THE LANGSTAFFS OF TEESDALE AND
WEARDALE PART 20 APPENDIX X. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ P. 341 - (cxlii.) P. 342 - (cxliii.)
Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1557, July 7. John Longstaff, chaplain, presented by Roland
Swinbourne, S.T.D., Warden of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and the Fellows of the same
College or Hall, to the vicarage of Wrawby, on the death of Thomas Stones, last
vicar. ( Bishop's Registers, Lincoln.) ------------------------ Horsington Parish Register. 1585 May 15 .... Jeames son of Arthur Longstaffe,
christened. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. Horsington Parish Register. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1620 May 4 .... Alice dau. of Arthur Longstaffe,
christ. 1684 Mar. 31 .... James Longstaff, constable. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1695 .... Due to the town from James Longstafe, 18s. 3d. ------------------------------------------ 1659, April 28 . Will of Thomas Longstaffe of Houlton Beckerin,
co. Lincoln, husbandman. To be buried in the parish church or churchyard "
wherein I am inhabited." To Thomas Longstaffe my eldest son my cottage house at
Horsington after the death of my wife, also £10 when he shall be 21 ; to John
Langstaffe my 2d son £25 when 21 ; to Jaspar Longstaff my youngest son £20 when
21. Residuary legatee and exx, my wife Katherine Longstaffe. The mark of Thomas Longstaffe. Witnesses: John Swallow, Francis Samson, the mark of John
Tindall. Lincolnshire Quaker Register 1684 3 mo. 11 .... Solomon Turpin & Jane Longstaffe of
Whopload, married at Thomas Mather's House in Whopload. ---------------------------- 1687, August 15. Will of Arthur Langstaff of Horsington in the
county of Lincoln, ffarmer. To my daughter Mary Longstaff £10. Son John
Longstaff one cottage house, etc., in Horsington, and five cottage houses at
Haltham. Daughter Elizabeth Longstaff £10; kinsman Henerie Parpoynt 10s.;
kinsman George Parpoynt 5s.; kinsman Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. Arthur Parpoynt 5s.; aunt Alice Parpoynt, widow, 5s. a yeare.
Residue of goods to wife Elizabeth, sole ex'trix. I desire my brother Joseph
Brownlow and my brother Christopher Longstaffe to assist my ex'trix. --------------------------- 1700-1, February 27. Administration of the goods of James
Longstaff of Horsington , co. Lincoln, granted to Ann Longstaff, widow, the
relict of deceased. Sureties: Anthony Boulton of Edlington and William
Barnfather. Horsington Parish Register. 1693 Oct. 8 .... Mary dau. of James Longstaff & Ann his wife,
bap. Horsington Parish Register. 1719 July 4 .... James son of Edward Longstaff & Katherine his
wife, bap. --------------------------------- 1719-20, March 16. Will of John Longstaff of Horsington in the
county of Lincoln. To son James Longstaff £30; brother James Longstaff £1 1s.;
brother Thomas Longstaff £5; kinsman James Longstaff, the son of Edward
Longstaff, £5. Wife[ not named] sole ex'trix. Horsington Parish Register. 1719-20 Mar. 20 .... John Longstaff, buried. Waddingsworth Parish Register. 1727 Nov. 7 .... Ellen dau. of John & Ellen Longstaff, born
October 10, bap. Wispington Parish Register. 1729 Oct. 7 .... Ellen Longstaffe of Horsington,
buried. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1722, December 27. Will of Christopher Longstaff of Wispington in
the county of Lincoln. To son-in- law John Maddison and Elizabeth his wife, my
daughter, each of them half a guinea. Son-in-law Richard Twelves and my dau'r
Ann his wife, each of them half a guinea. Son-in-law Robert Thystlewhate and
Jane his wife, my dau'r, each of them half a guinea. Eldest Son John Longstaffe
and Elinor his wife, each of them half a guinea. Son-in-law Edmund Wingadd and
Margaret my dau'r, his wife, each of them half a gu'a. To my maiden dau.
