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Leake-Leak
in Derbyshire, England
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Woodson; supplement by Grace Woodson Curd.
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Mac. The history of
"Nottinghamshire, Nottingham,
or Notts, north-midland county of England, bounded N. by Yorkshire,
E. by Lincolnshire, S. by Leicestershire, and W. by Derbyshire; greatest
length, N. to S., about 50 miles; greatest breadth, E. to W., about 25
miles; area, 527,752 acres, population 391,815. ... The soil is varied, but
cannot be spoken of as being highly productive. Green crops are the principal
growth, and the common cereals are cultivated. Hop plantations are numerous,
while in proximity to Nottingham and
"Cotham is a small village on the east bank
of the Devon, 4 miles south of
As Derbyshire emerged from the Dark Ages and towns
with markets like
Wingfield Manor - Cromwell’s Palace
The evocative and hauntingly beautiful ruins of
Wingfield Manor stand proudly atop a rocky hill above the
This was the romantic setting for scenes from the
films, `The Virgin & the Gypsy’ and Zefferelli’s adaptation of `Jane Eyre’,
also the ruins have been featured in the TV series, `Peak Practice’ – but most
famously, Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner here on three separate
occasions during the sixteenth century.
Standing at the top of the battlemented High Tower
and gazing out at the wide panorama of rich countryside whilst listening to the
screeching call of the peacocks in the apple orchard far below, as Mary herself
may have done almost five hundred years ago, gives one a sense of the immensity
and splendour of this magnificent sprawling ruin, displayed in all its
picturesque glory almost a hundred feet below. What you can now see is
only the end result of a long history of building on the site, which began soon
after the Norman Conquest, when a small castle enclosed by a courtyard
wall was built here early in the twelfth century. Three hundred years later in
1429, following a lawsuit against Sir Henry Pierrepoint, the ownership of the
site and surrounding land was granted to Ralph, Lord Cromwell of
Cromwell was a man of great power and influence,
who as a young man had accompanied King Henry V on his campaigns in
The Ruler of
Henry V1 was only nine months old when he became
king, and Cromwell became a member of the Regency council appointed to
rule
Cromwell, who was also Constable of Nottingham
Castle and Steward of Sherwood Forest immediately demolished the earlier
buildings, levelled the site, and built a structure befitting the richest and
most powerful man in
At the time of its construction Cromwell’s palace
at Wingfield was one of the largest and most lavish in the entire realm. It was
a statement of power and wealth, designed and built to impress. The gatehouse
alone was the size of a small castle - and larger than the homes of all but the
richest in the land!
By 1439 he had built the Great Hall, kitchen, and a
series of lodgings at the centre of the old enclosure, and whilst the War of
the Roses was raging Cromwell spent huge sums adding a new hall and ranges of
lodgings to the south and east, which, with a private garden to the north,
enclosed a new double courtyard complex. His household consisted of over a
hundred attendants and servants, and there were upwards of two hundred people
residing within the walls. Cromwell modified as he built, and this often
involved partial demolition of work which had only just been completed, thus he
added the
In considering the grandeur and magnificence of the
undertaking it should be remembered that in the fifteenth century there
were no architects. Cromwell simply explained what he wanted, and the detailed
planning was done by master masons working under the supervision of a clerk
of works. Stones were cut and shaped to exact specifications at ground
level, then hoisted up in slings, baskets or giant pincers as the
height increased, in some places to five stories. They had to fit exactly,
and it was all worked out with nothing more sophisticated than a plumb line,
set square, and a pair of compasses. It is estimated that there were up to
seventy five masons employed in the construction, which was almost completed by
the time of Cromwell’s death in 1456.
The History of the Manor House
Cromwell died in residence, and JOHN TALBOT, the second Earl of
Shrewsbury, who was staying there at the time, purchased the manor and it
stayed in his family for several generations. It was one of his descendants,
the sixth Earl, GEORGE TALBOT,
husband of the famous Bess of Hardwick, who had the charge of Mary Queen
of Scots here, complete with her retinue of ‘ten maid-servants, fifty other
persons, and ten horses’ on three separate occasions – in 1569/70, 1584 and
1585 - during her long imprisonment under the orders of Queen Elizabeth 1st.
According to guide books and local legend, it was
to here that Anthony Babbington of nearby Dethick came, disguised as a gypsy,
his face stained with walnut juice, in a failed attempt to hatch a plot to
assassinate Elizabeth and to put Mary on the throne of England. The ancient
walnut tree which stands in the inner courtyard is said to have grown from a
kernel dropped by Babbington himself – prior of course, to his execution in
1586! However, in reality Babbington never visited the Scottish Queen whilst
she was kept at Wingfield and was only involved in the `plot’ whilst Mary was
imprisoned at Chartley, over the border in neighbouring Staffordshire, and
following her departure from both Wingfield and
According to Mary’s biographer, Lady Antonia
Fraser, Antony Babbington and Mary Queen of Scots never actually met. This
may well be true, but the possibility must be acknowledged when considering the
fact that the young Antony Babbington was a page in the employ of the Earl of
Shrewsbury, that they could possibly have been at Wingfield Manor at the same
time. In his confession, Babbington denied ever meeting Mary in person,
but is said to have confessed to `falling under her spell’. He suffered a
savage end; he was hung, but cut down whilst still alive; his private parts
were sliced off and placed in his mouth; he was then disembowelled, before
being `quartered’, and his severed head was displayed on a spike. Mary herself
was executed at
During the Civil War, Wingfield was held
successively by the Earl of Pembroke on behalf of Parliament and by the
Earl of Newcastle for the King. In 1644 it came under tremendous bombardment
from a large Parliamentary force, who only broke the siege after calling in
heavy artillery, and following its capture the building was `slighted’, meaning
that it was rendered defenceless by its partial demolition.
After the Civil War Wingfield Manor was sold to the
Haltons who repaired the main buildings around the Great Hall, inserting floors
and windows, and occupying that area for the next hundred years, with the rest
slowly collapsing into ruin around them. It was here, on 23rd June 1675 that
the world witnessed the dawn of a new scientific age when renowned
mathematician and astronomer Immanuel Halton made his famous observations on
the eclipse of the sun. His findings were greeted with great acclaim and
later published by the Royal Society.
In 1774 the Haltons built a new manor house half a
mile away down the valley, using stone from Cromwell’s now crumbling palace.
They stripped lead and timbers from the roof and floors, leaving virtually the
ruins that we see today – except that part of the original south wing was left
to the occupation of farmers.
The atmosphere inside the empty shell of the
roofless Great Hall, with its double-tiered row of gothic arched windows,
surrounded by soaring turrets and towering walls open to the sky,
is redolent with the age of centuries and rich with the romance of legend
and history. Beneath the Great Hall lies the Undercroft, still completely intact,
with a vaulted ceiling of multiple arches supported on stone pillars, and
probably the finest example of a medieval storehouse cellar still
in existence.
The former grandeur of the State Rooms can now only
be imagined by standing amidst their ruined splendour, and the spiral
staircases with their stone steps worn down and bowed by the passage of feet
for over half a millennium, which lead to open spaces where oak-beamed floors
used to be, stand in mute testament to the former opulence and glory of
Cromwell’s magnificent fifteenth century palace.
Today a farmer, Mr. Critchlow, still occupies a
working farm at the centre of the complex, and though the ruins are in the care
of English Heritage, who have done a wonderful job of conservation which
has enabled Wingfield Manor to be opened up again to the public, this has only
been possible with Mr. Critchlow's permission and visitors are kindly requested
to respect his privacy. Audio and guided tours are available, with concessions
for children and coach parties, and a visit to this hauntingly beautiful
romantic ruin makes a wonderfully historic day out.
