1 MD475 Hudleston Papers
This collection consists of papers, letters and journals of the Simpson and Hudleston families (Dr. John Simpson the 3rd adopted the name Hudleston in 1867 when his wife, a Hudleston, inherited substantial sums from her family) and there are 5 Boxes. Box 1 contains 25 Bundles, Box 2 contains 5 Bundles, Box 3 contains 8 Bundles, Box 4 contains 6 Bundles, Box 5 contains Bundles (Cumbrian Record Office). The collection covers the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The principal persons referred to are-: Dr. John Simpson 1st, c 1735-1802 Dr. John Simpson 2nd, 1761-1825, son of Dr Simpson 1st Dr. John Simpson 3rd, 1793-1867, nephew of Dr. Simpson 2nd
This present list contains additions and amendments to Mr. Hudleston’s original list and needs to be read in conjunction with it. Page references are to the running numbers (1-164) at the bottom of Mr. Hudleston‘s pages.
Box 1, Bundle 1
P.1 MD475/1/1 Note on outside - J. Simpson married Miss Everett at Doncaster 26th July 1760
/2 Receipts 1805 etc
/3 List of dates, ? 1806, with sums of money
/4 List of sums of money
/5 Apl. 1806 Mr. John Simpson of Knaresboro, Notice of Assessment under Property Acts
/6 List of securities for cash found in my father’s Escritoire on Tuesday March the 25th, 1806/7 (with /6) Receipt dated Mon Apl 5th 1806 for £23-12-9 from Dr. John Simpson, re items in /6. Sgd. Jonathan Dean
/8 29 July 1806. Notice from William Atkinson to Mrs. Isabella Atkinson and John Simpson Esq., requesting the surrender of copyhold land called Craighall , par Hampsthwaite, Forest of Knaresborough
/9 31 March 1809. Receipt for £14-7-9 paid to Joseph Byron by Dr. John Simpson
/10 Joseph Byron’s bill for /9, re masonry work of various kinds
/11 Mar 31, 1809. Receipt for 15/- paid to J. Simpson by Mrs. Dawson for work at Market Place House
/12 1812. Mr. Jno Simpson’s bill from Wm & Jno Gill for work done at Mr. Barlow’s, Bond End, Knaresborough - total £16-11-3
/13 1811 Mr. Jno Simpson’s bill from Wm & Jno Gill for mason work done at Mr. Powel’s Bond End, Knaresborough - total £9-13-11 H 2 /14 Sept 28. 1811 Mr. Simpson’s bill from Wm. Edson for £4-4-4, paid April 2 1813
/15 1812 Mr. Simpson’s bill from the executors of the late R. Atkinson for £1-15-9, paid Apl 19 1813
/16 1811 Mr. Simpson’s bill from William Daniel for £20-4-10 for lead and window glazing with Wm. Daniel’s receipt Apl 3 1812
/17 1812 Apl 27 Mr. John Simpson’s bill from Stephen Lupton for £9-0-6 for building work
/18 with Stephen Lupton’s receipt of 27 Apl 1812/19 1811 Mr. Simpson’s bill from Math Thompson for £16-8-06 for bricks.
/20 with Ann Powell’s receipt, Apl 8, 1812
/21 List of various bills from Wm.& John Giles and others
/22 Apl 3, 1812 List of various bills paid, totalling £440-7-8H
/23 Feb 24 1812 Mr. Simpson’s bill from Elison & Chippindale for 400 bricks
/24 1812 (?Mr.Simpson’s) bill- to Wm. Bradfield, painter, Knaresboro for £4-10-4 for work at Mr. Wm. Barker’s house
/25 with Wm. Bradfield’s receipt, Apl 3, 1812
/26 16 Sep 1811 - July 8, 1812
/33 Add ‘with Allan Nelson’s acknowledgement’
/34 Add ‘with receipt’
/45 ?Robert Hay’s barn - not mentioned as such
P.2 /60 N.B. the baptism certificate is very fragile P.3 /92 Jude Rose [not June Rose]
/101 Cartledge - not ‘Castledge’
Bundle 2 P.2 MD475/1/2 /1 Ellison
/4 signed ‘John Blesard’
/6 Luecie(sic) Robinson
/7 ?Penrose 3
/21 ? a probate inventory 1806
/24 consists of ‘Mr. Simpson’s account.. . 1 / candles’ + note in handwriting similar to /20,1809, which makes the whole £3-3-0
/25 Receipt from Wm. Smithers, Sept 26, 1806 for £2 from executors of the late Mr. Simpson [no sign of annexed bill mentioned]
/26 Bill for £14-18-2 from Matthew Gill to the executors of the late Mr. John Simpson
/32-36 Typed entry largely too faint to read, including 5 separate lists, viz /32 An appraisment of furniture late the property of Mr. John Simpson ‘Friday August 29th 1806’ 7pp [i.e. a probate inventory] /33 List of goods sold with buyers’ names and prices. 2pp /34 List of expenses (mostly on medical matters) /35 A catalogue of books belonging my late father 4pp. Arranged by size - folio, octavo,duodecimo. Mostly medical subjects [Also includes ‘The secret history of the most renowned Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex’ Lond. 1725] /36 further list of books with prices [?sold] + scrap with money calculations including for set of brass weights, priced separately 5pp. with watercolour drawing ? of Arab on back page
P.5 /38?Clayton must be a vet
/39 Paid by Saml Powell
/42 Punch and negus
P.6 /87 Mostly washing equipment
/88 Marcellus quilt - probably Marcella - a kind of twisted cotton/linen used for waistcoats etc (from ‘MarseillesO -OED)
/90 Includes attached receipt
/91 Congo tea - Congou, a Chinese black tea; Souchy- probably Souchong
/95 Frank does not seem to be visible
/105,6 Tea bill + tea permit
/107 Very detailed on bells and hanging them
P.7 Bundle 3 MD475/1/3 /1 Knarb March 30 1715 ‘Recc(?) then of Mr. John Keighley for ye use / of Mrs. Mary Brogdon ye sum of ten /pounds I say Recd for me Geo Taylor’
/18 Definitely ‘Mr’, not ‘Mrs’ 4
/19 Chalder - OED, obsolete, a dry measure of lime or coal P.8 /37 Definitely ‘R.Ayrton’. see /49 below
/66 Wm. Procter - not ‘Mrs. Procter’
P.9 /76 + 2 scraps, I with calculations, I with notes re Abm Dennison, Isaac Dennison & Frans Wardman
P.10 /124 No sign of stamp on receipt
/135 ?Yule / ? Gale not ‘Jule’
/136 Hay and ten threaves of straw
/154 Kettlewell dates run from1799 to 1818 for monies lent, and from 1799 to 1817, wages 1817 & 1818, all on one bill P.11 Add at end off /154 /18 carriage of leather from Leeds...6d Iron hammer, large shears for cutting pasteboard & 6 small iron holders for binding .10/6d
/155 Wm.Kettlewell’s receipt for above (doesn’t tally exactly) final amount owed by Dr. Simpson - £80-10-8, Kettlewell rec’d £386-3-0
22 Opening electuary 6d [not ‘plectuary]
N.B.items /154-/161 include Accounts of Dr. Simpson’s expenses with interesting details. Some items occur with separate receipts earlier. Mention on March 8 1793 of Trial of Lewis 16th King of France. Bundle 4 P.18 MD475/1/4/ 7 Meeting is at Malton, not Marton
/9 Some ref. to a problem about land
Bundle 5 P.19 MD475/1/5/ 1 Abstract of John Simpson’s will, c1825
/8 ? Richard Foster is a Quaker (addresses J.S. as ‘Respected Friend’ etc)
/34 add after /33
Bundle 6 P21,2 MD475/1/6/ 5 2 Reverse has some notes on dimensions of ground at Holton, probably in a later hand
P.25 /63 ? starts ‘Dr. Cos’ i.e. Dear cousin [ends ‘Two cosn]
/65 Definitely ‘Dear Cousin.. ..Yours affectionately..’
/67 ‘Dear Cousin’ again, from E.Robinson ‘the line came safe and am happy to hear Cosn Keithley is better’
/70 Letter re need for Mrs. Simpson to join in the surrender of a house & croft in Thorne in order that a proper title can be made to a purchase which includes these. Copy of John Simpson’s reply, May 9, 1764, on reverse
Bundle 7 P.28 /5 Various notes on reverse, in another hand, on land values
P.29 /11 Also James Horberry’s account of Gunthorpe Farm
/12 Some very interesting details about problems re this inclosure
Bundle 7d) P.30 /16 ? 5 guineas (gun) ,not ‘2’
/17 Para.2,e,2 - Symptons - letter actually has ‘Symtoms’
P.31 /22 Writer must be James Austin, not Audin
P.33 Items listed not found
Bundle 8 P.34 /16 Counsel’s opinion on a possible case of lunacy - it is intended to ask Dr. Simpson to examine ‘ the eccentric Miss A’
N.B. Mr. Hudleston’s typed list has 2 missing items between /3 & /4
8 additional items not on this list
P.35 /9 Verse accepting an invitation to dine written on back of what appears to be a presc ription
/10 11 Nov 1826, Malton. Dr. Simpson’s bill from John Nelson, Settrington, for Rillington Chancel repairs
/11 Malton, 23 ? 1826. John Nelson’s receipt for the above bill
/12 Malton, June 26 1827. Francis Burton’s receipt £15-12-0 paid by John Simpson for work on Rillington Chancel
/13 Malton 27th Sep. 1831 Letter from Alfred Simpson to Dr. John Simpson re Presentation to Vicarage of Rillington, for which Dr. Simpson is too late 6 /14 Sept 29 1831 Bramham Vicarage. Letter from Thomas Radcliffe to Dr. Simpson about his claim to the Patronage of Rillington, which is denied [see /4 above] includes copy of Abp.Sharp’s reply disputing this.
/15 Seems to be an investment document (or bill from stockbroker)
/17 15 May 1834 Receipt from Peter Tolson (on reverse) Sept 2 1835 Appointment by Mary Anderston of Dr. J. Simpson to purchase Dutch 5% Stock for her.
