Descendants of John Beaumont, Clothier of Lord's Mill, Honley Woodbottom, West Yorkshire
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Lease - 24th June 1792 for 21 yrs at £2 .2. 0. a year. The Governors to Joah Sykes, John Sykes and John Beaumont, all of Honley, Clothiers - full use with their horses to pass to and from a Fulling Mill belonging to Earl Dartmouth in Honley Woodbottom; a footpath from Thirstin to the east end of the road in Honley Woodbottom and use of the footpath from Scott Gate Head to the Fulling Mill. ( Ref: DXX/22/196 - 24th June 1792 - Held at Lancashire Records Office. )
Lord's Mill - ' Lord's Mill, also known as Woodbottom Mill, in 1805 this Scribbling and Fulling Mill on the Dartmouth Estates was used by John Beaumont and George Beaumont '.( Ref: Huddersfield Mills a Textile Heritage by Vivien Teasdale, ex. Kirklees Council, Culture & Leisure Services, Huddersfield Library. )
Probate - 19th May 1815, last Will of John Beaumont late of Wood Bottom, granted to George Beaumont his son and Jonathan Senior two of the Executors. ( Ref: Pontefract & Halifax Probate Registry, Act Book of Wills & Administration, York District Probate Registry. Vol.14, Film.#100019 )
Probate - 27th February 1829, last Will of Lydia Beaumont late of Honley, spinster, granted to Elizabeth Beaumont, Widow her Mother, under £100. ( Ref: Pontefract & Halifax Probate Registry, Act Book of Wills & Administration, York District Probate Registry. Vol.17, Film.#100020 )
Court Proceedings - In Chancery, Southampton - 9th March 1829
To the Right Honorable John Singleton, Lord Lyndhurst, Baron Lyndhurst of Lydhurst in the County of Southampton, Lord.
Humbly complaining, show unto your Lordship your Oratrix and Orator Elizabeth Beaumont of Honley in the Parish of Almondbury in the County of York, Widow and Benjamin Beaumont of the same place an infant of the age of fifteen years or therabouts by your Oratrix his Mother and next friend. That John Beaumont the Testator hereinafter named being in his lifetime and at the time of his decease hereinafter mentioned possessed of or well entitled to considerable personal Estate duly made and published his last Will and Testament in writing in the words and figures or to the purport or effect following.
" I, John Beaumont of Woodbottom in the Parish of Almondbury and County of York, Clothier being of sound and disposing mind and memory praised by God for the same and do this 27th day of November 1814 publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say. First, I will that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid by my Executors hereinafter named. First I will and order my Wife be properly taken care of so long as she continueth my Widow. I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Beaumont One Shilling to be paid him one month ofter my decease by my Executors. I give and bequeath all my personal effects of what kind and nature so ever they be or in who's possession they are in unto my Executors for the use of bringing all my children up to Main the age of 21. My will and mind is that when my son Giles Beaumont attain the age of 21 that my two youngest children Lydia Beaumont & Benjamin Beaumont be paid the sum of £150 jointly and be paid by my Executors out of my personal effects and that the Mill which I rent under Lord Dartmouth I charge it with payment of the above sum. And the said Lydia Beaumont & Benjamin Beaumont shall provided for themselves without the help of my Executors. All the remainder of my personal effects after my son Giles Beaumont main the age of 21 the shall be a valuation of the whole taken by two of my Executors as soon as convenient when to aforsaid sum is discharged and paid to my two youngest children. Then my children John Beaumont, George Beaumont, Thomas Beaumont, Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, Mary Beaumont & Iles Beaumont to equally amongst them share and share alike by my Executors. And I will that all the works be carried out as at present until my son Giles Beaumont main the age of 21. And I do nominate and appoint George Beaumont my son and John Beaumont my son & Jonathan Senior of Farnley Tyas joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking all former Wills by me at any time heretofor made"
As in or by the said Will or the Probate Copy thereof reference being thereunto had when produced will appear. And your Oratrix and Orator further show that the said Testator departed this life on or about the 28th Nov 1814 without having altered his said Will leaving your Oratrix his Widow and your Orator, and his other children named in his said Will and the said Jonathan Senior him surviving. And your Oratrix and Orator further show that shortly after the death of the said Testator the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior ( two of the Defendants hereunto) duly proved the said Will in the proper Ecclesiastical Court and took upon themselves the legal personal representatives of the said Testator. And under and by virtue of the Probate of the said Will the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior possessed themselves of all the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator to a very considerable amount and much more than sufficient to answer and satisfy all the debts funeral and Testamentary expenses & Legacies. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that from the time of the said Testators decease up to 17th Jan 1828 or thereabouts the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior permitted your Oratrix & your Orator to reside in the said Testators House at Woodbottom aforesaid wherein the Testator resided at the time of his death and for the whole interval of time from the said Testators death up to 13th April 1827 or thereabouts they took care of and provided for your Oratrix and maintained the said Lydia Beaumont and your Orator who were the said Testators youngest children named in his said Will pursuant to the direction therein contained for that purpose. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that the said Iles Beaumont in the said Will named (another Defendant hereunto) attained his age of 21 or so about the 13th April 1827. Whereupon the said Lydia Beaumont & your Orator became entitled to receive and to be paid the aforementioned Legacy or the sum of £150 so bequeathed to them as aforseaid. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that the said Lydia Beaumont departed this life in or about the month of September 1827an infant of the age of 15 years or thereabouts intestate & without having received her Moneity of the said Legacy or any part thereof. