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Sunday, 21 September 2014
Saturday, 20 September 2014
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Friday, 19 September 2014
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Thursday, 18 September 2014
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Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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Tuesday, 16 September 2014
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Monday, 15 September 2014
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Sunday, 14 September 2014
Saturday, 13 September 2014
Names & places mentioned by John Stubbs in his 1862 diary
I post this in case it's of any use to readers, either to identify people mentioned in the diary or to look for particular names ... it's a bit scrappy, I'm afraid ...
Adelphi Theatre, London
Alice – his youngest sister [Boroughbridge]
Appleton, Sarah [Boroughbridge]
Appleton, the Misses [Boroughbridge]
Archbishop of York
Argyle Rooms, London
Armstrong
Bains/Baines, Nellie [at Redcar]
Baldrey [Boroughbridge]
Baltic Tavern
Barracks, the
Barroby, Miss [Dishforth – relations of Stubbs]
Bath Terrace, Redcar (No. 4)
Beaumont, D [Boroughbridge]
Beaumont, Miss, of Knaresborough
Bell, Aunt – his mother's sister [Boroughbridge]
Adelphi Theatre, London
Alice – his youngest sister [Boroughbridge]
Appleton, Sarah [Boroughbridge]
Appleton, the Misses [Boroughbridge]
Archbishop of York
Argyle Rooms, London
Armstrong
Bains/Baines, Nellie [at Redcar]
Baldrey [Boroughbridge]
Baltic Tavern
Barracks, the
Barroby, Miss [Dishforth – relations of Stubbs]
Bath Terrace, Redcar (No. 4)
Beaumont, D [Boroughbridge]
Beaumont, Miss, of Knaresborough
Bell, Aunt – his mother's sister [Boroughbridge]
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1862
This transcription is the first result of the new transcription team. In this case Ian Pearce did most of the work; I transcribed the Boroughbridge entries, deciphered some of John's more difficult handwriting and added more annotations. I'm posting it now, before the team really starts work, because it's one of the most interesting diaries.
On the one hand, it's full of significant names. It's clear that during 1861, the year of the missing diary, John had met many of the men who would form Middlesbrough, that "Infant Hercules". In fact he was present in 1862 when Gladstone famously used the phrase to describe the new town.
And on the other hand, there is his visit to London. In 1860 John had enjoyed London life in the company of other students. This time he is two years older, a professional man, and out on the town with ironmasters – young men who, like himself, had come to Middlesbrough to make their fortunes. Prepare for the seamy side of Victorian London ...
I rode Joe's mare to Heaton House for my pipe case which I had left there. I only saw Charley. I met Marianne and turned back with her. Joe dined with us at the Bridge Foot. I was about house in the afternoon. I left by six o'clock train for Middlesbrough. Met Jno Peacock and Griffin at Northallerton Station, we came home together. I went with Muller to the Club and had a game at billiards.
[Charley – the son of Charles Francis George Clark of Heaton House, Ellinthorp. Marianne was the daughter. Muller – Charles Muller. JRS acted for him in obtaining naturalisation]
Thursday 2 January
At the office all day. Had tea with Elgee then went to the Club, from there I went home with Dixon and had supper. Stayed till about twelve then went home to bed.
[Mr J F Elgee was Manager of Backhouse's Bank. "The Club" is assumed to mean The Cleveland Club. In the C20 this was situated in Cleveland Street. Raylton Dixon (1838-1901), future shipbuilding magnate, was the same age as John but from a very different background. His Draft Bill of Costs ledger shows that John acted for Backhouse & Dixon in December 1861]
On the one hand, it's full of significant names. It's clear that during 1861, the year of the missing diary, John had met many of the men who would form Middlesbrough, that "Infant Hercules". In fact he was present in 1862 when Gladstone famously used the phrase to describe the new town.
And on the other hand, there is his visit to London. In 1860 John had enjoyed London life in the company of other students. This time he is two years older, a professional man, and out on the town with ironmasters – young men who, like himself, had come to Middlesbrough to make their fortunes. Prepare for the seamy side of Victorian London ...
At the time of the 1861 Census, John was lodging with bricklayer Thomas Johnston and his wife Emma at No. 31 Sussex Street, Middlesbrough.Wednesday 1 January
I rode Joe's mare to Heaton House for my pipe case which I had left there. I only saw Charley. I met Marianne and turned back with her. Joe dined with us at the Bridge Foot. I was about house in the afternoon. I left by six o'clock train for Middlesbrough. Met Jno Peacock and Griffin at Northallerton Station, we came home together. I went with Muller to the Club and had a game at billiards.
[Charley – the son of Charles Francis George Clark of Heaton House, Ellinthorp. Marianne was the daughter. Muller – Charles Muller. JRS acted for him in obtaining naturalisation]
Thursday 2 January
At the office all day. Had tea with Elgee then went to the Club, from there I went home with Dixon and had supper. Stayed till about twelve then went home to bed.
[Mr J F Elgee was Manager of Backhouse's Bank. "The Club" is assumed to mean The Cleveland Club. In the C20 this was situated in Cleveland Street. Raylton Dixon (1838-1901), future shipbuilding magnate, was the same age as John but from a very different background. His Draft Bill of Costs ledger shows that John acted for Backhouse & Dixon in December 1861]
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Friday, 12 September 2014
Settlement on the marriage of Richard Walls and Anne Raper, 1737
This is the settlement made on 26 July 1737 for the marriage of Richard Walls, yeoman of Milby, and Anne Raper, daughter of John Raper, yeoman of Langthorpe. It was made between Richard Walls (1) and John Raper of Langthorpe and Richard Raper, yeoman of Norton Conyers (2), and the witnesses were William Leadley and Sam Lunn.
Details of Richard Walls and Anne Raper are to be found in The Genealogical History of the family of the late Bishop Stubbs on p47. Anne's mother's Will can be found on pp 299-300.
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Details of Richard Walls and Anne Raper are to be found in The Genealogical History of the family of the late Bishop Stubbs on p47. Anne's mother's Will can be found on pp 299-300.
John Richard Stubbs goes to Middlesbrough, February 1861
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John Stubbs' Manifold Letter Writer contains the carbons of letters written between 1860 and 1871.
He began in mid-August 1860 by looking for a post, writing in reply to various advertisements and placing an advertisement himself in the Law Times:
A Gentleman recently admitted wishes to pass a year or two in an office of Good General Practice either in Town or Country. Improvement being more an object than remuneration.
