MS 879
Genealogical history of the family of Verity of Bramley nr. Leeds together with collateral branches.
MS 879/1
II Copy of a memorial of an Indenture between Richard Lister Gaunt of Littlethorpe Ripon, gent. (1st part) Abraham Birch of Bramley Leeds, Tanner, John Bateson of Bramley, gardiner, William Guy of Bramley, Weaver, William Gregson of Bramley, forgeman & Hannah Peat of Bramley, spinster (2nd part) & James Peat of Leeds, gent, (3rd part) Relating to closes of land in Bramley called Billing Balks. 5 Oct 1705
/2 Extracts from Calverley parish registers relating to the Verity family
/3 Extracts from Quaker & non-conformist registers relating to the Verity families & other families connected by marriage.
/4 Family photographs of John Kirk Verity of Billingbauk Bramley Leeds and descendents in England and the USA.
/5 Photographs of “Billingbaulk” Bramley Leeds the family home of the Verity family.
/6 Miscellaneous notes relating to the Verity family 2 files
/7-10 Additional notes all relating to the Verity family of Bramley 4 files
/11 Miscellaneous Verity papers Includes Notes on Massey-Harris Co Ltd Verity Works, Brantford, Ontario. Canada & William Henry Verity, Notes on “Billingbaulk” in Bramley the hom of the Verity family. Extracts from Leeds parish registers, Bradford Cathedral registers, Bramley St.Peter parish registers, and registers at Somerset House London all relating to the Verity family. MS879/1
/12 Pedigrees of Verity of Linton-in-Craven 1604-1812
MS879/2
/1 Verity of Bramley - additional notes - part 1 1 file
/2 Verity of Bramley - additional notes - part 2 1 file
/3 Verity of Bramley - additional notes - part 3 1 file
/4 Genealogical information relating to persons of the surname of Verity
/5 Verity — miscellaneous information 1 file
/6 Photograph of “Billingbaulk” 1 item
11 Notes relating to Matthew Verity 7 his sons William Henry & John Kirk (includes photographs) 1 file
/8 Verity of Bramley - additional notes 1 file MS 879/2
/9 Verity of Bramley - additional notes & pedigree 1 file
/10 Vertue - Veryty - information referring to master masons of surname Vertue & monks of surname Veryty at Westminster Abbey & Monastery
MS 879/3
/1 Notes on Henry Verity of Wilmslow Cheshire 1 file
/2 Verite of Flanders & Picardy 1 file
/3 Verity of Woodkirk 1 file
/4 Joseph Clough of Cleckheaton & descendents (includes photographs) 1 file
/5 Notes on the Clough family 1 file
/6 Notebook of Benjamin Clough
/7 William Sugden of Clackheaton (includes photographs) 1 file MS 879/4
11 Verity of South Wales includes pedigrees, photographs, notes, certificates & additional notes. 3 files
/2 Verity of Pateley Bridge & surrounding districts. 1 file
/3 Verity of London includes notes, photographs, pedigree & extracts from postal directories. 2 files 14 Verity of Wigan & Huy ton Lancs, includes pedigree, notes & certificates 1 file
/5 James Verity of Cross House, East Bierley includes notes, pedigree, photographs & map showing Cross House 2 files
/6 Book - “Verity - Mason - Pestell” 1716-1968
/7 Notes on the Blackett & Stapleton families 1 file MS 879/5
/1 Verity of Canada includes notes & pedigree 1 file
/2 Book - “Exeter - Co. Huron by J. L. Wooden. Pub. 1973
/3 Verity of Dewsbury includes extracts from Dewsbury parish registers & pedigree
/4 Verity of East Ardsley includes Notes & pedigree
/5 Veritys in Africa 16 Papers relating to the Young family of Bramley includes Correspondence from James Young when in Canada to his sister Jane Isabella of Fleethough farm Horsforth 1884-1885 Correspondence from James Young to his sisters & brothers 1865-1873 Death certificate of Elizabeth Petty daughter of Thomas Young
List of documents referring to the Young family
/7 Notes relating to G. B. Goldsworthy
/8 Map of Coquetdale £
/9 Correspondence - all relating to research of the Verity family 1960’s - 1980’s MS 879/5
/10 Postcards — mostly from Ireland during W.W.l
/11 Miscellaneous notes out of context
MS 879/6
/1 Personal letters, diaries etc. written by members of the Verity & Clough families of Bramley. 1 file
/2 Record of the Young family of Staveley, Askwith & Bramley & their connections with Verity of Bramley 1 file
MS 879/7
Verity Family Bible, with notes and references Printed in London 1613-1615? by Robert Barker (fragile)
4 MS 879/8
/1 Wills & Admons of the Verity family (List in box) 63 items
