  lyeinge,  and  beinge  w'Mn  the  grave- 
shipp  of  Sowerby,  aforesaid,  died  thearof  so  seised.  And  that  by, 
and  after  his  deathe,  the  said  p'misses  descended  and  came  unto 
the  said  Abraham  Stansfeld,  as  his  sonne  and  nexte  heire. 
And  that  by  and  after  his  deathe,  the  said  Abraham,  by  his 
said  garden  and  tutor,  Willm.  Sutcliffe,  entred  into  the  said 
p'mises,  and  was  thearof  lawfully  seised  in  fee,  accordingly.  And 
further,  by  the  same  bill,  supposed  that  the  said  John  Hopkinson 
the  yonger,  Willm.  Waddesworthe  and  Lawrens  Harrysor, 
three  of  yo"'  said  orators,  did,  the  fyftenthe,  sixtenthe  and  twentethe 
dayes  of  June,  then  laste  past,  upon  ev'y  of  the  same  seu'all 
daies,  beinge  very  unlawfully  weaponed,  riotously  enter  in  the 
said  roode  of  lande,  and  upon  ev'y  of  the  said  seu'all  dayes,  in 
riotouse  and  unlawfuU  mann'''  with  axes,  shovells,  and  such  lyke 
enggynes,  did  most  unlawfully  pull  downe  and  destroy  some  pte.  of 
the  said  walls  and  fences,  wheare  w'-^  the  said  roode  of  land  was 
inclosed."     Viz  : — 

On  the  15*  half  a  rood,  16'''  a  rood,  20"'  five  roods  of  walls, 
or  thereabouts,  whereby  the  same  Abraham  Stansfield  had  lost 
in  damage,  ;^io.  The  Defts.  pleaded  not  guilty,  and  denied  that 
there  was  any  such  roode  of  iand,  with  such  Turfe  house  builded, 
in  the  graveship  of  Sowerby,  whereof  Nicholas  Stansfield,  father 
of  Abraham,  died  seised  of;  but  that  the  Complt.  meant  to  charge 
them,  with  entry  on  the  p'cell  of  land  called  Broadloyne,  adjoining 
a  close  of  arable  &c.  of  William  Waddesworth,  which  was  parcel  of 
the  wastes  of  the  Queen's,  and  the  highway  tliroughout  such,  had 
been  used  by  all  persons. 

The  bill  is  part  missing,  but  the  substance  of  the  remainder  is, 
that  the  said  Agnes  Stansfield  stopped  up  the  right  of  way 
between  Heptonstall  and  Sowerby  Chapel.  Hence  the  suit  in  right 
of  Robert,  earl  of  Leicester,  Sir  Thomas  Gargrave,  K'-'  and  Henry 
Savile. 

Agnes  Stansfeld  paid  4s.  subsidy,  in  1603,  for  thirty  shillings 
value  in  land,  &c.,  in  Wadsworth,  and  the  like  sum  in  1610. 
Her  burial  is  recorded,  under  date   12th   September   1627,  in 


284  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Hcptonstall  registers.  In  her  will,  made  19th  June  1627,  and 
proved  1st  May  1628,  she  mentions  her  son,  Abraham,  her 
daughter-in-law,  Alice,  and  her  grand-children,  Abraham  and 
Charles,  children  of  her  late  son,  Charles  Stansfeld. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Stansfeld,  married  28th  August 
1602,  William  Thomas  of  Broadbotham.  The  following  is  an 
abstract  of  his  will : — 

Vol.  xxxiv.  folio  S48a.  Dated  20th  March  16 14-5,  proved 
20th  May  161 7. 

William  Thomas,  of  Broadbotham  in  Wadsworth,  yeoman, 
bequeathed  a  messuage  in  Upper  Cragg,  in  Erringden  park,  to  his 
son,  Richard,  and  reversion  to  his  daughters,  Grace  and  Mary. 
The  tuition  of  his  son,  he  left  to  his  brother-in-law,  Abraham 
Stansfeild  of  Hanier,  whom  he  also  constituted  his  sole  executor  ; 
of  his  daughter,  IMar}-,  to  his  brother-in-law,  Richard  Lister, 
Maister  of  Artes,  preacher  of  God's  word ;  and  of  his  daughter, 
Grace,  to  Jonas  Binnes  of  Horbury,  yeoman. 

Abraham,  Luke  and  Charles  Stansfeld  occur  in  the  will  of  Sarah 
Waterhouse,  in  1592,  mentioned  on  page  144;  and  also,  along 
with  their  sister,  Mai;\',  in  that  of  Margaret  Dickson,  dated  1599, 
already  given  on  page  143.  Grace  and  Luke  Stansfeld  are  not 
named  in  their  mother's  will,  in  1627  ;  probably  they  both  pre- 
deceased her.     Luke  Stansfeld  was  buried,  23  March  1606-7. 

Abraham  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Nicholas,  married 
Alice,  daughter  of  Richard  Gibson.  He  is  mentioned,  evidently 
a  minor,  in  the  legal  proceedings  against  his  mother,  already 
given.  His  name  occurs  in  a  list  of  king's  rents,  in  1608,  as 
paying  4s.,  compounded  for  £1  los.  od.,  for  a  messuage  in 
Blackwood  Quarter  of  Sowerby,  called  Higginchamber  ;  and 
again,  in  1624,  in  a  list  of  greaves  of  Sowerby,  for  the  same 
messuage,  as  already  mentioned  on  page  152.  He  also  occurs 
in  his  father-in-law's  will,  as  follows  : — 

Vol.  XXXV.  folio 501a.  Dated  24th  May  161 4,  proved  loth 
November  161 9. 

Richard  Gibson,  of  the  Shay  in  Langfield,  yeoman,  bequeathed 
Horswood,  for  life,  to  his  wife,  Mary;  los.  as  a  legacy,  to  his 
daughter,  Alice,  wife  of  Abraham  Stansfeld,  who  had  had  Ji.\%o 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  285 

already;  and  to  his  daughter,  Grace,  wife  of  Thomas  Brooke,  who 
had  already  had  ;^i2o,  ^10  additional;  to  the  children  of 
Thomas  Brooke  and  Grace,  his  wife,  ^20.  He  ordained  Richard 
Gibson,  his  sonne,  p'son  of  Marton,and  John  Gibson,  another  son, 
joint  executors. 

His  own  will  was  made   19th  January  1638,  and  proved  the  4th 
March  1645. 

I  Abr.^ham  Stansfeild  of  Hamer,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster, 
yeoman,  make  my  last  will  c^c.  Debts  6-c.  to  be  paid.  I  give 
unto  Alice,  my  wife,  a  third  part  of  all  my  goodes  <S-c.  To 
Abraham,  my  son,  one  fether  bedd  &-c  Item,  I  give  him  one 
great  chist,  standing  in  the  high  chamber  &-c.  All  the  residue  of 
my  goods  and  chattells,  unto  my  second  son,  James  Staxsfeiijj. 
I  make  Abraham,  my  son,  full  executor. 

Charles  Stansfeld,  younger  son  of  Nicholas  Stansfeld 
of  Wadsworth  Royd,  inherited  that  place,  under  his  father's  will, 
in  1587.  He  was  one  of  the  supervisors,  in  the  will  of  Matthew 
Sutclifife  of  Hoohoyle,  in  Ayringden,  yeoman,  dated  20th  August 
1612.  His  name  occurs,  as  paying  2s.  5d.  for  a  messuage  and 
lands  in  Warley,  in  a  list  of  king's  rents,  dated  26th  November 
1608.  He  was  buried  i8th  January  16 1 2-3.  The  following  is  his 
will  :— 

Vol.  xxxiij.  folio  214b.  Dated  4th  January  1612-3,  proved  3rd 
August  1 61 4. 

Charles  Stansfield  of  Waidworth,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to 
his  son  and  heir  apparent,  Abraham,  and  his  heirs  male,  the 
messuage  with  houses,  lands  6-c.  in  Wadsworth,  in  his  occupation, 
and  that  of  his  mother,  Agnes  Stansfield,  except  a  close  called 
the  Holme,  a  house  and  barn,  and  the  little  croft  in  which  they 
stand,  and  a  little  close  called  the  Poake,  paying  to  wife's  child,  if 
she  conceive,  ^100.  In  default  of  heirs  male,  to  next  heir  male 
of  testator,  wheresoever  found,  and  his  heirs  male  for  ever,  paying 
^200  to  a  daughter,  if  testator  have  one.  To  his  wife,  Susan, 
half  of  his  goods.  He  appointed  his  brother,  Abraham  Stans- 
field, his  executor. 

Abraham  Stansfeld,  his  eldest  son,  baptised  27th  April  1610, 
occurs  amongst  the  helps,  in  a  list  of  greaves  of  Sowerby,  in  1624^ 
and  paid  2s.  Sd.  for  a  messuage  in  Warley,  called  Blackwall! 


286 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


The  child  unborn,  provided  for  in  the  will,  was  evidently  a  son, 
Charles,  baptised  6th  June,  1613,  and  named  in  his  grandmother's 
will  in  1627,  and  buried  1st  July  1636. 

Abraham  Stansfeld  and  Heniy  Stansfeld  were  mentioned 
in  the  will  of  Henry  Cockroft  of  Burlees,  dated  6th  July  1657, 
as  being  tenants  of  Burleecar,  Nelcarr  lands,  or  of  Soughes  in 
Wadsworth. 


^tansfiielti  of 


James  Stansfield,  of  Shore,  in  Stansfield ;  probah 
younger  son  of  John  Stansfield  of  Crofthouse,  i 
whose  will  was  dated  2  September  1663.  :Marrii 
November  1625,  and  died  at  Shore  in  Februarj-  1663-. 
"  Sepultus  fuit  in  agro  suo  ibidem,"  on  the  25th. 


Ar.RAHAM.  Baptised 

1                                    1 
Susan.    Baptised  31      Martha.     Baptised 

Debora 

1 

Baptised 

John.     B.-iplised    9      Lydi 

9  Dec   1627,  &  died 

Jan.  1629-30,  &  died       12  April  1635. 

25  Sept 

1637,    and 

Feb.  1 639-40, died  22       Aug. 

a   prisoner    in  York 

5  Jan.  1672-3,  buried 

died  3  Dec.  1669. 

Aug.  1685,  or  8  July       Oct.  1 

Castle,  18  Oct.  1669. 

m  James  Stansfield's 
ground. 

1697,  and  buried  in       in  Jai 
his    own  ground   at      groun 
Shore  or  Shewbroad. 

Marv.     Married   17  =JOH.\ 

1                                                       1 
Martha.  Born= Thomas             AiiKAHAM  = 

=  Marv. 

John  Stansfield,  ==  Deborah  Maud. 

May  1690.    A  widow       BARKER. 

loth  Oct.  1667,      SUTCLIFFE.        Born   13th 

Died  1 6 

ofGrindlestoneBank, 

Died  31   July,  and 

in  1738,  ofTopo'th' 

married  in  1688.                                Nov.  1670. 

August 

inOvenden. 

Bom  23 

buried  2  Aug.  1 774, 

Ashenhirst. 

1784. 

Jany.  1676, 

married 

aged  77. 

A 

iu  1733,  died  11  and 

buried  16  May  1762, 

at  HaUfa.x. 

Judith.     Bom  29  =  John  Priestley. 
April  1734,  married 
4  Nov.  1756. 


Joshua  Stansfield,  of  ; 
"1760,  Grindlestone  Bank  i 
Hand  Green  in  Warley,  whi( 
in  i7S9and  1S06.  Born  6th 
married  in  1766,  died  9  .ind 
April  1806. 


Mary  Slater. 
First  wife,  mar- 
ried 22nd  Sept. 
1791. 


John    Stansfield,  =Sarah  Armistead.     Elizabeth.    Bora  ==  John  TnoRr,     Deborah.    Born=RicHARD  Wils 


of  Lothersdali 
Craven,  co.  York.  He 
is  called  of  Hand 
Green  in  1 795.  Con- 
fined in  York  Castle, 
for  non-payment  of 
tithes ;  and  also  im- 
prisoned in  Lancaster 
Castle,  at  the  same 
time  as  the  poet 
Montgomery.  Bom 
29  Jany.  1767,  died 
13  Fe" 


Second  wife, 
ried  24th  Ju 


Mar-     16  March  1 76 1,  mar-      of  Leeds.  Died     1 6  Oct.  1770.  Mar-  j  Died  20  M.iy  18 
l8n.     ried  15  Feb.  1792,  &      loSept.1817.     ried  I4jany.    "   " 


died  I  Feb.  1838. 


Issue,  5  sons  and  2  daughti 
and  31  grand-children. 


and  died  i  2  March  | 
1847. 


Issue,  3  sons  and  1  daughter, 
and  1 7  grand-children. 


Feb.  1813. 


Slater  Stans-=Jane  Fryer. 


field,  of 
Lothersdale. 
Bom   3rd  Nov. 
1792,  married  I 
July  1S18. 


Died  17  Sept 
'855- 


John  Stansfield,  : 
of  Lothersdale  and 
Halifax.  Bora  28 
March  1794,  mar- 
ried 22  July  181 7,  & 
died  7  June  1S58. 


JohnSlater= 
Stansfield, 
of  Lothers- 
dale. Bora  10 
May  1819, 
married  6tli 
Dec.  1843. 


Frederick  Stansfield, 
of  Bradford,  com  miller. 
Bom  17  June  1844. 


:  Sarah  Thomas.  Born  6  Nov. 

Walker.  1820,    and     died     un- 

married 10  June  1846. 


—  Mary  Hall.     William,  or=ELizABETH 

Eliza 

'  Bom  = 

=  Bexiamin       yiAt 

Lothersdale.       Hinchcliffe 

22  Dec 

1798,  !  EcRovn,    of    26;i| 

Born  10  Dec. 

married  20th 

Halifax,  con-     die.] 

1796,      mar- 

April 

182,, 

veyancer.           iSc' 

ried  15  Jany. 

and  died   11 

He    married     tt   j 
again,  &  died     M 

1852.     D.S.P. 

Nov.  1829. 

1  23Mayi857.     ^g^ 

=  Frederick  Graveley. 

A  daughter.                  No-j 

Eliza.     Bom  26= 

Apl.    1822,   mar- 

Edward Stansfi 

ried  28th  August 

Born  S  March  18; 

1851,  and  died  22 

1855. 

Jany.  1858.            | 

Issue,  2  sons  and 

2  daughters. 

1 

..1 

John  Stansfield,  of 
Rawdon.  Born  29th 
March  1818,  married 
12  Dec.  i860. 


Margaret  Parker. 


Marv  Stansfie 
Born  1 1  April  1 
and  married  14  J 
1843. 


Ch.\rles  Edward  St.'^nsfield. 
Bora  8  July  1865. 


Frances  Eliza. 


^rsHale  anti  ?^altfa)c. 


Died  a  prisoner  iu  York  Castle, 


I 

;haRLES.     Baptised 

f3  Feb.  1644-5,  died 

April     1685     and 

d  in  their  own 

id  at  Shore. 


James  Stansfield,  ==  Mary. 
ofMankinholes.  Died  j  1714. 
20  Jan.  1699.  ! 


A  son,  born 
i6S3-4- 


IJan. 


Richard. 
Aug.  1654. 


Bom  30 


JuDETH.  =  Joshua  Stansfield, 
Buried27  of  Castle  CarrMidgley. 
Oct.  1 721.    ,     Bora  4th  April  1681. 


bUSANNAH. 

Bom  24  July 
1721. 


m  Halsteau. 
and  buried  17 
I,  aged  79. 


Esther.    Bom  16 
Jany.  1736-7. 


Jonathan,  of  Hart- 
ley Royd  in  Stans- 
field. Born  a  twin,  25 
Sept.  1683,  died  16 
Oct.  1738,  &  buried 
either  at  Shore  or 
Shewbroad. 


Ann.  Bora  6  May 
1738,  and  died  28 
Mar.  1739. 


Jonas  Stansfield.  Bora 
twin  with  Jonathan,  25 
Sept.  1683,  died  10  April 
1758,  &  buried  at  Shore. 
Probably  the  ancestor  of 
the  .Stansfields  of  Ewood 
&  Todmorden,  see  that 
pedigree. 


George  Stans- 
field, of  Rodwell- 
end  in  Stansfield, 
died  28  Feb.  1749, 
and  buried  at  Shew- 
broad  in  Langfield. 


I 
Joshua.     Born^TABiTHA 

25th  Aug.  1774,        ECROYD. 

■  married  8  Sept.  Died  16 
1812,  died  9th  Feb.1833. 
June  1837,  s.p. 


Caleb       Stans- 

of      Halifa.N,       wool     First  wife.manied   |  field.   Born  21st 

stapler.      Died2july    22  August    1815,   I  May,     1784,    and 

1832.  and  died  6  June      died     i6th    Sept. 

1S21.  I  1854. 


Judith.     Born  8=  Robert  Sutcliffe,    MargaretHall 
June    1779,   ^°-^- 
ried  in  1 799,  and 
died  1 7  June  1843. 


Issue,  4  sons  and  2  daughters,  and 
16  grand-children. 


Katherine  Thorp. 
Second  wife,  married 
18  Feb.  1824. 


=James         Margaret.  Born  = 

=Thomas 

We. 

She  married.     Born  13  Mar. 

Parkinson,     Bom23Mar. 

Dixon.        29june  1820,  mar- 

Charles 

fune 

2ndly,   Wm.      1805,      mar- 

of  Bradford,      1818,      mar- 

ried  13  Jany.  185  i, 

Whitehead, 

mar- 

Ecroyd       of    ried  19  Sept. 

died  13  Oct.      ried  14  June 

and  died  22  Sept. 

of  Halifax. 

pjov. 

Lomeshaye.      1827,  &  died 

1832.                   1843. 

1873. 

died 

3junei84i. 

836. 

/ 

V                                                 A 

A  son  and  a  daughter. 

=  Sarah  E.  Hoyland.              Sarah  Coor  Stansfield. 

1 
Mary  Ann  Stansfield. 

1 

I 

3orn  24  Dec.  1834. 

Bom  6  Dec.  1832. 

IXisA  Stansfield. 
nsfield. 


Park  and  Park  House  Halifax, 

Born 

24 

Deo. 

1824. 

woolstapler. 

Bom  8th 

Jany. 
1853- 

1824,  marrie. 

12  Aug. 

ATHERiNE  Stansfield. 
m  31  July  i8ss,i, 
May  1879. 


Edmund  Farrar. 
of  Halifax. 


John  William  Stansfield. 
Bom  13  May  1857. 


Marv  Stansfield. 


Chapter     XV. 


STANSFELDS   OF   SHORE   in   STANSFIELD. 


YING  within  the  township  of  Stansfield,  is  a  district 
called  Shore,  which  gave  name  to  a  family,  occurring 
in  ancient  deeds.  One  of  these,  is  copied  in  the 
Toivneley  MS.,  p.  1 105. 

Sciant  qd.  ego  Ric'us  filius  Joh'is  filij  X'ian  de  Stansfeld, 
confirmavi  Willo.  del  Schore,  vnu'  messagiu'  et  vna'  placam  terra  cu' 

p'tin'  que  vocat  le in  villa  de  Stansfeld,  iacent  inter  With- 

tonstanclough,  ex  una  p'te.,  et  le  Redeschore,  ex  altera  p'te.,  tenend' 
de  capitalibus  d'nis  foedi  illius,  p'  servida  consuetu.  contra  omnes 
gentes  imperpetun'.  In  testimoniu'  sigillu'  meu'  apposui.  His 
testibus,  AVill'mo  de  Stansfeld,  Willo.  filio  Enot,  Rico,  filio  Eliot, 
Joh'ne  filio  Petn,  Joh'ne  de  Schore,  et  alijs.     Dat.  apud  Stanisfeld, 

die  dmcainfesto  Sci ,  anno  Edwardi  tertii  post  conquestu', 

vicesimo  sexto. 

[Ab.stract  in  English.] 

Know  all  men,  that  I  Richard,  son  of  John,  son  of 
Christi.\n  [or  Christiana]  de  Stansfeld,  have  confirmed  to 
William  del  Schore,  a  messuage  and   lands,  with  appurtenances, 

called in  the  township  of  Stansfeld,  lying  between  With- 

tonstanclough  [Whittonstall  clough  ?]  on  one  side,  and  Redeschore 
on  the  other.  To  hold  c^c.  Witnesses,  William  de  Stansfeld, 
WiUiara  son  of  Enot,  Richard  son  of  Eliot,  John  son  of  Peter, 
John  de  Schore,  and  others.      Dated  at  Stanisfeld,  26th  Edward 

in.  [1352-3]- 

William  de  Stansfeld,  John  de  Schore,  and  John  son  of  Peter, 
occur  in  the  Poll  Tax  roll,  A.D.  1378,  given  on  page  119.  The 
first  mention  of  a  Stansfeld,  in  connection  with  Shore,  in  later 
times,  occurs  in  the  following  will  at  York. 


288  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Vol.  xiij.  folio  3gsb.  Dated  28th  February  1547-8,  proved 
15th  June  1548. 

Henrie  Stansfeld  of  Shoore,  in  the  parish  of  Heptonstall, 
desired  to  be  buried  in  the  chapel  yard  there.  Mentioned  his  bas- 
tard daughters,  Jennet  and  AHce  Stansfeld,  and  his  wife, 
Margarete,  who  was  to  enjoy  the  house  and  croft,  for  her  life. 
He  appointed  her,  executrix  and  reversionary  legatee. 

John  Eastwood  of  Shore,  in  his  will  dated  1554,  names 
Alan  Stansfeilde,  as  a  debtor  for  23s.  4d.  Another  Stansfeld  is 
mentioned  in  the  following  will  : — 

Vol.  xxxj.  folio  444a.  Dated  13th  June  1609,  proved  4th 
October  i6io. 

Anthonie  Crosley  of  the  Shore  in  Stansfeild,  bequeathed 
the  Shore,  two-thirds  of  which,  was  assured  to  his  father-in-law, 
Thomas  Stansfeld,  for  life,  to  his  wife,  Ellen  ;  reversion  to  his 
son,  James  Crosley,  in  default,  to  his  daughters,  Marie  and  Susan 
Crosley. 

Anthony  Crosley  married  Ellen  Stansfeld,  4th  September 
1 596.  The  following  is  evidently  the  inquisition  post  mortem  of 
his  father-in-law,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  who  was  buried  lOth 
February  161 7-8: — 

Public  Record  Office.  Miscellaneous  Chancery  Inquisitions 
Post  Mortem,  i6th  James  I.  Part  g,  No.  116. 

York.  An  inquisition  indented,  taken  at  Hallifax,  in  Yorks.,  on 
September  8th,  the  i6th  James  I.  [16 18],  before  William  Cartwright, 
Escheator,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  after  the  death  of  Thomas  Stans- 
FiELD,  late  of  Shore  in  Stansfield,  deceased,  by  the  oaths  of  Edward 
Hanson,  Henry  Savile,  Joseph  Worrall,  ^^"illiam  Chapman,  John 
Worrall,  Daniel  Pighells,  Thomas  Midgley,  Edmund  Holland, 
Thomas  Watson,  Robert  Foster,  William  Greenwood,  John  Wade 
and  William  Goodbarne,  who  say  that  the  said  Thomas  Stansfield, 
on  the  day  of  his  death,  was  seised  in  his  demeane,  as  of  (ee,  of  and 
in  a  messuage  or  tenement,  at  the  Shore  in  Stansfield,  a  barn,  a 
garden,  4  acres  of  land,  3  acres  of  meadow,  and  5  acres  of  pasture, 
with  appurts.,  at  the  Shore  iu  Stansfield,  aforesaid ;  and  of  and  in 
one  fourth  part  of  certain  lands  and  tenements  in  Stansfield,  called 
Wentworth  lands,  with  appurts.  in  Yorks.  He  died,  seised  of  the 
same,  and  which  messuage,  and  certain  premises  with  the  appurts., 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family.  289 

valued  per  annum,  in  all  issues,  besides  reprises,  los.  The  tene- 
ment and  premises,  at  the  death  of  said  Thomas,  was  held  of  the 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Stansfield,  in  free  and  common  soccage, 
namely  by  fealty,  and  the  annual  rent  of  s|-d.,  and  by  suit  to  the 
court  and  mill  of  the  manor  of  Stansfield,  aforesaid,  for  all  services 
and  demands.  The  Jurors  further  say,  the  said  Thomas  Stans- 
field died  March  [February?]  loth  last;  and  John  Stansfield 
is  his  son  and  next  heir,  and  aged  at  the  death  of  his  father,  33 
years.  The  Jurors  further  say,  that  he  died  seised  of  no  other 
lands,  held  of  the  king,  &'c. 

A  contemporary  of  this  Thomas  Stansfeld,  occurs  in  the 
following  will ;  and  also  in  the  proceedings  in  the  Duchy  of 
Lancaster  court,  which  succeed. 

Vol.  xxxix.  folio  103a.  Dated  I oth  March  1623,  proved  7th 
March  1626. 

William  Eastwood  als.  Wilkinson  of  Stansfield,  shoe- 
maker, bequeathed  to  Sara,  daughter  of  Edmond  Stansfeeld  of 
Shore,  £(i  133.  4d.;  and  a  legacy  to  Prudence,  daughter  of  John 
Stansfeeld. 

Duchy  of  Lancaster  Pleadings,  Elizabeth,  vol  133. 

M.  4.  This  bill  is  dated  12th  February  1596,  and  filed  by 
Richard  Michell  of  Shorey,  in  Stansfeild,  York,  Edmond  Stans- 
feild  of  Shoer,  aforesaid,  Robert  Ormerode  of  Shoer,  Nicholas 
ffeilden  of  Shoer,  afforesaid,  Richard  Crosley  of  Shoer,  yeomen,  and 
Anthony  Crosley  of  Scatcliffe,  York,  yeoman,  as  well  on  behalf  of 
themselve?,  as  other  Freeholders  of  Rochdale,  Scatcliff,  Shorey, 
Brunley,  Cliderowe  and  Colne.  Setting  forth,  that  by  all  the  time^ 
whereof  the  memory  of  man  is  not  to  the  contrary,  they  used  for 
themselves,  servants,  &--c.,  a  way  and  passage  for  carts  6-c.,  and 
also  on  horse  back  and  on  foot,  at  all  times  of  the  yeare,  between 
the  said  towns,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster ;  that  is  to  say,  from 
the  High  Street,  leading  between  Burneley  and  Halifax,  at  or  near 
a  village  or  row  of  houses,  commonly  called  Styp'den,  York  ;  and 
from  the  wastes  of  Stansfield,  by  and  through  a  close  called  Spyga- 
terode,  parcel  of  lands  of  one  James  Crabtree  of  Shorey ;  by  and 
through  Lydgate,  following  the  water,  unto  the  grounds  of  Richard 
Crosley,  called  Thrutchley  Holm,  and  so  on  by  Richard  Crosley's 
dwelling-house  in  Scatcliffe  ;  and  thence,  by  and  through  a  parcel 
of  ground,  called  Adamroydhey,  likewise  of  the  said  Richard 
Crosley,  and  so  from  thence  to  Rochdale. 


290  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Now  the  plaintiffs  and  other  inhabitants,  used  the  above 
towns  to  trade,  but  James  Crabtree  and  Richard  Crosley,  seeking 
only  their  own  private  lucre  and  gain,  and  thinking  by  little  and 
little,  to  blemish,  and  in  the  end,  utterly  to  take  away,  the  title  of 
the  said  way,  and  consequently  to  deprive  plaintiffs  of  the  said  way, 
have  stopped  it  up.     Hence  the  suit. 

M.  4a.  The  defendants  answer  this,  denying  most  of  the 
statements,  and  further  say  "  without  that,  that  the  said  complts. 
and  all  other  the  freeholders  6-c.  of  Ratchdale,  Scatcliff,  Shoer, 
Burnley,  Clytherowe  and  Collne,  and  of  the  other  townes  in  the 
said  bill,  mentioned  or  specified,  by  all  the  time  whereof  the 
memory  of  man  ys  not  to  the  contrary,  have  and  had  used  a  way 
between  the  towns  of  Ratchdall,  Scatcliff,  Shorey,  Brunley, 
Clytherow,  Colne  and  other  the  said  townships,  turning  forth  of 
the  Queen's  high  street,  between  Brunley  and  Halifax,  at  or  near 
Styperden,  and  so  on,  is  untruly  alledged. 

Ending  by  praying  dismissal  out  of  Court,  with  their  costs. 
[N.B. — The  answer  is  partly  damaged  at  head.] 

It  is  possible  that  the  Edmund  Stansfeld,  mentioned  in  the 
above  proceedings,  may  be  the  same  as  the  one,  whose  name  has 
already  occurred,  in  the  will  of  William  Eastwood.  Or  if  the 
above  be  the  Edmund  Stansfeld,  who  married  Prudence 
Horsfall,  in  161 5  (vide  Heptonstall  registers),  we  may  have  to  go 
further  back,  and  find  him  in  the  following  deed  : — 

C.  Towneleys  MSS.  p.  1 106.  Sciant  qd.  ego  Edmundus  St.\ns- 
FELD  filius  Thome  Stansfeld,  confirmavi  John  Stansfeld  de 
Hartlayroide,  infra  villat  de  Stansfeld,  unu' messagiu' vocat  Newlaye 
at  Bearebut,  ac  una  p'cell  terr.  vocat  burnde,  ac  etiam  una  alia  p'cell 
terre,  p'  estimationem  dimid  acre  terre,  iacent  iuxta  donu'  pred'. 
Tenendu'  de  capitalibus  d'nis  foedi  ilius  p'  servitia  consueta.  In 
testimoniu'  sigillu'  meu",  apposui.  Dat.  nono  die  Uecembris,  anno 
Eliz.  vicesimo  secundo,  1579- 

[Abstract  in  English.] 

Know  all  men,  that  I  Edmund  Stansfeld,  son  of  Thojlvs 
Stansfeld,  have  confirmed  to  John  Stansfeld  of  HartlajToide, 
in  the  township  of  Stansfeld,  one  messuage  called  Newlaye  and 
Eearebut,  and  one  parcel  of  land  called  Burnde,  and  also  another 
parcell  of  land,  by  estimation  half  an  acre,  lying  near  thereto.  To 
hold  of  the  chief  lords  of  the  fee,  by  customary  service.  Dated 
9th  December,  22nd  Elizabeth,  1579. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  291 

The  messuage,  in  the  above  conveyance,  is  named  as  in  the 
cop)- ;  and  it  is  probably  the  same,  which  is  called  New  House, 
in  the  following  will  : — 

Vol.  xxij.  folio  gjb.  Dated  22nd  February  1581-2,  proved 
3rd  March  1582-3. 

William  Croslaye  of  the  Newe  House,  in  Stansfeld,  be- 
queathed to  his  wife,  Margaret,  and  his  children,  the  whole  farm- 
hold, which  he  had  by  the  lease  of  John  Stansfeld,  for  sixteen 
years  to  come. 

But  the  messuage  is  mentioned,  under  its  original  name,  in 
the  will  of  the  confirmee  of  the  deed  of  1579. 

Vol.  xxiij.  folio  So^a.  Dated  28th  October  1587,  proved  22nd 
June  1588. 

John  Stansfeild  of  Harteley  royd,  in  Stansfield,  yeoman, 
mentioned  his  wife  Agnes.  He  bequeathed  to  John  Cleaton  and 
Gilbert  Baristall,  ^30,  which  Edmond  Stansfeild  owed  him.  To 
Nicholas  Feilden,  whom  he  appointed  his  executor,  and  his  heirs 
for  ever,  a  parcel  of  land  called  Knottes,  and  his  title  in  a  tene- 
ment called  Newley.  Also  to  Richard  Crossley,  all  such  rentes,  as 
Henry  Stansfeild  had  to  pay.  Also  to  William  Mychell,  clarke, 
the  best  tree  within  his  woods.  Mr.  James  Stansfeild  of  Stans- 
feild, was  appointed  overseer. 

Edmond  Stansfeld,  who  married  Prudence  Horsfall,  is  men- 
tioned in  the  will  of  his  father-in-law. 

Vol.  xxxriij.folio  3S2b.  Dated  29th  May  1622,  proved  nth 
August  1625. 

Simeon  Horsfall  of  Blackshawhead,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to 
his  daughter.  Prudence,  wife  of  Edmond  Stansfeild,  ^5,  and 
5s  to  each  of  their  children.  He  appointed  his  son-in-law,  Edmond 
Stansfeild,  tutor  of  his  son  and  heir,  Richard  Horsfall.  His 
other  sons  named  are,  Henry,  Jonas  and  Jonathan  ;  and  his  bro- 
thers, John  Horsfall  of  Underbancke,  and  Richard  Horsfall  of 
Stoytheley,  were  appointed  supervisors. 

Many  entries  occur  in  the  Heptonstall  registers,  relating  to 
the  Stansfelds  of  Shore  ;  but  there  is  not  sufficient  evidence, 
either  to  connect  the  branch  with  the  main  line,  or  to  join  the 
items  into  any  regular  pedigree.     In  the  wills,   Shore  usually 


292  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

occurs  in  connection  with  the  family  of  Crossley,  which  inter- 
married frequently  with  the  Stansfelds.  The  following  intro- 
duces a  new  name  : — 

Vol.  XXXV.  folio  so2b.  Dated  i6i 7,  proved  loth  November 
16,9. 

Richard  Shephard  of  the  Shore,  named  his  wife,  Isabell,  and 
his  youngest  daughter,  Susan  or  Susanna.  He  bequeathed  40s  to 
his  son  Danyell;  and  jQ\2  to  his  bastard  daughter,  Mary,  his 
brother^  James  Shephard,  and  Edmond  Stansfeild,  to  have  care 
of  it.  Amongst  the  debtors  named  are,  Richard  Horsfall  of  Dove 
Skoute,  and  John  Crosley  a  lowscoles  \sic\. 

The  tenement  held  by  the  above  testator,  was  purchased 
from  his  heirs,  in  1647,  b}-  Miles  Stansfeld,  as  appears  by  his 
will. 

Vol.  Ij.  folio  28Sa.  Dated  6th  August  1669,  proved  September 
and  October  1670. 

Miles  Stansfeild  the  elder,  of  the  Shore  in  Stansfeild,  yeo- 
man, bequeathed  to  his  wife,  Marv,  for  life,  one  third  of  a  mes- 
suage called  the  Ridgeyate,  in  Stansfeild,  in  his  occupation  ;  which 
he  bought  on  the  6th  March  1647-8,  of  James  Shepherd,  late  of 
Rowlston,  CO.  Stafford,  cooke,  and  of  James  Shepherd,  late  of  the 
Shore,  yeoman,  saving  one  bay,  in  the  west  end  of  a  lathe  or  barn, 
which  he  lately  built.  Then  on  his  wife's  death,  to  his  eldest  son 
George,  and  his  elder  daughter,  Mary,  for  their  lives  ;  reversion 
to  youngest  son,  Abraham,  for  life.  To  his  wife,  Marv,  another 
third,  till  Abraham  be  14  years  old,  to  bring  him,  and  youngest 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  up.  Then  to  children,  George  and  Mary, 
for  life  ;  reversion  to  son  Abraham  for  ever.  To  son,  George, 
the  remaining  third,  until  son  Abraham  be  14  years  old;  then  as 
previous  third. 

Also  to  his  wife,  one  third  of  seven  acres  of  land,  late  enclosed 
from  the  waste,  between  Hartley  clough  and  Stoperdaine  clough, 
granted  to  him  and  his  heirs,  by  the  Rt.  Hon.  George,  lord  vis- 
count Halifax,  by  name  of  Sir  George  Savile  of  Thornhill, 
baronet,  on  the  acth  September  1656;  also  one  third  of  a  lathe 
there,  for  her  life.  Then  to  his  second  son,  John,  and  his  third 
son,  Miles,  for  ever  ;  along  with  the  remaining  two  thirds. 

He  appointed  his  wife,  executrix,  and  left  her,  her  right  of 
goods.     He  also  bequeathed  ;^io  to  his  son,  Abraham,  when  14 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  293 

years  of  age,  to  put  him  forth  to  learne  a  trade;  ;^2o  to  his 
daughter,  Elizabeth  ;  and  the  residue  of  all,  to  his  children, 
George,  Marv,  John,  Myles,  Elizabeth,  and  Abraham  Stans- 

FEILD. 

He  was  buried  8th  February  1669-70,  and  a  George  Stansfeld  of 
Shore  was  buried  9th  April  1670.  The  baptisms  of  his  two 
youngest  children,  took  place  i6th  November  1662,  and  12th 
October  1665.  He  is  probably  the  same,  whose  publication  of 
banns,  is  given  on  page  49  ;  but  the  marriage,  if  performed  at  all, 
was  evidently  delayed  some  time,  as  an  entry  on  page  46,  under 
date  19th  April  1656,  tends  to  prove. 

John  Stansfeld,  senior,  of  Shore,  was  buried  7th  September 
1663,  his  wife  having  been  buried  on  the  29th  of  the  previous 
month.  He  is  probably  the  same,  who  is  mentioned,  along 
with  his  daughter  Prudence,  who  was  baptised  12th  July  161 8, 
in  the  will  of  William  Eastwood  in  1623.  The  following  is  his 
will  :— 

Vol.  xlvj.  folio  402a.     Dated  and  September  1663. 

John  Stansfeild  of  Crofthouse  att  Shoore  in  Stansfeild, 
yeoman,  bequeathed  to  his  son,  John,  12s,  to  his  daughter, 
Martha,  12s,  and  to  his  grandson,  John  Crossley,  -Q%  5s.  He 
left  the  residue  to  his  younger  son,  James,  and  daughter,  Pru- 
dence ;  and  also_;^2o,  secured  at  his  son  John's  marriage,  out  of 
his  lands,  for  testator's  will. 


I.— JAMES  STANSFIELD  OF  SHORE. 
James  Stansfield,  the  younger  son  named  in  the  last- 
named  will,  is  probably  the  ancestor  of  the  Stansfields  of  Shore, 
Lothersdale,  Halifax,  &c.,  with  whom  the  settled  pedigree  com- 
mences. He  married  on  the  21st  November  1625,  Lydia 
Crosley.  He  died  in  February  1663-4,  and  was  buried  in  his 
own  field  at  Shore,  being  a  member  of  the  society  of  Friends. 
His  widow  died  a  prisoner  in  York  castle,  loth  October  1669. 
Their  issue,  taken  from  the  Heptonstall  registers,  and  also  from 
those  belonging  to  the  society  of  Friends,  was  as  follows : 
Abraham,  baptised  9th  December  1627,  died  a  prisoner  in  York 


294  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

castle,  i8th  October  1669;  Susan,  baptised  31st  Januar>'l629-30, 
died  5th  January  1672-3,  and  was  buried  in  James  Stansfield's 
ground  ;  Martha,  baptised  1 2th  April  1635  ;  Debora,  baptised 
25th  September  1637,  died  3rd  December  1669  ;  John,  baptised 
9th  February  1639-40, died  22nd  August  1685, or  iSth  July  1697, 
and  buried  in  his  own  burying  place  at  Shore  or  Shewbroad  ; 
Lydia,  baptised  7th  August  1642,  died  13th  October  1690,  and 
buried  in  James  Stansfield's  ground  ;  Charles,  baptised  23rd 
February  1644-5,  died  4th  April  1685,  and  buried  in  their  own 
ground  at  Shore.  This  seems  the  last  child  who  was  baptised, 
and  the  entry  is  different  from  the  others,  the  father  being 
styled  of  Shore,  instead  of  merely  Stansfield.  Probably  this 
marks  the  introduction  of  Quaker  principles  into  the  family, 
for  the  succeeding  issue  occurs  in  the  list  of  births  only, 
viz.,  a  son,  born  1 8th  January  1653-4,  and  Richard,  born  30th 
August  1654. 


II.— JAMES  STANSFIELD  of  MANKINHOLES. 
The  pedigree  compiled  from  the  quaker  registers,  continues 
the  descent,  through  James  Stansfield  of  Mankinholes,  a 
younger  son  of  James  Stansfield  of  the  Shore,  whose  birth  is 
not  given,  but  he  died  20th  January  1699.  His  widow,  Mary, 
died  in  1714.  Their  issue  is  given  as :  Mar>',  married  John 
Barker,  17th  May  1690  ;  Martha,  born  loth  October  1667,  mar- 
ried in  1688,  Thomas  Sutcliffe  ;  Abraham,  born  13th  November 
1670,  his  widow,  Mary,  died  1 6th  August  1784  ;  John,  of  whom 
next  ;  Susannah,  born  28th  August  1678  ;  Joshua,  of  Castle 
Can-,  Midgley.born  4th  April  1 681, married  Judeth  and  had  issue, 
Susannah,  born  24th  July  172 1,  his  first  wife  was  buried  27th 
October  1 72 1,  and  his  second  wife  was  called  Hannah  ; 
Jonathan,  of  Hartley  Royd,  a  twin,  born  25th  September  16S3, 
and  died  i6th  October  1738,  and  was  buried  either  at  Shore,  in 
Stansfield,  or  at  Shewbroad,  in  Langfield  ;  Jonas,  a  twin,  born 
25th  September  1683,  died  loth  April  1758,  and  was  buried  at 
Shore.  There  was  also  a  George  Stansfield  of  Rodwellend,  who 
died  28th  February  1749,  and  was  buried  at  Shewbroad. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  295 

Mary  Stansfield,  who  married  John  Barker,  and  Jonathan 
Stansfield,  her  brother,  are  the  same,  whose  names  appear  in  the 
quaker  prosecutions,  on  page  94,  the  former  only  escaping  im- 
prisonment, on  account  of  being  a  poor  widow,  with  many 
children.  Jonas  Stansfield  of  Shore,  yeoman,  is  mentioned  in 
the  will  of  William  Sutcliffe  of  Stansfield  Hall,  dated  2Sth  June 
1730,  as  bond,  along  with  John  Sutcliffe  of  Old  Royd,  for 
testator's  father.  He  also  occurs  in  the  assignment  of  seats 
in  Crostone  chapel,  in  17 19,  given  on  pages  88-90.  The 
marriages  of  two  Jonas  Stansfields,  are  given  on  page  57,  and 
Sarah,  wife  of  Jonas  Stansfield,  yeoman,  evidently  the  one 
married  in  171 1,  was  buried  28th  May  1753.  A  Jonas  Stans- 
field of  Commons  in  Stansfield,  was  buried  i8th  February  1765. 
It  is  very  likely  that  the  Stansfields  of  Todmorden,  who  bore  as 
crest,  an  ibis,  given  elsewhere,  are  descended  from  this  Jonas 
Stansfield  of  Shore. 


HI. -JOHN  STANSFIELD  OF  GRINDLESTONE  BANK. 
John  Stansfield,  son  of  James  Stansfield  of  Mankinholes, 
was  born  23rd  January  1676,  married  in  1733,10  Deborah  Maud, 
died  nth,  and  was  buried  at  Hahfax  i6th,  May  1762.  His 
widow  died  31st  July, and  was  buried  2nd  August  1774,  aged  -/-j. 
They  had  issue  :  Judith,  born  29th  April  1734,  and  married  4th 
November  1756,  John  Priestley  ;  Joshua,  of  whom  next;  Esther, 
born  i6th  January  1736-7  ;  and  Ann,  born  6th  May  1738,  and 
died  28th  March  1739. 


IV.— JOSHUA  STANSFIELD  of  HAND  GREEN. 
Joshua  Stansfield  was  born  6th  November  1735,  and  died 
at  Ovenden,  9th,  and  buried  the  13th  April  1806.  He  married 
in  1766,  Elizabeth  Halstead,  who  died  12th,  and  was  buried  I7tli 
January  1821,  aged  79.  He  is  called  of  Booth  Town,  in  1760, 
of  Grindlestone  Bank  in  1771,  and  of  Hand  Green  in  Warley, 
which  he  built,  in  1789  and  1806.  He  had  issue  :  John,  of  whom 
next ;  Elizabeth,  born  i6th  March  1761,  married  isth  February 


296  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1792,  and  died  1st  February  183S,  her  husband  John  Thorp  of 
Leeds,  died  lOth  September  1817  ;  Deborah,  born  i6th  October 
1770,  married  Richard  Wilson  (who  died  20th  May  1843)  14th 
Januaiy  1802,  and  died  12th  March  1847  ;  Mary,  born  24th 
Februar}^  1772,  and  died  unmarried,  6th  February  1814  ;  Joshua, 
born  25th  August  1774,  married,  Tabitha  Ecroyd  (who  died 
i6th  February  1833)  8th  September  1812,  and  died  without  issue, 
9th  June  1837  ;  Judith,  born  8th  June  1779,  married  Robert 
Sutcliffe  (who  died  2nd  July  1832)  in  1799,  and  died  17th  June 
1843  ;  Caleb,  born  21st  May  1784,  married  22nd  August  1815, 
Margaret  Hall  (who  died  6th  June  1821)  and  secondly,  18th 
T'ebruary  1824,  Katherine  Thorp,  by  whom  he  had  a  daughter, 
PhcEbe,  born  24th  December  1824,  who  married  her  half  cousin. 
Hall  Stansfield  of  Halifax. 

Caleb  Stansfield  died  i6th  September  1854,  leaving 
issue,  also,  by  his  first  wife,  two  daughters.  Elizabeth,  the 
elder,  was  born  23rd  March  1818,  married  14th  June  1843, 
James  Dixon,  and  has  issue,  Margaret,  Eliza  and  Sarah,  all 
died  young,  and  Caleb  Stansfield  Dixon,  born  i6th  January 
1850.  Margaret,  the  second  daughter  of  Caleb  Stansfield,  was 
born  29th  June  1820,  married  13th  January  185 1,  Thomas 
Charles  Whitehead  of  Halifax,  and  died  22nd  September  1873, 
leaving  issue:  Anne,  born  12th  November  1852,  married  13th 
September  1877,  Joseph  Arthur  Wood  of  Halifax  ;  Joshua 
Stansfield, born  21st  July  1854;  and  Thomas  Henrj' Whitehead, 
born  1 6th  December  1856,  graduated  at  Christ's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, M.A.,  in  1882,  ordained  deacon  24th  September  1882, 
and  died  at  the  Church  House,  Stirchley,  near  Birmingham,  7th 
January  1885. 


v.— JOHN    STANSFIELD  of  LOTHERSDALE. 

John  Stansfield,  eldest  son  of  Joshua  Stansfield  of  Hand 
Green,  was  born  29th  Januarj'  1767,  and  died  13th  Febmary 
1813.  He  was  twice  married,  first,  on  the  22nd  September  1791, 
to  Mary  Slater  ;  and  second,  24th  June  18 11,  to  Sarah  Armistead. 
He  is  called  of  Hand  Green  in  Warley,  stuff  maker,  in  a  deed 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  297 

of  1795  ;  and  occurs,  along  with  his  brothers,  Joshua  and  Caleb, 
in  another  deed  of  1789.  He  afterwards  resided  at  Lothersdale 
in  Craven.  He  was  confined  in  York  castle,  with  several  other 
quakers,  in  1795-7,  for  non-payment  of  tithes,  due  to  the  vicar 
of  Carlton.  He  was  also  imprisoned  in  Lancaster  castle,  at  the 
same  time  as  the  poet  Montgomery.  See  Corder's  Memorials  of 
Quakers.     He  had  issue  by  his  first  wife  : — 

1.  Slater  Stansfield  of  Lothersdale,  manufacturer,  born  3rd 
November  1792,  married  ist  July  iSiS,  Jane  Fryer,  who  died  17th 
September  1855.  Their  issue  was  :  John  Slater,  of  Lothersdale, 
corn  miller,  born  loth  May  1S19,  married  6th  December  1843, 
Sarah  Walker,  and  has  issue,  Frederick  of  Bradford,  corn  miller, 
born  17th  June  1844;  Thomas,  born  6th  November  1820,  died 
unmarried,  loth  June  1846;  and  Eliza  Stansfield,  born  26[h  April 
1822,  married  28th  August  185 1,  Frederick  Graveley.  and  died 
leaving  issue,  22nd  January  1858. 

2.  John  Stansfield  of  Lothersdale  and  Hahfax,  bom  28th 
March  1794,  married  22nd  July  1817,  Mary  Hall,  and  died  7th 
June  1858,  leaving  issue,  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

John  Stansfield  of  Rawdon,  his  elder  son,  was  born  29th  March 
1818,  and  married  12th  December  i860,  Margaret  Parker,  and 
has  issue,  Charles  Edward,  born  8th  July  1865,  and  Mary  Hannah, 
Francis  Eliza,  and  Margaret  Stansfield. 

Hall  Stansfield,  his  younger  son,  was  born  Sth  January  1S24, 
and  married  12th  August  1853,  his  half  cousin.  Phcebe,  youngest 
daughter  of  Caleb  Stansfield,  who  was  born  24th  December  1824, 
and  died  leaving  issue  :  Katharine,  born  31st  July  1855,  married 
2ist  May  1879,  Edmund  Farrar  of  Halifax,  and  has  issue,  Norman 
Hall,  born  4th  July  1881,  and  Muriel  Phoebe  Farrar  ;  John  William,, 
born  13th  May  1857  ;  Mary;  and  Arthur  Stansfield,  born  in  1862. 

Mary,  daughter  of  John  Stansfield,  was  born  iitii  April  1820, 
married  14th  June  1843,  Thomas  Wilson  of  Thornton,  and  has 
issue,  Charles  Stansfield,  born  i6th  April  1844,  and  Deborah 
Wilson. 

3.  Uilliam  Stansfield  of  Lothersdale,  farmer,  was  born  loth 
December  1796,  married  15th  January  1852,  Elizabeth  Hinchcliife, 
but  had  no  issue. 

4.  Eliza  Stansfield,  born  22nd  December  1798,  married  20th 
April  1825,  Benjamin  Ecroyd  of  Halifax,  conveyancer,  and  died 

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298  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

nth  November  1829,  leaving  one  daughter,  Mary  Ecroyd,  born 
24th  March  1829.  Benjamin  Ecroyd  married  secondly,  iSth 
September  1833,  Hannah  Russel,  and  died  23rd  May  1857, 
leaving  issue  by  her  also. 

5.  i\Iar)-  Stansfield,  born  26th  November  1800,  and  died  9th 
June  1802. 

6.  Hannah  Stansfield,  born  6th  June  1802,  died  unmarried 
loth  November  1840. 

7.  Richard  Stansfield  of  Lothersdale,  farmer,  born  24th 
June  1803,  married  18th  November  1829,  E.  Dixon,  and  died 
29ih  February  1836,  leaving  issue  :  Edward,  born  5th  March  1831, 
married  4th  July  1855,  Sarah  E.  Hoyland,  and  has  issue,  Annie 
Louisa  and  Ellen  Stansfield ;  Sarah  Coor  and  Mary  Anne  Stans- 
field. His  widow  married  secondly,  William  Ecroyd  of 
Lomeshaye,  14th  March  1849,  whose  son,  by  a  former  wife,  William 
Farrer  Ecroyd,  now  represents  Preston  in  parliament.  They  had 
issue,  Richard  Ecroyd,  born  1 2th  September  1850,  and  John  Ecroyd, 
born  9th  March  1852. 

8.  Deborah  Stansfield,  born  13th  March  1S05,  married  19th 
September  1827,  and  died  3rd  June  1841.  Her  husband,  Thomas 
Parkinson  of  Bradford,  died  13th  October  1832,  leaving  issue, 
Robert,  born  27th  July  1830,  married  23rd  September  1856,  Emily 
Jesper,  and  had  issue  Ellen  Parkinson,  born  and  died  in  1857. 


I.— JAMES  STANSFIELD  of  BOOTH  TOWN. 

Amongst  the  contemporaries  of  John  Stansfield  of  Grindle- 
stone  Bank,  Ovenden,  who  died  in  1762,  was  a  Caleb  Stansfield  of 
Keighley,  who  died  26th  November  1788,  aged  ^6.  His  wife's 
name  was  Mary,  died  i6th  November  1747  or  8,  aged  33.  He 
married,  secondly,  Ann  Ryley,  widow,  5th  December  1758,  who 
died  15th  November  1773,  a  minister  about  twenty-two  years. 
He  had  issue  by  his  first  wife  :  John,  born  21st  April  1740,  mar- 
ried Ann  ;  and  Abraham,  born  19th  April  1742,  married  19th 
August  1772,  Sarah  Wilson  (who  died  22nd  November  1802, 
aged  58),  and  died  23rd  May  1811. 

Another  contemporary,  most  probably  a  brother,  of  John 
Stansfield  ob.  1762,  was  James  Stansfield,  woolstapler,  of  Booth 
Town,  near  Halifa.-^  who  died  nth,  buried   iSth  October  1764. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  299 

His  wife's  name  was  Mary,  and  she  died  19th,  buried  22nd 
October  1747.  His  issue  was:  James,  of  whom  hereafter; 
Sarah,  born  3rd  March  1735  ;  Thomas,  of  whom  next;  Mary,  born 
13th  October  1739,  and  buried  27th  November  1741  ;,  Alice, 
born  1 2th  November  1741  ;  John,  of  whom  presently  ;  and  Ruth, 
born  loth  May  1746. 

Thomas  Stansfield  of  Booth  Town,  born  nth  November 
1736,  married  31st  December  1767,  and  died  14th  January  1801. 
His  wife  was  Mary  Sutcliffe,  who  died  6th  May  1823,  aged  81. 
They  had  issue:  John,  bom  nth  December  1768,  married 
Elizabeth,  and  died  14th  February  1813  ;  James,  died  at 
Sheffield,  13th  July  1794,  aged  24;  Hannah,  born  isth  August 
1786,  and  died  a  spinster  at  Todmorden,  in  1847. 

John  Stansfield  was  born  3rd  March  1744,  and  died  12th 
December  1803.  He  was  a  surgeon  &c.,  and  married  Lydia 
Bower,  who  died  loth  May  1813,  aged  58.  They  had  issue: 
John,  a  physician,  born  29th  November  1779,  and  died  in  1840  ; 
James,  born  3rd  October  1780,  and  died  9th  December  178 1  ; 
Rachel,  born  28th  November  1782,  and  died  unmarried,  in  1843  ; 
Girdoni,  born  2nd  November  1785,  and  died  21st  March  1787; 
Samuel,  born  23rd  January  1788,  married  Sarah  Armistead  (who 
died  23rd  September  1859,  aged  6"]),  and  died  in  1859,  near 
Kendal,  leaving  issue,  Elizabeth  and  Samuel  Joseph,  both  died 
young;  Margaret,  born  12th  September  1790,  and  married  15th 
October  1812,  David  Marshall;  Lydia,  born  nth  April  1793, 
and  died  6th  May  1795  ;  and  Christiana,  born  17th  November 
1796,  and  died  lOth  January  1818. 


2.— JAMES  STANSFIELD  of  BRISTOL. 
James  Stansfield,  eldest  son  of  James  Stansfield  of  Booth 
Town,  was  born  20th  November  1733.  He  is  styled  son  of 
James  Stansfield  of  Booth  Town,  yeoman,  in  a  deed  of  1754 ; 
but  in  1757  is  called  a  chapman.  He  was  appointed  a  trustee, 
along  with  Joshua  Stansfield  of  Booth  Town,  in  1760.  He  is 
called  of  Grindlestone  Bank,  yeoman,  in  1771.  He  does  not  join 
in  the  consolidated  trust  deed  of  1789,  which  may  be  explained 


300  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

by  his  removal  to  Bristol.  He  married  I2th  August  1765,  Mary 
Bradley,  and  died  lOth  December  18 19,  being  buried  in  the 
Friends'  burj-ing  ground  at  Bristol,  on  the  19th  of  the  same 
month. 

James  Stansfield  of  Bristol,  his  son,  was  born  4th  October 
1766,  and  married  Fanny  Cooper  of  Hinckley,  Leicestershire, 
who  died  29th  December  1847,  aged  79.  Their  daughter, 
Fanny,  born  in  1803,  married  26th  April  1825,  Beaven  Rake  of 
Shaftesbury,  and  had  issue,  Thomas  Beaven,  Alfred  Stansfield, 
and  Herbert  Rake. 


Quakerism  originated  in  the  period,  whence  so  many 
religious  opinions  sprung  into  existence,  or  were  revived  and 
carried  out,  by  sectarians  and  schismatics.  It  was  born,  like 
them,  of  the  liberty  of  conscience,  or  religious  licentiousness, 
as  opinions  may  differ,  caused  by  the  temporary  overthrow 
of  the  Church  and  the  constitution,  at  the  Great  Rebellion. 
That  the  prosecutions  of  quakers,  were  not  entirely  un- 
deserved, may  be  judged  from  an  entry  in  Burton's  Parlia- 
mentary Diary,  page  442  ;  which  states,  that,  during  the 
protectorate  of  Cromwell : — 

''  A  petition  to  His  Highness  and  the  Parliament,  was  pre- 
sented from  the  Justices  of  the  Peace,  Ministers  and  others,  well- 
principled  inhabitants  of  Leeds,  Wakefield,  Bradford  &c.,  repre- 
senting, that  these  populous  places,  and  parts  adjacent  are,  and  for 
a  long  time  past,  have  been  miserably  perplexed,  and  much  dis- 
settled,  by  that  unruly  sect  of  people  called  Quakers,  whose 
principles  are  to  overtarn  Magistracy,  Ministry,  Ordinances,  all 
that  which  good  men  would  keep  up,  by  their  prayers  and  endea- 
vours. The  approved  Ministers  of  the  nation,  they  deny  to  be 
Ministers  of  Christ.  The  Ordinances  used  in  our  public 
assemblies  arose,  say  they,  from  the  bottomless  pit — sermons,  tjie 
invention  of  fallen  man  and  their  traditions.  It  is  these  men's 
common  practice,  to  meet  by  himdreds,  in,  or  near  to  our  places  of 
public  worship,  on  purpose  to  disturb  the  Preacher  and  people 
assembled  ;  causing,  and  speaking,  all  manner  of  evil  against  those 
things,  that  all  sober  minds  deem  good,  to  the  great  terror  of 
some,  and  no  small  trouble  to  other  Ministers." 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  301 

The  different  trust  deeds  of  the  Quaker  meeting  houses 
and  burial  grounds,  mention  several  members  of  the  Stansfield 
family,  whose  names  previously  occur  in  this  chapter. 

3rd  February,  1723.  John  Mitton  conveyed  to  six  trustees,  a 
piece  of  ground  in  Barkisland,  upon  special  trust,  to  erect  a 
building  thereon,  for  the  use  of  the  people  commonly  called 
Quakers,  therein  to  worship,  and  in  the  same  land,  to  bury  their 
dead. 

26th  October,  1771.  Jonathan  Laycock,  of  Shaw  Hill,  sole 
surviving  trustee,  re-conveys  to  Simeon  Dyson,  of  Lower  Goat 
House  in  Rishworth,  yeoman,  Henry  Dyson,  of  Dyson  lane, 
yeoman,  his  son,  Henry  Dyson  of  Styes  in  Sowerby,  clothier. 
Joshua  Stansfield  of  Grindlestone  Bank,  yeoman,  James 
Stansfield  of  Boothstown,  yeoman,  and  Robert  Fawcett  the 
younger,  of  Damhead,  yeoman. 

5th  October,  1795.  Halifax  Great  Court  Baron.  John  Dyson 
of  Lower  Goat  House  in  Rishworth,  kersey  manufacturer,  sur- 
renders into  the  hands  of  the  lord,  the  Quaker  burying  ground  in 
Sowerby  Street,  to  the  use  of  the  said  John  Dyson,  and  John 
Stansfield  of  Hand  Green  in  Warley,  stuff  maker. 

23rd  April,  1824.  John  Stansfield  was  deceased,  and  the 
heirs  of  the  surviving  trustee,  John  Dyson,  surrender  the  above,  to 
the  use  of  new  trustees,  Thomas  Dearden,  joiner,  Robert  Sutclifife, 
gentleman,  George  Webster,  grocer,  Caleb  Haworth  and  Benjamin 
Ecroyd,  conveyancers,  John,  James,  and  Joseph  Sutcliffe,  grocers, 
sons  of  the  said  Robert  Sutcliffe,  and  Joseph  Thorpe,  woolstapler. 

28th  March,  1754.  The  surviving  trustees  of  the  Highroad 
Well  Quaker  burying  ground  &c.  convey  to  new  trustees,  John 
IJster  and  John  Haigh  Lister  his  son,  both  of  Copley  (late, 
yeomen,  James  Stansfield  and  James  Stansfield,  his  son,  both 
of  Booth's  Town,  yeomen,  John  Roads  of  New-well  in  Skircoat, 
yeoman,  and  Richard  Fawcit  of  Shelf,  yeoman. 

ist  May,  1757.  The  new  trustees  demise  above,  to  Jonathan 
Laycock  of  Shaw  Hill ;  another  Meeting  House  having  been 
erected,  at  Halifax. 

7th  May,  1760.  The  surviving  trustees  of  Halifax  Meeting 
House,  re-convey  to  Simeon  and  Henry  Dyson,  Henry  Dyson  of 
Styes,  Joshua  Stansfield  of  Booth's  Town,  yeoman,  James 
Stansfield  the  younger,  yeoman,  and  Robert  Fawcett  of  Shelf 
new  trustees. 


302  History  of  the  Stansp^eld  Family. 

19th  February,  1789.  A  deed  consolidating  all  the  trusts  at 
Rishworth,  Highroad  Well  and  Halifax,  and  also  appointing  new 
trustees  for  Sowerby  Street.  Amongst  the  parties  named,  are 
Joshua  St.\nsfield  the  elder,  of  Hand  Green,  Warley,  yeoman, 
John  Stansfield,  Joshua  Stansfield  the  younger,  and  Caleb 
Stansfield  of  Hand  Green,  worsted  manufacturers,  sons  of 
Joshua  Stansfield,  and  others. 

The  following  deeds  also  refer  to  the  branch  of  the  family, 
to  which  this  chapter  is  appropriated  : — 

17  th  August,  1730.  Richard  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  his  wife, 
enfeoff  and  confirm  to  Paul  Greenwood  of  Stansfield,  clothier 
(inter  alia)  the  moiety  of  Hardey,  described  in  an  earlier  deed, 
from  the  lord  of  the  manor,  as  adjoining  Hartley  Clough,  towards 
N.W.,  on  a  iway  between  Stiperden,  and  towards  Crostone,  towards 
South,  and  the  lands  of  Robert  Ormerod,  towards  East ;  but  the 
last  named,  in  this  deed,  are  the  lands  of  Jonathan  Stansfield. 

Conveyance  in  1782,  by  Royd's  trustees,  to  Robert  Spofforth 
of  Howden,  gent,  for  ;!^i3oo,  of  two  messuages,  dwelling  houses, 
or  tenements,  with  appurtenances,  called  Hartley  Royd,  occupied 
as  one,  and  a  cottage  called  the  Nasebottom,  in  township  of 
Stansfield,  heretofore  in  occupation  of  Abraham  Stansfeld  and 
Abraham  Naylor,  and  now  of  William  Eastwood  and  John 
Stansfeld,  and  the  closes  called  the  Upper  Pasture,  the  Lower 
Pasture,  the  Lane,  the  4  day  work,  the  Mowing  Pasture,  the  Croft, 
the  Fold,  the  Stansfield  Field,  the  Higher  and  Lower  Bent  Fields, 
the  Lanes,  the  Round  Stubbs,  the  Coldwell,  the  Mine  Holes,  the 
4  days  Ardick,  the  other  4  days  work,  the  Brink,  the  Pepper  Hill, 
the  Park,  the  Ralph  Holme,  the  Naze  Field,  the  Naze  Holme,  the 
Knotts,  the  two  Woods,  the  Little  Holme,  the  Naze  Brink,  the 
Orchard,  the  White  Stone  Close,  the  Wheat  Field,  and  the  Turney 
Holes  (118  acres),  together  with  the  mines  of  lead,  and  all  other 
mines  whatsoever,  in  the  said  premises. 

Booth  Town  estate.  Draft  indenture  dated  1785  from 
Nicholls,  to  others,  of : — 

"  That  other  messuage  in  Boothtown,  in  occupation  of  Robert 
Mason,  then  of  James  Stansfield,  and  now  of  Thomas  Stansfield, 
and  the  closes  called  the  Upper  Broadfield,  the  Upper  Round  Ing, 
the  5  day  work,  the  Fearn  Beds,  the  Upper  Ing,  tlie  4  day  work, 
the  Claggy  Lands,  the  far  Plow  Croft,  the  great  Plow  Croft,  the 
Croft,  the  Lower  Great  Ing,  the  Broadfield,  the  Lower  Ing,  and  the 
Bottom." 


Chapter    XVI. 


ARMS     OF     STANSFELD. 


