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Horners were certainly resident in Clarowe Wapontake in 1379. A Robert Horner was recorded at Clint in 1379, which is a small village north of Birstwith [384] . Little else is known of him at the moment, but in the sixteenth century, these Birstwith Horners appear to have become fairly wealthy. Clint was the residence of the family of
Beckwiths from the eleventh century
[385]
. These Beckwiths had held their lands from the
Mowbrays in the fourteenth century, but by the fifteenth century,
Beckwiths were retainers of the earls of Northumberland
[386]
. In 1535, a Robert Horner was recorded at Brysteth
as an archer on the muster roll
[387]
. He would have been between the ages of sixteen
and forty. As he will was proved in 1538, he was probably nearer
the latter age. This Robert was an executor of the will of William
Laith of Hampsthwaite in 1535
[388]
. His will, dated 12 March 1538,
requested that his body be buried at Hampsthwaite parish
church. He was a substantial landowner as he held a messuage and
11 acres and three rods of land at Birsteth, of Richard Cakan
and Mark Skaffe. He left four children, and the land
was left to his eldest son after the deaths of his mother and
father
[389]
. He may have been a younger son of George Horner
of Cayton. He may also have been a member of the Skaiffe affinity.
It is highly probable that Richard Horner of Soffestanes was the son of Robert Horner of Birstwith. Richard Horner is described in 1530 as of Soffestanes in the parish of Hampsthwaite, yeoman, in an Inquest for riot and assault on Richard Galoway at Greenhow. Richard was one of the attackers [394] . Richard appears to be a substantial landowner as he paid eight shillings and 15 pence for the Henrican subsidy rolls in Bristeth in 1544 [393] . It is highly likely that this Richard is the same man ecorded in the Skyrack muster rolls. In 1539, a Richard Horner is recorded in the as having a Bill and being ‘parcel harnessed’ [390] . He also had a horse, which indicates that he was the status of a yeoman farmer. Richard appears to have held most of his wealth in land or capital goods, as he owed 5s. 4d. in 1545 for ‘ two skynnes of Kye’ (cow) to a Maude Beckwith [395] . He appears to have been engaged in the cloth trade as he was left ‘one why’ by Agnes Bean of Killinghall [396] . As a cloth trader he may have needed a town house in Leeds to take his wares to the local markets there. It is possible that Richard is the same Richard Horner recorded in the 1543 subsidy rolls as living in Kirkgate in Leeds [392] . He may also have had a brother Robert Horner who was recorded in Leeds Kirkgate in 1543. Richard's will is dated 8 January 1560,
where he requested to be buried in the parish church
of Hampsthwaite. Amongst his bequests, he left forty shillings to
Francis Horner; a legacy to John Horner and the residue
to Richard and William Horner
[397]
. Richard and William Horner were probably his
sons; John and Francis may have been sons, brothers or cousins.
Richard’s eldest son John married Jane Skeyffe, daughter of Thomas Skayffe [406] . They had four children none of whom were christened in Hampsthwaite [408] . On October 8 1591, Robert Skaife ‘of Wynnesley’ probably Winsley in Hampsthwaite Parish bequeathed John Horner a ‘helme standynge on the further side of the water of the Nydde’ [409] . This would have been a barn in which grain was stored. A Thomas Skaife died in 1603, who may have been the brother-in-law of John Horner of Birstwith, and in 1604 an inquisition post mortem was carried out into his land [407] . Thomas’s wife Elizabeth lived at Wetherby in 1604, and the son and heir was Robert Skaiffe who was aged thirteen at his father’s death. The Skaiffes were descended from Cattle keepers for the monks at Fountains Abbey in the fifteenth century [410] . By the mid sixteenth century, the Skaiffes had land at Braisty Woods between Summerbridge and Brimham near Harrogate [411] . They may also have held land in Blubberhouses, in Bewerley Parish, where Skaiffe Hall is today. In Blubberhouses, near Skaiffe Hall there is also a Hill named Hardisty Hill. John Horner appears to have worked his land and supplemented the family income with tanning. He was given a ‘hopper’ in 1598, and perhaps brewed his own beer [412] . This John Horner of Sostones, made his will in 1600 and requested to be buried in Hampsthwaite [413] . He left his goods to his younger children Jane, John and Mawde Horner and to Thomas the eldest son ‘ tanne tubes, my husbandry gear and implements’and his sword. These tubs may even be those left to him by William Cooke of Hampsthwaite. John
Horner’s two sisters are left 2 shillings and 6 pence each.