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that since the decease of the said Lydia Beaumont Letters of Administration of her personal Estate & Effects have been granted to your Oratrix by and of proper Ecclesiastical Court whereby your Oratrix became and is now the sole Legal personal representative of the said Lydia Beaumont and as such entitled coercive and to be paid the sum of £75 the Moneity of the said Legacy or sum of £150 to which the said Lydia Beaumont was entitled as aforesaid. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior have retained in their own Hands and have as such Executors as aforesaid long since paid the said Testators children, the before mentioned John Beaumont, Thomas Beaumont (now deceased in his lifetime) Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, Mary Beaumont now Mary Eastwood the wife of John Eastwood of Honley aforesaid Butcher, or the said John Eastwood in his right & Giles Beaumont respectively Defendants hereinafter named very considerable sums of money arising out of the said Testators personal Estate & Effects so possessed and received by the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior as aforesaid. And your Oratrix & Orator further show in or about the month of March 1822 the said Thomas Beaumont departed this life leaving Martha Beaumont now Martha Oldham (a Defendant hereto) his Widow him surviving who shortly after his decease obtained Letters of Administration of the Goods and Chattles & Effectsof the said Thomas Beaumont her late Husband to be granted to her out of the proper Ecclesiastical Court whereby she became the sole Legal personal representative of the said Thomas Beaumont. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that since the decease of the said Thomas Beaumont the same Martha Oldham, then Martha Beaumont hath intermarried with and is now the Wife of Joseph Oldham of Honley aforsaid Fancy Weaver (also a Defendant hereto) who claims to be entitled in right of his said Wife Martha Oldham as such personal representative as aforesaid of the said Thomas Beaumont her late Husband to some or part of the said Testators personal Estate. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that the said George Beaumont, Jonathan Senior, John Beaumont the Testators son, Joseph Oldham and Martha his Wife, Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, John Eastwood & Mary his Wife & Giles Beaumont allege that they are entitled to have the whole residue of the said Testators personal Estate equally dividing amongst them and that your Oratrix is not entitled to any part thereof or to any provision thereout for her past present or future maintenance and support. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that on or about the 17th January 1827 your Oratrix was compelled by the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior to give up possession of the said Testators House at Woodbottom aforesaid wherein she had been so as aforesaid previously permitted to reside. And the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior have at various times since 13th April 1827 advanced to your Oratrix some very trifling sums of money quite insuffiecient for your Oratrix' maintenance & support insomuch that she has been compelled to go into and still continues in service in order to obtain a livelihood. And your Oratrix & Orator further show that your Oratrix being as she is advised entitled under the Will of the said Testator her late Husband to be properly taken care of out of the personal Estate so long as she shall continue his Widow and being so entitled as such administrix of the said Lydia Beaumont as aforesaid to the aforesaid sum of £75 the Moneity of the said Legacy or sum of £150. Your Oratrix & Orator have frequently and in a friendly manner both by themselves and their Agents applied to the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior and requested them to pay and allow your Oratrix out of the Testators Estate such sum of money Annually as shall be sufficient for her support & maintenance and for that purpose to invest a sum of money part of the said Testators Estate in some or one Public Stocks or Funds and to apply Dividends and Interest thereof to and for the maintenance & support of your Oratrix so long as she shall continue the said Testators Widow or otherwise to provide for your Oratrix pursuant to the directions contained in the said Testators Will and also to pay your Oratrix as such Legal personal representative of the said Lydia Beaumont as aforesaid the sum of £75 and also to pay to your Oratrix the like sum the other Moneity of the said Legacy or sum of the £150 to which your Oratrix is so entitled as aforsaid or to invest the same on good security and pay and apply the Dividends & Interest thereof to and for his support & maintenance during his Minority or to come to a fair & just Account with your Oratrix & Orator for and in respect of the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator which have been received by them the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or other of them or by any person or persons by their order or for their use. And your Oratrix & Orator well hoped that such their reasonable requests would have been complied with as in Justice & Equity they ought to have been. But now so it may please your Lordship that the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior combining and confederating together and with the said John Beaumont (the son), Joseph Oldham & Martha his Wife, Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, John Eastwood & Mary his Wife and Giles Beaumont, and with divers other persons at present unknown to your Oratrix & Orator whos names when discovered your Oratrix & Orator pray may be herein inserted with proper manner to charge them as Parties Defendants hereto continuing how to wrong and injure your Oratrix & Orator in the premises absolutely refuse to comply with your Oratrix & Orators said requests sometimes pretending that the said Testators Will was not of such date and to such purport or effect as here before stated and set forth. Whereas your Oratrix & Orator charge to the contrary of such pretence to be true and so that the Defendants will at other times admit but they pretend that the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior not bound by the directions in the said Will.
