Halifax is in West Yorkshire.
In February 1370 John Savile of Shelley and Golcar [aged 45] was a Commissioner of oyer and terminer of poaching at Halifax.
Before 23rd September 1399 John Savile of Shelley and Golcar [aged 74] died at Halifax. His will was proved on 23rd September 1399. His elder son, John [aged 45], appearing as his principal executor. Two months later his widow, Isabel [aged 59], took a vow of perpetual chastity before a suffragan of the archbishop of York.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 5th July 1557. At Alefax, Lawransse Alssope.
In 1624 Bishop John Lake was born in Halifax.
In 1783 John Wordsworth died. Dorothy Wordsworth [aged 11] was sent to live with her aunt Elizabeth Threlkeld in Halifax.
In April 1849 John Bottomley [aged 39] died at Halifax.
On 20th July 1812 Henry Edwards 1st Baronet was born to Henry Lees Edwards and Lea Priestley at Pye Nest, Halifax.
On or before 28th September 1752 Captain Jeremy Lister was born to Jeremiah Lister [aged 39] at Shibden Hall. He was baptised 28th September 1752 at The Minster Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Halifax [Map]. He married in or before 1789 Rebecca Battle and had issue.
On 10th February 1788 Jeremiah Lister [aged 75] died. He was buried at The Minster Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Halifax [Map].
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On 18th August 1833 John Bottomley [aged 23] and Sarah Whitworth [aged 21] were married at The Minster Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Halifax [Map].
On 4th July 1871 Henry Oxley [aged 18] and Mary Hannah Bottomley [aged 21] were married at The Minster Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Halifax [Map]. The witnesses were her brother Frederick Bottomley [aged 24] and John Thomas.
Frederick Bottomley: Around 1847 he was born to John Bottomley and Sarah Whitworth at Sowerby Bridge [Map].