Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Hulley
Variants: Hooley, Hully, Ulley, Ully
Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.
Website: www.hulley.info
DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Hulley
Contact: Mr Ray Hulley
Locative - because of the variety of different versions of the surname it is likely that the surname is derived from the locations of early 13th century families in the Macclesfield Forest area.
1166 - Anhus in Rainow (One House) mentioned; This became the Hulley seat from 1488 when John Hulley leased the property from Ralph and Hugh Davenport. (The last Hulley occupier left the house in 1912). Source - Davenport Papers at John Rylands Library Manchester. 1275 – William de Holey in list of witnesses; Source - Baker Wilbraham Collection Catalogue FILE [no title] - ref. DBW/A/A/B/4 Ref. DBW at Cheshire Archives. 1285-1288 - William de Holaye overlooker of Macclesfield Forest Source - Macclesfield Eyre Rolls 1300 – William de Holey in list of witnesses; Source - Baker Wilbraham Collection Catalogue FILE [no title] - ref. DBW/A/A/B/F/1 Ref. DBW at Cheshire Archives. Macclesfield Court Rolls at TNA from 1360 Ches refs at TNA from 1360 Macclesfield Eyre Rolls 1285-1288 - William de Holaye overlooker of Macclesfield Forest Parish registers in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Norfolk etc Davenport Papers at John Rylands Library Manchester - 1166 Anhus in Rainow (One House) mentioned. This became the Hulley seat from 1488 to c 1912 Richard Hulley 1785- 1880 One of the 1820 Settlers in South Africa. John Hulley the Gymnasiarch of Liverpool 1832-1875. He co-founded the National Olympian Association in 1865 (forerunner of the British Olympic Association) and organised Olympic Festivals at Liverpool and Llandudno between 1862 and 1867. (See Links below)
My Cheshire researches are littered with name changes, with different variants appearing in the same document. Thanks to the marvellous collection of Cheshire court rolls at the National Archives, I have managed to sort them out into some kind of approximate order.
Details of all these entries are shown in the Notes of the appropriate persons listed in the several Family Trees on my website www.hulley.info. There is also a section in my book - The History and Hulley Families of the One House Rainow that covers the topic in more detail. The surname in other areas of the United Kingdom is not as varied as those listed above. The main difference in Yorkshire is that ULLEY/ULLY and HOOLEY was shown in place of HULLEY. HULLAH appears briefly in North Yorkshire but was found to be a separate family.
Changes in surname spelling – an example:
1358-59 - Holey, Ad de; Source - CHES 25 Indictment Rolls and Files; 1359-60 - Hollay, Ad de; Source - CHES 25 Indictment Rolls and Files; 1362-63 - Hollay Adam de; Source – SC 2/25214 f8; 1369-71 - Adam de Hulley - no. 46 in list of 360+ names – Source – SC 2/253/4 f8. Escapu Foreste de Macclesfelde de anno RR Edward III etc
Name variants in Wills
1611 Thomas Hooley of Dukinfield
My daughter Jane Howley My father John Howley My brother William Howley
1616 Francis Hooley of Sutton
also shown as Howly
1617 Ralph Hooley of Adlington
Also shown as Howlie/Houlie My daughter Ellen Howlie My brother Richard Houlie
1676 John Hulley the Elder
also shown as Hooley Signed John Howley My son Charles Howley
1676 Richard Hooley of Cranage
My brother Thomas Hoolie
1685 Mary Howley of Adlington
Signed Mary Huly
Also Mary Huley
My stedson (sic) Thomas Houly
1689 Charles Howley of Macclesfield
My brother John Hooley
1731 Miles Howley of Adlington
My son Thomas Hooley
1744 Thomas Hooley of Macclesfield
My sister Rebeccah Hooley
My sister Elizabeth Hulley
1829 Jasper Hooley of Macclesfield Forest
Signed Jasper Hulley
Other Sources
Macclesfield Court Rolls at TNA from 1360 in SC 2, SC 6, SC 11 series; Cheshire refs at TNA from 1360 in CHES series; Cheshire Electoral Registers 1842-1900; Parish registers in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Norfolk etc Richard Hulley 1785 - 1880 One of the 1820 Settlers in South Africa. John Hulley the Gymnasiarch of Liverpool 1832-1875. He co-founded the National Olympian Association in 1865 (forerunner of the British Olympic Association) and organised Olympic Festivals at Liverpool and Llandudno between 1862 and 1867. (See Links below)
DNA
Group 1 – Cheshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Glamorgan & USA (37 markers) All identical DNA;
Mr. Ray Hulley
Mr. Jeffrey Hulley Dayne (surname formerly Hulley)
Mr. Kenneth Ian Hulley
Group 2 – Cheshire - The One House Rainow (37 Markers) All identical DNA; same FT as One House family
Mr. Richard Lawrence Hooley
Mr. Alan Eric Hulley
Mr. Bartholomew Hulley
Andrew Lloyd Hooley
Group 3 - Bradfield, Yorkshire & S. Africa (37 Markers)
Dr. Clifford Brian Hulley M.D. South Africa - lives in South Africa - ancestor of 1820 Settler family from Ecclesfield, Sheffield and South Africa 01 Family Tree
Links
Cheshire - 23 Family Trees
Yorkshire - 12 “ “
Lancashire - 10 “ “
Derbyshire - 3 “ “
London - 3 “ “
Norfolk/Glamorgan - 1 “ “
Staffordshire - 1 “ “
Australia - 4 “ “
Canada - 3 “ “
USA - 3 “ “
South Africa - 2 “ “
There are two videos on YouTube which cover the unveiling ceremony. These can be found by entering ‘John Hulley’ in the search box.
i. John Hulley Statue Unveiled by Princess Anne in Liverpool;
ii. The Road to John Hulley 2019.