STALEY

Francis Staley, miner of Conksbury/Meadowplace, Youlgreave, 1652/1660

Will dated 9/3/1652[/53] mentions:

• "I Francis Staley of Conksbury, miner"
• To be buried in the church yard at Youlgreave
• Wife Anne (exec)
• Two youngest children Margaret & John
• Mother Cleamanse Staley
• Son Francis. Under 21
• Lands held under John Bateman of Meadowplecke
• Witnesses: John Bateman & Richard Staley

Will dated 4/8/1714 mentions:

• Grandson John Staley
• Grandaughters Anne Dale & Anne Staley
• Daughter Margaret, wife of Jonathan Gregory
• Grandaughter Margaret Dale
• Daughter Anne, wife of Peter Smith
• Grandson Francis Smith (to be put out to apprntice)
• Son John Staley
• Grace & Jane Frost, widows now living at Conksbury
• Late brother Christopher Staley's widow (un-named)
• Elizabeth Bramwell & Anne Stone of Youlgreave, widows
• Wife Anne
• Close or closes in Youlgreave caled [Shank] Dale
• Eldest son Francis Staley - exec
• Witnesses: Tho: Gell, Robert [B]idcock, Charles Bagshaw

Will dated 24/7/1728 mentions:

• "unto Esther my loveing wife one annuity ... of thirty five pounds"
• "my dwelling house at Conkesbury"
• Everything else "unto my trusty and well beloved friends John Thornhill of Stanton Esq and Bach Thornhill of the Inner Temple London Esq for them ... to manage ... till my son Francis shall attaine his age of one and twenty yeares"
• "annuity ... of Fourty shillings ... to the poore of Youlgreave"
• "all my mines in Derbyshire and Wales"
• "my Brother in law Mr Phillip Allwood"
• "unto my sisters Margaret the wife of Jonathan Gregory and Ann Smith widow Twenty pounds a peice"
• "alsoe ... unto my said sister Ann Smith ... all money and interest due and owing ... upon a Mortgage of a dwelling house in Stavely made to me by her late husband Peter Smith"
• "to my servant Hugh Jones Twenty pounds and to my cousin Thomas Staley (son of Anthony Staley) now living with me twenty pounds and to my neece Ann daughter of my late Brother Thomas Staley deceased Twenty pounds and to my neice Margaret Newton wife of ____ Newton of Birchover Tenn pounds"   [Mr Newton's first name is balnk in the PCC copy I extracted this from]
• Balance to son Francis when 21. Details of how it should be shared any children he might have if he dies young, and if he dies young without children, then ... "to my said sisters Margaret the wife of Jonathan Gregory and Ann Smith widow one hundred pounds a peice and in such case to pay yield up and deliver all the rest and residue thereof unto my Nephew John Staley of Chesterfield"
• "Two Closes called [Shag] dales lying witin Youlgreave"
• "to the above named Phillip Alwood Twenty pounds and I do hereby nominate and appoint said good friends John Thornhill and Bach Thornhill Executors ... during the minority of my said son Francis ... and I give to each of them a Guinea to buy a Mourning Ring And when my said son shall have attained his said age then I make and appoint him sole Executor"
• Witnesses: John [Denman], [H] Twigg, Thomas Goodwin

Will dated 18/7/1739 mentions:

• Farm etc held under Duke of Devonshire, to his mother during her life, then to kinsman John Staley, son of John Staley deceased of Chesterfield, Iron monger.
• "Unto Mary the daughter of the said John Staley the sum of five hundred pounds" when 21
• "appoint Mr Samuel Langford of Leeke in the County of Stafford, and Nicholas Twigg of Holme in the parish of Bakewell, lead merchant, executors"
• Witnesses: Joseph [James OR Jonnes], Elizaebth [James OR Jonnes] & Edward [Goate]