Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield [Map]
Wakefield is in West Yorkshire.
On 09 Apr 1436 Richard Stanhope (age 76) died at Wakefield [Map].
Henry Machyn's Diary. 05 Jul 1557. At Wakefeld [Map], Robert Hawgatt, skott; and all thes for enteryng in Skarborow castylle.
On 20 May 1643 Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (age 63) entertained Royalist troops to a Bowling Match at Heath Old Hall. Wakefield [Map] was taken the next day by Paliamentary troops.
Around 1676 Robert Benson 1st Baron Bingley was born at Wakefield [Map].
In 1889 William Walsham How Bishop (age 65) was was appointed the first Bishop of Wakefield.
Castleford
The River Aire rises around Malham Tarn [Map] after which it travels broadley south-west past Skipton Castle [Map], Keighley, West Yorkshire [Map], Bingley [Map], Shipley, West Yorkshire [Map], Apperley Bridge, West Yorkshire [Map], Kirkstall Abbey [Map], Leeds [Map], Methley [Map], Castleford [Map], where it is joined by the River Calder, within 2km of All Saints Church, Ledsham [Map] then Brotherton [Map], Ferrybridge, where there was an historical crossing, Beal, North Yorkshire [Map], West Haddlesey, North Yorkshire [Map], Chapel Haddlesey, North Yorkshire [Map], Temple Hirst, North Yorkshire [Map], Snaith, East Yorkshire [Map], Rawcliffe, East Yorkshire [Map] before joining the River Ouse 800m north of Airmyn [Map].
The River Calder rises on Heald Moor near Todmorden [Map] after which it passes Hebden Bridge [Map], Mytholmroyd [Map], Sowerby Bridge [Map], Dewsbury [Map], Sandal Castle [Map], under Wakefield Bridge [Map] before joining the River Aire at Castleford [Map].
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Emley Wakefield
Around 1275 Isabel Deincourt was born to Edmund Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 25) and Isabel Mohun Baroness Deincourt (age 32) at Emley Wakefield.
In 1275 William Fitzwilliam was born at Emley Wakefield.
In 1325 Isabel Deincourt (age 50) died at Emley Wakefield. She was buried at St Mary’s Church, Sprotbrough [Map].
On 06 Jan 1326 John Deincourt (age 60) died at Emley Wakefield.
On 06 Jan 1327 Edmund Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 77) died at Emley Wakefield. His nephew William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt (age 26) succeeded 9th Lord Deincourt. Millicent Zouche Baroness Deincourt by marriage Lord Deincourt. Baron Deincourt abeyant.
Around Feb 1328 John Fitzwilliam was born to John Fitzwilliam (age 30) at Emley Wakefield.
Around 1346 William Fitzwilliam was born to John Fitzwilliam (age 17) at Emley Wakefield.
On 08 Apr 1398 William Fitzwilliam (age 52) died at Emley Wakefield.
On 05 Jul 1417 John Fitzwilliam (age 39) died at Emley Wakefield.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Heath
Around 1636 William Jobson 2nd Baronet was born to Thomas Jobson (age 36) at Heath.
On 14 Mar 1666 William Jobson 2nd Baronet (age 30) died without male issue at Heath. He was buried at Church of St Peter Kirkthorpe [Map]. Baronet Bolles then Jobson of Osberton extinct.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Heath Old Hall
On 20 May 1643 Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (age 63) entertained Royalist troops to a Bowling Match at Heath Old Hall. Wakefield [Map] was taken the next day by Paliamentary troops.
On 05 May 1662 Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (age 82) died at Heath Old Hall. Her grandson William Jobson 2nd Baronet (age 26) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bolles then Jobson of Osberton.
Around 16 Jun 1662 Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles (deceased) was buried at All Saints Church, Ledsham [Map] some six weeks after her death as stipulated by her will by which she provided £120 to "retain her kindred, friends and servants together, and to entertain other persons ordinary and extraordinary". Shroud Monument.
Her tomb consists of a large block of white marble on a black slab on which her finely carved effigy rests showing her in a winding sheet. The black slab is supported by black pillars with white capitals and base.
At the head of the tomb are the arms Witham as a widow: Or three eaglets overall a bend gules. The Witham crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a demi-woman hair dishevelled holding in dester hand a gem ring.
