Shireoaks
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In 1458, at the Feast of Saint John the Baptist, the Prior and Convent of Worksop leased their Grange and Manor of Shireoaks to Henry Ellis, Esq. and Dame Mary his wife. The original lease, formerly in the possession of Richard Rawlinson, L.L.D., F.R.S. is now in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
It is recorded that the name Shireoaks was derived from an immense oak that grew at a point where the three counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire met, and over part of each of which its branches fell. It is represented in several old maps, and was always known as 'The Shireoak'.
On 11th December, 1543, Robert Rayne paid thirty-seven quarters of corn to the King for Shireoaks Grange. In Jan 1547, Henry VIII granted the Manor of Shireoaks to Robert Thornhill of Walkeringham and his brother Hugh Thornhill. In 1599 the wardship was granted to Thomas Hewett, brother of Sir William Hewett, Mayor of London. By Thomas' will, the manor passed to his son Henry, who married his distant cousin Mary - the daughter of William Hewett of Killamarsh and London. The manor then passed to Thomas Hewett
Shireoaks Chapel was built in 1809 by Rev John Hewet, a descendant of John Hewett (1614–1658).
The Shireoaks estate was purchased by Charles, Duke of Norfolk in 1811, from the last representative of the Hewett family.
In 1840 the Worksop estates including Shireoaks, were sold to Duke of Newcastle. Reference: Sheffield Archives - Arundel Castle Manuscripts ACM/SP/16 Collected survey of the estates sold to the Duke of Newcastle at Worksop and Shireoaks. 1840.
The Church of St Luke the Evangelist at Shireoaks was built by Henry Pelham, 5th Duke of Newcastle, The foundation stone was laid by the Prince of Wales in October 1861.
Thornhagh
John Thornhagh, who took the name Hewett was the godson of Thomas Hewitt. Read more
Shireoaks - WIlliam de Lovetot the Founder, and Richard de Lovetot his son, gave most of it to the Monastery, -. the Mill and several dwelling Houses and Bovats of Land, and the Land between the Water and the River towards the South, and the way which leads to Holm Ker from the Ford which was by the Potters House, and twenty and two Acres beyond the said River from the South, between the way of Holmker and the bound of Thorpe and Colmancrofts.
King Henry the eighth, 16 August, 38 H. 8. granted to Robert Thornehill, Esquire, and Hugh Thornehill, Gent. all that Mannor, Demesne, or Grange, with the Appurtenances of Sherokes beneath the Hamlet of Sheroks in the Parish of Worksoppe. And all Mess. Lands and Tenements in Sheroks, Gatford, and Derfolde, and all Tythes in those Hamlets of the yearly value of 17l. 13s. 4d. And a Mess. Lands and Tenements in Hayton in the Tenure of Thomas Peke, late belonging to the Monastery of Worksop, etc. to hold to them and their heirs, paying yearly for the Mannor of Sheroks 35s. 4d. ob. It came from Thornehill to .... Hewitt, a Citizen of London, whose posterity still enjoy it.
Source: Author: Thoroton, Robert, 1623-1678. Title: The antiquities of Nottinghamshire
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