P.33 -item not found
Bundles 9-11, + 3 un-numbered, tied up
Leather ticket/comb case - missing
MD4751/9/3&4 must be 1815+
P.36 /14 List has most but not all entries in the broken clasp box
P.38 /21 ?missing
P.39 /36 Home made wallet is empty, 1796-1797 items not there
PP.39 42 - 43 letters bound in home-made book ( 1st 6 letters not found) /42 1818 Jan 1 - inventory
P.43 /45 Contents of ‘red’ wallet (?now brown) may not be as listed here
P.45 /49 ‘other pocket’ does have library card - all contents of this pocket are there Notebook interleaved
P.46 Notebook - from 1803 on- not found
P.47 /62 July ’06 -Jan.’11 has bill for 1 hour
/109,110 1821,2 J.S. bot of Jno. Foster - to end of bundle
/111 Insert ‘this is pinned to /110’ - Bill from William Hopson for £5-3-6 for materials & transport /118 Document is a Memorandum detailing Mr. Simpson’s legacy to his daughter Dorina & her decision to pay her son, Marmaduke Bramley, £50 /118a N.B. 1805, Aug 27 Memorandum not found , but Indenture of 1821, 12th Dec. is there
P.49 Bundle 10 MD475 1/10/49y The water mark is not readily readable
/17 ? 1831 (see ads on reverse - Guardian Fire & Life Assurance)
P.51 /65 Not found
P.52 Bundle 11 7 /3 Reverse has unfinished letter - unchecked
/4 Re status of children in respect of family property
P.53 /7 John Bramley (see reverse) Witnesses - Thomas Buckley & Wm. K eighley.by the order of . . (Not Keighley, may be Bramley)
/8 Doc.is 17 Nov 1715 a fourfold Lay for the relief of the Poor of Tentergate..allowed by William Thompson,John Wilks and John Keighley - contains a list of names with assessments
/9 A fourfold Lay for the Deputy Constable of Tentergate. Allowed by us whose names are subscribed, Feb 7 1716/17...John wilks, William Thompson, John Keighley , Matthew Keighley
/10 Covers April 1719 -May 1720, with names and some details . 4 leaves stitched together, front page torn off
/11 ?May 11th ? May 2nd. Note on reverse ‘1727 May 11’ A highway Sess Bill in which are John, Wm.,Jonathan, John & Matthew Keighley
/12 Covers March 17, 1727 - February the 22, 1727/8
P54 /24 Inside - draft of reply by Dr. Simpson attacking Ludlam & Parry’s attitude, and blaming their unsatisfactory goods for some of the debts
/26 Draft is to Richd. Farrer, to be paid by Mr. Joseph Breint, Newgate Sr., London
/29-32 4 items clipped togetherr
P.55 /33 ‘will send the rent at old n e .e rs mn’ ? old New Year
/37 + /38, note at end re need to hire labourers
P.56 /66 May 29 1790 Mr. Hobkinson debtor to H. Jackson for 30 yds of ridging @8d - £1, receipted
/67 24 Sept. 1790 Mr. Hopkinson debtor to J.N.Barnes for poles etc..12/-, receipted
/68 n.d. sundries paid for Repairs etc {with details}- £13-13-8 [No name, but presumably Mr. Hopkinson]
/69 September ?11th 1789 Mr. Simpson’s bill to Thomas Hopkinson for work (with details) - £2-5-0
/73 ?Dr. Simpson’s writing
/75 includes receipt from John Arundell /76 includes Wm. Lee’s receipt 77 “ Horsley’s “ /78 “ Arundell’s “ /79 “ Edw. Kilvington’s “ 8
/80 Mr. Cooper’s letter - entry is abbreviated; letter has many interesting details
/81 includes details of the proposed Inclosure , with effect on Dr. Simpson
/82 George Hudson’s bill to Mr. Simpson for ironmongery work [not ‘a letter’]
/83 Address includes ‘single’ at end
P.57 /88 Includes ref. to a terrier, of which he asks Dr. Simpson to send a copy
/92 Conditions of sale of an estate at Kelfield and Gunthorpe, including instructions for the conduct of the auction. Lists bidders and amount each bids
/93 Mr. Simpson’s bill for Porter and Hollands
/95 Name is illegible
P.58 /106 re a haystack for 15 guineas
/107 re old oats and old beans
P.59 /114 Includes a ref. to Commissioners for the Garthorp Enclosure requiring a ‘third call’of £192-15-0 for the enclosure (posts, rails etc) -award due to be signed before the next Michaelmas court. Also, ref.to Johnson,s wish to, if necessary, borrow £1000 on a Copyhold value security
/115 Dr. Simpson’s reply - can’t postpone payment till M ’mas, must have it by Lady Day
/116 Johnson’s success in getting the money. A further demand by the Garthorp Commissioners for £112-6-6? All are tired of these demands Bundle 12 P.60 /2 Prophylactic (for V.D.)
/4 ?’Decent obscurity of a learned language’ for female complaints -incl.hepatitis & missing periods
/6 Enclosure Commissioners’ demand again (Isle of Axholme)
/9 No name on bill
/14 Includes charges for backboard and leeches
/31,2,4 Can’t find
P.61 /72 ?green vials as per /75 Harward - ? misreading of Knaresborough
/84 Jan.2 1819 John Hardisty’s bill for repairing Robert Hardisty’s house - 10/9d
/85 May 29, 1819 Solomon Morel - bill from John Burgess for repair - £5-18-4 9
/86 Apl 26, 1819 Solomon Morrell -bill from John Masterman for repairs £2-4-1^
/87 1819 Bill for drainage work, stone etc £11-8-0, paid by Abraham Morrell
/88 1812,13 Tenants’ accounts of draining, repairs etc for Dr. Simpson’s consideration - total £15-4-11/2{with some tenants’ complaints)
/92 Very fragile, some tatters
/104 Refers to £1-6-8, being two half-years’ pensions due out of the said Rectory to the Abp. of Yk 1823
P.62 /133 Includes names of Directors
/134,5 Details of uniform - v. interesting, but difficult to read
P.63 /159 Moreen - stout woollen or woollen/cotton material
/183,6 Re colliery- ref. to ‘well known’ Mr. Seed
P.64 /188 Includes names of cottagers at Rillington with nos. in family
P.65 /208 1831, Feby 16 Alfred Simpson in Account with John Simpson Esq
P.65 Bundle 12 Folder 2 /6 Valuation of Goats Syke in Fellescliffe by Mr. Stephen Parkinson of Cragg Hall
P.66 /38 Date (March 6, 1838) could not be found in letter
/42 Why £2, 16 Jan. 1837, not £20 (i.e. £20 per share) - ? a mistake
/43 - is_for £20 on 18 August
/55 Crossed. Strip torn off where signature must have been
P.68 Bundle 13(1) /1 Nov 22, 1748 £60-2-0, Lease Wm. Batchenough to Jno. Lingard, 7 yrs, cottage and smallholding, Holton le Clay (N. Lincs), incl. a boat from Hull every market day
/3 In 2 pieces
/4 25 October 1671- 10 Sept1703 titles of 16 Releases relating to Robert Keighley, deceased
/12 Refers to Mr. Simpson getting a suit of clothes for Thos. Simpson’s son
P.71 /45-53 Paperclipped together. Photocopy of entry is unclear Dates - Apl 18, 1771; Mar. 28, 1778; Feb 17, 1767; Sep. 16, 1779; May 24, 1775; n.d. Miss Lingard; Apl 26, 1768; Sep 1, 1769; Apl 20, 1779 10 /45 Apl 17, 1771. To Mr. John Simpson, Knaresborough, from Elizabeth Lingard, Holton-le-Clay, Lincs. - has already paid rent at various times, please send quittance - we don’t understand bills Copy reply - she’s not quite correct, but has paid much. Please pay the rest. Ref. to her disadvantage at inclosure
/46 Mar 28, 1778 (with /45) Remittance of rent by Janet Horberry, with J.S’s memo re asking for a sight of the receipt for Lady Day rent
/47 Feb 17th 1767.To J.S. from John Taylor, Tetney, including bill for fencing & other works done for him, requesting J.S. to pay balance plus the annuity
/48 Sept. 16, 1779. J.S’s copy letter to John Taylor including his draft on R. Burnet for the money due to Mr. Taylor, also asking for J.T’s current address, and copy draft to Richard Burnet, Houlton le Clay, Lincs
/49 May 24, 1775 Richard Bournit’s [sic] letter, Holton le Clay, to J.S. - he has remitted a bill for £7, with £3-10-0 to Mr. Taylor.. ..details
/50 n.d. Mrs. Lingard now married to Richd Burnett - various monetary calculations, inc. ‘Paid John Taylor Land Tax 5 years’
/51 April 36, 1768 - to Mr. Taylor at Tetney. Receipt to John Simpson for £6-10-10 % annuity paid to Mrs. Jane Taylor, later Jane Everatt. Witness, John Taylor
/52 Sept.1 1769 Copy letter from J.S, Knaresborough, to John Taylor at Tetney, near Louth, Lincs, re J.T’s inaccurate request for payment of [interest, sic] annuity, + copy of J.S’s order to Mrs. Lingard to pay it
/53 Apl. 20, 1769 Bill from Wm. Proctor to Dr. Simpson for boots & shoes - £2-12-0
/54 N.B ‘colonel’ should be ‘calomel’. 14 Decr. 1780. Letter from Lady Coghill to Dr. J.S. Simpson re Miss Fanny’s powder (Note says - ‘copy sent to Widow Gibson’) On reverse is copy of J.S’s letter from Knaresborough , 14 Dec. 80,- recipient not named - but it is Widow Gibson, re her preparing to quit farm & requesting her payment of rent without fail, + dispute about the level of rent reasonable
P.72 /55 -prior to /54
P.73 /70 [Note on reverse - ‘Bills for Gawthorpe, 12 January 1782’]
/71 N.B. ‘antique pin’ removed (with difficulty!) and kept separate. 1 July 1782 Receipt for £1-16-0 for freight (Lime)from Mr. Hopkinson to John ??Buckley
/72 Warmsworth , Aug 10, 1782. Bill to Mr. Thom. Hopkinson of Garthorp, from Godfrey Buckley for freight of lime and rigging. Bill sent by Jno. Chambers. Note ( in J.S’s hand) to enquire about price of freight etc - Lock dues, 1 shilling 11 /73 Warmsworth, June 225, 1782. Bill to Mr. Thomas Hopkinson of Garthorp for freight of 12 Chaldn of lime by Geof. Buckley to Cross House, 3/- per chr. Sent by Jno. Chambers
/74 Receipted bill from Thomas Burkitt to Mr. Simpson for smith work done in 1782 (£2-4-1)
/75 Hull, July 9th 1782. Receipted bill from George Sinkler to Mr. Thos. Hopkinson for clout and nails - 13/3d. Receipted by Chrisr Briggs
/76 1 Aug 1782. Receipt from G. Ogle to Mr.Simpson Junr, by Mr. Hopkinson, £5-15-0 for 3600 tiles
/77 Aug 6, 1782. Receipted bill from Jon Bulay(?) to Mr. Hopkinson for 8 shet (? sheets) of ore - 8/-
/78 n.d. Receipt from John Eastwood to Mr. Hopkinson for £4-10-0 for 10,000 bricks
/79 Mexborough 9 July 1782. Receipt from Elizabeth Champion to Jno Hopkinson for £7-9-0 for 14,000 bricks & expenses of getting them on board
/80 6th Aug. 1782. Receipt to Mr. John Simpson, Jun. by payment of Mr. Hopkinson for £10 for 20,000 bricks from Wm. Root (?)
/81 Hull, Aug 9, 1782. Receipted bill from Jno. Baines to Mr.Thos. Hopkinson for various types of wood - £10-18-5
/82 3rd May 1782
/83 N.B. ref. to wetness of Spring weather being a hindrance to making bricks and consequent higher cost of current stocks
/88 Ref. to wet weather & its effect on spring crops Weather now very dry
/90 Includes much detail about barn construction
/92 1782, 28 Oct. Letter Hopkinson to J.S. Letters crossed. Farming and estate matters - ‘I yesterday see a letter directed for Pycock or Kelsey from their Attorney employ’d about your affairs but what the letter contained I know not; it would give me pleasure to punish them if the Law will do it as my loss through them cannot be computed’
P.74 /93 1782, 8 Oct from James Horberry, Garthorpe, asking for acknowledgement of draft he has sent to Dr.Simpson
/94 1782 Mar.12. From Jane Taylor sister of George ?Fytche, Tetney to ?J.S. re payment of her annuity /100 ?Date is 28 Jan. 1783, not 20
/102 11 March 1783
/103 Is this the copy referred to? 12
P.75 /113 Could not be found
/116 Date of letter is 28 Nov.1783
/117 ?re case concerning slander that Dr. Simpson killed a patient
P.76 /118 and/or is Dr. Simpson being accused?