Susannah Longstaffe £20. Residue of goods to my wife Ann Longstaffe and my
youngest son Christopher Longstaff, ex'ors. Wispington Parish Register 1688-9 March 19 .... Elizabeth dau. of Christopher Longstaff &
Anne his wife, bap. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1723-4, February 18. Will of Christopher Longstaffe of Wispington
in the county of Lincoln, singleman. To eldest sister Elizabeth Maddison, the
wife of John Maddison,£20; sister Ann Twelves, wife of Richard Twelves, £20;
sister Jane Thistlewhate, wife of Robert Thistlewhate, £20; sister Margaret
Wingad, wife of Edmund Wingad, £20; maiden sister Susannah Longstaffe £20;
Residue of goods to my loving brother John Longstaffe, ex'or. Wispington Parish Register. 1724-5 Jan. 21 .... Ann dau. of Henry and Susan Longstaff, born 22
of Dec. 1724, bap. Waddingsworth Parish Register. 1737 April 21 .... Daniel Fowler of Booknall = Mrs Susan Longstaff
of Wispington ------------------------------- 1737, November 15. Will of James Longstaff, senr, of Hagnaby in
the county of Lincoln, yeoman. To son John Longstaff £50, also were little
silver cup and the clock. Dau'r Ann Kirkham £20. Dau'r Mary fflecher £20; Pat
the Dau'r Elizabeth Longstaff £100, to be put out at interest until she attains
21. Son James Longstaff one close of pasture in Stickford. Son Thomas Longstaff
one close call Wilkinson's close in Stickford. Residue to son Thomas, sole
ex'or. I doe appoint Richard Chester of Toynton St. Peter's, James Longstaff of
Hagnaby, and Christopher ffletcher of Scamblesby wine I'm August , trustees. "
If my son at Thomas Longstaff shd die without heirs of his body, my will is that
my grand- Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. child James Longstaff, the son of James Longstaff, I give him
Wilkinson's close in Stickford." If my son Thomas Longstaff should die without
issue I give to my son John Longstaff one close called Wilkinson's Low Close in
Stickford, and if my son John Longstaff die without male issue I give the said
close to my son James Longstaff and his heirs forever. ----------------------- 1753, January 13 . Administration of the goods of Thomas
Longstaffe of West Keal, co. Lincoln, granted to Mary Longstaff, the relict of
deceased. Sureties: Thomas Longstaffe of Ashby, near Spilsby, grazier, and James
Longstaff of Spilsby, butcher. Spilsby Parish Register 1761 April 20 James Longstaffe of Spilsby, bachelor = Prudence
Mawer of Spilsby, widow. ------------------------ 1753, February 15. Will of Mary Longstaff of West Keal in the
county of Lincoln. To grandson John Garland £2, to be paid to him at 21. Residue
of goods to my son Edward Longstaff, my son James Longstaff, and my daughter
Mary Longstaff, ex’ors. ---------------------- 1762 March 2. Will of John Longstaf of Conesby in the county of
Lincoln, yeoman. To Mary Haird £2; Jonathan Hard £2; B.C. Hard £2. Residue of
good to John Ward, ex'or. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1763, October 3. Administration of the goods of John Longstaff of
Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln, granted to Thomas Longstaffe of Ashby, the brother of
decd. Sureties: Cuthbert Blythe of Stickney, grazier, and Thomas Blythe of
Spilsby, baker. -----------------------------.] 1763 November 26. Will of John Longstaff of Stainfield in the
county of Lincoln. Daughter Ann Brooks, the wife of William Brooks, £3. Thomas
and Ann Brooks, the children of the foresaid Ann and William Brooks, 10s. each.
Daughter Ealener Hilton, the wife of James Hilton, £2 10s. To the three children
of Ealener Hilton and James Hilton 10s. each. Residue of goods to my dau'r Mary
Longstaff, sole ex'trix. [ Testator signs by mark.] Witnesses: Thomas Paske, Sarah Hopkinson. ------------------------------ 1772, February 28. Will of Thomas Longstaffe of Ashby in the
county of Lincoln, grazier. Wife Ann Longstaff and annuity of £20 for her life
issuing out of my lands in Stickford. I give my cottage in Stickney unto my said
wife and Cuthbert Blythe of Stickney, grazier, and John Blythe of Spilsby,
butcher, for and during the life of George Blythe, Michael Blythe, and James
Blythe, sons of my said wife by her former husband Cuthbert Blythe, decd, and
after the decease of my wife to my sons Thomas Longstaff and Henry Longstaff. I
bequeath and to my said wife, Cuthbert Blythe, and John Blythe £300 upon trust
for and towards the maintenance of the said George Blythe, Michael Blythe, and
James Blythe for their respective lines, and then upon trust for my son's Thomas
Longstaff, Henry Longstaff, and James Longstaff. Residue of goods to my sons
Thomas Longstaff and Henry Longstaff equally, ex'ors. ------------------------------ 1773 October 9. Will of Ann Longstaff of Ashby in the county of
Lincoln, widow. I give £100 to my cousins Willingham Franklin of Spilsby, co.
Lincoln, mercer, and John Longstaff of Toynton All Saints, grazier, upon trust
to my son James Blythe during his life, and after his decease for my sons George
Blythe and Michael Blythe for their lives, with remainder for my children and
grandchildren as hereinafter mentioned: my grandchildren Mary, Samuel, John, and
Thomas Gill; my grandchildren Ann, John, and Samuel Blythe, children of my son
John Blythe; my son John Blythe and Ann his wife; my grandchildren Ann Blythe
and William Blythe, children of my late son William Blythe, deceased; their
mother Sarah Blythe, widow; granddau'r Martha Blythe; my grandchildren Thomas,
Cuthbart, and William Blythe, sons of my son Cuthbart Blythe; my son Henry
Longstaff. Residue to my sons James, George, and Michael Blythe. Henry Longstaff
sole ex'or. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. Sir Willingham Franklin, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of
Madras, died of cholera 1824 . His third son James was a Major in the Indian
Army and F.R.S. He was to have been knighted for services in the Pindaree war,
but died first. His fourth son John, born at Spilsby 16 April 1786, became Rear
Admiral Sir John Franklin, K.H. the, the celebrated Arctic explorer. ___________________ 1780, December 14. Will of Thomas Longstaff of Spilsby in the
county of Lincoln, gentleman. All my real and personal estate to my brother
Henry Longstaff, and I appoint him sole ex'or. Spilsby Parish Register. 1773 Feb. 18 .... Thomas Longstaff of Ashby, bachelor = Grace
Brackenbury the of Spilsby, spinster. ___________________ 1781, February 17. Administration of the goods of John Longstaff
of Roughton, co. Lincoln, yeoman, granted to Frances Longstaff, widow, the
relict of deceased. ____________________ 1783, May 6. Administration of the goods of James Longstaff of
Alford, co Lincoln, butcher, granted to Elizabeth Longstaff, widow of deceased.
Sureties: Thomas Bradley, farmer, and William Wilkinson, carrier, of Alford. [
See will of Elizabeth, 1800 .] Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1799, May 15. Administration of the goods of John Longstaff of
Halton Holgate, co. Lincoln granted to Mary Longstaff of Halton Holgate.
