Catalogue description Foljambe of Osberton: Deeds and Estate Papers

The great bulk of the archives comprise mediaeval and Tudor charters, deeds, leases and related documents of properties in 24 counties, the majority in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, which came to the Foljambes by purchase or marriage. The largest sub-group is that relating to the Yorkshire estates of the Fitzwilliams, formerly the Clarells, which passed to the Foljambes in the early 16th century.

Among the other records those of more than local importance include the musters book describing the government's military preparations for the Spanish Armada in 1588; the bulky and detailed bailiff's account roll of Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln (1251-1311) in 1278, a draft of his will in 1288, and household account roll for 1299, when he was embarking on an embassy to France; a group of estate papers of the Earls, later Dukes of Lancaster relating to the area around Pontefract and Conisburgh Castles for the years 1318-1321 and 1366-1390, including an authorization for part payment of a loan of 500 marks by Katherine Swynford to John of Gaunt in his "great necessity". This latter material probably found its way into the Foljambe archives at the time of Sir Godfrey Foljambe (d.1376) who was a chief steward of the Duke, or his son Thomas, also a Duchy official.

Other documents of particular interest are the group of forest books and other records of Sherwood and other forests from the 13th to the 18th centuries, documents relating to the borough of Chesterfield in the Middle Ages, a lease by the Duchy Council of Lancaster of the town of Liverpool and its profits in 1351, and a survey and perambulation of the city of Bristol in 1653. There is a group of charters referring to coal mines at Cortworth and Haugh in Yorkshire as early as the mid 14th-century, and other later papers relate to disputes over commons in Yorkshire, mainly brought about by competition for the minerals beneath them.

Amongst documents of ecclesiastical relevance is a detailed extent and customs roll of the possessions of the Dean of Lincoln in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in 1329, and a good group of records of the College of Holy Trinity, or Knolles Almshouses, at Pontefract from 1386 to 1491, including a foundation (confirmation) charter.

For the family itself, one of the most important documents bearing on its economic position is a long rent roll of the estates of Henry Foljambe of Walton in c.1500, although this may be incomplete.

The first member of the family to take an historical interest in the family archives appears to have been Francis Foljambe II (1675-1752) of Aldwark, for whom Dr. Nathaniel Johnston, the Yorkshire antiquary, compiled a genealogical history of the family in 1704. This manuscript work was a chronicle of the principal members of the family from the 13th century to his own day supported by references gleaned "chiefly from the private charters of the family", but also from documents in the Dodsworth Collection, and possibly from some public records. A number of copies of this work survive, but it did not appear in print until the substantial part of it was published in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vols 1-2, 1834-5.

In 1887 the nucleus of the family archives was first systematically calendared for F.J. Savile Foljambe of Osberton by George F. Warner of the British Museum. He divided the documents into six groups according to the countries to which they related.

Calendared them on cards, and numbered the documents on the dorse. The cards are preserved as DD/FJ/14/1/1-13.

In 1897 the Historical Manuscripts Commission published a report (15th Report, appendix V) on the manuscripts of F.J.S. Foljambe. Compiled by R.E.G. Kirk and the Secretary of the Commission, this largely comprised transcripts and extracts of a few documents which has a bearing on national political history. The muster book of 1588 and a volume of letters of James, Duke of York, to the Prince of Orange in 1678-9 (not in the present collection), were both fully calendared, together with some 18th century political letters.

In 1904 Robert White calendared some thirty Nottinghamshire charters and other records, mostly relating to Worksop Priory, in his Dukery Records, and in 1906 a number of the Derbyshire mediaeval charters were abstracted and printed (in English) by I.H. Jeayes in his volume of Derbyshire Charters.

This present catalogue includes the main collection as listed by G.F. Warner, with the addition of other mediaeval manuscripts he did not see. However the whole collection was re-numbered by Nottinghamshire Archives in c. 1990.

Content Summary

DEEDS OF TITLE

Nottinghamshire

DD/FJ/1/1/1-30 Alverton 13 late 16 C.

DD/FJ/1/2/1-8 Bilsthorpe late 13 C.-1461

DD/FJ/1/3/1-12 Blyth 1368-1507

DD/FJ/1/4/1 Car Colston 1337

DD/FJ/1/5/1-2 Clarborough & Welham 1602-1607

DD/FJ/1/6/1 Darlton c.1300

DD/FJ/1/7/1 Gedling late Hen. III

DD/FJ/1/8/1 Goverton, Bleasby & Gibsmere 1330

DD/FJ/1/9/1 Gringley c.1553

DD/FJ/1/10/1-5 Halam & Edingley 1492-1558

DD/FJ/1/11/1 Hawton late 13 C.

