Add MS 43377 M

M. Papers of the Armytage family, of Thickhollins near Meltham in Almondbury, W.R., co. York, mainly relating to Abraham Woodhead (1609- 1678), the Roman Catholic controversialist, and to the chapel at Meltham; 1659-1678, n.d. The material, which was used by Joseph Hughes in his

History of the Township of Meltham, 1866, comprises:-(1) Letter from Woodhead, signed'A.W.', to John Armytage; 31 Mar. -. Printed by Hughes, op. cit., pp. 76-77. ff. 53-54b;-(2) Letter, etc., from Woodhead's executor, Edward Perkins, to the same; 16 May 1678. Printed by Hughes, op. cit., P. 78. ff. 55-57;-(3) Two Anglican sermons on Luke xiii. 23 , 24 and xii. 4, 5 respectively; n.d. (temp. Commonwealth). Extracts from the former, which has a mutilated heading referring apparently to its delivery at Oxford by a member of an Oxford College are printed by Hughes, op. cit., pp. 285-287, who ascribes the authorship to Woodhead. ff. 58-63b, 64-69b;-(4) An agreement by the inhabitants of Meltham upon voting procedure for the appointment of a minister at the chapel there; 10 July 1659. Copy. For the chapel see Hughes, op. cit., Pp. 12-30. f. 70;-(5) A library catalogue, written on the back of a draft lease by Anthony Armytage of lands in Meltham dated 1 Feb. 165-; n.d. ff. 71, 72b. Presented (with ff. 73-95 below), by R. N. Green-Armytage, Esq.