Catalogue description THE SPENCER STANHOPE MANUSCRIPTS

SPSt/1 Antiquarian Notes etc

SpST/2 Apprenticeship Indentures

SpST/3 Correspondence (Misc)

SpST/4 Deeds

SpST/4/1 Cambridgeshire

SpST/4/2 Cheshire

SpST/4/3 Derbyshire

SpST/4/4 Ireland

SpST/4/5 Lancashire

SpST/4/6 Leicestershire

SpST/4/7 Lincolnshire

SpST/4/8 London

SpST/4/9 West Indies - St. Kitts

SpST/4/10 Wiltshire

SpST/4/11 Yorkshire

SpST/4/11/1 Aberford

SpST/4/11/2 Addingham

SpST/4/11/3 Adel

SpST/4/11/4 Almondbury

SpST/4/11/5 Alverthorpe

SpST/4/11/6 Ardsley and East Ardsley

SpST/4/11/7 Arnold (Swine Parish)

SpST/4/11/8 Arthington

SpST/4/11/9 Barnby

SpST/4/11/10 Barugh

SpST/4/11/11 Beeford in Holderness

SpST/4/11/12 Beverley

SpST/4/11/13 Bewerley

SpST/4/11/14 Bolton

SpST/4/11/15 Bowes

SpST/4/11/16 Bradford

SpST/4/11/17 Bramham

SpST/4/11/18 Bramhope

SpST/4/11/19 Bramley

SpST/4/11/20 Brooke House (Penistone Parish)

SpST/4/11/21 Burghwallis

SpST/4/11/22 Burley in Wharfedale

SpST/4/11/23 Calverley

SpST/4/11/24 Carlecoates (Penistone Parish)

SpST/4/11/25 Carlesmoor (Kirkby Malzeard Parish)

SpST/4/11/26 Carlton (near Guiseley)

SpST/4/11/27 Cawthorne

SpST/4/11/28 Chidsell (Dewsbury Parish)

SpST/4/11/29 Clayton West

SpST/4/11/30 Clifford

SpST/4/11/31 Clifton

SpST/4/11/32 Cookridge

SpST/4/11/33 Cowling

SpST/4/11/34 Crofton

SpST/4/11/35 Dallaghgill

SpST/4/11/36 Darton

SpST/4/11/37 Deepdale (Arncliffe Parish)

SpST/4/11/38 Doncaster

SpST/4/11/39 Dringhoe (Skipsea Parish)

SpST/4/11/40 Earlsheaton

SpST/4/11/41 Eccleshill

SpST/4/11/42 Elland

SpST/4/11/43 Emley

SpST/4/11/44 Erringden

SpST/4/11/45 Esholt

SpST/4/11/46 Farnley Tyas

SpST/4/11/47 Parsley

SpST/4/11/48 Garton in Holderness

SpST/4/11/49 Gomersal

SpST/4/11/50 Greengates

SpST/4/11/51 Grindall

SpST/4/11/52 Guiseley

SpST/4/11/53 Hallam

SpST/4/11/54 Hartshead

SpST/4/11/55 Headingley

SpST/4/11/56 Heaton

SpST/4/11/57 Hedon

SpST/4/11/58 Hemsworth

SpST/4/11/59 High Burton

SpST/4/11/60 High Hoyland

SpST/4/11/61 Higham (Darton Parish)

SpST/4/11/62 Holderness

SpST/4/11/63 Holmfirth

SpST/4/11/64 Honley

SpST/4/11/65 Horbury

SpST/4/11/66 Horsforth

SpST/4/11/67 Horton

SpST/4/11/68 Howe

SpST/4/11/69 Hoyland Swaine

SpST/4/11/70 Huddersfield

SpST/4/11/71 Hunsworth

SpST/4/11/72 Idle

SpST/4/11/73 Keighley

SpST/4/11/74 Kexbrough

SpST/4/11/75 Killingbeck

SpST/4/11/76 Kirkburn

SpST/4/11/77 Kirkstall

SpST/4/11/78 Ladyhill

SpST/4/11/79 Langsett

SpST/4/11/80 Leeds

SpST/4/11/81 Liversedge

SpST/4/11/82 Long Riston

SpST/4/11/83 Manningham

SpST/4/11/84 Marsden

SpST/4/11/85 Menston

SpST/4/11/86 Midhope (Nether, Over etc.)

