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Early Ds

Contents
1300s	Key to Padfield+ Dearnleys
1400s	Suggested Generations of Roger D (VI)
Ds in Fishwick's "History of the Parish of Rochdale"	Early Dearnaleys in Dinting and Padfield
All early Ds currently in database c.1245-c.1599	The principal sources in the different centuries

1300s

The surname occurs in the 14th century; 'thus Roger de Dearnley contributed to the subsidy of 1332'; Exch. Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.),

At Michaelmas 1351 Richard son of William de Bury did not prosecute his suit against John del Dearnley and others respecting a tenement in Hundersfield; Duchy of Lanc. Assize R. I, m. 5 d.

In 1360 Adam de Dearnley was a plaintiff, John de Dearnley being one of his pledges; ibid R. 8, m. 4 d; see also Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxii, App. 342.

Henry de Dernylegh (c.1350-)
from the H. L. Bradfer-Lawrence Collection
Grant *MD335/3/1/5/147* 25 Apr 1382
*Contents*: 1. John Pelle of Crykelston 2. Sir Richard de Dronsfeld, chaplain, and Henry de Dernylegh

John grants to Sir Richard and Henry of all the messuages, with buildings, lands and tenements, rents and services, with appurtenances which he had in the vills of Cheyfft, Crykelston, Walton and Sandall by curtesy after the death of Alice daughter of Thomas Monck his wife; to hold for the grantor's life. Witnesses: John de Staynton, Thomas de Whetelay, Thomas de Cheyfft, William de Doddeworth, Thomas de Staynton. At Crykelston. Seal; red wax, round. [Former ref: MD 335 Box 69 Clay vol VIII No 81: Series B No. 36: Dorse 71]

Quitclaim *MD335/3/1/5/148* 1 May 1382
*Contents*:
1. Henry de Dernelee 2. Sir Richard Dronsfeld, chaplain
Henry quitclaims to Sir Richard all right in the premises detailed in md335/3/1/5/147 :-
[all the messuages, with buildings, lands and tenements, rents and services, with appurtenances which he had in the vills of Cheyfft, Crykelston, Walton and Sandall by curtesy after the death of Alice daughter of Thomas Monck his wife.]
At Berneslay. Seal; red wax, round with a flower.
[Former ref: MD 335 Box 69 Clay vol VIII No 81n: Series B No. 37: Dorse 69]

quitclaim: (Law) a formal renunciation of any claim against a person or of a right to land
- thanks to Ian Goddard for this nugget - this confirms that Dernylegh & Dernelee are one & the same.

Outlawed for trespass ...
In 1400 it was stated that Henry de Dearnley had been outlawed in 1372 at the suit of Henry de Haworth for trespass, and that his land in Hundersfield had passed into the hands of the Ashton family; Pal. of Lanc. Misc. 1/9, m. 87-8; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 536.
After the death of Robert de Buckley his widow Alice married Henry de Dearnley, an outlaw, whereupon the escheator took the estate into the king's hands, or, at least, the widow's third part. Alice died in Sept. 1423, and John de Buckley, son of Robert, in Oct. 1429, leaving a son and heir James; ibid. no. 496; Towneley MS. DD, no. 1483; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xl, App. 536. The lands were held of Sir Thomas Savile in socage. 'escheator': In feudal England, escheat referred to the situation where the tenant of a fief died without an heir or committed a felony. The fief reverted to the King's ownership for one year and one day, by right of primer seisin, after which it reverted to the original lord who had granted it. From the time of Henry III, the monarchy took particular interest in escheat as a source of revenue. From the 12th century onward, the Crown appointed escheators to manage escheats and report to the Exchequer, with one escheator per county established by the middle of the 14th century. Upon learning the death of a tenant, the escheator would hold an "inquisition post mortem" to learn if the king had any rights to the land. These were often preceded by a "writ of diem clausit extremum" issued by the king to seize the lands and hold the I.P.M. If there was any doubt, the escheator would seize the land and refer the case to Westminster where it would be settled, ensuring that not one day's revenue would be lost. This would be a source of concern with land owners when there were delays from Westminster.