[IFFICULTIES  occur,  in  determining  what  are  the 
correct  arms  and  crest  of  the  Stansfeld  family,  as  a 
great  amount  of  confusion  has  been  created,  in 
connection  with  the  matter.  Not  that  the  point 
in  itself,  should  be  doubtful,  for  happily,  there  is  a  tribunal  in 
heraldry,  the  College  of  Arms,  which  can  authoritatively  settle  any 
point  in  dispute,  within  its  prerogative.  But  historians,  and 
members  of  the  family,  in  past  years,  seem  to  have  confused 
comparatively  modern  grants  of  arms,  in  which  slight  differences 
have  been  purposely  made  by  the  heralds  of  arms,  with  the 
ancient  coat,  born  by  the  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield.  These 
differences  seem  to  have  been  the  result  of  omission,  on  the  part 
of  the  applicants,  to  produce  pedigrees,  and  prove  their  descent 
from  the  old  stock.  The  heralds  have  been  satisfied  with  a  mere 
declaration,  that  the  applicants  were  descended  from  the  family 
of  Stansfeld  of  Stansfield.  But  not  knowing  the  exact  descent, 
they  could  not  confirm  the  ancient  coat  to  them,  with  the  correct 
mark  of  cadency ;  so  they  changed  the  colours,  or  introduced 
some  similar  slight  difference,  and  made  new  grants,  to  the 
contusion  of  future  superficial  enquirers. 

But,  although,  as  has  been  said  before,  the  Heralds'  College 
can  settle  a  disputed  point  in  heraldry,  disputed  points  in  history 
must  come  before  another  court.  Failing  the  production,  there- 
fore, of  the  original  grant  of  arms,  a  prescriptive  right  to  the  coat, 
must  be  proved,  by  evidence  of  the  usage,  for  a  considerable 
length  of  time.  This  is  where  history  steps  in,  both  to  certify 
the  correctness  of  the  coat,  and  also  to  prove  the  genealogical 
right  of  the  claimants,  to  wear  it.     Only  the  ignorant   will  be 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  305 

Respecting  the  stained  glass,  in  Heptonstall  church,  the 
same  historian  writes,  on  page  419  : — 

On  one  of  the  windows  are  the  arms  of  Stansfield,  of  Stans- 
field;  date  in  old  numerals,  1508. 

Whitaker,  Loidis  and  Elmete  p.  202,  simply  copies  Watson, 
with  respect  to  Heptonstall  church,  and  in  connection  with 
Stansfield  Hall,  adds  :— 

A  part  of  the  old  house  still  exists,  and  there  are  some  remains 
of  the  arms  over  the  mantel-piece  in  the  hall,  in  plaister  work, 
irregularly  placed  among  with  those  of  Lascels,  a  cross  flory. 

The  arms  given  in  the  same  work,  are :  Sable,  three  goats, 
trippant,  argent ;  bearing  on  a  shield  of  pretence,  the  Wolrich 
quarterings.  The  crest  is  a  demi  lion,  rampant,  argent.  James' 
History  of  Bradford,  whilst  giving,  on  page  436,  the  arms  as 
above,  yet  on  page  223,  describes  the  arms,  on  the  monument  of 
Samuel  Stansfield,  who  died  in  1727,  as:  Vert,  a  chevron,  or, 
between  three  goats,  passant,  argent.  It  would  seem,  therefore, 
that  the  ancient  arms  of  the  family,  as  represented  at  Stansfield 
Hall,  were :  Sable,  three  goats,  trippant,  argent  ;  and  the  crest : 
A  demi  lion,  rampant,  argent.  This  is  how  they  are  blazoned,  in 
Burke's  Armory,  and  also  in  Heralds'  College,  as  the  arms  of 
Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  the  following  being  entered  there  : — 
York.     S.  3  (Joats,  trippant,  Argent.    1638. 

As  far  as  regards  the  stained  glass,  in  Heptonstall  church, 
dated  1508,  a  fac-simile  is  given  in  colours,  so  that  the  reader 
may  see  for  himself  The  original  glass,  from  which  this  has 
been  copied,  is  in  the  possession  of  Colonel  Robert  Stansfeld,  J. P., 
of  Field  House,  Sowerby  ;  and  would,  no  doubt,  be  presented  to 
him,  when  the  members  of  the  family,  placed  the  window  in  the 
new  church  at  Heptonstall,  in  1873.  It  will  be  seen,  that  the 
historians  have  not  been  perfectly  accurate,  in  their  description 
of  the  goats,  as  in  the  original,  they  are  attired  and  unguled,  or  ; 
that  is,  their  horns  and  hoofs  are  coloured  gold  or  yellow.  This 
gilding  occasions  many  of  the  differences,  as  will  be  seen  by 
the  reader,  in  the  several  blazonings,  and  coloured  representations 
of  the  arms. 

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3o6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Foster's  Visitation  of  Yorkshire,  pages  475-6,  amongst 
"  Armes  taken  out  of  Churches  and  Howses  in  Yorkshire  Visita- 
cion,  A°  1584,"  has  : — 

In  the  Church  of  Elande.  11.  Sable,  3  goats  passant,  argent, 
belled  or.     Stansfeild. 

21.  Savile,  as  in  last  (with  a  mullet  in  base,  and  in  chief,  a 
label  of  three  points),  impaling,  sable,  3  goats  argent. 

And  in  the  Harleian  MS.  797,  from  Dodsworth,  amongst  the 
arms,  in  the  north  window  of  Elland  chancel  is  :  Sable,  three 
goats,  passant,  argent,  collars  and  bells,  or. 

Here  we  have  the  coat  described,  with  a  new  difference, 
namely,  the  addition  of  bells,  which  imply  collars,  of  gold.  No 
doubt  Watson,  who  refers  to  this  difference,  saw  the  original,  in 
Elland  church  ;  but  we  have  not  been  so  fortunate.  The  fac- 
simile, however,  of  the  trickings,  made  at  the  visitation,  are 
reproduced,  from  the  original,  at  Heralds'  College. 

A  very  early  difference  in  the  coat,  was  made  in  1546,  in  the 
following  grant : — 

RiCH.'VRD  Stanfield  of  Sheply  in  the  County  of  York  Esq. 
had  this  Pattent  Granted  to  him  the  8  of  Aprill  1556  {sic,  but 
an  error]  And  in  the  38  Year  of  King  Henry  the  8.  By  Christop. 
Barker,  Garter  Principall  King  of  Arms. 

Likewise  the  Pattent  was  allowed  and  Confirmed  Nob: 
xjthe  by  Wm.  Hervy  als.  Noroy  :  in  the  fourth  year  of  the  Raigne 
o""  Soueraigne  Lord  Edward  the  Sixth  King  of  England  6--c. 

The  coat,  above  alluded  to,  will  be  seen  by  the  fac-similc,  pro- 
duced in  another  place,  to  be: — Sable,  three  goats,  current,  argent, 
attired,  or,  within  a  bordure,  engrailed,  of  the  second,  charged 
with  nine  pellets.  Crest :  Issuing  from  a  crescent,  vert,  a  goat's 
head,  argent,  attired,  or,  holding  in  its  mouth,  a  sprig  of  holly, 
fructed,  proper.  But  the  following  is  the  entry,  in  Heralds' 
College : — 

Gules,  3  Goats  current  2  and  i  Argent,  horned,  or,  a  bordure 
engrailed  Ar.  semee  of  torteaux.  Crest :  A  Goat's  head  Argent, 
armed  or,  issuant  therefrom  a  Crescent  vert,  and  in  the  mouth,  a 


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branch  of  holly  ppr.     By  Barker,  Garter,  to  Richard  Stansfield  of 
Shepley,  co.  York.     8  April  1558,  38  H.  (sif.). 

It  is  a  strange  thing,  that  the  Heralds,  either  in  the  past,  or 
in  the  present,  should  have  been  so  careless,  as  to  blazon  the  field, 
in  one  case,  gules,  and  to  colour  it,  in  the  fac-simile  representation, 
as  sable.  The  above  is  no  mere  slip  of  the  pen,  in  writing  oydes 
for  sai/e,  as  the  roundles  in  the  bordure,  in  the  one  case,  are 
torteaux,  and  the  other,  pellets.  Nor  is  this  the  only  error,  con- 
nected with  this  grant,  for  the  date,  in  the  one  case,  is  1556,  and 
in  the  other,  1558,  both  purporting  to  be  the  38th  year  of 
king  Henry  VHI.  Upon  pointing  out  to  Somerset  Herald, 
that  the  regnal  year,  and  the  year  of  our  Lord,  did  not  agree,  he 
replied  as  follows  : — 

The  date  1556  was  correctly  copied  from  the  original  entry  by 
my  clerk  and  is  an  obvious  error  for  1546. 

But  this  does  not  explain,  how  it  came  to  be  entered  1558  ; 
and  it  is  not  very  obvious,  how  the  8th  April,  38th  Henry  VHI., 
could  be  even  in  1546.  The  38th  regnal  year  of  that  monarch, 
was  his  last,  and  dated  from  the  22nd  April  1546,  to  the  28th 
January  1546-7.  There  is,  therefore,  no  such  date  as  8th  April, 
38th  Henry  VHI.;  the  last  8th  April  in  his  life,  was  in  1546, 
certainly,  but  this  was  in  his  37th  regnal  year.  And  38  could 
hardly  be  an  obvious  mis-copy  for  37  ;  at  least,  not  with  the 
same  degree  of  likelihood,  as  1556  for  1546. 

According  to  Noble's  History  of  the  College  of  A  riiis,  page 
140,  Christopher  Barker  was  created  Garter  king  at  arms,  in 
1536  ;  and  the  same  work,  on  page  141,  states  that  he  died  in 
January  1 548-9.  As  he,  as  Garter,  made  the  grant  of  arms  in 
question,  it  must  have  been,  within  the  above  two  dates,  during 
which  time,  he  occupied  that  office.  Richard  Stansfeld  of 
Shepley,  the  grantee,  purchased  that  manor,  i6th  September 
1542,  and  died  in  155 1  ;  so  that  the  period  of  the  grant, is  again 
narrowed,  between  1542  and  1548.  It  is  not  unlikely,  therefore, 
that  1 546  was  the  date  of  the  grant ;  but  it  would  have  been 
more  creditable,  if  the  College  of  Arms  had  rendered  all  this 
enquiry  unnecessary.     In  heraldry,  more  accuracy  is  expected  oi" 


3o8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

them,  than  is  to  be  seen,  in  the  following  topographical  informa- 
tion, obtained,  amongst  others,  at  very  great  pecuniary  cost : — 

Stansfield  a  Township  in  the  parish  of  Halifax,  and  Hepton- 
stall  is  the  principal  Chapel  of  that  Township. 

Sourby  is  a  Graveship  immediately  adjoining  Stansfeld  and 
has  a  Chapel. 

Norland  adjoins  Sowerby. 

For  a  correct  description  of  the  different  townships  and 
chapelries,  and  the  graveship  of  Sowerby,  see  pages  14  and  162. 

The  next  variation  is  more  marked,  and  affects  both  the 
field  and  the  charge,  as  well  as  the  crest.      It  is  taken  from  : — 

Grants  of  Arms  by  divers  Kings  of  .A.rms,  tricked  by  John 
Gough.     Plate  LV.  i  Harl.  MS.  1422. 

Stanesfeild  of  Stanesfeild  in  Yok''^  from  whom  descended 
John  Stanesfeild  of  Lewis  in  Sussex.  P.  Wm.  Segar,  G.  4  Decern. 
1628. 

The  above  refers  to  the  grant  of  arms  by  Segar,  Garter 
king  of  arms,  to  John  Stansfeld  of  Lewes,  and  the  tricking  is  : 
Vert,  three  goats,  statant,  argent.  Crest :  A  vine  branch  fructed, 
proper,  issuant  from  a  mount,  vert.  Burke's  Armory,  however, 
gives  the  arms  of  Stansfeld  of  Lewes,  confirmed  by  Segar, 
Garter,  as  :  Vert,  three  goats  passant,  argent,  armed,  or.  The 
following  is  the  entry  in  Heralds'  College  : — 

Vert  3  Goats  passant  Ar.  attired  Or.  Crest,  a  mount  vert 
thereon  a  Vine  fructed  ppr. 

By  Segar,  Garter,  to  John  Stansfield  of  y^  Clyff  near  Lewis 
co:  Sussex  "  descended  out  of  that  ancient  Surname  in  Yorkshire." 
4  Dec:  1628. 

The  tricking  of  arms  of  Stansfeld  (see  facsimile)  at  the 
visitation  of  Yorkshire  in  1 563-4,  is :  Vert,  three  goats  trippant, 
argent  ;  so  perhaps,  after  all,  the  tricking,  in  the  Harleian 
MS.  1422,  is  intended  to  represent  the  arms,  from  which  the 
Lewes  grant  was  differenced.  In  Constable's  Roll,  A.D.  1558 
\^Siirtees  Society  vol.  41  page  xiij.],  the  arms  of  Stanef)-ldc,  are 
given  as  :  Vert,  three  goats,  passant,  argent. 


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Another  difference  is  introduced  by  the  Scotch  Heralds,  in 
the  grant  of  arms,  made  to  Sir  James  Stansfeld,  knight,  of  New- 
milns  N.B. 

The  right  worshipfull  S''  James  Stamfeild  of  Newmilnes, 
Bears,  gules  three  goats  passant  argent,  attyred  and  unguled  or  : 
Above  y"=  shield,  ane  helmet  befitting-  his  degree,  mantled  gules, 
doubled  argent,  next  on  ane  torse  or  wreath  of  his  collours,  for  his 
crest  ane  goat's  head  erased,  argent,  attyred  or,  within  two  Laurell 
branches  proper.     The  motto  in  ane  Escroll. 

These  are  the  authentic  coats,  from  which  all  the  more 
modern  representations  have  been  derived.  The  most  remark- 
able of  these,  is  the  curious  illumination  of  arms,  at  Field  House, 
a  fac-simile  of  which,  accompanies  the  dedication  of  this  work. 
The  arms  are  there  depicted  as  :  Vert,  three  goats,  trippant,  or  ; 
and  the  crest :  A  lion's  head,  erased,  or,  langued,  gules.  But  the 
most  curious  feature,  is  the  presence  of  supporters,  and  the 
second  motto,  over  the  crest :  Justitia  et  per  tot  sccula  tem- 
perantia. 

These  supporters  are  evidently  introduced,  for  somewhat 
similar  reasons,  that  Anstis  supposes  supporters  in  general 
originated,  viz.,  to  fill  the  void  space,  between  the  circular  border 
of  a  seal,  and  the  triangular  shield  within  it.  Here  the  limner 
has  sacrificed  heraldic  science,  to  his  artistic  perceptions  ;  for, 
except  in  a  few  cases,  where  their  ancestors  have  obtained  a 
patent,  or  used  supporters,  before  their  ordinary  use  was  restricted 
to  the  peerage,  untitled  gentlemen  have  no  right  to  bear  sup- 
porters. So,  in  this  case,  the  allegorical  incarnations  of  Justice 
and  Temperance,  are  as  much  a  portion  of  the  mere  ornamenta- 
tion of  the  picture,  as  the  speedwell  and  roses  at  the  foot,  or  the 
elephant,  whose  presence,  we  suppose,  represents  the  strength 
and  power  to  use  or  abuse,  without  which  temperance  could  not 
exist. 

This  heraldic  painting  is  of  the  same  period,  as  the  erection 
of  Sowerby  church,  and  the  moulding,  therefore,  of  the  plaster 
escutcheon,  described  on  page  168.  But  neither  there,  nor  in  the 
tympanum  of  the  house  front  at  Field  House,  nor  on  the  mural 
monument  of  its  builder,  George  Stansfeld,  are   any  supporters 


3IO  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

introduced.  But  as  the  panel  of  an  old  family  coach,  was  thus 
decorated,  it  is  very  evident,  that  the  use  of  supporters,  in  the 
Stansfeld  family,  originated  with  some  heraldic  artist,  in  the 
coach-building  trade.  And  evidence  of  this  is  not  lacking,  for  at 
the  back  of  the  framed  picture  at  Field  House,  when  removed 
for  the  purpose  of  being  copied,  was  discovered  a  fragment  of  an 
old  painter's  invoice,  Henry  Looker,  Dr.  to  William  Looker, 
dated  1766,  on  which  were  several  brush  marks,  of  the  colours 
used. 

The  four  representations  of  the  arms  of  Stansfeld,  in 
Sowerby  church,  in  connection  with  the  lineage  of  the  family, 
treated  of  in  chapter  IX.,  all  differ.  They  will  be  found  described 
on  pages  168,  171,  and  173  twice.  The  two  former  have  the  goats 
statant  (standing),  whilst  in  the  two  latter,  they  are  trippant  or 
passant.  In  the  second,  they  are  attired  and  unguled,  or  ;  that 
is,  have  golden  horns  and  hoofs,  in  addition  ;  and  the  crest  also 
differs,  being  the  vine  branch,  evidently  borrowed  from  the 
Lewes  grant.  The  other  crests  are  all  the  lion's  head,  erased. 
The  last,  only,  has  the  supporters,  and  the  superscribed  motto  ; 
the  impersonation  of  Temperance,  being  without  her  attendant 
elephant. 

In  the  Stansfeld  memorial  window,  in  Heptonstall  church, 
see  page  3 1 ,  the  field  and  goats  both  differ  in  colour,  and  the 
crest  is,  in  one  case,  the  demi  lion,  and  in  the  other,  the  lion's 
head  erased.  The  former  is  represented,  or,  evidently  an  error 
of  the  window  artist,  for  argent. 

Bradford  church  supplies,  on  the  monument  of  Samuel 
Stansfield,  the  correspondent  of  Thoresby,  another  variation  : 
Vert,  a  chevron,  or,  between  three  goats,  passant,  argent.  This 
is  a  strange  difference,  for  in  his  letter  to  Ralph  Thoresby,  Samuel 
Stansfield  states,  that  the  arms,  painted  in  several  of  the  ancient 
houses  of  the  Stansfelds,  were :  Sable,  three  goats,  rampant,  argent, 
by  which,  Thoresby  presumed,  he  meant  trippant.  But  we  have 
before  us,  a  die  of  a  seal,  not  shewing  the  tinctures,  but  bearing 
the  following  impaled  arms  : — 

1.     A  chevron  between  three  sea  horses,  naissant.    [Tucker] 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  311 

2.     Three  goats  erected,  within  a  bordure,  charged  with  eight 
roundles.    [Stansfeld] 

Crest  :  A  lion's  jamb,  erased,  holding  a  battle  axe. 
Motto  :  L'esperance  me  soutient. 

This  was  the  seal,  used  by  the  City  of  London  Gas  and 
Coke  Company,  of  which  Robert  Alexander  Gray,  J. P.,  D.L., 
was  chairman,  after  Josias  Stansfeld's  death.  He  married  Mary 
Blackwell,  second  daughter  of  Timothy  Stansfeld  of  Field  House, 
New  Cross,  Surrey  ;  and  his  mother  was  the  only  daughter  and  ' 
heiress  of  General  Tucker,  Governor  of  Barbados. 

But  this  position  of  the  goats,  is  an  obvious  error,  for  Burke's 
Armorygives  the  coat  correctly,  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  New  Cross, 
brother  of  the  above-mentioned  Mary  Blackwell  Gray,  as  :  Sable, 
three  goats,  trippant,  argent  ;  and  for  crest :  A  demi  lion,  rampant, 
argent.  The  coffin  plate  of  their  step  mother,  the  third  wife  of 
Timothy  Stansfeld  of  New  Cross,  has  the  arms  depicted,  in 
another  different  manner,  being:  Sable,  three  goats,  statant,  within 
a  bordure,  engrailed,  argent,  the  latter  charged  with  seven  (for 
sixteen)  hurts.     See  page  188. 

But  the  most  remarkable  instances,  of  incorrect  representa- 
tion, occur  in  the  hatchments,  over  the  Stansfield  chapel,  at 
Guiseley,  as  described  on  pages  255-6.  There  are  six  of  these, 
and  in  Nos.  i,  2  and  5,  they  agree  in  displaying :  Vert,  three  goats, 
trippant,  argent,  attired  and  unguled,  or.  In  No.  3,  the  goats 
are  statant,  and  in  addition,  are  bearded,  or.  In  No.  6,  they  are 
trippant,  but  only  collared  and  belled,  or.  In  No.  5,  the  goats 
are  merely  trippant  ;  the  crest :  A  lion's  head  erased,  gules,  and 
motto  :  Medio  tutissimus  ibis. 

This  motto  occurs  on  an  old  panel,  which  appears  to  be 
considerably  above  one  hundred  years  old,  in  the  possession  of 
William  Ashton  Stansfield,  of  Todmorden.  The  shield  above 
it,  bears  :  Vert,  three  goats,  statant,  argent.  The  crest 
has,  evidently,  a  punning  connection  \\ith  the  motto,  as  it  is  an 
ibis,  proper. 

The  correct  arms  of  the  Esholt  branch  of  the  family,  have, 
however,  been  definitely   settled,  by  an   appeal  to  the   proper 


312  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

quarter,  the  College  of  Arms,  as  may  be  seen,  in  Nos.  9  and  25, 
of  the  General  Search.  They  have  been  exemplified  as  :  Sable, 
three  goats,  trippant,  argent.  Crest :  A  lion's  head,  erased, 
or,  encircled  by  a  wreath.    Motto  :  Nosce  teipsum. 

The  various  differences,  in  the  representations  of  the  arms 
of  the  Stansfeld  family,  may  be  summed  up,  as  follows  : — 

The  Field.     Sable,  gules,  and  vert. 

The  Charges,  6--c  Always  three  goats.  Trippant,  statant, 
current  and  rampant.  Argent  and  or.  Attired  only  ;  attired  and 
unguled  ;  attired,  unguled  and  bearded  ;  collared  and  belled ;  always 
or.  With  a  chevron,  or.  Within  a  bordure,  engrailed,  argent,  always 
charged  with  roundlets,  sable  or  azure. 

The  Crest.  Demi  lion,  rampant,  argent  and  or.  Lion's  head, 
erased,  gules  and  or.  Ditto,  langued,  gules.  Lion's  head  erased, 
argent,  within  a  wreath.  Goat's  head,  argent,  attired,  or,  holding  a 
sprig  of  holly,  fructed,  proper,  and  issuing  from  a  crescent,  vert. 
Goat's  head  erased,  argent,  attired,  or,  within  a  wreath,  vert.  Vine 
branch,  fructed  proper,  issuant  from  a  mount,  vert.  An  ibis,  proper. 

Morro.  Nosce  teipsum.  Know  thyself.  Medio  tutissimus 
ibis.     Second  Motto  :  Justitia  et  per  tot  secula  temperantia. 

The  following  coats  also  appear  in  Burke's  Armory,  and 
have  evidently  some  connection,  with  the  original  arms  of  the 
Stansfelds  of  Stansfield. 

Stanfeld.  Argent,  gutte'e  de  larmes,  on  a  fess,  azure,  three 
goats,  passant,  armed,  or. 

ST.4NFIELD  (co.  York).  Sable,  three  goats  passant,  argent,  a 
border,  engrailed  of  the  last,  pellett^e. 

SiANFORD.  Vert,  three  goats,  passant,  argent,  horns  tipped, 
sable.     Crest :  A  lion's  head,  erased,  gules. 


HERALDS'    COLLEGE   PEDIGREE    No.    VL 


^tansfielti  of   ^tansfielti  anti  J^arttsljfati, 


I  collar  about  its  neck  and  ; 


[vi>-c.     No.  105,  fo.  4B  5A.] 


John  Stansfeild  of 
Stansfeild  in  co.  Ebor. 


daur.  of 

Ashton  of  Chaterton  in    Com.         (Chadderton.) 
Pal.  Lancast.  Esqr- 


Jeffrey  Stansfeild. 


daur.  of 

Ashton  of   Croston   in    Com. 
Pal.  Cestr.  (Lane.) 


Ralph  Stansfeild,      =    Ann,    daur.     of 

son  and  heir.  I      Wombwell    of   Wombwell    in 

Co:  Ebor'. 


daui-.  of Paslew 

of  Ridlesden  in  com 

ist  Wife.     Died  S.Pr. 


J(\mes  Stansfield     =     Jane,  daur.  of Ralclyf  of 

Ksqr-  Totmerden  in  Co.  Pal.  Lane.  2d  wife. 


daur.  of        EDWARD  Stahsfield 

.  .  .    Pilkington        of    Stansfield    in    co: 
of     Bradley    in        Ebor. 


Margerv,  daur.  Jamf.s 

of  Edward  Tay-  Stansfield, 

ler     of    Horsse-  3d  son. 
idge  in  com.  .  .  . 


Eleanor.  ALiCE,daur.  of 

Alice.  fdmund    Bar- 

ker of  Stans- 
field in  com. 
Ebor. 


I  ,       I 

James    Stans-  Edmund 

field,      eldest  Stans- 

son.  field. 


James  Stansfield  of 
Stansfield  in  co:  Ebor. 


Elizabeth,  daur.  of  Robert  Holden 
of  Holden  in  co:  Lane:  Esqr- 

(c.  5.48"-) 


•Ob.  1590.     (B.p.  xix.  207.) 

From  the  Original  {"  H.  to  Z."  9,  /.  159)  in  the 
Heralds'  College,  London 


I     I 
Frances,  daur.  of  3.  Edward. 

Sr-   Peter  Mewtas  l^^j.^ 

knt.,  widow  of 
Henry  Howard, 
Viscount  Bindon. 


Douglas,  only  daur.  and  heir. 
Married    to     Arthur     Gorge 


Ambrose  Gorge. 


/^^^y<^        «^^^ 


£  ^s^  /^<Jty^ 


^ 


eTTf^, 


Chapter    XVII. 


THE     STANSFELDS     OF     STANSFIELD     AND 
HARTISHEAD. 


Heralds'  College    Pedigree,   No.  VI. 

JTANSFIELD  Hall,  no  doubt,  on  account  of  its  being- 
so  far  away,  from  the  residences  of  the  Yorkshire 
families,  with  which  the  Stansfelds  became  connected 
by  marriage  ;  and  therefore  removing  its  owners  from 
the  society  of  their  friends  and  relatives,  seems  to  have  been,  at 
different  times,  left  either  to  tenants,  or  to  younger  members  of 
the  family.  The  possession  of  Hartishead  Hall,  in  the  very  midst 
of  all  those  advantages,  which  were,  and  are  still,  lacking  at  the 
original  seat  of  the  family,  led  to  their  preference  of  it,  as  a 
residence,  for  many  generations  ;  much  more  than  the  number 
ascribed,  in  the  pedigrees  already  published. 


I.— JOHN  STANSFEILD  of  STANSFIELD. 
A  surrender  in  Heralds'  College,  has  already  been  given,  on 
page  115,  from  William  and  John  Methley,  sons  of  Thomas 
Methley  and  Ellen  his  wife,  to  John,  son  of  Ralph  de  Stansfeld, 
in  1440-I,  of  lands,  &c.  in  Hartishead  and  Liversedge.  This  may 
be  the  first  settlement  of  the  family  at  Hartishead  ;  and  it  must 
not  be  overlooked,  that  John  Stansfield  is  said  to  have  married, 
in  1410,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Fleming,  of  Wath,  who  held 
property  adjacent,  in  Clifton,  &c.  John,  son  of  Ralph  de  Stans- 
feld, occurs  in  deeds,  from  1416  to  1459,  see  page  123.  But  in 
1404,  a  William  de  Stansfeld  was  constable  of  Hipperholme, 

QQ 


314  History  of  the  Staxsfelu  Family. 

whose  date  would  very  well  fit  in,  with  those  of  the  deeds,  given 
on  page  Ii8.  In  a  compotus  of  the  possessions  of  the  Com- 
mandery  of  Knights'  Hospitallers,  at  Newland,  in  the  Bodleian 
librar)',  occurs  : — 

In    Great    Liversedge — The   wife    of  Ralph    Stansfield,    for 
Hartishead  Hall,  the  former  rent,  i6d— the  present  rent,  i4d. 

Johanna,  wife  of  Ralph  dc  Stansfeld,  occurs  in  1439,  see  page 
112;  so  that,  probably,  the  above  rental  would  be  about  the  same 
date.  This  Jane  was  a  Copley  of  Batley,  not  far  distant,  where 
the  same  lords  of  the  fee,  had  possessions. 

The  John  Stansfeld,  who  commences  pedigree  No.  VI., 
married  an  Ashton  of  Chaderton.  The  arms  of  Ashton  of 
Chaderton,  are  :  Argent,  a  mullet,  sable,  and  are  thus  represented 
in  Wakefield  church.  His  son,  Geoffrey,  died  in  1513,  being 
succeeded  by  his  grandson,  James.  So  that  it  is  not  altogether 
evident,  that  this  John  Stansfeld  is  the  same,  as  the  one  who 
married  in  1410,  and  occurs  in  deeds  up  to  1456.  There  is  ample 
room  for  another  generation,  at  least ;  and  the  date  of  Thomas, 
son  of  John  Stansfeld,  who  married  Alice,  daughter  of  John 
Savile  of  Copley,  occupies  the  period. 

John  Stansfeld  is  mentioned  in  a  deed  of  1488,  as  a  tenant 
of  certain  lands  and  tenements  in  Haworth,  paying  7s.  gd.  annual 
rent,  to  John  de  Rishworth. 


II.— JEFFREY    STANSFEILD. 

Geoffrey,  or  as  it  is  spelt  in  the  pedigree,  Jeffrey  Stansfeld, 
married  an  Ashton  of  Croston,  whose  arms  are :  Argent,  a 
chevron,  between  three  chaplets,  gules.  The  marriage  settlement 
of  her  grandson,  James  Stansfeld,  gives  her  christian  name, 
Katherine.  He  died  in  1513,  as  the  following  copy  of  court  roll, 
in  the  possession  of  the  author,  shews  : — 

Court  at  Wakefield,  20th  May,  5th  Henry  VIII.  [1513J. 
Jacobus  Stansfeld,  son  of  Radulphus  Stansfeld,  deceased,  gave 
2od  fine,  for  licence  of  heriot,  in  a  parcel  of  land,  in  the  course  of 
the  water  of  Calder,  and  a  certain  attachment  to  one  dam  of  a 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  315 

fulling  mill,  between  Rydicarr  and  Hawkesclough,  in  graveship  of 
Sowerby,  after  decease  of  Geoffrey  Stansfeld,  avi  ipsius  prefati 
Jacobi,  cuius  heres  ipse  est,  which  was  granted  him. 

He  had  issue,  Ralph  and  John  Stansfeld.     In  a  list  of  greaves  of 
Sowerby,  in  Watson's  MSS.,  occurs  : — 

6th  Henry  VIII.  [1514-5]-     Heir  of  John   Holdsworth  and 
Will.  Fayrbanke,  for  land  of  late  Galfrey  Stansfeld. 


HI.— RALPH  STANSFEILD. 

Ralph  Stansfeld,  son  of  Geoffrey,  died  before  his  father.  He 
married  Ann,  daughter  of  a  Wombwell  of  Wombwell,  co. 
York.  So  says  the  pedigree,  but  in  the  marriage  settlement  of 
her  son,  she  is  called  Agnes.  And  in  the  subsidy  roll,  1523, 
Agnes  Stansfeld  paid  3s.  46.,  for  £2,.  6s.  8d.,  the  only  item  col- 
lected in  Hartishead.  He  had  issue,  James,  son  and  heir,  of 
whom  next,  and  Thomas.  Ralph  Stansfeld  was  foreman  of  the 
jury,  at  the  Brighouse  turn  in   1495. 

The  arms  of  Wombwell  of  Wombwell  are  :  Gules,  a  bend, 
between  six  unicorns'  heads,  couped,  argent.  There  is  no  men- 
tion of  the  above  marriage,  in  the  pedigrees  of  the  family ;  but 
the  daughters  are  not  given,  at  the  period  involved.  But  Agnes, 
who  married  Ralph  Stansfeld,  would  most  likely  be  the  daughter 
of  Thomas  Wombwell,  by  Catherine,  daughter  of  William 
Ingleby  ;  and  sister  of  Roger  Wombwell,  who  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Radcliffe,  of  Ordsal,  co.  Lancaster. 


IV.— JAMES  STANSFIELD. 
James  Stansfeld,  son  of  Ralph,  and  heir  of  his  grandfather, 
Geoffrey  Stansfeld,  was  twice  married.     His  first  wife  was  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Passelew  of  Riddlesden,  near  Bingley,  co. 
York,  as  may  be  seen  by  the  following  : — 

Kirklees  Evidences.  24th  July,  i8th  Henry  VII.  [1503]. 
Grant  of  Hartishead  Hall  to  James  Stansfeld  and  Ellen,  dau.  of 
Alex''-   Paslowe,  his    wife,  by  Galfridus  Stansfeld,  the  owner 


i6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

thereof,  in  the  same  manner,  as  held  by  Agnes,  late  the  wife  of 
Radulphus  Stansfeld.     Given  at  Stansfeld. 

The  arms  of  Passelew  arc  :  Argent,  a  fess  between  three 
mullets,  azure,  pierced  of  the  field.  There  is  a  pedigree  of  the 
family,  in  Thoresby's  Ducatus  Leodkiisis,^.  I2I,  and  of  a  branch, 
in  Whitaker's  IVkalley,  ij.  31  ;  but  the  above  marriage  is  not 
shewn.  Walter  Passelew,  great-grandson  of  the  above 
Alexander,  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  John  Lacy  of  Lcven- 
thorpe,  and  another  daughter,  Margaret  Lacy,  married  James 
Stansfeld,  grandson  of  the  above  James  Stansfeld.  A  Sir  John 
Passelew  was  chaplain  of  <:he  Hunter  chantry,  at  Halifax,  and 
is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Laurence  Waterhouse  of  Warlej-, 
dated  20th  November  1535.  Another  John  Passelew,  probably 
an  uncle,  appears  in  the  following  will  of  the  nephew  of  Ellen 
Stansfeld,  m'c  Passelew  : — 

AVills  at  York.      J'oL  viij.jolio  114b.      Dated  28th  July  1513. 
Alexander    Passelewe,  esquier,   of  Bingley,    names   his   wife 
Mawde,  his  son  Stephen,  and  appoints  as  supervisors,  Sir  John 
Passelew,  th'abbot  of  Whalley.  and  John  Lacie,  esquier. 

Seeing  that  the  above  testator's  nephew,  married  John 
Lacy's  daughter,  Plllen,  it  is  not  unlikel}',  that  the  other  super- 
visor of  the  will,  the  last  abbot  of  Whalley,  was  a  contemporary, 
and  brother  to  the  testator.  If  so,  he  would  be  a  nephe\\-  of 
Ellen,  wife  of  James  Stansfeld,  the  subject  of  this  section. 
Whitaker  considers  he  was  of  the  Lancashire  branch  ;  but  this 
mention  of  him,  seems  to  prove  his  intimate  relationship,  with 
the  Passelews  of  Kirkstall  and  Riddlesden. 

The  following,  from  Hopkinson's  MSS.,  folio  152,  ref'^rs  to 
the  nephew  of  Ellen,  the  wife  of  James  Stansfeld. 

Rex  concessit  licenciam  Francisco  Paslew,  alienaie  tcr.  in 
Exley,  Holdsworth,  Laycock,  Harden,  and  Kighley,  Johi  I.acy  et 
aliis.     I  and  2  P.  and  M.  [i554-5]- 

James  Stansfeld  married,  secondly,  Jane,  daughter  of 
Charles  Radcliffe  of  Todmorden.  The  following  is  the  deed  of 
marriage  settlement : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  317 

Kirkhes  Evidences.     28th  March,  9th  Henry  VIII.  [15 18]. 

Indenture  between  Charles  Radcliffe  of  Todmorden,  of  the 
one  part,  and  James  Staxsfeld,  esquire,  of  the  other  part,  being 
covenants  on  a  contemplated  marriage,  between  the  said  James 
Stansfeld,  and  Jane,  daughter  of  the  said  Charles  Radcliffe,  in 
which  James  Stansfeld  settles  his  lands  in  Stansfeld,  Hartshead, 
and  other  places,  excepting  the  dower  of  Katherin  Stansfeld, 
grandmother  of  the  said  James,  and  of  Agnes,  his  mother,  during 
their  Hves ;  and  also  that  the  trustees  shall  suffer  John  Stansfeld, 
uncle  of  the  said  James,  to  take  4  marks  yearly  for  his  life,  and 
Thomas  Stansfeld,  brother  of  the  said  James,  to  take  26s.  8d. 
from  lands  in  Hartshead,  for  his  life,  and  to  suffer  Alice  Stans- 
feld to  occupy  the  lands  in  Northeland,  during  her  life. 

The  arms  of  Radcliffe  of  Todmorden  are  :  Argent,  a  bend 
engrailed,  sable,  in  the  sinister  chief,  a  fleur-de-lis,  gules.  There 
is  a  pedigree  of  the  family,  at  page  no,  Whitaker's  IVhallcy, 
vol.  ij.;  but  the  above  marriage  is  not  there  recorded.  Charles 
Radcliffe  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Edmund  Ashton  of 
Chadderton. 

A  copy  of  court  roll  has  been  given,  dated  1513,  shewing 
the  succession  of  this  James  Stansfeld,  to  his  grandfather. 

On  the  29th  May,  6th  Henry  VIII.  [1515],  Jacobus  Stan.s- 
feld,  nup'  de  Stansfeld,  in  the  parish  of  Heptonstall,  in  com. 
Ebor.  generosus,  was  bound  to  Henry  Draper,  in  £,d,o,  to  keep 
covenant. 

It  is  evident,  from  the  above  description,  "late  of  Stansfeld," 
that  James  Stansfeld  removed  from  Stansfield  Hall,  on  the  death 
of  his  grandfather,  to  Hartishead  Hall ;  and  the  following 
explains  the  obligation  of  the  bond,  above-mentioned  : — 

Court  roll.     Sowerby  Greaveship.     21st  August  1515. 

James  Stansfeld,  son  of  Ralph  Stancefeld,  deceased,  surren- 
dered a  parcell  of  land,  within  the  course  of  the  water  of  Calder, 
and  a  certain  attachment  of  a  mill-pool,  for  a  fulling  mill,  hing 
between  Redycar  and  Hawksclough,  to  the  use  of  Henry  Draper 
of  Wadsworth. 

He  was  appointed  the  collector,  along  with  John  Wilkinson  of 
Greetland,  of  the  subsidy,  granted  to  Henry  VHI.  in  1523,  for 


3i8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Fa:milv. 

the  wapentakes  of  Agbrigg  and  Morley.  See  The  Yorkshire 
ArchcEological  and  Topographical  Journal,  vol.  ij  page  44,  for  the 
indenture  of  appointment.  Page  59  of  the  same  work,  gives  the 
amount  collected  in  the  township  of  Stansfield,  which  is  given 
below,  along  with  a  few  items  from  other  townships  : — 

Stansfeld. — James  Stansfeld  for  20  mark  lands,  13s.  4d.; 
Laurence  Stansfeld  for  ;^i8  guds,  9s.;  John  Sayvell  for  £,% 
guds,  4s. ;  John  Michell  for  £,\  lands,  4s. ;  Thomas  Hoyle  for 
40s.  lands,  2S.  ;  John  Horsfall,  sen,  for  30s.  lands,  i8d. ;  John 
Horsfall  of  th'estwood  for  30s.  lands,  i8d. ;  John  Estwod  for  40s. 
lands,  2s. ;  John  Utelay  for  ;^5  guds,  2s.  6d.  ;  Edmund  Stans- 
feld for  40s.  guds,  i2d. ;  John  Horsfall,  junr  ,  for  40s.  guds,  lad.; 
William  B(?)ruyshay  for  40s.  guds,  i2d.;  Richard  Henryson  for 
53s.  4d.  guds,  i6d. 

Sum  44s.  2d. 

Hertished.     Agnes  Stansfeld  for  ^£'3  6s.  8d.  lands,  3s.  4d. 
Sum  3s.  4d. 

Eland.     Hugh  Stansfeld  for  40s.  lands,  2S. 

Huddersfield-cum-Bradlev.  Arthur  Pilkyngton  for  ^^40 
lands,  40s. 

OiTLAY.     Robert  Stansfeld  for  goods,  i2d. 

Heptonstall.     Edward  Stansfeld  for  20s.  lands,  i2d. 

(  ?)  Thomas  Stansfeld  paid  i2d.  for  40s.  guds, 

for  a  township,  with   the  name  left  blank,  probably   Soyland  or 
Erringden. 

At  the  Halifax  turn,  held  12th  October  1528,  James  Stansfeld, 
gentleman,  was  presented,  for  assaulting  William  Cockroft, 
chaplain,  vi  et  armis.  He  is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  Laurence 
Stansfeld,  in  1534-5,  given  on  page  131,  and  the  following  pages 
refer  to  the  connection  between  him,  and  the  Thomas  Stansfeld, 
with  whom  the  pedigree  of  the  Stansfelds  of  Stansfield  and 
Sowerby  commences.  He  died  before  1 540,  as  the  following 
will  shews : — 

Vol.  xj.  folio  516a.  Dated  4th  February,  proved  15th  March, 
1540-1. 

Robert  Helewell,  of  the  parish  of  Halifax,  desired  to  be  buried 
in  the  church  yard  at  Halifax.  He  disclaimed  being  a  debtor  for 
26s.    8d.,   which   Elizabeth   Sutcliffe   of    the    May   rode,   widow, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  319 

challenged  of  him,  as  surety  for  Mr.  James  Stancefelde,  late  of 
Stancefelde,  deceased.  He  mentioned  his  wife,  Agnes ;  his  son, 
Richard  :  and  Edmund,  son  of  Richard  Helewell ;  and  Jenett, 
daughter  of  John  Helewell. 

The  will  of  the  husband  of  the  above-mentioned  Elizabeth  Sut- 
■cliffe,  mentions  a  relationship  with  the  Stansfeld  family. 

Fb/.  X.  folio  120I).     Dated  3rd  January  1530-1. 

Robert  Sutcliff  of  Meyrode,  desired  to  be  buried  in  the 
chapel  of  Heptonstall,  and  left  3s.  4d.  thereto,  for  his  burial. 

"  Also  I  bequeath  to  the  same  chappell,  fyve  marks  sterling, 
and  I  will  that  Sir  Gilbert  Stansfeld,  preist,  doe  dailie  syng  and 
p'y  for  my  saull,  and  my  wyff,  w'-  all  o''-  ancestores,  two  yeris  com- 
pleit,  next  after  ray  deth,  at  the  said  Heptonstall,  and  to  have  their 
for,  aither  yere,  seven  m'c  sterling." 

He  appointed  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  executrix  ;  and  left  her  the 
governance  of  his  son  William.  He  named  as  overseers,  his  kins- 
man, Sir  Gilbert  Stansfeld,  and  Robert  Sutclyff  of  le  ;  who 
were  to  set  straight,  his  wife  and  Robert  Snydall.  Feoffees  had 
lands  and  tenements  in  W'adsworth,  to  the  use  of  his  wife, 
for  life,  and  then  of  Robert  Sutclyff  of  I.ee,  and  his  heirs 
male,  without  vexation  from  the  child  of  William  Sutclyff,  late 
of  Wakfeld;  and  to  the  children  of  the  last  named,  he 
bequeathed  ;^2o.  Supervisors,  Edward  Stansfeld  and  John 
Midgeley.  Witnesses,  Sir  John  Greenwood,  my  curate,  and 
Sir  John  Nayler,  preist. 

In  the  marriage  settlement,  dated  15 18,  mention  is  made  of  an 
uncle,  John  Stansfeld,  to  whom  was  reserved  an  annuity  of  four 
marks.  He  was  evidently  the  witness,  named  in  the  following 
will  :— 

Vol.  ix.  folio  i6§l>.     Dated  21st  June,  proved  nth  July  152 1. 

John  Crosley  of  Kilnehirst,  desired  to  be  buried  in  the  chapel 
garth  of  Heptonstall,  and  bequeathed  6s.  8d.  thereto.  Also  to  the 
chapell  of  Todm'den,  8s.;  to  Mr.  Ratcliff,  ij.  of  my  best  wheder 
shepe;  to  John,  son  of  Richard  Crossele,  3s.  4d.;  and  the  residue 
to  his  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Agnes.  He  appointed  Robert 
Crossle,  son  of  said  Elizabeth,  his  executor ;  and  Sir  William 
Cokcrofte,  my  curate,  and  Sir  James  Michell,  p'st,  supervisors. 
John  Stansfeld,  gentilman,  a  witness. 


320  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  Dugdale's  Visitation  of  Yorks/iire,  Surtees  Society,  vol. 
xxxvi.,page45, William  Parkinson,  1st  Henry  8  [i509-io],son  and 
heir  of  John  Parkinson  of  Eastburnc,  is  stated  to  have  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Stansfeild. 

James  Stansfeld  had  issue,  by  his  second  wife,  Edward,  son 
and  heir,  of  whom  next,  Charles  and  James.  Charles  Stansfeld 
married  a  Pilkington  of  Bradley,  and  had  issue,  according  to  the 
pedigree,  Eleanor  and  Alice.  The  arms  of  Pilkington  are  : 
Argent,  a  cross  patonce,  voided,  gules.  The  pedigree  in  Foster's 
County  Families  of  Yorkshire,  gives  her  name,  Marj',  but  calls  him, 
George  Stansfeld  (?) ;  and  names  the  daughters,  Elizabeth  and 
Alice.  Her  father,  Arthur  Pilkington,  who  paid  40s.  subsidy  in 
1523,  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Savile  of  Newhall,  by 
Agnes,  daughter  of  Robert  Wilkinson,  and  niece  of  Thomas 
Wilkinson,  vicar  of  Halifax,  1438-1477.  She  was  grand-daughter 
of  Thomas  Savile  of  Hullenedge,  by  Ann,  daughter  of  John 
Stansfeld  of  Stansfield.  Arthur  Pilkington  was  the  grandson  of 
Sir  John  Pilkington,  knight,  who  made  his  will  28th  June  1478, 
given,  but  not  in  full,  in  Testamenta  Eboracensia,  vol.  iij.,  p.  238. 
The  following  extracts  refer  to  the  parish  of  Halifax  : — 

It.  I  wit  XX  m'cs  to  the  mariege  of  the  pou'est  madyne,  that 
shalbe  maried  w'  in  the  parissh  of  Halifax  and  Heptonstall,  w'  in 
ij  yeres  next  aff  my  deth,  and  that  to  be  done  by  ov'sight  of  myn 
executores.  Itm.  I  wit  to  the  executores  of  Robert  Shaigh,  to  the 
behove  of  the  childre  of  Thorn's  Shagh,  viij  m'rc.  Itm.  I  wit  to 
Richard  Haliwell  and  his  son,  xx  li,  so  that  they  make  relesse  to  myn 
assignes,  of  a  place  and  land  I  boght  of  his  fadre  in  Migelay,  and  elles 
they  noone  to  have.  Itm.  I  will  that  nev'  noon  of  myn  heires  int'rupe 
ne  troubill  the  heires  of  Wolstonholme,  for  their  land  at  Mythome 
Royde,  ne  nev'  it  to  occupy,  w'  cute  they  may  purchase  it. 

Itm.  I  \v\\\  that  Robt.  Pilkington,  my  bastard  sone,  occupy 
my  place  at  Elfletburgh,  and  all  oth''  landes  I  have  in  Sourebishir, 
to  my  said  son,  Edwarde,  be  of  age  of  xxiiij  yere ;  and  fro  then, 
the  said  Robt.  to  have  Grenehirst,  to  hym  and  his  heires  male,  ac- 
cording to  astate  to  hym  thereof  afore  made. 

I  will  that  my  son  Robert,  have  the  keping  of  Aringden  parke, 
to  my  son  Edward  come  to  age  of  xxiiij,  and  if  he  (Robert)  die, 
then  my  brother  Charles,  to  have  the  said  keping. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  321 

His  executors  were  to  sell  the  gardenship  and  marriage  of  John 
Staneton,  to  add  to  purchase  of  marriage  for  his  son  Edward. 

Proved  30th  June  1479,  administration  granted  to  prince 
Richard,  duke  of  Gloucester ;  and  20th  September  1479,  adminis- 
tration to  William  Calverley  and  Robert  Chaloner,  two  other  of  the 
executors. 

On  the  30th  April,  31st  Henry  VHI.  [1539],  Charles  Stansfeld 
of  Stansfield,  was  bound  in  viginti  libris,  to  William  Mydgeley, 
for  performance  of  contract.  The  following  are  from  Hopkin- 
son's  MSS.,  vol.  i. 

Rob.  Pilkington  ten.  ter.  in  Sowerby  (viz.  Elphabrook)  de 
Dom.  Rege,  ut  de  Manerio  suo  de  Wakefield,  per  servic.  milit.  24 
Hen.  8  [1532-3].     Folio  107. 

Carolus  Stansfield  ten.  4  mess.,  un  molend.,  40  acr.  ter.  in 
Stansfield,  de  Hen.  Savile  mil.,  per  servic.  mil. ;  Rosamunda  et 
Alicia  sunt  ejus  fil.  et  coh.     36  Hon  8  [1544-5].     Folio  107. 

The  latter  gives  another  name,  for  the  elder  daughter  of 
Charles  Stansfeld,  and  if  the  entry  is  from  an  inquisition  post 
mortem,  as  it  seems  to  be,  it  also  supplies  the  date  of  his 
death. 

In  1532,  the  prior  and  convent  of  Lewes,  the  rectors  of 
Halifax,  leased  the  great  tithes,  to  Robert  VVaterhouse,  for  99 
years,  afterwards  extended  by  two  more  terms,  of  99  years  each. 
K  composition  was  made,  and  recorded  in  the  ecclesiastical 
court  at  York,  under  date,  28th  November,  1536;  and  in  con- 
sequence of  disputes,  a  deed  was  executed,  in  1558,  reciting  the 
original  agreement.  This  contains  the  names  of  all  the  land- 
owners, in  the  parish  of  Halifax,  in  1536,  except  some  few,  who 
were  afterwards  admitted  to  the  composition.  Two  knights,  five 
esquires,  and  five  gentlemen,  are  mentioned,  by  themselves,  at 
the  head  of  the  list.  They  are  copied  below,  along  with  the  total 
of  the  tithe  composition,  paid  by  them  : — • 

£    s.     d. 

Sir  Henry  Say  veil,  knight.  ...         314     ji 

Sir  Stephen  Hamerton,  knight.  ...         r     i     i 

John  Lacy  of  Crumwellbothome,  esq 100 

Henry  Sayvell  of  Copley,  esq ...         i   15     oi 

RR 


322  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

£    s.    d. 

Hughe  Lacy  of  Bieiley,  esq.       ...          6     i 

J.\MEs  Stansfelde,  esq.             i     i   n 

Arthur  Pilkenton  of  Bradley,  esq.          ..           ...  i      i     8 

John  Sayvell  of  Newe  hall,  gent.             8     o 

Thomas  Sayvell  of  Eckesley,  gent.          ...          ...  34 

Thomas  Sayvell  of  Blaithroide,  gent 11    10 

Thomas  Sayvell  of  Clyfton,  gent 4     4 

Oliver  Lockewodde  of  Skircoite,  gent.  ...         ..-  6     8 

The  following   arc   the  amounts,  paid   by  the  members  of 
the  Stansfeld  family,  with  a  few  other  items  of  interest : — 

James  Stansfeld  esq.  p.l.  [for  his  own  proper 

lands]  in  Stansfelde 12     8 

For  Over  Hawkesclough,  in  Soureby.         -..  4 

For  p.l.  in  Waddesworth,  called  Redicar, 
Winter  Roide,  and  the  halfe  of  Hill- 
house.    ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  50 

For  p.l.  in  Norlande.  ...  2   10 

For  p.l.  in  Langefelde ...  i      i 

Sume  ;^i      III. 

Thos.  Stansfeilde,  p.l.  in  Sowerby.     ..  ...  3     9 

The  heires  of  Edw"-  Stansfeilde.  p.l.  in  .\iringden.  3  7 
Xpofer    Stansfield,   for  the   Landes  of  John 

Beamond  of  Mirfelde,  within  Skircoite.     ...  14 

Wm  Migeley  of  Wadsworth,  for  the  lands  late  of 

Hugh  Stansfield  there 4     2 

Sir  John  Paslewe,  Chanter  of  the  Chantrie  called 

Hunter  Chantrie,   for  five  closes  in  Halifax 

and  Skircoite,  nere  Shaysike,  belongeinge  to 

the  same  Chantrie 16 

STANSFETD. 

Edmond  Stansfeld,  p.l.  in  Stansfeild 16 

John  Crosley,  p.l.  in  do i      9^ 

The  Landes  lienge  in  Stansfeld,  w''-  belong  to  the 
Chantry   of    S.    Mary,    in    the   Church    of 

Heptonstall i     o 

John  Mitchell  of  Stansfelde,  p.l.  in  Stansfelde....  7     6 

John  Estwood.  do.  ...  34 

Henry  Sutclyffe.  do.  ...  13 

John  Horsfall  of  PZastwoode.  do.  ...  2     i 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  323 

s.      d. 

Richd.  Hole,  p.l.  in  Stansfelde i    11 

\Vm.  Greenewod.  do.  i   11 

Item,  in  Sowreby  under  Cales,  called  Cales  House.        1 1 

John  Wilkenson,  p.l.  in  Stansfeld.  27 

Item,  do.  in  M'adsworth 14 

Wm.  Woode,  do.  in  Stansfeld,  called  Motherholle.  i     5 

Item,  do.  in  Sowerby,  called  Paleshouse  als. 

Motherholles  [Mutterholes]. 11 

John  Robtshay,  p.l.  in  Stansfeld.  ..  ...  1     42 

Richd.  Horsfall  of  Stansfeld,  p.l.  there.  ...  19 

Item,  p.l.  in  Langefeld ..  7 

do.       in  Sowerby.  called  Scoyte.  ...  3 

Thomas    Stansfelde  of   Stansfelde,  p.l.  called 

Holingerake  Holme.  ..  2 

Item,  p.l.  in  Langefelde,  called  Horsewoode.  4 

Item,  p.l.  called  Higgyne  Chambre.  ...  i     3 

Thos.     SiANSFELD,    p.l.    in    Estwoode,   w'''  in 

Stansfeld.       ...         ...         ...  34 

Item,  p.l.  in  Soureby  Deyne.  ...  ...  15 

Robt.  Horsfall,  and -his  mother,  p.l.  in  Stansfeld.  3     6 

Item,  p.l.  in  Wadsworth.      ...         i     4 

Oliver  Wentworth,  p.l.  in  Stansfeld.  ..         ...  3     6 

Sume  £2     8     3. 

The  following  is  from  the  calendar  of  state  papers  : — 

S.-P.  Pat.  p.  I.  m.  2j.  5th  February  1523-4.  A  Release  to 
Sir  Richard  Tempest,  as  late  Sheriff  of  Yorkshire,  and  of  his  bail, 
Th.  Tempest  of  Bradford,  and  James  Stanfeld  of  Stanfeld,  from 
their  recognizances,  of  100  marks,  entered  into,  loth  November 
3th  Henry  8  1 1516].     Dated,  We.stminster,  15th  Henry  8th. 


v.— EDWARD  STANSFIELD. 

Edward  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  James  Stansfeld  of 
Hartishead  and  Stansfield,  married  Margery,  daughter  of 
Edward  Taylor  of  Horsseidge,  and  had  issue,  James,  son  and 
heir,  of  whom  next,  Edmund,  Edward,  and  Luke  Stansfeld. 

He  has  already  been  mentioned,  as  a  super\'isor,  in  the  will 
of  Robert  Sutcliffe  of  Mayroyd,  in  1 530-1. 


324  History  of  tiik  Stansfeld  Family. 

In  an  agreement  made  at  York,  before  Dr.  Rokeby  and  Dr. 
Farley,  12th  March  1561-2,  between  Christopher  Ashbume,  vicar 
of  HaHfax,  and  the  inhabitants  of  the  chapelry  of  Eland,  respecting 
small  tithes,  the  following  represent  the  inhabitants,  John  Lucy  of 
Leventhorp.  Edward  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld,  Henry  Savile  of 
Bradley,  Robert  Ramsden  of  Rastrick,  John  Hanson  of  the  same, 
and  Tho:  Brooksbank  of  Eland. 

The  above  names  represent  the  principal  families  in  the 
neighbourhood.  Edward  Stansfeld  occurs  in  a  list  of  freeholders 
of  Yorkshire,  in  1561. 

Another  Edward  Stansfeld  [of  Erringden]  occurs  at  this  time, 
and  it  is  difficult  to  differentiate  between  the  two  ;  but  as  he  is 
termed  a  clothier,  the  term  Mr.  or  esquire,  marks  the  Edward 
Stansfeld  of  Stansfield.  An  Edward  Stansfeld  was  supenisor 
of  the  will  of  Edmund  Shaklton  of  Stansfeylde,  8th  April  1571. 

Vol.  xxi.  folio  Sga.  Dated  loth  April  1575,  proved  15th 
January  1575-6. 

Robert  Thomas  of  Stansfeld,  bequeathed  to  Richard  Dobson, 
for  two  years,  a  close  called  Beane  Hoile,  which  he  had  by  inden- 
ture of  Mr.  Edward  Stansfeld,  esquier.  Residue,  to  his  eldest 
son,  Robert,  younger  son,  Henry,  and  daughter,  Isabell  Thomas. 
Robert  Thomas  of  Woodhouse,  to  have  the  tuition  of  Henry. 
Wife,  Isabell,  executrix  ;  John  Thomas  of  Woodhouse  and  Richard 
Horsfall  of  Mankinholes,  overseers. 

An  Edward  Stansfeld  was  appointed  an  overseer  of  the  will 
of  John  Horsfall  of  Rodwallend,  in  Stansfield,  in  1578.  Edward 
Stansfeld  of  Stansfield,  armiger,  released  Grenehurst  to  Edmund 
Barker,  7th  Elizabeth  [1564-5]. 

Vol.  xxij.  folio  joj.  Dated  ist  October  1582,  proved  17th 
January  1582-3. 

Robert  Aickroid  of  the  p'she  of  Heptonstall,  bequeathed  to 
.\gnes,  his  wife,  the  half  of  Grenehurste,  during  the  term  of  years, 
set  down  in  a  pair  of  indentures,  betwixt  his  master,  Edward 
Stansfeld,  and  himself. 

William  Hargreaves  of  Stansfield,  who  made  his  will,  2nd 
January  1583-4,  names  that  he  has  a  farmhold,  on  lease,  from 
Edward  Stansfeld,  esquier. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  325 

Some  of  these  mentions  may  refer  to  Edward,  the  third  son, 
whose  will  is  as  follows  :  — 

Vol.  xxxix.  folio  gib.  Dated  6th  March  1625,  proved  5th 
March  1626-7. 

Edward  Stansfeelu  of  Halifax,  gentleman,  bequeathed  to 
James  and  Robert,  sons  of  his  nephew,  James  Stansfeeld  of 
Wakefield,  ;^2o  each.  To  Susanna,  Priscilla,  Sara  and  Elizabeth, 
daughters,  and  to  Hugh,  son,  of  his  sister,  Suzan  Farrer,  20s.  each. 
To  his  god-daughter,  Grace,  daughter  of  his  nephew,  John  Farrer, 
and  to  his  godson,  Edward  Hinclifife,  los.  each.  To  his  sister, 
Suzan  Farrer,  all  his  household  goods.  His  nephew,  John  Farrer, 
he  appointed  executor. 

William  Harrison  of  Halifax,  yeoman,  gave  to  the  free 
school  at  Heath,  a  parcel  of  land,  30  roods  by  15,  at  Back  lane 
end.  in  Halifax,  by  deed,  dated  2 1st  February  161 2-3  ;  and 
seisin  was  delivered,  nth  March  1613-4,  in  the  presence  of 
Edward  Stansfeld,  Henry  Savile,  Jo.  Smlthson,  John  Harrison, 
George  Bentley,  and  Humphrey  Drake. 

Edmund  Stansfeld,  second  son  of  Edward  Stansfeld  of 
Stansfield,  married  Frances,  daughter  of  Sir  Peter  Mewtas,  knight, 
and  widow  of  Henry  Howard,  second  viscount  Howard  of  Bindon  ; 
who  had  been  maid  of  honour,  to  Queen  Elizabeth.  Henry 
Howard  was  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  Howard,  the  second  son 
of  Thomas,  duke  of  Norfolk,  by  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Edward  Stafford,  duke  of  Buckingham,  who  bore  : 
France  and  England  quarterly,  a  border,  argent.  Thomas 
Howard,  brother  of  the  famous  earl  of  Surrey,  was  created 
viscount  Howard  of  Bindon,  13th  January  1559.  He  married 
four  times,  and  by  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  younger  daughter 
and  co-heir  of  John,  lord  Marney,  had,  with  others,  Henry,  who 
succeeded  him  in  the  title.  Henry,  second  viscount,  married  as 
above,  and  had  issue,  an  only  daughter,  Douglas,  who  married 
Arthur  Gorge,  who  died  in  1 590,  leaving  issue,  a  son,  Ambrose 
Gorge.  The  above  follows  the  pedigree  from  Heralds'  College  ; 
but  see  also  the  pedigree  of  the  duke  of  Norfolk,  in  Foster's 
Yorkshire  Families,  Burke's  E^xtinct  Peerage,  &c.  The  following 
is  from  the  printed  calendars  of  state  papers  : — 


326  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

2nd  June  1595.  Judgment  given  in  the  Court  of  ^^'ards, 
touching  the  dower  of  Frances,  widow  of  Henry,  late  viscount 
Howard  of  Bindon,  for  a  commission  to  persons,  nominated 
b)'  Edm.  Stansfield,  her  husband,  and  by  Arthur  Gorges, 
trustee  of  the  heir  of  the  viscount,  for  settlement  of  the  dower, 
and  of  her  right  to  a  third,  in  all  the  manors  and  lands  of  the  said 
Earl  [sic],  taken  from  the  time  of  his  death  ;  the  Escheator  of  Dor- 
chester, having  only  assigned  her  a  part  of  the  same  (li  pages). 
fS.P.  Bom.  Eliz.  vol.  252.     No.  47.) 

Edmund  Stansfeld  is  mentioned  in  the  following    will,  as 
having  sold  a  portion  of  his  property,  in  Stansfield  : — 

Vol.  xxviij.  folio  i^/a.  Dated  2Sth  May  1592,  proved  loth 
August  r6oo. 

Edmond  Barker  of  Stansfeild,  yeoman,  mentioned  that  he 
had  lately  purchased  of  Edmond  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild, 
esquire,  a  capital  messuage  called  Grenhurst,  and  all  lands  &c. 
and  also  two  closes  called  Reedlees,  lying  on  either  syde  of  the 
water  of  Calder,  and  adjoining  to  the  same,  then  in  the  occupation 
of  Robert  Aykroyde  thelder,  John  Aykroyde,  Margaret  Aykroyde, 
Robert  Aykroyde  the  younger,  John  Crosley  als.  Thompson, 
Richard  Aykroyde,  Edward  Aykroyde,  William  Beane  and  John 
Sutcliffe  ;  and  also  all  ways,  with  cart  and  carriage,  on  and  through 
the  lands  of  the  said  Edmond  Stansfeild,  between  Houghstones 
gate  and  the  Hall  House,  in  Stansfeild. 

He  devised  to  his  eldest  son  and  heir  apparent,  Thomas 
Barker,  the  new  house  and  barne,  latlie  buylded  in  a  close  called 
Hoylroyde;  and  a  house  and  barn,  now  buylded,  standing  at  the 
head  of  my  Hayes,  under  Wharlow ;  also  all  messuages  and  lands 
&:c.  p'cell  of  the  premises,  in  occupation  of  me,  of  John  Heape, 
John  Aykeroyde  als.  Peckes,  Charles  Walker  and  John  Sowtell ; 
and  one  way,  with  cart  and  carriage,  from  the  New  House,  upon 
the  Royd,  to  Houghston  yate,  through  any  of  my  grounds,  as 
shalbe  seen  most  convenient,  at  disc'n.  of  four  neighbours  ;  and  all 
lease  of  Reedlee,  of  demise  of  James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild 
esquire,  in  the  township  of  Stansfeild.  To  him,  and  his  heirs  male  ; 
in  default,  to  second  son,  Edmond  Barker,  and  heirs  male  ;  in 
default,  to  youngest  son,  William  Barker,  and  heirs  male  ;  and  in 
default,  to  right  heirs. 

Also  all  plowes,  cartes,  yokes,  chaynes  and  all  otiier  thinges 
belonging  to  my  oxen  ;  excepte  and  reservinge  out  of  this  present 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  327 

gift  and  bequeast,  one  pece  of  land,  lying  in  the  Lower  end  of  a 
pece  of  ground,  called  John  Aykeroyd  als.  Peckes  royde,  that  is, 
frome  the  upp'  side  of  one  holley  tre,  standing  in  the  upp'  rowe,  in 
the  upp'  side  of  the  close,  and  one  Hatharne,  standing  in  the  lower 
corn'  of  the  said  close ;  and  also  except  all  ould  houses  and 
buyldinges,  standing  upon  the  afforesaid  primisses,  or  any  p'te 
therof  j  which  pece  of  groud,  and  ould  houses  aforesaid,  I  do  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  sonne,  Edmond  Barker,  the  fences  betwixt 
the  same,  to  be  made,  equallie  betweene  the  said  Thomas  and 
Edmond,  with  liberty  to  Edmond,  to  use  the  old  houses,  for  20 
years,  and  then,  in  one  year,  to  pull  them  down,  or  they  to  remain 
to  son  Thomas. 