/119 Jan.30, 1784
/120 March 13th 1784
/123 June 8th , 1784
/127 Butterwick (not’Butterwith’)
/129 18 Oct. 1784. Letter from Thos. Hopkinson with rent (Garthorp)
/138 Very difficult writing - illegible
P.77 /5 30 November 1786. Mr. Wm. Hutchinson to Mr. Robt. Keighley. Bond for £160 and lawful interest. [original loan is £320]
/6 1 Dec. 1786 . Mr. Wm. Hutchinson to Mr. Rob1 Keighley, Warrant of Attorney to confess judgment [re the £320 debt]
/7 ?Oct.1 1787. Addressee could be Dr. Blizzard/ Surgeon at the / London Infirmary / White Chapel/ London
P.78 /59 sailcloth
/60 Copy letter to both Maw and Horberry
/65 ?Date must be 1798 (going up to 1800)
/66 June 28. To a pair squaring shears - 16/-
P.79 /102 item - Buchan on diet
P.80 /110 Sept.4, 1796. JS to I.? J. Joliffe - addressed to ‘Madam’
/112 Fragment addressed to Mrs. Joliffe, No.. 35 Great George Street, Westminster (apparently re-addressed to ‘Nr. Horton, Hull’)
P.81 /121 Jan.24 1797
/122 Apl. 10 1797
/123 Aug 20? 1797
/124 Dec.18 1797 13
/125 (Dec.23 1796) - pd. Aug.5 1797
/126 Jan.10 1797
/126 Last line of copy of Mr. Hudleston’s note is illegible
P.82 /131 2 copies on one sheet of paper
/132 Ref. to JS(2)’s uncle, J ohn Everard
P.83 /147 2 May 13, letters on same paper
/158 11th Sept. 1797 JS’s reply to F.J. (presumably ‘Madam’) - his apology & explanation for late payment - expects to pay by 20th Nov
/164 ? from Wm. Horsley
Bundles 14-17, Simpson correspondence 1805-?
Bundle 14 P.85 /1 Must surely be ‘wine’
/4-9 Bundle paper-clipped together - viz. 3 Promissory notes folded in letter of 5Apl 1809 - J.S’s reply of 10 Apl 1809 + J. Wilkes, Jnr’s letter of 28Aug. 1824. All folded in covering paper labelled ‘Dr. Simpson - Wilkes notes and Son’s letter’
/4 5 Dec. 1806. Promissory note for £100 to Mr. John Simpson from Jacob Wilks. On reverse, 25 Nov. 1817, Note Guildhall exhibition under a commission for bankruptcy against Jacob Wilks and others
/5 21 Dec. 1804. Promissory note for £50 a/a
/6 9 Jan, 1805. “ “ “ “
/10 Folder enclosing /4-/9 above, labelled ‘Dr. Simpson/Wilkes’ - notes and son’s letters
/17 N.B. Date of Receipt is 14 July 1813 - re Dr. Simpson’s death on 17 March 1806
/20 Oct. 12, 1808. Bond not ‘cancelled’ but paid in full by Apl.11,1812
/21 Can’t see mention of Miss Dory. Bill also includes £1-19-8 property tax
P.86 /31 Dated ‘Jan.21, 1789 - Feb 28, 1804’
/32 “ ‘May 17, 1788’
/35 ‘hardward’ - ? hardware 14 /46 -between d) and e). Nov.19,1820, Letter, J.S. to? re letters in Sept. 1820 [? From Robinson] concerning George Russell
/49 Letter to Messrs Coates & Morley
P.87 /72 Debtor to ? Thornton & co.
P.88 /90 Bottom L.H. corner has (v. small) ,Weeder St., which may be address
/93 ‘Fran’s’ (& signed ‘Francis’)
/114 Looks like bill for artists’ materials
P.89 /123 March 5(?) 1828. Receipt from Thomas Mann, Knaresborough to John Simpson for £173-14-6
P.90 133 ‘I have entered a great number of names in the Court of Requests for the purpose of discharging what is due to you’
/134 Jan. 31, 1833. Ref. to’ the new Game Act’.. .’the great object of the men of the Law is to lay the foundation of a dispute between you & myself that they may have the opportunity of enjoying the Loaves and fishes of our weakness’
/138 End of Folder 1
MD475/1/14(2) Folder 2
/6 Add this fragment ‘1809 Account of money here’
P.91 /24 What it actually says is ‘the late John Simpson discussed’
P.92 /44 ?Timy (i.eTimothy) Stocks - not ‘Tiny’
P.93 /52 l.19 ‘agreed before the judges - should be argued?’
P.95 /90 End of Folder 14(2)
MD475/1/15 Simpson undated P.96 /7 3rd day’s sale - Dr. Simpson - plate basket £3-11- 7 ^
P.97 /8 7th day’s sale - Dr. Simpson- chairs etc £2-15-3
/9 4 days sale - Dr. Simpson -books £7-3-5
/10 8th days sale — Dr. Simpson - vermin trap etc -12/11d
/11 Total for 3rd to 8th Day sale - £90-3-4
/12 J.S’s bill - assorted household goods - £60-18-5
P.97 /15 The part in different handwriting looks like Dr. S’s draft of a reply 15 /18 Canister without lid only has /82
/22 Subscription for Mrs. Carter - ? another copy elsewhere - includes list of subscriptions already received ( incl. Earl of Harewood]
/23 Wrapper
MD475/1/16 P.98 /1 N.B. the bill dated 1808 Jan 5 is not the one labelled on reverse ‘Dorothy’
/3 Starts with shift, stockings ,flannel petticoats, caps, handkerchiefs & apron
/5 has date 1809 on reverse
P.106 /89 End of Bundle 16
MD475/1/17 /1 is stored in another place P.107 /2 Estate at Garthorp and Gunthorp in Lincolnshire.. .Holton-le-Clay - 1766, Thos. Gibsons Acct of his farm at Garthorp in Lincolnshire now belonging Jno Simpson Son of Jno Simpson Surgeon [folded in /3]
/3 6 Aug 1795 John Simpson’s Claim to Common Right of Pasture in various estates in Lincolnshire, and description of Gunthorp estate
/4 12 Feb 1780. Copy of John Everett of Tetney’s Will
/5,/6 i.e.b) and c)
/7 An Abstract of the most material deeds relative & concerning Lands at Kelfield in Lincolnshire (3 pp. runs from 1700 to 1772)
/8 is Mr. H’s 3. Title is ‘A schedule of all the deeds concerning the estate in Lincolnshire
/9 Deeds relative to Gunthorp estate from the 4th Nov.1573 - 8 & 9 Feb. 1711
/10 Deeds relative to Gunthorp lands of all yt are most material - 5th Nov.1612-30 June 1772
/11 Deeds relative to Garthorp lands 6th Aug. 1689 - 26 Sept. 1733
/14 (rusty pin replaced with paperclip) Notes on an agreement 1766, 20 Oct.
/15 Memorandum recei’d uppon the Everatts affairs after his discease from Sept ye 11, 1750
/16 An inventory of all the goods chattells rights & credits of John Everatt late of Tetney in the County of Lincoln Gentleman deceased 21st day of August 1750
/17 Cover entitled ‘3 June 1765 Inventory of / Mr. Everatt’s / Goods 16 Document contains ‘an inventory or schedule of the Goods and Chattels/ of John / Everatt late of Knaresborough in the County of York / Mercer and Linen draper deceased taken the 3 / of June 1765’ Includes valuation and goods in shop
/18 Loose scrap ‘John Everatt’s / book 1741’
/19 ‘An Inventory or Schedule of the Household Goods / of John Everatt late of Knaresborough in the / County of York Mercer & Linnen Draper decd / taken the 12th day of August 1765’. Includes valuation
/20 (Folded in) May 30th 1765. List of sales May 30th. 15pp, amounting to an additional sales book
/21 (Folded in) apparently an inventory with some valuation ‘In the Brewhouse & other Backhouses’ 8pp [some items may be sales]
/22 ‘An Inventory of the Household furniture of the late / Mr Everatt with Prices every Article was sold / for in the Sale which began Augst 13th 1765’
/23 (interleaved page) The Pewter’ ditto
/24 Fair copy of /22
/25 An Account of the Money paid on Mr. John / Everatt’s Account since his death by John / Simpson his administrator
/26 March - July 1765. sheet of accounts
/27 1 small snipping of a book, including the back. 3pp
/28 An Account of the money expended by Mr Everat’s Funeral & at the time of his Death plus Account of money taken for goods sold since Mr. Everatt’s Death or found in his Pocket. 3 double sheets
/29 An Inventory of ye Household goods of ye late Mr/ Jeffrey Brewer at his late Dwellinghouse/ in Knaresborough taken & appraised ye 15 & 16 Days / of March 1765 5pp.
