These were given to me by Richard of the Brierley village website
1662 John Hoyland paid £5 rent to Brierley manor for a farm in the village
1701 and 1720 A John Hoyland paid rents to the manor
1806 The Militia list has no Hoyland listed as eligible for service recorded at Brierley
1838 John and Robert Hoyland are listed in the Directory
1840 John and Robert Hoyland are on a Tithe survey
1841 census returns
John Hoyland 45 Independent means, his wife Mary aged 45 and his son John aged 9. They are living at the Farm House, Church Street
Robert Hoyland 44, solicitor, his wife Elizabeth aged 39 at Lindley House, Brierley.
1851 census returns
John Hoyland, 57 Gentleman, his wife Mary and John aged 19, a student at Oxford, living at Brierley Hall
Robert Hoyland 54, attorney and solicitor, his wife Elizabeth aged 49 and Sarah his daughter aged 21 at Lindley House
1860 Rev John Hoyland of Brierley inducted as Vicar of Felkirk
1861 census returns
John Hoyland 67, Gentleman and his wife Mary at Brierley Hall
Robert Hoyland 64 attorney and solicitor, widower His daughter Sarah, now the wife of Rev G P Cordeaux and his grand-daughter Mary F E Cordeaux were visiting him at Lindley House
Rev John Hoyland 29, Vicar of Felkirk and his general servant were living at South Hiendley
1869 John, Robert and Rev John Hoyland are on the school deeds which they helped to found
1871 census returns
John Hoyland 77, landowner, widower and an inlaw Ann Stacey 70, spinster at Brierley Hall
Robert Hoyland 74 attorney and solicitor , widower his daughter Sarah and her husband Rev GP Cordeaux, now the Curate of Brierley, and their children, Edith M 8, Robert H aged 6 and Edward H aged 5 at Lindley House
Rev John Hoyland, 39 Vicar of Felkirk and landowner, now married to Mary Ann 38 and their children Alice 6, Clare 4, Clement E 1, and Fannie aged 10 months
1874 Rev John Hoyland retired as Vicar
1881 census returns
John Hoyland 49 Clergyman without care of souls, his wife Mary Ann 48, his daughter Fanny I and son John Henry aged 9
Alice and Clare are attending a London boarding school, Clement is at a Doncaster boarding school
Godfrey P Cordeaux 52, Clergyman without care of souls, his wife Sarah 51, daughter Edith 18, Ann Stacey, 81 an aunt and a domestic servant living at Lindley house
1891 census returns
Alice, Clare and Fanny are living alone at Brierley Hall
Godfrey P Cordeaux and his wife Sarah at Lindley Hall
1893 Directory has Rev John Hoyland living at the hall
1901 census returns
Rev John Hoyland with his wife Mary, Alice, Clare and Fanny at Brierley Hall
Godfrey P Cordeaux, retired and alone at Lindley House
1908 Rev John Hoyland Brierley Hall
1910 Rev John Hoyland died
1911 Clement E Hoyland sold his house
1912 Alfonso Wood is listed at living at Brierley Hall