Index entries from MARTONS BOTH by David Nelson.
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Index entries from MARTONS BOTH by David Nelson.
Martons Both. The Second Millennium.
A personal account of the history of the Martons by David Nelson of Old Gledstone. No printing date but assumed to be 2000.
MB page 4. In Domesday Martum is recorded with six carucates and Ventorp with two. Martum is believed to derive from ‘Meretown’ but Ventorp evolved through Unktorp, Crane End and Crake End to Ingthorpe. After the conquest Roger de Poitou was the overlord and he gave tenancy to Pagamus who was thus first lord of the manor and had a moated house near the site of the church. The family evolved over the next 500 years into the ‘de Marton’ family.
MB PAGE 5. In 1397 the Poll Tax Roll for Marton included Sir Simon de Marton paying 20/-. Henry Taylor, a draper; John Spendlove and Simon Taylor, both tailors; John Green the blacksmith and Richard Webster a weaver all paid 6d. The total population of the village was 74. All the others were charged 4d. only wives were exempt via their husband’s payment. The wapentake of Staincliffe contained 76 taxable towns and villages and Bolton Abbey paid 48/4 total tax, followed by Marton with 35/4. Skipton paid 35/-. This was a good measure of comparative wealth.
MB. Page 8. The Heber family originated in Elslack and by 1601 they owned both Martons and had moved into what is still known as Marton Hall at West Marton. Thomas Heber of Marton was a Parliamentarian during the Civil War. Craven was laid waste by Prince Rupert’s troops on their way to Marston Moor where they were defeated. In 1752 the Hebers inherited the parish of Hodnet in Shropshire and their interest in Marton became less. Richard Heber inherited the estate in 1803. In 1821 he became an MP for Oxford University but resigned in 1826. After this he lived mainly abroad and his estates were mortgaged to finance this. When he died in 1833 he left what remained of the estate to his sister, Mary Cholmondley. All the Heber lands were sold to Richard Henry Roundell in 1841 who thus owned everything except 50 acres owned by the Ingham family at Marton House and 60 acres owned by Mr Wasney.
MB. Page 10. Ingthorpe Grange was bought by the priors of Bolton Abbey as a monastic grange. Henry Clifford bought it at the Dissolution in 1542. He leased it to Anthony Baldwin and his mother, the sitting tenants, on a 300 year lease with an option to renew for a further 300 years. Around 1600 the Cliffords sold Ingthorpe to William Baldwin. Hugh and Barbara Baldwin rebuilt Ingthorpe Grange in 1672. John Barton Baldwin (b. 1796) sold Ingthorpe to his cousin Richard Roundell in about 1830.
Platt. Colin. ‘The monastic grange in medieval England’. Page 96. ‘A wealthy provost of Beverley, Peter of Chester, who died in 1298 would seem to have held for the term of his life the Kirkstall Grange at Barnoldswick.’
MB. Page 11. At the beginning of the 16th century the de Martons were forced to sell a sizable amount of land to the north of West Marton to Walter Gledstone. Gledstone’s grand daughter Ellen married an Anthony Hartley (gave the sundial on the church in 1714) By this marriage the Hartleys came into possession of land which passed to Anthony’s grand daughter, another Ellen who married Danson Roundell and the land passed to them in 1745. Danson’s son, Richard Roundell commissioned John Carr of York to build a mansion for him. Richard died in 1773 but the work was continued by his brother The Rev. William Roundell who inherited the estate. The Roundells built the kitchen gardens in 1830; Ingthorpe about the same time. By 1841 they had bought both West and East Martons from the Hebers, Tempest Farm from Robert Tempest and Crickle from the Weld family.
MB. Page 13. In 1882 a survey of the Gledstone Estate was made by Thomas Varley the agent. He was also farmer of 60 acres and the landlord of the Crown Inn which is now the present estate office.
MB. Page 14. In 1899, Claude Thompson, the estate agent decided that a dairy would benefit the tenants on the estate. A course in dairying was held in 1899 at Marton and following this the Roundells decided to build a dairy capable of processing 500 gallons a day and run it themselves until the tenants were prepared to take it over as a co-operative. An opening dinner was held on 3rd of September 1900. By 1960 the dairy was processing 24,000 gallons of milk a day.
MB. Page 18. Amos Nelson was already the owner of the Thornton Estate when, in 1920, he bought the Marton estates. He decided to modernise Old Gledstone Hall but was advised against this by his architect, Richard Jacques of Barrowford. It was decided to demolish the Old Hall and build a new hall above the existing kitchen gardens. Sir Edwyn Lutyens was engaged as chief architect. Building started in June 1923 and finished in September 1927. The original scheme was much reduced owing to a change in the Nelson fortunes. [SCG note: Harold Duxbury said that one factor was a large unexpected tax demand]
MB. Page 28. Amos Nelson moved into New Gledstone in 1923 and in 1926 his first wife died. He subsequently married his secretary, Harriett Hargreaves, the daughter of his land agent. He gave parts of the estate to his children by his first marriage; the dairy to his eldest son Joe. Marton House to his second son Ralston. Land at East Marton to his third son Pemmy, and the Cross Keys to his daughter Hetta. Marton House became a convent school and later became housing.
