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THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


LONGSTONE     RECORDS. 


Xongetonc  IRecorbs, 

Dedicated     by     permission     to 
THE    RT.    HON. 

VICTOR  CHRISTIAN  WILLIAM  CAVENDISH,   P.C,  M.P., 

BY       ' 

G.    T.    WRIGHT,    J. P. 


What  a  delightful  treasure  house  we  find  in  the  records  of  the  past. 

Thos.  Brushfield,  J. p. 

Ashford,  1864. 


BAKEWELL  : 

BENJAMIN    GKATTON,     PRINTEE,    ETC. 

190(i. 


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J95 


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PROLOGUE. 


I\  the  Preface,  reasons  are  given  for  publishing  these  Records, 
but  nothing  can  more  faithfully  convey  the  Author's  feelings  on 
the  subject  than  the  following  lines  from  the  pen  of  Mr.  William 
Beresford,  published  in  the  ^^  Antiquary  "  Jul}^  1863.  "  We  who 
are  now  treading  the  stage  of  life,  often  love  to  wander  back 
in  imagination  through  the  dark  periods  of  antiquity,  and  to  recall 
to  life,  as  it  were,  the  venerable  forms  and  hoary  sages  of  a 
vanished  race.  Related  to  them  as  we  are,  by  anticipation  of  the 
same  future,  and  frequently  by  connection  with  the  same  place, 
we  love  to  trace  their  footsteps  on  the  grass  grown  road,  to  mark 
their  hands  on  the  crumbling  ruin,  and  to  catch  a  glimpse  of  their 
superstitions  in  the  mysterious  legends  they  have  left  us.  And 
though  it  be  the  onerous  task  of  the  historian  to  record  the  full 
story  of  their  lives  and  deeds  it  is  that  of  the  antiquary  to  gather 
up  the  fragments  of  the  records  which  remain  and  to  hand  them 
down  as  special  relics  to  posterity.     In  the  shape  of  traditions 

they  aje" — 

"  Ever  drifting,  drifting,  drifting 

On  the  shifting 
Currents  of  the  restless  heart ! 

TUl  at  length  in  books  recorded. 

They,  like  hoarded 
Household  words — no  more  depart." 


Prologue. 

It  was  (the  Author  believes)  Mr.  Thomas  Brushfield,  J.P.,  in 
one  of  his  many  interesting  effusions,  who  said — "It  is  a  pleasant 
thought  that  probably  there  is  no  human  being  whose  welfare 
would  not  be  of  interest  to  some  one  else.  The  feeling  may  be 
greater  or  less  according  to  circumstances,  and  families  no  less 
than  individuals  are  subject  to  it."  Annals  of  towns  and  villages 
also  supply  the  present  inhabitants  with  pictures  of  old-world  life 
and  customs,  as  well  as  the  rise  and  decay  of  families,  sufficient 
for  much  sober  thought.  "  Monuments  and  tombstones  perish, 
but  a  truthful  record  of  the  past  is  a  memoiial  more  lasting  than 
brass."     [W.  P.  W.  Phillimore.] 

Animated  by  such  feelings,  the  author,  who  has  compiled  most 
of  these  records  in  extreme  old  age  and  through  a  painful  illness 
away  from  his  home  and  publisher,  ventures  to  ask  the  kind 
indulgence  of  posterity  for  the  many  faults  of  omission  and 
commission. 


PREFACE. 

Although  these  "  Longstone  liecords"  have  been  stning 
together  in  homely  fashion  and  chiefly  for  home  use,  they  are 
none  the  less  reHahle,  great  care  having  been  exercised  to  secure 
accuracy.  As  distinguished  from  a  historical  work  most  of  the 
documents  are  given  in  their  integrity  or  in  careful  nbstracts  and 
translations.  The  reproductions  of  the  more  importaut  ancient 
charters  have  been  revised  by  that  learned  and  experienced  expert 
the  Rev.  R.  A.  Wilson  whose  contributions  from  the  Wilson 
Collection  at  Bolsterstone,  are  gratefully  acknowledged. 

As  several  other  townships  are  introduced,  a  first  glance  at 
these  pages  may  perhaps  suggest  a  more  comprehensive  title. 
These  townships,  however,  are  not  tieated  directly  and  ex- 
haustively, and  (excepting  Ashford)  are  only  brought  in  to 
illustrate  various  points  connected  with  the  Wright  family 
Estates  or  some  event  in  village  history.  If  the  Author  had 
been  a  younger  man  or  at  least  not  an  invalid,  he  would  have 
attempted,  with  possibly  the  aid  of  his  friend  the  Rev.  J.  R. 
Luxmoore,  the  more  ambitious  task  of  the  Records  of  Ashford  of 
which  Great  Longstone  is  manorially  a  part,  and  with  which  in 
olden  days  his  family  were  very  closely  connected.  There  is 
another  reason  for  the  Title  :  Longsdon  i.e.  Longstone  was  the 
name  of  the  Wrights  as  well  as  of  the  township  long  before  the 
family  assumed  the  distinctive  name  of  Wright.  Whilst  formerly 
the  family  had  Estates  in  Ashford,  Great  Longstone,  Little 
Longstone,  Brushfield,  Foolow,  Wardlow,  Eyam,  and  Kniveton, 
the  present  Estate  is  confined  almost  entirely  to  Great  Longstone. 

As  it  is,  this  work  is  not  a  history  of  Longstone  as  some  readers 
may  expect.  It  is  a  serious  attempt  to  collect  interesting  and 
useful  local  data  of  past  and  present  events,  and,  at  the   same 


Preface. 

time,  to  preserve  if  not  the  charters  and  deeds  themselves,  at  least 
their  essence  and  intention.  Many  of  these  are  perishing  from 
decay  and  becoming,  like  old  parish  registers,  more  and  more 
difficult  to  deciplier.  Tliese  documents  are  so  numerous  that  it 
has  been  necessary  to  make  a  selection.  They  will  be  more  or 
less  interesting  according  to  the  stand  point  of  the  individual 
investigator.  The  Autlior's  first  intention  was  to  print  this 
collection  for  family  use  and  reference,  leaving  the  question  of 
publication  open  for  future  decision,  but  the  contents  being  largely 
public  property  he  decided  to  publish  them  at  once.  It  may  be 
contended  that  it  was  unnecessary  to  give  this  or  that  item  of 
iufoniiation,  but  it  should  be  remembered  that  these  records  are 
chielly  intended  for  our  successors — the  Lougstonians  of  tlio 
future,  who  are  unlikely  to  make  any  complaint  on  that  score. 
For  the  most  pari  tlie  author  has  left  facts  to  speak  for 
tliouiselves  without  comment  except  by  way  of  explanation. 
Availing  himself  of  family  and  other  documents  and  information 
derived  from  friends  he  has  also,  by  permission,  appended  copious 
extracts  from  various  wi iters  on  Longstone — Dr.  J.  Charles  Cox, 
Mr.  J.  I'ym  Yeatman,  Mr.  J.  B.  Firth,  Messrs.  Kelly  &  Co., — 
to  all  of  whom  he  tenders  his  best  thanks.  He  has  not  confined 
himself  rigidly  to  Longstone  or  even  to  Ashford  but  there  is  very 
little  that  is  not,  at  least  indirectly,  connected  with  tbe  locality. 
It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  neighbouring  townshii^s  will  also 
publish  their  records.  The  much  desired  history  of  Bakewell 
would  thus  be  greatly  facilitated. 

The  classification  of  documents  and  subjects  is  less  perfect  than 
could  be  wished,  as  some  of  the  materials  were  not  available  until 
the  book  was  partly  through  the  press.  Reference  to  the  Index 
will  generally  enable  the  reader  to  find  the  subject  required. 

Encouraged  by  Archreological  and  other  Societies,  there  can  be 
no  doubt  that  there  has  been  a  great  awakening  as  to  the  value 


Preface. 

of  ancient  manuscripts  of  all  kinds  especially  old  Charters,  Wills, 
Parish  Eegisters,  &c.  Many  Societies  have  been  formed  for  the 
purpose  of  printing  Parisli  and  other  records.  Legislation  for 
the  better  custody  of  public  records  is  another  sign  of  their 
appreciation.  In  the  course  of  centuries  much  has  been  lost. 
Bonfires  have  been  made  of  old  documents  from  sheer  ignorance 
of  their  value  but  the  days  of  indifference  and  neglect  are  happily 
past  and  it  may  be  hoped  that  individuals  as  well  as  Societies  will 
give  a  helping  hand  in  the  good  cause  of  the  preservation  of 
public  records.  It  is  a  lamentable  fact  that  in  "  the  good  old 
days"  our  Parish  Eegisters,  Vestry  Minutes,  Churchwardens  and 
Overseers  Accounts  were  not  better  cared  for.  With  a  few 
notable  exceptions,  there  comes  the  same  cry  of  Parish  books 
mutilated  and  left  to  haphazai'd  custody  without  a  serious  thought 
of  their  future  use  and  value.  For  this  state  of  things  the  Clergy 
were  chiefly  to  blame.  Tlie}'  not  infrequently  did  registration 
by  proxy  and  gave  little  thought  to  the  care  of  the  Eegisters 
until  compelled  to  do  so  by  legislation.  Even  in  the  present  day 
Parish  books  are  sometimes  discovered  in  old  and  mouldy 
surroundings,  owing  to  remissness  on  the  part  of  their  rightful 
custodians.  The  author  has  had  to  gather  his  material  from 
meagre  and  often  distant  sources.  In  the  numerous  lists  of  old 
Longstone  residents  it  is  interesting  to  note  how  many  of  the 
names  remain  to  this  time,  but  of  these  there  are  none  with  such 
an  unbroken  record  of  lauded  proprietorship  as  those  of  the 
Wrights  and  Longsdons  of  the  present  day. 

The  author  is  very  grateful  to  the  many  kind  friends  who  have 
helped  to  bring  the  work  to  a  completion — amongst  whom  are 
the  following — 

The  Rev.  Gr.  Andrew. 

Mr.  H.  P.  Bagshawe. 

Messrs.  J,  &  I.  Bennett. 


Preface. 

Mr.  J.  E.  Blackwall. 

The  Clerk  of  the  Peace. 

Mr.  V.  R.  Cockerton. 

Mr.  S.  Dore. 

Mr.  A.  W.  J.  Eyre. 

Dr.  Fentem. 

The  Rev.  J.  M.  J.  Fletcher. 

Mr.  B.  Gratton. 

Mr.  A.  Hawes. 

Mr.  G.  Holmes. 

Mr.  E.  M.  Longsdon. 

The  Rev.  J.  R.  Luxmoore. 

The  Rev.  J.  S.  Luxmoore. 

Mr.  Gilson  Martin. 

Mr.  G.  Morton. 

Mr.  F.  NuttaU. 

The  Police  Authorities. 

Mr.  I.  B.  Shimwell. 

Mr.  H.  A.  Spanton. 

Mr.  A.  G.  Taylor. 

Mr.  F.  J.  Taylor. 

Mr.  H.  B.  Taylor. 

Mr.  J.  W.  Thornhill. 

Mr.  J.  T.  Trickett. 

The  Rev.  R.  A.  Wilson,  and  others. 
The  last  named  gentleman,  besides  contributing  many  Long- 
stone  items  from  ancient  charters  in  his  family  collection  at 
Bolsterstone,  has  enabled  the  author  to  give  some  of  the  old  Latin 
Charters  with  their  interesting  contrnetions  and  abbreviations  in 
fao  simile,  and  translations.  To  Inm  the  author  is  indeLled  for 
abstracts,  transcripts  and  translations  of  some  almost  illegible 
deeds  of  which,  however,  he  has  been  prevented,  by  great 
suffering,  from  taking  full  advantage. 

G.    T.     WRIGHT, 

Llandudno,  :go6. 


PRINCIPAL    CONTENTS. 


Ancient  Deeds. 

Appendices. 

Ashford  Court  Rolls,  &c.,  &c. 

Associations  and  Clubs. 

Barmasters. 

Bishops  of  the  Diocese  and  Vicars  of  Bakewell. 

Chronological  Events  from  1256. 

Church  and  its  restoration. 

Church  Officials. 

Churchwardens  from  1636. 

Constables  and  Police. 

Curious  Old  Latin  Will  of  Joan  Wright  1471,  with  translation. 

Endowments  of  Church  and  School. 

Fac    simile  of  old   Latin   Charters   with   their  abbreviations   and 
contractions,  followed  by  English  translations. 

Gilder  Quarry  Arbitration. 

Hullah  Singing  Classes— 1871-3. 

"  |n  Memoriam"  Notices. 
Incumbents  of  Longstone  Church. 
Interesting  Map  of  Little  Longstone,  1611. 

Longstone  Charities. 

„  Parish  Council. 

„  Parish  Boundaries — with  and  without  Holme. 

„  Property  Owners. 

„  School. 


Longstone     Records. 

Maoistrates  resident  in  and  about  Longstone  for  250  years. 

Manor  of  Ashford. 

Manor  of  Little  Lonj<stone. 

Marriages  at  Longstone  Church  for  LSO  years. 

Mines  and  Mining. 

Overseers  of  the  Poor  from  1694. 

Patronage  of  the  Living. 

Pedigree  of  the  Wrights. 

Pedigree  of  the  Longsdons,  Reference  to. 

Preface. 

Quaint  E.\tracts  and  Memoranda  of  general  interest. 

Residents  of  Great  and   Little  Longstone,  Wardlow,  Rowland  and 
Hassop. 

Stewards  of  the  Manor  of  Ashford. 

Wright  Estate  in  1720  and  1770. 


Appendices — 

1 .  Dr.  Co.x,  from  Churches  of  Derbyshire. 

2.  Mr.  J.  B.  Firth,  from  Highways  and  Byways  in  Derbyshire. 

3.  Mr.  Pym  Yeatman's  Feudal  History  of  Derbyshire. 

4.  Messrs.  Kelly  &  Co's  description  of  Longstone. 

5.  Charity  Commissioners  on  Longstone  Charities,  1827. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Village  Cross 

Longstone  Church,  1873 — after  restoration 
„  „        1872 — before  restoration 

„  „        1873 — with  open  seats 

Glebe  Land  Map,  1893 

Canon  Andrew,  Memorial  Brass  ■ 

The  Village  Blacksmith 

Great  Longstone  Views 

School  Children 

Map  of  Bakewell  including  Holme 
Little  Longstone — The  Stocks 

„  „  — The  Manor  House 

—The  Village 
Map  of  Wright  Estate  1770,  in  Sections 
Map  of  Little  Longstone,  1611,  in  Sections 
Monsal  Dale  about  1860 
Commons  Inclosure  Award  Map  Extract 
Tithe  Map  Extract  ...  ... 

Longstone  Hall  Views 
Ej'am  Hall  Views 


Pases. 

Frontispiece. 

1 

6 

7 

42 

110 

162 

187 
198 

221 

281 

290 

361 
368 
388 
392 


INDEX 


Ancient  Deeds     ... 


Andrew.  The  Rev.  Canon 
Andrew  (Vicar)  Rev.  Giles 


Andrew.  Mrs. 

Abraham.  Bishop 

Adam  son  of  Peter  de  Longsdon     ... 

Almsgiving,  1639  ... 

Amusing  Appeal  to  the  Congregation 

Archery 

Ashford  Bridge 

Ashford  Charters 

Ashford  Courts  Baion 

Ashford  Court  Rolls 

Ashford  in  the  Water 

Ashford  Manor 

Ashford  Manor,  Lords  of 

Ashford  Parish  Register 

Associations,  Clubs,  &c. 

BailifTs  Account  Roll,  1347  ... 

Bakewell.  Vicars  of 

Balston.  Archdeacon 

Baptistery  &  Cemetery 

Barmasters  for  the  Mines 

Barmote  Courts 

Bleaklow 

Briefs,  1653,  &c. 

Brown  &  Co.  (Contractors)  ... 


PAGE. 
BOOK.      APPENDI.X. 

283 

299 

326  C.  266 

110 

62 
126 
148 
126 

17 
329 
235 

88 
125 
237 


216 

247 

204 
204 

113 

334 

61 

17 

51 

99 

208 

230 

236 

21 


C.  248 

C.  278 
C.  239 


C.  295 


Index. 


XV. 


Burial  Fees,  1700 

Burial  in  Woollen  Shrouds    ... 

Buxton.  Dr.  Edward     ... 

Cavendish.  Rt.  Hon.  Victor 

n  >i  " 

Chapelry  of  Longstone  (Dr.  Cox) 
Charities     ... 
Chronological  Events 
Churchwardens 

„  Addenda 

Churchwardens'  Accounts,  1694  &  1695  ... 
Churchyard 

„ 
Clergy  Lists 
Clerk  of  the  Peace 
Clerks  to  the  Guardians 
Clubs,  &c.   ... 

Coat  Armour  of  the  Wrights  &  Longsdons 
Commons  Inclosure.  Before  the     ... 
Commons  Inclosure  Act,  1810 
Commons  Inclosure  Award 
"  Compleat  Mineral  Laws  of  Derbyshire," 
Constables.  Parish 
Constabulary  Force.  Modern... 
Contributors  to  the  Work 
County  Assessment,  1645,  &c.  ... 

Court  Rolls  of  Ashford 

Cox.  Dr.,  Chapelry  of  Longstone... 

Cressbrook 

Cricket 

Cross.  The  Village 

Crossley.  Mrs. 

,,  ,,  •••  ••• 

Curious  old  Will  of  Joan  Wright,  1471 


PAGE. 
BOOK.     APPENDIX. 
236 
110 

59 


Title  Page 
282 


152 

129 

65 

xxiii 

319 

2 

51 

79 

60 

238 
93 

113 

199 

381 

203 

342 

95 

97 

Preface 

224 


1734 


126 
198 
127 
388 
315 


A. 
E. 


97 


C.  383 


C. 
B. 
D. 


278 


XVI. 


Lcngstone     Records. 


Dean  and  Chapter  Lands,   1415,  Rental  of. 
De  Hiithrickfield 
Derbyshire  Dialect  ... 

II  ■  •  •  *  * • 

Derbyshire  Royal  Inlirniary  ... 
Derbyshire  Times,  1873 
Devonshire.  Duke  of 


Domesday  Book 

Ely  Cathedral       ... 

,,  ...  ...  ... 

Exchange  of  lands,  1604 

Eyani  Assessment,  1535 

Eyres  of  Hassop 

"Eyre  &  My  Lady  of  Devon",  1629 

Faculty  for  the  Church  Restoration 

Felons.  Association  for  prosecution  of 

Firth.  J.  B. — Highways  &  Bj'ways  in  Derbyshire 

Flint.  William,  "  Barr-master  of  Longstone''  ... 

Football 

Frankpledge.  View  of    ... 

"  Freeholders  and  iMyners  Case" 

Furness.  George — In  Memoriam    ... 

Gerard,  son  of  Adam  to  Robert  le  Wright,  1330 
Gifts  to  the  Church 


Gilder  Quarry  Case 
Giles.  Saint 


PAGE. 
BOOK.     APPENDIX. 

52 
190 
111 
190 
387 

23 

30 

53 
159 
204 

2 

24 

291 

225 

4 

228 


11 
113 

343 
126 
205 
349 
77 

331 

38 

42 

85 

352 

196 


B. 


Index. 


xvii. 


Gisborne  Charity... 

Great  Court  Baron 

Great  Longstone  Manorial  Survey 

Griffin  Cliarter  to  Adam,  son  of  Peter,  1252 

Griffin  Pedigree    ... 

Hassop  Charity 

Hassop  Estate     ... 

Hassop  Estate  Claimant 

Headboroughs  Accounts,  1719 — 1721 

Hedge-wood  stealing     ... 

Highway  Surveyors 

Highways  &  Byways  in  Derbyshire.    J.  B.  Firth 

Hodgkynson  of  Wardlow,  1482 

Holme  Meal  Charity     ... 

Hullah  Singing  Classes,  1871—3 

In  Memoriam,  George  Furness  family 

„  Rev.  R.  Lomas 

„  Rev.  Bache  ThornhiU 

Inclosure  Act.  Commons 
Inclosure  Award.  Commons 
Inscriptions  on  lead  roof  of  Church 
Inkerman  Lodge  of  Oddfellows 

Jurors'  names  (mining)  Eyam,  Stony  Middleton, 
&c. 


PAGE. 
BOOK.     APPENDIX. 
160 
204 

214 
327 


160 
1 

322 

191 

98 

223 
159 
100 

77 
104 
108 
203 
203 

78 
124 

345 


Kelly's  Directory  for  Longstone  Townships 
King  Charles's  letter  to  the  Earle  of  Devonshire, 

1666       ...  ...  ...  225 


C.     253 


B.     320 


B. 


D. 


Lady  Manners  School  ... 
Lead  Mining 


243 
339 


XVllI. 


Longstone     Records. 


License  for  Divine  Service  in  Schoolroom 

Lichfield.  Bishops  of 

Lichfield.  Dean  &  Chapter  of 
,,  ,, 

Little  Barmote  Courts... 

Little  Longstone  Assessment,  1736 

Little  Longstone  Deeds,  &c. 

Little  Longstone  Manor 

Lomas.  Rev.  Robert,  In  Memoriam 

Longsdon  &  Wright  Families 

Longsdon  (Longstone)  Charters     ... 

Longsdon  Charity    ... 

Longsdon  Estate  Accounts,  1817  ... 

Longsdon  Pedigree.  Reference  to 

Longstone  Charities 

Longstone  Church 

,,  „  Bellringers 

„  „  Bells 

„  „  Choristers 

,,  „  Endowment 

„  „  Endowment 

„  „  Endowment 

,,  „  Furniture.  Gifts  of 

„  ,,  In  Memoriam  notice  . 


PAGE. 
BOOK.     APPENDIX. 

15 

60 

52 

53 
210 
294 
'2.91 
221 
104 
388 


162 
...       295 

...       152 

1 

74 

73 

70 

49 

...       159 

167 

85 

59 

...       104 

„       ...  108 

...       110 

Memorial  stained-glass  East 

window  ...  ...  4 

Memorial  stained-glass  windows   76 
Memorial  Tablet  ...  4 

Memorial  Tablet        ...  59 


C.     266 


C. 
E. 


385 


Index. 


XIX. 


Longstone  Church,  Memorial  Tablet 


Incumbents 

Inventory,  1887 

Music 

Officials  ... 

Officiating  Clergy 

Organists... 

Patronage 

Rates,  1778 

Restoration 

Restoration  Accounts 

Restoration,  Special  Gifts.. 


Restoration  Subscribers 
Roof  Inscriptions 
Sidesmen 

Longstone  Edge 

Longstone  Parish  Registers  ... 

Longstone  Townships  (Kelly's  Directory) 

Longstone  and  Berewites  of  Ashford.  The 

Longstonian.  The 

Lot  and  Cope... 


PAGE. 
BOOK.     APPENDIX. 

77 
104 

62 

57 

69 

72 

63 

70 

43 

244 

5 

25 

38 

42 

85 

30 

78 

69 


388 
341 


385 


B. 
C. 
D. 
C.     300 


Magistrates            ..                  ...                  ...  94 

Map  of  Little  Longstone,  1611        ...  ...       290 

Marriages  at  Longstone  Church                ...  80 

„                     „                 ,,         Addenda  xxiii 

Milnes  Charity                ...                  ...  ...        160 

Milnes  Charters  ...  ...  C.     269 

Mines  and  Miners          ...                  ...  ...       343 

Miscellaneous.     Church  Rates,  1778       ...  338 
„              CuriousCustomatGreatLongstone  231 

„               Derbyshire  Bet                ...  246 


XX. 


Longstone     Records. 


Miscellaneous.    Derbyshire  Royal  Infirmary 
„  Modern  election  expenses 

„  Wright  Exhibition 

Missing  Registers 

Monyash.    In  Memoriam.    Rev.  R.  Lomas 

Music  in  Longstone  Church,  1825... 

Newburgh.     Claimant  to  Earldom  of     ... 

Overseers  of  tlie  Poor  ... 
Overseers.  Assistant 

Paley,  Rev.  John 

Parish  Accounts,  Specimens  of 

Parish  boundaries 

Parish  Constables 

Parish  Council 

Parliamentary  Election  Expenses  in  1906 

Peak.  The 

Pedigree  of  the  Longsdons,  Reference  to 

Pedigree  of  the  Wrights 

Petty  Sessions 

Peveril  of  the  Peak 

Pinfold,  The 

Poor  Law  Settlement,  1715 

Poultry  Society    ... 

Powis,  Princes  of 

Presentations  &  Votes  of  thanks 

Property  Owners 

Public  Officers     ... 

Quarry  Arbitration.  Gilder 

Residents  of  Great  Longstone,  &c. 

Riders  Charity 

Rowland 


PAGE 

. 

BOOK. 

APPENDIX. 

387 

282 

394 

B. 

320 

104 

86 

B. 

319 

89 

93 

21 

319 

175 

95 

171 

282 

C. 

240 

C. 

385 

C. 

323 

240 

C. 

240 

199 

325 

126 

C. 

252 

103 

172 

98 

352 

142 

162 

E. 

11 

128 

D. 

5 

Index. 


XXI. 


School 

Schoolmaster  in  request 

Schoolmasters  and  Mistresses 

Sellers,  Benjamin,  Geologist... 

Shaw,  R.  Norman,  R.A. 

Sheldon  Manorial  Survey 

Shepherds  Lodge,  The  Ancient  Order  of 

Sidesmen 

Smithers,  Edward  (Churchwarden) 

,,  )»  i» 

Societies 

Southwell,  Bishops  of 
Specimen  Overseers'  Account,  1737 
Specimen  Wright  Charters 


Station  Masters 

Stewards,  Manor  of  Ashford... 

Stocks,  The 

Stoke  Flat  Water  Scheme    ... 

Subsidy  Rolls 

Sunday  School     ... 

Survey  of  Ashford  Manor 

The  Good  Doctor 

Thirteen  Shillings  and  Fourpence  ... 

Thornhill,  Rev.  Bache.     In  Memoriam 

Tideswell 

Tithe  Rolls... 

Transcripts  of  Ancient  Deeds 

Twenty  Club 

Two  Longstones.  The 


152 
211 


163 

108 

110  &  240 


•si /L^.^'Kj,/"-^- 


PAGE. 
BOOK.  APPENDIX. 
146 

24.5 
141 
238 
4 
213 
123 

69 

23 

78 
126 

6) 
323 
327 
329 
331 
333 

94 

99 
198 
192 


C.  274 


B.  318 


270 


283 

127 
388 


XXll. 


Longstone    Records. 


Urhan  Powers  re  Great  Longstone 

Vestry  Minutes,  1639 

Vicarage,  The 

Votes  of  thanks  and  Presentations 

Waites,  The 

Wardlow 

Wardlow  Manorial  Survey 

Wardlow  Sunday  School 

Watson.  White,  on  Bakewell 

Willof  Joan  Wright,  1471     ... 

William  de  Den  son  of  Robert  son  of  Adam 

de  Longsdon 
Wilson  Collection,  Ancient  Deeds  ... 
Wright  &  Longsdon,  Coat  Armour 
Wright  &  Longsdon  Families 
Wright  Charity,  Henry 
„       Thomas 
„       William 

Estate,  1720     . 

Estate,  1770 

Estate  Map,  1770 

family,  "  Master  Wright" 

Motto 

Pedigree    .. 

Pedigree  Griffin  Charters.  Transcript 

»»  ,»  ,, 

Wright  versus  Eyre.     1630 
Wynstay  M.S.S.  (Sir  Watkin  Wynn's)... 

Yeatman.  Pym,  Ashford  in  the  Water 
York's  History.     PhiUp 


326 
390 
232 


D. 


PAGE. 
BOOK.     APPENDIX. 

195 


235 

80 

103 

196 
128 
215 
152 
241 
315 

333 
283 

388 
1.57 
156 
154 
250 
266 
281 
392 


C.  383 


C.  385 
C.  323 


C.  261 

C. 

C.  262 


Addenda.  xxiii. 


PAGE. 


OFFICIATING     CLERGY. 
63  Cowan,  D. 

Dorritz,  — 
Jones,  F.  Hodgson. 
Neate,  I.  B. 
Steele,  — 

CHURCHWARDENS. 

65         1603     Thomas  Sellars  and  Robert  Haslam, 

(Names  found  in  an  Old  Deed.) 
68  1906     W.  R.  Pitt  Dixon  and  E.  M.    Longsdon. 

BELLRINGER. 
74  &     1873     The    name   of   the    original    Bellringer   was   James 
144  Bettney  who  afterwards  assumed   the    name   of 

Nadin. 

MARRIAGES. 
0         1905     McCrindle— Smedley. 
Blackwell — Springall. 
Bean— Hill. 
McChesney — Johnson. 

CERTIFICATE. 
110  Date  of  the  Certificate— Oct.  18,  1731. 

CHRONOLOGICAL     EVENTS. 
129         1900     Little  Longstone  Sewerage  completed. 
1903     Dedication  of  Cressbrook  Church. 
1903     Stoke  Flat  Water  Scheme  for  Ashford,  Caiver,  part 
of  Eyam,  Froggatt,    Hassop,  Great    and    Little 
Longstone,     Rowland    and    Stony     Middleton  — 
completed. 


XXIV. 


Longstone    Records, 


ERRATA. 


PAGE.  LINE. 

54  11  For  sell  read  sett  as  in  page  168,  line  10. 

39  27  For  nonogenarian  read  nonagenarian. 

143  )  v  These  two  page  numiicrs  are  repeated.      The  latter 

144  ij  }  must  be  read  as  143a  and  144a. 

203  The  iast_  For  Board  of  Agriculture  read  ClerU  of  the  Peace. 

300  For  page  030  read  page  300. 


314 


APPENDIX     B. 

Introduction. 
2     For  e.xtraci  read  extract. 


266 


APPENDIX     C. 

For  Longsdon  Charters  read  Long.stone  Charter?. 


Longstone  Church  from  the  K.E. 
1S13. 

AFTER    RESTORATION. 


Longstone  Church  from  the  S.E. 
1873. 


LONGSTONE     RECORDS. 


/THREAT  LOXGSTOXE  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Giles,  is 
^  \y  of  considerable  antiquity,  and  is  possessed  of  a  very  fine 
15th  Century  roof.  Of  beautiful  proportions,  it  comprises 
internall)',  nave,  side  aisles,  south  porch,  chancel  with  north  vestry, 
and  tower  at  the  west  end.  Six  narrow  pointed  arches  on  each 
side  of  the  nave  divide  it  from  the  side  aisles,  and  form  a  striking 
feature  in  so  small  a  building.  The  dimensions  of  the  ground  area 
are: — nave,  56  by  18  feet ;  aisles,  56ft.  by  6ft.  6in. ;  chancel,  26  by 
14  feet.  The  basement  windows,  of  irregular  design,  are  filled 
with  stained  glass,  with  the  exception  of  two  in  the  Hassop  Chantry 
and  one  in  the  Vestry.  The  Church  is  well  lit  by  clerestory 
windows.  The  stone  font  has  lately  been  remodelled,  and  some 
excellent  carving  introduced  on  the  panels.  It  has  been  removed 
from  the  entrance  porch  door  to  the  west  end,  and  a  handsome 
carved  oak  cover  has  been  placed  over  it.  The  pulpit  is  marble 
on  a  stone  base  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  arch.  The 
organ  is  in  the  chancel.  The  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  is  shut 
off  by  an  oak  screen  (supposed  to  be  the  old  rood  screen)  and 
forms  the  family  pew  of  the  Hassop  Estate  belonging  to  Charles 
Stephen  Leslie,  who  is  a  Roman  Catholic  and  non-resident.  All 
the  other  sittings  are  free  and  unappropriated,  and,  like  the  seats 
in  the  chancel  for  clergy  and  choir,  are  of  modern  oak,  having 
replaced  for  the  most  part  long  and  square  high  deal  pews,  which 
extended  into  the  chancel  almost  to  the  Altar  rail,  and  were 
appropriated  by  the  principal  inhabitants.  Particulars  of  the 
Church  fixtures,  memorial  and  other  gifts  will  be  found  in  a 
later  portion  of  this  section.  The  exterior  of  the  Church  is 
equally  pleasing.  The  low-pitched  lead  roofs  of  the  Nave  and 
Chancel  are  visible  but  do  not  obtrude  themselves  unduly.  The 
walls  are  of  limestone  finished  with  gritstone  coping.  The  tower 
is  turreted   and   furnished   with   vane,   lightning  conductor,  frame 


2  Longstone     Records. 

and  pole  for  Ha)^.  and  a  clocli  with  a  face  to  both  sontli  and  cast. 
The  Churchyard  requires  eniari>enient  and  tlie  question  is  Luider 
consideration. 

The  exact  date  when  Christianity  was  preaciied  in  the  Peak 
district  may  not  he  known,  hut  it  is  certain  that  it  was  quickly 
followed  by  the  erection,  throughout  the  land,  and  the  endowment 
by  private  benevolence,  of  Churches  like  our  own  which,  in  course 
of  time,  became  dilapidated,  and  were  restored,  or  rebuilt  on 
lari>er  lines,  at  dates  loni;  before  the  House  of  Commons  was  in 
its  infancy  and  when  Dissent  was  non-existent.  Our  great 
Cathedrals,  and  other  Churches  such  as  Ashbourne,  Hartington, 
Tideswell,  Youlgrave,  and  others  in  this  Count}',  bear  witness  to 
the  truth  of  this  assertion.  Many  years  ago  (1873)  the  writer 
had  the  privilege  of  attending  the  I'iOOth  anniversary  of  the 
foundation  of  Ely  Cathedral,  by  Etheldreda,  queen  of  a  small 
principality  of  Britain.  As  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese,  the  late 
Dr.  Harold  Browne,  remarked  in  his  sermon  "  There  was  no 
English  kingdom  nor  nation  "  when  Ely  was  made  the  site  of  a 
great  Christian  Church  by  "the  pious  Christian  princess."  In 
connection  with  this  festival,  a  quotation  is  given  from  the 
speech  of  the  late  Mr.  Beresford  Hope,  M.P.,  at  the  Corn 
Exchange,  Ely,  in  responding  to  the  toast  of  the  House  of 
Commons — "The  House  of  Commons  was  comparatively  a  young 
"  institution — (some  600  years  old) — to  those  who  celebrated  a 
"foundation  1200  years  of  age!  He  asked  them  to  think  what 
"  this  country  and  what  Ely  was  when  Etheldreda  built  her  Church 
"  upon  that  hill — the  island  to  whose  shores  the  northern  hordes 
"  had  crowded — the  great  land  and  people  of  England.  The 
"  people  had  been  Christianised,  but  there  was  no  sovereign  over 
"all  the  land;  no  united  Legislature;  our  institutions  were  being 
"  moulded ;  our  parishes  were  being  formed  ;  yet  there  existed 
"  the  Church  of  England— the  Church  of  Christ,  the  oldest  of 
"our  institutions  bound  up  with  all  the  affections  of  the  people, 
"  with  the  highest  hopes,  with  our  joys,  our  troubles,  our  cares 
"  and  duties  in  this  world.  The  Church  was  a  greater  power 
"  than  even  the  House  of  Commons ;  it  was  a  power  in  the 
"kingdom  of  older  origin  and  greater  importance  than  any  other. 


The     Church.  3 

"The  Church  of  England  had  been  criticised,  attacked  and 
"obituarised,  but  woe  to  the  Ministry  and  woe  to  the  House 
"of  Commons  that  from  any  supposed  poHtical  exigency  endorsed 
"any  scheme  for  its  destruction."  There  is  food  for  much 
thought  in  these  words,  mingled  with  admiration  for  an  age 
that  produced  such  enduring  monuments  of  industry,  skill  and 
beauty,  as  to  serve  as  models  for  future  generations  of  architects. 

Longstone  Church  was  probably  re-built  on  the  site  of  a  smaller 
one  by  Wenuwyn,  one  of  the  Welsh  Princes,  nearly  700  years  ago. 
His  son,  Griffin,  in  1262,  founded  and  endowed  a  Chantry  in  the 
Church.  The  endowment  has  been  lost  sight  of,  but  the  Chantry 
can  be  no  other  than  that  now  called  the  Hassop  Chantry  or  Pew. 
These  Princes  were  for  a  certain  period  Lords  of  the  Manor  of 
Ashford  which  includes  Great  Longstone.  A  few  years  earlier, 
Griffin  founded  and  endowed  a  Chantry  in  Ashford  Church  and 
with  the  same  result. 

There  have  been  several  so  called  restorations  of  our  Church 
fabric,  notably  in  the  17th  century  when  the  roof  was  newly 
covered  with  lead,  and  other  repairs  were  carried  out,  but  there 
is  no  summary  left  to  us  of  the  actual  work  done. 

In  1827,  the  Rev.  R.  Rawlins  writes— "  The  pews  are  irregular, 
and  very  old.  Against  the  walls  are  the  achievements  of  Eyre  of 
Hassop  and  Wright  of  Longstone.  On  the  pulpit  and  reading 
desk,   with   a  large    family    seat,    and   on   some  of   the    pews    are 

ancient  carvings."      (Dr.  Cox's  Churches  of  Derbyshire.) 

Less  than  a  century  ago,  most  of  the  old  oak  seats  were  removed 
to  make  way  for  unsightly,  if  comfortable,  high  deal  pews  in  which 
the  proprietors  (many  with  their  dogs)  could  make  their  devotions 
very  much  at  their  ease. 

In  1872,  the  necessity  for  preserving  the  Church  structure  from 
imminent  ruin  was  brought  home  to  the  inhabitants,  by  the 
erection  of  a  scaffold  pole  in  front  of  the  pulpit,  by  the  advice 
of  experts:  and  the  Restoration  to  something  like  its  primitive 
beauty  was  the  result.  As  details  of  this  Work  will  occupy  a  large 
part  of  this  section,  it  is  unnecessary  to  enlarge  upon  them  here. 


4  Longstone     Records. 

THK    HAST    WINDOW    AND    MEMORIAL    TABLETS. 


In  his  Work -'-The  Churches  of  Derbyshire"  (1876)  after  truly 
stating  that  "  there  is  no  ancient  coloured  glass  left  in  Longstone 
Chiuxh,"  Dr.  Cox  goes  on  to  say  that  "  the  East  Window  formerly 
served  as  a  memorial  window  to  the  first  of  the  Eyres  who  resided 
at  Hassop."  This  might  have  been  so  at  the  Visitation  of  1611, 
but  in  1872  there  was  not  the  vestige  of  a  memorial  window 
throughout  the  Church.  Many  generations  of  the  Wright  family 
were  laid  to  rest  within  the  Church,  but  neither  window  nor  tablet 
to  their  memory  remains  except  those  of  modern  date.  The  same 
reign  of  Puritanical  Vandalism  that  defaced  and  removed  the  Eyre 
Memorial  Plate  was  responsible  probably  for  the  destruction  of 
this  and  other  memorial  windows  and  tablets.  This  window  is  said 
to  have  had  at  its  base  the  fatal  inscription  which  the  bigots  would 
not  tolerate — "Orate  pro  bono  statu  Stephi  Eyre  et  Katherime 
uxoris  ejus."  The  compiler  of  these  "  Records"  was  himself  the 
discoverer  and  preserver  of  the  Eyre  copper  Memorial  tablet  and 
had  it  mounted  and  fixed  in  the  Hassop  Chantry  (a  transcript  is 
given  below.)  The  Churchwardens  with  their  eminent  adviser, 
Mr.  Norman  Shaw,  were  careful  to  preserve  good  work  of  every 
age,  even  where  it  was  out  of  reach  of  the  public  eye.  For 
example,  the  Crest  of  the  Eyre  family  on  the  lead  roof  over  their 
pew  was  preserved;  and  an  inscription  in  lead  giving  the  names  or 
initials  of  the  Curate  and  Churchwardens  in  1636  was  cut  out  and 
afterwards  re-placed  on  the  new  lead  of  the  Nave,  by  the  side  of  an 
inscription  dated  1873  giving  the  names  of  the  Officials  at  the  later 
date. 


Fifiures  of  a  man  and  ivoman  kneelitig  face  to  face  at  desks. 
A  ci'ucifix  has  been  oblitevatcd. 
"  Here  lyeth  Rowland  Eyre  of  Hassope  Esquire  and  Gartrede  his  wife  one 
of  the  daughters,  and  coheiresse  of  Humfrey  Stafford  of  Eyme  Esquire,  by 
whoe  hee  had  twelve  children,  eight  sonnes  and  fower  daughters,  whoe 
hathe  given  unto  the  Chappel  of  Create  Longsden  for  the  maintenance  of 
Divine  Service  there  XXs  yerely,  and  to  the  Chappel  of  Baslowe  for  the 
maintenance  of  Divine  Service  there    Xls  yerely,   to   be    paid    by   equall 


The     Church     Restoration,  5 

portions  at  the  Feasts  of  the  Annuntiation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  S.  Marie 
and  St.  Michaell  ye  archangel,  and  also  hath  given  unto  the  poore  of  the 
towne  of  Create  Longsden  XXs  yerelv,  and  to  the  poore  of  Hassope  and 
Rowland  XXs  yerely,  and  to  the  poore  of  Calver  XXs  yerely  to  be  paid 
tliree  da\-s  before  Christmas  and  three  days  before  Easter  for  ever.  All 
which  said  several  sumes  are  to  bee  paied  by  Thomas  Eyre,  his  sonne  and 
heire  apparent  and  his  heiress  for  ever.  To  whom  I  have  given  all  my 
landes  and  rents  in  Tadington  and  Create  Longsden  for  ever  for  ye  true 
payment  and  parformence  of  ye  same, 

Soe  leavinge  the  miseries  and  troubles  of  this  world  with  desire  that  all 
may  cease,  1  desire  that  all  good  Christians  that  read  this  will  pray    .     .     . 

(obliterated). 

"Anno  Dom.,  1624." 


RESTORATION    OF 
LONGSTONE      CHURCH, 

DERBYSHIRE. 

(1871 .     An   Appeal  for  Subscriptions.) 

THIS  is  a  work  which  is  about  to  be  undertaken  on  the  ground 
of  urgency  and  necessity,  to  preserve  a  fine  specimen  of  a 
Village  Church,  and  restore  it  to  its  primitive  beauty. 

The  Church  is  of  considerable  antiquity,  and  possesses  a  v-ery 
fine  15th  Century  roof,  similar  in  character — as  also  in  its  worst 
symptoms  of  danger  before  restoration — to  that  of  Youlgreave  in 
this  County. 

The  work  has  been  intrusted  to  Mr.  Norman  Shaw,  of  London, 
who  was  so  successful  at  Youlgreave,  and  whose  character  and 
experience  inspire  complete  confidence.  If  his  plans  be  completely 
carried  out,  they  will  preserve  every  good  feature  of  the  old  work, 
and  thus  make  the  Church  beautiful  without  destroying  its  historJ^ 

Besides  the  roof,  it  is  intended  to  put  the  walls  and  windows  into 
repair,  to  warm  the  Church  thoroughly,  to  do  away  with  the  pew 
system  and  re-seat  the  whole  building  with  open  sittings  which  will 
considerably  increase  the  accommodation.  A  small  vestry  is  also 
contemplated,  there  being  none  at  present. 


6  Longstone     Records, 

The  estimate  for  this  and  other  works  is  £1545,  but  it  does  not 
include  an  Orjjan,  a  new  Cloci<,  repairs  in  belfry,  nor  restoration  of 
the  Churchyard,  which  are  only  second  in  need  to  the  church  itself. 

Such  an  undertaking  tasks  the  powers  of  a  small  parish  to  the 
utmost,  and  moreover  compels  it,  with  considerable  reluctance,  to 
look  outside  its  strict  boundaries  for  contributors,  the  whole  sum 
having  to  be  raised  by  voluntary  contributions. 

FIRST    LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS. 

His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,   K.G. 

His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  K.G 

Lord  George  Cavendish,  M.P.     ... 

A.  P.  Arkwright,  Rsq.,  M.P 

Mr.  Wright  (Churchwarden),  and  Miss  Wright,  Long- 
stone  Hall 

The  Rev.  John  Paley,  Longstone  Vicarage 

William  Longsdon,  Esq.,  Little  Longstone 

Captain  Smithers  (Churchwarden),  and  Mrs.  Smithers, 
Little  Longstone 

.lohn  Sleigh,  Esq.,  Highgate,  London     ... 

John  Wright,  Esq.,  Eyam  Hall   ... 

W.  T.  Carlisle,  Esq.,  New  Square,  Lincoln's  Inn, 
London 

R.  Norman,  Shaw,  Esq.,  A.R.A.,  London 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Balston,  Bakewell  Vicarage 

Edmund  Haworth,  Esq.,  Churchdale     ... 

William  Bradshaw,  Esq.,  Thornbridge  Cottage,  Long- 
stone   ...  ...  ...  ... 

W.  Pole  Thornhill,  Esq.,  Stanton  


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LONGSTON  E     RECORDS. 


^itatioix 

Affixed  at  the   Porch   Entrance  of  Longstone  Church, 
May,  1872. 

JAMES  THOMAS  LAW,  Clerk,  Master  of  Arts,  Vicar  General 
of  The  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God,  George  Augustus  by  Divine 
permission  Lord  Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Official  Principal  of  his 
Episcopal  Consistory  Court  of  Lichfield  lawfully  constituted.  To 
all  and  singular  Clerks  and  literate  persons  whomsoever  in  and 
throughout  the  whole  Diocese  of  Lichfield,  Greeting  : — 

^Bercaa  it  hath  been  represented  unto  us  on  the  part  and 
behalf  of  the  Reverend  John  Palev,  Clerk,  Master  of  Arts,  the 
Vicar  of  the  Vicarage  of  the  Parish  Church  of  Saint  Giles, 
Longstone,  in  the  County  of  Derby,  and  Diocese  of  Lichfield, 
and  George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward  Smithers  the  Church- 
wardens of  the  same  parish.  That  the  Parish  Church  of  Saint 
Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid,  is  in  great  need  of  restoration  and 
repair,  that  the  pews,  seats,  and  sitting-places  in  the  said  Church 
are  inconveniently  arranged,  ill-adapted  for  the  purposes  of  Public 
Worship,  and  insufficient  for  the  accommodation  of  the  parishioners 
and  inhabitants  of  the  said  parish,  and  that  it  is  very  desirable 
that  the  said  pews,  seats,  and  sitting-places  should  be  entirely 
taken  down  and  removed,  and  open  seats  erected  in  lieu  thereof. 
That  the  said  Parish  Church  has  been  suiveyed  by  a  competent 
Architect,  and  that  plans  have  been  prepared  by  him  by  which 
it  is  proposed  to  thoroughly  restore  the  said  Parish  Church  both 
externally  and  internally,  and  also  to  take  down  and  remove  the 
whole  of  the  pews,  seats,  and  sitting-places  on  the  ground  floor 
and  in  the  Chancel  of  the  said  Church,  and  to  erect  open  seats 
in  lieu  thereof  upon  an  uniform  and  more  convenient  plan  capable 


8  Lon^stone     Records, 


to' 


of  affording  .increased  accominodatioii,  to  the  extent  of  about  forty 
sittinj^s,  for  tlie  parishioners,  and  affording  greater  facilities  for 
the  due  observance  of  Public  Worship  in  the  said  Parish  Church, 

Tiub  uiBcrects  it  hath  been  further  represented  unto  us  that 
at  a  meeting  of  the  parishioners  and  inhabitants  of  the  said  parish 
of  Longstone  in  vestry  assembled  (pursuant  to  public  notice  duly 
given)  on  Saturday,  the  Sixth  day  of  April  now  last  past,  it  nas 
unanimously  resolved  that  the  plan  prepared  by  R.  N'orman  Shaw, 
of  No.  30,  Argyll  Street,  Regent  Street,  in  the  City  of  London, 
Architect,  for  the  restoration  of  the  ChLu-ch,  should  be  adopted, 
and  that  application  he  made  to  the  Consistory  Court  of  the 
Lord  Bishop  of  Lichfield  for  a  Licence  or  Faculty  to  authorize  the 
restoration  of  the  said  Parish  Church  being  carried  out  in 
accordance  with  the  said  plan, 

Iln^  loliex-ortVi  the  said  The  Reverend  John  Paley,  ClerU, 
Master  of  Arts,  the  Vicar,  and  George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward 
Smithers,  the  Churchwardens  of  the  parish  of  Longstone  afoicsaid, 
have  by  their  Proctor  prayed  our  License  or  Faculty  to  authorize 
and  empower  them  to  restore  the  said  Parish  Clunch  of  Saint 
Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid,  both  externally  and  internally  in 
accordance  with  the  plan  submitted  to  the  Vestry  meeting  above 
referred  to  and  now  annexed  to  these  presents,  to  thoroughly 
restore  and  repair  the  roofs  of  the  said  Church,  to  take  out  the 
present  east  window  and  two  south  windows  in  the  Chancel  of 
the  said  Church,  and  two  of  the  Clerestory  Windows,  and  to  put 
in  new  windows  in  lieu  thereof,  to  take  down  and  remove  the 
gallery  at  present  blocking  up  the  Towei  arch  and  a  portion  of  the 
west  end  of  the  Church,  and  to  opea  out  the  said  Tower  arch,  to 
take  down  and  remove  the  present  pews  and  sittings  on  the  ground 
floor  and  in  the  Chancel  of  the  said  Parish  Church,  and  erect  open 
seats  in  lieu  thereof  as  shewn  in  the  annexed  plan,  to  build  a 
vestry  at  the  north-cast  end  of  the  Church  as  shewn  in  the  said 
plan,  there  being  no  vestry  at  present  in  the  said  Church,  to 
remove  the  I'ont,  Pulpit,  and  Reading  Desk  from  their  present 
positions  and  to  replace  the  same  in  the  positions  shewn  in  the 
said  plan,  and  generally  to  do  all  such  acts,  matters,  and  things 
as  may   be  necessary  to   be  done  in  carrying  out  the  restoration 


The     Church     Restoration.  g 

of  the  said     Parish    Church    in  accordance    with    the    plans    and 
specifications  above  referred  to, — 

■SfU'  f ficx-cfoi-c,  being  desirous  to  comply  with  the  reasonable 
request  of  the  said  The  Reverend  John  Paley,  Clerk,  the  Vicar,  and 
George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward  Smithers,  the  Churchwardens 
of  the  parish  of  Saint  Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid,  have  decreed  this 
our  Citation  with  Intimation  to  be  issued  requiring  you  or  any  of 
you  to  cite  or  cause  to  be  cited  all  and  singular  the  parishioners 
and  mhabitants  of  the  said  parish  of  Longstone  in  special,  and  all 
other  persons  whomsoever  in  general  having  or  pretending  to  have 
any  right  title  or  interest  in  the  said  parish  or  Parish  Church  of 
Saint  Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid,  or  in  the  Chancel  of  the  said 
Parish  Church,  by  affixing  on  the  outer  door  of  the  said  Church 
for  some  time  these  presents,  and  by  leaving  there  affixed  a  true 
copy  hereof, — To  appear  before  us,  our  Surrogate,  or  some  other 
competent  Judge  in  this  behalf,  in  the  Lord  Bishop's  Consistory 
Court  of  Lichfield  and  place  of  judicature  there,  on  Tuesday,  the 
Seventh  day  of  May  now  next  ensuing  at  the  usual  and  accustomed 
time  of  hearing  causes  and  doing  justice  there,  then  and  thereto 
shew  good  and  sufficient  cause,  if  any  of  them  have  or  know  any, 
why  our  Licence  or  Faculty  should  not  be  granted  to  the  said  The 
Reverend  John  Paley,  Clerk,  Master  of  Arts,  the  Vicar  of  the 
parish  of  Longstone  aforesaid,  and  George  Thomas  Wright  and 
Edward  Smithers,  the  Churchwardens  of  the  said  parish,  as  hath 
already  been  petitioned  for  on  their  part  and  behalf,  and  further  to 
do  and  receive  as  unto  law  and  justice  shall  appertain.  Intimating 
further  unto  all  and  singular  the  parishioners  and  inhabitants  of 
the  said  parish  of  Longstone  aforesaid  in  special,  and  unto  all  other 
persons  whomsoever  in  general  having  or  pretending  to  have  any 
right,  title,  or  interest  in  the  premises,  to  whom  it  is  hereby 
intimated  that  if  they  or  some  or  one  of  them  do  not  appear  at  the 
time  and  place  aforesaid,  or  appearing  do  not  shew  good  and 
sufficient  cause  concludent  in  law  to  the  contrary,  we  (or  our 
Surrogate)  do  intend  to  proceed  and  will  proceed  to  grant  our 
Licence  or  Faculty  to  the  effect  and  in  manner  hereinbefore 
prayed.  It  being  understood  that  the  expenses  of  such  restoration 
and    alterations  are   to  be    entirely  defrayed  by  voluntary  contri- 


to  Longstone  Records, 

luitions,  And  if  it  shall  be  necessary  in  making  any  of  the 
alterations  and  improvements  as  aforesaid,  or  in  erecting  the 
Vestry  of  the  said  Parish  Church  as  shewn  in  the  plan  hereunto 
annexed,  to  remove  or  disturb  any  vaults,  graves,  tombstones,  or 
monuments,  due  care  shall  be  had  thereof,  and  any  bodies  or 
remains  there  may  be  found  shall  he  decently  re-interred  within 
the  Churchyard  of  the  said  parish,  and  the  tombstones  or  monu- 
ments replaced  in  a  suitable  position.  And  what  you  shall  do  in 
the  premises  you  are  duly  to  certify  to  us  or  our  said  Surrogate 
together  with  these  presents. 

