3, 8, Henry, Stakhowe, 8 messuages 1 bovate of land (13s 9.5d) and 8 perches (11s 0.75d) of demesne land, 24s, 10.25,
, , Thomas, Stokhows, one messuage in the same place, 1 bovate of land and pays as at the end 24, 8
Henr’ Stackhouse for a messuage <13s 9½d> 1 oxgang of land and 8 part <11s ¾d> of the demesne 24s 10¼d
Stackhouse, Robert, Northumberland, £1.50, , Giggleswick
1559 Robert Stackhouse holds one tenement with garden and croft in the same place [blank] and renders per annum 7s 4d It is reported that he is in London.
WILL OF Robert STACKHOUSE 1567 Borthwick Vol. 17 Folio 674 In the name of god amen the 24th. day of May 1567 I Robt.Stackhous of Giggleswick sick in body & of good & perfect remembrance loved be almighty god, make this my last will & testament in maner & form following First I give & bequeath my soul to almighty god, & to all the glorious company in heaven, & my body to be buried in the parish church of Giggleswick. Also I give & bequeath for my mortuary & other church dues all that right will Also I give & bequeath title & tenant right of my house & the tithing unto hewgh stackhous my son according to my leases & after the said lease of my house I give my title & tenant of the garth & house that George Foster dwelles now in unto James stackhous my son with the licence of the lord Also I will that hewgh armitsted my brother in law & Thomas procter of cletopp shall have order & keep my house my three children & their goods to them be it lawful & also the rest of all my goods my debts & all other duties paid & discharged I give unto my three sons hewgh james & oliver & it to be equally divided amongst them & I make & constitute Thomas procter of cletopp hewgh armitsted executors witness hereof John brayshay Richard tailer of Giggleswick John linsey & James foster clarke further more for the end & help of my children I institute & order other two executors Ric. Newhous & James stackhous these witness Thomas browne of cockhead Willim palay Also I make adam (carr?) of mvyth (mewith?) & John linsey my brother in law supervisors of this my last will & testament & they to see it fulfilled & kept.Buried 1567
Had three sons Hugh, James and Oliver
1550 free Richard Stackhouse Armysted renders per annum 3d 1572
Gersum 29s 4d Hugh Stackhouse the son of Robert holds by the 6 Eliz Fully paid lord’s indenture dated 14 April 6 Eliz granted to Lease for As noted the said Robert for the term of 21 years one inn 21 years Respited with garden and appurtenances in the same place Dismisssed called Heithead. And it yields per annum at the feast aforesaid; 7s 4d ex’
At will The same Hugh holds at the lord’s will one half Respited acre and half a rood of land at Crowkedraynes, yielding per annum 15d, and the sixth part of one rode of land at Hollereddynge Hoole at a rent of 1½d. And they yield per annum in all at the feast aforesaid; 16½d ex’
At will The same Hugh holds at the lord’s will one parcel Respited of waste land in the tenure of George Foster at Litle Woodside. And it yields per annum at the feast aforesaid; 2d ex’
8s 10 ½ d
Hugh Stackhouse 1579 Borthwick vol 21 fol 361 In the name of God Amen the xxiijth day of July 1579 I Heughe Stackhouse of Gigleswicke sicke in bodie but whole & pfecte in mynde praised be almightie god, do maik this my last will & testamente in manner and forme folowinge First I commende my soule to almightie god my maker, and to Jesus christe my onely redemer, by faythe in whose blod alone, I beleve to be sayved & my bodie to be buried in the pishe churche yerde of Gigleswicke Also I bequithe for my mortuary, whatsoever righte dothe require Item I geve to the poore manes boxe viijd Item I geve & bequeathe to Isabell my wyfe the occupacon of my tente tackes & leases whatsoever I have duringe her widowheade, & also duringe the noneaige of that childe wherewithe she is great at this presente. Yf it please god the sayme childe to lyve. And if it dye Then my will is that my Tente shall returne after my wyfes widowhead to my brother James Stackhouse and to thissue of his bodie lawfully begotten. And for lacke of such issue to Roger Stackhouse my brother and the issue of his bodie lawfully begotten and my will (is) that my two brethren, James Stackhouse and Roger Stackhouse; shall have paid to either of them xvij li of my whole goodes wch summes I owe unto them at the presente As for the reste of my goods my dettes discharged I geve to my wyfe and to that childe wherwith she is nowe whom I maike ioyntely executors of this my laste will & testamente theis beinge witnesses Thomas Payley willm Craven willm Jakeson
