1664
Wakefield Court Rolls
Miscellaneous Items

Some Miscellaneous Items gleaned from the Wakefield Court Rolls

• Miscellaneous Items : 1664

  • Jeremiah Bairstowe senior, a clothier of Northowram, tenanted land and buildings at Micklemosse, near Awmblerthorne and les Colepitts. Jeremiah Bairstowe has a son, George, a clothier
  • John Bothomley: On October 11th 1664, an order was made forbidding people making a footway over the land of John Bothomley at Lightlyroyd in Barkisland
  • Martin Bothomley, a yeoman, and his wife Anne were living in Barkisland
  • John Brigge was a tenant in Sowerby
  • Joseph Brigge (gentleman) held Feildhouse in Sowerby
  • Isaac Child, yeoman, occupied land in Warley
  • Edward Crosley, a yeoman of Lomme in Sowerby, and his wife Susan (lately the wife of deceased James Robinson of Sowerby) made legal provision in respect of their house and land at Lomme and 2 closes known as Dewriefeild and le Midlefeild. The document also involved Joseph Firth, a clothier of Sowerby, and Grace his wife (daughter of the above Susan Crosley.) 
  • Joshua Crowthre, Adam Taylor, Abraham Shaw and John Wilbee were required to switch their hedges overhanging the road between Houghehead and Stumpe Crosse in Northowram
  • Isaac Farrer of Ballgreene in Sowerby was a yeoman married to Elizabeth Brigge
  • Michael Gill, a clothier of Skircotes, was the son of Michael Gill and Bridget (daughter of John Sladen) deceased, lately of Warley
  • Abraham Greenwood: A property transaction took place between Abraham Greenwood, yeoman of Beddingslacke, Warley, together with his heir apparent James Greenwood, and Robert Watmough of Eringden. The property was occupied by Jacob Farrer at a rent of 22 pence under composition
  • John Hartley was a tenant in Sowerby
  • Mistress Jane Hopkin, Jeremy Baxeter, John Bothomley, Samuell Craven and Samuell Wadsworth were required to mend the road between Shibden Mill and Samuell Wadsworth's dwellinghouse in Northowram
  • Edward Hudson was a tenant in Hipperholme
  • Joseph Kershawe was a tenant in Sowerby
  • Thomas Lister, Abraham Shaw and Jonathan Threapland were required to switch their hedges overhanging Shibden Brook in Northowram
  • Thomas Longbothame owned land near Amblerthorne
  • John Longbottom was required to fill up two stone pitts near Baraclough of the Feere in Northowram
  • Michael Lumm of Barkisland had to appear in court in Brighouse on October 11th 1664 charged with making a blood and affray upon the body of Judith Crosley of the same towne
  • Daniel Mitchell was required to mend the road between his house and that of John Stocks in Northowram
  • James Murgatroid was a tenant in Sowerby
  • Josiah Stansfeild was a tenant in Sowerby
  • Thomas Stocks owned land in Northowram
  • Gilbert Sturdy, Thomas Hanson, Samuell hemingway and Richard Smith were required to mend the road between Tilly-houme stile and Mithom in Northowram
  • Jonas Sugden was occupying a house and land called Litthouse situated 'between Ayringden and the water of Calder'
  • William Thomas was a tenant in Sowerby
  • Henry Walker occupied land in Warley
  • John Wells held land called Northfield in Northowram

• Constables : 1664

  • Halifax: John Smith and Thomas Hartley junior
  • Skircoat: Michael Godley, John Ingham
  • Sowerby: Joseph Mawde
  • Ovenden: Henry Wilson
  • Warley, John Murgatroid
  • Wadsworth: Thomas Sutcliffe
  • Midgley: Timothy Wadsworth
  • Rishworth with Norland: Joseph Tayler
  • Stansfield: Henry Wadsworth, John Eastwood of Eastwood
  • Heptonstall: William Sutcliffe junior
  • Langfield: John Ingham
  • Erringden: Richard Thomas

• Jurors : 1664

  • Halifax: Simeon Horsfall, John Manknowles, Christopher Mitchell, Abraham Sutcliffe, William Barrett, John Maskew
  • Skircoat: Edward Boulton, Richard Demby, Richard Robinson, William Crowther
  • Sowerby: John Riley, John Illingworth, Michael Barrett, Samuel Wilde
  • Ovenden: Isaac Wilson, Edmund Bairstowe, Jo. Maude, Jo. Riley
  • Warley: Samuel Hargreaves, Edward Denton, Mathew Hesleden, Peter Moore
  • Wadsworth: Henry Lockwood, Michael Greenwood junior, John Sutcliffe
  • Midgley: Joseph Deane, Jonas Bordall, Jonathan Shaw
  • Rishworth with Norland: John Godlay, John Wormall, William Denton Edmund Tayler
  • Stansfield: Abraham Stansfeild, John Greenewood, Gregory Mitchell, Abraham Earnshawe
  • Heptonstall: Thomas Foster, John Mitchell, Joshua Bentley, Paul Greenewood
  • Langfield: Simeon Wilson, John Eastwood, James Crabtree, John Asden
  • Erringden: Henry Cockroft, John Thomas, Mathew Bordall, Nathan Hellewell

This & associated entries use material contributed by Lesley Abernethy

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