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History of thk Family

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STANSFELD of Stansfield

Parish of Halifax

AND ITS NUMEROUS BRANCHES.

JOHN STANSFELD,

WITH MANY ETCHINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

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3t is wxtl} feelings of profound sorrom tl}i „tii. ..h i^as to recorb tlje beatl^ of CCoIoncl Hobcrt Stansfeld, of ^ielb fjouse, Sowetby, to i»I^om this book is 5ei)icate&. Pitting tl:je prcparotion of tljis wotk Ijis reob^ l^anJ) was cDer outstretctjeb to renber all aoailable anb most material assistance; l^c carefully ipatcljeb itsprogrtss, aui) peruseb mitl) genuine pleasure its pages as tl^ey appeareb ; anb ttje fact tljat it bab not reactjeb bim in its finisl^eb conbition, from tl^c belay occasioneb in probucing the illustrations, is a source of keen bisappointment anb beep regret to tl^e Sutljor.

0f Colonel Stansfelb it can be truly saib tljat fully recognijing lljat property bas its buties as well as its rights, Ije ujas crer anxious to furtljet tlje best interests of Ijis tenontry, by rol^om Ije was so justly beloDeb ; tlje poor l^aoe lost in Ijim a generous benefactor, anb all tljose njl^o mere pripitegeb to know t?Jm mill c tl^e loss of a «)arnubf<Jft<^^ fvietib; be mas M. ;..tically in all respects tl?e type of an »£iiglislj gentleman, a gcob man anb true; Ijis useful life was Ijappily cnlargeb mitl^ a multitube of ba^s, spent in vvneicus frienbsljip anb nobility of purpose; thus Ijis memory mill eccr lioe in tl^e Ijearls t?e tjas left beljinb.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.,

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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,

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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.

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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

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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

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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 :

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" 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 : —

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" 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

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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,

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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."

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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-

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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

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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 : —

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" 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

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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,

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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."

HEPTONSTALi: (. iil,i<«

is has been already :acnttone«J. the township of Hcpton-

vicarage at Halifax, it i:

iren .1 1. ■ ugh the Savilcs, who anly in existence ;Us relating to the establishment of a mentioned that pope Alexander I\'., who died circa 1260, confirmed to the prior and convent of Lewes, the church of HaJifav cum suis capellis (with its chapels); and the vicarage endowment deed in i'""" ' • - the vicar to pay to the curates of the chajxils (El' 'onstall) a

salary of ;£^4 each, which is done !■ r'; church is

dedicated to S. Thomas d Bee: mterbury.

who was martyred 30th Decc m m \Yr-

opposite hill in Wadsworth, ah evidently from a holy well, dedi very probable, that the chiv bishop's mifrder, whilst th-

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 ;

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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."

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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.

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"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

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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).

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2nd and 3rd : Or, on a fess f,. field. (Shackleton.) On the roof of the south chapel, or c* opposite, is a similar hatvhment, bi: bearing the same arms, with the fullowi

Crest : Over sinister arm gules,

pheon shafted in '..

the window, being in bend sinis« Mono : Hoc Tenemu"; West End : The Royal ■G. R. Hi," same as at « north \v '

W;LLiAM L

and Henry, Elk:

This Monumem lu i another 6f their children .

In memoty of Ann, \\ n of Stocks in Erringden, dcr CoCKCROFT, Esq., of Mayr.. 83 years. At the foot of the centn; 1

The Three .M Church, were ere

l.T the west c •

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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

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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.

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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,

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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H EPTONSTALI. R Et. t b I K K

VDl.lMl 1.

HE first volume of Ilcptonstall rcjM^tiis coiUaiiis

marriages from 2ntl Janunry, 1 593-4, t<.i 3Sth August,

T •■ ■■ n 8th July, I §99. to 23rd

■. burials from nth January,

V ■ ,iy et (]iace -"^ • '-lie.

1596-7 l! .1! et Jennet St. .j die.

1599 M. Susana Stanst. ■

1599-1600 Jaiuiaiy. Abr.i , >tansteld et Maria !' i: :iui.t. xxij die.

1601 October. Will'm Mychell et Mary .Stansfeld nupt. viij die.

1602 August WiU'ni's Thorn's et Mary Stansf-'^ rupt.. -xxviij die.

1603 May. Caleb Brodley et Margate 'pt xxiij die.

1604 October. Luke Horsfall et (ira^ ;t. xxiij die. 1607-8 fTebruary. Thorn's Croslcy ct 1 ix die.

1609 May. Abraha Stansfeld xxviij die. November. Henricus s ng nupt. xxdie.

1610 May. Edmund Stansf' viij die. i6ii July. Tobias Pi;,' 1; ipi. xxix die.

161 112 ffebruary. Joh .stansfeld nupt iiij die.

— T(v -ristabell Stansfeld nupt.

161 i' August. 1614 Septemt"

•ngbothom nupt. iij die. II Stansfeld nupt. vii die.

NuvemOer. Richard Crosley ct t^^aster scansteiid nup. luer't. fj, die.

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

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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.)

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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.

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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).

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

'^-M^X^

C H A P T I , U ] V

"lELD TC)^

a»j||(JUSTICE demands more than a passing reference

r^lm to the town. hip. n. in which the Stansfeld family

ine itself is not difficult to

as another not far distant

Uled Stainland, stono. land. But

5 StaAesfdt. has al\Na\s had the

■eld of

H not

.,; ; ... ..;.^i. >.v, ....... .., ...... ,,; ,,.,M dale,

o'er wood understand the last namt-d, to be a

place clearo : i- h have been " felled." What, in the

backwoods of America, is called a " clearing ; " and applied, in a woody country, in the same manner a.s, in moorland tracts, the word " royd " is used. That the township of Stansficld, which extends for six miles along the river Caldcr, and stretches far awaj^ from the banks, over pre to wild ranges of

moorland, that never, even yet, ■ ; sed for cultivation,

could be faithfully df"-'"' , .i.cd of trees, no one

could credit. Son jUst therefore be si.

and this is readih . Saxon hhi i!r<it,

mtwtanus), or the Danish field, of the same li Dovrufeld, a mountain in Norway : and F district. To the Saxon or Danish settlers a. valley, the township might well appear a i:i so equally would the opposite townshi; therefore, may be taken to mean, the stones.

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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