/30 Apl 19, 1765.Thos. Heaten’s bill to Mr. Everatt for transport of box from London
/31 1767. Undated or signed receipt from John Simpson for £40, legacy from his sister Dorothy
/32 Beginning of a draft of an account of ‘The Estate of the late Mr. John Everatt deceased.’ 1 item only
/33 October 1766. copy of baptismal entry in register of Tetney for Elizabeth Daughter of John & Jane Everatt, June 25th 1746, attested by John Searle, Vicar
/34 Rougher copy of /28 above, incl.2 items attached 17 /35 15 Oct 1760. (N.B. Date is 1760) Receipt from John Everatt to George Maw for part rent due from Lady Day 1760
/36 Augst 9 1765. Mr. Everatt’s stock, discount & shop fixtures (Total £1405-14-10^)
/37 At Holson rec’d 27 May 1765. Estate account - past
/38 June - Aug 1765 ‘ The Housekeeping Accounts’ V. tattered. 1 long strip
/39 An account of Mrs. Mary Brewer’s Stock, To Mr. John Everatt / taken this 14th Day of March 1765. Includes a memorandum of sale by Mrs. Mary Brewer of the stock to John Everatt for £15-13-4, with payment arrangements. Also included from back page reversed - ‘An Inventory of the Late Mr. Jeffrey Brewer’s Stock in Trade taken this 31st Jany 1765 as follows (Final total - £15-0-2)
P.108 /40 Home made book a/a , cover much scribbled over, but title seems to be ‘Day Book commenced March 18th 1765 (1st entry is dated March 14th1765) - sales ‘by mother’ and ‘by self’
/41 Home made book, starting May 24, 1765, ending Oct 28 1776, with additional pages ( from April 3 1777 to April 29 1781, being an account (Dr & Cr) between Dr.J.S.Senior and J.S.Junior) N.B. p.1 contains biographical information on the Simpson family
/42 [enclosed in /41] 7 Oct 1783. Receipt from Thomas Hopkinson to John Simpson ‘my landlord’ for £7 towards erecting 2 new Drain- Heads near Garthorpe
/43 [includes top of p.1, inventory ‘In the parlor’ - no note of place involved ‘ some particulars relating to the death of the unfortunate Mr. John Everatt [17 May 1765
/44 Pre-publication advertisement for W. Guthrie Esq. ‘A general history of Scotland from the earliest accounts to the present time’ to be published on Saturday 26th February 1774 [ to be published in weekly parts.] Details of contents include ‘A new and correct Map of Scotland, divided into shires’ and an ‘elegant head of DONGARDUS,the 42nd King of Scotland. Published by G. Robinson, Paternoster Row
/45 Small home made book ‘Doncaster’ written on cover . ‘What I disborsd when I bot fornsature [several pp. of items - bed, chairs etc. N.B.spelling is (even) more idiosyncratic than usual] Then ‘Recet for my Could’. Book reversed ‘Laid out the forst time I went to York on me Brother’s Account ‘. Then (different hand) ‘what I Deborst for Brother November 22d 1757..then 1758’ End of book (reversed) ‘what I Disborst in hous ceping’
/46 Loose sheet ‘Laid out for my Self in cloase’
/47 Small book with attractive hand-blocked design on cover, containing ‘A short Journal of my Journey to London in March 1771’ [in Dr. Simpson’s handwriting ] 25 pp 18
P.109 Bundle 18 MD475/1/18/
/1 Wallet [embossed name not visible]
/2,/3./4 missing
P.115 /74 ‘Analytical collections from various sources’ -handwritten commonplace book apparently Dr. Simpson(2)’s 162 pp. + index 1st entry ref. to London Medical Journal vol X for 1789; p.136 has ref to ‘Monthly Magazine Dec. 1808 no.178’ (Iris root as substitute for coffee) p.137 has ref to Mthly Mag. Feb 1809 no 181, p.71; p.155 has ref to pubn of 10th April 1818, p.161 has ref to Spencer’s Anecdotes etc, London 8vo 1820
/75 [Insert] Description of new publication in Hamilton’s ‘Juryman’s Guide/ or the/ Englishman’s right/ containing the/ Antiquities , Use, Duty and just privilege of Juries, by the Laws of England/with/ necessary instruction’ London, Hamilton & Co. MDCCXIV. Price only one shilling [this is on reverse of ‘Index’ of what appears to be a publisher’s / bookseller’s catalogue - used as a page marker]
/76 Extract (Dr. J.S.) from Short..p.196 ff on Malton Spaw, 18pp, +copies of Short’s figs22& 23 showing Malton Spaw crystals
/77-90 Metal canister- not in box
P.116 /81 i.e.31st July - a class ticket
/91 Green vellum notebook [no insert] - patients’ etc, notes in Latin, runs from 1790 - 1823
/92 Brown leather notebook, runs from 1784 - 1811
/93 Cream vellum notebook with brass clasp. Contents - 1) 1796-1797 Record of payments towards purchase of Rillington estate; 2) &3) 2pp. of approximately alphabetic index of patients with ref. to page numbers. Covers part of ‘Ds’ + 132 pp Other contents of notebook - alphabetic index of patients as per 2) & 3) + 132 pp of activity , Nov 11, 1796 - Dec 26, 1823. Gives names , places, nature of illness, some occupations, type of consultation, expenses + fees received. These notes in (sometimes abbreviated Latin) - visitatio - consultation, iter - epistola, iter curru; treatment prescribed, usually abbreviated, but doctors might recognise them. Diagnoses includes include typhus, dysentery, pneumonia, dyspepsia,scarlatins, herpes, diabetes mellitus, phthysis, urticaria, podagra, paralysis. Most of notebook is empty.
/94-96 3 loose pages of above notebook, with ‘D’. /95 has a note of the purchase money of r Rillington & other financial notes, 1796-7 [see also /61 and /15/93]
P.117 /100 The Lecture notebooks are sewn
P.118 /166 5 sheets, but 15 pages 19 /168 (not /167). 8 page ms in Latin - appears to be on sputum & other lung conditions, dedicated to Amico suo/ Carolo Slingsby/Armigero/ de Loftus Hill / in agro Eboracensi/ veteri prosapia / orto fide amicitia amore patria / aliisque virtutibus/ quae ornare possint/ imprimis insigni/ Hoc opusculum/ animi gratissimi/ ob amicitiam in eum collocatam/ imo pectore conservandam/ animo gratissimo/ dedicat/ Auctor (Last page of Mr. H’s entry has ‘the quotation from Dr. Gregory to be placed here)
P.121 Bundle 19/5 An Ephemeris for the year 1684.. .by William Andrews,/ student in Astrology, London, printed by A.G. for the Company of Stationers 1684 Many notes on flyleaf& interleaved pages
P.121-2 Mr. H’s j - s are all notes on items in /6. /k /- /l are folded in (as /7 & /8). NB there is much information in in these day books, stock books & inventories on contemporary prices / values of drapers’ goods and ‘prosperous home furnishings’
P.122 /9-/13 Note on outside of /9 says ‘No.6..John Day to W.Keighley /1679 General Release’ NB biographical information on P.1
/11 (In Latin) 27th Oct 5 William & Mary 1693 Document relates to John Keighley and Susanna his wife , but cannot be read
/12 (In Latin) 8th March Relates to John Keighley
/13 Bond (Latin) + Obligation (English)
P.123 Bundle 20 /10 Bond (Latin, Obligation (English) John Brainsby, Francis Thorpe & Thomasin Skaite are bound to Richard Cundall and John Keighley, textor, for £100 to keep them free of any suits, disturbances etc consequent on this administration /11 Meadow list includes names of tenants & numbers of lands & whether copyhold or freehold Lease gates list also includes names of tenants & numbers of holdings
/12 Date is 16th March 1743
/14 Date of will (copy) - 24 June 1752. Probate - 9 June 1756
/15 Date of Indenture is 30th March 1758, not 1st. . Date of commencement of apprenticeship is_1st March
P.124 /24 Mr. W. Simpson’s copy of the ‘Laws’
/27 Rental and account runs from Oct 24,1793
/44 ?used as a wrapper for ‘Mr. Daniel’s policy /dated 22 Oct. 1798 /renewable at Xtmas 1799
P.126 Bundle 21 /5 31 Jan. 1807 -8th April 1818 - indentures between Francis & Ann Hardwick & Francis Hardwick the younger involving a loan of £900 from Dr. Simpson, who 20 sought counsel’s opinion re foreclosure. Given by Robert Sinclair, York, on Apl.8th 1818
/6 Mrs. Simpson’s house is insured against fire for £400. N.B. the striking frontispiece of the Albion Company & the detailed list of conditions & exclusions
/7 Abstract has been made for Mr. James Stockton in 1819. Settlement is dated 21st Apl 1818
/13 (Sawley) Gives tenants ’names and holdings (with locations on the estate), crops in 1824 & acreages
/14 Accompanying plan shows the numbered locations as in /13
/15 Valuation signed by John Howgate Land Surveyor
P.127 /18 re Yorkshire Proprietary School prospectus. N.B. bills relating to it are in earlier bundles
/25 Harrogate Bath Hospital report 1839. Dr. Simpson, Cayton Hall, is an annual subscriber
P129 Bundle 22 /1 Miserment - Measurement; Erabel - Arable; Parrack ?
/8 The Abstract of Title referred to is not included here
/19 J. White’s letter is actually addressed to Mr. Atkinson, Solicitor, Whitehaven. Andrew Hudleston writes to J. Simpson from Whitehaven with a copy of this letter of White’s
P.130 /20 Is ‘Robin’ the Clarke mentioned in the first sentence?
/22 Mention of Wordsworth the poet wanting to assist in thinning trees
/24 Wordsworth again re sum Dr. Arnold of Rugby would pay for a property
25,6,7 Relate to niggles of Dr. Arnold re the purchase
P.131 /29 Dr. Arnold, Rugby, to Dr. Simpson, Harrogate, , Jan 25th 1833, from Rydal re Dr. Simpson’s solicitor’s letter concerning points in the Title & referring to Fine being necessary to confirm his Title to the property
/30 Fox Ghyll, Jan 28th 1833,. Dr. Arnold to Dr. Simpson ,re the Title, which he regards as essential to be completely legal. & re the Fine, which he might share with Dr. Simpson in paying
/31 Rugby, Feb 19th 1833, Dr. Arnold to Dr. Simpson - further negotiations and questions about the Title, Fine etc and nature of Mr. Robert Clarke’s tenancy
P.132 /32 Rugby March 20, 1833. Arnold to Simpson re Title and his family’s position were he to die. Legal title is essential. 21
/33 Rugby,Apl.26, 1833. Arnold to Simpson - re completion of Sale and his wish to avoid further contact
P.133 Bundle 23 MD475/1/23/4Reverse - ‘8th April 1695’ by Ralph Wand
/6 Reverse has further document of 12 October 1694
/10 Date is 1674, not 1694
/11 Receipt is signed by Abigaile Levet
/12 Cottage ? in Starbotton, Knaresborough, sold to William Keighley
P.134 /16 Where is evidence of date?
P.135 /30 Sess Book also contains similar for 31 March 1694
P.136 /39 Has 8pp, which were more or less attached
P.139 /42 Seems to relate to a surrender of a cottage by Wm. Keighley& wife Ellen, with further details and a lawyer’s opinion as to John’s heir [Final entry] 1684, April 14 Rec’t given by Jo .Hewley to Wm. Keighley for interest of 22£ debt secured by a surrender of his house in Kn.
