Shireoaks, West Riding Yorkshire

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In 1458, at the Feast of Saint John the Baptist, the Prior and Convent of Worksop leased their Grange and Manor of Shireoaks to Henry Ellis, Esq. and Dame Mary his wife. The original lease, formerly in the possession of Richard Rawlinson, L.L.D., F.R.S. is now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.

It is recorded that the name Shireoaks was derived from an immense oak that grew at a point where the three counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire met, and over part of each of which its branches fell. It is represented in several old maps, and was always known as 'The Shireoak'.

On 11th December, 1543, Robert Rayne paid thirty-seven quarters of corn to the King for Shireoaks Grange. In Jan 1547, Henry VIII granted the Manor of Shireoaks to Robert Thornhill of Walkeringham and his brother Hugh Thornhill. In 1599 the wardship was granted to Thomas Hewett, brother of Sir William Hewett, Mayor of London. By Thomas' will, the manor passed to his son Henry, who married his distant cousin Mary - the daughter of William Hewett of Killamarsh and London. The manor then passed to Thomas Hewett

After the dissolution of the Worksop house Henry the Eighth granted to Robert Thornhill Esq and Hugh Thornhill gent all the manor demesne or grange with the appurtenances of Shireoaks beneath the hamlet of Shireoaks in the parish of Worksop and all tythes in those hamlets of the yearly value of jfil 13 4d to hold to them and their heirs paying yearly for the manor of Shireoaks 35s 4 d It came from Thornehill to Hewitt a citizen of London Sir Thomas Hewitt had it Thus Thoroton The Hewets are known by many evidences to be a family of very ancient date but the first who is clearly ascertained to have had connection with this neighbourhood is Robert Hewet Esq who possessed a considerable estate at Killamarsh in Derbyshire in the reign of King Henry VIII He left two sons viz Robert who died without issue and William who succeeded his father and died in 1599 aged 77 leaving four sons viz John Solomon Thomas and William f Of this family was Sir William Hewet Lord Mayor of said Mr Osborne with a very great dowry whereof th London in 1559 but whether he was brother of this Robert late estate of Sir Thomas Fanshaw in the parish of Barking is not certain Of Sir William we find the following remark in Esser was a part as the late Duke of Leeds himself told able story in Stowe's Survey of London Vol II Book V the Rev Mr John Hewet from whom I have this relation p 133 Sir William Hewet cloth worker Mayor in and together with that estate in Essex several other lands in 1559 son to Edward Hewet of Wales in Yorkshire He died the parishes of Harthill and Wales in Yorkshire now in the the 6th February 1566 His wife was the daughter of possession of the said most noble family All this from the Leveson of Kent This Mayor was a merchant possessed of old duke's own mouth to the said Mr Hewet a great estate valued at 6,000 per annum and was said to have bad three sons and one daughter to which daughter this Also thai several persons of quality courted the said mischance hnppened the father then lived on London Bridge young lady and particularly the Earl of Shrewsbury but Sir the maid playing with her out of a window over the river William was pleased to say Oslx rne saved her and Osboriu Thames by chance dropped her in almost beyond expectation should enjoy her The late Duke of Leeds and the present of being saved A young gentleman named Osborne then family preserve the picture of the said Sir William in his habit apprentice to Sir William the father which Osborne was of lord mayor at Keveton house in Yorkshire to this day valu one of the ancestors of the Duke of Leeds in a direct line at ing it at 200 Bray saw it there in 1783 this calamitous accident immediately leaped in bravely and saved the child In memory of which deliverance and in gra f Baronetage vol i.p. 168 titude her father afterwards bestowed her in marriage on the

The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop ... By John Holland

Shireoaks Chapel was built in 1809 by Rev John Hewet, a descendant of John Hewett (1614–1658).

Shireoaks Chapel built 1806 The Shireoaks estate was purchased by Charles, Duke of Norfolk in 1811, from the last representative of the Hewett family.

In 1840 the Worksop estates including Shireoaks, were sold to Duke of Newcastle. Reference: Sheffield Archives - Arundel Castle Manuscripts ACM/SP/16 Collected survey of the estates sold to the Duke of Newcastle at Worksop and Shireoaks. 1840.

The Church of St Luke the Evangelist at Shireoaks was built by Henry Pelham, 5th Duke of Newcastle, The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales in October 1861.

Thornhagh

John Thornhagh, who took the name Hewett was the godson of Thomas Hewitt. Read more

Shireoaks - WIlliam de Lovetot the Founder, and Richard de Lovetot his son, gave most of it to the Monastery, -. the Mill and several dwelling Houses and Bovats of Land, and the Land between the Water and the River towards the South, and the way which leads to Holm Ker from the Ford which was by the Potters House, and twenty and two Acres beyond the said River from the South, between the way of Holmker and the bound of Thorpe and Colmancrofts.

King Henry the eighth, 16 August, 38 H. 8. granted to Robert Thornehill, Esquire, and Hugh Thornehill, Gent. all that Mannor, Demesne, or Grange, with the Appurtenances of Sherokes beneath the Hamlet of Sheroks in the Parish of Worksoppe. And all Mess. Lands and Tenements in Sheroks, Gatford, and Derfolde, and all Tythes in those Hamlets of the yearly value of 17l. 13s. 4d. And a Mess. Lands and Tenements in Hayton in the Tenure of Thomas Peke, late belonging to the Monastery of Worksop, etc. to hold to them and their heirs, paying yearly for the Mannor of Sheroks 35s. 4d. ob. It came from Thornehill to .... Hewitt, a Citizen of London, whose posterity still enjoy it.

Source: Author: Thoroton, Robert, 1623-1678. Title: The antiquities of Nottinghamshire

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