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Robert Grosseteste
- Bishop of Lincoln from 1235, Chancellor of Oxford University c1215-1221
and 1229-30 or 35. He lectured in theology to the Franciscans.
He appeared before the Council of Lyons in 1245 arguing before the Papal
Curia in 1250. He was born in Stradbroke in Suffolk and died 9
October 1253 aged 78 in Buckden in Buckinghamshire |
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1563 Agnes Austwick
married Nicholas Greathead at Batley. They may
have had a son called Richard (b 1565). Source Code
202 |
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1576
A ‘Johis Gretheede de Batley’ was a member of a jury (36
men) convened at Wakefield to give an account of the properties which made
up Batley Manor. Queen
Elizabeth had commissioned an inquiry into the assets of the Duchy of
Lancaster, and this Manor seems to have been among them, and it was held
by a family called Copley.Source Code 202 |
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In 1643 John Savile,
Earl of Sussex, the owner of Howley Hall (a mansion on the outskirts of
Batley) was prosecuted by the crown for surrendering the Hall to the
Parliamentary army. It
was alleged that his senior servants ‘entertained’ the troops at the
hall after the siege on 17 Jan 1642.
Accompanying the troops were “three of the Greatheads Source
Code 202 |
| Hearth
Tax 1666 for the
settlement of Gildersome, near Morley, Collector of the tax for the
settlement was John Greathead. List of those who paid included
Joshua Greathead jnr (5 hearths) The settlement for Morley,
Collector of the tax for the settlement was Joshua Greathead.
List of those who paid included John Greathead (2 hearths) and
Joseph Greathead (1 hearth) Source Code 202 |
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receiver of the tax for the city of York and the whole of the West Riding
was somebody called Joshua Greathead.
He was clearly one of the Greatheads of the Morley area because
Sheard tells us that on 29
August 1664 Edward Copley provided a bond for £1350 for
Greathead on his appointment as receiver.
It is not clear whether he was the Joshua Greathead Jnr
who paid tax for his 5 hearths, or whether he was this Jnr’s father. Greathead
was later accused of being in default for £1334 and the manor was seized
from Copley’s family, although it was later restored to them in 1687 Source
Code 202 |
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Sept 1650: The register
for the Independent chapel at Morley includes a note explaining that a 500
year lease of the land was granted to 10 trustees who included Thomas and
Joshua Greathead Source Code 202 |
| Joseph
Greathead, a cabinet maker c 1715 based in Bucklersbury
( London?) found in London
Furniture Makers 1660 – 1840 by Sir Ambrose Heal Published
1953 Source Code |
