Two 18th Century Manuscript Documents by MARRIOTT, Thomas., of Ughill, Bradfield I - 1747

1747. Unbound. Very Good. MARRIOTT, Thomas., of Ughill, Bradfield in the parish of Eclesfield and County of York. A signed copy of an obligation bond made by Thomas and his wife Mary with Humphry Bray of Kirkburton, for the sum of two hundred pounds. It is signed by Thomas Marriott. Uriah Tinker, and Jn. Batty. Docket title on the reverse which is dusty. 320mm x 200mm. 27th September 1747. with... MARRIOTT, Thomas. A signed agreement recording the sale to Humphrey Bray of Hepworth, "all that messuage or tenement situate at Lower Snowgateshead." It is signed and witnessed. 325mm x 205mm. 30th July 1747. ~ The Marriot family had settled in Ughill in the 15th century, they were a Norman family who rose from modest beginnings to become minor gentry throughout Hallamshire. Thomas Marriott (1679-1754) became Lord of the Manor in the early part of the 18th century, where he was styled Mr Marriott of Ughill Hall. He was a Dissenter who in 1743 built Underbank Chapel, to the east at Stannington. Thomas was succeeded by his brother Benjamin but the male lineage then failed, ending the Marriotts family's connection with Ughill after 300 years.