Address J.R.S care of Messrs Waterlow & Sons Law Stationers 24 & 25 Birchin Lane London
No satisfactory job offers were forthcoming, and by early 1861 he had taken a bold decision. He wrote on 14 February to a friend in London:
Boroughbridge
14 Feby 1861
My dear Sharpe
I have been so strongly recommended to try Middlesbro’ that I have taken an Office there & am going next week. I can only leave it if I find anything better turns up. I have got an introduction to Mr Crosby the County Court Registrar at Stockton & to Mr Brewster the principal Solicitor in Middlesbro who received me in a very friendly way & I hope to get a few more introductions to some of the leading people in the neighbourhood. If you can do me any good I shall feel greatly obliged & now I am going to give you a great deal of trouble but if you will undertake for me you will save me a journey to Town & that is to select a library for me I enclose a List of Books which I shall want & if you can improve upon it please do so & I need not say let me have the latest editions. Butterworths sent me a Circular in which they say they send books Carriage free & allow 10 per lb but I fancy it ought to be 20 pr lb discount. If you will ascertain the cost of the books I will send you the Cash & I should not like the parcel to be sent off until next Wednesday or Thursday when it can be addressed to me at Middlesbro' as I hope to be there next Thursday. Should you ever come my way I shall be exceedingly glad to see you. I shall only be 6 miles from the Watering Place Redcar -
I am My dear Sharpe
Yours very truly
J R Stubbs
J A Sharpe Esqre
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Luckily, the carbon for this letter is quite dark - some are very hard to read. He attached a List of Books:
Some work on preparing Abstracts
Archbolds Landlord & Tenant
Chitty on Contracts
Brooms County Court Practise
Okes Magisterial Synopsis
Sugdens Vendors & Purchasers
Stephens Lush’s Common Law Practise
Stephens Com. Law Procedure Act 23 & 24 Vic c 126
Allnutts Wills
Hughes’ Conveyancing
Rouses Practical Man
Lawyers Companion for 1861 edited by H. Moore Esqre
Jarmans Precedents for Wills
Roscoes Nisi Prius
Addison on Torts
A Work on Solrs General Costs
Kains Cash Journal Kains Ledger Journal ruled for carrying out Kains System
Law Journal Reports for 1860 unbound if you can get them as I have 5 yrs previously to 1860 unbound
Unfortunately, his diary for 1861 has not survived. So disappointing for Middlesbrough historians!
Thursday, 11 September 2014
Margaret Spence's jointure, 1695
This is a counterpart of Margaret Spence's jointure upon her marriage with John Newsome, dated 26 July 1695.
It was made between John Newsome the elder, yeoman of Langthorpe near Boroughbridge, and his son John Newsome the younger (1) and Richard Robinson, yeoman, and John Raper of Langthorpe, yeoman (2), and it was made in consideration of the marriage of John Newsome the younger and Margaret Spence, spinster of Ripon. Unfortunately, the deed is very worn at the point where it tells us whose daughter she was!
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You can also see that somebody has removed the seals.
It was made between John Newsome the elder, yeoman of Langthorpe near Boroughbridge, and his son John Newsome the younger (1) and Richard Robinson, yeoman, and John Raper of Langthorpe, yeoman (2), and it was made in consideration of the marriage of John Newsome the younger and Margaret Spence, spinster of Ripon. Unfortunately, the deed is very worn at the point where it tells us whose daughter she was!
You can also see that somebody has removed the seals.
Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Young men in London: 1860
On 1 February 1860 John and his sister Alice arrived in London at the house of their cousin Jane Hirst.
Jane had married Charles Stewart Stubbs (her second cousin once removed) and was known in the family, to distinguish her from the many other Jane Stubbs, as "Mrs Charles". A tragic accident left her widowed in 1848, only four years after her marriage. Charles's death in a riding accident in the Park left Jane at the age of twenty-four with their two very young children and pregnant with the third. She remained in London near her husband's family and must have had the financial benefit of her marriage settlement and the support of her father and her father-in-law.
In February 1860 she was aged thirty-six and lived with her son and two daughters in Islington at 15 Cloudesley Square.
Islington was on the cusp of change. Cloudesley Square was some thirty years old, in an area of pleasant terraces laid out with gardens in open countryside from 1825 onward, with the Holy Trinity Church designed by the young Charles Barry. The rural quality of Islington began to disappear from the middle of the century, when it became rapidly built up. A fashionable shopping "bazaar" had been built on the High Street in 1850, and in 1860 the Grand Theatre or Philharmonic Hall was under construction, while the open land remaining at Stoke Newington was soon to be built over.
London was already beginning to undergo the vast changes that would create a modern city. Huge trenches were being dug to house the new underground railway and the Houses of Parliament, destroyed by fire a few years before John was born, had been rebuilt. After the Great Stink of 1858, plans were afoot to create the sewerage system that would rescue the city from stench and disease, but it would be ten years before the opening of the Albert and Victoria Embankments began to create the riverside panorama that we know today.
Alice, aged fifteen, was on her way to school in Blackheath – accessible by train from London, growing rapidly and with many schools, it was an ideal place for her and her cousin Polly Redmayne to complete their education and broaden their experience.
John was twenty-one and after his years in Uncle Hirst's office was in London to complete his law studies and take the examination which would qualify him as a solicitor. He would be in London for the next four months, so Mrs Charles helped him to find lodgings with a Mrs Pirmiger at 23 Upper Islington Terrace, just north of present-day Cross Street.
Jane had married Charles Stewart Stubbs (her second cousin once removed) and was known in the family, to distinguish her from the many other Jane Stubbs, as "Mrs Charles". A tragic accident left her widowed in 1848, only four years after her marriage. Charles's death in a riding accident in the Park left Jane at the age of twenty-four with their two very young children and pregnant with the third. She remained in London near her husband's family and must have had the financial benefit of her marriage settlement and the support of her father and her father-in-law.
In February 1860 she was aged thirty-six and lived with her son and two daughters in Islington at 15 Cloudesley Square.
Islington was on the cusp of change. Cloudesley Square was some thirty years old, in an area of pleasant terraces laid out with gardens in open countryside from 1825 onward, with the Holy Trinity Church designed by the young Charles Barry. The rural quality of Islington began to disappear from the middle of the century, when it became rapidly built up. A fashionable shopping "bazaar" had been built on the High Street in 1850, and in 1860 the Grand Theatre or Philharmonic Hall was under construction, while the open land remaining at Stoke Newington was soon to be built over.
London was already beginning to undergo the vast changes that would create a modern city. Huge trenches were being dug to house the new underground railway and the Houses of Parliament, destroyed by fire a few years before John was born, had been rebuilt. After the Great Stink of 1858, plans were afoot to create the sewerage system that would rescue the city from stench and disease, but it would be ten years before the opening of the Albert and Victoria Embankments began to create the riverside panorama that we know today.
Alice, aged fifteen, was on her way to school in Blackheath – accessible by train from London, growing rapidly and with many schools, it was an ideal place for her and her cousin Polly Redmayne to complete their education and broaden their experience.
John was twenty-one and after his years in Uncle Hirst's office was in London to complete his law studies and take the examination which would qualify him as a solicitor. He would be in London for the next four months, so Mrs Charles helped him to find lodgings with a Mrs Pirmiger at 23 Upper Islington Terrace, just north of present-day Cross Street.
