Catalogue description The Wood family and Taylor family collections

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Reference: A/1958/Z
Title: The Wood family and Taylor family collections
Description:

Material found at Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, relating to the Taylor family of Middlewood Hall, Darfield and the Wood (Halifax) family of Monk Bretton and Hickleton. The provenance of the collection is unknown. Records comprising:

 

1. Wood family section:

 

1. Title Deeds 1700-1773: Comprising: seven articles of agreement between various parties, regarding land in and around Barnsley, dated, 1 April 1700, 17 May 1707, 25 August 1720, 21 April 1729, 15 November 1737, 10 September 1773, 24 May c1773;

 

2. Wills 1666: Will of Richard Teate of Barnsley, 27 March 1666;

 

3. Financial 1719-1868: Including farm account book 1719-1721; Accounts 1722-1729; Bundle of receipts for rent 1737-1738; Wood family rent book and quarterly account 1784-1829; Receipt for rent, 4 January 1860; Bundle of miscellaneous receipts 1864-1868;

 

4. Military related papers 1774-c1790s: Comprising: Commission of Command (Army) 7 November 1774; Militia list, recruits for His Majesty's Regiment of the 65th Foot, 1776-1777; Standing Orders for Regiment of 65th Foot c late 1700s; Memorandum card for the manoeuvres of the General Salute, no date, 18th century;

 

5. Court related papers 1648-c18th century: Including: Collection of monies by the inhabitants of Monk Bretton for legal expenses 7 April 1648; Bankruptcy enquiry c1792; Court examination (incomplete), no date, c18th century;

 

6. Correspondence 1721-1891: Seven items of correspondence, comprising: Letter from Henry Sawyer to Thomas Lord Parker, 9 November 1721; Letter from C M Fenton to Mr Wood, 23 February 1736; Letter from C Jenkinson to William McCarmick, 23 July 1779; Letter from C Wood to W Shepherd 29 January 1862; Telegraph message from John Carter to Wilkinson 15 July 1865; Postcard from Schmidt's Moss Litter Co to John Mitchell, 23 September 1891; Postcard from Schmidt's Moss Litter Co, no date, c19th century;

 

7. Administrative papers 1728-1734: Comprising: Apprenticeship agreement for term of nine years between William Wood and Anthony Jackson, 14 October 1728; Game warrant or deputation between Hugh Bosville and Robert Wood, 24 October 1734;

 

8. Photographs late 19th century: Comprising: Two black and white photographs, c late 19th century, one of woman in regal attire - signed Mary Saltown, and second of women in day dress;

 

2. Taylor family section

 

1. Newspapers 1867-1946: Comprising copies of the following:

 

2. 'The Barnsley Times', 7 September 1867;

 

3. 'The Barnsley Times', 3 July 1869;

 

4. 'The Normanton, Altofts and Whitwood Free Press', 31 May 1873;

 

5. 'The Stock Exchange Review' May 1873;

 

6. 'The Standard', 5 August 1873;

 

7. 'The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent', 9 August 1873;

 

8. 'The Barnsley Independent', 21 June 1913;

 

9. 'The News of the World', 29 March 1914;

 

10. 'The Barnsley Chronicle', 15 January 1927;

 

11. 'The Daily Mirror', 10 August 1931;

 

12. 'Virakesari', a Tamil daily newspaper, Ceylon, 23 January 1946.
Date: 1648-1946
Held by: Barnsley Archive and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Access conditions:

