DEEDS OF LONDESBOROUGH AND AREA

Most of the documents refer to Middleton-on-the-Wolds, Londesborough, Market Weighton and places nearby, in East Riding. Many of the C17 deeds involve the families of Elwald and Witty of Middleton and the 1st Earl of Burlington.

Empthorpe 1 - 22 1649-1674

Easthorpe 23 - 35 1281-1715

Easthorpe including Londesborough 36 - 43 1551-1652

Goodmanham 44 - 66 1663-1777

Middleton-on-the-Wolds including Kiplingcotes, Londesborough & Lund 67 - 170 1370-1775

Market Weighton including Shipton 171 - 183 1352-1682

Bielby 184 - 186 1595-1678

Several Manors on the same deed 187 - 218 1389-1680

Miscellaneous 219 - 234 1281-1795

A collection of about 350 documents which came into the ownership of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in 1946. Provenance unknown, but the Accession Book mentions George Hudson 'the Railway King' as a probable previous owner.

They may previously have been muniments of the Londesborough estate, which belonged to the following families:

Up to 1389 Fitzherbert family

1389 - 1469 Broomfleet family

1469 - 1643 Clifford family

1643 - 1753 Boyle family, Earls of Burlington

1845 Bought by George Hudson to deny it to the Manchester & Leeds Rly. Co.

1850 Bought by Lord Albert Dennison

1923 Bought by Mr. & Mrs. Lupton Booth

2nd World War Hall occupied by the British Army.

1947 Bought by Dr. & Mrs. Ashwin

(Ref: Neave D. Londesborough (Londesborough Silver Jubilee Committee 1977)

Gazetteer of some places named in the documents

Modern name Grid Ref. Names in documents

Ayton SE 9884 Aton

Bielby SE 7843

Broomfleet SE 8827 Bromflet Brounflete

Cleaving Grange SE 8545 Clevingcloses Clevingfields

Easthorpe SE 8845 Estorp Esthorpe Hestorp Estrope

Enthorpe House SE 916463 Emthorpe Empthorpe Emthropp

Everingham SE 8042

Goodmanham SE 8843 Guthmundham Goodmadham

Kiplingcotes Farm SE 9345 Kyblyncotes Kyplyncottes Ciplingcoates

Little Smeaton NZ 3403 Little Smeaton, Birkby parish.

Londesborough SE 8645 Lonesbrughe Lowndesburghe Launesburgh

Lund SE 9748 Lund upon the woulds

Market Weighton SE 8741 Wyghton Wighton (underwould)

Middleton-on-the-Wolds SE9449 Midleton (super le Wold)

North Cave SE 8932

North Dalton SE 9352

Shiptonthorpe? SE 8543 Shipton Shupton

South Dalton SE 9645

Towthorpe SE 8643 Touthorp

(deserted village)

Warter SE 8650 Priory of Warter

Watton TA 5001 Priory of Watton

Weaverthorpe SE 9670 Wyverthorp Wyrethorp

Wilberfoss SE 7350 Priory of Wylberfose