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Langley family, of North Grimston
The Langley family held land in North Grimston from the 17th century where the remains of their medieval manor house are still to be seen. Transmission of estates was complicated due to failures of direct succession and in the eighteenth century the family house and estates passed to the Hutchinson family who assumed the name Langley. When Dorothy Langley died in 1824 the estates passed to the Dawnay family who also changed their name to Langley. When Marmaduke (Dawnay) Langley died in 1851, the estates passed to William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe and they passed down through his family. The small family collection consists of estate papers for North Grimston, Acklam and Leavening. The papers of Richard Langley (d.1817) include rentals and there is some correspondence between Lord Middleton and John and Robert Lockwood, solicitors. [DDCV/215]