Sureties: William Taylor of Tothill, co. Lincoln, grazier, and Christopher
Longstaff of Swineshead, co. Lincoln, mercer . Halton Holegate Parish Register. 1779 July 4 .... Christopher son of John & Mary Longstaff,
bap. ------------------------------------- 1799 December 26. Administration of the goods of Thomas Longstaff
of Coningsby, co. Lincoln, farmer granted to Elizabeth Longstaff, widow, the
relict of deceased. Sureties: William Longstaff of Roughton, co. Lincoln,
farmer, and John Cottam of of Horncastle, co. Lincoln, farmer. ----------------------------------- 1800, October 8 . Will of Elizabeth Longstaff of Alford in the
county of Lincoln, widow. I give unto my son's Thomas and Henry one shilling.
All the residue I bequeath to my daughter's Mary and Elizabeth, and I appoint
them joint ex'trixes. --------------------------------- 1809, October 20 . Will Elizabeth Longstaff of Alford in the
county of Lincoln, spinster. To my dear sister Mary Longstaff all my ready money
and other personal estate and effects, and I appoint turnsole
ex'trix. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1830, August 10. Will of William Longstaff of Stixwould in the
county of Lincoln, farmer and grazier. I give all my lands, etc. in Wildmore
Fen, and the reversion of the messuages, lands, etc. in Roughton and Kirkby on
Bain, devised to me by the will of Robert Parker, late of Roughton, farmer, unto
my cousin William Longstaff of Dunsby, farmer, and his son John Longstaff of
Donington by Boston, farmer, upon trust to sell for the use of my sons John and
William - £ 200 apiece-and the residue for my other children, Robert, Abraham,
Francis, Lydia, and Mary. I appoint the said William Longstaff and his son John
Longstaff joint ex'ors. Roughton Parish Register 1727 Nov. 5 .... Edward son of Jno. Longstaff, bap. Appendix X. - Wills at Lincoln. 1804 July 15 .... Thomas son of Wm. & Lydia Longstaff,
bap. Wispington Parish Register. 1788 Nov. 8 .... William Longstaff, of the p. of Roughton, &
Lydia Camm, of this p., married. Lic. Witn.: Thos, Brooks, William Kirkby. --------------------------------- 1854, September 19. Will of John Longstaff of Whapload, co.
Lincoln, farmer. All to be divided between his two children Elizabeth Longstaff
and William Longstaff. ----------------------- St. Mary's Whittlesey Parish Register. ------------------------------------ [ N.B. Susannah Longstaff ( see note to will of Thomas, page clii)
married Rev. William Bawdwen, a widower. He was born 9 March 1762; married (1)
Ann, daughter of William Shackleton of Wakefield, by whom he had ten children.
By his second wife he had three daughters, Susannah, Fanny, and Judith. He was
Curate of Frickly-cum-Clayton and Vicar of Hooton Pagnel, co. York; died at
Hooton Pagnel 14 Sep 1816.] ======================================= TO: TO: TO: TO: © 2000 Carole A. M.
Johnson A Carole's Cottage
Background.
BY
GEORGE BLUNDELL LONGSTAFF
Transcribed
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CAROLE A.M.
JOHNSON
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WILLS AT LINCOLN
1557, May 15. Will of William Longstaffe of
East Halton in the county of Lincoln. In the Name of God, Amen, the xvth day off
May in the yere of or Lord God 1557, I, William Longstaff of est Halton, in the
Countye of Lyncolne, of good remembraunce, do or dayne & make this my last
Will & Testament in manr & forme folowynge: fyrst I bequethe my Soolle
into the handes of Allmyghtie God, or blessed lady Saint marie, & all the
co'panye of heven And my body to be beriede wher it shall please God to apoynte
it. It'm I bequeath to Alice longstaffe my doughter xli. It'm to everyone of my
god chylder iiijd. It'm to the hye altar for forgotten tythes xijd. It'm to
Dorothe Lydyat a lame. It'm to Henry Savage one yowe & a lambe. It'm I
bequeath to my brother Syr John iij kye yf it chaunce my Wyffe to marye or by
any means go de [? or] depte frome hym. It'm to John Hathway my man a cote &
a gerkyn. It' m to my brother Sr John a fyllye wch I bought off mastris Bayliss.
It 'm to my sister Margaret a yowe lambe. It'm to my syster Annis a yowe lambe.
The rest of my goode unbequethed, my dette, legacies and funeralle p'formed, I
gyve to Isabell my wyffe and Edward my sonne, whom I make my executors. And yf
it forton my son Edward to dy before he com to lawfull age to order and occupy
his portyon then I will that his part shall remayne to hiss th s the yster Alys.
And yf it forton my sonne Edward to dye befoe he com to lawfull age to order and
occupy his portyon then I will that his part shall remayne to his syster Alis.
And yf it fortune the said Alis to dye before she come to lawffull age to order
and occupy her p'te then I will that her parte or portion shall remayne to her
brother Edward yf he be alyve, & yf they both departe before they come to
lawfull age then I will that their p'te shall remayne to the next of my kynne,
wch is my brother Ser John, etc.
Wittnes: John Fayrbarne, Thomas
Lavrycke.
Proved at Lincoln 23 June 1557 by Edward the son.
[1557, Book
I., fo. 163. A duplicate of this will is registered in vol. for 1556-7, fo.
51.]