Jurors 1579 The relict of Hugh Slackehowse one cottage, one barn, one stable with other houses, 2 gardens 7s 4d. Improvements 16½d. Also one other improvement 2d. After Isabel’s death it should have gone to Hugh’s brothers James and Roger (Oliver)
1583
Hugh Stackhouse deceased 1579 (son of Robert) did hold by Indenture mayd the 8the day of Aprill 6th yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereigne Ladye the Quene matie tha now is unto Robart Stackhouse his father one mess 1 laythe one Stable 2 gardens garden 2 little close of medow lying at Crossraynes & Suttergarthe half one Rode of land neire little wood with the apptnnces unto the said mess lying from the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed virgin mary next before the dait of the said Indenture for and during the tearme of 21 yeares then next folowing paying the yearlie Rent of 7s (free rent 3d and 6s 8d ancient) Which pmisses the said Hughe by his last will did bequeathe unto Issabel his wife during her widowhood And duringe the nonaige of suche Child as there then was & that is with all if it please god the same leive & so dyed (but the child died and the wife has not got over it). And for that the said wiefe is yet undelynered the Demising of the pmisses at this tyme was respected Also the said Hughe did hold at will of the L(ord) Certen pcells of land laitlie improved at Croked raynes & hoo Ridding cont by estimacon half one acr
CR Hugh Stackhouse tenant, has similarly died since the last court. Hugh Stackhouse is his son.
1600 7s 4d Hugh Stackhouse holds one mansion house called the Harts Head with a barn, stables, yard, garden and certain parcels of land lying in the township and territories of Giggleswick aforesaid. Sum total 1- 2- 5- 2 34s 2 ½ d Meadow 1- 0- 7, Pasture 1- 8- 2 His beastgates in the common pasture
1602
Isabel re-married a Thomas Stackhouse 3rd Jul 1580 so CR Elizabeth Wildman of Preston complains of Thomas Stackhouse of Giggleswick and Isabel his wife, executrix of the will of Hugh Stackhouse deceased, in a plea of debt of 6s for her wages for the time she was his servant.
Thomas Stackhouse for one tenement 6s 8d, for a croft 12d and for another 11s 8d tenement at Hunthwaite 4s
Hugh Stackhouse for a tenement [7s 4d] and for lands improved 16 ½ d and for 8s 10 ½ d another small parcel called Scolehow 2d (not Harts Head)
1583 Hugh Stackhouse baptised 1579 son of ??Georg (should be Hugh Stackhouse) deceased haithe take of the sayd Comysses one mess one Laythe one Stable two gardens Two lytle closes of medow lying at Cross Raynes and Suttergarthe half one Roode of land neer lytle woodd with thapptance unot the sayd mess lying To have and hold yielding paying the rent of 7s 4d And also certen pcell of land laytly improved at Crooked Raynes & hoe Ridding cont by estymacon half one acre half a rode and 6th pte of a Rode of the rent of 16d and one pcell of wast called Schoole howsebrow lat in the holding of georg foster of the rent of 2d Provydet that the said Hugh shall Pmyt and suffer Issabell (Elizabeth nee Craven) his mother & her assignes in consyderacon what she must pay the old figure to occupy the pmysses till the abovesayd hugh her son accomplish the aige of 21 yeares And afterwards the thirde of the pmysses During her wydowhod and paying for the fyne £6 5s 8s 10d
1602/03 Free Hugh Stackhouse 3d
1621 freeholders Out of the lands late Wm. Armysteedes, and nowe Robert Bankes, Hugh Stackhowse and Wm. Boatman, 16d Out of the lands sometime Richard Stackhowse, and since Hugh Stackehowse, 3d
Fine £35 10s Hugh Stackhouse holds by indenture dated 1 October 2 James I 1604 All that one messuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, in G aforesaid, one lathe, one stable, two little gardens, one cottage and one garden or little enclosure in the backside thereof, Two little closes of meadow lying at the Crooked Reynes and Sowtergarth half, One rood of land lying near Little Wood, with the appurtenances, of the ancient yearly rent of 7s 4d, And certain parcels of land lately improved at Crooked Reynes and How Ridding, of the yearly rent of 16d, And one parcel of waste ground, lately improved, called Schoolehowse Trowe, of the yerely rent of 2d, then in the tenure [Note in LH margin: now paid by Henry Walker now paid by Henry Walker the husband of Hugh’s mother Ellena married 1621 ] or occupation of the said Hugh Stackhouse, To hold for 6000 years