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1860
3 ½ in x 6 in black notebook: “Renshaw’s Diary and Almanac for 1860”
Sunday January 1
In the morning to Aldbro church in the afternoon to Kirby Hill & In the eveng to BB church
Monday January 2
To office At night Steele Sedgwick Scholfield E.C.Clark & I dined at Owens & a very pleasant evening we had got home about 12. At Noon walked to Langthorp Miss Stamper left them today
Tuesday January 3
To office. At night Lizzie & I dined at Dr Sedgwicks Had a rubber got home about ½ past 10
Wednesday January 4
To office. At Night Read law at the office attended a Meeting at the Newsroom bought the Times for Mr Hirst at 22/- Supped at Uncles
Thursday January 5
To office. At night Read law at the office
Friday January 6
To office At noon walked with Joe to Langthorpe at night Drove Capes as far as Hazel Bank he had tea with us
Saturday January 7
To office. Capes went by noon train to York & was met at Cattal & from there he drove to Minskip I drove the trap Capes came from Knaresbro in to Minskip & we both had tea at Clarkes & attended a sale of township property after the sale I went home with Capes to Knaresbro to stay till Monday
Sunday January 1
In the morning to Aldbro church in the afternoon to Kirby Hill & In the eveng to BB church
Monday January 2
To office At night Steele Sedgwick Scholfield E.C.Clark & I dined at Owens & a very pleasant evening we had got home about 12. At Noon walked to Langthorp Miss Stamper left them today
Tuesday January 3
To office. At night Lizzie & I dined at Dr Sedgwicks Had a rubber got home about ½ past 10
Wednesday January 4
To office. At Night Read law at the office attended a Meeting at the Newsroom bought the Times for Mr Hirst at 22/- Supped at Uncles
Thursday January 5
To office. At night Read law at the office
Friday January 6
To office At noon walked with Joe to Langthorpe at night Drove Capes as far as Hazel Bank he had tea with us
Saturday January 7
To office. Capes went by noon train to York & was met at Cattal & from there he drove to Minskip I drove the trap Capes came from Knaresbro in to Minskip & we both had tea at Clarkes & attended a sale of township property after the sale I went home with Capes to Knaresbro to stay till Monday
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Monday, 8 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1859
Written in the same diary as 1858
Saturday January 1
To office. At night walked with Steele to H.E. Clark’s to tea (the last time as a bachelor) as he is to be married on Wednesday. Jacob Smith & Thos Lund were there played cards. Steele was called away I got home a little before 12
Sunday January 2
Twice to BB Church Joe spent the day with us Sarah was in York. He & I walked to Kirby Hill Church in the afternoon. LW Sedgwicks child was christened in the evening
Monday January 3
To office. A Noon Had a walk with Capes At Night went with Miss Stott, Steele & EC Clark in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea Miss Calder The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there Had a good dance John Clark drove the Sedgwicks & Alice & Lizzy & me home got home about 12
Tuesday January 4
To office At Noon rode Joes mare to Sugar Hills near Givendale to see some coursing Had some pretty fair sport At Night was about home
Wednesday January 5
To office At Night went to Capes’s stayed supper
Thursday January 6
To office Spent the evening at Joes
Friday January 7
To office At Night went to supper at Mrs Parkers at Langthorp played Bagatelle
Saturday January 1
To office. At night walked with Steele to H.E. Clark’s to tea (the last time as a bachelor) as he is to be married on Wednesday. Jacob Smith & Thos Lund were there played cards. Steele was called away I got home a little before 12
Sunday January 2
Twice to BB Church Joe spent the day with us Sarah was in York. He & I walked to Kirby Hill Church in the afternoon. LW Sedgwicks child was christened in the evening
Monday January 3
To office. A Noon Had a walk with Capes At Night went with Miss Stott, Steele & EC Clark in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea Miss Calder The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there Had a good dance John Clark drove the Sedgwicks & Alice & Lizzy & me home got home about 12
Tuesday January 4
To office At Noon rode Joes mare to Sugar Hills near Givendale to see some coursing Had some pretty fair sport At Night was about home
Wednesday January 5
To office At Night went to Capes’s stayed supper
Thursday January 6
To office Spent the evening at Joes
Friday January 7
To office At Night went to supper at Mrs Parkers at Langthorp played Bagatelle
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Sunday, 7 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1858
Cloth bound 3 ½ inch x 6 inch notebook “Renshaw’s Diary and Almanack for 1857”
In the flyleaf is written “JRS Jany 1857 For 1858 & 1859”
The entries for 1858 and 1859 are written in the 1857 Diary by using it as a notebook with the printed dates and days deleted and ten plain pages stitched into the back.
Up to Saturday January 9th doing nothing but going to Office Suffering from Carbuncle
Sunday January 10
Twice to BB Church. Once to Aldbro
Monday January 11
To Office Had breakfast at Uncles. The Workmans left Uncles this morng At Noon about home At Night went to see Jane Capes Went to Leonard Sedgwicks to sup H.E. Clark J.Smith Wm Morley Smallwood Steele Joe & I were there played Cards Got home about ½ past one
Tuesday January 12
To Office At Noon working at the Office. At Night went to Smallwoods & to Sedgwicks Arranged to go with Leond & M. Sedgwick in the Cab to Starbeck
Wednesday January 13
Went with Leonard & Mary Sedgwick to Taitlands to Leonards Wedding he paid my fare Tom Sedgwick joined us at Leeds Fanny Stubbs met us at Settle Station Had a Fly to Taitlands Had tea there Tom Sedgwick Wm Nixon & I went to sleep at Stackhouses Leonard went to Richardsons
[Fanny Stubbs is Bp Stubbs’ sister Frances 1836-77]
Thursday January 14
Went to Taitlands to 1st breakfast & helped Uncle to arrange. Went back to Stackhouse’s got dressed Took Leond to Church & they got wed. Tom Sedgwick I Wm Stubbs Wm Nixon & Hy Redmayne were Groomsmen Miss Nixon Mary Redmayne Mary Sedgwick Fanny Stubbs & Margaret Ingelby were bridesmaids. Went to Taitlands Sat down 30 to breakfast at ½ past 12 Bride & Groom started about 2. We some of us walked to Stainforth Foss & on to the rock in front of Taitlands went & had a 1st tea at Stackhouses Went to Taitlands we were above 50 of us Had a splendid dance Got to Stackhouses about ½ past 3 Went to bed about 5 Everything passed off firstrately
[John's friend Leonard is marrying John's friend Jane Redmayne. He is a few days short of his 29th birthday; if baptised as a baby, she will soon be 24. Her brother Henry was baptised in Dec 1841; he is possibly 16. Her sister Mary may be about 14. Mary Sedgwick is about the same age as John, that is 19, and Fanny Stubbs is 21. Wm Stubbs is the future Bishop, then aged 32]
In the flyleaf is written “JRS Jany 1857 For 1858 & 1859”
The entries for 1858 and 1859 are written in the 1857 Diary by using it as a notebook with the printed dates and days deleted and ten plain pages stitched into the back.