DD/FJ/1/12/1 Holme 1295

DD/FJ/1/13/1-3 Kelham, S. Muskham & Carlton 1319-1386

DD/FJ/1/14/1-4 Kinoulton, Owthorpe & Screveton 1350-1365

DD/FJ/1/15/1 Kneeton 1678

DD/FJ/1/16/1 Lenton & Radford 1301

DD/FJ/1/17/1 North Leverton 1615

DD/FJ/1/18/1-2 Mansfield Woodhouse 1367-1395

DD/FJ/1/19/1 E. Markham & Tuxford 1355

DD/FJ/1/20/1 Misson 1410

DD/FJ/1/21/1 S. Muskham & Carlton (& Yorks) 1372

DD/FJ/1/22/1-9 Newark n.d.-1371

DD/FJ/1/23/1-15 Nottingham, Sneinton and Bridgford 1577-1680

DD/FJ/1/24/1 Osberton 12 C.-1682

DD/FJ/1/25/1-2 Oswaldbeck 1654

DD/FJ/1/26/1 Oxton 1393

DD/FJ/1/27/1-36 Rolleston, Morton & Goverton n.d.-1510

DD/FJ/1/28/1-2 Serlby 1508

DD/FJ/1/29/1 Shireoaks 1547

DD/FJ/1/30/1-45 Skegby (near Mansfield) n.d.-1537

DD/FJ/1/31/1 Southwell 1428

DD/FJ/1/32/1 Stockwith 1510

DD/FJ/1/33/1-3 Stoke (near Newark) 12 C.-1342

DD/FJ/1/34/1-51 Sturton, Fenton, Littleborough, Burton, North Leverton,

Habblesthorpe, Coates, Upton, Headon, South Leverton, and Treswell 1440-1731

DD/FJ/1/35/1 Sutton in Ashfield, Hucknall & Huthwaite 1537

DD/FJ/1/36/1-11 Thorpe, Stoke, Newark & Elston; (& Yorks) late 13 C.-1554

DD/FJ/1/37/1-2 Tilne (in Hayton) 1325

DD/FJ/1/38/1-4 Wiseton & Clayworth 1477-1540

DD/FJ/1/39/1 Warsop 1677

Bedfordshire

DD/FJ/1/40/1 Little Staughton 1343

Cambridgeshire

DD/FJ/1/41/1 Guilden Morden (?) late 13 C.

Cheshire

DD/FJ/1/42/1 Pexhall & Henbury late 12 C.

Cumberland

DD/FJ/1/43/1 Egremont 1402

DD/FJ/1/43/2 Workington, Seaton & Thornthwaite 1403

Derbyshire

DD/FJ/1/44/1-12 Ashford, Bakewell, Over Haddon & Sheldon 1354-1478

DD/FJ/1/45/1 Ashover 1370

DD/FJ/1/46/1-3 Bagshawe (in Bowden, Chapel en le Frith) 1345-1450

DD/FJ/1/47/1 Bakewell 1360

DD/FJ/1/48/1-5 Barlborough & Staveley 1455-c.1640

DD/FJ/1/49/1-10 Barlow & Dronfield (& Notts) 1382-1528

DD/FJ/1/50/1-10 Beauchief; Abbey Estates (also Chesterfield, Boythorpe, Newbold, Dronfield, Brampton, etc) 1443-1553

DD/FJ/1/51/1 'Birchelif'(?) Edw.I

DD/FJ/1/52/1-19 Birley (in Beighton) 1328-1505

DD/FJ/1/53/1-3 Blackbrook 1519-1530

DD/FJ/1/54/1-3 Bolsover, Bolsover Woodhouse & Barlborough 1416-1498

DD/FJ/1/55/1-22 Bonsall; also Slaley, Brassington & Ivonbrook 1251-1490

DD/FJ/1/56/1-19 Boythorpe Hen. III-1505

DD/FJ/1/57/1 Bradway (in Norton) 1409

DD/FJ/1/58/1-21 Brampton Hen. III-1496

DD/FJ/1/59/1-29 Brimington; also Taddington, Priestcliffe, Birchfield, Tupton, Egstow, Ashover & Wolley early 13 C.-1582

DD/FJ/1/60/1-2 Calow 13 C.

DD/FJ/1/61/1-5 Castleton Edw. I-1602

DD/FJ/1/62/1-2 Chatsworth, Beeley, Willington & Chelmorton 1371

DD/FJ/1/63/1-3 Chellaston n.d. (13-14 C)

DD/FJ/1/64/1-159 Chesterfield; also Bakewell, Boythorpe, Brampton, Brimington, Calow, Dronfield, Dunston, Eckington, Hasland, Holme, Langley, Linacre, Newbold, Percyfee, Staveley, Tapton, Walton & Whittington n.d.-1537

DD/FJ/1/65/1 Derby 1502

DD/FJ/1/66/1-71 Dronfield, Aston, Birchett & Unston; also Barlow, Eckington, Hasland, Norton & Percyfee n.d.-1551

DD/FJ/1/67/1-2 Elton; also Tideswell, Wormhill, Litton, Burton & Abney c.1424-1480

DD/FJ/1/68/1 Eyam 1323

DD/FJ/1/69/1 Fairfield 1375

DD/FJ/1/70/1-4 Hallowes, Aston & Shelly Oaks (?) (Near Dronfield) n.d.-1343

DD/FJ/1/71/1-2 Handley, also Whittington, Stanley, Staveley, Eckington & Hayfield 1477-1480

DD/FJ/1/72/1 Hasland Hen. III

DD/FJ/1/73/1 Hassop & Edensor 1381

DD/FJ/1/74/1 Hayfield 1353

DD/FJ/1/75/1 Hazlewood 1369

DD/FJ/1/76/1 Heage 1592

DD/FJ/1/77/1-3 Holme 1401-1410

DD/FJ/1/78/1-13 Hope 1359-1628

DD/FJ/1/79/1-7 Horsley (copyhold of manor of Horston) & Woodhouse & Kilburn 1488-1541

DD/FJ/1/80/1 Little Hucklow Hen. III

DD/FJ/1/81/1-6 Ivonbrook (Grange of Buildwas Abbey) 1309-1441

DD/FJ/1/82/1-3 Langley Hen. III-1311

DD/FJ/1/83/1 Lidgate (near Holmesfield) late 13-14 C.