note: Hundersfield was an ancient ecclesiastical parish, created 1746 from the parish of Rochdale, in the Hundred of Salford, England. It straddled the historic county boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire. There are written references to the parish dating back to 1202.
Hundersfield lay on high moorland around Blackstone Edge, containing the settlements of Todmorden, Walsden, Littleborough, Wardle, Smallbridge and parts of Rochdale.

In 1444 Roger Whitehead and Margaret his wife, together with Ellen Dearnley, recovered a moiety of two messuages, 40 acres of land. &c., in Hundersfield and Spotland, which Roger Dearnley had given to John Dearnley and his issue, and which after the death of John's son Geoffrey should descend to Margaret and Ellen, daughters of Geoffrey;
Pal. of Lanc. Plea R. 6, m. 12.

The same plaintiffs claimed the other moiety against Alexander son of Roger Butterworth; he replied that there was another daughter of Geoffrey, viz. Mary, still living at Newcastle on Tyne, but they said she had died at Chadderton in 1442; ibid. m. 12b The estate was claimed as late as 1580 by a Roger Dearnley against Arthur Whitehead; (see below) see Fishwick, op. cit. 442 (quoting Duchy of Lanc. Plead. Eliz. lxxxi, D. 7)Moiety - one of two (approximately) equal parts Messuage -a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household.

"History of the Parish of Rochdale" by Henry Fishwick

Some thoughts regarding the dates on Fishwick's Dernylegh tree (above). - JAD
"In 1580 ...
On behalf of the plaintiff it was stated that about fifty-two years ago [i.e., about 1528] a certain Roger Dernylegh was ..."

Perhaps: "about 52 years ago" = circa lii years ago = c.lii years ago = clii years ago = one hundred and fifty-two years ago

If so, the first listed Roger Dernylegh would then be "enfeoffed of" the lands closer to 1428. Assuming a 28 yr generation gap, the descendents of Roger (born about 1408) would then be: Roger Dernylegh born about 1446 John Dernylegh born about 1474 Roger Dernylegh born about 1502 Roger Dernylegh of Glossop, liv 1580; therefore born about 1530.

Problems with the above pedigree for Roger of Glossop include both the dates and the possibility of missing generations.
The property in dispute in 1580 appears to have previously been in dispute in 1444 (see notes for John Dearnley 1355 (#9915) and his descendants)
and 1504-15 (see notes for Roger Dernely 1470 (#26228).
An attempt to provide linkage between the various people involved in these three recorded disputes is given in the table below.

	Table providing an alternative pedigree linking the disputes of 1444, 1504-15 and 1580 - a work in progress
gen.	name	born	known to be alive in:	name	born	believed to be alive in:	comments
1	Roger Dearnley (II)	c1325					Possibly a son of Roger (I) known to be alive in 1332.
2	John Dearnley (0)	c1355	1384				Named in 1444 dispute as son of Roger (II), but missing from Fishwick's pedigree
	Elder son			Younger son			John (0)'s sons may be half-brothers.
3	Geoffrey Dearnley	c1377	1397	Roger Dearnley (IV)	c1410	1444	Roger (IV) (& a 3rd brother Robert) only known from Fishwick's pedigree.
	Descendants of the above Geoffrey			Descendants of the above Roger (IV)
4	Margaret (Whitehead) and sister Ellen	c1405	1444	John Dearnley (I)	c1450		Various assumptions being made on father/son relationships.
5	John Whitehead	c1440	-	Roger Dearnley (VI)	c1475	1504-15	Court case 1504-15.
6	Edmund Whitehead	c1470	-	Roger Dearnley (VII)	c1500	1537	Roger (VII) named in will of John (II).
7	Edmund Whitehead	c1500	-	Roger of Glossop (VIII)	c1530	1580 1586 1591	Court case of 1580. Witness to a will in Glossop in 1586. Named in son Oliver's will of 1591.
8	Arthur Whitehead	c1525	1580