Up to Saturday January 9th doing nothing but going to Office Suffering from Carbuncle
Sunday January 10
Twice to BB Church. Once to Aldbro
Monday January 11
To Office Had breakfast at Uncles. The Workmans left Uncles this morng At Noon about home At Night went to see Jane Capes Went to Leonard Sedgwicks to sup H.E. Clark J.Smith Wm Morley Smallwood Steele Joe & I were there played Cards Got home about ½ past one
Tuesday January 12
To Office At Noon working at the Office. At Night went to Smallwoods & to Sedgwicks Arranged to go with Leond & M. Sedgwick in the Cab to Starbeck
Wednesday January 13
Went with Leonard & Mary Sedgwick to Taitlands to Leonards Wedding he paid my fare Tom Sedgwick joined us at Leeds Fanny Stubbs met us at Settle Station Had a Fly to Taitlands Had tea there Tom Sedgwick Wm Nixon & I went to sleep at Stackhouses Leonard went to Richardsons
[Fanny Stubbs is Bp Stubbs’ sister Frances 1836-77]
Thursday January 14
Went to Taitlands to 1st breakfast & helped Uncle to arrange. Went back to Stackhouse’s got dressed Took Leond to Church & they got wed. Tom Sedgwick I Wm Stubbs Wm Nixon & Hy Redmayne were Groomsmen Miss Nixon Mary Redmayne Mary Sedgwick Fanny Stubbs & Margaret Ingelby were bridesmaids. Went to Taitlands Sat down 30 to breakfast at ½ past 12 Bride & Groom started about 2. We some of us walked to Stainforth Foss & on to the rock in front of Taitlands went & had a 1st tea at Stackhouses Went to Taitlands we were above 50 of us Had a splendid dance Got to Stackhouses about ½ past 3 Went to bed about 5 Everything passed off firstrately
[John's friend Leonard is marrying John's friend Jane Redmayne. He is a few days short of his 29th birthday; if baptised as a baby, she will soon be 24. Her brother Henry was baptised in Dec 1841; he is possibly 16. Her sister Mary may be about 14. Mary Sedgwick is about the same age as John, that is 19, and Fanny Stubbs is 21. Wm Stubbs is the future Bishop, then aged 32]
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Saturday, 6 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1857
Home made diary on plain paper, stitched into a plain buff paper cover
“JRS’s Private Diary
Commencing 1st January 1857 -”
Thursday January 1
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon took a Walk. At Night was about home
Friday January 2
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon Joe Capes & I walked up the River. At Night went to a party at Owens met the Wannmans & the Lawsons played games had a dance &c got home about twelve Enjoyed it only pretty fair
Saturday January 3
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon went to Capes’. At Night I went to Newsroom Met Leond Tom & Jim Sedgwick there Leond & I had a regular split because our Tom called at their house once when he was here & would not go again because he was not asked in he did not see the Doctor. Called at Henry Carass’ Read Shakespeare
Sunday January 4
Went twice to BB Church. Stayed at home in the afternoon it was a very wet day. Called at Capes’ at Noon. Jane was better.
Monday January 5
Went to Office Retd to Breakfast. At Noon Joe & Capes & I walked to the Station & then to Kirby Hill & back. Went & sat at Henry Carass’ it came snowing very hard every now & then during the day Spent the evening at Capes’ Uncle & Aunt Pick were there
Tuesday January 6
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon Capes Joe & I went to the house at Langthorp. Richard Sedgwick of York dined with us. At Night I stayed at Uncles to tea & supper Aunt Bell was there to tea & Joe was there to supper when Aunt Bell & Joe left I went home to get my night dress & went back & stayed all night as Uncle & Aunt had gone to Northallerton
Wednesday January 7
Had breakfast at Uncles At Noon I took the dogs up Minskip Beck & round on to the Roecliffe Lane. Cousin Bessie Parker of Hutton dined with us. At night Read law. Wrote a long letter to Tom
“JRS’s Private Diary
Commencing 1st January 1857 -”
Thursday January 1
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon took a Walk. At Night was about home
Friday January 2
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon Joe Capes & I walked up the River. At Night went to a party at Owens met the Wannmans & the Lawsons played games had a dance &c got home about twelve Enjoyed it only pretty fair
Saturday January 3
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon went to Capes’. At Night I went to Newsroom Met Leond Tom & Jim Sedgwick there Leond & I had a regular split because our Tom called at their house once when he was here & would not go again because he was not asked in he did not see the Doctor. Called at Henry Carass’ Read Shakespeare
Sunday January 4
Went twice to BB Church. Stayed at home in the afternoon it was a very wet day. Called at Capes’ at Noon. Jane was better.
Monday January 5
Went to Office Retd to Breakfast. At Noon Joe & Capes & I walked to the Station & then to Kirby Hill & back. Went & sat at Henry Carass’ it came snowing very hard every now & then during the day Spent the evening at Capes’ Uncle & Aunt Pick were there
Tuesday January 6
Went to Office Returned to Breakfast. At Noon Capes Joe & I went to the house at Langthorp. Richard Sedgwick of York dined with us. At Night I stayed at Uncles to tea & supper Aunt Bell was there to tea & Joe was there to supper when Aunt Bell & Joe left I went home to get my night dress & went back & stayed all night as Uncle & Aunt had gone to Northallerton
Wednesday January 7
Had breakfast at Uncles At Noon I took the dogs up Minskip Beck & round on to the Roecliffe Lane. Cousin Bessie Parker of Hutton dined with us. At night Read law. Wrote a long letter to Tom
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Friday, 5 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1856
Cloth bound 3 ½ inch x 6 inch notebook “Renshaw’s Diary and Almanac for 1856”
On the first memorandum page is written
“On Saturday the 10th of November I went to stay with Mr Barroby at Dishforth stayed until the Saturday following”
Monday January 14
Went to Office Sat with Aunt Hirst as all the rest were at Eagles Clairvoyant Entertainment Read Blackstone
Tuesday January 15
Went to the Office Mrs Workman Mr Robert W Mr Henlock & Mrs dined with us at 2 o’clock I left the Office at 2 returned at 4 Went to the Doctors in the Evening Danced had supper & enjoyed ourselves extremely A Family party Leonard’s birthday
[JRS’ great-uncle George Henlock married Anne Clough and had children Ann, William, John and Margaret; Margaret married Mr Workman. ‘The Doctors’ is Dr Sedgwick’s house; Leonard was one of the sons. The 1834 Directory: Roger Sedgwick, surgeon in Borobridge]
Wednesday January 16
Went to the Office Cleaned Joe’s Gun Henry Redmayne & I went to Aldbro on business In the evening Joe Henry R & I went & played cards at Henry Carrass’ Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks She said Richard would return in 1857. No trace of Giles
On the first memorandum page is written
“On Saturday the 10th of November I went to stay with Mr Barroby at Dishforth stayed until the Saturday following”
Monday January 14
Went to Office Sat with Aunt Hirst as all the rest were at Eagles Clairvoyant Entertainment Read Blackstone
Tuesday January 15
Went to the Office Mrs Workman Mr Robert W Mr Henlock & Mrs dined with us at 2 o’clock I left the Office at 2 returned at 4 Went to the Doctors in the Evening Danced had supper & enjoyed ourselves extremely A Family party Leonard’s birthday
[JRS’ great-uncle George Henlock married Anne Clough and had children Ann, William, John and Margaret; Margaret married Mr Workman. ‘The Doctors’ is Dr Sedgwick’s house; Leonard was one of the sons. The 1834 Directory: Roger Sedgwick, surgeon in Borobridge]
Wednesday January 16
Went to the Office Cleaned Joe’s Gun Henry Redmayne & I went to Aldbro on business In the evening Joe Henry R & I went & played cards at Henry Carrass’ Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks She said Richard would return in 1857. No trace of Giles
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1855
Small leatherbound notebook “The Universal Pocket Diary & Almanack for 1855”
Much of the diary is empty.