One sister married William Hardisty who was left John’s ‘best
dublet’. The other married George Spence, who was left
one ewe by John Horner, as was his nephew Thomas Skayfe. To his
father-in-law Thomas Skaiyffe, John left either one close of leay
Field or twenty pounds. He willed that his brother-in-law
Thomas Skayffe would pay eighteen pounds to the executors and
give eight pounds to his daughter Maude in return for the land.
Also to give ten pounds to his brother in law William Hardesty in
consideration of twenty pounds that John Horner owed him at the
end of five years after the death of his mother Janet. John Horner’s wife Jane had married Marmaduke Bramley of Clapham Green in 1604, after her first husband’s death [414] . Marmaduke appears to have taken good care of John Horners children. In his will Marmaduke specially hands over Maud Horner’s dower lands to Maude [415] . Maude later married Walter Buckle [416] .
John’s eldest son Thomas married Jane Knowles, daughter of
William Knowles and had two daughters Jane and Isabel
[417]
. When he made his will in 1629, Thomas was awaiting
the birth of another child, but died before his daughter Mary
Horner was born
[418]
. Thomas seems to have held a substantial amount
of land and resided at Sostones in Hampsthwaite parish
[419]
. He declared that his son should inherit
the lands after his death and they were to be put in the guardianship
of William Hardestie, his aunts’ husband, and John Horner,
his brother, until the time that John Horner could take over the
lands. This Thomas had a family of five children of whom only one
son, John Horner and two daughters, Mary and Isabel,
survived to adulthood
[420]
. He may also have been the same Thomas Horner
who took the inventory of Elena Atkinson of Crag House in 1628
[421]
. He was probably buried in Hampsthwaite Parish
Church in 1629
[422]
. John’s
youngest son John Horner, brother to Thomas, was described in his will as a yeoman
of Birstwith
[423]
. His mother Jane Bramley was still living at
his death, in 1630 but he seemed to have substantial lands
[424]
. One of the properties called Mose House
may be the property indicated by The
Moss above Birstwith in the modern ordnance survey map. John
married Dorothy Cave in Ripon in 1628
[425]
. It is not at present certain whether John Horner
and Dorothy had any children in Hampsthwaite parish. John was buried
in Hampsthwaite church in 1630
[426]
. Another
Thomas Horner settles and has children in Hampsthwaite in the
early seventeenth century. Thomas Horner had two sons, John
and Thomas, christened in Hampsthwaite
[427]
. His eldest son Thomas married Ann and
had a family of five children
[428]
. Of these only one son Thomas and two
daughters, Elizabeth and Anne survived to adulthood.
In 1686, Thomas is described as being of ‘Rattenroe’
[429]
. Thomas of Hampsthwaite’s younger son
John had a family of five children
[430]
. Three daughters and one son Thomas survived
to adulthood
[431]
. Thomas married a Miriam Lowcock and had a family
of two children
[432]
. This Thomas was a weaver and was buried
in Hampsthwaite in 1728
[433]
. [384] Is this the Bithwaite that was cleared in the 1300s to the north east of Ripley- a hamlet of Ripley and closely associated with the Inglebys? Clint is a township in the parish of Ripley bounded on the east by Ripley park and on the west by Hartwith cum Winsley. It includes the hamlets of Clint, Whipley and Burnt Yates. It was the residence of the Beckwiths. See Grainge, Harrogate, p. 364-72. [385] Hugo Malebisse had come over with William the Conqueror and he held Clint. His son Sir Hercules Malebisse changed his name to Beckwith on marrying a daughter of sir William Bruce of Skelton in Cleveland, in 1226. Their son Sir Hercules married a daughter of John Ferres of Tamworth castle and their son Hammond Beckwith married a daughter of Sir Phillip Tilney in 1339. Their son William Beckwith married a daughter of Sir Geoffrey Ustlere and their son Thomas Beckwith of Clint held the manors of Magna Otterington and Hornby near Thirsk, from Lord Mowbray in 1380. He married a daughter of John Sawley of Saxton. Their son Adam Beckwith of Clint married Elizabeth Malebisse, daughter of Sir Thomas, the last of the senior line of the Malebisses and joined the two lines together. Their son William Beckwith married a daughter of Sir John Baskerville. Their son Thomas married an heiress of William Hesterton. They had at least two sons. One William Beckwith married Elizabeth Plumpton, daughter of Sir William Plumpton. The other son Thomas Beckwith married Maude Pudsey. See Grainge, Harrogate pp. 364-72. [386] See Grainge, Harrogate, p. 373. [387] See Stubbs, p. 90. [388] Surtees Vol. 104, p. ?
