William Horton, of Gumley

William Horton son of Thomas Horton, was born about 1576 in Mowsley, Leicestershire, England, he died in 1637. He married Isabel Freeman in Saddington Twycross, St. James, Leicestershire, England on 20 Aug 1597. William was the progenitor of the Gumley Hortons.

His son, THOMAS HORTON was born about 1600 in Gumley, Leicestershire, England. He died of Thypus Fever in October, 1649 in Ireland during Cromwell's Irish Campaign.

Thomas was the second son of William Horton and his wife Isabell of Gumley in Leicestershire.

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William Horton II , Gentleman, was born in 1576 of Bradford, Yorkshire. and died 1657. William married Elizabeth Gledhill on 11 Oct 1636. She was the daughter of Thomas Gledhill of Barkisland Hall and she left a will dated 13 Oct 1657. The two estates (Howroyde and Barkisland Hall) eventually came into the one family. In 1642 he built Howroyde Hall, a hall and cross wings, hearth passage house. The initials WH and EG for William and Elizabeth Horton are above the doorway along with the inscription: "Except the Lord build this house They Labour in vain that build" Howroyde Hall, although only having two storeys, the design is similar to that of Barkisland Hall. There is a large stained glass window. The Hall is approached by a long and well-wooded drive, and occupies a commanding position some distance removed from the village of Barkisland, which it overlooks across a valley. Howroyde Hall in the late 1700's became the seat of Thomas Horton, Esq. After his death Howroyde became the seat of his wife, Lady Mary Horton. On 16 Sep 1654, William bought Coley Hall in Halifax to pay fines imposed by Parliament on Captain Langdale Sunderland for taking the Royalist side in the Civil War. The Captain had been in Coley Church on a Sunday in 1642, when he heard that the Royalists were besieging Bradford, and he raised a unit to march to Bradford to defend democracy. He then went on to fight in several Roundhead campaigns and returned from the wars to live at Coley Hall. He was arrested by supporters of the monarchy for his military activities as a Roundhead, and was imprisoned at Ripon, where he died in 1680. The original front of the hall was destroyed in bombardment by the Commonwealth troops. William acquired in the transaction: the manor of Batley and appurtenances, Coley Hall, messuages and lands in Coley and Hipperholme, Coley Mill, seats in Halifax Church and Coley Chapel and the Chapel Garth.