MSI164 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GENEALOGICAL PAPERS OF W J ATKINSON

Notes, documents and 1920s-1930s correspondence of W J Atkinson, mostly genealogical, with some research material devoted to historical topics and in particular to the city of . The genealogical papers relate chiefly to the Atkinsons of York but include material relating to branches elsewhere, notably Leicester and Manchester, en

TABLE OF CONTENTS Nos CERTIFICATES 1 TESTAMENTARY DOCUMENTS 2-5 (mostly photocopies) CORRESPONDENCE 6-10 PEDIGREES 11-12 RESEARCH NOTES 13-46 NEWSPAPERS 47 MISCELLANEOUS 48-50 CERTIFICATES

BAPTISM CERTIFICATES 21 July 1790 Thomas,son of Joseph, gentle­ man and Sarah MARSHALL of Ferrbridge 9 Feb 1831 Elizabeth, daughter of John, labourer and Mary RAWSON of Crumpsall, Manchester

BIRTH CERTIFICATES 11 Nov 1837 James, son of William, farmer and Sarah HALLARD of Crumpsall, Manchester 22 Jan 1853 John Henry, son of Henry, draper and Sarah Elizabeth ATKINSON of Wolverhampton. 24 June 1854 Mary, daughter of Henry, draper and Sarah Elizabeth ATKINSON of Leicester.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES 12 Aug 1782 Frederick Atkinson, silk mercer, of St Helen's, York and Charlotte LOWE of Brotherton (2 copies) 9 Dec 1788 Joseph MARSHALL of Pontefract and Sarah LAW of Ferry Fryston 27 Dec 1830 William WANSTALL of Somerset and Sophia COLES of Leicester 6 May 1849 William Hallard, joiner and Susannah Elizabeth RAWSON, both of Cheetham, Manchester. MSI164

1/10 27 Nov 1849 Frederick WALLIS, salesman, of Greenheys, Manchester and Margaret HOWARTH of Manchester.

1/11 24 Dec 1850 Henry WEATHERILL, coachmaker, of Hull and Zillah WEST PETTINGER of Park (Humberside)

1/12 28 March 1852 Henry ATKINSON, draper, of Pimlico (Hertfordshire) and Sarah Elizabeth WOOD of Lutterworth (Leicestershire) 1/13 2 Feb 1856 Joseph MEAD, assayer and Henrietta MEKIERMIN, both of Llanelly, Wales. 1/14 19 June 1860 Joseph MEAD, assayer and Mary ATKINSON, both of Llanelly, Wales. 1/15 28 Oct 1871 David Davies, carpenter and Mary MEAD, both of Pembry, Wales. 1/16 19 Oct 1876 Joseph Henry ATKINSON ware­ houseman, of Cheetham, Manchester and Mary Ann WALLIS of Withington, Manchester. 1/17 20 Nov 1876 James Llewellyn Gilgrist CORKHILL, company secretary of Manchester and Mary ATKINSON of Liverpool BURIAL CERIFICATE 1/18 14 Dec 1794 Anne ATKINSON, widow of John Atkinson, confectioner, of Petergate, York 1/19 1/24 DEATH CERTIFICATES 1/19 8 Sep 1856 John COLE, commercial traveller, of Broughton [Lancashire]