In the flyleaf is written
Went to Taitlands
Sunday July 1
To Stainforth church & Giggleswick went to Catterick Foss
Monday July 2
Went to Skipton Sessions Co.... prest 6 months Came home walk.. from Knaresbro
Sunday July 8
3 times to church
Much of the diary is empty.
In the flyleaf is written
Feby 8 a ltre of Mr Grows found by Broadbelt betwn the PO & Ornhams brot here by a ...iler. Add d toSaturday June 30
T & H Ferrabel
Stroud
Gloster
Went to Taitlands
Sunday July 1
To Stainforth church & Giggleswick went to Catterick Foss
Monday July 2
Went to Skipton Sessions Co.... prest 6 months Came home walk.. from Knaresbro
Sunday July 8
3 times to church
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Transcription of John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1853
Small leatherbound notebook “Macdonald’s Commercial Pocket Book for 1853”
In the flyleaf is written in pencil, “The heart corrupted by evil arts could not easily forego the gratification of its vicious propensities”. On the opposite page, in pencil “Ah quoties caneret petere....” Several lines, not easy to read, and with alterations.
He notes on the memorandum page before the diary begins, that he has purchased from Wildman: Sallust, 6 copybooks, 1 quire paper, etc and the prices. The Sallust cost 1/6d.
Folded in a pocket at the front of the diary is a piece of paper showing the marks of the boys in his school. The school was the Free Grammar School, Giggleswick [cf Pigot’s Directory].
In the flyleaf is written in pencil, “The heart corrupted by evil arts could not easily forego the gratification of its vicious propensities”. On the opposite page, in pencil “Ah quoties caneret petere....” Several lines, not easy to read, and with alterations.
He notes on the memorandum page before the diary begins, that he has purchased from Wildman: Sallust, 6 copybooks, 1 quire paper, etc and the prices. The Sallust cost 1/6d.
Folded in a pocket at the front of the diary is a piece of paper showing the marks of the boys in his school. The school was the Free Grammar School, Giggleswick [cf Pigot’s Directory].
8 Sep 2020: The eBook of A History of Giggleswick School, by Edward Allen Bell is now available and includes a biography of Dr Butterton
“Head Class” seems to consist of Lupton, Bramley, Heaton, Leeming, Greenwood and Doria. “Second Class” was Walker, Robbins? 1, Rob - 2-, Stubbs, Harrison, Nidsdale, Tomlinson, Holt and Clapham.From which it may be seen that most of the subjects were classical.
The subjects for Head Class were: Weekly marks (out of 500); Geography (120); Hist of Jus (180); R Hist (140); G Hist (120); L Ex (?180); G Ex (180); Cicero (180); Horace & Vir (180); [illeg]; G Test (200); Horace Lat?; Antigone??; Homer (160).
Second Class had: D.M. (200); Geog (120); Ver. (140); R Hist (120); G Ex (120); ? L Ex (120); ?N. S Hist (160); [illeg]; Sallust (160); G Test (160); G ?Del (200); and ?G ex (160).
Introduction to the transcriptions of the diaries
I did the work on the diaries quite a few years ago, before broadband and the possibility of looking up censuses online, so my only census resource was the 1851 index for Boroughbridge.
I have looked up the census a few times while preparing the transcriptions for posting here, but my main aim was speed and avoiding eye-strain, so I haven't done it often ...
I have looked up the census a few times while preparing the transcriptions for posting here, but my main aim was speed and avoiding eye-strain, so I haven't done it often ...
John Richard Stubbs' diary for 1853
John did not keep his diary every day, so these are photographs of the entries that he did make:
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people T to Y
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
William THOMPSON of London, auctioneer
husband of Sophy Hirst (qv)
William Thompson, an auctioneer of 4 Kings Road, Bedford Row, London.
He was the son of James Thompson, a wine merchant.
Rev James? THOMPSON of LONDON and Bridlington
officiates at wedding of William Thompson and Sophy Hirst
Diary references:
J mentions him repeatedly in 1860: he sees him at Mrs Charles’ in London. Thompson makes visits to Yorkshire in the early summer, and stays at Bridge Foot before marrying Sophy in July
28 Feb 1860: “Went with Sophy to Mr Thompsons & had luncheon with him”
12 Jul 1860: “Sophy Hirsts wedding day I was groomsman went with the bridegroom & Mr Jas Thompson to Church at ¼ to 11 they got married had lots of races &c Had breakfast about ½ past 12 The bridal pair left about two Had all sorts of games in the field after that .then Joe Steele & I rowed Miss Thompson Mr Jas Thompson & Mary Hirst to Westwick..”
Miss Thompson is still staying in Bbdge on July 24, when she comes with the Hirsts to tea at Bridge Foot
Mr Thompson of Bridlington Quay? preaches at Bbdge Church morning and evening on July 15th
Parish Registers: Boroughbridge
12 Jul 1860
William Thompson – 35 – bachelor – auctioneer – 4 Kings Road, Bedford Row, London – (father) James Thompson, wine merchant
married
Sophia Hirst – 22 – spinster – Boroughbridge – (father) William Hirst, solicitor
by licence
witnesses: William Hirst, JR Stubbs, Dora Hirst, HH Capes, Mary B Hirst
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
William THOMPSON of London, auctioneer
husband of Sophy Hirst (qv)
William Thompson, an auctioneer of 4 Kings Road, Bedford Row, London.
He was the son of James Thompson, a wine merchant.
Rev James? THOMPSON of LONDON and Bridlington
officiates at wedding of William Thompson and Sophy Hirst
Diary references:
J mentions him repeatedly in 1860: he sees him at Mrs Charles’ in London. Thompson makes visits to Yorkshire in the early summer, and stays at Bridge Foot before marrying Sophy in July
28 Feb 1860: “Went with Sophy to Mr Thompsons & had luncheon with him”
12 Jul 1860: “Sophy Hirsts wedding day I was groomsman went with the bridegroom & Mr Jas Thompson to Church at ¼ to 11 they got married had lots of races &c Had breakfast about ½ past 12 The bridal pair left about two Had all sorts of games in the field after that .then Joe Steele & I rowed Miss Thompson Mr Jas Thompson & Mary Hirst to Westwick..”