DD/FJ/1/84/1-4 Longstone, Monsal & Brushfield n.d.-1453

DD/FJ/1/85/1-3 Matlock 1419-1541

DD/FJ/1/86/1-4 Mosborough & Ridgeway 1500-1552

DD/FJ/1/87/1 Nether Marston (Hope) 1698

DD/FJ/1/88/1-6 Newbold 1314-1383

DD/FJ/1/89/1-4 Normanton (North or Temple Normanton) 13 C.-1460

DD/FJ/1/90/1-2 Norton 1481-1597

DD/FJ/1/91/1 Overton (in Ashover) 14 C.

DD/FJ/1/92/1-8 Priestcliffe 1345-1390

DD/FJ/1/93/1-3 Quarndon 1472-1498

DD/FJ/1/94/1 Scarcliffe 1413

DD/FJ/1/95/1 Shatton 1298

DD/FJ/1/96/1-2 Shirebrook 1319-1364

DD/FJ/1/97/1-2 Snelston c.1350

DD/FJ/1/98/1 Sothall (in Beighton) 1520

DD/FJ/1/99/1 Stanton 1373

DD/FJ/1/100/1-8 Staveley c.1265-1560

DD/FJ/1/101/1-3 Stubbing, Swathwick & Wingerworth 1435-1560

DD/FJ/1/102/1-2 Sutton in le Dale 1511

DD/FJ/1/103/1-9 Tapton c.1297-1496

DD/FJ/1/104/1-10 Tibshelf 1317-1466

DD/FJ/1/105/1-21 Tideswell, Wheston, Wormhill & Hucklow 13 C.-1515

DD/FJ/1/106/1-2 Totley 1487-1502

DD/FJ/1/107/1-33 Walton & Wingby, also Brampton, Wadshelf & Calow Hen. III-1461

DD/FJ/1/108/1 Whitfield & Bowden 1504

DD/FJ/1/109/1 Whittington c.1281

DD/FJ/1/110/1-3 Wigley Hen. III-1447

DD/FJ/1/111/1-3 N. Wingfield & Williamthorp n.d.; 1538

DD/FJ/1/112/1 Wirksworth 1392

Dorset

DD/FJ/1/113/1-2 Kingston Lacy & Wimborne Minster 1303-1310

Durham

DD/FJ/1/114/1-5 Carlbury c.1300-1302

DD/FJ/1/115/1-2 Gateshead 1654-1655

DD/FJ/1/116/1 Middleton George 1607

DD/FJ/1/117/1 Silkesworth Hen. III

DD/FJ/1/118/1-2 Ulnaby & Thornton, (also Scotland) late 13 C.

DD/FJ/1/119-120 Whickham 1375-1394

DD/FJ/1/121/1 Wolsingham 1459

Essex

DD/FJ/1/122/1-2 Dovers in Havering, Hornchurch, Bures 1515

Kent

DD/FJ/1/123/1-2 Benenden 1448-1499

DD/FJ/1/124/1-6 Biddenden 1298-1557

DD/FJ/1/125/1 Buckland, Stone & Norton 1431

DD/FJ/1/126/1 Charing 1478

DD/FJ/1/127/1 'Copherst' early 14 C.

DD/FJ/1/128/1-4 Cranbrook 1386-1541

DD/FJ/1/129/1-5 Dencourt (Kent & Sussex) 1476-1574

DD/FJ/1/130/1-3 Elham 1466-1491

DD/FJ/1/131/1-2 High Halden 1547

DD/FJ/1/132/1-12 Horton (Monks Horton) & Sellinge 1388-1581

DD/FJ/1/133/1 Hythe 1334

DD/FJ/1/134/1-3 Kenardington 1505-1544

DD/FJ/1/135/1-2 Lyminge 1481-1543

DD/FJ/1/136/1-2 Newington 1390-1407

DD/FJ/1/137/1-7 Postling 1392-1479

DD/FJ/1/138/1 River & Kearsney 1385

DD/FJ/1/139/1-82 Rolvenden, (also Benenden) c.1340-1649

DD/FJ/1/140/1 New Romney 1559

DD/FJ/1/141/1-5 Stanford 1290-1348

DD/FJ/1/142/1-6 Tenterden 1322-1553

DD/FJ/1/143/1-3 Vielston (in Shorham) 1390

DD/FJ/1/144/1-2 Westerham 1548-1622

DD/FJ/1/145/1 Wilmington 1600

Leicestershire

DD/FJ/1/146/1-2 Anstey 1335-1359

DD/FJ/1/147/1-2 Billesdon 1325-1336

DD/FJ/1/148/1 Keyham 1402

DD/FJ/1/149/1 Somerby 1299

DD/FJ/1/149/2 Stawson 1316

DD/FJ/1/150/1-11 Twyford, Caythorpe, Tugby & Thorpe Satchville Hen. III-1525

DD/FJ/1/151/1-6 Wymondham & Edmondthorpe 1294-1340

Lincolnshire

DD/FJ/1/152/1 E. Barkwith 1304

DD/FJ/1/153/1 Barnetby 1399

DD/FJ/1/154/1 Bigby 1369

DD/FJ/1/155/1 Fryston 1721

DD/FJ/1/156/1-3 Lincoln 1672-1673

DD/FJ/1/157/1-3 Riby, Caburn, Northcotes, Tetney, Hauton, Humberston, Irby, Scartho & Hallington c.1220-1513

DD/FJ/1/158/1 Rowston, Middle & East Rasen & 'Reysbye'; also Kent and Dorset 1552

DD/FJ/1/159/1 Scartho 1658

DD/FJ/1/160/1 Seagrave 1322

DD/FJ/1/161/1 Searby 1388

DD/FJ/1/162/1-2 Stoke Rochford & Easton 1652

DD/FJ/1/163/1-3 Stowe 1640-1661

DD/FJ/1/164/1-2 Tattershall & Kirkstead Abbey 1352-1361

DD/FJ/1/165/1-11 Ulceby, Goxhill Hen. III-1594

DD/FJ/1/166/1 Wold Newton 1385

Middlesex

DD/FJ/1/167/1 Westminster 1528

Norfolk

DD/FJ/1/168/1-4 Booton 13th C.

