Grant by Thomas Williamson, of Tusmore, co. Oxon., 3rd son of Thomas Williamson of Tusmore, gentleman, that where John Claye of Crich, co. Derby, gentleman, by an indenture dated 10 March 37 Elizabeth did grant to the said Thomas his father, the manor of Wakebridge alias Wakbrige and the capital...
Copy of the Answer of John Greaves, Robert Wright and John Heald to an information filed in the duchy court of Lancaster by Sir Edward Mosley, Attorney-General, concerning the boundaries of the manor of Beeley and the right of mining there.Taken at Birchover before Richard Greaves and William Gr...
Conveyance, for £90, from Edmund Jackson of Winster, co. Derby, yeoman, to Raphael Bache of Harthill, co. Derby, gentleman, of the close and grounds of 3 acres called Widowfitch, the close or croft of 2 acres called Kirke croft, the close of 2 acres and one rood called Twoetorre Close, and 3 roo...
Grant by George Silver of London, gentleman, Deputy of the right worshipful Edward Dier esquire, to Robert Mellor of Idridgehay, co. Derby, tanner, of a dispensation to tan leather etc. as set out in the statute enacted 12 January 5 Elizabeth, regarding the same trade. [Signed] Thomas Wallys, 8...
Lease from Edward Cockayne, of Pooley, co. Warwick, esquire, to Nicholas Tomblinson (Tomlinson) of Great Clifton, co. Derby, husbandman, the messuage or tenement in Upper Mayfield, co. Stafford, in which George Hill now dwells, and all the lands belonging thereto; annual rent, 10s. Dated as: 6...
Certificate (with blanks for name and date) granted by Thomas Gregson, bailiff of the honor of Tutbury, to the recipient, being a resident within the duchy of Lancaster and freed from all mannor of tolls. Dated as: 173- [day, month and year left blank]
Appointment by Nicholas [Leke, 4th] earl of Scarsdale, of Anthony Hurt of Wirksworth, co. Derby, gentleman, to be Lieutenant in the Company of Trained Foot Soldiers raised within the said county by Henry Vernon, esquire, as Colonel, and of which Ralph Burton, gentleman, is Captain. Dated as: 1...
Lease from Sir Henry Sawchevell, knight, of Morley, co. Derby, to Thomas Alen 'of the Wodhowses' in the same county, yeoman, of a piece of meadow called Warnergrove lying within the meadows of Stanton, now in the holding of Richard Hally, to hold from the feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady ne...
Will and Testament of John Greaves the elder, of Beeley, co. Derby, gentleman - I commend my spirit into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body be buried in the chancel of Beeley - First, to the poor of Beeley, 20s. to be distributed by my executors at the day of my death - to the ch...
Grant, in trust, by Barbara Allen of Woodhouse, parish of Youlgreave, co. Derby, widow, to Nicholas Gilberte of Kniveton, co. Derby, gentleman, and James Whitehall of Clements Inn, co. Midd., gentleman, of a messuage called Woodhouse, which she had for her life of the gift of George Allen, gentl...