[389]
For the younger children he
left five pounds, thirteen shillings and 4d. over 6 years from
the profit of his lands. It
would appear that in 1538 his parents are both living. With
four children, Robert must have been married at least eight
years, allowing two years to wean each child. He would probably
have married at the age of twenty-four or twenty-five and would
therefore be about thirty-two years of age when he dies. If
this were true, Robert would be born about 1506 and could be
a son of George Horner of Cayton. [390] Richard would be aged between 16 to 40 in 1539. If he is sixteen he would be born about 1523 and aged about fifteen when his father died. If so then Robert Horner, his father would be born about 1500. However, based on the date of birth of his son and grandson it is highly probable that he was born about 1510. He would therefore have been aged about 29 in 1539 and the contemporary of John Horner of Cayton. He could therefore be a brother of John Horner of Cayton.
[391]
Inquest for riot and assault on Richard Galoway
at Greenhow - ref. WYL230/3125
- date: Earlier 16th cent [392] He was a free tenant, worth twenty shillings a year and paid one penny. [393] Stubbs, p. 63. [394] Ingilby Records Cgue Ref. WYL230 reator(s): Ingilby family, Baronets, of Ripley Castle, Ripley, West Riding of Yorkshire lEGAL PAPERS FILE - Inquest for riot and assault on Richard Galoway at Greenhow - ref. WYL230/3125 - date: Earlier 16th cent [from Scope and Content] On 9 Dec.21 Henry VIII committed by William Dicconson of Brame in the parish of Fewston, yeoman, Thomas Pullan of Blubberhouses in the same parish, yeoman, John Thorpe of Park Heud in the same parish, yeoman, William Curtes of Fewston, yeoman, William Thorpe of Fewston, yeoman, Thomas Thorpe of Fewston, yeoman, Thomas Grenefeld of Fewston, yeoman, Richard Ward of Wythemas House in the same parish, yeoman, William Wodde of Swinstey Hall in the parish of Otley, gentleman, John Hill of Killinghall, yeoman, Richard Horner of Soffestanes in the parish of Hampsthwaite, yeoman, Thomas Skayff of Bracanbarows in the same parish, yeoman, John Malhom of Menwith Hill in the same parish, yeoman, Lancelot Skirre of Thornthwaite in the same parish, yoeman, George Wadyngton of the same place, yeoman, James Atkynson of Harpergate in the same parish, yeoman and others to the number of 20. [395] He is mentioned in the will of Maude Beckwith the widow of John Snawsell of Bilton and daughter of Henry Pudsey of Barforth on 20 November 1545. Surtees Vol. 104, p. 44-6. Maude Pudsey was born about 1495 and died in 1545. Her first husband Thomas Beckwith of Clint. Her sister Florence married Thomas Talbot of Bashall in 1505, she then married Henry, tenth Lord Clifford, and she married thirdly Richard Grey the son of the Marquis of Dorset. Maude Beckwith, nee Pudseys first husband, Thomas Beckwith died on 20 January 1518/19. (Inquisitions Post Mortem in Wetherby 25 may 1519). He had enfeoffed Henry Pudsey (grandfather of Mary Pudsey that marries John Horner of Cayton), Thomas son of Ninian Markenfield, knight, Henry son of Thomas Pudsey,(this Henry Pudsey, knight is uncle to the Mary that marries John Horner of Cayton). Ralph Berton, Thomas Ingleby esquire, Christopher Wandesford, and Henry Pudsey gent (father of Mary that marries John Horner of Cayton). To lands in Clint. He had also enfeoffed Henry Pudsey and Robert Skaiffe of South Otterington, which he held of Byland Abbey. Maud and Thomas had five sons. The eldest William married Joanna Mallory of Studeley in 1521, but he died on 14 February 1521/22. In his will in 1521 he mentioned Robert Skaiffe and John Hardcastle, his servants, to whom he leaves annuities. To Robert Skaiffe 40 shillings a year, and to John Hardcastle 20 shillings a