Dated  at  Lichfield  under  the  seal  of  our  office  this  Third  day 
of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  Seventy  Two. 

WILLIAM      FELL,     Registrar. 
Extracted  by 

HUBERT   COURTNEY    HODSON, 
Proctor,   Lichfield. 


LONGSTONE     RECORDS. 
'@£)e     @l)ui*cl). 


Jracufh? 


FOR 

ALTERATIONS     IN    THE    PARISH    CHURCH    AND     FOR 
THE    ERECTION     OF    A    NEW    VESTRY. 


^0  all  Cbristiaii  |lcoplc  to  Inborn  tbcsc  |lif5eiits  sballrome 

WE 

JAMES  THOMAS  LAW,  Clerk,  Master  of  Arts,  Vicar  General 
of  The  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God,  George  Augustus,  by 
Divine  permission  Lord  Bishop  of  Lichfield,  and  Official 
Principal  of  His  Episcopal  Consistory  Court  of  Lichfield  lawfully 
constituted,  and  more  especially  To  all  and  singular  Clerks  and 
literate  persons  whomsoever  in  and  throughout  the  whole  Diocese 
of  Lichfield,  Greeting  : — 

;^^crcas  it  hath  been  represented  unto  us  on  the  part  and 
behalf  of  The  Reverend  John  Paley,  Clerk,  Master  of  Arts,  the 
Vicar  of  the  Vicarage  of  the  Parish  Church  of  Saint  Giles, 
Longstone,  in  the  County  of  Derby  and  Diocese  of  Lichfield,  and 
George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward  S.mithers  the  Church- 
wardens of  the  same  parish.  That  the  Parish  Church  of  Saint 
Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid,  is  in  great  need  of  restoration  and 
repair,  that  the  pews,  seats,  and  sitting-places  in  the  said  Church 
are  inconveniently  arranged,  ill-adapted  for  the  purposes  of  Public 
Worship,  and  insufficient  for  the  accommodation  of  the  parishioners 
and  inhabitants  of  the  said  parish,  and  that  it  is  very  desirable  that 
the  said  pews,  seats,  and  sitting-places  should  be  entirely  taken 
down  and  removed,  and  open  seats  erected  in  lieu  thereof.  That 
the  said  Parish  Church  has  been  surveyed  by  a  competent 
Architect,  and  that  plans  have  been  prepared  by  him  by  which  it  is 


12  Longstone     Records. 

proposed  to  tliorouf>hly  restoiv  the  said  Parish  Church  both 
externally  and  internally,  and  also  to  take  down  and  remove  the 
whole  of  the  pews,  seats,  and  sittinj^-places  on  the  ground  floor 
and  in  the  Chancel  of  the  said  Church,  and  to  erect  open  seats  in 
lieu  thereof  upon  an  uniform  and  more  convenient  plan,  capable  of 
affordinj5  increased  accommodation  to  the  extent  of  about  Forty 
Sittings  for  the  parishioners,  and  affording  greater  facilities  for  the 
due  observance  of  Public  Worship  in  the  said  Parish  Chm-cb 

Tl^^  tuljei-oin-.  it  liath  been  further  represented  unto  us  that 
at  a  meeting  of  the  parishionei-s  and  inhabitants  of  the  said  parish 
of  Longstone  in  vestry  assembled  (pursuant  to  public  notice  duly 
given)  on  Saturday,  the  Sixth  day  of  April  now  last  past,  It  was 
unanimously  resolved  that  the  plan  prepared  by  R.  Norman  Shaw, 
of  No.  30,  Argyll  Street,  Regent  Street,  in  the  City  of  London, 
Architect,  for  the  restoration  of  the  Church,  should  be  adopted, 
and  that  application  be  made  to  the  Consistory  Court  of  the  Lord 
Bishop  of  Lichfield  for  a  Licence  or  Faculty  to  authorise  the 
restoration  of  the  said  Parish  Church  being  carried  out  in 
accordance  with  the  said  plan 

Tln^  ipl>cveai-.  the  said  The  Reverend  John  Paley,  Clerk, 
.Master  of  Arts,  the  Vicar,  and  George  Thomas  Wright  and 
Edward  Smithers,  the  Churchwardens  of  the  parish  of  Longstone 
aforesaid,  have  by  their  Proctor  prayed  our  Licence  or  Faculty  to 
authorise  and  empower  them  to  restore  the  said  Parish  Church  of 
Saint  Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid,  both  externally  and  internally 
in  accordance  with  the  plan  submitted  to  the  Vestry  Meeting  above 
referred  to  and  now  annexed  to  these  presents,  to  thoroughly 
restore  and  repair  the  roofs  of  the  said  Church,  to  take  out  the 
present  east  window  and  two  south  windows  in  the  chancel  of  the 
said  Church  and  two  of  the  clerestory  windows,  and  to  put  in  new 
windows  in  lieu  thereof,  to  take  down  and  remove  the  gallery  at 
present  blocking  up  the  tower  arch  and  a  portion  of  the  west  end 
of  the  Church,  and  to  open  out  the  said  tower  arch  ;  to  take  down 
and  remove  the  present  pews  and  sittings  on  the  ground  floor  and 
in  the  chancel  of  the  said  Parish  Church,  and  erect  open  seats  in 
lieu  thereof  as  shown  in  the  annexed  plan  ;  to  build  a  vestry  at  the 
north-east  end  of  the  Church  as  shown  in  the  said  plan,  there  being 


The     Church     Restoration.  13 

no  vestry  at  present  in  the  said  Church;  to  remove  the  font,  pulpit, 
and  reading  desk  from  their  present  positions,  and  to  replace  the 
same  in  the  positions  shown  in  the  said  plan  ;  and  generally  to  do 
all  such  acts,  matters,  and  things  as  may  be  necessary  to  be 
done  in  carrying  out  the  restoration  of  the  said  Parish  Church  in 
accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications  above  tcferred  to. 

-"lanow  no  now  fBci-cfox-c  that  we  being  desirous  to  comply 
with  the  reasonable  request  of  the  said  The  Reverend  John  Paley, 
Clerk,  the  \'icar,  and  George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward 
Smithers,  the  Churchwardens  of  the  parish  of  Saint  Giles, 
Longstone  aforesaid  (the  due  forms  and  orders  of  law  in  this  case 
requisite  having  first  been  had  and  observed)  Do  commit  and 
grant  this  our  Licence  or  Faculty  to  the  said  The  Reverend 
John  Paley,  Clerk,  Master  of  Arts,  the  Vicar,  and  George  Thomas 
Wright  and  Edward  Smithers,  the  Churchwardens,  of  the  parish 
of  Longstone  aforesaid,  to  authorize  and  empower  them  to  restore 
the  said  Parish  Church  of  Saint  Giles,  Longstone  aforesaid  both 
externally  and  internall)'  in  accordance  with  the  plan  submitted  to 
the  Vestry  meeting  above  referred  to  and  now  annexed  to  these 
presents,  to  thoroughly  restore  and  repair  the  roofs  of  the  said 
Church,  to  take  out  the  present  east  window  and  two  south 
windows  in  the  chancel  of  the  said  Church  and  two  of  the 
clerestory  windows,  and  to  put  in  new  windows  in  lieu  thereof; 
to  take  down  and  remove  the  gallery  at  present  blocking  up  the 
tower  arch  and  a  portion  of  the  west-end  of  the  Church,  and  to 
open  out  the  said  tower  arch  ;  to  take  down  and  remove  the 
present  pews  and  sittings  on  the  ground  floor  and  in  the  chancel 
of  the  said  Parish  Church,  and  erect  open  seats  in  lieu  thereof  as 
shewn  in  the  annexed  plan  :  to  build  a  vestry  at  the  north-east 
end  of  the  Church  as  shown  in  the  said  plan,  there  being  no  vestry 
at  present  in  the  said  Church,  to  remove  the  font,  pulpit,  and 
reading  desk  from  their  present  positions  and  to  replace  the  same 
in  the  positions  shown  in  the  said  plan  ;  and  generally  to  do  all 
such  acts,  matters,  and  things  as  may  be  necessarj'  to  be  done 
in  carrying  out  the  restoration  of  the  said  Parish  Church  in 
accordance  with  the  plans  and  specifications  above  referred  to 
■^rc>t>i&o6  nci'icvtBefcso  that  if  it.  shall  be  necessary  in  altering 


14  Longstone  Records. 

the  chancel  of  the  said  Church  to  remove  the  monument  erected 
to  the  memory  of  the  late  Major  Carleill  and  his  family,  such 
monument  shall  he  replaced  within  the  said  chancel.  That  the 
slab  over  the  vault  in  the  Churchyard  on  the  north  side  of  the 
chancel  in  which  one  of  Major  Carleill's  children  is  buried  shall 
form  part  of  the  floorins*  of  the  new  vestry  as  shown  on  the  said 
plan,  and  that  the  other  slab  shall  be  placed  between  the  new- 
vestry  and  the  north  aisle  lengthways  from  north  to  south  as 
shown  on  the  said  plan  so  as  to  admit  of  the  interment  of  one 
other  member  of  the  said  Major  Carleill's  family.      .  .  . 

And  if  it  shall  be  necessary  in  makino  any  of  the  alterations 
and  improvements  as  aforesaid  or  in  erecting  the  vestry  of  the 
said  Parish  Church  as  shown  in  the  plan  hereunto  annexed,  to 
remove  or  disturb  any  vaults,  graves,  tombstones  or  monuments, 
due  care  shall  he  had  thereof,  and  any  bodies  or  remains  there 
may  be  found  shall  be  decently  re-interred  within  the  Churchyard 
of  the  said  parish,  and  the  tombstones  or  niouLiments  re-placed 
in  a  suitable  position. 

pit  tcstimoun  uificrcof  we  have  caused  the  Seal  of  our  office 
to  be  hereunto  affixed  this  Twentieth  day  of  July,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  One  thousand  eight  hundred  and  Seventy-two. 

\VILLL4M      FELL,     Registrar. 
Extracted  by 

HUBERT  COURTNEY  HODSON, 

Proctor,  Lichfield. 


LONGSTONE     RECORDS. 
WBe    $cboor=room. 


licence 

FOK  ALL  Offices  of  Divine   Service  I^^  the    School-room, 
Great  Longstone,  during  the  Chcrch  restoration. 


^• 


^^. 


d:5covgc  Augustus,  by 

Divine  permission  Lord  Bishop  of 
Lichfield,  To  all  Christian  people 
to  whom  these  Presents  shall 
Greeting. 


come, 


WHEREAS  The  Reverend  Nathaniel  Armstrong  Wells,  B.A., 
Vicar  Elect  of  Longstone,  in  the  County  of  Derby  and  Diocese  of 
Lichfield,  and  George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward  Smithers, 
Churchwardens  there,  have  by  petition  under  their  hands  certified 


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Longstone     Records. 


to  us  that  the  l^arish  Chiii-ch  is  closed  for  the  purpose  of  restoration 
and  that  there  is  a  School  Room  situate  in  the  Parish  of  Longstone 
aforesaid,  already  in  use  for  Sunday  afternoon  Service,  during  the 
Restoration  of  the  Parish  Church,  and  that  it  would  be  a  great 
convenience  to  the  Parishioners  if  we  would  grant  our  Licence  for 
the  performance  of  all  Offices  of  Divine  Service,  including  the  Holy 
Sacraments,  in  the  said  School  Room  during  the  time  the  Parish 
Church  is  so  closed  as  aforesaid,  and  that  it  is  a  fit  and  proper 
place  in  which  Divine  Service  may  be  performed — Now  know  ye 
that  we  the  said  George  Augustus,  Lord  Bishop  of  Lichfield, 
taking  the  premises  into  oiu'  serious  consideration,  Have  tlnought 
fit  to  grant,  and  by  these  Presents,  by  virtue  of  our  power  Ordinary 
and  Episcopal,  as  far  as  by  Law  we  may  or  can.  Do  hereby  give 
and  grant  (for  the  period  stated  in  the  petition)  our  full  Leave, 
Licence,  and  Authority  unto  Nathaniel  Armstrong  Wells,  and  to 
his  Curate  or  Curates  lawfully  appointed  and  licensed,  to  perfcrm 
the  several  Offices  of  Divine  Service  including  the  Holy  Sacraments 
in  the  said  School  Room,  according  to  the  Rubrick  of  the  Church 
of  Kngland,  and  not  otherwise  or  in  any  other  manner.  Saving 
alwavs  to  ourselves  and  our  Successors  our  Episcopal  rights  and 
the  dignity  and  honour  of  our  Cathedral  Cluirch  of  Lichfield,  and 
also  saving  and  reserving  to  the  Vicar  of  Longstone  aforesaid  and 
his  successors,  all  rights,  profits,  and  perquisites  heretofore  due 
and  belonging  to  him  and  them.  IN  TESTIMONY  whereof  we 
have  caused  Our  Seal  (which  in  this  behalf  Wc  use)  to  be  hereunto 
affixed.  D.4TED  this  Fourth  day  of  March,  in  the'  Year  of  our 
Lord  One  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  and  Seventy-three,  imd  of  our 
Translati(Mi,  the  Sixth. 


/iex^-uf-6e>cecC  cU-  %<^. 


'yyi 


Oi^^^^yn^ 


^  i^CLyC<3  ^^^^ 


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17 


THE     PARISH     CHURCH     OF 

DERBYSHIRE, 
WILL    BE    RE-OPENED,   AFTER    RESTORATION, 

BY    THE 

RIGHT  REV.  BISHOP  ABRAHAM, 

COADJDTOR  TO  THE  LoRD  BlSHOP  OF  THE  DiOCESE. 

#rticr  of  §crbires. 

Morning  Prayer  to  third  Collect  at  11  a.m.  followed  by  the 
Celebration  of  Holy  Communion. 

SERMON     BY    THE     BISHOP. 

Offertory  in  aid  0/  the  Restoration  Fund. 


Evening  Prayer  at  3  p.m. 

SERMOxN    BY   THE    VEN.    E.    BALSTON,  D.D., 
Archdeacon  of  Derby. 

Offertory  in  aid  of  the  Restoration  Fund. 

The  Hymn  Book  in  use   is  "Ancient  and  Modern."     Nos.  164  and 

320  will  be  sung  at  Morning  Prayer.     Hymn  385,  to 

Sidlivait's   Music:    306,   145,  and  335  at    Evening    Prayer. 


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The  following  clergy  are   expected,  many  of  whom  will   take 
part  in  the  Services  : — 

The  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Abraham. 
Ven.  Archdeacon  of  Derby. 

Rev.   H.  J.   Peach,  Vicar  of  Tiitbury,  Staffordshire,  and 
Rural  Dean. 

S.  Andrew,  Vicar  of  Tideswell  and  Rural  Dean. 
George  Tooth,  formerly  Vicar  of  Longstone. 
Urban  S.mith,  Vicar  of  Stoney  Middleton. 
J.  Green,  Rector  of  Eyam. 
J.  Stockdale,  Vicar  of  Baslow. 
R.  C.  Rov,  Vicar  of  Youlgreave. 
„     E.  EvERED,  Vicar  of  South   Darley. 
J.   Bl'llivant,  Curate  of  Bakewell. 
W.   B.  Money,  Curate  of  Bakewell. 
R.  S.   RouTH,  Curate  of  Ashford. 
Edmund    T.    Chipp,    Esq.,    Mus.    Doc.    Cantab,    Organist    of 
Ely  Cathedral,  will  preside  at  the  Organ. 


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His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  and  a  number  of  other 
Subscribers — amongst  them  the  Architect,  R.  Norman  Shaw, 
Esq.,  A.R.A.,  have  kindly  promised  to  attend. 

It  may  interest  our  friends  to  know  that  the  day  will  be 
observed    as    a    general     holiday     as     far     as     possible.         The 

parishioners  are  invited  to  throw  open  their  houses  to  friends 
and  visitors  from  a  distance,  as  on  account  of  the  lateness  of 
the  season  a  tent  or  other  temporary  erection  is  thought 
unadvisable.  The  children  of  the  parish,  the  Choir,  and  some 
others,  will  be  provided  with  a  substantial  tea  in  the  School- 
room at  5  p.m. 

A    sale    of    work    for    the    benefit    of    the    funds    will    take 

place  at    Longstone   Hall    after   the    Services,   about    £300    being 

still   required  to   complete  the    work    and    provide    the    necessary 

fittings. 

NATHANIEL     A.     WELLS, 

Vicar  of  Longstone. 


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REPORT,  BALANCE  SHEET,  &c. 


TO  THE 
SUBSCRIBERS. 


Lords,  Ladies,  and  Gentlemen, 

We  beg  to  place  in  your  hands  the  following  statement 
of  receipts  and  expenditure,  contributors  of  money  and  other  gifts, 
together  with  a  few  incidental  remarks  (addressed  to  the  parish- 
ioners) as  a  souvenir  of  the  work  on  which  you  have  already 
bestowed,  and  we  believe  will  continue  to  bestow  much  thought 
and  care.  To  your  children  and  those  who  come  after  you,  this 
record  of  your  care  for  the  sacred  structure,  may  serve  both  as  an 
incentive  to  do  likewise,  and  as  a  warning  that  without  periodical 
attention  and  repair,  large  dilapidations  will  ensue. 

The  Church  was  closed  and  placed  in  the  Contractors'  charge 
July  8th,  1872,  and  was  re-opened  Sept.  22nd,  1873.  In  the 
interval,  Divine  Service  was  held  in  the  School-room.  The  new 
Pulpit  was  first  used  Sep.  13,  1874,  by  which  date  also  the  Organ 
case  was  completed.  The  Lighting  of  the  Church  by  means  of 
Duplex  Lamps  on  coronse  and  brackets  was  accomplished  in 
October,  1875;  the  final  compromise  with  the  Contractors' 
representatives  took  place  in  July,  1876;  and  the  latest  accounts 
were  only  settled  in  the  present  year.  The  other  dates  of  interest, 
after  Mr.  Paley's  resignation,  to  which  allusion  is  made  elsewhere 
in  this  report,  are  the  16th  March,  1873,  when  Mr.  Wells  was 
instituted  to  the  Living;  the  10th  May,  1874,  when  Mr.  Sweet  was 
instituted ;  and  the  5th  inst.,  when  Mr.  Bullivant  was  instituted. 


The     Church     Restoration.  ii 

Whilst  congratulating  you  very  heartily  on  the  Restoration,  and 
the  several  additions  to  and  improvements  in  your  Church — such 
as  the  Vestry,  the  Organ,  the  stained-glass  Windows,  the  Pulpit, 
and  the  Lighting,  we  neither  attempt  to  conceal  the  fact  of  many 
short-comings  in  the  work,  nor  desire  to  unduly  obtrude  the  diffi- 
culties and  obstacles  in  our  way  from  the  first  application  for  the 
faculty — which  was  opposed,  to  the  final  compromise  with  the 
contractors'  representatives,  in  bankruptcy.  Amongst  the  former 
may  be  mentioned  defective  workmanship  in  laying  the  lead  of  the 
roof  and  clerestory  window-sills :  also  a  mistake  by  the  contractors' 
foreman,  too  late  for  rectification  before  the  Re-opening,  and 
without  tangible  redress; — the  stonework  supporting  the  oak  stalls 
in  the  Chancel  was  worked  seven  inches  higher  than  shewn  in  the 
working  drawing  of  the  Architect,  thus  interfering  with  the  due 
proportion  of  the  Chancel  and  dwarfing  the  Altar  steps  and  fittings. 
This  mistake  is  remediable  in  two  ways  ; — one  by  lowering  the 
stonework  to  the  level  required,  but  injury  to  the  tiles  and  organ 
would  have  to  be  carefully  guarded  against; — the  other,  a  much 
larger  undertaking,  which  may  be  fairly  left  to  the  judgment  of  a 
future  generation,  by  lengthening  the  Chancel  some  six  feet,  adding 
a  step,  and  increasing  the  space  within  the  Altar  rail.  Amongst 
the  latter  may  be  mentioned  the  unsuccessful  attempt,  at  the  vei-y 
outset,  to  throw  discredit  on  the  reports,  by  professional  men,  of 
the  dangerous  state  of  the  old  roof,  thus  narrowing  the  grounds 
of  our  public  appeal  for  subscriptions;  and  the  attempt  was 
doubtless  not  without  some  effect  on  our  finances. 

The  resignation  of  Mr.  Paley,  the  Vicar,  through  whose 
perseverance  and  energy  the  Restoration  was  brought  about, 
threw  a  great  deal  of  extra  work  and  responsibility  on  ourselves. 
His  successors  in  the  living  have  in  turn  done  good  service  in 
subsidiary  work,  and  his  predecessor  also  gave  us  substantial 
support,  and  our  thanks  are  justly  due  to  them  all,  but  it  is  never- 
theless a  fact  that  the  main  burden  of  the  work  of  Restoration  was 
carried  out  under  the  disadvantage  of  the  practical  voidance  of  the 
Living. 

The  failure  of  Messrs.  Brown  &  Co.  to  fulfil  their  con- 
tracts, not  only    threw  much  of  their  work  on   us,   the   Church- 


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wardens,  but  opened  the  door  to  unnecessary  complications  of 
Account,  and  most  unreasonable  demands  on  the  part  of  their 
representatives,  in  opposition  to  the  plain  ruling  of  the  Architect. 
Unable  to  come  to  anything;  like  terms  with  Messrs.  Brown  &  Co.'s 
Creditors,  through  the  liquidator  in  bankruptcy,  we  called  in  the 
professional  assistance  of  Mr.  John  Taylor,  of  Bakewell,  in  whose 
hands  the  case  was  placed  in  August,  1875,  and  who,  after  many 
difficulties,  eventually  settled  all  claims  against  us  by  a  compromise 
of  £350  on  a  nett  claim  of  £469  by  the  other  side,  against  an 
admitted  debt  of  £271.  No  other  course  was  open  to  him  except  to 
defend  an  action  at  law  for  the  whole  amount  claimed — a  course  by 
which  we  could  have  gained  little,  and  might  have  lost  much. 
The  amount  (£350)  has  been  duly  paid  and  an  indemnity  taken 
against  further  claims  by  the  creditors.  There  are  now  no 
unsettled    accounts   of   any    kind. 

We  are  persuaded  that,  but  for  these  and  other  causes  that 
might  be  stated,  there  would  not  have  been  the  comparatively 
small  adverse  balance  of  £275.  Moreover,  it  should  not  be  over- 
looked that  a  considerable  sum  for  external  and  internal  work  and 
fittings — most  desirable  additions,  but  strictly  speaking  not  restor- 
ation work,  besides  that  for  legal  expenses,  is  included  in  our 
expenditure — sufficient  indeed  to  account  for  the  adverse  balance, 
irrespective  of  the  surcharge  by  the  Contractors'  representatives. 

With  regard  to  the  work  itself,  we  repeat  our  congratulations  to 
the  Parish  and  all  subscribers  on  having  carried  out  successfully 
what  may  be  called,  in  something  more  than  a  local  sense,  a  great 
undertaking.  That,  notwithstanding  many  drawbacks  and  dis- 
advantages, so  large  a  sum  as  £2500  and  upwards  should  have 
been  subscribed,  and  spent  in  a  way  to  gain  the  approval  of 
professional  men  and  others  well  qualified  to  judge,  is  surely  a 
matter  for  just  pride.  For  this  our  thanks  are  chiefly  due  to  Mr. 
Norman  Shaw,  and,  indirectly,  to  .Mr.  John  Sleigh  and  Mr.  John 
Wright  (of  Eyam),  for  their  recommendation  of  that  eminent 
Architect.  We  may  here  perhaps  be  excused  for  quoting  from  .Mr. 
Cox's  recent  work,  the  "  Churches  of  Derbyshire,"  in  which,  after 
devoting  about  eight  pages  to  this  ancient  Chapelry,  he  says— "We 
omitted  to  mention,  when  describing  Longstone,  that  this  was  also 


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the  work  of  Mr.  Norman  Shaw.  The  genuine  spirit  of  conservative 
restoration  has  been  duly  observed  in  both  these  Churches. 
Youlgreave  and  Longstone  have  been  more  carefully  and  artistically 
treated  than  any  other  Churches  in  the  County,  and  are  models  of 
what  restoration  should  be." 

It  is  a  matter  for  thanivfulness  that  the  Restoration  has  led  to 
much  goodwill  and  many  acts  of  kindness,  special  gifts  to  the 
Church,  bazaars  and  other  sales  of  work  ;  also  to  the  abolition  of 
seat  appropriation,  and  to  the  institution  of  the  weekly  offertory. 

It  only  remains  for  us  to  express  our  regret  for  many  short- 
comings, sincere  thanks  for  the  support  we  received  from  all 
classes,  during  the  progress  of  the  work,  and  our  readiness  to  give 
a  copy  of  this  report  and  further  details  of  the  work  and  the 
accounts  to  every  applicant. 


GEORGE  THOMAS  WRIGHT, 

EDWARD  SMITHERS, 

August,  1877. 


Churchwardens. 
f  during  the  Restoration. 


From  the  "  Derbyshire  Times"  of  Saturday,  September  27th,  1873. 


This  event  which  has  been  looked  forward  to  with  something 
more  than  usual  interest,  took  place  on  Monday,  the  22nd 
inst.,  under  the  most  favourable  conditions  of  weather, 
company  and  management. 

Whilst  some  twelve  months  ago  the  subscription  list  testi- 
fied to  a  wide  interest  in  the  proposed  work  of  restoration  by 
friends  far  and  near,  the  approving  presence  of  such  large 
congregations  as  those  of  Monday  last  stamps  the  work  as  a 
great  success.  We  do  not  know  of  a  considerable  work  of 
tljis  kind  which  has  been  carried  out  with  better  taste  or  with 
more  unanimity  than  this,  involving  as  it  has  a  laree  ex- 
penditure of  money,  some  additions  to  the  structure,  changes 
in  the  customary  occupation  of  the  church,  and  tiie  order  of 
services.  Perhaps  one  reason  for  this  is,  that  the  Longstone 
people  being  well  advised  in  the  choice  of  their  architect 
Mr.  Norman  Shaw — a  genuine  lover  of  our  old  churches, 
wisely  pursued  a  policy  of  non-interference,  and  patienllv 
awaited  the  result. 


The  day  was  kept  as  a  day  of  rejoicing.  The  new  bells 
rang  out  in  merry  (leals  by  the  liakewell  ringers,  the  new- 
clock  with  its  quarter  chimes,  the  new  organ  presided  over 
for  the  day  by  a  great  musician,  contributed  in  no  small 
degree  to  charm  the  ear,  whilst  the  old  church  renovated 
inside  and  out,  restored  probably  to  something  like  its  pristine 
be,-\uty,  rich  in  stained  glass  windows,  oak  seats,  and  chancel 
stalls,  and  embellished  with  appropriate  floral  decorations, 
impressed  us  deeply  ;  and  doubtless  the  great  work  for  good, 
that  day  accomplished,  will  long  be  remembered.  A  parish' 
committee  decorated  the  church  approaches  with  arches  and 
festoons  of  evergreens  and  flowers.  .^  large  festoon  erected 
by  Mr.  George  Eyre,  reached  across  the  village  road  opposite 
tlie  Crispin  Inn,  bearing  the  inscriptions  "  God  bless  the  Duke." 
and  "Church  and  State."  ,\l  the  close  of  the  services,  the 
connuittee  provided  a  substantial  tea  in  the  large  School- 
room, (which  was  tastefully  decorated),  for  all  the  children, 
the  choir,  the  aged,  and  widowed.     There  tlie  Vicar  addressed 


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Longstone     Records. 


M)iiir  npiifopriiile  rcin.iilu  to  Ihc  cliildmi  and  presented  every 
cliild  with  a  new  prayer  bi.iol!,  bearing  on  the  cover  a  short 
printed  reference  to  the  dav's  event.  The  visitors  were 
numerous.  His  Graie  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  and  Ladv 
Louisa  Kf-ertun  accepted  Miss  Wright's  liospitalities  at  Long. 
stone  Hall,  which  was  thrown  open  for  the  dav  to  a  large 
conip.nny,  and  where  a  bazaar  of  work  was  well'  patronised, 
*"""  .f  35  l>einE  added  to  the  organ  fund.  The  Vicar  enter- 
taine.1  llishop  Abraliam,  theclerg)',"and  others  at  the  Vicarage. 

1  he  devices  both  morning  and  afternoon  were  choral,  and 
commenced  with  processional  liynins.  prior  to  which  volunta- 
ries on  the  organ  were  plaved  bv  Dr.  Chipp.  The  choir, 
shghtly  strenglhenerHor  the  day,  led  the  singing  with  spirit 
and  decision.  The  Vicar  intone<l,  a.ssisted  in  the  afternoon 
by  the  Hev.  R.  Roy.  The  other  clergv  who  took  part  in  the 
services  were  Bishop  .Abraham  and  the  Archdeacon  of  Dcrbv 
(who  preached  the  sermons),  the  Kev.  J.  Slockdale  (Daslowj, 
and  the  Rev.  S.  Andrew  (Tideswcll),  who  read  the  morning 
lessons,  the  Hev.  M.  Routli  (Ashford).  and  the  Rev.  II.  J. 
Peach  (Tulburyl.  who  read  the  afternoon  lessons  respccti\elv. 
The  other  surplice<l  clergy  were  the  Rev.  J.  Bullivant  (Daki- 
welll.aiid  the  Rev.  C.  Thomewill  (Burton.on-Trent :  and  we 
also  noticed  among  those  present  the  Rev.  J.  Hall  (Edensor), 
the  Rev.  I.  Clreen  (Eyain),  and  the  Rev.  H.  Scultlion>e  (Beeley) . 

Amongst  the  laity  present  at  the  sersices  were  the  Duke  of 
IVvonshire  and  Lady  Louisa  Egertoii,  Lonl  and  Lady  George 
C  avendish  and  party.  Lord  Deninan.  .Mr.  Nes/ield,  Mr!  Taylor- 
W  liitehead  and  party,  Mr.  Longs<len.  Captain  and  Mrs.Smithers, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cottmgham,  .Mrs.  Colonel  Wright,  Miss  Wright 
Mr.  and  .Mrs.  ( ,  Wnghl  and  fan  ily.  Dr.  Chipp,  Mr.  Alfred 
Bury.  Mr  and  Mrs.  Norman  Shaw,  Mrs.  and  Miss  McConnell, 
...  ™'^'''  ^''-  F-  "arker,  Mrs.  Edward  Barker,  Miss  H. 
B.-irker,Mr.  John  Wright  lEjain  Hall) and  family,  Mr.  Edmund 
.^shton,  Mrs.  lialslon.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brailsliaw  ind  partv,  Mr 
Robert  Thonihill.  Mr.  Scott,  .Mrs.  Knox  and  partv,  of  Bake- 
well ;  .Mrs.  Archer.  Meadow  Place,  and  numerous  others. 

I  he  coUeilions  (or  the  Restoiation  Fund  were  fft-;  ys  old 
Ml  the  morning,  and  jCiS  ^s.  in  the  afternoon.  Besides  this 
some  iiS  w»»  'a"""  ••>'  M'ss  Wright's  bazaar,  and  A  received 
IromMr.Wnght,  of  Eyam  in  aid  of  the  Organ  Fund,  thus 
adding  oyer  f<  =5  to  the  funds.  We  understand  thai  a  balance 
sheet  will  shortly  be  issued.  The  subscription  list  is  too 
lengthy  to  print  here,  but  we  append  a  list  of  special  gifts 
which,  w'^^th  the  exception  of  the  Uctem  and  one  window 
are  already  in  the  church. 

SPECIAL  GIFTS. 

Slaiiwd  glass  east  window,  in  chancel.  Miss  Wright  Lom;- 
stone  Hall:  stained  glass  two-light  south  window,  in  chancel, 
widow  of  Rev.  Chas.  Cornish  formerly  vicar  of  Great  Lone- 
stone  ;  st.-iine.l  ghass  two-light  north  window,  in  chancel 
Capt.  biiiithers.  Little  Longstone  ;  stained  glass  two-liirlit 
window,  in  north  aisle.  Miss  Hill,  Great  Lon|stone;  stained 
glass  single-light  window  in  north  aisle,  J.  Scott,  Great  Lone- 
V""'i'«-"'c"  f'^'*  *'"RI'-''BI"  window,  north  aisle,  Messrs 
in  "no'lrh  ;m  "'li  '"'"S^'O"'^  •  ^'-V""'  Sisss  single-light  window 
in  "°rt'' »'^l'^  Mf^- I''"",', •••nd  'amilv.  forinerTy  ofLngstone  ; 
rhon :^  ,"  ^  t  «■  ^'  ^  -.^"8'"'  Longstone  Hall  ;  quarte 
chiine.  to  clock,  Messrs.  Adams,  Hodgfcinson,  and  Hkwley 
Ureal  Longstone  ;  Communicants'  kneeling  mat,  the  Misses 
laley.  Notting  llill.  London:  oak  I.eclerS,  Mr.  E.  ..\sh^ 
Manchrsler;  h.is,socks,  Mrs.  G.  T.  Wright,  Longstone  Ihll 
umbrella  holde^,  Mr  G.  T.  Wright, ^LongsZ^  Hall  IM 
sus|,enders,  Mr.  G.  T.  Wrighl,  „(  Longstone  Hall. 

The  fabric  dales  from  early  in  the  13th  century,  though  it 
has  at  a  subsequent  period  undergone  such  very  mallrial 
alterations  that  in  the  main  it  may  be  said  to  be  k  rjth  <Sn 


tury  church.  It  consists  of  a  nave  of  six  bavs,  with  small 
west  tower,  very  narrow  north  and  south  aisles,  well  developed 
though  narrow  chancel,  and  south  porch.  To  these  have  been 
added  on  north  side  of  chancel  a  vestry  and  recess  for  organ. 

Through  years  of  neglect  the  whole  of  the  roof  had  been 
allowed  to  get  into  the  most  terrible  state  of  dilapidation; 
the  rain  had  penetrated  at  innumerable  places,  and  rotted  the 
fine  old  timber  to  an  alarming  extent.  .At  a  very  early  stage 
in  the  work  it  was  determined  to  retain  these  fine'  old  roofs  at 
the  expenditure  of  any  amount  of  care  and  trouble,  and  it  is 
satisfactory  to  think  that  they  are  now  in  such  a  state 
of  complete  repair,  that  posterity-  centuries  hence— mav  see 
and  enjoy  the  work  done  by  their  predecessors  in  the  'isth 
century.  It  would  have  been  an  easy  task  to  hay  e  swept  them 
away  bodily  and  substituted  new  roofs  (perhaps  of  deal  ')  but 
in  Ihat  ca,se  Longstone  could  no  longer  have  boasted  of  its 
fine  old  roof,  and  a  serious  deprivation  would  have  been  in- 
nicled  on  all  who  had  known  the  church  in  its  better  state 
The  levels  of  floor  throughout  have  been  re-arranged,  the 
church  seated  with  oi)cn  oak  seats,  rich  stalls  placed  in  the 
chancel,  ami  this  part  divided  from  the  nave  bv  a  low  stone 
screen  of  simple  character. 

The  general  appearance  of  the  organ,  (although  without  its 
case)  is  very  pleasing  and  the  design  novel,  in  thr  fact  of  its 
overhanging  the  player,  as  in  Ely  Cathedral  triforium,  the 
Idea  of  which  was  taken  from  that  of  Strasburg.-  The  actual 
space  occupied  by  the  instniment,  considering  its  power  and 
capabilities,  is  thus  reduced  to  a  minimum. 

The  new  organ  has  two  complete  manuals  extending  from 

l^.C.  to  G.  56  notes.      It  has  been   erected   by  the   firm   of 

Messrs.  Chappell  and  Co.,  London,   from  a  specil^calion  pre- 

(jared  by  Dr.  Chipp,  the  talented  organist  of  Ely  Cathedral 

and  ably  carried  out  by  Mr.  Gildersleeve,  of  lixeter-street, 

Kentish  Town    London    who  has  had  great  exj.erience,  and 

done  much  work  in  the  factories  of  Messrs.  Gray  and  Davison, 

Messrs.  Bishop,  Messrs.  Walker,  and  Messrs.  Cramer,  Wood  & 

Co.^d  has  un<lertaken  the  execution  and  responsibility  of 

all  organs  supplied  by  .Messrs.  Chapel  and  Co.,  whose  nam'e  is 

a  guarantee  for  good  work  and  materials.     Perhaps  his  great 

s!'Z,?  ?k"      ™'"'«"7  '°'  instance  the  Bourdon  in  this  in- 

aiS   he  l?'!.',"      ''"'  °'  •?"'' '''"'°''  '■'J""'  '°  «"  "P<^"  pipe, 
and  the  great  organ  open  diapason  is  very  sonorous.    The  en- 

^ora'rfrv'lT'    n  Ti'   ^'•^"'^'^   '"   "-^  requirements  of  a 
m^rS  o^  .^   ,),■  ■  ^^'f  "P«^<!  in  ^'^ng  terms  his  a,l- 

miralion  of  the  organ,  which  was  generally  responded  to  by 

We  append  a  short  specification  for  the  information  of  our 
sonTcirrab'enk  «'f' C^'f"  CC.  to  G.  Feet  8  open  dlar"" 
son,  8  clarabe  la.  8  stopped  diapason,  8  dulciano,  4  flute  har- 
hoT  ;  P  '  °'f ".  -7^  ^^^''^  8  Lieblich  Gedkct.  4  Gems- 
horn,  .  Picco  o.  Pedal  Organ  :_Grand  Bourdon  ,6  fe'et  tone, 
pedals  ^  "•    Couplers  :-Swell  to  great,  great  to 

BroTy';ran°d"co"°?,'°'  ""^  J"'""''™  «''"=  ^'-^^^^s.  Joseph 
mown  and  Co.    Tlie  work  has  been    nearly  ,,   months  in 

was  we  hear     fe    1  V  °^  ^t"'"^  8°°''  '''^'^y  ""A-ien 

was  »e  hear  the  cause  of  much  de  ay.     The  stained   >rlas« 

by   Mr    ?milh  -.rvi^K*     %?^^     ^^'  '^°'^  '''^  ^"Ppl"-<i 
v^.her.^tr^'fi^^Mr:^auK;^'S»S;;^.  ^^ 


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26  Longstone  Records, 

Qt.  GENERAL 

^        s.     d.  £         3.     d. 

To  Subscriptions  and  other  Receipts,  as 

published  Oct.,  1873,  (Appx.  A)...     1840     0     3 
Ditto  do.  since  that  date,  (Appx.  B.)         69  16     6 


1909   16     9 

Value  of  old  Lead    190     0     0 

Bank  Interest 24     9     6 


2124     6     3 


Subscriptions  on  account  of  Clock, 
as  published  Oct.,  1873,  (Appx.A)  32   18     0 


2157     4     3 


Due  to  Treasurers  275     0     0 


£2432     4     3 


The     Church     Restoration.  27 


FUND.  Cx. 

i         s.     d.  £        s.     d. 

By  Messrs.  Brown  &  Co.,  the  Contractors     1427     4     3 
Ditto,  Cash  paid  on  their  Account ...  68   17     2 

Ditto,  their  Representatives    ...        350     0     0 

1846     1     5 


Miscellaneous   payments   in    Wages, 

and  small  Accounts   67   16     0 

Contract    and   other  work,    Internal 
Fittings,  &c. — 

Derwent   Foundry — Heating 

Apparatus 

Simpson  and  Co., — Chancel 

Tiles,  &c 

Knox — Oak  Stalls  in  Chancel 
Leaver  —  Altar    Rail,    Door 

Hinges,  &c 

Helbronner — Altar  Hangings, 

&c 

Twigg — Altar  Slab,  and  other 

Marble  Work    

Eyre — Various  Work 

Faulkner — Lightning.  Conductor  and 

Weathercock 

Smith— Clock 

Cartage    

Architect's  Commission  and  E.xpenses 

Legal  Expenses — Faculty     

Defence  of  Faculty 

Effecting  compromise  with 
•  Messrs.  Brown's  liquidator         10     6     0 

40  17     6 


35  0 

0 

38  17 

0 

60  0 

0 

22  14 

0 

7  18 

10 

10  8 

9 

43  18 

11 

238 

15 

17 

0 

6 
0 

47 

0 

0 

51 

9 

4 

125 

2 

6 

13  10 

0 

17  1 

6 

£2432     4     3 


±S  Longstone     Records. 


ORGAN 


Dr. 

£         s.     d.         £         s      d. 
To    Suhscriptions,    &c.,    as     published 

October,  1873,  (Appx.  A) 233     5     6 

Receipts  since  that  date,  (Appx.  B)..         29     5     0 

262   10     6 


Bank  Interest     5     1 


£267  12     2 


PULPIT 

To  Subscriptions  by  Mr.  Joseph  Scott, 

(Appx.  B)     34     0     6 

Other  Receipts,  (Appx.  B)   24    17     4 

58   17   10 

Balance  from  Organ  Fund  6     2     2 

£65     0     0 


LIGHTING 

To  Subscriptions,  &c.,  (Appx.  B)  64     9     2 


£64     9     2 


The     Church     Restoration.  29 

FUND. 

Cr. 

£        s.     d.         £         s.     d. 
By  Messrs.  Chappell  and  Co.,  London, 

Organ  210  15     0 

Mr.  Gildersleeve,  London,  Organ  Case, 

Tuning,  &c 44   11      1 

Midland  Railway 6     3   11 

261   10     0 

Balance  carried  to  Pulpit  Account 6     2     2 


£267  12     2 


FUND. 

By  Mr.  Twigg,  Ashford,  the  Pulpit  as  per 

Contract 65     0     0 


£65     0     0 


FUND. 

By  Mr.  Leaver,  Coronse  and  Brackets  ..  32  15  0 

Mr.  Honey,  Lamps,  &c 28  12  0 

Carriage,  fixing,  &c 3     2  2 

£64     9  2 


30 


Longstone     Records. 


APPENDIX    A. 


Hfstoratioii  of  St.  iilfs's  C|urc|, 


LONGSTONE,    DERBYSHIRE. 


List    of     poNTP^iBUTORS, 


General  Fund. 
£    s.    d. 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  E.G.    400  0 
,,  „  (second  donation)  '250  0 

Ilis  Grace  the  DuUe  of  Rutland,  E.G.   ...     50  0 

Lord  George  Cavendish,  M.P.         25  0 

A.  P.  Arkwright,  Esq.,  M.P 20  0 


A  Cottager  Friend    

A  Debt  repaid 

A  Friend    

A  Friend,  Little  Longstone     

A  Poor  Parishioner 

A  Well-wisher 

A  Widow's  Mite        

An  Old  Choir  Boy    

Anonymous,  September  28,  1873 

Anonymous,  ,,  

Another  Friend,  Little  Longstone 

Adams,*  Mr.  it  Mrs.  Joseph,  Longstone 

Apperley,  Mrs.  H.  G.,  Hereford      

Ashton,  Mr.  George,  Longstone     

Ashton,  Mr.  Thomas,  Rowland       

Asliton,  Mr.  William,  Iiongstone    


0 
0 
0 
0 
0 


0     2     G 


0 

5 

0 

2 

0 

2 

0 

10 

0 

3 

3 

8 

2  0 

3  0 
0  10 


Organ. 

£     s.     d. 


0  10     0 


0  10     0 


Clock. 
£    s.    d. 


0     5     0 


0     2     6 


Also  the  contx'ibutor  of  a  Special  Gift. 


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31 


General  Fund 
^e     s.     d. 

Bagshawe,  Mr.   H.  P.,   Rowdale   House, 

Bakewell        10     0     0 

Bagshawe,  Mrs.         ,,  ,,  5     0    0 

Balston,  The  Venerable  Archdeacon,  The 

Vicarage,  Bakewell       50     0     0 

Balston, Mr. William, EastLodge, Bakewell  21     0     0 

Barker,  Mrs.  Kowsley      

Barker,  Miss  Ann,  Bakewell     ... 

Barker,  Mrs.  E.  &  Miss  H. 

Barker,  Mr.  Frank,  ,, 

Barnard,  Mrs.  Peuge,  near  London 

Bennett,  Mr.  .James,      Longstone 

Bennett,  Mr.  William 

Bennett,  Mr.  Isaac  ,, 

Bennett,  Mr.  George  ,, 

Bettney,  Mrs.  and  Mr.  Joshua,, 

Blackwell,  Mr.  William  ,, 

Blake,  Miss,  Ashford  Hall       

Bland,  Mr.  William,  Eyam     

Bottom,  Mr.  Jacob,  Longstone       

Bottom,  Mr.  Joseph         ,,  

Bradshaw,     Mr.    William,    Thornbridge 
Cottage,  Longstone       

Bromehead,  Rev.  A.  C,  Newbold,  Ches- 
terfield     

Brooks,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard,  Longstone 

Broomhead,  Mrs.,  Baslow       

Broomhead,  Miss        ,,  

Browne,  Mr.  Octavius,  Courtlands,  Devon 

Bury,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George,  Whetstone, 
near  London 

Bury,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fleetwood,  New  Bar- 
net,  near  London   

Bury,  Mrs.  J.  Fuller,  London 

Bury,   Mr.    Alfred   S.,   Science   and    Art 

Department,  London    

Bury,  Mr.  W. Fuller,  Census  OfiBce,  London 


Organ. 
£     s.    d. 


0  10     0 


1 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

10 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

3 

0 

2 

5 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

2 

6 

8 

3 

0 

0 

5 

0 

1 

0 

0 

25 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

5     0     0 


2     2     0 


0  10 

1  1 


Clock. 
£     s.     d. 


0     2     6 


Carlisle,  Mr.  W.  T.,  New  Square,  Lincoln's 

Inn,  Loudon 10     0     0 


22  Longstone     Records. 


General  Pxind.  Organ.             Clock. 

£    s.    d.  £    3.    d.        £     s     d. 
Collection, March  10, 1873,  on  the  occasion 

of  the  Vicar's  Institution     G  10     0 

Collections,  September  22,  1873,  on  the 

occasion  of  the  Re-opening  of  the 

Church 86     7     0  

CoUis,  Miss  F.  Dawlish,  Devon      0     2     0         

Cottingham,  Mr.  J.  G.,  Edensor    5     0     0  

Covin,  Miss  M.,  Longstone- Hall     0     5     0         

Craven.Mr.  &Mrs.,Thornbridge,  Ashford  20     0     0  

Craven,  Mrs.,                  „                    „            10     0     0         

Curlier,  The  Kev.  W.  H.  and  Mrs.,  late 

of  Lympstone,  Devon 10    0    0  

Edgell,  Miss  Wyatt,  Lympstone,  Devon          0     5     0         

Evans,  Mr.  T.\V.,Allestree  Hall,  Derby...     5     0     0  

Evans,  Mr.  Samuel,  Darley  Abbey,  Derby     5     0     0  

Ewiugs,  Mr.  Joseph,  Burre  House,  Bake- 
well        10     0    0  

Eyre,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.,  and  Wm.  Eyre, 

Longstone      5     0     0 

Eyre,  Mr.  .John,     Longstone 0     4     0         

Evre,  Mr.  Edward,           0     2     0         

Eyre,Mr.Thomas,Sen.,  „       0     5     0  

Fairbairn,  Mr.  John,  Mayor  of  Sheffield     10     0  

Fidler,  Mr.,  Rowland        

Fiil!er,Mr.  Thomas,  Elm  Cottage,  Rowland       

Follftt,  Rev.  W.W.,  Christ  Church,  Oxford       1      1 

Follelt,  Mr.  Charles  J.,  Mayor  of  Exeter       1     0 

Foster,     Mr.     George,     Aldern     House, 

Bakewell        3     0     0  

Fox,  Mr.  John  M.,  Cockermouth    5     0     0 

Fiuness,  Messrs.  J.  and  J.,  Longstone  ...   20     0     0  

Fnrness,  Mr.  George, Willesden.nr.  London  10     0     0  

Fiirniss,  Mr.  Lawrence,  Birchhill  Farm, 

near  Bakewell       H     3     0  

Fnrniss,  Messrs.  A.  and  W.,  Longstone...     2     0     0  

B'uruiss,  Mr.  Thomas,  ,,  ...     0     2     fi  

Furniss,  Mr.  William  J.,  ,,  ...     5     0     0 

Furniss,  Mrs.  William  J.,           ,,            0     5     0 


0 

5 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

•  • .  • 

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33 


2     0     0 


0     2     6 


0 
0 


0 
0 


General  Fund.       Organ.  Clock. 

d£     s.     d.         £     s.     d.         £     a.     d. 

Gascoyne,  Mr.  William,  Hassop      

Gascoyne,  Mr.  George,  H;issop        — 

Gisborne,Mr.Frank,  Holme  Hall,Bakewell  10     0     0 

Goodwin,  Mrs.,  Bakewell         110  — 

Goodwin,  Miss,  Monmouth      1     0 

Gould,  Miss  H.,  Lougstone      0     5 

Grant,  Mr.  J.,  flassop 1     0 

Greaves,  Mr.  William,  Bakewell     10     0 

Guy,  Dr.  and  Mrs.,  Gordon  Street,  London       

Haldred,  Mrs.,  Asbford  Hall 

Hallowes,  The  late  Mr.  Anthony,  Longstone    5     0     0 

Hancock,  Mr.  Kichard,  ,,         0     2     0 

Hardy,  Miss,  The  Mount,  Bakewell        ...     2     0     0 
,,  ,,  ('2ud  donation)     5     0     0 

Hawley,*  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.,  Longstone  ...     2  10     0 

Haworth,     Mr.     Edmund,     Churchdale, 

Ashford 50     0     0 

Hayward,  Mr.  Francis,  Longstone 

Hay w-ard,  Mr.  James,  ,,         

Hayward,  Mr.  George,  Ashford       

Hewett,  Mr.  James,  Longstone       0     2     0  

Hill,  Mr.  Thomas  „  0     2     0  0     2     6 

Hill,  Mr.  Eichard  „  ....     0     2     C  

Hill,  Mr.  William,  Little  Longstone      ...     0     2     6  

Hodgkinson,''-  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John,  Long- 
stone             2     2     0  

Hodson,Mr.Hubert,C.,TheClose, Lichfield     5     5     0  

Hollingworth,  Mr.  Joseph,   Monsal  Dale, 

Longstone      10     0  0     2     0 

Holmes,  The  late  Mrs.  Martha,  Headstones, 

Longstone      10     0  

Hope,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas.   Longstone     10     0  ....  

Horner,  Mrs.,  Everton,  Beds 0     5     0         

Hulley,  Mr.  William,  Ashford         2     2     0  


0     5     0 


0     2     6 


Incorporated  Society  for  promoting  the 
Building  of  Churches,  7,  Whitehall, 
London 25 


0     0 


i 


34 


Longstone     Records. 


Johnson,  Mr.  Joseph,  Lonsstone    J 

Jones,   The   iMisses  J.   and   M.,    Agnew, 

Twvfnrd,  llant-i     

Joues,  Miss  Maria,  Twyford,  Hants 

Jones,  Miss  H.,  Longstone  Hall     

Jones,  Miss  F.,  North  Street,  Exetpr     ... 

Kay,  Miss  M.  A.,  Longstone  Hall 

Knight,  Mrs.,  Heytesbury,  Wilts    ...    '... 

Lee,  Miss,&  Miss  Pennell,  Ebford,  Devon     2 
Leslie,  Mr.  Charles  Stephen,  Hassop  Hall 

{for  Hassup  Chantry     fi7 

Longsdon,  Mr.  William,  Longstone       ...   35 
Lougsdou,  Miss,  Longstone  (Sale  of  Work) 


General  Fund. 

£    a.    d. 
.500 


0     0 


Longsdon,  Mr.  James,  Longstone 

Lowe,  Miss  Edith,  ,,  

Lowe,  Mr.  William,  Ashford  Lane 

Lowe,  Miss  Mary,  ,,  

Margerison,  Mrs., (per  Mr.  Thos.  Eyre)... 

McConnell,  Mrs.,  Cressbrook    

McConnell,  Miss         ,,  

Morewood,    Mrs.    Alfred,     Thornbridge, 

Leamington 

Morewood,  Mr. Edmund,  (per  Mrs.  Perrin), 

Lllangennech,  S.  Wales       

Morse,  Miss,  Exmouth,  Devon        

Morton,  Mr.  George,  Longstone     

Morton,  Mr.  James,  The  Mires,  Longstone 

Morton,  Mrs.  James,         ,, 

Morton,  Mr.  Jonathan,      ,, 

Morton,  Miss  Mary,  ,, 

Morton,  Miss  Annie,  ,, 

Morton,  Miss  Jane,  ,, 

Morton,  Mr.  James,  Jun., 

Morton,  Mr.  Samuel, 

Morton,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William, 

Muriel,  Mrs.,  Ely      


5     0     0 


5     0     0 


10     0     0 


10     0     0 


0 

10 

1 

0 

0 

10 

1 

0 

2 

0 

0 

2 

Organ. 
£    a.     d. 


0  15 

1  0 
0  10 
0     5 


0 
0 
0 
0 


0     5     0 
0     6     0 


0  10 
0     5 


0 
0 
0 


0  10     0 


0     5     0 


0     5     0 


0 
0 
0 
6 


Clock. 
£     s.  •  d. 


0 

1     0 

0 

1 

0    0 

0 

0     5     0       0     5     0 


1     1     0 


The     Church     Restoration. 


35 


General  Fund. 
£    s.    d. 