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Martons Both. The Second Millennium.
A personal account of the history of the Martons by David Nelson of Old Gledstone. No printing date but assumed to be 2000.
MB page 4. In Domesday Martum is recorded with six carucates and Ventorp with two. Martum is believed to derive from ‘Meretown’ but Ventorp evolved through Unktorp, Crane End and Crake End to Ingthorpe. After the conquest Roger de Poitou was the overlord and he gave tenancy to Pagamus who was thus first lord of the manor and had a moated house near the site of the church. The family evolved over the next 500 years into the ‘de Marton’ family.
MB PAGE 5. In 1397 the Poll Tax Roll for Marton included Sir Simon de Marton paying 20/-. Henry Taylor, a draper; John Spendlove and Simon Taylor, both tailors; John Green the blacksmith and Richard Webster a weaver all paid 6d. The total population of the village was 74. All the others were charged 4d. only wives were exempt via their husband’s payment. The wapentake of Staincliffe contained 76 taxable towns and villages and Bolton Abbey paid 48/4 total tax, followed by Marton with 35/4. Skipton paid 35/-. This was a good measure of comparative wealth.
MB. Page 8. The Heber family originated in Elslack and by 1601 they owned both Martons and had moved into what is still known as Marton Hall at West Marton. Thomas Heber of Marton was a Parliamentarian during the Civil War. Craven was laid waste by Prince Rupert’s troops on their way to Marston Moor where they were defeated. In 1752 the Hebers inherited the parish of Hodnet in Shropshire and their interest in Marton became less. Richard Heber inherited the estate in 1803. In 1821 he became an MP for Oxford University but resigned in 1826. After this he lived mainly abroad and his estates were mortgaged to finance this. When he died in 1833 he left what remained of the estate to his sister, Mary Cholmondley. All the Heber lands were sold to Richard Henry Roundell in 1841 who thus owned everything except 50 acres owned by the Ingham family at Marton House and 60 acres owned by Mr Wasney.
MB. Page 10. Ingthorpe Grange was bought by the priors of Bolton Abbey as a monastic grange. Henry Clifford bought it at the Dissolution in 1542. He leased it to Anthony Baldwin and his mother, the sitting tenants, on a 300 year lease with an option to renew for a further 300 years. Around 1600 the Cliffords sold Ingthorpe to William Baldwin. Hugh and Barbara Baldwin rebuilt Ingthorpe Grange in 1672. John Barton Baldwin (b. 1796) sold Ingthorpe to his cousin Richard Roundell in about 1830.
Platt. Colin. ‘The monastic grange in medieval England’. Page 96. ‘A wealthy provost of Beverley, Peter of Chester, who died in 1298 would seem to have held for the term of his life the Kirkstall Grange at Barnoldswick.’
MB. Page 11. At the beginning of the 16th century the de Martons were forced to sell a sizable amount of land to the north of West Marton to Walter Gledstone. Gledstone’s grand daughter Ellen married an Anthony Hartley (gave the sundial on the church in 1714) By this marriage the Hartleys came into possession of land which passed to Anthony’s grand daughter, another Ellen who married Danson Roundell and the land passed to them in 1745. Danson’s son, Richard Roundell commissioned John Carr of York to build a mansion for him. Richard died in 1773 but the work was continued by his brother The Rev. William Roundell who inherited the estate. The Roundells built the kitchen gardens in 1830; Ingthorpe about the same time. By 1841 they had bought both West and East Martons from the Hebers, Tempest Farm from Robert Tempest and Crickle from the Weld family.
MB. Page 13. In 1882 a survey of the Gledstone Estate was made by Thomas Varley the agent. He was also farmer of 60 acres and the landlord of the Crown Inn which is now the present estate office.
MB. Page 14. In 1899, Claude Thompson, the estate agent decided that a dairy would benefit the tenants on the estate. A course in dairying was held in 1899 at Marton and following this the Roundells decided to build a dairy capable of processing 500 gallons a day and run it themselves until the tenants were prepared to take it over as a co-operative. An opening dinner was held on 3rd of September 1900. By 1960 the dairy was processing 24,000 gallons of milk a day.
MB. Page 18. Amos Nelson was already the owner of the Thornton Estate when, in 1920, he bought the Marton estates. He decided to modernise Old Gledstone Hall but was advised against this by his architect, Richard Jacques of Barrowford. It was decided to demolish the Old Hall and build a new hall above the existing kitchen gardens. Sir Edwyn Lutyens was engaged as chief architect. Building started in June 1923 and finished in September 1927. The original scheme was much reduced owing to a change in the Nelson fortunes. [SCG note: Harold Duxbury said that one factor was a large unexpected tax demand]
MB. Page 28. Amos Nelson moved into New Gledstone in 1923 and in 1926 his first wife died. He subsequently married his secretary, Harriett Hargreaves, the daughter of his land agent. He gave parts of the estate to his children by his first marriage; the dairy to his eldest son Joe. Marton House to his second son Ralston. Land at East Marton to his third son Pemmy, and the Cross Keys to his daughter Hetta. Marton House became a convent school and later became housing.
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