Letters to William Langton (1803-1881), anitiquarian and financier, managing director of the Manchester and Salford Bank, Treasurer and Honourable Secretary of the Chetham Society.
1848-1881
Archives
Total copies: 1
1-10 From W. Beamont of Warrington.
1-2. 3 Jul 1848 and 25 Apr 1849
About the arms of the Legh Family of Lyme.
3. 3 Jun 1872
About a passage in Kuerden MS.
4-7. 14 Jul -14 Sep 1880
About the Bradshaigh family of Haigh
8. 18 Dec 1880
About the Bradshaigh family and Ireland families.
9. 15 Aug 1881
About the Bradshaighs.
10. 21 Sep 1881
About the Gerard family.
11-16. 30 Mar - 28 Apr 1876
From J. Fredrick Beever of Beaumaris, Anglesey about the Harrington, Assheton and Radcliffe families.
16. 28 Apr 1876
Also about Samuel Clowes, Fl 1727.
17. 22 Mar [1852?]
From John Booker, curate of Prestwich about the Langley, Tonge and Prestwich families.
18-21. From William Courthorpe, Somerset Herald.
18-19. 5 Dec 1863 and 1 Jan 1864
About the Stanley arms.
20-21 20 Mar and 19 May 1865
About the arms of Talbot of Salesbury.
22. 9 Dec 1873
From C. Daniel of Manchester about the de la Legh family of Hapton
23-39. 12 Nov 1863 - 23 Aug 1880
From S.M. Ffarington of Worder about the Farington family.
30. 17 May - 7 June 1873
Volume of the letters and notes from Mary Gorton of Instow, Devon, about the Gorton family; includes coat of arms in Watercolours.
31-35. From F. Grigson of London.
31-34. 10 - 22 Sep 1881
About the Gerard family arms, which he has been searching for.
35. 26 Jun 1884
Has not found 'the conveyance of the manor to John Lacy'
36-39. 13 Nov 1875 - 21 Apr 1876
40-44. From John Harland of Swinton.
40. 22 Oct 1851
About the Booths of Barton.
41-42. 30 Jan 1864 - and No Date.
About the Pilkington family
43. 3 Mar 1864
About the Banastre family.
44. 11 July 1864
Sends a copy of Yate's plan of Manchester.
45-51. From T. Helsby of Southport.
45-47 6 Apr - 19 Nov 1875
About the Fitton family.
48-51. 21 Feb - 20 Sep 1881
About the Gerard family.
52-57. From T. Heywood of Cheltenham Gloucestershire
52-53. 2 and 20 Dec 1853
Abut the Fleetwood and Tyldesley families.
54-57. 14 Jan - 20 June 1854
About the Lancashire dialect
58-59. From Thomas Dorning Hibbert of Everton.
58. 27 Aug 1851
About the Pilkington family.
60. 14 Dec 1873
From M.P. Houghton of Burnley about the Towneley pedigree. (See also L1/58/8/162
61-71. From W.H. Hulton of Hurst Grange, Preston.
61-62. 29 Nov and 25 Jan -
About the Fleetwood family.
63-64. 3 Jan - and 4 Mar 1873
About the Radcliffe family.
65-67. 26 Dec - 12 Jan -
About the Hoghton family.
68-71. 6 Mar 1875 - 26 Jan 1877
About the Hulton family.
72. 4 Jan 1835
From G. Langton of Gondon about the Langton family.
73-75. 12 May - 24 July 1849
From P. Leigh of Torquay, formerly of Lymme, Cheshire about his researches into his family.
76-78. From Ponsonby Lyons of London
76. 9 Nov 1874
About the Walmesley family of Showley
77. 3 Feb 1875
About the Holland and Radcliffe families.
78. 18 Feb 1876
Regrets he has been unable to examine the Towneley MSS 'to verify Dr. Whitaker's quotations, which as a rule are full of errors.'
79-81. 9 Apr - 8 Jun 1849
From J.W. Markland of Bath, Somerset about Heralds' Visitations of Lancashire.
82. 16 Nov 1863
From William Moult of Knowsley about the Stanley arms.
83-84. From John Gough Nicholls of Dorking, Surrey.
83. 4 Nov 1870
About Nicholls's editing of Whitakers History of Whalley, which he criticises.
84. 8 May 1873
About the arms of Gatefordand the Towneley family.
85-91 From George Ormerod of Chepstow.
85. 26 Mar 1850
About the Booths of Barton.
86. 11 Apr 1850
About a mistake in the Ordinary of Lancashire and Cheshire Arms appended to the Visitation of 1533.