Testators said Will and ought not to provide for the and take care of your Oratrix and that such was not the intention of the said Testator and is not the true intent and meaning of his said Will or of any part thereof or any expression contained therein. Whereas your Oratrix & Orator charge the contrary of such pretences to be true. And your Oratrix & Orator charge that it was the intention of the said Testator and is the true construction intent and meaning of his said Will that after payment of his just debts & funeral and Testamentary expenses your Oratrix should be properly taken care of so long as she should continue his Widow by his the said Testators Executors out of his personal Estate received and possessed by them aforesaid. And that the words to that purport or effect herein before in the said Will set forth and contained do create a Trust in the said defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior for the benefit of your Oratrix. And so the Defendants while at other times admit but then the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior pretend that the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator which have come to their Hands Custody or Power were of very small and inconsiderable and not more than sufficient to answer and satisfy his debts funeral & Testamentary expenses. Whereas your Oratrix & Orator charge that the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator which have come to the Hands Custody or Power of the said Defendants of very considerable value and not only sufficient to answer & satisfy all the just debts funeral & Testamentary expenses of the said Testor but also to afford a residue aptly sufficient to enable the last named Defendants to allow your Oratrix a competent Annual provision for her support & maintenance so long as she continue the Widow of the said Testator and also to pay and satisfy to your Oratrix & Orator the said Legacy or sum of £150 in such shares and proportions as they are respectively entitled to receive the same. And so it would appear if the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior would set forth full true Account of the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator possessed or received by them respectively and of every part thereof and in what manner and to whom and for what the same and every part thereof has been paid or applied or disposed of but which they refuse to do. And in the event of the personal Estate of the said Testator possessed and received as aforesaid by the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior proving upon taking Account thereof insufficient for the payment to your Oratrix & Orator of their respective shares of the said Legacy or sum of £150 to which they are respectively entitled as aforesaid then your Oratrix & Orator charge that a sufficient sum ought to be raised to answer and satisfy the said Legacy by Mortgage or Sale of the said Testators Interests in the said Mill and Premises herein before mentioned and by his said Will made chargeable therewith. And the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior pretend that they have advanced to and for the use and benefit of your Oratrix very considerable sums of money and quite as much as your Oratrix is entitled to claim for support and maintenance. Whereas your Oratrix & Orator charge the contrary and they charge that the last named Defendants have at different times paid or advanced to your Oratrix some trifling sums of money but which were greatly inadequate even for the temporary support of your Oratrix. And your Oratrix & Orator further charge that there remained in the Hands of the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior after payment of all the said Testators debts funeral & Testamentary expenses a very considerable sum of money arising from the said Testators Estate & Effects which had been possessed or received by them and part of which is now in their possession Custody or Power. All which actings refusals pretences of the said Defendants contrary to Equity and Good conscience and tend to the manifest wrong and injury of your Oratrix & Orator in the premises. In consideration whereof and for as much as your Oratrix & Orator are remediless in the premises at the Common Law and cannot obtain relief. Wherein but by the end and of a Court of Equity where alone matters of this nature are properly conquerable and relievable to the end thereof that the said defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior, John Beaumont, Joseph Oldham, and Martha his Wife, Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, John Eastwood and Mary his Wife and Jiles Beaumont and the confederates when discovered may upon their several and respective corporal Oaths full true direct perfecr and distinct Answer make to all and singular the matters and things here before stated and charged to the best and utmost of their respective knowledge rememberance information and belief. And that as fully and particularly as of the same were here repeated and thereunto severally and distinctly interrogated and more especially that the said defendants may answer and set forth whether the said John Beaumont the Testator hereinbefore named was not in his lifetime and at the time of his death possessed of or otherwise well entitled to a considerable or some or what personal Estate and to what amount or value in particular or now otherwise and whether being so possessed and entitled the said Testaor did not duly make and publish his last Will and Testament in writing in the words and figures or to the purport or effect here before in that behalf mentioned or in or to some such and the like or some other and what words and figures purport or effect in particular or how otherwise and whether the said Testator did not depart this life at or about the time here before mentioned or when in particular did he die. And whether or not without altering or revoking his said Will or