Johannes Longestaff, chantry priest of Somerby in the deanery of
Yarburgh, co. Lincoln. Value £4 less tithe. Date uncertain, but the valuation
made in accordance a statute of 26 Henry VIII. ( 1534-5). ("Valor
Ecclesiasticus, " vol. iv. )
John Longstaff, clerk, presented by John Booth,
Esqe., of East Halton, to the vicarage of East Halton, co. Lincoln, vacant by
resignation, was admitted 15 October 3 and 4 Phillip and Mary [1556.]
(Bishop's Registers, Lincoln.)
In the Middle Ages, and long after, a
priest was addressed as "Sir." It occurs often in Shakespeare.
[ See p. 6,
supra.
East Halton, Somerby, and Wrawby are all in the northern part of the
country, within a 6 mile radius of Kirmington.]
? 1642 .......... Will of James
Longstaffe of Horsington, co. Lincoln. To be buried at Horsington. Owing to my
brother Arthur Longstaffe in Horsington, £8. I make my wife full and sole
ex'trix . Daughter Annas one little quee. Daughter Sarah one redd cowe and one
two yeare red quee and one black calf. To my son John Artra three children 10s.
Daughter Mary Allen 1s. Daughter Matt. Artra 1s. Owing to mee from my sonne
James £1 8s. I give to my son James 8s.
[ Testator signs by
mark.]
Witnesses: Robert X Johnson, Robert X. Dennis.
No date of probate,
but placed under year 1642.
[ Horsington is about the middle of the country;
Hainton is 10 miles to the north.]
1611 July 20 .... James son of James Longstaffe, bap.
1617
Sep. 26 .... Ann dau. of James Longstafe, bap.
1620 Nov. 16 .... Mary dau. of
James Longstaffe, christened.
1624 April 17 .... Ann wife of James
Longstaffe, buried.
1625 and 1630 ...... James Longstaffe,
churchwarden.
1626 Nov. 19 .... Thomas son & Sarah dau. of James
Longstaffe, christened.
1637 May 9 .... John Artery & Martha Longstaff,
married.
1640 June 23 .... James Longstaff & Mary Dynnis,
married.
1641-2 Mar. 11 .... James Longstaff, sen., buried.
1642 Aug. 21
.... Ann dau. of James Longstaff, buried.
1642-3 Feb. 25 .... James son of
James Longstaff & Mary his wife, bap.
1643 Nov. 10 .... James son of
James Longstaff, buried.
1644-5 Feb. 16 .... Mary dau. of James Longstaff
& Mary his wife, bap.
1646-7 Mar. 14 .... James son of James Longstaff
& Mary his wife, bap.
1649 Oct. 6 .... Ann dau. of James Longstaff &
Mary his wife, bap.
1651-2 Mar. 14 .... Luce dau. of James Longstaff &
Mary his wife, bap.
1655 May 6 .... Thomas son of James Longstaff & Mary
his wife, bap.
1655 June 9 .... Thomas and of James Longstaff,
buried.
1656 Nov. 23 .... Martha dau. of James Longstaff & and Mary his
wife, bap.
1660 April 20 .... Margret dau. of James Longstaff & and Mary
his wife, bap.
1664 Oct. 17 .... Mary wife of James Longstaff,
buried.
1671 Dec. 25 .... James Longstaff, buried.
1671-2 Jan. 29 ....
Margaret dau. of James Longstaff, buried.
P.343 - (cxliv.)
1572 Dec. 6 .... Aymis
dau. of Arthur Longstaffe, chris.
1574-5 Jan. 16 .... Thomas son of Arthur
Longstaffe, chris.
1576 Dec. 16 .... Robt. son of Arthur Longstaffe,
chris.
1579-80 Mar. 14 .... Jasper son of Arthur Longstaffe, chris.
1582
July 5 .... Mary dau. of Arthur Longstaffe, chris.
1583 Dec. 22 .... Arthur
son of Arthur Longstaffe, chris.
1588-9 Feb. 2 .... William son of Arthur
Longstaffe, chris.
1589 Aug. 21 .... Luce Longstaffe, buried.
1589 Aug. 25
.... Thomas Longstaffe, buried.
1597 Jul. 4 .... John Richardson &
Longstaffe, married.
1611 "last of March " ....Margret the wife of Arthur
Longstaffe, buried.
1611 June 4 .... Arthur Longstaffe & Joyse Sharp,
married.
1611 Oct. 8 .... Arthur Longstaffe & Jane Taylor, married.
1612 Sep. 27 .... Josias son of Arthur Longstaf, bap.
1614 June 19 ....
Anne dau. of Arthur Longstaffe, bap.
1615 June 15 .... Elsabeth dau. of
Arthur Loongstaff the elder, bap.
1616 Sep. 20 .... Joyes wife of Arthure
Longstaffe the younger, buried.
1616-17 Feb. 11 .... Arthure Longstaff the
younger & Marie Walkerly, married.
1617-18 Mar. 22 .... Arthur son of
Arthur Longstafe the younger, bap.
1618 May 9 .... Arthure son of Arthure
Longstaffe was buryed.
1618-19 Mar. 14 .... Elizabeth dau. of Arthure
Longstaff, christ.
1619 Mar. 29 .... Mary wife Arthur Longstaffe ye younger,
buried.
1619-20 Jan. 5 .... Arthur Longstaffe ye Elder, buried.
1621 April
5 .... Arthur Longstaff & Robert Dennys, churchwardens.
1621 July 3 ....
Arthur Longstaffe & Ann Browne, married.
1622 April 22 .... William son
of Arthur Longstaffe, christ.
1625 July 22 .... Christopher son of Arthur
Longstaffe, christ.
1625-6 Feb. 22 .... William son of Arthur Longstaffe,
buried.
