THE ARMITSTEAD FAMILIES of area around Giggleswick in Yorkshire The main page for the Armitstead family has address: http://www.prattens.co.uk/FAMILIES/ARMITSTEAD/start.html You can find items in this list by using the FIND capability in the EDIT menu above These notes were collected in hurried visits to record offices and libraries, or acquired from other researchers or on-line sources. If you use information from these notes you are strongly recommended to check the information against original sources. 1599 Stephen Armitshead of Capleside House bur Giggleswick will 1603/31/691. 1602 Thomas Armitshead of Giggleswick will 29/191. 1603 Richard Armitshead of Langcliffe will 31/667. 1603 Stephen Armitshead of Capleside House will 29/408. 1603 Thomas Armitshead of Tharmitstead bur Giggleswick will 29/191. 1604 Giles Foster of Winscall in Giggleswick will 29/404. 1607 Anne Armitshead of Grainhouse will 30/549. 1608 Christopher Armitshead of Settle will 31/691. 1611 Christopher Armitshead yeoman of Settle bur Giggleswick will 31/691. 1612 James Armitshead of Rathmell will 32/457. 1612 Richard Armitshead of Knight Stainforth will 32/159. 1612 Richard Armitshead yeoman of Knight Stainforth bur Giggleswick will 32/169. 1612 Roger Armitshead husbandman of Settle Giggleswick will 32/366. 1612 Roger Armitshead of Settle will 32/366. 1614 Thomas Armitshead of Newholme will 33/670. 1616 Anna Armitshead will 35/236 widow of Thomas Armitshead of Settle. 1618 Annas Armitshead bur Giggleswick will 35/236 relict of Thomas Armitshead of Settle. 1618 Jane Armitshead of Capleside will 35/257. 1619 James Armitshead of Rathmell will 35/464. 1620 Anna Armitshead will 36/210 wife of John Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1620 Anne Armitshead bur Giggleswick will 36/210 wife of John Armitshead of Capleside. 1620 Richard Armitshead of Giggleswick will 36/488. 1621 Richard Armitshead single of Giggleswick will 36/488. 1623 James Armitshead husbandman of Settle will 38/72. 1624 James Armitshead of Settle will 38/72. 1626 John Foster yeoman of Fieldyate Giggleswick will 39/125. 1626 Lawrence Foster bur Riston will 41/65a. 1629 John Armitshead husbandman of Stainforth under Bargh admin 40/512. 1629 John Armitshead husbandman of Stainforth under Burgh bur Giggleswick will 40/580. 1629 Katherine Armitshead of Rathmell admin 40/512. 1629 Richard Foster of Settle Giggleswick will 40/51a. 1630 Isabel Foster of Settle bur Giggleswick will 41/133. 1630 Richard Armitshead the younger of Gisburne admin 41/9. 1632 Thomas Armitshead yeoman of Giggleswick will 41/785. 1634 Thomas Foster of Winkskill will 42/328. 1637 John Armitshead yeoman of Brockabank Gargrave will. 1657 Ellen Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of Richard Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1657? Isabella Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of Richard Armitshead of Holling Hall. 1660 Thomas Taylor of Rilston. 1661 John Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of Richard Armitshead of Holling Hall. 1663/5 John Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of Thomas Armitshead of Friar Stairforth. 1664 Richard Armitshead of Holling Hall Giggleswick will 48/239. 1664 Richard Taylor linen weaver of Long Preston. 1665 Annes Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of Richard Armitshead of Stainforth under Burgh. 1666? Isabell Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead junior Armitshead of Holling Hall. 1667 Agnes Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of Thomas Armitshead of Winscale. 1667 James Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of Richard Armitshead of Settle. 1667 William Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Rome. 1668 Agnes Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Frier Stainforth. 1668 Ellen Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead. 1668 James Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of Richard Armitshead of Frier Stainforth. 1668 Richard Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead. 1669 Adam Armitshead of Settle bur Giggleswick. 1669 Isabella Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of Roger Armitshead of Settle. 