To  sons,  Edmond  and  "William  Barker,  a  messuage  called  the 
Lower  Grenehurst,  together  with  way,  for  cart  and  carriage  and 
catde,  from  there  to  the  Wharlow.  One  moiety  to  Edmond,  and 
heirs  male ;  the  other  moiety  to  William,  and  heirs  male. 

To  son,  Edmond,  all  term  of  years  in  lands  and  tenements, 
in  the  parish  of  Blackborne,  and  all  plows  &c.,  timber  and  chests, 
beds  &c.  there. 

To  son,  William,  a  tenement  called  Hill  house,  in  the 
township  of  Stansfeild,  during  the  lease,  from  one  Abraham 
Michaell. 

To  daughter,  Isabel,  wife  of  Abraham  Crosley,  ;^26  13s.  4d.; 
to  daughter  Anne,  100  marks;  and  to  servant,  John  Shereborne, 
for  life,  the  new  house  under  Wharlow,  and  the  two  closes  be- 
longing, or  else,  30s.  a  year.  He  appointed  his  wife,  Elizabeth, 
and  his  son,  Edmond,  executors. 

I,  Michel!  Wilson  of  Barkisland,  did  read  this  will,  before  the 
testator,  the  xxj"«  day  of  Aprill,  last  past,  and  he  did  confirm  the 
same  &c. 

Teste  me,  Michael  Wilson,  curate  att  Crostone. 
The  wills  of  his  son,  and  widow,  will  be  found  further  on. 


VL— JAMES     STANSFIELD. 

James  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  Edward  Stansfeld,  married 

Alice,  daughter  of  Edmund   Barker  of  Stansfield.     He  died  in 

London,  30th  November  1602.     He  is  probably  the  same,  who 

was  bailiff  of  the  manor  of  Halifax,  in  1 563  ;  and  appears  in  the 


328  History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 

following  chanceiy  proceedings,  in  connection  with  his  office. 
But  as  he  has  a  grant  of  the  office  of  bailiff  of  Halifax, 
in  August,  32nd  Elizabeth  [1590],  from  Robert  Tempest, 
and  granted  the  same,  to  Robert  Waterhouse,  in  July,  33rd 
Elizabeth  [1591],  it  is  not  unlikelj',  that  the  bailiff  in  1563,  was 
his  uncle. 

Duchy  of  Lancaster  Pleadings,  Vol.  xri.  Sec.  8,  5th  Eliza- 
beth  [1563]. 

James  Staunsfild  the  Queen's  Bailiff,  and  in  Right  of  a 
Commission  of  Escheat,  against  Edward  Brookesbanck  and  Robert 
Mygeley.  Land,  Tenements  and  Hereditaments  of  Richard  Shawe, 
attainted  of  Murder.     Hallyfax  Manor,  Warley. 

To  the  Right  Hon''''  Sir  Ambrose  Cave,  knt.  Chancellor  &=c. 
In  most  humble  wise  cf^c.  "  Your  Orator,  James  St.\unsfild,  the 
Queen's  Mat's  Bailie,  of  her  highness'  Manor  of  Hallyfax,  in  the 
Countie  of  York,  parcel  of  her  Mat's  Duchie  of  Lancaster,"  iS^c. 
Setting  forth  : — 

That  by  virtue  of  the  Queen's  Majesties  Commission,  under  the 
seal  of  this  Court,  directed  to  Richard  Beamont,  John  Key, 
Henry  Savell  and  Richard  Bonny  Esqs.,  Plaintiff  was  appointed,  to 
receive  and  take  to  the  Queen's  use,  all  the  profits  &--c.  of  all  the 
manors,  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  of  Richard  Shawe  of 
Warley,  York,  lately  attainted  of  Murder,  and  by  reason  of  the  same, 
came  to  the  Queen's  hands,  as  excheted  lands,  in  the  right  of  the 
Duchy  of  Lancaster :  and  Plaintiff  took,  and  had  quiet  use  to  the  Queen 
accordingly,  and  levied  and  received  the  profits  iS-c.  for  the  said 
Queen,  without  disturbance,  until  now  of  late,  one  Edward  Brookes- 
banck and  Robert  Mygeley.  Yeomen,  have  entered  into  the 
premires,  and  expulsed  plaintiff,  and  unjustly  do  receive  the  same, 
so  that  plaintiff  cannot  answer  to  the  Queen,  on  his  account,  not 
only  to  the  great  loss,  hinderance  and  disinherison  of  her  majesty, 
but  to  the  great  contempt  of  her  laws. 

Therefore,  praying  the  usual  writ  to  answer,  and  appear  before 
Duchy  Chamber  at  Westminster,  and  further  to  abide  by  the  order 
of  the  Honorable  Court. 

There  is  no  answer  attached  to  this  bill,  to  shew  what  further 
was  done,  but  the  calendar  contains  the  following  additional 
references  to  the  matter. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  329 

Vol.xij.  Sec.  12.     4th  Elizabeth  [1562]. 

William  Fleetewoode,  the  Queen's  Sergeant,  against  Richard 
Shawe,  claiming  by  Grant  from  King  Edward  the  6th.  A  Capital 
Messuage  called  Pacock  House,  otherwise  Archar  house,  with 
divers  Messuages,  Lands  and  Tenements,  in  Warley  Township. 

Vol.  xxj.  Sec.  7.     6th  Elizabeth  [1565]. 

Richard  Shawe,  claiming  by  Inheritance  from  Richard  Shawe, 
his  father,  as  seized  in  Fee,  and  administrator  of  his  Goods  and 
Chattels.  Against  Edward  Walton,  Edward  Brokesbanke,  John 
Whitehead,  and  John  Midgeley,  claiming  by  surrender  from  John 
Shawe,  as  seized  in  Fee  Claims  to  Rent,  for  a  Tenement,  as  above, 
in  Warley  Township,  Sourebye  Gr. 

Vol.  xxiv.  Sec.  4.     7th  Elizabeth  [1565]. 

Richard  Shawe,  otherwise  Shaghe,  claiming  as  Son  and  Heir 
of  Richard  Shawe,  who  was  seized  in  Fee.  Against  Gilbert 
Brookesbanke,  John  Whitehedd  and  others,  claiming  as  above. 

Vol.xlv.  Sec.  6.     14th  Elizabeth  [1572]. 
Gilbert  Brokesbancke,  against  Richard  Shawe.    A  close  called 
Threaphurste,  in  Warley. 

Subsequent  I'ecords  would  seem  to  prove,  that  Richard  Shawe 
recovered  possession  of  Archerhouse,  or  Peacockhouse.  In 
1537)  John  Shawe  of  the  Archerhouse,  witnessed  the  will  of 
Edwarde  Saltonstall  of  Saltonstali,  along  with  Robert  Ratclyf, 
p'ste.  In  1579,  the  will  of  John  Sladen  of  Saltonstall,  clothier, 
was  witnessed  by  Richard  Saltonstall  of  Saltonstall,  Thomas 
Wood  and  Richard  Shaw  of  Archerhouse. 

Vol.  xxxj.  folio  226  b.  Dated  5th  October  1607,  proved  24th 
January    1609-10. 

Richard  Shaw  of  Paicockehouse,  mentioned  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth, and  his  sons,  Edward  and  Michaell.  He  bequeathed 
;£t,  6s.  8d.  each,  to  his  son,  John,  and  his  children,  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth.  Also  jQd  13s.  4d.  each,  to  Richard,  James  and 
Edmund,  children  of  his  eldest  son,  Richard  Shaw. 

There  is  a  tradition,  mentioned  by  Watson,  that  Richard  Deyne 
of  Deynehouse,  Midgley,  who  left  13s.  4d.  yearly,  to  the  chapel 
of  Luddenden,  in  1526,  bequeathed  it,  on  account  of  having  killed, 
in    a   duel,  a   Brooksbank   of  Bankhouse,  Warley.      It  is  not 

ss 


330  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

unlikely,  that  it  is  a  confused  lingering  memory,  of  the  murder 
mentioned  in  the  above  proceedings. 

Vol.  xj.  folio  203  b.   Dated  isth  July,  proved  3id  August  1536. 

John  Whitehede  of  Mygelaye,  mentioned  his  wife,  Maude, 
and  his  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Agnes,  Isabell  and  Alyson.  Witness, 
Robert  Ratclyff,  priest. 

"  Also  I  gyf  and  bequeathe  unto  the  hallowing  of  the  chapell 
of  Sainte  Marie,  at  Lodyngdeyne,  vs." 

Vol.  xj,  folio  2/'j  l>.  Dated  2nd  November,  proved  nth 
December  1537. 

Gilbert  Shawe  of  Midgley,  mentioned  his  wife,  Agnes,  and  his 
bastard  sons,  John  and  James  Shawe. 

"And  I  bequeathe  to  the  reconciling  of  the  chapell  of 
Luddingden,  iij  li.  vjs.  viijd." 

It  is  too  wild  a  guess  to  hazard,  that  the  murder  by  Richard 
Shawe,  took  place  in  Luddenden  chapel,  in  existence  in  1526; 
and  the  above  bequest,  large  for  those  days,  was  for  the  purpose 
of  the  re-consecration,  which  would  be  necessary,  after  such  a 
pollution,  by  the  shedding  of  blood. 

James  Stansfeld,  the  bailiff  of  the  manor  of  Halifax,  who 
seized,  in  the  name  of  the  queen,  the  property  of  Richard  Shawe, 
mentioned  in  1 563,  could  hardly  be  the  same,  who  had  a  grant  of 
the  office,  from  the  steward,  in  1590,  unless  he  had  previously 
resigned  the  appointment.  It  is  far  more  reasonable  to  suppose, 
that  it  was  a  new  appointment,  to  the  subject  of  this  section, 
upon  the  death  of  a  preceding  bailiff,  James  Stansfeld,  probably 
his  uncle.  It  was  possibly  on  account  of  his  age,  that  he  passed 
the  appointment  on,  to  Robert  Waterhouse,  evidently  the  lord  of 
the  rectory  manor ;  as  he  died,  as  the  following  inquisition  shews, 
not  very  long  afterwards. 

Miscellaneous  Chancery  Inquisitions  Post  Mortem,  ist  James 
I.  [1603].     Public  Record  Office.     Part  ix.  No.  54. 

York.  An  inquisition  indented,  taken  at  Halifax,  in  county 
York,  on  Sepf-  2nd,  ist  James  ist  [1603],  before  Walter  Bethell 
esq'''=,  Escheator,  after  the  death  of  J  awes  Stansfield,  late  of 
Hartisheade,  in  the  said  county,  esqre.,  by  the  oaths  of  William 
Savile   esqre.,    William  Platts  gent.,   Henry   Savile   gent.,  Daniel 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  331 

Briggs,  George  Ledell,  John  Bayrstowe,  Christopher  Savile,  John 
Whytley,  Richard  Brearey,  John  Wilkinson,  John  Smyth,  Michael 
Rydinge,  and  Thomas  Savile. 

Who  say,  that  the  said  James  Stansfield,  on  the  day  when  he 
died,  was  seised  in  his  demeane,  as  of  fee  tail,  viz.,  to  him  and  his 
heirs  males,  lawfully,  of  and  in,  one  capital  messuage  or  tenement, 
called  Stansfield  Hall,  and  of  and  in  eight  other  messuages  or  tene- 
ments, and  three  cottages,  one  water  corn  mill,  with  appurts.  in 
Stansfield  ;  and  of  and  in  5  bovats  of  land,  and  divers  other  lands, 
meadows,  woods,  &'c.,  to  same  belonging,  and  occupied,  in  Stans- 
field, county  York. 

And  of,  and  in,  another  messuage  or  tenement,  called  Hartis- 
head  Hall,  with  appurts.  in  Hartishead,  and  2  other  messuages,  and 
3  cottages,  and  divers  lands,  meadows  and  closes  in  Hartishead, 
late  of  the  heirs  of  Edward  Stansfield  esqre.,  deceased,  late 
father  of  the  said  James. 

And  of  and  in,  one  other  messuage,  and  seven  closes  of  land, 
meadow  and  pasture,  with  the  same  usually  occupied,  with  the 
appurts.  in  Myrffield,  at  a  place  there,  called  Nunbrooke  Yate ;  and 
of  and  in  one  little  close  of  meadow,  with  the  appurts.,  in  Myrffield 
at  a  bridge  called  Ravensbridge,  which  property  in  Myrffield,  late 
was  of  the  heirs  of  John  Hopton  esqre.  Of  the  premises  so  seised, 
he,  the  said  James  Stansfield,  died  November  30th,  last  before  the 
taking  of  this  inquisition,  in  the  city  of  London. 

The  Jurors  say,  the  premises  and  tenements  in  Stansfield. 
were  held  of  Edward  Savile  esqre.,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Savile, 
knt.,  deceased,  as  of  his  manor  of  Stansfield,  York,  in  free  and 
common  soccage,  by  fealty  and  annual  rent  of  i5d.  for  all  ser- 
vices, and  valued  in  all  issues,  besides  reprises,  _£^  13s.  4d. 

And  the  tenement  and  premises  in  Hartishead,  were  held  of 
the  king,  as  of  his  commandry  of  Newland,  and  at  the  death  of 
the  said  James,  of  the  queen,  as  of  her  commandry  of  Newland, 
York,  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  late  hospital  of  St.  John  of 
Jerusalem,  in  England,  lately  dissolved,  in  free  soccage,  by  fealty 
and  the  annual  rent  of  13d.,  for  all  services  and  demands,  and 
valued,  in  all  issues,  besides  reprises,  40s. 

And  the  aforesaid  lands  and  premises  in  Myrffield,  were  held  of 
George  Savile,  knt ,  and  the  heirs  of  William  Hepworth,  late  of 
Myrffield,  deceased,  as  of  his  manor  of  Myrfield,  in  free  soccage, 
and  suit  of  court,  of  the  manor  of  Myrfield,  and  by  the  annual  rent 
of  3s,  id  ,  and  valued,  per  annum,  in  all  issues,  besides  reprises,  20s. 


332  HiSTORV  OF   THE   StANSFELD   FAMILY. 

And  James  is  son  and  heir  of  the  said  James  Stansfield,  and 
aged,  at  the  death  of  his  father,  24  years  and  more.  The  said 
James  held  no  other  lands  of  the  king. 

"Mr.  James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild"  in  1587,  was  appointed 
overseer,  in  the  will  of  John  Stansfeild  of  Hartley  Royd,  already 
given  ;  and  also  in  the  following : — 

Vol.  xxh:  folio  1440a.  Dated  20th  April,  proved  25th 
September,  1593. 

Abraham  Michell  of  Th'estwoode,  in  Stansfeeld,  yeoman, 
mentioned  John  Stansfeilde,  a  tenant  of  one  of  his  messuages, 
and  also  appointed,  as  one  of  the  super\isors,  James  Stansfeilde 
of  Stansfeilde,  esquire. 

He  is  also  mentioned,  in  the  will  of  Edmund  Barker,  his 
father-in-law,  dated  1592,  already  given.  But  it  is  evident,  that 
he  married,  previously,  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Lacy  of 
Leventhorp,  whose  will  is  as  follows  :— 

Vol.  xxij.  folio  284a.  Dated  2nd  September,  proved  loth 
November  1582. 

John  Lacye  of  Leventhorp,  esq.  appointed  John  Wilkinson 
of  Halifax,  one  of  his  supervisors,  and  as  executors,  his  children 
and  sons-in-law,  James  Stansfeld,  Thomas  Leighe,  Thomas 
Wood,  John  Lacye,  Nicholas  Lacye,  William  Lacye,  and  Dorothie 
^^'atterhouse,  widow.     He  bequeathed  to  : — 

"  Mary,  daughter  of  Walter  Hartley  and  my  daughter  Eliza- 
beth, ;^3.  To  Ellen,  daughter  to  said  Dorothie  Watterhouse, 
^6  13s.  4d.  To  grandchildren,  Anne  and  Helen,  daughters  of  my 
son,  Richard  Lacye ;  the  children  of  Thomas  Wood,  by  his  wife, 
my  daughter,  Rosamond  ;  Francis,  and  two  daughters  of  ^\'alter 
Paslew,  by  my  daughter,  Ellen,  late  his  wife  ;  three  daughters  of 
ray  son,  Nicholas  Lacye  ;  and  three  daughters  of  my  son-in-law, 
James  Stansfeld,  by  my  daughter,  Margaret. 

"  To  John,  son  of  eldest  son,  Richard  Lacye,  theis  p'cells  of 
armarie  followeinge,  that  is  to  saie,  one  corslet  wth.  the  furniture 
thearunto  belonginge,  two  plate  cote  wth.  sieves,  one  tente,  two 
billes  or  leade  males,  one  speare,  one  bowe,  and  asheaffe  of  arrwes, 
and  one  gun,  cauled  a  Calover.  To  my  cozen,  John  Lacye  of 
Brearley,  esquier,   the   elder,  one  fishinge   nett,  caulled   the  ould 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Faimilv.  s55 

The  above  will  is  a  valuable  supplement  to  the  pedigree, 
given  in  Foster's  Visitation  of  Yorkshire,  pp.  330-1,  and  also  to 
that  in  Wilson's  MSS.,  vol.  I,  page  231,  in  the  Leeds  library.  It 
is  a  strange  and  unaccountable  fact,  and  illustrates  the  amount 
of  reliance,  to  be  placed  upon  the  pedigrees,  given  in  visitations, 
that  although  Richard  Lacy  signs  the  pedigree,  there  is  no 
mention  of  his  sisters,  Elizabeth  and  Margaret ;  and  the  amount 
of  errors  and  omissions,  in  the  names,  &c.,  is  simply  marvellous. 


John  Lacy  of  Cromwellbotho.m. 
"  Who  is  de.scended  lyneally  of  Robert  Lacy,  that 
came  in  with  William  tlie  Conqueror."  Harleian 
MSS.  II 10  folioi  6i-2b. 


:JoAN,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Thomas  Leventhorp.  [Second 
wife.] 


John  Lacy  of  Cromwellbothom=Ann,   daughter    of   Richard  Tempest,   and 
and  Leventhorp.  Will  dated  1582.   |  sister  of  Sir  John  Tempest,  steward  of  the 
manor  of  Wakefield  in  1563,  &c.     [See  refer- 
ence, page  137.] 


I 
Richard  Lacy,  son 
and  heir,  married 
Alice,  daughter  of 
Laurence  Towneley 
of  Barnside,  and  had 
issue,  John,  Ann,  and 
Ellen  Lacy. 


2.  John  Lacy,  married 

Hole,    of 

Scammonden,  and 
had  issue,  John  and 
Ann  Lacy. 


Nicholas  Lacy,  married 
Ahce,  daughter  of  Brian 
Hardy,  and  had  issue, 
Lucy,  Alice  and  Bridget 
Lacy. 


5.  Teter  Lacy,  died 
young. 

3.  William  Lacy,  or- 
dained priest  at  Rome, 
sent  hither  a  missioner, 
and  was,  with  Edward 
[Richard?]  Kirkman, 
another  missioner,  ex- 
ecuted at  York,  22  Aug. 
1582.  [f-Vi/eChalloner's 
Missionary  Priests,  Vol. 
L  pp.  128-34.] 


Margaret  Lacv,  married 
James  Stansfeld,  and 
had  issue,  three  daugh- 
ters. 

Elizabeth  Lacy,  married 
Walter  Hartley,  and  had 
issue,  Tvlary  Hartley. 


Ellen  Lacy,  married 
Walter  Paslew,  and  had 
issue,  Francis  and  two 
daughters.  She  married 
secondly,  ThomasLeighe. 

Rosamond  Lacy,  married 
Thomas  Wood,  and  had 


Dorothy  Lacv,  married 
John  Waterhouse  of 
Hollings,  in  Warley,  and 
had  issue. 


William  Lacy,  the  Romanist  missionary,  executed  22nd 
August,  1582,  could  hardly  be  the  above  William  Lacy,  as  he  is 
mentioned  in  his  father's  will,  dated  2nd  September,  eleven 
days  afterwards. 

It  is  evidently  by  this  connection  with  the  Lacy  family, 
that  Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Higginchamber,  in  Sowerby,  was 
"  greatly  frended,  kined,  and  allied  in  the  said  countye,  as  well 


334 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family. 


as  unto  the  Steward  of  the  Court  of  Wakefield."  [See  pages 
134-7.]  Sir  John  Tempest,  knight,  was  then  steward,  son  of 
Sir  Richard  Tempest,  sheriff  of  Yorkshire,  for  whom  James 
Stansfeld  was  surety ;  and  uncle  of  Margaret  Lacy,  who  married 
James  Stansfeld,  the  son  of  the  last-named.  The  connection 
between  James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfield,  and  Thomas  Stansfeld  of 
Higginchamber,  in  Sowerby,  however,  yet  remains  to  be 
elucidated,  although  there  is  no  room  to  doubt  that  it  existed. 


VII.— JAMES   STANSFIELD. 

James  Stansfeld,  son  and  heir  of  James  Stansfeld  of 
Stansfield  and  Hartishead,  was  aged  24,  at  his  father's  death,  in 
1602.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Holden  of 
Holden,  co.  Lancaster,  who  bore :  Sable,  a  fess,  between  two 
chevrons,  ermine ;  between  the  fess  and  the  upper  chevron,  a 
covered  cup,  or.  The  pedigree  of  Holden  of  Holden,  in 
Whitaker's  History  of  Whalley,  page  304,  gives  the  arms  as  : 
Argent,  an  escocheon  in  an  orb  of  six  eaglets,  displayed,  gules  ; 
as  cut  over  the  entrance  to  Holden  Hall.  The  same  pedigree, 
besides  giving  Elizabeth,  who  married  James  Stansfeld  of 
Stansfeld,  states  her  sister,  not  named,  married  Christopher 
Stansfeld  of  Yorkshire. 

Robert  Holden,  who  signed  the  pedigree,  at  the  Visitation 
of  Lancashire,  by  Richard  St.  George,  in  161 3,  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  Banester  of  Altham,  and  his  son  and  heir, 
Raufe,  was  then  aged  32,  and  had  a  son  and  heir  Robert, 
Holden,  then  aged  eleven.  The  last  named  was  living  and  had 
a  grandson,  Robert,  son  of  Raphe,  aged  lo,  when  Sir  William 
Dugdale  made  another  Visitation,  8th  April,  1665.  The 
following  entries  are  in  Hartishead  register,  which  begins,  4th 
May  161 2: — 

1614  Nov.  20.     Katharine  d.  of  James  Stansfeld,  esq.  bap'd. 

1616  Nov.  3.     Jane,  of  James  Stansfeld,  esq.  bap. 

1 61 9  Dec.  18.     Elizabeth,  of  James  Stansfeld,  esq.  bap. 

1622  May  20.     John,  of  James  Stansfeld,  esq.  bap. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  335 

Another  son  is  named  in  the  nuncupative  will  of  his  great 
grand-mother,  whose  husband's  will  has  already  been  given  : — 

Vol.  xxxiv.  folio  2gs  b.  Dated  4th  or  5th,  and  proved  27th 
December    16 16. 

Elizabeth  Barker  of  the  Grenehirste,  in  Stansfeild,  widow  of 
Edmund  Barker,  deceased,  bequeathed  to  Nathan  Crosley  £(i ; 
to  James  Stansfeild,  her  great-grandchild,  £\o  ;  and  the  residue 
to  her  eldest  daughter,  Alice,  and  son,  William  Barker,  whom 
she  appointed  executor.  Witnesses,  James  Stansfeild  esq.  and 
Robarte  Farrer. 

Another  son,  was  Ashton,  admitted  at  Gray's  Inn,  i8th 
June  162 1,  of  whom  next. 

Robert,  another  son,  is  named  in  the  will  of  his  great- 
uncle,  Edward  Stansfeld,  already  given,  dated  1626  ;  and  a 
daughter,  Isabell,  who  married  John  Page,  is  named  in  her 
father's  will,  in  1657.  The  following  is  the  will  of  the  brother- 
in-law  of  James  Stansfeld,  which  relationship  explains  the  trust 
reposed  in  him  : — 

Vol.  xxxiv.  folio  163a.  Dated  26th  April  1615,  proved  27th 
August  1 6 16. 

Edmund  Barker  of  Stansfield,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to  his 
son  and  heir  apparent,  Edmund,  a  messuage,  which  he  had 
lately  bought  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Barker,  called  Upper 
Greenehurst,  in  Stansfeild,  in  the  occupation  of  testator,  his 
mother,  Elizabeth,  and  John  Robert.  In  default  of  heirs,  remainder 
to  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Barker. 

Also  to  his  son,  Edmund,  two  fifths  of  a  close  called  Redylee, 
in  Stansfeild,  which  he  late  bought  of  James  Stansfeild  of 
Harteshead,  esq.,  after  he  be  21  (in  the  interim,  to  the  use  of  his 
daughter,  Elizabeth,)  on  paying  ;^6o,  in  two  years,  to  his  daughter, 
Elizabeth.  The  same  payment  to  be  made,  in  or  at  the  p'ishe 
church  porch  of  Heptonstall. 

To  Abm.  Coulthurst  of  Burneley,  George  Halstead  of 
Stansfeild,  Robert  Farrer  of  Longfeild,  \Villiam  Barker  of 
Stansfeild  and  Richard  Halstead  of  Habbergham  Eaves,  yeomen, 
my  lease  of  5  closes  in  Stansfeild,  called  the  two  lode  carres,  the 
two  long  holmes  and  the  Cowfolds,  for  payment  of  my  debts  and 
legacies. 


336  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Also  a  messuage,  called  Lower  Grenehurst,  to  let  and  lease 
for  2  (  years,  for  the  same  purpose ;  then  the  reversion  to  remain 
to  son,  Edmund. 

Also  a  messuage  at  Clayton,  in  Lee  Daile,  co.  Lancaster, 
leased  to  me,  from  Mr.  John  Talbot  of  Sailesburye,  deceased,  for 
19  years,  for  same  purpose,  and  the  preferment  of  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  in  marriage.  Wife,  Grace,  her  part  of  goods ;  residue 
to  daughter,  Elizabeth.  Guardianship  and  tutorship  of  son  and 
daughter,  to  wife,  and  father-in-law,  Robert  Chadwick  ;  but  if  she 
marry,  or  he  die,  then  to  James  Stansfeild  of  Harteshead,  esq. 
and  Robert  Ferrar  of  Ould  Roide,  yeoman. 

The  sum  of  £60,  mentioned  in  the  above,  to  be  paid  in  the 
porch  of  Heptonstall  church,  within  two  years  after  the  attain- 
ment of  his  majority,  by  Edmund  Barker,  only  son  of  the 
testator,  to  his  sister,  Elizabeth  Barker,  was  the  consideration 
money,  paid  to  James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfield,  esq.  in  1612,  by 
the  said  Edmund  Barker,  the  testator,  for  a  conveyance  of  two- 
fifths  of  Redelye,  in  Stansfield.  The  Heptonstall  registers  give 
the  following  information,  respecting  this  connection  : — 

1600     Aprill.     ]",dmund's  Barker  de  .Stan,  sepult.  xxvij  die. 

1615  Aprill.     Edmonde  Barker,  Stan,  sepult.  ix  die. 

1616  December,  vidua  Edmundi  Barker,  Stan.  sep.  9  die. 

1 62 1  August.    C;eorge  Stansfeild  et  Grace  Barker  [nupt.]  28  die. 

1622  July.     Thomas  fill,  (sic)  George  Stansfeilde,  Sta.  bap.  7  die. 
1625     Aprill.     uxor  George  Stansfeild,  Sta.  [sepult.]  3  day. 
1626-7  Ji^nuary.  Robt.  Chadwicke,  Sta.  sepult.  19  day. 

George  Stansfeld,  who  married  Grace,  the  widow  of  Edmond 
Barker,  brother-in-law  of  James  Stansfeld  of  Hartishead,  was  of 
Adam  Royd  in  Stansfield,  and  will  be  mentioned  under  that 
heading.  It  is  exceedingly  probable,  that  he  was  a  relative  of 
the  latter,  who  would,  by  this  marriage,  obtain  the  guardianship 
of  Edmund  and  Elizabeth  Barker.  The  will  of  George  Stansfeld, 
is  printed  elsewhere,  the  following  is  that  of  his  father-in-law  : — 

Vo/.  xlij.  folio  48-/ a.  Dated  30th  June  iC 23,  proved  3rd 
May,  1635. 

Robert  Chadwicke  of  Grenehurst,  in  the  parish  of  Heptonstall, 
yeoman,  stated  he  had  paid   ;^iio,   debts   of  Edmond  Barker, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  y^ij 

deceased ;  and  bequeathed  his  property,  to  his  grandchildren, 
Edniond  Barker  and  Thomas  Stansfeild,  remainder  to  his 
daughter,  Grace,  wife  of  George  Stansfeild. 

James  Stansfeld  sold  most  of  the  family  possessions,  and 
amongst  them,  Stansfield  Hall,  to  John  Pilling,  who  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  George  Stansfeld  of  Adamroyd.  Hartishead  Hall 
&c.  he  also  sold,  and  then  seems  to  have  resided  in  Wakefield, 
for  some  time,  as  he  is  called  of  that  place,  in  the  will  of  his 
uncle,  Edward  Stansfeld,  in  1626.  He  was  evidently  connected 
with  the  manor  court,  and  probably  steward  ;  as  the  Sowerby 
constable's  accounts,  for  7th  October,  1649  (see  page  155),  have 
an  item : — 

It.  payed  to  Mr.  Stansfeild  for  his  fee,  15s.  od. 

The  following  occur  in  the  subsidy,  granted  to  James  I, 
19th  March,  1604: — 

Hartshead. 

Jacobus  Stansfeild,  in  terris.  £6,  paid  i6s.  od. 

Rob'tus  Rayner,    in   terris.   ^i,  paid     2s.  Sd. 
Sfna  vill  est  xviijs  viijd. 
Stansfeild. 

Heirs  of  Eddi.  Barker,  in  terris.  ^"2,  paid  5s.  4d. 

Eddus    Stansfeild,    in  terris.  ^i,  paid  2s.  8d. 
Wadsworth. 

Agneta  Stansfeild,  in  terris.  £1   los.  od.  paid  4s.  od. 

Assessment  for  subsidy,  granted  7th  James  I.  [1609-10], 
being  2s.  8d.  in  lands,  and  is.  8d.  in  goods,  per  pound. 

Stansfeild. 

Edmd.  Barker,  in  lands,  £1. 

Edwd.  Standsfield,  in  lands,  jQi. 
Wadsworth. 

Agneta  Stansfeild,  in  lands,  £,1   los.  od. 

The  following  are  extracted  from  the  Kirklees  evidences  : — 

nth  November  1612. — William  Kitson  of  Dodworth,  son  and 
heir  of  William  Kitson  of  Hartshead,  sells  Hartshead  Hall,  to 
James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld.     [Probably  a  release.] 

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338  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

27th  July  16 13. — James  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld,  conveys 
four  closes  of  land,  in  Hartshead,  called  Town  fields,  to  John 
Rayner  of  Hartshead. 

23rd  June  1617.  J.VMES  Stansfeld  of  Stansfeld,  and 
Elizabeth,  his  wife,  lease  premises  in  Stansfeld,  for  8  years,  to 
Thomas  Ashton. 

9th  April  1623.  James  Stansfeld  of  Hartshead,  to  Thomas 
Whittaker  and  Hugh  Clayton.  Bond  for  performance  of  covenants, 
contained  in  a  pair  of  indentures,  of  this  date. 

This  is  evidently  the  virtual  sale  of  the  Hartishead  property, 
to  Hugh  Clayton  ;  as  bonds,  to  the  amount  of  ^^7240,  occur,  dated 
13th  October,  1640,  from  Charles  Tov^^nley  of  Townley,  John 
Plompton  of  Plompton,  and  Hugh  Clayton  of  Hartishead,  to 
John  Armytage  and  Francis  his  son,  of  Kirklees,  for  performance 
of  covenants. 

He  sold  a  message,  called  Heyhead,  in  Stansfield,  to  Simon 
Stansfeld  of  Heyhead,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  the  latter,  dated 
1634.  He  is  mentioned,  in  the  will  of  William  Sutcliffe  of 
Rodwellhead,  in  Stansfield,  as  holding  land  there.  The  following 
is  an  abstract  of  one  of  a  pair  of  indentures,  in  the  possession  of 
Capt.  Stansfeld  of  Dunninald  castle,  relating  to  an  exchange 
of  two  fields,  between  John  Pilling  of  Hill  house,  and  James 
Stansfeld  of  Stansfield  Hall,  in  1653. 

This  indenture,  made  the  nynth  day  of  Aprill,  in  the  yeare  of 
our  T.orde,  one  thousand  sixe  hundreth  ffytie  three,  betweene 
James  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esquire,  on  thone  p'ty,  and  John 
Pilling  of  Hilhouse,  in  Stansfield,  yeoman,  on  th'other  p'ty., 
witnesseth,  that  the  sayd  James  Stansfield  hath  given  &c.  &c.  unto 
the  sayd  John  Pilling,  all  that  close  and  p'cell  of  land,  called 
Saughes,  scituat  in  Langfield,  heretofore  the  inheritance  of  Savile 
Radcliffe,  late  of  Todmerden,  Esquire,  now  in  the  tenure  and 
occupacon  of  Hugh  Pilling,  father  of  the  sayd  John  Pilling  ;  and 
also  one  pte.  of  a  fold,  adioyning  to  the  Eastside  of  the  Lower  barne 
at  Stansfield,  as  it  is  now  mea'red  out,  and  occupyed  by  llie  said 
Hugh  Pilling. 

To  have  and  to  hold,  the  said  close  &c.  &c.  in  exchange  for 
one  p'cell  of  land,  lying  between  the  Mansion  house  of  the  sayd 
James  Stansfield.  and  the  blackrake,  as  it  is  now  fenced  and  occupied 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  339 

by  the  sayd  James  Stansfield  &c.  &c.  Provided  always,  that  the 
water  of  Calder,  within  the  dose  called  Saughes,  shalbe  cotitinualy 
fenced  and  kept,  in  the  usuall  and  accustomed  course,  for  the  use 
and  benefit  of  the  milne,  called  Stansfield  milne.  Witnesses,  George 
Stansfield  (mark),  Thomas  Scatchard,  and  Symeon  Lord. 

The  following  is  from  a  deed,  in  the  possession  of  Thomas 
Wolryche  Stansfeld  of  Weetwood  Grove,  Leeds  : — 

This  indenture,  made  the  fourteenth  day  of  September,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  One  thousand  sixe  hundreth  fifty-four,  between 
James  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  Esquire,  of  the  one  p'ty.,  and 
John  Utley  of  Warland,  in  Hundersfield.  co.  Lancaster,  yeoman 
of  the  other  p'ty. 

AVitnesseth,  that  the  sayd  James  Stansfield  6-c.  in  consideration 
of  the  sum  of  fyftie  pounds  &--c.  hath  graunted  6-c.  all  that 
and  those,  the  water  corne  milne,  comonly  called  Langfield 
milne,  als.  Manckinhole  milne,  and  all  the  houses,  buildings, 
dames,  stagnes,  goites,  attachmente  of  dammes,  with  the  lib'ties 
thereof,  landes,  p'cels  of  lande,  land  courses  with  water  fishing, 
socken  and  suite  of  freehold  and  resiante,  and  other  tenants, 
tole,  multure,  courses  of  water  and  streames,  wayes,  waters, 
cornodities,  easements,  emoluments  and  hereditaments  whatsoever, 
to  the  sayd  milne  belonging,  or  anyw7se  ap'tayning,  used,  demised, 
occupyed  or  enioyed  with  the  same  6-c.  now  in  the  tenure  of  the 
sayd  James  Stansfield,  or  his  assignes  &^c. 

Sealed  (2^=0.  in  the  presence  of  Charles  Radcliffe,  Joshua 
fielden,  Paule  Greenwood  and  Symeon  Lord. 

But  this  property  had  not  long  been  in  the  possession  of 
the  family,  for  8th  James  I.  [1610-11],  George  Foxcrofte,  Daniel 
Foxcrofte  and  Michael  Foxcrofte,  in  consideration  of  ;^5o, 
granted,  bargained  and  sold  to  James  Stansfeilde  of  Stansfeilde, 
esq.,  Langfield  water  corn  milne,  to  hold  &c.  to  James  Stans- 
feilde in  fee  &c. 

Another  deed,  in  the  possession  of  Thomas  Wolryche 
Stansfeld,  forms,  along  with  the  will  of  James  Stansfeld,  an 
interesting  comparison,  with  the  inquisition  post  mortem  of  his 
father,  shewing  how  the  Stansfeld  estates  had  become  alienated, 
from  the  main  line  of  the  family,  during  the  tenure  of  this  repre- 


340  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

To  all  Xian  people,  to  whom  this  present  \^'riting,  indented, 
shall  come,  James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  in  the  County  of 
Yorke,  Esquire,  sendeth  greeting  in  the  Lord  everlasting. 

Know  yee  that  I,  the  said  James  Stansfeild,  to  the  ends,  the 
messuages  &c.  hereafter  menconed,  may  be  settled  &c.  to  such  uses 
&c.  as  are  menconed  in  my  last  will  &c.  have  graunted  &c.  unto 
George  Halsted  of  the  Bankhouse,  co.  Lancaster,  practiconer  in 
phisicke,  and  unto  Edmond  Barker  of  Stansfeild,  yeoman,  and 
James  Gibson  of  Briggeroyd  in  Stansfeild,  yeoman. 

All  that  messuage  &c.  called  by  the  name  of  the  New  building, 
with  appurtenances,  in  Stansfeild,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon 
of  mee,  the  said  James  Stansfeild,  or  my  assignes. 

And  one  other  messuage  or  tenement,  att  the  Crostone,  in 
Stansfeild,  now  in  the  tenure  of  William  Mitchell. 

And  one  other  messuage  in  Stansfeild,  now  in  the  tenure  of 
Paull  Widdoppe. 

And  also  one  house  or  cottage  in  Stansfeild,  now  in  the  tenure 
of  John  Wilkinson. 

And  one  other  house  or  cottage,  att  the  Crostone,  now  in  the 
tenure  of  John  Catlaw. 

And  also  one  water  come  milne  in  Stansfeild,  aforesaid,  com- 
monly called  Stansfeild  Mylne,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupacon  of 
mee,  or  my  assignes,  to  the  uses  of  my  will  &c. 

Dated  the  15th  day  of  September  1654;  sealed  &c.  in  the 
presence  of  John  Taylor,  James  Stansfeild,  yeoman  (mark), 
Richard  Midgley  (mark),  Simeon  Crosley  (mark),  and  Edm. 
Rigge. 

By  the  date,  when  the  will  of  James  Stansfeld  was  proved, 
Whitaker  was  led  to  assert,  that  he  died  in  1674.  But  the  Hep- 
tonstall  register  records  both  his,  and  his  mother's  burials,  as 
follows  : — 

1638-9  Mensis  ffebruarij.     Vidua  James  Stansfeild  de  Stansfeild   Hall, 

17  day. 
1658     March.     James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  esq.  buried  at  Crostone, 

the  27. 

There  can  be  no  doubt,  that  this  is  the  same  James 
Stansfeld,  the  father  of  Ashton  Stansfeld.  He  was  aged  24, 
when  his  father  died,  in  1602.     Ashton,  son   and  heir  of  James 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


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Stansfeld  of  Stansfield,  " armiger,"  was  admitted  at  Gray's  Inn, 
1 8th  June  1621  ;  so  that  there  is  no  room  for  an  intermediate 
generation.     The  following  is  a  copy  of  his  will : — 

Vol.lv.  folio  324b.  Dated  I  ith  January  1657-8,  proved  17th 
February  1674-5. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I  James  Stansfeild  of  Stans 
feild,  esquier,  by  deed  of  feoffment,  15th  September  last  (1657), 
granted  to  Geo:  Halstead  of  the  Banckhouse,  co:  Lancaster,  gent, 
practitioner  in  phisick,  and  to  Edmond  Barker  of  Stansfeild, 
yeoman,  and  to  James  Gibson  of  Briggeroyd,  in  Stansfeild. 
yeoman. 

A  messuage  called  the  New  building,  with  appurtenances,  in 
Stansfeild,  in  my  occupation. 

A  messuage  at  Crostone,  in  occupation  of  Wm.  Mitchell,  and 
now  of  John  Law. 

A  messuage  in  Stansfeild,  in  occupation  of  Paul  Widdoppe. 

A  cottage  in  Stansfeild,  in  occupation  of  John  Wilkinson. 

A  cottage  at  Crostone,  in  occupation  of  John  CaUaw. 

A  water  corn  milne,  called  Stansfeild  milne,  in  my  occupation, 
and  a  kiln  called  Stansfeild  kilne. 

All,  as  feoffees,  to  uses  of  my  will,  viz.,  to  sell  all,  or  such 
portions  as  may  pay  all  debts,  and  also^^ioo,  ;^5o  and  20  marks, 
to  be  paid  in  four  years.  The  residue,  to  use  of  my  grandson, 
James  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  son  of  Ashton  Stansfeild, 
late  of  Wakefeild,  esq.  deceased,  my  sonne,  and  of  his  heires  and 
assigns  for  ever.  Th2;^ioo  to  my  daughter,  Elizabeth  Stans- 
feild. The  ;^5o  to  Frances,  daughter  of  the  said  Ashton 
Stansfeild.  The  20  marks  to  my  daughter,  Isabell,  wife 
of  John  Page,  which  with  j[^\o  and  more,  formerly  given  her,  in 
lieu  of  ^20,  which  I  promised  her.  All  goods,  chattelles  &c. 
to  said  Elizabeth  and  Frances,  joint  executors. 

Jas.  Stansfeild  his  mark. 


VI IL— ASHTON  STANSFIELD. 

Ashton    Stansfeld,  son    and    heir   of    James    Stansfeld    of 

Stansfield,  lived  in  Wakefield,  and    may   have   been   the    Mr. 

Stansfeld,  to  whom  the  constable  of  Sowerby  paid  a  fee,  in  1640, 

see  page  155.     He  married  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Philemon 


342  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Speight,  of  Earls  Heaton,  near  Dewsbury,  by  whom  he  had 
several  children,  who  all  died  young,  without  issue.  So  says  the 
Heralds'  College  pedigree  ;  but  if  they  died  without  issue,  the 
heir,  at  least,  did  not  die  young.  Ashton  Stansfeld  had  issue, 
mentioned  in  his  father's  will,  James,  heir  of  his  grandfather,  and 
Frances,  a  daughter.  The  pedigree  of  Flower  of  Methley, 
Foster's  Visitation  of  Yorkshire,  p.  518,  gives  the  wife  of 
Philemon  Speight,  as  Anne,  fourth  daughter  of  John  Flower  of 
Methley,  by  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Nelson  or  Nalson  of 
Methley.  The  arms  of  Speight  are  :  Argent,  on  a  fess,  gules, 
three  pheons,  or. 

The  following  is  a  true  copy  of  an  entry,  at  Gray's  Inn, 
taken  June  1S85. 

Vol.  i.  folio  78J.  From  the  original  Admission  book  of 
Gray's  Inn,  London.  3.  6.  8.  Edw.  Mosley. 

Ashton  Stansfeeld,  filius  at  haeres  Jacobi  Stansfeeld  de 
Stansfeeld,  in  Com.  Ebor.  Ar.  adniissus  est  in  Societati  huius 
Hospitij,  decimo  octavo  die  Junij  Anno.  Regni  Jacobi  Decimo 
nono,  Annoq.   D'ni.  1621. 

Edw.  Mosley. 

From  the  brothers  and  sisters  of  Ashton  Stansfeld,  no 
doubt,  many  living  representatives  of  the  name,  are  descended. 
Two  branches  of  the  family,  more  particularly,  are  selected,  as 
being  most  probably  of  this  descent.  But  a  marriage  in  the 
Hcptonstall  registers,  from  the  singularity  of  the  occurrence  of 
the  name,  suggests  that  the  heralds  are  in  error,  also,  as  to  the 
daughter  of  Ashton  Stansfeld,  dying  young,  without  issue.  The 
entry  is  as  follows  : — 

1 66 1     Septembris.     Henricus    Deane    et    fifrancisca    Stansfeild    nupti 
fuerunt,  19. 


IX.— JAMES     STANSFIELD. 
James  Stansfeld,  son  of  Ashton,  and  grandson  and  heir 
of  James  Stansfeld,  who  sold  Stansfeld  and  Hartishead  Halls, 
is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  the  latter.     He  was  living  in  1684, 
as  the  following  shews  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  343 

A  deed,  dated  the  i8th  of  August,  in  the  36th  year  of  tlie 
reign  of  Charles  the  Second  (1684),  mentions  a  James  Stansfeilde, 
Esquire,  who,  with  George  Halstead,  of  Manchester,  gent.,  practi- 
tioner in  physicke,  and  James  Gibson,  of  Shaw,  in  Langfield,  yeo- 
man, granted  to  WilUam  Sutcliffe  of  Uppermost  Ashes,  in  Stansfield, 
yeoman,  a  close  of  land  called  Stansfield  Hey,  to  have  and  to  hold 
the  same,  to  the  end  of  two  years,  "  for  a  Redde  Rose  Rent  in  the  tyme 
of  Roses  (if  it  be  demanded) "  to  the  intent,  that  the  said  William 
SutclifTfe  might  be  the  better  enabled  to  accept  a  grant  and  release 
of  the  inheritance.  The  witnesses  were  Abraham  Gibson,  Paul 
Widdop,  John  Utley,  and  Ric.  AVadsworthe. 

This  conjunction  with  the  two  surviving  trustees,  mentioned  in 
his  grandfather's  will,  is  sufficient  to  identify  this  grantor ;  and 
the  grantee  is,  no  doubt,  the  same,  who  purchased  Stansfield  Hall 
from  Elkanah  Horton,  29th  May  1696. 

He  was  married,  and  the  Heptonstall  register  of  burials, 
records  those  of  his  wife  and  himself,  as  follows  : — 

1690  September  12.    ux.  Mr.  Jam.  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

1691  July  29.     Mr.  Jam.  Stansfeild,  Stan. 

His  name  also  occurs  in  the  following  wills  of  the  Sutcliffcs  of 
Stansfield  Hall. 

Will  dated  4th  September  17 11,  proved  3rd  July  17 12, 
registered  26th  April  17 14. 

William  Sutcliffe  of  Stansfield,  gent,  gave  to  his  son  and  heir, 
William  Sutcliffe,  then  living  at  Stansfield  Hall,  the  messuage  and 
lands  appurtenant  to  Stansfield  Hall ;  Lower  Ashes  or  Beanhoyle- 
head,  then  in  testator's  occupation ;  his  property  in  the  Aire  and 
Calder  Navigation ;  the  half  of  two  fulling  milns  in  Stansfield,  and 
of  a  raising  miln  in  Stansfield,  in  the  occupation  of  testator. 

To  Robert  Sutcliffe,  his  second  son,  the  messuages,  with 
appurtenances  &c.  of  Greenwood  Lees  in  Heptonstall,  then  in 
occupation  of  said  Robert ;  of  Stoneshay  Yate,  then  in  the  occupa- 
tion of  Thomas  Foster  ;  Slaitor  Ing,  in  the  occupation  of  Jonathan 
Ingham ;  and  of  Deanhead  in  Warley,  in  the  occupation  of  John 
Sutcliffe;  together  with^^soo  in  money. 

To  John  Sutcliffe,  his  third  son,  the  messuage  in  which 
testator  then  lived  (Upper  Ashes  ?) ;  also  another  messuage,  which 
he  had  lately  purchased  of  James  Stansfeld,  gentleman,  deceased  ; 


344  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

and  another  messuage  adjoining,  which  he  had  bought  of  John 
Greenwood  of  Hippins  ;  together  with  a  close  called  Stoopsiield,  in 
Stansfield;  the  reversion,  on  the  death  of  Ann,  wife  of  John 
Sutcliffe  of  Golden,  of  the  moiety  of  another  messuage  in  Stans- 
field,  then  in  the  occupation  of  John  Lee ;  and  the  moiety  of  the 
two  fulling  milns,  and  the  raising  miln,  above  mentioned.  Also  all 
instruments  belonging  to  cloth  dressing. 

To  John  Grossley  of  Scatecliffe,  his  son-in-law,  is.;  to  Annah 
Travise,  his  daughter,^ TOO  ;  and  to  Elizabeth  Halstead,  another 
daughter,  ;^3oo. 

To  John  Murgatroyd,  son  of  his  daughter,  Mary,  deceased, 
_^2oo,  to  be  paid  him,  when  of  age;  but  if  he  die  before  then,  to 
be  equally  divided  between  testator's  daughters,  Annah  Travise  and 
Elizabeth  Halstead. 

To  Sarah  Sutcliffe,  his  wife,  £15  per  annum,  to  be  paid 
equally,  by  his  three  sons,  for  her  life  ;  also  ;^ioo  in  money,  and 
;^2o  worth  of  household  goods. 

Residue,  to  his  sons,  William  and  John,  who  are  appointed 
joint  executors. 

Will  dated  13th  May,  1726. 

William  Sutcliffe  of  Stansfield  Hall,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to 
his  son,  William,  Stansfield  Hall,  6-c. ;  a  sizen  millen,  alias  raising 
millen,  at  Beanhole-head  ;  a  water  corn  mill,  called  Stansfield  mill ; 
two  closes  of  land ;  two  fulling  mills,  called  Lob  mill ;  Upper 
Greenhurst  alias  Royd,  and  Lower  Greenhurst ;  all  right  to  wood, 
in  Yoah-hill ;  the  messuage  called  Worelaw.  with  6--c.,  except  the 
Redelee,  which  is  in  the  co.  of  Lancaster ;  and  all  household  goods, 
trading  utensils  6^c.  subject  to  a  payment  of  ;^3oo,  and  ^200  to 
his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Sutcliffe. 

To  second  son,  Robert  Sutcliffe,  Upper  Ashes,  part  of  which 
was  bought  of  James  Stansfield  esquire,  deceased,  and  John 
Greenwood  of  Hippins,  deceased ;  Beanhole-head  ^2^•c. ;  Ratts  of 
Leeds  (?)  in  Eastwood,  in  tenure  of  testator's  cozen,  Robert  Sut- 
cliflTe;  a  messuage  called  Horsfall,  with  two  cottages  adjoining; 
also  Rodwell-head,  in  tenure  of  testator's  cozen,  John  SutcHffe. 

Meanwhile,  eldest  son,  William,  to  have  rents,  paying  to 
Robert,  ;^ioo;  and  ;^2oo,  to  daughter,  Sarah  Sutcliffe.  To  his 
wife,  Mary,  ;^3o  a-year,  ;^2o  from  William  and  ;^io  from  Robert ; 
and  also  ;^4o  down.  Residue,  between  his  two  sons ;  and  William 
Sutcliffe,  sole  executor. 


History  of  the  Stanskeld  Family.  345 

Will  dated  25th  June  and  proved  14th  October  1730. 

William  Sutcliffe  of  Stansfield  Hall,  gent,  recited  that  letters 
of  administration  of  the  goods  6-c.  of  Elizabeth,  late  daughter  of 
John  Gibson,  late  of  Langfield,  had  been  granted  to  testator's 
father,  during  the  minorities  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Sutcliffe,  the 
late  William  Sutcliffe's  son  and  daughter  of  the  half  blood, 
which  he  had  by  a  second  wife.  Jonas  St.\nsfeld  of  Shore, 
yeoman,  and  John  Sutcliffe  of  Old  Royd,  yeoman,  were  his 
bond,  that  he  would  well  and  truly  administer,  and  would  bring 
up  the  children. 

He  therefore  charges  his  estate,  to  indemnify  the  bondsmen 
from  any  loss ;  and  the  reversion,  all  to  his  son,  William  Sutcliffe, 
and  his  heirs,  on  condition,  that  if  testator's  wife,  Sarah,  within  six 
weeks  of  his  decease,  and  on  her  attaining  the  full  age  of  twenty- 
one,  shall  give  security  to  said  John  Sutcliffe,  that  she  will  take 
^30  a-year,  in  lieu  of  dower.  If  she  do  not,  then  all  is  bequeathed 
to  his  brother,  Robert  Sutcliffe,  his  heirs  &-c.  he  paying  to  testator's 
sisters,  Elizabeth  and  Sarah  Sutcliffe,  £100  and  ;/^2o,  respectively. 
The  tuition  of  his  son,  William,  is  committed  to  his  wife,  Sarah,  the 
said  John  Sutcliffe,  Jolvi  Lockwood  of  Ewood,  his  father-in-law,  and 
Valentine  Stead  of  HaHfax,  Salter;  ;^io  per  annum,  to  be  allowed 
for  his  maintenance  and  tuition,  until  21.  If  he  die  a  minor,  all  is 
devised  to  testator's  brother,  Robert  Sutcliffe. 

Probate  to  John  Sutcliffe,  erroneously  called  the  son,  the 
others  having  renounced. 

The  Sutcliffes,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  I/idt\v  A'otiiinuni,  were 
a  large  family,  in  the  neighbourhood.  Henry  de  Southclyff 
occurs  in  a  deed  of  1434,  mentioned  on  page  123  ;  and  the 
spelling  of  the  name  there,  is  sufificient  to  explain  the  meaning 
and  origin  of  the  surname.  Stansfield  corn  mill,  at  Todmordcn, 
is  still  in  the  possession  and  occupation  of  a  William  Sutcliffe, 
who  resides  at  Lower  Laith ;  the  present  descendant  of  the 
Sutcliffes  of  Stansfield  Hall.  Sarah  Sutcliffe,  the  daughter  of 
the  purchaser  of  Stansfield  Hall,  who  married  John  Crossley  of 
Scaitcliffe,  died  without  issue,  and  was  buried  at  Todmordcn, 
3rd  February  1696-7 ;  and  the  present  descendants  of  that 
family,  are  derived  from  the  second  wife  of  John  Crossley,  Mary 
Halstead.  This  may  account  for  the  legacy  of  one  shilling,  in 
his  father-in-law's  will. 

VV 


346  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Sarah,  the  daughter  of  the  second  Wilham  Sutchffe  of 
Stansfield  Hall,  married  John  Sutchffe  of  Golden ;  and  the 
late  James  Pearson  Sutchffe,  sohcitor  and  antiquary,  of  Hebden 
Bridge,  was  their  great-grandson. 

The  widow  of  the  third  Wilham  Sutchffe  of  Stansfield  Hall, 
Sarah,thedaughterof  John  Lockwood of  Ewood, married, secondly, 
John  Ramsden,  and  thirdly,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Grimshaw,  a  widower, 
who  had  previously  married  Elizabeth  Gockcroft  of  Mayroyd. 
Their  son,  John  Grimshaw,  married  Grace  Gibson  of  Bridge 
Royd.  She  survived  him,  and  married  John  Sutclifife  of  Hoo- 
hoile,  the  widower  of  Ellen  Gockcroft,  sister  of  the  above- 
mentioned  Elizabeth  Gockcroft  of  Mayroyd.  She  also  survived 
him,  and  married,  for  her  third  husband,  the  Rev.  John  Grosse, 
M.A.,  vicar  of  Bradford,  whose  niece,  Rachel  Bowyer  Crosse, 
married  her  son,  Robert  Sutchffe  of  Hoohoile,  by  the  second 
husband.  The  issue  of  this  last  marriage,  was  William  Sutchffe 
of  Bath,  mentioned  on  page  29. 

The  marriage  of  John  Sutchffe  of  Hoohoile,  who  was  then 
about  47  years  of  age,  to  the  widow  of  his  first  wife's  nephe\\'  ; 
and  her  subsequent  marriage,  to  the  uncle  of  her  son's  wife,  is  a 
sample  of  involved  genealogy,  not  uncommon  in  the  secluded 
valleys  of  the  neighbourhood. 


^tansfielti   of   €tuoxiti    antJ    CotnttorUen. 


Arms  :  Vert,  three  goats,  slataut,  argent. 

Crest  :  On  a  wreath  of  the  colours,  an  ibis,  proper. 

Motto  :  Medio  tutissimus  ibis. 


Jonas.Stansfield,  of  Stansfield. 
l^robably  the  son  of  James  Stans- 
field of  Shore.    [See  that  pedigree.] 


I 
Mary  Foster,  of  Cliviger,  =  Charles    Stansfield,    of= 
in  the   parish   of    Burnley.   !  Stansfield,  and  of  Bacup,  in  j 
Buried  1 6  October  1745.  Lancashire.    Baptised  5  July  I 

1712.  Married  2oApril  1738. 

Buried  26  September  1 764.     I 


Susannah  Stansfield. 
Baptised2Sjanuai7 1714-5. 


Sarah  Stansfield. 
Baptised22  .March  1 739-40. 
Buried  8  November  1751. 


1 
John  Stansfield,  of 
Moss  Hall  &  Ibbotroyd, 
in  the  parish  of  Halifax. 
Baptisedi4ori60ctober 
1745.  Manied  20 April 
1767.  Died  15th  Novem- 
ber 1829. 


Sarah,  dau.  of  Abraham 
Gibson  of  Greenwood  l.ee, 
Heptoustall.  Died  15th 
November  1 82 1,  aged  73. 


Mary     =  James 
Stans-     I    Shackleton. 

FIELD. 


n 


John  Stansfield,  of 
Ewood  House,  Tod- 
morden.  Baptised  13 
March  1768.  Married 
at  Halifax,  16  March 
1 790,  witnesses  George 
and  Ashton  Stansfield. 
Died  in  1825. 


Ashton  Stans- 
field, of  Accring- 
ton,  surgeon.  Mar- 
ried, and  had  a  son, 
Edgar,  &  a  grand- 
sou,  J.  F.  Stans- 
field. 


Hannah  Stansfield. 
Baptised  30  December 
1772,  and  died  29  June 
1800. 

James  Stansfield. 
Baptised  20th  February 
1776,  .and  died  17  June 
1810. 


Mary      Stansfield. 

Baptised  I  March  1778, 

and   died   loth  August 

1858. 

Susannah  Tillotson 

Stansfield.  Died  ist 

February  1847,  aged  66. 


I  I 

Sally  Stansfield. 
Baptised  6  July  1782. 
and  died  24  June  1799. 
Aisraham  Stans- 
field. Died  loth  June 


Betty  Stans- 

Wl LL  I  AM  = 

-Ann  Sale,  of    A  s  h  t  0  n= 

=  MaryBoyce. 

field.      Died 

Stansfield, 

Haslingden.        Stansfield, 

First  wife. 

1 79 1  and  died 

unmarried    8th 

ofHa.slingden. 

Died  12  June     ofTodmorden. 

unmarried  8tl: 

Nov.  1856. 

Married    21st 

1826.                   Died  20  Jan. 

January  1857. 

Hannah 

Stansfield. 

June  1821,    & 
died  24th  Dec. 
1850. 

1870. 

Born  in  1 798,  & 

died  unmarried 

18  Oct.  1877. 

Stansfield. 
Died    unmar- 
ried at  sea. 
Sarah 
Stansfield. 
Bom  in  1806, 
died     unniar-     ^ 
ried  i6th  May     Lancaster. 
1857. 


James  Stansfield 
(if  Todmorden,  so- 
licitor. Born  ini  791, 
and  died  unmarried 
21  November  1874. 
He  purchased  and 
resided  at  Ewood, 
in  Hundersfield,  co. 


Mary  Jane  Stans- == John 
field.      Married  14  1  Stott. 
January  1852,  &  died  I 
Sjulyl86l. 


Hester  Stans-: 
FIELD.  Married  17 
June  1846. 


=TheVen.  Archdeacon 
John  Richardson, 
of  the  Grove,  Cam- 
berwell. 


Elizabeth  Stans- = Richard  Ingham, 


field,  now  of  Castle 
Lodge,  Todmorden. 
Married  II  October 
1854. 


of  Holroyd.  Died  28 
December  1862. 


I      I        I        I 
James  William  Stott. 
Born  13  April  1854. 
Chas.  Henry  Stott. 
Bern  29  April  ISSS- 
Vernon  Stott.    Born 
5  November  1856. 
Annie  Mary  Stott. 
Bom  23  Sept.  1858. 
Helena  Stott.  Born 
16  October  1859. 


1  I  I 

William  Stansfield 
Richardson.  Bom  16 
May  1847. 

John  Edward  Rich- 
ardson. Born  26  Aug. 
1855. 

George  Frederick 
Richardson.  Born  8 
May  1861. 


I    I    I    I    M 

Sarah  Edith  Richardson. 
Hester  Annie  Richardson. 
Clara  Elizabeth  Richard- 
son. 

Mary  Maud  Richardson. 
K.\te  Ellen  Richardson. 
Emily  Frederica  Richard- 
son. 


I        I         I        I 
Annie  MaryIngham. 
Bom    i7tU    November 
1855. 

Robina  Hester  Ing- 
ham. Born  25th  Dec. 
1858. 

Emma     )  ,^.   ,, ,, 
Minnie  [  I'^'^"'^^'- 
Twins,  bom  14th  June 
1857. 


I 

A< 

Stansfield, 
ofTodmorden. 
Died    4th  July 
1872. 


I  I 

Abraham  Stansfield. 
Died  unmarried  25  June  1868. 
Mary   Stansfield. 
Died  immarried  8  July  1871. 


I 

Sarah  =  Rev.  W.  Fearnsides, 

Stans-         vicar    of    All   Saints', 

FIELD.  Harley   Wood,    in  the 

parish  of  Halifax.     No 


I 
Esther =T.S.  Highi.ev, 
Stans-       of     Rockville, 
FIELD.        Halifax. 


I  I 

William   Ashton        Alice  Stansfield. 

Stansfield.    Bom        Bom  7lh  September 

13  August  1865.  1867,  &  died  10  July 

1869. 


Henry  Ashton  Highlev. 
William  Stansfield  Highley. 
Herbert  Highley. 


I       I       I 
Gertrude  Highley. 
Clement  Highley. 
Bertram  Highley. 


Chapter    XVIII. 


STANSFELD  OF  EWOOD  and  ADAMROYD. 


|V  the  marriage,  on  the  28th  August  1621,  of  Grace, 
daughter  of  Robert  Chadwick,  and  widow  of  Edmund 
Barker,  the  brother  of  AHce,  wife  of  James  Stansfeld 
of  Stansfeld  and  Hartishead,  to  George  Stansfeld 
of  Adamroyd,  the  two  last  named  became  connected,  even  if  there 
were  no  previous  relationship  by  blood.  But  under  the  circum- 
stances, this  latter  is  exceedingly  probable  :  although,  at  present, 
it  cannot  be  demonstrated. 

The  present  house  at  Adamroyd,  is  quite  a  modern  erection, 
quite  close  to  Stansfield  Hall,  and  evidently  built  upon  a  site, 
which  once  formed  part  of  the  home  lands,  belonging  to  the 
latter.  But  whether  an  older  house  occupied  the  same  site,  seems 
to  be  matter  of  doubt ;  as  is,  unfortunately,  any  other  matter, 
relating  to  the  past  history  of  Todmorden,  as  far  as  the  informa- 
tion, possessed  by  the  present  inhabitants,  extends.  But  it  is  not 
likely  that  two  places,  bearing  such  an  uncommon  name  as  Adam- 
royd, should  exist  in  the  same  township.  No  more  information^ 
than  that  contained  in  the  name,  is  known  of  the  first  man,  who 
turned  the  "  waste  land  "  into  "  royd  land,"  and  made  an  Eden  for 
himself,  at  Adamroyd.  Occupying,  at  present,  a  situation  between 
the  railway  line,  at  Stansfield  Hall  station,  and  the  road  to 
Stansfield  Hall,  it  cannot  exactly  be  termed,  with  the  average 
currency  of  truth,  a  paradise.  It  occurs  in  the  following  will, 
three  and  a  quarter  centuries  ago  :— 


348 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 


Vol.  xvj.  folio  148  b.  Dated  8th  December  1560,  proved  2nd 
February  1560-1. 

Will  of  Rychard  Shepherd  of  p'ish  of  Heptonstall.  Beyng 
assessed  of  estate  of  inherytance  of  lands,  tenements  and 
hereditaments,  within  the  towneshipp  of  Stansfelde,  and  in  the 
countye  of  Yorke,  aforesaid,  called  the  Adam  Rood,  nowe  in  the 
tenure  of  AVyllm.  Robert  and  Nycholas,  his  brother  &c.  He 
bequeathed  two  parts,  to  his  three  youngest  children,  until  twenty 
years  of  age.  Residue,  and  also  reversion  of  a  farmhold,  in  Lang- 
field,  late  in  tenure  of  Edward  Midgley,  to  his  wife,  Margery,  and 
children.  Hugh  Garside,  overseer ;  and  executors,  wife,  Margery, 
and  her  brother,  Thomas  Clet. 

The  connection  between  the  Barkers  and  Stansfelds,  alluded  to, 
will  be  better  understood,  by  a  glance  at  the  following  short 
pedigree : — 


Edmond  Barker. --=  Elizabeth. 
Buried  26th  April  1600.       I  Buried  9  Dec.  1616. 
Will  dated  2Sth  May  1592.     Will  da:ed  4  Dec. 
1616. 


Robert  Chadwick.  = 
Buried  19  January  1626-7-  I 
Will  dated  30  June  1623. 


