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Bond, in £20, from John Wygley of Wirksworth, yeoman, and Henry Lowe of Ashover, husbandman, to John Wastnes, to answer to a plea of debt. Dated as: 20 September, 36 Henry VI Endorsements: Condition of the obligation to respond at Westminster to a plea of debt.
Grant by Ranulf de Snyterton to John de Sutton of 9 butts and one rood of land in Snitterton, in exchange for half an acre and a rood of land in the same vill. Dated at Snitterton, co. Derby. Dated as: St Gregory, 1319
Extract of a court roll of the manor of Wirksworth, held there, at which John Ford surrendered 3 roods of land to the use of William Barker; entry-fine, 3s. 4d.Nicholas Mountgomery [Montgomery], steward. Dated as: 28 January, 6 Henry VI Endorsements: Wirksworth. H.6. Surrender.
Inquisition taken at Castleton before Henry Vernon esquire, Steward, Master of the forests of George [Plantagenet], duke of Clarence, of the Forest of High Peak. Dated as: 6 November, 11 Edward IV
Receipt from Ni[cholas] [...], [...] [Mo]untegomery and Humphrey [...] to [Henry] Vernon, esquire, of £24 in full payment of all arrears in the manor of Bakewell, co. Derby. Dated as: St Michael the Archangel, 20 Edward IV
Extract of Letters Patent from Henry VIII containing particulars of a grant to John Bellowe and Robert Bygott of a field or close called Nonneclose or Nonnefeld, with the buildings thereon, late in the tenure of John Pole, lying in Barrowcote or Borowcote, within the lordship of Crich, late belo...
First 3 lines of a letter from H., clerk of Ashbourne, to S., Rector of the church of Chesterfield, thanking him for his help in obtaining from the Dean the office of schoolmaster of Chesterfield.
Copy, 16th century, of the roll of Knights' Fees held of the king 'in capite' within the county of Derby made by Philip de Wylyby, chancellor of the Exchequer, in the reign of King Edward I. Dated as: 6-8 Edward I
Roll of the Wakebridge manor court of Edward de la Pole, held at Tansley, with Rental, annoted in second hand, of places in Derbyshire; includes rents owed to the church of St Mary of Southwell, co. Nott. Continues on dorse. Dated as: 3 September, 23 Henry VI Endorsements: Continuation of Ro...
Rental of tenants in Thurgarton, Whatton and Ruddington, in co. Nott., Matlock, Cromford and Brampton in co. Derby, and other places. Endorsements: 'Wakebridge. Old Rentall & Court papers'