Naylor,  Miss  C,  Loiigstone  Hall    

Needham,Mr.S.,Rnslnip,Chapel-ei!-le-F'tli    5     0     0 
Nesfield,.\Ir.R.W.M.,  Castle  Hill, Bakewell     5     0     0 


Organ. 
.£  3.  d 
0  10 


0 


Clock. 
£    a.     d. 


Oliver,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Joseph, 

Longstone 

1 

10 

0 

Oliver,  Miss  Alice, 

■  •  • 

0 

5 

0 

Oliver,  Miss  Sarah, 

If 

0 

2 

6 

Opeushaw,  The  late  Mr.  J.  0 

.,  Bakewell 

10 

0 

0 

Orr, 

The  late  Mr.  Thomas  G., 

Longstone 

20 

0 

0 

Orr, 

Mrs., 

5 

0 

0 

Orr, 

Miss, 

2 

10 

0 

Orr, 

Mr.  James, 



0 

5 

0 

Orr, 

Miss  Alice, 

0 

5 

0 

Orr, 

Miss  Ellen, 

0 

5 

0 

Paley,  The  Rev.  John,  late  Vicar  of  Long- 
stone, Mrs.  Paley,  and  Friends, 
}^ottmgm\\,LonAon  {Chancel Stalls)  61     2 

Paley,*  Miss,       ,,  

,,     (Sale  of  Work) 


Paley,*  Miss  Annie,,  

(Sale  of  Work) 

Paley,  Mr.  Frederick  W 

Paley,  Mr.  Walter    

Parkin,  Mr.  Thomas,  Longstone 

Perrin,  Mrs.,  ,, 

Perry,  Mr.  Edwin, 

Peters,  Mr.W.H.,  Harefield  House,  Exeter 

Pitt,  Mrs.,  Lympstone,  Devon         

Postage  Stamps — small  sums  

Pritchard,  Major  General,  Madras  Army 

Reward,  on  finding  keys 

Ridley,  Miss,  Hexlmm,  Northumberland 

Rose,  Mr.  Richard,  Bakewell 

Roy,  Rev. Richard  C,  Youlgreave  Vicarage 

Sale  of  Wood     

,,      Iron       


0  10 
0  10 
2     0 


5     0 


2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

16 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

. 

1 

1 

0 

0 

3 

G 

2 

10 

0 

0 

2 

(i 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

2 

6 

1 

8 

0 

0  10 
0  10 


o6  Longstone     Records. 

General  Fund. 
£    s.     d. 

Sale  of  Iron       

„      Do 

Scott,*  Mr.  Joseph,  Longstone       10     0     0 

Shaw,  Mr.  Francis,  Western  Bank,  Derby     5     0     0 

Shaw,  Miss,  ,, 

Shaw,Mr.R. Norman. Argyll  Street.Londou  10     0    0 

Shaw,  Mr.  Robert,  Monsal  Dale,  Longstone     5     0    0 
Shaw,  Mr.  Cieorge,  „  „  2     0    0 

Shaw,  Miss  Mary,  ,,  ,,  

Shimwell,  Mr.  Isaac,  Longstone     0  10     0 

Shimwell,  Mr.  Thomas,     „  0  10     0 

Simpson,  Mrs.  George,  London       

Skidmore,  Mr.  Richard,  Longstone        ...     2     0     0 

Skidmore.  Mrs.  Richard,         ,,  

(Sale  of  Work)        

I,  'I  "  

Skidmore,  Mr.  Robert,  Longstone 0     5     0 

Sleigh,  Mr.  .lohu,  Highgate,  London     ...   25     0     0 

Smith,  Mrs.,  Westbourne  Road,  Victoria 

Park,  Sheffield      

Smith,  Mr.  .Joseph,  Headstones,  Longstone       

Smith,  Miss  Martha, 

Smithers,*  Captain  (Churchwarden),  and 

Mrs.  Smithers,  Little  Longstone      50     0     0 

Sorby,  Mrs.  The  Rookery,  Ashford,        ...     5     0     0 

(2nd  donation)     -10     0 

Sterndale,  Mrs.,  The  Cottage,  Longstone     5     0     0 

Stone,  Miss  M.,  Longstone  Hall     

Surplus  of  Festivity  Fund,  Sept.  22, 1873     B     0     0 


Organ. 

£     3.     d. 

0  10     0 
0     5     0 


1     0     0 


1     0     0 


1  0 
0  4 
0  16 


1     1     0 


0     3     0 


Clock. 
£     s.     d. 


5     0     0 


Taylor,  Mr.  Cornelius,  Longstone  ... 

Taylor,  Mr.  George,  ,, 

Taylor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George,  Hassop 

Taylor,  Mr.  James,  Longstone 

Taylor,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John,  Longstone 

Taylor,  The  late  Mr.  Thomas 

Taylor  and  Redfern,  Messrs.,  Bakewell 

Thornhill,  Mr.  Robert,  Longstone 

Thornhill,  Mr.  W.  Pole,  Stauton-in-Peak  30 

Timm,  Miss  Jane,  Longstone 


2 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

1 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

2 

2 

0 

20 

0 

0 

30 

0 

0 

0     6     0 


0  2 

1  10 


0     1     0 


The     Church     Restoration.  37 

General  Fund.       Organ.  Clock. 

£    s.     d.         i     s.     d.  £     s.     A. 

Tobin,  Mrs.,  Exmouth,  Devon        10     0  

Tooth,    Eev.    G.    C,    aud    Mrs.,   Codsall 

Vicarage,  Staffordsliive        10     0  0           

Turner,  Mrs.,  Rnsliolme,  Manchester    ...     1     0  0           

Tymms,  Miss  H.,  Longstone 6     0  0           

Wager,  Mrs.,  Longstone 5     0  0           

Wager,  Mr.  Jasper,    25     0  0           

Wager,  Mr.  Albert,    ,,     5     0  0  

Wallwin,  Mr.  Josiab,  Churchdale  Farm, 

near  Longstone     2     0  0           

Walsh,  Mrs.,  Winchester        5     0     0  

Ward,  Mr.  Joseph,  Longstone        0     2     6 

Wells,  Rev.  Nathaniel,  A.,  Vicar  of  Long- 
stone, and  Friends   (Swell  Organ)       50     0     0  

Whalle.y,  Mr.  John,  Headstones,  Longstone      0     2     6 

WilcocUson,  Mrs.,  Low  Pavement,  Ches- 
terfield        10  0  

Wilson,  Mr.  John,  London      110 

Wilson,  Mr.  Edward,  Brunswick  House, 

Sheffield  Moor      1     1     0 

Wolrige,  Mrs.,  Exmouth,  Devon    10     0  

Whitehead,  Mr.  S.  Taylor,  Burton  Closes, 

Bakewell        10     0  0  

Wright,-  Mr.  G.  T.  (Churchwarden),  and 

Wright,- Miss,  Longstone  Hall      100     0  0  

Wright,  Mr.s.,              „                       10     0  0            1     0     0 

(Sale  of  Work)       0  18     6  

1     0     0  

Wright,  Miss,  (Sale  of  Work)             1872       3     8     0  

Jan.,  1873       2     0     0  

April,  1873       8     0     0  

Sept.,  1873       37     6     G  

Wright,  Mr.  G.  T.,  (Christmas  Concert 

Receipts,  1871)     5     5     0  

10     0  0       5     0     0  5     0     0 

Wright,*  Mrs.  G.  T.,               „                         5     0  0       2  10     0  1     0     0 

Wright,  Miss  Gertrude          „                           0     6     0  

Wright,  Miss  Laura                ,,                            0     4     0  

Wright,  Miss  Florence            ,,                            0     2     0  

Wright,  Master  Herbert         ,,                            0     2     0  


og  Longstone     Records. 

General  Fund.  Organ. 

X     s.     d.  £    8.     d. 

Wright,  The  late  Colouel,  Royal  Artilloi-y         5     0     0 

Wri-hl,  Miss,  Exmoutb,  Devon      o     0     U 

Wright,  Mr. &  Mrs.  William.Trincbinopoly, 

Madras 7     ?     n 

Wright,  Captain  Heiu-y,  Madras  Staff  Corps     1      1     ^ 

Wright,  Mrs.  Henry         „             ,,                   2     4     G 

Wright,  Captain  and  Mrs.  Walter,  Madras 

Stall' Corps    1     ^     0 

Wright,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frederick,  Oom- 

rovvtee.  East  Indies      10     0 

Wright,  Mr.  John,  Eyam  Hall       10     0     0  5     0     0 

Wright,  Miss  Mary,  The  Firs,  Eyam     ...     T.     0     0  

Young,  Mr.   Charles,  Ewe  Close  Farm, 

iiakewell  10     0     0  

£1840     0     3  233     5 


Total  Contributions  in  Money,  exclusive  of 
Special  Gifts  and  the  Pulpit  Fund 


Clock. 
£     a.     d. 


G  32  18     0 


£'2106     3     9 


i-^Sisi^ 


.si&.'i'.-^ 


i^Z5?SlLJ 


SPECIAL     GIFTS. 


Stained  Glass,  East  Window  in  Chancel — 
Miss  Wkight,  Longstone  Hall. 

Stained  Glass,  Two-Light  South  Window  in  Chancel — 
Widow  of  THK  Rev.  ('harles  Cornish,  formerly  Vicar  of  Lonostone. 

Stained  Ghiss,  Two-Light  North  Window  in  Chancel — 
Captain  Smitherk,  Little  Longstone. 

Stained  Glass,  Two-Light  Window  in  North  Aisle. 
Miss  Hill,  Great  Longstone. 


The     Church     Restoration.  3^ 

Stained  Glass,  Single  Light  Window  in  North  Aisle- - 
Mr.  Joseph  Scott,  Great  Longstone. 

Stained  Glass,  Single  Light  Window  in  North  Aisle 

Messrs.  Joseph  and  William  Scott. 

Stained  Glass,  Single  Light  Window  in  North  Aisle 

Widow  and  Family  of  the  Kev.  G.   B.    Brown,  formerly  of 
Great  Longstone. 

Peal  of  Five  Bells— 
Mr.  G.  T.  Wright,  Longstone  Hall. 

Quarter  Chimes  of  Clock — 
Messrs.  Adams,  Hodgkinson,  and  Hawley,  Great  Longstone. 

Communicants'  Kneeling  Mat,  &c. — 
The  Misses  Paley,  Notting  Hill,  London. 

Oak  Lectern — 
Mr.  Edward  Ashton,    Eose  Hill,   Cheetham,   Manchester. 

Hat  and  Umbrella  Holders,  and  Hassocks— 
.Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  T.   Wright,  Longstone  Hall. 

pulpit- 
Mr.  Joseph  Scott,  with  the  help  of  his  Pupils  and  other  Friends,  has 
raised  a  considerable  sum  towards  providing  a  Handsome  Pulpit. 

CARTAGE,     LABOUR,     &c. 

The  Churchwardens  acknowledge,  with  thanks  to  the  donors,  free  Cartage, 
from  Messrs.  J.  Hodgkinson,  W.  J.  Fdrniss,  J.  Bettney,  A.  &  W.  Furniss  ; 
Spar  gravel  from  Mr.  W.  Froggatt  ;  and  general  assistance  from  Messrs. 
R.  Thornhill,  J.  Orr,  Adams,  J.  Hodgkinson.  Johnsons',  G.  Eyre,  E. 
Perry,  Ac.  ;  also  help  from  Mrs.  Richard  Skidmore,  Mrs.  James  Furness, 
Mrs.  W.  J.  FoRNiss,  Mr.  Adams,  and  others,  in  connection  with  the  Sales 
of  Work,  &c.  To  Mr.  W.  J.  Fdrniss  especial  thanks  are  due,  for  the  use  of 
Land  and  Buildings  without  charge  of  an^  kind. 

Longstone,  October,  1873. 


40 


Longstone     Records. 


APPENDIX     B. 

£  s.  <1. 
General  Fund  Additional  Rkceipts. 

Atkius,    Mr.    P.    (Proceeds    of    Euter- 

taiumeiit,)  Jan.  13,  1870     ....  452 

lluttoii,  Mr.  (per  the  Rev.  L.E.  Sweet)  5  0  0 

LichlieldDioc.Cluirch  Extension  Society  25  0  0 
Skidniore,  Mrs. Richard,  (Part Proceeds 

of  Bazaar,  Feb.  9,  1875       ....  20  11  4 

Wright,  Miss,  Sales  of  Work      ...  15  0  0 


Organ  Fund  Additional  Receipts. 

Longsdon,  the  late  Miss,  Sale  of  Work  by 
Wright,  Miss,  Sales  of  Work 

Pulpit  Fund  Subscription  Ijist. 


Annibal,  Mr.  James 

Aruher,  Mr.  John     

Archer,  Mr.  Samuel 

Archer,  Mrs 

.\shton.  Mr.  Thomas 
Bagshawe,  Mr.  U.  P.      .. 
Bagsliawe,  Mr.  Francis  .. 
Bradbury,  Mr.  Jordan 
Bradbury,  Mr.  Joseph 
BroKTi,  .Mr.  W.  Lax 
Brown,  Mr.  Compton  F. 

Coates,  Mr.  J.  B 

Dakin,  Mr.  B.  Edward  . 
Eyre,  Mr.  William  ... 

Ejrre,  Mr.  Herbert 

Eyre,  Mr.  Albert      ...     . 

Flewitt,  Mr.  John    

Hill,  Mr.  William  ...  . 
Hill,  Mr,  Matthew  ...  . 
Hutchinson,  Mr.  Joseph. 
Ingleby,  Mr.  Eichard... 


d. 


£ 

s. 

d. 

U 

1(1 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

1 

0 

u 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 
1 

1 
I 

0 
0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

.", 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

10 

0 

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u 

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1 

0 

0 

0 

10 

0 

1 

13 

4 

WJ       X 

i_r 

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Work  by       15     0 

...     28     0     0 

29 

6 

0 

£ 

s. 

d. 

Ingleby,  Mr.  Constantiue      1 

13 

4 

Ingleby,  Mr.  Joseph 

.     1 

13 

4 

Ingleby,  Mr.  John    ... 

.      0 

6 

0 

Laidlaw,  Messrs 

.     0 

10 

0 

Lees,  Mr.  William    ...      . 

.     0 

10 

0 

Lees,  Mr.  Francis     ... 

.     0 

10 

0 

Outi-am.  Mr.  John    ... 

.     0 

10 

0 

Piillinger,  Mr.  William  . 

..    1 

1 

0 

Shaw,  Mr.  George    ... 

.     0 

10 

0 

Sleigh.  Mr,  Jervase... 

..     0 

5 

0 

Taylor,  Mr.  Benjamin     . 

..    1 

1 

0 

Thompson,  Mr.  George  . 

.     0 

10 

0 

Thompson,  Mr.  J.  W.      . 

..     0 

10 

0 

Tunstill,  Mr  John  ...     . 

..     0 

10 

0 

Wager,  Mr.  Andrew 

..     3 

3 

0 

Wager,  Mr.  T.T 

..     3 

3 

0 

Wardley,  Mr.  Charles     . 

..     0 

5 

0 

Widdop,  Mr.  Tom     ... 

..      0 

•5 

0 

Wright,  Mr,  Frank...      . 

..     0 

10 

0 

A  mount  2>er  Mr.  Hcott. 

.£34 

0 

6 

The     Church     Restoration. 

Pulpit  Fund  Subscription  List  (Continued). 

Brought  forward        

Collections,  Opening  of  New  Pulpit,  Sept. 

13,  1874        10  15     0 

Kingscote,  Mrs.  Gardiner         0  10     G 

Wrench,  Mr.  E  .M.,  (Proceed.s  of  Lecture 

Nov.  27,  187a.)      3  10     0 

Wright,  Miss,  Mr.  Wright  and  Family        10     1  10 


4' 

£     s.   d. 
31     0     G 


Lighting  Fund  Subscription  List. 


A  Friend 
A  Friend 


£  s.  d. 
0  5  0 
0     2     0 


Bazaar,  Feb.  9, 1875,  Part 

Proceeds  of  2(i     2     5 

Bazaar,  Sale  of  Work  after 

the         12     0 

Collection  — Harvest 

Thanksgiving,  Sept.  22 

1874,      2   15     7 

Collections   —    Chi-istmas 

Day,  1871,    3  13     3i 

Furness,  Collected  by  the 

Misses  M.  and  S.         ...     0     8     7 
Furniss,  Mr.  W 0     6     0 

Gorringe,  The  Rev.  P.  K.     1     0    0 
Johnson,  Mrs.  0     5     0 


MoConnel,  Mrs. 

Meire,  Mrs 

Oliver,  Mrs.  J 

Price,  Miss       

Sale  of  Articles,  April  15 

1875,      

Sale  of  the  old  Lamps  .. 
Skidmore,  Mrs.  Eichard 

Ditto         

Slater,  the  Eev.  L 

Sleigh,  Mr.  John    

Sweet,  The  Eev.  Laxon  E 

Thoruhill,  Mrs.  John 
Thornhill,  Mr.  Robert 

Wells,  Mrs 

Wrench,  Mr.  E.  M. 
Wri-ht,  Miss.  Mr-  &  family 
Collected  by  the  Uev.  L.  E. 
Sweet     


24  17 

4 

£58  17 

10 

£     s. 
...      1     0 

d. 

0 

0  10     0 


0      5     0 


10     0 


..    1 

6 

0 

..    1 

16 

0 

0 

5 

0 

.    1 

2 

0 

.     2 

0 

0 

..      0 

5 

0 

:.   6 

13 

7 

2 

0 

0 

.      1 

0 

0 

.      0 

10 

0 

.     0 

5 

0 

ly    8 

12 

8,i 

..£61 

9 

2 

42  Longstone     Records. 

ADDITIONAL     SPECIAL     GIFTS. 

TIki  ri'tl  (or  '■  l>iil<(!fi")  Marblii  (or  llu'  |)illiir  dfliooli  rest,  in  tlii'  I'lilpil — 

Ills    (llUeK     IIIK     I'l'KK    (IF     |)lCVl)NSIIIUK. 

Slaiiind  (lliiHS,  Two  l.iL;lil   Sniiili   WiihIdw   in   ('Imuccl    - 

Mh.     lioMKin'      rilOUMIlM.,    (illlCAl     llONdSTONE. 

Stiiincd  (iliiss,  Sinj,'l(i  liifjilit,  Window  in   Bolfrv 

W'moW  it    UkIMIKSICNI'ATIVICS  of    Mu.   (IiCOUOK.     I'lYltl',,   OUHAT     IjONOSTDNK. 

Sorvico  of  C'ouiniuMion   I'liito — 

'I'lIK    lixKOUTOKS    OK   TUB    JjATH    Mil.    WiM.lAM    liONllHDON. 


For  S|ui('iul  Sorvic(<s,  siiico  the  Ho-opoiiinfj;  of  tlu>  Cluircli,  oiir  tlmnks 
lU'ii  lioiirtily  ttmili'i'cd  to  -'rmc  \\k\.  L.  I''i.  Swioet,  late  Vicar,  in 
coimootiou  willi  llu'  liififlitinjj  of  tlio  t'liiui'li,  iiud  Lifjhtinj;  I'lnui. 

M««.  Jamks  FuiiNKss,  Tuii  .MissKs  Oku,  nnd  ,Miis.  liunMii)  Skiomoiie — 
'I'lio  Hii/iiiir,  lu'h.  il,  1875. 

iMii.   .losKi'li   Scorr,   I'lniicliwiirdoM,   iis    I'lonioliT,    luid    ColltH'tor    of 
nioro  tli.'in  Imlf,  of  tiio  I'liipit  l''un(l. 

Mil.   K.    M.   Wiacsiu,   his  Jii'rUuo,    Nov.   '27.    lS7rt. 

•Mu.   K.  .Vi'KiN.s,  his  Kntertiiinnu'iil,  .hin.    i;!,    lS7(i. 


^xe.^K.^^^- 


LONGSTONE     GLEBE,     1893 


-Scale  :-  6  Inches  to  1  Mile 


J.Shaw  Be.  So/v. 

Surveyors. 

OEPBy 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,     &c.     43 


'®£)e    "gj-^atroitagc. 


At  long  and  distant  intervals  of  time  the  right  of  presentation  to 
the  Living  of  Longstone  was  the  source  of  discussion  and  even 
litigation,  with  the  result  that  it  was  found  to  be  vested  in  the 
Vicar  of  Bakewell  who  has  exercised  that  right  since  1680.  Prior 
to  that  date  there  is  no  record  of  any  such  right.  On  the  contrai-}-, 
the  following  interesting  documents  seem  to  indicate  that,  at  an 
earlier  period,  the  Wright  family  and  the  inhabitants  of  Longstone 
made  the  appointment. 

The  Griffin  endowment  of  1262,  which  is  given  at  length  in  these 
Records,  expressly  stipulates  "  that  there  was  to  be  no  interference 
by  the  .Mother  Church  of  Lichfield  nor  by  the  Ordinaries  of  the 
Church  of  Bakewell."  This  condition  was  probably  on  the  lines  of 
the  main  endowment  to  which  this  was  a  supplement.  The  land 
was  given  "  to  the  Parishioners  or  to  anj'  person  whom  they  shall 
entrust"  for  the  augmentation  of  the  Chaplain's  maintenance. 
It  may  reasonably  be  assumed  that  this  supplemental  endowment 
was  entrusted  to  those  who  alreadj-  possessed  the  patronage 
probably  the  very  trustees  mentioned  by  name  in  the  Griffin 
Charter. 


CHANCERY     SUIT. 

1669.        In   a  Suite  then   in    Chancery   brought  by  the  then 

Earls  of  Devonshire    against    .Mr.    Wright  the    now 

(present)   .Mr.   Wright's  Grandfather  about  the  lands 

belonging    to    Great    Longstone    Chappell  And    the 

way   and    manner    of    electing    a    Curate  to    serve 
at  that  Parochiall  Chappell. 


44  Longstone     Records. 

Anthony  Mellar,  Gierke,  then   Curate    of  the    Parochiall  Chappell 
of  Taddington. 

Reginald  Pinder,  Gent.,  then  Register  (5(V)  to  the  Deane  &  Chapter 
of  Litchfield  for  their  exempt  jurisdiction  of  Bakewell. 
Robert  Jenkinson. 
Francis  Needham. 

George  Tomlinson.  / 

William  Naylor. 
Dorothy  Needham. 
Grace  Barton. 
Richard  Wright  & 
Henry  Mellor. 

All  substantial!  persons,  did  depose  that  it  had  been 
for  forty  years  then  past  the  use  for  choosing  of  a 
Curate  there,  for  him  that  was  to  be  elected  to 
preach  there  one  or  two  Lord's  days  And  upon  the 
approbation  of  the  greater  part  of  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  said  Chapellry  such  person  was  chosen  by  the 
then  Mr.  Wright's  Grandfather  and  other  the 
Inhabitants  of  Great  Longson  And  such  person  was 
confirmed  in  the  said  place  by  the  said  Deane  & 
Chapter  or  such  as  had  their  Authority  And  none  of 
them  know  of  any  Curate  that  had  Officiated  there 
that  had  been  otherwise  chosen  than  by  the  greater 
number  of  the  Cheefe  of  the  Inhabitants  there. 


ALIENATION     OF     RIGHT     OF     PRESENTATION. 

Enclosure  2,  of  Mr.  Mott's  letter  infra,  but  placed  here  in 
ehronological  order. 

Be  it  remembered  that  since  Mr.  Monk  now  Vicar  of  Bakewell, 
at  my  instance  and  request,  hath  nominated  Edward  Middleton, 
Clerk,  to  succeed  Mr.  Mills  as  Curate  of  the  Chapel  of  Longston 
within   the   Vicarage  of   Bakewell,    I  do   hereby  acknowledge   and 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,     &c.       45 

declare  that  I  do  conceive  and  agree  that  the  right  of  nomination 
ot  a  Curate  thereof  doth  belong  unto  and  is  in  the  said  Mr.  Monk 
as  Vicar  of  Bakewell  and  in  his  successors.* 

Witness  my  hand  22nd  day  of  December,  1713. 

^^'*^"^^^  THOS.     WRIGHT 

THOS.  BAGSHAW,  vkiuhi. 

of  Bakewell,  Esq. 

WM.  GROSVENOR, 

of  Chatsworth,  Esq. 

Letter  from  Mr.  Vernon  to  his  Nephew  Mr.  Wright, 
of  Longstone  Hall. 

Bloomsblry     [London] 
Dear  Nephew,  J"'^  7-  '759- 

ru  u  r\  ^^11  ?''*  "''*•'  ^"  °''^  Register  which  formerly  belonged  to 
r  Church  of  Litchfield.  It  chiefly  relates  to  y  Parishes  of  Blackwell  and 
Hope  w.th  their  Chappels  w'h  has  thrown  much  light  upon  our  Peak 
enqumes.  And  in  regard  to  Longsdon  I  find  that  ye  Inhabitants  obtained 
from  Gryfin  son  of  Wenuwyn  Lord  of  ye  Manr  of  Ashford  and  lived  there 

I    7f^^-         ,  ^?'r'"  ^"8"^^"*^*;°"  of  ye  Chaplain's  maintenance  who 
should   officiate   (at)  Longsdon.       The  tradition  is  that  this  was  entirely 
called   Church  land  as  set  forth  in  ye  Depositions  in  ye  vexatious   Case 
brought  by  ye  Cavendish  family  relating  to  these  ven'  Lands.     The  other 
Bovate  with  ye  Lands  at  Brushfield  I  presume  were  given  by  vour  family 
as  th^yJiay^lways_nominatec^^_Curate  sometimes  with,  at  "other  limes 
without,  ye  consent  of  ye  Inhabitants.    This  Chapel  was  built  and  endowed 
by   private  persons  and  not  by  ye  Church  of   Litchfield.      The   right   of 
Nomination  will  of  course  belong  to  ye  Founders-that  is  the  origin  of  all 
Patronages,  by  w  i.  we  shall  get  clear  of  ye  Deane  &  Chapter,  and  as  ye  Vicar 
of  Bakewell  as  Vicar  is  not  bound  to  any  Duty  at  Longston  Chapel  he  will 
be  out  of  ye  Question.!     I  shall  draw  up  all  these  things  in  ample  form 
with  ye  Vouchers  anne.xed  for  your  and  ye  young  Squire's  benefit      There 
IS  one  thing  weh  our  friend  Mr.  Fletcher  will  not  be  pleased  to  hear  that 
ye  Uean  &  Chapter  covenant  and  agree  with  ye  Inhabitants  of  Longsdon 
and  those  within  that  Chapelrv  that  nothing  shall  be  taken  for  Probales  of 
their  Wills  or  for  the  granting  of  Letters  of  Administration.    [What  follows 
altho   irrelevant  to  the  subject,  is  amusing,] 

°  .Mr.  Wright  had  no  legal  right  to  do  this  for  all  time, 
t  Mr.  Vernon  was  evidently  ignorant  of  Mr.  Wright's  deed  of  1713. 


46  Longstone     Records. 

We  are  here  highly  elated  on  the  News  of  Admiral  Rodney  having 
destroyed  so  many  flat  bottomed  Boats  and  other  Vessels  at  Havre.  This 
will  .  .  .  that  the  scheme  of  a  descent  here  is  ridiculous.  1  am 
persuaded  that  we  are  as  safe  here  as  you  are  in  Derbyshire.  Forget  not  to 
ask  yf  Duke  of  Devonshire's  Architect  if  he  could  take  y""  several  elevations 
of  Haddon  with  y  Ichnography  and  what  it  would  cost.  I  have  His  Grace 
of  Rutland's  leave  for  the  purpose. 

Your  affectionate  Uncle, 

ED.  (?)  VERNON. 


Copy  of  a  letter  from  Colonel  John   Thomas   Wright, 
to  his  tenant  at  Longstone  Hall,  Major  Carleill. 

Exeter,  5TH  March,  1812. 

Dear  Sir, 

On  my  return  home  last  evening  1  found  your  letter  of  the  ist 
instant,  but  not  in  time  to  search  my  papers  and  give  you  an  answer  by 
return  of  post  as  requested.  I  have  employed  the  whole  of  this  day  for 
that  purpose  and  after  the  most  minute  search,  have  found  the  enclosed 
letter  from  Mr.  Vernon  to  Mr.  Wright  of  Longstone  relative  to  the  right  of 
nominating  the  Curate,  and  which  is  the  only  document  of  the  kind  that  I 
have  been  able  to  meet  with.  As  I  cannot  make  any  extract  from  it  that 
would  prove  satisfactory,  I  send  it  as  it  is,  trusting  you  will  take  rare  of  it 
until  1  have  the  pleasure  to  see  you 

It  appears  that  there  must  be  in  the  proper  Office  at  Lichfield  some 
document  which  ascertains  the  right  of  the  Patronage,  and  I  shall 
recommend  an  application  to  some  Proctor  there  to  ascertain  in  what 
manner  the  late  Mr.  Walthal  was  appointed.  If  I  were  at  Longstone  it 
would  be  my  wish  to  concur  with  the  Parishioners  in  the  nomination  of  a 
respectable  and  efficient  Clergyman  with  a  stipulation  to  have  the  service 
twice  on  every  Sunday,  and  I  hope  and  trust  that  they  will  resist  any 
attempt  of  the  Vicar  of  Bakewell  to  appoint  a  Curate  until  they  shall  be 
legally  advised  that  he  has  the  right  to  do  it,  and  which  I  do  not  think 
can  be  the  case  from  the  tenor  of  the  inclosed. 

I  have  never  seen  any  Deed  concerning  the  Curacy  amongst  my  Papers 
and  I  suppose  that  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill*  (seeing  the  endorsement  in  my 

*  Agent  to  the  Longstone  Hall  Estate. 


I 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,  &c,      47 

father's  writing  on  the  inclosed  when  he  assisted  me  in  packing  up)  must 
have  taken  that  paper  for  the  Deed  itself. 

There  are  amongst  the  Deeds  some  very  old  ones  relating  to  the  Manor 
of  Ashford,  but  as  they  are  in  the  old  Law  Latin  of  the  times  to  which 
they  belong  I  cannot  of  myself  make  out  whether  they  relate  in  any  shape 
to  the  Chapel,  but  1  expect  Mi.  Jones  my  Attorney  will  be  home  tomorrow, 
when  I  shall  submit  them  to  his  inspection,  and  if  any  thing  is  discovered 
in  them  you  shall  undoubtedly  hear  from  me  immediately.  If  it  proves 
that  they  are  not  relevant,  1  will  not  put  you  to  the  e.xpense  of  postage. 

Mrs.  Wright  unites  in  compliments  to  Mrs.  Carliel  and  I  remain 

Dear  Sir, 
Your  most  obedient  Servant, 

J.  T.  WRIGHT. 
.Major  Carliel. 


Letter  to  Colonel  yolin  Thomas  Wright,  Exeter,  {of  Longstone  Hall), 
from  Major  William  Carleill,  sometime  tenant  of  the  same. 

Longstone  Hali,,  March  15,  1812. 
Dear  Sir, 

I  laid  your  letter  with  its  inclosure  before  a  Vestrj'  Meeting  last 
Sunday  since  which  Mr.  Wolley  of  Matlock  has  been  consulted  on  the  part 
of  the  Parishioners.  Mr.  Wolley  wrote  to  Mr.  Mott  one  of  the  Proctors  at 
Lichfield  and  the  Register  [sic],  and  obtained  an  answer,  a  copy  of  which  I 
send  you  on  the  other  side  andalsoa  copy  of  an  instrument  from  Mr. Wright 
(1713)  to  Mr.  Monk,  [see  ante.)  You  will  probably  know  whether  Mr.  Wright 
had  the  power  of  alienating  the  Curacy  from  the  Estate  in  the  manner  which 
he  appears  to  have  exercised.  The  Mr.  Thornhill  mentioned  in  Mr  Mott's 
letter  is  son  to  Mr.  Thornhill  of  Stanton.  Another  Vestry  .Meeting  is 
appointed  to  be  held  on  Thursday  the  26th  inst.  before  which  I  hope  you 
will  favour  me  with  an  answer  to  this,  as  the  inhabitants  are  desirous  of 
knowing  whether  you  would  wish  the  business  to  be  investigated  any 
further,  or  rest  as  it  is. 

I  remain,  Dear  Sir, 

Yours  sincerely. 

W.  CARLEILL. 


48  Longstone     Records. 

Enclosure  A'o.   /,  referred  to  in  the  above  letter. 

Dear  Sir, 

Longstone  Cur. 
7th  May,  1763.     Peter  Walthall,  Clerk,   was  nominated    to   the   Chapel   or 

Perpetual   Curacy  of  Longstone  by  Thos.  Grove,  Clerk,   Vicar  of 

Bakewell,  void  by  the  resignation  of  said  Thos.  Grove,  Clerk. 
;tli  May,  1726.     Thos.  Grove,  Clerk,  A.M.,  was  nominated  to  Longstone  by 

Jonathan  Birch,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the  death  of  Edward 

Middleton,  Clerk. 
13th  May,  1 71 7.     Edward  Middleton,   Clerk,  was  nominated  to  Longstone 

by  Gorstelowe  Monck,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell. 

30th  December,  1713.  Edward  Middleton,  Clerk,  was  nominated  to 
Longstone  by  Gorstelowe  Monck.  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the 
death  of  Samuel  Mills,  Clerk. 

17th  March,  1680.  Jos.  Fearne,  Clerk,  A.M.,  was  nominated  to  Longstone 
by  Thos.  Wilson,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the  death  of 
Richard  Jepson,  Clerk. 

31st  Oct.,  1680.  Richard  Jepson,  Clerk,  was  nominated  to  Longstone  by 
Thos.  Wilson,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the  death  of  Richard 
Spencer,  Clerk. 

I  find  a  letter  from  W.  Earl  of  Devonshire  i8th  March,  1680,  in 
which  he  says  the  Chapel  was  endowed  by  his  Grandfather  but  he 
does  not  insist  upon  any  right  but  recommends  Mr.  Feme,  and 
requests  NJr.  Brown  the  Archdeacon  to  use  his  influence  with  Mr. 
Wilson  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter  in  favour  of  Mr.  Feme. 

Mr.  Thornhill  is  Licensed  to  Longston  on  the  nomination  of  the 
Vicar  of  Bakewell. 

There  is  no  doubt  but  the  right  is  in  the  Vicar  of  Bakewell. 

The  charge  of  this  search  is  6s.  8d.  each,  total  ^200 

I  do  not  find  any  suit  about  the  right  of  nominaiion  to  the 
Chapel. 

I  am.  Dear  Sir, 

Yours  truly, 

Adam  Wolley,  Esq.,  WM.  MOTT, 

Matlock.  Lichfield  Close,  12th  March,  1812, 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,     &c.     40 
LONGSTONE   CHANTRY. 

THE  FOUNDATION  DEED,  A.D.  1262. 


From  the  Magnum  RrciiisTituM  Aliium  of  the  Dkan 

AND    ChaI'TKR    of    LlCllKIKI.D. 

Fol.  271.  b.] 

De  Caiitaria  Perpetua  iip'i  Lougedon  in  pochia  de  Baukewell. 

Fol.  272.  a.] 

Anno  ab  incarnacoiie  iliii  m.  cc.  sexagesiiiio  scdo  covenit,  inr 
Griffyiiu  HI'  Wennwen'  ex  parto  una.  et  cms  pochns  ad  capella  Sri 
Egidii  de  magna  Longdou  spn^itites.  c^d'  dciis  Griffyn'  concessit  ^. 
se  &  hered'  snis  ippetnu  dci.s  pouftis.  duas  bovatas  terre  cu  omibj 
ptinent'  suis  in  villa  et  in  titorio  de  magna  Longdun  in  auxiliu 
snsteiitacois  nui'  Capellani  divina  in  eade  Capella  celubianti,  videtj 
illas  duas  bovatas  he  cu  ptin'  que  extvaote  erant  de  bovat'  Inmiagii 
dci  Griifyni  de  magna  Lougdon  et  que  p'us  assignate  er.mt  p  ilcos 
pochds  ad  illud  idem  Srviciu  sii.'-tiiied'.  Hend'  &  tenend'  de  dco 
Griffyno  &  hered'  suis  dcis  poonib  v'l  cnicuq'  v'l  quibjcuq'  de 
dca  pocliia  eas  t"der  volueiint  ad  illud  idem  sviciu  sustined  liBe 
q'ete  bS  &  in  pace  Ippetuu  salva  tS  dco  Griffyno  &  hered'  suis 
multura  de  bladis  sr  dictas  duas  bovatas  terre  cresieutib5  ad 
I'cesimum  vas.  Sciend'  tame  g,  si  ita  ptig'it  g.  cauonici  mat'cis  eccio 
Lich  v'l  ordinarii  eecie  de  Bauqwell  se  de  dcis  duab3  bovatis  iPre 
apii'aie  volueriut  ca  uni'  capellani  divina  in  eadi/m  capella  celebrant' 
Ippetuii  snstinend'  v'l  (j,  si  dci  pucfii  dcas  duas  bovatas  alicui  vendere 
v'l  Mliqo  alio  m°  alienare  voluerint  bn  licebit  dco  Gritt'yno  &  hered' 
suis  dcus  duas  liova'as  'tre  in  miinus  suas  seysi?  &  voluutatem  suam 
hicuti  de  suo  diiio  ex  eis  fa8e  sine  aliquo  ipedimento  v'l  pMcone 
dco;:;:  poiti  v'l  alicui'  pnchi  do  dca  puctiia.  Ad  liaoc  autem  pvencom 
fir^'  &  sine  fraude  ippetnu  tenund  diet'  Giiffiu'  p  sc  &  hered'  suis. 
Thorn  le  Lewyd  de  pva  Longesdon.  Elias  fil'  Witli  de  ead'.  Ric' 
fir  Ade  de  Magna  Longesdon.  Wills  ctic'  de  ead'.  'I'ho  le  Bond  de 
ead'.  Phe  dil  Hul  de  ead.  &  hered'  eoz;  p  tuta  poch  atturnuti 
costituti  manu  ceperunt  &  sigilla  sua  ultnati  in  testio  ii  psenti 
scripto  in  mod'  cirograffi  cofecto  apposuerunt.  P  hac  autem 
cocessiono  dederuiit  dci  pocfii  dco  Griffinn  septem  marc'  in  ger.suma 
p  niauib3.  Hiis  testib3  Wirtu  Wyne.  WiHo  de  Esseburne.  Jofie 
de  Holewell.  Eouo  de  Schehidon.  WiHo  de  Eeyndoii.  Jolie  le 
Wyne.     Niclio  de  Wynnefcld.     Kicn  de  Ilokelowe  ctico  &  aliis. 


/ 


50  Longstone     Records, 

ITranslation.'] 


Concerning  a  Perpetual  Chantry  at  Longedon,  in  the 
Parish  of  Bakewell. 


In  the  year  1262,  it  was  agreed  between  Griffyn  son  of  Wennwen 
of  the  one  part  and  all  the  Parishioners  belonging  to  the  Chapel  of 
S.  Giles  of  Great  Longdon  that  the  said  Griffin  granted  for  himself 
and  his  heirs  for  ever  to  the  said  Parishioners  two  bovates  of  land 
with  all  their  appurtenances  in  the  town  and  territory  of  Great 
Longdon  in  aid  of  the  maintenance  of  a  Chaplain  to  celebrate 
divine  service  in  the  same  Chapel,  that  is  to  say  those  two  bovates 
of  land  with  all  their  appurtenances  which  were  taken  from  the 
bovates  of  the  homage  of  the  said  Griffyn  of  Great  Longdon  and 
which  were  before  assigned  by  the  said  Parishioners  for  the 
maintenance  of  that  same  service.  To  have  and  to  hold  of  the 
said  Griffyn  and  his  heirs  to  the  said  Parishioners  or  to  any  person 
or  persons  of  the  said  Parish  to  whom  they  shall  entrust  them  for 
the  maintenance  of  that  same  service  freely  quietly  well  and  in 
peace  for  ever,  saving  however  to  the  said  Griffyn  and  his  heirs 
multure  of  the  corn  growing  on  the  said  two  bovates  to  the  extent 
of  one  vessel  in  thirty.  Be  it  known  however  that  if  it  so  happen 
that  the  Canons  of  the  mother  Church  of  Lichfield  or  the  ordinaries 
of  the  Church  of  Bakewell  shall  appropriate  to  themselves  the  said 
two  bovates  of  land  and  the  maintenance  of  a  Chaplain  to  celebrate 
divine  service  in  the  same  Chapel  for  ever,  or  if  the  said 
Parishioners  shall  sell  to  anyone  or  in  any  other  way  alienate  the 
said  two  bovates,  then  it  shall  be  lawful  to  the  said  Griffyn  and  his 
heirs  to  seize  into  their  own  hands  the  said  two  bovates  and  do 
their  will  of  them  just  as  of  their  own  lordship  without  any 
impediment  or  contradiction  of  the  said  Parishioners  or  of  any 
Pai-ishioner  of  the  said  Parish.  And  that  this  agreement  may  be 
kept  firmly  and  without  fraud  for  ever,  the  said  Griffyn,  for  himself 
and  his  heirs,  Thomas  le  Lewyd  of  Little  Longesdon,  Elias  son  of 
William  of  the  same,  Richard  son  of  Adam  of  Great  Longesdon, 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,     &c.      51 

William  Clerk  of  the  same,  Thomas  le  Bond  of  the  same,  Phelip 
dil  Hul  of  the  same,  and  their  heirs,  being  constituted  representa- 
tives of  the  whole  Parish,  bound  themselves  and  affixed  their  seals 
alternately  for  a  testimony  to  this  present  writing  drawn  up  in  the 
manner  of  an  instrument.  And  for  this  grant  the  said  Parishioners 
gave  to  the  said  GrifPyn  seven  marks  as  a  fine.  Witnesses, 
William  Wyne,  William  de  Esseburne,  John  de  Hollewell,  Roger 
de  Scheladon,  William  de  Reyndon,  John  le  Wyne,  Nicholas  de 
Wynnefeld,  Richard  de  Hokelowe,  Clerk,  and  others. 


"  When  Archbishop  Peckkam  made  his  Metropolitan  visitation  in 
1280,  it  was  arranged  that  the  stipend  of  the  Minister  of  Longstone 
should  for  the  future  be  at  least  five  marks,  half  being  paid  by  the 
parishioners,  and  half  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter."  '"But  in  1315,  a 
different  arrangement  was  made  by  which  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
were  only  to  be  called  upon  to  supply  six  marks  to  the  five 
Chapelries  of  Baslow,  Longstone,  Taddington,  Monyash  and 
Beeley.  Of  this  sum,  fifteen  shillings  was  set  apart  for  the 
Minister  of  Longstone,  the  Dean  and  Chapter  granting  remission 
of  charges  for  testaments  and  administrations."     Dr.  Cox. 


GRANT   OF   BAPTISTERY   AND   CEMETERY. 
A.D.    140L 


From  the  Lichfield  Chaptei:  Act  Rooks       Vol.  I.,  Foi..  .57.  b. 

Isto  XV  die  Ap'l  concess'  fuit  prochianis  de  I^unge-scioii  in  p"^co 
(^  heant  baptisHii  &  sepulfam  t^ecu  ibni  sin  piudico  mat'cis  ecciie 
(le  Bak'  &  coposico  est  in  Tliesanr 

[^Translation.'] 

On  the  1.5th  of  April  [1401]  it  was  granted  to  the  PMrishioners 
of  Longstone  in  the  Peak  that  they  may  have  Baptisms  and  Burial" 
there,  without  prejudice  of  the  mother  Chuich  of  Bakewell  ;  and 
the  composition  is  in  the  Treasurer's  hands. 


r2  Longstone     Records. 

A    RENTAL   OF  DEAN   AND   CHAPTER   LANDS 

A.D.    1415. 


Thk  part  concerning  HASSor,  Longstone,  and  xdoNSAi 
Extracted  from  the  Lichfield  Chapter  Act  Books.     Vol.  I.,  Fol.  89 

Baquell. 
Item  eodem  die  [viz. :  xx  die  Marcii  Anno  m.cccc.xv]  dns  Jotiis 
Dean  Yicarius  de  Hope  libeiavit  &  tradidit  Decaiio  &  C;ipto  unfi 
Rentale  ft-a^  &  tenemento^  dnicaliii  ipoz?  decani  &  capti  in  food' 
de  B;ikquell  Holme  &  divsis  locis  de  Anno  dni  mittio  cccc"'"  xv"'" 
in  hec  vba  que  sequif. 

Hassop.  If  in  Hassop  v  ao?  Pre  que  quonda  Gervasius  de  Hassop 
Yicar  eccie  do  Baquell  tenuit  &  r  p  a     .  .  iijs.  iiijd.  " 

Itin  in  Longesdon  j  acf  fre  qua  quond'  Witt  in  le  Roose 
tenuit  niic  iacet  in  deches'  quond'  f  p  a  niodo  onatm  in 
Pdditu  de  iucremento  que  f  solebat  vjd 

[in  margin]  lucido  dimitti''  p  vijd 
Itm  in  Mernugale  j  cnrtila^  &  j  acf  tie  iitcunt'  ad  fine  ville 
ppinquiof  Fyndou  f  p  a  .  .  .  .  .  ijs 

[  Translation.] 
Bake  WELL. 
The  same  day  [viz.:  Marcli  20th,  1415]  Mr.  John  Dean,  Vicar 
of  Hope,  delivered  and  gave  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  a  Kental 
of  the  lands  and  tenements  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  in  the  fee 
of  Bakeweli,  Holme,  and  divei.se  places,  of  the  year  1415,  in  the 
following  words : 

Hassop.  Itf-m  in  Hassop,  five  acres  of  land  which  Gervase  de  Hassop, 
Vicar  of  the  Church  of  Bakeweli,  sometime  held,  and  the 
rent  per  annum  is      .  .  .  .  .  .3s.  4d. 

Item  in  Longstone,  one  acre  of  land  which  '\^'llliam  in 
le  Eoose  sometime  held.  Now  it  lies  iu  decay.  The  rent 
per  annum  used  to  he  6d.  Now  it  is  burdened  with  an 
increase,  and  is  let  for    .  .  .  .  .  .  7d. 

Item  in  Monsal,  one  curtilage  and  one  aero  of  land  lying 
at  the  end  of  the  tuwu  nearer  Fiudon.  The  rent  j'er 
annum   is  ....  .  .  .  .  2.-*.  Od. 


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RECORDS  OF  THE   DEAN  AND  CHAPTER 
OF  LICHFIELD. 


B.     27.  [Note. — Much  damaged  by   damp  and  in  many  places 

illegible.] 

This  indenture  made  the...  [illegible]  ...November,  in  the  yeeres 
of  the  raigne  of  our  soverai«ne  Lord  James  by  the  grace  of  God 
...  [illegible]  ...Scotland,  Fraunce,  and  Ireland,  defender  of  the 
faith,  <&c.,  that  is  to  say  of  England,  Fraunce,  and...  [illegible]  ... 
both  Seaventeenth,  and  of  Scotland  the  two  and  Fifteeth  ?  between 
the  right  hono'^'''  William  Earl  of  Devonshire  of  the  one  pte  and 
Anthony  Longston  of...  [illegible]  .  in  the  County  of  Derby   gent 

[illegible] Willm    Wright    and    Thomas    White    of   Great 

Longston  in  the  said  County  of  Derby  Gentlemen  of  the  other 
parte.  Witnesseth  that  the  said  Earl  for  divers  good  causes  and 
considerations  him  hereunto  especially  moving  hathe  granted 
bargayned  sold  aliened  enfeoffed  and  confirmed  and  dothe  bj'  the 
...  [illegible]  .  and  absolutely  grante  bargayne  sell  alien  enfeoffe  & 
confirme  unto  the  said  Anthony  Longston  Willm...  [illegible]  ... 
Willm  Wright  &  Thomas  White  All  those  twoe  Oxgangs  of  Land 
with  th  appurtenance  scituate  lyinge  &  beinge  in  greate  Longisdon 
abovesaid  or  within  the  Townes  feildes  or  Territories  thereof  w^*' 
now  are  or  heretofore  were  knowne  reputed  or  taken  to  be  the 
Church  Land  in  great  Longisdon  aforesaid.  And  also  one  cottage 
thereupon  builded  w'*'  a  Crofte?  thereunto  adjoyninge  in  Great 
Longsdon  beforesaid  All  w*^*"  premises  now  are  or  late  were  in  the 
tenure  or    occupation   of  Willm      .      .      .      Willm      .     .     .      and 

Thomas  White  their or  assignes  undertenant 

or  undertenants  with  all  comons  or  comon  of  pasture  thereunto 
belonging  &  therewith  heretofore  comonly  used  or  occupied  in 
any  groundes  or  comonable  places  within  the  the  mannour  of 
Asheford  except  in  grounds  w'^''  are  now  inclosed  and  except  in 
a    certayne    ground   comonly    called    Blackloe.     Together  with  all 


54  Longstone  Records. 

.  .  pei-tincnts  pcoHtcs  li  coinodities  thereuntil  belongini;  or 
appertej'ning  To  have  &  to  holde  the  said  Twoe  Oxgangs  of  land 
&  Cottage  &  Crofte  &  all  &  singular  other  the  premises  w"'  their 

and purtenants  unto  the  said  Anthony  Longston 

Willm  Laute  [?]  Willm  Wright  &  Thomas  White  their  heirs  and 
assigns  for  ever  To  the  only  proper  use  &  behoof  of  the  said 
Anthony  Longston  Willm  Laute  Willm  Wright  &  Thomas  Whi 
assignes  for  ever  On  Trust  neverthelesse  That  they  the  said 
Anthony  Longston  Willm  L  .  .  Thomas  White  \'  the  survivour 
of  them  and  their   heirs  and   the   heirs  of  the  survivour  of  them 

shall sell  lett  &  dispose  of 

the  premises   to    the    best    yeerely    value  they    can    get    or    raise 

thereof     And  to  dispose        and  profites 

thereof  for  or  towardes  the  maintenannce  or  findinge  of  the  Curate 
of  great  Longsdon  aforesaid  for  the  tyme  beinge  &  his  successors 
for  ever.  Provided  yet  neverthelesse  that  if  the  said  Curate  or 
Curates  or  any  of  them  shall  at  any  tyme  or  tymes  hereafter  be 
absent  from  the  said  Church  upon  the  Sabbothe  day  &  not  finding 
another  sufficient  person  to  supply  y  cure  for  y''  tyme  of  his 
absence.  That  then  for  every  such  tyme  of  his  absence  not 
finding  a  sufficient  person  to  supply  y''  cure  as  aforesaid  the 
said  Feoffees  &  their  heirs  or  the  survivour  of  them  shall  give  & 
pay  out  of  the  rents  yssues  &  profitts  thereof  unto  y''  Church- 
wardens of  Greet  Longsdon  aforesaid  for  y  tyme  being  the 
some  of  Five  shillings  of  lawful  money  of  England  to  be  by  them 
distributed  amongst  y'=  poor  of  y  said  towne  or  hamlet  of  Great 
Longsdon  aforesaid  according  to  their  discretions  Yieidinge  and 
paying  therefore  yeerely  unto  the  said  Earle  his  heirs  or  assigns 
for  ever  the  yeerely  rent  or  some  of  Twoe  Shillings  &  Tenpence  of 
lawful  money  of  England  att  the  feast  daies  of  thannunciacon 
of  our  blessed  Lady  y  Virgin  Mary  &  St.  Michaell  tharchangell 
by  even  porcons.  And  if  it  shall  happen  y'^  said  yeerely  rent  or 
some  of  twoe  shillings  .\d.  or  any  part  or  parcell  thereof  to  be 
behinde  &  not  paid  by  the  space  of  Fourteen  daies  ne.xt  after 
eyther  of  y^  feast  daies  or  tymes  at  or  in  w''  y^  same  ought  to 
be  paid  by  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  theis  presents  that 
then   &   from   thenceforth  at  all  tymes  after  it  shall  and  may  be 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,     &c. 


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lawfull  to  &  for  y'  said  Earle  his  heirs  or  assignees  into  the  said 
twoe  Oxgangs  of  land  and  premisses  or  into  any  parte  or  pcell 
thereof  to  enter  &  distreyne  &  the  distresses  then  and  their  founde 
to  take  lead  drive  chase  carry  away  &  ympound  &  y''  same  in 
pound  to  deteyne  &  keep  untill  he  or  they  shall  be  of  the  said 
rent  or  rents  with  thapperages  thereof  (if  any  such  shall  happen 
to  be)  fully  contented  satisfied  and  paid.  And  the  said  Earle 
and  his  heirs  the  said  twoe  Oxgangs  of  land  and  premises  & 
premisses  w"'  thappurtennants  unto  them  the  said  Anthony  .  . 
....  Willm  Laute  Willm  Wright  &  Thomas  White  their 
heirs  and  assigns  for  the  use  aforesaid  against  him  y"^  said  Earle 
&  his  heires  &  against  all  and  any  other  pson  or  persons  lawfully 
clayming  by  from  or  under  him  or  any  of  his  ancestors  .... 
.  .  .  .  shall  and  will  warrant  &  for  ever  defend  by  theis  p'sents. 
And  the  said  Earle  for  himself  his  heirs  executors  and  adminis- 
trators &  for  every  one  of  them  doth  covenant  promise  &  graunt 
to  &  with  y"^  said  Anthony  Longston  Willm  Laute  Willm  Wright 
&  Thomas  White  for  and  notwithstanding  any  acte  or  thing  had 
made  done  or  sufPred  by  him  the  said  Earle  or  any  of  his  ancestors 
&  under  y"?  yeerly  rent  above  reserved  shall  and  may  peacably  & 
quietly  have  hold  occupy  possesse  and  enjoy  the  said  twoe 
Oxgangs  of  land  Cottage  premisses  w"'  thappurtennts  &  every 
parte  &  parcell  thereof  w">out  any  manner  of  lett  suits      .... 

eviction  of  him  the  said  Earle  his  heires 

or  assigneis  or  of  any  other  person  or  persons  lawfully  clayming 
from  by  or  under  him  or  any  of  his  ancestors  or  by  any  other 
person  or  persons  lawfully  clayming  by  from  or  under  him  them 
or  any  of  them.  In  witness  whereof  the  parties  first  above- 
named  to  theis  present  indentures  interchangeably  have  set  their 
hands  &  seals  the  daie  &  yeere  first  above  written. 

W.     Devonshire. 


[The  endorsement  is  illegible  for  the  most  part] 

.     .     .     and  delivered  in     .     .     presence  of  us  whose 
.     .     .     .  Tho :  Purslow. 


k6  Longstone     Records. 

[There  is  also  a  Memorandum  which  is  also  illegible  save  a  word 

here  and  there.]     Md.  qd XXV.    [day    of]   .     .     .     . 

Liary  in  the  year  of  the  Kaigne  of     .     .     .     James,       .     .     .      1620. 


"The  Parliamentary  Commissioners  of  1650,  report  of  Great 
Longstone,  that  it  is  fitt  to  be  made  a  Parish  Chm-ch,  and  to  have 
united  to  it  Little  Longstone,  Hassop,  Rowland,  and  Monsaldale. 
There  is  granted  by  the  Commissioners  of  plundered  Ministers,  an 
Augmentation  of  £43  12.  8.  unto  Minister  of  Great  Longstone, 
.Mr.  Robert  Craven,  an  able  honest  man."     Dr.  Cox. 


Whereas  there  was  formerly  given  to  the  Chappell  of  Great 
Longston,  in  the  County  of  Derby,  Thirteen  shillings  and  sixpence 
yearly  ai'ising  oLit  of  y""  lands  and  tenements  late  the  Estate  of 
Christopher  Jenldnson  of  Longston  aforesaid  And  also  one  rood  of 
land  lying  in  Longston  fields,  and  one  Cottage  with  a  garden 
adjoining  to  the  Curat's  house,  for  y''  use  the  Lord's  Table  for  the 
buying  of  Bread  and  Wyne  for  the  Lord's  Supper,  Itt  is  therefore 
agreed  between  Samuell  Mills  .perpetual  Curat  and  the  Chappell- 
Wardens  and  others  of  the  cheif  inhabitants  there  (so  farr  as  in 
them  lyeth)  That  the  said  Sam"  Mills  shall  enjoy  the  said  house, 
garden,  and  rood  of  land,  and  also  yearly  and  every  year  receive 
the  said  sum  of  13"  :  4''  ;  he  the  said  Sam"  providing  sufficient 
allowance  for  y  Lord's  Table  at  all  such  tymes  as  shall  be 
convenient  for  the  receiving  the  blessed  Sacrament ;  and  at  least 
as  often  as  the  21st  Canon  injoynes  relation  being  thereunto  had 
may  more  at  large  appeare.  And  if  itt  happen  the  said  Sam"  doo 
not  at  all  tymes  make  such  sufficient  provision  then  this  to  be  voyd 
and  of  no  effect. 

Witness  our  hands  this  fourth  day  of  March,  1699. 

THO:     WRIGHT. 
HENRY     SCAMARDINE. 


Church     Endowments,     Patronage,     &c.     S7 

"  1835.  At  a  Vestry  Meeting  held  on  Thursday,  June  15th,  it  \vas 
agreed  that  Mr.  Malkin  Mills  (i.e.  the  Perpetual  Curate)  should 
receive  the  rent  for  the  land  lying  in  Longstone  fields  and  also 
the  13^:4  1  charged  upon  the  Longstone  dale  estate  for  the 
purpose  of  providing  Bread  and  Wine  for  the  Sacrament  " 


1893. 

The  Gross  Income  of  the  Living  was  -       £218     9     6 

and  the  Nett  Income       -  -  .  .       £172     3     o 


Jill     ?nt>cnfox*n 

Of  tin-  contents  of  the  Inv,   Chest  in  the    Vestry  of  Longstone 
Chnrch,  taken   by  ./.   H.   Biilllrnnt,  (Vicar),   Mav   16,   1HS7. 


1.  Register  of  Baptisms,  Burials  and  Marriages  ?  1630  to   -1690. 

The  first  legible  date  is  1635. 

2.  Register  of   Baptisms,    Burials   and    Marriages    from    March 

29,  1691,  to  May  10,  1738.  The  last  page  contains  an  entry 
of  a  ^L^niage,  May  21,  1765,  and  there  are  four  detached 
leaves  containing  .Marriages  only,  from  Sept.  7,  1755,  to 
March    19,    1765.     This   Register  is   in    very  bad   condition. 

3.  Register  of  Baptisms  and    Burials   from    April    19,    1765,    to 

Dec.  25,  1812,  and  at  the  other  end  of  the  same  Register, 
Marriages  from  June  24,  1766,  to  Sep.  21,  1812.  On  the 
page  next  to  the  last  entry  of  a  Marriage  is  an  entry  of  a 
publication  of  Banns  of  Marriage  published  on  the  2nd,  9th, 
and  16th  of  November,  1817,  and  below  on  the  same  page  is 
the  following  note—"  The   three  old    Register    books    were 

■  Oiil)   part  of  1690. 


58  Longstone     Records. 

brought    to    the     Parsonage    house    by    John    Thornhill,    Clerk, 
May  20th,   1831,  to  be  deposited  in  the  Chest. 

M.  MILLS,   Incumbent." 

"  (N.B.)     The  above  three   Register   Books   are   wholly 
imperfect." 

4.  Register  of  Baptisms— Feb.  21,  1813,  to  May  29,  1842. 

5.  Register  of  Burials— Jan.  6,  1813,  to  Jan.  16,  1856. 

6.  Register  of  Marriages— Oct.  14,  1817,  to  April  8,  1837. 

7.  Register  of  Baptisms— May  29,  1842,  to  Dec.  3,  1882. 

8.  Register  of  Marriages  and   Duplicate,  Oct.  2,   1837,  to  the 

present  time  (1887)  and  still  in  use. 

9.  Register  of  Burials— Jan.  30,  1856 

10.     Register  of  Baptisms— Feb.  11,  1883     „ 

The  Tithe  Commutation  Deed,  Schedule  and  Map  of  Apportion- 
ments for  the  Township  of  Brushfield. 

Two  Awards  of  Exchange  between  the  Vicar  of  Longstone  and  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  and  between  the  Vicar  of  Longstone 
and  William  Bradshaw,  Esq. 

A  Mortgage  Deed  for  securing  £330  with  interest,  from  Rev.  J. 
Paley  to  the  Governors  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty. 

A  Copy  of  the  Longstone  School  Scheme. 


Memorial     Tablet,  59 

Infeirsliiig  19th  Cfiitiiry  Miinorial  Tablet  in  Loui;stonc  Cluirdi. 


The  Inhabitants  of  Longstone 

And  its  neighbourhood 

B)-  a  subscription 

Caused  this  tablet  to  be  erected 

To  perpetuate  the  memory  of 

Edward  Buxton, 

Of  this  place,  surgeon  and  apothecary, 

Formerly  practicing  at  Bakewell  ; 

His  professional  abilities,  ever  ready 

To  assist  the  poor  and  the  needy, 

Shone  particularly  conspicuous 

During  a  long  epidemical  contagion 

Which  in  the  year  MDCCCXX 

Afflicted  this   village  ; 

When 

His  gratuitously  administering  relief, 

To  soothe  and  subdue  the  existing  woe. 

Strongly  testified  his  goodness  of  heart. 

He  was  born  at  Bakewell 

The  XXII  Day  of  June  MDCCXIA'II 

And  here  closed  his  useful  life 

On  the  XVII  Day  of  January  MDCCCXXII 

Aged  LXXIV  years. 

Watson. 

With  regard  to  the  "epidemical  contagion"  referred  to  in  this 
mural  tablet, — Mr.  George  Morton,  of  Great  Longstone,  informed 
me  in  August,  1904,  on  the  authority  of  his  Mother,  a  nonogenarian, 
that  "  the  epidemic  was  tj'phus  fever,  which  visited  every  house  in 
"the  village  except  that  of  the  Woodhouse's  who  lived  next  to  the 
"present  (1904)  Post  Office.  They  were  shoemakers  and  carried 
"  on  their  trade  as  usual,  but  escaped  the  fever. 

"  The  remedy  prescribed  for  the  fever  by  Dr.  Bu.xton  was  '  wort,' 
"  that  is,  new  beer  on  the  work  in  the  vat;  and  for  the  purpose  of 
"  providing  this,  beer  was  brewed  daily  at  the  Church  Lane  Farm, 
"  then  occupied  by  Mr.  Gregory. 

"  Not  a  single  death  occurred  in  the  village,  but  two  deaths  from 
"  the  epidemic  took  place  at  Bleak  Low  Farm. 

N.B.  Dr.  Buxton  married  a  daughter  of  Francis  White  and 
lived  for  many  years  in  the  house  on  the  Green  built  by  the  latter 
and  bearing  his  initials,  between  the  Hall  garden  and  the  entrance 
to  Fearnyhough  Yard. 


6o  Longstone     Records. 

SUCCHSSION   OF   THE   BISHOPS  OF  LICHFIELD. 


The  Diocese  0} 

Lichfield  iticl 

tided  Derbyshire   up  tu  1SS4. 

Accession.       1 

Accession. 

Peter  (Removed  tli'-  See  to  Cliesti-r)          1072        [ 

Rowland  Lee 

..      1534 

=    rRobert  de  Limesey 

...      1086 

Richard  Sampson 

..     1543 

c 

Robert  Peche 

...      1121 

Ralph  Bayne 

..     1554 

Roger  de  Clinton 

...     1129 

Thomas  Bentham 

..      1560 

!i  - 

Walter  Durdent 

...     114il 

William  Overton 

..     1580 

C 

Richard  Peche 

...     1161 

George  Abbot 

..     1609 

1 

Gerard  la  Pucelle 

...     1183 

Richard  Neile     ... 

..     1610 

Hugh  Nonant     ... 

...      118S 

John  Overall 

..     1614 

GeoCfrey  Muschamp 

...      1198 

Thomas  Morton  ... 

..     1619 

William  Cornhill 

...      1215 

Robert  Wright   ... 

..     1632 

Alexander  Stavenby 

...      1224. 

Accepted  Frewen 

..      1644 

Hugh  PateshuU... 

...      1240 

John  Hackett      ... 

..      1661 

Eoger  Weseham . . . 

...     124.5 

Thomas  Wood     ... 

..     1671 

Roger  Longespee 

...     1258 

William  Lloyd    ... 

..     1692 

Walter  de  Langton 

...      1296 

John  Hough 

..     1699 

Koger  Northburgh 

...     1322 

Edward  Chandler 

...     1717 

Robert  Stretton  ... 

...      1360 

Ricliard  Smallbrooke 

...     1731 

Walter  Scirlaw  ... 

...     1386 

Frederick  Cornwallis 

...     1750 

Richard  Scroope 

...     1386 

John  Egerton      ... 

...     1768 

John  Burghill     ... 

...     1398 

Brownlow  North 

...     1771 

John  Catterick    ... 

...     1415 

Richard  Hurd     ... 

...     1775 

William  Heyworth 

...     1420 

James  Cornwallis 

...     1781 

William  Booth    ... 

...     1447 

Henry  Eider 

...     1824 

Nicholas  Close     ... 

...     1452 

\       Samuel  Butler    ... 

...     1836 

Reginald  Boulers 

...      1453 

James  Bowstead 

...      1840 

John  Hales 

...      1450 

John  Lonsdale    ... 

...      1S43 

William  Smith    ... 

...     1493 

George  Augustus  Selwyn 

...      1868 

John  Arundel      ... 

...     1496 

Wm.  Dairy  mple  Maclagan 

...      1878 

Geoffrey  Blyth   ... 

...      1.W3 

THE 

DIOCESE 

OF   SOUTHWELL. 

G 

eorge  Ridding 

...      1884 

Edwyn  Hoskyns 

...     1904 

Vicars     of     Bake  well. 


6i 


VICARS    OF    BAKE  WELL. 


Henry    de    Lexington 

(Rector)    1253 

Peter 1254 

Eobert  (Vicar)..  1272 

John  da  Osmundeston  1286—1323 

Robert  Bernard   1327—1331 

Walter  de  Newton 1331 

Grervase  de  Hassop 1333—1343 

William  deSnell — 

William  de  Kyrtelington  1349—1365 

Roger  de  Tibshelf 1383—1405 

John  de  Burton 1409—1413 

John  Huckyns 1424 

Thomas  Staundon 1428 

William  Brome  1435—1439 

Richard  Crichelowe  ...  1457 — 1469 
Thomas  Crichelowe   ...  1474 

Thomas  Hey  ward  1481—1493 

Thomas  Porte  (Bishop 
of  Aghadoe  Bp.  Suf- 
fragan of  Lichfield)  1493-1494 
William  Massey  (Vicar)  1494 

John  Wilcock 1511—1512 

Richard  Hoton    1512 — 1533 

Richard  G went  1 533— 1 537 

Prepared  by  the  late  Mr.  W.  A.  Carrington, 


Edmund  Webster 1537 

Ralph  Clayton    1569 — 1605 

Edmund  Clayton    1605 

Hamlet  Charlton    1609— 1G14 

John  Rowlandson  1615 — li)49 

John  Rowlandson,  jun.  16.iO — 1662 

John  Beardmoore  1662 — 1668 

Christopher  Lawson  ...  1668 — 1H72 

Edward  Smith    1672—1673 

Thomas  Wilson 1673 — 1703 

Gorstelowe  M  onck 1708 — 1 724 

Jonathan  Birch  1724 — 1735 

Thomas  Grove    1735—1769 

Richard  Weston 1769 

Richard  Chapman 1769— 1S16 

Francis  Hodgson  (Pro- 
vost of  Eton  College, 
Archdeacon  of  Derby;  1816—1840 
Hubert  Kestell  Cornish  1840—1869 
Edward  Balston  (Arch- 
deacon of  Derby,  Fel- 
low of  Eton  College)  1869-1891 
Charles  F.  Thornewill  1892—1894 
Edward  T.  Billings   ...  1894—1697 
Charles  T.  Abraham  ...  1897 

Extracted  from  Bakewell  Parish  Magazine. 


62 


Longstone     Records, 


INCUMBENTS    AND    CURATES 


LONGSTONE    CHURCH. 


112-t 

Roger  de  Spofford 

1761 

Adam  Needham 

1636 

"  IVL  Cur"  (inscribed  in  lead 

1763 

Peter  Walthall 

on  roof  of  Church) 

1S05 

George  Berkeley 

1639 

Robert  Craven 

1812 

Baohe  Thornhill 

1656 

Henry  Marshall 

1815 

John  Browne,  T.  B.  Lucas, 

1658 

Joseph  Ludlam 

and  Thos.  Webster 

1680 

Richard  Spencer 

1828 

Malkin  Mills 

1680 

Richard  Jepsoh 

1841 

Charles  Lewis  Cornish* 

1633 

Joseph  Fearne 

1845 

George  Best  Brown* 

1688 

Henry  Tomlinson 

1847 

James  Stephen  Hodson 

1691 

Samuel  Mills 

18551 

George  Chinnery  Tooth 

1714 

Edward  Middleton 

1868 

John  Paley 

1726 

Thomas  Grove 

1873 

Nathaniel  Armstrong  Wells 

1735 

Joseph  Meller 

1874 

Laxon  Edward  Sweet 

1739 

John  Swift 

1877 

John  Henry  Bullivant 

1748 

M.  Hudson 

1892 

Henry  James  Kelsall 

1753 

Thomas  Nadauld 

1893 

Giles  Andrew 

®  Memorial  Window. 
■f  Since  tins  iliite  tlie  Incumbent  lias  been  styletl  ^'icar. 


Officiating     Clergy. 


63 


Other  Clergymen  who  have  taken   duty  in  Longstone  Church  during  the 

last  100  years.    There  must  be  tnany  omissions  inasmuch  as  no  Sunday 

Registers  were  kept. 


Abraham,  Charles  John,  Bishop 
Abraham,  Charles  T.,  Canon 
Allen,  J. 
Andrew,  Samuel,  Canon 

Bagshawe,  A.  Drake 

Balston,    Edward,     Archdeacon    of 

Derby,  and  Vicar  of  Bakewell 
Barker,  A.  Auriol 
Barker,  F.  E. 
Barker,  John 
Bateman,  Stafford 
Bates,  Thomas 
Begbie,  A.  G. 
Bell,  W.  K. 
Bird,  G. 

Block,  Charles  E. 
Boyd,  W.  P. 
Brandreth,  J.  P. 
BuUivant,  Henry 
Bullivant,  Henry  Everard 
Burrow,  James 

Campbell,  Daniel 
Chalmers,  J.  A. 
Chapman,  Richard 
ChurchiU,  F. 
Coates,  James 
Coke,  J.  H. 
Coombe,  Walter 
Crane,  Canon 
Cornish,  Hubert  Kestell 
Cursham,  F.  L. 

Davies,  T.  C. 


Dawson,  G.  A. 
Disney,  William 
Dixon,  R. 
Downman,  F. 
Drinkwater,  John 

Eaj-rs,  J. 
Eckersley,  J. 
Evered,  E. 

Faber,  H.  M. 
Fletcher,  J.  M.  J. 
Flood,  Samuel 
Ford,  W.  H. 
Foster,  Charles 
Foster,  W.  H. 
Fox,  A.  C. 
Freeman,  H.  J. 
Fuller,  Richard  H. 

Gaorlick,  A. 
Giles,  William  G. 
Given,  J. 
Grace,  T.  S. 
Graham,  C.  E. 
Green,  J. 

Greenshields,  L.  W. 
Grifan,  H.  J. 

HaU,  J. 
Hamlyn,  J.  F. 
Hargrave,  C. 
Harvey,  Reginald 
Hetherington,  W. 
Hinckley,  Thos. 


64 


Longstone     Records. 


Hirst,  Thomas 

Hobhouse,  Edmund,  formerly  Bishop 

of  Nelson,  N.Z. 
Hobson,  .Tos.  Charles 
Hone,  E.  J. 
Hone,  C.  R. 
Hope,  William 
Hughes,  James 

JacKson,  C.  B. 
Jagger,  J.  E. 
Jones,  John 

Kelly,  F.  F. 
Kewley,  J.  W. 

Lambrick,  C.  M. 
Longsdon,  Henry  John 
Luxmoore,  John  Reddaway 

Marshall,  E. 
Martin,  Sydney  E. 
Moberley,  George  H. 
Money,  W.  B. 
Monro,  Edward 
Morris,  Ernest  E. 

Nixon,  W.  H. 
Norburn,  Henry 

Parker,  W.  J. 
Parmenter,  E.  C. 
Patterson,  Wm.  George 
Peach,  H.  J. 
Pitt,  Lonsdale 

Eawdon,  J   H  ,  Canon 
Eiddlesden,  J.  B. 
Eidsdale,  Charles  H. 
Rigaud,  S.  I. 
Rogers,  John,  Canon 


Rogers,  Saltren 
Routh,  Robert  S. 
Roy,  R.  C. 
RudcUe,  T.  D. 
Rusby,  W.  H.  L. 

Samples,  Albert 

Scotter,  W.  H. 

Sergeant,  Horace 

Soulthorpe,  H.  C. 

Sharland,  G.  T. 

Shaw,  Francis  L. 

Sheppard,  Edgar,  minor  Canon  of  St. 

George's,  Windsor 
Slater,  Leonard 
Smith,  Richard 
Smith,  Urban 
Spurrell,  Richard 
Stamper,  W.  P. 
Stockdale,  Jeremiah 
Stuart,  J.  Kilbee 
Swainson.  A. 

Theodosius,  J.  H. 
Thornewill,  Charles  F. 
Thorold,  Charles 
Tooth,  W.  A. 

Ward,  Jos.  P. 

Watkins,  George  Edwin 

Wawn,  John  D. 

Webb,  H.  M. 

Webster,  Thomas 

Were,  Edward  Ash,  Bishop  of  Derby 

Willis,  Henry  de  L. 

Wingfield,  W.  F. 

Wright,  Harrington  Stafford 

Wright,  Walter  Reurinald 


Church     Officials. 
CHURCHWARDEN'S.* 


65 


1636     "W.   WRl"    (WilUam    Wright)    and 
"  I.Pni"  (;-  Flint)  "  CHVW  " 

{Engraved  on  lead  roof  of  the  Nave  \ 

1639     John  Andrew  and  Richard  White. 
16-tO     Thomas  Willyamson  and  Sydney  Mellor 

1653     Thomas  Hasselam  and  Francis  Lowe. 

1657     William  Hallowes  k  William  Bramhall 

1660     William  Winscombe  and  Edward  Peake 

1669  Francis  Needham  and  Francis  Howe, 

of  Little  Longson 

1670  James  Scamadine  and  John  Buxton 

167-1     Ellis  Eaworth  and  John  Heyward 

1676  Thomas  Hodgkinson  &  Richard  Keyton 

1677  William  Naylor  and  Richard  Keyton 

1680  James  Gooddey  and 

1681  Christopher  Jenkinson  and  John 

Tomlinson,  senr. 

1682  George  Eaworth  and 

1683  ThomasBlackwell  and  Francis  Bramwell 
1684-     William  Heathcote  &  Thomas  Jackson 

1686  Robert  Huslour  and  Stephen  Marshall 

or  John  Fro=t 

1687  William  Wright  and  Thomas  Holme 
1688     George  Flint  and  William  Raworth 

1689  Christopher  Jenkinson  and  WilliamLowe 

1690  William  Lowe  and  Ellis  Lowe 

1691  William  Lowe  and  Ellis  Lowe 

1692  Wiliam  Lowe  and  Anthony  Barton 
16!)3  Benjamin  Hallowes  and  Thomas  Norrys 

1694  Thomas  Jackson  and  Guliel*  Fynney 

1695  Richard  White  and  Thomas  Jackson 


1696  Thomas  Hodgkinson  and  Richard 

Keyton 

1697  William  Lowe  and  John  Marchington 

1698  Cornelius  Dickens  and  Samuel  Bradwell 

1699  Henry  Scamadine  and  Thomas  Johnson 

1700  Samuel  Scamadine  and  John  Xorrys    ■ 
17U1     William  Hudgkinson  of  y<^  Cross  and 

Thomas  Gregory  of  Wardlow 

1702  William  Hodgkinson  &  Thomas  Gregory 

1703  Hem-y  Hancock  and  Godfrey  Holme  of 

Wardlow 
1701-     John  Tomlinson  and  Thomas  Longsdon 

1705  John  SeUars  and  Thomas  Bradbury  of 

Brushfield 

1706  John  Tomlinson  and  William  Lowe 

1 707  Mr.Carolus  Bagshawe  and  William  Lowe 

1708  Charles  Bagshawe  and  Edward  Frost 

1 709  Anthony  Clayton  and  Thomas  Bramwell 

1710  Anthony  Clayton  and  Samuel  Skidmore 

1711  William  Frost  and  Richard  Turner 

1712  William  Frost  and  William  Fynney 

1713  Joseph  Furnice  and  William  Raworth 

1714  George  Dale  and  George  Wilde 

1715  Henry  Hodgkinson  and  William  or 

Anthony  Pidcock 

1 716  William  Hodgkinson  de  fold  and  Radul- 

phus  Bagshawe 

1717  William  Hodgkinson  defold  and  George 

Cowper 

1718  Sampson   Hodgkinson   and   Thomas 

Marshall 

1719  Sampson  Hodgkinson  and  John  March. 

ington 

1720  Sampson  Hodgkinson   and   Michael 

White 


I  olden  times  the  Cliurchwardenswere  slylfd  .4idiles,  Custodes  and  Cliaf  flwardenf:. 


66 


Lon^stone     Records. 


1721  Robert   Hiisloi'  and   Richard   Brassing- 

ton 

1722  Anthony  Torr  and  Edward  Frost 

1723  Anthony  Torr  and  Samuel  Johnson 
172-1-  Davenport  Blackwell  and  John  Royley 

1725  Davenport  Blackwell  and  George  Shaw 

1726  Davenport  Blackwell  and  James  Frost 

1727  Daniel  Frost  and  Francis  Martin 

1728  Daniel  Frost  and  William  Cooper 

1729  Daniel  Frost  and  Francis  HuUey 

1730  Richard  Frost  and  James  Frost 

1731  Richard  Frost  and  Thomas  Tomlinson 

1732  Richard  Frost  and  Original  Turner 

1733  James  Gregory  and  Thomas  Gregory 
173-1  James  Gregory  and  Jos.  Thornhill 

1735  Michael  Buxton  and  William  Lowe 

1736  Michael  Buxton  and  WUliam  Holme 

1737  Thomas  Oldfield  and  George  Hancock 
173s  Thomas  Oldfield  and  David  Feepound 

1739  Richard  Bettney  and  Anthony  Hodg- 

kinson 

1740  Richard  Bettney  and  John  Boden 

1741  Richard  Bettney  and  William  Lowe 

1742  Robert  Hodgkinson  and  Ralph  James 

1743  Robert  Hodgkinson  and  Joseph  Beebee 

1744  Francis  Hodgkinson  and  Thomas  White 

1745  Francis  Hodgkinson  and  Adam  Wilson 
174fi  Joshua  Flint  and  Francis  Morten 

1747  Joshua  Flint  and  Thomas  Longsdon 

1748  John  Frost  and  Ralph  Bagshawe 

1749  John  Frost  and  James  Rushen 

1750  John  Hewaid  and  Thomas  Morton 

1751  John  Heward  and  Joseph  Skidmore 

1752  William  Goodwin  and  William  Holme 

1753  William  Goodwin  and  James  Bland 

1754  Cornelius  Bettney  and  James  Bland 

1755  Cornelius  Bettney  and  Isaac  Broome 
17oli  William  Fiirnice  and  George  Dickens 


1757  Francis  White  and  Isaac  Broome 

1758  Joseph  Beebee  and  Cain  Cottrell 

1759  Joseph  Beebee  and  Anthony  Pidcock 

1760  Joseph  Beebee  and  John  Boden 

1761  Luke  Hodgkinson  and  James  Beebee 
17(>2  Luke  Hodgkinson   and   Jarvis  Thorn- 
hill 

1763  George  Flint  and  Ellis  Dickens 

1764  George  Flint  and  Thomas  White 

1765  Thomas  Gregory  and  William  Goodwin 

1766  Thomas  Gregory  and  John  Thornhill  or 

Daniel  Sellers 

1767  Francis  Coates  and  William  Pidcock 

1768  Francis  Coates  and  George  Hancock 

1769  Lawrance  Wain  and  Edward  Shaw 

1770  Lawrance  Wain  and  John  Thornhill 

1771  Francis  Furniss  and  William  Low 

1772  Francis  Furniss  and  Ralph  Bagshawe 

1773  John  Flint  and  Charles  Shaw 

1774  John  Flint  and  Christopher  Howe 

1775  Thomas  Wager  and  Thomas  Tomblison 

1776  Thomas  Wager  and  William  Holme 

1777  William  Wager  and  Adam  Willson 

1778  William  Wager  and  Jarvis  Thornhill 

1779  William   Gregory,  junr.,   and   George 

Tomblison 

1780  William  Gregory  and  George  Dickens 
17S1  William  Hadfield  and  James  Longsdon 

1782  William  Hadfield  and  John  Allsop 

1783  Josiah  Blackwell  and  Benjamin   Skid- 

more 

1784  Josiah  Blackwell  and   John    Boden   or 

Charles  Shaw 

1785  Martin  Furniss  and  William   Pidcock 

junr. 

1786  Martin  Furniss  and  Jarvis  Thornhill 

1787  Thomas  Hill  and  Robert  Shaw 

1788  Thomas  Hill  and  Michael  White 


Church  Officials. 


67 


1789  Sampson  Hodgkinson  and  Martin  Fiir- 

niss 

1790  Sampson   Hodgkinson  and  Jonathan 

Bamford 

1791  Francis  White  and  William  Low 

1792  Francis  White  and  George  Hancock 

1793  Richard  Skidmore  and  William  Good- 

win 
1791     Richard   Skidmore   and   James   New- 
bovild 

1795  Moses  Taylor  and  John  Longsdon 

1796  Moses  Taylor  and  Robert  Bagshaw 

1797  George  Flint  and  William  Pidcock 

1798  George  Flint  and  John  Thornhill 

1799  Richard  Bettney  and  Charles  Shaw 

1800  Richard  Bettney  and  Peter  Holme 
*  1801     James  Gregory  and  George  Wilson 

1802  James  Gregory  and  Ralph  Frost 

1803  Joseph  Morton  and  James  Longsdon 

1804  Joseph  Morton  and  Thomas  White 

1805  Robert  Thornhill  and  George  Tonilin- 

son 

1806  Robert   Thornhill  and   Christopher 

James 

1807  John  Eyre  and  John  Longsdon 

1808  John  Eyre  and  Thomas  White 

1809  Matthew  Fumiss  and  Benjamin 

Skidmore 
IHIO     Matthew  Fumiss  and  John  Allsop 

1811  Charles  Shaw  and  William  Pidcock 

1812  Charles  Shaw  and  Peter  Ashmore 

1813  William  Wager  and  Robert  Shaw 

1814  William  Wager  and  Robert  Shaw 

1815  William  Carleill  and  John  Longsdon 

1816  William  Carleill  and  John  Longsdon 

1817  John  Thornhill  and  Martin  Furniss 

1818  John  Thornhill  and  Robert  Robinson 

1819  William  Gregory  and  George  Ashton 

1820  William  Gregory  and  George  Ashton 


1821  Joseph  Buxton  and  Robert  Bagsliaw 

1822  Josepli  Buxton  and  John  Bamford 

1823  James  Gregory  and  William  Hallows 

1824  James  Gregory  and  Peter  Holme 

1825  James  Gregory  and  James  Longsdon 

1826  James  Gregory  and  James  Longsdon 

1827  James  Gregory  and  Charles  Shaw 

1828  Joseph  Morton  and  Reginald  Dicken 

1829  Joseph  Morton  and  Joseph  Timm 

1830  Sampson  Wager  and  Benjamin  Elliott 

1831  Sampson  Wager  and  William  Hulley 

1832  Francis  Furniss  and  Henry  White 

1833  Joseph  Skidmore  and  James  Longsdon 

1834  Joseph  Skidmore  and  Joseph  Skidmoie 

of  Wardlow 

1835  Matthew  Furniss  and  William  Wilson 

1836  Thomas  Gregory  Orri^- Robert  Bagshaw 

1837  Thomas  Gregory  Orr  and  John  Bridge 

1838  William  Wager  and  John  Allsop 
lh39  William  Wager  and  George  Ashton 

1840  Robert  Thornhill  and  Robert  Holme 

1841  Robert  Thornhill  and  William  Longsdon 

1842  John  Lowe  and  Robert  Elliott 

1843  John  Lowe  and  Anthony  Hallows 

1844  Richard  Bettney  and  Matthew  Holme 

1845  Richard  Bettney  and  Charles  Shaw 

1846  Joseph  Skidmore  and  Francis  Robinson 

1847  Joseph  Skidmore  and  William  Wilson 
184S  John  Furniss  and  Robert  Bagshaw 

1849  John  Fiu-niss  and  George  Ashton 

1850  John  Furniss  and  Matthew  Ashmore 

1851  John  Furniss  and  Anthony  Hallows 

1852  Richard  Bettney  and  Antliony  Hallows 

1853  Richard  Bettney  and  William  Wilson 

1854  John  Furniss  and  Francis  Robinson 

1855  William  Wager  and  Anthony  Hallows 

1856  William  Wager  and  Anthony  Hallows 

1857  Robert  Thornhill  and  Robert  Shaw 


68 


Longstone     Records. 


1H58     Robert  Tliornli  ill  iiml  Kobert  Shaw 

1859  James  Furniss  and  Thomas  Parkin 

1860  James  Furniss  and  Thomas  Parkin 

1861  James  Furniss  and  Thomas  Parkin 

1862  James  Furniss  and  George  Ashton 
1S63  James  Furniss  and  George  Asliton 
186 1    James  Furniss  and  George  Ashton 

1865  Jaraes  Furniss  and  Anthony  HaUows 

1866  James  Furniss  and  Anthony  Hallows 

1867  James  Furniss  and  Robert  Shaw 

1868  Thomas  Gregory  Orr  and  Thomas  Parkin 
1809     Edward  Levett  and  Thomas  Parkin 

1870  John  Thornhill  and  George  Shaw 

1871  George  Thomas  Wright  and  John 

Thornhill 

1872  George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward 

Smithers 

1873  George  Thomas  Wright  and  Edward 

Smithers 

1874  Joseph  Scott  and  James  Orr 

1875  Joseph  Scott  and  James  Orr 

1876  Joseph  Scott  and  James  Furniss,  junr. 

1877  Joseph  Scott  and  James  Furniss,      „ 

1878  Joseph  Scott  and  Richard  Skidmore 

1879  Joseph  Scott  and  Richard  Skidmore 

1880  Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 

1881  Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 

1882  Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 

1883  Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 

1884  Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 
1835  Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 
1886    Joseph  Scott  and  Edward  Smithers 


18h7     Edward    Smithers   and    William    Pitt 
Dixon 

1888  Edward  Smithers    and   William    Pitt 

Dixon 

1 889  William  Pitt  Dixon  and  William  Longs- 

don  Shaw 

1890  William  Pitt  Dixon  and  William  Longs- 

don  Shaw 

1891  William  Pitt  Dixon  and  William  Ashton 

1892  William  Pitt  Dixon  and  William  Ashton 
1898     William  Pitt  Dixon  and  William  Ashton 

1894  William  Pitt  Dixon  and  George  Thomas 

Wright 

1895  Charles  Frederick  Williams  and  George 

Thomas  Wright 
1^96     Charles  Frederick  Williams  and  George 

Thomas  Wright 
1S97     William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  William 

Longsdon  Shaw 

1898  William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  William 

Longsdon  Shaw 

1899  William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  Walter 

Herbert  Wright 

1900  William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  Walter 

Herbert  Wright 

1901  William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  Walter 

Herbert  Wright 

1902  William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  Walter 

Herbert  Wright 

1903  William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  Ernest 

Morewood  Longsdon 
1901     William  Rogers  Pitt  Dixon  and  John 

William  Thornhill 
1905     William  Rogers   Pitt  Dixon  and  John 

William  Thornhill 


Church  Officials. 


69 


SlDIiSMHX. 


Bagshaw,  F. 

Bates,  Arthur 

Black  well,  John 

Carson,  Charles 

Coe,  Richard 

Edwards,  Hugh 

Eyre,  Arthur  Wm.  Joseph 

Eyre,  William  (Sexton) 

Grant,  Theodore 


Nadin,  James 

Nadin,  William 

Orrell,  T.  M. 

Slack,  William 

Spanton,  Henry  Arthm- 

Spencer,  James 

Taylor,  H.  T. 

Triokett,  James  Tissington 

Ward,  Arthur 


In  1896  Sidesmen  were  appointed  to  assist,  or  act  in  the  absence  of,  the  Cl.nrchwar.Iens.     Fx-Church- 
wardens,  and  others  elected  at  the  Annual  Vestrj'  Meeting,  are  Sidesmen. 


CHURCH     MUSIC. 


As  to  the  conduct  of  the  Music,  during  many  centuries  there  is 
nothing  but  tradition  to  help  us.  Like  other  village  Churches,  the 
Choir  composed  of  both  sexes  was  usually  led  by  Flute  and  Fiddle 
and  supported  by  Clarinet,  Oboe,  Bassoon,  and  Double  Bass. 
Harmoniums  and  Organs  were  not  in  general  use  until  the  Nine- 
teenth Century.  Here  in  Longstone  the  following  is  probably  a 
correct  list  of  the  last  "Members  of  the  Band"  as  they  were 
formerly  styled — 


William  Wilson'    ... 
Richard  Heathcote 
Jonathan  Hulley    ... 
Thomas  Hill 
Joseph  Morton 
James  Morton 
William  Eyre 
and  (later) 
Joseph  Scott 

«  Mr.  Scott's  Flute  is  still  treasured  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Hill,  of  Market  Dravton. 


Flute. 

Fiddle. 

Oboe. 

Clarinet. 

Bassoon. 

Violoncello. 


) Conductor  and  Leader 
J  with  Flute.* 


70 


Longstone     Records. 


1868  we  find  at  the  Harmonium — 

Mrs.  Paley      

and 
Miss  Annie  Paley 


Wife  and  daughter 
of  the  Vicar. 


ORGANISTS. 


1873  at  the  Organ- 
Miss  Price 
Miss  Jess 
Mr.  F.  Burgiss 
Mr.  A.  P.  Fewkes 
Mr.  >1.  A.  Piggott 
Mr.  L.  Galaud 
Mr.  W.  Sumner 
Mr.  W.  K.  Bateson    .. 
Mr.  H.  A.  Spanton      .. 
Miss  L.  A.  F.  Wright 
Miss  F.  H.  Wright     . 
Mr.  H.  A.  Spanton      . 


1874 
1876 

1879 
1881 
1883 
1887 
1894 
1900 
1904 


The  Vicarage. 
!  Bakevvell. 


School  House. 


The  Hall. 


..  |~ School  House. 


Organ  Blower- -John  Turner. 


CHORISTERS  AND  ASSISTANT  CHORISTERS. 


Since  1873. 


Andrew,  George 
.'Vtlierton,  Ernest 

Bacon,  Tlionias 
Bates,  .Arthur 
Bennett,  Isaac 
Bennett,  Joseph 
Blackwell,  George 
Blackwell,  Thomas 
Blagden,  Charles 
Bottom,  Albert 
Braddock,  AiUiui 
Btadwell,  Lutl.tT 
Briilgc,  jolin 
I'righlnjore,  Charles 
Brigtmore,  Thomas 
Buzzard,  Charles  Herbert 


Carson,  George 
Carson,  Matthew 
Co  opei  .Theodore 

Davies,  Thomas 

Di.Non,  William  Rogers  Pitt 

Elliott,  George 

Elliott,  Herbert 

Evre,  Arthur 

Eyre,  Arthur  William  Joseph 

Eyre,  William 

FitzGeorge,  Robert 
Franks,  George 
Franks,  Reginald 
Furniss,  Antliony 
Furniss,  George 
Furniss,  William 


Church     Officials. 


71 


Gregory,  William  A. 
Grant,  James 
Grant,  Theodore 
Green,  James 

Hanibleton,  Benjamin 
Hambleton,  Bernard 
Hambleton,  George 
Hambleton,  Joseph 
Hamilton,  Joseph 
Hewitt,  Arthur 
Hewitt,  William 

Johnson,  Samuel 
Jupp,  Jesse 
Jupp,  William 
Jupp,  Henry 

Lea,  Charles 
Lock,  Alfred 
Lomas,  George 


Morris, 

Morton, 

Morton, 

Morton, 

Morton 

Morton 

Morton 

Morton 

Morton 


James  W. 
,  Arthur 
,  Charles 
Charles 
,  George 
,  James 
,  Matthew 
,  William 
,  Samuel 


Nadin,  Ernest 
Nadin,  Jesse 
Nadin,  William 
N'uttall,  Frederick  H. 
Nuttall,  Henry 

Oldfield,  John  Thomas 
Old  field,  Walter 

Parkin,  James 
Parkin,  Thomas 
Parkin,  William 
Percival,  Matthew  Spencer 
Percival,  Joseph 
Porter,  Thomas 

Rodley,  Thomas 

Sharpies,  William 
Skidmore,  Albert 
Slack,  Harry 
Slingsbv.  Samuel 
Solly,  Charles 


Taylor,  Charles 
Taylor,  George 

Timm,  Percy 
Timm,  William 

Waddell,  Malcolm 
Wager,  Albert 
Wager,  Clement 
Ward,  Arthur 
Ward,  Christopher 
Ward,  George 
Ward,  George 
Ward,  Victor 
Watts,  John 
Whibberley,  Cyril 
Wood,  Joseph 
Wright,  Henry  Charles 
Wright,  George  Darling 
Wright,  George  Thomas 

Bates,  Lin  a 

Carson,  Mary  Ann 

Eyre,  Beatrice 

FitzGeorge,  Eliza 

Gould,  Harriet 
Green,  Florence 

Hewitt,  Mary  Jane 
Haywood,  Ann 
Higton,  Daisy 

Jones,  Harriet 

Kay,  Mary  Ann 

Lankester,  Edith 

Morton,  Sarah 

Naylor,  Caroline 

Oliver,  Alice 
Oliver,  Sarah  Ann 

Southgate,  S. 
Southern,  Gertrude 

Turner,  Kate  M. 
Walker,  Mrs.  (Schoolmistress) 
Wells,  Ada 
Wright,  Ena  Mabel 
Wright,  Florence  Helena 
Wright,  Lilian  Margaret 
Wright,  Margaret  Jean 
Wright,  Myra 


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Longstone  Records. 
CLERKS. 


1692 
1791 

Hem-icus  Dooley 
John  Thornhill 

1829 
1847 

John  Thornhill 
Robert  Thornhill 

Edward  (iai-liek 
James  Ward 
William  Ward 
William  Ashton 
William  Ward 

SEXTONS. 

1755 
181-1 
1847 
1855 
1805 

1.S70 

1877 
1892 

William  Ashton  and  Tliomas 

Eyre 
Thomas  Eyre 
William  Eyre 

CHURCH    CLEANERS. 

1829     Ann  Ward 
1847     Martha  Hill 


Goodice  Blagden 
Christina  Blagden 


CLOCK    WINDERS. 


ISOS  John  Thornhill 

1839  James  Ward 

1847  William  AVard 

1855  William  Asliton 


1865     William  Ward 

1870     William  Ashton  and  Thomas 

Eyre 
1873     Edwin  Perry 


CLOCK    REPAIRERS. 


1799  Charles  Sliaw 

1809  John  Thornhill 

1812  Richard  Warhurst 

1815  .     .     .      Prinney 

1818  .     .     .      Foulks 


1831 
1847 
1858 
1871 
1873 


Thomas  Plant 
.lames  Carson 
Joseph  Carson 
John  Carson 
John  Smith 


Church     Bells. 


73 


CHURCH     HELLS. 


There  were  formerly  four  Bells  in  the  Belfry  besides  the  Sanctus 
Bell  over  the  E.  end  of  the  Nave.  Of  these,  three  only  remained 
for  a  long  period  of  time — 

1st  Bell — missing. 

2nd  Bell  inscribed — "Ellis  Dickens,  Geo.  Flint,  Chappelhvardens. 
Thomas  Hedderley,  Foimder,  1763." 

3rd  Bell  "  God  save  His  Church,  1618,"  and  the  bell-mark  of 
"  George  Oldfield." 

4th  Bell  "Go.  Al-glory  bee  to  God  on  high,  1674,"  and  the 
bell-mark  of  "  George  Oldfield." 

It  does  not  appear  what  became  of  the  1st  Bell,  but  the  Sanctus 
Bell,  which  also  bears  the  date  of  1763,  was  removed  to  the  School. 

1873. 
The  following  is  the  weight  of  the  present  Bells  : — 
Key  of  A.  Major. 


1st  Bell  ... 
2nd  Bell... 
3rd  Bell... 
4th  Bell... 
5th  Bell  ... 

c. 
4 

5 

5 

7 

9 

2 

1 
2 
1 
2 

LBS 

7 
23 
0 
5 
2 

"*'  Inscribed — 
y          G.  T.  Wright.     Don. 
John  Taylor  &  Co., 

Loughborough 

32 

1 

9 

At  the  Dedication  Service,  the  five  Bells  were  rung  by  Messrs. 
Smith,  Rodgers,  Rowland,  Needham  and  Brunt,  of  Bakewell. 

•  The  usual  invocative  inscriptions  were  inadvertently  omitted. 


74 


Longstone     Records, 
BELL    RINGERS. 


1873 


Edwin  Perry 
Isaac  Bennett 
Alfred  Lock 
James  Nadin 
Joseph  Bennett 


Before  the  Church  Restoration  of 
1872. 

(No  earlier  record.) 

Thomas  Eyre 
John  Eyre 
William  Ashton 
Since  tJie  Restoration  of 
1873- 

1874  &  after  Thomas  Hihbert 
William  Morton 
James  W.  Morris 
Theodore  Grant 
William  Nadin 
George  Ward 
George  Penley 


LONGSTONE 


BELFRY    COMPANY, 

1873. 


St.  Giles's  Church,  Great  Longstone,  Derbyshire. 


PEAL     OF     FIVE     BELLS. 

(By   Taylor  &  Co.,  Bell  Founders,  Loughborough. J 


The  following  rules  are  agreed  to  by  the  T' 


There  sliall  br  five  principal  ringers  who  shall  be 
responsible  for  the  rare  and  proper  ringing  of  the  Bells  on  all 
occasions,  excepting  those  when  the  Sexton  takes  the  duty. 
The  Sexton  may  or  may  n(»t  be  a  Member  of  the  Company. 


There  may  also  be  five  Assistant  Ringers,  who,  after 
approval  by  the  Vicar  and  Cliurchi,\ardens,  shall  be  allowed 
to  practice  occasionally  under  the  superintendence  of  one  of 
the  principal  ringers. 

3- 

The  .Assistant  Ringers,  when  qualified,  may  act  as  sub- 
stitutes for  the  principal  ringers,  and  be  promoted  to 
vacancies  when  they  occur. 


ChurcJiivardens,  and  Ringers,  January,  18^4. 


Ringersmust  be  in  the  belfry  three  quarters  of  an  hour 
before  the  Ser\ices  on  Sundays,  and  on  the  Great  Holy  Days. 


Ringing  for  Divine  Service  shall  be  arranged  to  suit 
the  capabilities  of  the  least  practised  ringer,  whether  prin- 
cipal or  assistant,  who  happens  to  be  engaged  at  the  time. 

6. 

Ringers  are  Officers  of  the  Church,  and  as  such  agree 
to  attend  Divine  Service  as  fiequently  as  possible. 


After  ringing   or  chiming  for  Service,   the   disengaged 


Church     Bells. 


75 


ringers  will  at  once    take  their  places  in    the    Church,    the 
tenor  bell  being  rung  for  five  n;inutes. 


Failure  in  complying  with  the  rules  will  be  visited 
with  fines,  which  shall  be  handed  to  the  Churchwardens,  for 
belfry  repairs. 

9- 

The  ringers  shall  appoint  one  of  their  Con*pany  as 
foreman.  He  shall  be  the  medium  of  coniinunicatioii  with 
the  Vicar,  &c.,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  give  the  other 
ringers  due  notice  of  any  extra  ringing,  or  the  reverse,  to 
ring  the  call-bell,  to  open  and  close  the  Church,  and  light 
the  belfry  at  the  appointed  hours,  and  to  collect  and  keep  an 
account  of  all  fines  and  fees  in  a  book  provided  for  the 
purpose. 

lO. 

The  ringers  shall  appoint  either  the  same  or  another  mem- 
ber of  their  Company  as  conductor  of  the  ringing.  Silence 
must  be  strictly  observed  by  the  other  ringers  whilst  the  bells 
are  in  motion. 

1 1. 

Bell  practice  shall  take  place,  if  possible,  once  a  week, 
between  the  hours  of  6  p.m.  and  g  p.m.  Ringers  must  be  in 
the  belfrv  fifteen  minutes  after  the  Call-bell  is  sounded. 


The  feelings  of  the  sick  and  bereaved  shall  be  con- 
sidered in  arranging  for,  or  abstaining  from  bell-practice. 


The  bells  shall  not  be   rung    to  serve  any  political 
purpose  or  party,  nor  without  the  Vicar's  permission. 


No  persons  other  than  Officers  of  the  Church,  shall  be 
present  at  bell-practice,  except  by  special  permission. 

15- 
Xo    persons    other    than    the  ringers  shall   handle  the 
bells  without  special  permission. 

i6. 

The   bells  must  always  be   tolled  or   chimed  by    the 
wheel,  as  in  ringing,  and  not  "clocked"  or  "clappered." 

J7- 
Besides  the  Old  and   New  Year  nmfRed   and  unmuffled 
peals,  the  bells  shall   be  rung  at  8  a.m.  on  Christmas  Day, 
New  Year's  Day,  Easter  Day.  and  the  Queen's  birthday. 


1 8. 

The  ringers  are  not  debarred  from  accenting  remu- 
neration through  the  Church  Authorities,  but  no  house  to 
house  collection  by  the  ringers  can  be  allowed.  In  the  case 
of  Church  Wedding  f'eals,  fees  as  hereinafter  mentioned  may 
be  asked;  but  payment  shall  he  optional,  unless  the  foreman 
has  had  an  understanding  with  the  parties  beforehand.  Ap- 
plication for  payment  of  fees  shall  be  made  by  the  foreman 
alone. 

19. 

Should  a  ringer  be  guilty  of  bad  languaee  or  un- 
seemly conduct,  or  fall  back  in  his  practices  and  attendances, 
he  shall  be  liable  to  be  superseded. 


Eating,  drinking,  and  smoking  within  the  sacred 
precincts,  are  of  course  distinctly  prohibited,  water  alone 
being  excepted. 

31. 

If  any  dispute  arise  among  the  ringers  which  they 
cannot  settle  themselves,  it  shall  be  the  dutv  of  the  foreman 
to  refer  the  same  to  the  Vicar  and  Churchwardens. 


Fine,  for  breaking  anv  rule  not  expressly  referred 

to   '. 3d. 

Ditto         Rule  4.     Under  15  miuutes  late id. 

Ditto         Rule  4.     Absent  without  a  substitute  ...  6d. 

Ditto         Rule  n.  Over  fifteen  minutes  late    td. 

Ditto         Ruleri.     Absent   without    notice,   and 

without  a  substitute  3d. 

Ditto         Rule  19.  If  first  offence  is. 

Fine  for  breaking  a  Stay  6d. 

23- 

Fees  for  Wedding  Peals,  &c.,  One  hour los. 

„  One  hour  and  half  153. 

,.  Two  hours  and  upwards,..    353. 

Payment  will  be  made  for  special  peals  ordered  by  the 
Vicar  and  Churchwardens,  and  a  minimum  annual  payment 
of  10s.  will  be  made  to  each  principal  ringer,  by  the  Church- 
wardens. 

24. 

Each  ringer  is  required  to  approve  and  sign  these  rules 
before  admission  to  the  Company. 


N.B.     These  rales  were  duly  agreed  to  and  signed  but  were  never  enforced  and  became  a  dead  letter. 


76  Longstone     Records. 

CHURCH    STAIN  ED-GLASS    WINDOWS. 


East 
South 


CHANCEL. 

Subject, 
The  CfLicifixion. 

Abfaham  offering  Isaac. 
The  Woman  of  Samaria. 


3     South 


4     North 


r     Christ  giving  the  Keys  to    y   Widow  of  Rev. 
J.  St.  Peter.  [    Charles  Lewis 

'  Raising  of  Jairus'  daughter  )    Cornish 


Donor.  Date. 

Emma  E.  Wright.      1873. 

Robert  ThornhiU.     1873. 


1873. 
1874. 


5 

North  West 

6 

North 

7 

North 

8 

North  East 

9 

West          D 

1873. 


Adoration  of  the  Magi.  Edward  Smithers 

NORTH     AISLE. 

Presentation  in  the  Temple.      Ann  Hill. 

St.  Giles.  Joseph  Scott.     1873. 

St.  Paul.     Joseph&  William  Scott.      1873. 

(  Widow  of  Rev.  G. 

JB.  Brown.  1873. 

BELFRY. 

David  and  his  harp.     Widow  of  George  Eyre.     1875. 

SOUTH     AISLE. 


St.  Peter. 


10     South  West 


(   Christ  blessing  little   |  Friends    of   late 


I 


children. 


Joseph  Scott.       1887. 


U      South        Naomi,  Ruth,  Lydia  &  Dorcas]     ^^/,^^ ,     °"^^® 

■'  I      Wright  1897. 

N.B. — All  the  Windows  were  designed  and  executed  by  Messrs. 
Heaton,  Butler  &  Bayne,  of  London,  under  the  supervision  of  Mr. 
R.  Norman  Shaw,  R.A.,  excepting  No.  3  supplied  by  Messrs. 
Hardman  of  Birmingham,  and  No.  9  and  No.  10,  which  are  also 
said    to    have    been    made    by    Messrs.    Heaton    &    Co. 


In     Memoriam.  77 

MURAL  TABLET  IX  THE  CHURCH  XAVE. 


In  Loving  Memory  of 
GEORGE     FURNESS,     C.E., 

Chevalier  of  the  Crown  of  Italy. 

Born  in  this  Parish,  October  31,  1820, 

Died  at  Roindwood  Holse,  Willesden, 

Middlesex,  Jamarv  9,  1900. 

George  Furness  was  a  younger  brother  of  the  well-known  and 
greatly  respected  Longstone  residents,  James  and  John  Furness. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  enterprise  and  business  qualifications  which 
he  brought  to  bear  on  Engineering  Works  chiefly  on  the  Continent, 
by  which  he  acquired  wealth,  being  confessedly  a  self-made  man  of 
which  he  was  justly  proud.  Living  with  his  family  chieflv  in 
London,  he  frequently  visited  his  birth-place  where  he  had  a 
comfortable  residence,  now  the  property  of  his  eldest  and  only 
surviving  son,  Mr.  George  James  Furness,  of  Roundwood  House, 
Willesden. 

In  1902,  rather  more  than  two  vears  after  his  death,  a  deplorable 
and  fatal  event  happened  to  three  members  of  this  family  whilst  on 
a  boating  excursion  at  Killarnev  bv  which  Mr.  G.  J.  Furness  lost  in 
one  dav,  mother,  elder  sister  and  brother.  There  is  at  this  date  no 
Memorial  record  of  the  event  on  the  Willesden  familv  tomb,  but 
the  following  tribute  to  the  memorv  of  the  victims  appeared  in  the 
Parish  Magazine,  June,  1902  :  — 

"  With  great  regret  we  record  the  removal  by  a  sad  accident  of  three 
friends  well-known  to  all  in  Longstone.  Mrs.  George  Furness,  Miss  Marv 
Furness,  and  Mr.  M.  T.  Bladen  Furness  weie  amongst  the  victims  of  the 
boating  disaster  on  the  Lakes  of  Killarney  in  which  thirteen  lives  were  lost. 
The  funeral  of  Mrs.  Furness  took  place  at  Willesden,  on  Tuesday,  May  27th. 
Every  sympathy  is  felt  for  the  relatives  who  have  to  sustain  an  unexpected 
and  grievous  loss.  That  loss  is  felt  also  at  Longstone,  where  their  presence 
was  always  welcome.  They  were  fond  of  their  Longstone  home  and  were 
endeared  to  their  friends  by  their  kind-hearted  and  amiable  dispositions  and 
benevolent  characters.  In  their  deaths,  not  divided,  may  they  have  found 
eternal  rest,  and  may  those  who  loved  them  find  help  to  endure  this 
overwhelming  blow." 


78 


Longstone     Records. 

Inscriptions  on  the  lead  roof  of  the  Nave. 


1636 

C     V 

1.        V        L 

W.      WRI 

IF    III* 

C     H    V    W 

P 

F.    S     H 

R  M 

I  W 

I  I    or    H    as  filial    letter. 


Restored 

1873 

N.  A.  WELLS,  Vicar. 

G.  T.   WRIGHTi 


■  C.  H.  Wardens. 


E.  SMITHERS  I 
R.  N.  SHAW,  ArchI 


The     Churchyard.  yg 


With,  and  even  without,  an  increase  in   the   population,    it  has 
been  found  difficult  and   sometimes    impossible  to   provide  decent 
and   undisturbed   resting   places  for  the  dead   from  generation   to 
generation.       And    this    is    especially   true    of    the    "Churchyard" 
proper  as  distinguished  from  public  cemeteries  where  strict  rules 
exist  to  prevent  the  disturbance  of  the  remains  of  the  dead        In 
most  of  our  old  Churchyards  it   is   impossible  to  prepare  a  grave 
without  such  gruesome   practice,   and  Longstone  is  no  exception 
Attention   has   been   called  again  and  again  to  the  fact  that  new 
ground  IS  necessary,  but  nothing  practical  has  been  accomplished 
for  reasons  that  cannot  be  discussed  here.     There  is  no  doubt  that 
those  who  are  in  possession  of  family  burial  ground  do  not  feel  called 
upon  to  take  up  the  question,  and  it  would  seem  as  if  nothing  short 
of  closing  the  ground,  except  for  very  special  cases,  will  bring  home 
to  people's  minds  the  urgency  of  the  case.     It  has  been  well  said 
that    for    the    efficient    sanitary   disposal    of  the  dead.  Cremation 
should  be  encouraged.     The  cost  of  transit— not  the  Crematorium 
fee— is  at  present  the  drawback  from  an  economical  point  of  view, 
but  motor  conveyance  may  shortly  be  expected  to  overcome  this 
difficulty.     Interments  within  the  Church  have  been  very  properly 
abolished.     A  remark  in    1708  by  the  Rev.  N.  Boothouse,  Vicar  of 
Ashbourne,  will  at  this  date  be  generally  approved— that  "Churches 
and  Chancels  are   too  good  to  lay  dead   bodies  in."      It  may  be 
safely  predicted  that  before  the  present  century  expires,   sanitaiy 
laws  will  prohibit  the  interment  in  our  Churchyards  of  anything 
except  the  ashes  of  the  departed.      In   1843,   through   the   gift  of 
Mr.  Wright,  a  small  addition    was    made  to    the    Churchyard    on 
the  North  side. 


8o 


Longstone     Records, 


THE     VICARAGE. 


Longstone  Vicarage  was  formerly  the  White  Lion  Inn,  last  kept 
hy  one  Christopher  James.  The  Rev.  Malkin  Mills  was  the  first 
Incumbent  to  reside  there  after  the  removal  of  the  business  of  the 
Inn  to  the  present  site  in  the  Village.  The  house  was  a  very 
small  one  and  has  been  twice  enlarged,  once  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Hodson  who  took  pupils*  and  again  by  the  Rev.  John  Paley. 
There  is  a  tradition  that  in  the  days  of  the  "White  Lion,"  a  certain 
k'lergyman  was  wont  to  take  "a  refresher"  there  whilst  robing 
during  Hymn  singing  before  the  Sermon.  The  Vicarage  garden 
was  also  enlarged  on  the  South  side,  in  Mr.  Paley's  time. 


.MARRIAGES. 


Thi.s   list   from   the  Parish  Registers   is   of  course  confined   to  marriages 
celebrated  in  Longstone  Chnrch. 

L     Siffiiijies  Marriage  by  License. 


175.5     Gvll  married  a  Needham 


Mornsal! 

Haberjam 

1758 

Bland 

Dicken 

Shaw 

Sharp 

17.59 

Pidcock 

Holm 

Broom 

Needham 

1760 

Chajipell 

L 

Prime 

1761 

Denman 

L 

Fynney 

1762 

Gregory 

L 

Smith 

1763 


1764 


1765 


1766 


Wardle 

Cocks 

Bolsover 

L 

Bolsover 

(not  signed) 

Wilson 

Bolsover 

Etches 

Frost 

Garlick 

Redfearn 

Furniss 

L 

Hudson 

Hodgkinson 

Steel 

Hodgli  inson 

Fnrniss 

'  One  of  these,  whom    I    met    in  after  life  in  Switzerland,  informed  nie  that  it    was  tie  wlio  sent 
a  bullet  through  the  sign-board  of  the  "Bull's  Head  Inn"  at  Headslonps. 

t  This  gentleman,   whose   weakness   had  bc'come   an   open    secret    with  his  congregation,   advised 
them  that  thev  must  do  as  he  itnid  and  not  as  he  did. 


Marriages. 


8i 


1767 

Elley 

Heathcote 

1787 

Walker 

L 

Prime 

Tomlinson 

Walton 

Bagshaw 

L 

Eyley 

1768 

Eamsbotam 

L   Tine 

1788 

Sheldon 

Buckley 

1769 

Heathcote 

Taylor 

Shaw 

Hall 

Bland 

Beeby 

Morewood 

L 

Needham 

Ashton 

Boote 

1789 

Dawson 

L 

Wright 

1770 

Blaokwell 

L  Dawson 

Bettney 

Kent 

HiiUey 

L  Hodgkinson 

Morton 

Wager 

1771 

Croop 

Heathcote 

Skidmore 

Gregory 

1773 

Furniss 

L  Beeby 

Allcard 

Bettney 

1776 

Wayne 

Hodgkinson 

Taylor 

Turner 

Barton 

Dooley 

Tomlinson 

Wibberley 

1777 

Hulley 

WUson 

1791 

Marsden 

L  Willson 

Margeroson 

L  Furness 

1794 

Shaw 

Thornhill 

177!S 

Brunt 

Garlick 

1795 

Porter 

L 

Furniss 

Hayward 

Downs 

Gregory 

Marsden 

Hudson 

L  Longsdon 

Bettney 

Blackwell 

1780 

Ashton 

Garlick 

1796 

Hancock 

Garrot 

Bettney 

Morten 

Holme 

Ashton 

Crooks 

Gregoi'y 

1797 

Waine 

Bark 

Holme 

Willson 

Smith 

Buckley 

1781 

ThornhUl 

L  Hadfield 

179S 

Fletcher 

Furniss 

Cresswell 

L  Needham 

1799 

Eadford 

L 

Blackwell 

1782 

Mortin 

Drable 

1802 

Middleton 

Hodgskinson 

Botham 

L  Garrot 

Taylor 

Wager 

1783 

Willson 

Tomlinson 

18U3 

Orr 

L 

Gregory 

Bennet 

Hunt 

Dunkerley 

L 

Shaw 

Garlick 

Heathcoat 

1805 

Ward 

(xarrott 

HoUeley 

Taylor 

1806 

Ward 

Hudson 

Furniss 

L  Barton 

1807 

Furniss 

Hambleton  or 

Gregory 

Eobison 

Hamilton 

.1784 

Hodgskinson       Hall 

Hodgskinson 

Youle 

1785 

Taylor 

Bettney 

1808 

Dak  in 

Bramwell 

Swift 

Pidcock 

1810 

Eyre 

Flint 

Shaw 

Hancock 

1812 

Eyre 

Smith 

Higinbothani      Hill 

1S17 

Sellers 

Skidmore 

Holme 

Hodgskinson 

Gregory 

Shaw 

Mottram 

Radford 

Snllurs 

Skidmore 

82 


Longstone     Records. 


1818 

Hallows 

Piu-sglove 

Hawley 

Hodgkinson 

1823 

Abbott 

Hill 

1850 

Taylor 

Vickars 

1824. 

Bottom 

Heathcote 

1851 

Eyre 

Johnson 

1826 

Alsop 

Smith 

Puncliaby 

Hibbert 

Garrat 

Gregory 

Peniston 

Robinson 

ISL'7 

Barns 

Fletcher 

1852 

Young 

Taylor 

Skidmore 

L  Hill 

Oliver 

Bettney 

1828 

Hancock 

Ward 

Furniss 

Hill 

Ashton 

Burze 

1853 

Taylor 

Hey  ward 

Wager 

Bentley 

1854 

Green 

Taylor 

1829 

Hurst 

Robinson 

Marples 

Ward 

Hill 

Taylor 

1855 

Berresford 

Garlick 

Gould 

Sellors 

1856 

Hallows 

Damms 

18:i() 

Bottom 

Birch 

1858 

Wager 

He  J  ward 

Peirce 

Charlesworth 

Shaw 

L  Longsdon 

1831 

Bark 

Lees 

Sygrave 

L  Hodgkinson 

Bennett 

Taylor 

1859 

Carson 

Baines 

1832 

Skidmore 

Wilson 

1860 

Taylor 

Hewitt 

Garlick 

Beresford 

Clark 

Hill 

183i 

Ward 

Hibbert 

Furniss 

Tagg 

Goodwin 

McVey 

Bradwell 

Heathcote 

183() 

Townsend 

Skidmore 

1801 

Crawshaw 

Timm 

Hutchinson 

L  Barker 

Hill 

Hodgkinson 

1837 

Green 

L  Barker 

Shaw 

L  Hallows 

Wager 

Fletcher 

1862 

Stalham 

Massey 

Ball 

L  Wilson 

Bunker 

Taylor 

Brookes 

Owens 

Jones 

Rawnsley 

Fletcher 

Skidmore 

Hudson 

Plachett 

1838 

Gibbon 

HiU 

Hall 

Heyward 

Hope 

Woodhouse 

1863 

Bennett 

Milward 

Heeley  :-'  Eeley  Ileward 

1864 

Hill 

Scott 

?  Hayward 

1865 

Paling 

Pidcock 

1840 

Bown 

Mawrey 

Butterworth 

McKenzie 

1813 

Watts 

Taylor 

Lees 

Lees 

( 'i-aven 

Thornhill 

Grange 

Eyre 

Hibbert 

Garlick 

1866 

Whittaker 

Randall 

1846 

Slack 

Sellers 

Oliver 

Gregory 

18i8 

Smith 
Johnson 

Furniss 
Bland 

Blackwell 

Fox 

Marriages. 


83 


1S67 


1809 
1870 
1871 


1872 

1874 


187.T 


1876 


1877 


1878 


1879 


Wood 

Peters 

Tomkinson 

Bagshawe 

Grladwin 

Racon 

Hampshire 

Parsons 

Henshall 

Fiirniss 

Bagshaw 

Hope 

Shimwell 

Winson 

Eyre 

Fox 

Sanders 

Carson 

Oldfield 

Ainsworth 

Desforges 

Orr 

Arnold 

Goodwin 

Clai'ke 

Eeley 

Piirsglove 

Hancock 

Sellers 

Ward 

Nadin 

Morton 

Leyland 

Heath 

Black  well 

Robinson 

Walton, 

Greatorex 

Bryan 


Eyre 

Barke 

Hollingworth 

Marsden 

HuUey 
Bradbury 

Eyre 

Hodgson 

H  i  ggott 
L  Thornhill 
L  Orr 

Hill 
L  Marsden 
L  Skidmore 

Tnnstall 
L  Stone 

Gould 

Hill 

Randell 
L  M'Connel 

Blaekwell 
L  Wager 
L  Shaw 

Bloore 

Shawe 

Furniss 

Wild 

Furness 

Robinson 

Turner 

Gould 

Bland 

A  shton 

Stone 

Eyre 
L  Priestley 

•  Jarlick 
L  Froggatt 
L  Bryan 


1881 


1882 
1883 


18S4 


1885 

1886 
1887 

1888 

1889 
189U 


1891 


1  s9l' 


Broughton 

Hamilton 

Brough  L 

Hopkinson 

EUwood 

Holmes 

Cockayne        L 

Woodroffe 

WooUey 

Robinson 

Capper 

Brocklehurst 

Kenyon 

Kenworthy     L 

Owen 

Scott 

Redfearn 

Glossop 

Carson 

Crane 

Waddell 

Morgan 

Morton 

Slade 

Pickthall 

Lee  L 

Taylor 

Trickett  L 

Ferrall 

Watkins 

Morton 

Lujjtu)! 

Helliwell 

Brown 

Carlisle  L 

Shaw 

Dale 

Dawson  I. 

Clabrough 


Morton 

Mycock 

Young 

Orr 

Fiu'niss 

Bottoms 

Foster 

Bridge 

Morton 

Robinson 

AUsop 

Furniss 

Haddock 

Southgate 

Bacon 

Shaw 

Bennett 

Taylor 

Wager 

AUsop 

Johnson 

Bennett 

Ward 

Hodgkinson 

Lewis 

Linacre 

Robinson 

Wager 

Shaw 

Bradbury 

Wlialley 

Whalley 

Robinson 

Eyi-e 

Lowe 

Dixon 

Bilham 

Kobinson 

Southgate 


84 


Longstone     Records. 


Cooke 

HajT\'ard 

Eyre 

Heathcote 

1893 

Wood 

Taylor 

Hill 

L  Eowe 

Blagden 

Elliott 

1900 

Wearn 

Green 

1894 

Bacon 

Hodgkinson 

Flint 

Furniss 

Kobinson 

L 

Bramwell 

Turner 

Tiu-ner 

Needham 

L 

Hallows 

Lxipton 

Kobinson 

Grant 

L 

Beaton 

Twinn 

Eyre 

Hudson 

Lowe 

Birley 

Skidmore 

Ashton 

Timm 

Eodley 

Eyre 

1895 

Bennett 

Carrington 

1901 

Cox- 

Taylor 

Walker 

Marsden 

Shimwell 

L  WUson 

Hollingworth 

Wall 

Turner 

Sellers 

1896 

Skidmore 

Parsons 

Poole 

Waddell 

Turner 

EUiott 

Cheney 

Draycott 

Hadfield 

Parkin 

Cooper 

Ward 

Barnby 

L 

Hancock 

1902 

Harrington 

Furniss 

Timnicliffe 

Wildgoose 

Redfearn 

Bingham 

1897 

Hollingwor 

th 

CoUis 

Birkhead 

Bridge 

Horobin 

Hewitt 

McConnel 

Wright 

Ward 

Bacon 

Parsons 

Coe 

Dawson 

Middleton 

1903 

Bell 

Hewitt 

Cocker 

Blackwell 

Hutchinson 

Orr 

Elliott 

Elliott 

1904 

Sebright 

Bridge 

1898 

Slack 

Watts 

James 

Wright 

Marshall 

I 

Wager 

McGibbon 

Hall 

Turner 

Lee 

1905 

Sheldon 

Tiu-ner 

1899 

Harrop 
Harrison 

SeUers 
Phillips 

Biu-nand 

Carson 

Church     Furniture,     &c. 


8s 


1892 
1894 
1896 

1897 


1900 
1901 
1902 


1903 


GIFTS    01-    CHURCH    FURNITURE,    &c., 
since  1891- 


In  Memoriarn.     Brass  Eagle  Lectern... 
Oak  Chest  for  Altar  Frontals 
Black  Marble  Plinth  for  the  Altar  Cross 
Brass  Suspension  Lamps  for  the  Church  Nave 
Brass  Book-rest  for  the  Altar,  with  the  Com- 1 

munion  Service  Book         ...         ...         ...) 

In  Memoriam.    Restoration  of  the  Church-] 

yard  Cross      ) 

Large  Flag  for  the  Church  Tower 

Flag  Staff  for  the  Church  Tower 

Set  of  fine  Altar  Linen  ... 

In  Memoriam.    Brass  Alms  Dish  &  Alms  Bags 

In  Memoriam.     The  Panel  Carving  of  the  old  | 

Stone  Font,  also  Worked  Kneelers  ...  1 

In  Memoriam.     Oak  Sedilia  in  Chancel 


Oak  frame  with  iron  supports  for  the  Flag- 
staff on  the  Church  Tower  ... 
Silver  Casket  for  Communion  Bread 

Violet  Altar  Frontal     

Churchyard  Lamp,  &c.... 

New  Stop  for  Organ     ... 

Set  of  fine  Altar  Linen  and  a  Violet  Marker 

Fine  linen  Clotli  for  Credence  Table 

New  Reredos  Curtains  in  the  Chancel,  and 

Red  Silk  Frontal      

Organette  for  Choir  practice 


Miss  F.  Broomhead. 
Mr.  G.  T.  Wright. 
Mr.W.  R.  P.  Dixon. 
Mr.  G.  J.  Marples. 

Two  Parishioners. 

Rev.  Canon  Cornish 
and  brothers. 

Jubilee  Fund. 

Mr.  A.  W.  J.  Eyre. 
Miss  F.H.Wright. 
Mrs.  W.  P.  Dixon. 

Mrs.  Hall. 

Family  of  the  late 
Rev.  J.  H.  Longsdon. 

I       Mr.  G.  T.  Wright. 

Miss  F.  H.  Wright. 
~N  Longstone  Branch, 
C  Girls'  Friendly 

J  Society. 

Miss  K.  M.  Turner. 

Miss  L.  A.  F.Wright. 

Mrs.  Andrew. 

Mrs.  Longsdon. 

Miss  F.  H.  Wrights 

Sale  of  Work. 
MissF.  Broomhead. 


86  Longstone     Records. 

GREAT    LONGSTONE,    LITTl.E  LONGSTONE, 
AND  WARDLOW 


Will  be  preached   f(ir  the  above  Charitable  Instituticm, 

On  Sunday,  September  18th  inst.,    1825' 

IN  ST.  GILES'  CHURCH,  LONGSTONE, 

P.I'     Till- 

REV.  G.  TREVOR  SPENCER,  A.M. 

BUXTON. 

Service  to  begin  at  3  o'clock. 

In  the  course  of  the  Service  will  be  performed  a 

SELECTION     OF 

SACRED    MUSIC, 

From  the  Works  of  Handel,  Green,  etc., 

Aided  by  the  Choirs  of  Barlow,  Tideswell,  Eyam,  Norton, 

and  other  eminent  performers. 

OVERTURE— MESSIAH. 

Recit "  Comfort  ye  my  people" Handel. 

Air "  Every  Valley" do. 

Chorus "And  the  Glorv  of  the  Lord" do. 


Sacred     Music.  87 

Before  the  First  Lesson. 

Regit "Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  Hosts" do. 

Air "  But  who  may  abide" do. 

Chorus "And  he  shall  purify  them" do. 

After  the  First  Lesson. 

"Magnificat" Gettrix. 

After  the  Second  Lesson 

"  He  was  despised  and  rejected" Handel. 

After  the  3RD  Collect. 

Anthem  from  the  46th  Psalm...  "God  is  our  hope  and  strength" Green. 

Before  the  Sermon. 

Recit "Behold  a  Virgin  shall  conceive" Handel. 

Air "O  thou  that  tellest  good  tidings" do. 

Chorus "  Do." do. 

After  the  Sermon. 

Recit "  Behold  I  tell  you  a  Mystery"  do. 

Air "Tlie  trumpet  shall  sound" do. 

Chorus "  Hallelujah" do. 

I^g°  /(  IS  requested  that  nothing  less  than  silver  may  be  given  at  the  Doors. 


Nall,  Printer,  Bakewell. 


The  almost  illegible  endorsement  of  this  Service  list  appears   to   be  as 
follows :  — 

"1825 — 9 — 18."  £      s.    D. 

Collected  for  the  within  Charitable  Institution  at)  ^ 

Longstone  Church,  etc /  '*'       ^ 

Rev.  Mr.  Browne  o     10    o 

£15       5     6 
Matt^^   Hill o       I     o 

C.  Shaw  050 

£15     II     6 


88  Longstone     Records. 

The  following  amusing  appeal ,  alfho'  ivithout  date  or  signature,  is  too 
good  to  be  omitted.    It  seems  to  refer  to  the  foregoing  Musical  Service. 


TO  THE  CONGREGATION  OF  LONGSTONE. 

Harmony  is  fled.  A  total  cessation  of  singing  has  taken  place,  the 
Demon  hovers  his  wings  over  the  singing  Gallery.  No  Choral  Symphonies 
are  heard,  nothing  to  be  seen  amongst  the  Choristers  but  the  sullen  gloom 
of  discontent. 

What  is  the  cause  of  this  extraordinary  occurrence  ?  The  ingratitude, 
yes,  I  repeat  it,  the  abominable  ingratitude  of  the  congregation.  The 
Choristers  (for  the  last  two  years  especially)  have  attended  the  services  of 
the  Church  with  a  regularity  deserving  the  highest  commendation  They 
have  sacrificed  their  time,  expended  their  money,  and  exerted  their  talents 
to  discharge  the  duties  of  their  station  in  a  satisfactory  manner.  What  is 
the  result  ?  or  rather  their  reward  ?  Derision  and  contempt,  Insult  and 
Degradation. 

A  horde  of  wild  rustics  emerging  from  their  gloomy  Caverns  on  the 
banks  of  the  Wye  has  by  one  single  performance  effaced  all  remembrance 
of  the  old  Choir's  past  services. 

Deluded  by  innovation  and  novelty  you  rewarded  the  Rustics  in  a  very 
liberal  manner,  but  at  the  same  time  excluded  your  own  singers  from  any 
benefit  in  the  donation  !  By  such  unwarrantable  behaviour  you  have 
stung  their  pride,  awakened  their  jealousy,  and  likewise  awakened  their 
senses ;  for  from  henceforward  they  will  not  depend  on  the  caprice  of 
Individuals  for  a  supply  of  Books,  Musical  Instruments,  &c,  but  are  resolved 
ere  they  resume  their  respective  functions,  to  have  an  annual  stipend  or 
Salary  for  their  Services.  The  Revd.  Pastor,  who  mounts  the  Rostrum  to 
teach  us  our  duty,  and  honestly  to  reprove,  exhort,  and  admonish  :  to 
expound  the  Scriptures,  and  point  the  way  to  Heaven  ;  even  he,  amidst  all 
his  anxiety  for  our  spiritual  interests  has  still  an  eye  to  his  own  temporal 
benefit :  and  can  prove,  with  great  force  of  reason  and  strengtli  of  argument, 
that  the  Labourer  is  worthy  of  his  hire.  The  Singers  are  Labourers  ;  they 
perform  a  part  of  the  Divine  Service,  and  therefore  deserve  a  remuneration 
for  their  Labour.  It  may  perhaps  be  observed  that  they  make  a  collection 
every  Christmas  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  Society  ;  but  this  is  optional 
and  precarious.  Therefore,  O,  ye  Choristers,  be  firm,  be  unanimous,  keep 
possession  of  the  singing  Gallery  ;  reject,  and  repel  every  individual 
intruder  that  would  invade  your  rights.  By  perseverance  you  will  attain 
your  object  :  even  our  good  Minister  himself,  from  the  fatigue  he  must 
necessarily  endure,  will  be  induced  to  plead  on  your  behalf,  an<l  by  so 
doing  he  will  advocate  the  cause  of  reason  and  Justice. 


Parish     Officers. 
()\'HRSEERS    OF    THE    POOR. 


89 


1698 
1699 
1700 
1701 
1702 
1703 


1694  William  Wright  and  George  Flint 

1695  William    Naylor  and   Robert  Hodg- 

kinson 

1696  John  Tomlinson  and  HenryScamadine 

1697  John  Frost  and  Richard  Hodgkinson 

Thomas  Jackson  and  John  Beard 

Samuel  Scamadine  &  Henry  Hancock 

Robert  Huslor  &  Thomas  Hodgkinson 

William  Naylor  and  John  Sellars 

Cornelius  Dickens  and  John  Dooley 

Cornelius  Bettney  and  William  Hodg- 
kinson 

1704  Benjamin    Hallowes   and    William 

Clowes 

1705  William    Hodgkinson    and  Thomas 

White 

1706  George  Sikes  and  Robert  Bell 

1707  Francis    Fearnehough    and    Francis 

Wardlow 

170S     John  Hayward  and  Joseph  Furnice 
I  709     Joseph  Scamadine  and  Joseph  Jackson 

1710  George  Flint  and  George  Hancock 

17 1 1  Richard    Hodgkinson    and    Sampson 

Hodgkinson 

1712  Daniel    Frost   and    William    Hodg- 

kinson de  ffold 

1713  Anthony  Clayton  and  William  Frost 

1714  Robert  Husler  and  William  Harris 

1715  Cornelius  Bettney  and  Thomas  Hodg- 

kinson 


Thomas  Jackson  and  William  Garret 

Francis  Taylor  and  James  Bettney 

Michael  Buxton  and  John  Clowes 

Henry  Hodgkinson  and  Anthony  Torr 

William   Hodgkinson    y  Cross  and 
Michael  Noton 

Davenport    Blackwell    and     David 
Warrington 

Matthew  Bioome  and   Robert  Hodg- 
kinson 

Thomas  White  and  Michael  Noton 

Joseph  Jackson  and   Lawrence  Tom- 
linson 

William   Flint   (or    his    Mother)   and 
James  Gregory 

William    Fearnehough   and    Joseph 
Jackson 

1727  William  Flint  and  George  Flint 

1728  John  Heyward  and  John  Warrington 

1729  Joseph  Furnice  and  William    Hodg- 

kinson 

1730  Daniel  Frost  and  Richard  Naylor 

1731  Robert    Hodgkinson    and    Michael 

Noton  of  Holme 

1732  Robert  Husler  and  Richard  Bettnej' 

1733  Thomas    Hodgkinson    and    William 

Hodgkinson  de  Cross 

1734  Thomas  White  and  Michael  Noton 

1735  Joshua  Flint  and  Jonathan  Shackerley 

1736  *Richard  Frost  and  Joseph  Hodgkinson 


1716 
1717 
1718 
1719 
1720 

1721 


1723 
1724 

1725 
1726 


*  Derbyshire  to  Wit 

Att  ye  General  Quarter  Sessions  of  y  Peace  of  our  Sovereign  y  King  his  County  of  Derby 
held  at  Derby  in  and  for  y  said  County  on  Tuesday  in  the  first  week  after  the  Close  of  Easter 
to  wit  y  fourth  day  of  May,  in  y  Ninth  year  of  y  Keign  of  our  Sovereign  Jjord  George 
ye  Second  now  King  over  Great  Britain,  and  so  forth.  And  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  Christ 
1730.  Before  Sir  Tho--  Abney  K"'-  Samuel  Saunders,  Rowland  Cotton,  German  Pole,  Robert 
Willmott  Henery,  Esq'f.  John  Gisborn  and  Tho-  Gishorn.  Esq^f  and  other  their  Associates 
Justices  and  so  forth 

Ordered  by  this  Court  y'  it  be  reserved  to  His  Majesties'  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  ye 
Hundred  of  High  Peak  of  this  County  att  their  next  Publick  Meeting  for  yt  Hundred 
to  consider  of  proper  persons  to  serve  as  Overseers  of  y  i:ioor  for  ye  Hamldet  of  Great  Long- 
stone  in  this  County  for  this  present  year  Notwithstanding  Richard  Frost  and  Joseph 
Hodgskinson. 


go 


Longstone     Records. 


1737  Davenport    Hlackwcll  and  Lawrence 

Wain 

1738  Thomas  Old  field  and  Matthew  Broom 

1739  Michael   Buxton  and    Robert   Hodg- 

kinson 

1740  James  Gregory  and  William    Fearn- 

chough 

1 74 1  F.manuel  Cooper  and  Henry  Scama- 

dine 

1742  George  Flint  and  William  Gregory 

1743  Richard  Bettney  and  Joseph  Furniss 

1744  William    Hodgkinson   and     W'illiam 

Flint 

1745  John  Heward  and  John  Frost 

1746  Henry  Hodgskin  and  William  Hodg- 

skin 

1747  Thomas  White  and  Martin  Furnice 

1748  William  Oxley  and  Joshua  Flint 

1749  Joseph  Beebee  and  Joshua  Flint 

1750  Joseph  Hodgkinson  and  John  Heath- 

cotc 

1 75 1  Francis  Coates  and  Lawrence  Wain 

1752  Charles  Hall  and  W^illiam  Heward 

1753  James    Gregory,    William     Heward, 

Charles  Hall  and  William   Fearn- 
chough 

1754  William    Fearnehough   and    William 

Goodwin 

1755  Michael  Noton  (or  tenant)  and  Joseph 

Furnice 

1756  Cornelius  Bettney  and  George  Flint 

1757  William  Furnice  &  William  Gregory 
175S     John  Frost  and  Charles  Hall 

1759  Joli'i    Heward,     Henry    Hodgkinson, 

Wm.    Hodgkinson,    and    Frederick 
White 

1760  Francis   White,    Thos.    Hill,     Martin 

Furnice,  and  John  Flint 

1 761  Martin    Furnice,   John    Flint,    James 

Gregory,  and  Sampson  Hodgkinson 

1762  Joshua  Flint,  William  Thornhill,  and 

William  Naylor 

1763  Thomas  Gregory  and  William  Navlor 


1764 

1765 
1766 
1767 

1768 

1769 
1770 
1771 
1772 
1773 
1774 
1775 
1776 

1777 

1778 
1779 

1780 
1781 
17S2 

1783 
17S4 

1785 

1786 
1787 

1 7  88 
1789 
1790 
1791 
1792 


Thomas  Wager  and  John  Heathcote 

Francis  Coates  &  Joseph  Hodgkinson 

Lawrence  Wain  and  Francis  Furniss 

Luke    Hodgskinson    and    Thomas 
Blackwell 

William    Gregory    and    Cornelius 
Bettney 

William  Furniss  and  John  Heward 

John  Heward  and  Josiah  Blackwell 

Josiah  Blackwell  and  Charles  Hall 

Henry  Hodgkinson  and  Charles  Hall 

John  Wright  and  Moses  Taylor 

Thomas  Gregory  and  Francis  White 

William  Hadfield  and  Francis  White 

Francis  White  and  Thomas  Hill 

Martin  Furniss,  junr.,  and    Thomas 

Hill 
Thomas  Hill  and  Martin  Furniss,  senr. 

Martin  Furniss,  senr.,   and    Cornelius 

Flint 
William  Wager  and  Cornelius  Flint 
Cornelius  Flint  and  Robert  Thornhill 

William  Gregory,  junr.,  and  William 
Naylor 

Thomas  Gregory,  Richard  Skidmore, 
and  William  Ashton 

Richard  Skidmore,  William   Ashton, 
William    Naylor,   and    Thomas 
Wager,  senr.,  "  some  two  of  them" 

George  Flint,  William  Naylor,   and 
Thomas  Wager,  junr. 

George  Flint  and  Thomas  Wager,  senr. 

Francis  Coates  and  John   Heathcote, 
junr. 

Lawrance  Wayne  and  Fiarcis  Furniss 
Francis  Furniss 
William  Gregory 
Thomas  Gregory 

Samuel  Furniss  and  Sampson  Hodg- 
kinson 


1793     Samuel  Furniss  and  John  Eyre 


Overseers     of     the     Poor. 


91 


1794  John  Eyre  and  Joseph  Morton 

1795  Joseph  Morton  and  Thomas  Hill,  junr. 

1796  John  Hodgkinson  and  Thomas  Hill, 

junr. 

1797*  John  Hayward  and  Thomas  Hill,  junr. 

1798  Thomas  Hill,  junr.  and  John  Heath- 

cote,  junr. 

1799  Moses  Taylor  and  William  Hadfield 

1800  William  Hadfield  and  I'.dward  Buxton 

1801  John  Heathcote  and  William  Wager 

1802  Isaac  Bloore  and  Thomas  Hill 

1803  John  Heathcote  and  George  Flint 

1804  Robert  Thornhill  and    Richard  Skid- 

more 

1505  Richard  Skidmore  &  Sampson  Wager 

1806  Matthew  Furniss  and  William  Carliel 

1807  Sampson  Wager  and  Richard  Bettney 

1808  Sampson  Wager  and  Richard  Bettney 

1809  Thomas    Hill,    junr.    and    William 

Gregory 

1810  William  Gregory  and-Sampson  Hodg- 

kinson 

1811  John  Thornhill  and  James  Gregory 

i8i2     James  Giegory   and  Sampson  Hodg- 
kinson 

1813  James  Gregory  and  Sampson  Hodg- 

kinson 

1814  Sampson    Hodgkinson    and    Joseph 

Morton 

1815  Joseph    Mcrton    and    Arnold     Hodg- 

kinson 

1816  William  Wager  and  William  Hadfield 

1817  James  Longsdon  and  Moses  Taylor 


1S18     William  Hadfield    and  John    Heath- 
cote (at  a  salary  of  £5  for  the  future) 

1819  John  Heathcote  and  R.  Thornhill 

1820  Robert  Thornhill  and  Richard  Skid- 

more 

i8ii  Joseph  Skidmore  and  George  Gates 

1822  George  Gates  and  Matthew  Furniss 

1823  Matthew  Furniss  and  Sampson  Wager 

1824  Sampson  Wager  and  Richard  Bettney 

1825  Joseph  Buxton  and  Richard  Bettnev 

1826  Richard  Bettney  and  William  Gregory 

1827  William  Gregory  and  John  Thornhill 

1828  James  Gregory  and  John  Thornhill 

1829  James  Gregory  and  John  Thornhill 

1830  Robert  Birch  and  John  Robinson  were 

superseded    by    W.    Wager   and    J. 
Thornhill 

1831  Robert   Birch   and    Hannah    Marsden 

were  superseded  by  Joseph  Morton 
and  John  Thornhill 

1832  John  Thornhill  and  Anthony  Wood- 

house 

1833  Joseph  Morton  and  Anthony  Furniss 

1834  William  Wager  and  John  Thornhill 

1535  George  Hill  and  William  Riley 

1536  William  Riley  and  Joseph  Skidmore 

1837  Joseph  Skidmore  and  Joseph  Buxton 

1838  Joseph   Buxton   and   Joseph  Gregory 

and  Robert  Thornhill,  acting  Over- 
seer at  a  Salary  of  £12. 

1839  Joseph  Gregory  and  John  Gregory 

1840  John  Gregory  and  Thomas  G.  Orr 

1841  Thomas  Gregory  Orr  and  John  Orr 


*  "  1797.  April  21.  At  a  Meeting  of  His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  said  County, 
Hoklen  at  Tideswell,  in  tlie  said  County,  before  Joseph  Denman,  M.D.,  Kobert  Wright  and 
Bache  Thornhill  Esquires — 

Ordered  that  there  shall  be  two  Overseers  of  the  Poor  appointed  for  each  Hamlet, 
Township,  Liberty  or  place  within  the  Hirndred  of  High  Peake  in  the  said  County." 

"  In  consequence  of  which  Order,  John  Heyward  and  Thomas  Hill,  junr.  were  appointed 
Overseers  of  the  Poor  for  the  Hamlet  of  Great  Longstone  &  Holme  for  the  year  ensuing." 

N.B.  Two  Overseers  having  been  annually  appointed  in  the  past,  the  necessity  for 
this  Order  for  Longstone  does  not  appear. 


92 


Longstone     Records. 


1842  John  Orr  and  Robert  Furniss 

1843  Robert  Furniss  and  William  Wager 

1844  William  Wager  and  Sampson  Hodg- 

kinson 

1845  Sampson  Hodgkinson  Joseph  Johnson, 

James  Furniss  and  Jonathan  Morton 

1846  Josepli  Johnson 

1847  Calton  Marples,  J<j1ui  Furniss,Thomas 

Hope  and  Richard  Bettany 
1S48     Thomas  Hope,  Anthony  Furniss,  Jon- 
athan   Morton   &  Anthony   Wood- 
house 

1849  Thomas  Hope 

1850  Thomas  Gregoiy  Orr,  John   Gregory, 

James  Furniss  cS:  Robert  Thornhill 

1851  John  Lowe,  Frederick  Buxton,  Joseph 

Oliver  and  Anthony  Furniss 

1852  William  Wager,  James  Furniss,  Joseph 

Bottoms  and  Thomas  Gregory  Orr 

1853  John  Furniss  and  Thomas  Hope 

1854  Robert    Furniss.  Thomas    Hope, 

William  Pidcock  &  Joseph  Oliver 

1855  Thomas  Gregory  Orr,  Joseph  Oliver, 

Anthony    VVoodhouse    and    John 
Hodgkinson 

1856  Joseph    Johnson,    Martin    Furniss, 

Richard  Bettney  &  Anthony  Wood- 
house 

1857  Martin  Furniss  and  Anthony  Wood- 

house 

1858  Martin   Furniss  and  Anthony  Wood- 

house 
r859     James  Furniss  and  Joseph  Johnson 

1560  Joseph  Johnson  and  John  Hodgkinson 

1561  Joseph  Johnson  and  Thomas  Gregory 

Orr 

1862  Martin  Furniss  and  John  Gregory 

1863  Martin  Furniss  and  Emanuel  Hawley 

1864  Emanuel  Hawley  and  Anthony  Wood- 

house 

1865  Emanuel  Hawley  anil  Anthony  Wood- 

house 

1866  Emanuel  Hawley  and  John  Furniss 

1867  John  Furniss  and  John  Thornhill 

1868  John  Thornhill  and  William  Furniss 

1869  John  Thornhill  and  William  Furniss 
1S70  John  Thornhill  and  William  Furniss 
1871  John  Thornhill  and  William  Fuiniss 
1S72     John  Thornhill  and  John  Furniss 


1 886 

1887 

1 888 

1889 

1890 

1S91 

1892 

1893 

1894 
189  ■; 
1896 
1897 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 

1902 

1903 

1904 

1905 


John  Thornhill  and  John  Furniss 
John  Thornhill  and  Emanuel  Hawley 

,  No  record,  but  the  same  Overseers 
probably  held  office. 

John  Thornhill  and  Emanuel  Hawley 
John  Thornhill  and  Emanuel  Hawley 
John  Thornhill  and  Emanuel  Hawley 
John  Thornhill  and  Emanuel  Hawley 
James  Orr  and  Joseph  Bottom 
James  Orr  and  Joseph  Bottom 
James  Orr  and  Arthur  William  Joseph 

Eyre 
James  Orr  and  .Arthur  \\'illiani  Joseph 

Eyre 
James  Orr  and  Arthur  William  Joseph 

Eyre 

Arthur  William  Joseph  Eyre  and  John 
William  Thornhill 

Arthur  William  Joseph  Eyre  and  John 
William  Thornhill 

Arthur    William    Joseph   Eyre    and 
William  .Asliton 

Arthur    William    Joseph    Eyre    and 
William  Ashton 

Arthur   William   Joseph    Eyre    and 

William  Ashton 
William    James    Furniss   and  Joseph 

Joseph  Johnson 
Joseph  Johnson  and  Isaac  Bennett 
Joseph  Johnson  and  Isaac  Bennett 
Joseph  Johnson  and  Isaac  Bennett 
Joseph  Johnson  and  Isaac  Bennett 
James  Spencer  and  Charles  Johnson 
James  Orr  and  George  Ward 
James  Orr  and  Henry  Arthur  Spanton 
Henry    Arthur   Spanton    and    Arthur 

William  Joseph  Eyre 
Henry    Arthur    Spanton    and     .Albert 

Jackson  Skidmore 

Henry    Arthur    Spanton    and     .Albert 
Jackson  Skidmore 

Henry   Arthur   Spanton    and     .Albert 
Jackson  Skidmore 


Henry    Arthur   Spanton 
Jackson  Skidmore 


and    Albert 


Officials. 

CLERKS  TO  THE  GUARDIAXS, 
BAKEWELL  UNION. 


d3 


1838. 


1895. 


John  Baxter. 

Robinson. 
Francis  Roe. 
Thomas  Fidler. 
George  Leigh. 
Alfred  Hawes. 


ASSISTANT    OVERSEERS    EOK  THE 
OE  GREAT  LOXGSTONE. 


PARISH 


Thoruhill,  Robert       from  year  1836. 

bkidmore,  Ricliard    from  year 

Gregory,  Joseph 

1839- 

Daubney,  Thomas 

Orr, 

Thomas  Gregory 

1844, 

Shimwell,  Thomas              „ 

Bettney,  Richard 

18-17 

Buzzard,  Charles  Herbert  „ 

Hawley,  William 

1848. 

Shimwell,  Isaac  Benjamin., 

Taylor,  George 

1849. 

Henricns  Dooley 

SCHOOLS 

MASTERS. 

1676. 

1831.     Joseph  Scott. 

1801. 

James  Waterall. 

1877.     L.  Gaiaud. 

Tissingtoi 

1. 

1880.     W.  Sumner. 

1822. 

John  Hill. 

1883.     W.  K.  Bateson. 

1828. 

George  Taylor. 

1887.     Henry  Arthur  Spanton 

Walker. 

SCHOOLMl 

STRESSES. 

Ada  Bagshaw. 

Sarah  Parkin. 

Susan  Mary  Holland. 

Wilkinson 

Ella  Southgate. 

1883. 
1884. 
1898. 
1899. 


WARDLOW. 


1897. 


Davis. 


Mrs.  Bi-amwell. 


94 


Longstone     Records. 


MIDLAXD  RAILWAY  STATION  MASTERS. 


1S63.     Joseph  Bell. 
1868.     Richard  Bell. 
1873.     Richard  Coe. 

Mr.  I(.  Coe,  tlie  i>resciit  poimlar  Station  Ma-ster,  came  to  Moiisaldale  from  Bugsworth  in  iSt>8. 


MA(;iSTRATHS    CLOSELY    CONXECTEH    WITH 
THE    DISTRICT. 


1649     John  Wright,  Longstone  Hall 

1G89     Thomas  Wright, 

1712    Thomas  Wright, 

1714     John  Wright,  „ 

1748     Thomas  Wright, 

1756    Thomas  Wright,  Eyam  Hall 

1776    Robert  Wright,  Longstone  Hall. 

William  Bullock  Bakewell,  M.D.,  Ash- 
ford 
Joseph  Denman,  M.D.,  Stony  Middleton 
Richard  Wright,  M.D.,  Tideswell 
Bache  Thornhill,  Stanton-in-the-Peak 
John  Wright,  Longstone  Hall 
John  Wright,  Eyam  Hall 

1793     John  Thomas  Wright,*  Longstone  Hall 

1823     William  Ashby  Ashhy,  Ashford  Hall 

1S27     Francis  Eyre,  Earl  of  Xewbiirgh, 

Hassop  Hall 

1.S36     George  Henry  Cavendish,  Lord,  Asliford 

HaU 


1846  Joseph  Hodgson,  Holme  Hall 

1849  William  Longsdon.  Little  Longstone 

1853  Sydney  Smithers,  Chiirchdale 

1854  Charles  Leslie,  Hassop  Hall 

1867  James  Charles  Cavendish,  Ashford  Hall 

„  Robert  Needham,  Thombridge 

1869  John  Sleigh,  Thombridge 

1875  Henry  Francis  Gisborne,  Holme  Hall 

Edward  Cavendish,  Lord,  Ashford  Hall 

1877  Edward  Smithers,  Little  Longstone 

1881  Frederick  Craven,  Thombridge 

1885  William  Fenton,  D.L.,  Churchdale 

1891  Richard  Clifford  Smith,  Ashford  Hall 

1899     John   Hamilton   Openshaw,   Burre 

House,  Holme 

George   Thomas   Wright,  Longstone 

Hall 
1901     George   Jobson    Marples,   Thombridge 

Hall 

N.li.     Frederick  Brooke  Craven  was  nominated  in  189.^ 
but  never  quali6e(). 


•"'  The  Wright's  being  resident   in   Devonsliire   for   many  years,   were   not   represented  nn   the 
Derbyshire  Commission  of  the  Peace  from   the  death  of  J.  T.  Wright  in  1838  until   1S99. 


Officials. 


95 


THE    NIGHT    WATCH. 


\'illages  were  guarJed  at  night  by  two  Watchmen.  The  Watch 
was  commenced  bv  the  man  living  at  the  top  of  the  \'illage,  and 
the  man  living  at  the  bottom,  and  taken  in  successi(jn,  till  thev 
met  in  the  centre  of  the  \'illage.  Every  fit  male  householder,  in 
succession,  was  bound  by  Law,  to  parade  the  Village,  from  nine 
o'clock  at  night  to  six  the  next  morning.  To  call  the  assistance  of 
his  fellow  watchman,  he  had  a  large  rattle  which  he  sprung, 
mentioned  in  song;  "And  the  Watchman  sprung  his  rattle,"  and 
for  protection,  a  large  wooden  staff  or  "  Watch-bill."  When  going 
off  watch  in  the  morning  t4ie  Watchman  shouted  the  hour  and 
state  of  the  weather,  "  Six  o'clock  and  a  cloudv  morn."  He  then 
reared  the  "  \\'atch-biU  "  at  the  door  of  his  neighbour,  if  a  male, 
who  would  succeed  him  in  the  "  Watch."  On  Baslow  Bridge  there 
is  a  stone  watch  box,  where  the  man  sheltered.  Large  villages  had 
a  pair  of  gates  at  each  entrance. — Par.  Mag.,  Aug.,  7895. 


PARISH    CONSTABLES    OR    HEADBOROUCxHS. 


1837  Robert  Thornhill 

1838  Robert  Thornhill 
183U     Joseph  Gregory 


184-0     John  Gregory 

1841     Thomas  Gregory  Orr 


HIGH  CONSTABLE. 


1818.     Eoljert  Thornliill  was  appointed  the  last  High  Constable 
prior  to  the  Police  Act. 


96 


Longstone     Records. 


LIST    OF     PARISH     CONSTABLES. 

rKiiidly  contributed  by  H.  Brooke   Taylor,  Esq.) 


ASHFORD. 

DATE. 

LONGSTONE. 

Robert  Furniss,        Farmer. 

1857 

William  Bennett, 

Blacksmith. 

Anthony  Gyte,         Carpenter. 

Richard  Skidmore, 

Farmer. 

James  Stone,            Labourer. 

1858 

William  Bennett, 

Blacksmith. 

Robert  Thorpe,         Farmer. 

John  Gregory, 

Butcher. 

Daniel  Oldfield,       Mason. 

1859 

William  Bennett, 

Blacksmith. 

Samuel  Whibberley,  Labourer. 

John  Gregory,       Farmer  &  Butcher 

William  Mottram,  Cai-penter. 

186U 

William  Bennett, 

Blacksmith. 

Matthew  Thorpe,     Mason.                  . 

John  Gregory, 

F'armer  &  Butcher 

William  Mottram,  Carpenter. 

18B1 

Martin  Oliver, 

Miner 

Edward  Smith,        Marble  Mason. 

Reuben  Morton 

Mason 

Matthew  Thorpe,     Mason, 

Emanuel  Hawley, 

Shopkeeper. 

James  Cox  Wilson,  Carpenter. 

James  Morton, 

Mason. 

John  Keeling,           Laboxirer. 

1862 

George  Eyre, 

Joiner. 

William  Mottram,  Carpenter. 

Aaron  Taylor, 

Miner. 

James  Stone,            Labourer. 

Frederick  Buxton 

Farmer. 

Samuel  Whibberley,       „ 

William  Mottram,  Carpenter. 

1863 

George  Eyre, 

Joiner. 

James  Stone,            Labourer. 

Anthony  Furniss, 

Farmer. 

James  Stone,                    „ 

1864 

George  Eyre, 

Joiner. 

Robert  Thorpe, 

Joseph  Bottom, 

Skip-maker. 

James  Stone,                    „ 

1865 

William  Ashton, 

Labourer. 

Robert  Thoi-pe,                 „ 

James  Morton, 

Mason. 

James  Stone,                    „ 

1866 

William  Bennett, 

Blacksmith. 

Robert  Thorpe, 

Samuel  Morton, 

Farmer  &  Mason. 

William  Needham, 

1867 

Samuel  Morton, 

„ 

James  Stone,                    „ 

Francis  Heyward, 

Farmer 

WUliam  Needliam,          „ 

1868 

Francis  Heyward, 

„ 

James  Stone,                    „ 

Dermis  Alsop, 

Miner. 

William  Needham,          „ 

1869 

Francis  Heyward, 

Parmer. 

James  Stone,                    „ 

John  Taylor, 

Shopkeeper. 

Creorge  Pursglove,           „ 

1870 

;    Francis  Heyward, 

Fanner. 

James  Stone,                    „ 

Samuel  Morton, 

Farmer  k  Mason 

Joseph  Holmes,        Farmer. 

1871 

1    Robert  Furniss, 

Coal  Agent. 

James  Stone,             Labourer. 

1    James  Morton, 

Mason. 

William  Xeedham, 

1872 

John  Taylor, 

Shopkeeper. 

Edward  Smith,         Marble  Mason. 

1 

Aaron  Taylor, 

Miner. 

Constabulary. 

Captain  the   Hon.  C.  G.  LEGGE, 
Inspector,  Northern  Division  of  England. 


97 


DERBYSHIRE    CO.XSTABLM.ARY    FORCE. 


CHIEF    CONSTABLES. 


1857     Mr.  W.  G.  Fox 
1873     Captain  F.  J.  Parry 


1892     Major  G.  A.  Godfrey 
1897     Captain  H.  C.  Holland 


1873  John  Anson 

1875  William  Taylor 

1878  William  Worsley 

1886  WiUiam  Handley 

1887  Patrick  MitcheU 
1890  Denis  Clarke 
1895  A.  J.  Wonford 


1886 
1893 

N.n. 


John  Diirkan 
Thomas  Bennett 


SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Bake^vell  Division. 


1873     Thomas  Williams 
1S7G     Charles  Barker 
1886     WiUiam  HamUey 


1892     William  Lytle 
1899     Adam  Savory 
190-4.     Alfred  Lakin 


POLICE     CONSTABLES. 


Ashford  and  Longstone. 

1881     John  AUcock 
1885     John  Ponsford 
1885     Jolm  Clark 


Ashford. 

1896 
1897 
1901 
1903 


George  Poyser 
John  Cosgrove 
Joseph  Sheppard 
George  WiUiam  White 

Longstone. 

j      1902     James  CampbeU 
I      1904     Thomas  Gotheridge 


III  i886,  during  the  resiilfnce  in  Great  Longstone  of  Captain  tlie  Hon.  C.  G.  Legge.  H.  M 
Inspector  of  Constabularj-  for  the  Northern  Division,  Mr.  John  Durkan  (afterwards  Insiiertor)  was 
appointed  the  first  resident  Police  Constable  in  Longstone. 


98 


Longstone     Records. 
PUBLIC    OFFICERS. 


Clerk  of  the  Peace 

Representative  on  the  County  Council.  ... 

Clerk  to  the  Guardians  and  to  the  Rural  District"] 
Council,  Superintendent  Registrar,  &c.  ...J 

Registrar  of  Births  and  Deaths     ... 

Poor  Law  Guardian  ... 

Relieving  Officer  and  School  Attendance  Officer 

District  P.ior  Law  Meilical  Officer  and  Medical"] 
Officer  of  Health  J 

Sanitary  Inspector    ... 

rC'ounty  Council ... 
Surveyor  of  Highways  ,'t^-  .   ■  ^ 

LRural  District     

Surveyor  of  Taxes     ... 

Collector  of  Taxes 

Collector  of  Rates 

Postmistress   ... 

Station  Master 

Church*  Lamp  Lighters 


Mr.  N.  J.  Huohes-Hallett. 
Mr.  a.  Payne-Gallwet. 

Mr.   Alfred  Hawes. 

Mr.  H.  E.  Sprigq. 

Mr.  S.  DoRE. 

Mr.  \Vm.  Bennett. 

Dr.  Fentem. 