I 

Alice    ==  James  Stass- 

Barker.  I  FF.LD,  of  Stans- 

1  fieldandHartis- 

I  head  Halls,  &c. 

j  Died  1602. 


I 
Edmond  Barker.  = 
Will  dated  26  April 
161 5,  proved    27th 
August,  l5l6. 


Grace  CHAD-r 
WICK.  Married, 
secondly,  28 
August  1621. 
Buried  3  April 
1625. 


George  Stans- 
feld, of  Adam- 
royd  and  Ewood. 
Buried  5  Decem- 
ber 1653.  Will 
dated260ctober 
1653.  See  after- 
wards. 


Thomas  .Stansfeld.  =  Elizabeth 
Baptised  7  July  1622.  I  Lord. 
Will  dated  30  Septem- 
ber 1652.  I 
A 

George  Stansfeld  of  Adam royd,  whose  wife,  Grace,  nde  Chadwick, 

was  buried  3rd  April  1625,  must  have  married  again  ;  as  his  wife, 

Elizabeth,  is  named  in  his  will,  along  with  John  Greenwood,  her 

son.     Evidently,  from  this  latter  circumstance,  she  was  a  widow  ; 

but  the  marriage  does  not  appear  in  Heptonstall  registers,  and 

the  Todmorden  registers  do  not  commence  so  early. 

P.C.C.  Register '■'■  Akhin"  ^21.  Dated  26th  October  1653, 
and  proved  15th  September  1654. 

Will  of  George  Stansfeild  of  Adam  Royd,  in  the  co.  of  York, 
yeoman. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  349 

My  will  and  mind  is,  that  all  those  my  messuages,  lands  and 
tenements,  heretofore  given,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Thomas 
Stansfeild,  my  sonn,  late  deceased,  and  to  his  two  sonns,  Thomas 
and  George,  my  grandchildren,  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever, 
that  the  same  descend,  remaine  and  be,  according  to  the  true 
intent  and  meaning,  of  all  and  every  the  sayd  wryteinge ;  and  I 
doe  further  ratifie  and  confirme  the  same,  in  and  by  this,  my  last 
will  and  testament,  in  manner  and  forme  following. 

I  give  and  bequeathe  to  my  said  grandsonne,  Thomas  Stans- 
feild, his  heires  and  assigns  for  ever,  all  those  two  messuages  and 
tenements,  with  their  aj^purts.,  in  Todmerdon  Edge,  in  the  towne 
of  Hundersfeild,  now  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  John  East- 
wood and  John  Harwood  ;  and  also  one  parcell  of  land,  being  here- 
tofore part  of  a  close,  called  Ewood  Bancke,  and  is  now  fenced, 
enclosed,  and  made  parcell  of  the  aforesaid  land,  and  now  occu- 
pied and  enjoyed  together  with  the  premises,  and  belonging  to  the 
same.  To  hold,  &c.  for  ever,  paying  to  Elizabeth  Eastwood,  his 
mother,  during  life,  all  such  jointure  and  dower  as  belongeth  to  her. 

By  the  name  of  Elizabeth  Stansfeild,  the  said  Elizabeth 
Eastwood,  sole  executrix  of  her  husband,  Thomas  Stansfeild,  de- 
ceased, stands  bound  by  bond,  for  the  payment  of  jC6o,  to  my 
heirs,  &c.  in  satisfaction  of  the  lands  I  purchased  of  John  Lord.  I 
will  that  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  releases  all  such  right,  to  Thomas 
Stansfeild,  my  grandchild,  son  of  Thomas  Stansfeild  j  which 
being  done,  I  bequeath  said  .;^6o,  to  John  Pilling,  my  sonne  in 
lawe,  being  the  remainder  of  ^300,  of  his  marriage  portion,  with 
;\Iary,  my  daughter.  But  if  my  wife  refuses,  then  ;^2o  is  to  remain 
in  the  hands  of  said  Elizabeth  Eastwood,  for  the  use  of  Thomas 
Stansfeild,  until  the  death  of  my  said  wife,  and  then  to  be  paid  to 
the  said  John  Pilling,  if  Hugh  Pilling  do  not,  in  the  meantime, 
secure  to  Mary,  my  daughter,  wife  of  said  John,  for  her  life,  such 
a  jointure,  as  may  amount  to  the  yearly  value  of;!^2o,  and  to  and 
between  her  children  (except  her  eldest  son)  after  her  death. 

And  the  said  Thomas  Stansfeild  and  heirs  for  ever,  in  lieu  of 
said  parcel  of  land,  bounded  and  fenced,  from  Ewood  bancke, 
"  shall  at  all  tymes,  for  ever  hereafter,  make,  maintayne  and  uphold 
the  hedge  wall  and  ffence,  att  upper  end  of  Ewood  Bancke,  soe 
farr  as  the  same  is  adjoyning  the  upper  lands  and  the  yate,  att 
Ewood  bancke  topp,  for  ever." 

Also  to  George  Stansfeild,  my  grandson,  son  of  Thomas 
Stansfeild,  and  his  heirs  &c.,  all  those  my  messuages,  lands  and 


350  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

tenements,  with  their  appurts.,  called  Ashenhurst,  scituate,  lying  and 
being  in  Stansfeild,  in  the  count)'  of  Yorke,  and  now  or  late,  in  the 
tenure  and  occupation  of  John  Stansfeild,  Widdowe  Wilkinson 
and  Chilian  Crosley,  or  some  of  them,  to  hold  &c.  for  ever,  paying 
to  Elizabeth,  my  wife,  and  Elizabeth  Eastwood,  his  mother,  all  such 
their  rights  and  jointures,  and  to  Thomas  Stansfeild,  his  eldest 
brother,  _;,{^6o  in  4  years,  as  already  expressed  in  a  deed  &c.,  hereto- 
fore made. 

To  George  Stan?feild,  my  sonne,  all  that  messuage  and 
appurts.,  called  Ewood,  except  before  excepted,  in  Todmerdon,  in 
the  said  co.  of  Lancaster,  and  now  in  the  tenure  of  Joseph  Crosley 
and  John  Eastwood,  and  assigns. 

To  George  Stansfeild  and  James  Stansfeild,  my  sonns, 
all  that  messuage,  &c.,  called  Close  head,  in  Hundersfield,  co.  Lan- 
caster, and  in  the  tenure  of  John  Stansfeild. 

To  Abraham  Stansfeild,  my  sonne,  those  2  messuages  and  2 
cottages,  called  Lewes  Pighill. 

To  Richard  and  John  Stansfeild,  my  youngest  sonns,  all 
my  messuage  and  appurts.,  where  I  dwell,  called  Adam  royd,  with 
all  those  closes  of  land,  called  Crowcaring,  Longholmes,  Cowfolds 
and  Winsley,  heretofore  purchased  by  me,  of  James  Stansfeild  of 
Stansfeild,  esqre.,  and  lying  and  being  in  Stansfeild,  in  the  said 
CO.  of  York,  and  now  in  the  tenure  of  me,  George  Stansfeild, 
Edmund  Barker  and  John  Eastwood  and  assigns ;  together  with  all 
such  timber  and  slate,  I  bought  and  prepared  for  building,  on  or 
upon  the  lands  of  Robert  Halstead,  John  Crossley  of  Horsale  and 
Heald,  to  hold,  &c.,  for  ever,  and  the  same  to  be  handed  over  to 
said  children  or  grandchildren. 

The  goods  in  the  house,  to  be  divided,  viz.  wife  to  have  her 
bed  and  chest ;  and  residue,  to  be  divided  in  three  parts,  one  third 
to  wife,  a  third  to  my  sons,  and  the  remainder  as  follows.  To 
wife,  ;^io  ;  to  John  Greenwood,  her  sonne,  los.;  to  grand- 
children, Thomas  and  George  Stansfeild,  los.  each ;  to  JMary 
Pilling,  los.,  and  to  each  of  her  children,  los.  ;  and  to  each  of  my 
godchildren,  i2d. 

Residue  to  wife,  and  between  sons,  George,  Abraham,  James, 
Richard  and  John  Stansfeild. 

\\'itnesses,  Adam  Holdcn  (mark)  and  Simon  Lord. 

The  mention  of  Ashenhurst,  in   the  above   will,  introduces 
another  famih-,   as  being  connected    with   the   Stansfelds  ;  and 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family.  351 

probabl)-,   also,  the    following  will  explains  how  the  property 
became  the  possession  of  the  above  testator. 

Vol.  xxiv.  folio  513a.  Dated  3rd  January,  and  proved  i8th 
March  1590-1. 

John  Crawshaye  of  Th'assenhirste,  in  Stansfelde,  bequeathed 
to  his  cosin,  Thom.as  St.vnsfeld,  and  his  heirs  for  ever,  a  mes- 
suage and  lands,  called  Ashenhirste ;  and  in  default,  to  his  cosin, 
Hewghe  Craweshaye;  in  default,  to  his  cosin,  Richard  Craweshave 
of  Wildsden. 

To  Hewghe  Craweshaye,  another  messuage  and  lands,  called 
Bancke,  m  Stansfeld,  in  occupation  of  John  Greenwood,  and  rever- 
sion to  Thomas  Stansfeld.  To  his  wife,  Jenet,  he  reserved  her 
right.  To  Jenet,  daughter  of  Thomas  Brigg,  £b  13s.  4d.  To 
cosyn,  John  Staxsfeld,  ^3  6s.  8d.;  and  to  servant,  Anne 
Stansfeld,  20s.  Residue  to  Edward  Stansfeld,  whom  he 
appointed  executor. 

Vol.  xxvi.  folio 576a.  Dated  28th  November  1595,  proved 
29th  June  1597. 

Jenet  Croshay  of  Ashenhurst,  bequeathed  to  Simon  Croshay, 
3s.  4d.;  and  to  Levice  Croshay,  3s.  4d. 

Vol  XXX.  folio sSob.  Dated  1 8th  October  1607,  proved '7th 
April  1608. 

WilHam  Crosley  of  Ashenhurste,  in  Stansfeild,  clothier,  men- 
tioned his  wife,  Margrett,  and  his  sons,  Symeon,  Levy,  and 
William.     Lawrence  Ambler,  minister,  one  of  witnesses. 

Vol.  xxvi.  folio  202a.     Dated  9th  December  1595. 

Robert  Crosley  of  Asheinghurste,  clothier,  mentioned  his  sons, 
Robert  and  John,  and  appointed  as  overseers,  Anthony  Crosley  of 
Ratchdale,  and  William  Calverley  of  Stansfeld. 

Further  Crossley  wills  shew  a  connection  with  the  family  of 
Stansfeld  of  Hej^head.  The  two  first  wills  given  above,  are 
of  the  family  of  Crawshaw  ;  although  in  the  latter,  the  simillrity 
suggests  some  confusion  between  Croshay  and  Croslay  o'r 
Crosley.  George  Stansfeld  of  Adamroyd,  was  buried  at  Tod- 
morden,  sth  December  1653.  The  following  is  the  ^^•ill  of  his 
widow. 


352  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Vol.lj.  folio  jgia.     Proved  9th  March  1669. 

Elizabeth  Stansfeild  of  the  Ewood,  in  Hundersfield,  co. 
Lancaster,  widow,  bequeathed  to  her  son-in-law,  John  Pilling  of 
Stansfeild  hall,  yeoman,  20s.;  and  to  her  daughter,  Marv,  his 
wife,  her  bed  and  bedding.  To  her  grandchildren,  Mary  and 
Martha,  daughters  of  her  late  son,  James  Stansfeild,  ;^5,  and 
mentioned  their  mother  Mary.  She  also  mentioned  her  sons, 
Abraham,  Richard  and  George  St.\nsfeild,  and  the  wife  of  the 
last  mentioned,  Hester,  and  children. 

The  marriage  between  George  Stansfeld,  yeoman,  and 
Hester,  daughter  of  Jonas  Thomas,  deceased,  is  recorded  on 
page  49,  amongst  the  Commonwealth  marriages,  the  witnesses 
being  Jonas  Thomas  and  John  Pilling.  Other  entries  relating  to 
this  branch,  are  also  to  be  found,  amongst  the  Heptonstall 
registers.  The  following  wills  record  another  connection, 
betvYeen  the  above  two  families  : — 

Vol.  xlj.  folio  4g6a.  Dated  12th  January  1629-30,  proved  4th 
August  1 63 1. 

Dorothy  Thomas  of  Sowerby.  spinster,  bequeathed  to  her 
mother,  Dorothy,  ^20,  remainder  to  her  brother,  Jonas  Thomas, 
and  her  part  of  papers  for  cloth,  a  warping  woagh,  &c.,  sister, 
Sara  Normanton,  sister,  Marie  Stansfeild,  and  to  Sara,  daughter 
of  William  Walker,  and  £$  each  beside.  She  appointed  her 
uncles,  James  Murgatroyd,  and  Thomas  and  Hugh  Lacy,  and 
John,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  said  James  Murgatroyd,  her 
supervisors. 

Vol.  xxxviij.  folio SSQC-  Dated  19th  January  1622-3,  proved 
nth  August  1625. 

Thomas  Thomas  of  Sowerby,  bequeathed  6  yards  of  white 
cloth,  to  his  son,  Jonas ;  appointed  his  wife,  Dorothy,  executrix, 
and  his  children.  Jonas,  Mary.  Dorothy  and  Sara,  residuary 
legatees. 

Dorothy  Thomas  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  Gilbert  Lac>- 
of  Midgley,  whose  will  is  dated  27th  March  1605.  Another 
daughter,  Mary,  married  James  Murgatroyd  of  Murgatroyd  alias 
Hollins,  in  Warley.  The  other  brothers  and  sisters  were, 
Thomas,  Hugh,  Jasper,  John,  Anne  and  Frances  Lacy. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  353 

Thomas  Stansfeld,  the  eldest  son  of  George  Stansfeld  of 
Adamroyd,  was  baptised  7th  July,  1622.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  John  Lord  ;  who  survived  him,  and  married  again, 
an  Eastwood.  He  had  issue,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  to  whom  was 
bequeathed  Todmorden  Edge  ;  and  George  Stansfeld,  who  in- 
herited Ashenhirst,  mentioned  in  their  grandfather's  will,  and 
also  in  that  of  their  father,  as  follows  : — 

P.C.C.  Register  ^^  Bre/it,"  99.  Dated  30th  April,  1652, 
proved  26th  September  1653.  Will  of  Thomas  Stansfield  of 
Todmorden,  in  the  p'ish  of  Rackdale,  Lancaster,  yeoman. 

To  my  son  Thomas  Stansfield,  and  his  heirs,  for  ever,  all 
my  messuages  and  lands,  at  Todmorden. 

To  George  Stansfield,  my  younger  son,  all  those  messuages, 
lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments,  with  the  appurts.,  called  by 
the  name  of  Ashenhurst,  scituate,  lyinge  and  beinge  in  Stansfield,  in 
y^  county  of  Yorke,  now  in  the  tenure  and  occupation  of  John 
Stansfield,  Martin  Wilkinson,  William  Crowther,  George 
Crowther,  and  Chilian  Crosley,  to  hold  to  liim  and  heirs,  for  ever, 
upon  condition,  if  my  wife,  Elizabeth,  is  with  child,  he  is  to  pay 
^60,  by  equal  portions,  within  4  years  of  such  child  being  21,  and 
if  no  child,  then  ^60,  to  George  Stansfield  at  21,  at  same 
terms. 

Wife  to  have  the  rents  of  premises  &c.  for  bringing  up  said 
children,  until  they  are  2  t.  She  is  also  to  have  a  third  of  my  goods  ; 
a  second  part,  between  children,  and  remainder,  for  my  debts  and 
expenses ;  and  residue  to  wife. 

Wife,  George  Stansfield  my  ffather,  John  Lorde  my  father-in- 
lawe,  and  Edmond  Barker  my  brother,  to  have  the  tuition  and  care 
of  my  children.  Wife  to  give  an  account  to  John  Lord,  junior,  my 
brother-in-law,  and  George  Stansfield,  younger,  ray  brother. 
Witnesses,  John  Waite,  Adam  Holden  and  Symeon  Lorde. 

John  Stansfeld,  another  son  of  George  Stansfeld  of 
Adamroyd,  was  buried  at  Todmorden,  see  page  45,  28th 
September  1665.     The  following  is  an  abstract  of  his  will : — 

Vol.  xlviij.  folio  114a.     Dated  ist  August  1665. 

John  Stansfeild  of  Adamroyde,  in  Stansfeild,  yeoman, 
desired  to  be  buried  at  the  church  or  parochiall  chapel  of  Tod- 
merden,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,  amongst  the  bodyes  of  his 


354  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

ancestors  and  kinsfolk,  there  heretofore  buryed.  He  bequeathed 
to  his  mother,  Elizabeth,  a  widow,  ;^2o  ;  to  his  brothers,  George, 
Abraham,  and  James,  and  his  sister,  Mary,  wife  of  John  Pilling, 
p^io  each;  to  his  nephews  and  nieces,  5s.  each;  and  to  his 
brother,  Richard,  and  his  heirs,  all  messuages,  lands  &c.  and 
residue  of  goods,  and  appointed  him  his  executor. 

There  is  a  Thomas  Stansfeld  of  Adamroyd,  mentioned  on 
page  49,  as  married  to  Mary  Wadsworth  of  Langfield,  7th 
January  1654-5  ;  but  his  relationship  to  the  above,  does  not 
appear.  In  the  assignment  of  seats,  in  Crostone  Church,  in 
1 7 19,  Adamroyd  is  called  the  property  of  Richard  Stansfeld  ; 
and  George  Stansfeld  is  allotted  two  seats,  for  Winsley.  Both 
these  places  would  be  inherited,  under  the  above  will,  by  Richard, 
brother  of  John  Stansfeld,  the  testator.  William  Utley  of 
Rodwellhead,  in  Stansfield,  in  a  draft  will,  dated  5th  November 
1757,  bequeathed  to  trustees,  for  the  benefit  of  his  children, 
Abraham  and  Mary  Utley,  amongst  others,  a  messuage  called 
Adamroyd  in  Stansfield,  in  the  occupation  of  Abraham  and 
George  Stansfeld. 

There  are  many  entries,  relating  to  the  Stansfelds  of 
Todmorden  Edge,  and  Ewood,  in  the  registers  of  Todmorden 
church ;  but  they  commence  too  recently,  for  any  general 
purpose.  But,  no  doubt,  bysearching  therein, this  particular  branch 
might  be  brought  down  to  the  present  time.  The  following 
entries  attracted  notice,  whilst  the  leaves  of  the  register,  were 
being  turned  over  : — 

1712  May  7.     George  Stansfeld  of  Ewood,  senior,  buried. 
1 7 1 2  Abm.  Stansfeld  and  Mary  Richardson,  married. 

1 7  15  July  4.      George  Stansfeld  and  Mary  Blakey,  do. 

1716  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Stansfeld,  baptised. 

The  above  are  merely  given,  perchance  this  chapter  may 
catch  the  eye  of  some  representative  of  the  name,  who  is  desirous 
of  completing  this  pedigree,  and  who  would  be  glad  of  the  infor- 
mation, as  to  how  it  may  be  done. 

Mary,  the  daughter  of  George  Stansfeld  of  Adamroyd,  who 
married  John  Pilling  of  Hillhouse,  and  Stansfield  Hall,  was 
baptised,    17th  January    1627-8.     The    baptisms    of    the    other 


History  of  the  Staxsfeld  Family.  355 

children,  no  doubt,  took  place  at  Todmorden  church.  John,  son 
of  Hugh  Pilling,  was  baptised  3rd  August  1628.  A  reference  to 
the  Index  Noviimcm,  will  discover  many  entries,  relating  to  him 
and  his  father.     The  following  is  the  will  of  his  uncle : — 

Vol.  xli.  folio  Sj4a.  Dated  30th  June  1631,  proved  30th 
August,  1632. 

William  Pilling  of  Norland,  clothier,  bequeathed  the  half 
of  his  estate,  to  his  wife,  Marie  ;  and  to  her,  and  his  brother, 
Hugh  Pilling,  the  remainder  of  term  of  lease  of  a  messuage 
&c.  in  Norland,  in  his  occupation,  from  William  Horton  of 
Barkisland.  Out  of  the  other  half  estate,  he  bequeathed  to  his 
brother,  James  Pilling,  ^10,  and  the  same  amount,  to  each  of  his 
children,  James,  William  and  John  Pilling ;  to  his  brother,  Edmund 
Pilling,  20s.;  sister,  Elizabeth,  20s.;  sister,  Alice  Greenwood, 
£t,  6s.  8d.  He  left  to  Henry  Haigh  of  the  Sweeteokes,  in 
Sowerby  Pean,  clothier,  ^5  ;  to  David  Pilling  of  Halifax,  los.; 
to  Sara  Pilling  of  Norland,  los.;  and  to  his  nephew,  John  Howker, 
•^3.  Item,  I  give  to  the  preacher  of  God's  word,  which  shall  take 
paines,  to  make  a  sermon,  at  my  ifunerall,  los.,  and  to  the  poor  of 
Norland,  4cs.  To  William  Horton  and  George  Town,  as  feoffees, 
so  much  of  a  messuage,  called  Wotherhill,  in  Sowerby,  as  is  in  the 
occupation  of  William  Summerscales,  to  the  use  of  his  wife,  for 
life,  and  reversion  to  his  brother,  Hugh  Pilling,  until  John,  son  and 
heir  of  said  Hugh,  be  thirty  years  of  age. 

There    are    several     gravestones    at     Hartishead     church, 
relating  tot  he  Pilling  family. 


STANSFIELD  of  EWOOD  and  TODMORDEN. 
Allusion  has  been  made,  to  a  branch  of  the  family,  which 
bears  the  motto :  Medio  tntissitnns  ibis;  and  an  ibis,  for  crest. 
It  is  not  improbable,  that  the  representative,  with  whom  the 
pedigree  commences,  was  the  son  of  that  James  Stansfield  of 
Shore,  whose  widow  and  son  died  prisoners  in  York  castle, 
evidently  on  account  of  their  quaker  principles  and  practices. 
This  presumption  is  gathered  from  the  fitness  of  dates,  occurring 
in  the  registers  ;  but  a  somewhat  remarkable  fact  must  have  its 
due  consideration.  Although,  as  has  been  said  before,  the 
greater  portion  of  this  present  work,  deals  with  the  branch  of 


356  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

the  family,  which  is  descended  from  Thomas  Stansfield,  who  died 
in  1 508  ;  yet  the  chance  of  bringing  down  the  main  Hne,  to  the 
present  time,  has  not  been  lost  sight  of.  Considering  that,  so  far 
as  printed  history  recorded,  the  last  known  link  in  the  chain,  was 
-an  Ashton  Stansfield,  in  connection  with  the  date  1674,  it  will 
readily  be  understood,  what  hopes  were  excited,  by  the  appear- 
ance of  a  pedigree,  in  which  an  Ashton  Stansfield  occurs,  in  four 
successive  generations. 

John  Stan.SFIELD,  with  whom  the  pedigree  commenced, 
as  supplied  by  William  Ashton  Stansfield,  the  present  repre- 
sentative of  the  family,  was  baptised  14th  or  i6th  October  1745. 
In  the  register  at  Heptonstall,  the  name  is  effaced,  but  the 
original  at  Crostone,  supplies  the  deficiency. 

1745     October  14  or  16.     John,  of  Charles  Stansfield  of  Stansfield. 

It  also  supplies  an  instance  of  the  inaccuracy,  occasioned  bj- 
the  transcription  from  the  one  register  to  the  other.  The  register 
of  marriages,  records  that  of  only  one  Stansfield,  of  the  name  of 
Charles,  before  that  date,  viz. : — 

1738  April  20.  Charles  Stansfield,  Stans.  Yeoman,  and  ]\Iary 
Foster,  Clividsher,  in  the  parish  of  Burnley,  Licence  from 
Mr.  Gunby,  Curat  of  Sowerby. 

Reverting  to  the  register  of  baptisms,  the  following  entrj-  is 
found  : — 

1739-40     March  22.     Sarah,  Charles  Stansfield,  Stan. 

And  referring  to  the  register  of  burials,  an  entrj-  occurs, 
shewing  that  Mary  Stansfield  died,  in  giving  birth  to  the  abo\e 
John  ;  and  the  burials  of  her  daughter  and  husband  follow  : — 

1745     October  16.     Wife,  Chr.rles  Stansfield,  St. 

1751     Novembers.     Sarah,  D.  Chades  Stansfield,  St. 

1764     September  26.     Charles  Stansfield,  Bacop,  Lankishire. 

Charles  Stansfield  must  have  married  again,  as  the  George 
Stansfield,  who  signed  the  following  indentures,  must  have  been 
a  younger  son  : — 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  357 

This  Indenture  tripartite,  made  Szc.  November  (torn)  1766, 
between  George  Stansfield  of  Hallifax,  in  the  county  of  York, 
brother  of  John  Stansfield  of  Moss  Hall,  in  the  parish  of  HalHfax 
«&c.  yeoman,  of  the  first  part ;  Joshua  Stancliffe  of  Hallifax,  afore- 
said, watchmaker,  of  y"=  second  part,  and  the  said  John  Stansfield 
of  the  third  part;  wi'.nesseth,  that  the  said  George  Stansfield  hath, 
of  his  own  free  will,  and  with  the  consent  of  the  said  John 
Stansfield,  his  brother,  put  and  bound  himself  apprentice  &c.  for 
nine  years  &c.  Witnesses,  Marmaduke  Higham  and  Rd. 
Hopwood. 

The  above  is  amongst  several  old  papers,  in  the  possession 
of  William  Ashton  Stansfield  of  Todmorden,  as  is  also  a  deed,  or 
memorandum  of  conditions,  produced  2 1st  day  of  September 
1812,  at  the  house  of  James  Stansfield,  the  sign  of  the  Shoulder 
of  Mutton,  for  the  letting  of  the  West  Ibbotroyd,  by  ticket.  The 
farm,  belonging  to  Sally  Stansfield,  wife  of  the  above-mentioned 
John  Stansfield,  was  let  for  thirty  guineas. 

Returning  to  the  registers  of  Heptonstall  church,  for  the 
baptism  of  Charles  Stansfield,  who  married  in  1738,  the  only 
entry  of  that  name,  in  the  third  volume,  1688  to  1725,  is  the 
following  : — 

1712     Julys-     Charles,  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stan. 

And  the  only  other  baptism  of  a  child  of  a  Jonas  Stansfield 


1714-5     January  25.     Susanah,  dautr.  Jonas  Stansfield,  Stans. 

In  the  beginning  of  the  fourth  volume,  there  are  four  bap- 
tisms,from  1730  to  1735,  of  children  ofajonas  Stansfield  of  Stans- 
field ;  but  this  is  obviously  too  late,  for  the  same  family  ;  and  they 
arc  probably  the  issue  ofajonas,  son  of  John  Stansfield,  who  was 
baptised  28th  December  1701,  and  probably  the  same  who 
was  buried,  i8th  February  1765,  late  of  Commons,  Stansfield. 
But  the  register  of  marriages  supplies  two,  either  of  which, 
so  far  as  the  date  is  concerned,  would  answer  for  the  marriage 
required  : — 

1709     July  I.     Jonas  Stansfield,  Naomi  Pilling,  Stans. 

1 711     September  18.     Jonas  Stansfield,  Sarah  Dawson,  Stans. 


358  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

An  entry  in  the  register  of  burials,  probablj-  refers  to  this 
latter  wife  : — 

1753     May  28.     Sarah,  Wife,  Jonas  Stansfield,  St.     Yeo[man]. 

But  as  Jonas  Stansfield  of  Commons,  was  buried  i8th  Feb- 
ruary 1765,  the  above  may  refer  to  his  wife  ;  although,  in  the 
entry  of  his  burial,  he  is  not  termed  yeoman  ;  and  Commons  seems 
to  have  been  introduced,  as  a  distinction.  But  on  searching  for 
an  entry  of  a  baptism  of  a  Jonas  Stansfield,  not  one  is  to  be 
found,  before  1701  ;  which  is  obviously  too  recent,  for  either  of 
the  two,  if  they  were  two  different  persons,  in  the  above 
marriages. 

But  on  referring  to  the  pedigree  of  the  Stansfields  of  Shore, 
a  Jonas  will  be  found,  born  twin  with  Jonathan,  who  was  after- 
wards of  Hartley  Royd,  25th  September  1683,  who  answers  the 
requirements,  in  every  respect.  Being  a  quaker,  he  would  not  be 
baptised,  hence  the  omission  in  Heptonstall  registers.  For  the 
same  reason,  he  was  buried  in  the  private  burial  ground,  be- 
longing to  the  family,  at  Shore.  He  died  loth  April  1758.  The 
fact  of  his  wife,  if  the  above  Sarah  be  she,  being  buried  at  church, 
28th  May  1753,  would  account,  also,  for  the  children  being- 
baptised,  by  suggesting  that  she  was  a  churchwoman.  This 
also  would  account,  for  the  due  payment  of  the  curate's  modus, 
by  Jonas  Stansfield  of  Shore,  whose  name  occurs,  see  pages  88-g, 
in  the  assignment  of  seats,  in  Crostone  church,  in  17x9.  His 
brother,  Jonathan,  who  had  a  seat  assigned  for  Upper  Hartley, 
see  page  89,  is  amongst  the  quakers,  mentioned  on  page  94. 
Another  fact,  strengthening  the  presumption  of  this  quaker 
descent,  is  the  naming  of  the  son  of  Jonas  Stansfield,  as  Charles. 
The  latter  name  occurs  only  once,  amongst  the  baptisms,  his 
own,  in  the  third  volume  ;  and,  previously  to  that  time,  seems 
peculiar  to  the  Wadsworth  branch  of  the  family.  But  the 
baptism  of  an  uncle  of  Jonas  Stansfield  of  Shore,  occurs  in  the 
first  volume  : — 

1644-5.     ffebruarii.     Carolus   fil.  Jacobi  Stansfeild  de  Shore  bapt. 
fuit,  23  die. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  359 

The  papers  relating  to  John  Stansfield,  already  alluded  to, 
shew  that  he  must  have  been  of  an  adventurous,  roving  spirit. 
Amongst  them  is  the  following  petition,  which,  as  it  throws  light 
upon  some  of  the  difficulties,  experienced  bj^  the  early  colonists 
of  Canada,  is  given  in  full  : — 

To  His  Excellency  Francis  Gore,  Lieut.  Governor  of  the 
Province  of  Upper  Canada  &:c.  &c.  &c.     In  Council. 

The  Petition  of  John  Stansfield,  humbly  sheweth  : — 

That  your  petitioner  purchased  from  a  Matthew  Pearson,  Lots 
Nos.  14  and  15,  first  concession,  together  with  their  broken  fronts, 
to  the  Chippewa  River,  then  known  by  2nd  township,  south  of 
Chippewa  (now  Welland  or  Weeland),  articles  of  bargain  and  sale, 
being  duly  executed,  at  Newark,  the  6th  day  of  October  1795,  and 
the  consideration  money  paid  the  same  day,  in  full. 

Your  petitioner  delivered  the  papers  of  Pearson's  dde,  to  the 
then  attorney-general  White,  at  same  time,  in  order  to  have  his 
deed  from  the  Crown,  speedily  executed;  which  was  faithfully 
promised,  but  unperformed,  from  the  above  date,  to  the  31st  of 
May  1796,  and  your  petitioner  had  many  a  fruitless  forty  miles 
journey,  for  his  deed. 

Your  petitioner,  having  received  a  pressing  letter,  to  return  to 
England,  gave  a  power  of  attorney  to  John  Scott  of  Queenstown, 
and  the  attorney-general  promised  solemnly,  to  deliver  my  deed, 
and  all  my  papers,  to  John  Scott,  in  one  month,  which  with  other 
papers,  now  not  to  be  found,  the  loss,  to  your  petitioner,  amounts 
to  near  1200  dollars. 

On  the  second  of  June,  your  petitioner  set  off  for  England, 
and  being  detained  on  private  accounts,  he  did  not  return  to 
Upper  Canada,  till  27th  April  1805  ;  when,  to  his  great  surprise, 
not  anything  was  done  in  his  business. 

Last  May  and  June,  your  petitioner  was  at  York,  more  than 
five  weeks,  before  he  could  get  to  know,  that  there  was  a  fraudulent 
deed,  got  by  some  means,  for  Lot  14,  in  the  name  of  a  James 
Bennet,  at  or  by  the  recommendation  of  Doctor  Robert  Kerr  of 
Newark,  about  two  years  after  Matthew  Pearson's  grant,  which  was 
properly  entered  in  the  then  map  of  the  township  of  Crowland, 
and  if  that  map  be  examined,  an  erasure  may  surely  be  discovered 
at  Lot  No.  14. 

The  vendor,  Pearson,  and  vendee,  your  petitioner,  are  both 
members  of  the  U.E.   list,  which   your  Excellency  terms,  in  your 


360  History  of  thk  Staxsfeld  Family. 

proclamations  on  that  subject,  a  meritorious  class  of  his  majestie's 
subjects.  If  this  be  a  favour,  your  petitioner  cannot  distinguish 
between  a  swindle  and  a  donation. 

If  your  Excellency  will  be  pleased,  either  to  redress  your 
petitioner's  wrong,  or  let  your  deaf  petitioner,  in  the  64th  year  of 
his  age,  by  any  means  you  please,  know  that  his  wrong  must  not  be 
redrest. 

Also,  further,  your  petitioner  humbly  requests  to  know,  whether 
any  compensation  is  to  be  had,  in  Canada,  for  his  losses  he 
sustained,  in  the  American  War,  which  amount  to  near  _^2,2oo 
sterling ;  and  your  petitioner,  as  in  duty  bound,  shall  ever 
pray  &:c. 

John  Stansfield. 

The  following  explains  the  meaning  of  the  U.K.  list  above- 
mentioned  : — 

To  His  Excellency  Francis  Gore,  as  above,  &c.  &c. 

That  your  petitioner  is  a  British  born  subject,  who  in  April 
1770,  arrived  at  Philadelphia,  and  in  May  following,  was  possessed 
of  an  island,  in  Susquehanna  liver,  of  180  acres,  two  miles  below 
Sunbury;  which  he  sold,  and  in  1773,  bought  200  acres  of  Jesse 
Lukens,  son  of  John  Lukens  esq.  the  then  surveyor-general  of  the 
province  of  Pennsylvania,  adjoining  the  proprietor's  manor  of 
Pomfret,  one  mile  from  the  county  town  of  Sunbury;  which,  with 
two  lots  in  Sunbury,  your  petitioner  was  possessed  of,  when  he  left 
Philadelphia,  for  England,  5th  December  1774. 

Your  petitioner  returned  to  Philadelphia,  in  May  1785,  and 
found  his  200  acres  confiscated  and  gone.  In  May  1786,  he  went 
to  Nova  Scotia,  returned  to  Pennsylvania  in  July  1788,  and 
removed  to  Upper  Canada,  in  July  1792. 

Then  follows,  as  in  the  other  petition  above  given  ;  ending 
by  requesting  his  name  to  be  inserted  on  the  U.E.  list  &c. 

I  do  hereby  certify  that  the  name  of  John  Stansfield  of 
Crowland,  yeoman,  is  inserted  on  the  list  of  those  persons,  who 
adhered  to  the  unity  of  the  empire. 
York,  Upper  Canada,  17th  May  1808.  John  Smai.e. 

There  is  another  certificate,  that   he  had   served  on  board 
H.M.  Ship  "  Magnificient  "  (sic),  signed  by  Sir  Robert  Lenzee, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  361 

27th  June  1783.  Also  a  letter  from  John  Stansfield,  to  John 
Scott  in  Canada,  dated  Ibbotroyd,  6th  February  1798,  written  in 
expectation  of  death,  and  directing  reply  to  Ashton  Stansfield, 
surgeon  &c.  Accrington  ;  and  a  postscript  added,  that  he  had 
undergone  an  operation,  and  had  his  leg  taken  off,  and  was  in  a 
fair  way  for  getting  better  again. 

The  marriage  of  John  Stansfield  to  Sai-ah,  daughter  of 
Abraham  Gibson  of  Greenwood  Lee,  on  the  20th  April  1767,  is 
given  on  page  y^,  from  the  Heptonstall  registers.  The  inscrip- 
tions on  two  brass  plates,  in  Heptonstall  church,  commemorating 
her  family,  are  given  on  page  35.  A  sister,  Susannah,  married 
Gamaliel  Sutcliffe  of  Stoneshay  gate. 

John  Stansfield  died  loth  June  1829,  aged  83  ;  and  his  wife, 
Sally,  died  15th  November  1821,  aged  73,  and  were  buried  at 
Crostone,  see  page  97.  They  had  issue  :  John,  of  whom  next ; 
Ashton,  baptised  19th  November  1769,  a  surgeon,  of  Accrington, 
married,  and  had  a  son  Edgar,  and  a  grandson  J.  F.  Stansfield  ; 
Hannah,  baptised  30th  December  1772,  died  29th  June  1800 ; 
James,  baptised  20th  February  1776,  died  17th  June  1810  ;  Mary, 
baptised  ist  March  1778,  died  loth  August  1858;  Susannah 
Tillotson,  died  ist  February  1847,  aged  66;  Sally,  baptised  6th 
July  1782,  died  24th  June  1799;  and  Abraham  Stansfield,  died 
loth  June  1803. 

John  Stansfield,  of  Ewood  House,  Todmorden,  son  and 
heir  of  John,  was  baptised,  13th  March  1768,  and  married  at 
Halifax  parish  church,  i6th  March  1790,  to  Esther  Barker,  the 
witnesses  being  George  Stansfield  and  Ashton  Stansfield. 
Thomas  Barker  was  resident  at  Stansfield  Hall,  in  1786. 
John  Stansfield  died  in  1825,  leaving  issue:  John,  born  in  1791, 
died  unmarried,  8th  January  1857  ;  Betty,  died  unmarried,  8th 
November  1856  ;  Hannah,  born  in  1798,  died  unmarried,  i8th 
October  1877  ;  William,  of  whom  next ;  i^shton,  of  whom 
hereafter ;  Abraham,  died  at  sea,  unmarried  ;  Sarah,  born  in 
1806,  died  unmarried,  i6th  Ma}-  1857;  and  James  Stansfield, 
solicitor,  who  purchased  Ewood,  born  in  1791,  died  unmarried, 
2 1  St  November  1874. 

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362  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

William  Stansfield  married,  2ist  June  1821,  Ann  Sale  of 
Haslingden,  who  died  12th  June  1826.  He  died  24th  December 
1850,  leaving  issue: — 

1.  Mary  Jane  Stansfield,  married  14th  January  1852, 
John  Stott,  and  died  5th  July  1861,  leaving  issue:  James 
William,  born  13th  April  1854;  Charles  Henry,  born  29th 
April  1855  J  Vernon,  born  5th  November  1856;  Annie  Mary, 
born  23rd  September  1858 ;  and  Helena  Stott,  born  i6th 
October  1859. 

2.  Hester  Stansfield  married  17th  June  1846,  the  venerable 
John  Richardson  (archdeacon),  and  has  issue :  William  Stansfield, 
born  i6th  May  1847;  John  Edward,  born  26th  August  1855; 
George  Frederick,  born  8th  May  i85i ;  Sarah  Edith,  Hester 
Annie,  Clara  Elizabeth,  Mary  Maud,  Kate  Ellen  and  Emily 
Frederica  Richardson. 

3.  Elizabeth  Stansfield,  married  nth  October  1854,  Richard 
Ingham  of  Holroyd,  who  died  28th  December  1862,  leaving  issue  : 
Annie  Mary,  born  17th  November  1855  ;  Robina  Hester,  born  25th 
December  1858  ;  Emma  and  Minnie,  twins,  born  14th  June  1857. 

ASHTON  Stansfield  married  twice,  and  died  20th 
January  1870,  leaving  issue,  by  his  first  wife,  Mary  Boyce  :  John 
Ashton,  of  whom  next ;  Abraham,  died  unmarried,  25th  June 
1868  ;  Mary,  died  unmarried,  8th  July  1871  ;  Sarah,  married 
Rev.  W.  Fearnsldes,  vicar  of  All  Saints,  Harley  wood,  Todmor- 
den  ;  and  Esther  Stansfield,  married  T.  S.  Highley  of  Halifax, 
and  has  issue,  Henry  Ashton,  William  Stansfield,  Herbert, 
Gertrude,  Clement  and  Bertram  Highley. 

John  Ashton  Stansfield  married  Alice  Barker,  and 
died  4th  July  1872,  leaving  issue:  William  Ashton  Stansfield,  law 
student,  Todmorden,  born  13th  August  1865  ;  and  Alice 
Stansfield,  born  7th  September  1867,  and  died  loth  July  1869. 


Chapter    XIX. 


STANSFELDS   OF   ELLAND,  and  OTHERS. 


gentleman  and  esquire,  as  descriptive 
in  earlier  days  than  our  own,  had  each  of 
distinctive  meaning,  well  understood, 
jnifying  the  rank  held  by  any  person,  to  whom 
any  one  of  them  was  applied.  The  occurrence,  therefore,  of  a 
Hugh  Stansfeld,  generosus,  in  an  early  will,  has  a  significance 
not  to  be  neglected,  which  is  almost  sufficient  of  itself,  to  prove 
connection  with  the  main  line  of  the  family. 

Vol.  ix.  folia  SJa.  Dated  17th  August  and  proved  27th 
November  1517. 

Will  of  William  Savill  de  Eland,  generosus.  Itm.  do  et  lego 
viginti  solidos  ad  usum  ecclesie  de  Elande,  viz.  decern  solidos  pro 
vestimento,  octo  solidos  no'ie  scopit.  et  duos  solidos  fabrice  ecclie. 

He  bequeathed  to  his  son,  William,  all  messuages  &c.  Residue 
to  his  wife,  Margaret,  and  son,  William,  and  appointed  them 
executors.  Supervisors,  Umfrey  Risheforthe  and  Ric.  Rawson. 
Witnesses,  Hugo  Stansfelde,  gen's,  and  John  Brokbanke, 
chaplain. 

The  above  testator  commences  the  pedigree  of  Saviles  of 
Halifax,  in  the  Visitation  of  Yorkshire  1612  ;  and  in  that  of 
1665,  is  called  the  younger  son  of  John  Savile,  who  was  squire  of 
the  body  to  Edward  IV.,  and  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Ralph 
Lister.  But  the  last  named  should  be  William  Lister,  see 
Testamenta  Eboracensia,  vol.  iij,  page  195.  In  a  list  of  wills 
examined  at  York,  from  1389  to  17 14,  occurs  the  following : — 

1535     Hugo  Stansfeld  de  Eland,  son  of  Richard  of  Stansfield, 
mentions  Jo.\ne,  his  wife. 


364  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

This   will   has,   unfortunately,   eluded   discovery,   in   three 

independent  searches,   in    more   recent   days,   than    the   above 

mentioned,  but  there  is  no  room  to  doubt  its  existence.      And 

the  connection  with  the  Savile  family,  suggests  the  following 

pedigree,  as  explaining  the  relationship  of  Hugh  Stansfeld,  both 

to  William    Savile  of  Elland,   and    also   to   the   Stansfelds  of 

Stansfield : — • 

Henry  Savile.  =  Helen  Copley  of  CorLEV. 
WiU  1437-  I 


John    Savile    of=MAUD  Trafford.  John  Stansfeld=:Mary  Fleming 
Copley.  Wil  1459.  I  of  Stansfield.     I  of  Wath. 


I          I  I 

Alice  Savile.  =Thoiias  Stansfeld  Anne  Stansfeld.  =Thom as 

I    of  Stansfield.  1     Savile  of 

I IluUen- 

I  I  edge. 

William  Stansfeld     Richard  Stansfeld.  =  ' 

of  Stansfield.  [  John  Savile  of :=  Alice 

I  "  Hullenedge.        I    Lister. 

Hugh  Stansfeld  of  | 

Elland.     Will  1535.         William  Savile  of 
Elland.  Will  1517. 

Hugh  Stansfeld  paid  subsidy  in  1523,  for  40s.  lands  in 
Elland.  The  occurrence  of  the  arms  of  Stansfeld,  in  Elland 
church,  has  already  been  mentioned,  and  a  fac-simile  of  a 
tricking  of  them,  in  Heralds'  College,  will  be  seen  reproduced,  in 
this  work.  The  impaled  coat  of  Savile  and  Stansfeld,  however, 
proves  another  marriage  between  the  two  families.  The 
following  will  is  probably,  that  of  the  son  of  Hugh  Stansfeld  of 
Elland  :— 

Fol.  xiij.  folio  i6ja.  Dated  20th  April  and  proved  5th  June 
1546. 

James  Stansfelde  of  Eland,  desired  his  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  chapel  yard  there,  and  ordained  his  children,  John,  Hugh, 
Gilbert,  Richard,  Amere,  Grace,  Jenett,  and  Alison,  execu- 
tors ;  and  his  brother,  Thomas  Stansfelde,  and  brother-in-law, 
John  Watterhouse,  overseers.  John  Bentley,  prest,  and  Thomas 
Stancefeld  being  witnesses. 

Gilbert  Stansfeld  was  curate  of  Heptonstall,  and  occurs  often 
in    contemporary    wills.      He    was    one   of  the    witnesses,    3rd 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  365 

February  152 1-2,  of  that  of  Thomas  Akeroide  of  Wadsvvorth, 
who,  after  the  formal  bequest  of  his  soul  to  God  &c.,  his  body  to 
the  earth,  and  his  best  beast  to  the  vicar  of  Halifax,  as  mor- 
tuary, added : — 

Also  I  will  that  Sir  Gilbert  Stansfeld,  chaplayiie,  say  a  tren- 
tall  of  masses  for  my  saull,  and  my  executors  to  content  hym  therefor. 

He  was  called  curate,  by  William  Aikroode,  8th  February 
1556-7  ;  and  had  I2d,  as  chaplain,  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Crab- 
tree,  in  1 5 14.     In  1520,  William  Sutclif  gave: — 

D'no.  GiLBERTO  Stansfeld,  capellano,  ad  celebrand.  unu 
trentale,  p'  ai'a.  mea,  vjs.  viijd. 

In  the  same  year,  George  Hanson  also  required  him  to  sing 
a  trental  of  masses  for  his  soul. 

FoL  ix.  folio  27 jb.  Dated  loth  June  and  proved  17  th 
November  1523. 

John  Gibson  mentioned  his  wife,  Johanna,  son,  Jacobus,  and 
daughter,  Agnes.  Hiis  testibus,  D'no.  Wo.  Cokcroft,  cap'no.  p'och 
de  Heptonstall,  D'no.  Gilb'to  Stansfeld  et  Roberto  Bentley. 

He  was  a  witness,  and  Robert  Stansfeld  a  super\'isor,  of  the 
will  of  Richard  Crosley,  dated  lOth  June  1527.  Along  with 
Mylles  Stansfeld,  he  witnessed  the  will  of  Thomas  Horsfall  of 
Bawdewayne  rode,  in  1530.  He  is  called  kinsman,  and 
appointed  overseer,  Edward  Stansfeld  being  supervisor,  of  the 
will  of  Robert  Sutcliffe  of  Meyrode,  dated  3rd  January  1 530-1. 
On  the  19th  December  1551,  he  witnessed  the  will  of  George 
Estwode  ;  and  also  that  of  Thomas  Grenewodde  of  Grenewodde, 
3rd  February  1553-4.  His  name  will  also  be  found  on  page 
137,  as  a  witness  in  the  will  of  Thomas  Stansfeld,  probably  of 
Erringden,  dated  21st  August  1558. 

STANSFELD  OF  ERRINGDEN. 
The  will,  given  on  page  137,  is  not  improbably  that  of 
Thomas  Stansfeld,  the  brother  named  in  the  will  of  James 
Stansfeld  of  Elland,  in  1 546.  The  relatives  named  therein,  are, 
wife,  Isabel,  and  children,  Edward,  son  and  heir,  Richard. 
George,  Alice  and  Elizabeth. 


366  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Erringden  being  a  royal  park,  was  dispaled  by  letters 
patent,  dated  i6th  or  17th  March  1448-9  ;  and  the  following 
occurs,  in  the  court  rolls  at  Wakefield,  under  date  ist  October 
145 1  :— 

"  Et  ad  banc  Curiam  venit  Thomas  Stansfeld,  et  cepit  de 
Domino,  quartem  partem  dicti  Parci  de  Aeringden,  prout  jacet 
inter  Birnedakir  Yate  et  Beamonde  Cloughe,  ac  inter  alias  metas 
&c  "  as  vide  translation,  in  Watson's  History  of  Halifax,  page  79. 

It  was  granted  by  Edward  VI.,  17th  August  1548,  to  Sir 
William  Willoughby,  knight,  and  others  ;  who  sold  it,  lOth  and 
1 2th  November  following,  to  Richard  Whalley  of  Welbeck.  The 
property  was  said  to  be  in  the  tenure  of: — 

Will.  Sutclieff,  Ric.  Fourneyes,  Georgii  Fourneyes,  sen.,  Georgii 
Fourneyes,  jun.,  uxoris  Johannis  Fourneyes  et  filii  ejus,  Will. 
Ryley  jun.,  Rob.  Hemmingway,  Thome  Oldfield,  Rob.  Sut- 
cliff,  Johannis  Ingham,  Johannis  Ryley,  jun.,  heredum  Will. 
Wilkinson,  Thome  Stancefielde  jun.,  Ric.  Normanton,  Will. 
Burdall,  Jeanette  Clough,  Eliz.  Clough,  Alicie  Clough,  Will.  Ryley, 
sen.,  Thome  Stancekeld,  sen.,  and  Hen.  Akerodd. 

Richard  Whalley  alienated  it  b}'  portions,  amongst  them 
being  the  following  : — 

Ric.  Whalley  de  Welbecke,  in  co.  Nott.  arm.  contracted,  8th 
April  1560,  with  Edward  Stansfeld  of  Ayringden,  confirms  to 
same,  7  messuages  or  tenements,  with  all  lands,  in  Ayryngden 
Parke,  in  occupation  of  Edward  Stansfeld,  Ric.  Stansfeld, 
George  Stansfeld,  Ric.  Nayler,  Will.  Crabtre,  Ric.  Grenewod  and 
Agnete  Grenewod,  of  annual  value  of  ;^3  2S.  8d.  Thomas  Drap. 
of  Waddesworth,  and  Will.  Sutclyffe  of  Ayringden,  yeomen,  to  give 
possession.     Dated  9th  April  1560. 

Licence  of  alienation,  by  letters  patent,  of  above  lands,  by 
Elizabeth,  Queen,  for  20s,  and  iid  paid  in  llanaper,  to  Rich. 
Whalley.     Tested  at  Westminster,  6th  April  1560. 

Extracts  from  Hopkinsons  MSS.,  vol.  i.  folio  lyo. 

Fines  4th  Elizabeth  [1562]  amongst  others,  from  Edward 
St.\nsfielDj  for  7  messuages,  in  Heptonstall,  8d. 

March  ist  1578,  a  licence  of  alienation,  from  Edward  Stans- 
FiELD  and  others,  to  Nicholas  Halstead,  and  others. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  367 

Edward  Stansfelde  de  Airingden,  clothier,  to  Geo. 
Halsteade  de  Ayringden,  7  messuages  with  lands  &c.  in 
Ayringden,  and  Ayringden  Parke,  as  above,  dated  3  ist  December 


The  author  has  in  his  possession,  an  original  conveyance, 
dated  30th  April  1585,  of  two  messuages  &c.  in  Erringden  park, 
in  the  tenure  of  John  Hartley  and  Jane  Killingbcck,  widow  ;  and 
another  messuage  &c.  in  the  occupation  of  Adam  ffarar;  to 
Richard  Thomas  of  Wadsworth,  clothier,  and  Richard  and 
Edward  Thomas,  his  sons.  It  mentions  the  lands,  late  of 
Thomas  Stansfeld,  yeoman.  Crabtree,  in  his  Concise  History  of 
Halifax  (Hartley  and  Walker  1836),  page  514,  states  that  he  had 
in  his  possession,  the  licence  of  alienation,  for  the  above.  The 
same  work  gives,  copied  from  Watson,  the  enfranchisement  deed 
of  4th  James  I.,  to  George  Halstead  and  others,  the  tenants. 
Another  deed,  in  the  possession  of  the  author,  suggests  the  des- 
tination of  the  money,  received  for  the  Erringden  estate,  by 
Edward  Stansfeld  : — 

Indenture  of  sale,  30th  September  1578,  by  Thos.  Savill  of 
Ellande,  gentleman,  John  Savill  of  Barmebie  upon  Donne,  his  son 
and  heir,  and  Hughe  Halsted  of  Haberiameaves,  yeoman,  to 
Edwarde  Stansfelde  of  Earyngdene  Parke,  yeoman,  of  a  messuage 
in  Barselande  als.  Barkislande,  late  in  tenure  of  Thos.  Horton,  on 
proviso,  that  if  Thomas  and  John  Savill  pay  yearly,  in  the  house  of 
Hughe  Halsted,  ^5  19s.  8d.  for  three  years,  and  also  three  score 
pounds,  on  the  2nd  September  1581,  then  the  sale  to  be  void. 
Subject  to  15  years  of  an  unexpired  lease  to  Thomas  Horton,  at  a 
yearly  rent  of  13s  4d.  Sealed  in  presence  of  Richard  Halsted,  son 
of  the  above  Hughe  Halsted,  ^^'m.  Harrison  of  Ancomden,  Gilbt. 
Smithe,  milner,  of  Heptonbridge  milne,  and  John  Lee  of  Hepton- 
bridge. 

In  the  subsidy  of  1523,  Thomas  Stansfeld  paid  I2d,  for  40s 
goods,  for  a  township  not  named,  probably  Erringden.  The  name 
does  not  occur  in  the  Erringden  lists,  for  the  subsidies  granted  in 
1604, 1610  and  1664.  In  the  tithe  composition  agreement  of  1535, 
the  heires  of  Edward  Stansfeld,  for  their  own  proper  lands  in 
Erringden,  paid  3s.  7d.  In  the  will  of  Laurence  Stansfeld  of 
Stansfield,  dated   12th   February   1534-5,  Thomas   Stansfeld  of 


368  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Park,  is  mentioned  as  a  tenant  of  the  lord  of  the  manor.  Robert 
fforenes  of  Ayryden,  in  his  will,  dated  19th  November  1543, 
mentioned  his  son-in-law,  Alan  Stansfeld,  and  bequeathed  20s. 
to  his  [testator's]  daughter,  Elizabeth  Stansfeld.  Alan  Stansfeld 
is  declared  a  debtor  for  23s.  46.,  in  the  will  of  John  Estwod  of 
the  Shore,  yeoman,  in  September  1 5  54. 

Edward  Stansfeld  of  Aringden,  was   witness  to  the   will  of 
<jylbart  Cocroft  of  Hor.sehold,  dated  20th  January  1569-70. 


STANSFELD     of     SHEPLEY. 

Mention  has  already  been  made,  in  the  chapter  on  the  arms 
of  Stansfeld,  of  the  grant  of  arms,  in  1 546,  to  Richard  Stansfeld 
of  Shepley.  Morehouse's  Histoy  of  Kirkbjirton  pp.  102-3, 
describes  the  short  connection,  which  Richard  Stansfeld  and  his 
family,  had  with  the  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Shepley.  On  the 
7th  May  1 540,  he  purchased  an  annuity  of  £20,  for  forty-five 
years,  from  Thomas  Goldthorpe,  out  of  his  manors  of  Goldthorpe, 
Billingley,  Bolton,  Bamborough  and  Shepley.  On  the  i6th 
September  1 542,  the  said  Thomas  Goldthorpe  sold  to  Richard 
Stansfeld,  for  :^290,  his  moiety  of  the  manor  of  Shepley,  the  hall, 
a  messuage,  miln,  cottage,  and  all  lands,  manorial  rights,  profits 
of  courts,  leets  &c.  with  all  deeds.  The  grandson  of  Richard 
Stansfeld,  Richard  Cooke,  sold  the  above  moiety  of  the  manor 
of  Shepley,  on  the  25th  August  1 571,  to  John  Savile  of  Stanley, 
near  Wakefield. 

The  following  will  of  Richard  Stansfeld,  mentions  his  wife, 
Elizabeth  ;  his  brother,  Thomas,  who  had  Robert,  Richard,  John 
and  Cicely  ;  another  brother,  Robert,  who  had  a  son,  Richard  ; 
and  his  daughter,  Isabel,  wife  of  John  Cooke,  and  their  children, 
Richard,  John,  Stansfeld,  Ellen,  Elizabeth  and  Prudence  Cooke. 

Prerogative  Court,  Canterbury.     Register  "  Biicke  "  36. 

Will  of  Richard  St.\nsfeld,  Esquier,  and  Citizen  and  Skynner 
of  London.  Dated  27th  June  1551,  and  proved  by  John  Cooke 
esqre.  the  exor.,  Eliz.\bf.th,  the  relict,  renouncing,  i6th  December 
•551- 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  369- 

To  wife,  Elizabeth,  one  part  of  estate,  over  and  above  her 
jewels ;  and  residue  to  be  divided  into  three  parts,  viz.  to  Elizabeth, 
my  wife,  daughter,  Isabel  Coke,  and  myself. 

To  Robert,  son  of  my  brother,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  ;£^,  and 
to  Richard,  John  and  Cicely,  his  brothers  and  sisters,  ^10  each,, 
at  22  years  of  age,  but  to  Cicely  at  20,  or  marriage. 

To  brother,  Thomas  Stansfeld,  ^5.  If  he  dies,  then  between 
his  children,  by  his  last  wife. 

To  daughter-in-law,  Bridget  Smyth,  jf^  6s.  <Sd.  To  her  two 
daughters,  Alice  and  Elizabeth,  ;^3  6s.  8d.  To  John  Biston, 
;^3    6s.  8d.    To  little  Baldwin  Smyth,  my  godson,  ^$. 

To  Richard  Saltonstall,  late  my  servant,  ;;^2o.  To  Richard 
Wilson,  my  servant,  40s.;  and  to  continue  with  my  wife  at  service, 
at  20s.  yearly ;   also  to  him,  a  new  coat. 

To  Ralph  Goldthorp,  ^^20 ;  he  to  make  a  full  release  of  the 
premises,  I  bought  of  Thomas  Goldthorp,  his  father.  To  Margaret 
Goldthorp,  my  servant,  40s.  To  AMUiam  Goldthorp,  his 
brother,  ;£^. 

To  the  Skinners'  Company,  for  a  recreation,  ^^4,  after  my 
burial,  if  I  die  in  London. 

To  sister  Stansfeld,  and  Richard,  her  son,  /^^  los.  od.  for 
gowns.  "  Unto  the  said  Richard,  all  my  ware,  chefs,  waights  of 
leede,  beame  skales,  shelfes,  piles  and  hordes,  being  in  two  of  my 
shops,  and  mydle  warehouse,"  when  he  enters  into  the  same  shops. 
And  also  to  him,  after  my  wife's  death,  the  household  effects 
(specified). 

To  my  wife,  40s.  for  a  black  gown.  To  son-in-law,  John 
Cooke,  and  wife,  ;^3  10s  od.,  for  gowns.  To  said  daughter,  a  gold 
ring  and  a  hoop  of  gold,  sometime  my  other  wife's.  To  Stansfeld 
Cooke,  a  ring  of  gold. 

To  the  poor  prisoners  in  Newgate,  Ludgate,  Bench,  Marshalsea 
and  two  Compters,  6/8  each  prison. 

To  poor  at  my  burial,  40s. 

Bequests  to  Dorothy  Huttonp^3  los.  od.;  Elizabeth  Whitmore, 
40s.;  Nicholas  Biston,  ;^s,  and  40s  for  a  gown;  Miles  Mording,  his 
servant,  40s.;  John  Travers,  40s.;  Henry  Grover  and  his  wife, 
;^3  los.  od. ;  Mr.  Norry  and  wife,  ;^3  los.  od. 

"  Touching  and  concernyng  the  disposicon  of  all  and  singler 
my  manors,  messuages,  landes,  tentes.,  rentes,  reversions,  s'ru'ces 

YY 


)  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

and  hereditaments,  whatsoever,  they  be  set,  lying  and  being  in  the 
counties  of  Yorke,  Nottingham,  Leyc,  Northampton,  Essex  and 
London,  or  elswhere,  within  the  realme  of  England." 

"  Unto  my  said  welbeloved  wief,  Elizabeth  Stansfeld,  all  that 
my  manor,  called  Barkeby  Thorpe,  Barkeby  and  Hamelton,  with 
their  appurts.,  and  the  parsonage  of  Barkeby,  with  th'advoyson  of 
the  vicaredge  of  the  same,  with  all  and  singular  their  appurts.,  in 
the  countie  of  Leyc,  together  with  all  that  my  garden  and  lodge,  sett 
and  being  in  Bell  Alley,  withoute  Bisshopsgate  of  London.  To 
hold  to  her,  for  her  life,  by  way  of  dower,  &c.  Also  a  yearly 
rent  of  -£s,  issuing  out  of  my  manor  of  Wyffeld,  in  the  countie  of 
Essex,  for  8  years,  and  no  longer. 

To  John  Cooke,  my  exor.,  for  two  years  next  after  my  decease, 
to  enable  him  to  pay  my  debts,  &c.,  and  then  to  my  daughter, 
Isabel,  his  wife,  my  manors  of  Shepeley  and  Ardesley,  in  the 
countie  of  Yorke ;  and  my  manor  of  Blythe,  in  the  countie 
of  Nottingham  ;  and  all  my  said  manor  of  Wyffeld,  in  the 
said  countie  of  Essex ;  and  also  all  my  messuages,  landes,  tentes., 
and  hereditaments,  in  Eland,  Greteland,  Barsland  and  Hothersfeld. 
in  the  said  countie  of  Yorke,  now  in  the  occupacon  of  William 
Romesdon,  gent.,  to  hold  to  said  daughter,  Isabel,  for  her  life,  and 
after  her  decease  : — 

The  manor  of  Wiffeld,  to  Richard  Cooke,  the  eldest  son,  and 
his  heirs  ;  and  in  default  of  issue,  &c.,  then  to  John  Cooke,  brother 
of  said  Richard,  and  his  heirs ;  and  in  default,  to  Stansfeld  Cooke, 
and  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever. 

The  manor  of  Shepley,  in  Yorks.,  to  Richard  Cooke  and  heirs  ; 
in  default,  to  Stansfeld  Cooke,  his  brother,  and  heirs ;  in  default, 
to  John  Cooke,  his  brother,  and  heirs  for  ever. 

The  Barkeby  and  Leicester  property,  after  the  death  of  my 
wife,  for  the  benefit  of  all  the  sons  of  said  John  and  Isabel  Cooke, 
for  and  during  the  life  of  said  daughter,  and  afterwards  to  John 
Cooke,  the  son,  and  his  heirs  ;  in  default,  to  Richard  Cooke,  and 
heirs ;  in  default ,  to  Stansfeld  Cooke,  and  heirs  for  ever. 

The  Nottingham,  Ardesley  and  Blythe  property,  to  Stansfeld 
Cooke,  and  heirs ;  in  default,  tlie  Ardesley  portion,  to  Richard 
Cooke,  and  heirs ;  and  the  Blythe  portion,  to  John  Cooke,  and  heirs. 

At  the  end  of  two  years  after  my  death,  to  Ellen  Cooke, 
eldest  daughter  of  said  John  and  Isabel,  my  messuage  set  and  being 
in  Barnebrough,   in  the  said  countie  of  Yorke,  and    its  appurts., 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  371 

together  with  the  j early  rent  of  6.s.  8d.,  issuing  out  of  lands,  &c. 
called  Goldthorphall,  in  said  county,  to  hold  to  her  and  her  heirs  ; 
and  ill  default,  to  Elizabeth  Cooke,  her  sister,  and  heirs ;  and  in 
default,  to  Prudence  Cooke,  her  sister,  and  heirs  for  ever.  Exor. 
to  have  use  of  same,  in  trust,  for  and  during  the  minority  of  her, 
the  said  Ellen,  till  21,  or  marriage. 

To  Elizabeth  Cooke,  the  second  daughter,  the  messuage  and 
appurts.,  at  Wellingborough.  Northampton,  and  to  her  heirs  ;  in 
default,  to  Ellen,  and  heirs  ;  in  default,  to  Prudence,  and  heirs  for 
ever. 

To  Prudence  Cooke,  ^100,  for  her  marriage,  payable  out  of 
the  issues  for  1 2  years,  of  the  messuage  called  the  Egle,  in  Gracious 
street,  city  of  London.  If  she  die  before,  then  to  Stansfeld  Cooke, 
and  heirs ;  and  in  default,  to  John  Cooke,  and  heirs. 

To  cousin,  Richard  Stansfeld,  son  of  brother  Robert 
Stansfeld,  the  two  tenements  in  Walbrook,  London,  to  him  and 
heirs;  and  in  default,  to  Richard,  the  son  of  brother,  Thomas 
Stansfeld  and  heirs ;  and  in  default,  to  John,  another  son  of 
Thomas,  and  his  heirs  for  ever. 

Release  son-in-law,  John  Cooke,  of  all  monies  he  owes  me. 

