Kaye family papers
Overview
This collection consists of estate documents, principally deeds, of the Kaye family of Woodsome in Yorkshire, England, from the 13th to 18th centuries, with the majority of documents dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. Some locations cited in these documents include Almondbury, Honley, Kirkheaton, Slaithwaite, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, etc.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1200-1770
Creator
Language of Materials
English, Latin
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Kaye Family
The Kaye family has a long history in Yorkshire, England. As early as 1378, church and parish records in Almondbury, Yorkshire, note that Dame Alice Fynchenden, upon the death of her husband, Sir William, granted her manor of Woodsome by an indenture to John Cay. Two of the earliest dated documents in the Spencer Research Library's Kaye family papers record that John Kay reversed the dower to Dame Alice in 1388 and that Dame Alice gave a receipt for payments from John Kay in 1391.
The Kaye family papers document the family's property transactions through several centuries. It is sometimes difficult to discern exactly which member of the Kaye family is party to a transaction as sons were often named after family members, all of whom could be of age to sign official or legal documents.
After Sir Arthur Kaye (1673?-1726) died, his only child, Elizabeth (1707-1745), married George Legge, Lord Lewisham, subsequently first earl of Dartmouth (1704?-1732). Upon Legge's death, Elizabeth married the widowed Francis North, Lord North and Grey and later first earl of Guilford (1704-1790), in 1736.
Extent
15.5 Linear Feet (31 document cases + 6 scrolls, 4 oversize folders, 1 oversize box)
Scope and Contents
In this collection of 750 documents written between the 13th and 18th centuries, about 650 are estate papers, mostly deed documents relating to the transactions of the Kaye family. The bulk of the documents are dated in the 16th and 17th centuries. The documents that specifically name Kaye family members date from 1373-1770. Earlier papers reveal land transactions in the West Riding area of Yorkshire. The remaining 100 documents are manorial and estate affairs, probate, legal and family matters and a few accounts and surveys.
Documents relating to deeds include bargain and sales, bonds, copies of court rolls, feoffments, fines, grants, leases, mortgages, quitclaims, receipts and releases, etc. Manorial and estate papers include rental agreements, lists of fines and arrears and copies of court rolls, etc. Family, legal and probate documents include marriage settlements and wills, etc.
Most of the documents hail from West Riding, Yorkshire County, in England with a few of the documents coming from North Riding and East Riding, Yorkshire County, and Durham County. The documents are in Latin and English. Variant spellings of names and places in the papers are common, for example the family name may be spelled Kaye, Kay, Kaey, Cay, Kaie, Keye or Key.
Arrangement
In the physical arrangement of the collection, priority has been given to the type of document, followed by the place and date, and as far as possible, documents relating to the same property have been grouped together. Oversize materials, rolls, and other items not stored with the main collection at the MS 240B call number are described at the end of each series when relevant and may therefore be out of sequence. Folder numbers for MS 240B are non-consecutive to reflect items that have been pulled to be stored at these other locations.
The documents in the collection have been listed to include the following information (if available) for each item: date, names or parties mentioned, general document type (deeds, estate, legal and family matters, etc.), specific document type (bonds, quitclaims, mortgages, marriage settlements, wills, etc.), places (counties, cities/villages and parishes) and notes.
The date provided is usually the earliest date associated with the document; however, the document may contain later dates as well. Places identified in the collection frequently have a (place name) in parentheses or appear in the "Standard Parish" column in the chronological pdf inventory; this is typically the standardized spelling for a parish name. The notes may also include summaries of content, partial transcriptions or translations, paraphrases, information about the physical state of the documents, names and places not mentioned elsewhere, etc.
Physical Location
MS 240B
Physical Location
MS Q21
Other Finding Aids
A detailed listing in chronological order is available at ksrl.sc.kayedate.pdf.
Custodial History
The Kaye family papers came to Spencer Research Library along with many of the North family papers in 1969. Both collections form part of the English Historical Documents Collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchases, Hofmann & Freeman Antiquarian Booksellers, 1969, 1977.
Separated Materials
These collections were acquired at the same time from the bookseller Hofmann and Freeman in June 1969:
- Abbey Dore Collection, 1225-circa 1300, MS 191, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Bolton Company Letters, 1695-1710, MS 84, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Carter, Henry John (1812?-1895); Letters to William Sharpey, 1752-1857, 1872-1873; MS P61, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- East India Company Collection, 1701-1819; MS E94-E97, MS R3, MS Roll 1, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Fleet Prison, 1604-1637, 1677; MS D114, MS R2, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Frampton, Robert, Bishop of Gloucester (1622-1708), Letters, 1682/83, 1697-1702; MS Q23, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Decrees, 1733-1783, MS 135, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Records of 3 causes heard before the Lord Chancellor, 1671-1728; MS Roll 1, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Great Britain. Exchequer. Declared accounts, 1730-1749; MS Q8, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee appointed to enquire into the State of [Gaols], Copies of evidence concerning the Eyre-Bambridge case, 29 Oct 1729 - 30 April 1730, MS 106, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Great Britain. Parliamentary Debates and Common-Place Book, 1618, MS E103, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Great Britain. Royal Subsidies Collection, 1605-1627, MS Q1, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Grover, George Edward; Chaplin Family notes on genealogy, circa 1881, MS E115, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Harcourt, George Simon, Earl (1736-1809); An account of the Church and Remains of the Manor House of Stanton Harcourt in the county of Oxford, 1808?, MS C202, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Levant Company Handbook, 1606-1720, MS E101, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- A Miscellany of Deeds and Manorial, Estate, Probate and Family Documents, MS 239, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
- Arthur Moore Collection, 1503-1760, MS 143, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Norfolk Recusants Collection. Records of official inquiries into church-attendance, etc, 1591, MS 106, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- North Family Papers, 1250-1856, MS 240A, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Russia Company Collection, circa 1696-1698, MS 104, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
- Spelman-Macro Miscellany, circa 1640-1670, MS E107, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Subject
- Beaumont family (Family)
- Copley family (Family)
- Crosley family (Family)
- Haghe family (Family)
- Nettleton family (Family)
- Sayvile family (Family)
- Stapleton family (Family)
Geographic
- England -- History, Local -- Archival resources
- England -- Social conditions -- Early works to 1800
- England -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800
- Farnley (Leeds, England) -- History
- Honley (England) -- History
- Huddersfield (England) -- History
- Kirkheaton (England) -- History
- Slaithwaite (England) -- History
- West Riding of Yorkshire (England) -- History
- Woodsome (England) -- History
Topical
- Administration of estates -- England -- Yorkshire -- Early works to 1800 -- Sources
- Deeds -- England -- Yorkshire -- Early works to 1800
- Land tenure -- England -- Early works to 1800
- Legal documents -- England -- Yorkshire -- Early works to 1800
- Manors -- England -- Yorkshire -- Early works to 1800
- Marriage settlements -- England -- Early works to 1800
- Wills -- England -- Yorkshire -- Early works to 1800
- Title
- Guide to the English Historical Documents Collection
- Subtitle
- Kaye family papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, mwc, sm, gfr, nwa, acs, mce, ksc, eeh, mab, 2013. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2013.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/0716723564
- Preferred citation
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Kaye family papers, English Historical Documents Collection, MS 240B, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository