Grant, by Nicholas Thornhill, of Bakewell, co. Derby, son and heir of Thomas Thornhill of Thornhill, co. Derby, yeoman, deceased, in consideration of a marriage solemnised between the said Nicholas and Dorothy his now wife, daughter of Joan Eyley of Bakewell, co. Derby, widow, and of the sum of...
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...
Lease, for £50, and for 22 and a half years, from Catherine [of Braganza], queen of England, Denzill [Holles], lord Holles, High Steward to Queen Catherine, William [Brouncker], viscount Brouncker, Chancellor and Keeper of the Great Seal to Queen Catherine, Henry [Hyde, 2nd] earl of Clarendon,...
Defeasance by John Blackwall of Derby, gentleman, of a Bond of George Agard of Osleston, co. Derby, gentleman, for £200, by way of a statute merchant made in the borough of Derby before Richard Porter and Thomas Fisher, Bailiffs of the said borough, and Robert Alsope, Clerk of the said statutes ...
Grant by Robert Keys of Kilburn, co. Derby, gentleman, to Richard Coke of Kirkby in Ashfield, co. Nott., Francis Fytzherbert [Fitzherbert] of Tissington, co. Derby, William Gilbert of Locko, co. Derby, and Thomas Alsoppe of Alsop en le Dale, co. Derby, gentlemen, for the assurance of a jointure ...
Sale by John Fytzherbert, King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer, to John Port, husband of Joan, daughter of the said John Fytzherbert, and Joan Port his said wife, for the special love he owes to the same John and Joan, of all the messuages and lands which the said John Fytzherbert had in the tow...
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, ...
Marriage Settlement between John Byrde of Nether Locko, co. Derby, gentleman, and William Coke of Trusley, whereby the said John confirms his lease to Robert Fytzherbert [Fitzherbert] of Tissington, esquire, the said William Coke, gentleman, Richard Coke, Francis Coke and John Coke, of the manor...
Lease from Christopher Fitzrandolph of Westwood, co. Nott., gentleman, and Jane his now wife, to Robert Wilson and Agnes his wife, in fulfilment of an award given by Edmund Molyneux, serjeant-at-law, John Boys esquire, attorney-general of the king in his duchy of Lancaster, and Edward Gryffth es...