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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]

C - Correspondence

CA - Index

E - Estate, general

EF - Personal Estate Papers and Accounts

FP - Personal Papers

FZ - Family papers : general

O - Office and Public Service

P - PLANS

T - Title Deeds

X - Additional estate, family and personal papers - 20th Cent

ZF - Papers relating to families associated with the Longsdon family

ZL - Legal Miscellanea

ZP - Longsdon family history papers

1 - The genealogy of the family of Longsdon early 13th century - 16 Edward II, and 11 Henry IV - 1867. - mid 19th century

1-22 - Longsdon Pedigree

2-22 - File: early pedigrees and antiquarians' letters including: - [19th-20th cent]

23 - Copy or draft deed of exchange between 1) Robert Shakerley of Litt Longsden [Little Longsdon, Little Longstone] gent., Leonard Shakerley his brother, and Thomas Shakerley, Leonard's son, and 2) Anthonie Longsden [Longsdon] and Stephen Longsden his son of Littel Longsden gent. The Shakerley family in exchange for parcel of land, meadow and pasture hereinafter mentioned give several pieces of pasture ground: 4 acres called the Ould Closse in Littel Longsdon butting there uppon Sharpp Edge top, with several little closes of land and pasture, ½ acre called Newland adjoining Ould Closse ... 20 September 29 Elizabeth [1587] - [[late 16th cent]]

23-29 - Early translations and copies of deeds

24-25 - 2 copies of English versions of gift by Griffin son of Wenuwyn to Mathew of oxgang in Great Longston formerly had by his ancestors of a feoffment of the king with common of furze and turbary - [early 17th century]

26 - English versions by John Revell [? tutor to William Longsdon, grandson of Anthony Longsdon, and son of Robert Longsdon, and 2nd husband of Robert's widow 1) gift by Robert son of Waltheof of Morrisale [Monsal Dale, Little Longstone] to Mathew son of Thomas clerk of Bakewell for homage and service of a cultura [piece of cultivated land] called Cocke already set apart to make a Thoft [toft] in the town of Little Longstone stretching between the way on the west from Egiston to the bottom of the Marsh meadow and to the toft of the daughter of Agnes of Little Longstone etc held by Mathew's ancestors of Robert's ancestors. [ for original see D3580/T8] and 2) gift by Serlo son of Raphe de Mountjoy, lord of Yeldersley to Matthew of Longsdon the lesser of right of way - [mid 17th century]

27 - Quitclaim by Serlo de Mountjoy, Lord of Yeldersley to Matthew of Longstone son of Thomas clerk of Bakewell of ½ toft and 4 oxgangs of arable in Little Longstone Brerethfield etc [Original missing] Further quitclaim by Serlo to Mathew of suit of court and mill and lot of mine for land in Little Longstone held by Mathew of Serlo [Original missing] - [17th century]

28 - Quitclaim by Serlo to Mathew of right of way - [17th century]

29 - Part of English version of gift by Robert son of Walchem of Morrisale - [17th century]

30-41 - Copies of early charters, notes and correspondence - mid 19th century - 20th century

30-749 - E. M. Longsdon's working papers

42-63 - File of correspondence of E. M. Longsdon with British Museum about translations, ordering copies etc; with: D3580/ZP62 (i) British Museum, Add 6667 parish of 1580 Photostat extract concerning dissensions about land in Longstone submitted to arbitration of Roger Levett, William Woley, Thomas Yelds and Thomas Dunkcutle whose award directs mutual conveyances of small parcels of lands in Longsdon to be made by different parties when Robert Longsdon attains age of 21 years, and states that other lands belong to Lord Shrewsbury. D3580/ZP62 (ii) Photostat extract: It appears from another deed of same date as the last [Feast of St Mathew the Apostle 6 Henry VI, 21 September 1427] that the name of the said Henry of Longesdon's then wife was Maud; Gift by deed poll of the Eve of the Assumpton of the Blessed Mary Henry IV [14 August 1410] by Henry of Longesdon to his wife Agnes and heirs of her body, of an oxgang of land with two houses on it which descended to him in right of inheritance from his father; This present award of the Feast of the Translation of St. Thomas 22 Henry VI [3 or 7 July 1444] between 1) Robert Shakersley gent and 2) Annes late wife of Harry Longsdon and Robert Longsdon son and heir to said Annes and Harry. D3580/ZP63 Photograph of D3580/T18 - 1934-1939

64 - Notes from T. Walter Hall A descriptive Catalogue of Land Charters and Muniments relating to Vills and Burghs of North Derbyshire [Sheffield 1939]. - c. 1939

65 - File of typescript notes on Griffin son of Wenuwin [Griffin ap Gwenwynwyn of Cyfeiliog, Prince of Powys] and on early Longsdon deeds - [early 20th century]