At the sides Jobson (impaling Witham and Bolles implaing Witham.
The inscription ...
Here under, lyeth interred the Body of the Right Worshipful Dame Mary Bolles of Heath Hall, in the County of York, Baronetess, on of the daughters of William Witham, of the worshipful and ancient Family of Witham of Leadstone Hall, in the County aforesaid, Esquire; who married to her first husband Thomas Jobson of Cudworth, in the said County, Esquire, by whom she had issue Thomas Jobson, Esquire, and Elizabeth, who married Thomas Sheerebrooke of Oxon, in the Country of Nottingham, Esquire. The said Dame Mary Bolles had to her second husband Thomas Bolles of Asbarstone, in the Country of Nottingham, Esquire; by who she had issue Ann, married the Right Worshipful Sir William Dalston of Dalston, in the County of Cumberland, King and Baronet; and Mary, who married Thomas Legh of Alington, in the County of Cheshire, Esquire. The said Dame Mary Bolles, being 83 years of age, departed this mortal life at Heath Hall, aforesaid, the 5 day of May, in the year of our Lord 1662.
Her bowels were buried at the Church of St Peter Kirkthorpe [Map].
Thomas Jobson of Cudworth: In or before 1600 he and Mary Witham 1st Baronetess Bolles were married. On 21 Nov 1606 he died.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Kirkthorpe
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Church of St Peter Kirkthorpe [Map]
Church of St Peter Kirkthorpe [Map]. The chief merit of the church is a fine collection of C18 wall monuments. The most important of these is the Stringer Monument by Guelfi: 2 detached busts on a sarcophagus with straight tapering sides; background by Kent with inscription, a frame starting from 2 big volutes and crowned by an open-segmental pediment carved coat-or-arms with putti. The Smyth chapel has numerous monuments dating from 1731; including that to John Smyth of 2 putti uncovering his portrait on an oval medallion, that to Lady Georgina Smyth and others signed by Flaxman; 1799.
On 14 Mar 1666 William Jobson 2nd Baronet (age 30) died without male issue at Heath. He was buried at Church of St Peter Kirkthorpe [Map]. Baronet Bolles then Jobson of Osberton extinct.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Nostell Priory [Map]
In 1654 Nostell Priory, Wakefield [Map] was purchased by
On 14 Oct 1805 Rowland Winn 6th Baronet (age 30) died unmarried. His second cousin once removed Edmund Mark Winn 7th Baronet (age 43) succeeded 7th Baronet Winn of Nostel in Yorkshire. Nostell Priory, Wakefield [Map] was inherited by his nephew John Williamson aka Winn (age 12), son of Rowland's sister Esther Winn (age 37). All of Esther's children changed their surname to Winn.
From 1874 Rowland Winn 1st Baron St Oswald (age 53) lived at Nostell Priory, Wakefield [Map] which he had inherited from his father Charles Williamson aka Winn (age 78).
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Sandal
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Sandal, Manygates Lane [Map]
1897. Monument to Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York on Manygates Lane [Map] at the location where he is traditionally thought to have been killed at the .
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, St Helen's Church
On 30 Sep 1850 William Pilkington 8th Baronet (age 74) died. He was buried at St Helen's Church, Sandal. His son Thomas Edward Pilkington 9th Baronet (age 21) succeeded 9th Baronet Pilkington of Stanley in Yorkshire.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, St Michael and Our Lady's Church [Map]
St Michael and Our Lady's Church, Wragby [Map]. Wall monument to Sir Rowland Winn 4th baronet by John Flaxman, 1806.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, Stafford Arms
In 1759 George Gordon 3rd Earl Aberdeen (age 36) and Catherine Elizabeth Hanson Couness Aberdeen (age 29) were married. She, apparently, being the cook at the Stafford Arms, Wakefield, blackmailed him into marriage with a loaded pistol after he had seduced her. He the son of William Gordon 2nd Earl Aberdeen and Susan Murray.
Europe, British Isles, England, West Yorkshire, Wakefield, West Bretton
Around 1500 Matthew Witham of Bretonby was born to Thomas Witham of Bretonby (age 46) at West Bretton, Wakefield.