1669 James Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Newhall. 1669 Jane Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of Roger Armitshead of Beck?. 1669 Thomas Armitshead of Giggleswick bur Giggleswick. 1670 John Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of Roger Armitshead of Settle. 1672 Roger Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1672 Thomas Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1672 William Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1673 Bartholemew Armitshead ba of West Halton will 54/433. 1673 Henry Armitshead yeoman of Grange monastry of Sawley bur Gisburne will 54/433. 1675 John Armitshead mar Kirkby Malham Mary Lawson both of this parish. 1675 John Armitshead yeoman of Capleside bur Giggleswick will 56/268. 1675 John Armitshead yeoman of Cappleside will mentions wife Mary Armitshead, daus Ann Ellen Mary Jennet and Elizabeth, and son Stephen Armitshead. 1675c John Armitshead bap Kirkby Malham son of John Armitshead of Crackmoor House. 1676 Robert Armitshead husbandman of Saxton will 57/316. 1677 John Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of Richard Armitshead. 1678 James Armitshead of Stainforth under Burgh will mentions son Richard Armitshead, grandson William and his brother James, grandchildren Robert Alice and Elizabeth Swainson, grandchildren Thomas Agnes and James Geldard, son Christopher deceased and his dau Anne, Richard Jonson? and Ellen his wife, land bought from Leonard Wigglesworth. 1678 William Armitshead of Newhouse Horton in Ribblesdale will mentions wife Alice, son John, dau Ellinor. 1678 William Armitshead yeoman of Newhouses Horton in Ribblesdale will 58/365. 1680 William Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1683 Jane Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Rothwell. 1683 John Armitshead mar Clapham Isabel Redman. 1684 Elizabeth Armitshead bap Clapham dau of John Armitshead of Austwick. 1685 Alice Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Winscale. 1685 John Armitshead bap Clapham son of John Armitshead of Newby. 1686 John Armitshead of Giggleswick mar Giggleswick Agnes Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1686 William Armitshead bap Clapham son of John Armitshead of Newby. 1687 Alice Armitshead bap Clapham dau of John Armitshead of Austwick. 1688 Catherine Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Settle. 1688 Thomas Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Settle. 1688 Thomas Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1688 William Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1689 William Armitshead of Giggleswick. 1690 Alice Armitshead of Batteris Craven will. 1690 Anne Armitshead of Gisburne Craven will. 1690 Anne Armitshead of Long Preston Craven will. 1690 John Armitshead of Crake Moor Craven will. 1690 Richard Armitshead of Settle Giggleswick Craven admin. 1690 William Armitshead of Craven. 1691 Mary Armitshead bap Clapham dau of John Armitshead of Austwick. 1691 Richard Armitshead of Craven. 1691 Richard Armitshead of Rathwell Craven will. 1693 Richard Armitshead of Craven. 1693 Richard Armitshead of Leeds Ainsty will. 1693 Richard Armitshead of Settle Craven will. 1693 Thomas Armitshead of Gisburne Craven admin. 1694 George Armitshead of Hakeswick Arncliff Craven will. 1694 Thomas Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Settle. 1695 Helen Armitshead of Horton in Ribblesdale Craven admin. 1695 Henry Armitshead of Steeton Ainsty tuition bond. 1695 Thomas Armitshead of Batteris Slaidburn Craven admin. 1695 William Armitshead of Giggleswick Craven admin. 1695 William Armitshead of Newfield Giggleswick Craven will. 1696 John Armitshead husbandman of Rathmell Giggleswick will mentions sons Richard and John Armitshead, wife Katherine Armitshead, dau Katherine. 1696 John Armitshead of Rathmell Giggleswick Craven will. 1696 Richard Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Settle. 1697? William Armitshead yeoman of Newfield in Settle will mentions daus Rosamund and Jane Armitshead, wife Mary Armitshead, kinsman Thomas Lawson, kinsman Richard Knowles of Masham. 1698 Jane Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Settle. 