Miss Thompson is still staying in Bbdge on July 24, when she comes with the Hirsts to tea at Bridge Foot
Mr Thompson of Bridlington Quay? preaches at Bbdge Church morning and evening on July 15th
Parish Registers: Boroughbridge
12 Jul 1860
William Thompson – 35 – bachelor – auctioneer – 4 Kings Road, Bedford Row, London – (father) James Thompson, wine merchant
married
Sophia Hirst – 22 – spinster – Boroughbridge – (father) William Hirst, solicitor
by licence
witnesses: William Hirst, JR Stubbs, Dora Hirst, HH Capes, Mary B Hirst
Phrenological Chart for John Richard Stubbs
Rather hard to make it out from this photo, as the chart is so large - but I thought it would be of interest.
Appletons of Dishforth & Boroughbridge
I've just added an extra piece on the Misses Appleton, John Appleton and Mrs Appleton of Langthorpe to John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people A to B.
This information has come to me from Graham Appleton - thank you Graham!
This information has come to me from Graham Appleton - thank you Graham!
Eryholme history
One of my readers has sent me came across a booklet on Eryholme, just south of the River Tees, in the course of researching his family tree. It dates from the Eryholme Festival of 1984.
He has scanned the booklet and sent it to me, in case there are others out there who would be interested.
As this sort of invaluable booklet so easily disappears from view and is so hard to find if you live outside the area, I will email it on to any interested reader. I don't know if a later version of the booklet appeared.
The main credits are to Jessie Turnbull, but also thanked are Martin Clark, Rob Bluman, Carol Hurst, Margaret Nicholson and Charlie Walker.
He has scanned the booklet and sent it to me, in case there are others out there who would be interested.
As this sort of invaluable booklet so easily disappears from view and is so hard to find if you live outside the area, I will email it on to any interested reader. I don't know if a later version of the booklet appeared.
The main credits are to Jessie Turnbull, but also thanked are Martin Clark, Rob Bluman, Carol Hurst, Margaret Nicholson and Charlie Walker.
Monday, 1 September 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning S
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
SAMPSON of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
There may be several Sampsons: ie Leond of Thornton Bdge, S of Langthorp
Diary references:
3 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby Mary Dixon & Sophy were set by Fletcher to Sampsons & walked from there..”
16 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby by Train & walked back Richd set us to Sampsons..”
16 Aug 1858: “Joe Sd & I went to Sampsons of Langthorp to try the Kirby Hill Harmonium”
26 Aug 1858: “at night at Joes went across to see Sampsons horses with Joe & Capes”
13 Sep 1858: “At ½ past nine I drove Smallwood in Uncles Dog Cart to Dishforth from there to Norton to Thos Lunds to Thornton Bridge to Leond Sampsons & Jacob Smiths & home to Joes to dinner...”
24 Sep 1858: “went to Sampsons on business”
27 Sep 1858: “drove Uncle Hirsts Dog Cart with Sarah thro Ripon to Harrisons of Fountains respecting a horse of Sampsons of Langthorp from there back to Ripon from Ripon to Turners of Quarry Moor on whom I personally served a notice that if he did not return the money & take back the horse he would be sold by auction, when he offered to give Sampson £45 for the horse back or give him £15 to keep it...”
27 Dec 1858: “Rode one of Sampsons Horses of Langthorp on his business.........”
26 Mar 1859: “to Norton ... T Lund & Leond Sampson were there”
SLATERS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
28 Feb 1856: “..walked up the river past Howells to opposite Slaters halfway to Roecliffe”
15 Jun 1857: “..went up in the boat Slater went with us....got two pike from Slaters lines”
21 Jul 1857: “..went to Slaters & had a long walk with him He shot a hare”
15 Dec 1857: “..went rabbiting with Slater & Poulter..”
27 Aug 1858: “At Night Capes Joe & I took the boat to Slaters & walked on to Roecliffe to see Poulters dogs”
11 Jul 1859: “At night Capes & I went to Slaters to fetch his boat [for the picnic]”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
SAMPSON of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
There may be several Sampsons: ie Leond of Thornton Bdge, S of Langthorp
Diary references:
3 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby Mary Dixon & Sophy were set by Fletcher to Sampsons & walked from there..”
16 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby by Train & walked back Richd set us to Sampsons..”
16 Aug 1858: “Joe Sd & I went to Sampsons of Langthorp to try the Kirby Hill Harmonium”
26 Aug 1858: “at night at Joes went across to see Sampsons horses with Joe & Capes”
13 Sep 1858: “At ½ past nine I drove Smallwood in Uncles Dog Cart to Dishforth from there to Norton to Thos Lunds to Thornton Bridge to Leond Sampsons & Jacob Smiths & home to Joes to dinner...”
24 Sep 1858: “went to Sampsons on business”
27 Sep 1858: “drove Uncle Hirsts Dog Cart with Sarah thro Ripon to Harrisons of Fountains respecting a horse of Sampsons of Langthorp from there back to Ripon from Ripon to Turners of Quarry Moor on whom I personally served a notice that if he did not return the money & take back the horse he would be sold by auction, when he offered to give Sampson £45 for the horse back or give him £15 to keep it...”
27 Dec 1858: “Rode one of Sampsons Horses of Langthorp on his business.........”
26 Mar 1859: “to Norton ... T Lund & Leond Sampson were there”
SLATERS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
28 Feb 1856: “..walked up the river past Howells to opposite Slaters halfway to Roecliffe”
15 Jun 1857: “..went up in the boat Slater went with us....got two pike from Slaters lines”
21 Jul 1857: “..went to Slaters & had a long walk with him He shot a hare”
15 Dec 1857: “..went rabbiting with Slater & Poulter..”
27 Aug 1858: “At Night Capes Joe & I took the boat to Slaters & walked on to Roecliffe to see Poulters dogs”
11 Jul 1859: “At night Capes & I went to Slaters to fetch his boat [for the picnic]”
Sunday, 31 August 2014
A Steadfast Friend: the life of Mrs Mary Stubbs
Mary Henlock was born on 16 November 1803, the eldest child of John Henlock and Jane Redmayne. She married Thomas Stubbs of Boroughbridge on 21 September 1824. They had six children: Jane, Joseph, Thomas, John, Lizzie and Alice.
Naturally enough, we hardly glimpse her in the diaries of her teenage son John.
She had been running the large household at Bridge Foot for thirty years, bringing up six children and entertaining family, friends and business guests. This was the unexamined background to John's life and escapes comment, except for occasional entries such as this one on 23 May 1856, when John was thirteen:
Naturally enough, we hardly glimpse her in the diaries of her teenage son John.
