Arthur Maude

   Another name for Arthur was Arthur Monault.

  General Notes:

Arthur Mawhaut give to Thomas my son and heir apparent and Katherine his wife daughter of Roger Tempest a messuage &c. in Yeadon called Dibbehouses of the annual value of 20s. Dated at est Riddlesden, 1 Sept., 25 Henry VIII i.e. 1533/4. (Dodsworth MSS, vol. 93, fol. 112).
Anne, widow of Stephen Tempest of Bro'ton, by will 17 February 1554-5 left, "brother Mawde a spone with a knoppe of St John Evan-gilist, and to my sister, his wife, a velvet bonet"
In a window at West Riddlesden are two shields, and remains of the name of Arthur Montalt in Old English letters. One shield bears a lion rampant with one bar, and the other a fess sable bearing crescent, three mullets in chief, one base.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Will, 1534. ² Arthur Mawde of Bingley, desired to be buried at All Saints, Bingley. He gave 20s. to buy a bell for St. Andrew's, Keighley. He mentions his wife Johanna, his son Thomas, and his brother John. To Laurence Kighley and Thomas Maude, his son, forty marks owing by Stephen Tempest, which had to be used for Stephen
Paslew. Walter Paslew of Riddlesden was a witness. Proved July, 1534.

Arthur married Jane Towneley, daughter of Lawrence Towneley and Unknown. (Jane Towneley died circa 1558.)