1/20 2 8 Aug 1864 Joseph MEAD, assay master, of Llanelly, Wales MSI164 26 May 1866 William HALLARD, farm labourer, of Crumpsall, Manchester 8 Sept 1868 Sarah HALLARD, widow of William Hallard, labourer, of Crumpsall, Manchester 1 Sept 1950 Frederick John ATKINSON, architect and surveys of Prestatyn, Wales 2 6 May 1956 Jessie Stuart HALLARD, wife of Frank PETTINGER Hallard, of Stockport TESTAMENTARY DOCUMENTS 30 Aug 1722 Will of John ATKINSON of York, mariner 18 Novi729 Bond by Mary ATKINSON 11. Aug 1729 Will of George ATKINSON of York, currier 21 Aug 1729 Will arid codicil of George ATKINSON of York, currier 18 Nov 1729 Bond by Mary ATKINSON 7 Oct 1727 Will of Thomas ATKINSON of Ampleforth, taylor 11 March 1739 Bond by his grandson William ATKINSON of Kirkby Moorside, gentleman 20 April 1729 Will and codicil of William ATKINSON of York woollen draper 5 July 1729 Bond by Thomas Spooner and Richard Howard 18 Dec 1730 Will of Richard ATKINSON of York, mercer 5 April 1734 Bond by Alice his widow 1 Jan 1731 Will of Abraham ATKINSON of St John's Lane, York, yeoman 26 Nov 1731 Bond by Elizabeth his widow 4 Jan 1731/1732 Inventory of goods of Elizabeth, widow of Abraham [p.St Saviour's] MS1164 2/5 4 March 1733/1734 Will of John ATKINSON of the East Side of [p. ] yeoman 3 Jan 1737 Bond by his son John 3 Jan 1737 Notice of probate Inventory n.d [1737] 2/6 2 Jan 1735 Will of Roger ATKINSON of Thornton, yeoman 10 Jan 1736 Bond by his widow Anne 2/7 12 Sept. 1739 Will of Christopher ATKINSON of Marton [p. Sinnington], schoolmaster 1 Oct 1739 Inventory 12 Oct 1739 Bond by his daughter-in-law Dorothy 2/8 26 Feb 1741 Inventory of goods of John ATKINSON, yeoman, late of Ryton [p. Kirby Misperton] July 1741 Probate notice re administration of goods of John ATKINSON, deceased intestate 2/9 12 March 1750/1751 Will of William ATKINSON of undcoate [p. Kirkdale], yeoman 21 May 1751 Bond by John his son Inventory of goods of William ATKINSON deceased by Lundcoate 12 March 1754 Inventory of goods of Richard ATKINSON, late of Ampleforth, yeoman 23 March 1754 Bond by Mary his widow 16 Sept 1775 Renunciation by Mary, widow of Richard ATKINSON, late of Ampleforth 13 Oct 1775 Bond by Thomas Smith of York, merchant and Thomas of York, butter factor, re will of Richard ATKINSON, late of Ampleforth 14 May 1778 Will of Richard ATKINSON of , innholder 7 May 1779 Bond by Eleanor, his widow 11 May 1790 Will of Mary ATKINSON of Ampleforth, widow 26 Nov 1790 Inventory of goods of Mary ATKINSON of Ampleforth 27 Jan 1802 Will of John ATKINSON of Ampleforth, taylor 15 Feb 1752/1753 Will of Richard ATKINSON of Packley, yeoman 7 May 1753 Inventory of goods of Richard ATKINSON 7 June 1753 Bond by hsi son Richard 19 June 17 53 Will of John ATKINSON of Lundcoate [p. Kirkdale], yeoman 29 June 1753 Inventory of goods of John ATKINSON 2 2 Aug 1753 Bond by his widow Jane 15 Aug 1756 Will of John ATKINSON of Breckonhill, Bilsdale, yeoman 19 Feb 1757 Bond by his son John 5 June 175 6 Will of Mary ATKINSON of Rosedale [p. Middleton], widow 22 Oct 1756 Bond by her son Thomas 26 May 1758 Will and codicil of Mary ATKINSON of Kirkbymoorside, widow 4 Sept 1760 Bond by her sons William, mercer and George, grocer MS 1164

2/15 10 J an 1763 Will of Thomas ATKINSON of Low-Helm, Bilsdale, yeoman 18 Aug 1764 Bond by his son William of Low-Helm, Bilsdale 21 May 1764 Will of William ATKINSON of Bilsdale 21 June 17 6 4 Inventory of goods of William ATKINSON of Bilsdale 29 June 1764 Bond by his son George 2/16 12 March 1765 Will of John ATKINSON of York, confectioner (2 copies) 31 Aug 1767 Bond by Anne his wife 2/17 6 Nov 177 5 Will of James ATKINSON of Blansby Park, Pickering, yeoman 4 April 1777 Bond by Thomas ATKINSON of York 2/18 21 Nov 1776 Will of Robert ATKINSON of Pockley near Inventory of goods of Robert ATKINSON 30 Nov 1776 Bond by his son Robert ATKINSON, farmer 2/19 23 April 1781 Will and codicil of Mary ATKINSON of York, widow of Benjamin