P.140 /46 Six fold, not five fold
/48 This note is in a later handwriting, ? Dr. S
/49- /157 are baptismal, burial and marriage certificates of Keighley family, 1629/30 - 1805 /61 etc - ?Guliels for Gullielmus, not Guliet
/86 has note on reverse ‘These compared and examined 26th Feby 1805 by me J.S. /113 ditto /117 ditto, 28 Feb.1805 examined and compared with Church Register Book at Aldborough by me J.S. s/a /123,127,139 (25 Feb)
P.141 /139 Includes full copy of entry on reverse, ditto /154
P.142 /157 This series of certificates (?copies )ends with Dr. Simpson’s own marriage to Eliz. Long /160 Reverse has the actual obligation
Bundle 24 Dr. John Simpson’s Manuscript book, vol.5th, 1856-67, with personal reminiscences of W.H.Hudleston . Pp1-254, Dr. Simpson’s diary to June 1867 [he died 8 October 1867] Pp255-749, continuation of the Diary from entries in Dr. S’s Pocket Book, by his son, W.H.Hudleston 22 P. 259-60. Dr. Simpson’s death and funeral. Frequent refs. to his feeling ill. b.March 2 1793; d. Oct 8 1867, aged 74 years & 221 days pp261-749,’ W.H.H’s Personal Reminiscences corresponding to the Period covered by my Father’s Diary in the present volume’ These are very wide ranging and would be a general source of information re family and social history. P263 has mention of Dr. S’s mental affliction from which he recovered completely in 1856. Frequent refs. to game bags at various times with details of different birds. W.H.H.went to Lapland, Sweden and Norway. Refs to various other Jls of trips to N. Africa, incl. Tunisia and Algeria in 1857 N.B.p.500 Conversation in train on impending war between France and Austria
Box 2 P.144 MD475/2/1 Abstract of Cayton Estate Title, from 23& 24 June 1763 to 14 Jany 1857 (Registration at Wakefield) 114 pp
/2 Abstract of title to messuage & Cowslip Fold etc at South Stainley, 28th & 30th Apl 1791 - 19th Nov. 1796. 5pp
/3 Abstract of title to share in Navigation of the Rivers Aire and Calder, formerly belonging to Mrs. Caroline Ryder Hobson .From Oct. 24th & 25th 1825 to registration at Wakefield 17th Aug 1871. 35pp
/4 Continuation of /3. November 27th 1872. Registered at Wakefield ,13th Dec 1872, 8pp, includes solicitor’s bill re the transaction. June 19, 1872 - 278th Dec 1872
/5 Marriage Settlement. One of the signatories is Wilfred Henry Hudleston, a party to the settlement [His signature is in same hand as earlier documents, e.g.1/1/24, Manuscript Book]
/7 Contains a plan of the road area referred to
/11 This property devize includes mineral rights incl. coal under the Dore House Estate
Bundle 2 MD475/2/2 P145 /1 a) the accounts consist of sale of railway stock of various kinds b) Correspondence - letter of 1st June 1912 to Mr. W.H.Hudleston from Herbert J. Jeffery, 13 Cheapside, Bradford enclosing cheque & above account(/1a), plus various railway stock certificates [not the ones referred to in the letter] c)12 stock certificates (Government and Local Authority) in Cape of Good Hope, Queensland, National Debt (UK,2 certificates), India, Liverpool, London (6 certs.)
/2 b) No obvious mention of Sophie
/3 No apparent correspondence or receipt here
/4 Assets largely from railway stock
/10 add b) Schedule of dividends due but not received c) Schedules A.B & C4 23
/15 a) 5 receipts, Oct 29, 1912 (2), 16 Dec 1912, 20 Dec 1912, Dec 1912
Bundle 3 MD475/2/3 P.146 /6 Date appears to be in 1924
/6b Feb 1899-Dec 1900. Note of sales to Thorp and Brit. Corpn & of exchange with Birkbeck
/7 Inland Revenue form No.6 (Estate duty) gives much detail relating to 286 Southfield Lane and related properties, and to succession duty payable & receipt for same
/8 Similar to /7, 15 Dec 1913 Estate Duty
/10 Documents referred to date from 1837,Aug 18 th to 1892, Jan. 28th
/11 4 Letters to Rev. J.H.Hudleston, The Mount, Shrewsbury, June 29,30 July 2,7 1870 from William Wells, Solicitor, Bradford, with plan. 6 items
/14 Includes plan of proposed new road N.B. MD475/2/3 includes /1-28, Bundles 3,4,5,9,11,and 13 in one numerical sequence i.e. ignoring Mr. H ’s Bundle nos.
/18 1899. Abstract of title runs from 31 Dec 1870 - 1st May 1896
/20 Abstract runs form 3rd & 4th July 1797 to 18th Nov. 1871
P.147 /21 Abstract runs from 3rd& 4thJuly 1797 to 21st Sept. 1899
/24 This mortgage contains a plan of the properties referred to
/26 Contains a plan of properties referred to
/28 a) & b) Includes a lease , 3rdJuly 1797 by Mary Barraclough to Thomas Hodgson and William Smith of the Reversion and Remainder of inheritance expected & of property in Horton etc for 1 year, referring to a Release to be signed on the following day by all 3
/29 i.e.1763. John Brooksbank mortgages these premises to his brother Gilbert for £235 at a peppercorn rent & 4% interest
/30 ? Skipton, not Shipton. Doc. Is an acknowledgement of receipt of the £140 legacy by Elizabeth & John Brooksbank
/31 Actually this is the will dated 30 Sept 1763, with probate attached dated 17 oJune 1767. Probate given by John Lister, Steward of the Manor of Crosley, parish of the Late dissolved priory of St. John of Jerusalem
/32 Will and probate of Jonas Brooksbank 21 Apl 1728. Probate is stuck down onto will and unopenable. Will is made jn preparation or going to a part beyond the seas 24
/33 Joseph Brooksbank’s will, 5 March 1735, and probate (from the PPC of York), 28 Sept 1737 . Skipton or Shipton? [Probate wording looks like ‘Shipton’]
/34 4th August 1748 .Sale for I year at a rose rent
/35 Note on reverse ‘March the 2nd day 1762. Rec’d then of Mr Pollard ten pages / or parchment to take extract from /them or on occasion to require to / send the same to Mr. Montague / secretary to ye Governours of Queen / Anne’s Bounty by me / J. Thwaite
/36 Mortgage for £315, for 1,000 years for a yearly rose rent
/37 Note on reverse ‘ John Brooksbank Gent to Jeremiah Spinks Gen. Conveyance / to uses of / a Marriage etc/ & to Declare the uses of Recovery’
/38,9 /38 is p.11 of /39. The whole doc. has been sewn into an under cover
P.148 /40 Conveyance for £70 of Alice Close ( or Green Close) in Great Horton, Bradford
/40a Lease for a year of the same to the same for the same [i.e. /40 is the Release for this]
/43 Relates to John Brooksbank’s property at Horton
/44 Will of Mary Brooksbanks 28 Dec 1802 with probate certificate attached
/45 Will , 23 Aug 1788, and probate, 4 May 1792, of Joseph Brooksbank
/47 Receipted bill, Nov 2, 1851, for stones, carriage and removing earth, pd by Mr. Horsfall to Benjamin Topham
/47 i) Feb.6,28 1852. Note of sums received on account of Joint Property
/47j) Feb-Apl 1852 . Sums received from Mary Haley & others , Joint Property, and sums paid out in respect thereof, incl. Poor Rate beneficiaries
/48 Very faded. Conveyance impossible to read
/50 Very faded
/51 1st part , Mary Lister, executor ,signed by Mary Lister, Francis Barroby Junr Mary Brooksbank & Thos. Barraclough
/52 1000 year lease of arable meadow etc for £100
/53 Signed by Mary Lister, Francis Barroby Junr, Mary Brooksbank & Thos. Barraclough
/55 Mortgage for £500 + interest [? The release for /54, Lease for a year] 25 P.149 /57 2 items. The obligation (bond) is pinned to the feoffment . 1586 is correct. Doc.sIs in Latin & obligation in Latin & English John Gibson is bound to Thomas Smallpage for £10
/58 Thomas Thornton to Gilbert Brooksbank for 10/- and other considerations
/59 14th Oct. 1775 Thornton to Brooksbank for £24-3-0
/60 John Thornton, 3rd part - re Hannah Croft’s dower, signed by Abraham Thornton, John Thornton, John Croft, Hannah Croft, John Thornton, Pudsey and Jos. Pollard
/61 1760-1762
/62 21st and 22nd November 1758. John Crowley acknowledges his custody of the deeds relating to the lease made between John Fearnley, Mason, John Crosley, Innkeeper & Release of 7 parts between Richard Sclater, Gent., Robert Warter (?), Gent., John Ashley, nailmaker, John Bentley, Gent.,assignees of the estate of Robert Warter (?), Joseph Rhodes, weaver , John Fearnley & Sarah his wife, John Crosley & Thos. Crosley merchant
/63 Doc.itself gives 20th February, not 2nd. Lease for 7 years @ £18-5-0 rent
/65a),b)2 separate leases pinned together , 1st May 1786 - Joseph Brooksbank to Samuel Halliwell
/66a) John Brooksbank’s will . 2 sheets, deteriorated into 5 separate pieces
P.149 /66b) Draft contains a separate note presumably from the lawyer who drafted it, re possible amendments
/70 Indentures between John Pollard & ? John Wilson
P.150 /72 Is one of the names ‘William Mortimer’?Attached is a document looking like a bond (Latin) and obligation (English) - William Mortimer bound to Gilbert Brooksband
/77 1st part, Thomas Kitson, Ann Kitson, William Walker & Sarah his wife; 2nd part- Richard Gawthorpe; 3rd part- Gilbert Brooksbank. Declaration of uses of a fine to benefit Gilbert Brooksbank
/78 Latin. Not read
P.151 NB PP151-4 have MD475/2/4/1-67 MD475/2/4-5 /1 Eliz. Hudleston’s will (re Dore House estate) refers to all the coal mines within and under the estate (left to her son John Henry) and the doc.is endorsed with refs. to railway company holdings - East Indian Railway Co., Metropolitan District Railway Co., North Western Railway Co. and North Eastern Railway Co.
/2-/5 This envelope also contains a death certificate for William Heincken Ccoper Horsfalll, d.22 Nov. 1927, one of the original trustees (/2) - MD475/2/4/4a) 26 endorsed with the stamp of The Standard Bank of South Africa Ld. & the London Midland & Scottish Railway Co.
/16 First item in the Abstract refers to the will of John Hudleston of Castle Lodge, Knaresborough, d. 8th Oct. 1867 [This John Hudleston is Dr. John sSmpson 3rd, b. 1793
/19 Sep 13, 1784. this mortgage includes a bond /19a), by which Joseph Welborn is bound to Thomas Witham in the sum of £700
P.152 /21 Letter gives a legal opinion as to Thos. Walker’s father’s title
24 Solicitor’s receipt for payment of account re deeds sent to W. H Hudleston (refers to sum of £13-12-8 in /25)
/25a) Details of costs referred to in /25
/29 Includes plan of the area involved
/31 - the late Dr. John Hudleston - i.e.Dr. John Simpson 3
/33a) Includes a Land Tax certificate dated 29 Sept .1799
/34 Includes plan of property involved
/35 Contains plan of the Rillington holding , showing plots in occupation of R. Dunn, F. Turner, H, Turner & A.B. Cundall
/37 Dates covered by this Search - May 20, 1862 - Dec.31, 1880
P.153 /39 Dates covered by this Search - March 4, 1878 - Dec.6, 1892
/41 This Abstract of Title runs from 10 Dec 1851 to 13 Aug., 1880
/43 This supplement to /41 runs from 13 Aug 1880 to 4 March 1878 ?
/46ii Contains Lease of Possession of the Land etc for 1 year, dated 9th April 1788, for which /46i) is the Release
/51ii (inside /51i) contains Lease for a year of premises in /51i, dated 8 January 1817
/53 Indenture of fine - a quitclaim for £200 from Welbourne & others to Hill & others relating to the land in Rillington
/54 ?related to /41 above. 7 Nov 1892 & 19 Nov 1892. Consists of questions & answers in respect of a title to Rillington estate to be sold to W.D.Hudleston
/56 cf /51i&ii above 27 /57 gives full details of the properties in the Rillington estate including the 1911 O.S. reference
/58 i.e. transfer of insurance policy to Mrs. E.A. Hudleston
P.154 /61 Includes ii) note of Rosa Hudleston, nee Benson,’s marriage & death iii) Lettter from Trotter, Leaf & Pitcairn , 22 Oct. 1929, acknowledging notification of the death (re annuity) iv) Letter from Inland Revenue Estate Duty Office, 30 Oct 1929, re no liability to estate duty on the annuity
/65 4 items i) the conveyance, ii) Draft of the conveyance, iii) Copy of the conveyance, iv) loose plan of the land involved
/66 17 items Bundle of correspondence relating to the purchase, dated May 21, 1924 - Nov 11, 1924
/67 Dates from 4 Aug 1908 to 28 Feb 1912
Box 3 P.155 Bundle 1 MD475/3/2/1 Indenture of lease and release , referring back to an original lease/release of 27 June 1657 [ may contain a complete description of the title ]81 pp. Last page is torn and tattered. No signature (?incomplete) . concerns Dayton Grainge
P.157 Bundle 2 /1 6 Oct 1773. John Iveson of Bilton, 1st part; John Iveson of Holgate and Thomas Plummer, York, 2nd part. Lease of Carlton Grange by John Iveson to J.I.& T.P.
