c.2. Edward WORTLEY, ged. 02/02/1571

c.2. Edward, ged. 02/02/1571, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland, oorl. 1633, begr. 24/071633, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland x 02/06/1606, Kirkburton met Jenette ARCHER, geb. 03/1570, begr. 15/04/1633, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland, d.v. John Archer en Isabella Pogson.

Jun   1606.  7130.  Edward Wortley and Jennett Archer were married the ii day.
Apr   1633.  8794.  Jenet? Wife of Edward Wortley was buried the xvth day. 
Jul    1633.  8842.   Edward Wortley was buried the xxiiij day.

Edward was die seun van Edward Wortley.

Die Stuarts was die eerste konings van die Verenigde Koninkryk.  Koning James I van Engeland (r.1603-1625), wat die Stuart-tydperk begin het, was ook Koning James VI van Skotland, wat die twee trone vir die eerste keer gekombineer het.  Die Stuart dinastie het in Engeland en Skotland vanaf 1603 tot 1714 regeer.  Dit was 'n tydperk van baie ontwrigting en onstabiliteit, plae en vuur.  Dit was 'n tyd van intense godsdienstige debat en radikale politiek.   





ArcherArrows/Arrowheads – Often symbolizing military readiness.  (regs)







Die Engelse ekonomie was teen 1600 steeds in wese landbou, met die meerderheid van die bevolking steeds besig met bestaansboerdery.  A Labourer lacked enough land to maintain himself and his family, (though he often had a cottage and garden, and grazing rights for cattle on the local common), and consequently had to work for wages. The going rate for day labor in 1600 was roughly 1s per day when work was available, but agricultural work was seasonal, and many labourers would only have been able to find work for six months in the year.  With an annual income of about £9 pounds, labourers barely earned enough to get by.  (Sommerville, J.P.:   Economy and society in early modern England)

The annexed deed, of which Mr. Charles Tinker of Meal Hill, Hepworth, has the original, written on parchment, was executed by Henry Bever in 1604. Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quos hoc presens Scriptum pervenerit Henricus Bever unus filiorum Juniorum Thome Bever nuper de le Mount in com. Ebor. yoman, defuncti, Salutem in domino sempiternam. Noveritis me prefitum Henricum Bever pro diversis causis et considerationibus me specialiter moventibus Remississe relax- asse et omnino de et per me heredibus et assignatis meis imperpetuum quictum clamasse Godfrido Bever de le Mounte p'd. su ; seu : mei prefati Henrici modo in sua plena et pacifica possessione et seisina existen : hered : et assign : suis imperpetuum totum jus meum titulum statuin clameum interesse et demand : de et in uno clauss : terre et pastur: vocat: Newe Close continente per estimationem quingque acras et tres rodes et de et in omnibus edificiis de super iacen : et existen : subter : Yokeedge infra villata de Scoles modo vel nuper in tenura sive occupacione Johis Grene aut assignatorum suorum Necunon de et in quatuore acris et dimid : terre per estimationem cum edificiis de super scituata jacentia et existencia in fFulston nuper in tenura prefati Thome Bever aut assignatorum suorum Ita videlicet quod nec ipse prefatus Henricus Bever hered : neque assign < sui aliquod jus vel clameum de aut in pertnisses aut de vel in aliqua inde parcella decetero exigere pretendere clameum vel vendicare poterant nec deberent quovismodo in futuro. Sed ab omni accione Juris titulus status clam : Interesse et demand : et in eisdem et de et in qualibet inde parcell sunt penitus exclusi et quilibet eorum penitus sit exclusus per presentes. In cuius rei testimonium huic presenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui. Datum decimo octavo die Junii Anno regni Domini nostri Jacobi dei gratia Anglie ffrancie et Hibernie regis fidei Aefensoris, &c. secundo Anno regni sui Scocia xxxvij. This deed was sealed and delivered by Robert Richardson, Thomas Morehouse and Edward Wortley. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)

Shepley Marsh was oorspronklik die Shepley Common vir Upper Shepley en sedert die 1600's is dit as Shepley Green bekend.

