Lincolnshire Archives 1960
Description of Haigh estate in Grainsby,
drawn from Title deeds donated in 1959 by Mr. C.L.E. Haigh.

Francis Nettleship of Wraith, Gentleman, died in 1797 aged 92, he was the last member of the family to own the estate. In his will dated 1787, he leaves legacies to cousins at Twickenham and Cheltenham, but the residuary legatee and sole executrix is ' my good and faithfull servant Elizabeth Borrell now living with me.' To her he left 'all my freehold and copyhold and leasehold manors, messuages lands ....' in Irby , Hough on the hill,Waythe, Brigsley, Tetney, Holton le Clay and elsewhere. Some idea of the wealth of the family can be gained from the fact that, when his will was proved in 1797 ,declaration was made that his personal estate did not exceed �5,000 in Value.

Elizabeth Borrell had been in his service since at leat 1780, and probably long before that, Either she was well paid or she had money of her own. Many of her purchases of land were made before Nettleship's death. After his brothers death he had no close relatives, and probably made know his intentions to leave property to her. As early as 1784 she bought a capital Messuage and lands at Brigsley for �1,200; A memorandom shows that her employer put up the money for this purchase.
She seems to have been generally popular; John Cordon of Grainsby, farmer, in his will dated 11th july 1780, bequeathed his lands in North Thoresby together with his personal Estate 'Unto my good friend Elizabeth Borrell of Waythe' and made her his sole executrix.

Another interesting fact emerges from the parish register transcripts of Waythe The name Borrell does not appear before 1786 but thenceforward it is frequently to bee seen . Several of Elizabeth's relatives perhaps her mother and brothers were living in Waythe before the end of the century possibly as tennants of the farms she owned.

In 1795 ,before Francis Nettleships death she bought the Mansion House and 313 acres of land in Grainsby where she lived from 1804 or 1805. The previous owner was John Davys of Loughborough, and the purchase price �5,800.

After Nettleship's death in 1797 she continued to consolidate the estate . Her increasing wealth and dignity is reflected by her description in the title deeds ; spinster in early ones, it had changed by 1814 to "Gentlewoman".

Elizabeth Borrell died in 1826 at the age of 84. In her WILL are severall legacies to her various relatives. The main heiress named in her will was her 'Great niece Elizabeth Charlotte Borrell' who married William Haigh of Halifax in 1827 The majority of the bundles of the title deeds in the Haigh estate relate to the cobsolidation of of the estate especially during the second half of the centuary ,by William Haigh, his son George henry Haigh and his grandson George henry Caton Haigh.

 
                    Thomas and mary         of Cowbit lincs
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                                                  Elizabeth
                                                  b.15jun1741
                                                  c.20jun1741


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              John
              Borrell (burrell)
              b.28jan1741 cowbit?
              d.
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              m.17feb1781 Waithe
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              Hannah
              Basnip
              b.
              d.
              |              c.Waithe
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              John                Benjamin
              1782                c.01aug1784

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