1627, 1628, 1629, 1631, 1632 .... Arthur Longstaffe,
churchwarden.
P.344 - (cxlv.)
1629-30 Jan.24 .... Thomas son of Arthur Longstaffe, christ.
1630
June 8 .... Thos. Longstaffe, buried.
1631 July 10 .... Mary dau. of Arthur
Longstaffe, bap.
1631 July 12 .... Ann wife of Arthure Longstaffe,
buried.
1631 Nov. 30 .... Christopher Hille & Elizabeth Longstaff,
married.
1632 June 1 .... Mary dau. of Arthure Longstaffe, buried.
1633
Mar. 29 .... Elizabeth the wife of X'p'o Hill & Ann his dau., both
buried.
1633 July 2 .... Robert Jonson & Martha Longstaff,
married.
1633 Nov. 14 .... Josias Longstaff & Ann Burkes, married. [In
Marriage Bond Joshua, see APPENDIX I., p. iv.]
1636 May 10 .... Christopher
Lambe & Ann Longstaff, married.
1639 May 14 .... Richard Cheales &
Elizabeth Longstaffe, married.
1643 June 8 .... Robert Greene & Sarah
Longstaff, married.
1646 June 2 .... Christopher Longstaffe & Dorothy
Dymock, married.
1646 Nov. 17 .... Henry Pearpoynt & Alce Longstaff,
married.
1646-7 Mar. 14 .... Arthure son of Christopher Longstaff &
Dorothy his wife, bap.
1648 Nov. 12 .... Fayth dau. of Christopher Longstaff
and Dorothie his wife, bap.
1649 April 2 .... Arthure Longstaff and was
buried.
1650 Jul. 10 .... John son of X'p'o Longstaff and Dorothy his wife,
bap.
1650 Jul. 20 .... John Longstaff, buried.
1651 Nov. 13 ....
Christopher son of X'p'o Longstaff and Dorothie his wife, bap.
1652-3 Mar. 20
.... Susana dau. of Christopher Longstaff and Dorothie his wife, bap.
1653
Mar. 25 .... Fayth Longstaff, buried.
1653-4 Jan. 8 .... Alce Longstaff,
buried.
1655-6 Feb. 3 .... John son of Christopher Longstaff & Dorothy
his wife, bap.
1659 Sep. 8 .... Mary dau. of Christopher Longstaff &
Dorothy his wife, bap.
1660 Sep. 23 .... Edward to son of Christopher
Longstaff & Dorothy his wife, bap.
1660-1 Feb. 6 .... Christopher
Longstaff, buried.
1662 June 30 .... Edward son of Christopher Longstaff,
bap. [?Buried. It is entered among the burials.]
1693 Dec. 4 .... Dorothy
Longstaff, widow, buried.
1696 Nov. 6 .... John Eblewhite & Mary
Longstaff, married.
1698-9 Mar. 5 .... Elizabeth dau. of John Eblewhite &
Mary his wife, bap.
1701 Oct. 12 .... John son of John Eblewhite, yeoman,
& Mary his wife, born Sep. 14., bap. Oct. 12.
1703 Feb. 27 .... Isabel
dau. of John Eblewhite & Mary his wife, bap.
1719 April 10 .... Thomas
Longstaff, buried.
1719-20 Feb.10 .... Miriam Longstaff, widow, buried.
Vp
align="center"> Churchwardens Account Book, Horsington.
1685 Aprill the
ye 20th upon Easter Monday, constable, Arthure Longstaffe.
1689 April 1 ....
Constable, Thomas Longstaffe. Collector for the Poor, Jaspar Longstaffe.
1692
............. James Longstaff, constable.
1693 April 18 .... Due from James
Longstafe constable, to the town, 13s. 9d. This was gratified and got
strayt.
P.345 - (cxlvi.)
James
Longstafe Disburst at the visitation last year 15s. 4d.
Due to the town from
Jaspar Longstafe, constable, the 13th of April , £0 6s. 6d.
James Longstaff,
churchwarden for the year 1694. [ signs by mark].
Jaspar Longstafe, constable
for the year 1695.
1700 .... Thomas Longstafe, constable for the year
1700.
1701 .... Thomas Longstafe dew to him at the Recking day, 00. 06.
00.
1708 .... James Longstaffe, overseer for the poor; when he passed his
accounts in 1709 the town owes him 2s. 7d.
1710 .... Jaspar Longstaff,
constable.
" Jaspar Longstaf kinsfolk gave up his accounts and owed 0. 0. 0.
"
Jaspar Longstaf returned to John Wilson 0. 1. 6.
1713 .... John
Longstaff, churchwarden.
1718 .... John Longstaff, constable.
Jaspar
Longstaff has given up account and the town owes him 0. 2d.
1719 .... John
Longstaff owes the sum of 05s 08d.
1730 .... John Longstaff,
constable.
Proved at P.C.C. 18 July 1660 by Katherine Longstaffe, relict and
executrix named
[ Printed here for convenience. Holton Beckering is 9 miles
north-west of Horsington, and about 5 miles from Hainton; Whapload and Weston
are close to Spalding in the south of the county.]
1686 2 mo. 26 ....
James son of Jesper & Alse Longstaff of the Spalding & Wainfleet monthly
meeting, born.
1690 7 mo. 20 .... Joseph Longstaff of Wesson, buried at
Spalding.
[ These are the only Longstaff entries in the Lincoln to Quaker
Registers. But in Besse's "Sufferings of the Quakers ," vol i., p. 358, we find
:-
Co. Lincoln, anno 1686. At Quarter Sessions at Spalding, on the 14th of
the month, called January, Isaac Langstaff [ with others ] was committed to
Prison upon Presentments for Absence from their Parish Church.]
