Reveal, Revell, Revill Study
Revell of Dungworth
Grant by William de Spina to Richard del Sac de Dungwith of his right in the plot of land bought by the grantor from William del Storthes and called New Meadow. Witnesses : — Richard Riuel, William his son, William de Leston, Richard son of Ralph, William de Storthis. No Date
It is recorded that John Revel of Dungworth, along with others fined 2 marcs for poaching in the Royal Forest of the Peak 1216-1222.
Robte son of John Revell of Doongworth baptised 22 April 1615
May 2, 1633, will of John Revel of Dungworth, proved 1637-8
John Revel of Dungworth, William and Heyres, living in 1637
Revell of Dungworth, trustee in the will of Richard Spoone of Stannington written 20 May 1652.
Mary, daughter of William Revell of Dungworth married Francis Morton of Spouthouse in 1665. They had 5 children: Ann, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Martha.
John Revell of Dungworth, a schoolmaster, was married to Ann, widow of Robert Longsdon and mother of William Longsdon (grandson of Anthony Longsdon).
Robert Longsdon, was son and heir apparent of Anthony Longsdon of Little Longstone, Derbyshire.
In December, 1666, John Levet, Commissary of Richard, Archbishop of York, appointed John Revell of Dungworth, an uncle on his mother's side as tutor and governor of Thomas Longson, son of William Longson, during his minority,
William Longsdon married Elizabeth daughter of John Birley of Middlewood House, Chapel of Bradfield about 1657.
Notes re Longdsen:The Longsdon family were established in Little Longstone from the 13th century, but their fortunes improved in the early 17th century when Stephen Longsdon and his son Anthony exchanged lands with the Countess of Shrewsbury, 'Bess of Hardwick'. By this they gained access to commons and woods and free grazing on Longsdon Moor for 200 sheep. The family benefited from the wool trade so that by the early 19th century James Longsdon (1745-1821) had 450 acres of rented land and 150 freehold acres. From the 1780s his farming activities including buying cattle for fattening from fairs in Derbyshire and later Lancaster.
In the 1770s and 1780s James Longsdon became involved in the cotton industry in partnership with the Morewood family of Alfreton and the High Peak. Together they opened a trading agency in St Petersburg in Russia. When Richard Arkwright's patent claims were dismissed, they decided to expand their interests in cotton manufacturing. In 1785 the partners built a carding mill and warehouse, plus a bleaching croft, in Great Longstone, but two years later the partnership was dissolved. The business then devolved on three brothers James Longsdon II (1786-1827), John Longsdon (1788-1819), and William Longsdon (1790 - 1878). Trading difficulties led to James's withdrawal from the cotton manufacturing industry in 1812, but his two brothers developed a textile merchants' business in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1819. One of the strengths of this collection is the extensive series of family and business correspondence for the late 18th and 19th centuries
In the early 20th century EM Longsdon developed a successful architect's practice in Derbyshire. Commissions undertaken by him included new buildings for Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Green Road, Ashbourne.
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