The Minor Family of Somerset

Halifax Antiquarian Society "History of Shibden Hall" 1925 editi
on page 62
JASPER BLYTHMAN, Esq., was the owner of and resided at Elland Ha
ll. He belonged to a family whose principal seat was at New Lai
thes, in the parish of royston, and he was a younger brother o
f William Blythman, who was the then ownerof the paternal acre
s there.
The Blythman family had become connected withHalifax by the mar
riage of Jasper Blythman to Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Lacy, o
f Brearley, who in his will, date 1570, left to her the beques
t of fivemarks, to be paid out of the 50 pound lent by him to t
he Queen's Majesty (Elizabeth).
The Blythmans became possessed of Elland Hall through the marria
geof Jasper Blythman--the commissioner in our bankrupty suit-wi
th Judith Deane, the widow of William Deane, of Elland Hall. Sh
e was by birth a Hanson, being the daughter of John Hansen of Wo
odhouse, Rastrick, our good old local antiquary. She married, a
s her second husband, in 1617, Jasper Blythman, who was the son
e of Jasper Blythman of New Laithes, Royston, and of Halifax, b
y his second wife Elizabeth, the daughter of Hugh Lacy, of Brear
ley. Jasper senior, in the Halifax parish, registers is describ
ed as being "of Midgley" whenin February 1558-9, his son, whit
h whom we are now dealing, was born.
ThisJasper Blythman died on the 26th February 1632-3, and Judit
h, his widow, on 7th March, 1633-4.