DD/FJ/1/169/1-3 Hunstanton 13th C.-1308

DD/FJ/1/170/1 Southburgh, Cranworth & Rising 1324

DD/FJ/1/171/1 Thorp c.1225-1229

DD/FJ/1/172/1 Whimbergh late 13th C.

DD/FJ/1/173/1 West Winch n.d.

DD/FJ/1/174/1 Yarmouth Hen. III

Northamptonshire

DD/FJ/1/175/1 Wadenhoe c.1225

Northumberland

DD/FJ/1/176/1-10 Alnmouth c.1330-1343

DD/FJ/1/177/1 Byker, Ellingham, Newham & Newstead 1402

DD/FJ/1/178/1-3 Netherton 1328-1342

DD/FJ/1/179/1-2 Old Moor 1366

Staffordshire

DD/FJ/1/180/1 Cheadle c.1286

DD/FJ/1/181/1-2 Crakemarsh Rich. I-1367

DD/FJ/1/182/1-2 Croxden, Combridge, Crakemarsh & Great Yate c.1550-1596

DD/FJ/1/183/1 Horninglow 1318

DD/FJ/1/183/2 Leigh 1335

DD/FJ/1/184/1 Newton 1566

DD/FJ/1/185/1-2 Stafford 1397

DD/FJ/1/186/1-2 Stramsall 1346-1347

DD/FJ/1/187/1 Tillington late 13th C.

DD/FJ/1/188/1-5 Yoxall Edw. I-1392

Suffolk

DD/FJ/1/189/1 Cowling 1297

Surrey

DD/FJ/1/190/1-10 Wandsworth & Wimbledon (also Lincs, Oxon & Suffolk) 1590-1695

Warwickshire

DD/FJ/1/191/1-10 Coventry 1454-1483

DD/FJ/1/192/1-5 Wolston, Merston, & Bretford 1363-1371

Wiltshire

DD/FJ/1/193/1-2 Twyford; (also Berks.) 1500-1505

Yorkshire

DD/FJ/1/194/1-76 Adwick, also Barnburgh, Bolton on Dearne, Mexborough, Raddeburn, Skelmanthorpe, Swinton, Tankersley, Tickhill, and Wath 13th C.-1598

DD/FJ/1/195/1-2 Aldwark, Ecclesfield, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, and Greasborough 1654-1656

DD/FJ/1/196/1-6 Balby 1312-1382

DD/FJ/1/196/7 Barley 1505

DD/FJ/1/197/1-5 Barkstone 1324-1412

DD/FJ/1/198/1 Barnburgh 1596

DD/FJ/1/199/1 Billingley 1379

DD/FJ/1/200/1-6 Bolton upon Dearne 13 C.-1377

DD/FJ/1/201/1-15 Bramley 13 C.-1586

DD/FJ/1/202/1 Brampton Bierlow 1703

DD/FJ/1/203/1 Brampton en le Morthen 1584

DD/FJ/1/204/1-22 Bramwith and Braithwaite 13 C.-1535

DD/FJ/1/205/1-18 Cadeby and Wildthorpe c.1300-1509

DD/FJ/1/206/1-2 Campsall Hen. III; 1440

DD/FJ/1/207/1 Carcroft 1340

DD/FJ/1/207/2 Carlton and Lofthouse 1702

DD/FJ/1/208/1-10 Cortworth (Wentworth) c.1300-1389

DD/FJ/1/209/1-26 Dalton and Thrybergh 13 C.-1587

DD/FJ/1/210/1-6 Darfield, also Smedley and Royston 13 C.-1540

DD/FJ/1/211/1-159 Doncaster, also Balby, Bentley, Carhouse, Hexthorpe, Long Newton, Loversall, Skinthorpe, and Wheatley 13 C.-1631

DD/FJ/1/212/1-3 Ecclesfield (Chapel Town) 1628-1686

DD/FJ/1/213/1-3 Elmsall 13 C.-1319

DD/FJ/1/214/1-9 Fairburn 1293-1459

DD/FJ/1/215/1-5 Featherstone, also Purston Jaglin c.1300-1440

DD/FJ/1/216/1-12 Fenton, (Church, Great, Little, and South) 1338-1460

DD/FJ/1/217/1-12 Ferrybridge 12 C.-1510

DD/FJ/1/218/1 Fishlake 1446

DD/FJ/1/219/1-3 Flixton 13 C.

DD/FJ/1/220/1-7 Fryston 13 C.-1596

DD/FJ/1/221/1-5 Great Houghton 1381-1425

DD/FJ/1/223/1 Grimesthorpe and Stretton 1404

DD/FJ/1/224/1-6 Haddlesey (East, Middle and West) 1372-1478

DD/FJ/1/225/1-36 Hardwick 13 C.-1361

DD/FJ/1/226/1 Hatfield, Stainforth and Thorne 1386

DD/FJ/1/227/1-13 Haugh 13 C.-1404

DD/FJ/1/228/1-7 Hemsworth 13 C.-1411

DD/FJ/1/229/1-3 Hexthorpe 13 C.-1476

DD/FJ/1/230/1 Hickleton 1382

DD/FJ/1/231/1 Howden Hen. III

DD/FJ/1/232/1-3 Hoyland Swaine and Healey 13 C.-1347

DD/FJ/1/233/1-4 Hutton on Derwent, Hutton Bardolfe, Hutton Goltswaine, Hutton Minshow, and Berrithorpe 1659-1664

DD/FJ/1/233/5 Ilkley 1556

DD/FJ/1/234/1 Kellington 13 C.