Exors.,  wife,  Elizabeth,  and  son-in-law,  John  Cooke.  The  said 
John  Cooke,  to  give  security  to  William  Hervye,  Norroy  King  at 
Arms,  &c.  Overseers,  Mr.  Baldwyn  Smythe,  and  said  Wm. 
Hervye.     To  Smythe  los.,  and  to  Hervye,  ;£6  13s.  4d. 

P'  me  Richard  Stansfeld. 

Witnesses,  John  Southcote,  John  Travers,  and  Henry  Grover. 

A  Scedule  added  the  ist  of  August,  5th  Edward  6th  [1551]. 
Having  lately  purchased  of  James  Stansfeld,  Citizen  and  Weaver  of 
London,  and  of  Thomas  Stansfeld,  brother  of  the  said  James,  two 
messuages  and  appurts.  in  St.  Botolph  without  Bishopsgate,  gives 
same  to  Isabel,  wife  of  John  Cooke,  to  hold  to  her  during  life,  she 
to  pay,  out  of  the  rents  thereof,  40s.  a  year,  towards  the  relief  of 
the  poor  people,  dwelling  in  Blethe,  in  the  countie  of  Nottingham, 
and  in  Barkeby  and  Hamelton,  in  the  countie  of  Leic,  viz.  20s.  to 
Blethe,  and  20s.  to  and  between  the  others. 

After  her  death,  then  to  her  son,  John  Cooke,  and  heirs ;  in 
default,  to  Stansfeld  Cooke  and  heirs  ;  in  default,  to  Richard 
Cooke  and  heirs ;  in  default,  to  my  right  heirs  for  ever. 
WiUing,  and  strictly  commanding  the  same,  my  right  heyres, 
to   paye   and   disburse   yerely,  of  the   rents,    yssues  and  profytts. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

comyng  of  the  premises,  to  the  pore  peple  of  Blethe,  Barkeby 
Thorpe,  Barkeby,  and  Hamelden,  aforesaid,  for  the  time  being, 
the  like  some  of  fortie  shiUings,  at  the  termes  aforesaid,  and 
in  such  and  Hke  manner  and  forme,  as  ys  before  declared  to  be 
don,  by  the  said  Isabell  Cooke,  and  her  assignes,  as  they  will 
answer  before  tlodd,  at  the  daie  of  Judgement. 

John  Cooke,  to  pay  the  ^^5  still  owing,  on  the  purchase  of 
said  premises. 

P'  me  Richard  Stansfeld. 

Witnesses,  John  Cooke,  John  Southcote,  William  Hervy  als. 
Norroy,  Henry  Grover,  and  John  Travers. 


P.  C.  C.  Admn.  Ad  Book,  folio  38.     Dated,  13th  Sept.,  1575. 

Admon  of  the  goods,  &c.,  of  Richard  Stansfelde,  late  of  the 
city  of  London,  Esq"-  deceased,  granted  to  Richard  Cooke,  the 
son  of  John  Cooke,  who  was  exor.  of  the  said  Richard  Stansfelde, 
the  said  John  Cooke,  being  dead. 

The  Richard  Saltonstall,  to  whom  the  above  testator  bc- 
■queathed  ;£^20,  would  be  the  second  son  of  Gilbert  Saltonstall, 
and  grand.son  of  Richard  Saltonstall  of  Godley,  in  Northow- 
ram,  and  High  Saltonstall  in  Warlej^  mentioned  in  the  tithe 
composition  of  1536.  He  was  of  the  same  company,  the 
Skinners',  and  was  sheriff  in  1588,  lord  mayor  of  London,  and 
knighted  in  1597,  and  died  17th  March  1600.  See  Walker's 
Halifax  Registers,  page  16  ;  but  an  error  of  a  predecessor,  in 
writing  York  for  London,  led  that  author  to  state,  that  a  Richard, 
son  of  Gilbert  Saltonstall,  was  lord  mayor  of  York,  in  the  same 
year,  which  is  an  error.  The  connection  with  the  Goldthorpes, 
is  explained  by  the  Shepley  conveyances.  The  following  entries 
occur  in  the  registers  at  Kirkburton,  which  is  adjacent  to 
Shepley  : — 

Alicia,  wife  of  Thomas  Goldthorpe,  generosi,  sepult.  fuit,  xxvj.  die 

Octobris  1541. 
Joh'es  Goldthorpe  sepult.  fuit  xiiij.  die  mensis  Septembris  1546. 
Gracia  Goldthorpe  sepult.  fuit  xj.  die  Martij  1560. 
Richardus  frater  ejus  Goldthorpe,  bapt.  fuit  xvj.  die. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  373 

The  wills  of  some  Stansfelds  of  Blyth,  will  be  found  further  on  ; 
and  it  is  probable,  that  Richard  Stansfeld  of  Shepley,  may  be 
connected  with  them.  Or,  seeing  that  property  in  Elland  &c.  is 
named  in  his  will,  he  may  have  sprung  from  the  branch  of  the 
family,  at  that  place. 


STANSFIELD  OF  HOLEBOTTOM. 

An  entry,  in  the  registers  of  Todmorden  church,  shews  that 
a  George  Stansfield  was  resident  at  Holebottom,  alias  Cote,  in 
1704.  But  Henry  Walton  was  evidently  the  owner,  in  17 19,  and 
was  assigned  a  seat,  in  Crostone  church,  in  that  year,  on  account 
of  that  messuage. 

George  Stansfield,  with  whom  this  present  short  pedigree 
commences,  lived  at  Cross  Lee  ;  and  is  described,  in  his  will,  as 
a  stuff  maker.  His  wife's  name  was  Martha,  and  they  had  issue  : 
George,  of  whom  next;  Elizabeth  [Betty],  married  i  ith  November 
1762,  John  Taylor,  and  had,  Joseph  and  Hannah  Taylor,  and 
was  deceased  in  1776;  and  Martha,  who  married  a  Crossley,  and 
had  issue,  Martha  and  Betty  Crossley,  and  also  predeceased  her 
father.  His  will  was  dated  4th  May,  1776,  and  proved  at  York, 
iSth  August,  1777.  He  died  at  Holebottom,  and  was  buried  at 
Crostone,  17th  May,  1776. 

George  Stansfield,  son  and  heir  of  George  Stansfield, 
abovementioned,  was  a  stuff  maker  ;  and  resided  at  Holebottom, 
which  he  purchased,  on  the  28th  December,  1786.  He  married, 
at  Heptonstall,  23rd  January,  1772,  Mally  Sutcliffe,  of  that  place. 
They  had  issue  :  Abraham,  of  whom  next :  George,  of  whom 
afterwards ;  Mary,  baptized  3rd  September  1780 ;  Thomas, 
baptized  22nd  April  178 1  ;  William,  baptized  3rd  November 
1782;  and  Sarah  Stansfield,  baptized  17th  September,  1786. 
All,  except  the  two  first  named,  seem  to  have  died  young ;  as 
they  are  not  named,  in  the  will  of  their  father.  This  was  executed, 
23rd  April,  1 8 14,  and  proved  at  York,  with  a  codicil  thereto, 
26th  February,  18 19.  He  devised  all  his  real  estate,  to  his  two 
sons,  Abraham  and  George  Stansfield. 


374  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Abraham  Stansfield,  eldest  son  of  George  Stansfield, 
of  Holebottom,  was  baptized,  i6th  November,  1776.  He  was 
well  known  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Todmorden  ;  and  died,  nth 
August,  185 1,  aged  74,  and  was  buried  at  Crostone.  He  married 
Grace  Sutcliffe,  and  had  issue,  two  daughters.  Mary,  the  elder 
one,  married  William  Helliwell ;  and  died  31st  October,  1880, 
aged  78.  Hannah,  the  younger  daughter,  married  Thomas 
Greenwood,  and  died  14th  September,  1880.  They  were  both 
buried  at  Crostone. 

George  Stansfeld,  younger  son^of  George  Stansfield  of 
Holebottom,  was  baptized  i8th  August  1778,  and  died  12th 
April  1825,  aged  47,  and  was  buried  at  Crostone.  He  married 
Hannah  Ormerod,  who  died  ist  April,  1849,  aged  68,  and  was 
buried  with  her  husband.  They  had  issue :  John,  of  whom  next ; 
Elizabeth,  died  unmarried  ;  William,  died  unmarried,  at  Stock- 
port ;  and  Sarah,  married  William  Sager,  who  died  31st  March 
1855,  and  was  buried  at  Christ  church,  Todmorden.  She  died 
14th  January  1862,  and  was  buried  at  the  same  place.  Their 
issue  is :  William  Sager,  solicitor,  of  Holebottom,  married,  and 
has  issue  ;  and  Stansfield  Sager  of  Worthing,  married,  but  has 
no  issue. 

John  Stansfield,  son  of  George  Stansfield  of  Cote, 
married  Martha  Taylor,  and  died  in  February  1849,  at  Stockport. 
He  had  issue  :  George,  died  unmarried,  in  America  ;  Hannah, 
married  to  William  Lees ;  and  Elizabeth  Stansfield,  who  married 
James  Fletcher.     Both  these  daughters  arc  now  living. 


"^^v^^^ 


Chapter     XX. 


STANSFELD  EVIDENCES. 


HILE  utilising,  in  the  foregoing  pages,  as  much  as 
ble,  of  the  information  at  hand,  respecting  the 
Stansfeld  family,  there  yet  remains  a  quantity  of 
matter,  which  is  now  presented,  under  the  general 
heading  of  Stansfeld  evidences. 


WILLS   AT   YORK. 
There  is  a  note,  amongst  the  addenda  and  corrections  to 
Hunter's  Deanery  of  Doncaster,  vol.  ij.  page  491,  which  is  worth 
reproducing,  as  it  expresses  the  great  value  of  wills,  in  archaeo- 
logical research : — 

"  There  is  a  rich  and  unexplored  field,  to  reward  the  diligence 
of  the  genealogical  andquary,  in  the  testamentary  evidences,  laid 
up  in  so  many  unexplored  depositories  ;  and  till  these  depositaries 
are  explored,  and  the  contents  of  them,  made  better  known  to  the 
public,  we  must  be  content  to  have  our  genealogy,  that  mass  of 
incorrectness  and  confusion,  which  it  is  at  present." 

Most  of  the  wills  relating  to  Yorkshire,  are  in  the  archi- 
episcopal  registry  at  York  minster.  Some  of  the  earlier  ones,  are 
published,  in  the  four  volumes  of  the  Surtees  Society,  entitled 
Testamenta  Eboracensia.  The  third  volume  of  these,  at  page 
329,  has  the  following  :  — 

nth  October  1442.  Dispensation  from  the  archbishop,  for 
Peter  Stansfeld  and  Elizabeth  Brig,  related  in  the  4th  degree,  to 
marry.  Issued  from  Florence,  by  the  same  cardinal,  April  13th, 
1 2th  Eugenius  IV.     [^Register  Kempc,  folio  183b.] 


376  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  same  person  appears  in  the  following  deed,  amongst 
the  Horton  papers,  at  Howroyd,  near  Halifax. 

Sciant  p'sentes  et  futuri,  q'd.  ego  Ric'us  Bryg  nup'  filius 
\\'il]m.  Bryg  de  Heptonstall,  dedi  e^c.  Edraundo  ffyrth  [here 
occurs  another  name,  partly  effaced,  and  not  afterwards  alluded  to] 
Petro  Stansfeld,  Xpofero  Stansfeld,  gentylmen,  et  Rob'to 
Rycherdson,  cap'll'o.  all  my  lands,  woods,  pastures  a^c.  in  Stayn- 
land  and  Eland.  Hiis  teslibus,  Thoma.  Sayvyll  de  hullyngegh, 
Joh'e  Malynson,  Joh'e  Helewell,  et  alijs.  Dat.  ultimo  die  mensis 
Martii,  anno  regni  regis  Henrici  sexti  &c.  tricessimo  secundo. 
[H54]. 

But  the  Stansfeld  wills,  given  in  this  work,  are  the  result  of 
three  or  more  independent  searches,  made  at  York,  at  widely 
different  periods.  The  most  important  of  these,  is  the  MS.  col- 
lection of  over  4,000  wills,  relating  to  Halifax  parish,  made  by 
the  late  Edward  Johnson  Walker,  mentioned  in  Walker's 
Halifax  Registers,  page  iij.  Another  is  from  Heralds'  College, 
marked  No.  28,  in  the  General  Search  therein.  Another,  in  the 
possession  of  Thomas  Wolryche  Stansfeld,  seems  to  have  been 
made  above  one  hundred  years  ago  ;  and  in  the  possession  of 
the  same  gentleman,  are  some  abstracts  of  wills,  obtained  for 
the  preparation  of  the  pedigree  of  the  family,  in  Foster's  York- 
s/iire  Pedigrees.  The  following  wills  will  not  be  found  in  the 
preceding  pages. 

Vol.  iij.  Dated  September  1408,  and  proved  April  1409. 
Alicia  de  Stansfeld  de  Rednes,  wife  of  Roger  Stansfeld, 
commended  her  soul  to  God,  the  Blessed  Mary,  and  ah  saints  ;  and  her 
body,  to  be  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  the  church  of  S.  Mary  Magdalene 
of  Whytgyft.  She  bequeathed  sundry  legacies,  to  the  church,  rector 
and  clergy  of  Whitgift,  and  the  monks  of  Selby ;  and  mentioned  her 
husband,  Roger  Stansfeld;  his  son,  evidently  by  a  former  wife, 
John  ;  and  her  son,  William,  evidently  by  a  former  husband.  Their 
surnames  are  not  mentioned,  in  the  probate. 

V,>1.  iv.  folio  28^(1  for  185a.     Dated  i6th  February  1472-3. 
Commission   of  administration   of  goods   of  Simon  Stansfelde, 
late  vicar  of  the  churches  of  Dewsbury  and  Batley,  who  died  intestate, 
granted  to   Sir   John    Pylkyngton,  knight,  and  Sir  Mich.  Marcom  (?) 
chaplain. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  377 

Mr.  Sym.  Stansfeld,  L.B.,  was  instituted  vicar  of  Batley,  6th 
March  1446-7,  by  the  gift  of  the  prior  and  convent  of  Nostell  ; 
and  his  successor  was  instituted,  26th  November  1472.  He  was 
presented  to  the  vicarage  of  Dcwsbury,  by  the  dean  and 
chapter  of  S.  Stephen's,  Westminster,  and  instituted,  26th 
November  1472.  His  successor  was  instituted,  14th  December 
1472.  He  occurs  also,  in  the  following,  amongst  the  Thornhill 
deeds : — 

Brianus  Thornhill  de  Fekysby,  arm.,  The.  Strenger  capell.  ecclie 
parochialis  de  Eland,  at  Johannes  Lister,  capell.  cantorie  de  Eland, 
feoffees  to  the  use  of  the  said  Brian,  give  to  John  Thornhill,  his  son  and 
heir,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  daughter  of  Robert  Mirfeilde,  all  lands 
&c.  in  Rastrike,  in  tenure  of  Rio.  Rawnsley  and  Will.  Firthe.  Wit- 
nesses, Oliver  Mirfeilde,  John  Tuthill,  arm.,  Svmon  Stansfeilde,  vicar 
of  Batley,  and  others.  Dated  at  Batley,  in  the  feast  of  S.  Augustine, 
37th  Henry  VI.  [1459]. 


Vol.  xix.  folio  joj.  Dated  12th  February,  1537-8,  proved  5th 
May,  1538. 

Alexander  Sianfelde  of  Normanton  grange,  in  the  parish  of 
Elkesley,  desired  his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  All  Saints, 
Elkesley.  After  bequeathing  sums  to  the  high  altar  there,  and  for  a 
trental  of  masses,  he  mentioned  Thomas,  son  and  heir  of  his  brother, 
Richard  Stansfelde.  He  appointed  John  Chambre  of  Carburton, 
guardian  of  the  said  Thomas ;  and  failing  him,  William  Silbcrn  of 
Elkesley. 

"  And  if  it  forten  the  said  Thomas,  to  die,  or  to  go  from  the 
order  of  most  men,  as  aforesaid,  then  I  will  the  said  xiijs.  iiijd.  be  given 
to  Elizabeth,  my  wife  &c.  Also  I  will  &c.  to  Edward  Stansfelde, 
and  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Gilbert,  one  hyve.  Item,  to  Agnes 
Stansfelde,  one  hyve.  Item,  to  Edward  Stansfelde,  one  lande  of 
Rye.  Item,  to  Thomas  Stansfelde,  my  brother,  one  cowe  and  one 
sheipe.  Item,  to  Master  Edward  Thysland,  esqr..  vj  whethers,  whom  I 
make  supervisor  of  this  my  last  will  &c." 

Executrix,  wife,  Elizabeth  Stansfelde. 

Vol.  XIV.  folio  206.  Dated  8th  February  1555-6,  proved  13th 
August  1556. 

Radelrika  [or  Radrilyd  ?  ]  Stanfield  of  Ottley,  in  the  county 
of  York,  yeoman,  make  my  last  will  &c.     My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 

ZZ 


37^  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

the  churchyard  of  Ottley,  belonging  to  our  blessed  lady  S.  Mary  &c, 
and  I  will  that  Alice,  my  wife,  and  Christopher,  my  son,  shall  have 
all  my  landes  and  tenements,  equally  divided  among  them  &c.  save  only 
XX  marks,  which  my  son  and  wife  shall  dispose,  unto  the  children  of  my 
two  daughters,  at  such  times,  as  they  shall  think  convenient,  on  condition 
that  neither  my  said  daughters,  nor  their  husbands,  shall  vex,  trouble  or 
sue  (?),  for  any  other  childe's  portion,  my  executors  &c. 

Vol.  XV.  folio soa.  Dated  9th  June  proved  19th  June,  1556' 
Richard  Michell  of  Strindes,  in  parish  of  Heptonstall,  be- 
queathed to  his  son,  William,  and  his  son-in-law,  Edwarde  Stansffelde, 
whom  he  appointed  his  executors,  a  moiety  of  all  his  goods  &c.  He 
ordained  his  debts,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  other  half;  and  remainder,  to 
his  daughters,  Alice,  Elizabeth  and  Christabell  Michell. 

Vol.  XV.     Dated  28th  June,  1560,  proved  14th  March,  1569-1. 

I  Edward  Stansfeild  of  Whyston,  in  the  county  and  diocese  of 
Yorke,  make  my  last  will  &c.  Item,  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
churchyard  of  S.  Mary  Magdalene  of  ^^^1yston,  aforesaid.  Item,  I  give 
vjs.  viijd.,  to  be  distributed  amongst  the  poorest  folks  of  the  said  parish. 
Item,  I  give  unto  the  right  honourable  the  earle  of  Shrewsbureye,  my 
cimytar  &c.  I  give  unto  Christopher  Stansfeild,  my  father,  my  best 
jacket,  my  best  doublet,  my  best  hose,  my  best  capp,  and  a  pair  of 
boots.  To  Mary  Stansfeild,  my  daughter,  xli.  in  full  &c.  To  the 
childe,  my  wife  is  great  withall,  &c.  x  li.  in  full  &c.  To  Elizabeth,  my 
wife,  my  lease  of  this  farm,  &c.  whom  I  make  my  sole  and  full 
executrix. 

Vol.  xvij.  folio  roll.  Dated  21st  December,  1561,  proved  3rd 
February  1561-2. 

James  Stansfeld  and  Isabell,  his  wife,  are  declared  debtors  for 
26s.  8d.,  in  the  will  of  John  Draper  of  Heptonstall. 

Vol.  xinj.  folio  iy8.  Dated  21st  May  1561,  proved  22nd  April 
1562. 

Seth  Stansfield  mentioned  John  Stansfield,  his  latter  son,  and 
appointed  his  wife  and  daughter,  his  executors. 

Vol.  xvij.     Dated  13th  September  1566,  proved  loth  May  1567. 

John  Stansfeld  of  Baymboro',  within  the  parish  of  Blithe,  and 
county  of  York,  husbandman,  desired  his  body  to  be  buried  in  Blithe 
ciiurchyard.  He  bequeathed  small  legacies,  to  sundry  god-children, 
and  others  ;  amongst  them  a  fustaine  doublet  &c.  to  Alexander  Burton. 
His  executors  were  his  wife,  Margaret,  and  Elizabeth,  his  daughter. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  379 

Vol.  xviij.  folio  158  a.  Dated  6th  November  r56y,  proved  27th 
July  1569. 

James  Newall  of  Heptonstall,  bequeathed  to  John  Stansfeld,  one 
paire  of  sheep,  and  a  blacke  collored  horse ;  to  his  brother-in-law, 
■Richard  Stansfeld,  one  hackney  saddle  and  brydle;  and  mentioned 
James  Stansfeld,  son  of  the  last  named. 

Vol.  xix.  folio  JS5-  Dated  9th  Ai)ril,  and  proved  2i.st  October 
1572- 

I  Thomas  Stansfelde  of  Kirsall,  in  the  countie  of  Nottyngham 
&c.  make  this  my  last  will.  Item,  I  give  unto  Elizabeth  Tonga,  my 
daughter-in-law,  and  to  John  Tollynson,  a  bussell  of  wheate ;  and  to 
Thomas  Stansfelde  xxd.,  a  ewe  and  a  lamb.  To  Margarete  Stans- 
feild,  my  daughter,  xxm.  towards  her  mariadge.  Item,  to  Agnes,  my 
wife,  the  lease  of  my  farme,  during  her  life,  and  after  her  death,  to 
Thomas  Stansfeild,  my  son,  during  the  lease  ;  the  residue,  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them,  whom  I  also  make  my  executors,  &c. 

Vol.  .xxj.  folio  jSy.  Dated  29th  December  1579,  proved  12th  July 
1580. 

I  Agnes  Stansfeld  of  Kirsall,  make  my  last  will&c.  I  bequeath 
to  Elizabeth  and  Margaret,  my  daughters,  all  my  apparell  &c.  To 
my  son.  Thomas,  &c.  I  bequeath  to  Agnf;s  Stansfeld,  one  cubbort. 
To  Richard  Stansfeld,  one  buUocke  &c. 

Vol.  xxij.  Dated  3rd  April  and  proved  4th  May,  26th  Elizabeth 
[1584.]  , 

Thomas  Stainfeild  of  JCirsall,  I  bequeath  to  Alice,  my  wife,  the 
the  reversion  of  all  those  years,  yet  mine,  in  my  lease,  and  all  my 
goodes,  so  long  as  she  remains  a  widdow ;  but  if  she  marry,  before  the 
full  years  in  my  lease  be  expired,  to  have  her  third  part  only.  I  will 
that  the  rest  of  all  my  goodes,  my  wife's  third  part  deducted,  shall  be 
equally  divided,  amongst  all  my  sons  and  daughters,  saving  that  my  sons 
shall  have,  every  one  of  them,  five  shillings  apiece,  more  than  any  of 
my  daughters.     I  make  Alice,  my  wife,  only  executrix  &c. 

Vol.  X.  folio  128.  Dated  25th  August  1567,  proved  23rd  January 
1567-8. 

I,  Christopher  Stainefeild  of  Whyston,  make  my  last  will  kc. 
Item,  I  will  that  all  my  goods,  be  equally  divided  into  three  parts,  after 
that  I  be  honestly  brought  forth,  unto  Xian  man's  buriall.  Two  parts 
thereof,  I  will  and  bequeath  to  John'e,  my  wyfe,  upon  this  condition, 
that  I   trust  she  will  be  good  unto  my  children,  that  is  to  say,  Alice 


38o  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Dickenson,  and  Thomas,  her  husband  ;  Helen  Whytley,  and  Thomas 
Whytley,  her  husband;  and  Elizabeth  Robynsone,  and  Wilm.  Robynsone, 
her  husband.  The  third  part  of  my  goodes,  to  be  equally  divided, 
unto  my  foresaid  three  daughters,  and  their  husbands.  Also,  I  will  all 
suche  landes,  as  I  am  at  this  present  seased  of,  to  be  equally  divided, 
betwixt  Marie  and  Dinne  Stanfeild,  daughters  of  Edward  Stan- 
FEiLD,  lait  my  son  and  heir,  when  they  shall  accomplish  lawful  years 
of  age. 

Vol.  xix-  folio sgS a.  Dated  28th  June  1572,  proved  27th  May 
1573- 

Edward  Stansfeld  was  named  as  tenant  of  Burly  carr,  in  ^^■ads- 
worth,  the  property  of  testator,  Thomas  Draper  of  Broadbothome. 

Vol.  xxij.  folio  556  a.  Dated  12th  July  and  proved  8th  August 
1584- 

Richard  Horsfall  of  Mankinholes,  in  his  will,  mentions  Henrv 
Stansfeld,  as  occupying  a  tenement  in  Stansfield,  belonging  to  him. 

Vol.  xxiij.  folio  246  a.  Dated  14th  December  1585,  proved  ist 
Februar)'  15S6-7. 

Thomas  Grenewood  of  Langfield,  appointed  his  wife,  Elizabeth, 
executrix,  and  bequeathed  to  his  son-in-law,  Charles  Stansfeld,  as 
much  in  marriage,  as  his  other  son-in-law,  Xpofer  Sutclyfe,  had,  "and  as 
wel  arrayed  in  everie  respect." 

Vol.  xxiij.  folio  360  a.  Dated  24th  September  and  proved  20th 
October  1587. 

Richard  Stansfeild  of  Blacksha)head,  in  Stansfield,  desired  his 
body  to  be  buried,  in  the  church  or  churchyard  of  Heptonstall.  He 
bequeathed  two  messuages  in  Wadsworth,  called  Horsheye  and  Brodes- 
haye,  and  also  a  messuage  called  Blackeshayhead,  atjd  all  lands  &c.  to 
his  wife,  Agnes,  for  life,  and  her  widowhood.  Then  the  two  messuages, 
to  Simeon,  son  of  John  Greenwood,  late  of  Golden,  deceased,  paying 
^40,  to  uses  of  will,  and  his  heirs ;  if  none,  then  to  his  youngest 
brother,  John  Greenwood,  and  heirs ;  in  default,  to  William,  younger 
son  of  testator's  sonin-law,  William  Ferror,  and  heirs.  The  reversion 
of  Blackshayhead,  he  bequeathed  to  Samuel,  younger  brother  of  Simeon 
Greenwood,  and  heirs,  paying  ;^20  to  uses  of  will ;  in  default,  to  the 
said  John  Greenwood  ;  in  default,  to  the  said  William  Ferror. 

He  bequeathed  to  his  daughter,  Chrvstabell  ;^8o,  for  her  por- 
cion ;  and  to  his  wife,  whom  he  appointed  executrix,  the  remainder  of 
his  goods. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  381 

Vol.  xxiv.  folio  26a.  Dated  24th  December  1588,  proved  17th 
April  1589. 

I  Agnes  Stansfeild,  late  wife  of  Richard  Stansfeild  of  Black- 
sliayehead,  deceased,  widdow,  make  my  last  will  &:c.  My  body  to  be 
buried  in  the  parish  church  or  chappel  at  Heptonstall.  My  will  is,  all 
my  debts  &c.  paid,  I  do  give  ^20,  to  be  bestowed  at  my  buriall  and 
bringing  forthe,  in  manner  and  forme  following;  that  is  to  say,  all  that 
goe  to  the  church  with  me,  to  have  bread  and  drinke,  and  the  reste  of 
the  said  ;^2o,  to  be  bestowed  upon  the  poore.  To  AVilliam,  Anne, 
Marie,  and  Elizabeth,  children  of  William  Ferror,  ;^6  13s.  4d.  each. 
To  daughter,  Isabell  Greenwood,  and  her  son,  John,  ^20.  She  gave 
;^io,  for  a  building  at  Horseley,  for  use  of  Simeon  Greenwood  ;  his  sisters, 
Grace,  Marie  and  Sara,  to  receive  it  from  him.  Mentioned  Henry- 
Cawdray,  and  his  daughters,  Grace,  Alice,  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Richard 
Whitehead.  Appointed  her  daughter,  Christabell  Stansfeild, 
residuary  legatee  and  sole  executrix. 

Vol.  xxiv.  folio  I /da.  Dated  3rd  February  1586-7,  proved  nth 
November  1589. 

William  Stansfeld,  servant  to  George  Firthe,  of  the  Lower 
Gootehouse,  in  the  chapelry  of  Eland,  wollen  webster.  He  bequeathed 
all  to  his  brother,  Hugh  Stansfeld,  servant  to  John  Firth  of  the 
Overgootehouse. 

Dated  1591,  proved  in  1593. 

John  Stansfeild,  of  Kirkheaton,  mentioned  his  wife  Isabella,. 
and  son,  John  Stansfeild,  a  minor. 

Vol.  XXV) j.  folio.  324a.  Dated  28th  December  1598,  proved  13th 
March  1598-9. 

I  Richard  Stansfeild,  of  the  township  of  Sowerby,  and  county 
of  Yorke,  clothier  &c.  make  this  my  last  will  &c.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  churchyard  of  Hallifax  &c.  My  will  is,  that  my  wife,  Mary,  have 
the  third  part,  according  to  the  custom  of  the  country  &c.  Item,  my 
will  is,  that  all  the  rest  of  my  goods  and  chattells,  be  equally  divided 
amongst  my  children,  that  is  to  say,  Easter,  Sara,  Abraham  and 
Richard  Stansfeild.  Item,  my  will  is,  that  John  Firth  of  the  Light- 
hassells,  have  the  tuition  of  Abraham  Stansfeild,  my  son,  during  his 
minority.  Item,  my  will  is,  that  Isabell  Bates  of  the  Bothome,  my 
mother-in-law,  have  the  tuition  and  bringing  up  of  Sara  Stansfeild,  my 
daughter,  and  her  portion,  during  her  minority.  That  my  wife  have  the 
tuition  and  bringing  up  of  Easter  and  Richard  Stansfeild  &c.  &c. 
Brother-in-law,  Matthew  Bales,  one  of  the  supervisors. 


382  History  of  thk  Stansfeld  Family. 

Vol.  xxviij.  folio  22J.  Dated  nth  April  and  proved  2nd  October 
1600. 

I  Christopher  Stansfeild,  in  the  parish  of  Guyseley,  in  the 
diocese  of  Yorke  6^0.,  make  my  last  will  c^t.  My  body  to  be  buried  in 
the  church  of  Guyseley.  I  will  that  my  executors  shall  give  unto  the 
parish  of  Ottley  xxvjs.  viijd.  To  every  poor  householder,  in  Menston 
and  Guyseley  iiijd.  Executors,  Thomas  Dayes  of  Farnley,  and  Peter 
Smith  of  Ottley,  my  nephews. 

Vol.  xxviij.  folio  j6 1.  Dated  15th  March  1600-1,  proved  30th 
April  1601. 

Memorandum,  that  the  fiftenth  daie  of  Marche,  in  the  43rd  yeare, 
of  the  Queen's  majesty's  raigne,  that  now  is,  anno.  dom.  1600.  I  Thomas 
Stansfeild  of  Stanburie,  in  the  parish  of  Haworth,  in  the  countie  of 
Yorke,  being  whole  of  mind  &c.  Aly  will  is,  that  after  my  death,  my 
whole  goods,  cattell  and  chattellsj  credit  and  debt,  be  divided  into  two 
equal  partes,  the  first  equal  half-part  thereof,  I  will  that  it  shall  descend, 
and  come  unto  Jennett  Stansfeilde,  my  wife.  To  Elizabeth  Stans- 
feild, my  sister  vjs  viijd.  The  residue  of  the  other  half  part  of 
goodes  6-c.  I  bequeath  unto  Jennett  Stansfeild  of  Stanberie, 
aforesaid,  my  servante,  daughter  unto  John  Stansfeilde  of  Stanberie, 
and  to  the  only  use  and  behoofe  of  the  said  Jennett  Stansfeild ; 
and  to  that  end  and  purpose,  that  this  my  last  will  and  test,  be  pru- 
dently performed,  I  make  the  said  Jennett  Stansfeild,  my  true  and 
lawful  executrix  o-c. 

Vol.  xxviij.  folio  4TSa.  l^ated  24th  December  1597,  proved  loth 
July  1 60 1. 

Agnes  Sutclif  of  Howhoole,  in  Earingden,  widow,  bequeathed  a 
small  legacy  to  George,  son  of  Edward  Hopkinson  ;  and  the  residue  to 
John  Wilkinson,  Henry  Draper,  Henry  Nayler,  Samuel  Sutcliffe  and 
Agnes  Stansfeld. 

Vol.  xxix..  folio  222.  Dated  28th  December  1599,  proved  25th 
January  1603-4. 

I  Thomas  Stansfeild  of  Welley,  make  my  last  will  a-'c.  I  will 
that  Bridgett,  my  wife,  shall  have  the  third  parte  of  all  my  goodes  &c. 
Item,  1  bequeath  to  my  son,  Thomas,  3s.  4d.  To  my  son,  Richard, 
6s.  8d.  To  my  daughter,  Ellen,  6s.  8d.  Further  I  will,  my  debts, 
funeral  expenses  6-c.  paid,  that  all  my  goodes  unbequeathed,  shall  be 
equally  divided,  among  my  other  three  children,  viz.  Stephen,  Robert 
and  Jane.  Item,  my  will  is,  that  Bridgett,  my  wife,  shall  have  my 
house  in  Welley,  with  appurtenances,  during  her  widowhood ;  but  if  she 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  383 

marry  again,  then  she  shall  have  but  her  third  parte  &-'c.  If  the  said 
Bridgett,  my  wife,  be  not  able  to  maintain  and  bring  up,  my  said  three 
children,  during  her  widowhood,  she  shall  make  sale  of  the  said  house 
o-'c.     Item,  I  make  the  said  Bridgett,  my  wife,  full  executrix. 

Vo/.  xxix.  folio  2jSl>.      Dated  1601,  proved  15th  February  1603. 

Henry  Stansfeld  of  Heptonstall,  clothier,  bequeathed  to  George 
Halstead  of  Ayringden,  and  Richard  Michell  of  Stryndes,  40  marks,  to 
be  distributed  as  he  directs.  Residue  to  his  daughters,  Marie  and 
Grace. 

Vol.  xxxj.  folio  445b.  Dated  20th  April,  proved  4th  October 
1610. 

I  Richard  Stansfeild  of  HaUifax,  in  the  countie  of  Yorke,  make 
this  my  last  will  e-'c.  As  to  my  worldlie  goodes,  my  will  is,  that  the 
same  be  equally  divided  into  two  partes,  my  debts  6^c.  paid,  then  half 
of  which,  I  will  that  Edonne,  ray  wife,  shall  have,  in  recompence  of  her 
right  and  title,  to  my  whole  goodes  ;  and  the  other  half,  unto  my  son, 
John  Stansfeild,  and  that  it  shall  be  put  into  the  hand  of  George 
Holstead  of  Stainsfeild,  and  that  at  a  years  end,  my  son  to  dwell,  and 
to  be  educated  and  brought  up,  in  the  trade  of  clothing,  with  the  said 
George  Holstead  <£^c.  Item,  fortie  shillings  to  Edonne,  my  wife.  Item, 
fortie  shillings  to  Geo  Holstead.  Item,  I  will  and  bequeath  unto  my 
sister's,  Allice  Smith's,  children,  every  one  of  them,  twelve  shillings ;  and 
all  the  residue,  I  will  6-c.  unto  my  brother's,  Nicholas  Stansfeild's, 
children,  and  to  my  sister's,  Jennett  Copman's,  children,  equally  to  be 
divided  among  them  (S-x.  I  ordaine  the  said  Edonne,  my  wife,  and 
my  son,  John,  sole  executors  ei-'c. 

Vol.  x.x.xij.  folio  6g6b.  Dated  nth  January  and  proved  23rd 
March  1613-14. 

John  Horsfall  of  Heptonstall,  declared  in  his  will,  that  John 
Widdopp  of  Ealand,  was  bound  to  his  brothers-in-law,  Thomas  Stans- 
feld and  Thomas  Crabtree,  to  pay  ^^40  to  his  children,  Mary,  Martha 
and  John  Horsfall.  Mentioned  his  wife,  Anna,  and  another  son, 
Richard  Horsfall. 

Vol.  xxxiij.  fvlio  22ih.  Dated  2nd  October  1613,  proved  3rd 
August  1 6 14. 

John  Appleyard  of  Hipperholme,  bequeathed  the  residue  of  his 
property,  to  his  son,  John,  he  to  bring  up  testator's  two  grandchildren, 
Samuel  and  Grace  Stansfeld,  with  meate  and  clothe,  till  each  be 
20.     Mentioned  his  daughters,  Sara,  Mary,  Grace  and  Susan. 


384  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Vol.  xxxiij.  folio  337a.  Dated  24th  December  16 13,  proved  2nd 
November  16 14. 

Sara  Appleyard  mentioned  in  her  will,  her  brother,  John  Appleyard, 
and  his  children,  Richard,  Samuel  and  Susan  ;  her  eldest  sister,  Marie 
Vicars ;  and  her  other  sister,  Grace  Stansfeild,  widow ;  and  her  neece, 
Grace,  sole  daughter  of  Richard  Stansfeild,  deceased. 

Vol.  xxxiij.  folio  286.  Dated  12th  July  1613,  proved  6th  October 
1614. 

I,  Maude  Stansfeild  of  Calverley,  within  the  countie  of  Yorke, 
•widdow,  make  this  my  last  will  &c.  I  give  unto  John  Stansfeild,  my 
eldest  son,  ten  pounds,  part  of  that  ;^i3,  which  he  oweth  me.  Item, 
I  give  unto  every  one  of  his  children,  vjs.  viijd.  out  of  that  money,  and 
the  remainder  of  that,  shall  be  bestowed  upon  my  funeral.  Item,  I 
give  unto  Christopher  Hodgson,  my  son-in-law,  xxd.;  unto  Maude 
Lambe,  my  grandchild,  xxd.j  unto  every  one  that  I  am  godmother  unto, 
and  grandmother  unto,  xxd.  My  debts  paid  <Scc.  I  give  equally,  unto 
Sible  Lambe,  Marye  Hodshon,  and  Isabell  HoUinge,  my  daughters.  I 
make  Richard  Lambe,  Christopher  Hodshon,  and  Jesper  Hollings, 
executors  &c. 

Vol.  XXXV.  folio  8ib.  Dated  23rd  October  1617,  proved  ist  July 
1618. 

Grace  Mitton  of  the  Gesling  Royde,  in  Barsland,  spinster,  be- 
<iueathed  to  John  Stansfeild,  husband  of  her  sister,  Marie,  30s.;  and 
to  his  son,  John,  6s.  8d. 

Vol.  xl.  folio  i6yb.  Dated  8th  February  1627-8,  proved  same 
day. 

John  Grenewood  of  the  Hygreave,  in  Wadsworth,  husbandman, 
bequeathed  to  his  servant  maid,  Jennett  Stansfeild,  20s. 

Vol.  xl.  folio  384b.  Dated  26th  May  1627,  proved  23rd  April 
1629. 

Mychaell  Hoile  of  Merribente,  in  parish  of  Ealand,  clothier, 
bequeathed  to  his  sister,  Martha,  wife  of  Mark  Stansfeilde, 
^6  13s.  4d. 

Vol.  xlij.  folio  iS2b.  Dated  27th  February  1631-2,  proved  8th 
May  1633. 

Richard  Stansfeild  of  Sowerby,  mentioned  his  wife,  Suzanna, 
and  daughter,  Suzanna  ;  and  appointed  Thomas  Sugden  of  Hipper- 
holme,  her  tutor. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  385 

Vol.  xlij.  folio  J5Ja.  Dated  i6th  December  1632,  proved  8th  May 
1633- 

Anthony  Uttley  of  Stansfeild,  bequeathed  to  Jane,  wife  of  Simon 
Stansfeild,  ;^3. 

Vol.  xlij.  folio  4Sjl>.  Dated  5th  September  1634,  proved  3rd  May 
1635- 

Simon  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  yeoman,  bequeathed  to  his  wife, 
Jane,  for  life,  a  messuage  &^c.  lately  purchased  of  James  Stansfeild 
esq.,  called  Heyhead,  in  Stansfeild,  in  testator's  tenure ;  paying  to  his 
son  and  heir,  James,  2cs.  yearly,  with  no  power  to  let,  except  to  said 
son,  James,  at  £4  per  annum.  Then  to  son,  James,  he  paying  to  sons, 
John  and  Thomas,  £2>°  i"  three  years.  To  his  wife,  and  sons,  John 
and  Thomas,  his  interest  in  the  messuage,  where  he  dwelt.  To  his  son, 
James,  three  stones  of  wooll,  and  those  sheepe,  at  Swallowshawe,  and 
ffower  sheepe  in  his  keepinge,  being  goodes  gotten  under  him,  and  by 
his  permission.  He  excluded  him  from  the  rest,  except  such  sawed 
timber  and  wood,  as  were  upon,  and  belonged  to  the  finishinge  of,  the 
messuage  called  Heyhead.  Rest  of  goods,  he  left  a  third  to  his  wife^ 
and  to  John  and  Thomas,  another  third  each.  To  his  daughter, 
Elizabeth,  20s.;  and  six  lambes,  to  her  six  children.  To  his  daughter- 
in-law,  Martha,  5s,  and  to  each  of  his  godchildren,  and  to  his  servant, 
Ellen  Whitehead,  i2d.  He  left  the  residue  to  his  sons,  John  and 
Thomas,  and  appointed  his  wife,  with  the  former,  his  executors. 

Vol.  xlij.  folio  sg^a.  Dated  3rd  September  1634,  proved  22nd 
July  1635. 

Isabell  Crosley,  wife  of  Joseph  Crosley  of  Stansfeild,  by  virtue  of  a 
bond,  under  hand  and  seal  of  said  Joseph,  to  Hugh  Pilling  and  James 
Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  bequeathed  to  James,  John  and  Thomas, 
sons  of  Symon  Stansfeild,  ;^i5.  To  the  children  of  her  brother, 
James  Roberts,  ;^4.  To  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Thomas  Greenwood;  Isabell, 
wife  of  Jonas  Hardye;  and  to  Mary,  wife  of  Richard  Eastwood, 
£^2  13s.  4d.  each.  Mentioned  also  James  Robert,  son  of  James  Robert 
and  her  sister,  Jane,  and  their  daughters. 

Dated  8th  February  1640,  proved  loth  May  164 1. 

I,  Jane  Stansfeild  of  Hyghead  in  Stansfeild,  in  the  countie  of 
York,  widdow,  make  my  last  will.  My  debt?  and  expenses  paid  6-c. 
then  my  mind  is,  that  my  two  flannell  petticotes,  my  best  wastcote,  and 
best  wastcote  studes,  and  four  yards  of  russett  cloth,  be  sold,  and  equally 
divided;  viz.  to  James,  my  son,  one  part,  to  John,  my  son,  one  other 
part,  to  Thomas,  my  son,  the  third  part.     And  ray  will  is,  that  John 

AA.\ 


iS6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

and  Thomas  put  the  sayd  money  to  profit,  to  the  use  of  their  two  chil- 
dren ;  and  I  give  my  old  hatt  lined,  to  my  grandchild,  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  Stansfeild.  My  new  hatt  and  wastcote,  to  Ellen  Robt.,  for  the 
use  of  her  children  ;  and  the  remainder  of  my  apparell,  I  give  to 
Elizabeth,  my  natural  daughter,  and  Mary  and  Isabell,  her  two 
daughters,  and  the  wife  of  John,  and  the  wife  of  Thomas  Stansfeild. 
I  give  unto  Mary  Greenewood,  one  little  shift.  I  give  unto  the 
sons  of  Thomas  Greenewood,  my  son-in-lawe,  eighty  shepe,  to  put 
to  profit.  To  Mary  and  Isabell  Greenewood,  my  grandchildren, 
bedclothes  for  one  bed.  To  Martha  Stansfeild,  widdow,  my 
daughter-in-lawe,  six  shillings.  To  the  six  children  of  Thomas 
Greenewood,  my  son-in-lawe,  six  pounds  &^c.  The  remainder  of  all 
my  goodes,  I  give  them  wholly  to  James  Stansfeild,  my  son,  whom 
I  make  executor  &-c. 

Dated  15th  April  1633,  proved  4th  February  1639-40. 

I  Michael  Stansfeild  of  Halifax,  in  the  countie  of  Yorke, 
milner,  make  my  last  will.  All  my  debts  &c.  paid,  I  will  that  Marv, 
my  wife,  shall  have  her  right  third  pt.  All  the  remainder  of  my  said 
goods,  unto  my  two  brethren,  Jonathan  and  Thomas  Stansfeild, 
either  of  them  ^12.  To  my  sister,  Martha,  other  ;^i2.  The 
residue  and  remainder  of  all  my  goods,  I  give  unto  the  said  Marv, 
my  wife,  whom  I  make  sole  executrix  &c. 

Dated  20th  April  1641,  proved  21st  July  1642. 

I  S.\MUEL  Stansfeild  of  Halifax,  in  the  countie  of  York,  clothier, 
make  my  last  will  &c.  All  debts  &c.  paid,  I  give  unto  Samuf.l 
Stansfeild  and  Joseph  Stansfeild,  to  either  of  them,  ten  pounds. 
Item,  to  Marie  Bynnes,  my  mother,  five  shillings,  and  unto  John 
Stansfeild,  my  brother,  my  suit ;  and  to  John  Stansfeild,  my  god- 
son, the  son  of  the  said  John,  my  brother,  one  payre  of  lomes,  warping 
wough,  and  warping  ringe,  and  all  the  implemts.  to  the  same.  Item, 
unto  my  other  children,  that  I  am  godfather  to,  twelpence  a  peeco. 
Item  to  John  Sraether,  my  servant,  if  he  continue  with  my  wife,  another 
suit.  The  remainder  of  all  my  goods  &c.  debts  discharged,  and  my 
wife's  right  deducted,  unto  my  four  children,  Daniel,  Joseph,  Marv 
and  Grace  Stansfeild,  and  I  appoint  Sibill,  my  loving  wife,  sole  exe- 
cutrix of  this  my  last  will. 

Vol  xlrj.  folio  355a.     Dated  nth  April  1656. 

John  Hoyle  of  Hirsthouse,  in  the  township  of  Sowerby,  yeoman, 
bequeathed  5s.  to  Marke  Stansfeild,  and  2s.  6d.  to  each  of  his  chil- 
dren. John,  Mary  and  Martha  Stansfeild. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  387 

Vol.  xlvj.  folio 568a.     Dated  3id  November  1663. 

James  Stansfield  of  Heahead,  in  Stansfeild,  yeoman,  bequeathed 
;^2o  to  his  daughter,  Mary  ;  and  the  messuages  called  Heahead  and 
Winsley,  to  his  two  sons,  James  and  John.  He  mentioned  his  brother, 
John  ;  and  ordained  his  brother,  Thomas,  and  his  own  wife,  Mary, 
executors. 

Vol.  .\lvij.  fulio  jga.     Dated  19th  June  1664. 

Tobie  Pickles  of  Stansfeild,  bequeathed  los.  to  his  grand-daughter, 
Prudence  Stancefeild. 

Vol.  xlvij.  folio  84b.     Dated  12th  August  1649. 

Abraham  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild,  husbandman,  mentioned  his 
wife,  Elizabeth  ;  and  bequeathed  his  loomes,  to  his  grandchild,  Jeddian 
Stansfeild. 

Vol.  I.  folio  242a.     Dated  4th  February  1667-8. 

Sarah,  widow  of  Michaell  Sutcliffe,  of  Stansfeild,  bequeathed  5s. 
to  her  nephew,  Abraham  Stansfeild. 

Vol.  liij.  folio  235b.     Dated  15th  March   167 1-2. 
James    VVhittaker   of  Sowerby,   servingman,   bequeathed   ^2,   to 
Sarah,  wife  of  Nicholas  Stansfeild. 

Vol.  liij.  folio  456a.     Dated  r  3th  October  3671. 

Ihomas  Hirst  of  Rastrirke,  clothier,  bequeathed  i2d.  as  a  legacie, 
to  a  child  of  Thomas  Stansfield,  late  of  Brighouse,  deceased,  by  his 
late  wife,  Suzan,  who  was  testator's  niece. 

Vol.  liv.  folio  242a.     Dated  13th  May  1673. 

Jonas  Robertshay  of  Stansfeild,  widow,  bequeathed  to  George 
Stansfield,  sundry  debts. 


PREROGATIVE  COURT  OF  CANTERBURY. 

A  summary  of  the  wills  and  administrations,  in  the  P.C.C, 
1 506-1783. 

1506.  Robert  Stanfei.d,  rector  of  Lacheworth  in  the  dioc.  of 
Lincoln.  [Letchworth  co.  Herts.]  Will,  ist  Sept.  1506,  proved  9th 
October  1506.     {Register '■•  Adeane"  11.) 


388  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

155 1.  Richard  Stansfeld,  esq.,  Citizen  and  Skinner  of  London. 
Will,  27th  June  1551,  proved  i6th  December  1551,  by  John  Cooke 
esq.  See  Stansfeld  of  Shepley,  for  this  will  in  full.  [^Register 
''£iicke''  36.] 

1559.  Richard  Stanfeilde,  of  the  city  of  Coventry.  Will,  15th 
August  1558,  proved  last  August  1559,  for  Margaret,  the  relict. 

To  be  buried  at  the  west  door  of  Trinity  church,  Coventry,  where 
the  procession  cometh  in.  J\Ientions,  son,  John  (a  minor) ;  my  sister, 
Margaret,  to  dwell  in  my  house,  at  Wynnell ;  brother,  William,  in 
Lancaster.  Lands  at  Coventry.  My  house  in  Gosford  st.  next  the 
Pageant  house,  after  death  of  wife,  to  the  King's  School,  of  which  my 
M""  ys  founder.  All  my  brothers'  and  sisters'  children,  in  the  north,  to 
share  &c.     To  poor  of  Trinity  parish,  &c.     [Register  ' '  Chancy  ''  38.] 

1626.  John  Stansfield  of  the  Cliffe  neere  Lewes,  Sussex, 
gentleman,  23rd  Jany  1626-7,  concluded  14th  Feby  1626-7,  and  proved 
22nd  March  1626-7,  by  Elianor  Evelyn  als  Stansfield,  daughter  and 
Ex'irix. 

In  the  name  of  the  Father,  the  Sonne  and  the  Ilolie  Ghost,  three 
Persons  and  one  God,  blessed  for  ever.  I  John  Stansfield  of  the 
•Cliffe,  neere  Lewes,  in  the  countie  of  Sussex,  gentleman,  &c. 

To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  All  Saints,  Lewes,  where  I  was 
borne  ;  and  the  friends,  invited  to  funeral,  to  be  well  entertained,  and 
mourning  gowns  to  be  provided,  of  which  eight  are  to  be  poor  persons 
of  Cliffe,  and  four  of  All  Saints.  To  the  repair  of  All  Saints,  20s.  To 
the  preacher  of  my  funeral  sermon,  20s.  To  the  repair  of  Cliffe  church, 
40s.  To  the  poor  on  day  of  burial,  ^^{^  15,  viz.,  to  Cliffe,  ;£'5,  and  to 
each  parish,  in  Lewes  and  Southover,  40s. 

Amongst  honest  preaching  ministers  in  Sussex,  having  a  wife  and 
children,  and  no  preferment,  ;^"2o. 

To  Jane,  my  welbeloved  and  weldeserving  wief,  ;^2oo,  half  my 
linen,  3  quarters  of  wheat,  wood,  charcoal,  5  quarters  of  malt,  apparal, 
and  jewels,  and  so  much  plate,  as  weighs  120  ozs.  Household  stuff, 
and  furniture,  so  long  as  she  remains  a  widow,  in  my  house  at  Cliffe. 

To  Thomas  St.\nsfield,  my  brother's  son,  ;j£'2oo  at  24;  and  to 
Roger,  another  son,  ;^8o. 

To  William  Goffe  and  John  Goffe,  my  sister's  sons,  each  ;^ioo. 

To  Agnes  Brattell,  my  brother's  daughter,  ^^lo.  To  Margery 
Cheale,  my  sister's  daughter,  ^5.  To  cousin  Mitten  and  her  children, 
except  Joan  and  ALargaret,  already  provided  for,  ;^25. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  389 

To  each  servant,  one  year's  wages  extra. 

To  grandchild,  Elizabeth  Evelyn,  daughter  of  Richard  Evelyx 
of  Wotton,  Surrey,  esqre.,  and  of  Elianor,  his  wife,  my  only  daughter 
and  heir  apparent,  ^^500,  at  21,  or  marriage;  and  to  Jane  Evelyn, 
another  daughter,  ;^5oo,  at  21  or  marriage. 

To  the  poor  of  Shipley,  Sussex,  40s.;  of  Northstock,  40s. 

Residue,  to  my  said  daughter  and  onlie  childe,  Ellinor  Evelyn, 
wief  to  the  foresaid  Richard  Evelyn,  and  she  to  be  ex'trix.  I  know  she 
hath  a  wise  and  understanding  husband,  and  able  to  mannage  farr 
greater  matters  than  theis  are,  &c. 

Overseers,  Edward  Mitchell  esqre..  Will™-  Newton  esqre.,  John 
Rowe  gent.,  Nicholas  Russell,  yeoman ;  and  to  each  40s. 

To  Mistres  Walsingham  Mitchell,  my  mother-in-lawe ;  Mrs.  Andrewes, 
Mrs.  Weston,  Mrs.  Lagge,  my  sisters-in-law  :  Mrs.  Walsingham  Churcher, 
Mrs.  Katherine  Sande,  Mrs.  Clemens  Evans,  Mrs.  Walsingham  Houghton, 
and  Mrs.  Anne  Theobald,  my  kinswomen,  20s.  each.  To  Mr.  Thomas 
Mitchell,  my  brother-in-law,  ;^5.  To  cousin  John  Mitchell  of  Houghton, 
40s.     To  cousin  Elinor  Gouldham  of  Cliffe,  20s.    [All  for  rings]. 

To  John  Sampson,  the  younger,  of  King's  Cleev,  Southampton,  ^5 
for  books,  &c. 

Touching  my  lands,  &c.  I  leave  to  my  wife,  an  annuity  of  ;i{^  180, 
payable  quarterly,  in  the  Sessions  House,  Lewes  ;  and  Richard  and 
Ellinor  Evelyn,  to  give  assurance,  to  carry  out  the  bequest. 

During  her  Hfe,  and  as  I  was  wont  to  do,  wife  to  give  to  the  poor 
of  Cliffe,  4s.  weekly,  in  bread  and  money. 

The  following  annuities  to  be  regularly  paid  :  Thomas  Stansfield, 
aforesaid,  ;^i3  6s.  8d.;  William  Goffe,  for  life,  ;^i3  6s.  8d.,  (Exors.tosee, 
that  if  any  of  debts  of  'William  Gofte,  are  owing,  that  they  be  paid  first, 
out  of  the  annuity);  John  Goffe,  ;^io  ;  Agnes  Brattell,  ;^s ;  Margery 
Cheale,  £5 ;  Ralph  Streatle,  my  servant,  40s.;  Abraham  Henty,  my 
servant,  40s.  All  which  annuities,  to  be  payable  out  of  my  lands  in 
Sussex,  except  my  residence  in  the  Cliffe. 

To  son-in-law,  Richard  Evelyn,  and  Elinor,  my  daughter,  his  wife, 
all  that  my  manor  of  Denton,  with  the  advowson,  lands  and  appurts.; 
and  also,  after  my  wife's  death,  the  reversion  of  the  messuage  &c.  in  the 
Cliffe.  Also  to  them,  my  messuage  &:c.  in  Eckington,  also  Ripe,  in 
Sussex.  To  hold  to  them  and  their  heirs,  for  ever.  Alsoe  all  that  my 
capitall  messuage  called  South  MauUing,  with  all  the  landes,  tenements, 
tythes,  rights  and  appurts.  thereunto  belonging,  scituate  and  being  neere 


390  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

I-ewes,  in  the  said  countie  of  Sussex.  And  after  their  decease,  to  be 
and  remayne  to  my  grandchild  and  godsonne,  John  Evelyn,  sonne 
of  the  said  Richard  Evelyn,  and  ElHnor,  his  wief,  and  to  the  heires  of 
the  bodie  of  the  said  John  Evelyn,  lawfully  to  be  begotten ;  in  default, 
to  Richard  Evelyn,  another  son  of  Richard,  and  heirs  ;  in  default,  to 
Oeorge  Evelyn,  another  son,  and  heirs ;  in  default,  to  my  right  heirs. 

To  said  daughter,  Ellinor  Evelyn,  during  life,  all  that  my  manors 
of  Northstock,  with  all  the  rights,  &c.  in  Sussex,  together  with  the  lands 
called  Poulspeeche,  late  Shellyes  in  Shipley  ;  and  after  her  decease,  to 
grandchild,  George  Evelyn,  and  his  heirs  ;  in  default  to  grandchild, 
Richard  Evelyn,  and  heirs  ;  in  default,  to  my  right  heirs.  Also  to 
said  daughter,  without  impeachment  of  waste,  the  messuage  and  lands 
in  Pevernsey  and  Hove,  or  either  of  them,  in  Sussex,  lately  purchased  of 
Thomas  Elsick,  gent.;  and  after  her  decease,  to  grandchild,  Richard 
Evelyn  and  heirs;  in  default,  to  John  Evelyn  and  heirs;  in  default,  to 
George  Evelyn  and  heirs  ;  in  default,  to  my  right  heirs. 

For  the  better  maintenance  of  the  said  grandchildren,  Richard  and 
George  Evelyn,  ^^50  to  each. 

Written  on  1 2  sheets  of  paper. 

John  Stansfield. 
Witnesses :   Sam  Towers,   Robert  Towers,  Thomas   Mitchell  and 
Thomas  Houghton. 

By  Deed,  dated  30th  Nov.  last  [1626],  was  granted  to  Robert 
]\Iorley  of  Glynde,  Esq"''-  John  Sherley  of  Lewes,  Esq'''  Anthony  Stapley 
of  Patcham,  Esq'''^' Richard  Shelley  of  Lewes,  gent.,  Samuel  Towers  of 
Cliffe,  gent.,  Walter  Dobell  of  Lewes,  gent.,  an  annuity  or  rent  charge 
of_j^20,  issuing  out  of  the  capital  messuage,  called  South  Maulling,  and 
all  the  lands  and  appurls.  belonging,  upon  certain  trusts  therein  specified 
I've,  he  confirms  such  deed  and  trusts  &c. 

Witnesses,  Edward  Mitchell,  Thos.  Scottson,  Thos.  Houghton, 
'I'hos.  Lucas,  and  Ralph  Streatle.     [^Regisfer  ^^  Skynner"  26.] 

[Notes  from  Evelyn's  Diary  dr.  My  mother's  name  was  Eleanor, 
sole  daughter  and  heyresse  of  John  Stansfield  esqr.  of  an  ancient  and 
honorable  family  (tliough  now  extinct)  in  Shropshire  &c.  My  grand- 
father Standsfield  dyed  this  yeare  on  5  Feb.  1626-7.] 


1629.     Humphrey  Stanfeild.  Will,   ist  April  1629,  proved  6th 
Sept.  1630,  by  Thomas  Averill  of  Poplar. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  391 

Mentions  brother,  Richard  Stanfeild  of  Saltash,  near  Plymoutli, 
and  his  four  children.  Poor  of  St.  Nicholas,  Gloucester,  and  of  Poplar, 
alias  Blackwall,  Middlesex.  Wife  Marie  Stansfeild.  [Register 
"  Scrooge"  80.] 

1646.  Vincent  Stanfeild,  of  the  Lordship  of  Bradnap,  in  the 
parish  of  Leeke  co.  Stafford,  husbandman.  Will  i8th  Nov.  1643,  proved 
i6th  June  1646. 

Mentions  John,  Ellen  and  Annk,  the  sons  and  daughters  of  half- 
brother,  Henry  Stanfeild.     [Register''  Twisse"  80.] 

1646.  Anne  Stansfeild,  of  Allthill,  in  the  parish  of  Ashton- 
under-Lyne,  Lancaster.     Will,  31st  Dec.  1644,  admon,  6th  Oct.  1646. 

Mentions  sister,  Elizabeth  Cock,  widow ;  eldest  sister,  Alice 
Dickenson,  and  her  children.  One  of  witnesses,  John  Stanfield. 
[Register  "  Twisse"  142.] 

1653.  Thomas  Stansfield,  of  Todmerdon,  in  the  parish  of 
Rackdale,  [Rochdale]  co.  Lancaster,  yeoman.  Will,  last  of  April  1652, 
proved  26th  Sept.  1653,  by  Elizabeth,  the  relict.  See  Stansfeld  of 
Ewood  and  Adamroyd,  for  a  full  copy  of  this  will.    [Register  "  Brent  "99.] 

1654.  William  Stanfeild,  of  Euxton,  co.  Lancaster,  yeoman. 
Will,  8th  May  1654,  proved  29th  August  1654,  by  Clemence  Stanfeild, 
relict,  and  Richard  Haydock,  of  Chorley. 

Mentions,  to  be  buried  at  Eyland  ;  four  daughters,  Alice  Pemberton, 
Mary  Stanfeild,  Jenneit  Stanfeild,  and  Margaret  Parker.  Poor 
of  Heskyn,  Eyland,  Euxton  and  Chorley.  Charles  Smith  als.  Stansfield. 
Thomas,  Richard,  William,  and  John,  sons  of  John  Stanfeild. 
[Register  "■  A I  chin"  106.] 

1654.  George  Stansfeild,  of  Adam  Royd,  co.  York,  yeoman. 
Will,  26th  Oct.  1653,  proved  15th  Sept.  1654,  by  Elizabeth,  the 
relict.  See  Stansfeld  of  Ewood  and  Adamroyd,  for  a  full  copy  of  this 
will.     [Register  "  Alchin  "  427.] 

1655.  William  Stanfeild,  of  Torworth,  in  the  parish  of  Blyth, 
CO.  Nottingham,  yeoman.  Will,  29th  April  1655,  proved  19th  Nov. 
1655,  by  Margaret,  relict. 

Mentions  son,  Richard,  father-in-law,  Richard  Newcome  and 
three  brethren,  Francis,  Oliver  and  Ellis  Bradley.  Poor  of  Blyth, 
Bornely  on  ye  Moor,  Torworth  and  Ranskill.  Robert  Stanfeild  of 
East  Retford,  aged  16.  Lands  called  Milne  Meadow.  John  and  Robert 
Crumwell,  &c.     [Register  "  Jy/ttt  "  418.] 


394  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1755.  Samuel  Stanfield,  of  London,  merchant.  Will,  i6th 
April  175 1,  two  codicils  1753,  proved  17th  Feby.  1755,  by  Elizabeth 
F"ox,  spinster,  and  7th  March  1755,  by  Wni.  Bowyer,  the  other  Exor. 

Mentions  messuages  on  Tower  Hill  and  Aldgate.  Sons,  John, 
James,  Benjamin  and  Joseph  Stanfield.  {Register ''  FauV  58.] 

1756.  Rebecca  Stanesfield  (als.  Rebecker)  formerly  Ward. 
Admon.,  2Sth  Nov.  1756,  to  Thomas  Stanesfield,  her  husband,  of 
Stoke  Newington,  co.  Middlesex.     \Act  Book.'] 

1757.  John  Stamfild,  of  the  parish  of  St.  George-in-the-East, 
CO.  Midd'^-'  waterman.  Will,  5th  July  1757,  proved  9th  August  1757,  by 
Elizabeth  Symonds,  widow.     {EegisUr  '^Herring"  259.] 

1760.  George  Schofield  als.  Scanfield,  mariner.  Will,  18th 
Aug.  1759.  Admon.,  4th  Sept.  1760,  to  Susannah  Crabstick,  als. 
Capstick,  spinster,  his  beloved  friend,  of  Colchester,  Essex.  [Register 
''Lynch"  372.] 

In  body  of  will  called  Scanfield,  but  signed  Schofield. 

1 761.  Lydia  Standfield,  of  Dowdeswell,  CO.  Gloucester,  widow. 
Will,  9th  May  1755,  proved  19th  March  1761,  by  Sarah  Angel,  wife  of 
Abraham  Angel,  heretofore,  Standfield,  daughter-in-law. 

Mentions  grandson,  Samuel  Johnson;  grandson,  Thomas  Stand- 
fif;li',  grand-daughter,  Lydia  Standfield.      {Register  "  Chesly?i  "  108.] 

1764.  James  Stanfield,  of  H.M.  ship  "Le  Preuse,"  mariner. 
Will,  19th  Sept.  1763,  proved  7th  Dec.  1764,  by  Jane 
Skelton,  wife  of  John  Skelton,  of  St.  George,  Middlesex,  by  Wapping. 
[Register  "  Simpson"  482.] 

1766.  Rev°  Benj^'  Stanfield,  of  Bluntisham-cum-Earth, 
Huntingdon,  clerk.  Will,  7th  April  1758,  proved  12  Dec.  1766,  by  Joseph 
Stanfield,  the  brother.     [Register  "  lyndall"  467.] 

1780.  Thomas  Standfield,  of  H.M.S.  '-Chatham,"  mariner. 
^Vill,  20th  April  1780,  proved  17th  Nov.  1780,  by  Elizabeth  Merchant, 
widow,  of  Petticoat  Lane,  the  aunt.     [Register  "  Collins''  541.] 

