| Description | Includes Manor of Flinton records 1717-1828, Manor of South Frodingham with Newsome records 1671-1810, Manor of Winestead records 1733, deeds relating to Aldbrough parish 1646-1650, Atwick parish 1617-1734, Beverley nd. [14th century]-1716, Coniston 1632, Cottingham 1650-1854, Manor of Eastrington 1590-1634, Manor of Flinton 1551-1875, Ganstead 1607-1614, Gembling 1334-1831, Great Hatfield 1332-1729, Hessle and Dairycoates (Hull) 1715-1835, Hilston nd. [c.1390], Hive 1610-1613, Hollym 1563-1564, Hotham 1850, Hull Chapel Lane 1597-1620, Hull High Street 1452-1690, Hull Market Place 1613-1662, Hull Myton 1590-1668, Hull Scale Lane 1572-1609, Hull Southcoates 1613, Hull Trippett 1613-1646, Hull west side of Holy Trinity 1612-1639, Hull general 1565-1672, Kirk Ella 1494-1627, Long Riston 1304, Lissett 1675-1688, Newton Garth 1590-1836, North Ferriby 1652-1825, Ottringham nd. [14th century]-1895, Manor of Ottringham 1702-1873, Manor of Owsthorpe 1594-nd. [c.1740], Owthorne nd. [14th century], Patrington 1433-1834, Ravenser Spurn 1566-1568, Rimswell nd. [c.1330-1390], Routh 1677, Rowley 1704-1884, Skirlaugh 1830-1831, South Frodingham with Newsome 1550-1893, Tunstall 1609-1634, Weaverthorpe 1519, Willerby 1608, Winestead 1489-1881, County Durham 1849-1855, Leicestershire 1610-1616, Lincolnshire 1444-nd. [c.1850], Nottinghamshire 1677-nd. [c.1929], North Yorkshire 1580-1856, West Yorkshire deeds nd. [14th century]-1719, Wiltshire deeds 1818, Ireland deeds 1783, wills and settlements 1593-1851, legal records 1635-1886, estate management records 1453-1930, family and personal records 1576-1890, printed records 1811-1929, and miscellaneous records 1428-1974 including inventory of Thomas Howme of York 1428, Hull rental roll 1599, Hull account rolls 1615-1639, Hull Merchant Adventurers book 1639. |
| AdminHistory | The Hildyards are an ancient family of Saxon origin, with the name of 'Hildyard' being derived from the Saxon word for noble or generous. The first recorded family member on the pedigree is Sir Robert Hildyard the elder in 1157.
The Winestead Estate was acquired by the Hildyards in 1431 when it was inherited by Isabel, wife of Robert Hildyard V of Scalby and daughter of Sir Robert Hilton of Swine. The first baronet was Sir Robert Hildyard who was born in 1612 as the second son of Sir Christopher Hildyard III. He acquired property at Gembling and Weaverthorpe and married Lady Mountfort in 1634, she was heiress to Alderman Thackray of Hull. She had married twice previously, firstly to Thomas Ferries, former Mayor of Hull, and secondly to Sir Edward Mountfort of Bescote, Staffordshire. In 1638 Sir Robert was living at South Frodingham and bought the lease of Crown lands in Patrington from his elder brother. It was for his support of Charles I during the Civil War that he received the baronetcy.
Sir Robert's eldest son was Christopher Hildyard (1640-1685) who married in 1667 Esther Dobson, heiress of William Dobson of Hull. From this marriage came further estates including the Manor of Flinton, property in Dairycoates, Myton and Leeds, the last of these was formerly owned by William Dobson's father-in-law Alderman Richard Sykes, who was an ancestor of the Sykes family of Sledmere. Christopher died in 1685, before his father, and the baronetcy went to Christopher's son Sir Robert Hildyard (1667-1729). In 1704 Esther Hildyard purchased the advowson of Rowley, living there in a newly built rectory with her second son William who died in 1715. Esther died shortly afterwards in 1716.
The 2nd baronet died without issue in 1729 and so the son of William Hildyard, rector of Rowley deceased, became Sir Robert Hildyard 3rd baronet. The marriage of his mother Nancy Croft to William had brought further estates in Arram, this was through the Thompson family of Kirby Hall on Nancy's mother's side. Nancy's brother was John Croft who founded the famous drinks company 'Croft's Port' in Oporto, Portugal. In 1738 the 3rd baronet married Maria Catherine, daughter and heiress of Henry d'Arcy of Sedbury who also owned estates at Colburn.
In 1758 the Ings and the East and West Fields at Winestead were enclosed. Nine years later Sir Robert bought 281 acres at Newton Garth, near Hedon, and in 1774 he also bought South Frodingham and a further 362 acres adjacent to Winestead. He died in 1781 and in his will entailed all 3035 acres of the family estate. Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard became the 4th baronet and brought with him the estates at Sedbury and Colburn.
Following Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard's death in 1814 the line of Hildyard baronets died out. His heiress Anne Catharine Whyte married Colonel Thomas Blackborne Thoroton of Flintham, he assumed the surname Hildyard as a result of the marriage in 1815. The entail on the estate was broken in 1842 when Anne's eldest son Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard came of age. The Winestead Estate was sold in 1885 due to financial pressures and the Screveton Estate in Nottinghamshire was sold in 1918. Flintham Hall has however remained in possession of the Hildyard family to the present day.
The primary descendants of the Hildyard Estate, and later also the Flintham and Screveton Estates:
Robert Hildyard I, c.1211
Robert Hildyard II of Riston, c.1265
Sir Robert de Hildyard III of Riston, b.1273, d. c.1308
Peter Hildyard I of Arnold and Preston, brother of Robert II of Riston, c.1298, d.1307
Robert Hildyard IV of Arnold, c.1336
Peter Hildyard II, c.1341
John de Hildyard of Arnold, brother of Peter II, c.1348
Peter Hildyard III of Arnold, c.1363, d. c.1381
Robert Hildyard V of Scalby, b. c.1587, d.1428
John Hildyard, brother of Robert V, d.1408
Robert Hildyard VI of Fenwick and Winestead, d.1498
Sir Robert Hildyard VII, d.1501
Peter Hildyard III, d.1502
Sir Christopher Hildyard I, b. c.1486, d. c.1540
Sir Christopher Hildyard II, b.1530, d.1602
Sir Christopher Hildyard III, d.1634
Sir Robert Hildyard 1st Baronet, 1612-1685
Sir Robert Hildyard 2nd Baronet, 1667-1729
Sir Robert Hildyard 3rd Baronet, 1716-1781
Sir Robert D'Arcy Hildyard 4th Baronet, 1743-1814
Colonel Thomas Blackborne Hildyard, 1788-1830
Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, 1821-1888
Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, 1843-1928
Gerald Moresby Thoroton Hildyard, 1874-1956
Myles Thoroton Hildyard, 1914-2005
Sources: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsandspecialcollections/collectionsindepth/family/thorotonhildyard/familyseats.aspx
'The Hildyards' by Myles Thoroton Hildyard 1993 (Local Studies reference YE/B/HIL) |