Open for public access.
Subjects:
  • Armitage, John, fl 1700, of Barnsley
  • Lyndley, John, fl 1700, of London
  • Couldwell, Edward, fl 1707, of Cudworth
  • Couldwell, Margaret, fl 1707, wife of Edward Couldwell of Cudworth
  • Couldwell, William, fl 1707, of Cudworth
  • Wood, Henry, fl 1707, of Barnsley
  • Wood, William, fl 1719-1729, of Monk Bretton
  • Clarke, Joseph, fl 1720, of Barnsley
  • Allen, Olive, fl 1720, widow of John Allen
  • Allen, fl 16th-17th century
  • Staniland, Martin, fl 1720, miller
  • Matthewman, Benjamin, fl 1720, miller
  • Clarke, John, fl 1729, of Barnsley
  • Clarke, John, fl 1729, of Barnsley
  • Lloyd, Gamaliel, fl 1737, of Manchester
  • Walker, James, fl 1737, of Manchester
  • Oldfield, Mary, fl 1737, of Manchester
  • Oldfield, Elizabeth, d 1737
  • Wood, Robert, fl 1737, of Burton
  • Greenwood, Ann, fl 1737, of Carrhouse, Doncaster
  • Bingley, John, fl 1773-1774, of Barnsley
  • Haworth, Francis, fl 1773, of East Retford
  • Kooke, Daniell, fl 18th century, of Barnsley
  • Simpson, Will, fl 18th century, of Babworth
  • Arthur, John, fl 18th century, of Doncaster
  • Teate, Richard, fl 1666, blacksmith, of Barnsley
  • Teate, Ann, fl 1666, wife of Richard Teate of Barnsley
  • Burland, Thomas, fl 1666, son of Thomas Burland of Thorne
  • Burland, Thomas, fl 1666, of Thorner, brother in law of Richard Teate of Barnsley
  • Dodgson, John, fl 1666, son of John Dodgson of Abberforth
  • Dodgson, John, fl 17th century, of Abberforth
  • Teate, Mary, fl 1666, daughter of Samuel Teate
  • Teate, Samuel, fl 1666, brother of Richard Teate of Barnsley
  • Teate, Thomas, fl 1666, brother of Richard Teate of Barnsley
  • Hall, John, fl 1666, of Vever
  • Ramsden, J, fl 1719-1721
  • Rooke, John, fl 1722-1729
  • Wood, George, fl 1737-1738
  • -, Lord, Henry, fl 1737-1738, clergyman, of Hereford
  • Egerton, Adam Maria, fl 1737-1738
  • Simpson, J C, fl 1860, clergyman
  • Wood, Sir, Charles, fl 1860
  • Bingley, Henry, fl 1860
  • Chamier, Anthony, 1725-1780, statesman
  • Gore, Thomas, fl 1774, Commissary
  • Urmstone, Edward, fl 1776-1777, Lieutentant General
  • Broadhead, William, fl 1648, of Monk Bretton
  • Ellis, George, fl 1648, of Monk Bretton
  • Bolves, Mary, fl 1648, of Monk Bretton
  • Ellis, John, fl 1792, of Darfield
  • Calton, John, fl 18th century
  • Calton, Elizabeth, fl 18th century, wife of John Calton
  • Hunter, Richard, fl 18th century, merchant
  • Sawyer, Henry, fl 1721, of Barnsley
  • Tymms, G, fl 1721, clerk to William Lyndley
  • Lyndley, William, fl 1721
  • Parker, Thomas, 1666-1732, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor
  • Fenton, C M, fl 1736, of Bank
  • Jenkinson, C, fl 1779, of London
  • McCarmick, William, fl 1779, Colonel
  • Wood, C, fl 1862, of India
  • Shepherd, W, fl 1862, of Hickleton
  • Carter, John, fl 1865, of Longcarr, Barnsley
  • Mitchell, John, fl 1891, of Swaithe, Barnsley
  • Jackson, Anthony, fl 1728, of Monk Bretton
  • Jackson, John, fl 1728, labourer, of Monk Bretton, son of Anthony Jackson
  • Bosville, Hugh, fl 1734, of Gunthwaite
  • Bosville, Godfrey, fl 1734
  • Wood, Robert, fl 1734, of Monk Bretton
  • Saltown, Mary, fl 19th century
  • Wood family of Monk Bretton and Hickleton, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Taylor family of Darfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire
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