how at of at all did he alter or revoke the same. And whether the said testator did not leave your Oratrix his Widow and your Orator and his several children named in his Will and the said Jonathan Senior or some and which of then surviving. And whether shortly and when after the death of the said Testator the said Defendant George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one or which of them did not duly prove the said Will in proper or some and what Ecclesiastical Court or how otherwise. And whether the last named Defendants or some or one and which of them did not take upon themselves Executorship of the said Will and did not thereby become and are not or is not now Legal personal representative or representatives of the said Testator or how or otherwise. And whether under or by virtue of the Probate of the said Will the said last named Defendants or some or one and which of them did not possess themselves or himself of all the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator to a very considerable or some and what Amount in particular or how or otherwise. And much more and how much more than sufficient or sufficient to answer and satisfy all the said Testators just debts funeral & Testamentary expenses and Legacies or how do the said Defendants make out the contrary. And whether from the time of the said Testators decease up to the time hereinbefore in that behalf mentioned or up to some other or what time in particular the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them did not permit your Oratrix to reside and whether your Oratrix did not during that or some other and what time reside in the said Testators House at Woodbottom aforesaid or where else did your Oratrix reside and whether the last named Defendants or one and which of them did not during the whole or some and what parts of the interval of time herein before in that behalf mentioned or for some and what time in particular take care and provide for your Oratrix and did not maintain the said Lydia Beaumont & your Orator or one and which of them pursuant to the directions in the said Testators Will for that purpose contained and if not why not or how otherwise. And whether the said Defendant Jiles Beaumont did not attain his age of 21 years on or about the time herein before in that regard mentioned or when in particular. And whether the said Lydia Beaumont and your Orator did not thereupon become entitled to receive and be paid the before mentioned Legacy or sum of £150 jointly or in some and what proportions in particular and if not why not or how otherwise. And whether she did not die an infant at the age of 15 years or thereabouts or what in particular was her age at the time of her death. And whether she did not die intestate or how otherwise. And whether the said Lydia Beaumont in her lifetime or any person or persons and who by name in her behalf either before or since her decease did ever and when and from whom receive the Moneity of the said Legacy or sum of £150 to which the said Lydia Beaumont was so entitled as aforesaid or any and what part thereof in particular. And whether since the decease of Lydia Beaumont , Letters of Administration of her personal Estate & Effects have not been granted to your Oratrix by and out of the proper or some and what Ecclesiastical Court or how otherwise. And whether your Oratrix hath not thereby become and is not now the sole Legal personal representative of the said Lydia Beaumont or who else is her Legal representative or representatives. And whether your Oratrix as such Legal representative of the said Lydia Beaumont as aforesaid is not entitled to receive and be paid the Moneity of the said Legacy or sum of £150 to which the said Lydia Beaumont was so entitled as aforesaid. And if not why not and how otherwise. And whether the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them have not or hath not retained in their or his and which of then Hands and have not or hath not now long since and in what time or times in particular paid or caused to be paid the said Defendants John Beaumont and to the before named Thomas Beaumont deceased in his lifetime. And also to the said Defendants Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, Mary Eastwood or the said John Eastwood in her right and Jiles Beaumont or to some or one and which of them in particular very considerable or some and what sums of money in particular arising out of the said Testators personal Estate & Effects possessed and received by them the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them as aforesaid or how or otherwise. And whether at or about the time hereinbefore in that behalf mentioned or when else in particular the said Thomas Beaumont did not depart this life or how otherwise. And whether he did not leave the said Martha Oldham then Martha Beaumont his Widow him surviving. And whether the same Defendants did not shortly and when after the decease of the said Thomas Beaumont obtain Letters of Administration of the Goods & Chattles & Effects of her late Husband to be granted to her out of the proper or some other and what Ecclesiastical Court or how otherwise. And whether she did not become and is not the sole Legal representative of the said Thomas Beaumont or who else is or are his Legal personal representative. And whether since his decease and when in particular the said Defendant Martha Oldham then Martha Beaumont hath not intermarried with and is now the Wife of the said defendant Joseph Oldham or how or otherwise. And whether the said Defendant Joseph Oldham doth not claim to be entitled in right of his Wife as such personal representative of the said Thomas Beaumont her late Husband to some part and what part of the Testators personal Estate or how otherwise. And whether the said defendants or some or one and which of them do not or doth not allege that they, he or she are or is entitled to have the whole of the residue of the said Testators personal