Thank you Dot for the list of the Parish Church Stallholders. I think one of them might be an ancestor. - - My cousin Marion recently obtained the deeds to the family's ancestral cottages, and the first line of a summary reads - "14th February 1712 ASSIGNMNT.Jas Walker to John Lister and Wm Hutton." Would anybody know whether the original church records, wherever they may be now, is likely to give us anymore - such as whether the William Hutton who is listed, was of Eccleshill? Am a bit puzzled by the allocations - what does one fourth mean? Did they only get the seat every fourth Sunday, or did each pew accommodate as many as four people? Malcolm Hutton (In Cairns) ----- Original Message ----- From: <DotWain@aol.com> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:06 AM Subject: [ BRAD] Pre 1705 sitting in Bradford Church > Dear List, > > I propose to post these at intervals s there are far too many to send in one > go. > I hope someone finds an ancestor among the seat holders. Some held a large > number of seats and must have been on some importance. > > Extract from:- Collectanea Bradfordiana, by Isaac Holroyd, published in 1878 > > "A Register of the Townships and Owners' Names, > with the Seats or Sittings allocated to each, > in the Parish Church of Bradford, > before the year 1705" > > "Previous to the year 1705, the sittings in the church were mere stalls, of > irregular shapes and dimensions. A commission was granted by John Sharp, > Archbishop of York, to twelve inhabitants of the parish, to pull down these > stalls, and pew the church in an uniform manner; and in execution of this > commission the church was pewed as the body of the church now remains. (1867)" > > "I have given the above list of stallholders in the 17th century, as they > were then the principal land owners also of that time. As the Parish church > was re-pewed and realloted in 1705, the names given would be the property > holders of Bradford and of the other villages in the parish, during the fifty > years before that date. > For the list I am indebted to a work by Dr. John Outhwaite, a name formerly > well known in Bradford, and much respected. I will here also give the full > title and contents of the book, as it may be of use to future Bradford > Antiquaries. "Documents Relative to Bradford Church" (including) - "An > Account of the Pews, Seats, and Sittings, as Assigned in Pursuance of the > Commission granted by the Archbishop of York, in 1705.; And also the > Allotment which took place before the church was pewed, and was then in > Stalls or Stands." > > > I have transcribed the above list, (over 600 names), in Bradford, including > the townships within the Parish of Bradford. Namely Allerton, Bowling, > Clayton, Eccleshill, Haworth, Heaton, Hortons, Manningham, Oxenhope, Shipley, > Stanbury, Thornton, Wibsey & North Bierley, and Wilsden. - Dorothy, High Peak > > > > REMEMBER ! These names are a transcript, of a transcript, of a transcript! > They should be checked against the original. I presume that the church should > be able to tell you where the original is to be found. > > Township - Name[s] - Sittings > Bradford - John Stockdale - One and a half > Bradford - Mr John Smith - One and three fourths > Bradford - Jonas Nichols - One fourth > Bradford - William Hutton - One fourth > Bradford - John Parker - One fourth > Bradford - William Denham - One > Bradford - Jonas Clarkson - One fourth > Bradford - Mr W Rawson - Two and a half > Bradford - George Jackson - Three fourths > Bradford - Joseph Field - One > Bradford - Samuel Stansfield - Three and One fourth > Bradford - William Webster - One and one fourth > Bradford - Mr Richard Smith - Five and one fourth > Bradford - Thomas Rhodes, senr. - One and one fourth > Bradford - Thomas Hodgson - Two and a half > Bradford - Jonathan Thompson - One and one fourth > Bradford - Widow Ferrand - One fourth > Bradford - John Bannister - One fourth > Bradford - William Norton - One fourth > Bradford - Susan Collier - One > Bradford - Ann Parkinson - One half > Bradford - John Margerison - One and a half > Bradford - George Parish - One fourth > Bradford - Thomas Rhodes, junr. - One fourth > Bradford - Mr Hoppy - One and a half > Bradford - John Ellis - One fourth > Bradford - Jere. Bower of Idle - One fourth > Bradford - John Croasdale - One fourth > Bradford - Jonas Bower - One half > Bradford - Tobias West - Two > Bradford - Mr Thomas Clapham - One > Bradford - Benjamin Killingbeck - Two > Bradford - Mr Jonas Waterhouse - five > Bradford - William Atkinson - One half > Bradford - Joshua Stead - One fourth > Bradford - John Stead - One fourth > Bradford - Mrs Mortimer and J Shaw - Seven > Bradford - Mr John Stanhope - One and one fourth > Bradford - Mrs Sharp or R Stanfield - Two and one fourth > Bradford - Mrs Walker - One and one fourth > Bradford - Mr Bower - Three fourths > Bradford - Matthew Stead - Two > Bradford - Grace Smith - Three fourths > Bradford - Mr Thomas Hooke - Three > Bradford - Samuel Hollingworth - Three fourths > Bradford - John Hird - One > Bradford - William Stead - One > Bradford - Joshua Bartlett - One half > > Dorothy, in the High Peak of Derbyshire > > ______________________________ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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