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D6769 - Roman Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel, Hathersage - 18th-20th Cent
1 - Tercentenary exhibition - [c.1992]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D6769/1/8
Title
Plan
Date
c1798
Description
Plan of Chapel and rectory, with c1870 photograph of Wheston Hall, Tideswell and a historical note re the Wheston Hall estate (photocopy)
The historical note refers to the 'Maxwells of Meir, Staffordshire'. This appears to be a transcription error, which should read Maxfield family of Maer, Staffordshire. Sometimes the family name is spelled Macclesfield. This correction was supplied by a descendant of the Macclesfield family who has researched their history.
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File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Roman Catholic Church of St Michael the Archangel, Hathersage
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According to information supplied in March 2016 by a descendant of the Maxfield:
Wheston Hall passed to Robert Freeman through his mother Agnes Alleyn, c1726. His father was Thomas Freeman a lawyer from Sheffield.
His sister Elizabeth Freeman (died 1739, buried in Maer) had married Ralph Macclesfield (1689-1779) of Maer by 1726.
Of the 3 Macclesfield heiress daughters:
Margaret Macclesfield (c1735-1781) lived with her uncle Robert Freeman at Weston Hall in 1763, and married Vincent Newton in 1766 in Holborn Catholic Chapel in London. She left a charity to the poor of Wheston in her will.
Elizabeth Macclesfield (c1736-c1811) in 1755 married Robert Charlton a druggist (c1735 -1787) in Wolstanton, Staffordshire and they lived at Wheston in 1785.
Agnes Macclesfield (1737-1816) married at Wolstanton in 1780 the Honourable Thomas Fitzwilliam (1755-1833) later 9th and last Viscount Fitzwilliam (1830-1833). He inherited the title by succession on the death of his two elder (surviving) brothers. Agnes inherited her sisters thirds of Wheston.
Several of these individuals are mentioned in D7676/BagC/3363/5
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