Derbyshire has many other notable country houses,
including the sheer magnificence of perhaps the most splendid of all English
Country Houses at Chatsworth, home of the Duke & Duchess
of Devonshire, but it has no more splendid ruin that that of Wingfield
Manor.
However, there is another architectural gem from a
later age which stands in ruins near
Sutton Hall – Sutton
In its heyday Sutton Hall at Sutton Scarsdale was
one of Derbyshire’s, if not
Now devoid of warmth, roofless and open to the elements,
the Hall retains an immense sense of the dignity and grandeur of it’s
former opulence, and an aura of early Georgian splendour still haunts the
expansive and romantically evocative ruins which stand stately and proud in
modern-day dereliction at the heart of a once great, lavish country estate
overlooking the Vale of Scarsdale.
The rows of empty windows beneath the Corinthian
Order and Central Pediment, which bears the Earls of Scarsdale coat of arms,
stare like sightless eyes eastward toward the rising sun – and directly across
the valley to the white limestone eminence of
During the Civil War the two houses were occupied
by opposing forces, and Sutton Hall, then a Royalist stronghold, was
besieged by a force of five hundred Parliamentarians led by Colonel Thomas Gell
of Hopton and was eventually taken by force. Today they face each other
passively across the valley, both managed by English Heritage, and displaying
themselves like architectural grande dames to the thousands who pass by every
day on the M1 motorway – now, in an age of air pollution and acid rain,
the common enemy of such stone-built relics from a bygone age.
Though the castle, which crouches like a lion atop
the magnesium limestone spur across the valley at Bolsover may appear more
resplendent, it’s smaller and less conspicuous neighbour, a couple
of miles westward across the valley, has a longer and perhaps more
interesting pedigree.
There has been a Hall here at Sutton Scarsdale for
over a thousand years and the present ruin is perhaps the fourth or fifth
house to be built in this magnificent setting.
The original Hall formed part of a Saxon estate
owned by Wulfric Spott, who died in 1002 and left it in his will to the monks
of Burton Abbey.
By the time of the Domesday Survey (1085) Sudtune is recorded as having a mill and a
wood, and being in the possession of Roger de Poitou. It is later recorded that
`The Lordship of Sutton-in-the-Dale was given to Peter de Hareston by Henry 3rd
in 1255’.
In 1297, LUCIA,
heiress daughter of ROBERT HARESTON
married her cousin RICHARD DE GREY of Sandiacre
[Cotham, Sandiacre, Nottinghamshire, England] and the manor [Sutton Hall, Sutton-in-the-Dale, Scarsdale, Derbyshire, England] was
held by the DE GREY family for
a hundred years until it was purchased by JOHN LEKE of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England, in 1401.[8]
The
Church of St. Mary is
built onto the south side of the original courtyard of the Hall, and was
rebuilt during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries and improved
several times by SIR JOHN LEKE.
The LEKE
family was staunch royalists, and was well rewarded for their support of the
crown; first JOHN LEKE was knighted
by Henry 8th in
His lands were seized by Cromwell and only restored
upon forfeiture of the sum of £18,000, a fine levied by the Commonwealth for
his support of the now defeated and imprisoned King Charles. It is
recorded that after the execution of Charles 1st in 1649, Sir Francis was so
disillusioned and in such despair that he had his grave dug, and each
Friday evening, would clothe himself in sackcloth and lie in the grave to
meditate and pray!
The LEKE
family held Sutton Hall [Sutton-in-the-Dale,
Sadly, NICHOLAS
LEKE died whilst heavily in debt due to his lavish rebuilding, and the Hall
and its estates were purchased in 1740 by Godfrey Clarke of Somersall, whose
son, also Godfrey, remained Lord of the Manor until 1786.
Sutton Hall and Estate was subsequently transferred
by marriage to the Marquis of Ormonde, and following his death in 1824 it was
purchased by Richard Arkwright Junior and remained in the family until it was
sold at auction by William Arkwright in 1919.
Sadly it fell into disrepair and was sold during
the 1920’s to a consortium of
By 1946 the building had deteriorated so much that
demolition was scheduled, but an emergency rescue was successfully put into
operation by local resident Harold Taylor, who persuaded Sir Osbert
Sitwell to buy the property and to preserve the shell for eternity. It was
subsequently given to the Department of the Environment and work to secure the
structure from further deterioration was undertaken. This was finally completed
in 1992, and now in the care of English Heritage, it is possible for visitors to
walk inside the shell of Sutton Hall and to enjoy the magnificent vista across
the Vale of Scarsdale – a prospect which will forever bear testimony
to the vision and architectural triumph of NICHOLAS LEKE, the fourth and final Earl Scarsdale.
Estate Agents 1919
“The Hall is well situate on high ground with fine
views, and is a handsome classical building with fine elevations, built of
stone with a lead and slate roof, with 594 acres of land attached to the Hall”.
Top Floor:
Nine bedrooms, box room, clock room and a back
staircase down to the Ground floor.
First Floor:
Approached by a wide oak staircase and a secondary
staircase from the centre and inner hall.
Landing:
Ballroom with oak carved ornamentation and gold and
white Décor with coved ceilings and columns. Six principal bedrooms, five
Secondary bedrooms and eight smaller ones. Three dressing rooms, four
Bathrooms, four toilets, housemaids cupboard and an iron spiral emergency
staircase to the ground floor.
Ground Floor:
Entrance Hall and two inner halls. Two drawing
rooms, dining room, Strong room, morning room,smoking room and library with
toilet, billiard room with adjoining lavatory. Servants hall, housekeepers
room, servants Sitting room, butlers pantry with silver closet, kitchen,
scullery, three Larders, Laundry, four store rooms, drying room, boot room, gun
room and lamp room
Courtyard & Outbuildings:
Bakehouse, washhouse, oil and fuel stores, lean- to
greenhouse, Dairy, stone-built brew-house containing nine storage rooms.
Stables:
Built of stone and slate; Thirteen stalls, six
loose boxes, two harness rooms, Three store rooms with seven rooms above. Large
Coach House and Garage fitted with furnace, boiler and hot water pipings. Four
estate office rooms and Stable-Yard.
Estate Workshops/Park Buildings:
Boat House, Deer Barn, Ice House, Park Kennels,
Poultry house, four loose boxes and paddock, three stores. Carpenters Shop,
Paint shop, saw lodge and engine house, stable with two Stalls and loft above,
two loose boxes and small yard. Cow lodge for twelve cows, fodder store, two
implement and wagon sheds. Dutch barn, nine dog kennels, large yard and covered
Stockyard.
Finely timbered deerpark with avenue and well
stocked fish ponds and
Walled Kitchen Garden:
Fruit trees, six hot houses and cucumber pit frame
heated from two furnaces. Five cold frames and Alpine house, brick-built Bothy,
with three bedrooms, Kitchen, wash-house, earth closet, fruit store, mushroom
house, potting shed, Tool shed. Adjoining the kitchen gardens are the kennels,
brick-built on Arches and slate-roofed, with fourteen kennels, dog hospital,
food store, fuel Store, and building store with water laid on.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
By Tim Lambert
SAXON
In the late 9th century the
Danes conquered North East and
In 920 the English king
recaptured Nottingham and he built a bridge across the
In 1067 William the Conqueror
built a wooden castle to guard
In 1155 the king gave
In the Middle Ages Nottingham
had a weekly market and an annual fair, and from 1284 it had two. In those days
a fair was like a market but was it was held only once a year for a period
of a few days. Buyers and sellers would come from all over
Nottinghamshire and
In the Middle Ages the main
industry in
There were also the same
craftsmen you would find in any medieval town. These included brewers, bakers,
carpenters, shoemakers and blacksmiths. There were obviously, bridlesmiths who
gave a street its name and wheelwrights who did the same. Fletchergate is named
after fletchers (arrow makers) who once worked there.