In  body  of  will  called  Stanfield,  but  signed  Standfield. 

1 783.  Mary  Stansfeld,  wife  of  Timothy  Stansff:ld,  of  Fish  St. 
Hill,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard,  Eastcheap,  London.  Will,  21st  Jany. 
1  783,  proved  15th  April  1783,  by  Timothy  Stansfeld,  the  husband. 

Mentions  copyhold  lands,  St.  George,  Middlesex.  Father  and 
mother,  John  and  Joanna   Hart,  of  Queen  St.,  victuallers.     Brothers, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  395 

John  and  Thomas  Hart,  and  five  sisters.     One  of  witnesses  who  signs. 
is  George  Stansfeld.     [^Register  "  Cormvallis  "  200.] 


HERALDS'  COLLEGE. 
Result  of  general  search,  for  all  entries,  of  the    name  of 
Stansfeld,  in  the  records  and  collections  of  the  Heralds'  College. 

1.  Stansfield  of  co.  York.     Tricking  of  arms,  a°-  1564. 

2.  Stanfeild   of  Sheply,  co.  York,  Rich.      Grant  of  Arms,  a°-  1556. 

3.  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  co.  York.      Narrative  ped-  of  15  genera- 

tions, down  to  circa  1600,  with  blazon  of  arms. 

4.  ,,         of  Bradford,  connected  with  Busfield.     3  gen's  to  1779. 

5.  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild.     Ped.  of  8  gen's,  with  blazon  of  arms,  and 

another  of  S.  of  Sowerby,  5  gen's  to  1 7 1 2. 

6.  Stansfield.     Royal  Licence  and  Earl  Marshal's  Warrant,  a"-  1832, 

authorizing  ^^'™■  Rookes  Crompton,  to  assume  the  sur- 
name and  arms  of  S.,  in  addition  to  his  own. 

7.  Star.field.     R.  L.  and  E.  M's,  Warr*-'  a°-  1809,  authorizing  Joseph 

Lanfear,  to  assume  the  name  and  arms  of  S.  only. 

8.  Stansfield.     R.  L.  and  E.  M's.   Warr'^a'^-  1832,  that  John  Rob'- 

Tennant  (son  of  John  Tennant  Stansfield  T.,  formerly 
J.  T.  Stansfield),  may  continue  the  use  of  the  name 
and  arms  of  Tennant. 

9.  Stansfield,  W™- Rookes  Crompton.     Exemplification  of  arms,  1832. 

10.  „         Exemplification    of    arms,   to    John   Robert   Tennant. 

(  Vt'de  ante. ) 

11.  Stansfeild  of  Lewes.      Eleanor  d.  and  h.  of  John,  married,  1623, 

Richard  Evelyn. 

12.  „         of  Stansfeild.      Ja.  married  in   1613,  Elizabeth,  d.  of 

Robert  Holden. 

13.  Stanfeild  of  Wisbich.     Beatrix,  d.  of  John,  married  in  1619,  John 

Daye  of  W. 

14.  „       Anne  d.  of married  in  161 2,  Thomas  Savile  of 

Copley. 

15.  Stansfield,    Elizabeth,    d.    of    John,    married   in    1509,    Wiliinm 

Parkinson,  of  Eastburne,  co.  York. 

16.  Stansfeld,     John  son  of  Ralph  de.      Party  to  a  deed,  19  H.  VI. 

[14401]. 

17.  (This  book,  one  of  those  in  the  coll"-  of  Vincent,  is  missing. 


394  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1755.  Samuel  Stanfield,  of  London,  merchant.  \\"\\\,  i6th 
April  175 1,  two  codicils  1753,  proved  17th  Feby.  1755,  by  Elizabeth 
Fox,  spinster,  and  7th  March  1755,  by  \Vm.  Bovvyer,  the  other  Exor. 

Mentions  messuages  on  Tower  Hill  and  Aldgate.  Sons,  John, 
James,  Benjamin  and  Joseph  Stanfield.  [Register" Faul"  58.] 

1756.  Rebecca  Stanesfield  (als.  Rebecker)  formerly  Ward. 
Admon.,  2Sth  Nov.  1756,  to  Thomas  Stanesfield,  her  husband,  of 
Stoke  Newington,  co.  Middlesex.     [Act  £00^.] 

1757.  John  Stamfild,  of  the  parish  of  St.  George-in-the-East, 
CO.  Midd^-'  waterman.  Will,  5th  July  1757,  proved  9th  August  1757,  by 
Elizabeth  Symonds,  widow.     {Register  ''Herring"  259.] 

1760.  George  Schofield  als.  Scanfield,  mariner.  Will,  i8th 
Aug.  1759.  Admon.,  4th  Sept.  1760,  to  Susannah  Crabstick,  als. 
Capstick,  spinster,  his  beloved  friend,  of  Colchester,  Essex.  [Register 
'■Lynch  "  372.] 

In  body  of  will  called  Scanfield,  but  signed  Schofield. 

1761.  LvDiA  Standfield,  of  Dowdeswell,  CO.  Gloucester,  widow. 
Will,  9th  May  1755,  proved  19th  March  1761,  by  Sarah  Angel,  wife  of 
Abraham  Angel,  heretofore,  Standfield,  daughter-in-law. 

Mentions  grandson,  Samuel  Johnson;  grandson,  Thomas  Stanu- 
field,  grand-daughter,  Lydia  Standfield.      [Register  "  Cheslyn  "  108.] 

1764.  James  Stanfield,  of  H.M.  ship  "  Le  Preuse,"  mariner. 
Will,  19th  Sept.  1763,  proved  7th  Dec.  1764,  by  Jane 
Skelton,  wife  of  John  Skelton,  of  St.  George,  Middlesex,  by  Wapping. 
[Register  "Simpson"  482.] 

1766.  Rev°  Benj'-  Stanfield,  of  Bluntisham-cum-Earth, 
Huntingdon,  clerk.  Will,  7th  April  1758,  proved  12  Dec.  1766,  by  Joseph 
Stanfield,  the  brother.     [Register  "  lyndall"  467.] 

1780.  Thomas  St.\ndfield,  of  H.M.S.  '-Chatham,"  mariner. 
Will,  20th  April  1780,  proved  17th  Nov.  1780,  by  Elizabeth  Merchant, 
widow,  of  Petticoat  Lane,  the  aunt.     [Register  "  Collins"  541.] 

In  body  of  will  called  Stanfield,  but  signed  Standfield. 

1 783.  Mary  Stansfeld,  wife  of  Timothy  Stansfkld,  of  Fish  St. 
Hill,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Leonard,  Eastcheap,  London.  Will,  21st  Jany. 
1783.  proved  15th  April  1783,  by  Timothy  Stansfeld,  the  husband. 

Mentions  copyhold  lands,  St.  George,  Middlesex.  Father  and 
mother,  John  and  Joanna  Hart,  of  Queen  St.,  victuallers.     Brothers, 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  395 

John  and  Thomas  Hart,  and  five  sisters.     One  of  witnesses  who  signs, 
is  George  Stansfeld.     ^Register  "  Cormcallls  "  200.] 


HERALDS'  COLLEGE. 
Result  of  general  search,  for  all  entries,  of  the   name  of 
Stansfeld,  in  the  records  and  collections  of  the  Heralds'  College. 

1.  Stansfield  of  co.  York.     Tricking  of  arms,  a°-  1564. 

2.  Stanfeild   of  Shepl_v,  co.  York,  Rich.      Grant  of  Arms,  a°-  1556. 

3.  Stansfield  of  Stansfield,  co.  York.      Narrative  ped.  of  15  genera- 

tions, down  to  circa  1600,  with  blazon  of  arms. 

4.  „         of  Bradford,  connected  with  Busfield.     3  gen's  to  1779. 

5.  Stansfeild  of  Stansfeild.     Ped.  of  8  gen's,  with  blazon  of  arms,  and 

another  of  S.  of  Sowerby,  5  gen's  to  1 7 1 2. 

6.  Stansfield.     Royal  Licence  and  Earl  Marshal's  Warrant,  a°-  1832, 

authorizing  ^^'"'■  Rookes  Crompton,  to  assume  the  sur- 
name and  arms  of  S.,  in  addition  to  his  own. 

7.  Star.field.     R.  L.  and  E.  M's,  Warr*--  a°-  1809,  authorizing  Joseph 

Lanfear,  to  assume  the  name  and  arms  of  S.  only. 

8.  Stansfield.     R.  L.  and  E.  M's.   VVarr'-.a°-  1832,  that  John  Rob'- 

Tennant  (son  of  John  Tennant  Stansfield  T.,  formerly 
J.  T.  Stansfield),  may  continue  the  use  of  the  name 
and  arms  of  Tennant. 

9.  Stansfield,  W""- Rookes  Crompton.     Exemplification  of  arms,  1832. 

10.  „         Exemplification    of    arms,    to    John   Robert   Tennant. 

(Vtde  ante.) 

11.  Stansfeild  of  Lewes.      Eleanor  d.  and  h.  of  John,  married,  1623, 

Richard  Evelyn. 

12.  „         of  Stansfeild.      Ja.  married  in    16 13,  Elizabeth,  d.  of 

Robert  Holden. 

13.  Stanfeild  of  Wisbich.     Beatrix,  d.  of  John,  married  in  161 9,  John 

Daye  of  W. 

14.  „       Anne  d.  of married  in  16 12,  Thomas  Savile  of 

Copley. 

15.  Stansfield,    Elizabeth,    d.    of   John,   married   in    1509,    William 

Parkinson,  of  Eastburne,  co.  York. 

16.  Stansfeld,     John  son  of  Ralph  de.      Party  to  a  deed,  19  H.  VL 

[14401]. 

17.  (This  bookj  one  of  those  in  the  coll"-  of  Vincent,  is  missing. 


396  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1 8.  Stansfeild  of  Suff.  Eliz.  d.  and  h.  of  Jeffrey,  married  Sir  Philip  Tilney. 

19.  ,,  of  Lewes.     Elinor,  d.  and  h.  of  John,  married  in  1623, 

Rich<i"  Evelyn. 

20.  ,,  Tricking  of  arms  from  a  Mon''  in  Eland  Church. 

21.  Stanyfeild  of  Shepley,  Richard.  Docket  of  Grant. 

22.  Stanesfeild  of  Stanesfeild  ("from  whom  is  descended  S.  of  Lewes 

co:  Sussex  ")  Docket  of  Grant,  1628. 

23.  Stanesfield  of  Lewes.      Docket  of  the  same  grant,  with  blazons  of 

the  arms,  in  English,  Latin  and  French. 

24.  Stansfield  of  York  and  Sussex.     Blazons  of  arms  and  crest. 

25.  ,,       William  Henry  Crompton.  Exemphficationof  arms,  1S72. 

26.  ,,         of  Bradford,  conn''-  with  Sharp.     2  gen's  to  1767. 

27.  „  „  „         Crompton.     4  gen's,  to  1813. 

28.  Stansfeld.      Abstracts   of  wills   at  York,  and   extracts    from    the 

registers  of  Sowerby,  Halifax  and  Hartshead. 

29.  Stansfeld  or  Stansfield  of  Leeds,  Stansfield,  Sowerby,  iS-c,  eve. 

Several  pedigrees,  blazons  of  arms,  evidences,  6j^c. 

30.  Stansfield,  John  Tennant  (son  of  Jonathan  and  Jane  S.),  mentioned 

in  the  will  of  his  great  uncle,  Rob'-  Tennant,  1794. 

31.  Stansfeld.     Extracts  from  Registers  6^c.  re  Hatton,  addressed  to 

"  Thomas  W.  Stansfeld  Esq..  Leeds." 

32.  Stansfield  of  Bradford,  conn<'- with  Sharp.     2  gen's,  to  1767. 

33-  „  „  Robert,    mentioned   in    will    of    Abraliam 

Sharp,  1768. 

34-  „         Robert,  menf"-    in    will   of    his    son-in-law,    Abraham 

Sharp,  1768. 

35.  ,,         of  Bradford,  Rob'- and  Eliz:  Sharp.     Mar:  Lie.  1703 

36.  Stansfeld,  Will'us.     Party  to  a  deed  8  H  VI.  [1428]. 

37.  „  „  „       deeds  of  same  date. 

38.  Stansfield  of  Bradford.     Legatees  under  will  of  Faith  Sharp,  17 10. 
39-  „        Joshua,    and    Martha    Sharp.      Entry   of    marriage    in 

1672,  from  the  Bradford  Registers. 

The  Indexes  to  the  following  records  and  collections,  have  been 
searched  without  result  : — Old  Grants,  Brooke,  Townsend,  Pingo, 
Rauclyffe,  King,  St.  George,  Warburton,  Young,  Bigland,  Painter's 
Work  Books,  Modern  Records. 

Wills  and  administrations,  in  the  Prerogative  Court,  Canterbury, 
from  1383 — 1800,  searched  417  years. 

iS°S       —       Adeane.     Folio  11.     Robertus  Stanfeld. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family;  397- 

1551       —  Bucke.     Folio  36.     Ricardus  Stanffelde- 

1559       —  Chanay.     Folio  38.     Rich'us  Stanfeld. 

1627     Mar.  Skynner.     Folio  26.     Joh'es  Stanfifeld. 

1630     Sept.  Scroop.     Folio  80.     Humfridus  Stanfield. 

1646     June.  Twisse.     Folio  80.     Vincent  Stanfield.     Staff. 
Oct.  do.         Folio  142.     Ann  Stanfield.     Lanc^'- 

1653  Sept.  Brent,    Folio  99.     Thomas  Stanffield.     Lane"- 

1654  —  Alchin.     Folio  106.     William  Stanfield.     Lanc^''- 
—         Do.     Folio  427.     Cleorge  Stansfield.     York. 

1655  Nov.  Aylett.     Folio  418.     William  Stanfield.     Notts. 
1672     Jan.  Eure.     Folio  7.     Sara  Stanfield.    Ebor. 

1692     Sept.  do  A\'illi'mus  Stanfield. 

1695  Oct.  Irky.     Folio  160.     Henricus  Stanfield. 

1696  Feb.  Bond.     Anna  Stanfield.    Midd. 

1709     Mar.  Lane.     Folio  99.     Francis  Stanfield,  P.T. 

July.       do.       Jacobus  Stanfield,  P.T.  (Ad.) 

17(0     Feb.  Smith.     Folio  39.     Francis  Stanfield,  P.T.S. 

1713     Nov.  Leeds.     Thom^- .Stanfield,  P.T.  (Ad.) 

1715     Sept.  Fagg.     Ric^-  Scanfield  for  Stanfield  (Ad.) 

June.      do.     Edwardus  Stansfield  (Ad.)     Surry. 

1720     July.  Shaller.     Folio  165.     Ely  Stansfield.      Notts. 

1730  Feb.  Auber.     Hen'cus  Stanfield,  P.T.  (Ad.)    C.  A. 

1 73 1  —  J.  Wain.     Ricd-  Stansfield.     (Ad.)Suff. 

1732  Nov.  Bedford.     Folio  274.     Eliz'''- Stansfeld.     Middx. 

1740  June.  Browne.     George  Stanfield,  P.T.S.  (Ad.) 

1 741  Oct.  Spurway.     James  Standfield.     P.  T.     (Ad.) 

1 746     Feb.  Edmunds.     Folio  64.     Joseph  Stanfield.     Lond. 

1755  Feb.  Paul.     Folio  58.     Samuel  Stanfield.     Lond. 

Mar.  do.     Samuel  Stanfield.      Double  probate  will  reg''-  Feb. 
last.    Lond. 

1756  Nov.  Glazier.      Stanesfield  (formerly   Rebecca   als.    Rebecker 

Ward).     (Ad.)     Midx. 

1757  Aug.  Herring.     Folio  258.     John  Stamfild.    Midx. 

1760  Sep.  Lynch.     Folio  372.      George  Scliofield  als  Scanfield  ad 

cemy-    P.T.S. 

1761  Mar.  Chestyn.     Folio  108.     Lydia  Standfield.    Glou. 
1764     Dec.  Simpson.     Folio  482.     James  Stanfield.     P.T.S. 

1766     Dec.  Tyndall.    Folio  467.     Rev.  Benjamin  Stanfield.    Middx. 

1780     Nov.  Collins.     Folio  541.    Tho'- Standfield  als  Stanfield.  P.T.S. 

1783     Apr.  Cornwallis.     Folio  200.     Mary  Stansfeld.     Lond. 

1788  July.  Calvert.    Folio  405.     Francis  Stanfeld.     South"- 

1789  Apr.  Macham.     Wm.  Standfield.    Middx. 

1 790  Jan.  Bishop.     Martha  Stanfel!.     South*"- 


39S  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1796  Oct.     Harris.    Folio  480.     James  Stansfield.     Midd"- 

1797  Aug.    Exeter.     Folio  427.     Jane  Stanfield.    York. 
Mar.        do.     Folio  199.     Mary  Stanfield.     Staff. 

1572-3     September.    Administration  Calendar,  Somerset  House. 
58.     Richard  Stansfeild,  London. 


STATE   PAPER   CALENDARS. 
References  to  the  nameof  Stansfeld,  in  the  printed  calendars 
of  state  papers.     [1509-1667.] 

15 13-4.  March  i8th.  Grant  of  protection  for  Hugh  Stanfeld, 
going  to  the  war.  Dated,  Westminster,  5th  Henry  8th,  in  French. 
{Roll  m.   10.) 

1513-4.  March  19th.  Another  grant  for  Hugh  Stanfeld,  retained 
to  serve  in  the  war.  Signed  and  sealed.  Privy  seal,  to  Robert,  Lord 
Curzon.  master  of  the  ordnance  in  the  rearward. 

1523-4.  Feby  5th.  A  Release  to  Sir  Richard  Tempest,  as  late 
sheriff  of  Yorkshire,  and  of  his  bail,  Th.  Tempest  of  Bradford,  and 
James  Stanfeld  of  Stanfeld,  from  their  recognizances  of  100  marks, 
entered  into,  loth  Nov-  8  Hen.  8.  Dated  Westm"^-  15  Henry  S'*"- 
(S.  B.  Pat.  p.  I.  m.  23.) 

157  c.  Ocf-S'*"-  Papers  of  the  examination  of  Henry  Simpson,  of 
Darlington,  in  the  bishoprick  of  Durham,  before  Sir  Thomas  Gargrave, 
Matthew  Hutton,  Dean  of  York,  and  Thomas  Eyners.  Among  other 
matters,  recites  that  he  heard  Stansfield,  an  Englishman,  say  that  the 
Earl  of  Westmoreland  had  sent  certain  letters,  &c.  {S.  P.  Dom.  Ser. 
^Elizabeth  vol.  xix.  75.  Add.) 

1600.  Nov"^-  6'''-  An  order  to  pay;^iio  to  John  Stanfield. 
{Minutes  of  the  Court  of  Adventurers  to  the  East  Indies.  Colonial 
Papers.      Court  Book  L  26-35.) 

1621.  Ocf-  24'''-  Petition  of  Humphry  Stanfield,  to  the 
East  India  Company,  for  a  gratuity.     {Court  Book  V.  167.) 

1630.  Nov-  17'''-  Grant  to  Thomas  Harrison,  the  elder,  with  a 
fee  of  1 2^-  per  day,  from  the  death  of  Humphry  Stanfield,  deceased, 
■of  the  place  of  gunner,  in  the  Tower  of  London.  Dated  Westm''-  In 
Latin.     {Sign  Manual 'Ho.  2,2.) 

1636.  May  2nd.  .\  certificate  of  Edward  Stephens,  late  sheriff  of 
<:o.  Gloucester,  of  the  assessment  of  the  clergy,  for  ship  money.  It  con- 
tains a  complete  list  of  the  clergy,  for  the  county,  arranged  in  hundreds. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  399 

That  of  the  hundred  of  Longtrees  contains : — James  Stansfield  of 
Rodborough.     55-^  pp.     {S.F.  Dom.  Charles  I.  Vol.  320,  No.  7.) 

1640.  A  letter  from  John  AlUbond,  dated,  the  Bishop's  Palace, 
Gloucester,  24th  March,  to  Dr.  Peter  Heylin,  Prebendary  of  Westm'^' 
in  which,  speaking  of  the  recent  election  of  M.P.,  and  its  partisans, 
Stansfield,  a  lecturer  at  Rodborough,  is  mentioned,  as  having  taken 
part.     {S.P.  Dom.  Charles  I.  Vol.  448,  No.  79.) 

1665.  Letter  from  Capt.  J.  Lightfoot,  to  the  Navy  Comm^^'  dated 
Edinburgh,  June  i4*'''  in  which  he  says  he  has  drawn  a  bill  of  £,?>o  on 
Sir  AVilliam  Batten  and  James  Stanfield,  and  provided  .1^298  for 
victuals,  payable  to  John  Lindsay,  goldsmith  of  Lombard  St.  {Ad?n. 
Paper,  S.  P.  Bom.  Charles  2  Vol.  124,  No.  65.) 


MISCELLANEOUS    RECORDS. 

1587.  Edward  Stansfeld,  webster,  of  Sowerby,  occurs  as  a 
witness  in  Star  chamber  proceedings,  between  Michael  Foxcroft  and 
Henry  Farrer.  He  is  stated  to  have  been  35  years  of  age,  at  the  above 
date.     {Public  Record  Office.) 

1392.  August  isth.  In  a  deed  dated  as  above,  settling  the  suc- 
cession of  Wadyngton,  near  Mankinknowles,  the  witnesses  named 
were,  Joh'e  le  Saywell,  milite,  Hen'o.  le  Saywell,  milite,  Ric'o.  de 
Hamerton,  Hen'o  de  Langefeld,  Joh'e  de  Crosleghe,  Nicholas  de 
Stanesfeld  et  aliis.     [Watson's  MSS.  iij.  page  19.] 

1773.     Index  Nominum  of  Watson's  MSS. 

Stansfeld.  Laurence,  1569.  Laurence  de  Stansfeld,  1583. 
John  de,  1288,  Nichs.  de,  1392,  Thomas  son  of  Nichs.,  1530. 
Thomas,  1449,  1503,  1532.  Thomas,  senior  and  junior,  1548. 
Simon,  vicar  of  Batley,  1495.  Peter,  1454.  Xpofer  1454. 
Edward  of  Erringden  1560,  1582.   Will,  de,  1353.     Rob.  de,  137 1. 

1 187.  Ralph  deStaynfeld,  sixth  abbot  of  Bardney,  co.  Lincoln, 
was  succeeded  this  year,  by  Robert.    [Browne  Willis'  Mitred  Abbies,  p.  30.] 

Amongst  the  pensions,  paid  to  the  monks  of  Nostel  priory,  was 
Egidio  Stansfelde,  p'sbitero.  _;^5  6s.  8d. 


Extracts  from  Court  Rolls. 
At  Halifax  Turn,  22nd  April   1417,  Ralph  Stansfeld  and  John 
Aikerode,  of  Wadsworth,  were  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  attached, 
for  depasturing,  in  the  park  there,  without  licence,  during  the  winter, 
the  former  29  beasts,  and  the  latter  6  beasts  and  5  horses. 


400  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

1449-50.     Perkin  Staxcefeld,  constable  of  Langfield. 

30th  June,  2  Hen.  VII.  [i486].  James  Stansfeld,  by  James 
Waterhouse,  surrenders  into  the  hands  of  the  lord,  the  reversion  of  one 
messuage,  called  Bayche,  and  12  acres  of  land  and  meadow,  in  Warley. 
after  that  term,  which  Richard  M'aterhouse,  senior,  and  John  Maud, 
junior,  have  in  it,  by  the  lease  of  James  Stansfeld  for  term  of  years,  to 
the  use  of  Richard  Akroyd  and  his  heirs,  for  ever.     Rent  13s.  4d.  yearly. 

1473.  James  Stansfeld  paid  heriot  for  above,  after  the  death  of 
Ralph,  his  grandfather,  and  of  John,  father  of  said  James  Stansfeld. 

1473.  James  Stansfeld  surrendered  on  lease,  for  21  years,  to 
Richard  Waterhouse,  and  John  Maud  the  younger. 

4th  November  1524.     [In  very  bad  condition.] 

Edward  Akroyd  through  Thomas  Stancefeld,  surrenders  a  messuage 
with  divers  lands,  now  in  tenure  of  Isabella  Crosslee,  after  lapse  of 
term,  which  Peter  Crosselee  has.  to  the  use  of  John  Wadsworth  and 
his  assigns,  for  6  years. 

29th  April  1554.  Graveship  of  Sowerby.  Elizabeth  Akroyd,  in 
Avidowhood,  surrenders  by  Henry  Farrer,  all  interest  and  term  of  years, 
which  she  has  in  10  acres  of  land  and  ^  rood,  of  all  edifices  built  there- 
upon, with  appurtenances,  in  Turvyn,  in  tenure  of  John  Stansfeld  ;  to 
the  use  of  Henry  Bentley,  junior,  son  of  Robert  Bentley,  and  his 
assigns,  from  the  surrender  of  Henry  Thomas,  father  of  said 
Elizabeth. 

26th  April  1559.  Wakefield  GreatCourt.  Robert  Akroyd  surren- 
ders by  Thomas  Stansfeld,  the  fourth  part  of  3*  acres,  with 
buildings,  in  the  graveship  of  Sowerby,  to  the  use  of  James  Halylee, 
and  his  heirs. 

5th  August  1579.  Heptonstall.  John  Akroyd  abandons  his  plea 
against  Henry  Stansfeld. 

28th  June  15S2.  Thirty-five  cases  of  pleas  of  debt,  from  Heptonstall 
alone ;  amongst  them,  John  Akroyd  is  summoned  by,  amongst  others, 
Henry  Stansfeld. 

1610.  October  15th.  Charles  Stansfeld  elected  constable  of 
^\■adsworth. 


T.  C.  Noble's  MSS. 
[546.     November  26th.     Marriage  licence  granted  by  the  archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  to  Richard  Stansfilde  and  Elizabeth  Beyston 
of  London. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  401 

rsSg.  April  ist.  Ditto,  by  the  bishop  of  London,  to  Thomas  Stax- 
FEiLDE,  of  the  parish  of  S.  Bride's,  Fleet  street,  and  Anne, 
daughter  of  John  Barnes,  co.  Lancaster. 

1682.  August  9th.  John  Stansfield  and  Mary  Tray,  married,  by 
licence,  at  S.  Dunstan's-in-the-West,  Fleet  street,  London. 


Harleian    Society's  Publications. 

1684.  August  3rd.  John  son  of  John  and  Ann  Standfield,  bap- 
tised at  S.  James',  Clerkenwell. 

1724.  July  2nd.  Samuel  Stanfield,  of  S.  Catherine  Cree  church, 
London,  widower,  and  Jane  Hallen,  of  the  same  parish,  married 
by  licence,  at  the  parish  church  of  S.  Antholin,  Budge  Row. 
London. 

[748.  April  loth.  Richard  Holden,  of  S.  Margaret's,  Lothbury,  London, 
bachelor,  and  Sarah  Stanefeld  of  Halifax,  co.  York, 
spinster,  with  licence,  by  Mr.  Tillotson. 

1558  August  26th.  Edmonde  Stanfelde,  buried  at  S.  Michael's, 
Cornhill. 

[551.     November  28th.  Mrs.  Standfelde,  ditto. 


1666.  May  1 2th.  Indenture  of  sale,  for  ^60,  by  John  Hopwood 
of  Halifax,  butcher,  to  Joshua  Horton  of  Sowerby,  esq.,  of  two  closes, 
called  the  Upp'most,  and  the  Midle  close,  in  Halifax,  in  occupation  of 
Henry  Stansfield,  adjoining  the  lane  from  Halifax  to  Willow  Hall, 
on  the  north ;  between  lands  of  Michael  and  John  Parkinson,  on  the 
west ;  and  lands  of  John  Bothomley,  on  the  north  and  northeast. 


1761.  October  2nd.  Deed  poll  from  John  Ashworth  of  Causeway, 
in  Warley,  weaver,  Mary  Ashworth  of  Earnshaw,  in  Wadsworth,  widow, 
Thomas  Stansfield  of  Shackleton,  yeoman,  and  Moses  Brigg,  and 
Mary  his  wife,  of  Plumpton.  in  Wadsworth,  yeoman. 


1604.  February  13th.  Ledsham  parish.  Secret  baptisme  at 
Witham's  house.  William  Stable's  wief  of  Pontefract,  bare  a  man's 
child,  at  y<=  house  of  Peter  Wytham,  in  Fairburne,  about  the  13  of 
February  last ;  but  where  it  was  baptized,  it  is  not  knowne.  Agnes 
Stansfield  was  y'  midwief.  [Peacock's  List  of  Roman  Catholics  in  1604 
page  26.] 

ccc 


402  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

Schedule  of  Roman  Catholics,  having  real  estate  in  the  West 
riding,  in  or  between  the  years  171 7  and  1734. 

(114)  Francis  Stansfield  of  the  city  of  York,  gentleman. 

(133)  Jane  Stansfield  of  Pontefract,  co.  York,  widow. 

(148)  Francis  Stanfield  of  the  city  of  York,  gentleman. 

(169)  Thomas  Thorpe  of  Slead-Syke,  in  the  township  of  Hipper- 
hoIme-cum-Brigghouse,  in  the  parish  of  Hallifax,  co.  York,  yeoman. 

(188)  Mary  Stanefield  of  the  city  of  York,  widow. 

(191)  Mary  Thorpe  of  Slade-Syke,  as  above,  widow. 

The  above  Jane  Stansfield  of  Pontefract,  was  evidently  the  widow  of 

Robert  Stansfield,  who  replied  to  kmg  James  IPs  enquiries,  respecting 

the  repeal  of  the  Test  Acts  :— 

•'  I  doe  freely  consent  to  that  his  Majestic  demands  of  me." 

His  name  occurs  amongst  the  aldermen  of  Pontefract,  to  stay  in  ; 

and  amongst  the  new  aldermen,  as  mayor,  to  be  put  in,  if  the  king 

thinks  fit. 

[  Yorkshire  Archizlogical  loiinial.^ 


1 7 15     May  18.  Mrs.  Mary  Stansfield,  buried. 

1726     November  8.  Mrs.  Mary  Stansfield,  widow,  buried. 

[All  Sainti  Registers.  York.'\ 


1664-S  Seth  Bushell  of  Euxton,  co.  Lancaster,  clerke,  aged  38,  21st 
September  1664,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Stansfield 
of  Euxton.  [Dugdale's  Visitation  of  Yorkshire,  Chetham  Sociely. 
vol.  l.x.x.vij;  page  62.] 


1765     March  25.     Thomas    Stansfield,    esquire,    died    at    Bradford, 

Yoikshire. 
1772     [no  dale]     Robert  Stansfeld,  died  at  Esholt,  Yorkshire. 
1805     February  20.    George  Stansfeld  esq.  of  Fieldhouse,  near  Halifax. 

CO.  York,  died  aged  79. 

\Gentleinaiis    Magaziae.'l 


Margekison's  Calverley  Registers. 
1609     John  Stansfield  was  one  of  the  churchwardens  of  Calverley. 

Baptisms. 
1592     November  29.     Hughe,  son  of  Hugh  Stanfeld  of  Pudsey. 
1593-4     March  9.     Grace,  dau.  of  Hughe  Stanfeld  of  Pudsey. 


History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family.  403 

1595-6     March  21.    Susan,  dau.  of  Hugh  Stanfeld  of  Pudsey. 
1598     September  24.  Marie,  dau.  of  Hughe  Stanfeld. 
1600     April  22.    Sara,  dau.  of  Hughe  Stanfeld. 
1603-4     March  11.  Joseph,  son  of  Hughe  Stanfifeld. 

1605-6     16.  Nathan,  son  of  Hughe  Stanfeld. 

1607     November  17.     Richard,  son  of  Hughe  Stanffeld. 
1610-11.     March  3.  Robert,  son  of  Hughe  Stanfeld. 

1612  August  23.  Grace,  dau.  of  John  Stanfeld. 

1613  November  7.  Ane,  dau.  of  Hughe  Stanfeld. 
1616     June  30.    Lawrence,  son  of  John  Stanfeld. 

1674     April  5.  Josh,  son  of  Tho.  Stansfield,  Idle  Parke. 
1677-8     January  26.   John,  son  of  Thomas  Stansfeild  of  Idle. 
1680-1 15.    Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Stansfeild  of  Idle. 

Marriages. 
1600     November  12.  Robert  Carryer  and  Marye  Stansfeild. 
1606     June  3.  Jesper  Hollings  and  Isabell  Stansfeild. 
1663     April  21.    William  Mershall  and  Mary  Stansfield. 
1667     May  I.     Samuel  Marshall  and  Anna  Stansfield. 
1672     August  31.  Thomas  Stansfeild  and  Ann  Smith. 

November  13.  Henery  Butterfeild  and  Martha  Stansfeild. 
1676     September  5.     Edward  Sands  and  Sarah  Stansfield. 

Burials. 
1598  9     Januarye  13.  Marye,  the  dau.  of  Hughe  Stansfeild. 

Alarch  22.    Grace  Stansfeild. 
1603     June  9.    Alice  Stansfeild. 

1606     September  25.  Nathan,  the  sonn  of  Hugh  Stansfeild. 
1625     June  10.  Hughe  Stansfeild,  of  Pudsey,  had  a  child  buried. 
1637     August  21.  Anne  Stanfeld. 
1642-3     January  25.  Hugh  Stanfeld,  of  Pudsey. 
1653     September  10.    Richard  Stansfield. 
1657     April  30.     Robert  Stansfield. 
1672     March  28.  Thomas  Stansfeild,  of  Idle  Thorpe. 
1674     June  10.     Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  Stansfeild,  Idle  Thorpe. 


1597.  In  a  document,  dated  the  7th  day  of  June,  1597,  Thomas 
Stansfeld  de  Todmorden,  in  the  county  of  Lancaster,  yeoman,  entered 
into  an  obligation  to  John  Sunderland  de  Horshald,  in  Erringden, 
yeoman,  in  the  sum  of  ^40,  to  execute  certain  lawful  covenants.  The 
above  is  written  in  legal  Latin,  and  on  the  back  is  the  following,  in 
English  : — 


404  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  condition  of  this  obligacon  witliin  written,  is  such,  that  whereas 
the  within  bounden  Thomas  Staxsfeld,  by  his  surrender  in  writing, 
bearing  date  with  this  said  obHgacon,  hath  surrendered  and  given  up 
with  a  straw,  into  the  hands  of  Gabrael  Bentley  and  John  Sunderland, 
tayler,  of  Heptonstall,  two  customary  tenants  of  the  manor  of  Halifax. 
All  those  his  messuages,  cottages,  chambers,  p'loures,  gardens,  lands, 
tenements,  and  hereditaments  and  appurtenances,  whatsoever,  in  the  town 
of  Heptonstall,  in  the  several  tenures  and  occupacons  of  the  said  Thomas 
S'JAXSFELD,  John  Sunderland,  Agnes  Ernshay,  James  Soytell,  and  Adam 
Browne,  to  the  intent  that  the  said  Gabriell  Bentley  and  John  Sunderland, 
tayler,  or  some  of  them,  shall  surrender  all  the  said,  to  the  lorde, 
according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor,  to  the  use  and  behoofs  of  the 
within  named  John  Sunderland,  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever,  and  by 
the  said  surrender,  more  plainly  it  doth  appear.  Yf  nowe  the  said 
Thomas  Stansfeld  and  Marye  his  wife,  shall  and  do,  at  all  times 
hereafter,  during  the  space  of  seven  years,  now  next  ensuing,  execute  all 
lawful  covenants,  this  obligacon  to  be  of  no  effect. 


15 1 7.  This  Indent,  made  the  xxviij  day  of  Marche,  in  the  eighth 
year  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  lord,  kyng  Henry  the  viii,  betwix 
James  Stansfeld,  cosyn  and  heyr  to  Geffray  Stansfeld,  of  that  or.e 
p'tie,  and  Henry  Draper,  of  Waddsworth,  of  that  other  p'tie  6-c.  James 
Stansfeld  grants  a  parcel  of  ground,  16  yards  by  8,  in  Wadsworth,  in  a 
close  called  Longsike,  whereon  to  build  one,  or  two,  walk  milns,  and  to 
attach  a  mill  dam  6^&  Also  liberty  to  carry  away,  all  stone  and  timber 
necessary,  from  the  closes  of  the  said  James,  called  Hillhouse  closes  and 
Tillyclyffs,  in  Wadsworth. 


1531.  Will'mo.  Stansfeld  iuxta  Hepdenbrigge,  along  with  John 
Bayles  and  William  Aspden,  priests,  was  witness  to  a  deed  of  Robert,  son 
of  Richard  Harryson,  deceased,  of  ffallandrode,  in  1531. 

1539.  Thomas  Stansfeld  was  witness,  in  another  deed  of  the 
same,  in  1539. 


V??t^ 


Chapter    XXI. 


NORTHGATE  END  CHAPEL,  HALIFAX. 


UST  as  one  of  the  branches  of  the  Stansfeld  family,  is 
bound  up,  with  the  rise  and  progress  of  quakerism, 
in  the  parish  of  Halifax  ;  so  the  descendants  of  the 
seventh  son  of  Josias  Stansfeld  of  the  Breck, 
Sowerby,  are  intimately  connected  with  the  history  of  the 
"  Society  of  Protestant  Dissenters,  assembling  at  the  Northgate 
End  chapel,  in  Halifax."  This  is  how  they  are  styled,  in  their 
own  register  of  baptisms,  in  an  entry,  recording  the  appointment 
of  a  settled  minister,  in  1812.  The  following  are  the  trust  deeds 
of  the  chapel : — 

28th  March,  1699.  Nathaniel  Priestley  of  Ovenden,  clerk, 
conveys  the  ground  for;^2oo. 

iSth  May  1699.  Articles  of  agreement,  between  original  pro- 
prietors, and  others  admitted  into  their  body. 

3rd  January  1709.  Indenture  between  Nathaniel  Priestley  of 
Ovenden,  clerk,  son  of  Jonathan  Priestley,  late  of  Westercroft, 
deceased,  to  whom  an  interest  had  been  conveyed  ;  John  Brear- 
cliff  of  Stony  Royd,  Southowram,  gent.,  son  and  heir  of  Hannah, 
his  late  mother,  deceased,  who  was  sole  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Robert  Ramsden,  late  of  Stony  Royd,  gent.,  deceased;  William 
Kitchingman,  and  John  Ramsden  the  elder,  of  the  one  part;  and 
Ely  Dawson  of  Morley,  clerk,  and  John  Brooksbank  of  Elland,. 
gent.,  of  the  other  part. 

It  recites  original  deed,  and  that  an  edifice  had  been  erected, 
"And  hath  ever  since  been  imployed,  for  performance  of  religious 
worship  and  service,  to  Almighty  God  in."  It  is  agreed,  that  the 
premises  shall  be  vested  in  twelve  trustees,  with  power  to  appoint 
fresh  trustees  and  reconvey,  they  employing  and  making  use  of  the 
said  edifice : — 


4o6  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

"  For  the  performance  and  exercise  of  religious  worship,  and 
service  to  Allmighty  God  in.  in  such  manner,  as  the  same  hath  been 
made  use  of,  ever  since  the  erecting  and  finishing  thereof,  and  to 
no  other  use,  behoof,  intent  or  purpose,  whatsoever.'' 

They  convey  to  said  Nathaniel  Priestley,  and  Jonathan  and 
John  his  brothers  ;  Josiah  Stansfield  of  Sowerby,  yeoman,  and 
John  Stansfield,  his  son ;  said  William  Kitchingraan  and  John 
Ramsden  ;  James  Gream  of  Skircoat,  yeoman  ;  John  Stansfield 
of  Sowerby,  yeoman,  brother  of  said  Josiah  Stansfield  ;  John 
Cook  of  Halifax,  yeoman  ;  Thomas  Holden  of  Halifax,  mercer  ; 
and  Abraham  Kershaw  of  Ovenden,  stapler. 

The  above  quotation  of  the  uses  of  the  trust,  and  especially 
the  phrase  printed  in  italics,  in  such  manner,  seems  to  imply,  that 
as  the  Northgate  end  chapel  had  been  used,  up  to  that  time,  for 
such  worship  and  service  of  God,  as  was  consistent  with  presby- 
terian  doctrine,  and  was  to  be  put  to  no  other  uses,  intents  or 
purposes  whatsoever ;  therefore,  the  use  of  it,  by  those  holding 
doctrines,  not  consistent  with  those  held  by  the  original  presb)-- 
terian  holders,  is  contrary  to  the  conditions  of  the  trust.  That  the 
present  holders  of  the  chapel,  hold  these  heterodox  doctrines, 
seems  to  have  been  decided  by  the  legal  judgment,  which  led  to 
the  withdrawal  of  lady  Hewley's  charity,  in  1833,  which  in  this 
case,  amounted  to  .^16  per  annum. 

13th  November  1723.  Nathanicll  Priestley  ;  John  Stansfielh 
of  Haugh  End,  yeoman  ;  John  Stansfield  of  Sowerby,  uncle  of 
said  John  Stansfield ;  John  Cooke  and  Abm.  Kershaw  the  surviving 
trustees  ;  and  Ely  Dawson  of  Horton,  clerk,  and  Joseph  Brooksbank, 
son  and  heir  of  John  Brooksbank,  late  of  Elland,  gent,  deceased  ; 
reappoint  the  latter  two,  as  heirs  in  trust,  and  appoint  seven  new 
trustees:  Thomas  Netleton  of  Halifax,  Doctor  of  Phisick  ;  William 
Gream  of  the  Heath,  gent.;  John  Gream,  brother  of  said  William 
Gream  ;  Richard  Clapham  of  Halifax,  linen-draper ;  Isaac  Hanson 
of  Halifax,  grocer  ;  Richard  Cooke  of  Halifax,  linen-draper  ;  and 
Abm.  Kershaw,  jun.,  of  Skircoat,  stapler. 


15th  March  1757.  Richard  Cooke  and  John  Gream,  surviving 
trustees,  and  Samuel  Threikeld  of  Halifax,  clerk,  appoint  the  latter 
as  heir  at  law,  and  appoint  ten  new  trustees:  Joseph  Hulme  of 
Hahfax.  Dr.  of  I'hysick  ;  Benjamin   Cooke  and  James  Cooke  his 


History  of  the  Staxsi-eld  Family.  407 

son,  David  Stansfield,  William  Clay,  William  Buck,  merchants  ; 
John  Kershaw,  woolstapler,  ^\■illiam  Ferguson, grocer,  John  Rhodes, 
mercer,  and  Christopher  Rawdon,  merchant,  all  of  Halifax. 

The  more  modern  deeds  are  dated  29th  December  1797, 
and  loth  July  17S2,  in  which  no  Stansfelds  occur.  On  the 
1st  March  1822,  James  Stansfeld  of  Halifax,  attorney-at-law,  was 
appointed  a  trustee ;  and  on  the  6th  July  i86r,  he  joined  the 
other  surviving  trustees,  in  appointing  James  Stansfeld,  jun.  of 
35  Thurloe  Square,  esq.  and  others,  new  trustees. 

On  a  stone,  inside  the  chapel,  8  ft.  7  hi.  from  a  modern  south 
wall,  with  the  foot  close  to  the  east  wall : — 

Eli  and  Timothy,  first  and  second  sons  of  David  and  Ellen 
Stansfeld  in  Halifax,  Eli  died  the  i8th  of  April  1 750  aged  8  months 
and  one  day.  Timothy  died  the  3rd  of  May  1751  aged  7  weeks 
and  5  days.  Marv,  the  third  child  and  first  daughter  died  the 
nth  of  February  1753,  aged  8  months  and  3  days. 

The   above-named   Ellen  Stansfeld   died    zcth    February 
1755)  2ged  33.     Mary  Stansfeld,  mother  of  Mr.  David  Stans- 
feld died  30th  October  1765  aged  78. 
D.wiD  Stansfeld  died  loth  of  August  1769  aged  49. 
Mary  Stansfeld  died  loth  of  March  1778  aged  52  [54?] 
Elizabeth  Moore  died  i6th  of  June  1778  aged  60. 
Mary  Aldred,  mother  of  Ellen  .Stansfeld,  died  August  the  21st, 

1778  aged  92  years. 

The  register  of  baptisms  commences  1747,  burials  in  1783,. 
and  marriages,  1837.  The  following  extracts  are  from  the 
register  of  baptisms  : — 

1749.     June  21.  Eli,  s.  of  Mr.  D.  Stansfeld. 

1 75 1.     April  4.  Timothy,  s.  of  Mr.  David  Stansfeld  by  Mr.  Aldred 
of  Morley. 
William  the  twenty-seventh  son,  and  thirty-first  child  of  Peter 
Magee  baptized  at  Whitehaven  May  30,  1 756.     The  said  Peter  is  86 
and  his  wife  50  ye.trs  old.     She  is  his  8th  wife. 
1762.     Jaiiuar}-  12.    John  s.  of  Herbert  Stansfield. 
1764.     July  2.    Sarah  d.  of  Herbert  Stansfield. 
1793.     January   30.      Sarah    Rhodes,    born    24th    August    1787; 
Maria,  born  12th  November  1788;  and  Emma,  born  6ih 
December  1792  :  daughters  of  John  and  Dorothy  Ralph. 


4o8  History  of  the  Stansfeld  Family. 

The  baptism  of  Sarah  Rhodes  Ralph,  and  of  Maria  Ralph,  was 
deferred  by  their  parents,  to  the  time  specified  in  the  register, 
that  they  might  give  a  more  efficacious  proof  of  their  disapprobation 
of  that  creed,  which  represents  Baptism,  either  as  the  regeneration 
of  a  child,  or  as  necessary  to  save  it  from  future  damnation  and 
misery,  should  it  die  in  its  infancy.     John  R.\lph. 

The  above  note,  which  occurs  in  another  place  in  the  register, 
refers  to  the  sisters  of  Emma  Ralph,  who  married  Judge  Stans- 
feld. Considering,  howev-er,  that  as  their  parents  were  unitarians, 
they  would  not  be  baptised  "  ^  In  the  Name  of  the  Father,  and 
•of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost,"  the  father  need  not  have 
been  afraid  of  their  baptism,  being  in  any  way  considered  a 
christian  rite,  or  efficacious  in  its  application.  One  wonders  why 
they  baptised  children  at  all,  especially  considering  several 
entries  like  the  following  :— 

Ellen  Thornthwaite,  John  Thomson  M.D.  and  Charlotte,  liis 
wife,  born  29th  October  181 6,  baptised  28th  February  181 7. 

N.B.  At  the  particular  request  of  the  parents,  the  service  was 
conducted  without  the  use  of  water. 

Yet  the  above  are  buried  at  Blackley  chapel,  where  the 
baptists  have  an  open  grave,  for  the  "  dipping." 

181 9.  March  4.    Emma,  born  3  October  1818,  James  and  Emma 

Stansfeld,  Sol---  Aked's  Road. 

1820.  September  11.     James,  born  5  March  1820,  ditto. 

1821.  June  17.     Sarah  Wolrich,  born  27  March  1821,  ditto. 
1824.  August  13.     ]\Iaria,  born  4  October  1823,  do.  Savile  Green. 
1826.  January  15.  Elizabeth  Sudworth,  born  3  September  1825,  do. 
1828.  January  25.  Ellen,  born  9  November  1827,  ditto. 
1834.  January  12.    Sophia,  born  13  May  1830,  ditto. 

Mary,  born  8  December  1832,  ditto. 

In  the  register  of  burials  : — 

The  Rev.  John  Ralph  died  .\pril  9th  1795,  aged  58. 

The  actions  of  the  just 
Smell  sweet,  and  blossom  in  the  dust. 


ADDENDA    ET   CORRIGENDA. 


Preface,  line  i8, 

for  •'  archselogical,"             1 

read  archaeological. 

Page  9,    „ 

14, 

„   "canda," 

„   Cauda. 

..       9.    „ 

14, 

„   "halle," 

„    halbi. 

,,     32,    „ 

20, 

„    "  measure," 

„    measures. 

.-     32,    „ 

21, 

„   "  indentified," 

„    identified. 

„  151.    .. 

28, 

„    "  Lord  Fairfax," 

„    Sir  Thos.  Fairfax. 

,.  186,    „ 

29, 

„    "  Francis  Emily," 

„    Frances  Emily. 

,.  190,    „ 

4. 

„   "  22nd  August," 

„    2 1st  August. 

,,  190,    ., 

5, 

„    "Annie," 

„   Anne. 

,.  190,    „ 

12, 

„   "  Emma," 

.,    Emma  Eliza. 

,<  193,    „ 

14, 

„    "  Annie," 

„   Anne. 

„  200,    „ 

14. 

„   "Loetitia," 

„    Laetitia. 

,.  223,    „ 

22, 

„    "Jenkin," 

„   Jenkinson. 

„  239,    „ 

14, 

„    "  Marianna," 

„    Mary  Anne. 

..  239,    „ 

33, 

„    "4th  October,  1S23," 

„    4th  October,  1824. 

„  239,    „ 

33, 

„   "  13th  August,  1824," 

„    13th  August,  1825. 

..  243,    „ 

30, 

„    "born  Sth  Mar.,  1820,' 

'  .,   born  6th  Mar.,  1 820. 

»  245,    „ 

6, 

„    "  Katiierine  Charlotte, 

"  „    Catherine  Charlotte. 

„  297,    „ 

S, 

„   "  Lancaster  Castle," 

„    York  Castle. 

,.  297,    „ 

23, 

„    "  Francis  Eliza," 

„    Frances  Eliza. 

„  408,    .. 

24, 

„    "born  5th  Mar.,  1820," 

„    born  6th  Mar.,  1820. 

,.  408.    „ 

26, 

„   "1824." 

.,    1825. 

.,  408,    „ 

26, 

„    "1823," 

„    1824. 

With  reference  to  Mr.  William  Priestley's  derivation  of  the 
^\  ord  Halifax,  Mr.  W^alter  W.  Skeat,  to  whom  the  proofs  of  the 
first  16  pages  were  sent,  remarks  : — 

"  The  Icel.  halt,  a  tail,  is  not  related  to  hallu  or  hallr  in  any 

way  ;    the  English  for  halLi   is  to  '  heel  over.'      Fax  only  means  a 

horse's  mane,  or,  in  poetry,  a  wood,  never  a  ridge.      This  Icel. 

derivation  would  only  give  the  sense  of  'a  horse's  mane  that  heels 

over,'  which  is  truly  absurd." 

And,  respecting  the  Danish  origin  of  Feslei,  he  writes  : — 

"The  word  you  mean  is  k.'&.  fas,  a  fringe.  The  Danish 
word  for  hair  is  haai:  The  Icel.  fax,  hair,  K.%.  feax,  is  a  totally 
different  word  from  the  (j.  faser,  a  fibre.  The  A.S.  feax,  hair,  is 
equally  distinct  from/?.?,  fringe.  If  your  e.xplanation  is  in  anyway 
right,  then  Feski=A.'&.  fas-leah,  fringe  lea,  and  has  nothing  to  do 
withya*-,  or  hair,  at  all.  '  Fringe  '  gives  no  sen.se.  The  A.S.  fast, 
fast,  was  also  '  stiff,'  as  applied  to  land  or  soil.  If  fes/ei  were  a 
Domesday  spelling  oi fvst-leah,  stiff  or  hard  lea,  it  would  not  be 
surprising." 


NOTE. 

The  whole  of  the  manuscripts  of  the  late  Edward  Johnston 
Walker,  containing  a  large  number  of  original  deeds,  etc.,  amongst 
which  are  copies  of  MSS.  relating  to  Halifax,  by  Brearcliffe, 
Watson,  Wilson,  Dodsworth,  and  others ;  as  well  as  matters 
relating  to  Halifax,  in  the  British  Museum,  Public  Record  Office, 
and  other  national  Archives,  are  now  mj-  own  personal  propcrt>- ; 
this  collection  comprises  copies  of  over  4,000  Wills  relating  to 
Halifax  Families,  from  the  originals  in  the  Minster  Libnu)',  York, 
as  well  as  Oliver  Heywood's  Diaries,  etc.;  Abstracts  of  Title. 
Drafts  of  Wills  and  Deeds,  etc.,  from  a  Halifax  lawyer's  office  a 
hundred  years  ago ;  Church  Epitaphs  and  Lists  of  Clergy, 
besides  manj-  written  chapters  on  the  Halifax  Gibbet  Law,  Parish 
Church,  and  other  portions   of  a   projected   History  of  Halifax. 


INDEXES. 


EEING  how  necessary  it  is  that  every  book  should 
have  an  index,  and  with  every  desire  of  preventing 
^  this  volume  appearing  in  a  size,  too  bulky  for 
convenient  handling,  yet  it  is  felt,  that  to  launch 
it  into  the  world,  without  being  indexed,  would  be  to  deprive 
it  of  half  its  opportunities  of  usefulness.  And  in  order  to  make 
the  indexes  themselves  appear  to  the  best  advantage,  it  has 
been  found  necessary,  to  print  them  under  three  headings,  viz  : 
Index  Locoriim,  including  all  the  place-names ;  Index  Nominum, 
giving  all  the  surnames  of  persons  mentioned  in  the  work,  with 
the  addition  of  the  christian  name,  to  persons  of  the  name  of 
Stansfeld  ;  and  the  General  Index,  being  those  items  considered 
worthy  of  mention,  not  included  under  the  two  former  headings. 
As  a  general  rule,  the  spelling  has  been  altered,  in  the 
indexes  to  the  modern  style ;  but  there  are  many  exceptions, 
in  cases  where  the  identity  is  not  manifest,  or  the  modern 
spelling  not  known.  In  all  cases,  more  than  one  mention  of  a 
name,  is  not  noted ;  and  the  reader  is  requested  to  look  the  page 
through,  in  order  that  the  required  entry  may  not  be  over- 
looked. 


4IO 


INDEX   LOCORUM. 


Aberarder,  239. 

Aberdeen,  260,  266. 

Accrington,  361. 

Ack  worth,  11. 

Adaniroyd,  44,  49,  89,  102,  336, 

337>   347.    348,    35°.    3Si. 

353>    354.    391- 
Adamroyd  Hey,  289. 
Adelwolber,  247. 
Adwalton  Moor,  151,  156,  204. 
Adswood  Hall,  224. 
Agbrigg,  S.  7,  318- 
Agincourt,  32,  ro8. 
Airedale,  115,  116. 
Aire  River,  343. 
Aked's  Road,  408. 
Alcomden,  367. 
Alconbury,  250. 
Aldburgh,  255. 
Aldgate,  394. 
Aldithley,  Audley  [Alderley],  248, 

249. 
Alford,  266. 
Alma,  169. 
Almondbury,  120. 
Alta  Ripa,  81,  109. 
Althill,  391. 
Alvetham    [Altham],    270,    277, 

278.  279.  334- 
America,  17,  360,  374. 
Amisfield,  264. 
Anley,  195,  197,  201. 
Annabutley,  152. 
Annley,  234,  235. 
Antwerp,  26. 
Archerhouse,  329. 
Ardsley,  238,  370. 
Ardwick,  see  Hardwick. 
Argues,  248. 


Argyll,  190. 

Arimathea,  254. 

Armley    House,    234.   235.   247 

252. 
Arthington,  116. 
Ashenhirst,  86,88,  94,  350,  351, 

353- 
Ashes,  49,  53,  89. 
Ashton-under-Lyne.  391. 
Askwith,  152. 
Assandun,  247. 
Australia,  240. 
Austria,  191. 
Avranches,  248. 

Back  Lane  End,  325. 

Bacup,  29,  69,  356. 

Balaklava,  169. 

Balderoyd,  21. 

Baldur's  Brdnd,  10. 

Ballinroyd,  90. 

Balneil,  263,  264. 

Bancroft,  273,  274. 

Banffshire,  266. 

Bank,  231,  351. 

Bankhouse,  329,  340,  341. 

Bank  of  England,  190. 

Banks,  146. 

Bankwell,  195,  201. 

Barbados,  311. 

Bardney,  399. 

Barkeby,  370,  371,  372. 

Barkeby  Thorp,  370,  372. 

Barking,  393. 

Barkisland,  5,  11,  14,  106,  119, 
140,  147,  148,  301,  327, 
355.    367.    370.    384- 

Earmby-on-Don,  367. 

Barnborough,  368,  370,  378. 


Index  Locorum. 


411 


Batnby  Hall,  251. 

Barnside,  278,  279,  333 

Barnsley,  238. 

Barree,  199. 

Bartholemeiv  Lane,  211,  212. 

Bath,  29,  191,  346. 

Batley,  go,  113,  314,  376,  377. 

399- 
Battle,  103. 

Bawdewayne  Royd,  22,  365. 
Bayche  [Beech],  400. 
Beacon  Hill,  25. 
Beanhole,  89,  324. 
Beanholehead,  88,  89,  343,  344. 
Bearebut,  290. 
Beaumont  Clough,  366. 
Becca  Hall,  208. 
Beckford  House,  191. 
Beeston,  227. 
Bell  Alley,  370. 
Bellhouse,  69. 
Bengal,  245. 
Bentheads,  88. 
Bentley  Royd,  220. 
Bethlehem,  30,  31,  254. 
Beverley,  212. 
Billingley,  368. 
Billington,  269,  271,  272. 
Bindon,  325,  326. 
Bingley,  17,  80,  207,  315,  316. 
Birkenshaw,  no. 
Birks,  88,  90,  144. 
Birmingham,  232,  240,  296. 
Birtwhistle,  269,  270. 
Bishopsbourne,  251. 
Bishopsdown,  190. 
Bishopsgate,  370,  371. 
Bishopstoke,  245. 
Blackburn,  327. 
Blackheath,  193,  194. 
Blackheath  Park,  193. 
Blackley,  408. 


Blackrake,  338. 

Blackshawhead,  23,  291.380,381. 

Blackshawroyd,  144. 

Blackwall,  2S5,  391. 

Blackwood,  144,  284. 

Blaithroyd,  322. 

Blakeford,  248. 

Blind  Lane,  100. 

Blue  Bell,  90. 

Bluntisham-cum-Earth,  394. 

Blyth,  370,  371,  372,  373.  378, 
391- 

Blyth's  Close,  265. 

Boistead  [Boothstead],  209.  222. 

Bolney  House,  192. 

Bolton,  156,  368. 

Bonn,  246. 

Boones,  192. 

Booth  House,  21. 

Booth  Town,  295,  298,  299,  301, 
302. 

Borneley-on-y^-Moor,  391. 

Bottedean,  269. 

Bottom,  302,  381. 

Bouillon,  II. 

Bowling,  118,  156,  205. 

Bowood,  149,  151,  188,  195,  208, 
209,  210,  213,  218,  220. 

Bradbury,  159,  175,  208. 

Bradford,  3,  74,  139,  156,  157, 
165,  202,  204,  205,  206, 
207,  221,  222,  238,  258, 
297,  298,  300,  305,  310 
323^  346,  39S>  396,  398r 
402. 

Bradley,  3,  114,  126,  274,  318, 
320,  322,  324. 

Bradnap,  391. 

Bradshaw,  162. 

Bramley,  235. 

Branches  Park,  250. 

Brearley,  142,  322,  332 


412 


Index  Locorum. 


Breck,  129,  157,  15S.   174,   183, 

Burntacres  Yate,  366. 

195)    197'    2°9'    -^°'    ^'^' 

Burton    \scc    Kirkburton], 

107, 

221,    222,    224,   405. 

117,118. 

Brentford,  222,  393. 

Buttress,  159. 

Bridestones,  Plate,  76.  77,  78. 

Bridgend,  99. 

Cabbage  Close,  212, 

226. 

Bridgewellhead,  25. 

Caen,  170. 

Bridgnorth,  249. 

Caermarthen,  18. 

Brigg,  114. 

Calcutta,  245. 

Brighouse,  5,  14,   i2o-   124.  315- 

Calder  river,    3,  4,    12,    26 

69, 

387,  402. 

75,  S3,    115,  133 

,161 

233- 

Brighton,  193. 

234,    242,    269, 

314. 

317- 

Brigroyd,  88,  340,  341.  346. 

326,    339,    343- 

Brink,  302. 

Cales  House.  323. 

Bristol,  238,  299,  300. 

Calvary.  175. 

Brittany,  103,  237. 

Calverley,  71.  107,  113 

'  IIS 

384. 

Broadbottom,  108,  no,  114,  141, 

402. 

284,  3S0. 

Camberwell,  192. 

Broadfield,  302. 

Cambodunum,  13. 

Broadhey,  380. 

Cambridge,    32,   187, 

200, 

201, 

Broadloyne  Hey,  282,  283. 

224,  250,  296. 

Broadmire,  195. 

Canada,     185,     1S9, 

359- 

360. 

Brockholehirstsike,  269. 

361. 

Brockwell,  168,  208,  209,  232. 

Cannes,  200. 

Brook  Granes.  147. 

Canongate,  264. 

Brotherton,  251. 

Canterbur)',   19,    26, 

151. 

169. 

Broughton  Tower   207. 

209.   251,    368, 

387- 

396- 

Brune  Moor,  147 

400. 

Brynescoles,  124. 

Canwell  Hall.  199. 

Buckingham,  325. 

Carburton,  377. 

Budge  Row,  401. 

Carlton,  297. 

Burlee  Carr,  286.  380. 

Carr,  143- 

Burlees,  22,  114,  115,  2S6. 

Carr  House,  32.  94. 

Burley,  244,  245. 

Castle.  88.  89. 

Burley  AVood,  183.  236. 

Castle  Carr.  294. 

Burnde,  290. 

'      Castleford.  155. 

Burnley,  54,   59,   72,    101,    105, 

j      Castle  Mary,  172. 

148,    201,    267,    271,     272, 

Castleton,  142,  144. 

273.    274,    275.    276,     277, 

Causeway,  401. 

279.    280,    289,    290,    335, 

Cawthorne,  251. 

356. 

Cazel,  Cheruel,  103. 

Burntacres,  58,  83,  145,  147. 

i      Celecynth,  8. 

Index  Locoru.m. 


413 


Chaderton,   102,   225,   269,  314, 
317- 

Charterhouse,  25  r. 

Cherd  (?),  22. 

Cheshire,  76,  127,  159,  208,  224, 
248,  249. 

Chester,  248. 

Chichester,  194,  250. 

Chippewa  river,  359. 

Chorley,  391. 

Christchurch,  Oxon,  209. 

Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  296. 

Churwell,  228. 

Clacton,  269. 

Claggy  Lands,  302. 

Claines,  197. 

Clapham,  236. 

Clay,  II,  119. 

Clayton,  336. 

Cleby,  119. 

Clerkenwell,  401. 
Clifife,  308,  388,  389,  390. 
Cliffe  Hill,  Lightcliffe,  199. 
Cliffe    Hill,    Warley,     147,    164, 
174.     i7Si    189.    219,    225, 
226,    234. 
Clifton,  107,  125,  237,313.322. 
Clitheroe,  267,  2S9,  290. 
Cliviger,  53,  59,  72,  270,  356. 
Close  Head,  350. 
Clough,  II,  12. 
Cockcroft,  114,  123. 
Coesnon  river,   103. 
Colby,  119. 
Colchester,  394. 
Colden,  23,  344,  345,  380. 
Coldhindle,  152. 
Coldwell,  302. 
Coley,  12,  29,  123. 
Colne,  289,  290. 
Commons,  69,  295,  357,  358. 
Coniston  Cold,  197. 


Coniston  Hall,  197. 

Coombe  Park.  199. 

Cooper  Bridge,  155. 

Copley,  80,  81,  106,  10;,  108, 
109,  III,  113,  114,  118, 
121,  122,  123,  125,  126, 
242,   314,    321.    364^    ,395- 

Copley  Gate,  301. 

Corbrigh,  119. 

Cornhill,  401. 

Cornwall,  192,  247. 

Corpus  Christi  College,  Cam- 
bridge, 201. 

Corrimony,  191. 

Corunna,  191. 

Cote,  373,  374. 

Cottingley  Hall,  201. 

Cottonstones,  26. 

Coventry,  248,  251,  388. 

Cowbank,  44,  46. 

Cowfold,  335,  350. 

Cowling,  115,  116,  250,  251. 

Cranleigh,  244. 


Craven, 


[7,  200,  297. 


Crimea,  199. 

Crinisworthdean,  13,  82,  83.  108. 

Cripplegate.  10,  393. 

Croft,  302. 

Croft  House,  89,  293. 

Cromwelbottom,     15,     81,     107, 

118,  321.333- 
Crossclough,  118. 
Cross  Gap,  88. 
Crossland,  118. 
Crossley,  Cross   Lee,  24,  69,  88, 

89.  114,  373'  399- 
Croston,  314. 
Crostone,  39,  40,  44,  51.  52,  53 

61,  63,  67,  69,   70,  71,  74 

82,  83,  85  to  100,  128,  130, 

142,    162,    167,    295,    302. 

327,   340,    341,    354,   356. 

358-    361,    373'    374- 


414                               Index  Locorum. 

Croutonstall,  5,  58.  83>  84- 

Dumfrieshire,  264. 

Crowcaring,  350. 