87. 19 Nob 1850
About the Boteler family.
88-89. 17 & 22 Apr 1862
About the Worsley family.
90. 4 Jan 1864
About the barony of Montalt, Flintshire.
91. 2 Dec 1864
About the Bradshaigh family.
92. 4 Jan 1879
From John Owen of Stockport about the Taylor family.
93. 3 Apr 1852
From G.J. Piccope of Brindle about the Singleton family.
94. 21 Mar 1851
From J. Piccope of Farndon Parsonage, Chesterfield with extracts of deeds of Kersal.
95-97. 19 June - 9 Dec 1851
From J.R. Planche, Honourable Secretary of the British Archaeological Association about the arms of Ralph Fitz Randolf, the Butler and Lathom families.
98-133. From Canon F.R. Raines.
98-100. 29 Mar - 11 Apr 1864.
About the manor of Haydock and the Legh family.
101. No Date
Draft Letter from Langton on same subject.
102-107. 3 May 1864 and no date.
About the Holt family of Grislehurst
108-109. About the Towneley family.
110-111. 24 Nov 1872 and 13 Oct 1873
Draft letters from Langton of the Towneley and de la legh families.
112-113. 3 June and 5 July 1875.
About the Talbot family.
114-117.23 Nov - 8 Dec 1875
About the Assheton family.
118. 1 Jan 1876
Miss Ffarington regrets the loss of Langton's sight
119. 3 Apr 1876
From Rainces about the same.
121- 124.29 Apr - 21 Sep 1876
about Dugdale's visitation of Lancashire 1664-1665, printed by Raines, (1872-73, Chetham Society, Volumes 84,85,88) pointing out errors in Dugdale and making criticism of Langton's corrections of Vincent's work.
125. 2 June 1876
Draft reply of Langton to above criticisms.
126. 14 Jan -
About the arms on a screen in Middleton Church.
127. 18 Jan -
About the Livesey family.
128. About the Butler family.
129. About the arms of the Langley family.
130. 24 Apr -
About the Clowes family.
131. 15 Oct -
About the Langton's blindness.
132. 9 Dec -
About the Hulton family.
133. 11 Dec -
About the Visitation of Lancashire 1533.
134-140. 12 Sep 1876 - 21 Sep 1881
From John Paul Rylands of Thelwall about his illustrations of arms for the visitation of Lancashire 1533.
141-144. 4 Jan - 15 May 1876
From Richard Sims of the British Museum about the heraldic illustration in Langton's edition of the visitation of Lancashire 1533, Chetham Society volumes 89, 110.
142. 26 Jan 1876
About the Booths of Barton
145. 5 June 1872
From Jason E. Spence of Cheetham about the Grelley family.
146 - 156. From Albert W. Woods, Garter King of Arms.
146. 20 Jan 1873
Send copy of some arms.
147. 10 Nov 1875
About the Trafford Arms.
148. 20 Nov 1875
About 17th C. Visitations.
149. 14 Mar 1876
Abuot the arms of Booth of Barton
150. 15 Apr 1876
About the pedigree of Worsley of Platt.
151-152. 21 & 24 Apr 1876
About the Standish pedigree.
153. 17 May 1876
About the Townely pedigree.
154. 27 Jan 1877
About the Starkey pedigrees.
155. 13 Sep 1878
About the Stanley pedigree.
156. 11 Aug 1881
About the Gerard Family.
157. From J. Hibbert Ware of Hale Barns, Cheshire, saying the mother of the late Baron of Howard has lent him the diary of Robert Kay of Baldingstone, near Bury, 1737-1750. Suggests the Chetham Society print it.
158-159. From C.(?)G. Young of the College of Arms.
158. 21 July
Sends Illustrations.
159. 29 Oct 1863
About the Stanley arms.
160-163. Draft letters from Langton.
160. 12 Sep 1850
To - about the Singleton family.
161. 13 Apr 1852
To - about the Tonge family.
162. 10 Dec 1873
To M.P. Houghton asking him to check the proof of the Towneley pedigree prepared for the new edition of Whitaker's History of Whalley. (See also L1/58/8/60)
163. 3 Feb 1877
To Mr. Hulton about the Hulton and Harington families.
Title:
Letters to William Langton (1803-1881), anitiquarian and financier, managing director of the Manchester and Salford Bank, Treasurer and Honourable Secretary of the Chetham Society.
Date of work:
1848-1881
Reference number:
GB127.L1/58/8
Level of description:
Series from Fonds: Papers of Dr. William Farrer (GB127.L1)
Part of:
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7230530