Calverley Seat Registration

Calverley Parish Church Seat Registration

In some parish churches, the incumbent and his churchwardens entered upon a system of selling seating in the church, rather like a season ticket. This was illegal practise but despite that, St Wilfrid's succesfully 'leased' its seating, or where the parishioners themselves provided the seating, charged ground rent. Here are the records of seat registration for the 17th century

Year	Surname	Name	Abode	Notes
Year	Surname	Name	Abode	Notes
1662	?	Sale
1606	?	Thomas	Pudsey
1606	Accroid	Abrahame	Farsley
1606	Allanbridge	Thomas	Pudsey
1628	Almond	Thomas
1628	Aske	Richard		2 roomes
1628	Atkinson	?
1662	Atkinson	Henry		Two of Thornton's
1610	Atkinson	John
1662	Atkinson	Thomas
1610	Boithe	George	Idle	Bought half a seat from James Webster
1628	Booth	George	Calverley
1662	Booth	George	Windhill	bought three single seats from John Hudson
1662	Booth	James		One of George Booth's
1606	Bower	William	Idle
1628	Broadley	John
1662	Broadley	John		Son of John
1628	Broadley	Mathew
1606	Brodley	Michaell	Farsley
1628	Brown	William	Calverley	Paid 2s 7d
1628	Browne	Thomas
1628	Browne	Walter
1628	Browne	William
1662	Browne	William		One
1628	Buck	Lawrence	Idle
1628	Buck	William	Idle
1633	Bucke	Lawrence		Jordinge Waterhouse seat, one roome
1633	Bucke	Lawrence		2 seats
1628	Bucke	William
1662	Bucke	William		One of Marmaduke Warwick
1606	Burnley	Thomas	Farsley
1633	Calverley	Mr.
1662	Carrocke	Robert		One of Samuel Stapleton's
1633	Cordingley	Matthew		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1606	Craven	Robert		thre roomes
1606	Crosley	John	Pudsey
1606	Crosley	John	Pudsey
1633	Denby	William		New seat, paid for the ground 2s 2d
1633	Denby	William		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1633	Dickonson	James		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1628	Elsworth	John	Tyersall	Paid 3s 4d
1662	Farrar	Timothy		Son of Samuel, one seate
1662	Farrar	Widow		One Seate
1628	Farrer	William	Idle	2 roomes
1633	Farrow	Abraham		By assignation of John Sharpe
1606	Farrowe	William	Idle
1606	Farrowe	William	Idle
1606	Fladder	Mathewe	Farsley
1628	Flather	Matthew
1681	Fletcher	Thomas		Bought from George Booth's widow
1662	Fothergill	William		One
1628	Garth	James		Substituted for William Wayde
1662	Garth	James		One
1606	Gaunt	Robert	Pudsey
1689	Gill	Henry		3 seats bought from Thomas Harper of Bramley, son of Thomas
1606	Goodall	Edward	Pudsey
1662	Goodall	Joshua		One of Samuel Kellitt's
1606	Grave	John	Pudsey
1606	Hainsworth	William	Stanningley
1606	Hall	William	Farsley
1662	Hare	Tristram		Two of Tristram Kitson's
1628	Harper	Nicholas
1616	Harper	Thomas	Calverley	Son of John Harper, assigned a seat from John Hunter
1628	Harper	Thomas	Calverley
1662	Harrison	John		One of William Atkinson
1662	Hast	Henry		One
1629	Hawmond	Thomas	Bolton
1662	Hey	Jo:	Pudsey	One, next to Mr. Calverley Seat
1662	Hilhouse	Marke		One of Christopher Wilson
1628	Hodson	Christopher
1628	Hollingworth	Andrew
1633	Hollingworth	Andrew		One roome, paid 2s
1633	Hollingworth	Andrew		Halfe of the seate, paid 6s 5d
1633	Hollingworth	John		Yielded over by John Graunt, Vicar
1629	Hudson	John		bought three single seats from John Atkinson & Henry Roades
1662	Illingworth	John		One, next to Mr. Calverley Seat
1606	Jenkinson	William	Pudsey
1606	Jowitt	Edward	Idle
1606	Jowitt	Thomas	Idle
1628	Kellitt	Samuell
1662	Kitchin	Edward		One of Nicholas Kitchin
1606	Kitchin	John	Farsley
1608	Kitchin	John	Farsley
1606	Kitchin	Nicholas	Calverley
1628	Kitchin	Richard
1633	Kitchin	William		New seat, paid for the ground 2s 2d
1633	Kitchin	William		Two
1628	Kitching	Nicholas
1662	Kitching	Widow		One
1628	Kitching	William
1606	Kitson	Thomas	Calverley
