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Catalogue description DEEDS OF LONDESBOROUGH AND AREA
This record is held by Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
| Reference: | MD239 |
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| Title: | DEEDS OF LONDESBOROUGH AND AREA |
| Description: |
Most of the documents refer to Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Londesborough, Market Weighton and places nearby, in East Riding. Many of the C17 deeds involve the families of Elwald and Witty of Middleton and the 1st Earl of Burlington. |
| Date: | 1281 - 1795 |
| Arrangement: |
Empthorpe 1 - 22 1649-1674 Easthorpe 23 - 35 1281-1715 Easthorpe including Londesborough 36 - 43 1551-1652 Goodmanham 44 - 66 1663-1777 Middleton-on-the-Wolds including Kiplingcotes, Londesborough & Lund 67 - 170 1370-1775 Market Weighton including Shipton 171 - 183 1352-1682 Bielby 184 - 186 1595-1678 Several Manors on the same deed 187 - 218 1389-1680 Miscellaneous 219 - 234 1281-1795 |
| Held by: | Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 5 standard archive boxes = 0.1 cubic metres |
| Custodial history: |
A collection of about 350 documents which came into the ownership of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1946. Provenance unknown, but the Accession Book mentions George Hudson 'the Railway King' as a probable previous owner. They may previously have been muniments of the Londesborough estate, which belonged to the following families: Up to 1389 Fitzherbert family 1389 - 1469 Broomfleet family 1469 - 1643 Clifford family 1643 - 1753 Boyle family, Earls of Burlington 1845 Bought by George Hudson to deny it to the Manchester & Leeds Rly. Co. 1850 Bought by Lord Albert Dennison 1923 Bought by Mr. & Mrs. Lupton Booth 2nd World War Hall occupied by the British Army. 1947 Bought by Dr. & Mrs. Ashwin (Ref: Neave D. Londesborough (Londesborough Silver Jubilee Committee 1977) Gazetteer of some places named in the documents Modern name Grid Ref. Names in documents Ayton SE 9884 Aton Bielby SE 7843 Broomfleet SE 8827 Bromflet Brounflete Cleaving Grange SE 8545 Clevingcloses Clevingfields Easthorpe SE 8845 Estorp Esthorpe Hestorp Estrope Enthorpe House SE 916463 Emthorpe Empthorpe Emthropp Everingham SE 8042 Goodmanham SE 8843 Guthmundham Goodmadham Kiplingcotes Farm SE 9345 Kyblyncotes Kyplyncottes Ciplingcoates Little Smeaton NZ 3403 Little Smeaton, Birkby parish. Londesborough SE 8645 Lonesbrughe Lowndesburghe Launesburgh Lund SE 9748 Lund upon the woulds Market Weighton SE 8741 Wyghton Wighton (underwould) Middleton-on-the-Wolds SE9449 Midleton (super le Wold) North Cave SE 8932 North Dalton SE 9352 Shiptonthorpe? SE 8543 Shipton Shupton South Dalton SE 9645 Towthorpe SE 8643 Touthorp (deserted village) Warter SE 8650 Priory of Warter Watton TA 5001 Priory of Watton Weaverthorpe SE 9670 Wyverthorp Wyrethorp Wilberfoss SE 7350 Priory of Wylberfose |
| Publication note: |
Some of the early deeds have been calendared in Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol.CXI (1946) - Yorkshire Deeds IX; references to this volume are given below as 'YD9 No. 140' etc. |
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