40th Elizabeth Thomas Hall, tenant, has died. Thomas Stackhouse now holds the premises. [Fine] £68 6s 8d Thomas Stackhouse holds by indenture dated 8 October in the last aforesaid year 1604 One close, one lathe, one garden, one croft to the said close belonging, of the ancient rent of 3s 4d And the moiety of one fulling mill standing in the Tarne field, of the ancient rent of 3s 4d, And one croft under Craven bank of the ancient rent of 12d, And one cottage and two closes in Lynethwhyte, lately improved, of the rent of 4s, And all houses etc, Except as before in the former leases of G etc, To hold for 6000 years without impeachment of waste, Yielding 11s 8½d at Martinmas and Pentecost equally, And for Moore Rent 19½d at Michaelmas only, With like reservations of suit of court and mill and other like covenants and conditions as in the other long leases of Giggleswick. [Note in RH margin: examined 11s 8d And for Moore Rent 19½d Thereof Wm. Batman 3d Rog[er] Taylor 2d Himself 9d Adam Preston ...] [Note in LH margin: Thereof Wm. Bateman 12d Himself 7s 4d ... Carre 3s 4d] Fine 103s 4d Richard Hall for a Cottage and 2 little closes at Linthwayte in Giggleswick there for 21 years from the year etc 1610 that is to say 8 King James 2s 3d [Note in LH margin: Now Tho. Stackhouse Compounded by him]
William Newhouse occupies one rood of waste together with Thomas Stackhouse at Langcliffe Wath, which they now claim to be parcel of their tenements [In RH margin: never rented]
Hugh Stackhouse Giggleswick 1618 v35 f384 In the name of God amen I Hugh Stackhouse of Giggleswick in the county of York husbandman being at this instant visited by sickness and infirmity in my body yet never-the-less of sound and perfect memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament the sixth day of March in the year of our lord one thousand six hundred eighteen in manner and form following that is to say first I do hereby revoke and dismiss all previous wills by me heretofore made and I do now commend my soul unto the merciful hands of almighty God my maker and redeemer and my body to earthly burial at the discretion of my wife and friends. And whereas I have by my indenture of lease bearing date the fifth day of this instant March certified and granted unto Josias Banks of Giggleswick aforesaid and unto Thomas Rimmington of Feizor in the said county yeoman all my three closes or enclosures of ground called the ridding within the town fields of Giggleswick aforesaid to have and to hold the same to the said Josias and Thomas their executors and assigns for the term of fourteen years next following after the day after the date of the said lease now I do hereby confirm the said lease and I do desire the said Josias Banks and Thomas Rimmington that they will let and ***? the said closes during the said term at as high a rate or value as they possibly can and that they will pay the money that shall arise thereof to my executor hereafter named towards the payment of my debts. And also I do hereby give devise and bequeath to the said Josias Banks and Thomas Rimmington their executors and assigns all those my closes or enclosures of ground which I hold by long lease or leases commonly called and known by the names of Churchwath Close the Ing Close and Alan Mire Close and all my estate right title interest term and terms of years therein and demised whatsoever of and in the said Hugh Stackhouse of ***** to the same closes and every of them. And also all my indentures and writings which do only concern the said premises or any of them To have and to hold all the said closes and enclosures of ground to the said Josias Banks and Thomas Rimmington their executors and assigns to their only use and uses for and during all the term and terms of years which are yet to come and unexpired of the several lease and leases and other grants and assignments whereby I hold the said, yielding and paying therefore yearly during the said terms to the right honourable Francis Earl of Cumberland his heirs and assigns such rents and services as for the same of right are due and payable. And I do desire and request the said Josias Banks and Thomas Rimmington to sell all the said closes and estates therein so **** as conveniently they can and for as much money as they shall be able to get for the same and that they will out of the said monies pay unto Robert my son ten pounds towards his better preferment for these fourteen years now next coming and likewise pay and disperse all my due debts and for the surplusage of the money that shall remain besides the payment of my said debts my will is that the same shall be accounted amongst my other goods and go to the bettering of the portions of my wife and remaining children. And as concerning my messuage or dwelling house and all other my houses