Mr.  Thomas  Hawley. 
Mr.  John  E.  Blackwall. 
Mr.  Albert  Toft. 
Mr.  Percival  Suqoett. 
Mr.  George  Furniss. 
Mr.  I.  B.  Shimwell. 
Mrs.  Annie  Green. 
Mk.  R.  Coe. 
Messrs.  J.  Nadin  and 
J.  Turner. 


SIRVHYORS    OF    THF    HIGHWAY. 


GREAT  LONGSTONE  AND  HOLME. 

(.Appointed  by  the  Parish.) 


1836  Mr.  Joseph  Buxton. 

1837  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill. 

1843  Mr.  John  Orr. 

1844  Mr.  Thomas  Gregory  Orr 


1848  Mr.  WiUiam  Hawley. 

1849  Mr.  George  Taylor. 
1S65     Mr.  Richard  Heyward. 


THE  EDENSOR  &    BUXTON  TURNPIKE  TRUST. 

(Appointed  by  the  Bakewell  Board  of  Guardians.) 

1873     Mr.  J.  Bamett.  ,       18S0    Mr.  Daniel  Roberts. 

Mr.  Charles  Scott.  1880     Mr.  William  Clark. 

Mr.  Joseph  Anthony. 


'  Inadvertently  omitted  under  Churrh  OfTirials. 


Public     Officers. 

BAKEWELL    HIGHWAY    BOARD. 

(under  the  Local  Gov.  Board.) 

1883     Mr.  Daniel  Roberts. 


99 


BAKEWELL    MAIN    ROAD    DISTRICT. 

funder  the  Countv  Council ) 
1890    Mr.  Daniel  Roberts.  |      xsgs    Mr.  John  Eaton  Black^-aU. 


BAKEWELL    RURAL    DISTRICT    COUNCIL 
1880    Mr.  William  Clark.  1397     Mr.  Thomas  Hawley 

1883     Mr.  A.  Toft.  I      1904     Mr.  Albert  Toft. 


STEWARDS    OF    THE    .MANOR    OF    ASHFORI). 

Contributed  by  F.  J.  Taylor,  Esq. 

The  existing  Court  Rolls  commence  in  i6oS.     The  name  of  the  Steward  does  not  appear  unl.l  ,673. 


1673 

WUliam  Nicholson. 

1773 

Anthony  Lax. 

1«75 

Thomas  Bagshawe. 

1774 

Alexander  Bossley. 

1711 

Charles  Bagshawe. 

1827 

John  Charge. 

1720 

Robert  Sherrard. 

1S49 

John  Barker. 

1748 

Thomas  Barker. 

1854 

John  Taylor. 

1750 

Godfrey  Heathoote. 

1890 

Francis  James  Taj'lor 

BARMASTERS  AND 

Contributed  by 

1729  William  Flint. 

1771  John  Roberts. 

1775  Thomas  Roberts. 

1793  Matthew  lYost. 

1809  Jonathan  Howe. 

1818  Benjamin  M'yaft. 

1819  Matthew  Frost. 
1824  Richard  Heyward. 
1832  Matthew  Frost. 
1832  George  Wagstaffe. 
1835  Matthew  Frost,  jxinr. 

N.B. — Those  in  Italics 


DEPUTY  BARMASTERS. 

A.  G.  Taylor,  Esq. 

1843  John  Wagstaffe. 

1846  Matthew  Frost,  junr. 

1847  James  Longsdon. 
1850  James  Longsdon. 
1850  Jonathan  Howe. 
1865  Robert  Howe. 
1868  Isaac  Shimwell. 
1S74  Isaac  Shimwell. 
1890  Thomas  Shimwell. 
1901  -Arthur  George  Taylor. 

were  Deputy  Barmasters. 


100 


Longstone     Records. 
HULLAH    CLASSES. 


Singing  Classes  on  tlie  System  practised  by  Mr.  Joint  HiiUali. 

"JnCUNDI    ACTI    LABORE8." 

These  Classes  were  held  in  the  Schoolroom  in  1871,  1872,  and  1873, 
and   were  conducted   by  Mr.  and   Mrs.   G.  T.  Wright,   former  pupils 
of  Mr.  Hullah's  London  Classes.     There   were  separate  Classes  for 
juveniles   and   adults   (male   and  female)    in    the   elementary  stage  ; 
and  the  most  promising  and  advanced  pupils  of   both  sexes  formed 
the  singing  class.     \'erv  few  were  rejected  for  want  of  ability.     Mr. 
Hullah  said   that  only  about  one  in  a  thousand    of  his.   pupils  failed 
to    acquire    the    power    of     reading    vocal     music     on     his    system 
— which  included  the  ordinary  notation  and  the  use  of  the  "  Do,  Re, 
Mi,  Fa,"   the  right    hand  being   always   used   by  every  pupil  during 
the  elementary  exercises  to  mark  and  keep   time  with    the  Teacher. 
By  Christmas,    1871,   the  advanced  Hullah  pupils  were  able  to  take 
a  successful   part    in  a  Concert  of   which    the   Programme   is   given 
below.     On  this  occasion  the  words  of  all  the  solos,  part  songs,  and 
choruses  were  printed   in  full  and   added  greatly  to   the   enjoyment 
of   the  \'illagers,    but    they  occupy  too   much   space   to   be   reprinted 
here. 

*  Mr.  Wright  went  through  Classes  held  by  Mr.  May.  Mr.  W.  M.  >h^nk.  Mr.  Banister,  Mr.  Montem 
Sinitti,  and.  lastly,  Mr.  Hullah  himself,  the  dearest  and  best  of  .Masters.  St.  Martin's  Hall,  Longacre,  was 
his  Head  Quarters,  and  his  Concerts  took  place  there.  The  old  Sacred  Harmonic  Society  was  chiefly 
recruited  from  this  source. 


Ashton,  David. 
Ashton,  Elizabeth. 
Bell,  Alice 
Bennett,  Alexander 
Bennett,  Isaac 
Bennett,  Joseph 
Bennett,  William 


HULLAH  CLASS  PUPH^S. 

Blackwell,  Francis 
Blackwcll,  William 
Blagden,  Elizabeth 
Bottom,  Eliza 
Bottom,  Joseph 
Bottom,  Selina 
I       Bradwell,  Charlotte 


Hullah     Class     Pupils. 


lOI 


Bradwell,  John 

Bradwell,  Luther 

Dunn,  George 

Dunn,  John 

Eyre,  Ai-thur  William  Joseph 

Eyre,  Edward 

EjTe,  Eliza 

Eyre,  Thomas 

Ford.  Mary  Ann 

Freeman,  Elizabeth 

Furness,  Mary 

Furness,  Sarah 

Furniss,  George 

Fumiss,  Jane 

Fiu-niss,  Mary  Ellen 

Furniss,  William 

Gould,  Harriet 

Hancock,  Richard 

Heyward,  Francis 

Heyward,  James 

Heyward,  William 

Hill,  Fanny 
Hill,  Harriet 
Hill,  Jane 
HOI,  Richard 
Hodgkinson,  Elizabeth 
Hodgkinson,  George 
Jephson,  Alice 
Jephson,  Edith 
Jones,  Harriet 
Kay,  Mary  Ann 
Longsdon,  Emily 
Lowe,  Edith 
Lowe.  Mary 
Morton,  George 
Morton,  Jane 
Morton,  Jonathan 


Morton,  Matthew 

Morton,  Sarah 

Morton,  William 

Naylor,  Caroline 

NuttaU,  Mary  Ann 

Oliver,  Alice 

Oliver,  Sarah  Ann 

Orr,  Alice 

Orr,  Ellen 

Orr,  James 

Paley,  Annie 

Paky.  Elsie 

Perry,  Edwin 

Shaw,  Mary  Jane 

Skidmore,  Emily 

Skidniore,  Harriet 

Skidmore,  Herbert 

Skidmore,  Sarah  Jane 

Skidmore,  Thomas 

Smith,  Joseph 

Smith,  Martha 

Sterndale,  Ethel 

Sterndale,  Henry  Percy 
Taylor,  Charles 
Taylor,  Evelyn 
Taylor,  James 
Taylor,  Mosea 
Taylor,  Samxiel 
Taylor,  Thomas 
Timni,  Jane 
Wager,  Jane 
Whalley,  Annie 
Whalley,  William 
Wright,  K.  Gertrude 
Wright,  Laura  A.  F. 
Young,  Charles 
Young,  Millicent 


£02  Lon^stone     Records, 

HULL  AH     CLASS    COXCHRT. 


ijOnsrca-STOisrE  scHzoonij  k.ooi^ 

mmwm  mimm, 

t-viSan,  gctcmbcr  2ntl),  1871, 

AT    SEVEN    O'CLOCK. 
Admhiion,  inctiuliiig  a  Copy  of  the  Words,  Threepence.     Front  Seats  and  Non- 
parishioners,  Ont  Shilling. 
The  proceeds  will  be  i(iven  for  a  New  Harmonium  or  an  Origan,  under  the 
"  LoNGSTONE  Church  Restoration  Fund." 
Song      "  GOD  BLESS  THE  PRL\CE  OF  WALES."      Brinley  Richards. 

SACRED. 

Solo "O,  thou  that  tellest  good  tidings  to  Zion"  Handel. 

Anthem "  Lord  for  Thv  tender  mercies'  sake"  Farrant. 

Song  with  Chorus *"  Children's  voices" Claribel. 

Solo "  Waft  her  Angels" Handel. 

Song  with  Chorus...*"  Hark!  the  \esper  Hymn  is  stealing" Stevenson. 

Duet "  Children  pray  this  love  to  cherish" Spohr. 

Christmas  Carol *"  Bethlehem" Gounod. 

Quartett  and  Chorus *"  .Judge  me,  O  Lord'" Mosart. 

SECULAR. 

Four-part  Song *"The  hardy  Norseman" Pearsall. 

Song "The  Man  of  War' Romer. 

Four-part  Song "Goldilocks" _._ Rev.  O.Tudor. 

Song "  Home  they  brought  her  warrior  dead" Miss  Lindsay. 

Four-part  Song "  Softly  fall  the  shades  of  evening" Hatton. 

Duet "  Brothers  in  Arms" Linhy. 

Madrigal *"  In  going  to  my  dreary  bed" Edwardes. 

Romance "Alice,  where  art  thou" Ascher. 

Madrigal "  Down  in  a  flow'ry  vale" Festa. 

Glee...  "The  Lullaby" Storace. 

Trio  with  Chorus.. .*"A  health  to  the  outward  bound" Mrs.  Norton. 

Four-part  Song "From  Oberon  in  fairyland" Stevens. 

Glee "The  Fisherman's  '  Good"  Night'" Bishop. 

GOD  SAVE  THE  QUEEN 

*  Pieces  in  which  members  of  »he  Hullah  Class  will  take  part. 
N.B.— In  consequence  of  the  length  of  the  programme,  no  "encore"  can 

be  accepted.  Young  Children  cannot  be  admitted. 

Rehearsal  at  2  p.m.  on  Thursday,  ivhen  vwmhei-s  nj  the  Hullah  Classes  and 

aged  persons  will  be  admitted. 


Votes  of  Thanks  and  Presentations.       103 


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104  Longstone     Records. 

IN  MEMORIAM. 


Tlie  death  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Lomas,  Incumbent  of  Monyasli,  1776. 
THE    PARSON'S   TORR. 


The  following  admirable  ballad,  the  production  of  the  Rev. 
W.  R.  Bell,  formerly  Curate  of  Bakewell,  is  founded  partly  on  facts 
and  partly  on  local  traditi<Mis.  The  unfortunate  hero  of  the  story 
was  the  Rev.  Robert  Lomas,  Incumbent  of  Monvash,  who  was 
found  dead,  as  described  in  the  ballad,  on  the  12th  of  October,  1776. 
The  scene  of  the  ballad  comprises  the  towns  of  Bakewell  and 
Monvash,  and  the  nKiuntaminis  countrv  between  them,  the  western 
part  of  which — that  bordering  on  Lathkiln  and  Hurlow  Dales — 
being  one  of  the  most  romantic  districts  of  the  Peak.  The  ballad 
first  appeared  in  the  Reltqiiary  in  1864. 

Tilt'  Parson  of  Monyash,  late  on  eve. 

Sat  in  his  old  oak  arm-chair  ; 
And  a  playful  flaiue  in  the  low  turf  tire 

Oft-times  shewed  him  sitting  there. 

What  was  it  that  made  that  kind-hearted  man 

Sit  pensively  there  alone  ? 
Did  other  men's  sorrows  make  sad  his  lu'art  ? 

Or,  say — a  glimi)se  of  his  own  ? 

Black  dark  was  that  night  and  stormy  witlial 

It  rained  as  'twould  rain  a  sea  ; 
And  roiind  and  within  the  old  Parsonage  house 

The  wind  moaned  piteously. 

Still  sat  he  deep  musing  till  midnight  hour. 

And  then  in  a  waking  dream — 
He  quailed  to  hear  mid  the  temjiest  a  crash. 

And  eke  a  wild  jiicrcing  scream. 

O  mercy  1  cried  he,  with  faltering  breath, 

What  sounds  are  those  which  I  hear? 
May  evil  be  far  from  both  me  and  mine  1 

Good  Lord,  be  Thou  to  us  near  1 


In     Memoriam,  io= 

No  longer  sat  he  in  that  okl  arm-chair, 

But  prayed  and  lay  down  in  bed  ; 
And  strove  hard  to  sleep,  and  not  hear  the  storm 

That  scowled  and  raged  o'er  his  head. 

But  sleep  seldom  comes  when  'tis  most  desired. 

And  least  to  a  troubled  mind  ; 
And  the  Parson  lay  awake  long  time,  I  ween. 

Ere  soft  repose  he  could  find. 

As  the  dark  hovirs  of  night  passed  slowly  on. 

He  slept  as  weary  man  will ; 
But  light  was  his  sleep,  and  broken  his  rest. 

And  sad  his  fore-dread  of  ill. 

Thus  restless  he  lay,  and  at  early  dawn 

He  dream'd  that  he  fell  amain, 
Down,  down  an  abyss  of  fathomless  depth. 

Loud  shrieking  for  help  in  vain. 

He  woke  up  at  once  with  a  sudden  shock, 

And  threw  out  his  arms  wide-spread  ; 
"  Good  heavens  !  "  he  gasped,  "  what  ill  omen  is  this  y 

"  Where  am  I — with  quick  or  dead  ?" 

Eight  well  was  he  pleased  to  find  'twas  a  di'eam — 

That  still  he  was  safe  and  sound  : 
With  the  last  shades  of  night,  fear  passed  away. 

And  joy  once  again  came  round. 

The  morning  was  calm,  and  the  storm  was  liushed. 

Nor  wind  nor  rain  swept  the  sky ; 
And  betimes  he  arose,  for  bound  was  he 

To  Bakewell  that  day  to  hie. 

Old  Hugh  brought  his  horse  to  the  garden  gate. 

And  saw  him  all  safe  astride. 
"  Good-bye," quoth  the  Parson;  quuth  Hugh,  "Good-bye  ! 

I  wish  you  a  pleasant  ride  !  " 

Forth  rode  he  across  the  lone  trackless  moor. 

His  thoughts  on  his  errand  bent, 
And  hoped  he  right  soon  to  come  back  again 

The  very  same  way  he  went. 

The  journey  to  Bakewell  he  safely  made 

A  little  before  mid-day  : 
But  Vicar  and  peojile  were  all  at  church,* 

Where  they  were  often  wont  to  pray. 

*At  the  Friday  morning  service. 


io6  Longstone     Records. 

"  I'll  put  up  my  beast,"  qviotli  tlie  Parsou,  "  here 

At  the  White  Horse  hostoh-y  ;* 
And  go  up  to  Church,  that  when  prayers  are  clone. 

The  Vicar  I  there  may  see  " 

But  ere  he  could  reach  the  Old  Newark  door.t 

Both  Priest  and  people  were  gone  ; 
And  the  Vicar  to  soothe  a  dying  man. 

To  Over-Haddon  sped  on. 

'Twas  three  past  noon  when  the  Vicar  came  back. 

The  Parson  he  asked  to  dine, 
And  time  stole  a  march  on  the  heedless  guest. 

Six  struck  as  he  sat  at  wine. 

Up  rose  he  from  table  and  took  his  leave, 

Quite  startled  to  find  it  late  ; 
He  called  for  his  horse  at  the  hostelry. 

And  homeward  was' soon  agate. 

As  he  rode  up  the  hill,  past  All  Saints'  Church, 

The  moon  just  one  glance  bestowed. 
And  the  weird-like  form  of  the  old  Stone  Cross, 

In  the  Church-yard,  dimly  shewed. 

Still  higher  and  higher  he  climbed  the  hill. 

Yet  more  and  more  dark  it  grew ; 
The  drizzling  rain  became  sleet  as  he  climbed. 

And  the  wind  more  keenly  blew. 

Ah  !  thick  was  the  mist  on  the  moor  that  night, 

Poor  wight,  he  had  lost  his  way  I 
The  North-east  wind  blowing  strong  on  his  right. 

To  the  left  had  made  him  stray. 

And  now  he  was  close  to  lone  Haddon  Grove, 

Bewildered  upon  the  moor  ; 
Slow  leading  his  horse  that  followed  behind. 

Himself  groping  on  before. 

Still  onward  and  leeward,  at  last  he  came 

To  the  edge  of  Harlow  Dale ; 
From  his  cave:t  the  Lathkil  a  warning  roared, 

But  louder  then  howled  the  gale. 

On  the  brink  of  Fox  Torr  the  doomed  man  stood, 

And  tugged  the  bridle  in  vain  ; 
His  horse  would  not  move — then  quick  started  back, 
.^       And  snap  went  each  bridle-rein  ; 

*  Now  called  tlic  Rutland  Anns 
t  The  door  in  the  south  tcansept,  locally  called  the  Newark  door. 
X  The  river  Lathkil  issues  from  a  cavern  in  the  limestone  rock,  directly  opposite  the  I'arson's  Torr. 


In     Memoriam,  107 

Then  headlong  fell  he  o'er  the  lofty  cliff. 

He  shrieked  and  sank  in  the  gloom ; 
Down— down  to  the  bottom  he  swiftly  sped, 

And  death  was  his  dreadful  doom. 

The  dead  man  lay  told  on  the  blood-stained  rocks— 

The  darkness  did  him  enshroud; — 
And  the  owls  high  up  in  the  ivy-clad  Torr, 

Bewailed  him  all  night  full  loud. 

0  little  thought  they  in  the  old  thatched  cot. 
Hard  by  the  Parsonage  gate  ; 

Their  master  they  never  again  should  see ! 
Nor  ope  to  him  soon  or  late  : 

"  This  night  is  no  better  than  last,"  quoth  Hugh, 
"  And  master  has  not  come  back  ; 

1  hope  he  is  hale  and  safe  housed  with  friends. 

And  has  of  good  cheer  no  lack." 

Quoth  Betty,  "  I  liked  not  his  morning  ride — 

I  fear  he's  in  evil  plight — 
A  Friday's  venture's,  no  luck  !  I've  heard  say, 

God  help  him  if  out  this  night." 

At  dawn  of  next  day,  old  Betty  went  forth 

To  milk  the  cow  in  the  shed; — 
And  saw  him  sitting  upon  a  large  stone. 

All  pale  and  mute— with  bare  head. 

But  a  moment  she  tiu-ned  her  eyes  away, 

A  fall  she  heard  and  a  groan  ; 
She  looked  again,  but  no  Parson  was  there. 

He'd  vanished  from  off  the  stone. 

Soon  spread  the  di-ead  tale  through  Monyash  town. 

They  made  a  great  hue  and  cry ; 
And  some  off  to  this  place,  and  some  to  that. 

To  seek  the  lost  man  did  hie. 

Bad  tidings  from  Bakewell — no  Parson  there — 

No  parson  could  else  be  found  ; 
'Twas  noon,  yet  no  tidings — they  still  searclied  on. 

And  missed  they  no  likely  gi-ound. 

At  last  the  searchers  went  into  the  Dale, 

And  there  at  the  foot  of  Fox's  Torr — 
They  found  the  Parson,  all  cold  and  dead, 

'Mong  the  rocks  all  stained  with  gore. 


io8  Longstone     Records. 

They  took  up  his  corae — and  six  stalwart  men, 

Slowly  bore  it  along  the  Dale  ; 
And  they  laid  the  dead  in  his  house  tliat  night, 

And  many  did  him  bewail. 

When  time  liad  passed  over — a  day  or  twain. 

They  Ijuried  him  in  tlie  grave  ; 
And  his  bones  now  rest  in  the  lone  Chiu'chyard, 

Till  doomsday  them  thence  shall  crave. 

O  dread  was  the  death  of  that  luckless  man — 

Not  soon  will  it  be  forgot ; 
The  dismal  story — for  ages  to  come — 

Will  often  be  told,  I  wot. 

You  may  not  now  see  in  Monyash  town 
The  deadman's  sear  txift  of  grass  ; 

But  still  it  is  there  in  memory  stored. 
And  thence  it  never  shall  pass. 

You  may  not  now  find  Fox  Torr  by  that  name. 
The  swain  thus  knows  it  no  more  ; 

But  pointing  thereat  from  the  LathUil  grot. 
He'll  show  you  the  Parson's  Torr. 

From  "  Derbyshire  ballads,"   1867. 


IN  MKMOUIAM. 


The  Rev.   Bache    Thoniliill.  ]\I.A.     (Per pet  mil  Cnrate  of  Whiter, 
Ashfovd,  and  Loni^stuiic,   1 827.) 


This  good  man's  mtmory  deserves  to  he  held  in  affectionate 
respect  :  The  verses  below,  unpoetical  as  thev  are,  breathe  the 
spirit  of  loyaltx  and  lo\e  for  the  dear  departed  Pastor — which 
pervaded  the  whole  district. 

Mr.  Thornhill,  was  son  of  Baciie  Thornhill,  Ksquire,  of  Stanton 
in  the  Peak.  He  was  a  man  of  refined  tastes,  fond  of  antiquarian 
pursuits,  and  was  highly  esteemed  in  the  County  of  Derby.  He 
was  M.A.  of    St.  John's  College,   Cambridge,  where  he  was  a  fellow 


In     Memoriam.  log 

student  with  Sir  Robert  Peel,  with  whom  to  the  period  of  his 
death  he  kept  up  an  intimate  friendship.  On  the  13th  of  December, 
1827,  Mr.  Thornhill  was  accidentally  shot  bv  the  discharge  of 
the  fowling  piece  of  a  friend.  He  lingered  until  the  27th,  when 
he  died,  at  the  age  of  forty  t\xo.  He  was  buried  at  Youlgreave, 
the  coffin  bearing  the  inscription—"  Rev.  Bache  Thornhill,  Vicar  of 
Winster,  and  \'ice-\-icar  of  Ashford  and  Longstone,  died  the 
27th  day  of  December,  1827  ;   aged  fortv  two." 

The  writer  of  these  verses  was  Mr.  John  Brimlow  of  \\-inster. 
Brimlow  had  been  a  soldier  in  Colonel  Thornhill's  regiment,  under 
which  gallant  officer  he  served  in  Egypt.  He  afterwards  suffered 
from  opthalmia,  became  blind,  and  got  a  precarious  livelihood  bv 
rambling  about   the   country  with   a   basket,     gathering   "  rags  and 


bones." 


As  I  sat  musing  by  the  fire, 
I  heard  some  people  say, 
A  dreadful  accident  has  befel 
A  worthy  man  this  day. 

Then  I  got  up,  went  out  of  door 
For  to  see,  and  likewise  hear ; 
On  every  tongue  enquiry  sat, 
And  in  many  an  eye,  a  tear. 

Saying  our  worthy  Pastor  he  has  fall'n. 
Oh  !  how  hard  has  been  his  lot. 
By  accident  a  gun  went  off. 
And  this  good  man  was  shot. 

The  rich,  the  poor,  in  groups  they  meet. 
Their  sorrow  for  to  express, 

Saying  if  fifty  come  there  will  lie  none  like  Bache 
To  those  that  are  in  distress. 

For  he  was  a  friend  to  everyone. 
To  all  alike  was  kind. 
He  was  the  same  to  rich  and  poor. 
Likewise  sick,  lame,  or  blind. 

Oh  !  cruel  Fate,  what  have  we  done. 
That  this  good  man  should  fall, 
But  the  die  was  cast,  and  the  thing  is  past. 
And  there  must  be  an  end  to  all. 


no  Longstone     Records. 

But,  hark  !  a  messenger  )ias  just  ari-ived, 

Glad  tidings  doth  he  bring 

Tliis  good  man  he  is  still  alive, 

Oh  !  let  us  praise  the  King  of  kings. 

Rejoice,  my  friends,  he  better  gets. 

For  the  Lord  has  heard  our  prayer, 

And  He  has  promised  when  a  few  does  meet 

That  He  always  will  be  there. 

But  adieu,  vain  hope,  thou  art  for  ever  fled. 
For  this  good  man  is  no  more. 
For  he  is  now  numbered  amongst  the  dead, 
So  adieu,  adieu,  farewell  for  evermore. 

JOHN  BRIMLOW,  Winster. 

I'roni  ■•  Di-rhysliire  Uall.ids,"  1867. 


BURIAL     l.\     WOOLLEN     SHROUDS. 


When  the  Woollen  Trade  of  Hnj^land  was  in  a  state  of  depression, 
an  Act  of  Parliament  was  passed  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II.  that 
no  one  must  be  buried  in  anything  but  a  WV)ol  Shroud,  that 
employment  might  be  formd  in  making  Shrouds.  A  certificate  to 
that  effect  was  necessary. 

Mary  Wild  maUeth  Oath  that  Edward  Frost  of  Wardlow  in  the 
Parish  of  BaUewell  and  County  of  Dcrbe,  lately  dec'  was  not  buried 
in  any  material  biit  what  was  made  of  sheep's  wool  only. 

Sworn  before  me 
Test''  John  Goddaru, 

Mary  Goddard.  Curate  of  Wormhill. 

Strellay  Morksly. 

An  Actress  wishing  to  be  buried  in  a  satin  shroud,  £3  was  paid 
by  the  relatives  as  a  fine. 


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Not  Tideswcll  only  but  the  Peak  District  generally  seemed  to  be 
the  poorer  when  this  good  man  passed  away.  For  several  decades, 
his  unsclfisli  life,  his  zeal,  energy  and  devotion  as  pastor  and  friend, 
gave  him  a  charm  and  an  influence  over  the  Peak  villages  and 
more  or  less  over  the  whole  County,  probably  unsurpassed  by  a 
country  clergyman.  In  Longstone,  Wardlow  and  Cressbrook  he 
was  greatly  beloved.  His  life  and  good  works  at  Tideswell  and  the 
neighbourhood,  and  especially  in  his  own,  the  Parish  Church  of 
which  he  was  justly  proud,  will  not  easily  be  forgotten.  Happily 
for  Tideswell  he  was  succeeded  by  a  most  sympathetic  and  large 
hearted  man — the  Rev.  J.  M.  J.  Fletcher  who  has  more  than 
carried  out  all  that  the  good  Canon  could  have  aspired  to. 

Floreat  Tideswell. 


Derbyshire  Dialect,  1 1 1 

A    VILLAGE    SKETCH,   AT   ASHFORD-IN-THE-WATER,    IX 
ILLUSTRATION  OF  THE  DERBYSHIRE  DIALECT. 

BY    THOMAS    BRLSHFIELD,    ESQ. 

"  Oi'll  dowt ;  yoi,  oi'll  dowt ;  oi  tell  thee  that,  an  oi  wull,  thah  mey  depend 
on't."     These  words  I  heard  spoken  by  a  voice  which  I  thought  was  familiar 
to  me.     I  turned  to  find  whence  they  came,  and  to  my  surprise  saw  my  old 
schoolfellow,  John  Baggalley — who  was  quite  blind — in  company  with  another 
man,  an  old  pedlar,  well  known  in  the  village,  who  was  also  blind,  and  was  led 
about  the  country  by  a  little  dog.     They  passed  by  me  down  the  street.     I 
heard  no  more  words  :  hut  anxious  to  know  how  this  stiange  couple  had  met, 
and  what  was  the  piu-pose  of  their  meetinii-,  I  followed  them  into  the  parlour 
of  a  beer  shop,  and  ordering  a  glass  of  ale,  sat  down  to  observe  their  move- 
ments, and  find  out  why  they  were  thus  together.     I  soon  made  the  discovery. 
"  Hast  quoit  made  up  thee  moind  t'  gu  weh  me  ?  "  asked  the  old  man.     "  Yoi, 
oi  hav,"  said  poor  John.     "  Wehl  then,  here^  luck,  lad,  en  mey  we  dow  wehl  ! 
— oi  think  we  sholl ;  oi'll  show  thee  how  t'  luanige,  en  oi  know  thahl  soun 
dowt  es  wehl,  or  bettur  nor  oi  con  misell."      "Thank  thee,  Ned,  oist  troy ; 
en'll  dow  aw  e'  con  t'  get  a  livin  wi'  thee  ;  bur  moind  one  thing,  oi'll  do  owt 
sowner  than  hing  ony  lunger  o"  Mary  ;  hough  dows  her  Ijest  t'  mak  me  happy 
loik,  bur  oi  tell  the  what,  lad,  ows  starvin  hersell  t'  dowt ;  aw  hojgh  arns  is 
bey  seaming  towthrie  stockins — a  poor  trade  !  oi  conna  think  o'  hinging  on  her 
onny  lunger,  fur  oi  know  if  oi  dow  oist  be  th'  deeth  on  hur,  en  then  what  am  oi  t' 
dow  ?     oi  conna  bear  t'  think  on't,  lad !  en  su  oi'll  gu  weh  theh  ony  whear,  en 
dow   owt   thah   loiks — yoi,    owt .'    sowner  nor  dow   poor    Mary    onny    hurt  1  " 
"  Thart  a  rair  chap  ! "  said  the  old  man,  "  en  desarves  good  luck,  en  oi'm  sure 
thahl  hav  it — yoi,  quite  sartiu  on't  I  Cum  di-ink,  lad,  en  lets  be  off  afore  thy 
sister  misses  thee."     "  Aw,  reight,  reight,"  said  John  ;  "  en  su  hehrs  luck,  en 
off  wehl  gu.''     At  that  moment,  as  poor  John  was  drinking  his  ale,  hurried 
footsteps  were  heard,  the  door  of  the  apartment  was  opened  very  quickly,  and 
in  walked  poor   John's    sister.       "  Jack  ! "   she   exclaimed,    with    trembling 
vehemence,  "  what  art  thah  dowin  hehr?   thah's  now  bisness  hehr  drinkin 
with  that  owd  feller  I  cum  thee  wey  whoam ;  ciun,  theers  a  gud  lad — cum  I 
wutna  ?  "     "  Nough,  oi  ^^unna  ;  oi  shonna  gu  to  that  whoam  onny  muir ;  oi 
bin  theer  tow  lung ;  oist  gu  wi'  owd  Ned,  en  get  a  livin  by  sellin  things,  es 
hey  dows — hahaver,  oist  try ;  oi  bin  a  trouble  en  a  birdin  on  thee  lung  inuf — 
tow  lung — en  oUl  ti-y  en  na  trouble  thee  ony  muir  ;  su  dunna  try  t'  persuade 
me  !  oist  gu,  oive  made  mj'  mind  up  t'  gu  '.  "     "  Jack  !  "  said  his  sister,  "  oh  ! 
Jack,  thah  surely  wunna  gu  en  leave  me !     No  !  no  !  havn't  I  work't  neight  an 
dey  ommust  t'  mak  thee  comfortable  an  content  ?  "     '■  True  !  thah  has  !  thah 
has '.  "  said  Jack  ;  "  the  thowt  on't  it  is  maks  me  want  f  get  awey ;  keepin 
me  oi  know  s'f  mitch  for  thee — oi  know  it — en  thah  knows  it  tow,  voi,  thart 


112  Longstone     Records. 

"  starviu  thysen  ta  deeth  t'  kcop  me,  en  for  moy  sake  :  bur  it  slionna  be — 
oist  gu,  en  oist  try  t'  dow  suiumut  loik  owd  Ned  dows,  en  oi'll  uphold  thee, 
manage  f  get  a  crust  somehow  ;  bur  oi  mean  t'  cum  tow  thee  sumtimes,  Mary, 
her  oist  feel  happier  if  oi  get  a  livin  for  mysel,  oi  sholl  1 "  "  Oh,  Jack  '  dunna 
talk  su !  dunna,  dunna  1  "  said  Mary;  "stop  wi  me — dow,  |  rithee  dow!  it'll 
kill  me  t'  part  wi  thee,  thah  knows  it  wuH  !  If  thah  leaves  me  oi  sholl  niver 
have  a  dey's  comfort  agen  ;  dunna,  Jack,  prythee  dunna  leave  me  !  have'na  oi 
down  aw  oi  cud  to  keep  thy  sperits  up  and  mak  thee  happy  ?  Thah  knows  oi 
hav — ay,  and  wull  agen.  yoi,  as  long  as  God  spares  me — so  dvinna,  dunna  leave 
me  I  prythee  dunna '.  theers  a  gud  lad !  cum  thy  wey  whoam  agen,  oh  I  dow, 
moi  dear  brother,  dow  I  "  She  took  hold  of  her  brother's  shoulders,  entreated 
him  not  to  go  and  leave  her,  kissed  him  very  warmly,  and  burst  into  tears. 
Her  brother — poor  blind  John — cried  too ;  for  a  few  moments  tears  were  the 
only  language  in  that  rnom.  The  landlord  of  the  house,  transfixed,  stood 
looking  on  the  touching  scene,  and  as  he  placed  on  the  table  the  second  glass 
of  ale,  I  saw  him  raise  his  arm  and  dry  his  cheek  with  the  sleeve  of  his  shirt ; 
he  then  spoke,  and  in  a  warm  but  trembling  voice,  said,  "  oi  tell  thee  what. 
Jack,  if  thah  can  find  i'  thee  heart  t'  leyve  sich  a  sister  as  Mary,  oist  ne'er 
loik  th'  seight  on  thee  ony  muir ;  nowt  et's  owt  el  cum  tow  thee,  thah '11 
desarve  ivrythin  es  is  bad.  Oh  !  ber  thah  conna  dowt — thah  wunna  leave  her, 
wut  y"  "  Yo  mythern  me."  said  Jolin  ;  "  Mary,  let  me  gu  en  troy,  theers  a 
gud  wench,  yoi,  let  me  troy  what  oi  can  dow  ;  oi  know  owd  Ned  ell  tak  care  o' 
me,  wut  na  Ned  ?  Oist  sown  ciim  agen  tow  thee,  shonna  oi,  Ned  ?  Whoy  dust 
na  speyk,  Ned  ?■  tell  Mary  thah'U  tak  care  o'  me,  en  bring  me  safe  back  agen. 
Ned.  whoy  dust  na  speyk?"  ".lack,"  said  Ned,  "by  guy,  1  conna  tak  thee 
awey  fro  sich  a  wench  es  thoi  sister  ;  nough,  nough,  oi  conna  dow  that,  after 
aw!  Oi  onct  had  a  sister — a  very  kind  un,  tow — it  pleysed  God  t'  tak  her 
from  me,  en  oive  fun  th'  want  on  her ;  ah,  lad,  oi  dunna  think  oi  should  iver 
dow  well  agen,  if  after  what  oive  lieerd,  I  did  owt  t' part  thee  and  thoy  sister." 
"  Uust  think  su,  Ned?  then  Mary,  wench,  wipe  thee  eyes,  en  lowk  up  agen  ; 
oi'll  stey  wi  thee,  Mary,  en  nowt  bur  deth  shall  part  us — come,  kiss  me ;  en 
now  we'll  gu  whoam  agen  wei  thee  !  " 

After  some  hearty  hand  shaking,  John  and  his  sister  left  the  "  Miner's 
Arms"  for  their  humble  home;  and  poor  old  Ned  took  his  departure,  under 
the  guidance  of  his  old  faithful  dog,  to  tread  the  old  paths,  through  the 
old  neighboxu'hoods,  to  seek  a  pi-ecarious  means  of  existence  from  the  sale  of 
his  small  haberdashery,  without  the  hoped-for  companionship  of  John 
Baggallej'. — "  Reliquary,"  January,  1S71. 


Associations,     Clubs,     &c.  113 


LONGSTONH   ASSOCIATION    FOR  THH  PROSECUTION 

OF   FELONS. 


FOUNDED         -  -         1836. 

DISSOLVED        -         -        1901. 


Articles  of  Agreement  made  concluded  and  fully  agreed  upon 
the  fifteenth  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  Our  Lord  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  thirty  six  Between  us  whose  hands  are  hereunto 
severally  set  and  subscrihed  being  inhabitants  of  the  Chapelry  of 
Great  Longstone  and  Holme  with  Little  Longstone  Monsal  dale 
Brushfield  and  part  of  Wardlow,  and  of  individuals  holding  lands 
within  the  said  Chapelry  in  the  C(junty  of  Derby  for  the  intents 
and  purposes  hereinafter  expressed 

Whereas  divers  felonies  trespasses  and  other  misdemeanours  are 
frequently  committed  by  evil  disposed  persons  to  the  great 
grievance  and  injury  of  the  public  in  general  and  to  the  suffering 
individual  in  particular  and  the  oftener  so  by  occasion  of  the 
offender  or  offenders  escaping  the  hand  of  justice  on  account  of 
the  great  hardship  and  inconvenience  arising  from  a  prosecution 
at  the  sole  expense  of  the  injured  party  And  Whereas  for  dis- 
covering and  preventing  such  offences  as  far  as  in  us  lie  it  hath 
been  agreed  by  and  between  us  Inhabitants  of  the  said  Townships 
Hamlets  and  Vills  whose  hands  are  hereunto  subscribed  to  be 
vigilant  in  discovering  all  persons  in  like  cases  offending  against 
the  persons  family  or  property  of  any  of  the  parties  hereto 
subscribed  and  such  persons  when  discovered  to  prosecute  as  the 
Law  directs  But  in  order  that  no  prosecution  may  be  commenced 
and  carried  on  to  serve  private  pique  or  malice  and  without 
sufficient   offence  being  committed  deserving  to  be  prosecuted   by 


114  Longstone     Records. 

the  Association  ami  fair  and  reasonable  expectations  of  convictin,^ 
the  offender  it  has  been  also  agreed  that  no  prosecution  shall  be 
commenced  or  carried  on  under  this  agreement  but  by  and  with 
the  approbation  of  a  majority  of  the  acting  Committee  which 
Committee  shall  consist  of  five  persons  to  be  chosen  by  a  majority 
of  the  subscribers  assembled  at  a  public  meeting  duly  convened  by 
the  Treasurer  and  any  three  of  the  said  Committee  to  be  a  quorum 
and  act  for  the  transaction  of  business 

Now  for  carrying  the  said  agreement  and  the  intentions  thereof 
into  due  execution  and  effect  whenever  circumstances  may  require 
We  vi'hose  hands  are  hereunto  subscribed  and  set  and  v^ho  have 
alreadj-  paid  down  and  respectively  advanced  the  sum  of  two 
shillings  and  sixpence  each  by  way  of  making  a  Fund  foi-  dis- 
charging any  expenses  preparatory  to  completing  this  Association 
Do  and  each  and  every  of  us  Doth  hereby  for  himself  and  herself 
promise  and  agree  to  and  with  each  other  in  manner  following  that 
is  to  say  that  when  and  so  often  as  there  shall  happen  to  be  any 
felony  trespass  or  other  misdemeanour  committed  against  the 
person  or  family  of  any  of  us  parties  hereto  at  any  place  within 
the  said  County  of  Derby  or  against  the  property  of  any  of  us 
parties  hereto  upon  premises  contributing  their  quota  to  the  fund 
of  this  Association  or  upon  property  within  the  limits  allowed  by 
this  Association  either  by  this  Article  or  any  Bye  Law  or  nde 
hereafter  to  be  made  or  against  our  property  which  may  he  in  a 
state  of  removal  from  place  to  place  at  the  time  of  such  felony 
trespass  or  misdemeanour  shall  happen  the  same  being  within  the 
County  of  Derby  Then  such  injured  person  shall  as  soon  as 
conveniently  may  be  in  duty  to  the  puiilic  in  general  and  to  the 
suffering  individual  in  particular  make  the  same  known  to  the 
Treasurer  of  this  Association  who  shall  thereupon  call  the 
Committee  together  and  the  said  Committee  shall  immediately 
proceed  to  find  out  such  offender  or  offenders  by  such  ways  and 
means  as  their  discretion  may  point  out  and  the  Laws  and  rules  of 


Associations,     Clubs,     &c,  115 

this  Association  allow  and  such  offender  or  offenders  when  found 
out  to  be  prosecuted  under  the  approbation  and  management  of 
the  aforesaid  Committee  The  expenses  of  all  which  proceedings  it 
is  hereby  expressly  agreed  by  and  between  all  the  parties  signing 
these  presents  shall  be  borne  and  defrayed  by  and  out  of  the  Fund 
of  this  Association  Or  in  case  the  then  Fund  of  this  Association 
shall  be  insufficient  for  such  purpose  then  by  us  parties  hereto 
in  proportion  to  the  houses  lands  and  tenements  by  us  respectively 
occupied  and  which  shall  have  been  given  in  and  identified  as 
premises  within  the  protection  and  relief  of  this  Association  by  an 
equal  pound  rate  on  all  such  Houses  Lands  and  tenements  and  to 
be  correspondent  with  the  poor  assessment  affecting  such  premises 
and  when  such  subscribers  rate  shall  not  amount  to  Twenty 
Pounds  then  the  said  subscriber  to  be  assessed  at  Twenty 
Pounds  And  it  is  hereby  further  agreed  and  declared  by  and 
between  all  of  us  parties  hereto  that  in  case  any  member  of  this 
Association  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay  his  or  her  proportion  or 
quota  under  the  terms  aforesaid  by  the  space  of  thirty  days  next 
after  being  called  upon  by  the  authority  of  the  Committee  for  the 
time  being,  he  shall  from  that  time  be  struck  out  of  this  Association 
and  forfeit  and  lose  all  claim  benefit  and  advantage  to  or  from  the 
same  or  any  fund  belonging  thereto  and  it  is  also  agreed  that  the 
parties  to  this  Association  executing  these  presents  and  every  of 
them  shall  be  and  continue  an  Association  from  the  date  hereof 
for  one  year  at  least  and  so  from  year  to  year  until  he  or  she  who 
shall  be  included  to  go  out  shall  have  signified  in  writing  to  the 
Treasurer  three  months  at  least  pievious  to  going  out  of  the  same 
and  that  whenever  such  going  out  shall  happen  it  shall  be  done 
and  considered  a  relinquishment  of  all  future  advantages  or 
interests  in  or  to  the  Fund  of  this  Association  which  is  meant  and 
intended  to  continue  an  Association  upon  the  aforesaid  Terms  by 
all  such  who  shall  not  have  gone  out  in  manner  above  mentioned 
And  it  is  hereby  further  agreed  by  and  between  all  parties  hereto 


ii6  Longstone     Records. 

that  the  Members  of  this  Association  shall  have  power  to  make 
such  Bye  Laws  as  may  be  found  necessary  for  the  good  order  and 
government  of  this  Association  And  which  bye  Laws  shall  be  voted 
for  and  made  by  a  majority  in  number  of  subscribers  to  these 
Articles  at  a  public  General  Meeting  to  be  called  by  the  Treasurer 
for  that  purpose  and  thereupon  become  binding  upon  all  parties 
signing  these  Articles  as  fully  and  effectively  to  all  intents  and 
purposes  as  if  already  inserted  and  specified  in  these  present 
Articles  which  bye  Laws  shall  afterwards  be  fairly  written  in  a 
Book  to  be  provided  for  that  purpose  and  also  further  Books  shall 
be  provided  for  the  purpose  of  recording  the  proceedings  of  this 
Association  and  for  keeping  the  accounts  thereof  And  lastly  it  is 
agreed  by  and  between  all  and  every  the  parties  signing  these 
presents  that  at  a  General  Meeting  to  be  called  for  that  purpose 
by  the  Treasurer  the  Members  or  Subscribers  to  this  Association 
or  a  majority  of  them  assembled  at  such  a  meeting  shall  (if  they 
think  proper)  by  any  bye  law  or  rule  alter  vary  or  change  the 
limits  hereinbefore  mentioned  allowed  to  be  protected  by  this 
Association  and  make  any  further  order  herein  as  to  them  may 
seem  proper  In  witness  our  hands  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written 

Names  of  Members.  Property  identified. 


VV.  CarleiU  House      Buildings      Land      in      Gt 

Longstone 
M.  Mills — withdrawn 

Wm.  Wager  House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 

Little  Longstone  and  Wardlow 

W'm.  Longsdon  House  buildings  and  land  in   Little 

Longstone 

T.  G.  Orr  House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 

and  Little  Longstone  and  Ashford 

Matthew  Furness  House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 

Longstone  and  Middleton 


Associations,     Clubs,     &c.  .  117 

Names  of  Members.  Property  identified. 

James  Longsdon  (withdrawn)  House  buildings  and  land  in  Great 

Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone  and  Brushfield 

House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 
Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone  and  Ashford 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Little 
Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Little 
Longstone  and  Brushfield 

House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 
Longstone 

House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 
Longstone 

House    buildings    anil    land    in    Gt 
Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone  and  Sheldon 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone 

House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 
Longstone 

House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 
Longstone  and  Ashford 


Wm.  Wilson 
Charles  Shaw 
Anne  Gates 
McConnel  Bros 
Joseph  Buxton 
Joseph  Timm 
John  Bridge 
Sampson  Hoskinson 
Joseph  Morton 
Joseph  Bottom 
Joseph  Skidmore 
Robert  Furness 
Robert  Thornhill 
Saml  Holtman 
John  Orr 


House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone  and  Litton 

May  16 — Joseph  Gregory  (withdrawn) 

John  Gregory  House    buildings    and    land    in     Gt 

Longstone 


ii8  Loiigstone     Records. 

Names  of  Mii.MUKRS.  Pkopektv  idkn tii-ii;!). 


Samuel  Thornhill  Holiso  bLiildin^s  and  land  in  Waixl- 

Jany  1840  low  in  the    Parishes  of    Hope   and 

BaUewell — and   Longstonc 

Will  Harris  jr  Jany  1841  l-or  Biiildin«s  ani.1  land 

Geor.t>e  Ashton  byNN'.Lon.^sdon  f'oi-   Huildinj^s     and     land     in     (}t 

Longstone,     Little    Longstone    and 
Ashford 

Anthony  Woodhouse  by  R.T.  for     Buildin<;s     and      land     in     Gt 

Lonostone    and    Ashfoixl 

James  Morton  HoLise    buildinijs    and     land     in    Gt 

Longstone 

Geo.  B.  Brown  House    buildinjis    and    land    in    Gt 

Longstone  and   Stoney  iMiddleton 

Eliza  Gates  i.^-  Caroline  Gates  For     buildings     and     land     in     Gt 

Longstone 
Eliz"'  Carleill  For     buildings     and     land     in     Gt 

Longstone 

James  &  Jno  Furness  House     buildings     and      land      and 

property   in   trade 

Henry  Bagshaw  For   house    lands    in    Rowland    and 

Hassop  and  buildings. 

FredericU  Buxton  House    buildings    and    land    in    Gt 

Longstone 
Joseph  Seott        •  House  and  land  in  Gt  Longstone 

Robert  Shaw  House    building    and     land     in    Gt 

l-ongstone.     Little     Longstone    rnd 
Brushtteld 

lidward  Gascoyne  House  Buildings  and  land  in  Hassop 

James  S.  Hodson  House    Buildings    and    land    in    Gt 

Longstone 

George  Eyre  House  Gardens  Stock  and  Timber 

Gt  Longstone 

William  Clayton  House  buildings  and  garden,   Litton 

Joseph  Oliver  House      builtlings      and      land      Gt 

Longstone 


Associations,     Clubs,     &c. 


iig 


Names  of  Members. 


Property  identified. 


Charles  Young 
George  C.  Tooth,  Clerk 

Joseph  Bottom 

his  X  mark 

Witness  G.  C.  Tooth 

John  Sleigh 

George  Taylor 
Benjamin  Bland 

Thomas  Fidler 

Thomas  Ashton 

Thomas  B.  Hope 
Edward  Smithers 

Thomas  Gregory 


John  Thornhill 
John  Paley 
John  Outran! 

G.  T.  Wright 
Tho.  Hope 

Joseph  Adams 

Laxon  H.  Sweet 


House  buildings  and  land  in  Holme 

For  House  buildings  and  garden  Gt 
Longstone 

for  house  buildings  and  land  in 
Gt  Longstone  Little  Longstone  and 
Holme 

Hou.ses  buildings  gardens  and  lands 
in  Ashford  and  Gt  Longstone 

Building  and  land  in  Gt  Longstone 

House  buildings  garden  and  land 
in   Rowland 

House  garden  buildings  and  land  in 
Rowland  and  Hassop 

House  buildings  garden  and  land  in 
Rowland  and  Gt  Longstone 

Buildings  land  in  Gt  Longstone 

House  buildings  and  land  in  Gt  and 
Little  Longstone 

House  and  land  in  Gt  Longstone 
Henry  P.  Bagshawe  in  lieu  of  the  late  Henry  Bagshawe  for  the 
same  occupation 

Joseph    Buxton    in   lieu   of  the   late  Fred  Buxton  for  the  same 
occupation 

House    land    and    buildings    &c  &c 

Gt  Longstone 

House    land    and    buildings    in    Gt 

Longstone 

House  land  and  buildings  in  Ward- 
low — Land  in  Longstone  Gt  and 
Little 

Land,  Great  Longstone 
House  buildings  and  land  in  Gi'eat 
Longstone 

House  Buildings  and  land  in  Great 
and  Little  Longstone  and  Ashford 
House  land  and  Buildings  in  Gix-at 
Longstone 


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Longstone  Records. 


RULES    OF    THE    ASSOCIATION. 


RULE   I. 

Tins   Association   is  open   to  individuals   residing    within    the   chapelry 

of   Great   Longstoiie,    and    to    other  individuals    who   may   occupy    Land 

situated    within   the  said    chapelry,   though   not  residents  thereof:     or    to 

individuals  who  may  be  specially  admitted  by  a  Bye  Law  for  that  purpose. 


RULE    II. 
The  members  of  this  Association  agree  to  protect  one  another's  persons 
and  property  against  the  following  depredations,  and  offer  the  following 
rewards  for  the  apprehension  and  conviction  of  offenders  ;  — 

For   Murder,   Burglary,    Highway    or    Foot-pad    Robbery  ;\     /-■     ''• 
stealing   or    maiming   any    Horse,    Mare,    Gelding,    Bull, 
Cow,  or  Sheep  ;   or  wilfully  setting  fire  to  any  Dwelling-        500 
house,  Warehouse,  Shop,  Barn,  Stable,  or  other  Buildings, 
stack  or  rick  of  Corn  or  Grain,  or  Hay,  or  other  property,) 
For  stealing  any  Goods  out  of  any  House,  Warehouse,  Store-  1 
house,  Shop,   Building,  or  other  place :    or  any  Corn   or  | 
Grain,  thrashed  or  unthrashed,  or  Hay,  or  Straw   out  of  -     j      o      o 
any    Barn    or    Hovel,    Rick-yard,    or   other   place,    or  fori 
knowingly  receiving  any  stolen  Goods 

For   stealing    or   maiming    any    Lambs,     Calves,     Pig 


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Poultrj' ;  or  stealing  any  Door,  Window,  Gate,  Stile,  Pen, 
Fleaks,  Pales,  Posts,  Rails,  or  Iron  Work,  or  any  Wood, 
growing  or  fallen  ;  or  robbing  any  Orchard  or  Garden,  or 
destroying  Frames,  Glass  or  Glasses  therein  :  cropping, 
breaking  down,  barking,  or  otherwise  damaging  any 
Timber,  fruit  or  other  Trees;  pulling  down  or  damaging 
any  Hedge,  Wall,  or  other  Fence,  or  stealing  or  damaging 
any  lock  upon  any  held  gate,      


Associations,     Clubs,     &c.  121 

For    stealing    any    Corn,    Grain,    Grass,    Clover,    or    Hay, 
growing    or  in   shock   or  cock   in   the   field ;     stealing  or 
damaging  any  Cart  or  other  Implement  of  Husbandry;, 
for  breaking  down,  injuring,   or  destroying  any  Trough,  ,^100 
Meer  Head,   or  Dam  of  Water ;    stealing  Coals,  Turnips,  I 

Potatoes,  or  Cabbage,  if  in  the  night,    / 

Or,  if  in  the  day-time,   o    10     6 

And  the  committee  shall  use  their  discretion  when  and  on  what  occasions 
rewards  shall  be  offered. 

RULE    111. 
This    Association    shall     not    prosecute    for    the    offences    of    Forgery, 
Swindling,    gaining  mone}'  under  false  pretences,   or  passing   off   bad  or 
base  coin,  or  bad  local  or  other  notes. 

RULE    IV. 
A   Committee  and  Treasurer  shall  be  appointed  at  the  general  annual 
meeting,  by  a  majority  of  the  members  then  assembled. 

