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Letters of Administration from Sir Nathaniel Brent, knight, Master of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, to Elizabeth Bradshaw, widow of Gregory Bradshaw, late of Eyam, co. Derby, esquire, deceased. Dated as: 21 November, 22 Charles I
Grant from George Sely, kinsman and heir of Thomas Porte, namely son of Margery, sister of the aforesaid Thomas, to John Porte, gentleman, Thomas Cokayn, Richard Dawns, German Pole, esquires, Robert Blagg, Baron of the Exchequer, Thomas Porte, 'decretis doctori' (Doctor of Laws) and Edward Penna...
Grant by Robert Newton of Chaddesden, co. Derby, gentleman, and Thomas Newton, his son and heir apparent, to Anthony Heathcote of Buxton, co. Derby, yeoman and Dorothy his wife, and Francis Heathcote, second son of the said Anthony Heathcote, in accordance with certain articles agreed between th...
Fine or Final Concord whereby Henry Powtrell, esquire, and Anne his wife, Robert Powtrell and John Flamsteed, gentlemen, grant to Gilbert Warde and Robert Cooke alias Chesshire, 70 acres of pasture and 3 acres of wood with pasture in Mapperley; quitclaim to the said Gilbert and Robert and the he...
Writ out of the Common Pleas from Queen Elizabeth to Sir John Byron, knight, William Skipwyth and Richard Parkyns, esquires, and John Beresford, gentleman, to receive the recognizances of Philip Strelley, esquire, George Strelley and Francis Strelley, gentleman, and John Mitchell, gentleman, and...
Bond, in £7, from Anthony Burgeys of the town of Nottingham, yeoman, to John Millington, to observe the covenants specified in a deed between the same parties of even date. Dated as: 4 October, 31 Elizabeth Endorsements: Sealed and delivered in the presence of : George Wolley, Alexander Wool...
Grant by John Nedham senior, of Fernydale, co. Derby, yeoman, and John Nedham junior, his son and heir apparent, to [Aden Berrysforde, esquire, crossed out, and the following 8 words substituted above the line] George Hide of Fenny Bentley, co. Derby, yeoman, of a capital messuage called Fernyda...
Exemplification of a Decision of the Queen's Bench
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Exemplification of a decision of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Hilary Term, 23 Elizabeth (1581) whereby Thomas Conysby, by Hugh Russell, his attorney, recovered damages against Robert Acton, gentleman (in the custody of the Marshalsea [prison]), for trespass in lands at Rock, co. Worc. Dated...
Exemplification of a Common Recovery, at the request of Edmund Nowers esquire, Thomas Solley, Thomas Engyll, clerk, and John Blamyre, senior, clerk, of the decision of Sir Robert Brudenell, knight, justice of the Common Pleas, whereby they recovered against Sir Thomas Cornwalle, knight, the mano...
Royal Commission from Queen Elizabeth to Sir Francis Leeke and Sir Thomas Cockyn, knights, Godfrey Fuljame, Francis Rodes, Thomas Stentham, Walter Horton, esquires, Richard Cooke and Nicholas Browne, gentlemen, to seize the land and tenements, goods and chattels of John Sacheverell esquire who, ...