2/20 Oct 1784 Will and inventory of goods of Anne ATKINSON of Bilsdale

2/21 5 Sept 1796 Bond by Frederick ATKINSON of York, silk merchant, re will of Mrs Anne ATKINSON of York 19 Oct 1808 Bond by Charlotte ATKINSON senior and Charlotte ATKINSON Junior, of Gate Fulford, re will of Mrs Anne ATKINSON of York 4 Nov 1802 Will of Thomas ATKINSON of Pockley 3 March 1803 Abstract and will of Frederick ATKINSON of York, linen draper and merchant (2 copies of the will) 28 Nov 1803 Bond by his widow, Charlotte Draft and will of Charlotte, widow of Frederick ATKINSON of York 2 Nov 1832 Abstract of will of John ATKINSON of Huddersfield, surgeon and apothecary 11 July 1878 Will of Miss Caroline ATKINSON of Stanley, near Wakefield (3 copies) 4 Nov 1878 Renunciation by the Revd. William Jackson of Heathfield [Sussex] 25 March 1907 Will of Mary Anne of Manchester, wife of John Harry ATKINSON 7 Feb 1958 Will of Winifred May ATKINSON, widow, of 'Sunnylea', Bryntipion Drive, Prestatyn, Wales Bond and will of John ATKINSON of York [p. St Mary Bishophill Junior], flax dresser 6 administrative documents re curation of Jane ATKINSON, daughter of John ATKINSON of York, flax dresser 4 Sept 1728 Bond, inventory and will of Dorothy ATKINSON, widow, of York [p. St Sampson's] 8 J an 177 6 Bond and will of John ATKINSON, cordwainer, formerly of Gate Fulford and later of Osbaldwick MS 1164 3/3 8 Oct 1729 Bond, inventory and will of Christopher ATKINSON, butcher, of Snape 16 April 1788 Will of Robert ATKINSON of Northampton 11 June 1798 Will of John Atkinson of North Street, York 24 March 1801 Grant Declaration in lieu of inventory, by his widow Sarah 31 Jan 1800 Will of Deborah ATKINSON, widow, of York 6 April 1803 Statement re execution and goods 3/4 21 May 1746 Will of George ATKINSON of York, currier 30 June 17 46 Codicil 21 Aug 17 46 Bond 21 Aug 1746 Tuition 3/5 8 Sept 1749 Will of Robert ATKINSON of Pannal, yeoman 19 Feb 1759 Will of Thomas ATKINSON of York, bookseller 21 May 1759 Bond by Richard Mackley and Charles ATKINSON 7 July 1759 Will of Mary ATKINSON, spinster, of Kirkby Fleetham 16 Aug 1760 Appointment of her father Henry ATKINSON as executor 3/6 16 Dec 1808 Will of Thomas JACKSON, gentleman, of Fairburn [p. Ledsham] 9 July 1812 Codicil 19 Sept 1813 Further codicil 18 Jan 1814 Renunciation MSI164 4/1 6 Jan 1727 Will of Henry AISKELL of Warcop [Westmorland], yeoman 26 March 1728 Bond by his son Thomas 4/2 14 Sept 1728 Will of William REDMAN of York, alderman 4 Jan 1728 Bond by Mrs Mary Stabler and Mrs Alice ATKINSON 4/3 9 Oct 1732 Will of Anthony ADDINGTON the elder, of York, perfumier 7 July 1733 Bond by Joseph his son 4/4 12 May 1735 Inventory of goods of Thomas AISKILL of 22 May 1735 Bond by Mary his widow 2 9 Aug 1752 Will of Mary AISKELL, widow, of Brotherton 30 Sept 1752 Bond by her son Thomas of Hatfield [Durham] and her daughter Elizabeth, spinster, of Brotherton 4/5 27 Dec 1752 Will of Leonard PICKARD, gentleman 5 March 1753 Bond by Mary his widow 30 Oct 1771 Bond by Jane Spencer, re will of her brother, Richard MACKLEY, yeoman, of York 2 July 1798 Will of Leonard PICKARD, gentleman, of Bootham, York 4/6 28 Jan 1773 Will of John LOWE of Ferrybridge [p. Brotherton], innholder 11 May 1778 Bond by Elizabeth his widow 4/7 25 Oct 1784 Bond by Fracis Griesdale of New Sarum [Wiltshire], brother of Ann ADDINGTON deceased, widow, of Stonegate, York [p. St Helen] Inventory n.d [1784] 19 and 25 Oct 1784 Letters of administration MS1164 4/8 13 March 17 89 Will of Elizabeth LOWE of Brotherton, widow Declaration in lieu of inventory n.d [1791] 4/9 26 Jan 1792 Will of Elizabeth LOWE of Sheffield, widow Inventory n.d [1792] 4/10 29 April 1801 Bond by Joseph MARSHALL of Pontefract and Sarah MARSHALL his wife (formerly Sarah LAW, widow) 27 April and 1 May 1801 Letters of admisitration re John LAW of Brotherton, clerk, deceased intestate 4/11 23 Feb 1837 Will of the Revd John LOWE of Wentworth [p. Wath-upon- Dearne] 24 Feb 1837 Codicil 3 July 1837 Will of Mary Anne JACKSON of Wentworth [p. Wath-upon- Dearne], spinster 4/12 3 Dec 1852 Will of Edward AISKELL, gentleman, of the Blue House, Durham 4/13 21 March 1859 Will of Joshua BROWN COLE of 10 Lansdown Villas, Springfield Road, Bristol 4/14 14 March 1864 Will of John JACKSON of Ardeen, Fairburn [p. Ledsham] 7 March 1866 Codicil 4/15 10 April 1889 Will of Frederick WALLIS of Clifton Lodge, Victoria Park, Manchester, hosier and glover Includes correspondence and notes re estate of Frederick Wallis deceased 1934 (20 docs) 14 July 1953 Letter re the family of Samuel Broughton of •: Manchester MSI164