1699 Richard Armitshead of Settle Giggleswick Craven will. 1700 Maria Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Settle. 1700 Richard Armitshead of Hellifield Long Preston Craven admin. 1700 Thomas Armitshead of Leeds Ainsty will. 1700 William Armitshead of Stainforth under Burgh Craven will. 1702 Agnes Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Settle. 1702 John Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Rothwell. 1702 Roger Armitshead of Settle Craven will. 1707 Isabella Armitshead bap Giggleswick dau of John Armitshead of Settle. 1707 Michael Armitshead of Skeldgate Burnsall Craven will. 1709 John Armitshead bap Giggleswick son of John Armitshead of Settle. 1709 Robert Armitshead of Kettlewell Craven admin. 1711 Robert Armitshead of Kettlewell Craven admin. 1712 Jacob Armitshead of Ainby Giggleswick Craven will. 1712 James Armitshead of Aynby Giggleswick will mentions eldest son Robert Armitshead, and six children James Armitshead, Joseph Armitshead, Ellen Armitshead, Jennett Armitshead, Elizabeth Armitshead, and Margery Armitshead, and wife. 1712 James Armitshead of Craven. 1712 John Armitshead of Giggleswick Craven admin. 1712 Richard Armitshead admin to Thomas Pearson and Richard Ellershaw. 1712 Thomas Armitshead of Leeds Ainsty admin? cur. 1712 Thomas Armitshead of Walton Ainsty admin. 1713 John Armitshead of Stainforth Craven admin. 1715 Henry Armitshead of Gisburne Craven will. 1717? Richard Armitshead of Stainforth Giggleswick Craven admin. 1718 Richard Armitshead of Craven. 1718 Richard Armitshead of Rathwell Giggleswick Craven admin. 1719 Catherine Armitshead of Leeds Ainsty admin. 1723 Christopher Armitshead of Lodge Giggleswick admin to wife Margaret Armitshead. 1723 John Armitshead yeoman of Giggleswick ancient and infirm will mentions wife, son William Armitshead and his wife and children, son Isaac Armitshead and his wife and children, dau Margaret Armitshead, Rawman Close, son John Armitshead and his heirs, wit Thomas Carr. 1723 Lawrence Armitshead of Stock Bracewell Craven will. 1723 Marie Armitshead of Sheepscar Leeds Ainsty will. 1726 John Armitshead of Horton Craven will. 1727 John Armitshead of Wakefield Pont will. 1727 Richard Armitshead of Kirheaton Pont admin. 1730 Isabel Armitshead mar Giggleswick Richard Geldard. 1731 Lawrence Armitshead of Arncliffe Craven admin. 1731 Nathaniel Armitshead of Clapham Craven will. 1733 John Armitshead of Holyfield Long Preston will mentions brother Robert Armitshead, cousin Robert Armitshead, cousin Richard Armitshead, and wife Polina?. 1733 John Armitshead of Long Preston will. 1733 Moses Armitshead of Rawden Guisley admin. 1735 Isabel Armitshead of Hawkeswick Arncliffe admin. 1735 Isabel Armitshead of York will. 1735 Peter Armitshead of Kirkdeighton will. 1736 Ellen Armitshead of Stainforth Giggleswick admin. 1736 William Armitshead of York will. 1736 William Armitshead will son of Nathaniel Armitshead of Clapham. 1737 Thomas Armitshead ba of Knights Stainforth will mentions nephew John Armitshead yeoman of Knights Stainforth, godson John Armitshead of Austwick, godson John Knipe son of William Knipe of Austwick, sister Ellen Armitshead, nephew James Armitshead of Knights Stainforth, nephew Daniel Armitshead son of late brother Francis Armitshead, niece Isabel Browne wife of John Browne of Swainsford. 1737 Thomas Armitshead of Craven. 1738 Isabel Armitshead of Stainforth under Baron? Giggleswick will. 1738 James Armitshead of Knights Stainforth Giggleswick will. 1738 John Armitshead of Threshfield admin to Thomas Hullan and niece Agnes Lukus of Arncliffe wife of Robert Lukas. 1738 John Armitshead yeoman of Knights Stainforth will mentions son John Armitshead, son James Armitshead, aunt Ann, dau Isabel Browne and her children Margaret Elizabeth Ann Mary and Henry. 1738? Isabel Armitshead of Stainforth under Burgh Giggleswick will mentions Jane Peart? widow, niece Elizabeth Bradley, niece Elizabeth wife of William Peart, niece Jane Peart, niece Esther Tyndale, croft purchased from John Armitshead schoolmaster deceased. 1742 Bartholemew Armitshead of Hawswick Arncliffe will. 1742 Lawrence Armitshead of Hood Fold Horton in Ribblesdale will. 1743 George Armitshead of Airton Malhamdale will. 1744 Johne Armitshead of Maham Kirkby will. END