1628	Kitson	Thomas
1628	Kitson	Tristram		2 roomes
1628	Lambert	William
1633	Lambert	William		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1662	Lambert	William		One
1606	Ledgard	Thomas	Idle
1628	Ledgard	Thomas	Idle	Paid 3s 4d
1606	Lepton	Abraham		Substituted by Nicholas Kitchin
1633	Lepton	James		New seat, paid for the ground 2s 2d
1606	Lepton	William		a churchwarden
1633	Lepton	William		New seat, paid for the ground 2s 2d
1628	Lister	Christopher	Idle	Paid 3s 4d
1662	Lobley	John		One of Thomas Kitson's
1662	Lumby	Joshua		One, next to Mr. Calverley Seat
1662	Lumby	Samuel		One, next to Mr. Calverley Seat
1633	Lumby	William	Pudsey	One roome
1633	Lumby	William	Pudsey	New seat, one roome
1628	Lumbye	William	Pudsey	6s 4d paid for this seat
1628	Midgley	?	Wrose	Paid 3s 4d
1606	Midgley	Richard		One roome, bought off Robert Craven
1606	Milner	Samuell	Pudsey	Gentleman, for his tenants
1606	Milner	Samuell	Pudsey	Gentleman, for his tenants
1609	Milner	Samuell	Pudsey	Gentleman, towe places
1606	Mitchell	Peter	Pudsey
1681	Mosse	William		For his lands in Pudsey
1628	Nelson	George
1628	Netherwood	George
1628	Netherwood	George	Idle	Paid 3s 4d
1633	Nettleton	John		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1606	Pollard	William	Idle	two roomes
1606	Rawden	William	Calverley Milne
1626	Rawson	John	Priestropp	In front of Thomas Hare, one half seat
1628	Rodes	Henry	Thorp	One roume
1628	Rose	Henrie
1628	Royds	Thomas
1633	Royds	Thomas		Erected one new roome. Paid for the ground 2s 2d
1633	Royds	Thomas		One
1628	Royds	William		Two seats
1606	Saille	James	Pudsey
1662	Sandall	Benjamin
1628	Sandall	Edward		One seat
1608	Sandall	John		one halfe first stalle
1606	Saxton	Richard	Calverley
1628	Sayle	James
1628	Sayle	William
1628	Sayle	William	Woodall	Paid 3s 4d, sold to Samuell Stable by John Sayle, in 1662
1662	Sayle	William		One
1629	Simpson	William	Idle	Bought half a seat from Robert Harper of Calverley
1633	Sizer	Edward		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1633	Sizer	Edward		A stool, joining Mrs. Smiths seat. Paid 12d for the ground
1608	Skelton	Warin	Calverley
1606	Skirrah	Stephen	Idle
1616	Smith	Izaacke		Assigned a seat from Andrewe Smith, father, of Oulcottes
1616	Smith	John		Assigned half a seat from Andrewe Smith, father, of Oulcottes
1628	Smith	Richard	Bolton	Paid 3s 4d
1628	Smith	Richard	Bolton	Paid 2s
1606	Smith	Thomas	Calverley
1606	Smithe	Thomas	Pudsey	towe roomes
1662	Sowden	Edward		One
1606	Stable	James	Idle
1628	Stable	William	Idle	Paid 3s 4d
1628	Stapleton	Samuell
1662	Starkey	Timothy		One of William Bower's
1662	Swaine	Benjamin		One of George Nelson's.
1606	Swaine	William	Idle	two roomes
1606	Swayne	Robert	Idle
1628	Swayne	Samuell
1662	Swayne	Samuell	Idle
1628	Swayne	William
1662	Swayne	William	Idle
1628	Thackrey	Jonathan
1606	Thackrey	William	Farsley
1628	Thomson	Richard	Stone Stile	Paid 3s 4d
1633	Thomson	Richard		Stool on the north side of the piller. Paid 2s for the ground
1606	Thornton	Richard	Tyersall	gentleman
1628	Thornton	Robert
1628	Thornton	Robert		Another from John Waller
1606	Todd	Henrye	Idle
1628	Viccars	John	Idle Parke	Two seats
1628	Viccars	John	Apperley	One seat
1606	Vickars	John	Idle
1662	Vickers	Jo:	of the Parke	Two
1662	Vickers	John	Apperley	One
1633	Wade	William		A new seat, Paid 2s 2d
1662	Walker	Joseph		One of Lawrence Walker
1628	Walker	Lawrence
1662	Waterworth	Jery
1604	Webster	James		sold half a seat in 1610
1628	Whearter	Nicholas		One seat
1606	Wherter	John	Calverley
1606	Wilkinson	John	Farsley	for his natural life
1628	Wilson	Christopher		2 roomes
1628	Wilson	Thomas
1616	Wilson	William	Calverley	Assigned half a seat from Andrewe Smith of Oulcottes
1606	Wolfitt	Richard	Idle
1606	Wright	Anthonie	Calverley Milne