4/16 27 Nov 1918 Will of Elizabeth Annie HALLARD, spinster of 14 Larch Street, Cheetham, Manchester 20 May 1920 Codicil 6 April 1921 Probate notice 4/17 7 June 1947 Will of Harriet Helen LUKE, spinster of 12 Circular Road, Withington, Manchester 4/18 3 July 1956 Letter of administration re Jessie Stuart HALLARD of 82 Downham Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport [Lancashire], deceased intestate 5 20 March 1799 Administration with will annexed, of Thomas KNOWLES of Rathmell [p. Giggleswick], husbandman

6-10 CORRESPONDENCE

6 York correspondence of W J 1929-1964 Atkinson re his genealogical research into the ATKINSON family

7 Yorkshire correspondence of 1925-1964 W J Atkinson re his genealogica- research into the ATKINSON fmaily

London correspondence of 1928-1964 W J Atkinson re his genealogical research into the ATKINSON family Further York correspondence re 1929-1934 same Includes Extracts from census 1841, 1851 returns re ATKINSON and associated family names search Excise Board minute 1708-1740 extracts re William ATKINSON, excise officer Transcript of a lease [6 May 1782] between the Dean and the Chapter of York and Jonathan STORR, watchmaker, of York MSI164 Leicestershire correspondence 1929-1962 of W J Atkinson re his genealogical research into the ATKINSON family Includes [loose] 2 picture postcards of the Gate House, Leicester

10 Yorkshire and non-Yorkshire 1931-1968 (relating to several counties) correspondece of W J Atkinson re his genealogical research