66-114 - File: notes and correspondence within family: D3580/ZP66-74 Envelope of notes by F. D. Longsdon with family letters a) Mary Wain marriage D3580/ZP75 Letter from Marian Parsons to Geoffrey Longsdon about current Longsdon doings, 1924 D3580/ZP76-88 Correspondence with H. E. Garle with pedigree of Wain descendants, 1927-1928 D3580/ZP89-93 File correspondence with R. C. Longsdon and sketches of his arms, 1929-1938 D3580/ZP94-95 Notes on other Garle and Longsdon cousins, 1932-1934 D3580/ZP96 Letter from uncle of Cyril [R. C. Longsdon], 20 July [1937] b) Family generally D3580/ZP97-103 Correspondence with J. W. Longsdon on Longsdon family generally 1932-1939 with undated letter enclosing lithograph, D3580/ZP103, of letter from Margaret Sleigh [wife of Sir Samuel Sleigh of Etwall, M.P.] to her husband, Samuel Sleigh, esq., 1640 c) American Longsdons D3580/ZP104-106 Letter from Mrs C. F. Keller, claiming to be a Longsdon from near York, stolen from home as a small child between 1838 and 1850 or at any time of the building of the railroads in Yorkshire by John McCarthy or McCoffery a railway contractor, carried to America and reared by strangers, with letter of introduction of 1901 D3580/ZP107-109 Letter of thanks from a newly found relative, Jonnie Longsdon Brown, about to return to America, 1922 D3580/ZP110-114 Correspondence with the Rutledge family, Mrs Rutledge being a grand daughter of Edmund Longsdon, son of Peter Longsdon, 1939 - [19th-early 20th century]

115-420 - E. M. Longsdon's correspondence with other than members of the family: - 1901-1940

421-457 - File of E. M. Longsdon's working notes followed by dr ft summaries of events in each Longsdon's life; proof pedigrees with manuscript annotations - [1939]

458-540 - E. M. Longsdon's numbered and dated individual working files, with transcripts of manuscripts chronological summaries of evidence etc: D3580/ZP458-464 No 19 Stephen 1611 D3580/ZP465-468 No 20 Anthony 1634 D3580/ZP469 No 21 Robert 1634 D3580/ZP470-490 No 22 William 1631 Including transcript and photocopy of will of William Longsdon's of Middlewood House in chapelry of Bradfield, Yorks., gent., leaving certain domestic utensils and furniture to children if any, and residue equally between children and wife, Elizabeth; exercises power of appointment in property in Great Longstone for 21 years after death without issue, first to pay debts, then to use equally of Elizabeth, his then wife, and his mother, Anne wife of John Revell; appoints Elizabeth executrix. 30 January 1657. Proved 1658. D3580/ZP491 No 23 Helen Longsdon nee Lockwood D3580/ZP492 No 24 Elizabeth Longsdon nee Berley D3580/ZP493-501 No 25 Thomas 1657 D3580/ZP502-504 No 26 Thomas 1677-1748 with photograph of arms [as on father's tomb, see D3580/F22, over a mantel piece D3580/ZP505 No 26a John Longsdon D3580/ZP506 No 27 Mary Wyant D3580/ZP507-517 No 28 Thomas (III) 1706-1780 with profile cut in paper, and sheets for D3580/ZP518 No 28a John Longsdon D3580/ZP519 No 28b William Longsdon of Eyam D3580/ZP520 No 28bb William Longsdon of Eyam D3580/ZP521 No 28c Mary Longsdon D3580/ZP522 No 28d James Longsdon D3580/ZP523 No 28e Elizabeth Longsdon D3580/ZP524 No 29 Mary Wain D3580/ZP525 No 30 James (I) 1748-1821 D3580/ZP526 No 31 Elizabeth D3580/ZP527-528 No 33 Thomas Longsdon 1751-1831 D3580/ZP529 No 33a Thomas Longsdon 1782-1812 D3580/ZP530 No 34 James Longsdon (II) 1786-1827 D3580/ZP531-532 No 35 William D3580/ZP533 Nos 36-38 Katherine Smithers, Edward Smithers 182411891, Mary Goodwin D3580/ZP534-540 No 39 Henry John Longsdon - [20th century]

541-557 - File: lists of manuscripts, mainly deeds and letters, by E. M. Longsdon and J. W. Longsdon - [early 20th century]

558-559 - Typescript of pedigrees of Longsdon and allied families with chronological summary notes, the late generations in printed form, by E. M. Longsdon; and introductory memoir by J. W. Longsdon - 1939

560 - Memoir on William Longsdon, by J. W. Longsdon - [early 20th century]

561 - Memoir on Henry [H. J.] and Fanny [F. D.] Longsdon, by J. W. Longsdon - [early 20th century]

562-742 - E. M. Longsdon's individual working files for allied families, contents as in his Longsdon files but also including correspondence, pedigree notes and draft pedigrees: D3580/ZP562-604 No 1 Lace family D3580/ZP605-632 No 2 Sidgwick family, including correspondence with E. F. Benson 1933, and "Henry Sidgwick" by Professor C. D. Broad, offprint from The Hibbert Journal, October 1938 D3580/ZP633-651 No 3 Crofts family D3580/ZP652-700 No 4 Cross, Ramsbottom, and Openshaw families including mid 19c. Openshaw family correspondence D3580/ZP701-742 No 5 Sidebottom and Chappe families - [20th century]

743-747 - Kerslake of Norfolk with Blyth and Lanchester, by E. M. Longsdon, priv. printed Portsmouth, 1937, with accompanying correspondence and notes - 1937

748-749 - Pedigree of Carr family, allied with Crofts, and accompanying letter by E. M. Longsdon - 1972

ZZ - Miscellaneous papers

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