/6 Lease & Release relating to the sale of Cayton Grange by Mr. John Snowden & others to Mr.. John Snowden & Mr. Thomas Plummer
/7 Release of dower rights by Mrs. Judith Iveson to John Iveson
/9 The Release for /8 to secure a mortgage of £6,000 (not £600 as on P.157)
/11,12 16th July 1782. Lease from Henry Woodhouse Disney Roebuck to Henry Barker & Henry Bell. Release by Thomas Plummer, listed as bankrupt
/13 Ingram Ryder Esq. and /H.W.D.Roebuck Esqr & others / to / Jno. Michl Messenger Esqr & anr - Lease for a year
/14 Ingram Ryder Esqrr and / H.W.D. Roebuck Esqr / the Mortgagee & others ‘ to / Jno Michl Messengr Esqr / and the Trustees - conveyance of an / Estate at Cayton in the County of / York / Consideration £9250
/15 Date on outside is 4th June & date of Indenture given is 4th June 1788. ‘Title’ 28 is Anne Kilvington Widow & ors/ Extors of John Kilvington Esqr / deceased by /direction of Mr. / Roebuck - Trustees for / Mr Messenger - assignment of a Trust term of one thousand years in an Estate at Cayton purchased by Mr. Messenger to attend the insheritance
P.158 Bundle 3
MD485/3/3 /1 29 April 1791 -Yarker & anr/ to/ Messenger Esq - Lease for a year. Lease by William Luke Yarker of Middleton, Yorks Gent & Henry Hoyle Oddie of Carey Streeet, par. St. Clement Dane, Middlesex, Esqr to John Michael Messenger of Cayton Farm, Yorks, Gent.that house and Cowslip Close and Park Farm for a year
/2 Yarker and anr/to/Messenger Esq - Release of an Estate at / South Stanley in the County of York for £400 Includes an abstract of title to the estate from 1762 - 1786 Bundle 4
/7 Should be Deed of Covenant by Mr. Clement Bellamy , Mr. John Tekell and the Miss Tekells for the production of title deeds
/8 Refers also to liability for Land Tax
/10 Ref. to Land Tax on Intake in township of Stainley with Cayton @11/5d for 11 acres 7 perches, with a tythe rent or modus payable out of John Michael Messenger’s estate
MD485/3/4 /1 The late Humphrey Bellamy owned that Manor or Lordship of South Stanley, & the Rectory thereof etc passing to Mary Bellemy, the daughter
/2 (Text in Latin) 4 July 16 Carol I -(i.e.1640) Extract of the Grant of the Rectory of Stanley and the Tythes of Keyton (to Lord Lumley) 20 Dec 16 Carol I , Lord Lumley by Deed Poll released all his Rights to the places ? within mentioned to Robert Pery? his hears (sic)& assigns
/3 No mention in the document of Mr. Bell. It is signed by Leonard Metcalfe
/4 Attested copy is of a Release to make a Tenant to the Percipe (not Recipe)
/5 Agreement is by John Tekell to sell to John Messenger the Intakes at South Stanley
/8 Refers also to liability for Land Tax
/10 Ref. to Land Tax on Intake in township of Stainley with Cayton @ 11/5d for 11 acres 7 perches , incl. a tythe rent or modus payable out of John Michael Mesenger’s estate
Bundle 4 P.158 /3 This document is referred to as ‘Tytle Deeds’ 29 /10 2 Final concords ‘in eight days of the Purification of the Blessed Mary [i.e. Hilary Term, 7th George 2nd] P.159 Bundle 5 MD475/3/5/1 Refers back to 4/13&14, Lease and .release,3rd& 4th June 1788 P.3 mentions lands of William Wilberforce
/2 i)Thomas Mitchell, plaintiff & John Richard Messenger & Ann his wife, deforcts quitclaim for £600 ii) Thomas Mitchell, plaintiff ???
/3 N.B. the probate is dated 7th January 1807(?). Will is dated 19 Nov. 1796
/4 Land Tax payment for 1798, Stainley with Cayton, 1 Aug 1799 + Receipt attached, April 25, 1800
/5 Ditto for 1799 Clayton + Receipt attached dated 12 Feb. 1800
/6 Refers to property of the late John Michl Messenger
/7 Mary Mesenger describes herself as ‘spinster’ (not ‘Mrs’) - cousin of John Michael Messenger
/8 Date of Extract is_3 Nov. 1818
/9 Date is 18thJanuary 1824. Ref. to Ann Messenger’s death on 13th instant
/10,11 A lease & release 18th & 19th May 1812
P.160 /16 Contains a schedule detailing lands at Cayton with their Ancient description, their modern names & quantities ( acreages)
/19 Includes a schedule giving occupiers description, quantities and rent, less 5-1-11 acres sold to Leeds & Thirsk Railway Company
/20 Includes a schedule giving occupiers, description , quantity & rent
/21 Includes schedule a/a + 2 enclosures of 18th& 25th September 1848, viz promises by Frederick C. Standish to pay £1000 in 3 months + £1000 in 6 weeks, both noted as ‘Paid by the mortgage of 18 ? Sept. 1848’
/22 Includes schedule a/a giving occupiers, description, quantities & rents, also map (?enclosure or tithe?)
/23 Includes schedule giving No. on map, description, state, quantity & total rents
P.161 /24 9 items 30 i) The Brief - 9pp. gives full details of the dispute, including historical details of the order concerned, the invovlment of John Aislaby & the question of the existence or not of a common highway over the inclosure of any Religious house,+ details of history of Fountains & the roads in the area Many local residents named as witnesses - brief for Mr. Stanhope. This item has an additional note on p.9, including the names of the original jury Brief is by certiorari, cause is ‘stopping up a Pack Prime Way from Ripon to Pateley Bridge. Stoppage is in Markington constabulary, at Hill House Pasture & Fountains Mill Bridge. Mr. Messenger is ‘of Fountains’ ii) Copy of above for Mr. Clayton iii) “ “ “ “ Mr. F. Place vi) Further instructions - has an extra note not in vii) or viii) ix) 9pp. A sheriff’s warrant giving details of original trial at York, where the Defendant was found not guilty
BOX 3 MD475/3/6 /1 Copy, 1845, of registration of marriage on 24 February 1789 between Thomas Strickland and Anastasia Lawson in Catterick parish church
/2i) Copy of certificate of marriage of the son of /1,Charles Standish, eldest son of Thomas Strickland to Conradina Emilia Matthieson on 18 January 1822 at Carlepont [in France]
ii) Certified copy in English of the above marriage certificate
/3 28 May 1847. Refers to areas marked on the map or plan & Book of Reference for the Leeds & Thirsk Railway deposited in the office of the Clk. of the Peace for the West Riding
/4 Draft of Receipt for /3 above, no sums filled in
/5 William Brown’s declaration, 28th Dec. 1850, as to Mr. Messenger’s ownership of certain fields etc in 1790 and earlier, as detailed in Schedule included
/6 Abstract of F.C. Standish’s title, from 23& 24 June 1763
/7 i) 5 Dec 1850, conveyance of ????? at Cayton by direction of F.C.Standish & others to J onathan Henry Christi e
ii) 31 Dec 1850, conveyance by George Barber and Charles Standish to William Horsfall, Trustee for Thos. Horsfall
iii)04 Dec 1852, Thos. Horsfall to Thomas Clifton Wilkinson - Lease of 15 plots of land (names, acreage and state - i.e.arable,etc- given)
/12 2 copies relating to an agreement between Iveson and Yeates whereby Yeates can fence off his own wood
/13 3 items - i) memorandum of the agreement 31 ii) Notes of the agreement iii) Bottom strip of ii)
/14 Relates to Braithwaite’s lease of part of Cayton Grange to John Iveson
/15 i) Lease, ii) Release (neither executed) relating to the Kitchen part of Cayton Grange
/16 Relates to farms in South Stanley leased for 21 years of High Cayton
/17 Relates to High Cayton farm [note on front ‘Swaby Farm’]
/18 N.B. The Agreement is printed, giving (presumably) the standard clauses to be observed by the tenant and includes a scheme of husbandry and a schedule of arable, meadow and pasture land
Bundle 7 MD475/3/7/1 Outline plan of Cayton Estate - n.d. but scale of 4 chains to 1 inch. Total acreage A R P 107 2 6
/2 Survey. n.d. Lists Tenants’ names, 7 Closes names, quality [P.A,M,W]quantity, value per acre, yearly value [John Messenger d. 1824]
/3 i) gives names of farms & tenants, acreage & type of use ii) does ‘kept’ mean Mr. H. had kept it? If not, where is it?
/5 ‘Cayton Estate, the property of Thos. Strickland Standish Esq., - March 1813 - tenants’ names, field names, acreage & state
/6 A correction in 1828 of the above survey, similar details. All tenants except one ( Michael Hart) have changed
P.162 /8 Related to Fountains Court - Liberty & Manor Court Baron of Mr. Michael James Messenger, 19 April 1763., Jury (names included) find that the watercourse in question is a common ancient watercourse and ought not to be obstructed [A true copy of the Court Book]
/9 Beneficiaries named - Sir Bellingham Graham William Danby and William Masterson
/10 Relates to a lease of part of Cayton Grange
/11 i) agreement about a Road - establishment of a road for Mr. Iveson & heirs etc over part of Mr. Messenger’s land
ii) ditto re the spring & road to Barsneb(?)
