| AdminHistory | Mr William Thomas Freemantle (1849 - 1931), was a noted Sheffield bibliographer. He was born in Chichester [Sussex] in 1849. His father Henry John Freemantle (c. 1820 - 1892) was a music seller and became a professor of music in Sheffield. W. T. Freemantle studied music in Sheffield before following in his father's footsteps and becoming a professor of music himself. He also became organist and choirmaster at St Andrew's Church, Sharrow, Sheffield. He was also secretary to the Music Hall Company (the Music Hall was situated on Surrey Street, Sheffield).
W. T. Freemantle married Margaret Massey (1859 - 1920) in 1882. They lived at Western Bank, Sheffield and latterly resided at Barbot Hall, Greasbrough, Rotherham. W. T. Freemantle died in December 1931.
W. T. Freemantle's collections were mainly of printed works. The first volume of his 'Sheffield bibliography' was published in 1911. The notes and manuscripts for volumes two and three are in the Brotherton Library and Rotherham Public Library, respectively.
This collection features deeds and papers collected by Mr W. T. Freemantle; the sources from which he obtained them are not known, and there appears to be little connection between many of the items. |
| Description | Ancient Deeds mainly relating to Bradfield (catalogued in 'A descriptive catalogue of miscellaneous charters...' by T. W. Hall), 1327 - 1552 (FrC/1)
Deeds relating to Midhope and Wigtwizzle, Bradfield, 1498 - 1718 (FrC/2)
Deeds relating to land at Bents Green and Whiteley Wood in Sheffield, 1620 - 1682 (FrC/3)
Deeds executed by the Duke of Norfolk relating to land in Kimberworth and Sheffield, 1678 - 1760 (FrC/4)
Miscellaneous Yorkshire Deeds, 1368 - 1837 (FrC/5)
Deeds of the families of Bayes, Bagshawe and Wilkes relating to land at Greenhill in Norton and Holmesfield in Dronfield, 1699 - 1762 (FrC/6)
Deeds relating to the Hope district of Derbyshire (given into the keeping of George Eyre of Yorkshire Bridge, a witness), 1753 - 1762 (FrC/7)
Miscellaneous Derbyshire Deeds (including Norton, etc.), 1543 - 1795 (FrC/8)
Miscellaneous Non-Local Deeds, [c. 13th cent] - 1851 (FrC/9)
Papers of the Gillott [or Gillatt] Family of Norton Woodseats, 1767 - 1853 (FrC/10)
Manuscript Sermons and Music, 1791 - 1885 (FrC/11)
Miscellaneous Oddments, [late 18th - early 20th cent] (FrC/12)
Notes and Papers of Mr W. T. Freemantle, [early 20th cent] (FrC/13) |