Estate equally or in some other manner or how in particular divided amongst them or do not or doth not make some allegation claim and demand as aforesaid or some other and what allegation claim and demand allegations claims or demands upon the residue of the said Testators Estate or how otherwise and if yea whether they ought not and that they may repectively set forth How they the said Defendants or any other of then make out the same. And whether the said Defendants or some or one and which of them do not or doth not allege that your Oratrix is not entitled to any of the said Testators personal Estate or to any provision thereout for the past present and future support & maintenance. And if not why not or how do or doth the said Defendants or any or either of them make out the same. And whether at or about the time hereinbefore in that behalf mentioned or when in particular your Oratrix was not compelled by the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them to give up possession of the said Testators House at Woodbottom aforesaid. And why and whether your Oratrix had not been previously permitted by the last named Defendants or one and which of them to reside in the said Testators House at Woodbottom aforesaid or where else did she reside. And whether the said named.........(this part stops here)
Defendants or some or one and which of them or some other person or persons and whom by name by their or some or one and which of their order or direction have not or hath not at various times and when in particular since the time hereinbefore in that behalf mentioned advanced to your Oratrix very trifling sums of money or some and what sum or sums of money in particular and whether such sums or sum of money were not or was not quite sufficient for your Oratrix' maintenance & support or how do the said Defendants or any or other of them make out the contrary. And whether for the reasons hereinbefore mentioned or for some other and what reasons or reason in particular. Your Oratrix was not compelled to go into and does not still continue in service in order to obtain a livelihood. And whether your Oratrix is not entitled under the Will of the said Testator her late Husband to be properly taken care of out of his personal Estate so long as she continue his Widow and if not why not or how do the said Defeandants or any or either of them make out the contrary. And whether your Oratrix is not also entitled as such Administratix of the said Lydia Beaumont as aforesaid to the Moneity of the said Leagacy or sum of £150 herein before mentioned and if not why not or how otherwise. And whether such money does not amount to the sum of £75 or some other and what sum in particular. And whether your Oratrix is not entitled to the sum of £75 the other Moneity of the said Legacy or sum of £150 and if not why not or how do the said defendants or any or either of them make out the contrary. And whether your Oratrix & Orator have not or hath not in manner herein before mentioned or in some other and what manner made or caused to be made to the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them such applications and requests as hereinbefore in that behalf mentioned or some such and the like or some other and what applications and requests application and request in particular to the purport or effect aforesaid or how otherwise. And whether the said last named Defendants or one and which of them have not or hath not refused and do not or hath not refuse to comply therewith. And why and whether it was not the intention of the said Testator as is not the true construction intent and meaning of his Will that after payment of his just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses your Oratrix should be properly taken care of so long as she continue his Widow by his Executors out of his personal Estate received and possessed by them or what else was the intention of the said Testator and what else is the true construction intent and meaning of his said Will with reference to the matter last aforesaid. And whether the words to that purport or effect hereinbefore in that behalf and in the said Will mentioned do not create a Trust in the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior for the benefit of your Oratrix and if not why not or how otherwise. And whether the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testator which have come to the hands Custody or Power of the said last named Defendants or one and which of them are not of very considerable value and what value in particular. And whether such personal Estate was not of sufficient and how much more than sufficient to answer and satisfy all the said Testators just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses & Legacies. And whether such personal Estate pf the said Testator did not afford a resudue amply sufficient to enable the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior to allow your Oratrix a competant or some and what annual provision for her support and maintenance so long as she continue the Widow of the said Testator. And whether your Oratrix is not entitled to some and what allowance out of the said Testators residuary personal Estate and if not why not or how otherwise. And whether the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior ought not to pay and satisfy your Oratrix & Orator the said Legacy or sum of £150 in such shares and proportions as they are entitled to receive the same and if not why not. And whether the said last named Defendants ought not to set forth a full true and particular Account of all and every the Personal Estate & Effects of or belonging to the said Testator at the time of his decease with the natures kinds quantities qualities true and utmost value thereof and how much and what parts of the said personal Estate & Effects have been received by or come to the hands possession or Power of the said last named Defendants or any or either and which of them or of