SpST/4/11/87 Mirfield

SpST/4/11/88 Morley

SpST/4/11/89 Morton

SpST/4/11/90 Nappa (Gisburn Parish)

SpST/4/11/91 Norland

SpST/4/11/92 Nuthill

SpST/4/11/93 Ossett

SpST/4/11/94 Otley

SpST/4/11/95 Penisall (Penistone Parish)

SpST/4/11/96 Pockthorpe

SpST/4/11/97 Pontefract

SpST/4/11/98 Preston in Holderness

SpST/4/11/99 Pudsey

SpST/4/11/100 Raistrick

SpST/4/11/101 Rawdon

SpST/4/11/102 Rigton

SpST/4/11/103 Ripon

SpST/4/11/104 Sharow

SpST/4/11/105 Sheffield

SpST/4/11/106 Shepley

SpST/4/11/107 Silkstone

SpST/4/11/108 Skelmanthorpe

SpST/4/11/109 Skipton

SpST/4/11/110 Skircoat

SpST/4/11/111 Southowram and Hipperholme

SpST/4/11/112 Sproatley

SpST/4/11/113 Stanley

SpST/4/11/114 Stansfield (Todmorden Parish)

SpST/4/11/115 Stirton (Skipton Parish)

SpST/4/11/116 Stockholme (near Hedon)

SpST/4/11/117 Stoneferry (near Hull)

SpST/4/11/118 Sutton (near Doncaster)

SpST/4/11/119 Sutton on Hull

SpST/4/11/120 Swetton (Kirkby Malzeard Parish)

SpST/4/11/121 Thornhill

SpST/4/11/122 Thornton

SpST/4/11/123 Thornton le Street

SpST/4/11/124 Thurgoland

SpST/4/11/125 Thurlestone (Penistone Parish)

SpST/4/11/126 Tickhill

SpST/4/11/127 Wakefield

SpST/4/11/128 Waldershelf

SpST/4/11/129 Wawne

SpST/4/11/130 Wentworth

SpST/4/11/131 Westcroft upon Hull

SpST/4/11/132 Wombwell

SpST/4/11/133 Yeadon

SpST/4/11/134 York

SpST/4/11/135 Miscellaneous Yorkshire

SpST/4/12 Miscellaneous Deeds

SpST/5 Estate Papers

SpST/5/1 Bonds

SpST/5/2 Correspondence

SpST/5/3 Enclosure Papers

SpST/5/4 Financial Papers

SpST/5/4/1 Account Books

SpST/5/4/2 Acknowledgment of Debts

SpST/5/4/3 Bills, Receipts & Accounts

SpST/5/4/4 Miscellaneous

SpST/5/5 Iron Forge Papers

SpST/5/5/1 Correspondence

SpST/5/5/2 Deeds

SpST/5/5/3 Finance

SpST/5/5/4 Legal

SpST/5/5/5 Miscellaneous

SpST/5/6 Manorial Records

SpST/5/6/1 Arthington, Adel and Eccup

SpST/5/6/2 Baildon

SpST/5/6/3 Bramhope

SpST/5/6/4 Brimham

SpST/5/6/5 Burley

SpST/5/6/6 Burton

SpST/5/6/7 Calverley

SpST/5/6/8 Colne

SpST/5/6/9 Crigglestone

SpST/5/6/10 Crossley (Hall ?)

SpST/5/6/11 Eccleshill

SpST/5/6/12 Eraley

SpST/5/6/13 Grewelthorpe

SpST/5/6/14 Hawksworth

SpST/5/6/15 Rolling Hall (near Ilkley)

SpST/5/6/16 Horsforth

SpST/5/6/17 Kirkby Malzeard

SpST/5/6/18 Leeds, Kirkgate cum Holbeck

SpST/5/6/19 Menston

SpST/5/6/20 Otley

SpST/5/6/21 Temple Newsam

SpST/5/6/22 Thornton

SpST/5/6/23 Tong

SpST/5/6/24 Wakefield

SpST/5/6/25 Miscellaneous

SpST/5/7 Maps and Plans

SpST/5/8 Releases of Actions & Quitclaims

SpST/5/9 Rentals

SpST/5/10 Surveys and Valuations

SpST/5/11 Miscellaneous

SpST/6 Family Papers

SpST/6/1 Correspondence

SpST/6/2 Financial

SpST/6/2/1 Account Books

SpST/6/2/2 Bills, Receipts and Accounts

SpST/6/2/3 Miscellaneous

SpST/6/3 Genealogical Papers

SpST/6/4 Inventories

SpST/6/5 Marriage Settlements

SpST/6/6 Wills

SpST/6/6/1 Legacies

SpST/6/6/2 Letters of Administration

SpST/6/6/3 Wills

SpST/6/6/4 Miscellaneous

SpST/6/7 Miscellaneous

SpST/7 Financial Records (Misc.)