DD/FJ/1/235/1 Kippax 1616

DD/FJ/1/236/1-3 Kirk Smeaton 1403-1469

DD/FJ/1/237/1 Laughton en le Morthen 1506

DD/FJ/1/238/1 Leeming 1735

DD/FJ/1/239/1 Little Fencotes 15 C.

DD/FJ/1/240/1-12 Loversall 1300-1504

DD/FJ/1/241/1-18 Lumby, also Milford and Steeton 13 C.-1359

DD/FJ/1/242/1-3 Marfleet 13 C.

DD/FJ/1/243/1-42 Melton (High and West), also Adwick, Brampton Bierlow, Cadeby, Mexborough and Wildthorpe 1331-1502

DD/FJ/1/244/1-56 Mennythorpe and Weston 1565-1703

DD/FJ/1/245/1-5 Mexborough 13 C.-1334

DD/FJ/1/246/1-10 Middleton (near Pickering) 1352-1521

DD/FJ/1/247/1-62 Milford (South) also Lumby c.1250-1771

DD/FJ/1/248/1 Milnthorpe Hen. III

DD/FJ/1/249/1 Moorhouse 1476

DD/FJ/1/250/1-2 Morley c.1300

DD/FJ/1/251/1 Morthen 1583

DD/FJ/1/252/1 Muston 1251

DD/FJ/1/253/1-2 Newsam 1695

DD/FJ/1/254/1-24 Newton (Sprotborough) also Skinthorpe and Sprotborough 1317-1483

DD/FJ/1/255/1-12 Newton upon Derwent, also Sutton upon Derwent, and Wilberfoss 1327-1481

DD/FJ/1/256/1-55 Owston and Balne, also Barnby Dun, Billingley, Burghwallis, Campsall, Carcroft, Langthwaite, Thurnscoe, and Skellow 13 C.-1506

DD/FJ/1/257/1-6 Penistone, also Heeley and Thurlstone 13 C.-1614

DD/FJ/1/258/1-2 Pickering 1321, 1467

DD/FJ/1/259/1-35 Pontefract, also Darrington, Featherstone, Fenton, Ferrybridge, Fryston, Hardwick, Wardworth, and Wrangbrook 1293-1506

DD/FJ/1/260/1-4 Purston Jaglin 1452-1488

DD/FJ/1/261/1-12 Rawmarsh 1408-1685

DD/FJ/1/262/1-2 Ripon 1316

DD/FJ/1/263/1 Rishworth and Golcar 1415

DD/FJ/1/264/1 Riston (East?) 1369

DD/FJ/1/265/1-7 Shaw (Quick) 1401-1410

DD/FJ/1/266/1-4 Sheffield 1227-1418

DD/FJ/1/267/1-2 Sherburn (in Elmet) 1351, 1376

DD/FJ/1/268/1 Silkstone 1350

DD/FJ/1/269/1-21 Skellow 12 C.-1499

DD/FJ/1/270/1-5 Skelmanthorpe 13 C.-1323

DD/FJ/1/271/1-13 Skinthorpe, also Newton (Sprotborough) 1319-1391

DD/FJ/1/272/1 Snaith, Cowick, Pollington, and Carlton 1457

DD/FJ/1/272/2-3 South Anston 13 C., 1423

DD/FJ/1/273/1-6 South Hiendley c.1300-1393

DD/FJ/1/274/1-16 Stainton 12 C.-1474

DD/FJ/1/275/1-6 Stancill, also Wadworth and Wellingley 1422-1498

DD/FJ/1/276/1-25 Steeton, also Fairburn, Lumby, and Milford 1258-1694

DD/FJ/1/277/1-7 Studley Roger and Ripon 1289-1324

DD/FJ/1/278/1-8 Swinton, also Adwick and Saseye 13th C.-1582

DD/FJ/1/279/1-9 Tanshelf 1344-1462

DD/FJ/1/280/1 Thirsk 12th C.

DD/FJ/1/281/1 Thorpe (Wentworth) 1343

DD/FJ/1/282/1-96 Tickhill, also Heselay, Lyncepoll, Maltby, Marlhover, and Sandbeck 1217-1587

DD/FJ/1/283/1-61 Tollerton 1424; 1588-1691

DD/FJ/1/284/1 Ulley 1583

DD/FJ/1/285/1 Upton 1447

DD/FJ/1/286/1-67 Wadworth, also Alworthley, Loversall, and Wellingley 13th C.-1711

DD/FJ/1/287/1-3 Wakefield 1337, 1366, 1600

DD/FJ/1/287/4 Wales 1442

DD/FJ/1/288/1 Warmsworth 1586

DD/FJ/1/289/1-5 Wath, also Rawmarsh 1506, 1575

DD/FJ/1/290/1-24 Westow, Acklam, Barton in the Willows, Ferby, Edlethorpe, Mennythorp, Hayton, Leavening, and Wellwick 1413-1771