/18 30 Nov 1842 32 Text of lease is printed, giving standard provisions with specific details filled in . Includes schedule of scheme of husbandry & of arable, meadow and pasture land
/19 Letter relates to (part) title of Cayton Farm with copy of Mr. Mill’s reply re Mr. William Jameson dec’d
/20 Includes schedule of scheme of husbandry & of lands
/21 Includes name of person suitable to make a declaration in support of any of the Facts in the Pedigree
/22 Letter relates to the Manuscript Pedigree at Brough
/23 Reply from France, regretting Fielding’s ignorance of any title to Cayton prior to Mr. Messenger’s death & suggesting possible source of information
P.163 Bundle 8 MD474/3/8/1 19pp. gives considerable useful detail re the estate as it was in 1608
/2 Labelled ‘of Ye Tythes of Cayton and South Stainley’ Entries range from 19 January 1698 to 3 February 1710 & include refs. to tithes
/4 28 May 1745. Mr. Starkie’s Opinion on a tithe dispute relating to Cayton as part of estate of Fountains Abbey. Case relates to liability for payment of tithes, Cayton being now in possession of Mr. Messenger. Quotes various charters and other documents from 1254 onwards re liability for tithes payment
/5 No specific mention of Cayton
/6 18th April 1750 / Fountains Charter/ for Mr. Rob1. Hodgson / Cayton Grange Doc. is signed by Timothy Mortimer, Steward
/7 p.3 - mention of ‘Lilburn, a traitor before death of Edw.lll, destroying all records in Castle of Knaresborough’ . Includes a list of ‘owners of burgages & Wastes in Knaresbro which drew lands in 6th May 1718’ Forest of Knaresborough Customs 24 May 5 Elizh are taken from the Collins’s Pocket Papers lent Mr. Stockdale 9th January 1762
/10 6 Nov 1778. Iveson gives Mawson permission to fence off part of the Ley Hills now occupied by him, and to do other works
/11 11th July 1786. Release as per P 163 /12 Lawson Hudleston Esq. to Mr. John Duckelt - counterpart etc
/14 Includes Manor of South Stainley (p.71)
/17 Abstract of title runs from 20 May 1687 to Easter Term 38th Geo.3rd (1798) with some annotations and an opinion by Geo. Downing., Lincoln’s Inn, 6 Sept 1799 33 /18,19 Relates to the Intakes in South Stainley, other land and tithes
/20 Includes a schedule of Properties involved totalling in all 633A, 2R, 17P
/21 i)Sale to be on 4th July 1848 ( Cayton Hall Estate) ii) Also includes Abstract of Marriage Settlement of Sophie Eleanor Pollard (nee Hudleston) Feb. 1896
/23 Includes ii) Valuation of cottages in Bradford, part of Mrs. Pollard’s estate Feb 1910 iii) Valuation of stocks belonging to Thomas Horsfall decd, as on 3 Feb. 1910
/26 Survey includes Braithwaite’s Farm , Hart’s Farm, Duck’s Farm, Bickerdyke’s Farm & other lists
MR H ’S LISTS END HERE. Rest have only index entry under “Nigel Hudleston Papers” covering 1920 to 1974
MD475/4/ Nigel Hudleston Papers 1920-1974
/1-/5 Conveyances etc of land at South Stainley i)13 Dec. 1920, Gethin to Moorhouse ii) 1 May 1922, Gethin to Gill (copy) iii) 21 March 1928,Gethin to Hill, Letting agreement iv )30 Sept. 1947, Reynard to Hudleston v)17 July 1922, Reynard, Abstract of title
/6 17 Oct. 1947, Lord Hylton’s receipt for the Fee Farm redemption by Mr. H
/7-/12 6 items relating to Land Charges, 1922 - 1947 /9 is an original map showing centre of South Stainley
/13-/26 14 items (including Rent Book) relating to rent of 2 Cayton Cottage,South Stainley 1963-6
/27-/31 5 items of correspondence to Mr. H. relating to rent payments + agricultural comments, 1964-5
/32-/42 11 items of correspondence to & from Mr. H., relating to rent at Cayton & leasehold at Dore House, 1966-7
/43-/46 6 items of correspondence between Campbell family & Mr. H.,re change of tenancy to Mr. Campbell’s son , 1969-70
/47-/51 5 items. Further correspondence a/a re tenancy at High Cayton Farm, 1969 70
/66-/71 6 items of correspondence to & from Mr. H. re liability for chancel repairs at South Stainley, 1971 34 /72-/76 5 items re Campbell tenancy of High Cayton Farm ,1971
/77-79 3 items re Mr. H.’s removal of business from Grays Solicitors, York, 1971
/80 26/8/1971. DHSS receipt to Mr. H. for Nat. Insurance contributions 1970,71
/81-/84 4 items of correspondence with Mr. H. re Commons Registration Act 1965, re South Stainley village green
/85/-/87 3 items of correspondence re transfer of papers from Grays to Titley, Paver-Crow & Fedda, Sept 1971
/88-/89 Draft of N.A. Hudleston’s Will with covering letter, Nov.1971
/90 2pp. Gray’s, York - bill to Mr. H. for General Matters
/91-/93 3 items of correspondence re South Stainley village green registration, 1971
/94-/97 4 items of correspondence re sale of 77 Forest Lane, Harrogate to Mrs. Grant, 1971
/98-155 58 items relating to South Stainley village green registration as Common Land, 1971-74
/156-/158 3 items of correspondence re Campbell’s lease, 1973
/159-/166 8 items of correspondence re dumping of industrial waste at Monkton Moor quarry , 1973
/167-/174 8 cuttings from ‘Yorkshire Post’, 1971-73, York stamp issue, one re stationary vehicle outside village green, dumping of waste, river pollution
/175 Articles on common land & building regulation. n.d., no title
/176 Arnold-Baker, Charles, Threats to the village green,“Country Life” Oct. 27 1966, 1092-3 ( re Commons Registration Act 1965-7)
/177 Min. of Land & Natural Resources, Circular 2/65, 19th Nov. 1965 - the Commons Registration Act. 11pp
/178,9 [inside /177] 2 copies, cuttings , “Yorkshire Post” 1/4/66, on Moves to preserve rights to land, re Commons Registration Act, 1965, + booklet(/180)
/180 Min. of Land & Natural Resources, 1966 “Common land and town & village greens, re Commons Registration Act 1965. 13pp
/181 “Country Landowner” April, 1966 [p.86-7 has comment on the Commons Registration Act, 1965] 35 /182 CLA Publications Subscriber Circular 6/71-72, on Commons Registration Act, 1965: disputed claims, 8 January 1972. 5pp
/183 Coloured, mounted, photograph of unidentified country houses & landscape [may be Stainley]
/184 B/W mounted photograph of Stainley Manor
MD475/4/2 Bundle 2 /1 Mr. Hudleston [apparently his writing] Partial index to Dr. John Simpson’s Journal, 1829-64, vol.4,pp1-10, 1829-44; vol.5,pp.11-42, 1857-64 (pp.26-42 are index to W.H.Hudleston’s continuation of his father’s Journal ( Journal is MD475)
/2 Attached to P. 25 of above is a note on a tombstone erected in Osmotherly in memory of John Skinner, d.aged 88, a former servant of the Simpsons for over 40 years, erected by the Simpson family
MD475/4/ Bundle 3 Includes ‘sums drawn, bills paid, Bankers, Agents 1817-1834
MD475/4/ Bundle 4 1-5 5 photographs of Cayton Hall i) Stable block ii) High Cayton Hall, SE. iii )High Cayton Hall SW. iv) Monastic stone water butt at High Cayton v) S.Stainley from the air
/6-8 3 prints from “Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, 199a [? May be pieces of mediaeval stones in Cayton Hall gardens]
/9 Letter, 25 Nov.1981,from R.N.Bailey, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mr N.Hudleston, Cayton Hall, re dating of his font and other mediaeval sculptural remains, with report by David Stocker attached
?Bundle 5
MD475/6 12 sets of North Yorkshire County Library postcard series (5 in each, photos and prints)
A Victorian and Edwardian York (prints) B York in the 1840s (prints) C Nineteenth century Scarborough (prints) G Victorian and Edwardian Scarborough ( G4 is missing) H Victorian Scarborough 36 I Old Harrogate J Victorian and Edwardian York K Victorian and Edwardian York L Views of York by Rock & Co. (prints) M York - River Ouse and Bridges N Victorian Scarborough O Victorian and Edwardian Scarborough
MD475/4/2 Folder 1
/1 Details of 10 missing portraits. 2pp.
/2 John Simpson’s Account of his relationship to the Staveleys - (extracts from his diary)
/3 Lunn, David, ‘ Father John Hudleston and Charles ll’ History Today,April 1975, pp224-237, (photocopy) with covering letter from Mr. H.’s uncle Ambrose, 1979 (from San Francisco)
/4 4 pedigrees of Hudleston family from AD1066 to present day (incl. Dr. Simpson)
/5 Another copy of John Skinner’s epitaph. See/4/1 above
/6 The Customs of Knaresborough and Scriven (mss) with lists of burgesses in 1718
/7 Dr. John Simpson (1)’s will, 1808 (photocopy, Leeds Public Libraries, Archives)
/8 a/a, will of William Simpson, father of Dr. John Simpson(2), 1786
/9 a/a will of Mary Simpson, wife of Dr. J.S.(2) ,1769
/10 a/a will of Mary Simpson
/11 a/a will of William Simpson, 1766
/12i,ii 2 copies of riddles found in the Simpson papers
/13 (Mr. H.’s 1-10) Miscellaneous Keighley documeents , Earliest date mentioned - 1630, latest - 1803 (marriage of Dr. J.S.(2) g
/14 (Mr. H.’s(11-13) Miscellaneous 17th century documents, incl.’the earliest of all our documents) - Settlement by Robert Everatt, 1639. 3pp. (copy of 475/1/19)
/15 (Mr. H.’s 14-18) Simpson, Bills and Receipts , 18th century, 1715 1795 [this is pp.7-11 of the lists, another copy, MD475/1/3 37 /16 Misc. papers, mostly undated, but probably late 18th cent. (refers to wallet etc /1/18)
/17 (Mr.H.s’ 20-25) Correspondence etc , chiefly Knaresborough & Axholme, 1695-1814 approx. 6pp.
/18 (Mr. H.’s 26-27) supplementary items, correspondence 1700 - 1800. 2pp.
/19 Bundle of old Notebooks, incl. Keighley inheritance. 13pp ?? copy of 1/9 Contents include leather ticket/comb case; homemade booklet etc; 2 letters; home made banknote wallet; Account & notebook - 1677,1678 onwards ; farm account book 3 small notebooks(bills in partnership account) confirmation of this ; cash account of partnership between J. and J. Simpson 1818-1821; leather bound notebook with metal clasp 1693 onwards [a commonplace book, with list of contents]; various 18th cent. letters and documents; small unbacked homemade booklet, & ditto in parchment - bills and money due to Dr. Simpson; homemade notebook 1781-1792 - list of debtors; small notebook bound in red leather - ‘children’s Account, Bradford 1801’; Collection of letters bound into homemade book 1798 + notes on Robert Keighley and family, going back to early 7thcent.. ,;[obviously this all relates to some legal proceedings re the estate of R. Keighley, d. intestate; [also letters etc on reverse]; alphabetical notebook bound in brown leather - lists of patients [? Practice split alphabetically?]- some letters blank, others, long lists; almanack 1827; red leather pocket book (wallet) / notebook - incl. Dr. copy letter re daughter’s dowry ?Dr. S? ; the political creed ( a parody of the Athanasian Creed) + letters, summonses, library ticket , bills, negotiations for a piano forte; roll of papers (bills)1805, 6,11; bundle ‘Mr. William Wares’s Account of the Michaelmas rents; bequests to daughter, Dorinda and her gifts to her son, Marmaduke Bramley.