P.346 - (cxlvii.)
Proved
at Lincoln 30 April 1688 by Elizabeth Longstaff the sole ex'trix.
[ Haltham
and is 5 miles south-east of Horsington.]
1694 Sep. 4 .... Mary dau. of James Longstaff & Ann his wife was
buried.
1695 Nov. 2 .... Anne dau. of James Longstaff & Anne his wife,
bap.
1696 April 2 .... Anne dau. of James Longstaff & Anne his wife,
buried.
1699 June 18 .... Thomas s. of James Longstaff & Anne his wife
was buried.
1700-1 Feb. 8 .... James Longstaff, buried.
1719, December 26.
Will of Edward Longstaff of Horsington, co. Lincoln. To son James Longstaff £40,
and to have meat, drink, and education till he become 20 years of age. James
Longstaff and John Longstaff to be trustees for him. Wife [ not named] sole
ex'trix.
[ See next will, also that of Henry, 1733 .]
1719-20 Mar. 10 .... Edward Longstaff, buried.
James Longstaff and Henry
Longstaff, my brothers and Edward Flinton, my whole and sole trustees. Proved at
Lincoln 25 April 1720 by the ex'trix.
[ See will of Edward, 1719, and of
Henry, 1733 .]
1730 May - ....
Hellen dau. of John and Hellen Longstaff, bap
.
P.347 - (cxlviii.)
Witnesses: Richard Stephenson,
Robert Fowler.
No probate [ 1723 volume].
[ Wispington is about 2 miles
north-east of Horsington. See next will, also that of Henry, 1733 .]
John
Fowler of Wispington, gent., by his will dated 29 September 1717 and proved in
the Bishop of London's Court 23 October 1719, after naming sons Richard Fowler,
Robert Fowler, John Fowler, Thomas Fowler, and their wives and children, also
his son-in-law Edward Codd and his children ,also his sister Grace Galdicutt,
goes on to say: " Item I give unto my son in law Edward Codd and his children
Christopher Longstaff sixty pounds, and to my said son Longstaff and Ann his
wife all my lands at Minting in the said co. of Lincoln . . . . with the
remainder as regards one moiety and to my grandson Christopher Longstaff, the
son of the above named Christopher my son . . . . and as regards the other
moiety, to the survivor of my said son Christopher Longstaff or the said Ann his
wife and his or her heirs, etc. Item I give unto my said grandson Christopher
Longstaff forty pounds, to be paid to him at his age of one and twenty years
with interest . . . . and I give it to my other grandchildren John, and Mary,
and Susanna Longstaff fifty pounds apiece when of age . . . .” he leaves other
lands in the counties of Warwick and Lincoln to his son Edward Fowler and his
children.
Witnesses: Ann X Stephenson of Barleywalk 1, William Robson, Jo
Lacells.
[Minting ajoins Wispington in the North-west.]
1690 Aug. 4 .... Ann dau. of Christopher Longstaff &
Ann his wife, bap.
1691-2 Mar. 10 .... Jane dau. of Christopher Longstaff
& Ann his wife, bap.
1693 Sep. 16 .... John son of Christopher Longstaff
& Ann his wife, bap.
1693 Nov. 8 .... John son of Christopher Longstaff
& Ann his wife, buried.
1694 Oct. 23 .... John son of Christopher
Longstaff & Ann his wife, bap.
1696 April 4 .... Christopher son of
Christopher Longstaff & Ann his wife, bap.
1697 May 9 .... Mary dau. of
Christopher Longstaff & Ann his wife, bap.
1697 May 29 .... Mary dau. of
Christopher Longstaff & Ann his wife, buried.
1698 July 3 .... Margaret
dau. of Christopher Longstaff & Ann his wife, bap.
1699 July 24 ....
Mary dau. of Christopher Longstaff & Ann his wife, bap.
1700 Dec. 2 ....
Susanna dau. of Christopher Longstaff and Ann his wife, bap.
1703 Aug. 23
.... Christopher son of Christopher Longstaff & Ann his wife, bap.
1720
Mar. 4 .... Mary Longstaff, buried.
1723 Aug. 15 .... Christopher Longstaff,
senior, buried.
1723 Sep. 5 .... Ann Longstaff, widow of the said
Christopher, buried.
P.348 - (cxlix.)
Witnesses:
Richard Stephenson, Robert Fowler.
Proved at Lincoln 10 March 1723 by the
ex'or.
[ See preceding will.]
1723-4 Feb. 23. Christopher Longstaff,
junior, bur. [ Wispington Parish Register.]
1730, November 27 .
Administration of the goods of Thomas Longstaffe of Lincoln, grazier. Daughter
Ann Longstaff £150, to be paid six months after my decease into the hands of Mr.
James Longstaff of Hagnaby, senior, and Mr. Richard Twells of Thimbleby, whom I
appoint trustees for my dau. Ann Longstaff, but it my dau. Ann Longstaff die
under 21, then I will that sd money be equally divided amongst the children both
of my brothers James Longstaff and Thomas Longstaff, both of Hagnaby, and
likewise to James Longstaff the son of Edward Longstaff of the said parish, and
equall dividend wth the other children of James Longstaff and Thomas Longstaff.
To my mother Ann Tibbet of Hagnaby £2; Thomas son of Thomas Longstaff of Hagnaby
£5; Christopher Longstaff, son of John Longstaff of Marham-le-Fen, £5; brother
William Twells of Thimbleby £5. Wife Susanna Longstaff sole
ex'trix.
Witnesses: Richard Wright, Elizabeth Maddison.