In the 13th century friars
arrived in
In the 12th and 13th centuries
there was also a Jewish community in
In 1513 a grammar school was
founded in
A new industry in
In 1651, after the war,
parliament ordered that the castle should be destroyed (to prevent it ever
falling into royalist hands). In 1674 The Duke of Newcastle bought the site. A
mansion was built there between 1674 and 1679.
At the end of the 17th century
the travel writer Celia Fiennes said: 'The town of
In the early 18th century
Daniel Defoe described Nottingham as ‘one of the most pleasant and beautiful
towns in
By the standards of the time
The town continued to grow
rapidly, especially after 1845 when a great deal of land around it was released
for building. Like all towns in the early 19th century
However conditions improved in
the later 19th century.
The railway first reached
The first public library opened
in 1868.
In the late 19th century the
corporation created parks and recreation grounds. Furthermore the Goose Fair
evolved from an event where people bought and sold goods to a pleasure fair.
Nottingham County Football Club
was founded in 1862.
In 1831 the House of Lords
rejected the Great Reform Bill which was intended to increase the number of
people who could vote for MPs. The people of
In the 19th century the hosiery
industry continued.
Electric trams began running in
From 1928
In the 1920’s and 1930s the
council began building council houses. Many were built on new estates north of
the city.
In the 1950s and 1960s many
more council estates were built in the north of the city including estates at
Bilborough. Another estate was built in the south at
In 1952 a statue of Robin Hood
by James Woodford was erected by the castle. A new
In the late 20th century the
main industries in
In 2003 a network of trams was
created in
Today the population of
SUTTON-CUM-DUCKMANTON[10]
parish contains the rectory of Sutton and vicarage of Duckmanton, which were
consolidated about the year 1558, and has 4,302A. 2R. 38P. of land, and in
1851, had 110 houses, and 587 inhabitants, of whom 311 were males and 276
females; rateable value £5,435.
SUTTON-IN-THE-DALE,
a small and scattered district of farms, 4½ miles S.E. by E. from
3 D
3
780
Saml. Pierrepont, second son
of the Hon. Geo. Pierrepont, sixth son of the Right Hon. Robert, Earl of
Kingston, who died Sept. 1st, 1707, aged 56 years. The living is a rectory, with the vicarage of Duckmanton annexed,
valued in the King’s book at £12 16s. ½d., now £309, in the patronage of Robert
Arkwright, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Michael M. Humble, B.A. The Hall, a large handsome mansion,
which was rebuilt by the late Earl of Scarsdale, stands on an eminence in a
fine park of about 280 acres of land, and is the property and seat of Robert
Arkwright, Esq., who has greatly beautified the house and improved the estate,
having rebuilt nearly the whole of the farm buildings. This manor was given by
Wulfric Spott, in the reign of Ethelred, to Burton Abbey. At Domesday survey it
belonged to Roger de Poictou. In the year 1255, it was granted to Peter de
Harestan. The heiress of Robert de Harestan brought it to Richard de Grey, of
Sandiacre. A co-heiress of Grey, alias Hilary, brought it to the Leakes, in the reign of Henry IV., and
it became the chief seat of that family. Francis
Leake, of Sutton, was created a baronet in 1611, and Lord Deincourt of
Sutton, in 1624. In 1643, (the beginning of April,) Lord Deincourt began to
fortify his house at Sutton. Sir John Gell sent his brother, Colonel Thomas
Gell, with 500 men and three pieces of ordnance to besiege it. Lord Deincourt
was summoned, but refused to surrender, and for some time obstinately defended
himself. The house was taken, and Lord Deincourt and his men made prisoners:
the works were demolished, and Lord Deincourt set at liberty, on giving his
word that he would repair to
DUCKMANTON,
a long scattered village, running N. and S., usually designated Long, Middle,
and Far Duckmanton, of which Middle Duckmanton is 4 miles E. from
SUTTON-CUM-DUCKMANTON
PARISH. 781
of Sir Richard de Wyverton,
for Welbeck Abbey. Sir Richard Bassett gave the vill of Duckmanton to the
Abbey: afterwards Henry de Stuteville confirmed Duckmanton to the Abbey. King
Henry VIII. granted the manor, about 1538, to Francis Leake, Esq., since which it has passed with Sutton. The
endowed school is at Duckmanton; and the feast Sunday after Midsummer day.
CHARITIES.—Sutton
and Duckmanton School, in 1791,
being in a ruinous state, was pulled down by the rector and trustees, and a new
one built on the site, by subscription; the school is endowed with sixteen
acres of land, which is supposed
to have been appropriated by the lord and freeholders of the manor, to the use
of a schoolmaster, for the instruction of poor children. The school lands were
let for £18 per annum, paid half-yearly to the schoolmaster, for which he
taught 20 children. The 16 acres of land having been purchased by Robert
Arkwright, Esq., the trustees bought 45 acres of land in the parish of
Brampton, now let for £40 per year, and are now (1856) erecting a new school on
the site of the old one for the education of the children in the parish; it
will be a neat brick building, capable of accommodating about 80 children.
Formerly 20 children were educated free for the £18, arising from rise 16 acres
of land, but a charter having been obtained from the Lord Chancellor, the
trustees are now authorized to charge 2d. per week for each child who attends
school, for instruction in reading, writing, and arithmetic; and in order that
the said charity may not be lost sight of in the said parish, the trustees for
the time being, shall cause to be put up in the most public part of the pariah
church, a board or slab, containing a short account of the charity, the amount
of its funds, and an explanation of its object, and that such board or slab
should always kept clean and legible.
Rev. John Curry, formerly
rector of the parish, left by will, 1693, £20, for the use of the poor. Margaret Ronzier, gave in her lifetime
£34. William Widdowson, 1735,
directed that his executor should yearly lay out 12s, in the purchase of 15
loaves, to be distributed to six poor widows. Samuel Dowker, 1738, gave to the poor of Sutton and Duckmanton 10s.
a year to buy bread; and 10s. to the parson, to preach a sermon on New Year’s
day. The sum of £120, arising from these charities, was lent on the turnpike
road from Matlock to
Francis Leach, left
for the use of the poor, 3s. yearly, issuing out of a farm in Bolsover
Woodhouse, which is usually paid once in four years. The payment made of 12s.,
in 1823, was improperly carried to the parish account, but is now distributed
in accordance with the will of the donor.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity
(see Bradley). The annual sum of £7
5s., received by the rector, is laid out in coarse woollen cloth and flannel,
and distributed to the poor about Christmas.
(1856.)
For the last thirty years, Robert Arkwright, Esq., has given annually at
Christmas an ox, to be divided amongst the poor of the parish; and to which the
farmers have added £5 for the
purchase of bread.
Those marked * reside at Duckmanton.
