Re: William and Jane Yardley (Yeardley) of Staffordshire
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Re: William and Jane Yardley (Yeardley) of Staffordshire
Nancy Heath Dallaire 4/17/05
Hi nancy, the locations covered are all within 6 miles of Leek town , in the valleys that come down in the lower Pennine hills to the Cheshire plain. Also same from Congleton, and 25 miles SE of Manchester airport (direct to Yardley, Pennsylvania ). A clough is a valley on steep hill i.e the Cloud, which dominates this area, thus Ravensclough, and its farm. This was part of the dowry John Yeardley, heir to Yeardley Hall, received on marriage to Alice Sutton in 1601. HE built a stone manor nearby in 1612, still as then , which you can stay in for 40 dollars a night. ALICE's sister Ann was ancestor to several US presidents and Robert E Lee.Their mother came from the powerful Stanley family who had been vital in taking the throne for the Tudors.
I believe andrew's indenture was to pay for the sea voyage to america. Hearthhouse farm is over a small hill from Dairyhouse and equi-distant from ancient Horton parish church. It nearly overlooks steep drop to Rudyard lake (Kipling). I'm sure william yardley would have known of the long Civil war siege of Biddulph Hall in the next valley c.1645 where the local sharpshooters held off Roundheads until artillery destroyed them.(3 miles away). Because the buider OF DAIRYHOUSE, John Biddulph, was killed in battle in 1643.
Will pulish the origin of the various yardley spellings in another e-mail, from its saxon roots Hope this stuff gives you a bigger picture.
peter dzik
NOTE that John Yeardley had an uncle George, apprenticed to the all powerful MERCHANT ADVENTURERS Company in 1575.This is absolutelythe only known george known in rcords so far.Born in Audley parish, Staffs. The wealthy Yeardleys had large mansions in City OF London.