Proved at Lincoln
6 October 1740 by the ex'trix.
[Thimbleby is three miles south-east,
Waddingsworth a mile west of Wispington; Mareham-le-Fen is eight miles from
Wispington, but only four from Hagnaby.]
1733-4 Jan. 10 .... Henry Longstaff, buried.
1743 Oct. 13 .... Christopher Longstaff, buried.
P.349 - (cl.)
Witnesses: Thomas
Cross, Mathew Swindal , Ann Alsop.
Proved at Lincoln 14 March 1738 by the
ex'or.
[ Hagnaby is 11 miles east-south-east of Horsington; Stickford is 2
miles south of Toynton St. Peter's four miles east of Hagnaby; Scamblesby be is
10 miles to the north. See preceding will.]
[ West Keal adjoins Hagnaby. See will of
Thomas, 1772, and adm'on and of James, 1783.]
1776 April 28 Mr. James Longstaff, aged 58,
buried.
1801 Nov. 19 Mrs. Prudence Longstaff, buried.
Witnesses: Ann Dover, Ann Bouth, Ralph
Kirkham.
Proved 7, February 1754 by Edward Longstaff, one of the
ex’ors.
[See preceding will, and for Kirkham will of James, 1737.
1744
Nov. 15. John Garland = Anne Longstaff, single persons.
[Halton Holegate
Parish Register.]
1760, January 21. Will of Edward Longstaff of West Keal
in the county of Lincoln, grazier. To brother James Longstaff one silver cup . I
direct my ex'trix shall maintain and educate my nephew John Garland who now
lives with me, and I give to him £20 to be paid into the hands of my brother
James Longstaff. Residue of goods to wife Sarah Longstaff, ex'trix. Witnesses:
Robert Chapman and John Longstaff.
Proved at Lincoln 2 March 1767 by the
ex'trix.
[ See preceding will.]
[ Coneysby is in the extreme north of the county,
but Coningsby is some 8 miles south of Wispington.]
P.350 - (cli.)
[ See will of Thomas, 1772, and of Ann, 1773, and
administration of Thomas, 1753 . Bolingbroke adjoins West Keal.]
Proved at Lincoln 9
December 1763 by the ex'trix.
[ Stainfield is 6 miles west of
Wispington.]
Witnesses: George
Blythe, Cutber Haddock, Jno. Longstaff.
Proved at Lincoln 17 December 1772 by
the ex'ors.
[ Ashby is two miles east, Stickney seven miles south-west of
Spilsby.]
Witnesses: David Taylor, Mary Grantham.
Proved at Lincoln 20
November 1775 by Henry Longstaff the sole ex'or.
[ Willingham Franklin ( son
of John Franklin of Sibsey, co. Lincoln, died 1762, by his wife Mary Hall), the
representatives of an old family of "franklins" or freeholders, sold his deeply
mortgaged estate and set up in business. His second son
P.351 - (clii.)
It is
believed the Ann Longstaff was a Miss Hall of the same family as the explorers
grandmother.
Toynton All Saints adjoins Toynton St. Peter; both are close to
Hagnaby and West Keal.
Witnesses: Thomas Barker,
Lawrence Barker, W. Marshall.
Proved at Lincoln 3 January 1781 by Henry
Longstaff sole ex'or.
1778 Nov. 17 .... Susannah dau. of Mr.
Thomas Longstaff and Grace his wife, bap.
1783 July 26 .... Mr. William
Marshall of Spilsby, bachelor = Mrs Grace Longstaff of Spilsby, widow.
1789
Mar. 17 .... Charles Robert to son of Mr. Wm. and Grace Marshall, bap.
[
Grace was a daughter of Carr Brackenbury of Panton Hall, co. Lincoln, bap. at
Panton 4 January 1755 ( she had a brother Robert Carr who lived at Raithby Hall
near Spilsby), and married (1) Thomas, son of Thomas Longstaff (will 1772) of
Ashby; (2)WM. Marshall of East Theddlethorpe Hall , co. Lincoln. J.P., D.L., by
whom he had a daughter Anna Maria, who married the Rev. John Myddelton, Rector
of Bucknall, co. Lincoln. Their son, the Rev. Thomas Myddelton of West
Stockwith, co. Notts was father of William Martial Myddelton of St. Alban's.
Grace died 10 May 1826, aet 71, and was buried at Irby-on-Humber. In the Parish
Register of Raithby-cum-Mavis Enderby we find:-
1784 Nov. 3. Grace dau. of
Wm. & Grace Marshall, bap.
This younger Grace married at Great Grimsby,
29 February 1808, Commander George Hewson, R.N., who distinguished himself at
Trafalgar, and afterwards became Vice Admiral. He died at Topsham, co. Devon, in
1853.]
Sureties: Charles Pilkington of Roughton, esquire and
William Longstaff of Roughton.
[ See administration of Thomas, 1799.]
1755
July 20 .... John Longstaff of this p. singleman. & Frances Toyn of the p.
of Edlington, spr. , mar. B.
[Haltham-super-Bain Parish Register.]
P.352 - (cliii.)
[ Halton Holegate adjoins
Ashby; Swineshead is near Donington.
D. 24 December 1798, aged 23, after a
long and painful illness, Mr. John Longstaff, of the Horncastle and Spilsby
troop of the Yeomanry Cavalry. His remains were interred at Halton Holegate,
Lincolnshire, on the 27th, with military honours.
("Gentlemen's Magazine"
(1778), vol. lxviii., p. 1154.)