year. Of the youngest three sons, Henry, Lambert and Agaypt little else is known. After Williams death, his brother, Maude’s second son, inherited. He was at least twenty-two years old and he married Elizabeth Tyrell, daughter of William Tyrell of Ockden in Essex. Thomas died in 1558, and his son Sir Thomas, born in 1503, inherited. This Thomas Beckwith married firstly Maud Palmes, daughter of Brian of Lindley, and secondly Catherine daughter of William Tancred of Boroughbridge. By the second wife he had one son William Beckwith. Thomas died on 30 November 1578, when his son William was about twenty-six years old. William married as his first wife, the sister of Catherine Tancred, an Anne Tancred. See Grainge, Harrogate, p. 364-72. [396] Her will was dated 6 December 1547 See Surtees Vol. 104 p. 53. [397] Wills and Administrators from Knaresborough Court Rolls 1902, Surtees Society Vol. 104, p. 93. It is possible that this John Horner may be John Horner of Cayton, but if so then he cannot be the same man in the will of John Ellis below, as by Flowers visitation of 1564 John Horner of Cayton was already dead and his wife had remarried Richard Smyth of Cayton. [398] Surtees Vol. 104, p. 92. [399] he Smith-Bromley Family of East Stoke, Nottinghamshire 1305-1876 Catalogue Ref. GB 159 Sm FIILE - Grant of a burgage in Knaresborough: Horner to Benson - ref. Sm 842 - date: 1597. FILE - Bond for performance of covenants in respect of the foregoing: Horner to Benson - ref. Sm 843 - date: 1597
[400]
1618 William Benson of Calfehill
House KM Masham will 258 leg Darnbrook Dunwell Horner
Thomson Wells - buried in churchyard of Middlemore, sisters
sons Robert and George Thomson, brother Leonard B, sister Anne
Dunwell, sister Joan B, Roger Darnbrooke, children of brother
Miles Benson (Robert, Mary, Jane, Anne and Elizabeth B), Anne
Welles daughterof James Welles, sister Jane alias Jennet Benson. [401] Thomas Horner son of Thomas Horner was christened on 19 March 1625/6. All Saints Pavement, Ousegate, York Parish Registers. [402] This Richard was born about 1530-40, based on the age of his son John. See below. [403] Stubbs, p. 292. [404] Surtees Vol. 104, p. 146. [405] 1600 Scaife Thomas of Hampsthwaite Horner Jennet of Hampsthwaite, Wid. Hampsthwaite. Pavers marriage licence. [406] This John Horner may have been the John Horner christened on 10 April 1561 in Ripley. IGI. If so he would have married about 1590. A Jane Skaiffe was christened on 18 August 1588 in Pateley Bridge the daughter of Thomas Skaiffe. However, if this were the same Jane she would be too young to produce four children by 1600 when her husband John dies. Another Jeneta Skaff marries a Richard Shepherd on 11 August 1577 in Ripon. If Richard Shepherd died young and John Horner married a widow it is possible that this was the Janet Skaiffe. I have not otherwise been able to locate any reference to these two. This Thomas Skayffe was a witness to Richard Horner’s will in 1585. A Thomas Skaiffe was keeper of Haverah Park in 1551 (Grainge, Harrogate, p. 342). These Skaifes may be related to a John Skaife of Knapton, messenger to the King and Queen, who desired in his will in 1555 to be buried in Holy Trinity, Micklegate. To his cousin John Skaife he bequeathed his bay nag, saddle and bridle, his coat of ‘feust’ and steel cap with six chains and a bag of arrows. To his friend Sir Leonard Beckwith he left an old gold ryal. His cousin John Skaife was also a messenger, and on Thursday November 24 1558 he came to the Lord Mayor of Yorks house to announce the death of Queen Mary and the accession of Queen Elizabeth. Benson, p. 82. Leonard Beckwith was born about 1534 ‘of Weston’ and married Elizabeth Cholmey. His daughter Elizabeth Beckwith was born about 1560 and married William Vavasour