DD/FJ/1/291/1-19 Wheatley 13th C.-1484

DD/FJ/1/292/1-2 Wickersley 1370, 1582

DD/FJ/1/293/1-4 Wistow 1455, 1558; 1562

DD/FJ/1/294/1 Wolley and Meltham 1291

DD/FJ/1/295/1-2 Wragby 1517

DD/FJ/1/296/1-2 Wragbrook 13th C.; 1353

DD/FJ/1/297/1 York c.1280-90

Unidentified

DD/FJ/1/298/1-4 Various 13th C.-1336

VILLEINAGE

DD/FJ/2/1-9 Grants of villeins, services, and manumissions n.d.-1389

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO TITLE

DD/FJ/3/1/1-6 Bonds 1366-1671

DD/FJ/3/2/1-10 General Releases 1391-1590

DD/FJ/3/3/1-4 Acquittances 1348-1481

DD/FJ/3/4/1-2 Miscellaneous 1467-1529

SETTLEMENTS, WILLS AND COGNATE PAPERS

DD/FJ/4/1/1-4/16/15 Foljambe 1280-1746

DD/FJ/4/17/1-4/19/3 Thornhagh & Hewitt 1614-1744

DD/FJ/4/20/1-4/24/1 Foljambe & Thornhagh as trustees and executors c.1458-1743

DD/FJ/4/25/1 Various: 13th C. 1288

DD/FJ/4/26/1-15 Various: 14th C. c.1318-1379

DD/FJ/4/27/1-18 Various: 15th C. 1408-1498

DD/FJ/4/28/1-15 Various: 16th C. 1511-1587

DD/FJ/4/29/1-21 Various: 17th C. 1600-1690

DD/FJ/4/30/1-13 Various: 18th C. 1721-1760

DD/FJ/4/31/1-11 Various Dates 1331-1505

DD/FJ/4/32/1-4/34/3 Clarell (Yorks) 13th C.-1408

DD/FJ/4/35/1-4/38/10 Fitzwilliam (Clarell Connection) (Yorks) 1398-1485

LEGAL PAPERS

DD/FJ/5/1/1-5/3/1 Foljambe 1473-1773

DD/FJ/5/4/1-17 Hewitt & Thornhagh 1694-1737

DD/FJ/5/5/1-5/9/7 Others 1319-1718

MANORIAL

DD/FJ/6/1/1 Manors of Earl of Lincoln 1278

DD/FJ/6/2/1-0 Nottinghamshire 1401-1435

DD/FJ/6/3/1-5 Derbyshire 1359-1547

DD/FJ/6/4/1-4 Kent 1386-1464

DD/FJ/6/5/1-5 Lincolnshire 1415-1457

DD/FJ/6/6/1-50 Yorkshire 1292-1741

LEASES

Nottinghamshire

DD/FJ/7/1/1 Alverton 1388

DD/FJ/7/2/1 Gotham 1623

DD/FJ/7/3/1-4 Kelham 1334-1358

DD/FJ/7/4/1 Kneesall 1283

DD/FJ/7/5/1 Langford 1512

DD/FJ/7/6/1 Mansfield Woodhouse 1365

DD/FJ/7/7/1 Newark 1421

DD/FJ/7/8/1 Shireoaks 1732

DD/FJ/7/9/1 Skegby 1386

DD/FJ/7/10/1 Sturton & Fenton 1614

Derbyshire

DD/FJ/7/11/1 Bonsall 1472

DD/FJ/7/12/1 Brampton & Whittington 1523

DD/FJ/7/13/1-5 Brimington & Whittington 1339-1562

DD/FJ/7/14/1 Castleton 1432

DD/FJ/7/15/1-7 Chesterfield 1317-1615

DD/FJ/7/16/1-4 Dronfield, Birchett & Unston 1397-1713

DD/FJ/7/17/1 Elton 1357

DD/FJ/7/18/1 Handley(?) 1488

DD/FJ/7/19/1 Hasland 1352

DD/FJ/7/20/1-2 Hope 1385

DD/FJ/7/7/21/1 Killamarsh 1592

DD/FJ/7/22/1 Langley 1337

DD/FJ/7/23/1 Sothall (in Beighton) 1517

DD/FJ/7/24/1 Totley 1496

DD/FJ/7/25/1-3 Walton 1270-1595

DD/FJ/7/26/1 Whaley 1444

DD/FJ/7/27/1-3 Unspecified 1524-1541

Durham

DD/FJ/7/28/1 Staindrop 1535

Lancashire

DD/FJ/7/29/1 Salford 1535

Leicestershire

DD/FJ/7/30/1 Rothley 1347

Lincolnshire

DD/FJ/7/32/1 Riby 1458

DD/FJ/7/32/1-23 Ulceby & Riby 1578-1613

Surrey & Sussex

DD/FJ/7/33/1 Ifield 1588

DD/FJ/7/34/1-3 Wandsworth 1686-1687

Wiltshire & Berkshire

DD/FJ/7/35/1 Twyford 1504

Yorkshire

DD/FJ/7/36/1-11 Adwick 1298-1535

DD/FJ/7/37/1 Aldwark 1587

DD/FJ/7/38/1 Arksye, Almholme, and Shaftholme 1541

DD/FJ/7/39/1 Azerley 1545

DD/FJ/7/40/1 Barkston and Saxton 1548

DD/FJ/7/41/1 Brampton Bierlow 1638

DD/FJ/7/42/1-2 Brampton en le Morthen 1561-1583

DD/FJ/7/43/1-10 Dalton and Thrybergh 1349-1592

DD/FJ/7/44/1 Dalton, Upper 1634

DD/FJ/7/45/1 Dishforth 1542

DD/FJ/7/46/1-5 Doncaster 1314, 1544-1577

DD/FJ/7/47/1 Fairburn 1439

DD/FJ/7/48/1 Fenton (Church) 1544

DD/FJ/7/49/1 Fryston 1543

