Wakefield Manor Book, 1709

Prepared in 1709 and first published in 1939, this is a comprehensive record of the state of Wakefield manor and its accounts.

John Charlesworth (Edited by)

9781108058841, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2013

246 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.37 kg

William Elmsall was the deputy steward of Wakefield manor in 1709. He is taken to be the compiler of this comprehensive record of the state of the manor and its accounts in that year. After the work's value to the study of eighteenth-century English social and economic history was recognised by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, publication followed in 1939. The book was edited by John Charlesworth (b.1865), a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, who transcribed and edited parish registers and other documents of historical importance. Contained in this work are lists of the names of the lords, freeholders, officers, bailiffs, and all the towns and villages within the manor. The book also includes decrees covering rent and fines and the fees of gaolers and bailiffs, as well as information on the succession of the lords of Wakefield manor.

Preface
The present state of the mannor [sic] of Wakefield in the county of York belonging to His Grace the Duke of Leeds, in the year 1709
Index of persons and places.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]