11-12 PEDIGREES

11 ATKINSON pedigree [1756-1936] (2 copies)

12 2 ATKINSON pedigrees [1767-1922]

13-46 RESEARCH NOTES 13/1 Searches in will indexes at York 13/2 ATKINSON family genealogical notes, including an account of John ATKINSON, confectioner of York [18 Cnt.], will extracts, Yorkshire parish register extracts 13/3 ATKINSON family will extracts 13/4 Extracts from wills and Quarter Sessions records for ATKINSON and other family names 14 Miscellaneous collection of search notes compiled from various, mainly York, record sources (eg parish registers, Quarter Sessions, marriage licences, apprenticeship registers) Includes several rough ATKINSON pedigrees Notes re the Revd. Frederick ATKINSON of Southwell (1842- 1915), and Frederick Cook ATKINSON organist (1807-1897) 15 York parish register extracts [1592-1822] MS 1164

16 Leeds area parish register [1556-1888] extracts Extracts from wills, leases etc [1671-1711] re the ATKINSON family of LEEDS 17 Yorkshire parish register extracts [1557-1901]

18 Family search notes on the ATKINSON family and the associated families of KELSEY, LEGGOTT, PETTINGER and WEST, compiled 19 66 Notes and extracts from wills searched at the Dean and Chapter Library, York, and from parish registers, monumental inscriptions, newspapers and Excise Board minutes (9 notebooks) 19 Notes on the associated families of BROWN, COLE, DAVIES, MEAD, WANSTALL and others

20 Notes on associated families of JACKSON, LOWE, TEW and others

21 Notes on associated families of BROWN, COLE, CORKHILL, HALLARD, LANGSTON, LIVESEY, PETTINGER, RAWSON, WALLIS, WANSTALL, WEATHERILL, WOOD