DD/FJ/7/50/1 Haldenby 1598

DD/FJ/7/51/1-2 Hoyland Swaine 1344-1372

DD/FJ/7/52/1 Hunslet 1542

DD/FJ/7/53/1-4 Hutton 1712

DD/FJ/7/54/1-2 Kiveton 1543

DD/FJ/7/55/1-2 Leeming 1704-1721

DD/FJ/7/56/1 Liversedge 1541

DD/FJ/7/57/1-3 Lumby 1314, 1397, 1580

DD/FJ/7/58/1-7 Mennythorpe 1539-1711

DD/FJ/7/59/1-3 Melton, also Brampton Bierlow and Wath 1383, 1545

DD/FJ/7/60/1 Micklefield (Sherburn) 1383

DD/FJ/7/61/1 Middleton (near Pickering) 1538

DD/FJ/7/62/1-16 Milford 1258-1760

DD/FJ/7/63/1 Newton (Sprotborough) 1369

DD/FJ/7/64/1-6 Newton upon Derwent 1538-1560

DD/FJ/7/65/1 Owston 1545

DD/FJ/7/66/1 Penistone 1496

DD/FJ/7/67/1-4 Pontefract 1542-1545

DD/FJ/7/68/1-4 Rawmarsh 1395-1630

DD/FJ/7/69/1 Ripon 1543

DD/FJ/7/70/1 Rotherham 1673

DD/FJ/7/71/1-2 Rothwell 1542-1544

DD/FJ/7/72/1 Ruston 1544

DD/FJ/7/73/1-2 Sheffield 1383,1683

DD/FJ/7/74/1 Skellow 1547

DD/FJ/7/75/1 Skelmanthorpe 1590

DD/FJ/7/76/1 South Hiendley 1379

DD/FJ/7/77/1-2 Tanshelf 1392

DD/FJ/7/78/1 Thorpe (near Ripon) 1534

DD/FJ/7/79/1-2 Thrybergh 1637

DD/FJ/7/80/1-13 Tickhill 1296-1563

DD/FJ/7/81/1 Tollerton 1685

DD/FJ/7/82/1-12 Wadworth and Tickhill 1360-1658

DD/FJ/7/83/1-2 Wath, also Rawmarsh 1547, 1565

DD/FJ/7/84/1 Westow 1715

DD/FJ/7/85/1 Wheatley 1320

DD/FJ/7/86/1 Wickham and Brompton 1539

DD/FJ/7/87/1 Wildthorpe c.1404-5

DD/FJ/7/88/1 Wombwell 1380

DD/FJ/7/89/1 Worsborough 1537

ACCOUNTS, BONDS AND COGNATE PAPERS

DD/FJ/8/1-8/3/6 Estate 1272-1749

DD/FJ/8/4/1-2 Household 1299, 1318

DD/FJ/8/5/1-8/7/13 Bonds 1332-1699

DD/FJ/8/8/1-13 Miscellaneous c.1279-1722

SURVEYS, RENTALS AND COGNATE PAPERS

DD/FJ/9/1/1 Foljambe all estate c.1500

DD/FJ/9/2/1-2 Nottinghamshire 1416-c.1678

DD/FJ/9/3/1-9 Derbyshire c.1279-1487

DD/FJ/9/4/1 Kent 1405

DD/FJ/9/5/1-14 Lincolnshire 1443-1630

DD/FJ/9/6/1 Wiltshire late 13 C.

DD/FJ/9/7/1-34 Yorkshire 13 C.-1722

DD/FJ/9/8/1 Bristol 1653

PAPERS ARRANGED BY SUBJECTS

DD/FJ/10/1/1-2 Apprenticeship 1651-1659

DD/FJ/10/2/1-8 Bailiff 1481-1521

DD/FJ/10/3/1-7 Boroughs, Markets etc c.1232-1503; 18 C.

DD/FJ/10/4/1-2 Bridges 1400-1659

DD/FJ/10/5/1 Commission of the Peace, Derbyshire 1526

DD/FJ/10/6/1-9 Commons & Wastes 1394-1731

DD/FJ/10/7/1-57 Ecclesiastical & Tithes 1227 (?)-1720

DD/FJ/10/7/58 Elections 1679-1774

DD/FJ/10/8/1 Ferry 1555

DD/FJ/10/9/1-23 Forests & Game 1331-1742

DD/FJ/10/10/1-6 Genealogy and Family History 17-18 C.

DD/FJ/10/11/1-7 Lieutenancy 1678-1759

DD/FJ/10/12/1 Medicine 1664

DD/FJ/10/13/1-24 Minerals 1356-1769

DD/FJ/10/14/1-4 Pardon, Royal 1473-1554

DD/FJ/10/15/1-10 Political papers and national affairs 1356-1777

DD/FJ/10/16/1-6 Rights of Way 1614-1767

DD/FJ/10/17/1 Ships 1731

DD/FJ/10/18/1-32 Shrievalty, appointments and papers 1383-1746

DD/FJ/10/19/1-3 Surveyor of the King's Works 1540-1719

DD/FJ/10/20/1-21 Taxes and Assessments 1360-1709

DD/FJ/10/21/1-17 Timber 1490-1592

Related Collections also in Nottinghamshire Archives:

Foljambe of Osberton (additional deposit) (DD/FJ/11-14)

Foljambe of Osberton (second series) (DD/FJ/15)

Foljambe of Osberton (Irish estates) (DD/FJ/IR)

Related Collections elsewhere:

Further records can be found in possession of the depositor, in the Berkshire Record office (D/EX 183), in Sheffield Archives (MD 2693), and in other repositories listed in the National Register of Archives.

