Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

There is evidence from the early to mid 16th century, of Staveleys in the village of Gainsborough - on the Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire border. In fact much of the settlement is in the village of Saundby, a couple of miles southwest of Gainsborough, and actually just into Nottinghamshire. For example, we find a Rowland Staveley who married Isabel Longbothom there on 28th Feb 1584. Even earlier Edward Staveley, (son of a Thomas Staveley) married Mary OTTER on February 24, 1565, and are known to have had the following children in Gainsborough:

Thomas Staveley b. February 24, 1565 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Lawrence Staveley b. November 17, 1566 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Anne Staveley b. December 12, 1568 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Dorathie Staveley b. August 6, 1570 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Bartholomewe Staveley b. September 15, 1572 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Robert Staveley b. September 18, 1573 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Katherin Staveley b. June 9, 1576 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Anne Staveley b. September 10, 1578 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

 

Son Thomas b. 1565 married Alice HIGHE in Gainsborough on August 22, 1591.

There are records of two Thomas Staveley 'wills' from Gainsborough. One (specifically from Morton Gainsborough) for 1599 and one for 1658 - in both events the gentlemen in question were butchers! The first of these may be the Thomas Staveley who was father (or grandfather?) of a Myles Staveley born in 1594 in Gainsborough.

Edward and Mary's son Robert b.1573 married Margaret SMITH in Gainsborough on December 25, 1595 and had eight children:

Edward Staveley b. September 29, 1596 d. February 08, 1601/02 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Robert Staveley b. July 10, 1597   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Anne Staveley b. December 17, 1598   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Christopher Staveley b. February 13, 1598/99   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Thomas Staveley b. March 22, 1600/01 d. 1658 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Anne Staveley b. August 10, 1601   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
William Staveley b. April 10, 1602   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Dorathie Staveley b. June 12, 1603   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

 

Robert's son William, a baker by trade, married Barbara HOULE in Gainsborough on May 2, 1621, and had the following children:

Gertrude Staveley     Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Anne Staveley     Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Barbara Staveley b. December 04, 1622 d. December 26, 1623 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Barbara Staveley b. July 28, 1625 d. December 10, 1626 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
William Staveley b. November 10, 1627 d. December 25, 1637 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
John Staveley b. July 12, 1630 d. May 11, 1702 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Joseph Staveley b. September 09, 1632 d. November 13, 1703 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Sarah Staveley b. January 15, 1633/34   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Benjamin Staveley b. July 27, 1636   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

 

Daughter Sarah married Joseph GODFRAY on June 16, 1667.

William and Barbara's son Benjamin married Hellenae and moved to Saundby, Nottinghamshire. 

Their son John married Elizabeth and also moved to Saundby, Nottinghamshire. 

Edward Staveley and Mary Otter's son Lawrence b. 1566 had eight children in Gainsborough:

Gervase Staveley   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Sarah Staveley   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Marie Staveley b. April 03, 1595 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Edward Staveley b. April 17, 1597 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Henrye Staveley b. December 16, 1599 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Dorothie Staveley b. October 24, 1603 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
William Staveley b. January 29, 1608/09 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Mary Staveley b. January 01, 1611/12 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

 

Son William b. 1608 married Elizabeth BOYNTON on May 03, 1632 in Gainsborough and had the following children:

Joseph Staveley b. September 09, 1632 d. September 10, 1632 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Lawrence Staveley b. February 06, 1632/33   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Richard Staveley b. November 20, 1634   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Staveley b. September 02, 1636 d. September 18, 1639 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Ann Staveley b. March 25, 1638   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Staveley b. August 16, 1640   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

 

William and Elizabeth's son Richard Staveley b. 1634 married Abigaile SUDBERRY on May 12, 1660 in Gainsborough.

Mary Staveley b. January 15, 1661/62   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Lawrence Staveley b. January 26, 1665/66 d. 1703 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Richard Staveley b. March 18, 1666/67 d. June 22, 1667 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Richard Staveley b. June 09, 1669   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Staveley b. September 21, 1672 d. December 13, 1672 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Joshua Staveley b. September 21, 1672   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

 

Transcription of the adminis bond dated October 1708 by Richard Staveley b. 1634.