Aangesien landbou nou byna alle bruikbare grond in beslag geneem het, is pogings aangewend om opbrengste te verbeter.  Produkte wat verbou is, was koring, gars, hawer en rog.  Ertjies, boontjies en wieke is in rotasie verbou om die vrugbaarheid van die grond te verbeter en om ook as veevoer te dien.  Skaapboerdery was baie belangrik vir die verskaffing van wol vir die materiaal industrie.  Greenhead Farm (nou in Church Lane) en Marsh Farm (op Jenkyn Lane) word as laithe plase genoem.  Laithe Houses word net in die Pennine gebied gevind.  Originally, as well as being a smallholding, many had a row of ‘weavers’ windows’ on the upper floor; weaving being carried out to supplement the farm income, as well as using the home produced wool.  Laithe houses are characterised by having family accommodation, an opening large enough for a laden cart to enter. These would have had large split barn doors with a small, integral man-entry door. There was a hay storage barn and byres and stables for the cattle and horses. Upstairs was the weaving roomThey are full of natural light and warm properties because of their solid, thick walls. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)

Links bo:  A typical Laithe Barn introduced by the Anglo Saxons;  
Regs bo:  Top O’the Lane, Marsh Farm - start of Wool Road. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)

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Jenkin Lane was oorspronklik die verbindingspad tussen Bo- en Onder Shepley.  Daar is 'n paar ou geboue op die Marsh Lane kant van Jenkin Lane. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)




Die grootste deel van die bevolking het voortgegaan om in 'n klein huisies te leef, met 'n stukkie grond, varke, bokke en voëls van die verskillende soorte.  Met 'n verhoogde vraag na kos is 'n groter gebied onder die ploeg gebring.  Sommige bosgebiede is skoongemaak, moerasse is gedreineer en marginale (marginal) berg gebiede verbeter en aangeplant.

Verbeterings in produksie is ook gemaak met die omheining en samesmelting van velde en deur bewerkbare blokke van tyd tot tyd te laat bewei, sodat die mis van die skape die grond se vrugbaarheid kon verbeter.  Daar was egter beperkings op die verbetering van vrugbaarheid van die grond, tensy veegetalle grootliks vermeerder sou word en dit was onmoontlik as gevolg van die gebrek van die wintervoer.   (History of countryside and agriculture 1600ad – UK Agriculture)

In 1608 is die huidige Shepley Old Hall, cottages en graanskuur gebou. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)



James I (r.1603-1625) was onder druk om Katolieke verdraagsaamheid toe te staan. Hy was nie daartoe in staat nie en het twee sluipmoordpogings, asook die Gunpowder Plot van 5 November 1605 oorleef.  This was a time of little religious tolerance and strict firmness.  Therefore, in a sparsely populated rural area, such as Shepley, there would have been little religious activity until the mid-1600s.  The Great Bible was translated into English between 1529 and 1539; the Bishop’s Bible in 1568 and the authorised King James Bible between 1604 and 1611. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)

Register inskrywings van die Kirkburtonse kerk uit hierdie tyd:

Villagers played an essential role in the upkeep of the local church and its property, which was handled by churchwardens on the parish council.

Mrt  1611.  7845.   By me William Smytlie, Vicar of Kirkburton.  John Shawe, William Nicholls, Thomas Wortley, William Lockwod, John Tyncker, Thomas Bray, Edward Berrye, John Hynchliffe. Churchwardens for Kirkburton parishe.
 
Note.—There are no Registers for two years, from March 25, 1611, to March 25, 1613.  (Collins, Frances Anne, ed.:  The Parish registers of Kirkburton, co York.  Vol. I. 1541—1654. 1887.   P 195)

Jan   1614.  7948.  Thomas Wortley was buried the xxx day.
Apr   1627.  8389 William Wortley buried the xvijth day.
Jul    1627.  8438.   Edward sone of Thomas Wortley bapt ye 29th.
Apr   1628.  8538.   William Wortley buried the xx* day.
Des  1629.  8755.   Mary daughter of Thomas Wortley bapt the x#     day.
Kerke was ook verantwoordelik vir die verskaffing van basiese, elementêre onderwys, veral vir seuns, asook Sondagskool. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)

Robert Hepworth (jr) van Shepley Hall sterf in ongeveer die jaar 1616, en laat ‘n seun, Willam Hepworth na, who married Lord, of "Rachdale."  (Morehouse, Henry James:  The history and topography of the parish of Kirkburton and of the graveship of Holme, Holmfirth in the county of York. Huddersfield MDCCLXI)  Different generations of the Hepworth family lived at Shepley Hall until 1629, when it was sold again to John Firth of Cumberworth. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)

In 1635 is die eerste posdiens in Shepley ingestel.
Kinders:

d.1.  Sara, ged. 01/11/1607, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland (7334).

d.2.  Edward, ged.  21/08/1608, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland, (7463)  oorl 1665.

Daar is geen registers vir twee jaar, vanaf 25 Maart 1611, tot en met 25 Maart 1613 nie.  (Collins, Frances Anne, ed.:  The Parish registers of Kirkburton, co York.  Vol. I. 1541—1654. 1887.   P 195)

d.3.  William, ged. 24/02/1613-14,  Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland (7961).