Post Office at
Alfred Bennett’s, Duckmanton. Letters arrive from
|
Arkwright Robert, Esq., The Hall * Brookes, William,
overlooker Broom John, gardener, The Hall Bunting Francis, &
John Freeman, millers, Sutton Mill and Bolsover * Cowlishaw John,
blacksmith * Gladwin Daniel, clerk, Duckmanton Works * Humble Rev. Michael M.,
B.A., Rectory Laughton Charles, butler, The Hall |
Marsh George, parish clerk * Mills Mansfeldt F.,
estate agent, The Lodge Noton John, farm steward, Longcourse Farm * Oates Matth.,
victualler, White Swan Pemberton Joseph,
gamekeeper * Watkinson Thomas,
shoemaker * White Wm. Mower,
schoolmaster Winfield Richard, joiner |
782
|
Farmers. * Alsop George
* Belfield
Robert Smithy
Hill Bradley Eliz. * Britt
William Britt William,
jun., Mill Farm
Bunting Fras.,
Lane |
* Bunting
Henry Hodgkinson * Cantrill
Israel * Crofts
Joseph * Crofts
William * Smith Thomas Gladwin John Glossop Joseph Hogg George * Hole John |
* Johnson
Robert * Johnson
Sampson * Johnson
William Ludlam John Oates Matthew * Parker Wm., Moor Pearce Eliz., Lodge * Pearce
Leonard * Pearce
Richard Potter Wm., Spring |
* Rains
Stephen Taylor Peter, Sutton Farm Shopkeepers. * Alsop
George, jun. * Bennett
Alfred (and tailor) * Weeds Henry
(and bricklayer) |
TIBSHELF,
a parish and considerable village, consisting of one long street, 4 miles
N.N.E. from Alfreton, 8 miles S.S.E. from Chesterfield, and 18 miles N.E. from
Derby; contains 2,400 acres of land, principally a loamy soil, on the
Nottinghamshire border; and in 1851 had 166 houses, and 806 inhabitants, of
whom 406 were males, and 400 females; rateable value, £2,415 12s. 6d.
Post Office at
Samuel Hill’s. Letters arrive from Alfreton at 10 a.m., and are despatched at 5
p.m. in winter, and 5.30 p.m. in summer.
TIBSHELF DIRECTORY. 783
|
Bennett William, saddle;
harness, oil cloth, and nail manufacturer Brookes John, tailor Chambers John, land
surveyor and coal master, Hurst
House Close George, frame-work
knitter Cooke George, corn miller Davenport James,
wheelwright Heald Mr. Robert Hill Ann, beerhouse Hill Charles, cowkeeper, Nethermoor Hill Saml. and Alice,
parochial school |
Milward Robert, coal
master, Tibshelf Colliery; h. Nether Moor House Milward Robert, jun.,
brick and tile maker, and malster, Nethermoor Reynolds Wm., working
engineer, Marlpits Sampson Mrs., draper Sharpe Rev. Fras. Wm.,
B.A., vicar Inns and Taverns. Crown, Martha Ashmoor
Wheat Sheaf, William
Barrett White Hart, William
Blanksby |
|
Bakers. Ford John (and corn
miller) Heath William Blacksmiths. Handley Robert Haslam John, Upper Moor Butchers. Barrett William Clay Sampson Limb Robert Farmers. Adlington William, Littlemoor |
Ashmoor Samuel (and maltster) Bamford Martin Barrett Peter Becket Thos., Biggin Blanksby William Bryon Martha Downing Joseph Ford John Ford Mary Hall William, Goose House Harker James Heath Wm. (& parish clerk) Heath Wm., Marlpits merchant) |
Hill Sarah, Biggin Hill William Johnson Geo., Cock Top Milward Robert Morrell Matthew Rogerson Stephen Sampson William Speed Jph., Cock Top Straw William Ward Wm., Doe Hill Wetton Edmund Shoemakers. Coupe George Hill Stephen Lowe Jabez Taylor Hy, Marlpits |
Shopkeepers. Barratt Peter Barratt William Brailsford Samuel Clay Sampson Hardwick John Limb Robert Milward Mary Parker George Stone Masons. Bingham Fras. Bingham George Carrier to field. John Thorpe, Sat., & |
WHITTINGTON is a large flourishing
village and parish, 2½ miles N. from
At
the Domesday survey, Whittington is described as a hamlet of Newbold. The
paramount manor, which had been in the Peverels, was granted by King John, to
Wm.
784
Briewere, from whose family
it passed to the Wakes. The Boythorps, Bretons, and Foljambes held it
successively as mesne lords; but the immediate possession was from an early
period in the family of Whittington, whose heiress married Dethick. A
co-heiress of Dethick brought it, about the year 1488, to the Poles, who held
it under Foljambe. Geo. Pole had two daughters, co-heiresses, who brought this
manor, towards the latter part of the 17th century, in moieties to Frith and
Chaworth. Frith’s moiety passed by marriage to Sir Chas. Sedley, who sold it to
Mr. Richd. Gillett, who about 1813, sold his moiety to Mr. John Dixon.
Three-fourths of the other moiety passed to the Launder family, also sold to
Mr. Dixon. The remaining eighth belonged to the children of the late Samuel
Hinde, who in 1856, sold it to Messrs. John and Wm. Fowler.
There
are few places in
WHITTINGTON PARISH. 785
subscribed was given to the
CHARITIES.—Peter
Webster, in 1674, left £200 on
trust, to be invested in land for the maintenance of a schoolmaster. He also
devised a messuage in the parish, and directed a sum of 36s. yearly to be given
to 6 poor scholars, to buy them books, and the residue of the rents to be
distributed to the poor. The property consists of a farm in Unstone, let for
£23 2s., a piece of land set out at the inclosure in 1825, let for £2 2s., and
two allotments on Whittington common, let for £3 per annum; the whole amounts
to £30 6s., out of which £25 4s. is paid to a schoolmaster, 36s. to 6 poor
scholars, and the remainder is distributed to the poor.
Joshua Webster, in
1696, devised his messuage and lands for the education of 10 poor children, in
case his son, Peter Webster, should die without issue. By indenture, 1785, the
said Peter Webster conveyed to trustees, for the purposes mentioned in the
will, the Plumtree farm, let on
lease for 99 years at a rental of £10 10s. The farm contains 21A. 2R. 33P., and
the present value is stated to be £35 or £40 per annum. There is also a house
let to the schoolmaster, and some allotments, belonging this estate. The schoolmaster
receives £10 10s. for teaching 10 poor children.
Poor’s Lands.—Before the inclosure there
were three small parcels of land let for £1 14s. a year, which was given to the
poor. Another piece of land, let for 10s. a year, was applied to put out an
apprentice, in lieu of which 11A. 1R. 4P., were awarded at the inclosure, now
let for £12 19s. The rents are partly reserved to pay £51 3s. 2d., the expenses
of the inclosure.
Nicholas Sprentall, in
1636, gave 20s., issuing out of Hudgrave meadow, to be distributed every
Christmas to the poor.
Godfrey Wolstenholme, in
1682, left £25 to buy gowns, for two poor widows in Whittington. The amount was
invested in land, and by the award of the commissioners, 2A. 2R. 3P. were
allotted in exchange, which is let for 25s. per annum, and expended in two
gowns for poor widows. The land is worth about 30s. an acre, but the tenant has
laid out £50 in fencing and levelling, and consequently before the rent is
advanced he ought to be repaid.
John Hind, in
1724, gave 50s., the interest to be given to the poor.
George Gilberthorpe, in
1729, left £6 for a distribution of bread, the clerk to have a share, on the
six Sundays in Lent.
Elizabeth Bulkley, in
1740, gave money producing 6s. a year, this appears to be lost, as nothing has
for many years been received.