the son of Marmaduke Vavasour and Jane Middleton. Their daughter Frances Vavasour married Henry Slingsby. Ancestral File. Leonard Beckwith was Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1550 and had a grant of Selby Abbey at the dissolution from Edward VI. See Grainge, Harrogate, p. 372. A Ellyn Skaike married a Robt Horner in BishopMonkton 1652/11/23 m. see Prattens. [407] Thomas Skaifee ‘nuper of Birstwith’ died on 19 December 1603. The Inquisition was carried out on 14 July 1604. He was in possession of a messuage at Wynnesley and Hartwith and one fourteenth of the common land called Wynnesley Moor. He held these lands from the King by knight’s service and his lands were worth 20 shillings a year. See Speight, Garden, p. 421. [408] The two daughters Jane and Mawde and the eldest son Thomas do not seem to have been christened in Hampsthwaite, but John Horner, the youngest son was buried in Hampsthwaite on 25 August 1630. Hampsthwaite Parish Registers. [409] Robert Skaife owned the corn tithe at Birteth and is described as ‘the elder of Wynnesley, yeoman’. Surtees Vol. 104. p. 175-6. [410] Robert Skaiffe was in the service of Fountains Abbey at Brimham in 1456 and at Bouthwaite grange in 1458. His son, another Robert Skaiffe was Keeper of the Abbots Cattle at Braisty Woods from 1480-1489, and this Roberts son, William, was Keeper at Braisty Woods from 1490-93. Williams’s son Robert lived at Braisty Woods and was buried at Pateley Bridge in 1569. Roberts’s son John Skaiffe of Low Laithe, near Braisty married Margaret Hardcastle at Pateley on 12 April 1562. See Harry Speight, p. 234-5. Margaret Hardcastle was the second wife of John Skaife of Low Laithe. By his first wife Ellen, he had another son John Skaiffe of Low Laithe. This John Skaiffe married a Margaret at Pateley Bridge in 1620. Their son William married another Margaret. He was buried at Kirkby Malzeard and his will was made in 1625-6. He had two sons and three daughters. His son John Skaiffe, born 1599, of Low Laithe married an Isabella Skaiffe. John died in 1654 and his wife died in 1684. They had three sons. John’s brother William Skaiffe son of William was of Braisty woods and was buried in 1676-7. He married Jane and their son Richard Skaiffe was of Braisty Woods. He married Magdalene who was buried in 1742 in Pateley Bridge. Richard was buried in 1728. Their son Richard Skaiffe was baptized in 1695 and died in 1717 in Thirsk. He married Abigail Inman, daughter of Robert Inman of Bourthwaite. See Grainge, p. 342, Harrogate. [411] Thomas Skaiffe son of John Skaiffe and Margaret hardcastkle bought the lease of an estate at Braisty Wood from William Ingleby of Ripley in 1601. His wife was buried at Pateley in 1591-2. This Thomas was christened in 1563.Hi son Thomas of Braisty wood married Alice and he was buried at Fewston. See Harry Speight, p. 234-5. [412] In the will of Nicholas Parker, of Clapham Green, yeoman, written on 27 August 1598 a John Horner is given a ‘hopper’. Surtees vol 104,. p. 210. [413] Surtees vol. 104, pp. 226-7. [414] Jane Horner married Maramaduke Bramley on 30 September 1604 in Hampsthwaite. IGI. [415] Marmaduke’s will is dated 16 July 1623. It was published in Knaresborough Court Rolls by the Surtees Society Vol2, p. 79-80. [416] Maude is mentioned in her brother John’s will, dated 22 September 1630 in Surtees vol 2, p. 108-9. [417] His father-in-law and brother in law John Knowles were mentioned in Thomas Horner’s will. A John Knowles was christened the son of a William Knowles in 1 October 1597 in Kirkby Malham Parish who may be the same man. IGI. The marriage of this Thomas does not seem to have been in Hampsthwaite Parish, but a Thomas Horner does marry twice in Hampsthwaite parish. Thomas Horner married Mary Bramley on 27 November 1619, and Thomas Horner married Ann Umpleby on 26 September 1624. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [418] Thomas Horner’s will is dated 7 October 1629 and was printed in the Knaresborough Court Rolls Vol.2 of the Surtees Society, p. 111-2. [419] He ‘surrendered two barns called Haie Laithe and Barke Laithe, 1 close called Pullein Field Houle, Great Pullein Field, also Low Pullein Field, Milne Damme Field, and revision of 2 fields called Lawdields. After the death of Jane Bramley, my natural mother containing 9 acres of land etc. to use of John Horner and William Hardestie, with the profits going to my daughters.’ [420] Francis Horner was christened on 8 February 1621/2. She was buried on 5 April 1622. John Horner was christened on 29 June 1623. Jane Horner was christened on 11 September 1625. Isabel Horner was christened on 13 May 1628 and buried on 26 February 1629/30. Mary Horner was christened on 17 August 1630. Hampsthwaite Parish Registers. [421] Stubbs, p. 150. Crag House is half a mile west of Fewston and in 1638 was owned by Henry Fairfax. [422] Thomas Horner was buried on 27 October 1629. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [423] His will is dated 22 September 1630 and is printed in the Knaresborough Court Rolls of Surtees Society. P. 108-9. [424] John gave to the use of Jane Bramley and Walter Buckle his brother in-law, ‘one ancient house called Mose House and 2 closes called Ward Closes, 1 called Mose Ing and another called Milner Ing in Birsteth.’ These were to go to his nephew John Horner when he was of age. He also surrendered 4 closes called Eltam close containing 2 acres 2d of land and buildings to Birsteth to Jane Bramley, my natural mother and her heirs. The lands were to be sold and Walter Buckle and his wife Maud given 11 shillings, and mother Bramley £2. [425] Dorothy Cave and John Horner were married on 8 November 1628 in Ripon. IGI. Dorothy also signed his will. [426] He was buried on 25 August 1630. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [427] John Horner was christened on 29 May 1636. Thomas Horner was christened on 3 February 1632/3. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [428] His wife Ann was buried on 5 March 1706. Their children Thomas were christened on 28 December 1681, Elizabeth was christened on 23 December 1683, and Robert was christened on 24 June 1688 and was buried on 6 November 1688. A daughter Sarah was buried on 15 June 1692. Ann Horner was christened on 9 May 1686 and married Thomas Robinson on 29 January 1707/8. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [429] Rattenroe is an area which was allegedly called the name because of the smell of dyers and flax dressers work in the area. It is near Thruscross and just above Thruscross reservoir today. [430] This John Horner was buried in Hampsthwaite on 8 January 1690. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. The will of a John Horner of Birstwith was proved in Knaresborough court in 1690. The will of another John Horner of Birstwith is proved at Knaresborough on 8 March 1717. [431] A girl was christened on 10 April 1677, and may have been still born. Sarah Horner was christened on 5 September 1669; Mary Horner was christened on 29 March 1675. Ann Horner was christened on 13 May 1666 and married William Winn in 1691. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [432] This Thomas was christened on 27 December 1681 and married Miriam Lowcock on 13 November 1707. Their daughter Isabel was christened on 30 January 1708/9. Mary Horner was christened on 29 October 1710. Mary married Samuel servant a weaver on 8 July 1731. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. [433] Thomas Horner was buried on 17 April 1728. Hampsthwaite Parish registers. |