RULE  V. 
An  Annual  .Meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Association  shall  be  held  on 
the  first  Wednesday  after  the  25th  of  March,  at  six  o'clock  in  the  evening, 
at  such  place  as  the  committee  shall  appoint  by  public  notice,  for  the 
purpose  of  auditing  the  accounts,  electing  fresh  officers,  and  for  the  tran- 
saction of  general  business.  .\t  this  annual  meeting  the  members  shall  sup 
together;  the  charge  for  supper  not  to  exceed  one  shilling  and  six  pence 
each.  Every  member  neglecting  to  attend  the  supper  shall  forfeit  one 
shilling  and  six  pence,  and  this  fine  shall  become  due  and  payable  after 
seven  o'clock  on  that  evening. 

RULE  VI. 
The  committee  for  tlie  time  being  shall,  when  they  think  proper,  cause 
a  rate  to  be  made  upon  the  several  members  of  tfiis  Association,  by  an 
equal  pound  rate,  on  all  houses,  lands,  and  tenements ;  but  no  member 
shall  be  charged  or  rated  upon  a  less  assessment  than  twenty  pounds.  If 
any  member  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pay  his  or  her  rate,  for  thirty  days 
after  receiving  notice  thereof  from  the  Treasurer,  he  or  she  shall  be  struck 
out  of  the  list  of  members  of  the  Association,  and  forfeit  all  claim,  benefit, 
and   protection  to   tlie  fund  thereof,  or  from  the  said    -Association.      The 


122  Longstone     Records. 

committee  are  authorised  to  defray  any  necessary  or  unavoidable  expense 
tliat  may  be  incurred  by  their  meetings  on  the  business  of  the  Association. 

RULE   VII. 

The  committee  may,  througli  their  Chairman,  at  any  time  call  a  general 

meeting  of  the  Association  by  advertisements   posted    in   the  usual   public 

places,  giving  four  days  notice  thereof.     And   it  shall  be  incumbent  on  the 

committee,    through    their    Chairman,    on    the    requisition   of    any    seven 

members,   to  call  a  [jublic  meeting  of  the  Association,  at   any  time  in  the 

wav  before  stated. 

RULE    VIII. 

All  orders,  rules,  or  regulations,  adopted  at  any  general  meeting  shall  be 

entered  in  the  Order  Book  of  the  Association,   and   become  binding  on  the 

members.     The  accounts  of  the  .Association  sliall  be  kept  by  the  Treasurer, 

and  all  moneys  be  collected  and  paid  through  him. 

RULE   IX. 

.Ml  information  respecting  offences  or  injuries  done,  to  be  forwarded  to 
the  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  who  in  such  cases  shall,  in  conjunction 
with  his  colleagues,  adopt  such  measures  as  to  them  may  seem  most 
reasonable  and  proper  for  finding  out  and  punishing  the  offender  or 
offenders,  in  conformity  with  the  Rules  of  the  Association. 

RULE    X. 

Any  member  of  this  Association  may  withdraw  from  it,  by  giving  three 
months'  notice  in  writing,  of  his  or  her  intention,  to  the  Treasurer  ;  and 
paying  up  all  arrears,  or  rates,  or  forfeits  then  due. 

RULE    XL 
•A.  person     may  be    admitted    a    member     of     this    Association     by     a 
special   Bye  Law  for  the   purpose,   such  Bye   Law  shall   be  entered  in  the 
Order  Book. 

April  i6,  1836. 
At  a  General  Meeting  of  the  Association,  held  in  the  School  Room 
at  Great  Longstone  this  day,  the  foregoing  Rules  having  been  read,  and 
afterwards  proposed  to  be  taken  as  and  for  the  Rules  of  the  said  Association  ; 
the  same  were  approved  and  adopted  as  such. 

By  order  of  the  Meeting, 

T.  G.  ORR, 

Clniiniiaiu 


Associations,     Clubs,     &c. 


1^3 


So  far  as  the  prosecution  and  conviction  of  felons  went,  this 
Association  appears  to  have  been  an  utter  failure.  Socially  it  may 
have  been  a  bond  of  fellowship  between  the  members  who  hailed 
from  different  townships.  But  even  that  did  not  prevent  several 
attempts  to  wind  it  up  and  divide  the  proceeds.  Unfortunately 
the  RliIcs  did  not  provide  for  dissolution,  and  the  money  contributed 
by  scores  of  members  for  many  years — instead  of  being  given  to, 
say,  the  Derbyshire  Infirmary — was  at  the  absolute  disposal  of  the 
dozen  surviving  members  who  in  1901  by  a  large  majority  decided 
to  dissolve  and  share  the  balance  which  amoiuited  to  £4  10s.  Od. 
each.     The  following  are  the  names  :— 


Mr.  H.   V.   Bagshawe. 

Mr.  S.   Dore. 

Mr.  A.   \V.   J.   Eyre. 

Mr.  B.   Gratton. 

Mr.  C.  Johnson. 

Mr.  P.   MurDhv. 


Mr.    W  .   Outrani. 
Mr.   K.   Shaw. 
.\.'r.   J.   \V.   Thornhill. 
Mr.   J.    T.   Trickett. 
Mr.  A.   Walker. 


THK    AXCIHNT    ORDHR    OF    SIlKl'lll-KDS'    I.ODCH. 


The  Ancient  Order  of  Shepherds'  Lodge  was  established  at 
Longstone  in  the  year  1837,  and  the  Feast  was  held  on  the  24th 
June,  at  the  same  time  as  Tideswell  Wakes,  the  Church  there 
being  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptist.  The  .Members  of  the 
Order  when  parading  wore  each  an  apron  made  from  the  skin  of 
one  lamb,  and  carried  a  Shepherd's  Crook,  the  staff  of  which  was 
painted  green,  and  the  crook  red.  The  flag  was  an  ordinary  one 
.with  a  blue  silk  ground.  As  the  number  of  new  Members  from 
Cressbrook  and  Litton  increased,  it  was  desirable  to  remove  the 
Lodge  from  the  "White  Lion  Inn,"  Longstone,  to  tiic  "  Red  Lion 
Inn,"  Litton,  where  it  is  ncjw  held. — Fid-.  Ma:^'.,  ,hnu\  IS95. 


124  Longstone     Records. 

INKHRMAN    ODDFHI.LOWS    FRIENDLY    SOCIETY. 

OTHERWISE    CALLED 

THE  INKEMAN  LODGE  OF  ODD  FELL0W8. 

(Kindly  coiifribiifed  by  Mi-.  H.  A.  Spiuiton.J 


On  November  10th,  1855,  Twenty-eight  young  men  of  Longstone 
formed  themselves  into  an  Oddfellows  Lodge  in  connection  with 
the  Grand  United  Order  of  Oddfellows — sometimes  known  as  the 
Leeds  Unity.  The  news  of  the  great  victory  at  Inkerman  on  the 
5th  of  the  month  had  just  reached  this  country,  and  the  name  of 
the  '  Inkerman  '    Lodge  was  given  to  the  newly  formed  Club. 

The  first  President  was  Mr.  Joseph  Scott,  who  was  also  the 
Treasurer.     Mr.  Charles  Morton  was  the  first  Secretary. 

The  lodge  contmued  to  be  an  integral  part  of  the  Grand  United 
Order  till  1894,  when  by  a  special  vote  of  the  members  it  seceded 
from  the  Order  and  from  the  Baslow  District,  becoming  an 
independent  order  of  Oddfellows. 

At  the  same  time  it  took  in  the  members  of  the  Perseverance 
Lodge  of  Taddington,  which,  owing  to  various  causes,  had 
exhausted  all   its   funds. 

In   the  fifty  years    of    its  existence  the   club  has    increased    to 
about  150  members,  and  its  funds  amount  to  nearly  .£1,400. 
There  have  been  three  Secretaries,  viz. — 
Mr.  Charles  Morton  (1855). 
Mr.  Thomas  Shim  well  (1870). 
Mr.  Joseph  Wood  (1900). 
There  have  also  been  three  Treasurers,  viz. — 
Mr.  Joseph  Scott  (1855). 
Mr.  William  Taylor  ( 1887). 
Mr.  H.  A.  Spanton  (1899). 


AssociationSy     Clubs,     ^c,  i?5 

In  connection  with  tiie  Lodj^e  there  are  the  foil(j\ving  benefits — 

{a)  In  time  of  sicliness  each  member  receives  free  medical 
attendance,  and  10,'-  per  week,  for  the  first  twelve  weeks  of  sick- 
ness, and  5/-  per  week  for  the  rest  of  sickness.  This  latter  really 
is  a  pension  for  those  old  men  who  are  too  infirm  to  work. 

[b)  At  the  death  of  a  member  £10  is  paid  to  his  family  ;  on  the 
death  of  a  member's  wife  he  receives  £5. 

(t)  Three  months  after  the  death  of  a  member,  his  widow 
receives  £3  ;  and  in  addition  she  receives  £1  a  year  for  every  child 
under  12  years  of  age. 

(d)  In  times  of  special  distress — such  as  loss  of  work,  or  the 
illness  of  a  wife  or  child — a  member  can  receive  aid  from  the 
"  special  distress"  fund  of  the  lodge. 

For  these  benefits  a  contribution  of  l/9d.  per  month  is  paid. 

In  1902  a  Juvenile  branch  was  started  in  connection  with  the 
lodge,  and  now  numbers  about  30  members. 

This  Branch  provides  funeral  benefits  varying  from  £2  to  .£5, 
free  medical  attendance,  and  weekly  payments  in  time  of  sickness 
for  boys  from  the  age  of  5  to  the  age  of  17. 

As  an  example  of  the  great  use  of  such  a  society,  it  may  be 
pointed  out  that  in  1893  no  less  a  sLim  than  .£200  was  expended  in 
sick  and  funeral  benefits. 


ARCHERY. 


The  Butts  field.  Great  Longstone,  occupying  an  area  of  8  acres, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  used  for  the  practice  of  Archery.  The 
English  Archers  were  famous  from  1189  to  1377-  Robin  Hood 
was  born  in  the  early  part  of  this  period  at  Chellaston  Manor 
House,  Derbyshire,  and  his  companion.  Little  John,  is  buried  in 
Hathersage  Churchyard.  The  bows  were  6ft.  to  7ft.  long,  made  of 
yew,  peeled  and  polished,  tipped  with  deer's  horn,  and  horn  was 
ingeniously  inserted  into  the  slit  of  the  Arrow.  They  were  strung 
with  gut.— Par.  Mag.,  July,  1895. 


126  Longstone     Records, 

*CR1("KET. 


The  present  Cricket  Club  dates  from  1885,  and  the  Secretary  is 
Mr.  William  Nadin,  whose  predecessors  were  respectively  Messrs. 
.John  Davis,  Geori^e  Ward,  and  Tliomas  Davis.  About  23  years 
before  that  date  a  club  was  formed  under  the  Secretaryship  of 
Mr.  George  Ward,  but  after  some  years  it  became  extinct. 

M"()OTHAIJ. 


.A  Football  Club  has  been  in  existence  since  1892,  having  had  for 
its  Secretaries  Messrs.  C.  Bcizzard,  W.  Nadin,  H.  B.  Dixon,  W. 
Maltby,  and  William  Morton. 


•POULTRY  SOCIHTY. 


This  Society  was  formed  in  1901,  with  Mr.  W.  R.  Pitt  Dixon  as 
President  and  Messrs.  Wood  &  Oldfield  as  Secretaries. 

Annual  Shows  are  held  and  so  far  have  been  a  success  in  creating 
an  interest  in  improved  poultry  rearing.     The  first  tw-o  Shows  were 

held  in  the  Schoolroom,  and  subse(.|uent  ones  under  canvas. 


r.  E.  T.  S.  AND  G.  F.  S. 


Several  organisations  for  the  recreation  and  benefit  of  the  Parish 
have  been  initiated  or  promoted  by  the  Vicar  and  .Mrs.  Andrew, 
such  as — 

Branch  of  the  Church  of   Kngland  Temperance  Society. 

Branch  of  the  Girls  Fi-iendly  Society  of  which  Mrs.  Andrew  is 
Secretary. 

Band  of  Hope. 

Lending  Library. 

*  Piom  iiifoniialiuii  iuppliej  by   Mi.  H.  A.  Spanton. 


Associations,     Clubs,     &c. 


127 


Working  Party. 

Clothing  Club. 

Social  Evenings. 

Debating  Society. 

Mutual  Improvement  Society. 


THE  TWENTY  CLUH. 


This  Association  was  formed  in  1896  by  Mr.  Arthur  Bates  of 
Manchester,  a  gentleman  of  great  experience  and  ability,  who  during 
his  residence  in  Longstone  was  ever  ready  to  devote  time  and 
money  to  the  improvement,  well  being,  and  recreation  of  the 
mhabitants.  A  lover  of  music,  he  assisted  in  most  of  the  village 
Concerts  and  Entertainments,  and  was  greatly  appreciated  in  the 
Church  Choir.  His  departure  was  a  distinct  loss  to  the  Village 
and  he  has  not  been  replaced. 

When  the  Club  was  named,  the  idea  was  that  about  twenty 
persons  only  would  become  members,  but  more  than  twice  that 
number  joined  besides  honorary  members.  Newspapers  were 
liberally  supplied,  and  vari.nis  games  were  played  so  far  as  the 
limited  space  of  a  single  room  permitted.  It  was  hoped  that  this 
effort  to  provide  amusement  for  the  men,  especially  the  young  men 
of  Longstone,  might  be  the  nucleus  and  pave  the  way  for  a^more 
ambitious  scheme. 

The  Club  existed  six  years  hut  was  never  self  supporting. 
Several  attempts  to  place  it  on  a  permanent  footing  failed,  and  it 
was  dissolved  after  payment  of  its  liabilities  by  the  Committee  of 
the  Club. 

It  may  here  be  put  on  record  that  a  splendid  opportunity  of 
founding  a  Village  Club  and  Institute  through  the  munificent 
offer  of  Mrs.  Crossley,  of  the  Outrake,  Little  Longstone,  was  lost. 
Great  efforts  were  made  by   the   leading   residents   to  induce  the 


128  Longstone     Records. 

villagers  to  take  up  the  offer,  for  besides  £400  by  Mrs.  Crossley  ; 
the  late  Mrs.  Worthington,  Miss  Broomhead  and  others  promised 
liberal  subscriptions.  Parish  meetings  were  held  and  an  attempt 
by  Mr.  E.  M.  Longsdon  to  form  a  limited  liability  Company,  to 
promote  the  object,  failed  to  receive  the  necessary  support  to 
secure  success.  Consequently  the  scheme  was  reluctantly  given 
up — altho'  the  need  of  such  an  Institution,  especially  in  winter, 
was  and  is  still  greatly  felt.  Hut  alas  !  such  an  offer  does  not 
often  recur ! 


PAROCHIAL    XOTHS. 


ROWLAND. 

The  village  of  Rowland  is  said  to  have  derived  its  name  from  tlie 
family  of  Rouland  or  Roland,  who  had  a  house  and  lands  in  Longstone 
in  the  fourteenth  century,  wliich  passed  by  marriage  to  the  Staffords  of 
Eyam.  Godfrey  Rowland,  who  styles  himself  Esquyer,  appealed  to 
Parliament  against  Sir  Thomas  Wendesley,  John  Dean,  and  others  who 
are  stated  to  have  come  to  the  petitioner's  house  at  Longsden,  with  force 
and  arms,  to  have  carried  off  goods  and  stock  to  the  value  of  jno  marks,  or 
£'133  6  S,  to  have  made  the  petitioner  prisoner,  and  carried  him  to  the 
Castle  of  the  High  Peak  at  Castleton,  where  he  was  kept  in  custody  six 
days  without  food  or  drink.     Par.  Magazine,  1894. 


WARDLOW. 

.\  school  was  erected  at  Wardlow  on  the  site  where  the  Cliurch  now 
stands,  in  1835,  and  used  on  a  Sunday.  Ralph  Hancock,  of  Great  Longstone, 
taught  over  20  years,  missing  only  once  during  that  time.  He  died  Sunday 
July  15,  1855,  and  on  the  Sunday  previous  to  his  death  he  taught  as  usual. 
His  son  Christopher  succeeded  him,  and  taught  for  several  years.  The 
scholars  assembled  morning  and  afternoon.  From  1835  to  1868,  when  the 
Rev.  M.  Mills,  C.  L.  Cornish,  J.  S.  Hodson,  and  G.  C.Tooth  were  respectively 
Vicars  of  Longstone,  they  conducted  a  Sunday  Evening  Service  at  Wardlow 
during  the  Summer  months,  and  occasionally  in  Winter  After  which  the 
Rev.  Canon  .\iidrew.  Vicar  of  Tideswell,  took  charge  of  Wardlow  and  the 
present  remarkable  Church  was  built  adjoining  the  School.  The  Church 
was  erected  in  the  year  1S73  by  voluntary  subscription  at  a  cost  of  nearly 
£1000,  and  is  dedicated  to  the  Good  Shepherd.  The  site  of  the  building 
and  the  burial  ground  were  the  gift  of  Mr.  John  Outram,  Lord  Denman, 
and  the  Duke  of  Devonshire.     Par.  Magazine,  1895. 


Chronological     Events.  129 

SOME  EVENTS  IN  CHRONOLOGICAL  ORDER. 


1256-^  Griffin,   son   of  Wenunwyn,  a  Welsh  Prince,  founded   a  Chantry  in 

1262J  the  Churches  of  Ashford  and  Longstone  respectively. 

1280  It  was  arranged  at  Archbishop  Peckham's  Visitation  that  the  stipend 
of  the  Minister  of  Longstone  should  for  the  future  be  at  least  five 
marks,  half  paid  by  the  parishioners  and  half  by  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Lichfield. 

1315  But  at  this  date  by  a  different  arrangement,  fifteen  shillings  only 
was  set  apart  for  the  Minister  of  Longstone,  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
granting  "remission  of  charges  for  testaments  and  administrations." 

'474  The  Shakerley  family —probably  Robert  Shakerley,  a  younger 
branch  of  the  Cheshire  family— bought  the  Manor  of  Little  Longstone 
and  held  it  for  several  generations.  They  sold  it  to  the  Countess  of 
Shrewsbury  in  the  Reign  of  Elizabeth. 

1490      Probate  Register  of  Wills  at  Lichfield  to  1650. 

1538  Parochial  Registers  were  first  ordered  to  be  kept.  Those  of  Thorpe 
by  Ashbourne  and  others  commence  at  this  date.  Darley  Dale  in 
'539-  Youlgrave,  the  most  interesting  probably  in  the  Count}-,  in 
'558. 

1550  The  Shakerley  family  were  resident  in  Gieat  Longstone  in  the  house 
still  standing  in  a  ruinous  condition  to  the  South  West  of  the 
Church — the  property  of  Miss  Hall,  now  Mrs.  McGibbon. 

1563  Heralds'  Visitations  to  Derbyshire  took  place  between  this  date  and 
1664. 

1614  The  year  of  "  the  greatest  snow  which  ever  fell  uppon  the  earth 
within  man's  memorye." 

1615  The  Summer  was  a  very  dry  one. 

1624      In  London  upwards  of  35,000  persons  perished  of  Plague. 
1636     Restoration   of     the    roof  of   Longstone   Church,  as  shewn    by  the 
inscription  in  lead. 

Note.  Chronology.  Until  1754,  there  were  two  methods  of  reckoning  tiire—  the  cit'iV  and  the 
higtorical  year.  The  former  began  on  25th  March,  the  latter  on  1st  January.  Hence  the  days  between 
31st  December  and  25th  March  were  in  two  years.  Thus  25th  February  1730  in  modern  style,  is  25th 
Februarv,  1749 — jo  in  the  old.  In  Parish  Registers,  the  year  was  reckoned  usually  according  to  the 
ritil  style,  a  circumstance  which  must  be  remembered  when  consulting  those  recorils. 

Sf^nal  Years.  For  many  legal  purposes  time  was  computed  hv  the  vear  of  the  Sovereign's  reign. 
In  old  deeds  and  law  proceedings  this  custom  was  very  conmton. 


130  Longstone     Records, 

1649  From  this  date  to  1659  during  the  Cromwellian  era,  great  havoc 
was  done  to  Church  monuments,  &c. 

1650  Wardlowe  was  united  to  Great  Longstone  by  the  Parliameiitar)' 
Commissioners,     (see  1S82.) 

1656      Foundation  of  the  William  Wright  Charity. 

1660  Parish  Registers  or  Bishops'  Transcripts  were  begun,  and  Marriage 
Licence  Registers  were  kept  in  the  Diocese  of  Lichfield. 

1665     The  terrible  Plague  at  Eyam. 

1667     Act  compelling  burial  in  woollen. 

1680  .\t  this  period  there  was  a  Lych  Gate  at  the  Churchyard,  a  charge  of 
3/6  being  made  for  repairs  and  lock  by  James  Gooddey,  Church- 
warden, and  again  in  1690. 

1696      Overseers  of  the  Poor  lists  begin. 

1709      Notice  as  to  stealing  wood  for  Bonfires  on  the  5th  Xovember. 

1713      Samuel  Mills,  Cura  de  Magna  Longston,  was  buried. 

1718      Jonathanus  Shackerley  fadult)  de  Magna  Longston,  was  baptised. 

1732  Henricus  Dooley,  Schoolmaster  56  and  Clerk  40  years,  was  buried 
in  Longstone  Churchyard. 

1739  "  There  was  no  recognizable  Nonconformity  in  Eyam"  at  this  date. 
So  wrote  the  Rev.  J.  Green,  Rector  in  1873. 

1741      Price  of  beef  for  the  Poorhouse  was  ijd.  per  lb. 

1753     Derby  Probate  Registrar's  earliest  record. 

1790  The  Church  received  great  damage  from  storm  or  earthquake,  and 
a  portion  of  the  Nave  had  to  be  rebuilt. 

"  That  in  the  night  of  the  22nd  December  the  Church  had  a  Volant 
shake  so  that  a  great  part  of  the  Middle  Isle  fell  in  and  shooke  the 
whole  of  it  so  much  that  three  of  the  Pi  Hers  which  supported 
the  uppermost  roof  with  the  wall  was  obliged  to  be  took  down 
and  rebuilt." 

About  ;f35  is  charged  for  repairs  in  the  Churchwardens'  Account 
1791  — 2.  And  "spent  when  the  Roof  was  propped,  laying  the 
"  foundations  of  the  Pillows,  putting  the  Crown  piece  into  the 
Commandments,  &c.,  7s./8d." 
1797  Baptism  of  Elizabeth  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  MacDougall, 
a  Corporal  in  "  the  Roxburgh  Light  Dragoons  now  quartered  at 
Great  Longstone." 


Chronological    Events.  1 3 1 

1797  Sale  at  Eyam  of  Farms  of  Longstone  Hall  Estate  in  Eyam  and 
Foolow. 

1804  Sale  by  private  contract  of  Eyam  Hall  to  his  uncle  James  Farewell 
Wright  by  Colonel  John  Thomas  Wright  of  Longstone  Hall. 

John  Nuttall  of  Matlock  was  Agent  for  the   Longstone  Hall  Estate 
for  some  years. 

|8io  Date  of  the  Inclosure  Act  for  Great  and  Little  Longstone  and 
Wardlow. 

;8i5  An  Iron  Chest  purchased  for  the  Parish  Registers  costing  £^  lo  od. 
Sale  at  Bakewell  of  Farms  of  the  Longstone  Hall  Estate  in  Great 
and  Little  Longstone  and  .Ashford. 

1817  The  following  Committee  was  appointed  "  to  assist  the  Overseers  in 
case  of  emergency  and  to  e.xamine  the  Accounts  the  last  Sunday  m 
every  month  in  the  Vestry  immediately  after  afternoon  Service." 

"  James  Gregory,  Robert  Thornhill,  William  Wager,  John  Gregory, 
Joseph  Morton,  John  Thornhill,  Richard  Skidmore." 

N.B. — These  and  other  Meetings  must  have  been  held  in  the 
Church  (as  there  was  no  \'estry  at  that  date)  or  more  probably  at 
the  White  Lion  Inn  which  then  occupied  the  site  of  the  present 
Vicarage  and  was  utilized  as  a  Vestry. 

1818  The  sum  of  £^  was  allowed  the  Overseer  for  his  trouble. 
i8ig      Sunday  School  was  begun  in  Longstone. 

1822  A  new  Communion  Ser\'ice  was  purchased  at  the  cost  of  £g  2s.  6d. 
the  old  Service  having  been  stolen. 

1824.  At  a  Vestry  Meeting  held  by  the  principal  inhabitants  of  the 
Chapelry  of  Longstone  it  was  agreed  "  that  there  shall  be  a  footpath 
made  across  Fearnyhough  Yard  from  the  small  gate  adjoining  the 
Churchyard  to  the  gate  or  door  leading  into  Mr.  Buxton's  Yard,  and 
that  Mr.  James  Gregory-  the  Churchwarden  is  requested  to  get  it 
done  immediately  and  to  charge  the  expenses  in  his  Accounts." 
Date  of  the  Inclosure  Award  for  Longstone  and  Wardlow. 
The  Ratepayers  of  Longstone  Chapelry  at  a  Vestry  Meeting  resolved 
to  oppose  a  Bill  in  Parliament  for  rebuilding  Bakewell  Church. 

1825  For  making  a  road  [footpath]  across  Fearnyhough  Yard  Robert 
Furniss  was  paid  £2   13  od. 


132  Longstone     Records. 

1829  A  resolution  of  an  influential  Meeting  in  the  Chapel  of  Great 
Longstone  to  stop  the  footpath  across  the  Churchyard,  "  except  on 
Sundays,  Funerals,  and  Marriages,"  was  carried  by  a  large  majority 
but  no  action  appears  to  have  been  taken.  Particulars  are  given 
elsewhere  in  these  Records. 

1830  .4t  a  Meeting  of  the  Ratepayers  of  the  Chapelry  of  Longstone  held 
this  day  in  the  Schoolroom  in  Great  Longstone  (Due  Notice  having 
been  given)  To  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  of  making  a 
road  or  causeway  from  the  lower  Light  [  ?  Lych]  Gate  to  the  Church 
and  for  other  purposes  :  It  was  agreed  by  the  undersigned  persons 
That  the  Chapelwardens  do  make  a  Pav'd  Road  from  the  Lower 
gate  until  it  meet  the  principle  road  leading  to  the  Church  Porch,  of 
the  width  of  5  feet. 

It  was  likewise  agreed  that  the  Wall  leading  from  Fearneyhough 
Yard  Gate  to  the  gate  leading  down  to  the  Parsonage  House  be 
taken  down  and  rebuilt. 

1831  At  a  Meeting  of  the  Ratepayers  of  the  Chapelry  of  Longstone  held 
this  day  in  the  Schoolroom  in  Great  Longstone  (Due  Notice  having 
been  given)  To  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  of  putting  down 
new  Stoops  or  Posts  at  the  lower  Light  [  ?  Lych]  Gate  and  for  other 
purposes  relating  to  the  Chapel.  It  is  agreed  That  the  Chapel- 
wardens do  provide  new  Stoops  and  Gate  according  to  the  plan 
produced,  the  Gate  to  be  made  of  good  Oak,  and  it  is  likewise 
agreed  that  there  shall  be  a  Stile  at  the  side  of  the  said  Gate. 

1833      At  a  Vestry  Meeting,  &c.,   &c.. 

It  was  likewise  agreed  that  a  new  gate  be  provided  of  oak  for  the 
lower  end  of  Fearnyhough  Yard  to  replace  the  old  door  and  a  new 
Stoop  or  Stoops  provided  if  necessary. 

1833  "  It  was  agreed  that  the  Clock  and  Dial  should  be  put  in  good 
repair."  About  £^  was  spent  on  the  Clock  through  a  Tideswell 
maker. 

"  It  was  also   agreed   that    additional    Charity  Tablets    should    he 
provided." 

Ten  per  cent,   was   allowed   the   Churchwardens   for  collecting  the 
Church  Rates. 


Chronological     Events.  133 

1834  The  absence  of  the  Curate  from  the  Vestry  Meetings  since  1753  is 
remarkable. 

1834  For  leading  gravel  2|  days  for  Fearnyhough  Yard  12/6  was  paid,  and 
for  repairing  the  road  there  7/6  was  paid  to  Edward  Garlick,  and 
for  stone  stoops  2/6  to  Mr.  Hill.  Again  (in  1S40)  James  Ward  was 
paid  4  -  for  two  days  labour  in  making  a  sough  in  Fearnyhough 
Yard. 

1835  A.  Committee  was  appointed  to  re-pew  the  Church. 

An  iron  Safe  was  purchased  for  the  Registers  at  a  cost  of  £^  10  6. 
(This  entry  seems  to  imply  that  the  Iron   Safe  purchased   20  years 
earlier  contained,  and  was  stolen  along  with,  the  Communion  Service 
and  the  Registers.     The  latter  may  have  been   returned   but   there  is 
a  hiatus  at  this  date). 

Sunday  School  at  Wardlow  was  begun.     Ralph  Hancock  of  Great 
Longstone    was   a    teacher   there   for    over    20  years,    and   his   son 
Christopher  Hancock  succeeded  him. 
The  site  of  the  School  was  that  of  the  present  Church. 

1835  "  It  was  agreed  that  Mr.  Mills  (perpetual  curate)  should  receive  the 
rent  for  the  land  lying  in  Longstone  fields  and  also  the  i3s/4d. 
charged  upon  the  Longstone  Dale  Estate  for  the  purpose  of  providing 
bread  and  wine  for  the  Sacrament." 

1836  "It  was  ordered  that  the  15s/-  allowed  to  the  Ringers  on  November 
5th,  Christmas  and  New  Year's  Day  be  done  away  with." 

1837  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill  succeeded  his  Father,  Mr.  John  Thornhill,  as 
Agent  for  the  Longstone  Hall  Estate. 

1838  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill  was  appointed  Acting  (or  Assistant)  Overseer 
of  the  Poor,  at  a  salary  of  £i2  a  year. 

1840     The  Church  floor  was  re-paved. 

1843     It  was  resolved  "  t<j  adopt  some  new  plan  of  heating  the  Chapel." 

Small   e.xtension   of  the    Churchyard   on   the   North    side,    the    land 

having  been  given  by  Mr.  Wriglit. 

Death  of  Major  Carleill,  tenant  of  Longstone  Hall  for  many  years. 

The  Rev.  George  B.  Brown  (the  Minister)  carried  an  amendment  in 

favour  of  a  vote  of  £2   2s.  od.  for  a  dinner  (presumably  the  Annual 

Vestry  dinner)  in  opposition  to  the  Rev.  C.  L.   Coinish    (Perpetual 

Curate)  who  moved  a  resolution  to  abolish  it. 

1846  Mr.  John  Lowe  was  appointed  first  Postmaster  of  Longstone. 

1847  It  was  resolved  "  to  repair  the  Schoolroom." 


134  Longstone     Records. 

1848     It  was  resolved  "  to  repair  the  Church  in  and  out." 

It  was  resolved  that  the  Churchwardens  inquire  into  the  legality  of 
"Visitation  Fees,"  the  charge  of  6s.  8d.  for  "  Rent"  July,  1847,  and 
the  charge  for  "  Pension,"  October,  1846  and  7. 

i860     Mr.    Gregory,    of    Sheffield,    became    tenant    of   Longstone    Hall,   in 
succession  to  Miss  Carleill. 

1870  During  Major    Levett's  occupation  of  Longstone  Hall,  much  damage 
to  two  rooms  was  caused  by  a  Fire. 

1871  Funeral  at  Bakewell  Cemetery  of  Mr.  Henry  McConnell,  who  built 

and  was  first  resident  of  Cressbrook  Hall. 

The  Vicarage  garden  was  enlarged  on  the  South  side  by  means  of  an 

arrangement  between  the  Vicar,  Mr.  Bradshaw,  and  Mr.  Wright. 

A  scaffold  pole  was  fixed  in  the  Church  close  to  the  pulpit  to  support 

the  roof  which  was  reported  to  be  iu  a  dangerous  state. 

A   large  Parish  Meeting  decided   to    restore  the    Church,    with    Mr. 

Norman  Shaw  as  Architect,  Mr    William  Longsdon  and    Mr.    John 

Thornhill  being  the  only  opponents. 

Singing  Classes  on  the  Hullah  System  were  commenced  by  Mr.  and 

Mrs.  Wright  at  the  Schoolroom. 

The  Duke  of  Devonshire  and  his  brother,  Lord  George  Cavendish,  of 

Ashford  Hall,  visited  Longstone  Church.       Mr.  Wright   placed   the 

"  Restoration  Fund"  book  in  the  hands  of  the  Duke,  requesting  him 

to  open  the  subscription  list.     The  Duke  gave  £400  and  later  on  he 

gave  another  £250. 

1872  A  visit  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Leslie  at  Hassop  Hall  resulted  in  a 
subscription  to  the  "  Restoration  Fund"  of  £(<7  4s.  3d.,  to  be  devoted 
to  the  Hassop  Chantry. 

To  the  great  regret  of  the  Churchwardens,  the  Vicar  (June  29) 
informed  them  that  he  had  taken  steps  to  resign  the  Living  of 
Longstone. 

The  Tender  of  Messrs.  Brown  &  Co.,  of  Matlock  Bridge,  for  the 
Restoration  of  Longstone  Church,  under  Mr.  Norman  Shaw,  was 
accepted. 

The  last  Service  in  the  unrestored  Church  this  evening  (Julv  7),  the 
Rev.  John  Paley,  Vicar,  officiating,  for  the  last  time  in  Longstone 
After  this  date  Divine  Service  was  held  in  the  Schoolroom  on  Sunday 


Chronological     Events.  i  ^5 

afternoons,  generally  by  the  Rev.  J.  R.  Luxmoore,  Vicar  of  Ashford. 
On  only  one  Sunday  was  there  no  Service  when  the  Rev.  J.  Hall  of 
Edensor,  was  prevented  by  illness  from  taking  it  as  he  had  intended 
The  foundation  stone  of  the  new  Chancel  Arch  was  laid  by 
W.  Herbert  Wright,  son  of  G.  T.  Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall,  Church- 
warden, and  who,  28  years  later,  served  that  office  himself  for  three 
consecutive  years. 

Iron  girders  were  raised  and  fixed  in  place  on  the  Church  roof  where 
required  by  the  Architect. 

Dec.  21.  Distribution  of  the  G.sborne  and  Wnght  Charities  by  Mr- 
Wright's  family,  after  Morning  Service  by  tlie  ^•ica^  of  Ashford  the 
Rev.  J.  R.  Luxmoore. 

1873  The  Schoolroom  was  licensed  (March  4)  for  all  Offices  of  Divine 
Service  including  the  Holy  Sacraments  during  the  Restoration  of 
the  Parish  Church. 

The  new  Vicar,  the  Rev.  N.  A.  Wells  arrived  (March  15)  at 
Rowdale.  and  spent  the  afternoon  at  the  Hall,  after  which  lie 
attended  Choir  practice  and  arranged  the  Schoolroom  for  Sundav 
Service. 

The  new  Vicar  was  instituted  to  the  Benefice  (March  16)  by  Bishop 
Hobhouse,  acting  for  Bishop  Selwyn.  The  Rev.  J.  R  Luxmoore 
Vicar  of  Ashford,  kindly  assisted  at  both  Morning  and  Afternoori 
Services 

The  three  old  Bells  were  chimed  on  this  occasion.  ^ 

June  30     Wardlow  Church  Opening  Service. 

Aug   ig.     A  new  Vane  and  Weathercock  and  Lightning  Conductor 

were  fixed  on  the  Church  Tower. 

Aug.  30.     The  new  Church  Bells  [5]  were  brought  to  Longstone. 

Sept.  I.     The    Organ    was    delivered    at    the     Church.        The    Oak 

Chancel  Seats  were  delivered  at  the  Church. 

Sep.   10.      A  short  Dedication   Service  of  the   new   Bells,  (cast   and 

hung  by  Messrs.  Taylor,  of  Loughborough)  was  held  bv  the  Vicar 

Bakewell  Ringers,  led  by  Mr.  Smith,  attended  to   tr^'  the   Bells   in 

anticipation  of  the  Re-opening  of  the  Church  on  the  22nd  inst. 

Sept.  12.     The  new  Clock  was  fixed  in  place  by  Mr.  John  Smith  of 

Derby. 

Sept.  13.     The  first  Choir  practice  in  the  restored  Church. 


136  Longstone     Records. 

Sept.  22,  Monday.     The  J'arisli  Church  was  re-opened  and  dedicated 

for  Divine  Service  after  restoration. 

The  Duke  of  Devonshire  with  Lady  Louisa  Egerton  and  many  of  the 

laity  were  afterwards  entertained  at  tlie  Hall  for  luncheon,  whilst 

the  Clergy  were  entertained  at  the  Vicarage. 

The  day  was  kept  as  a  general  holiday. 

The  Village  was  en  fete,  and  the  poor    were    not  forgotten.      The 

Church  approaches  were  decorated  with  arches  and  festoons. 

After  the  Services  a  Sale  of  Work  for  the  benefit  of  the  Organ  Fund 

was  held  at  the  Hall  by  Miss  Wright  and  realised  over  ^37. 

The  Collections  for  the  day  were  as  follows : — 

Morning  Service  ...         ...         ...         ...  67     7     o^ 

Afternoon  Service  ...         ...         ••■   18     4     " 

After  Gifts        o  16    o      S6     7     oj 

Miss  Wright's  Sale      37     ('•    ^ 

Mr  John  Wright,  Eyam,  (2nd  Subscription)-    500      .42     6     6 

i:i28  13     6  J 


Sept.  26.      Mr.   Smitli   of   Bakewell    began   to   teach   Bellringing  to 

five  new  Ringers,  the  three  old  Ringers  having  resigned. 

Sept.  28.      The    Sunday    and    other   Services    were    resumed   in   the 

Restored  Church   after  an   interval  of  nearly  fifteen  months.     The 

seats    were    free    and    unappropriated.      Weekly    Offertories    were 

commenced,  £2  its.  6d.  being   collected.       "  Hymns    Ancient   and 

Modern"  were  introduced  and  the  Psalms  were  chanted. 

Oct.  5.     The  first  Baptismal  Service  in   the  Restored    Church   took 

place,  when  Lilian   Margaret  Wright  was  admitted  into  the  Church 

after  private  baptism  at  Longstone  Hall  on  March  31. 

Oct.  17.     Mr.   Wright  attended  the   1200"'  Anniversary   Festival  of 

Ely  Cathedral  to  which  allusion  is  made  on  page  2. 

Nov.  16.     A  new  Oak  Lectern  was  placed  in  the  Church.      This  was 

removed  in  1892,  when  the  present  handsome  Lectern  was  given  by 

Miss   Mary    Broomhead    in   memory  of   the   late   Captain    and  Mrs. 

Smithers,  of  Little  Longstone. 

Dec.  16.     During  a  heavy  gale,  a  large  Elm  Tree  was  blown  down 

towards  the  Church  at  the  North  West  corner  of    the   Cliurchyard. 

The  damage  was  considerable,  although  not  as  great  as  might  have 


Chronological  Events.  137 

been  expected,  the  wire  guards  having  saved  the  new  stained  glass 
windovi'S  in  the  North  aisle.  The  roof  of  this  aisle  was  forced  in, 
clerestory  window  glass  broken,  and  the  stonework  slightly  damaged  : 
also  a  few  headstones  and  some  railings  were  injured. 
Dec.  31.  The  new  Ringers,  trained  by  Mr.  Smith,  of  Bakewell, 
were  quite  at  home  in  handling  the  Bells  and  in  ringing  a  muffled 
peal  for  the  Old  year. 

1874  June  23.  Two  large  Elm  Trees  in  the  Village  were  cut  down  to  within 
a  few  feet  of  the  ground  close  to  Mr.  John  Furness's  house,  now  the 
property  of  Miss  Hall  (Mrs.  McGibbon),  as  they  were  considered 
dangerous. 

March  i.     Mr.  H.  P.  Bagshawe  bought  some  cottages  and  land  from 

the  Longstone  Hall  Estate  in  order  to    build   a   house   for  himself. 

This  house  was  afterwards  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Thornhill  and  Miss 

Hall. 

March  7.     The  Rev.  N.  .4.  Wells  (A'icar)    and  Mr.  Wright  planted 

two  Yew  trees  in  the  N.  W.  corner  of  the  Churchyard  where  a  large 

Elm  tree  lately  stood. 

March  19.     The  order  to  proceed  with  the  New  Pulpit  was  given  to 

Messrs.  Twigg,  of  the  Ashford  Marble  Works. 

April  7.     By  reason  of    his  approaching  departure  from    Longstone, 

Mr.  Wright  resigned  the  Office  of  Chuichwarden  which  he  had  filled 

for  3  years. 

April  8.     The  new  stained  glass  window  on  the  North  side  of  the 

Chancel,  given  by  Captain  E.  Smithers,  was  fixed  in  its  place. 

.April  8.     The  Rev.  N.  A.  Wells  resigned  the  Living  of  Longstone. 

May  10.     The  Rev.  Laxon   E.  Sweet  was  instituted  to  the  Living  of 

Longstone. 

Sept    r3.     The  New  Pulpit  was  first  used. 

Sept.  16      A  very  gay  Wedding  was  celebrated  in  Longstone  Church, 

Miss  McConnell,'  of  Cressbrook,  with   Mr.  David  Ainsworth,  of   the 

Flosh,  Cleator,  Cumberland.     The  Church  was  beautifully  decorated 

and  the  Service  was  taken  by  Archdeacon  Balston  and  tlie  \'icar. 

1875  Mrs.  I-Jichard  Skidmore's  Bazaar  at  the  Schoolroom  in  liquidation  of 
the  "Longstone  Church  Restoration  Fund"  debt  realized  over  £^48. 
Aug.  19.     The  Churchwardens  decided  to  place  the  disputed  Church 
Restoration  Accounts  for  final  settlement  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  John 
John  Taylor,  Solicitor,  Bakewell. 


138  Longstone     Records. 

1876  At  this  date  the  Little  Longstone  Yearly  Tithe  Commutation  Rent 
Charge  of  ^48  value  was  annexed  to  the  Living  of  Great  Longstone 
by  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners  in  lieu  of  a  yearly  stipend  of 
15s.  heretofore  payable  by  them  to  the  Incumbent. 

Jan.  18.     Marriage  of  the  Vicar,  the  Rev.  L.  E.  Sweet. 

March  4.     Death  of  Mr.  William  Longsdon,  J. P.,  of  the  Manor  House, 

Little  Longstone. 

June  30.     Agreed    with    the    liquidators    of    Messrs.    Brown    &    Go's 

Estate  to  pay  £350   in    settlement    of    all    claims   for   the    Church 

Restoration  Contracts. 

Sept.  21.     The  Foundation  Stone  of  the  Infant  Schoolroom  was  laid 

by  Miss  Wright,  Longstone  Hall. 

Oct.         Presentation  of  Communion  Service  to  the  Church  by   the 

Rev.   H.  J.  Longsdon  and  Captain    Smithers,    in    memory    of   their 

uncle,  Mr.  William  Longsdon. 

1877  Aug.  5.  The  Rev.  John  Henry  Bullivant  was  instituted  to  the 
Living  of  Longstone  by  Archdeacon  Balston. 

Sept.  8.  The  Church  Restoration  Accounts  were  published,  and 
copies  were  placed  in  the  Church  shewing  balance  due  to  the  Bank 
of  .f  275. 
i878  Oct.  16.  Mr.  Wright  paid  £219  6s.  3d.  to  the  Sheffield  &-  Rotherham 
Bank,  Bakewell,  as  a  donation  in  liquidation  of  the  remaining  debt 
on  the  Restoration  at  this  date. 

1879  Death  of  Mr.  Edmund  Haworth,  of  Churchdale,  a  liberal  supporter 
of  the  Church  Restoration. 

1880  Death  of  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill,  the  valued  Agent  of  the  Longstone 
Hall  Estate,  and  the  holder  of  many  public  offices. 

1S81  Death  of  Mr.  John  Wright,  of  Eyam  Hall,  a  liberal  supporter  of  the 
Church  Restoration. 

Miss  Wright,  of  Longstone   Hall,   was   married    to    the  Rev.  J.  H. 
Bullivant,  Vicar  of  Longstone. 

1882  In  the  Ordnance  Survey  Area  book,  there  is  a  note  that  the  township 
of  Wardlow  has  been  amalgamated  with  the  Township  of  Great 
Longstone  by  the  "  Divided  Parishes  and  Poor  Law  Amendment 
Act."         (see  1650.) 

1883  Wire  gates  were  fixed  at  the  Church  doors. 


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1886     The  hot-air  apparatus  of  the  Church  was  overhauled  by  the  Derwent 
Foundry  Co. 

1892  The    Rev.    H.    J.    Kelsall    (and    Mrs.    KelsallJ    came    to    reside    in 
Longstone  as  Curate-in-charge. 

1893  Feb.  28.     Death  of  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Bullivant.  Vicar  of  Longstone. 
Aug.  18.     The  Rev.  Giles  Andrews  was  instituted  to  the  living  of 
Longstone. 

Oct.  15.     Surplices  were  first  worn  by  the  Church  Choir  boys. 

1894  Jan.  I.     The  Parish  Magazine  was  first  issued. 
May  3.     Confirmation  in  Longstone  Church. 

July  21.     Death  of  Mrs.  J.  H.  Bullii'ant  (nee  Wright.) 

Church  of  England  Temperance  Society  branch  formed. 

Band    of    Hope    formed    in    Longstone,    with    a    senior   and    junior 

division. 

A  Clothing  Club  and  a  Lending  Library  formed. 

The  first  Parish  Council  elected. 

Sept.  24.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Liverpool. 

1895  Dr.  P.  S.   Fentem   began   a   Course   of  Ambulance   Lectures  at  the 
Schoolroom. 

Sept.  21.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Blackpool. 

1896  The  interior  walls  and  roof  of  the  Church  were  cleaned,  the  walls 
painted,  and  the  Oak  seats  renovated. 

As  the  result  of  a  Poll,  the  adoption  of  the  Lighting  Act  for 
Longstone  was  negatived,  although  54  were  in  favour  to  39  against. 
Sept.  21.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Liverpool. 

1897  The  Diamond  Jubilee  of  Queen  Victoria  was  celebrated  with  great 
rejoicing. 

Sept.  12.     Surplices  were  first  worn  by  the  Church  Choirmen. 

Oct.  20.     Mr.  Victor  Cavendish,  M.P.  addressed  his  constituents  in 

the  Schoolroom. 

The  William  Wright   Charity  Scheme   was  sealed   by   the   Charity 

Commission. 

Sept.  20.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Blackpool. 

Death  of  Mr.  F.  D.  Crossley,  of  Manchester  and  Little  Longstone— 

an  ardent  philanthropist. 

1898  Death  of  Mrs.  Morewood,  of  Lytham,  formerly  of  Little  Longstone. 
The  Gildlow  Ouarry  Award  in  favor  of  the  Parish. 


140  Longstone     Records. 

Sept.  26.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Liverpool 
Postal  Wall  Letter-boxes  were  fixed  at  Little  Longstone  and  Wardlow. 
The  New  Scheme  for  the  Thomas  Wright  Charity  came  into  force. 
Mr.  G.  T.  Wright  received  his  Nomination  as  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

1899  June.     The   Longstone    Church    Choir   took   part    in   the    Diocesan 
Choral  Festival  Service  in  Southwell  Cathedral. 

Sept.  25.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Liverpool. 

Death   of  the   Rev.   H.   J.   Li^ngsdon,   who  throughout   his  life  was 

intimately   connected    with    and    took    great    interest    in    the    two 

Longstones. 

1900  May   15.      A  Confirmation   was  held   in  Longstone  Church   by  the 
Bishop  of  Derby. 

The  first  Exhibition,  under  the  new  Scheme  of  the  William  Wright 

Charity,  was  awarded  to  Jesse  Nadin,  giving  free  education  at  Lady 

Manners  Scliool,  Bakewell. 

Sept   24.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Liverpool. 

Deaths  of  Mr.  George  Furness  (of  Willesden),  Mr.  Thomas  Shim\yell, 

Assistant  Overseer,  Barmaster,  &c.,    Mr.   John    Thornhill,   Guardian 

of    the    Pooi^    and    Mr.    W.    Pitt  Dixon,   late    Churchwarden    and 

Manager  of  the  School. 

1901  Death  of  H.M.  Queen  Victoria. 

Death  of  the  Rev.  Canon  Samuel  Andrew,  Vicar  of  Tideswell. 

A  Ladies  College,  transferred  from  Chesterfield,  was  opened  in  Great 

Longstone  by  Miss  K.  M.  Turner. 

March  9.     The  first  Longstone  Poultry  Show. 

July  8.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Blackpool. 

igo2     Conclusion  of  Peace  in  South  Africa. 

Death  of  Mr.  James  Orr,  Farmer,  Trustee  of  the  Longstone  Charities, 

an  ex-Churchwarden,  a   Parish   Councillor,   and    a    Member   of  the 

School  Committee. 

July  7.     Tlie  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Liverpool. 

Aug.  9.     Coronation  of  the  King  and  Queen. — Great  festivities. 

Sept.   16.      The  marriage  of  Mr.  F.  R.  McConnell  and   Miss  E.  G. 

Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall. 


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April  20.     Tlie  marriage  in  London  of  Mr.  Walter  Herbert  Wright 
and   Miss  Grace  Jackson. 

The  William  Wright  Exhibition  was  awarded  to  Theodore  Cooper. 
Sept.  5.     The  .Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Blackpool. 

June   2.     The    marriage    of    .Mr.    T.    R.    James   and    Miss   L.   A.   F. 

Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall. 

Sept.  3.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Blackpool. 

April  I.     The   Christening  at   Longstone   Church   of   John   Stafford 

Wright,  grandson  of  Mr.  Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall. 

Aug.  17.     The  Annual  Choir  trip  was  to  Blackpool. 

Aug.  23.     Death  at  Bakewell  of  Mr.  Robert  William  Mills  Nesfield, 

J.P.,  late  .Agent  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland. 

The  William  Wright  Exhibition  was  awarded  to  George  Franks. 


At  page  93  imperfect  lists  of  the  Longstone  Schoolmasters  and 
Schoolmistresses  were  given.  The  following  are  revised  and  more 
complete  lists  : — 

SCHOOLMASTERS. 


1676 

Henricua  Dooley 

1837 

Joseph  Scott 

1801 

Jamea  WateraU 

1877 

L.  Galaud 

James  Tissington 

1880 

W.  Sumner 

1822 

John  Hill 

1883 

W.  K.  Bateson 

1828 

George  Taylor 

1887 

Hemy  Arthur  Spanton 

1832 

Eoe  or  Eowe 

SCHOOLMISTRESSES. 


1878  Miss  M.  Whitehead 

1879  Miss  M.  Newcome 

1880  Miss  M.  E.  Wallier 

1881  Mrs.  Sarah  Parkin 


1894  Miss  H.  Wilkinson 

189.5  Miss  Ada  Bagshaw 

1901  Miss  S.  M.  Holland 

1905  Miss  Ella  Southgate 


At  page  74,  James   Bettney  should   have   been   included  in  the 
Bellringers  list  for  1874. 


142 


Longstone     Records. 


GREAT    LONGSTONE. 


LIST     OF     RESIDENTS     AND     THEIR     OCCUPATIONS. 


/'Kindly  contributed  by  Mr.  I.  B. 
Names.  Occupations. 

AUsop,  Thomas  Farmer,  Castcliff 

Andrew,  Giles  Clerk  in  Holy  Orders 

Armitage,  Cecil  H.      Gentleman 
Bennett,  Christopher   Labourer 
Bennett,  Joseph  Blacksmith 

Bennett,  Joseph,  jr.      Labourer 
Bennett,  Isaac  Blacksmith 

Bent,  F.  J.  Station  Master,  Hassop 

Beresford,  John  Joiner 

Birley,  George  Farmer,  Wardlow 

Blackwell,  William     Labourer 
Blagden,  Charles  Labourer 

Blagden.Goodis  (Mrs.) 
Booth,  Charles  Joiner,  Housley 

Booth,  James  .'\ndrew  Joiner,  Housley 

Bradwell,  Joseph  Coal  Agent  (retired) 

Bradwell,  Joseph,  jr.    Coal  Agent 

Bradwell,  Reuben        Labourer 

Bridge,  John  Farmer 

Brightmore,  Charles    Stone  Mason 

Brightmore,  Eliza  (Mrs.) 

Brightmore,  Thomas  Stone  Mason 

Brooks,  Joseph  Labourer 

Brown,  John  Carter 

Butcher,  Alfred  Gamekeeper 

Carr,  Eliza  (Mrs.) 

Carson,  Charles  Signalman 

Carson,  Reuben  Infirm 

Cocker,  Elizabeth  (Miss) 

Coe,  Richard  Station  Master 


Sliimwell,  Assistant  Overseer.) 

Names.  Occupations. 

Cooke,  Thomas  Gardener 

Cooper,  Henry  Electrician 

Cooper,  Henry  Labourer 

Cra.\ton,  Sydney  Labourer,  Rowdale 

Dakin,  George  Farmer 

Darwent,  Annie  (Mrs.) 
Dixon,  Martha  Fletcher  (Mrs.) 
Dixon,  William  Rogers 

Pitt  Gentleman 

Doddemeade,  James     Farmer 
Dore,  George  Farmer,  Castle  Gate 

Dore,  Samuel  Farmer,  Ewe  Close 

Dore,  Samuel,  jr.  Farmer,  Castle  Gate 

Draycott,  Thomas       Retired 
Eeley,  Norah  (Miss) 
Edwards,  Hugh  Retired 

Elliott,  William  Labourer 

Elliott,  John  Labourer 

Evans,  William  Labourer 

Eyre,  Ann  (Mrs.) 