any other person or persons who by name by or for their or either and which of their order or use now the same and every part thereof hath been paid applied or disposed of administered and to whom and for what and upon what account cause or construction and whether any and what part thereof is outstanding and unadministered and where and in whose Hands possession or Power and why the same has not been granted in and received and what is the amount thereof. And whether in the event of the said Testators personal Estate & Effects possessed or received by the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior proving upon taking an account thereof unsufficient for the payment to your Oratrix & Orator of their respective shares of the said Legacy or sum of £150 a sufficient sum ought not to be raised to answer and satisfy the said Legacy by a Mortgage or Sale of the said Testators interest in the aforesaid Mill and Premises hereinbefore mentioned and by his Will made chargeable therewith or how otherwise. And whether the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them have or hath not at different times and when in particular paid or ordered to be paid and advanced to your Oratrix some and what trifling sums of money or some and what sums or sum of money in particular. And whether such sums or sum of money were not or was not greatly inadequate even for the temporary support and maintenance of your Oratrix or how do the said Defendants or any or either of them make out the contrary. And whether there did not remain in the hands of the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them after payment of all the said Testators just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses a very considerable or sum of money and to what amount in particular arising from the said Testators personal Estate & Effects which had been possessed or received by them the same Debts or one and which of them. And whether part thereof and to what amount thereof in particular is nhot now or was not lately and when last in the possession Custody or Power of the said defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior or one and which of them or what has become thereof. And that the said Defendants may answer the premises and that it may be decided that your Oratrix is entitled under the direction contained in the said Will of the said Testator to be properly taken care of by the Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior out of the said Testators Estate so long so long as she continued his Widow. And that it may be referred to one of the Masters of this Honourable Court to enquire and certify what annuity or yearly sum of money ought to be allowed to your Oratrix out of the said Testators personal Estate for her support and maintenance. And that the said George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior may be decreed out of the said Testators personal Estate come to their Hands to invest so much money as shall be necessary in some or one of the Public Funds of Great Britain to answer and satisfy what the said master shall find to be proper Annuity or yearly sum to be allowed for the maintenance and support of your Oratrix. And that an account may be taken of what is due and owing to your Oratrix as such Administrix of the said Lydia Beaumont as aforesaid. And to your Orator respectively for or in respect of the said Legacy or sum of £150. And that the said Defendants George Beaumont & Jonathan Senior may be decreed to pay the same to your Oratrix & Orator respectively and if the said last named Defendants not admit assets of the said Testator sufficient for the several purposes aforesaid then that an account may be taken of the personal Estate & Effects of the said Testatot possessed or received by the said Defendants or any or either of them or any person or persons by their or either of their order or for their or either of their use. And that the same may be applied in due course of Administration and if necessary that a sufficient sum of money be raised by a Sale or Mortgage of the said Testators Interests in the Mill and Premises by the said Will made chargeable with the aforesaid Legacy of £150 for the purpose of raising and paying the same. And that your Oratrix & Orator may have such further and other relief in the premises as the circumstances of this case may require and so your Lordship may seem meet. May it please your Lordship the premises considered to grant unto your Oratrix and Orator His Majesties most gracious Writ of (Salem ?) and to be directed to the said John Beaumont, George Beaumont, Jonathan Senior, Joseph Oldham and Martha his Wife, Matthew Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont, John Eastwood and Mary his Wife and Iles Beaumont thereby commanding them at a certain day and under a certain pain therein to be limited personally to be and appear before your Lordship in this Honourable Court and then and there full true direct and perfect answer make to all and singular the premises. And further to stand to perform and abide such further order direction and decree therein as to your Lordships shall seem meet. And your Oratrix and Orator shall ever pray. ( Ref: C13/2808/6 Beaumont.v.Beaumont / UK National Archives, Kew )
20thC Honley, West Riding, Yorkshire
1. John Beaumont born about 1761. A Clothier by trade., married three times, his first wife, unidentified, by whom he fathered at least two children, John Beaumont born abouy 1785 & George Beaumont born about 1787, Secondly he married Lydia Thornton on 9 Dec 1793 at St. Peters, Huddersfield , she died and was buried 10/3/1810 Honley Chapel, by whom he had six children, Joseph, Thomas, Matthew, Ingham, Mary Beaumont and Giles. Thirdly he married Elizabeth Brooke on 7 July 1811 in Almondbury there being two children, Lydia and Benjamin Beaumont., died on 28 November 1814 aged 53 at Honley Woodbottom, Yorkshire., dedication & burial St.Peter, Huddersfield, 1/12/1814.