Peter Webster, in
1750, gave to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers, the sum of £600 on
trust, to be invested in government securities, and the dividends paid to 6
poor persons, 3 men and 3 woman, one half year in money and the other in
clothes. In 1755, the amount was invested in the south sea annuities. The
dividends amounting to £18 a year, are usually given in money to 6 poor
persons.
Samuel Holmes, in
1753, left £10 for the benefit of the poor. In 1810, this money was paid by
Joseph Brown to John Naylor, one of the overseers, for which he never
accounted.
Elizabeth Burton, in
1757, left 6s. per annum, for a distribution of bread; the amount is charged on
three cottages and gardens, the owner of which furnishes the bread every Sunday
in Lent.
786
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.)—The annual sum of £5 10s., received by the incumbent, is laid out in flannel
and given to the poor at Christmas.
Post Office at John Widdowson’s; letters
arrive from
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Adlington Robt., surgeon
and M.D. Bargh Mr. George Bower Mr. George Bousfield Frederick, coal agent, Whittington Colliery Cupit Mr. Augustus Edge George, master, Firth Thos. & Sons, iron and steel manufrs., Whittington Iron Works Firth John, Esq., ironmaster Fowler William, Esq., The Hall Lupton Arthur, gent., Holly
House Naylor John, millwright and engineer Ollivant Geo, and Wm., mole catchers Robinson Rev. Robert, M.A., curate Ryan John, schoolmaster |
Shipley James, plumber and glazier Steade Charles, Esq., Broom House Swanwick Frederick, Esq. Syddall Mr. John Thompson James, farm bailiff Thorpe Charles, blacksmith Williams John E., manufacturing chemist Inns and
Taverns. Bulls head, Hannah Cook Cock and Magpie, and Revolution House, John Mettam Miners Arms, Sidney Orwin Sheep Bridge Inn, Henry Thornton White Horse, Joseph
Hartley |
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Beerhouses. Hollingworth John,
Malt Shovel Longden Wm., Moor Brick &
Tile Mkrs. Lee Abel Mart Wm., Moor Butchers. Belfitt Charlotte Brightmore Herbert Coal
Owners. Harrison & Co., West Stavely Colliery; W. Blackburn, agt. Pierce Fras. R. Whit- tington Colliery; Fdk. Bousfield, agt. |
Corn
Millers. Cundey John Bridge Wheatcroft Joseph Farmers. Bower George Bower John Clark John Collis John, Sheep Bridge Cupit Benjamin Gillet Thomas Hollingworth John Jenkinson George Jenkinson Samuel Pierce Fras. R. Robinson Joseph Thorpe George |
Turner William Vickers Isaac Joiners
& Builders. Fletcher William Syddall Samuel Widdowson John Shoemakers. Hancock George Watkinson Samuel Shopkeepers. Cooke William Gladwin James Green William Hague William Mettam Eliz. Mettam Thos. |
Thorpe George Webster James Stone
Masons. Gladwin James Mettam Thomas Mettam Thomas Vickers Samuel Ward Samuel Woodhouse George Tailors. Beswick George Chapman Henry Pardy Staton John Wheelwrights. Fletcher William Syddall Samuel Widdowson John |
WHITWELL
is an extensive parish and large agricultural village, on the
WHITWELL PARISH. 787
bells. The interior is
neatly fitted up and contains several monuments of great antiquity. In the
chancel is a gravestone to the memory of Radulph Rye, Esq., of magnesian
limestone, with an inscription round the margin, inlaid with pitch, which has
penetrated the stone so much as to form one solid body. The living is a rectory, valued in the
King’s book at £12 3s. 4d., now £625, in the patronage of the Duke of
Baxton Moor situate
on a bold elevation, half a mile S. is a small scattered hamlet, Belph, another small hamlet extending
from 1 to 1½ miles S.E. The manor of Whitwell was given by Wulfrie Spott, in
the reign of King Ethelred, to Burton Abbey. At Domesday survey it belonged to
Ralph Fitz-Hubert. Ralph de Rye was lord of the manor in 1330, and stated in
answer to a quo warranto, that his
ancestors had a park at Whitwell from time immemorial. Edward Rye, Esq. sold
Whitwell, in the year 1563, to Richard Whalley, whose grandson of the same
name, conveyed it, in 1592, to John Manners, Esq. (afterwards Sir John Manners)
ancestor of the Duke of Rutland. In 1813, a treaty was commenced for the
exchange of this manor for that of Barlow. Robert de Meynell, Lord of Whitwell,
was one of the early benefactors to Welbeck abbey. The heiress of Meynell
married Hathersage, and the co-heiress of Hathersage, Goushill, and Longford,
who held it in moieties, and it passed to the Pipes or Pypes, and was sold by
Humphrey Pipe, Esq., in 1593, to John Manners, abovementioned, and exchanged
with the Duke of Portland. The old manor house, now the old hall, was the seat
of Sir Roger Manners, in the reign of Charles I.
STEETLEY,
or STETLEY, 2½ miles N.E., at the extremity of the county, adjoining to Nottinghamshsre,
was formerly a place of some note, though now only a farm house, yet it appears
anciently to have been a parish and a rectory. The Vavasour family, and the
Frechevilles, who succeeded them in the manor, presented to the rectory, in
1348, 1355, and 1370. The manor was conveyed by the Frecheville family to that
of Wentworth, in or about the year 1571. It afterwards became parcel of the
Worksop estate, and belonged to the Duke of Norfolk, but was sold to the Duke
of Newcastle in 1842. The church, near the present farm house, exhibits a very
complete specimen of the later and more enriched style of Saxon architecture,
on a small scale, it has a nave and chancel, each 26 feet in length, the east
end being circular and vaulted. The ribs of the arches, and the capitals of the
half pillars from which they spring, are much enriched with mouldings,
grotesque heads, foliage, and other ornaments. A cornice runs round the upper
part of the building, on the outside. The arch of the south doorway is
ornamented with zig-zag mouldings and heads; the shafts of the pillars are
covered with sculptured foliage and other ornaments, in the style of the south
doorway of Ely cathedral. It is covered with ivy and has long been desecrated.
In 1828 several bodies were discovered in the burial ground. There are many
scattered farms extending from 1 to 2 miles from the village. The hamlet of
Cresswell is given with Elmton.
CHARITIES.—Mrs.
Drewe, who died 1708, gave £5 to the use of the poor.
Peter Fox, who
died 1732, gave by will, £3 to
the poor. The amount, £8, is in the hands of George Porter, of Whitwell, at 4
per cent. interest.
Edward England, gave 5s. yearly to
the poor, which is paid out of a homestead and some land in Whitwell.
788
Thomas Pilkington, who died 1756, gave the
interest of £7 to the poor. The yearly sum of 18s. derived from the above
benefactions is distributed at the church, on
Joseph Bright, gave £5 to the poor, but
this sum was lost by the insolvency of the person in whose hands it was placed
at interest.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—See Bradley.—The annual sum of £5 10s. received by the incumbent, is laid out in coarse
woollen cloth and flannel, and given to the poor.
