Lady Day was a ecclesiastical celebration replacing the earlier vernal
equinox [25th March]
A Hearth Tax was raised during Charles II's reign which was paid equally
on Lady Day and Michaelmas. Hearths or fireplaces were considered a wealth
on tax, the more hearths a householder possessed the more likely it was that
the owner was capable of paying the tax.
Mr Jonas Midgley of Thornton appears as the most wealthy at this time with
8 hearths, this corresponds to the evidence that the Midgley Arms evolved
from here, no doubt the wealth was due to the production of Wool on the
Pennines.
The following are records for Midgley surname residents as head of households
in Agbrigg and Morley Wapentakes in the West Riding of Yorkshire 1672.
What's a Wapentake?- see Genuki
Allerton cum Wilden [Armley Township nr. Leeds]
Joh(n) Midgley 2
Tho Midgley 2
Boulton [in the Township of Bradford Westgate]
John Midgley 2
Joh(n) Midgley now one up 2
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Clayton [West of Bradford]
John Midgley 3
See Thornton Page |
Hallifax [Halifax]
Willm Midgley 2
Jer Midgley 1
Margt Midgley 4
Sarah Midgley 1
Joseph Wood & Jo Midgley 1
Sarah Midgley 1 [exemption certificate]
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Holmfirth
Widd Midgley 1
Heaton cum Clayton [Township of Haworth]
Edwd Midgley/Medgley 1
Haworth Quarter
Jonas Smith per Medgley 1*
Willm Midgley 1
Jos Midgley 1
Willm Midgley 1
See Haworth page |
Midgley [nr. Halifax]
Richd Midgley 1
Willm Midgley 5
Samll Midgley 3
See Midgley nr Halifax Page |
Sandall Magna [Sandal Magna]
Widd Medgley 1
Sowerby
John Midgley 1
Richd Midgley 3
Jos Midgley 2
Samll Midgley 2
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Stansfeild [Stansfield]
Widd Midgley 1
Jona Midgley 1
John Midgley 1 [poore]
South Owram [Southowram]
Edwd Midgley 1
Edwd Midgley jun 2
Edwd Midgley 4
See Midgley Arms -Southowram |
See Thornton Page |
Wareley [Warley]
John Midgley 4
Samll Midgley 1
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Bretton [West Bretton]
Sr Thomas Wentworth 13
Hartshead cum Clifton
Sr John Armitage Bt 23
Sr John Armitage 3 not finished
See Armytage Page |
Sitlington [Middlestown]
Mr. Robt Armitage 12
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Stanley
Tho Savill esq 15
Sr Lyonell Pilkington 14 [Stanley Hall?] 14
Mr Jarv Hatfeild 10
Fran Hatfeild 1
See Stanley Page |
Midgley [nr. Halifax]
Willm Farrer esq 11
Mr Tho Murgotryd 8
See Midgley nr. Halifax Page |
Notes:
* = May have taken mother's surname as a first name
Widd = widow