SpST/8 Legal Papers

SpST/9 Literary MSS, Books & Newspapers

SpST/10 Military & War Papers

SpST/10/1 American War of Independence

SpST/10/2 Henry Beale Papers

SpST/10/3 British Civil War

SpST/10/4 Crimean War

SpST/10/5 Irish Rebellion

SpST/10/6 Jacobite Rebellion

SpST/10/7 Milita Papers

SpST/10/8 Miscellaneous

SpST/11 Official Papers

SpST/11/1 Appointments & Commissions

SpST/11/2 Civil Parish Papers

SpST/11/2/1 Apprenticeship Indentures

SpST/11/2/2 Bastardy Papers

SpST/11/2/3 Churchwardens Papers

SpST/11/2/4 Constables Papers

SpST/11/2/5 Poor Relief

SpST/11/2/6 Removal Orders

SpST/11/2/7 Settlement Certificates

SpST/11/2/8 Miscellaneous

SpST/11/3 Correspondence

SpST/11/4 Ecclesiastical Papers

SpST/11/4/1 Gee Cross Church

SpST/11/4/2 Horsforth Chapel

SpST/11/4/3 Leeds Church

SpST/11/4/4 Churches Miscellaneous

SpST/11/4/5 Tithes

SpST/11/4/6 Miscellaneous

SpSt/11/5 Elections, Political & Parliamentary Papers

SpSt/11/5/1. Acts & Bills

SpSt/11/5/2. Oaths and Covenants

SpSt/11/5/3. Parliamentary Elections

SpSt/11/5/4. Speeches

SpSt/11/5/5. West Riding Registrar Elections

SpSt/11/5/6. Miscellaneous

SpSt/11/6 Financial

SpSt/11/7 Monastic Papers

SpSt/11/8 Taxation Papers

SpSt/11/8/1. Assessments

SpSt/11/8/2. Miscellaneous

SpSt/11/9 Miscellaneous

SpSt/12 Sport

SpSt/12/1. Cock Fighting

SpSt/12/2. Horse Racing

SpSt/12/3. Hounds

SpSt/13 Transport & Communication

SpSt/13/1. Bridges

SpSt/13/2. Canals

SpSt/13/3. Railways

SpSt/13/4. Roads

SpSt/13/5. Miscellaneous

SpSt/14 Woollen & Cloth Trades

SpSt/15 Miscellaneous

An account of the Spencer Stanhope Mss now at Sheffield is given in, "Guide to the Manuscript Collection in the Sheffield Public Libraries", by R. Meredith, Sheffield, 1956. The papers at Sheffield are complimentary to those at Bradford; for instance, both Sheffield and Bradford have letters from Capt. Shuttleworth in America (late 18th century), and correspondence relating to the West Riding Militia and Staincross Volunteers.

Spencer-Stanhope family of Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire

Stanhope, Spencer-, family of Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire

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The Spencer Stanhope Mss were deposited over a number of years at Bradford City Library (now at the Bradford Archives Dept.), Sheffield City Library, and the Brotherton Library, Leeds. In 1955 the papers were divided, so that Stanhope and Spencer Stanhope (Hors - forth) would remain at Bradford, and Spencer and Spencer Stanhope (Cawthorne) remain at Sheffield. It may be seen from the calendar, however,, that many South Yorkshire papers are still at Bradford, including nearly all the medieval deeds.

Books & Articles written about the Spencer Stanhope family

Annals of a Yorkshire House, 2 vols., 1911, by Mrs A.M.W. Stirling

The Letter Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope, 2 vols., 1913, by Mrs. A.M.W. Stirling.

Economic History Review, May 1939, by Dr. Raistrick

Newcomen Society Transactions, 1938-39, by Dr. Raistrick. (Iron Forge Accounts)

Notes on the History of the Manor of Eccleshill, by W.E. Preston. (appeared in The Bradford Antiquary, Vol. VII, New Series)

Stanhope, Atkinson, Haddon & Shaw, Four North Country Families, by Hugh Owen, 1985.

• Horsforth, Guiseley, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Cawthorne, West Riding of Yorkshire

The Stanhope family came into Yorkshire in the 16th century and lived at Horsforth until the late 18th century, when Walter Stanhope heir to both his uncles John Stanhope and John Spencer, took the name of Spencer Stanhope and made Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, his chief residence. During this period the Stanhopes acquired many other estates, by purchase, marriage and trusteeship.

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