The 2 children of John Beaumont and his first wife were:-
2.i. John Beaumont, baptised on 3/4/1785 at All Hallows, Almondbury, Honley Chapelry ,son of John Beaumont, Clothier of Dungeon Mill, Crossland & unknown, possibly Grace Oldfield. John Beaumont, Clothier of Stubbing House, South Crossland married Hannah Todd on 7/10/1804 at Almondbury Parish Church. Possibly married a second time.
The 13 children of John Beaumont & Hannah (Mary?) Todd were:-
3.i. Grace Beaumont, bpt. 8/10/1804 Honley, bpt. 30/12/1804 Almondbury, Yorks
3.ii. Joseph Beaumont, born 20/2/1806
3.iii. Ingham Beaumont, bpt. 23/1/1808 South Crossland, Yorks., married (1) Martha Mellor 1830, married.(2) Sarah Beaumont 1858 Leeds.
3.iv. Robert Beaumont, bpt. 30/5/1810 South Crossland., married Betty Kaye on 6/6/1830 Almondbury.
3.v. George Beaumont, bpt. 23/9/1812 Honley Moor Cotton Independant, Honley.
3.vi. John Beaumont, bpt. 7/2/1815 HMCI
3.vii. Allen Beaumont, bpt. 26/12/1816 HMCI
3.viii. Ann Beaumont, bpt. 26/12/1818 HMCI
3.viv. Emma Beaumont, bpt. 29/12/181820 HMCI
3.x. Charlotte Beaumont, bpt. 26/12/181823 HMCI
3.xi. Henry Beaumont, bpt. 28/6/181825 HMCI
3.xii. Hannah Beaumont, bpt. 13/2/1827 HMCI
3.xiii. Ellen Sophia Beaumont, bpt. 11/1/1831 HMCI
2.ii. George Beaumont, baptised on 8/4/1787 at All Hallows, Almondbury, Honley Chapelry , son of John Beaumont, Clothier of Hilltop & unknown (possibly Grace Oldfield). George Beaumont, Wool Manufacturer married Charlotte Moorhouse on
The children 4 of George Beaumont and Charlotte Moorhouse were:-
3. Alexander Moorhouse Beaumont, bpt. 9/2/1823 Honley. Died 21/5/1898 NSW, Australia.
3. Tom Moorhouse Beaumont, bpt. 26/9/1827 Honley.
3. Hector Moorhouse Beaumont, bpt. 28/12/1828
3. Cameron Moorhouse Beaumont
The 6 children of John Beaumont and Lydia Thornton were:-
2.iii. Joseph Beaumont, son of John Beaumont & Lydia Thornton baptised on 17/1/1794 Honley Chapel, Yorkshire and married Sarah Walker (10/9/1795-19/8/1882 ) daughter of James Walker & Mary Hirst on 10/5/1815 Almondbury, Yorks. Left only one shilling in his fathers will of 1814 he left for the USA in 1819, followed a year later by his wife and two children Walker & Lydia. Joseph Beaumont died there on 1/8/1831.
The 7 children of Joseph Beaumont and Sarah Walker were:-
3. Walker Beaumont, bpt.21/7/1816 Honley., died 1902 in Wyalusing Township, Bradford, PA, USA
3. Lydia Beaumont, bpt.11/7/1819 Honley, Yorks.
3. James Beaumont, bpt.21/8/1821 in Lycoming County, IPA., died 5/3/1898 in Camptown, PA.
3. Mary Beaumont, born 18/11/1823., married Lyman Ives Brown about 1845.
3. Joseph Beaumont, born 1825 in Tioga, PA., died 14/5/1908 in Tioga, PA.
3. William T. Beaumont, born 16/2/1828 in Tioga, PA., died 9/12/1915 in Ontario, Jackson, KS.
3. Thomas E. Beaumont, born 25/5/1830., died 7/7/1900.
2.iv. Thomas Beaumont, son of John Beaumont & Lydia Thornton baptised on 25/12/1796 Honley, and married Martha Dyson on 10/8/1818 Almondbury, he died in March1822. ( later Martha Beaumont nee Dyson, widow of Thomas Beaumont married Joseph Oldham)
The 2 children of Thomas Beaumont & Martha Dyson were:-
3. John Beaumont, baptised on 18/4/1819 Honley.
3. Lydia Beaumont, baptised on 22/4/1821 Honley.
2.v. Matthew Beaumont, baptised on 7/4/1799 Honley Chapel, son of John Beaumont, a Clothier of Clitheroe., married (1) Ann / Hannah Todd on 8/11/1828 Almondbury, married (2) Eliza Parkin 3/12/1835 Almondbdury (no issue)
The 3 children of Matthew Beaumont and Ann Todd were:-
3. Ann Beaumont , b.abt. 1825 Honley.
3. Jane Beaumont, b.abt. 1828 Honley,. married John Shore
3. Walter Beaumont, b.abt. 1830 Honley.
2.vi. Ingham Beaumont, baptised on 20/9/1801 Honley Chapel, son of John a Clothier of Clithero Cottage., married (1) Mary Oldfield on 3/1/1826 Almondbury, Yorks, (2) Mary unidentified & (3) Harriet Jemima Huggett in 1847 USA ( 1811-1852 ) by whom he had Ingham T. Beaumont b.abt.1850. Went to USA circa.1829 and died there on 28/11/1875 Elmira, NY, USA.