Post Office, at Joseph Swift’s; letters
arrive by mail (gig) from
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Alletson Fredk.,
gamekeeper Baker Wm., saddler and
harness mkr. Billam Mrs. Sarah Boaler Caroline, ladies’
boarding school Boothby Rev. Evelyn, B.A.,
Rectory Chaloner Mr. Thomas Flower Edward, spirit
mcht. Hardcastle Thos. &
Mary, Free School Hind John, corn miller, Belph Legat George, farm bailiff Parkin Mr. John, Belph moor Parkin Mary, straw bnt.
mkr., Belph moor Reynolds Robt., cook at
Welbeck, Millwood cottage, Belph Rodgers Mrs. Ann, Baxton moor |
Rodgers John, bricklayer,
builder, & quarry owner, Baxton
moor Sponge John, painter &
glazier at Welbeck Unwin Geo., land agt., Southfield Cottage Westby Geo., wheelwright
at Welbeck Inns and Taverns. Boot and Shoe, Joseph Webster
Butchers’ Arms, Peter
Legat Half Moon, Geo. Shipman,
Red hill Jug and Glass, Wm. Tinker |
|
Beerhouses. Godley George
Godley Wm. Norman Daniel,
Bax- ton moor Platts Ann Blacksmiths. Arthur Edward Gumby John Heartley Geo.,
Belph Holden John Legat Peter Legat Wm. Pashley Jph. Butchers. Alletson
George Beeley Jonth. Thompson Henry Thompson John Whitaker John Wilson Matthew Farmers. Alletson
Charles Alletson Jph. Battersby
John,
Springfields Bowler Eliz., Belph Broadhead
William, Belph Brunt Hanh. Chaloner
Charles, Steetley |
Cross Robert Eccles Reuben,
Birks Ellis John, White- brick moor Ellis Joseph Ellis Thomas Gee Samuel Glossop George Glossop Peter,
Com- mon Hancock
Charles, Hall Leys Hancock
George, Belph
Grange Hancock
William Hill Hydes Wm., Walls House Jackson John, Firbeck Jepson John Legat William Lunn Elizabeth Milner John, Walls Priestley
Joseph Rodgers John, Bax- ton moor Sheard John Shipman
George, Red hill Slaney Joseph Smith Thos.
Wm., Burnt Leys Swift Joseph Tompkin John, Highwood |
Tompkin
Thomas, Common Wardley
Stephen Warriner John Webster Geo., Butt Hills Webster Joseph Webster
Robert, Baxton
moor Wilson John, Dumb Hall Wilson
Matthew, (& maltster) Yates Robert Grocers, &c. Brunt Eliz.,
(and draper) Butcher Clarkson Wm. Lowde Wm. Stubbings
Joseph Swift Joseph Turner Thomas,
Bax- ton moor Shoemakers. Barlow Robt. Brunt Jarvis Brunt Joseph Brunt Thomas Guirdham
Joseph Hind Peter Norman Daniel, Baxton
moor Stubbings
James Yates Robt. |
Stone Masons. Godley George Godley John Parkin John Rodgers John,
(and builder), Baxton moor Straw Hat Mkrs. Hill Mary Parkin Mary, Belph moor Surgeons. Foulds Astley
Cooper Millwood
cottage, Belph Royston John Tailors. Brown John, Bax- ton moor Godley Samuel Godley Wm. Legat Wm. Wheelwrights & Joiners. Alletson John Ellis Joseph Ellis Thomas Ellis Thomas Forrester
Samuel Hill Wm. Shepherd John Tinker Wm. |
WINGERWORTH PARISH. 789
WINGERWORTH
parish, formerly considered a chapelry in
Wingerworth
Hall was taken possession of for the Parliament, and garrisoned in the year
1643. It is said that the estate, though sequestered, was preserved from injury
by Colonel Michel, a Parliamentary officer, who married the widow of the loyal
Sir Henry Hunloke, who died in 1648.
Among
Dr. Pegge’s notes, mention is made that Ann Ash died at Wingcrworth, in 1789,
aged 104, and her tombstone records the fact. Feast, last Sunday in October.
Here are
790
some extensive stone and slate
quarries, and various scattered farms. Birdholme
Cottage, 1¼ mile N.E. Bole Hill, 1
mile S.W.
Stubbing Court, a
handsome mansion, 1 mile W., in a secluded situation, with park-like grounds,
is the seat of Thomas Humphrey Pedley, Esq., and the property of Mrs. Gladwin.
Swathwick, a
small village on the Walton and
CHARITIES.—John
Stanford, who died in 1736, made
in his lifetime some charitable provision, supposed to be verbal, as no record
remains; but it appears from a paper, in the hand-writing of Sir Henry Hunloke,
who died in 1804, that, as trustee of charity money under the name of that
gentleman, he was possessed of £800 stock, New South Sea annuities. Since that
period, £27 annually has been paid by the Hunloke family. Of the £27 received,
£19 is paid to a schoolmaster at Hill Houses, where a school was built by Sir
Henry Hunloke, about 1758. There is also a dwelling-house and garden, which the
master occupies rent-free, in consequence of which 20 poor children are
instructed. In 1856, W. Wilmer, Esq., one of the trustees under the will of the
late Sir Henry Hunloke, gave the master notice to strike off the books, on the
1st of December, the 20 free scholars, and to charge them in future a trifle
per week, according to what they require. Out of the residue the school
premises are repaired, and the surplus is distributed amongst the poor.
Ellen Lowe, in
1669, left £20 to be laid out in land, the rent to be distributed yearly
amongst poor widows. The sum of 20s. was secured on a field called the White
Banks, in Hasland, and is distributed on Shrove Tuesday.
Godfrey Foljambe’s charity
(see
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity
(see Bradley). The annual sum of £5
10s., received by the incumbent, is laid out in coarse woollen cloth and
flannel, which is distributed to the poor.
Post Office at
Mr. William Ivory Fletcher’s; letters arrive from
|
Davis Joseph, horse
breaker Gascoygne Thomas,
shoemaker, Swathwick Gratton Joseph, cooper, Bole Hill Mellor John, timber
merchant Oates George, farm steward Parke John, shopkeeper Pedley Thos. Humphrey,
Esq., Stubbing Court Revel Rev. Saml.,
incumbent., Harper Hill |
Rutherford Jesse, stone
merchant, Bole Hill Rutherford Mr. William; Bole Hill Wharton Aaron, gamekeeper Wilmer Wilmer, Esq., The Hall Wright Wm., wheelwright, Nether Moor Inns and
Taverns. Barley Mow, Elizabeth
Revell Hunloke Arms, William
Marshall |
|
Farmers. Bower G. Gorsey Place Collis Wm., Stone Edge Goodlad Wm., Swathwick Greaves John (and blacksmith) Hill House
Hopkinson Thomas Swathwick |
Leason Saml. & Henry Madin Thos. (& stone mason). Hockley Marshall William Nuttall William Parke Joseph, Hill Houses Pearce Joseph Pike Walter, Bird- holme |
Robinson Geo. (and miller) Rutherford Jesse, Bole Hill Simpson Ellen, Slate Pit Dale Turner Edw., Harper Hill Turner Wm.. Swath- wick |
Watson Thos., Swath- wick wick Wilson Thos., Birkin Lane Young Wm., Harper Hill |
SUTTON HALL [Sutton Hall at Sutton
The
original Hall which formed part of a Saxon estate was left to the monks of
By
far the most famous of the Sutton families in its thousand year history were
the LEKES (LEAKES), who with ten generations owned the
hall and its estates for three hundred and thirty three years. The family were
always loyal to the crown, but this allegiance was at times costly, both in
terms of money and in human life.