22 Notes, pedigrees and parish [1710-1962] register extracts for associated families of HALLARD, KELSEY, LEGGOT, PETTINGER and WEST 23 Search notes, mostly York city parish register extracts for associated York families:- Addington family 1709- •1807 Ayrton 1607- ■1811 Bluitt 1767- •1798 Camidge 1684- •1870 Chubley 1741- ■1805 Clough 1758- ■1798 Copley SEE Woolley Coward 17 43 Garland 172 6- ■1792 Jackson 173 5- ■1807 Mackley 1653- ■1780 Metcalfe 1565- •1810 Oldfield 1731- ■1812 Pickard 1557- •1823 Suttell 1671- ■1806 Wolley (later Copley) 1789- ■1813 MS 1164 24 Further notes on associated families:- Joseph Addington, Aiskell, William Bluitt, Sarah Branfoot, John Camidge and family, John Clough, Reverend John Coates, John Crowder, Theophilus Garencieres, Richard Garland, Reverend Richard Gauntley, George Gibson, John , Jackson of Fairburn, John Philip Kemble, Lowe, Richard Mackley, Richard Metcalfe, William Mills, Joshua Oldfield and family, Leonard Pickard, Reverend Dudley Rockett, John Stow, Percy Tew, Tate Wilkinson, Thomas Wilson, Reverend Godfrey Woolley 25 Pedigrees of the associated families of Addington, Bilton, Bluitt, Camidge, Metcalfe, Oldfield, Smith, Walshaw, Wetherill, Wilson and Wood 2 6 Pedigrees and schedules re ATKINSON and associated families Notes on William ATKINSON, [1720-1855] exciseman Notes on the family of Frederick [1803-1885] and Charlotte ATKINSON of Stonegate, York and the associated families of JACKSON, LAW and LOWE Extract of above names from [1659-1876] University graduation lists MARSHALL family name [1807-1841] extracts from Yorkshire poll books and directories 27 ATKINSON family name extracts [1734-1841] from Yorkshire poll books ATKINSON family name [1787-1890] extracts from Yorkshire directories 28 A miscellaneous collection of notes on various ATKINSON family members and associated families. Extracts from poll books, directories and gazettes for Leicester, Manchester, York and elsewhere. Notes on will indexes, record sources and plan of research. (9 notebooks) MSI164 29 Miscellaneous genealogical search notes inclusding a life history of Henry ATKINSON (born 1796) and of Wilfred John ATKINSON (born 1910) Notes on the COLE family of Lutterworth JACKSON and LOWE pedigrees Non-Yorkshire parish register extracts and monumental inscriptions, chiefly for Leicester, and Manchester 30 Notes on William ATKINSON, exciseman [18 Cent.] and on the histroy of customs and excise ATKINSON family extracts from Yorkshire parish registers North Riding oaths of allegiance [1689-1715] lists 31 Miscellaneous genealogical notes on the ATKINSON family which have strayed from other compilations of notes in the collection 32 Notes on the ATKINSON family of York including John ATKINSON, confectioner, of Petergate Lists of records to be searched 33 Indexes to selected articles [1738-1828] on ATKINSON family members and on general political and social topics, from the Britannic, Edinburgh, European, Everyman1s, Gentleman1s, Lady 1s, London, Manchester, Monthly, New Monthly, Northern Star, Oxford, Royal, Scots and Universal magazines 34 Property advertisements from [1739-1765] the York Courant 3 5 Property advertisements from [1766-1804] the York Courant 36 Notes of searches in the Dean 1960-1963 and Chapter Library, York Extracts from leases, newspapers, etc (13 notebooks) MS 1164 37 Extracts from Deanery leases, [1640-1702] York. Includes [loose] notes on the Minster Gates, York 38 Extracts from Deanery leases, [1702-1815] York Notes, pedigrees and parish [1581-1778] register extracts on the associated York families of CLARK, HARRISON,LANGWITH and MOON Notes and plans of property [1691-1868] in Petergate and the South Minster Grates area of York 39 Extracts from Deanery leases, [1741-1855] York 40 Extracts from Deanery leases, [1815-1860] York Extracts from York directories [1787-1913] Notes on the South Minster Gates area of York 41 Extracts from leases and [1718-1806] indentures contained in the registers of the Guildhall, York An entry relating to James [1719] ATKINSON, extracted from the North Riding Quarter Sessions Rolls, papists returns, Extracts from indentures [1732-1745] printed in volume 9 of the North Riding Record Series 42 Extracts of leases from [1814-1854] Chester diocesan records List of persons named [1837-1870] Frederick ATKINSON appeasing in the register of deaths at the General Register Office, now at St Catherine's House, London Extracts from Pontefract census [1841] returns Notes on Mulberry Hall, York 43 List of the sheriffs and lord [1311-1929] mayors of York [incomplete] MS 1164 Historical notes relating mainly to land tenure and the law of settlement Transcripts of selected documents relating mainly to Derbyshire and comprising a rental [1697], indentures of apprenticeship [1724 and 1791], 3 wills including that of Thomas ATKINSON of Ampleforth, taylor [2 Oct 1727], a parish order for removal paupers [1791], a Bradford club certificate [17 94] , bonds, etc Notes on the laws of apprenticeship including the Elizabethan statutes and an apprenticeship law of 1815 Notes on the history of York and some notes on Roman Britain and the 18th century legal system Extracts from York directories [1818-1855]

NEWSPAPERS Partial copies of the following 5 newspapers York Herald [14 Sept 1793] Lutterworth Mercury [Midland [15 July 1869] Counties] Manchester City News [15 May 1926] Yorkshire Evening Press [14 and 2 2 March 1939]

MISCELLANEOUS 20 Nov 1807 Derbyshire apprenticeship indenture George Green, aged 8, apprenticed to Thomas Taylor, cottonspinner Jan 1892 - Dec 1893 Cash book belonging to Henry ATKINSON of Salford, itemising personal expenditure [miniscule size] Scrap book containing newscuttings on miscellaneous and chiefly Yorkshire family and local history topics, with particular reference to the ATKINSON family of York Includes 2 sets of history notes [loose] (1 vol.)