| Description | Relating to various copyhold properties of the Heyward and other families, which eventually came to William Finney of Little Longstone, including:
1585 Sept 20th Robert Heyward son of Richard Heyward a bovate & a half of pasture (unnamed) in Ashford to Richard, and then to use of William Heyward son;
1597 Sept 13th William Swyndell son of Margaret Swyndell, wife of Hugh, 2 messuages in Ashford to Ralph White senior;
1598 July 25th Nicholas Booth of Scunthorpe Lincolnshire The Cross Chamber etc by the churchyard, garden, stable, courtyard, granary, in Ashford to John Burton;
1598 July 25th John Burton & wife Dorothy cottage called The Cross Chamber garden, stable, courtyard, granary to Ralph White senior;
1598 Oct 1st John Greaves land in the Fore Doles to Ralph White junior;
1598 Oct 1st.Thomas Ragg land in Brode Roods and the Fore Doles to Ralph White junior;
1601 Aug 17th Ralph White, and Nicholas White son and wife Margery, a messuage, granary & toft & one bovate of land for Ralph whilst alive and after his death for Ralph White son of the aforesaid Ralph;
1603 April 14th Ralph White senior of Ashford The Cross Chamber by the churchyard in Ashford, garden, stable, courtyard, granary, to use of he said Ralph for his life then to Godfrey his fourth son & heirs & for want of issue to Ralph White his youngest son & his heirs;
1614 April 13th Richard Harris a close called Watkinloe in Ashford to Ralph White;
1614 April 13th William Milnes a furlomg in the Long Roods, another furlong in The Side to Ralph White;
1615 Oct 10th Godfrey White garden next to his stable to Daniel Darling;
1618 June 17th Godfrey White messuage or tenement, cottage, garden, stable and land in Ashford to Ralph White. (Although not named, the description given is the same as that for the previous surrenders of The Cross Chamber);
1620 July 20th Henry Heyward unnamed land to William Wright and Richard Mylnes;
1629 Feb 24th Henry Heyward & wife Mary through Ralph White attorney, a cottage and garden where Edward Heyward now lives, to Edward Heyward.
(note: document refers to Ralph White junior; Ralph White senior died 1610);
1652 Oct 19th George Cheatham 2 closes in Ashford called Leet Close to William Nadin;
1682 May 17th Edward Jackson and Elizabeth his wife land in Upper Moor Furlong to William Finney;
1687 May 1st Samuel Wright & wife Sara, and JohnWright & wife Lydia, Whitestone and Woollendale, to William Finney;
1691 Oct 3th Elizabeth Lathrope, now deceased, the wife of William Lathrope, deceased, a cottage and a rood of land to William Finney of Little Longstone, her brother and next heir; and
1695 Aug 5th Thomas Wright land in Birchstone Close and Rye Roods to William Finney
[This information was provided by an independent researcher.] |
| Administrative History | They have no apparent connection with the Eyres. |