 

It is interesting to note that a branch of the Lincolnshire Staveleys, like those of Stainley, had a succession of Miles Staveleys.   Miles b. March 10, 1777 in Knaith the son of William Staveley and Frances COX, and married Eleanor GOSNEY in Gainsborough on 26th April 1803.  Miles and Eleanor had the following children:

Walter Staveley b. 1804    
Harriet Staveley b. 1806 d. July 6, 1807 Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Fanny Staveley b. October 22, 1807   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Eastland Staveley b. September 23, 1809   Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
Arthur Staveley b. 1812    
Harriet Staveley b. 1815    
Miles Staveley b. 10th August 1819   St. Mary, St. Marylebone, London
Ellen Staveley b. 1822    

 

Miles b. 1777 is found living in St. Pancras (and a pianoforte maker) at the time of his death, along with his children Eastland, Arthur and Ellen.  Miles' will also alludes to an older son "Walter, a farmer of Knaith". Walter is found residing in Knaith during the 1841 census.  By 1851 Walter is residing in Gainsborough with his wife Mary Anne COPLING:

1851: Spring Gardens, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

 Walter STAVELEY   Head   M   Male   47   Gainsbro', Lincolnshire, England   Retired Farmer
 Mary Anne STAVELEY   Wife   M   Female   38  Chedgrove, Norfolkshire, England   Retired Farmer's Wife
 Sarah CHAMBERLEY    U  Female  18  Upton, Lincolnshire, England  House Servant

 

1861: Spring Gardens, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

 Walter STAVELY   Head   M   Male   57   Gainsbro', Lincolnshire, England  Retired from Business, Lives on Interest of ?
 Mary Anne STAVELY   Wife   M   Female  48  Chedgrove, Norfolkshire, England  
 Elizabeth TODD  Serv  U  Female 21  Bellingham, Nottinghamshire, England  Housemaid

 

Walter died later that year, on December 31, 1861 without issue.

Miles' son Eastland married Ann DAWES, and is residing in Walsoken, Norfolkshire between 1861-1871.  After Eastland's death, his widow Ann is residing in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

It is interesting to note that Miles states he has "three children" in his will as listed above, but then makes a single reference to Walter in his will, to act as executor only in the event that his 'two sons' (Eastland and Arthur) are unable to fulfill their appointment as executor(s).   Miles also had another son Miles born 25th July 1819 and christened on 10th August 1819 at Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, in London, but as this child is not mentioned in the will, his fate is unknown.

Eastland is an unusual first name, used over a number of generations by these Lincolnshire Staveley families right up to modern times and the earliest reference found to date is an Eastland Staveley who buried his daughter Anne in the village of Knaith (3 miles south of Gainsborough) in 1739. It may well be a child of Eastland, or more likely Arthur, named Miles who I discovered being born in St. Pancras, London on 12th August 1846, and who played just one match for the Surrey Cricket Club in the season of 1870. Described as a right-hand batsman he batted in both innings and scored a total of 3!   This family is found in Richmond, Surrey in 1861.

Most of the Lincolnshire activity and events took place at Gainsborough and surrounding villages, including nearby Saundby, Nottinghamshire and one can therefore chart numerous births/deaths of Staveleys in the Gainsborough area throughout the 16th, 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries.

It seems more than likely that this group of Staveleys may well be the original family line of the North Anston Staveleys whose tree is currently headed by William Staveley of (Morton) Gainsborough, born about 1600-10. (He moved to Loversall, Yorkshire around 1630 and thence to Anston). The first Thomas Staveley mentioned above must have been born about 1520 which shows just how far back this Lincolnshire settlement goes - and quite likely even further than this.


 

John Staveley was born in 1866, the son of William Staveley of North Clifton, Nottinghamshire and his wife Betsey HAMMOND.  In 1892 John married Lucy SPITTLEHOUSE:

1901: 19 High Street, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

 John STAVELEY   Head   M   Male   35   North Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England   Milling Machinist in Iron Works
 Lucy STAVELEY   Wife   M   Female  27  Marton, Lincolnshire, England 
 Edith STAVELEY  Daur  U  Female 5  Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England  
 Harold STAVELEY  Son  U  Male 1  Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
 Eva STAVELEY  Daur  U  Female 8 mo  Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England  

 

Three additional children were born that do not appear in the 1901 census.  A daughter Jessie was born in 1893, but died in 1898, and a son Ernest was born in 1898, and died shortly thereafter.  Lastly, a son Walter was born to this family in 1903.


 

Charles Staveley was born in Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire in 1833, to parents William Staveley and Amelia ABRAHAM.  He married Mary Ann BURLEY in 1860, and Charles and Mary are found living in Gainsborough in 1861:

1861: Catherine Place, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

 Charles STAVELEY   Head   M   Male   27  Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire, England   Tallow Chandler
 Mary A. STAVELEY  Wife  M  Female  34  Glentworth, Lincolnshire, England  

 

Mary Ann died in Hull in 1865.  Charles was remarried the following year, to Eliza WRAY in Sculcoates, where we find them in 1871.

From: Research and Notes by Phil Staveley, and Peter Staveley

 

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