SIR FRANCIS LEKE was one of these men, he was Earl
Scarsdale at the time of the English Civil War and was one of the loyal
supporters of King Charles. He lost two sons in the war and as a result of his
support for the king he was fined £18,000 to restore his estates after they
were sequestrated by Oliver Cromwell this was paid by his friends. The family’s
royalist support did have its rewards, JOHN
LEKE was Knighted by Henry VIII at
As
Lord Deincourt was a Royalist during the Cival [sic] War the original hall was
then fortified to defend against attack from the Cromwellian army. A force
of some 500 men and three guns under the command of Colonel Thomas Gell
besieged Sutton Hall but Lord Deincourt refused to surrender. The house
was eventually taken by storm, the defences removed and Lord Deincourt taken
prisoner. He was summoned to appear before parliament at
After
the execution of Charles I in 1649 Lord Deincourt was very disillusioned and
had his grave dug and after clothing himself in sackcloth each Friday evening
would lie in the grave to pray and meditate.
The
brother of JOHN LEKE, THOMAS, had a daughter ELIZABETH who married JOHN HARDWICK and was the mother of
'Bess of Hardwick' the prolific builder of other local stately homes.
The
present hall which overlooks the picturesque
The
hall was twice owned by men who adopted their wives names to continue the
family line of ownership of the house, its estates and titles. Edward
Hilary took his wifes name of Grey and Job Hart Price took his wifes name
Clarke.
In
1820 after Anne Price and Walter Butler died without any heirs the hall was
sold to the son of the entrepreneur and inventor of the spinning frame Sir
Richard Arkwright, Richard Arkwright who lived at Willersly Castle. There were
now four branches of the Arkwright family. Sutton, Willersly Castle, Hampton
Court in County Hereford and Knutston Hall in County Northampton, the squires
of Sutton being the senior branch,
The
Arkwrights owned the hall and estates and suffered mixed fortunes until 1919
when the hall, lands and buildings were sold at auction by William Arkwright.
It is said that William suffered a horrendous fall from a horse in his younger
days and was a cripple thereafter. He sold the estates to move to the warmer
climes of southern
The
hall was not sold until the 1920's when the building firm of Haslam Ltd.
Purchased the hall to demolish it and use for building materials. The
Adams fireplaces which were inlaid with Blue John were stripped from the house
and sent to
In
1946 the building had deteriorated to such an extent that it was planned to
demolish it, three days before the demolition machinery were due to move in on
the hall the shell was saved for eternity by the purchase of the hall by
Sir Osbert Sitwell who was persuaded to act by a local resident Harold Taylor.
The hall was later given over to the Department of the environment in the late
1960's. In 1971 emergency repairs were started to secure the building from
further decay.
The
cost of this work was estimated at around £30,000, the money was secured for
the work to begin. (£5,000 was forthcoming from the Derbyshire County Council)
and later during 1992 the building was finally secured and the plaster
mouldings left after the removal of the ceilings and fireplaces were sealed and
preserved and secure ornate iron bars were placed in all the window mullions
and it is now possible to walk inside the shell of a building 'which is the
finest of its type and era in the Midlands'.[12]
The
The
There
are several memorials within the church, a marble tablet in the chancel as a
memorial to Francis Pierrepont the grandson of Robert the Earl of Kingston who
died in 1707. There are two post reformation monuments bearing crosses and
dedicated to the memory of the Redfearnes of Duckmanton. The monuments and
stained glass windows dedicated to the LEEKES
and earlier owners are no longer there. With the exception of one inscribed
stain glass window which reads, Leake-Beresford-Hassal. In 1710 it was reported
that every window in the church was decorated with this inscription.[13]
The ceilings of the north aisle of Sutton Hall [Sutton
Hall at Sutton Scarsdale,
Leake Impaling Savage.
Leake Impaling Foljambe.
Foljambe impaling Leake.
Waterton Impaling Leake.
Timeline
of Sutton Hall at Sutton
1086
Roger Poicton, apparently reverted to the crown.
1255
Peter de Hareston, by grant of Henry III.
Robert
de Hareston.
1297
Richard de Grey of Sandiacre, by marriage with Lucia the heiress daughter of
Robert, whose sister was mother to Richard.
William
de Grey.
1316
John de Grey.
William
de Grey.
1390
Edward Hilary, by marriage with Alice the daughter and heiress of William, who
took the name Grey.
John
de Grey.
1401-2
JOHN LEKE of Gotham
1457
WILLIAM LEKE married CATHRINE CHAWORTH.
JOHN LEKE married ELIZABETH SAVAGE. (John’s brother THOMAS had a daughter ELIZABETH,
who married JOHN HARDWICK and was
mother to 'BESS OF HARDWICK').
SIR JOHN LEKE married JANE FOLJAMBE.
1569
SIR FRANCIS LEKE married ELIZABETH PASTON.
FRANCIS LEKE married FRANCES SWIFT.
SIR FRANCIS LEKE married ANNE CAREY and was created Baron Deincourt and Earl Scarsdale.
NICHOLAS LEKE, Earl Scarsdale married FRANCES
RICH.
ROBERT LEKE the third Earl Scarsdale married MARY LEWYS, who was succeeded by his nephew.
NICHOLAS LEKE the fourth and last Earl Scarsdale
died in 1735 without issue.
1735
Purchased by Godfrey Clarke of Somersall.
Godfrey
Clarke.
1786
Job Hart Price by marriage with the sister of Godfrey Walter Butler, Marquis of
Ormond by marriage with the daughter and heiress of Price.
1824
Richard Arkwright J.P. D.L. of
1848
Robert Arkwright J.P. D.L. of Sutton Hall. Married Frances Crawford Kemble of
1859
William Arkwright of Sutton Hall. Married Agnes Mary Cocks the neice of Lord
Somers.
Pedigree of FOLJAMBE, of Aldwarke Hall.[16] Source:
Joseph Foster, Pedigrees of the county
families of Yorkshire, vol. 1 (
1401-2
JOHN LEKE of
1457
WILLIAM LEKE married CATHRINE CHAWORTH.[23]
JOHN LEKE married ELIZABETH SAVAGE. John’s brother THOMAS had a daughter ELIZABETH,
who married JOHN HARDWICK and was
mother to 'BESS OF HARDWICK'.[24]
SIR JOHN LEKE married JANE FOLJAMBE. [25]
1569
SIR FRANCIS LEKE married ELIZABETH PASTON. [26]
FRANCIS LEKE married FRANCES SWIFT. [27]
SIR FRANCIS LEKE married ANNE CAREY and was created Baron Deincourt and Earl Scarsdale.[28]
NICHOLAS LEKE, Earl Scarsdale married FRANCES
RICH. [29]
ROBERT LEKE the third Earl Scarsdale married MARY LEWYS, who was succeeded by his
nephew.[30]
NICHOLAS LEKE the fourth and last Earl Scarsdale
died in 1735 without issue.[31]
SIR
GODFREY FOLJAMBE, of Walton, Knight, born at Walton on Easter-day,
27 March, 1472, esquire of the body to King
Henry 7 & 8. Was granted a tiger arg. ducally gorged or, and
an antelope quarterly or and sa. as supporters, and two additional crests;
viz. 1. A chapeau gu. turned up ermine, a tiger statant arg. ducally gorged or,
and 2. On a wreath a chat-loup or calopus quarterly, or and sa., to be borne by
him and his posterity. He was thrice sheriff of co
BENNET
(or JENNET) FOLJAMBE, married to SIR
JOHN LEEKE, Knight, of Worksop,
SIMON DE LEEK.