/20 Miscellaneous papers, 18th cent. 8pp. Contains much on the Keighleys + bills and correspondence
/21 Simpson Correspondence - 18th century 17pp. (Mr. H.’s 68-74) (includes correspondence re pew dispute & medical suit re treatment of a child and much else)
/22 i) Green leather book (very large) - Dore House Accounts 1821-1827 + inventory of property of Mr. Ward of Dore House ii) Homemade book, 1640 + schedule of writings relative to Estate at Kelfield . 3pp (Mr. H.’s 66& 67)
/23 Transcription (?partial) of Dr. Simpson’s ‘short journal of my journey to London in March 1771’ See 1/19/47. Mr.H.’s 68-70 38 /24 Leather wallet stamped ‘Jeffrey Brewer, Knaresborough, 1762 - full details’ [Appears to be a copy of MD475/1/18, Mr. H.’ pp71-81]
/25 Miscellaneous Eighteenth century 4pp. (Mr. H.’s 82-85) - incl. Correspondence re Mr. Keighley - see MD475/1/20 p.125 etc , + song lyric from Grace Whitaker, Little Fenton; to Mr. W. Keighley in Knaresborough, Feb 23 1714 ?1719. 5 verses [Mr. H.’s p.85] Another copy of 475/4/2/20 p.123
/26 Simpson Accounts, Estate, mainly Knaresborough c.1800-1840. 3pp See 475/1/1
/27 Simpson, Bills and receipts 19th cent. 4pp. Mr. H.’s 89-92 Another copy of 475/4/1 pp.4-6
/28 Simpson, Estate accounts, mainly Rillington, 19th cent. 2pp[ Mr. H.’s pp 93-93. 1821-1856]
/29 Simpson Correspondence, 19th cent. 3pp. [Mr. H.’s 95&97]
/30 N.A.H. Private Papers . Advowson and Chancel [Mr.H.’s p.98,9], + sheet of riddles with answers, and more riddles with answers [1/8, pp.34,5]
/31 Simpson, 19th cent. 8 pp. [Mr. H., pp.100-107] - medicine, tithes enclosure, children’s accounts etc
/32 Simpson Correspondence, 1800 - 11pp. [Mr. H.’s 108-118] - includes, p.108, W. Cooper letter re books, Surrender by Robt Dickinson, sale of Keighley property, p.109 - bills, correspondence re George Rumfill ; p.110, sale of curricle, guns, bank rumours, hotel bills etc. p.112, taxes for horses and carriage ; p.113 - coal mines, game poachers ,P.114 - bills, legacy; payments; p.114 - Rents; p.115 - sales of goods, colliery; p.116 - problem re grandfather’s will; p.117 - York Collegiate School . See MD475/1/14, pp.85-95
/33 Simpson. 2pp. Undated,[ Mr.H’s pp.118,] Half letter from Elizabeth Wilkinson; subscription for a widow; Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry troops . See MD475/1/15 pp/. 96,7
/34 Bundle labelled ‘Washing bills’ 9pp. Bundle labelled ‘ school bills before my father’s death’ - c.1802-1808 etc. Bundles containing inventories - i) Mary Blessard - part of her deceased mother’s clothes; ii) Dorinda Simpson - part of her deceased mother’s ; iii) Katherine Simpson’s ditto; iv) | Susanna Simpson’s ditto; + various other inventories of clothes & linen. These = Mr. H.’s pp.98-106. MD475/1/16 39
/35 (Mr. H.’s pp129-31) Miscellaneous, 19th century 3pp. Wills, bailiff’s distraint; Fire insurance policy; trial re breach of peace / surreptitious; Bradford enclosure
/36 (Mr. H.’s pp 132-5) Letters in connection with the Foxhow Estate 4pp [near Ambleside] - various refs. to Dr. Arnold of Rugby & Wordsworth + problem s re title to the estate =MD475/1/22 pp.129-32
/37 (Mr. H.’s pp136-42) Undated materials 7pp Various , incl. valuation of live and dead stock at Dore House; newspaper cuttings on cholera in London; very detailed rental of the Rillington estate of John Simpson MD; accounts; book plates; booklet ref. to an enclosure; letter from Dr. J.S.(2) to brother re trying to persuade Dr. J.S.(1) to hand over the whole practice to him, Apl.22, 1795 Also, Blanch Simpson (1839) letter to mother; York School reports & W. Simpson’s letter to mother , 1839 = MD475/1/10, pp.49-51
/38 Simpson Correspondence - carbons . 20 April 1795 (postmark)Letter to Dr. S(2) from brother W. Simpson re looking for another position as their father is holding him back + note re non-dispatch of book by W.Cooper + copy draft of Dr. S(2)’s letter to his father re W. Simpson’s letter
/39 5 letters - copies. May 26th 1838. Letter from Blanch Simpson to her mother re family & friends. June 9th 1838, letter from Blanche Simpson to Wilfrid re farmyard matters + friends. Oct 5th 1839 , York from Wilfrid ( at York Proprietary School) to his mother re his doings and his report. Feb 13th 1840 similar letter a/a . March 6th 1841, Clifton, from J.Heslop (?Headmaster) to (presumably Dr. Simpson) re Wilfrid’s unsatisfactory conduct and work
/40 (Mr. H.’s 45 ??(but 3 cut off pieces of paper) 19 Feb. 1795 (copy) Letter of W. Cooper to J.S. [includes account of Fox’s dinner]
/41 19th century Simpson ; correspondence relating to Rillington Estate 1827-33 1p. = MD475/1/4 p.18
/42 ‘ A private journal of events kep’t by John Simpson M.D. of Knaresborough from the 1st of January 1825 to the 31st of December 1827 and intended to be continued.’ 34 pp. Covers 1st Jan. 1825 - 31st March 1825 - typed transcription
/43 Another copy of the above Journal ,pp.1-6; 17-7, in reverse order
/44 Another copy ditto, pp.18-34 40 /45 Sheffield Documents collected by Grays from Hutchinson & Buchanan, August 14th ,1969. - list of 4 documents, 1875-1935. [N.B. not the ones listed in MD475/2/1 p.144]
/46 Horton re W.H.Hudleston , deceased, 1928. 2pp. List of documents , Dec.30, 1891 - Feb21,1913; 5 copies, abstract of W.H.Hudleston’ s title to Horton property Also, Brooksbank & Barraclough (see Bundle 9, p 149) bundle of Abstract of title - p.146 2/3/1-4 Mary Charnock’s will p.146. Wills etc 1799, Nov 29-1797????; old deeds 1620-1727 (see p.150, 71-63); 1727-1763 These are deeds & documents collected from Herbert J. Jeffrey & son, Solicitors, Bradford, 1928 [Other items may be in Mr. H.’s lists re Great Horton, MD475/2/3 1 83; 1870, Bradford water works
Folder 2 /47 Cayton Estate. Documents collected by Grays from Hutchinson & Buchanan. August 14th 1969. 2pp. Miscellaneous list, 1850-1961, 14 docs. incl. Abstract of title, marriage settlement, lease, assignment of lease etc. [copy of MD474/2/1]
/48 Miscellaneous Keighley documents. 10pp. Another copy of MD475/23 (pp133-142)
/49 Miscellaneous 19th cent. 3pp. Another copy of MD475/1/20 (pp123-5)
/50 Miscellaneous 19th cent. 3pp. Another copy of MD475/1/21 (126-8)
/51 Letters and papers in connection with the Fox How Estate 4pp. Another copy of MD475/1/22 (p.129-32)
/52 Mainly medical 11pp. Another copy of MD475/1/18 (pp109-119)
/53 Miscellaneous 17th cent. 3pp Another copy of MD475/1/19 (pp.120-22)
/54 Simpson undated 2pp. Another copy of MD475/1/15 (PP.96-96)
/55 Simpson correspondence 1800- 11pp. Another copy of MD475/1/14 (pp.85-85)
/56 Found among the Everatt papers - ‘In this book is contained a short journal of my journey to London in March 1771 - An account of the disposal of my time while in London’ 3pp 41 Almost complete transcription of part of Dr. Simpson’s Journal of his journey to London 1771 - see MD475/1/19/47 (p.108) where it is not transcribed. This one starts on p.9 of the Jl.
/57 Bundle labelled ‘washing bills’ 9pp Another copy of MD475/1/16 (p.98-106)
/58 Simpson correspondence - eighteenth Century (‘seventeenth’ crossed out). 17pp Another copy of MD475/1/13 (pp.68-840
/59 Simpson - Nineteenth century - 8pp. Another copy of MD475/1/12 (P.60-67) [the item crossed out was on p.64 is on p65 at bottom, re Sheffield Mercury
/60 Undated materials. 3pp. Another copy of MD475/10 (pp 49-52)
/61 Miscellaneous papers Eighteenth century - 8pp. Another copy of MD475/1/11 pp.52-59
/62/ Bundle of old notebooks etc., incl. Keighley inheritance - 17pp. Another copy of MD475/1/9 (pp.36-51)
/63 Rillington Estate. Documents collected by Grays from Hutchinson & Buchanan Ltd - August 14th 1969, 1708-1954 4pp. Another copy of MD475/2/4 ( pp.151-154)
/64 Great Horton, Bradford 5pp. Another copy of MD475/2/3 (pp.146-150)
/65 Another copy of /64
/66 Another copy of /63
/67,8 2 copies of MD475/2/1 (p.146) re Cayton Estate [/47 above, p.1 only]
/69 Another copy of /63
/70 Another copy of /64
/71,2,3 3 copies of MD475/2/2 (p.145, Horsfall Trust)
/74 Sheffield - Documents collected by Grays from Hutchinson & Buchanan, August 14th 1969 [not in the schedules]-i) 1875. 16 Dec. Settlement by Mrs. Elizabeth Hudleston & Wilfrid H. Hudleston of the Dore House Estate - counterpart; ii) 1900, 29 May. Conveyance of land at Orgreave and Handsworth, W.H.Hudleston to Gt. Central Railway Co.; iii) 1926,14 Sept. Certificate of Redemption of Corn Rent, Handsworth (Tithe Acts) ; iv) 1935,18 Nov. Lease, 42 M.L.Wheldon & Anor to E.J.W.R.Langton. Land in Retford Road, Handsworth
/75 Documents missing and still to come from Hutchinson & Buchanan - re Rillington Estate. Bundle of papers relating to tithes [not in the schedule]
/76 Another copy of MD475/1/8/1-7 (p.34-5) + some other riddles and snippets of letters
/77 Another copy of 475/1/7 (p.26-29)
/78 “ 475/1/6 (p.30-32)
/79 “ 475/1/5 (p.19-20)
/80 “ 475/1/6 (p.21-22)
/81 “ 475/1/6 (p.27)
/82 “ 475/1/4/1-7 (p.18)
/83 “ 475/1/3/1-160 (p.7-11)
/84 “ 475/1/1/1-113 (p.1-3)
/85 “ 475/1/2/1-122 (p.4-6)
/86,7,8 3 copies of 475/1/3/156 (p.12-17)
/89 Simpson correspondence 1795, Apl. 26 Letter to Dr. Simpson, Malton, from his brother W. Simpson + (on same sheet of paper) note from W. Cooper to (?) Dr. Simpson , + draft of letter Apl.22 1795 from Dr. Simpson to his brother [All are copies of entries in the schedule]
/90 Copy of letter May 26th 1838, from Blanch Simpson to her mother + June 9th 1838, letter from Blanch to Wilfrid + note from school report 2p.
/91 Undated letter among papers dated 1800-1840 - ‘Anonymous letter supposed from a Mr. Wilkinson of Knaresborough, a suitor of my sister [copy of one in the Schedule]