She had been running the large household at Bridge Foot for thirty years, bringing up six children and entertaining family, friends and business guests. This was the unexamined background to John's life and escapes comment, except for occasional entries such as this one on 23 May 1856, when John was thirteen:
“at night I rode to Ouseburn … got home at a ¼ to ten got a rowing for being so late"We don't know how many servants were employed in the house nor how many employees the shop needed. Bessie Carass seems to have been in the family's employ for a very long time and her importance can be seen from John’s fiancée Ellis’s letters to him from Boroughbridge on her first visit there:
“Last Night I went to the kitchen to try to get old Bessie tell me something bad about you, but of course failed altogether. This morning I watched her prepare a turkey for cooking. So you see I am beginning already!!”Bessie obviously knew John all his life and may have been the children's nurse. She and her husband Henry, a local butcher, are frequently mentioned in John's diaries and she remained a mainstay of the family for many years, helping Mary with cooking and cleaning in the 1870s, offering to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, making cushions for Ellis and going for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): Stubbs
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Thomas STUBBS of Boroughbridge
1796-1867
Born Bridge Foot, Borobdge 3[or 23] Jul 1796 “Twenty Minutes before Nine Eveg” [paper sent by Alice Stubbs to TDHS]
Father of John
Diary references:
Jan a/c 1853: recd 27th £2 6s
June a/c 1853: “What Father owes Uncle”
Jan a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £3 2s 6d. [Paid to] Father £3 2s 6d”
Apr a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £2”
Jul a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £6 6s. Pd Father £3”
Feb 22 1856: “We then went to Capes’s to sup Aunt Ann, Aunt Bell, Aunt Hirst, Father, Mama Joe & I”
Mar 1, 11, 14, 27: “..At Night Joe & I were busy with Fathers books” .......”Went to York with Father”....”Richd Walburn of Norton was buried today Joe & Father both went”......... “Cousin Bessie Stamper Father & Mama went to Helperby to fetch Alice”
Jul 14: “Father Aunt Hirst & Mary went with the Sedgwicks to Scarbro”
Aug 11, 12: “Father & I went to meet the train”... “Today Father & Joe went to Ripley”
Sep 16, 17: “At night Father & I walked nearly to Ellenthorp Then we went to the Doctors all the rest were there to tea” “At Noon Father & I walked up towards Kirby Hill by the fields..”
Oct 1, 18, 20,: “At Noon Father Mother Aunt Redmayne & Uncle & Aunt Bell & Sarah Sedgwick went to Redcar”.. “..Went to Redcar...Father & Mother Aunt & Uncle Redmayne Sarah Sedgwick & Miss Cunnyngham were there” “Father & I walked to Coatham had some porter at the Lobster”
Nov 6, 10: “At Noon went & had a walk & met Father as I was coming back & I turned again with him” “Father & Mama dined at Capes’”
Dec 15, 23, 25: “Father & Mother were at Ouseburn today Mr Brown from Australia & Uncle Redmayne were there - They did not get home till half past nine” “Went a walk up Topcliffe Road met Father” “Father Tom & I went to Aldbro [church] in the afternoon”
Jan 8, 17, 28 1857: “Father & I were the only two at home All the rest had gone to the Concert Servants as well” “Father went to Taitlands today as he was going to Eliza Stubbs Wedding” “Father came home from Taitlands tonight”
Feb 4, 22: “At Noon Father went with Lizzy to Arthington on her way to school” “Stayed at home with Father in the evening”
Mar 5, 17: “Father & Mother were at Capes’” “At Noon walked with Father round by Milby”
Apr 21: “Father & Mother were at Capes”
May 12: “Father & Mother Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding at ½ past seven”
Jun 9: “Father & Mother were at Langthorpe”
Jul 20, 24: “At Noon Father & Mother set off for Doncaster” “Father & Mother came home from Mrs Workmans”
Aug 16: “Nelly [Scholfield] & Jane sat with Father & me in our pew at Aldbro”
Sep 3: “Father & Mother went to Redcar”
Oct 8: “Father & Mother came from Redcar”
Nov 17: “Father & I were alone”
Dec 7: “Father & I rode the old Pony & Joes Mare to Langthorp Field”
16, 30 Sep 1858: “Father & Mother went to Redcar” “Father & Mother came from Redcar” [after Aunt Hirst’s death]
18 Mar 1859: “Father & Mother supped at Uncles”
12 Apr 1859: “Drove Father & Sarah to Ripon on business”
13 Dec 1859: “Father & Mother were at Knaresbro”
9 Jan 1860: “Alice & I walked to Uncle Picks ... & then ... to the workhouse & Capes & I came on to BB together Father brought Alice home”
29 Jun 1860: “dined at Uncle Picks Father came on & he & I went to see Uncle Wm we came home with Father”
9 Jul 1860: “Went with Father to Ouseburn Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks went to Browns to the sale of the late Mr Crosby’s property”
23 Jul 1860: “Father Tom & I drove to Ouseburn & brot Alice from there”
29 Aug 1860: “Father & Mother & Dora Hirst went to Redcar at noon”
26 Sep 1860: “Father & Mother came home from Redcar”
11 Oct 1860: “Father & Mother were just returning from Knaresbro as we started home”
30 Oct 1860: “at home with Father at night”
22 Nov 1860: “Father fetched us home in the Dog Cart as there was a letter from Geo Capes which wanted answering (Re Daniel’s Practice)”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Thomas STUBBS of Boroughbridge
1796-1867
Born Bridge Foot, Borobdge 3[or 23] Jul 1796 “Twenty Minutes before Nine Eveg” [paper sent by Alice Stubbs to TDHS]
Father of John
Diary references:
Jan a/c 1853: recd 27th £2 6s
June a/c 1853: “What Father owes Uncle”
Jan a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £3 2s 6d. [Paid to] Father £3 2s 6d”
Apr a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £2”
Jul a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £6 6s. Pd Father £3”
Feb 22 1856: “We then went to Capes’s to sup Aunt Ann, Aunt Bell, Aunt Hirst, Father, Mama Joe & I”
Mar 1, 11, 14, 27: “..At Night Joe & I were busy with Fathers books” .......”Went to York with Father”....”Richd Walburn of Norton was buried today Joe & Father both went”......... “Cousin Bessie Stamper Father & Mama went to Helperby to fetch Alice”
Jul 14: “Father Aunt Hirst & Mary went with the Sedgwicks to Scarbro”
Aug 11, 12: “Father & I went to meet the train”... “Today Father & Joe went to Ripley”
Sep 16, 17: “At night Father & I walked nearly to Ellenthorp Then we went to the Doctors all the rest were there to tea” “At Noon Father & I walked up towards Kirby Hill by the fields..”