1790/1800
NAME COUNTY TAX LIST PAGE
LEAK, JOHN W. Goochland 1802 Personal B 07
LEAK, JOSEPH Henry 1800 Personal 08
LEAKE, JOSIAH Goochland 1802 Personal B 07
LEAK, PETER Henry 1800 Personal 08
LEAK, THOMAS Henry 1800 Personal 09
LEAK, WALTER Goochland 1802 Personal B 07
LEAKE, AUSTIN
LEAKE, ELISHA, CAP Goochland 1801 Personal A 05
LEAKE, JOHN
LEAKE, SARAH
SIMON LEEK. History of the
ISABEL LEEK was born in 1371 in Bakewell,
1402. 4, Hen. IV.
On the 21st of July [1402], was fought the sanguinary battle
of Shrewsbury, in which Sir John Clifton, Sir Nicholas Burden, of
Maplebeck, Sir Hugh Shirley, of Radcliffe-on-Soar, and several other
Nottinghamshire gentlemen, where slain.
This Sir John Clifton brought a
great accession of property to his family by his marriage with Katharine, the
daughter of Sir John Cressi, by whom he obtained Hodsack, in this count,
estates in
“We shall scarcely find,” says the
historian, “any battle in those ages, where the shock was more terrible and
more constant than in this. The armies were nearly equal in numbers, each
comprising about 12,000 men. The commanders, too, on both sides, were amongst
the men of the age most famous for valour and skill in the art of war. Percy
and Douglas, from the nor, then, for almost the first time, united in one
common cause: Glendour, from the west, and a large array of nobles and
gentry from various parts of
“Percy,” continues Hume, “maintained
on that day the fame which he had acquired in many a bloody combat; and
Douglas, his ancient enemy, and now his friend and associate, still appeared
his rival amidst the horrors and confusion of the field. This nobleman
performed feats of valour which are almost incredible. He seemed
determined that the king of
There are said to have fallen, in
that sanguinary conflict, on both sides, not less than two thousand three
hundred gentlemen and men of rank; but the greatest number of persons
of distinction, who perished, were on the side of the king. About six
thousand men of inferior drank likewise were slain on that fatal day. The Earls
of Worcester and Douglas were among the few prisoners taken; the former was
beheaded at
1403. 5, Hen. IV. Robert Glade, mayor; Walter Stacey and Roger de Tapton,
bailiffs. No record of members for the borough. Richard Stanhope and SIMON LEEK, knights of the shire.
…
Appendix.
Page vii. CHARLES LEEK was one of
the signers of a petition of grievances and desires for reformation.
Leek
Lady’s Charity, page 1042.
Page
883. Major General Whalley. They Whalleys were a very ancient family among the
landed gentry of this town: but the first we hear of them, in connection
with Nottinghamshire, is in a marriage deed, whereby THOMAS LEEK, ESQ., of Kirton, in the hundred of Bassetlaw, and JANE his wife. (18 Edward IV.)
covenanted to marry their daughter and heir, to Richard Whalley, of Darlaston,
in the
Page
906. 1663. 15, Charles II. William Greaves,
mayor of
By deed, bearing date the 14th
of March, this year, John Martin gave the interest of £50, to be paid
to the mayor and aldermen of
John Kemp, by his will bearing
date 26th August, gave his house, and all his land in North Muskham,
to his mother, Frances Kemp, during her life, and after her decease, to the
proper use and benefit of the poor of the town of North Muskham; and he
ordained that the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor for the
time being, should let his land, and distribute the yearly rent
of it to the poor for ever. …
The tower of the church at
Bilsthorpe erected this year.
…
On Sunday night, October 11th,
Colonel Hutchinson, whose fate, as we have seen, had long hung in the balance,
was arrested by a party of soldiers under an order form MR. FRANCIS LEKE, or LEEK,
a deputy-lieutenant of the county, and conducted to
The following is Mrs.
Hutchinson’s account of the transaction, and steps which led to it:
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1042. 1690. 2, Wm. & Mary.
“LADY FRANCIS LEEK, by her will, dated the 23rd of December,
1690, gave one hundred pounds to the use of the poor of the parish of
1691.
3, Wm. & Mary.
SIR JOHN LEEK, Knight, was born in Cotham, Sandiacre,
SIR JOHN LEEK, Knight, was born in Cotham, Sandiacre,
SIR JOHN LEEK, Knight, was born about 1319, in
Cotham, Sandiacre,
SIMON LEEK was born in 1345, in Tideswell,[42]
I. ANNE LEEK (2). The Visitation of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614,
edited by G.W. Marshall, 1871, Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 4, p.
14. A nun.
II.
III. MARGERETT LEEK
married SIR JOHN MARKHAM (2). The Visitation of the County
of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, edited by G.W. Marshall
1871, Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 4, pp. 14 and 24.[44] SIR
JOHN MARKHAM: The Visitation of the
County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, edited by G.W. Marshall
1871, Publications of the Harleian Society, vol. 4, p. 24. SIR JOHN MARKHAM of Sedbrook Lord Cheefe Justice of
IV. MARY LEEK . The Visitation of the County of Nottingham
in the Years 1569 and 1614, edited by G.W. Marshall 1871, Publications of
the Harleian Society, vol. 4, p. 14. MARY, daughter & coheire ux. [wife]
Sir Gyles Daubney.[46]
WILLIAM
OF LEAKE.[47]
JOHN
OF LEAKE.[48]
JOHN OF LEAKE[49]
SIMON LEEK of Leake, [Cotham, Sandiacre],
1. MARGARET LEEK was born before 1382, in
Leake, [Cotham, Sandiacre],
2.
1. SIR SIMON LEKE, Knighted,[51]
was born about 1390/1410 in Cotham/Cothem,
Children of SIR SIMON LEKE and JANE
TALBOT:
A. MARY LEEK was born about 1417, in Cotham,
2. JOHN LEAKE was born about 1386 in
Cotham,
JOHN
LEAKE (LEKE)[60]
was born in [Sutton Scarsdale or Sutton-in-the-Dale],
NICHOLAS
OF LEAKE.[64]
NICHOLAS LEAKE[65] [Had
no children]
JOHN OF LEAKE.[66]
JOHN LEAKE[67]
was born in about 1382/1410 in Cotham,
I. JOHN LEAKE[70]
JOHN OF LEAKE.[71]
was born about 1424, in Sutton,
A. THOMAS LEEK (LEKE) (LEAKE) was born in
Sutton,
II. WILLIAM LEKE (LEEK)
married CATHERINE/KATHERINE CHAWORTH.
WILLIAM LEEK was born about 1416, in
Sutton, Scarsale,
Children of WILLIAM LEKE and CATHERINE/KATHERINE
CHAWORTH:
A. JOHN LEAKE (LEKE)[80]
was born about 1440, in [Sutton], Southwell Dale, Derbyshire, England.[81],[82],[83],[84]
He was born about 1360, in Cotham,
Children of JOHN LEEK and
1. THOMAS LEAKE was born about 1458, in
Kirk Hallam,
a. ELIZABETH LEAKE was born in about 1498,
in Ault Hucknull, Hardwick,
2. JOHN LEAKE was born about 1450. John
was the son of WILLIAM LEAKE and UNKNOWN.[119]
I. CATHERINE LEEKE (LEAKE) was born in
about 1467, in Sutton,
a. BENEDICTA
GOLGAMSBE was born in 1499 in Southwell Dale,
Children
of JOHN LEEK (LEAKE) and JANA FOLJAMBE:
A. JOHN
LEEK (LEAKE) was born about 1503, in Sutton,
B.
SIR
FRANCIS LEEK (LEAKE) was born in about 1496, in Sutton,
1.