Notes:
i	All birth years are estimates.
ii	Numbering systems for the various Rogers and Johns as used elsewhere on the website - see Roger (II) (#9918) and John (I) (#14564).
iii	Compared with Fishwick's pedigree, the above table contains an additional two generations for the Dearnleys (generation 2 and generation 5 or 6).

J.A.D. 2017

	Suggested Generations of Roger D. The generation numbers are based on the Rogers known in November 2016.
gen.	name	born	known dates	abode	comment
I	Roger de Dearnley	c1300	Alive 1332		Contributed to subsidy of 1332.
II	Roger Dearnley perhaps also Roger Dernele	c1335			The Roger Dearnley named in the 1444 court case with son John. On the 1379 West Riding Subsidy roll.
(III)					John the father of Geoffrey, named in 1444 case, is in this generation.
IV	(Unnamed Dearnley maybe a Roger)		1444 court case		Assuming there was a Dearnley involved in the 1444 case, a younger brother of Geoffrey, from whom the Whiteheads recovered the property.
(V)					John (I) 1450-1504, wife Alice, is in this generation.
VI	Roger Dernely	c1470	Court case 1504-15		Was Roger VI the eldest son of John (I) with younger half-brother William I?
VII	Roger Dernylye	c1500	John (II)'s will 1537	'of ye Hyll'	Roger VII was to counsel John II's children. (Based on the above suggestion for Roger VI, Roger VII and John II would be half-cousins.)
VIII	Roger Dearnley Roddger Dernelie Rodger Dearnilie	c1537	Court case 1580. Named in 1586 will. Son's will 1591.	'of ye Hyll'	Named in 1586 will of Oliver of the Blackshaw. (2nd cousins?)
(IX)					Oliver of Dinting in this generation.
X	Roger Dernellee	c1591		of Hilltoppe'	Moved from Dinting to Whitfield.

Above table edited in 2019.
- Janet Davies

Key to Padfield+ Dearnleys: The generation numbers are based on individuals known in 2016.
John (I)	c.1450-, property in Holme, married to Alice	see John Dernelegh (I)
William (I)	son of above; c.1474-	see William Dernelee (I)
John (II) of Padfield	c.1495-, brother or son of William (I)	see John Dernylye (II)
William (II) of Padfield	b. before 1518, son of John (II)	see William Dernelee (II)
William (III) of Padfield	c.1560-, likely descendant of William (II) (son or grandson), married Elizabeth	see William Dearnley (III)
John (III) of Padfield	c.1582-, son of William (III), married to Ann then Alice	see John Derneley (III)
William (IV) of Mottram & Padfield	c.1604-, married to Marie Redditch	see William Dearneley (IV).