Oct 1, 18, 20,: “At Noon Father Mother Aunt Redmayne & Uncle & Aunt Bell & Sarah Sedgwick went to Redcar”.. “..Went to Redcar...Father & Mother Aunt & Uncle Redmayne Sarah Sedgwick & Miss Cunnyngham were there” “Father & I walked to Coatham had some porter at the Lobster”
Nov 6, 10: “At Noon went & had a walk & met Father as I was coming back & I turned again with him” “Father & Mama dined at Capes’”
Dec 15, 23, 25: “Father & Mother were at Ouseburn today Mr Brown from Australia & Uncle Redmayne were there - They did not get home till half past nine” “Went a walk up Topcliffe Road met Father” “Father Tom & I went to Aldbro [church] in the afternoon”
Jan 8, 17, 28 1857: “Father & I were the only two at home All the rest had gone to the Concert Servants as well” “Father went to Taitlands today as he was going to Eliza Stubbs Wedding” “Father came home from Taitlands tonight”
Feb 4, 22: “At Noon Father went with Lizzy to Arthington on her way to school” “Stayed at home with Father in the evening”
Mar 5, 17: “Father & Mother were at Capes’” “At Noon walked with Father round by Milby”
Apr 21: “Father & Mother were at Capes”
May 12: “Father & Mother Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding at ½ past seven”
Jun 9: “Father & Mother were at Langthorpe”
Jul 20, 24: “At Noon Father & Mother set off for Doncaster” “Father & Mother came home from Mrs Workmans”
Aug 16: “Nelly [Scholfield] & Jane sat with Father & me in our pew at Aldbro”
Sep 3: “Father & Mother went to Redcar”
Oct 8: “Father & Mother came from Redcar”
Nov 17: “Father & I were alone”
Dec 7: “Father & I rode the old Pony & Joes Mare to Langthorp Field”
16, 30 Sep 1858: “Father & Mother went to Redcar” “Father & Mother came from Redcar” [after Aunt Hirst’s death]
18 Mar 1859: “Father & Mother supped at Uncles”
12 Apr 1859: “Drove Father & Sarah to Ripon on business”
13 Dec 1859: “Father & Mother were at Knaresbro”
9 Jan 1860: “Alice & I walked to Uncle Picks ... & then ... to the workhouse & Capes & I came on to BB together Father brought Alice home”
29 Jun 1860: “dined at Uncle Picks Father came on & he & I went to see Uncle Wm we came home with Father”
9 Jul 1860: “Went with Father to Ouseburn Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks went to Browns to the sale of the late Mr Crosby’s property”
23 Jul 1860: “Father Tom & I drove to Ouseburn & brot Alice from there”
29 Aug 1860: “Father & Mother & Dora Hirst went to Redcar at noon”
26 Sep 1860: “Father & Mother came home from Redcar”
11 Oct 1860: “Father & Mother were just returning from Knaresbro as we started home”
30 Oct 1860: “at home with Father at night”
22 Nov 1860: “Father fetched us home in the Dog Cart as there was a letter from Geo Capes which wanted answering (Re Daniel’s Practice)”
Saturday, 30 August 2014
The Redmayne family of Stainforth
Update: A much more detailed account of the life of Thomas Redmayne is to be found in the article by Catherine Vaughan-Williams published in 2020 in the Journal of the North Craven Heritage Trust. The article is called 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands'.
In it you will find full details of the Redmayne family of Taitlands and their connection with the Henlock family of Great Ouseburn and the Stubbs family of Boroughbridge.
Thomas was the first cousin once removed of the prosperous London silk mercer, Giles Redmayne (1792-1857), who bought the Brathay Hall estate, beside Windermere; Thomas Redmayne's executors were his wife's nephew Joseph Stubbs and John Marriner Redmayne, son of Giles. The relationship may look a little distant but Thomas and Giles were close.
Thomas was one of the children of Richard Redmayne and Ann Batty. Richard is commemorated in Giggleswick church by a brass inlaid in the floor: Richard Redmayne of Stainforth died 13 Jun 1799 age 31.
By the time the cousins Thomas and Giles Redmayne were in their thirties, they were both creating country estates/houses for themselves – Thomas at Stainforth and Giles at Brathay.
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning R
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
9 July 2022: I have added information from 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands' by Catherine Vaughan-Williams, published in the North Craven Heritage Trust Journal 2020, where relevant
Mrs Jane REDMAYNE of Taitlands, née HENLOCK
1809-1862.
"Aunt Henlock"
Daughter of John Henlock of Ouseburn and Jane Redmayne of Stainforth, sister to Mrs Mary Stubbs, William Henlock, Isabella Henlock, & Mrs Ann Pick
She married Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands, her cousin [cf 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands' by Catherine Vaughan-Williams here]
Diary references:
23 Mar 1853: “To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham”
Oct 1856: Aunt & Uncle Redmayne at Redcar with JRS family
3 Aug 1858: Uncle & Aunt Redmayne come to stay at Bridge Foot
17 Jun 1859: “Uncle & Aunt Redmayne came to Fredk Scholfield Capes’ christening”
21 Sep 1859: “Had a letter from Aunt Redmayne asking me to go to Taitlands some day this week”
3 Oct 1859: “Uncle [Redmayne] went to Clapham Fair Aunt Henry Lizzie & I went to Clapham in the large carriage I drove there We had dinner & tea at Miss Redmaynes Called at the vicarage & Miss Ingleby’s & had some good fun in the fair Hy Marriner was at home”
5 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Mother & Aunt Redmayne”
28 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Aunt Redmayne who is staying at Knaresbro”
28 May 1860: “Aunt & Uncle Redmayne were at Ouseburn”
6 Jul 1860: “[Uncle Pick] came home with us to dinner Aunt Redmayne with Capes”
9 Jul 1860: “Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks”
28 Sep 1860: “... to York I went to Miss Sutcliffes Had lunch there Aunt Redmayne & Mary Aunt Bell Mrs Stackhouse Miss Cragg & I took a Cab & saw a review by Genl Cathcart of the Yorkshire Volunteers on Knavesmire & a very pretty sight it was Hy Redmayne & Uncle & Capes were reviewed”
Mrs Jane REDMAYNE of Taitlands, née HENLOCK
1809-1862.
"Aunt Henlock"
Daughter of John Henlock of Ouseburn and Jane Redmayne of Stainforth, sister to Mrs Mary Stubbs, William Henlock, Isabella Henlock, & Mrs Ann Pick
She married Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands, her cousin [cf 'Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands' by Catherine Vaughan-Williams here]
Diary references:
23 Mar 1853: “To tell Uncle Henlock the flower at Aunts is done & Aunt Pick that she wants a ham”
Oct 1856: Aunt & Uncle Redmayne at Redcar with JRS family
3 Aug 1858: Uncle & Aunt Redmayne come to stay at Bridge Foot
17 Jun 1859: “Uncle & Aunt Redmayne came to Fredk Scholfield Capes’ christening”
21 Sep 1859: “Had a letter from Aunt Redmayne asking me to go to Taitlands some day this week”
3 Oct 1859: “Uncle [Redmayne] went to Clapham Fair Aunt Henry Lizzie & I went to Clapham in the large carriage I drove there We had dinner & tea at Miss Redmaynes Called at the vicarage & Miss Ingleby’s & had some good fun in the fair Hy Marriner was at home”
5 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Mother & Aunt Redmayne”
28 Mar 1860: “Wrote to Aunt Redmayne who is staying at Knaresbro”
28 May 1860: “Aunt & Uncle Redmayne were at Ouseburn”
6 Jul 1860: “[Uncle Pick] came home with us to dinner Aunt Redmayne with Capes”
9 Jul 1860: “Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks”
28 Sep 1860: “... to York I went to Miss Sutcliffes Had lunch there Aunt Redmayne & Mary Aunt Bell Mrs Stackhouse Miss Cragg & I took a Cab & saw a review by Genl Cathcart of the Yorkshire Volunteers on Knavesmire & a very pretty sight it was Hy Redmayne & Uncle & Capes were reviewed”
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