Dunninald  Castle,  199.  265.  33». 

Crowellshaws,  147. 

Durham,  248,  398. 

Crowland,  359,  36°- 

Durham  Massey,  248. 

Crow  Nest,  17c,  239. 

Duxmere,  192. 

Crown  Street,  213. 

Dyke,  88. 

Croxton,  248. 

Dynyle,  108. 

CrObetonsetun,  4,  5,  i3'  82,  83. 

Dyson  Lane,  301. 

Cut  Lane,  230. 

Eagle,  371. 

Damascus,  8. 

Earls  Heaton,  127,  342. 

Dam  Head,  301. 

Earnhill,  266. 

Darcey  Hey,  223. 

Earnshaw,  401- 

Darlington,  398. 

East  Anglia,  247. 

Dean,  107,  118. 

Eastburn,  320,  395. 

Dean  Head,  217,  343- 

Eastcheap,  394- 

Dean  House,  17S'  329- 

Eastfield,  23. 

Denmark,  10,  248. 

East  Indies,  398. 

Dent,  195. 

Eastlee,  88,  89. 

Denton.  389. 

East  Retford,  391. 

Denton  Park,  252. 

Eastwood,  33,  35.  4I)  46,  88 

,89, 

Deptford,  392. 

90,   96,  98,   119,   140, 

144. 

Derby,  248,  257,  274. 

226,    318,    322,    323. 

332. 

Derbyshire,  195- 

344- 

Devil's  Causeway,  77- 

Eastwoodlie,  86. 

Devonshire,  247. 

Eaton  Square,  192. 

Dewsbury,  14.  342.  376,  377- 

Eckington,  389. 

Dinon,  237. 

Eden  Bridge,  192. 

Dob  Royd  Castle,  82. 

Edinburgh,  188,   259,   261, 

262, 

Dobmaston,  249,  250. 

263,  264,  266,  399. 

Dodworth,  337. 

Edinburgh  Cross,  262. 

Doncaster,  117,  375- 

Egton,  199. 

Dorchester,  326. 

Elkesley,  377. 

Dorset,  248,  249. 

Elland,  5,  14,   iS'   i9.  81, 

ro6. 
118. 

Dove  House,  123. 

107,    109,    III,    113. 

Dove  Scout,  292. 

131,    132,    146,    147. 

153. 

Dovrefeld,  75. 

i8r,    214,    267,    304, 

306, 

Dowdeswell.  394- 

318,    324.    363-    364. 

365- 

Drax,  17. 

367-    370,    373.    376, 

377. 

Dublin.  18.  112. 

381,    383-    384-    396, 

405- 

Duckenfield.  127. 

406. 

Dudley,  250. 

Elphabrough,  68,  320,  321 

Index  Locorum. 


4t5 


Emyrhead,  107. 

Field  House.     I'/a/a, 

29.3 

,33 

Enay,  Ennalie,  109. 

155,    164,    167, 

168, 

171. 

Erringden,  3,  5,  14. 

IS-  2. 

•  24. 

173.    174.    177. 

185. 

186 

25,  27    28,  32,  3 

-,38 

0  74. 

188,    195,    196, 

197, 

199 

83,  84,  137,  139 

140, 

141, 

201,    211,    212, 

213, 

215' 

147,    283,    284, 

285, 

318, 

216,    217,    218, 

219, 

220 

320,    322,    324, 

365, 

366, 

221,    231.   305, 

309- 

310. 

367,    368,    382, 

383, 

399' 

402. 

403- 

Field  House  [Surrey], 

187, 

188, 

Esholt,  207,  208,  253 

256. 

257 

189,    190,    192, 

194. 

195. 

311,  402. 

311- 

Essex,  186,  247,  370, 

394- 

Fife,  260. 

Etchells,  248. 

Firby  Hall.  173,  199. 

Euxton,  391,  402. 

Firth,  115. 

Ewood   [Lancashire], 

347- 

348, 

Fishburn,  269. 

35o>    352,    354, 

355- 

361, 

Fish  Street  Hill,  187, 

394- 

391- 

Five  Day  Work,  302, 

Ewood  Bank.  349. 

Fixby,  3,  4,  5,  14,  107 

109. 

117 

Ewood  House,  361. 

125,  182,  377. 

Ewood  [Midgley],  24 

,  226 

2S0, 

Flaynesburgh,  81,  109 

345-  346. 

Fleet  Street,  401. 

Exeter,  26,  29. 

Flockton  Manor  Hous€ 

,  238. 

239- 

Exley,  107,  109,  147, 

316,322. 

Florence,  375. 

Eyland,  391. 

Fold,  302. 
Forest  Hill,  194. 

Fairburn,  401. 

Forfarshire,  199. 

Fairfield,  75. 

Four  Day  Ardick,  302 

Fair  Oak  Park,  245. 

Four  Day  Work,  302. 

Fallandroyd,  49,  114, 

404. 

France,  41,  103,  104,  200,  3 

25- 

Falmouth,  192. 

Frankfort-on-the-Mayne,  234 

Farnham,  212. 

Frizinghall,  392. 

Farnley,  382. 

Felkirk,  278. 

Galligreaves  Hall, 

199. 

Fern  Beds,  302. 

Galloway,  263. 

Fernlee,  63,  90,  138. 

Gallowlie,  262. 

Fernside,  190. 

Gamelroyd,  80. 

Ferny  Royd,  229. 

Gargreave,  154. 

Ferrybridge,  155. 

Gate,  III. 

Feslei  [Halifax],  4,  5. 

6. 

Gawthorp  Hall,  212. 

Field,  118. 

Geneva,  162. 

Field  Head,  29,  30,  34 

1  71- 

George  Yard,  95. 

Fieldhirst,  89. 

Germany,  234. 

4i6 


Index  Locorum. 


Giggleswick,  197. 

Glasgow,  33. 

Glastonbury,  248. 

Gleadshaw,  21. 

Glebedekar,  269. 

Glossop,  195. 

Gloucester,  321,  391,  394,  397, 

398,  399- 
Glynde,  390. 
Godley,  118,  372. 
Goldthorpe,  368. 
Goldthorpe  Hall,  371. 
Gomersal,  240. 
Goodgreave,  24.  147,  209. 
Gordon  House,  193. 
Gosford  Street,  388. 
Gosling  Royd,  384. 
Gracious  Street,  371. 
Gray's  Inn,  208,256,335,341,342. 
Graystones,  222. 
Graythwaite  Hall,  238. 
Great  Burlees,  34. 
Great  Croft,  233. 
Great  Easton,  190. 
Great  House,  96. 
Great    Longbottom    [see  Long- 
bottom],  228,  229,  233,  234. 

Great  Tenter  Croft,  233. 

Greenhill,  212. 

Greenhirst,   no,    144,  320,  324, 
326,  335.  336. 

Greenhirst  Hey,  88,  89,  90. 

Greenridding,  269. 

Greenwood,  118,  365. 

Greenwood  Lee,  3S>37i'343.36i- 

Greetland,  5,  14,  119,  317,  370. 

Grimsthorp,  115. 

Grindlestone  Bank,  295,  298,299, 
301. 

Grosvenor  Square,  191. 

Guiseley,  207,  208,  237,  253  to 
25S,  311,  382. 


Gunnylcroft,  115. 

Habergham  Eaves,  335,  367. 
Habringham,  273,  274. 

Haddington,  260,  261,  262,  263, 

265. 
Halifax,   i  to  20,  24,  25,  26,  30, 
31,  38,  42,  51,  57,  60,  71, 
76,  79,  80,  81,   85,  87,  91, 

93'  94.  103   106,  109,  in, 

112,    114,    117,    118,  119, 

121,    123,    127,     130,  131, 

134.    139.    140,    146,  150. 

151.    152.    155.    156-  157, 

158,    161,    162,    163.  164, 

165,    172,    175,    179,  180, 

i8i,    184,    185,     187,  1S8, 

195,    196,    197,    198,  200, 

201,    203,    209,    210,  211, 

212,    213,    214,    215,  217, 

218,    219,    220,    221,  223, 

224,    225,    226,    227,  228, 

229,    230,    231,    232,  234, 

235.    236,    238,    239,  240, 

241,    242,    243,    251,  267, 

268,    271,    275,    280,  288, 

289,    290,    292,    293,  295, 

296,    297,    301,    302,  304. 

316,    318,    320,    321,  322, 

324,    325,    327,    328,  330, 

332,    345.   355.    357.  361, 

362,    363,    365,    366,  367^ 

372,    376,    381.    383.  386, 

392.    396,    399.    401,  402, 
404,   405,    406,    407. 

Halifax  Bank,  392. 

Halifaxleie  [Halifax]  6. 

Hall,  58. 

Hallamshire,  3. 

Hall  House  [Hill  House?]  326. 

Hallroyd,  96. 

Halsteads,  269. 


Index   Locorum. 


417 


Hamburgh,  206. 

Hamelton,  Hameldon,  370,  371, 

372. 
Hamer,  252,  284,  285. 
Hamerton,  399. 
Hampstead,  393. 
Hand  Green,  295,  296,  301,  302. 
Hanover,  191. 
Hants,  CO.,  245,  246. 
Hapton,  274. 
Harbeuer,  248. 
Harden,  207,  257,  316. 
Hardwick  Forest,  3,  4,  5,  13,  16, 

161. 
Harley  Wood,  44,  87,  90,  362. 
Hartishead,   14,   115,    125,    127, 

128,  129,   133,   183,  313  to 

346,  347.  35S>  396. 
Hartishead  Hall,  313,  314,  315, 

317.  33i>  337.  342,  348. 
Hartley,  88,  89,  302. 
Hartley  Clough,  292,  302. 
Hartley  Royd,  90,  94,   290,  291, 

294.   302,   332,   358. 
Haslingden,  57,  272,  362. 
Hastings,  103. 
Hawker,  115. 
Hawksclough,  49,  132,  133,  315, 

317- 
Haugh  End,  169,  171,  176,  209, 

210,  211,  221,  222,  223,406. 
Haworth,  68,   78,  93,   143,   165, 

231,  314.  382. 
Haydon,  no. 
Hay  ward's  Heath,  190. 
Headingley  Lodge,  246. 
Headley,  165. 
Heald,  250. 
Heath,  217,  325,  406. 
Heath  Royd,  221. 
Heaton    [see   Kirkhealon]     107, 

109,  118. 


Hebden  Bridge,  144,  345,  367, 
404. 

Heghhirst,  loS,  115. 

Helei,  80. 

Hellifield  Peel,   197. 

Hemsworth,  123. 

Hepehall,  269. 

Hepton,  7,  82. 

Hepton  Brook,  83. 

Heptonstall,  5,  7,  14.  19  to  74, 
82,  83,  85,  86,  87,  95,  102, 
112,  127,  129,  130,  131, 
132,  133.  137.  138,  139. 
140,  142,  180,  181,  209, 
280,  282,  283,  284.  288, 
290,  291.  293,  304,  305, 
308,  310.  317.  318.  319. 
320,  322,  324,  335,  336, 
340,  342,  343.  348,  352, 
356.  357.  358.  361,  364, 
366,  373,  376,  378,  379. 
380,  381,  383,  400,  404. 

Heptonstall  Slack,  29. 

Hereford,  104,  192,  251. 

Herkelslay,  119. 

Hermitroyd,  121. 

Herts,  CO.,  387. 

Hesandforth,  267,  268,  271,  275, 
276,  278,  280. 

Hesketh,  269. 

Heskyn,  391. 

Heyhead,  44,  46,  49,  63,  89.  33S, 
351.385.387- 

Heyrikdene  [Erringden]  84. 

Higginchamber,  131,  133,  134, 
135.  136.  '4°.  141.  142. 
146,  152,  281,  284,  323, 
333.  334- 

Highbury  Terrace,  235. 

Highcote,  89. 

Higher  Bent  Field,  302. 

High  Fernley,  21. 

EEE 


4i8 


Index  Locorum. 


High  Greave,  384. 
High  Greenwood,  24. 
High  Laithe,  69. 
High  Oldfield,  229. 
Highroad  Well,  301,  302. 
High  Saltonstall,  372. 
High  Street,  264,  289,  290. 
High  Sunderland,  220. 
Hillhouse,  23,  45,   57,   90,   102, 

322,  326,  327,  338,  354. 
Hillhouse  Closes,  404. 
Hill  Top,  280. 
Hinckley,  300. 
Hipperholme,  3,4,  5,  14,  23,  81, 

107,    109,    120,    124,     125, 

170,    180,    201,    280,     282, 

313'    383^    384,    402- 
Hippins,  344. 
Hippo,  26. 
Hippram,  88. 
Hirst,  23,  108. 
Hirsthouse,  386. 
Holcloughhead,  269. 
Holden  Hall,  334. 
Holdsworth,   no,  in,  209,  210, 

230,  316. 
Hole  Bottom,  66.  89,  373,  374. 
Holland,  15. 
Hollingbarshaw,  137. 
Hollings,  63,  69,  333,  352. 
Hollinrake,  90,  140,  141. 
Hollinrake  Holme,  28 r,  323. 
Holloke  I.ee,  24. 
Holly  Bank,  201. 
Holme,  21,  89,  100,  285. 
Holmfirth.  21,  228,  282. 
Holroyd,  Howroyd,     326,    362, 

376. 
Holstones,  115. 

Hoohole,  30,  35,  285,  346,  382. 
Hope  Hall,  Plate,  31,  227,  228, 

23i>  232.  233'  234- 


Hoperton,  113. 

Horbury,  284. 

Hornby  Castle,  199,  200,  201. 

Hornsey,  208. 

Horsale,  350. 

Horsehey,  Horseley,  380,  381. 

Horsehold,  3,  33,  368,  403. 

Horsewood,  140,  141,  284,  323. 

Horsfall,  88,  119,  145,  344. 

Horsley  Down,  193. 

Horsseidge,  323. 

Horton,   2,   3,   7,   12,    158,  202, 

203,  204,  205,  207.  406. 
Horwythyns,  124. 
Houghstone,  88. 
Houghstonegate,  326. 
Houghton,  389. 
Hove,  193,  390. 
Howden,  302. 
Hoyle  Green,  226. 
Huddersfield,       155,    241,    243, 

318.  370. 
Huddleston,  269. 
Hudhouse,  148. 
Hull,  154. 
Hullenedge,    121,  126,  127,  320, 

364-  376. 
Hulme,  115. 
Hundersfield,  44,  46,  63,  70,  339, 

349>  35°'  352- 
Hungerhill,  228,  231. 
Huntingdon,    25r,  394. 
Huyton,  172. 

Ibbotroyd,  361. 
Idle,  210,  228,  403. 
Idle  Park,  403. 
Ilkley,  154,  238. 
lUingworth,  93,  114.  210 
India,  199,  237,  244,  245. 
Ing,  230,  233. 
Inkerman,  169. 


Index   Locorum. 


419 


Inner  Temple,  201,  243. 
Intacks,  88,  90. 
Inverness,  191. 

Ireland,   18,  41,   iii,   112,  153, 
163. 

Jamaica,  204. 

Jerusalem,  11,  12,  331. 

Jesus  College,  Cambridge,  224, 

Jonas  Well,  9,  10. 

Jordan  river,  104,  254. 

Jumps,  87,  88,  89. 

Kebroyd,  175,  221. 

Keighley,    113,    114,    180,    298, 

316. 
Kendal,  130,  299. 
Kensington  Palace  Gardens,  190. 
Kensington  Square,  185. 
Kent,  190,  192,  194,  25c,  392. 
Kerhouel,  103. 
Kershaw  House,  175. 
Killop,  88,  90. 
Killmehallock,  112. 
Kilnhirst,  22,  319. 
Kimbolton  Castle,  250. 
Kinder,  195. 
Kinesley,  117. 
King's  Cleeve,  389. 
Kinaston-on-Hull,  1^4. 
Kingston-on-Thames,  221,  251. 
Kirkburton,  368,  372. 
Kirkheaton,  10,  381. 
Kirklees,  125,  126,  337,  338. 
Kirkstall,  316. 
Kirsall,  379. 
Kitsonroyd,  89. 
Kitsonwood,  89. 
Knaresborough,  186. 
Knottes,  291,  302. 

Lackenheath,  393. 


Lake  District,  5. 

Lammermoor,  260. 

Lancashire,  3,  16,  29,  83,  104. 
107,  127,  i6t,  199,  200, 
201,  207,  212,  238,  252 
269,  276,  277,  278,  280 
281,  285,  289,  315,  3x6. 
334,  336'  339>  340,  34I' 
344.  3507  352,  353,  3S6 
39^    397,   401,   402,    403 

Lancaster,  15,  13,  112,  134,  135 
201.  275,  276,  282.  289 
297,    328,    388. 

Landends,  148. 

Lane  Ends,  223. 

Lanes,  41,  46,  88,  89,  90,  302. 

Langfield,  4,  5,  14,  15,  24,  41  to 
74,  75,  81,  82,  86,  88,  92, 
93,  95,  108,  no,  137,  141, 
281,  284,  322,  323,  335, 
338,  343,  345,  348,  354, 
380,    399,    400. 

Langfield  Mill,  339. 

Lansdovvne  Crescent,  191. 

Lassell  Hall,  120. 

Laval  [Dean]  81,  109. 

Lay  cock,  316. 

Learings,  27,  142. 

Ledsham,  401. 

Lee,  26,  319. 

Lee  Dale,  336. 

Leeds,  27,  68,  86,  92,  106,  113 
116,  155,  183,  186,  201 
205,  213,  230,  231,  233 
234,  235,  236,  237,  238 
240,  242,  24s,  246,  247 
251,  252,  258,  276,  300 
333,    339,    396. 

Leek.  119,  248,  249,  391. 

Leemenhall,  90. 

Legh,  Leigh,  Ley,  268,  269,  270. 

Leicester,  282,  283. 


Index   Locoru.m. 


Leicestershire,    117, 

119, 

190.     i 

300,  370,  3;  I. 

Leith,  262. 

Letchworth,  387. 

Leventhorp,  118,  316 

324, 

332. 

333- 

Lewes,  6,  7,  11,  19,  20 

,  112 

"3^ 

IIS,    118,    128, 

161. 

205, 

308,    310,    321, 

388, 

389, 

390.    395.    396. 

Lewes  Pighill,  350. 

Lewisham,  193. 

i 

Lichfield,  251. 

j 

Lightclifte,     23,    124. 

i99> 

200,     1 

280. 

Lighthazles,  147,  381. 

1 

Lilly  Bridge,  231. 

Limed  Field,  233. 

Lime  Ditch,  223. 

Lincoln,      ic6,   227, 

250. 

268, 

273.  387.  399. 

Lincoln's  Inn,  200,  20 

I. 

Lindley,  5,  14,  ii7- 

Lindwood,  8. 

Linton,  154. 

Littleborough.  51. 

Little  Croft,  230,  233. 

Little  Holme,  302. 

Little   Horton,    157, 

159. 

202,     j 

203,  205,  206. 

Little  Wood,  224. 

Liverpool.  172,  174. 

Liversedge,  115,  313. 

314- 

Lob  Mill,  344- 

Lochnell,  190. 

Lodge,  148,  172,  175 

177: 

,85. 

Lombard  Street,  95,  399. 

Lomeshaye,  276,  298. 

London,    35,   43,    91 

94- 

102,     1 

116,    128,    141, 

150, 

164.      : 

167,    185,    186, 

187, 

188,     i 

190,    191.    192, 

•■)4, 

ro8, 

London  (  Continued ). 

210,  211,  212,  213. 
221,  226,  229,  235, 
243.  244,  311,  327, 
342,  368,  370,  371, 
388,  392,  393.  394- 
398,   400,   401. 

London  House,  221. 

Longbottom.  220,  228,  229. 
234- 

Longholmes,  335,  350. 

Longsike,  404. 

Loiigtrees,  397. 

Lothbury,  401. 

Lothersdale,  293,  296,  297. 

Lothian,  259. 

Lovestok,  112. 

Lower  Ashes,  343. 

Lower  Bent  Fields,  302. 

Lower  Bentley  Royd,  220. 

Lower  Birks,  99. 

Lower  Goat  House,  301,  38 

Lower  Great  Ing,  302. 

Lower  Greenhirst,  327.  336, 

Lower  Holme,  233. 

Lower  Ibbotroyd,  90. 

Lower  Ing,  302. 

Lower  Laith,  338,  345. 

Lower  Pasture,  302. 

Lower  Scholes  [?]  292. 

Lower  Shaw  Hill,  228.  230. 

Lower  Shore,  89. 

Lower  Stiperden,  90. 

Lowest  Holme,  160. 

Lucknow,  199. 

Luddenden,  4,   38,  40,  52 

7i>  93.  115.  329-  33°- 
Luddendenfoot,  26. 
Ludgate  Street,  393. 
Ludlow,  199. 
Lumme,  217. 
Lungfield,  94. 


69. 


Index   Locorum. 


Lydgate,  289. 

Macclesfield,  159. 
Manchester,  98,   157,   204, 

223,  269,  343. 
Mankinholes,   24,   no,  294, 

324,  380,  399. 
Mankinholes  Mill,  339. 
Manningham,  113,  156,  201 
Mansfield  House,  24. 
March,  264. 
Marham,  248. 
Marshehey,  137. 
Marten,  285. 
Mayroyd,   22,  27,  30,  33,  34 

68,  70,    71,   318,  319, 
346,  365- 

Meangunge,  199. 
Meath,  17. 
Menston,  3S2. 
Mercerfield,  90. 
Mercia,  8,  247,  248. 
Merclesdean,  270. 
Merecloughbottom,  81,  195, 
Mereclough  House,  195. 
Merribent,  384. 
Methley,    115,     125,    126, 

155'  342- 
Mexborough,  103,  113,  126. 
Middle  Close,  401. 
Middle  Holme,  160,  233. 
Middlesex,  212,   222,   391, 

393'  394.   397.   398- 
Middle  Temple,  244. 
Middlewich,  248. 
Midgley,  4.  5.  6,  14,  4°'  55 

69,  1 1 1,  180,  226,  294, 
329.  330,  352- 

Mikilmoss,  124. 
Milford  Hall,  186. 
Millgate,  97. 
Mill  Hill,  251. 


,67, 


63- 


Mill  House,  227,  232,  234. 

Millwood,  96,  99,  100. 

Milncroft,  114. 

Miln  Holme,  149,  150. 

Miln  Meadow,  391. 

Mine  Holes,  302. 

Mirfield,  71,  no,  118,  125,  322, 

33^- 
Mixenden,  209. 
Mona,  76. 
Montreal,  185,  1S9. 
Montrose,  199,  265. 
Montserrat,  229. 
Moorlands,  239,  243. 
Moor  Park,  199,  200. 
Mordhampton,  250. 
More,  119. 

Morham,  261,  262,  263,  265. 
Morley,  5,    14,    109,    119,    227. 

228,  318,  405,  407. 
Moss  Hall,  357. 
Moulmein,  237. 
Mowing  Pasture,  302. 
Much-Marcle,  104. 
Mulcturc  Hall,  195. 
Mulecornhirst  Brook,  269. 
Murgatroyd,  352. 
Muscovy,  248. 
Mutterhole,  58,  89,  323. 
Myrewall,  140. 
Mytholm,  27,  57. 
Mytholmroyd,  40,  154,  155,  156. 


Nalflees,  88. 
Nasebottom,  302. 
Nasebrink,  302. 
Nasefield,  302. 
Naseholme,  302. 
Natal,  246. 
Navigation  Road, 
Negropont,  17. 


422 


Index   Locorum. 


Nelcarr,  286. 

Nether  Bow  Port,  264. 

Netherhey,  107. 

Nether  Row,  264. 

Nethershaw,  90. 

Netherswyneshead,  141. 

Neville,  269. 

Newark,  180,  205,  211,  221,  223, 

251.359.  393- 
New  Building,  340,  341. 
Newcastle,  151. 
Newchurch,  35. 
New  Cross,   187,   188.   189,  190, 

192,  194,  195,  311. 
New  Forest,  248. 
New  Hall,  121,  126,  320,  322. 
New  House,  291,  326. 
New  Laithes,  237,  258. 
New  Laithes  Grange,  238. 
Newland,  11,  314,  331. 
Newlay,  290,  291. 
New  Leeds,  186. 
New  Milns,  259  to  266,  309. 
Newport,  Mon.,  186. 
Newell,  301. 
Nony,  269. 
Norcliffe,  109. 
Norfolk,  325. 

Norland,  5,    14,    107.    109,   118, 
121,    122,    145,    146,     149, 
159,    i6c,    180,    184,    220, 
223,  224,  308,  317,  322  355 
Normandy,  11,  102,  103,  248. 
Normanton  Grange,  377. 
Northallerton,  186. 
Northamptonshire,  195,370,  371. 
Northsate  End,   227,    232,   239, 

240,  405  to  408. 
Northowram,  3,  4,  5,  14,  57,  m, 
124,    125,    180,     184,    201, 
206,  209,  210,  211,222,  224, 
225,  231,  372. 


Northroyd,  121. 

Northstock,  389,  390. 

Northumberland,  247. 

Norway,  75,  247. 

Norwich,  91. 

Nostell,  377,  399. 

Nottingham,  117,  221,  366,  370, 

371.  391.  393.  397- 
Nova  Scotia,  360. 
Nugger,  199. 
Nunbrook,  156. 
Nunbrook  "Yate,  331. 
Nungate,  260,  261. 
Nutclough,  115. 

Oakfield,  194,  201. 

Oakhurst,  190. 

Oaks,  107. 

Okebourne,  112. 

Old  Chamber,  24. 

Oldfield,  118. 

Oldham,  167. 

Old  Lindley,  5,  14- 

Old  Royd,  295,  336,  345. 

Oldtown,  24. 

Olivers,  89. 

Oporto,  194. 

Orchard,  302. 

Ordsall,  315. 

Ormeroyd,  270. 

Otley,  154,  253,   318,   377,   37S, 

382. 
Oulecotes,  115. 
Outlane,  13. 
Over  Goathouse,  381. 
Over  Hawksclough,  322. 
Overhage,  107. 
Overe,  3,  4.  5.  M- 
Ovenden,  5,  14,   in,  140,    180, 

181,    225.    226,    229,    295, 

298,  405,  406. 
Oxenhope,  80,  113. 


Index   Locorum. 


423 


Oxford,  58,  iiS,  190,  199,  209.        I 

Packhorse  Inn,  230. 

Pageant  House,  388. 

Pales  House,  323. 

Palestine,  11. 

Park,   32,   131,    137,    202,    366, 

367.  368. 
Park  Crescent,  193. 
Parrockend,  89. 
Patcham,  390. 
Paxton  Hill,  245. 
Pawood,  88. 
Pays  du  Del,  103. 
Peacock  House,  329. 
Peckes  Royd,  327. 
Pecket  Well,  10,  19,  25. 
Pendle,  35. 

Pennine  Range,  2,  3,  17. 
Pennsylvania,  360. 
Pepper  Hill,  302. 
Peterborough.  247,  248. 
Petticoat  Lane,  23c,  394. 
Pevernsey,  390. 
Philadelphia.  360. 
Pilkington,  114. 
Plompton,  338,  401. 
Plough  Croft,  302. 
Plymouth,  391. 
Foake  [Parrock],  285. 
Pomfret,  360. 

Pond,  148,  183,  185,  187,  T94 
Pontefract,  5,    14,    15,    80,    loi, 

104,    105,    155,    156,    203, 

267,    268,    269,    271,    401, 

402. 
Ponthieu,  1 1,  81. 
Pool,  68. 
Poplar,  390,  391. 
Poplars,  238. 
Portugal,  194. 
Possingworth,  191. 


Potternewton,  251. 
Poulespeeche,  390. 
Power,  248. 
Preston,  197,  298. 
Prestonpan,  265. 
Priestley  Green,  209. 
Priest  well,  86. 
Pudsey,  402,  403. 
Putney,  193. 

QuARMBV,   107,  119,  217. 
Queensbury,  199,  200. 
Queenstown,  359. 
Queen  .Street,  187,  394. 
Quickstavers,  217. 
Quimper,  103. 
Quykeshull,  1 12. 

Rafnesfeld,  no. 

Ralph  Holme,  302. 

Ranskill,  391. 

Rastrick,  3,  5,    14,   80,  Si,  109. 

117,  282,  324,  377,  387. 
Ravensbridge,  331. 
Rawhey,  90. 
Rawdon,  255,  297. 
Redeshore,  287. 
Rediker  [Reedy  Carr.]   107,108, 


no,  n3,  315,  317,  322. 
Redings,  269. 
Redlands,  238. 
Redncs,  376. 

Reedlees,  326,  335,  336.  344. 
Reved,  277,  278. 
Richardroyd,  122. 
Richard's  Castle,  200. 
Riddlesden,  315,  316. 
Ridge  Yate,  89,  90,  292. 
Ripe,  389 
Ripon,  238. 

Ripponden,   68,    146,    147     i 
I  2,6. 


424 


Index  Locorum. 


Rishworth,  5,  14,  106,  107, 

114,  121,  301,  302. 
Rishworth  Hall,  207. 
Riversfield,  246. 
Robinson  Close,  212. 
Rochdale,    70,    152,    156, 
158,    224,    225,    227, 
29O'   351.    353'    391- 
Rochester,  210. 
Rodborough,  399. 
Rodvvellbank,  145. 
Rodwellend,    88,    89,    90, 

324,  33S-  344- 
Rodwellhead,  354. 
Roilshead,  4,  220. 
Romanby,  186. 
Rome,  125,  162,  239,  333. 
Rose,  221. 

Ross,  104,  192. 

Rossendale,  57. 

Rotherham,  154,  175. 

Rothwell,  91,  93. 

Rottenstall,  79,  114. 

Rough  Head,  24. 

Rough  Hey,  159. 

Round  Stubbs,  302. 

Rowlston,  292. 

Royd,  88,    107,    147,    224, 
344- 

Royd's  Hall,  208,  256. 

Royle,  278. 

Russell  Street,  230. 

Russia,  248. 

Rutland,  i,  197. 

Ryburn,  161,  181. 

Rj'croft,  115. 

Ryvyle,  108. 

S.  Alban's,  104. 
S.  Andrew's,  260. 
S.  Anne's  Hill,  245. 
S.  Christopher,  393. 


326, 


S.  Neot's,  236. 

S.  Paul's  Churchyard,  221. 

Saddle  Inn,  230. 

Sailesbury,  336. 

Sais,  II,  8r. 

Saltash.  391. 

Saltonslall,  329,  372. 

Samlesbury,  199. 

Sandal,  4,  14. 

Sandy  Gate,  99. 

Savile  Green,  408. 

Saxifield,  272. 

Scaitcliffe,   281.   289,    290.   344, 

345- 
Scammonden,  3,  119,  ^^^. 
Scar,  160. 

Scarborough,  103,  117. 
Schedene,  270. 
Scholes,  107. 
Scotland,    152,    187,    199,    239, 

248,  259  to  266,  309. 
Scout,  88,  323. 
Sculbruke,  115. 
Sebastopol,  169,  199. 
Selby,  210,  376. 
Settle,  195,   196,  197,  200,  201. 
Shackleton,  63,  401. 
Shackleton  Fold,  63. 
Shaftesbury,  300. 
Shaw,  114,   115,   123,   137,  284, 

343- 
Shaw  Hill,  230,  301. 
Shawsyke,  322. 
Shearwater,  244. 
Sheepridge,  3. 

Shelf,  5,  14,  158,  209,  210,  301. 
Shellyes,  390. 
Shepley.  306,  3°7.  368,  370,372, 

373.  3S8,  395.  396. 
Shewbroad,  294. 
Shibden,  11,  123,  147,  204,  210, 

232,  280. 


Index  Locorum. 


425 


Shibden  Mill,  184. 

Shipley,  389,  390. 

Shore,  24,  40,  41,  42,  43,  44,  45, 
46,  47,  49,  63,  64,  66,  69, 
71,  88,  90,  118,  119,  287 
to  302,  345,  355,  358  368. 

Shore  Hey,  289,  290. 

Shrewsbury,  238. 

Shropshire,  199,  249,  390. 

Shuttleholme,  160. 

Silkston,  118. 

Sir  James  Stanfield  Close,  264. 

Skipbridge,  154. 

Skircoat,  3,  5,  14,  72,  81,  105, 
180,  181,  210,  221,  223. 
23i>  3oi>  322>  406. 

Slater  Ing,  343. 

Slead  Syke,  402. 

Sload,  226. 

Smeeton,  269. 

Smithy,  163. 

Soham,  250. 

Soothill,  107,  108,  III,  118. 

Soughes,  286,  338,  339. 

South  Africa,  246. 

South  America,  235. 

Southampton,  389,  397. 

South  Mailing,  389,  390. 

Southover,  388. 

Southowram,  3,  4,  5,  14,  15,  57 
121,  122,  123,  180,  267,  405 

Southwark,  393. 

Sowerby,  3,  4,  5,  14,  26,  27,  29, 
49,  59,  64,  65,  66,  6-/,  68, 
71,  72,74,85,  102,  n8,  129 
to  232,  275,  282,  283,  284, 


285, 

30 1.- 

308, 

309. 

310, 

315. 

318, 

32i> 

322, 

323, 

333> 

334, 

337, 

352, 

355, 

356, 

381, 

384, 

386, 

387 

395. 

396, 

399, 

401, 

405, 

406. 

Sowerby    Bridge,    22,    26,     124. 

151,    162,     163,    164,    185, 

222. 
Sowerby   Dean,    140,   145,    148, 

15°,    151,    158,    159,     i"5> 

184,  323,  355. 
Sowerby  Moor,  216. 
Sowerby  Street,  223,  301,  302. 
Sowerbyshire    and     Greaveship, 

4,  5,  13,  79,  81,    105,   140, 

151,    161,     162,    308,    315, 

317,  320,  329,  400. 
Sowterhouse,  49,  152. 
Soyland,  5,  14,  147,   151,   ^62, 

175,    177,    180,    181,    184, 

213,  224,  318. 
Spain,  191. 
Spotland,  224. 
Spring  Hall,  230. 
Spring  Wood,  220. 
Spygateroyd,  289. 
Stade,  191. 
Staffordshire,  76,  173,   199,  24S. 

249,292,  391,  397,  398. 
Stainford,  239. 
Stainland,   5,   14,   75,    117,   ii9t 

121,  122,  221,  376. 
Stair,  261,  263,  264. 
Stanbury,  143,  382. 
Stanclifife,  119. 
Stanedge,  152. 
Stanley,  368. 
Stannary,  212. 
Stannerley,  94. 
Stanningden,  147. 
Stansfield,  i,  4,  5,  14,  15,  23,  24, 

27,  34,  35,  38  to  160,    i8o, 

183,    205,    267,    26S,    281, 

287  to  302,   303,  304,  305, 

308,  312,  313  to  362,  363, 

364,  367,  380,  383,  38s, 
387,395,396, 398,399- 


426 


Index  Locorum. 


Stansfield  Clough.  152. 

Stansfield  Field,  302. 

Stansfield  Hall,  42,  46,  53,  55, 
59,  63,  64.  65,  69,  70,  72, 
74,  93'  95'  97.  98'  loi,  102, 
120,  127,  129,  133,  295, 
304'  3°5^  313'  317'  33i' 
337>  338'  340,  342,  343, 
344'  345.  346'  347.  348, 
351,  354,  361- 

Stansfield  Hey,  343. 

Stansfield  Kiln,  341. 

Stansfield  Mill,  148,  159,  339, 
340.  341.  344,  345- 

Stansfield  Wood,  224. 

Stapleton,  269. 

Starford,  250. 

Stepham,  269. 

Stevinston,  260. 

Stiperden,  81,  289,  290,  302. 

Stirchley,  296. 

Stockport,  175,  223,  248,  374. 

Stocks,  27,  269. 

Stocks  Lane,  220. 

Stockton,  149. 

Stoke  Newington,  394. 

Stones,  209. 

Stoneshaygate,  31,  343,  361. 

Stoney  Royd,  232,  234,  405. 

Stonyhurst,  279. 

Stoodley,  86,  98,  108,  no,  291. 

Stoodley  Pike,  82. 

Stoopsfield,  344. 

Stoperdean  Clough,  292  . 

Streatham  Hill,  194. 

Stretford,  276. 

Stryndes,  142,  378,  383. 

Styes,  301. 

Style,  97. 

Suffolk,  173,  250,  393,  396, 
397- 

Sunbury,  360. 


Surrey,  187,  188,  189,  190,  192, 
194'  195'  244,  311,  325, 
389,  393,  397- 

Susquehanna  River,  3O0. 

Sussex,  128,  190,  191,  2  12,  308, 
388,  389,  390,  396. 

Sutcliff"e,  114,  lis,  123,  345. 

Sutton,  190. 

Swallowshaw,  87,  94,  385. 

Sweetoaks,  355. 

Swillington,  271. 

Swinshead,  94. 

Svvinshead  Clough,  99. 

Swithencliff,  108. 


Tenterbank,  160. 
Tenterclose,  230. 
Tentercroft,  233. 
Tettesworth,  248. 
Thornhill,   58,   79,   80,  81, 

107,    109,    III,    113, 

116,    117,    118,    126, 

248,  292. 
Thornhill  Bridge,  156. 
Thornhill  Briggs,  181. 
Thornton,  106,  113,  207. 
Thornton  Hall,  102. 
Thorpe,  170,  232. 
Thoulonse,  248. 
Threapscroft,  147. 
Threaphirst,  329. 
Thrutchley  Holme,  289. 
Thurland  Castle,  107,  108. 
Thurloe  Square,  407. 
Tillycliffes,  404. 
Tis-v?eld,  10. 
Toad  Carrs,  335. 
Todmorden,  41,  44,  45,  51 

57,  63,  82,  87,  95,   96, 


9»,  99,  loi,  171,  213, 
299,  311,  316,  317, 
338,    345,    347,    348, 


Index  Locorum. 


427 


Todmorden  (Continued.). 

35I'    353.    354.    355.    35^, 

361,    362,    373,    374.    391. 

403. 
Todmorden  Edge,  349,  353.  354- 
Tong,  107,  115. 

Toothill.  107,  109,  III,  117, 118. 
Top  o'  th'  Ashenhirst,  94. 
Torquay,  174. 
Torworth,  391. 
Tower  Hill,  394. 
Tower  of  London,  18,  398. 
Townfields,  338. 
Townley,    104,    105,    269,    271, 

273,  274,  278,  279,  338. 
Tranton,  251. 
Triangle,  148,  172,  185. 
Trimingham,  109,  140. 
Trinidad,  174,  197. 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  200, 

201. 
Tunbridge  Wells,  190. 
Turney  Holes,  302. 
Turnley,  152. 
Turvin,  68,  152,  400. 
Tyresall,  115. 

Ufrun,  5,  14. 

Ulva  Poad,  193. 

Underbank,  291. 

University  College,  Oxford,  58. 

Upper  Ashes,   88,  89,  102,  343, 

344- 
Upper  Brear,  204. 
Upper  Broad  Field,  302. 
Upper  Cragg,  284. 
Upper  Greenhirst,  335,  344. 
Upper  Grosvenor  Street,  191. 
Upper  Haitley,  89,  358. 
Upper  Holme,  233,  234. 
Upper  House,  195. 
Upper  Ibbotroyd,  90,  97. 


Upper  Ing,  302. 
Upper  Intack,  90. 
Upper  Longbottom,  229. 
Uppermost  Close,  401. 
Uppermost  Holme,  160. 
Upper  Pasture,  302. 
Upper  Tenement,  88. 
Upper  Willow  Hall,  224. 
Upton,  249. 

Vienna,  190,  191. 

Waddington,  399. 

Wadsworth,  4,  5,  10,  13,  14,  15, 
19,  22,  24,  25,  28,  33.  34, 
38  to  74,  79.  80,  107,  108, 
no,  114.  115,  123,  143, 
180,  281,  283,  284,  285, 
286.  317,  319,  322,  323, 
337.  358.  365,  367.  380, 
384.  399.  400,  401.  4<^4 

Wadsworth  Banks,  22,  24,  29, 
233.  23+ 

Wadsworth  Royd,  141,  281,  285. 

Wakefield,  4,  5,  11,  14,  15,  19. 
21.  32.  32,-  78,  79.  80,  83, 
108,  III,  112,  123,  124, 
127,  128,  132,  133,  134, 
135.  137.  140,  150,  15I: 
153,  15s.  156,  161,  163, 
267,  268,  275,  282,  300, 
314.  319.  321,  325.  333. 
334.  337.  341.  365.  3C8v 
400. 

Walbrook,  371. 

Walburton  House,  212. 

Walchforth,  154. 

Waldenstein  Castle,    191. 

Wales,  247,  248. 

Walshaw,  24,  273,  274. 

Walterclough,  211. 

Walton  Cross,  14. 


428 


Index   Locorum. 


Wapping,  394. 

West  Riding  (Contimied), 

Warland,  339. 

205,    238,    239,    241, 

243 

Warley,  4,  S.  6,   14,  ^6,  67, 

15I) 

245,  246,  402. 

161,    162,    164,    174, 

175. 

Wetel,  no. 

180,    181,    187,    188, 

189, 

Wetherby,  154. 

208,    209,    215,    218, 

219, 

Whalley,    i,   81,    105,   267, 

269 

220,    222,    225,    226, 

228, 

271,    272,    273,    279, 

316 

229,    231,    233,    234, 

285, 

317,  334- 

295,    296,    301,   302, 

316, 

Wheat  Field,  302. 

328,    329.    333>    343- 

352. 

Whiston,  378,  379- 

372,  400,  401. 

Whitby,  199. 

Warley  Town,  229. 

Whitchurch,  199. 

Warley  Wood,  141 

Whitechapel,  51,  68,  392. 

Warwick,  244. 

Whitehaven,  207,  240,  407. 

Warwickshire,  3. 

Whitestone  Close,  302. 

Washer  Lane,  130. 

Whitewindows,    170,    172, 

209 

Waterloo,  97. 

220,  223. 

Wath,  120,  121,  126,  313,  3 

64. 

Whitgift,  376. 

Weetwood  Grove,  183,  236, 

245. 

Whitley,  24,  245. 

339- 

Whittaker,  270. 

Welbeck,  366. 

Vvhittelroyd,  88. 

Welburn,  126. 

Whitton,  212. 

VVelland,  359. 

Whittonstall,  88. 

Well  Croft,  233. 

Whittonstall  Clough,  287. 

Welley,  382. 

Whitworth,  100. 

Wellingborough,  371. 

Whorlaw,  88,  89,  326,  327, 

344- 

Welton,  195. 

Wickombroke,  250. 

Wemyss,  264,  266. 

Wigan,  278. 

Wenlock,  249. 

Williamroyd,  94. 

Wentworth  Lands,  288. 

Willow  Hall,  195,  224,  401 

Wessex,  248. 

Wilsden,35i. 

West  Ashenhirst,  90. 

Wimborne,  248. 

West  Ballinroyd,  90. 

Winchester,  170,  250,  251. 

West  Bottom,  224. 

Windgill,  Windul,  269,  270 

VVesterrroft,  405. 

Wingham  House,  186. 

West  Ibbotroyd,  357. 

Winsley,  90,  350,  354,  3S7. 

West  Indies,  197,  229. 

Winter  Royd,  322. 

Westminster,  112,  135,  ^21, 

328, 

Wisbeach,  395. 

366,  377.  398,  399- 

Withens,  23. 

Westmoreland,  152,  398. 

Wombwell,  315. 

West    Riding,   2,    18,    118, 

119, 

Wood,  302. 

196,    197,    199,    200, 

201, 

Woodhead,  115,  125. 

Index  Locoru.m. 


Woodhouse,  140,  324. 

Wood  Lane,  165,  221. 

Wood  Top,  32. 

AVorcester,  43,  197, 

Worksop,  248. 

World's  End  Close,  264,  265. 

AVorsthorn,  267,   268,  269,    27c 

271,  272,  273. 
Worthing,  374. 
Wotherhill,  355. 
Wolton,  389. 
Wrangthorn,  r86. 
Wrenthorp,  107. 
Wyffield,  370. 
Wyke,  21,  1 88,  203. 
Wykehurst,   190,  191. 


AA'ynnell,  388. 
Wyphurst,  244. 

YoAH  Hill,  344. 

York,  32,  35,  36,  69, 
123,  125,  129, 
149.  i5i»  i54> 
187,  196,  199, 
214,  217,  223, 
257,  287,  293, 
316,  321,  324, 
3^3,  372,  373. 
396,  398,  402. 

York  Castle,  154,  155 

York  [Toronto]  359, 


80,  94, 

173, 
204, 
251. 
297. 
333, 
375. 


430 


INDEX    NOMINUM. 


ACKWORTH,  II. 

Askelph,  Aisolf,  80,  81.  105, 

106, 

Adam,  119,  248. 

161. 

^Ifhelni,  247. 

Aspenden,  Aspden,  20.  404. 

Aked,  175. 

Athelstane,  247. 

Akroyd,  21,  22,  23,  24,  70,  138, 

Atkinson,  71,  233,  280. 

240,    324,    326,'  327,    365, 

Aubreville,  103. 

366,  399,  400. 

Auld,  193. 

Aldburgh,  255. 

Averill,  390. 

Aldene,  80. 

Avranches,  248. 

Aldene,  80. 

Ayrton,  50,  226. 

Alderson,  229. 

Aldith,  248. 

Bailey,  276. 

Aldithley.  Andley,  248,  249. 

Bairstow,  210,  331. 

Aldred,  226,  227,  228,  407. 

Baker,  280. 

Alexander  IV.,  19. 

Bakewell,  240. 

Alexander,  268. 

Baldur,  10. 

Alfred  the  Great,  247. 

Baldwin,  37. 

Algar,  248. 

Banastre,  Bannister,  52,  130, 

137, 

Algwin,  247. 

144,    152,    274.    277, 

278, 

Alisus,  248. 

279.  334- 

Allenson,  Allison,  224,  230. 

Bancroft,  28,  273,  274. 

Allibond,  399. 

Baptist,  S.  John,  7,  8,  9,  10 

12. 

Allvvood,  222. 

107,  163. 

Alta  Ripa,  81,  109. 

Barber,  88. 

Alvetham  [Altham]  270. 

Barker,  38,  50,  53,56,  57,58 

,60, 

Alwara,  247. 

61,  62,  72,  91,  92,  94 

95 

Ambler,  86,  351. 

180,294,295,306,307, 

324 

Andrewes,  389. 

326,327,332,335.336, 

337 

Angel,  394. 

340,341,347,348,350. 

353 

Anstis,  309. 

361,362. 

Appleyard,  383,  384. 

Barkisland,  119. 

Arkley,  199. 

Barlow,  250. 

Armistead,  296  299. 

Barnes,  250,  401. 

Armitage,  156,  338. 

Barren,  210. 

Arnold,  67. 

Barrenger,  197. 

Arthington,  115,  116. 

Barrett,  50. 

Ashburne,  324. 

Barrington,  221. 

Ashton,  314,  317,  338. 

Barrow,  239,  251. 

Ashurst,  243. 

Bates,  137,    146,  162,  163, 

180 

Ashworth  56  57  401. 

181,185,381. 

Index   Nomixum. 


431 


Bath,  224. 

Bonny,  328. 

Batley,  80,  113. 

Booth,  209,  392. 

Batlen,  399. 

Borthwick,  239. 

Batty,  180. 

Bottedene,  256. 

Bayles,  404. 

Bottomley,  401. 

Bayliffe,  11. 

Bouillon  de,  r  i . 

Beane,  Bean,  139,  168 

326. 

Bower,  299. 

Beaucharap,  237. 

Bowyer,  394. 

Beaumont,  328. 

Boyce,  362. 

Beaver,  63. 

Boyne,  7,  13. 

Becamshawe,  274. 

Boys,  276,  277,  279. 

Becket,  10,  19. 

Bradley,  300,  391. 

Beckwith,  255. 

Bradshaw,  245. 

Bede,  13. 

Bramham,  251. 

Bell,  24,  262,  263. 

Brattell,  388,  389. 

Bennet,  359. 

Brearcliffe,  12,  13,57,  405. 

Bentley,  7,  20,  21,  22, 

23.25 

,43. 

Brearey,  16,  149,  331. 

Ah  SI.  59.    123, 

127, 

148, 

Bridge,  Briggs,  24,  54,  57,   114, 

149,     150,     151, 

155. 

160, 

115,     131,     146,    180,    215, 

325,  364,  365,  400 

,  404 

216,     217,    236,    237,    331, 

Best,  18. 

351.  375.  376,  401. 

Bethe,  249. 

Brighouse,  280. 

Bethel],  330. 

Broadbent,  195. 

Beyston,  400. 

Broadbottora,  no. 

Billington,  269,  271,  27 

2,  273. 

Broadley,  37,  43,  121,  123. 

Binns,  284,  386. 

Brooke,  149,  285. 

Birkbeck,    195,     196, 

197. 

200, 

BrooLsbank,  158,  324,  328,  329, 

201. 

O^j-:  405,  406. 

Birkenshaw,  no. 

Brown,  22,  169,  404. 

Birtwhistle,  269,  270. 

Bruce,  248. 

Bischoff,  235,  236,  245. 

Bruyshay,  318. 

Biston,  369. 

Buck,  219,  228,  407. 

Blackburn,  185,  194. 

Buckley.  21. 

Blackett,  207. 

Burdall,  366. 

Blakeney,  71. 

Burgess,  193. 

Blakey,  354. 

Burke,  102,  305,  308,  312,  325. 

Bloomer,   180. 

Burton,    8,    57,    107,    n7,    nS, 

Boardall,  38. 

186,  300,  378. 

Bolland,  213,  233. 

Busfield,  207. 

Boiling  [Bowling],  118. 

Bushell,  402. 

Bolton,  3,  65,  72,  147, 

156, 

158, 

Butler,  153. 

164. 

Butterfield,  403. 

432 
B)Te.  250. 


Index   Nominum. 


Cadwaladyr,  32. 

Calveley,  274. 

Calverley,  51, 104,  107,  113,  115, 

32i>  351- 
Camden,  2,  3,  6,  7,  12. 
CanifiU,  393. 
Campbell,  190. 

Canterbury,  Archbishop  of  169. 
Canute,  247. 
Capstick,  394. 
Carlisle,  228. 
Carnator,  1 10. 
Carr,  18. 
Carryer,  403. 
Carter,  146,  149,  217. 
Cartwright,  288. 
Carty,  153. 
Case,  239. 
Casson,  iSo. 

Catlaw,  37,  152,  153,  340.  341. 
Cave,  134,  328- 
Cawdray,  381. 
Caygill,  57. 

Chadwick,  231,  336,  347,  348. 

Chaloner,  321. 

Chamberlain,  57,  231. 

Chambers,  229,  377. 

Chapman.  56,  167,  245,  269,  288 

Charles  I.,  15,  251,  399. 

Charles  II.,  50,  260,  399. 

Charlesworth,  21,  201. 

Charnock,  29,  56. 

Charteris,  264. 

Cheale,  388,  389. 

Chernel,  103. 

Chetham,  269. 

Chrichley,  49. 

Cturcher,  389. 

Clacton,  269. 

Clapham,  406. 


Clarke.   50,    109.    149,  187,  192, 

194. 
Clarkson,  53,  204. 
Clay,  117,  119,  407. 
Clayton,  25,  60,  65,  73,  338. 
Clegg,  38,  50,  55,  56,  57,  66,  88, 

89.  145,  180. 
Clet,  348. 
Clifford,  103. 
Clifton,  107. 
Clough,  II,  366. 
Cobbett,  I,  17. 
Cock,  391. 

Cockcroft,  22,  23,  27,  30,  33,  34. 
38,49,58,59,67,68,69,70, 
71,  72.   90,    114,  115,  286, 
318,  319,  346,  365,  368. 
Coley,  12. 
CoUard,,  237. 
Collinge,  49. 
Conyers,  15. 
Cooke.  119,  153,  228,    368,  369, 

370.  371.372,  388,406. 
Cooksley,  222. 
Cooper,  221,  238,  300. 
Coopman,  156. 

Copley,    12,   80,  81,    104.    106. 
107,    108,    109,    III,     112, 
113,  118,  314,  364. 
Copman.  383. 
Corbrigh,  119. 
Corder,  297. 
Cordingley,  226,  229. 
Cotton,  21. 
Coulman,  233. 
Coulthurst,  335. 
Cousens,   194. 
Coward,  153. 
Cowper,  93. 
Crabstick,  394. 

Crabtree,  22,  23,   24,  28,  38,  55, 
60,    64.    73,    90,    130,   141, 


Index   Nominum. 


433 


Crabtree  (  Conttnwd). 

163,    169,    230,    289,  290, 
365,  366,  367,  383. 

Crawshaw,  86,  351. 

Crevecoeur,  103. 

Cromock,  228. 

Crompton,  208,  244,  255,  256, 
257.  395.  396- 

Cromwelbottom,  8i,  107. 

Cromwell,  209,  260,  300,  391. 

Crossclough,  118. 

Crosse,  346,  392. 

Crossland,  118. 

Crossley,  22,  24,  37,  38,  49,  50, 
56,  57,  58,  61,  71,  72,88, 
90,  96,  114,  119,  138,  145, 
281,  288,  289,  290,  291 
292,  293,  319,  322,  326, 
327-  335.  340,  344.  345. 
35°.  351.  353.  365.  373. 
385.  399.  400. 

Crowther,  64,  146,  169,  181,  353. 

CuUens,  392. 

Cullinge,  250. 

Culpan,  81,  107,  118. 

Currer,  236. 

Curson,  398. 

Dalry.mple,  261,  263,  264. 

Dalton,  36. 

Darley,  21. 

Darnell,  195. 

Davenport,  160. 

Dawson,  57,  149,  357,  405,  406. 

Day,  251,  382,  395. 

Deane,  18,  37,  50,  107,  118,329, 

34^- 
Dearden,  155,  301. 
Denton,  140,  147. 
Derby,  earl  of,  250. 
Dersley,  250. 
Dewhirst,  50,  52. 


Dickinson,  57,  221,  380,  391. 
Dickson,  Dixon,  24,  56,  94,  143. 

152.    153.    156.    163,    240, 

284,  296,  298. 
Dinsdale  186. 
Dobell,  390. 

Dobson,  119,  154,  209,  238,  324. 
Dodmaston,  249. 
Dodsworth,  3,  21,  81,   117,   118, 

121,  306. 
DoUiffe,  51. 
Doughty,  37,  143. 
Dove,  115,  116. 
Drake,  148,  213,  220,  234,  325. 
Dranfield,  221. 
Draper,  38,   114,   137,  141,  317, 

366,  378,  380,  382,  404. 
Drayton,  2,  12. 
Duckenfield,  127,  128,  129,  132, 

133- 
Dugdale,  247,  320,  334.  402. 
Dynyle,  108. 
Dyson,  147.  301. 

Eadulf,  247. 

Earnshaw,  28,  180,  404. 

Eastwood.  23,  26,  30,  33,  35,  38, 
39,  54,  72,  87,  88,  89.  90. 
95,  96,  119,  132,  144,  147, 
288,  289,  290,  293,  302, 
318,  322,  349,  350,  365, 
368,  385- 

Eaton,  393. 

Ecroyd,  276,  296,  297,  298,  301 

Edgar  King,  247. 

Edmonds,  192,  194. 

Edward  the  Elder,  247. 

Edward  the  Confessor,  248. 

Edward  I.,  15,  109. 

Edward  III.,  iii,  119.  287. 

Edward  IV.,  15,  363. 

Edward  V.,  371. 


434                              Index  Nominum. 

Edward  VI.,  306,  366. 

Feber,  59. 

Edwards,  164,  235. 

Ferguson,  227,  407. 

Edwin,  247. 

Ferrand,  207,  255,  256,  257. 

Egbert.  13. 

Field,  43'ii8>  137- 

Egelwin,  24S. 

Fielden,  Fielding,  47,  50,  56,  58, 

Eland,    15,    81,    106,    107, 

109, 

70,    72,  88,  89,  90,  91,  92, 

III,  113. 

95,  96,  102,  250,  289,  291, 

Elfrida,  247. 

339- 

Elfwina,  247. 

Firth,  115,  147'  184,  377,  3«i- 

Eliot.  287. 

Fischburne,  269. 

Elizabeth,  queen,  41. 

Fitel,  269. 

Elsick,  390. 

Fitton,  38. 

Empson,  177. 

Fitz  Roger,  80. 

Emyrhead,  107. 

Fixby,  Fykesby,  109. 

Enay,  Ennalie,  109. 

Flaynesburgh,  109. 

Enot,  287. 

Fleming,  81,  109,  120,  121,  125, 

Entwistle,  106,  271. 

129,  313,  364. 

Erminhild,  248. 

Fletcher,  23,  216,  374. 

Essolf,  Essulf,  79,  So. 

Flower,  342. 

Ethelflede,  247. 

Follefait,  255. 

Ethelred,  King,  247,  248. 

Ford,  180. 

Evans,  389. 

Foster,  27,  28,  29,  30,  32,  39,  59, 

Evelyn,  74,  103,    128,   205, 

221, 

65,  105,  117,  143,  199,  200, 

388,  389,  390,  395,  396 

201,    226,    229,    249,    281, 

Everett,  393. 

288,    306,    320,    325,    333, 

Exley,  Ecclesley,  107,  109,  i 

22. 

342,  343,  356:  376- 

Eyre,  195. 

Fountainhall,  262. 

Fourness,  24,  140,  141,  143  144, 

Fairbank,  22,  23,  46,  49, 

132. 

154,  15s.  19s,  366,  368. 

280,315. 

Fowler,  237. 

Fairfax,  151. 

Fox,  180,  394. 

Farley,  324. 

Foxcroft,  339,  399. 

Farnell,  57. 

Freer,  197. 

Farrar,  Farrer,    18,    24,   43 

49. 

French,  209. 

130.    153.    154,    iSS. 

156, 

Frost,  49. 

181,    217,    219,    225, 

226, 

Fryer,  297. 

229,    280,    297,    298, 

325. 

335-    336,    38O'    381, 

399. 

G.\LL,  130. 

400. 

Clamel,  80.  248. 

Fasinge,  222. 

Garfortli,  165,  197. 

Fawcett,  26,  33,  301. 

Gargreave,  21,  2S2,  283,  398. 

Fearnsides,  362. 

Garside,  348. 

Index   Nominum. 


435- 


Gateford,  272. 

Gankroger,  152,  158. 

Gantier,  188. 

Gerneber,  80. 

Gibson,  2,  22,  35,  71,  73.  88,  89, 
90,  119,  284,  285,  340,  341, 
343.  345.  346,361,  365- 

Gilbert,  377. 

Giles  S.,  269,  271. 

Gilpin,  207. 

Gipps,  237. 

Glebedehirste,  269. 

GledhiU,  147. 

Glenluce,  lord,  264. 

Gloucester,  duke  of,  321. 

Goda,  248. 

Godby,  30. 

Godiva,  248. 

Godley,  51,  118. 

Godric,  248. 

Godwin,  248. 

Goffe,  388,  389. 

Goldthorp,  368,  369,  372. 

Goodbarne,  288. 

Gore,  359,  360. 

Gorge,  325,  326. 

Gouldham,  389. 

Graham,  232. 

Graveley,  297. 

Gray,  192,  227,  311. 

Greame,  406. 

Greene,  152. 

Greenhirst,  119. 

Greenwood,  20,  22,  23,  24,  28, 
29.  30,  32,  33,  37.  38,  43. 
49.  52,  56.  57.  58.  59.  60, 
63,  66,  68,  69,  71,  72,  73, 
88,  89,  90,  91,  92,  94,  118, 
132,  142,  144,  169,  181, 
219,  220,  288,  302,  319, 
323.  339.  344,  348,  350. 
351.    355.   365.    366,    374, 


Greenwood  (Continued). 

380,    381,    384,    385.  386. 
Grey,  245,  249. 
Griffin,  247,  248. 
Grimshaw,  24,  52,  68,  93,  346. 
Grosthead,  106. 
Grover,  369,  371,  372. 
Guesclin,  103. 
Gunby,  59,  356. 

Habringham,  273,  274. 

Hadwen,  175. 

Haigb,  21,  145,  146,    180,   1S4, 

231.  355- 
Halifax,  119. 
Halifax,  marquis  of,  103. 
Hall,  221,  222,  296,  297. 
Hallen,  401. 
Halliday,  273,  274. 
Halstead,  57,  58,  269,  295,  335, 

340,    341,    343.    344,    345» 

35°.   366,    367,    383. 
Hambleton,  86. 
Hamer,  252. 

Hamerton,  197,  279,  321,  399. 
Hampton,  249. 
Hanson,  3,    22,    117,    140,    180, 

203,    217,    280,    288,    324, 

365,  406. 
Hardy,  22,  333,  385. 
Hare,  114. 

Hargreaves,  23,  24,  130,  324. 
Harold,  King,  247,  248. 
Harrison,  68,  108,  114,  173,  199,. 

282,  283,  325,367,398,404. 
Harper,  119,  180. 
Hart,  187,  394,  395. 
Hartley,  25,  35,  68,  69,  332,  333, 

367. 
Harwood,  73,  349. 
Hatton,  251. 
Hawley,  38. 


436 


Index  Nominum. 


Haworth.  38,  50,   94,   180,  182, 

220,  301. 
Haydock,  267,  271.  276,  280,  391. 
Haydon,  no. 
Hayter,  91,  92   94. 
Healey,  224,  244. 
Heap,  73,  153,  326. 
Heaton,  Heton,   107,  109,  118. 
Helliwell,   Hallewell,   24,  37,  54, 
56,  64,  69,   88,  89,  90,  130, 
131,    132,    133,     146,     148, 
169,    318,    319,     320,     374, 
376. 
Hemingway,    22,   24,    123,    179, 

366. 
Henry  II.,  400. 
Henry  III.,  109,  in. 
Henry  VI.,121, 249,275,376,377. 
Henry  VIII.,  131,  138,  163,  250, 
276,    277,    278,    307,    314, 
317,  321,  398,404- 
Henryson,  119,  318. 
Hepehale,  269. 
Hepworth,  152,  331. 
Herklay,  Herkelslay.  119. 
Herlay,  119. 
Heron,  222. 
Hervey,  306,  371,  372. 
Hesketh,  269,  274,  279. 
Heslon,  238. 
Hewitt,  Huitt,  149,  151. 
Hewley,  250,  252,  406. 
Hey,  47- 
Heyle,  109. 
Heylin,  399. 

Haywood,    86,    151,    157,    158, 
159,    364,    165,    184,    202, 
204,  209,  232. 
Higgin,  180. 
Higham,  250,  357. 
Highley,  Hilylee,  130,   140,  143, 
152,  217,  362,  400. 


Hik.  125. 

Hill,  219. 

Hillington,  165. 

Hilton,  164. 

Hinchcliffe,  297,  325. 

Hinde,  94. 

Hindmarsh,  251. 

Hipperholme,  81,  107,  109. 

Hirst,  Hurst,  108,  159,  160,  208, 

220,  224,  387. 
Hobson,  188. 

Hodgson,  54,  195,  201,205,  384. 
Hodilston,  Huddleston,  269. 
Holden,  46,  88,    127,    180,   189, 
211,    212,    213,    218,     219, 
223>    334.    350.    353.    395- 
401,  406. 
Holcroft,  274. 
Holdsworth,  no,  in,   216,  226, 

315.  392- 
Holland,  earl  of,  15. 
Holland,  144,  288. 
HoUingrake,  60,  73,  119. 
Hollings,  352,  384,  403. 
Holmerake,  119. 
Holroyd,    Hoylroyd,    147,     162, 

169,  221,  224,  225. 
Holt,  42,  72,  86. 
Hooke,  164,  165. 
Hoperton,  Hopton,  113,  331. 
Hopkinson,  143,   146,   148,    184 
282,  283,  316,  321,  366,  382 
Hoppay,  273. 
Hopwood,  220,  357,  401. 
Horneclifif,  119. 

HorsfalU  18,  21,  22,  23,  35,  37 
38,  47,  50,  56,  57,  58,  66 
85,  88,  89,  n9,  130.  131 
i3z>  136,  i3«.  144.  145 
146,  153,  290,  291,  292 
318,  322,  323.  324.  365 
380.  383- 


Index   Nominum. 


Horton,  102,147,225,343.355, 

367.  376,  401. 

Hotham,  223. 

Houghton,  250,  389,  390. 

Howard,  325,  326. 

Howker,  355. 

Hoyland,  298.    . 

Hoyle,  Hole,   42,  145,   146,  147, 
153.    181,    318,    323,    333, 
384,  386,  395,  401,  406. 
Hudson,  226. 
Hulme,  231,  232,  406, 
Hunt,  269. 

Hunter,  3,  17,  117,  375. 
Hutchinson,  140. 
Huth,  190,  191,  192. 
Hutton,  369,  398. 


437 


ISON,  252. 


Ibbotson,  180. 

Illingworth,  180. 

Ingleby,  315. 

Ingham,  28,  38,   88,  90,  96,  343, 

362,  366. 
Ion,  195,  197. 