Early Dearnaleys in Dinting and Padfield By the early sixteenth century, there were at least two branches of the Dearnaley family in Glossop, one that settled in Dinting and one that settled in Padfield. The Dinting branch is assumed to be the senior branch (as evidenced by the court cases brought by members of this branch re property at Dearnley, Lancashire). The Padfield branch expanded into other areas around Glossop (Blackshaw, Hadfield etc) from the first half of the sixteenth century onwards. The Dinting family is less well documented and does not seem to have expanded locally in the same way. Either this branch had less sons, or the sons migrated away from the area. With reference to the Dinting branch, the placename Hilltop appears on modern OS maps, in Higher Dinting, about a kilometre south of Padfield. Although not recorded until 1561, this could be the location at which the Dearnaley family first settled after the move from Lancashire to Derbyshire. The table below provides dates for documentary evidence of the two branches.
decade	date	Dinting branch	Padfield branch	comment
1500s
1	1504	Roger (VI) - petition re property in Dearnley, Lancashire.	William (I) paid heriot on death of his father and mother John (I) and Alice, for property in Yorkshire	Note both events dated 1504. ?Both sons of John (I)? No indication of current abode for Roger (VI) or William (I).
2
3
4	1537	Roger (VII) named in will of John (II) of Padfield, but Roger's abode not given	Will of John (II), mentioning Padfield and Blackshaw. Son William (II) paid heriot on death of father John (II) (for Yorkshire property)	First mention of Padfield. Roger (VII) 'to counsel' John's children.
5
6
7	1561	Roger Dernelle off ye hyll named in will of Wyllm Newton. Roger (VII) or (VIII).		First reference to Dinting.
8
9	1585 1586	Roger (VIII) witness to will of Oliver of the Blackshaw son of John (II).	William (II) of Padfield named in property transaction.	? Was will of Oliver of the Blackshaw the last joint mention of the 2 branches?
10	1591 1599	1591 will: Oliver of Dinting names father Roger (VIII)	1599: William (II) and William (III) both of Padfield named in will of Nicholas Hadfielde.
1600s
1
2			Will of William (III) of Padfield.	John (III) inherits property from grandfather and Nicholas inherits his father's property - both Padfield
3	1626	Roger Dearnilie of the Hilltoppe (Roger (X)) named in will of Anne Newton		Baptisms of Roger (X)'s children in 1620s give abode as Dinting.
4	1632	Roger (X) in Whitfield
Later dates
	1685	A later Dearneley at Hilltoppe		Burial of Joane Dearneley widow of Hilltoppe (husband's name unknown.)
	1705		Will of John (IV) of Padfield	Last Dearnaley at Padfield.

JAD 2020

	The Dearnleys: the principal sources in the different centuries
century	sources	dates	examples	TMG #	comments
14th	Subsidy of 1332 Manor Court Records Property deeds Grants, quitclaims and fines Patent Rolls	1332 1335 1344 1382 1397	Roger de Dearnley (I) ditto ditto Henry Dernelegh Geoffrey Dearnley	15291 14585 9914	Earliest Dearnley reference to date. The only known outlaw in the family. Earliest written reference to a Dearnley father-son relationship.
15th	Court cases	1444	Margaret Dearnley	9916	The first recorded inheritance dispute.
16th	Manorial rolls Court proceedings Wills Parish records	1504 1504 1537 1566	William Dernelegh (I) Roger Dernely (VI) John Dernylye (II) -	14566 26228 14914 -	First of many records re Dearnley property in Holme, Yorkshire. See also 1444 and 1580 court cases. Earliest Dearnley will. Marriage in Ecclesfield: first parish record for a Dearnley?
17th	Parish records Wills Hearth Tax	1620 1651 1662-70	Anna Dernellee William Dearneley (IV) John Dearnely (V)	14441 3023 3025	First Glossop parish record for a Dearnley. William IV is in the largest of the current family trees. John's "3 hearth" property was the largest property in Padfield.
18th	Parish records Wills Land Tax	- 1743 1798	- James Dearneley Amos Dearnaley	- 3306 132	- One of the large number of Dearnleys in the Holme Valley. Missing baptism records - where was Amos born?
19th	Civil registration of bmds Censuses Personal documents Memorial inscriptions	from 1837 from 1841 1848 1860s	- - Ralph Dearnaley Samuel Dearnaley	- - 14165 5053	Printed baptism registers were introduced circa 1812 - Log of voyage from England to America. Memorial plaque for Samuel & Mary and 8 children at Woodhead.
20th	Civil registration of bmds Censuses The 1939 Register	from 1837 up to 1911* 1939			FamilySearch; UK BDM Search; FreeBMD & others.

* The 1921 census is scheluded for release online in January 2022

JAD

All early Ds currently in database c.1245-c.1599
updated July 2020

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