1781 Sep. 25 .... Hannah dau. of John & Mary Longstaff, bap.
1785 Jan. 6 .... Elizabeth dau. of John & Mary Longstaff, bap.
1786
Mar. 19 .... Mary dau. of John & Ann [?error for Mary] Longstaff,
bap.
1787 July 4 .... Joseph son of John & Mary Longstaff, bap.
1798
Dec. 29 .... Johnson of John & Mary Longstaff, buried.
[ James
Longstaff occupied "Peartree piece" at Stickford from 1726-1759, when Samuel
Longstaff took it, and in 1779 James Longstaff. See will of James, 1737 .
In
1798 John Longstaff was overseer of Halton, and died the same year, " Mr.
Longstaff 's affairs causing the Vestry to take Counsellor's opinion."
Hannah Longstaff married William Ullathorne of Scarborough, formerly of
Pocklington, co. York. She was the mother of William Bernard Ullathorne, R.C.
Bishop of Birmingham, and later ( titular) Archbishop of Cabasa. In his
autobiography he states that his mother was a cousin of Sir John Franklin. See
will of Ann, 1773 .]
[ See will of
John, 1762, and administration of John, 1781; also will of William, 1830
.]
[ See administration of James, 1783, and will of
Elizabeth, 1809 . Alford is seven miles north east of Spilsby.]
Witnesses: Titus Bourne, William Hodgson.
Proved Lincoln 19 June
1810 by Mary Longstaff the sole ex'trix.
P.353 - (cliv.)
Witnesses: John Jackson, Richd. Babington , Chas.
Babington .
Proved at Lincoln 4 February 1831 by William Longstaff and John
Longstaff the ex'ors.
[ Stixwould adjoins Horsington on the south-west;
Roughton Kirkby Super Bain are a few miles to the south-east; Donington and
Dunsby are in quite the south of the county; Haltham
( see will of Arthur,
1687 ) adjoins Roughton to the south. See adm'on of John, 1781, and of Thomas,
1799 .]
1731-2 Jan.
25 .... Alice dau. of John & Jane Longstaff, bap.
1740 April 3 .... Jane
wife of John Longstaff, buried.
1742 Sep. 23 .... William Longstaff &
Elizabeth Danby, married.
1743 May 27 .... John Longstaff, buried.
1745
Nov. 13 .... John son of Wm. Longstaff & Elizabeth his wife, bap.
1749-50
Mar. 12 .... Alice dau. of Wm. Longstaff & Elizabeth his wife, bap.
1757
Sep. 23 .... William Longstaff of Haltham, buried.
1757 Dec. 28 .... William
son of Jno. Longstaff & Frances his wife, bap.
1762 July 29 .... Edward
Longstaff & Elizabeth Butcher, both of Roughton p., married in the presence
of John butcher & Wm Frith.
1766 June 6 .... John Longstaff &
Rebeccah Taylor, spr., both of Roughton, married.
1766 June 13 .... Thomas
son of Jno. Longstaff & Rebeckah of his wife, bap.
1767 Dec. 28 ....
William son of Jno. Longstaff & Rebeckah his wife, bap.
1771 Jan. 22
.... Thos. son of Edward Longstaff & Elizabeth his wife, bap.
1771 Feb.
11 .... Thomas Longstaff, an infant, buried.
1772 Dec. 8 .... Frances dau. of
Edward Longstaff & Elizabeth his wife, bap.
1781 May 5 .... Eliz.
Longstaff, widow, buried.
1786 June 6 .... Thomas Crow, of the p. of
Hagworthingham, a widower, & Alice Longstaffe, of Roughton, spr.,
married.
1787 May 29 .... Frances Longstaff, widow, buried.
1792 Dec. 28
.... Elizabeth dau. of Wm. Longstaff & Lydia his wife, bap.
1794 Nov. 19
.... Frances dau. of Wm. & Lydia Longstaff, chris.
1796 Aug. 22 ....
Lydia dau. of Wm. Longstaff & Lydia his wife, bap.
1797 Dec. 7 .... John
son of Wm. Longstaff & Lydia his wife, chris.
1798 Oct. 14 .... Robert
son of William & Lydia Longstaff, bap.
1800 May 11 .... William son of
William & Lydia Longstaff, bap.
1801 Dec. 27 .... Thomas son of William
& Lydia Longstaff, bap.
1802 May 4 .... Thomas son of William Longstaff,
buried.
1803 Mar. 20 .... Mary dau. of Wm. & Lydia Longstaff,
bap.
P.354 - (clv.)
1806 Oct. 22 .... Abraham son of Wm. & Lydia Longstaff, bap.
1809
Dec. 28 .... Elizabeth dau. of William Longstaff, buried.
1810 Jan. 4 ....
Thomas son of William Longstaff, buried.
1816 April 4 .... Lydia Longstaff of
Roughton, aged 51 years, buried.
1830 Sep. 12 .... William Longstaff of
Stixwould, aged 74 years, buried.
1835 Sep. 9 .... William Longstaff of
Horncastle, infant, buried.
1844 July 31 .... Frances Longstaff of
Horncastle, aged 49 years, buried.
[
Lydia was a daughter of Robert Camm, churchwarden of Wispington 1779-1786 . He
was buried 25 October 1796 .]
Appoints Mr. Robert Longstaff, farmer, of Stixwould,
and Mr. Wm. Longstaff, auctioneer, of Horncastle, trustees.
Witnesses: Henry
Hardy, William Kirkby, Michael Wood.
Proved Lincoln 18 May 1855.
[
Testator died 29 December 1854 . Whapload is the Spalding.]
1662-3 Feb. 22 . William
Legarde = Alice Langstroffe.
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