Jackson,  18,  146,  164,  165,  i8i 

193.  225. 
James,  165,  206,  305. 
James  I.,  330,  337,  339. 
James  II.,  260,  402. 
Jenkinson,  223. 
Jesper,  298. 
John  Baptist  S.,   7,  8,  9,  10,  12 

107,  163. 
Johnson,  394. 
Johnston,  174,  197. 
Jordan,  79,  80,  81,  104. 

Joy,  195- 
Jubb,  175. 
Juste,  269. 


Kave,  156,  328. 

Keighley,  113,  114. 

Kendal,  57,  58. 

Kenuelph  king,  8. 

Kepax,    Kephast,    Kippax,    125, 

126. 
Kerhouel,  103. 
Kerr,  359. 

Kershaw,  69,  406,  407. 
Killerby,  37. 
Killingbeck,  367. 
King,  27,  114 
"King  David,'  25. 
Kirkby,  3,  19. 
Kirkman,  3^3. 

Kitchingman,  209,  405,  406. 
Kitson,  57,  60,  337. 
Knapton,  91. 
Kyriel,  Kyrle,  103,  104. 

Lacy,  14,  15,  18,  40,  50,  80,  81 
105,  107,  109,  III,  118 
121,  142,  267,  26S,  269, 
271,  272,  273,  316,  321 
322,  324,  332,  553,  334 
352- 
Lagge,  389. 

Lake,  18. 

Lambe,  384. 

Lancaster,  duke  of,  112. 

Lanfear,  395. 

Langfield,  81,  108,  no,  172,399, 

Langley,  32. 

Langton,  279. 

Larchier,  12. 

Lassels,  Lascels,  loi,  120,  305. 

Laughe,  236. 

Laval  [Dean]  81,  109. 

Law,  38,  62,  69,  88,   145,  229, 
341- 

Lawford,  193. 

Laycock,  301. 


438 


Index   Nominum. 


Learoyd,  140,  179. 

Lukens,  360. 

Leaver,  150. 

Lunib,  Lome,  153,  iS4. 

163. 

Ledell,  331. 

Lund.  68. 

Lee,  Lea,    146,   159,    169, 

171. 

Lupus,  248. 

172,  344,  367. 

Leek,  119,  249. 

Macfarl.\ne,  239. 

Leeming,  68. 

Machell,  212. 

Lees,  374. 

Madge,  236. 

Legh,  Leigh,  ley,  73,  91,  92 

.  93- 

Magee,  407. 

187,  188,  268,  269,  270  332, 

Magnusen,  9. 

333- 

Maidment,  263. 

Leicester,  earl  of,  282,  283. 

Mallinson,  72,  96,  376. 

Leiche,  164. 

Mankinholes,  no. 

Leising,  80. 

Manne,  247. 

Lenthall,  249. 

Manningham,  113. 

Lenzee,  360. 

March,  earl  of,  264. 

Leofric,  247,  24S. 

Markham,  208,  376. 

Leofwine,  247. 

Marney,  lord,  325. 

Leventhorp,  118,  333. 

Marsden,  181,  208. 

Lewis,  188. 

Marshall,  190,  191,  299 

403- 

Lighlfoot,  96,  399. 

Martin,  224. 

Limkin,  392. 

Maryon,  103,  267,  268, 

271. 

Lincoln,  bishop  of,  227. 

Maser,  248. 

Lindsey,  399. 

Mather,  221. 

Lionulph,  249. 

Mathew,  251. 

Lipscombe,  239. 

Matilda,  248. 

Lister,  114,  181,  202,  204 

210. 

Mattershead,  139. 

232,    280,    284,    301, 

363- 

Mathewson,  114. 

364.  377- 

Maude,   Mawd,    141, 

47)    180, 

Lobley,  27. 

181,    209,    243,    2 

75,    384 

Lockwood,  322,  345,  346. 

400. 

Lomas,  195. 

MauUing,  389. 

Long,  37. 

Maunsell,  123. 

Longbottom,  37,  165,  233. 

Margaret,  queen,  104. 

Looker,  310. 

Mawnde,  147. 

Lord,  29,  60,  66,  71,  171 

210, 

Maxwell,  239. 

211,    213,    220.   339, 

348, 

Mayfren,  191. 

349,   35°    353- 

Mears,  35. 

Lorimer,  266. 

Meissner,  236. 

Louis  XIV.,  103. 

Merchant,  394. 

Lovestok,  112. 

Merclesdene,  270. 

Lucas,  390. 

Meredith,  222. 

Index   Nominu.m. 


439 


Merrott,  393. 
Metcalf,  147. 

Metham,  53,67,  91,93,93,  95. 
Methley,  115,  125,  313. 
Mewtas,  325. 

Mexborough,  earl  of,  103,  113. 
Micklethwait,  23S,  254,  258. 
Middleton,  393. 

Midgley,  23,  24,  37.49>5o.  57, 
73,  III.  153.  165,  288,  319, 
321:328,329,340,348. 
Miller,  188,  259. 
Millson,  240. 
Milne,    174,   175,   ,87,  188,  189, 

223,  234. 
Milner,  114,  122,  151,  152. 
Milnes,  238. 

Mirfield,  115,  118,  274,  377. 
Mitchell,  21,  23,24,37,43,46, 
49>  5°.  S9>  66,  73,  86,  88, 
89,  131,  136,  138,  140,  142, 
145,    15s,    211,    217,    263, 
264,    265,    266,    289,    291, 
318,   319,    322,    327,    332, 
340,    341,   378,    383,    389, 
39°- 
Mitton,  60,  301,  384,  388. 
Mokocson,  119. 

Moore,  More,  85,  119,  130,  149, 
225,    226,    227,    229,    231, 
407. 
Moorhouse,  228,  368. 
Mording,  369. 
Morgan,  260. 
Morley,  28,  390. 
Morris,  147,  163,  164,  175,  176. 
Mortimer,  57. 
Moser,  Moses,  50,  63,  180. 
Mosley,  342. 
Moxon,  1 36. 

Murgatroyd,  58,  344,  352. 
Mydop,  119. 


Nash,  72. 

Naylor,  22,  24,  37,  58,  73,  83, 
89,  131,  132,  141,147,  154, 
158,  217,  225,  226,  228, 
229,  233,  234.  280,  302, 
319,  366,  382. 
Neall,  222. 

Nelson,  Neylson,  123,  188,  342. 
Nettleton,    211,    225,   226,   231, 

232,  406. 
Neville,  103,  269. 
Nevvcome,  391. 
Newman,  86. 
Newton,  212,  389. 
NichoU,  Nichols,   132,  164,  iSo, 

302. 
Nicholson,  209,  210,  222. 
Noble,  307,  400. 
Nony,  269. 
Norry,  369. 
Norland,   Northland,    107,    109, 

118. 
Norman,  147,  247,  272. 
Normandy,  duke  of,  ii,  103. 
Normanton,  352,  366. 
Northclifife,  109. 
Nottingham,  117. 
Nowell,    Newell,    66,    67,     123, 
277,  278,  279,  280,  379. 

Ogden,    72,  89,   90,    153,    179, 

233,  234. 
OgHvy,  191. 
Okebourne,  112. 
Oldfield,    118,    164,    208,    218, 

220,  366. 
Oldroyd,  228. 
Oram,  186. 
Ordgar,  247. 
Orell,  274. 

Ormeroyd,  Ormerod,  54,  57,  87, 
88,89,  228,270,289,302,374. 


440 


Index   Nominum. 


Oswald.  S.,  253. 
Otes,  Gates,  114.  123. 
Overton,  251. 
Oxenhope,  80,  113. 

Page,  50,  335,  341. 

Parker,   32,   68,    121,   186,   231, 

25i>  297,  391. 
Parkinson,  298,  320,  395,  401. 
Parny,  250. 
Paslew,    Passelewe,      115,     116, 

315,  316.  322,  332,  333. 
Pawson,  62,  69. 
Paxable,  1 1 . 
Peacock,  401. 
Pearse,  193. 
Pearson,  359. 
Peche,  103. 
Peck,  123. 
Peckes,  326,  327. 
Pemberton,  391. 
Pendaunt,  119. 
Pennington,  i3r. 
Percy,  107,  250. 
Petch,  186. 
Peter,  119,  287. 
Phillips,  57. 
Phoenix,  180. 

Pickles,  25,  37,  40,  50,  288,  387. 
Pilcher,  190. 
Pilkington,   114,  318,   320,   321, 

322,  376. 
Pilling,   39,  40,  45,  46,  47,  49, 

5°.  56.   57,  58,  88,  89,  102, 

338.   349'    35°'    352,    354, 

355,357:385- 
Place,  57. 
Plantaginet,  79,  81. 
Platts,  225,  330. 
Plompton,  338. 
Pollard,  49.  213,  254,  258. 
Poncius,  248. 


Poole,  193. 

Porter,  197,  240. 

Pratt,  392. 

Priestley,  9,  76,  118,  140,  147, 
155,  158.  167,  168.  169, 
170,  172,  174,  180,  185, 
188,  209,  210,  211,  215, 
220,  221,  223,  225,  232, 
235,  295)  405,  406. 

Prime,  212.  213.  218. 

Prior,  192,  193. 

QuARMBY,  107,  119. 
Quykeshull,  112. 

Radcliffe,  Ratcliff,  49,  56, 
iSo,  203,  220,  279,  315, 
316,  317,319,  329- 33°- 339- 

Rafnesfeld  [Ravensfield].  no. 

Rake,  300. 

Ralph,  232,  239,  407.  408. 

Ratnsbottom,  96. 

Ranisden,324.  346,37o,40s,4o6• 
Randulph,  248. 

Rastrick,  8r,  109. 

Rawdon,  255,  407. 

Rawly  n,  114. 

Rawnsley,  377. 

Rawson,  49,  168,  170,  175,  176, 
227,  230.  232.  234,  363. 

Raylton.  94. 

Rayner,  122,  147,  337,  338. 

Raywood,  238. 

Rediker,  107,  108,  no. 

Redman,  57. 

Richard,  119. 

Richard  II.,  118,  248. 

Richardson,  257,  265,  354,  362, 
376. 

Richmond,  193. 

Ridings,  Ryding,  137,  164,  269^ 
331- 


Index  Nominum. 


Rigby,  148. 

Rigge,  43'  49>  34o- 

Riley,  Ryley,  49,   50,    163,   180 

181,  225,  298,  366. 
Rishcon,  72. 
Rishworth,   106,   107,    iii,   114 

122,  123,  314,  363. 
Roberts,    37,   90,   94,   335,   385 

386. 
Robertbhaw,  60,   127,  323,  387. 
"  Robin  Hood,"  13. 
Robinson,  52,  131,  149,  151 

188,  217,  380. 
Rokeby,  18,  324. 
Rokes,    Rookes,   123,   208, 

256,  257,  258. 
Roote,  151,  157,  164,   165 


1S7, 


55. 


Ross. 263,  264. 

Rowe,  389. 

Rowland,  76,  249. 

Royds,  Rode,  Rhodes,  107,  163, 

180,  280,  301,  384,  407. 
Rudd,  152,  269,  273,  274. 
Russell,  104,  230,  298,  389. 
Ryvyle,  108. 


Sager,  88,  90,  374. 

Sale,  362. 

Saltonstall,    25,  50, 
369.  372. 

Sampson,  389. 

Sandford,  203. 

Sande,  389. 

Sands,  403. 

Sanfeild,  392. 

Savile,  Sayvell,  3,  15,  19,  2 
80,  81,  103,  113,  114, 
117,  118,  120,  121, 
123,  125,  126,  127, 
138,  153,  181,  215, 
283,    288,    292,    306, 


I,  169, 


331, 
376, 


103, 


147,    229,    280, 


^.  359'  361- 


Savile,  Sayvell  (Continued) 

318,    320,    321,    322, 

325-    326,    330. 

364.    3*^7)   368, 

399 
Sawrey,  207, 
Scanfield,  394,  397. 
Scarborough,  earl  of, 
Scissor,  107. 
Scholefield,   86, 

394;  397- 
Scoles,  107. 
Scott,  64,  186,  I 
Scottson,  390. 
Scratcherd,  228,  339. 
Sechbar,  149. 
Segar,  128,  308. 
Seme,  118. 
Shackleton,   22,  24,  26,   2 

56'  67,  73,  324. 
Sharp,  51,   124,    145,    159 

202,    203,    204,    205, 

207,  216,  260,  396. 
Sharrock,  146,  147,  148,  li 
Shaw,   22,   114,    121,    123 

328,  329,  330. 
Shelley,  390. 
Sherley,  390. 
Sherwood,  244. 
Shepherd;  51,  292,  348. 
Shibden,  11. 
Shirburn,  Shereborne, 

279,  327. 
Shore,  118,  119,  287. 
Shorter,  194. 
Shute,  222. 
Siddell,  146. 
Silbern,  377. 
Silkston,  118. 
Simpson,  229,  230,  398, 
Sims,  109. 
Skelton,  142,  394. 


324- 
363, 
395. 


169, 
206, 


77-  278, 


HIIH 


442 


Index  Nominum. 


Sladen,  329. 

Slater,  68,  252,  254,  296. 
Smale,  360. 
Smalley,  52. 
Smether,  3S6. 
Smetherd,  49, 

Smethetton  [Smeeton],  269. 
Smith,  Sraythe,  38,  42,  114,  131, 
180,    193,    223,    263,    264, 
270.    275,    331,    367,    369. 
371,    382,    383,    391,    403- 
Smithies,  194. 
Smithson,  325. 
Smolet,  153. 
Snydall,  319. 
Soothill,  37,  107,  108,  no,  III, 

118,  224,  274,  326,  404. 
"Sotty,"  25. 
Southcote,  371,  372. 
Speak,  59,  65. 
Speight,  127,  140,  342. 
Spencer,  9,  25,  54,  71,  119,  268. 
Spincke,  147. 
Spofforth,  302. 
Springs,  269. 
Stables,  214,  401. 
Stafford,  250,  325. 
St.iir,  earl  of,  264. 
Stancliffe,  119,  357. 
Stand,  39. 
Staneton,  321. 
Stanfell,  397. 
Stanford,  312, 
Stanhope,  51. 
Stanley,  39,  248,  274,  275. 
Stanraer,  lord,  264. 
Stansfeld,    Abigail,     39,    148. 

178,  179,  203,  223. 
Abraham,     37,    38,    39,     40, 

41.    42,    43.    45.    46,   47. 

50.  51.  52.  53.  54..  55.  56- 

57.   5^'   59.   60,  61,  62,  63. 


Stansfeld,  Abraham  (Con.). 
64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  69,  70, 
72,  73,  88,  89,  90,  97,  99, 
100,  144,  152,  180,  281, 
282,  283,  284,  285,  286, 
292,    293,    294,    298,    302, 

350,  352,  354,  361.  362, 
373.    374.    381,    387- 

Adeane,  396. 

Adelaide  Mary  Anne,,  239. 

Agnes,  24,  41,  173,  177,  199. 
238,  280,  281,  282,  283, 
285,  291,  315,  316,  317, 
318,  319,  337,  377,  379. 
380,    381,    382,    401. 

Agnes  Mary,  197. 

Alan,  288,  368. 

Aldith  Katie,  245. 

Aldith  Mary  Anne,  239. 

Alexander,  377. 

Alfred  Wolryche,  245. 

Alice,  123,  131,  136,  137,  139, 
140,    141,    142,    143.     178 

179,  208,  224,  238,  284 
285,  288,  299,  314,  317 
320,  321,  327,  347,  348; 
362,  364,  365,  376,  378 
379.    383.    391.    403- 

Alison,  364. 

Amere,  364. 

Amy,  186. 

Amy  Margaret,  197. 

Annabella,  238.  258. 

Ann,  Anne,  Anna,  38,  56,  60, 
62,  64,  65,  66,  69,  70,  72, 
97.  98,  99,  100,  120,  121, 
126,    167,    177,    178,    179, 

180,  187,  189,  190,  191, 
194,  207,  224,  236,  237, 
258,    295,    298,    315,   320, 

351.  362,  364,  391,  392, 
395-    397'    4or,    403- 


Index  Nominum. 


443 


Stansfeld,    Annie,    i86,    207, 
208,  239,  403. 
Annie  Louisa,  298. 
Annie  Matilda,  237. 
Annie  Sophia,  186. 
Arthur,  297. 

Ashton,  64,  74,  127,  128,  340, 
341,  342,  356,  361. 

Beatrix,  395. 

Benjamin,  394,  397. 

Bertha  Rosamond,  201. 

Berthold  Robert,  201. 

Betty  [Elizabeth],  55,  61,  62, 
63,  64,  65,  66,  67,  69,  70, 
7i>  72,  73'  97.  98,  99.  100, 
361,  373- 

Blanche,  146. 

Bridgett,  382,  383. 

Caleb,  296,  297,  298,  302. 

Caroline,  194,  243. 

Caroline  Lydia,  238. 

Catherine,  70,  393. 

Charles,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42.55. 
59,  61,  62,  63,  65,  68,  69, 
71,  144,  281,  284,  285,  286, 
294,  320,  321,  356,  357, 
358,  3S0,  400. 

Charles  Edward,  297. 

Charles  Hatton,  237. 

Charlotte,  237. 

Christabel,  37,  378,  380,  381. 

Christian,  287. 

Christiana,  299. 

Christopher,  322,  334.  376 
378,  379,  382,  399. 

Cicely,  368,  369. 

Clemence,  391. 

Cyril  Grey,  245. 


Stansfeld,  Daniel,  386. 

David,  31,  52,  54,  178,  185, 
225,  226,  227,  228,  229, 
230,  231,  232,  233,  234, 
235.  236,  237,  238,  239, 
244.  245,  246,  252,  407. 

Debora,  39,  42,  45,  46,  294, 
296,  298. 

Dinah  [Dionysia],  37,  38,  380. 

Edgar,  361. 

Edith  Mary,  238. 

Edmund,   37,   38,  39,  41,  42, 

49.  54.  69,  III,  289,  290. 
291,  292,  318,  322,  323, 
324,  325.  326,  327,  401. 

Edonne,  383. 

Edward,  39,  41,  42,  45,  115, 
137.  138.  139.  179.  245. 
298,  318,  319,  320,  322, 
323.  324,  325.  327.  331. 
335.  337.  351,  365.  36O, 
367.  368,  377,  378,  380, 
393.  397.  399- 

Eleanor,  235,  320,  395. 

Elias,  Eli,  56,  61,  62,  63,  64, 
65.  66,  70,  71,  72,  73,  no, 
178,  179,  181,  203,  221, 
222,  224,  225,  226,  227, 
393^  407- 

Eliza  [Elizabeth],  137,  iSo, 
199,  222,  396,  397. 

Eliza  Amy,  186, 

Eliza  Ann,  98. 

Elizabeth,  37,  41,  44,  46,  47, 

50.  53,  55.  56,  61,  69,  73, 
116,  120,  140,  141,  144, 
145,  146,  177,  178,  179, 
181,    185,    186,    187,    188, 

194.      197.      20I>      203,      204, 


Index  Noiiinum. 


Stansfeld,  Elizabeth  (Con.). 

206,  207,    208,  210,  221, 

222,  223,    224,  225,  226, 

228,  238,    24s,  258,  292. 

293,  295>    296,  297,  299, 

315.  319.    320,  325,  334, 

338,  341,    348,  349.  352, 

353-  354,   365.  368,  369. 

37°-  373'    374,  375.  377, 

378,  379,    382,  38s,  386, 

387,  391.  393>  395.  397- 
Elizabeth  Anne,  244. 
Elizabeth  Anne  Crompton.245. 
Elizabeth  Hay.  239. 
Elizabeth  Jane,  237. 
Elizabeth  Margaret,  239. 
Elizabeth  Pollard,  238. 
Elizabeth  Rawdon,  237. 
Ellzabetli  Sadworth,  240,  408. 
Elizabeth  Wilhelmina  Gertrude, 

244. 
Ellen,  37,   178,  185.   186,  208, 

226,    227,    232,    237,    240. 

246,    288,    298,    316,    382, 

391,  407,  408. 
Ellen  Louisa.  237. 
Ellen  Margaret,  238. 
Ellen  Maria,  186. 
Ellis,  62,  64,  65,  66,  69,  71. 
Emma,  186,  239,  273.  408. 
Esther.  37,  295.  361,  381. 

Faith,  206. 

Fanny,  64,  300. 

Fergus,  105.  106. 

Florence,  186. 

Frances,    50,    128,    197,    221. 

325.  341,  342. 
Frances  Eliza,  297. 
Frances  Elizabeth,  197. 
Frances  Emily.  186. 
Frances  Evelyn,  197. 


Stansfeld,  Frances  Mary,  245. 
Frances  Sophia,  186. 
Francis,  392,  393,  397.  402. 
Francis  William,  239. 

Geofifrey,  133,  271,  274,  275, 
276,  277,  278,  280,  314, 
315.    396,    404 

George,  29,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42, 
44,  45.  47,  49.  52.  53,  54- 
55.  56,  57.  58,  60,  61,  62, 
63,  64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  69, 
70,  71,  72,  73,  90,  97,  98, 


99, 

100. 

102, 

137, 

167. 

171, 

178, 

179, 

185, 

186, 

187, 

188, 

189, 

195- 

200, 

201, 

208, 

210, 

212. 

213, 

215, 

217, 

218, 

219, 

220, 

221, 

224, 

225, 

231, 

234, 

235, 

237, 

238, 

258, 

292, 

293, 

294, 

309, 

320, 

336, 

337, 

339- 

347, 

348, 

349. 

350, 

351. 

352, 

353. 

354, 

356, 

357, 

361, 

365. 

366. 

373, 

374, 

3S7, 

391. 

393, 

394, 

395, 

397, 

402. 

George  Edwin,  186. 

George  Micklethwait,  238. 

George  Reginald,  201. 

Gertrude  Maria,  238. 

Gibson,  42. 

Gideon,  38,  39.'  40,  42,  44,  387. 

Gilbert,  54,  137,  142,  319, 
364,  365 

Giles,  271.275,  276,  277,  278, 
279,  280,  399. 

Girdoni,  299. 

Grace,  37,  38,  40,  41,44.  47. 
51.  52,  56,  59.  63,  66,  68, 
70,  99,  100,  144,  145,  146, 
180,  281,  284,  337,  34S, 
364,  374,  383,  384,  386, 
402,   403. 


Index   Nominu.m. 


445 


Stansfeld,  ITall,  297. 

Hamer,  235,  246. 

Hannah  [See  Anna],  40,  62, 
64.  65,  66,  70,  71,  72,  73, 
97,  178,  179,  185,  208,  224, 
294,  298,  299,  361,  374. 

Hannah  Jane,  199. 

Hannah  Laetitia,  174,  177, 
197. 

Harold  Eugene,  201. 

Harold  Hamer  Gray,  245. 

Harold  Sinclair,  239. 

Harriet,  238. 

Hatton  Hamer,  235,  244,  245. 

Henry,  24,  37,  38,  39,  40,  41, 
42.  44,  45,  46,  47,  50,  66, 
71,  116,  117,  120,  125,  126, 
138,  177,  179,  180,  186, 
235,  237,  286,  288,  291, 
324,    380,    383.    391,    392. 

397,  400,   401. 
Henry  Hamer.  245. 
Henry  James,  246. 
Henry  William,  239- 
Herbert,  407. 

Hester  [See  Esther],  352. 

Hilda,  245. 

Horace  Wolryche,  245. 

Hubert  Arthur,  245. 

Hugh,    3t8,    322,    363,    364, 

398,  402,  403. 
Humphrey,     390,    393,    397, 

398. 

Ina  Elizabeth,  237. 

Isaac,  179. 

Isabel,  Isabella,  37,  120,  131, 
132,  136,  137,  145,  146, 
276,  277,  278,  279,  324, 
341,  365,  368,  378,  381. 
386,   40.5 

Isabel  Damaris,  238. 


Stansfeld,  J.  F.,  361. 

James,  Jacobus,  38,  39,  40,  42, 
44,  45,  46,  47,  49,  50,  51, 
52'  53'  54,  55.  56.  57,  58, 
60,  61,  62,  63,  64,  65,  66, 
67,  68,  69,  70,  71,  72,  73, 
74,  89,  97,  98,  99,  127,  128, 
129,  13I1  132,  133)  136, 
137,  138.  139,  140J  146, 
148,  149,  150,  151,  152, 
155,  157,  •59'  160,  178, 
179,  180,  181,  185,  1S8, 
195,  203,  208,  209,  210, 
211,  220,  225.  232,  235, 
239,  240,  243,  -H-  260, 
26],  262,  263,  264,  265, 
266,  271,  274,  275,  285, 
291,  293,  294,  295,  298, 
299,  300,  301,  302,  309, 
314,  315,  316,  317,  318, 
319,  320,  322,  323,  325, 
326,  327,  328,  330,  331, 
332,  333,  334,  335,  336r 
337,  338,  339,.  34°,  34i. 
342,  343,  344,  347,  348, 
35°,  352,  3=54,  355,  357. 
358,  361,  364,  365,  37ir 
378,  379,  387,  393.  394t 
395,  397.  398.  399,  4oo> 
404,   407,   408. 

James  Milnes,  238. 

James  Rawdon,  237. 

Jane,  Johanna,  41,  44,  65,  98, 
106,  112,  113,  115,  116, 
117,  120,  124,  125,  180, 
181,  195,  199,  207,  257, 
258,  271,  276,  2S0.  314, 
316,  317,  334,  363,  382, 
385,    388,    396,    398,    402. 

Janet,  Jennett,  37,  38,  139, 
140,  141,  144,  288,  364, 
382,   383.   384.    39'- 


446 


Index   Nominum. 


Stansfeld,  Jane  Pollard,  238, 
258. 

Jeddian  [Gideon],  387. 

Jeftrey  [Geoffrey],  396. 

Jesse,  65. 

Jessie  Sarah,  238. 

John,  Johannes,  38,  39,  40, 
41,  42,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47, 
50,  51,  52.  53.  54,  55,  56, 
57,  58,  59,  60,  61,  62,  63, 
64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  6g,  70, 
71,  72.  73,  97,  98,  99,  i°o, 
105,  106,  107,  108,  114, 
115,  120,  121,  123,  124, 
125,  126,  128,  138,  148. 
151,  156,  160,  177,  178. 
179,  180,  183,  185,  186, 
19s,  196,  199,  203,  221, 
222,  223,  224,  225,  260, 
263,  264,  265,  271,  273, 
274,  280,  287,  289,  290, 
291,  293,  294,  29s,  296, 
297,  298,  299.  301,  302, 
308,  313,  314,  315,  317, 
319,  320,  332,  334,  338, 
35°,  351,  353,  354,  356, 
357,  359,  360,  361,  364, 
368,  369,  371,  374,  376. 
378,  379,  381,  382,  383, 
384,  385,  386,  387,  388, 
390,  391,  393,  394,  395, 
397,  398,  399,  400,  401, 
402,    403,    4c6,    407. 

John  Ashton,  362. 

John  Birkbeck  Evelyn,  197. 

John  Raymond  Evelyn,  197. 

John  Slater,  297. 

John  Tennant,  396. 

John  William,  245,  297. 

Jonas,  55,  57,  60,  61,  68,  69, 
88,  89,  181,  294,  295,  345, 
357.  358. 


Stansfeld,   Jonathan.    39, 

54. 

56,  57,  61,  62,  64,  66 

67, 

68,  69,    89,   94,    294, 

295- 

302,  358,  386,  396. 

Jordan,  271. 

Joseph,  40,  45,  47,  55,  59 

,  60, 

61,  62,  66,  67,  69,  72 

,97, 

180,    386,   393,    394, 

397- 

403- 

Joseph  James,  244. 

Josiah,  Josias,   129,  148, 

149. 

150,    151,    155,    156, 

157, 

158,    159,    160,    17S, 

179, 

180,    181,    183,    185, 

188. 

189,    195,    202,    203, 

204, 

205,    208,    210,    221, 

222, 

223,    224,    235,    311, 

405, 

406. 

Josias  Logan,  237. 

Joshua,  38,  53,   55,  56, 

148 

149,    150,    151,    358, 

160 

178,    179,    185,    202, 

203 

204,    205,    223,    294, 

295 

296,    297,    299,    301, 

302 

396,    403- 

Joshua  Charles,  257. 

Judith,  47,  61,  202,  294, 

295 

296. 

Julian,  126. 

Katherine,  296,  297,  317,  334. 
Katherine  Charlotte,  245. 
Kenneth  Adrian,  201. 

Laura  Ellen,  239. 

Laurence,  23,  130,  131,  132, 
133,  134,  13s.  136-  137, 
138,  140,  141,  142,  143. 
144.  14s,  146,  148,  150- 
181,  281,  318,  367,  399, 
403. 

Lea,  392. 


Index   Nominum. 


447 


Stansfeld,  Lewis  Johnston,  199. 

Logan  Sutherland,  239. 

Louisa  Agnes,  245. 

Louisa  Johnston,  199. 

Luke,  38,  41,  S3,  55,  60,  72, 
144,    281,    284,   323. 

Lydia,  Lidia,  40,  t68,  178, 
195,  196,  199,  203,  223, 
293.    294.    299,    394,    397. 

Mabel,  201,  273. 

Mabel  Katharine,  245. 

Margaret,  323,  334. 

Margaret  Elizabeth,  2^^. 

Marian,  236,  245,  383,  384. 

Mark,  64,  179,  181,  384,  386. 

Martha,  Matty,  37,  38,  39,  40, 
41,  45.  47,  48,  50,  52.  ss, 
54.  55,  56.  57.  59.  6r,  64. 
66,  70,  71,  72,  148,  159, 
167,    178,    179,    180,     181, 

184,  185,  202,  203,  208, 
209.  223,  293,  294,  35?. 
373.  374.  384.  385.  386, 
397.    403- 

Marion  Elizabeth,  197. 

Mary,  Maria,  Malley.  37,  38, 
39,  40,  41.  42,  47.  5°.  52, 
53>  54,  55.  56.  57.  6°.  61, 
62,  6^,  64,  65,  66,  67,  68, 
69,  70,  72,  73,  97,  98,  99, 
100,  it6,  120,  126,  171, 
178,    179,    180,    183,    184, 

185,  187,  203,  204,  206, 
213,  223,  225,  226,  227, 
228,  229,  23r,  235,  238, 
239,  240,  281,  284,  292, 
293.  294,  295,  296,  297, 
298.  299,  300,  313,  320, 
337,  352,  354,  356,  361, 
362,  364,  373,  374,  378, 
380,   381,   386,    387,    391, 


Stansfeld,  Mary,  Maria,  Malley 
(Continued). 
393,    394,    397,    398,    401, 

402,    403,    407,    408. 
Mary  Adeline,  245. 
Mary  Ann,  99. 
Mary  Annabella,  238. 
Mary  Blackwell,  192. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  r86,  298. 
Mary  Hannah,  297. 
Mary  Jane,  98,  238,  248,  362. 
Mary  Katherine,  186. 
Mary  Smith,  100. 
Matilda,  237. 
Matthew,  37,  42. 
Maud  Maria  Margaret,  239. 
Mercy,  47,  53,  55,  59. 
Michael,  386. 
Miles,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42,  44, 

45.  46,  47.  48,   49.  54,  58, 

292,  293,  365. 
Miriam.  38,  39,  55. 

Naomi,  357. 

Nathan,  403. 

Nelly  [Ellen],  227,  229,  23 1, 
232,  234. 

Nicholas,  23.  38,  41,  42,  44, 
"4,  134.  136,  137.  140, 
141,  142,  143,  144,  145, 
146,  148,  150,  178,  179, 
i8c,  181,  281,  283,  284, 
285,    383,    387.    399- 

Oliver,  loi,  105,  106,  26S, 
269,  270,  271,  272,  273, 
274. 

Paul,  55,  59,   60,   62,  68,  69, 

70. 
Peggy,  235. 
Penelope  Mary,  237. 


448 


Index   Nominum. 


Stansfeld,  Perkin,  400. 

Peter,  178,  225,  375' 376,  399- 
Philip,  260,  263,  264. 
Phcebe,   177,    181,    185,    186, 

296,  297. 
Priscilla,  325. 
Prudence,  s^,  39,  40,  42,  45, 

47)  49,  59,   63,    289,    290, 

291,  293,  387- 

Rachel,  299. 

Rachel  Wilhelmina,  195,  201. 

Radelrika,  Radrilyd.  377. 

Ralph,  106,  III,  112,  113. 
114,  115,  116,  123,  124, 
313,    314.    3'5,    3'6,    317, 

395,  399,   400. 

Ray  wood  Micklethwait,  238. 

Rebecca,  394. 

Richard,  37,  38,  41,  47,  50, 
52,  53,  54.  55'  56,  61,62, 
64,  65,  66,  67,  89,  99,  107, 
108,  109,  no,  116,  126, 
127,  137,  138'  180,  273, 
274,  280,  287,  294,  298. 
306,  307,  319,  350,  352, 
354-  363,  364,  365'  366, 
368,  369'  37',  372,  373' 
377'  379'  380,  381,  382, 
383,    384,    3S8,    391,    393, 

396,  397,    398,    400,    403- 
Richard  Micklethwait,  238. 
Robert,  31,  47,  53,  55,  56,  60, 

62,  65,  66,  67,  98, 119,  126, 

168,  173,    174,  i77>  185, 

186,  187,    194,  195,  196, 

197,  199,   200,  201,  205, 

206,  207,    208,  217,  222, 

225,  256,    257,  258,  271, 

272,  273,    305,  318,  324, 

325.  365,    368,  369,  37I' 

382,  387,    391,  392,  393, 


Stansfeld,  Robert  (Continued). 
396,    399,    402,   403- 
Robert    Johnston,     173,    177, 

199. 
Roger,  no,  376,  38S. 
Rosamund,  179,  321. 
Ruth,  299. 


Samuel,  60,  71,  15 

I,  159'  177, 

178,    179,    180, 

185,    186, 

203,    204,    205, 

206,    207, 

221,    224,    225, 

299'    3°5. 

31O'    383,    393' 

394'    397' 

401. 

Samuel  Joseph,  299. 

Sarah,  Sally,   38, 

40,   41,  44. 

45,  46,  47,   55' 

56,  57,  60, 

61,  62,  63,  64, 

65,  66,  67, 

68,  70,   71,   72, 

73.  97,  98, 

100,    144,    145, 

146,    178, 

179,    180,    181, 

185,    187, 

200,    208,    211, 

212,    220, 

223,  231,  233,  234,  235, 
236,  237,  238,  239,   244, 

246^  252,  289,  29s,  296, 
298.  299,  325,  356,  357, 
358,  361,  362,  373,  374, 
381,  387,  392,  397,  401, 
402,    403,   407. 

Sarah  Ann,  98. 

Sarah  Coor,  298. 

Sarah  Ellen,  238,  258. 

Sarah  Georgina,  201. 

Sarah  Wolrich,  239,  408. 

Sharp,  206. 

Sibill,  180,  386. 

Simon,  37,  38,  39,  42,  62,  338, 

376,  377,  38S'  399- 
Slater,  297. 
Sophia,  237,  240,  408. 
Squire,  67,  71. 
Stephen,  382. 


449 


Stansfeld,  Susan,  Susannah,  37, 
38,  39,  40,  41,  45,  47,  50, 

51.  53.  54,  55-  56,  57,  61, 
62,  63,  64,  65,  67,  70,  71, 
72,  97,  98,  99,  148,  167, 
178,  180,  181,  182,  183, 
185,  210,  211,  220,  285, 
294,  325,  357,  36.,  384, 
387,   403- 

Thomas,  22,  38,  39,  40,  41, 
4-',  43,  45,  47,  49,  5°,  Si, 

52,  53,  54,  55,  56,  57,  6°, 
61,  62,  63,  64,  65,  66,  67, 
68,  70,  71,  72,  85,  99,  loi, 
120,  121,  123,  126,  127, 
129.  130,  131,  132,  133, 
134,  135,  136,  137.  138, 
140,  141,  142,  143,  144, 
146,  148,  150,  177,  179, 
186,  206,  207,  210,  271, 
281,  288,  289,  290,  297, 
299,  302,  315,  317,  318, 
322,  323,  i23^  334,  336, 
337,  348,  349,  35°,  351, 
353,  354,  356,  364,  365, 
366,  367,  368,  369,  371, 
373,  377,  379,  382,  383, 
385,  386,  387,  388,  389, 
391-  393,  394,  397,  399, 
400,   401,   402,   403,    404. 

Thomas  Wolrich,  183,  233, 
234,  23s,  236,  237,  396. 

Thomas  Wolrich  Logan,  237. 

Thomas  Wolryche,  183,  236, 
245,  339- 

Timothy,  40,  151,  158,  159, 
160,  177,  178,  180,  183, 
184,  185,  186,  187,  1S8, 
189,  190,  191,  192,  194, 
203,  218,  227,  311.  394, 
407. 


Index   Nominum. 

Stansfeld,  Titus,  67,  178,  225 
Vincent,  391,  397. 


William,  41,  52,  54,  55,  56,  57, 
59,  60,  61,  62,  63,  64,  65, 
66,  68,  69,  70,  71,  73,  97, 
98,  99,  100,  no,  115,  116, 
117,  118,  119,  120,  126, 
127,  128,  129,  132,  133, 
207,  235,  238,  272,  273, 
280,  287,  297,  313,  361, 
362,  364,  373,  374,  381, 
388,  391,  392,  396,  397, 
399,  402,  404. 
William    Ashton,     311,    356, 

357,  362. 
William  Beauchamp,  237. 
William  Edward,  186. 
William  Hatton,  245. 
William  Henry  Crompton,  208, 

253,  396. 
William  Logan,  239. 
William  Fetch,  186. 
William  Rookes  Crompton, 25  7, 
395- 
Stansley,  41. 
Stapleton,  269. 
Stapley,  390. 
Stead,  345. 
Stepham,  269. 
Stephens,  398. 
Stephenson,  72. 
Stocke,  269. 

Stodley,  Stoodley,  108,  no. 
Stokedale,  144. 
Stone,  115. 

Stott,  60,  73,  182,  362. 
Streatle,  389,  390. 
Strenger,  377. 
Strideovermore,  269. 
Stukeley,  76. 


Ill 


4SO 


Index   Nominum. 


Sugden,  i8o,  205.  384. 
Suison,  59. 
Summers,  2  28. 
Summerscales,  355. 
Sunderland,   38,  41,  48,  50.  52 

56,  152,  225,  403,  404. 
Sutcliffe,  Southcliff,   21,  22,  23 
24,  26,  28,  29,  30,  31,  32 
33.  34>  35.  38.  48,  49-  5° 
51.  52.  53.  54,  55,  56.  57: 
58,  59,  60,  63,  64,  65,  67 
68,  69,  70,  71,  73,  86,  88. 
89,    90.    91.    94.    95.    96. 
102,    114,    115,    123.    135 
144,    180,    220,    229,    230 
27s,    282,    283,    285.    294 
295,    296,    299,    301,    318 
319,    322,    326,    338,    343 
344,    345.    346,    361,    365 
366,    373,    374.    380,    382. 
387- 
Sutlierland,  239. 
Suthers,  73. 
Suth worth,  276,  277. 
Swaine,  Swayne,  157.  158. 
Sweyn,  247,  248. 
Svvillington,  271. 
Symonds,  250,  394. 

Tainsh,  265,  266. 

Talbot,  336. 

Talcvas,  Talvace,  11,  12,  80,  81. 

106,  107, 108,  T09,  no,  118. 
Tarlton,  125. 

Tattersall,  37,  140, 164,  216,  229. 
Taylor,  38,  50,  56,   73,  88,  8g. 

240,  323.  340,  373.  374- 
Teal,  229. 
Tempest,  21,  49,  323,  328.  333, 

334.  398. 
Tennant,  395,  396. 
Tettesworth,  248. 


28. 


Theobald,  389. 

Thomas,  23,  37,  49,  50,  57,  58 

67,    88,  89,   90,    284,    324 

352,  367,  394- 
Thompson,  100,  326,  408. 
Thoresby,  12,   13,  74,  11; 

205,  221,  310,  316. 
Thornhill,  19,   79,   80,  81 

109,    III,    113,    116, 

118,    125,    182,    377. 
Thornley,  51. 
Thornthwaite,  408. 
Thornton,  60,  106,  113. 
Thorp,  169,  296,  301,  402. 
Threlkeld,  226,  227,  406. 
Thysland,  377. 
Tillotson,  18,  97,   151, 

208,  209,  210,  215 
Tilney,  396. 
Tilson,  18. 
Toglos.  247. 
Tollinson,  379. 
Tomlinson,  24. 
Tonge,  107,  115,  I 
Toothill,  107,  109, 
Tornell,  250. 
Towers,  390. 

Towgood,  236,  239,  245,  246. 
Town,  33,  so,  51,  53,  223,  355. 
Townend,  56,  70,  71,  124. 
Townlcy,    104,    105,    269,    271, 
272,    273,    274.    275,    276, 
277,    278,    279,    287,    333, 
338. 
Traffbrd,  364. 
Travice,  Travers.  229,  344,  369, 

371.  372. 
Tray,  401. 
Trimingham,  109. 
Tucker,  116,  310,  311. 
Tunstall,  107,  io8. 
Turner,  27,  119. 


169,  180, 
225.401. 


379- 
,118,  377- 


Index  Nominum. 


45 1 


Ul'COTT,    128. 

^Vatson  (  Continued). 

Upton,  249. 

loi,    102,    107,     117, 

121, 

Utley,    24,    60,   64,  66,  67,   71, 

129,    146,    161,    162, 

163, 

119.  339-  343>  354,  385- 

165,    172,   226,     232, 

268 

271,    288,    304,    305, 

306 

Vavasour,  iio,  269. 

315,  329,  366,367,399 

Venables,  248. 

Webster,  146,  213,  301. 

Vernon,  248. 

Wellington,  duke  of,  18. 

Vicars,  Vickers,  186,  384. 

Wells,  240. 

Vincent,  112,  219. 

Welsh,  167,  168. 
Welzer,  190. 

Wade,   59,    143,    144,   216,  217, 

Wemyss,  earl  of,  264,  266. 

2S8, 

Wentworth,  323. 

Wadington,  158. 

Westenholz,  191. 

Wadsworth,  43,  49,   59,  60,  63. 

Westmoreland,  earl  of,  398. 

64,  72,  107,  108,   no,    114, 

Weston,  389. 

115,    123,    138,    152,    160, 

Westphaling,  251. 

181,    185,    282,    283,    343, 

VVetel,  no. 

354,  367.  400. 

Whalley,  86,  366. 

Wainhouse,  159,  195,  231;. 

Wheatley,  181. 

Waite,  353- 

Whipple,  392. 

Wakefield,  112. 

"  Whistlepegs,"  25. 

Waldemar,  248. 

Whitaker,  2,  4,  7,  8,  13,  15 

,16 

Walker,  3,   170,   195,    iy8,    205, 

17,    18,  57,  80,  81,  82 

,83, 

210,    225,    239,    251,    297, 

loi,    106,    120,    125, 

127, 

326,  352'  367.  372,  376. 

129,    132,    141,    143, 

253 

Walshaw,  273,  274. 

254,    255,    267,    269, 

270 

Waltheof,  13,  248. 

271,    274,    279,   305, 

316 

Walton,  38,  59,  89,  96,  180,  232, 

317.    334,    338,    387- 

249>    329.    373- 

Whitehead,  296,  329,  330, 

38r, 

Ward,  202,  228,  253,  254,  397. 

385- 

AVarren,  6,  7,  11,  13,  14,  15,  19, 

Whiteley,  Whitley,  138,  159, 

185 

79,  81,  102,   105,  no,  161, 

210,  331,  380. 

267,  268,  271. 

Whitham,  38,  401. 

Wassy,  153. 

AVhitmore,  369. 

Waterhouse,   13,   121,   140,  141, 

AVhitwham,  148. 

142,    143,    144,    164,    195. 

Wickham,  250. 

214,    284,    316,    321,    328, 

Widdop,  38,  50,   119,  341, 

343 

33°.  332,  333.  364,  400. 

383- 

Watkins,  194. 

^Vilcock,  65,  146. 

Watson,  2,  7,  II,  19,  20,  26,  35, 

Wilcox,  195,  392. 

39,  60,   76,   79,  82,  83,  86, 

Wilde,  225. 

452 


Index   Nominum. 


Wilkinson,  38,  64,  12 

I.  123 

140, 

\\'oIrich,     Wolryche,     234.    236 

182,    184,    22O, 

289, 

317. 

237,    247,    249,    250,     251 

320,    323,    331, 

332, 

340. 

252,    3°5- 

341,    35°.    353- 

366, 

382. 

Wombwell,  315. 

Wilks,  172,  174. 

Wood,   180,  202,   216,  21S,  238 

William  I.,  11,  15,  10 

3,  ,06 

120, 

296,  323.  329.  332,  333- 

248,  333- 

Woodhead,  115,  125. 

William,  119. 

Woodhouse,  123. 

Williams,  192. 

Wordsworth,  227. 

M'illiard,  180. 

Worrall,  211,  288. 

Willis,  21,  399. 

Worsthorne,  268. 

Willoughby,  366. 

Wortley,  123. 

Wilson,   17,  86,    106 

,   113- 

119, 

Wray,  222. 

123,    130,    15-:, 

175' 

iSo, 

Wrenthorpe,  107. 

259,    262,    264, 

296. 

297. 

Wright,  119. 

298,    327,    333. 

369- 

Wyatt,  221. 

Wilton,  215. 

Wyon   Maryons,    102,    103.  104, 

Winchelsey,  8. 

105. 

Windgill,  269. 

Windul,  270. 

Yates,  180. 

Wingfield,  250. 

Wolfric,  248. 

Zachariah,  8. 

GENERAL    INDEX. 


Aldburgh,  arms  of, 

255- 

Brief  account  of  Prosecutions  of 

Amazon, 

loss  of  the, 

174.  1 

97- 

Qua/ccrs,  91. 

Archxologia,  76. 

Brig  chantry,  Halifax,  215,  216. 

Arms,  heraldic,   26, 

27,   2 

9,  30. 

Briggs,  arms  of,  237. 

31, 

95-  96,  loi 

,   103 

104, 

Brown  ^Villis'  History  of  Abbics, 

106, 

107,    III, 

1x6, 

"7, 

21.  399- 

120, 

126,    127, 

128, 

129, 

Buckingham,  arms  of  duke   of. 

138- 

140,    168, 

169, 

17O' 

325- 

171. 

172,    173. 

i74> 

175. 

Burials  in  woollen,  50,  51. 

188, 

190,    205, 

213. 

219, 

Burke's  Armory,  305,  308,  312. 

221, 

225,    237, 

238, 

244. 

Burke's  Extinct  Peerages,  325. 

253' 

254.    25s, 

256, 

257, 

Burke's     Heraldic    Illustrations^ 

259' 

264,    272, 

295, 

Z^T,^ 

102. 

304- 

305-    3°6. 

307- 

308, 

Burton,  arms  of,  117. 

309- 

3i°-    3if> 

312, 

314, 

Burton's    Parliamentary    Diary^ 

315. 

316,    317, 

32°' 

325- 

300. 

334. 

342,    355' 

364. 

395. 

Burton's  The  Inner  Life,  8. 

395- 

Ashton,  arms  of,  314 

Camden  at  Halifax,  3. 

Baker,  pedigree  of,  280. 
Baldur,  worship  of,  10. 
Barker,  pedigree  of,  348. 
Bartholemew  fair,  London,  141. 
Batley  chantry,  113. 
Battle  of  Ad  Walton  Moor,   151, 

204. 
Battle  of  Worcester,  43. 
Beckwith,  arms  of,  255. 
Bells,  35,  36,  163,  167,  214. 
Bentley's  Halifax  and  its  Gibbet 

La7i',  7. 
Bible,  bequest  of  in  1569,  24. 
Blith  church,  378. 
Bodleian  library,  3,  118,  121,  314. 
Boyne's  Seals  of  Corporations  in 

Yorksliire,  7,  13. 
Bread  riots,  25,  71. 
Bridestones,  origin  of,  76,  77,  78, 

See  plate. 


Camden's  Brittannia,  2,  6,  7,  12. 
Canons,  8. 

Canterbury,  arms  of  see  of,  169. 
Catholic  revival,  184. 
Challoner's    Missionary    Priests^ 

333- 
Change  of  dedication  of  churches, 

26,  162,  163. 
Chetham  Society,  402. 
Cockcroft,  arms  of,  30. 
Coiners  executed,  25,  69. 
Commonwealth,  18,  48,  157   260^ 

300,  352 
Constables  Roll,  308 
Copley,  arms  of,  iir. 
Copley,  pedigree  of,  Sheet. 
Corder's  Memorials  of  Quakers, 

297. 
Cottonian  MSS  ,  20,  112. 
Coventry  church,  388. 
Coventry,  King's  school  at,  388. 


4S4 


General  Index. 


Crabtree's     Concise     History    of    I 

Halifax,  367.  I 

Crimean  War,  82,  169,  173,  199.  \ 
•Crompton,    arms   of,    255,    256, 

257-  '  I 

Crostone  church,  85  to  100.  j 

Crostone  church,  bequests  to,  85,     j 

86,  96,  130.  ' 

Crostone  church  epitaphs,  95,  96,     [ 

97.  98,  99>  loo-  I 

Crostone  church  endowment,  87,     j 

91.  92,  93.  94>  95-  j 

Crostone    church    registers,    74,     j 

95.  356-  I 
Crostone  clergy,  42,   51,  52,  53, 

i-2,  67,  69,   71,   86,  91,  93,     ! 

96,  142,  167,  327.  j 
Crowther  &  Hopkinson's  charity,     i 

146.  j 

Crusades,  11,  104.  | 


Danish  immigration,  3,  161. 

Dissent,  16,  93,  151,  157,  164, 
165,  167,  242,  405,  406, 
408. 

Dodsworth's  MSS.,  3,  21,  79,  80, 
81,  117,  118,  121. 

Domesday  Book,  2,  4,  5,  6,  19, 
75,  80,  82,  83,  161. 

Double  christian  names,  182. 

J^rayton's  Polyolbioti ,  2,  12. 

Druidical  remains,  geological 
origin  of,  77,  78. 

Duchy  of  I,ancaster.  Vide  Lan- 
caster. 

Dutkenfield,  arms  of,  127. 

Dugdale's  Monasticon,  247. 

Dugdale's  Visitation  of  York- 
shire, 320,  402- 

Duke  of  Wellington's  Regiment, 
iS.  T96,  197,  198,  201. 


Eastwood,  arms  of,  26,  30,  95. 
Edward's  Gavgrena,  164. 
Egton  church,  199. 
Elland  church,  363,  364,  396. 
Elland  clergy,  131,  132,  364,  377. 
Eiland  registers,  i8r,  1S2. 
Elland  sessions,  153. 
Elkesley  church,  377. 
Entwistle,  arms  of,  106. 
Evelyn's  Diary,  etc.,  390. 
Eyland  church,  391. 

Farrer,  arms  of,  225. 
Farrar,  pedigree  of,  226. 
Fawcett's  Memorial  of  Heptonstall 

Church,  26,  ^2). 
Ferrand,  arms  of,  255,  256,  257. 
Fleming,  arms  of,  120. 
Fleming,  pedigree  of,  Sheet. 
Follefait,  arms  of,  255. 
Foster,  arms  of,  29. 
Foster's    County    Families.    105, 

117,    143,    281,    320,    325. 

izh  376. 

Foster's  Visitatio7i  of  Yorkshire, 
3°6,  342. 

Free  Grammar  School,  Coventry. 
388. 

Free  Grammar  School,  Halifax, 
217.  325- 

Free  Grammar  School,  Hepton- 
stall, 28,  58,  62,  65.  67,  69. 

Free  Grammar  School,  Leeds,  68. 

Free  Grammar  School,  Sowerby, 
210. 

Freemasons,  30. 

Frisian  immigration.  3,  4. 

G.\TEFORD,  arms  of,  272. 
Gentleman's  Magazine.  402. 
Glass,  ancient  stained,  J  late.  32, 
33.  305- 


General  Index. 


455 


Greenwood,  arms  of,  29. 
Guiseley    church,    253   to    258, 
3ii>  382. 

Halifax  church,  9,  12,  30.  60. 

127.  214. 
Halifax  church,  dedication  of,  7. 

9.  10.  II,  12. 
Halifax  church,  bequests  to,  162. 

215. 
Halifax    church    registers,     179, 

180,  181,  188,  203.  396. 
Halifax      church,     testamentary 
burials,   130.  162,  163,  215. 
318,381. 
Halifax  Gibbet  Law,  5. 
Halifax  in  Domesday  Book,  2  to  6. 
Halifax,  parish  of.  i  to  18,  214. 
Halifax  people.    15.   16.   17.   18. 

ISO- 
Halifax,  place-name,  2.  6,    7,  8, 

12,  13. 
Halifax  rectory.   118,   140,    216. 

321,  322,  323. 
Halifax  scenery,  i,  2. 
Halifax  seal,  7,  13. 
Halifax  vicarage,  106. 
Halifax,  vicars  of,  151.  164,  165, 
187,    188,    215,    218,    320, 
324- 
Harleian   MS.,    102,    108,     in. 
117,  118,  249,306,  308.333. 
Harleian  Society,  401. 
Harrison,  arms  of.  173. 
Harrison's  JTistory  of  Yorkshire, 

108. 
Hartishead  church,  334,  355.  396. 
"  Havercake  lads,"  198. 
Head  of  S.  John  the  Baptist,  7,  8. 
Healey,  arms  of,  244. 
Heptonstall  chantry,  20,  21,  22, 


Heptonstall,   church,    Plales,    19 

to  74. 
Heptonstall  church,  bequests  to, 
22,  23,  24,  83,  85,  127,  130, 
131.  137.  319- 
Heptonstall  church,  testamentary 
burials,  22,  23,  24,  130,  131, 
137.  319-  380,  381. 
Heptonstall  church,  epitaphs,  25 

to  36,  361. 
Heptonstall  church  registers,  37 
to    74,    87,    102,   336,  340, 
343>  356,  357.  358. 
Heptonstall  clergy,    19,   20,   21, 
22,  23,  29,  30,  33,  42,  43, 
47.  49.  5°.  51.  52,  S3'  59- 
60,    68,    73,    86,    130,   132, 
137,    142,    209,     291.    318, 
319.    364.    36S'    404- 
Heralds'  College,  101,  102,  104, 
loS,    IIS,    116,     127,    128, 
129,    133,    148,     183,    221, 
224,    267,    303,    304,    305, 
306,    307,    308,    312,    313, 
32S'   342,    395,    396- 
Hermitage  at  Halifax,  7,  8,  9. 
Hewley's  charity,  406. 
Hey  wood's  Diary  &c.,  184,  202, 

203,  209. 
Highway  repairs,  130. 
Hoadley  controversy,  187. 
Holden,  arms  of,  334. 
Holden,  pedigree  of,  211,  212. 
Holroyd,  arms  of,  221. 
Hopkinson's  MSS.,  316,321,366. 
Horsfall,  arms  of,  138. 
Hospital  of  S.  Peter,  York,  80. 
Hundred  Rolls,  109,  no. 
Hunter  chantry  at  Halifax,  316, 

322. 
Hunter's   Deanery   of  Doticas/er 
117.375- 


456 


General  Index. 


Hunter's  History  of  Hallamshire, 

Huth,  arms  of,  190. 

Huth,  pedigree  of,  191,  192. 

Illingworth  clergy,  93. 
Independents,  151,  157,  164. 
Indian  mutiny,  173,  199. 

James'  History  of  Bradford.  165, 

206,  305. 
Jordan,  a  christian   name,     104, 

105. 
Jubb,  arms  of,  175. 
JudgeStansfeld  Memorial  Rooms, 

240. 

Kirkby's  Inquest,  3,  19. 
Kirklees  nunnery,  125. 
Knights  of  S.  John  of  Jerusalem, 
II,  12,  314,  331. 

Lacv,  pedigree  of,  t,^,^. 

Lansdowne  MSS.,  140. 

Lassels,  arms  of,  loi,  120. 

Law  proceedings,  133,  134,  135, 
136,  141,  214,  215,  221, 
282,    284,    289,    290,    328, 

Lea,  arms  of,  172. 
Leeds,  capture  of,  86. 
Lewes  church,  388. 
Lieutenancy  of  London,  191. 
Lightcliffe  church,  23,  200. 
Longfield,  arms  of,  172. 
Lord,  nrms  of,  29,  171,  213. 
Lord    Mayor   of    London,    190, 

369,  372- 
Luddenden  church,  329,  330. 
Luddenden  clergy,   52,    71,  93, 


Maidiient's  Book  of  Scottish 
Pasquils,  263,  264. 

Manor  of  Wakefield.  Vide  Wake- 
field. 

Margerison's  Calverley  Registers, 
402,  403. 

Memoirs  of  Priestley  Family,  209, 
211. 

jMicklethwait,  arms  of,  23S. 

Midgley,  arms  of,  iii. 

Midsummer  festival,  10. 

Miller's  Lamp  of  Lot/iian,  259. 

Milne,  arms  of,  175. 

Mitchell,  arms  of,  140. 

Modern  stained  windows,  254. 

Morehouse's  History  <f  Kirk 
burton,  368. 

Moses,  a  surname,  63. 

Murder,  70,  71,  259  et  sequit : 
328,  329. 

Noble's  History  of  the  College  of 

Arms,  307. 
Noble's  MSS.,  400,  401. 
Nomina  Villarum,  19. 
Northgate  End  chapel,  Halifax, 

405,  406,  407,  408. 
Northowram   Registers,  184,  206, 

209,  210,  222,  224,  225. 
Notes  and  Queries,  259,  262,  263. 
Nowell,  pedigree  of,  279. 

Oldfield,  pedigree  of,  220. 
Organ,  ancient,  43. 
Otley  church,  378. 

Parker's  Glossary,  32. 

Parliament,  loan  to,  149. 
!      Parliamentary  Sunvy,  8;. 

Passelew,  arms  of,  316. 
I      Payment  in  church  porch,  336. 


General  Index. 


457 


Peacock's  List  of  R.  Catholics  m 

1604,  401. 
Pedigrees,  Sheets,  80,  102,    121, 

136,      144,      191,       209,     2IO, 

211,  212,  220,  221,  226, 
247,  248,  249,  250,  251, 
252,  264,  271,  276,  279, 
280,   zil^   348,    364. 

Peninsular  war,  97. 

Pews,  assignment  of",  57,  58,  87, 
88,  204.  205,  213. 

Pilkington,  arms  of,  320. 

Pious  Uses  Commission,  91,  92. 

Plague  at  Heptonstall,  42. 

Poll  Tax,  A.D.  1378-9,  iiS,  119, 
120,  287. 

Pope's  Man  of  Ross,  104. 

Prayer  against  ghosts,  165,  166, 
167. 

Prerogative  court  of  Canterbury, 
187,  221,  222,  348,  353, 
368,    372,    387  to  398. 

Presbyterians,  86,  157,  202,  405, 
406. 

Priestley,  arms  of,  170,  174. 

Priestley,  pedigree  of,  209,  210. 

Prime,  pedigree  of,  212. 

Puritan  nomenclature,  150,  151, 


Quakers,    91,   293,   300,    301, 

302,  355.  358>  405- 
Quakers,  burial  of,  45,  293,  294. 
Queensbiiry  church,  200. 

Radcliffe,  arms  of,  317. 
Rawdon,  arms  of,  255. 
Reformation,  18,  126,  162. 
Registers   of   All    Saints',    York, 

402. 
Reliquary,  76. 
Ripponden  clergy,  146,  147. 


Ripponden  place-name,  181. 
Robinson,  arms  of,  i88. 
Rokeby  chapel,  Halifax,  18. 
Rookes,  arms  of,  255,  256,  257 
Ross,  arms  of,  264. 
Rotulonim  Patentium,  &'c.,  in, 

112. 
Rowland's  AIo7ia  Antigua,  76. 
Royd,  a  clearing,  75,  84,  347, 

.Savile,  arms  of,  126,  306,  364. 
Savile,  pedigree  of,  Sheet,  364. 
Saxon  crosses,  14. 
Scratcherd's  History  of  Morley, 

228. 
Selby  abbey,  376. 
Shackleton,  arms  of,  27. 
Ship  money,  152. 
Shirburn,  pedigree  of,  279. 
Sims'  Manual  for  the  Genealogist, 

109. 
Skulls,  jjlace  of,  81. 
Slater's  History  of  Guiseley,  254. 
Society   for  the    Propagation  of 

the  Gospel,  222. 
Southowram  church,  2,  3. 
Sowerby   church,    161   et  sequit, 

282,  283. 
Sowerby  church,  bequests  to,  130, 

162,  163. 

Sowerby  clergy,   130,    147,   152, 

163,  164,  181,  208. 
Sowerby     constables'     accounts, 

152.    153.    154.     15s.    156. 

337,    341- 
Sowerby,  place  name.  161. 
Sowerby  registers,  178,  179,  181 

183,  184,  203,  222,  396. 
Sowerby  Bridge  church,  162,  163 
Sowerby  Bridge  church   dedica 

tion,  162. 
Sowerby  Bridge  church,  bequests 

to,  163. 


458 


Gem 


Sowerby  bridge  clergy,  151,  217. 

Spa  Sunday,  10. 

Speight,  arms  of,  342. 

Stair,  pedigree  of  the  earl  of,  264. 

Stanfeld,  arms  of,  312. 

Stanford,  arms  of,  312. 

Stansfeld,  arms  of.  Plates,  31, 
128,  129,  168.  171,  173- 
188,  205,  219,  255,  256, 
257.  259.  272.  3°3'  304, 
305'  3°<J,  307,  3°8,  309- 
310,  311,  312,  355,  364, 
395'    396. 

Stansfeld  quire,  Burnley,  loi. 
267. 

Stansfeld     window,    Heptonstall. 

30.  3I'  30S'  310- 
Stansfield,  place-name,  75. 
State  Paper  Calendar,  325,  326, 

398.  399- 
Street  names  in  Halifax,  230. 
Supporters  in  heraldry,  30Q,  310. 
Surtees  Society,   121,  308,   320, 

375- 
Sutcliffe,  arms  of,  29,  30. 

Tennant,  arms  of,  395. 
Testamenta  Eboracensia,  121,320, 

363.  375- 
Thoresby's  Z>/«n',  12. 
Thoresby's    Ducat  us    Leodiensis, 

117,  316. 
Thornhill,  arms  of,  116. 
Thornhill,  pedigree  of,  80. 
Tillotson,  arms  of,  169. 
Tillotson,  pedigree  of,  209. 
Todraorden    church,    319,    353, 

354,  355'  373- 
Tomb ofOliverde Stansfeld,  loi. 
Towneley's  MS.,  269,  273.  274, 

275,  287,  290. 
'i'ownley,  arms  of.  104. 


Index. 

Townley,  pedigree  of,  279. 
Trial  by  Ordeal,  261,  26?.  263. 
True  Fetation  of  the  Capture  of 

Leeds,  Cs'C.,  86. 
Tucker,  arms  of,  310. 
Tunstall,  arms  of.  107. 
Twins,  frequent  occurrence,  54. 

Unit.vrianis.m,  406.  408. 

Visitations  of  Yorkshire,  121. 
363- 

Wakefield  chapel  on  the  bridge, 

155- 
Walker,  arms  of,  170. 
Walker's    Costumes  of  Yorkshire, 

198. 
Walker's  Halifax  Iiei;isters,  210, 

372,  376- 
Walker's  MSS.,  376. 
Ward,  arms  of,  2^3,  254. 
Waterhouse  charity,  13,  214. 
Waterhouse,  pedigree  of,  144. 
Watson's  Earls  of   Warren    and 

Surrey.  60. 
Watson's  Histoij  of  Halifax,  11, 

26,    60,    76,    79,    117,   121, 

161,    172,    226,    232,    268, 

271,    304,    366. 
Watson's  MSS.,  315,  399. 
Well,  S.  John's,  9,  10. 
Well,S.  Thom.asa  Becket's,  10, 19. 
Well  worship,  9,  10. 
Welsh,  arms  of,  168. 
Wesleyan  revival,  184. 
Whalley  Abbey,  272,  273,  316. 
Whiston  church,  378. 
Whitaker's  History  of  Craven,  1 7. 
^Vhitaker's   History  of    Whalley, 

81,  267,  269,  271,  279,  316. 

3' /• 334 


General  Index. 


Whitaker's  Loidis  and  Elmete,\'^, 

80,  127,  253,  305. 
Whitgift  church,  376. 
Wilson's  Memorials  of  Edinburgh, 

259,  :64. 
Wilson's    MSS.,    106.    113,  123, 

333- 
Witchcraft,  86. 
Wolrich,  pedigree  of.  Sheets, 2\i 

to  252. 
Wombwell,  arms  of,  315. 
Wordsworth's  Lucy  Gray,  227. 


Wordsworth's  [  Bishop  of  Lincoln]. 

Memoir  of  WordsiL'orth,  227. 

Wyon,  Maryons,armsof,  102, 103. 

Yeomen,  17. 

York,  dean  of,  151. 

York,  siege  of,  106. 

Yorkshire      Arduvological      and 

Topographical  Journal,  118, 

240-  258,  318,  4C2. 
Yorkshire     Archaeological      and 

Topographical  Society,  304 


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