12 Notes referring to Verity wills and admons at the Central Probate Registry, Somerset House, London 1887
/3 Wills, pedigrees & correspondence to Kirkbys Solicitors Harrogate all relating to the late Marjorie Swanson Banks of Harrogate 1 item
MS 879 OUTSIZE/1
Pedigrees
Verity of Bramley
Verity of Woodkirk
Verity of Bierley
Verity/Simcock/Swales/Huggon
Verity/Holdsworth/Wilson
Verity/Clough/Sugden/Mortimer
Hilditch/Verity
Clough/Verity
Mortimer/Sugden
Goldsworthy
Goldsworthy/Clough/Kitching
Goldsworthy/Clough/W illis
Goldsworthy/Scott MS 879/8 List of Verity wills
Robert Vertue of London 1506 Jane Veridee (widow) of Dudley 1579 Jennett Vertie of Hesket Cumberland 1591 John Vertee of Aldbrough-in-Holderness 1599 John Verty of Sowerby 1604 Margaret Verytie of Thorpe Linton-in-Craven 1609 Richard Verodye of Duddeley Worcestershire Henrye Veritye of Thorpe-in-Craven 1616 Robert Verity of Hebden-in-Ceaven 1620 Thomas Veritie of Ottringham 1639 Dorothy Vertey of Blakney p. Awn Glos. 1643 Thomas Veritie of Keyingham-in-Holderness 1658 Thomas Vertee of Hebden-in-Craven 1661 Martine Verity of Hebden-in-Craven 1667 Christopher Vertey (senior) of Bergevenny Mon. 1674 Thurston Vertey of Blakney Glos. 1681 Christopher Vertey (junior) of Bergevenny Mon. 1681 Anna Veritie of Hebden-in-Craven 1685 Thomas Verity of London 1707 Peter Verity of Bilton Harrogate 1718 John Verity of London 1721 Robert Verity of Brinklow Warwikshire 1740 William Verity of Hebden Linton-in-Craven 1740 William Verity of Hebden Linton-in-Craven 1747 Roger Verity of Richmond Yorks. 1750 Henry Verity of Brinklow Warwickshire 1760 Mary Verity of Embsay Skipton 1766 John Verity of Fellbeck p. Ripon 1767 Aaron Verity of Earlsheaton P. Dewsbury 1772 Joseph Verity of Shipley p. Bradford 1800 James Verity of Leefair Green West Ardsley 1803 John Verity of John St St.Pancras London 1814 John Verity of East Bierley P. Birstall 1817 Thomas Verity of Lancaster 1819 John Verity of Lee Fair West Ardsley 1821 John Verity of Windhill p, Calverley 1830 Charlotte Verity of West Ardsley 1833 Robert Verity of Manchester 1834 Mary Verity of York 1836 Elizabeth Verity of London 1838 Susan Werdon Baynton Verity 1842 Benjamin Verity (the elder) of Bramley 1843 Miles Verity of Middlesmoor Stonebeck 1847 Benjamin Verity of Upper Green West Ardsley 1848 Judith Verity of Fulneck p. Calverley 1848 MS 879/8
Isiah Linwood Verity of South Tee. South Kensington London 1849 Hannah Verity of Middlesmoor Stonebeck 1849 John Verity of Ashton-under-Lyne 1849 Henry Verity of Wakefield 1850 James Verity of Waterloo Pudsey 1850 John Verity of Burnsall 1850 Mason Verity of Bales House p. Masham 1851 Thomas Verity of Studfold p. Kirkby Malzeard 1852 Joseph Verity of Wakefield 1853 Margaret Verity of Burnsall 1855 James Verity of Swillington Bridge P. Rothwell 1856 Richard Venty M.D. of Kimbolton Huntingdon 1857 Mary Verity of Hemel Hempstead 1858 Jane Verity of Lofthouse t. Fountains Earth 1860 Matthew Verity of Bramley 1875 Isaac Verity of Spring Row Manningham Bradford 1877 Harriet Douglas 1933 MS 879/OUTSIZE/l
Clough/Goldsworthy
Young/Herbert
Young/Hodgson
Herbert
Photographs
Verity family houses in Bramley
Cross House East Bierley
Manor House East Bierley
Tong Church
Maps & Plans
Plan of Bramley churchyard
Sketch of Tong church
Map of Bramley O.S. 1933
Verity monumental inscriptions in Pudsey churchyard
Misc. notes relating to members of the Verity family Includes John Kirk Verity & his wife Sarah Arthur Verity & his family Dr. Harry Clough The children of John Young & Jane Herbert
Copy of letters of administration to Betty Verity widow of Lawrence Verity 22 Sept 1806
Copy of the will of Benjamin Verity the elder of Bramley, clothier 1 Nov 1845
Death certificate of Benjamin Verity
Copy of the will of Eli Verity 1813 MS 879/ OUTSIZE/2
Photographs
The Verity family of Billingbaulk Bramley 6 items 1891 -1906 Billingbaulk, Bramley 3 items
The Verity family in the U.S.A. 1894
Bernard Sugden’s wedding at Cleckheaton 1900
Harry & George Verity 2 items 1915
Residence of the Douglas family of Cloughton Birkenhead 6 items e. 20th C.?
John Verity 2 items 1901
Matthew Verity 1877
George & Harry Verity 1900
Group of Verity family members 6 items c 1950
George Verity 1971
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25” map of Bramley 1893 MS 879/OUTSIZE/4
Pedigree of the Verity family of Bramley