The 7 children of Ingham Beaumont and (1) Mary Oldham (d.1841) & (2) Harriett Huggett were:-
3. Hannah L. Beaumont, b.abt. 1825 Honley.
3. Benjamin Beaumont, bpt. 16/3/1828 Almondbury.
3. John Beaumont, bpt. 21/3/1830 Almondbury.
3. Sarah Ann Beaumont, b.abt. 1832 Elmira, USA
3. William Beaumont, b.abt. 1835 Elmira, USA
3. George Beaumont, b.abt. 1838 Elmira, USA
3. Thomas Beaumont, b.abt. 1840 Elmira, USA
3. Ingham T. Beaumont, born 1850, Elmira, PA, USA son of Thomas Beaumont & Harriet Jemima Huggett.
2.vii. Mary Beaumont, born c.1804 Netherthong, daughter of John Beaumont, Clothier of 'Clithroe Houses' & Lydia Thornton was baptised on 15/1/1804 at Honley Chapel., Occ. Publicans wife & later in Manchester a School Mistress, she married John Eastwood, a Butcher & Publican, son of Joseph Eastwood a Butcher of Meltham on 20/7/1828 at Almondbury, Yorks. Mary died in Manchester, Lancashire in 1865. Children of their marriage were William Eastwood bpt.16/6/1828 Honley, Newton Eastwood bpt.16/8/1830 Honley, Joah/Joseph Eastwood bpt. 28/8/1832 Honley, John Eastwood b.1837 Holmfirth, Henry Eastwood b.1841 Holmfirth & Herbert Eastwood ( my 2nd greatgrandfather ) baptised15/10/1843 Holmfirth, Yorks. ( See Eastwood page )
2.viii. Giles Beaumont, born 13/4/1806., baptised on 12/6/1806 Almondbury, son of John Beaumont a Clothier & Lydia of Woodbottom., married Ellen Sykes on 9/7/1827 Almondbury, Yorks. Giles went to the USA pre1841 UK census followed later by his wife & two children. They appear for the first time in 1850 on USA Federal Census in Newport, Rhode Island, Ellen, Ann & Walter separately and Giles with a new wife Betsy and seven children. Giles Beaumont appears on 1860 & 1870 USA Federal Census in Rhode Island, with a new wife and family.
The 2 children of Giles Beaumont and Ellen Sykes were:-
3. Ann Beaumont, bpt. 23/11/1828 Almondbury, dau. of Giles Beaumont & Ellen Sykes.
3. Walter Beaumont, bpt. 1/1/1830 Buckley Hill Independant, Marden, Yorks son of Giles Beaumont & Ellen Sykes.
The 8 children of Giles Beaumont and Betsey ? were:-
3. Richard Beaumont, born abt.1833 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA son of Giles Beaumont and Betsey
3. William Beaumont, born abt. 1835 New York
3. Mary Beaumont, born abt. 1836 New York
3. John Beaumont, born abt.1839 Taunton ?
3. Joseph Beaumont, born abt.1843 Pawtinchet ?
3. Samuel Beaumont, born abt, 1845 Tiverton, Newport, RI
3. James F. Beaumont, born abt. 1850 Tiverton, Newport, RI
3. Melissa Beaumont, born 13/11.1857 Fall River, Bristol, Mass.
The 2 children of John Beaumont and Elizabeth Brooke were:-
2.ix. Lydia Beaumont, daughter of John Beaumont & Elizabeth Brooke, born 1812 and died in April 1827 aged 15 years, Honley Woodbottom, Yorks.
2.x. Benjamin Beaumont, son of John Beaumont & Elizabeth Brooke, baptised 5/12/1813 Honley, Yorkshire.
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* It appears there are a number of individuals researching this family here in UK & in USA all of us trying to identify the patriarch John Beaumont. I would like to hear from anyone researching any of the above named persons living in the Honley area of whom Joseph Beaumont, Ingham Beaumont & Giles Beaumont went over to USA at various times after thedeath of their father and subsequent family dispute over the above Will of their father John Beaumont.
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Updated Feb 2010