Foljambe family of Osberton, Nottinghamshire

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These documents relate to estates developed from the nucleus originally built up by the family in the Derbyshire Peak District in the Middle Ages, and subsequently augmented by marriages into the Fitzwilliam, Moore, and Thornhagh / Hewitt families with further properties in the Chesterfield area of Derbyshire, in south Yorkshire and north Nottinghamshire. The records were held in the Estate Office at Osberton Hall near Worksop prior to their deposit in the Nottinghamshire Records Office (now Nottinghamshire Archives) in 1962.

• Lacey, Henry De, 1251-1311, Earl of Lincoln
• De lacey, Henry, 1251-1311, Earl of Lincoln
• John of Gaunt, 1340-1399, 5 Earl of Lancaster
• Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705, physician and antiquary
• Fitzwilliam family of Aldwark, Yorkshire
• Aldwark, Yorkshire
• Walton, Derbyshire
• Agriculture
• Forest management
• Metallurgy

The Foljambe Family

The fortunes of a number of well-known Derbyshire gentry families were founded on the holding of Crown offices in the royal Forest of the Peak in the early Middle Ages. Notable examples were the Foljambes, Bagshawes, Balguys, Eyres, Woodruffs and Archers. The earliest references to the Foljambes occur in the mid 13th century, when they appear as foresters at fee, holding land in serjeanty in return for the services of keeping the forest with bows and arrows. One of the first recorded members of the family, Thomas Foljambe, was also at various times in the late 13th century bailiff of the Honour and Castle of the Peak and held the castle from the Crown at fee-farm. The family seem to have lived at Tideswell, one of the chief settlements in the Forest, but by grant or purchase built up estates in several nearby villages at this period. They contributed towards the building of Tideswell parish church in the 14th century, where many of their monuments can still be seen. The family's status was considerably increased in the same century by the first Sir Godfrey Foljambe (died 1376) as a result of his services to the Dukes of Lancaster. He was, at different times, steward of Blackburn wapentake in Lancashire and of the Staffordshire borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, steward of the Honour of Tutbury, and later a chief steward of the Duchy of Lancaster. As such he was one of John of Gaunt's closest associates. In c.1361 he obtained a grant of the important manor of Bakewell, a market town just outside the Forest of the Peak, where he later founded a chantry in the parish church.

The fortunes of the family grew in the 15th century as a result of a series of successful marriages, partly achieved by obtaining grants of wardship and marriage, which brought to them further estates, chiefly in north-east Derbyshire and adjacent parts of Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. This meant that by the end of the century the centre of their influence had moved eastwards from the Peak District to the Chesterfield area. Chesterfield was the second town in Derbyshire at this period, and the manor house at Walton, some three miles away, which was obtained by marriage, now became the family's chief seat. A detailed rental of all the estates of Henry Foljambe in c.1500 lists extensive properties in 23 places in Derbyshire (the great majority in Chesterfield and district), 7 in Yorkshire, and 5 in Nottinghamshire, and it is possible that this list is incomplete.

Henry's son and heir, the fourth Sir Godfrey Foljambe, found royal patronage as an esquire of the body to King Henry VIII. An unexecuted will of 1513 in the present collection was made by him when "intendyng to go over the see with the kynges grace". He was at different periods receiver and feodary of Tickhill, in the Duchy of Lancaster, escheator of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, and three times sheriff of the combined counties. He again furthered the family fortunes by arranging the marriages of his two sons to the two daughters and co-heiresses of Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwark, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, neices of the famous William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton. This match brought to the Foljambes extensive estates in south Yorkshire, which the Fitzwilliam had in turn inherited from the Clarell family.

Throughout the remainder of the period prior to the Civil War the family continued to be pre-eminent in local affairs, frequently acting as sheriffs and other officials of the counties where their estates lay. They do not appear to have benefited from the dissolution of religious houses, as did so many families in their position (except perhaps by a Crown lease of the prebend of Tickhill with its rectories in 1541). Although most of the family appear to have conformed to the new religion after the Reformation, at least two members of the family were imprisoned for recusancy in the 1580's. This period also witnessed the more intense exploitation of their estate for the minerals in which many of them were rich, but their interests in coal mining and in iron and lead manufacture in Yorkshire and Derbyshire led them into a number of legal disputes with their neighbours, particularly over common lands.

The senior male line of the family came to an end with Sir Francis Foljambe, created a baronet in 1622, who, to quote the family chronicler, Dr. Nathaniel Johnston, "was a person of great generousness, but of so profuse a temper, and hospitality to excess, that what by reason of the great jointure of the three ... ladies, and the contentions about the estate and the less regarding of his interest by reason of his having no issue male, he sold Walton and most of his Derbyshire lands, and much of his Yorkshire lands, and entangled others, that reduced that estate which was so great ... to £1000 per annum". On his death in 1640 the residue of the estates reverted to Peter Foljambe of Stecton, Yorkshire (1599-1669), a cousin far removed, who seems to have avoided direct involvement in the Civil War, although during the Commonwealth he was charged with royalist sympathy by the Commissioners of Delinquency. From the late 17th century the chief family seat had moved to Aldwark, where it remained for some 200 years.

The male line of this family also failed in the early 18th century, and the estates passed through the female line to Francis Ferrand Moore (1750-1814), a member of a Hull merchant family, who adopted the surname of Foljambe. He married twice, into the Thornhagh/Hewett and Lumley families, both of them linked by marriage with the Saviles of Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire, and all important names in South Yorkshire and North Nottinghamshire. His descendants eventually left Aldwark and settled at Osberton, the old Nottinghamshire seat of the Thornhagh and Hewett families, where they still remain.

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