garths gardens and other land and tenements I hold by long lease and leases I give the same and all my estate right title interest term and terms of years therein unto Robert Stackhouse my eldest son and to his lawful issue executors and assigns but in default thereof then unto Hugh Stackhouse my second son and to his lawful issue executors and assigns provided always …..??? my said son Robert and his issue or in default thereof then my said son Hugh and his lawful issue executors and assigns and every of them shall permit and suffer Ellen my wife and her assigns to have hold and enjoy all my said houses and garthes for the term of seventeen years next after my decease for and towards the better maintenance and bringing up of herself and my younger children …, that if the said Ellen be still living at the end of the said seventeen years that then also they shall permit and suffer the said Ellen and her assigns to occupy and enjoy one full third part of all the said houses and garths and other the said last mentioned premises from the …., for and during the term of fifty and one years if she so long live. And my will is also that my said wife shall have her third part of all my moveable goods but I give the other two parts thereof to my younger children equally among them. And I make and ordain the said Ellen my wife to be the sole executrix of this my last will and testament these being witnesses. William Lawson and Thomas Paley Possibly son of Hugh baptised 4.12.1579 Buried 1619 First married to Margaret Paley in 1598 by whom he had Robert baptised 1601. Margaret was buried in 1606, he then married Jane Brayshaw in 1607 but she died in 1608. He then married Ellen who appears in the will but no wedding is recorded. They had:
21.4.1611 Anna 24.9.1613 Maria 5.10.1616 Hester
It is not clear when Hugh his son was baptised or to which mother.
Ellen Stackhouse [Hugh’s widow] married Henry Walker in 1621
Lands
1580 The relict of Hugh Stackehowse one cottage, one barn, one stable with other houses, 2 gardens 7s 4d. Improvements 16½d. Also one other improvement 2d.
1602/03 Hugh Stackhouse freeholder 2d By indenture Hugh Stackhouse for a tenement [7s 4d] and for lands improved 16 ½ d and for another small parcel called Scolehow 2d 8s 10 ½ d
1621 Freeholds Out of the lands late Wm. Armysteedes, and nowe Robert Bankes, Hugh Stackhowse and Wm. Boatman, 16d
Out of the lands sometime Richard Stackhowse, and since Hugh Stackehowse, 3d
1621 cont Fine £35 10s
Hugh Stackhouse holds by indenture dated 1 October 2 James I 1604 All that one messuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, in G aforesaid, one lathe, one stable, two little gardens, one cottage and one garden or little enclosure in the backside thereof, Two little closes of meadow lying at the Crooked Reynes and Sowtergarth half, One rood of land lying near Little Wood, with the appurtenances, of the ancient yearly rent of 7s 4d, And certain parcels of land lately improved at Crooked Reynes and How Ridding, of the yearly rent of 16d, And one parcel of waste ground, lately improved, called Schoolehowse Trowe, of the yerely rent of 2d, then in the tenure or occupation of the said Hugh Stackhouse, now paid by Henry Walker the husband of Hugh’s mother To hold for 6000 years
[Note in RH margin: Thereof Wm. Banckes 15d Henry Walker 16d Hen. Walker for R... Stackhouse ... John Stackhous alias Harrison made an affray upon William Carre Roger Armitsted complains against Roger Carre of Closehous and Thomas Stackhouse of Giggleswick re detinue of a sack.
V1590/1 CBI f.289v, 1590-91, John Stackhouse the elder, “he did stryke Thomas Bankes upon the face with his fiste in the church yard upon the Sabbothe day the xij [12th] of Julie in the presence of Roger Carr one of the Sworne men”, Stackhouse appeared and confessed and submitted himself “and forasmuch as his neybours do well report of him, therefore he is dismissed” Absolved.
1595, John Stackhouse junior , 1595, Isabell Lupton, Fornication
1633, Thomas Stackhouse and Cicely Allen , “for fornicacion together”, Allen called but did not appear. Stackhouse was reserved.
1636, Thomas Stackhouse and Ellen Cooke, “for Fornicacion before marriage”, Stackhouse appeared and was injoined to make declaration and certify 15 December 1637 Stackhouse appeared and was absolved
PR 1596, Isabella, Lupton, John, Stackhouse, "illegitimae sic Johannis Stackhouse per quandam "
9 , 5, 1596, Jana , Isabellum [Johannis], Lupton [Stackhouse]
PR 23 , 6, 1571, Johannes , Elizabethe [Johannes], Harrisonne [Stackhouse] John Stackhous alias Harrison made an affray upon William Carre