Sheffield and its environs 13th to the 17th century
A
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
OF
Land Charters & Other Documents
FORMING
The Brooke Taylor Collection
RELATING TO
THE OUTLYING DISTRICTS
OF
SHEFFIELD
WITH 16 GENEALOGIES AND AN ARTICLE
ON
Hawksyard
COMPILED BY
T. WALTER HALL Hon. M.A. (Sheffield) F.R.Hist.S.
SHEFFIELD
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. W. NORTHEND LTD., WEST STREET
1922
TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
WORKS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF SHEFFIELD AND ITS ENVIRONS.
SHEFFIELD PEDIGREES volume I, by T. Walter Hall . Containing nine genealogies with notes.
Published 1909, now out of print.
CATALOGUE OF THE CHARTERS, DEEDS, AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARY AT SHEFFIELD, by T. Walter Hall ; with Introductory Note by Mr. R. E. Leader and photographic reproduction of early 14th century Derbyshire charter.
Published June 1912. Price 2/-.
CATALOGUE OF THE ANCIENT CHARTERS BELONGING TO THE TWELVE CAPITAL BURGESSES AND COMMONALTY OF THE TOWN AND PARISH OF SHEFFIELD, WITH ABSTRACTS OF ALL SHEFFIELD WILLS PROVED AT YORK PRIOR to 1554, by T. Walter Hall ; with over 100 local genealogies and 4 photographic reproductions of early Sheffield seals and an early 15th century Sheffield charter.
Published May 1913. Price 2/6.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE CHARTERS, ROLLS, DEEDS, PEDIGREES, PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS, MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, MAPS, AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, FORMING THE JACKSON COLLECTION, AT THE SHEFFIELD PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARY, by T. Walter Hall and A. Hermann Thomas : with Prefatory Note by Dr. Henry Jackson , O.M., Regius Professor of Greek and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and five photographic reproductions of ancient local documents.
Published July 1914. Price 5/-.
SHEFFIELD PEDIGREES volume II, contributed by Messrs. J. B. Mitchell-Withers , H. P. Marsh , R. E. Leader , S. O. Addy , W. S. Porter , C. Drury , and T. Walter Hall . Containing 16 genealogies with notes.
Published January 1915. Price 5/-.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF MISCELLANEOUS CHARTERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE DISTRICTS OF SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM, WITH ABSTRACTS OF WILLS PROVED AT YORK FROM 1554 to 1560; by T. Walter Hall , with 315 local genealogies and six photographs of medieval charters, &c.
Published September 1916. Price 5/-.
THE PARISH REGISTER OF SHEFFIELD. Part I. BAPTISMS AND MARRIAGES, 1560 to 1635. Transcribed and edited by Charles Drury and T. Walter Hall of Sheffield; indexed by John Charlesworth of Wakefield. Privately printed for The Hunter Archological Society of Sheffield and The Yorkshire Parish Register Society.
Published 1917. Price 10/6.
THE PARISH REGISTER OF SHEFFIELD. Part II. BURIALS 1560 to 1635; BAPTISMS AND MARRIAGES 1635 to 1653. Transcribed and edited by Charles Drury and T. Walter Hall of Sheffield, and indexed by T. Walter Hall . Privately printed for The Hunter Archological Society of Sheffield and The Yorkshire Parish Register Society.
Published 1918. Price 10/6.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE CHARTERS, COPY COURT ROLLS AND WILLS IN THE WHEAT COLLECTION, AT THE SHEFFIELD PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARY; AND ALSO CHARTERS FROM OTHER LOCAL COLLECTIONS, WITH ABSTRACTS OF SHEFFIELD WILLS PROVED AT YORK FROM 1560 to 1566; by T. Walter Hall ; with 285 local genealogies, and a Prefatory Note by Mr. Hubert Hall , of H.M. Public Record Office, F.S.A., and two photographic reproductions of local charters of the 13th century. Appendix containing a list of boys who went to Broombank House School, Sheffield, with a biographical note on the reverend Thomas Howarth, M.A.
Published August 1920. Price 5/-.
THE PARISH REGISTER OF SHEFFIELD. Part III. BURIALS 1635 to 1653; BAPTISMS AND MARRIAGES 1653 to 1686. Transcribed and edited by Charles Drury and T. Walter Hall , F.R.Hist.S. Privately printed for The Hunter Archological Society of Sheffield and The Yorkshire Parish Register Society.
Published 1921. Price 10/6.
MATERIAL FOR THE HISTORY OF WINCOBANK, SHEFFIELD, by T. Walter Hall , F.R.Hist.S.; with plan of 1692 and 31 local genealogies.
Published December 1921. Price 3/-.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BROOKE TAYLOR COLLECTION OF EARLY CHARTERS AND DEEDS RELATING TO OUTLYING DISTRICTS OF SHEFFIELD by T. Walter Hall , Hon. M.A. (Sheffield), F.R.Hist.S.; with genealogies and photographic reproductions of charters and seals. Appendix containing an article on Hawksyard near Buxton; with its John of Gaunt hawking tradition and medieval history; reprinted from Transactions of The Hunter Archological Society of Sheffield.
Published October 1922. Price 5/-.
THE PARISH REGISTER OF SHEFFIELD. Part IV. In the Press.
Price 10/6.
The above publications can be purchased from J. W. Northend Limited, West Street, Sheffield .
PREFACE
My thanks are due to Colonel H. Brooke Taylor, for permission to search his chambers in the Town Hall at Bakewell for hidden treasure, in the shape of pre-reformation land charters court rolls and the like; to Mr Robert Shirley of Waterhouse Farm near Longnor, for a sight of his title deeds to Hawksyard; to his son Mr Edwin Leslie Shirley of Hawksyard, for a very pleasant visit to his ancestral home in The Moorlands of Staffordshire, with its medieval tradition and interesting associations; and to Mr James R. Wigfull, for an excellent little map of Hawksyard and the surrounding country.
It is only through the kindness and good nature of others, that a systematic search for local history can proceed and although contributions accumulate in small quantities, there is no more fruitful or reliable source of information, as to people and places of bygone days, than the land charters and court rolls covering the period from the Domesday survey to the reformation.
Many bundles of old title deeds, unopened for centuries, yet lie hidden in out-of-the-way corners and on inaccessible shelves; it should be part of the work of every archological society to extract from all available deeds, relating to its own district, whatever useful history they may contain.
Every countryside, every village and every town becomes a more interesting place to its inhabitants, when its history is known. The names of persons and places become intelligible, dates and letters on buildings can be accounted for, disused bridle roads and paths can be traced, the heraldry of the stained glass in the church and of the tombstones in the churchyard can be read with understanding, local genealogies can be extended and long cherished family traditions can often be verified or explained.
It is therefore of importance that whenever these ancient writings make their appearance, there should be some person or association of persons ready and willing to examine them, not only with the object of extracting any local history they may contain, but also of recording it in a form suitable for future reference.
T. Walter Hall.
Before 1290. Charter of Jordan de Pickeburne. (Brodsworth near Doncaster)
Photo Ethel Eadon
Before 1290.
Charter of Jordan de Pickeburne. (Brodsworth near Doncaster)