Eyre,  Arthur  William 

Joseph  Builder 

Eyre,  William  Joseph  Builder 

Eyre,  William  Sexton 

Flint,  Arthur  Labourer 

Franks,  Arthur  W.        Innkeeper 

Franks,  Kate  (Mrs.)      Innkeeper 

Furness,  .Ann  Whiting 
(Mrs.) 

Furness,  George  James  Gentleman 


Residents. 


143 


Names.  Occupations. 

Fiirniss,  Ann  (Mrs.) 
Furniss,  Anthony  Carter 

Furniss,  Ellen  (Miss) 
Furniss,  Ellen,  jr.  (Miss) 
Furniss,  Godfrey  Farmer.  Bleaklow 

Furniss,  Lucy  (Miss) 

Furniss,  Peter  Farmer,  Bleal<low 

Furniss,  William  Carter 

Garlick,  John  Hawker 

Garratt,  Frank  Labourer 

Garratt,  Henry  Farmer 

Gillott,  George  Miner,  Housley 

Gotheridge,  Thomas    Police  Constable 
Green,  Annie  (Mrs.)      Grocer  &  Post  Mistress 

Gieen,  Thomas  Oliver  Photographer 

Hallows,  Samuel  Labourer 

Hambleton,  Benjamin  Railway  Porter 

Hambleton,  Bernard    Labourer 

Hambleton,  George     Shoemaker 

Hambleton,  Joseph      Gardener 

Hamilton,  Albert         Labourer 

Hamilton,  Daniel        Stone  Mason 

Heath,  James  Tilbrook  Gamekeeper,  Cracken 

Dale 

Hewitt,  James  Platelayer 

Hibbert,  Elizabeth  (Mrs.) 

Hibbert,  Thomas  Platelayer 

Hill,  Fanny  (Miss) 

Hill,  George  Basket  Maker 

Hill,  Sarah  (Mrs.) 

Hodgkinson,  William  Labourer 

Hollingworth,  George  Garde-cr 

Holmes,  Anthony 

William         Cab  Proprietor 

Holmes,  Harriet  (Mrs.) 

Johnson,  Hannah  (Miss) 


Names. 
Johnson,  Jasper 
Johnson,  Joseph 
Johnson,  Robert 
Johnson,  Samuel 
Jones,  Arthur 
Jupp,  Emma  (Mrs.) 
Jupp,  William 
King,  Francis 
Lambert,  Alfred 
Lomas,  John 
Lowe,  Edith  E.  (Miss)  Grocer 
Lowe,  Sarah  (Mrs.)       Grocer 
Mellers,  George 
Mellor,  William 
Morton,  Ann  (Mrs.) 
Morton,  George 
Morton,  Jane  (Miss) 
Morton,  Jonathan 
Morton,  Matthew 
Morton  Sarah  (Miss) 
Morton,  Thomas 
Morton,  William 
Morton,  William,  jr 
Mosley,  Henry 
Nadin,  Edith  (Miss) 
Nadin,  James 
Nadin,  Jesse 
Nadin,  William 
Oliver,  Elizabeth  (Mrs.) 
Oliver,  Sarah  Ann  (Miss) 
Orr,  Elizabeth  (Miss) 
Orr,  Elizabeth,  jr.  (Miss) 
drr,  Ellen  (Miss) 
Orr,  Hannah  (Mrs.) 
Orr,  Sarah  (Miss) 
Orr,  Thomas  Gregor)-  Farmer 


Occupations. 
Farmer 
Farmer 
Labourer 
Farmer 
Innkeeper 


Shoemaker 
Stone  Mason 
Signalman 
Carter 


Farmer 
Farmer,  Housley 

(Nonagenarian) 
Clerk 

Stone  Mason 
Stone  Mason 

Gardener 

Labourer 

Clerk 

Farmer,  Hassop 

Railwav  Porter 

Clerk 

Clerk 


144 


Longstone     Records. 


Names.  Occupations. 

Orr,  William  Farmer 

Palfreyman,  Samuel    Labourer 
Perry,  Edwin  Gardener 

Phillips,  Jane  (Miss) 
Pick.Thomas  William  Signalmen 
Redfern,  Edith  (Miss) 
Rodley,  Thomas  E.      Joiner 
Sellers,  Eliza  (Miss) 
Sheldon,  William        Labourer 
Sheldon,  William         Labourer 
Shimwell,  James  Gardener 

Skidmore,  .■Albert 

Jackson  Farmer 

Skidmore,  Harriet  (Miss) 
Skidmore,  Robert         Labourer 
Slack,  William  Blacksmith 

Slater,  Frank  Labourer 

Smedley,  G.  Henry      Innkeeper 
Southgate,  Ella  (Miss)  School  Teacher 
Southgate,  Mary  (Mrs.) 
Spantnn,  Henry  ."Arthur  School  Master 
Spanton,  M.  A.  E  (Miss) 
Swann,  Annie  (Miss) 
Swann,  Jane  (Miss) 
Swann,  Thomas 


Swann,  William 
Swift,  Philemon 
Taylor,  Aaron 
Taylor,  Ann  (Miss) 
Taylor,  Maria  (Mrs.) 


Engineer 
Gentleman 
Miner 
Farmer 


Names. 
Taylor,  Mary  (Mrs.) 
Thorrihill,  John 

William 
Thorp,  Ernest 
Turner,  Horace 
Turner,  John 
Vernon,  John 
Wager,  Albert  James 
Wager,  .Albert,  jr. 
Wager,  Clement 
Wager,  Jasper 
Wager,  Joseph 
Wager,  Thomas 
Wager,  William 
Wain,  Ernest 
Ward,  Alfred 
Ward,  Arthur  Watson 
Ward,  Christopher 
Ward,  George 
Ward,  George,  jr. 
Ward,  Herbert 
Ward,  Thomas 
Ward,  William 
Ward,  William 
Watts,  Thomas 
Webster,  William 
White,  Frank 
Wild,  John  Robert 
Wriglit,  George 

Thomas 


Occupations. 


Farmer 

Stone  Mason 

Platelayer 

PLatelavei 

Clerk 

Farmer 

Farmer 

Ga  mekeeper 

Farmer 

Farmer 

Farmer 

Farmer 

Insurance  Agent 

Labourer 

Joiner 

Gardener 

Farmer 

Labourer 

Labourer 

Labourer 

Painter 

Labourer 

Labourer 

Labourer 

Butler 

Gardener 

Ge.itleman 


Residents. 
LITTLE     L()X(;STOM-:. 


UJA 


f Kindly  contributed  h\ 
Names  Occupations. 

Anthonx-,  Joseph 

Skidmore       Cattle  Dealer 
Ariiing,  Charles  H.      Gentleman 
Bagshaw,  Ellen  (Miss) 
Bagshaw,  Francis 

Baker  Gentleman 

Bridge,  Francis  Farmer,  Monsal  Dale 

Bridge,  Richard  Farmer,  iMonsal  Dale 

Claik;  Tliomns  Bricklayer 

Cox,  Henry  Signalman 

Essex,  James  Signalman 

Hewitt,  Alfred  Gamekeeper 

Hewitt,  Ethel  (Miss) 
Hodgkinson,  Ellen  (Mrs.) 
Hollingvvorth,  Francis  Labourer 
HoUingworth,  John     Platelayer 
Hough,  Frederick         Foreman  at  Cotton 

Mill 
Jackson,  Samuel  Labourer 

Jepson,  Arthur  Station  Master,  Monsal 

Dale 
Longsdon,  Ernest 

Morewood       Architect  &  Surveyor 
Lupton,  David  Retired 

Lupton,  William  Gamekeeper 

McCrinrile,  B.  (Miss) 
McCrindle,  Ellen  M. 
(Miss) 
McCrindle,  George      Gamekeeper 
McCrindle,  John  Gamekeeper 

Maltby,  Jane  (Miss) 
Maltby,  Mary  Hannah 

■  (Mrs.) 
Maltby,  William  Joiner 

Morris,  James  William  Coachman 
Nuttall,  Frederick  H.   Clerk 


Mr.  I.  B.  Shimw'ell.J 

Names.  Occupations. 

Nuttall,  Henry  Basket  Maker 

Nuttall,  Joseph  Joiner 

Nuttall,  Maggie  (iMiss) 
Oldfield,  Frederick       Farmer 
Oldfield,  John  Thomas  Gardener 
Oldfield,  Sarah  (Miss) 
Parry,   Thcmas  Stone  Mason 

Ponsonby,  Francis        Labourer,  Monsal  Dale 
Randall,  Martha  (Miss) 
Richardson,  Albert       Gardener 
Seabright,  .Alexander  Signalman,  Monsal 

Dale 
Shimwell,  Elizabeth  (Mrs.) 
Shimwell  Elizabeth,  jr., 
(Mrs) 
Shimwell,  Isaac  B.       Farmer 
Slack,  Joseph  Road  Man  R.  D.  C. 

Shimwell,  Mary 

Elizabeth  (Miss) 
Smedley,  Florence  (Miss) 
Smedley,  Henry  Retireii 

Smedley,  Maurice         Innkeeper 
Taylor,  George  Farmer 

Taylor,  Mary  (Miss)     Innkeeper 
Timm,  Fanny  (Mrs.) 
Timm,  Henry  Nuttall  Labourer 
Timm, William  Joseph  Labourer 
Turner,  Kate  Milner     Proprietoress  of  Ladies 
(Miss)  School 

Turner,  Rose  (Mrs.) 
Turner,  Samuel  I'latelayei 

Wise,  Alfred  Coachman 

Wood,  Joseph  Basket  Maker  and 

Farmer 
Wornes,  John  Farmer,  Mmisal  Dale 


'44a 


NAMtS. 

Allsop,  John 

AIlsop,  John 
Allsop,  Thomas 
Allsop,  William 
Ashtoi:,  William 
Birley,  William 
Birley,  George 
Bramwell,  George 
Bramwell,  William 

Cooper,  John 
Cooper,  George 
Davis,  George 
Elliott,  James 
Elliott,  Martha(Wi(l 
Furness,  George 
Furness,  James 
Furness,  Petei  John 
Furness,  Thomas 


Longstone     Records. 
WARDLOW. 


('Kindly  coiitrihiifed 

OcCUI'ATlONS.  1 

Farmer  &•  Pig  Dealer        I 

Farmer  &  Road  Man 

Farmer  &  Pig  Dealer. 

Pig  Dealer. 

Farming  Man 

Farmer 

Farmer 

Farmer  and  Dealer 

Farmer  and  Cattle 

Dealer 
Farmer 
Farmer 
Labourer 
Retired  Farmer 
n\\)  Cottager 
Labourer 
Farmer 
Publican 

Farmer  and  Innkeeper, 
Mires 


by  Mr.  S.  Pore.) 

Na.mes.  Occupations. 

Gregory,  Alexander      Farmer  and  Waller, 

Mires 
Gregory,  George  Farmer 

Haslam,  Stephen  Labourer 

Littlcwood,  Benjamin  Farmer,  Mires 
Outram,  Robert  Farm  Labourer 


Robinson,  Janes 
Robinson,  Samuel 
Sellors,  Alfred 
Sellors,  Frederick 
Simpson,  Joseph 
Turner,  Jolin 
Turner,  John 
Turner,  Leonanl 
Turner,  Samuel 
Turner,  William 


Farmer 

Farmer  and  Dealer 

Farmer  and  Sexton 

Farmer,  &c. 

Farmer  and  Dealer 

Farmer  and  Miner 

Farmer 

Miner 

Miner  and  Farmer 

Labourer 


Waterhouse,  Benjamin  Farmer 


ROWLAND. 


(Kindly  contributed  by  Mr.  J.   T.   Trirkett  ) 


Names.  Occupations. 

Bacon,  Joshua  Stonebreaker 

Bennett,  Joseph,  senr.  Cottager 
Bennett,  William         Relieving  Officer 


Blackwell,  John 
Broome,  George 
Cocker,  Frederick 
Cossrrove,  John 


Shoemaker 

Farmer 
Road  Mender 
Police  Pensioner 


Names. 
Higton,  Benjamin 
Murpliy,  Patrick 
Needham,  Herbert 
Neill,  .In drew 
Poyser,  Mrs. 
Trickett,  James  T. 


Occupations. 
Stonebreaker 
Farmer 
Stonebreaker 
Gentleman 
Widow 
Farmer 


Residents. 
HASSOP, 


HS 


f Kindly  confn'huted  by  Mr.  J.  T.  Ti-ickett.J 


Names.  Occupations. 

AUsop,  Frank  Farmer 

Ashton,  Mrs.  Postmistress 

Bark,  Mrs.  Widow,  Birchill 

Cottages 

Bennett,  Joseph,  jr       Gardener 
Blagden,  —  Labourer,  Brightside 

Dykes,  Miss  Schoolmistress 

Flanagan,  Miss  Cottager 

Froggatt,  —  Labourer,  Birchill 

Cottages 
Hobson,  Rev.  I'ather,  Priest 
Kenworthy,  William,  Farmer 


Names.  Occupations. 

Kenworthy,  Frederick,  Gamekeeper 


Mackintosh,  Mr. 
Parker,  Mrs 
Peaison,  C. 
Salway,  -  - 
Smith,  — 

Walker,  Jarue^s 

Wilson,  Mrs.  James 
Turner,  Mrs. 


Land  Agent 
Farmer,  Torrs  Farm 
Publican 

Gardener 
Gamekeeper,  Birchill 

Cottages 
Bank  Clerk,  Birchill 
Farm 
Farmer 
Widow,  Birchill 

Cottages 


BASIS  OR  STA.XDARl)  OF  COUNTY  RATE,  1904. 

{Derbysliiye  County  Council.) 


Union  Assessment  G.E.R 

County  Net  Annual  Value    

Net  Annual  Value,  Agric.  Land. 

,,            Buildings,  itc,  not  I 
.Agric.  Land f 

County  Assessable  Value,  being  i 
half  Agric.  Land  addetl  to  ■ 
Buildings,  &c.,  as  above  ) 

Population  — 1903    ...., 

Area  in  Acres  


Total  for 

Bakewell 

^ 

>'.  Rural  Dist. 

Longstoiie,  Cit. 

Lonjistont.  Lt. 

Uowlaiid. 

Hassop. 

Wardlow". 

61  Parishes. 

743" 

5264 

1 1 36 

1674 

696 

258290 

6245 

4224 

942 

1517 

637 

227519 

2or4 

K09 

315 

843 

414 

72S60 

4231 

34'5 

627 

674 

223 

1 54^59 

.5238 

3S20 

7S5 

1095 

430 

19 1087 

466 

145 

52 

104 

112 

10935 

3027 

1037 

302 

920 

-37 

47866 

146  Longstone     Records. 

LONGSTONH  SCHOOL. 

Regulations  by  the  Trustees,  July  2,    1832. 


1\1.  Mills,  Perpetual  Curate. 
Major  Carleill. 
Mr.  James  Gregory. 
Mr.  William  Longsdon. 
Mr.  James  Longsdon. 
Mr.  John  Thornhill. 
Mr.  William  Wager. 
Mr.  Roe  (or  Rowe)  appointed  Master  of  the  above  Sehocjl.     That 
the  hours  of  School   he  from    nine  in    the    Morning  till  four   in  the 
Afternoon    from    Mich      until    Ladyday,    and   from   half-past   eight 
in  the  Morning  till  four  in  the  Afternoon  from  Ladjday  Luitil  Mich'"- 
except  Saturday  which  shall  be  a  whole  holiday. 

Twenty  hiur  Children  taught  free,  16  from  Gt.  Longstone  and 
8  from  Little  Longstone. 

Trustees  to  meet  the  first  Monday  in  every  Quarter  for  the 
pLirpose  of  admitting  free  Children. 

The  Ti-ustees  to  visit  the  School  alternately  once  in  the  week  at 
least  for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  free  Children  as  to  their 
progress,  &c. 

Vacations — Three  Weeks  at  Midsimimer,  and  one  Week  at 
Christmas. 

No  Scholar  to  be  admitted  or  dismissed  except  by  the  authoi'ity 
of  the  Trustees  of  the  respective  townships. 

The   Master's   house  and  the    School-room  to   be    put   in    proper 
repair,  the  expense  of  which  the  Trustees  agreed  to  defray. 
The  Master  to  keep  the  School  and  School-house  in  repair. 
The    Salary    of   the  Master,    to   include  attendance    at    Sunday 
School,  to  be  £24  pei'  annum. 


The     School.  147 

In  1834  the  number  of  free  Children  was  reduced  to  20;  14  for 
Gt.  Longstone  and  6  from  Little  Longstone. 

In  1837,  Mr.  Roe  resigned  and  Mr.  Scott  was  appointed  Master 
in  his  place. 

The  limit  of  age  for  free  scholars  to  be  13  j'ears. 

The  privilege  of  free  scholars  to  be  limited  to  Reading  and 
Writing.     A  weekly  sum  to  be  paid  for  further  instruction. 


\ 


a. 
re 


Great  Longstone,  March  31st,  1846. 

At  a  Public  Meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  the  School  lands  held 
this  day  in  the  School  room  for  the  purpose  of  appointing  Trustees 
in  lieu  of  those  deceased — we  the  Lindersigned  surviving  Trustees 
do  nominate  and  appoint — 

The  Earl  of  Burlington  in  place  of  William  Carleill,  Esq. 

John  Thomas  Wright,  junr.     ,,       J(jhn  Thomas  Wright, 

The  Earl  of  Newburgh  ,,        Francis  Eyre,  Esq. 

William  Longsdon,  Esq.  ,,       James  Longsdon,  Esq.  '.    g 

Thomas  Gregory  Orr  ,,       James  Gregory.  re 

William  Wilson  „       John  Longsdon,  Esq.,  jr 

Robert  Thornhill  ,,       John  Thornhill 

and  it  is  agreed   that  Mr.  John  Barker  of   Bakewell    Solicitor   be 

instructed  to  prepare  a  new  Ti-ust  Deed  for  that  purpose. 

Sidney  Smithers  as  Agent  for  the  Duke 
of  Devonshire. 

Wm.  Wager. 


At  a  Quarterly  Meeting  of  the  TrListees  of  the  School  Lands — 
July  1,  1848— 

It  was  ordered  that  the  cost  of  the  new  Trust  Deed  £4  3  2  be 
deducted  from  the  accruing  rent  and  the  balance  of  rent  to  be  paid 

to  the  Scho(3lmaster. 


148  Longstone    Records. 

LONGSTOXE    SCHOOL,    I'.io:). 

fk'iiiiflr  coiitrihiitecl  by  the  Rev.  Giles  Aih/n-tv,    Vicar. J 


The  present  Elementary  School  with  its  buildings  represents  an 
old  foundation  which  at  first  was  apparently  carried  on  as  a  free 
School.  It  still  retains  its  old  endowments.  During  the  Master- 
ship of  Mr.  Scott  the  School  was  attended  by  a  number  of  pupils 
from  places  around  Longstone  who  paid  special  fees  and  were 
retained  by  Mr.  Scott  as  his  private  pupils  after  his  official 
connection   with   the   School   had   terminated. 

School  buildings  and  house  for  Schoolmaster  are  said  to  have 
been  erected  about  1787  ;  the  School  part  was  rebuilt  in  1832,  and 
again  in  1862  a  new  School  was  built  on  the  same  site  as  the 
former  but  it  was  extended  at  the  western  end  on  some  land 
belonging  to  the  Glebe  which  was  given  by  Mr.  Mills  the  Vicar  at 
that  time,  a  portion  of  Glebe  also  being  conveyed  by  Mr.  Tooth, 
Vicar,  in  1863. 

After  the  passing  of  the  Education  Act  in  1870  the  question  of 
providing  accommodation  for  148  children,  according  to  the 
requirements  of  the  Education  department  having  arisen,  it  was 
decided  that  if  Hassop  School  were  reoper.ed,  accommodation  for 
115  children  at  Longstone  woul.l  be  sufficient.  After  long 
consideration  an  application  was  made  by  the  School  Trustees  to 
the  Charity  Commission  for  a  Scheme  so  that  the  School  might 
be  conducted  as  a  Public  Elementary  School  (N.'ay  3,  1876)  and 
accordingly  such  a  Scheme  was  sealed  by  the  Charity  Commission 
on  September  21,  1876.  In  that  year  Subscriptions  were  asked 
for  the  building  of  an  Infant  Schjol,  the  proposal  for  obtaining 
the  money  by  a  voluntary  rate  being  rejected.  i\.r.  J.  Thornhill 
acted  as  Treasurer  of  the  Fund. 

The  amount  raised  by  Subscription  was  £399  8  0.  The  Infant 
School  wa*  built  on  land  kindly  given  by  tl.e   Duke  of  Devonshire 


The     School.  j^g 

(letter  of  March  2(S.  1876)  and  afterwards  conveyed  by  His  Grace 
by  Deed  enrolled  Nov.  24,  1882,  in  trust  to  the  Vicar  and  Church- 
wardens for  the  erection  of  a  School  in  which  the  religious 
instruction  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  principles  and  doctrines 
of  the  Church  of  England.  The  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners'  order  of  1876  were  adopted 
and  embodied. 

The  present  Infant  School  was  "completed  and  opened  in  1877. 
There  is  now  accommodation  in  the  two  School  buildings  for  110 
to  115  children. 

The  mixed  School  building  ^vould  be  much  improved  by  the 
addition  of  a  class  room,  a  suggestion  made  by  Mr.  Paley  so  far 
back  as  1870. 

By  the  Education  Act  of  1902  the  repair  and  alteration  of  and 
any  addition  to  the  existing  buildings  falls  upon  the  Managers  of 
the  School,  who  can  use  for  that  purpose  the  rent  of  the  School 
house. 

A  letter  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Derbyshire  Education 
Committee,  dated  July  26,  1905,  to  the  Managers  of  Longstone 
School  expresses  the  consent  of  the  Committee  to  this  appropi  iation 
of  the  School  endowments  and  the  income  of  the  School  charity 
lands.  By  the  same  Act  the  expenses  of  can  ying  on  the  School 
are  met  as  to  the  greater  portion  by  Government  Grants,  and  partly 
by  a  County  rate. 

Elementary  education  is  now  free  and  compulsory. 


ENDOWMENT. 

As  the  subject  of  the  Endowment  of  Longstone  School  will  be 
treated  in  speaking  of  the  parochial  charities  it  needs  only  to  state 
that  the  net  income  at  present  is  £5  11  6  which  arises  from  a  parcel 
of  land   in  the  Mires  containing   about  22  perches  and  from  land 


150  Longstone     Records. 

containing  14  acres  1  rood  on  Great  and  Little  Longstone 
Commons.  Tiiere  is  also  tiie  annual  Rent  of  the  Master's  house, 
the  old  School  house  at  the  end  of  the  present  School  building, 
amounting  to  five  pounds. 


MANAGEMENT. 

When  the  new  Scheme  for  the  future  regulation  of  the  School 
came  into  operation  in  1876,  Longstone  Free  School  became  a 
public  Elementary  School  for  Cireat  and  Little  Longstone  and  for 
Hassop  and  Rowland  if  accommodation  permitted  ;  the  religious 
instruction  was  to  be  in  accordance  with  the  principles  of  the 
Christian  faith,  the  property  was  vested  in  the  official  Trustee  of 
Charity  lands,  and  a  Committee  of  Seven  Managers  was  appointed, 
the  Minister  of  the  Chapclry  of  Longstone  (or  his  licensed  Curate 
if  appointed  by  hlni)  being  an  ex-officio  member.  The  non-official 
Managers  must  be  contributors  of  5/-  annually  to  the  funds  of  the 
School,  and  be  elected  for  three  years  by  contributors  of 
5/-  to  the  funds  of  the  School  ;    they  were  eligible  for  re-election. 

Under  the  Act  of  1902  the  Management  of  the  School  is  entrusted 
to  a  body  of  Six  Managers,  of  whom  four  are  foundation  and  two 
representative  Managers. 

The  qualification  of  the  Foundation  Managers  is  a  subscription 
of  2/6  a  year  to  the  funds  of  the  School  ;  and  the  same  qualification 
for  those  who  elect  the  Managers.  1  he  duties  of  Managers  are 
ilefined  bv  Acts  of  Parliament,  but  two  in  particular  may  be 
mentioned  (i)  to  appoint  Teachers  and  (2)  to  provide  School 
buildings  suitable  for  the  purpose. 

The  Act  of  igo2  provides  a  single  Local  Authorit\  for  both 
Elementary  and  Secondary  Education  for  England  and  Wales. 
The  Education  Committee  of  the  Derbyshire  Comity  Council  has 
now  the  oversight  of  the  Secular  Education  of  the  County  :  the 
County  Council  has  the  power  to  levy  a  Rate  and  the  sole  power 
of  spending  it. 


The     School.  151 

The  present  Managers  are  (1905) 
FoH«rf(j^/ow— Rev. G.Andrew, Vicar, Mr. James T.Trickett  (Rowland), 

Mr.  W.  R.  Pitt  Dixon,  Mr.  t:rnest  M.  Longsdon. 
Representative — Mr.  John  W.  Thornhill,  Parish  Council. 

Mr.  Cecil  H.  Armitage,  County  Council. 


MANAGERS  since  1876. 
1877      Rev.  L.  E.  Sweet,  -Mr.  John  Thornhill,  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill, 

Mr.   Joseph   Johnson,    of   Great    Longstone  ;       Mr.    Robert 

Shaw,  of  Little  Longstone  ;   Mr.  George  Taylor,  of  Hassop  ; 

and  Mr.  Thomas  Ashton,  of  Rowland. 
1879     Rev.     J.     H,     Hullivant,     Mr.    Robert    Thornhill,     .Mr.    John 

Thornhill,     Mr.    Robert    Shaw,    Mr.    (ieorge   Tavlor,     Mr. 

Thomas  Ashton,  Captain  Smithers. 
1888      Rev.  J.  H.  Bullivant,  Mr.  John  Thornhill,  Mr.  Thomas  Ashton, 

Mr.  George  Taylor,  Mr.  James  Orr,  Mr.  \\'.  Pitt  Dixon. 

1891  Rev.  H.  J.  Longsdon,  in  place  of  Capt.  Smithers. 

1892  Mr.  Trickett,  in  place  of  Mr.  Thomas  Ashton. 

1894     Rev.  G.  Andrew,  in  place  of  Rev.  J.  H.  Bullivant  (dec'  ) 
1900      Rev.   G.  Andrew,    Mr.   James    Orr,    Mr.  Trickett,    Mr.  W.    R. 

Pitt  Dixon,  Mr.  E.  M.  Longsdon,  Mr.  G.  J.  Marples,  Mr.  W. 

H.  Wright. 
1903      Same  as  before  except  Mr.  J.  Orr  (deceased),  Mr.  \\.  H.Wright 

for    the    Parish    Council,    and    Mr.    G.  J.    Marples    for   the 

County  Council 
1905     Rev.  G.  Andrew,  Mr.  Trickett,   Mr.  W.  R.  Pitt  Dixon,   Mr.  E. 

M.  Longsdon.    Foii)idntionMa.ns.geT%.      Mr.  J.  W.  Thornhill 

Parish   Council   representative,    and    Mr.    C.    H.   .^rmitage 

County  Council  representative. 


WILLIAM   WRIGHT   EXHIBITION. 
An  E.xhibition,   called  the  Wright  Exhibition,   enables  a  pupil  of 
Longstone  School    to  proceed    to    Lady  Manners   School,    Bakewell, 


152  Longstone     Records. 

or  (ither  place  nf  higher  education,  for  a  course  of  two  years. 
(See  Loui^stone  Charities.)  '  Tiie  old  scheme  of  education 
comprised  instruction  in  the  three  R's  (sometimes  only  two  !)  : 
for  this  E.xhibition  the  educational  qualification  is  attainment  of 
the  Sixth  Standard  ;  the  other  qualifications  being  residence  in 
the  Township  of  Great  Longstone  and  attendance  'at  a  Public 
Elementary  School  for  not  less  than  six  years.  The  Exhibition 
is  awarded  as  the  result  of  examination,  the  subjects  of  which 
are  Arithmetic,  English  Composition,  Dictation,  English  History, 
Geography,  and  Essay  Writing. 


LOMiSTONE  SUNDAY  SCHOOL. 

A  meeting  was  held  Jany.  17,  1819,  at  which  it  was  agreed  to 
establish  a  Sunday  School  and  a  sum  of  £.35  i  o  was  subscribed 
to  defray  e.xpenses.  The  Sunda\'  School  has  coiitinuctl  regidarly 
from   that  time. 


WARDLOW  SUNDAY  SCHOOL. 

A  School  was  built  at  Wardlow  in  1835.  A  Sunday  School  was 
taught  there  for  oyer  20  years  by  Ralph  Hancock  of  (jreat 
Longstone  :  and  also  by  his  son  Christopher  Hancock  for  seyeral 
years.  Eor  some  years  a  Sunday  eyening  service  was  conducted  at 
Wardlow  during  the  summer  months  and  occasionally  in  \\'inter. 
A  Sunday  School,  morning  and  afternoon,  is  regularU  held  now 
in  connection   with  the  Church  services. 


LONGSTONE     CHARLFH^S. 


The  parish  of  Longstone  possesses  a  number  of  excellent 
Charities,  the  origin  of  which  is  due  to  \arious  Benefactors. 
Three  benefactions  were  given  by  members  of  the  ancient  family 
of  Wright  ;  one  by  Rowland  Eyre  of  Hassop  ;  one  bv  the  Rev. 
Francis  Gisborne  ;  and  one  termed  the  Holme  Meal  Charity,  by 
the  Duke  of    Devonshire.       Longstone  School    has    t^yo    Charities, 


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thj  School  Chcirity  and  the  Longstone  School  Allotments  Charitv. 
More  recently,  in  1872,  a  small  Charitv  was  left  to  (Jreat  and 
Little  Longstcme  by  William  Milnes,  of  Hassop. 

In  Little  Longstone  there  are  three  Charities,  one  called  Ryder's 
Charitv  ;  another  under  tlie  Will  of  John  Longsdon — termed  the 
Longsdon  Charity,  and  another  called  Shaw's  Charitx. 

Little  Longstone  and  Wardlow  share  also  in  the  ^Villiam 
Wright  Charitv. 

The  Duke  of  Dexonshire  pays  a  small  sum  yearly  to  the  Church- 
wardens for  Sacramental  Wine. 

A  Record  of  the  Charities  is  contained  on  Boards  placed  in 
Longstone  Church,  and  a  \ery  full  account  is  given  in  the  Further 
(Parliamentary)  report  of  the  Charitv  Commissioners  published  in 
1827.  [Afp.  E.J  The  various  schemes  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
dealing  with  some  of  the  Charities  supply  information  as  to  their 
management  and  character.  An  account  compiled  from  the  sources 
indicated  of  the  origin,  history,  and  present  position  of  the 
parochial   Charities  may  be  of  interest  and  of  permanent  value. 

Before  describing  them  in  detail,  two  points  mav  here  be  noted. 
The  management  of  the  Wright  Charities  has  been  simplified 
so  that  the  same  Trustees  administer  the  three  Charities.  In  a 
letter  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Charitv  Commission,  Januarx'  20, 
1868,  he  says  '  As  far  as  possible  it  is  desirable  to  have  one  body  of 
Trustees  to  administer  the  Charities  of  a  parish,  and  if  the  Trustees 
or  Administrators  of  the  xarious  Charities  in  Great  and  Little 
Longstone  will  apply  for  that  purpose,  and  all  parties  are  agreed, 
the  object  mav  be  effected.'  Another  point  is  that  the  original 
intention  of  the  founders  has  been  adhered  to  ;  an  apparent 
exception  1  c'ng  that  the  sum  of  Forty  Shillings  of  the  William 
Wright  Charity  is  given  in  kind,  articles  of  feed  or  clothing,  instead 
of  in  monev  :  this  has  been  done  by  order  of  the  Charitv  Com- 
missioners in  the  new  scheme  of  the  Charity,  in  accordance  with 
their  powers,  and  in   their  interpretation  (by  what  is  called  in  law 


154  Longstone     Records. 


tlic  cv-nrrs  doctrine)  of  the  intention  .Iml  will  of  the  Founder. 
In  reviewinji  the  history  of  Chtirities  it  has  been  fountl  that 
difficulties  sometimes  arose  because  the  appointment  of  new 
Trustees  had  to  be  done  by  Deed,  and  Sf)  uncertainty  in  the  admin- 
istration of  Charities  and  expense  often  resulted  ;  and  sometimes  a 
Charity  was  in  danger  of  extinction.  These  things  cannot  occur 
under  the  method  of  administration  by  Schemes  of  the  Charity 
Commissi(mers. 


WILLIAM  WRIGHT  CHAK1T^■. 
The  oldest  Charity  is  that  of  William  Wright,  who,  by  \\"\\\  of 
August  1st,  1656,  charged  his  lands  at  Wardlow  with  the  payment 
of  £.10  yearly,  of  which  £5  was  to  be  paid  on  S.  Thomas'  Day  to 
ten  of  the  poorest  male  children  in  Cireat  Longstone,  to  every  one 
of  them  ten  shillings  to  pay  f<ir  learning  and  educating  them  in  the 
(Iranimar  School  where  they  shall  like  best  to  be  taught  and 
educated  ;  thirty  shillings  for  Divine  Service  on  S.  Thomas'  Day  ; 
forty  shillings  to  40  of  the  poorest  people  living  in  Great  Longstone 
for  ever  to  be  paid  on  S.  Thomas'  Da\' ;  ten  shillings  to  the  poor  of 
Little  Longstone,  ten  shillings  to  the"  poor  of  Wardlow,  and  ten 
shillings  to  the  poor  of  Ashford. 

Extract  from  the  Will  of  WilUain  Wright,  1656,  as  to  the 
Wardlorr  Ch/irities  : — 

"  Whereas  I  have  reser\ed  ten  poinids  a  year  for  ever  out  of  my 
lands  in  Wardlow  lately  settled  upon  my  eldest  grandson  William 
Wright,  which  ten  pounds  yearly  1  did  reserve  to  be  bestowetl  anil 
given  to  charitable  uses,  I  give  the  same  as  foUoweth: — 

I  give  forty  shillings  thereof  yearly  for  ever  to  forty  of  the  poorest 
people  living  in  Great  Longstone,  to  be  paid  inito  them  every  year 
upon  S.  Thomas'  Day  before  Xmas. 

I  give  five  pounds  thereof  yearly  for  ever  to  be  paid  upi  n  the 
same   day   to    ten   of   the  poorest  men  children  lixin;,'  In  (iri-at  Long- 


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stone  aforesaid,  to  ever*  one  of  them  ten  shillings  to  pay  for 
learnmg  and  educating  tfiem  in  the  Grammar  School  where"  thev 
shall  like  best  to  be  taught  and  educated. 

I  give  thirty  shillings  yearly  towards  the  maintenance  of  Divine 
Serv.ee  to  be  celebrated  within  the  Chapelry  of  Longstone  aforesaid 
for  ever  upon  the  day  aforesaid. 

I  give  ten  shillings  to  the  poor  of  Ashford  for  ever  to  be  paid 
yearly  upon  the  said  day. 

I  give  ten  shillings  yearly  to  the  poor  of  VVardlow  for  ever  to  be 
paid  upon  the  said  day. 

I  give  ten  shillings  to  the  poor  of  Little  Longstone  yearly  for 
ever  to  be  paid  upon  the  said  day. 

And  my  mind  and  Will  is  that  my  Heirs  with  the  assistance  of 
some  of  the  ablest  neighbours  in  Great  Longstone,  Ashford,  and 
Wardiow  shall  see  the  same  paid  and  disbursed  according  to  the 
true  intent  and  meaning  of  this  mv  last  Will  and  Testament." 

The  owner  of  the  estate  at  Wardlow  always  paid  the  above  sums, 
but  when  the  Free  Education  Act  was  passed  (1891)  the  pavment  of 
five  pounds  for  education  of  ten  free  scholars  was  in  abeyance  till 
the  Charity  Commissioners  dealt  with  the  matter  in  their  Scheme 
for  the  management  of  the  Charity,  for  which  an  application  was 
made  March  21,  1895,  '^y  the  Rev.  G.  Andrew,  George  Thomas 
Wright,  John  Thornhill,  W.  Pitt  Dixon,  and  James  Orr,  and 
which  was  sanctioned  by  the  Commissioners,  Aug.  19,  1896. 

By  this  Scheme  any  freehold  .,r  leasehold  lands  are  vested  in  the 
I'  Official  Trustee  of  Charity  Lands"  ;  all  sums  of  cash  are  invested 
in  the  name  of  the  "  Official  Trustees  of  Charitable  Funds." 

The  Trustees  are  to  consist  of  Five  persons,  Two  ex-officio, 
viz.,  the  \'icar  of  Longstone  and  the  owner  of  Longstone  Hall  if  a 
descendant  of  the  Founder  ;  Two  representative  Trustees  appointed 
by  the  Parish  Council  of  Great  Longstcne  for  four  years  ;  One 
co-optative  Trustee  elected  for  five  years. 

The  Income  of  Forty  shillings  maybe  expended  in  Clothes,  Linen, 


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Bedding,  Fuel,  Tixils,  Medical  nr  nthur'aitl  in  Sickness,  Food  iir 
or  other  articles  in  kind. 

The  income  of  one-half  of  the  Charity  £.5  together  with  the 
interest  on  the  accumulation  for  some  years  of  the  educational  part 
of  the  Charity  which  amounted  to  about  £50,  is  directed  to  be 
applied  in  the  maintenance  of  an  Exhibition  tenable  at  any  place 
of  education  higher  than  Elementary  or  of  Technical,  Professional, 
or  Industrial  instruction  apprci\ed  by  the  Trustees,  and  to  be 
awarded  to  deserying  boys,  bona-fide  resident  in  the  Township  of 
Great  Longstone,  who  in  eyery  case  haye  attended  a  Public 
Elementary  Schuol  for  not  less  than  six  years,  and  haye  reached  a 
standard  higher  than  the  standard  for  total  exemption  from  School 
attendance  fixed  by  the  bye-laAys  in  force  for  the  time  being  in  the 
School  district  in  which  such  children  are  respectiyely  resident. 

The  exhibitions  shall  be  awarded  and  held  under  such  regu- 
lations and  conditions  and  im  the  result  nf  such  examination 
as  the  Trustees  think  fit. 

The  Trustees  shall  at  their  discretion  apply  eyery  sum  awarded 
under  the  foregoing  provision  in  or  towards  paving  the  Tuition  fees 
of  the  boy  or  otherwise  for  his  maintenance  and  benefit,  or  they 
shall  deposit  the  same  in  a  Sayings  Bank,  or  otherwise  accumulate 
the  same  for  his  benefit. 


THOMAS  WRIGHT  CHARITY. 

Tlnnnas  Wright  of  Great  Longstone,  Esquire,  left  the  interest  of 
£22  10  o  to  be  given  as  a  dole  to  the  poor  of  Great  Longstone  and 
Holme,  on  the  Purification  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.  The  sum  was 
lent  on  the  security  of  the  Turnpike  Road  from  Chesterfield  to 
Hernstone  Lane  Head  at  5  per  cent.  :  the  interest  was  £1  2  6 
distributed  on  Candlemas  Day.  On  the  application  of  James  Orr 
and  Henry  Arthur  Spant(.n  made  Dec.  15,  1896,  a  scheme  of  the 
Adminlstrati<m  of  this  Charity  was  sanctioned  by  the  Charity 
Commissioners     November     22,     1897,    under    which    the     Trustees 


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are  to  he  the  same  as  administer  the  William  Wright  Charity 
appointed  by  the  Scheme  of  Aug.  19  1896,  and  the  Income  applied 
m  accordance  with  Clause  23  of  that  said  Scheme.  The  amount 
invested  in  Consols  is  £19   15   n  and  the  annual  Income  is  £0   10  8. 

CAPTAIX    HENRY   WRIGHT    CHARITY. 

Captain  Henry  Wright  of  Ballyhough  Bridge  in  the  County  of 
Dublin  by  Will  dated  September  ist,  1762,  and  pr.-v.d  in"  the 
Prerogative  Court  at  Dublin  in  1766,  after  giving  to  his  nephew 
Thomas  Wright  of  Longstone,  Derbyshire,  and  if  he  should  die 
before  the  age  of  21  or  should  have  no  children,  to  the  voungest  son 
of  his  good  friend  George  \'enables  Lord  ^•ernon  allhis  bills  and 
bonds,  subject  to  the  payment  of  his  debts,  funeral  expenses  and 
legacies  bequeathed  as  follows — 

"  It  is  my  desire  that  a  sufficient  sum  be  taken  out  of  mv  fortune 
as  will  clothe  three  Poor  old  Men  and  three  Poor  old  Women  of 
the  parish  of  Longstone,  Derbyshire,  with  shirts,  shoes  and  stockings 
coat  and  waistcoat,  hat,  breeches,  with  a  shilling,  and  great  coat 
facing  them,  of  different  colour  to  each  of  them,  on  the  29th  Sep- 
tember for  ever. 

I  also  give  Twelve  Sixpenny  Loaves  and  Sixpence  in  .Money  to 
Twelve  old  Housekeepers,  Inhabitants  of  Longstone  for  ever,  with 
two  pounds  of  beef  to  each  on  the  first  of  Jany.  for  ever  ;  and  that 
these  poor  may  not  be  injured  but  punctually  Paid  the  day  fixed 
after  my  death  It  is  my  positive  order  that  a  sum  of  money 
sufficient  to  buy  land  that  will  clothe  and  provide  for  the  Poor,  as 
on  the  other  side,  be  taken  out  of  the  Principal  to  purchase  the 
said  land  sufficient  for  ever  which  land  1  desire  may  be  bought 
immediately  :  and  till  a  purchase  is  made  the  poor  shall  have  what 
interest  shall  arise  as  an  immediate  maintenance  f(5r  them  ;  and  I 
appoint  Lord  \'ernon  and  Godfrey  Clark  the  Guardian  and  Director 
of  this  Will  and  Testament  with  joint  power  tt)  call  in  what  cash 
shall  be  due  on  the  Bimd  and  cash  due   on  my  half   pav  as  Captain 


158  Longstone    Records. 

in  iirtlcr  that  they  may  coniply  with  my  desire  :  antl  likewise  if  they 
will  not  act,  shall  haye  power  to  choose  t>yo  honest  gentlemen  till 
my  nephew  comes  of  a/^e  or  one  of  the  family  enjoys  the  estate  at 
Longstone  who  n^ust  be  always  one  guardian  of  the  ahoye  poor. 

A  sum  of  £.500  was  set  aside  and  was  for  many  years  in  the  hands 
of  Lord  ^V'rnon  by  whom  complete  suits  of  clothing  were  proyided 
for  three  men  and  three  women  of  Great  I^ongstone  but  it  does  not 
appear  that  the  other  directions  were  complied  with.  About  the 
year  1810  a  copy  of  the  donor's  Will  was  obtained  from  Ireland  and 
applications  were  made  to  Lord  ^'ernon  and  to  his  brother  the 
Archbishop  of  ^'ork  ;  and  the  Archbishop  \yho  had  become  the 
residuary  legatee  under  the  Will  was  desirous  of  fulfilling  the 
donor's  intentions  and  of  applying  £500  in  the  purchase  of  lands 
secured  to  the  Charity,  liltlmately  by  Indenture  June  7,  1824,  a 
farm  at  Aston  Edge  in  the  parish  of  Hope  was  conyeyed  to  John 
Thomas  Wright  of  Lympstone  in  Deyonshire  and  James  Longsdon 
of  Little  Longstone  and  their  heirs  for  the  sum  of  £725,  of  which 
sum  £500  and  interest  thereon  was  paid  by  the  Archbishop  and  the 
remainder  £151  10  ll  was  gradually  paid  f>ff  out  of  the  rents  of 
the  estate,  and  in  the  meantime  the  charity  was  confined  to  two 
men  and  two  women.  In  1826  there  was  no  distribution  at  all  as 
the  funds  were  insufficient. 

The  farm  consisted  of  44  acres  antl  produced  a  rent  of  £30.  The 
acreage  now  is  42a.  or.  i8p.  and  the  rent  £32  a  vear. 

The  Trust  was  administered  by  a  body  of  Trustees  enrfilled  under 
Deed. 

Quotation  from  letter  of  Secretary  of  Charity  Commission  jfaii.  20, 
7868  ;— 

"  In  the  latter  Deed  a  prin'ision  is  contained  for  the  appointment 
of  new  Trustees  by  the  Minister,  Chapel  warden  and  Oyerseers  of 
the  Township  or,  in  case  of  their  neglecting  so  to  do  the  Suryiying 
Trustee  for  the  time  being  or  the  Kxecutors  or  Administrators  of 
the  last  suryiying  Trustee  should  fortiiwith  appoint  another  Trustee, 


Charities.  159 

regard  being  had  to  the  directions  contained  in  the  Will  of  Captain 
Wright  that  the  member  of  the  family  who  should  enjoy  the  estate 
at  Longstone  should  be  always  one  guardian  of  the  poor." 

In  order  to  bring  the  administration  of  this  Charity  into  line  with 
that   of  the  other  Wright    Charities  application  was  made  Jany.  ij, 

1903  by  the  Rev.  Giles  Andrew,  and  George  Thomas  Wright, 
Esquire  to  the  Charity  Commission   who  by  Scheme  dated   July  12, 

1904  appointed  the  same  Trustees  as  for  the  William  Wright  Charity 
with  special  directions  for  the  management  of  the  Real  property  of 
the  Charity  :  and  the  Income  is  applied  according  to  the  Will  of 
Captain  Henry  Wright  to  deserving,  necessitous  and  aged  persons 
bona-fide  resident  in  Great  Longstone. 

Distribution  of  Clothes  is  to  be  made  at  Michaelmas  to  three  men 
and  three  women  ;  and  of  food  about  New  Year's  dav  to  twelve 
deserving,  necessitous  and  aged  persons. 


DUKE    OF    DEVONSHIRE    CHARITIES. 

The  Duke  of  Devonshire  makes  a  payment  to  the  Vicar  and 
Churchwardens  of  Longstone  of  13/4*  yearly  for  Sacramental  Wine. 

A  Charity  called  the  Holme  Meal  Charity  is  shared  with  Bakewell. 
Originally  given  in  oatmeal  weekly,  an  annual  payment  was 
made  by  the  Agent  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  to  the  Overseers 
of  the  Poor  and  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  oatmeal  and  distributed 
in  January  and  February.  The  sum  varies  with  the  price  of 
oatineal  but  averages  about  £7  los.,  and  distribution  is  now  made 
b}'  the  Parish  Council.  The  Charity  board  in  the  Church  does  not 
throw  much  light  on  the  actual  reason  why  meal  was  selected  as  the 
dole  in  the  Holme  Meal  Charity.  It  speaks  of  the  sale  of  the  property 
of  John  Archer,  Esq.,  (of  Holme  House)  at  Buxton  in  1803,  the  land 
sold  in  lots,  being  subject  to  the  payment  of  5  pecks  and  \  of  oatmeal 
to  be  given  weekly  to  the  poor  of  Great  Longstone  and  Bakewell  in 
equal  proportions.  So  the  Charity  must  be  considerably  older.  It 
\vas  altered  to  an  annual  payment,  now  received  from  the  Agent  to 
the  Duke  who  must  have  acquired  the  property  subject  to  this  charge. 

*ThJs  singular  figure  of  thirteen  shillings  and  fourpence  had  lung  been  a  puzzle  to  the  Author  until  he 
deciphered  an  old  Deed  which  is  given  in  exten<;n  as  well  as  in  short  abstract  at  |tage  163.  See  also  1835 
in  Clironological  Kvents,  page  133. 


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GISBORNE    CKARITY. 

Longstone  parish  shares,  with  various  other  parishes,  in  the 
Gisborne  Charity,  the  sum  of  £6  12  ii  being  now  annually  received 
and  paid  out  by  the  Incumbent  in  woollen  cloth  and  flannel  for 
distribution  to  the  poor. 

HASSOP  CHARITY. 
Rowland  Eyre,  Esq.,  of  Hassop,  as  an  inscription  in  Longstone 
Church  states,  left  twenty  shillings  to  the  poor  of  Longstone,  and 
twenty  shillings  to  the  Minister,  to  be  paid  before  Christmas. 
These  sums  are  received  now  from  the  Hassop  Estate,  and  the 
twenty  shillings  for  the  poor  is  distributed  in  money  by  the 
Overseers. 

MILNES    CHARITY- 
A  sum  of  £50  was  left  on   deposit  at  the  Bakewell  Savings  Bank 
in  1872  by  William  Milnes,  the  interest  of  which,  £.1    5    o    a   year, 
is  distributed  to   deser\-ing  persons  of  Great  and  Little  Longstone 
by  the   Incumbent  of  Longstone  about  Christmas. 


LONGSTONE    SCHOOL    ALLOTMENTS    CHARITY. 

On  the  enclosure  of  lands  by  Act  of  Parliament  of  1810,  the 
Commissioners  were  required  to  allot  so  much  of  the  Wastes  in 
Great  and  Little  Longstone  as  in  their  judgment  should  be  equal 
to  the  clear  yearly  value  of  £10,  which  allotments  should  vest  in 
The  Most  Noble  William  Duke  of  Devonshire,  The  Most  Honourable 
William  Marquis  of  Hartington,  John  Thomas  Wright,  Francis 
Eyre,  and  James  Longsdon,  Esquires,  James  Gregory,  William 
Wager,  John  Longsdon,  and  Robert  Thornhill,  and  the  Curate  for 
the  time  being  of  Great  Longstone,  on  trust  to  apply  the  rents  for 
the  benefit  of  a  Schoolmaster  within  the  Townships  of  Great  and 
Little  Longstone.  The  Commissioners,  by  their  award  in  1824, 
allotted  to  the  Trustees  on  Great  Longstone  Common  11  a.  3r.  of 
land,  and  2a.  2r.  on  Little  Longstone  Common,  which  were  let  for  £9 
a  year.  They  also  allotted  in  respect  of  the  School  22  perches  of 
land  which  was  let  for  13  shillings  a  year. 


Charities.  ,  5 , 

Quotation  from  the  Act: — 

"  To  apply  the  Rents  and  Profits  thereof  from  time  to  time,  as 
the  same  shall  become  due  and  payable  unto  and  for  the  benefit  of 
a  Schoolmaster  within  the  said  Townships  or  Hamlets  of  Great 
and  Little  Longstone,  or  for  such  other  charitable  purposes  within 
the  said  Townships  or  Hamlets  of  Great  Longstone  and  Little 
Longstone  as  the  said  Trustees  and  their  successors  or  the  major 
part  of  them  or  their  known  Agents  or  Attornies  or  Persons  to  be 
appomted  for  that  purpose,  by  writing  under  their  respective  hands 
at  a  public  meeting,  of  which  meeting  such  notice  shall  be  given  as 
is  hereinbefore  directed  with  respect  to  other  notices  under  this 
Act,  shall  in  their  discretion  think  proper,  and  bv  anv  writing  or 
writmgs  under  their  hands  from  time  to  time  direct  and  appoint." 

The  Trustees  paid  the  rents  to  the  Schoolmaster  who  was 
appomted  by  them  in  1832.  The  Schoolmaster  received  £5  from 
the  William  Wright  Charity  ;  and  £5  as  a  voluntarv  gift  from  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  and  20  children  were  taught  free,  the  number 
being  increased  to  25  as  the  income  from  the  Allotments  increased, 
and  they  were  taught  Reading,  Writing,  and  Arithmetic. 

Application  was  made  on  October  31,  1878,  to  the  Charity 
Commissioners  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Bullivant 
Robert  Thornhill,  and  John  Thomas  Wright,  Trustees  of  the 
Charity  under  deed  of  August  4,  1846,  and  order  was  made 
discharging  John  Thomas  Wright  at  his  own  request  from  being 
Trustee,  and  the  following  were  appointed  Trustees :— William 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  The  Rev.  J.  H.  Bullivant,  and  his  successors  in 
office.  Incumbents  of  Longstone,  for  the  time  being,  Robert  Thornhill, 
Edward  Smithers,  James  Furness,  James  Furness  (junr.),  James  Orr,' 
Jasper  Wager,  and  John  Thornhill. 

The  Trustees  in  1879  applied  to  the  Charity  Commissioners  for 
directions  as  to  the  application  of  the  Income— then  £10  7  o 
per  annum-and  the  suggestion  in  reply  was  made  that  the  income 
might  be  applied  in  creating  a  number  of  small  Prizes  for  the 
children  for  meritorious  conduct  and  proficiency,  but  this  suggestion 
does  not  appear  to  have  been  acted  upon  ! 


1 62  Longstone    Records, 

LONGSTONE    SCHOOL    CHARITY. 

On  May  3,  1876,  application  was  made  to  the  Charity  Com- 
missioners by  the  Rev.  George  C.  Tooth  (a  former  Vicar),  James 
Furniss,  George  Ashton,  Emanuel  Hawley,  and  Joseph  Timm, 
Trustees,  to  be  discharged  of  the  Trust ;  the  application  was 
granted,  and  a  new  scheme  was  approved  for  the  future  regulation 
of  the  said  Charity. 

The  property  now  invested  in  the  official  Trustee  of  Charity  lands 
consists  of  the  land  on  which  the  Schoolroom  and  Master's  house 
formerlv  stood,  containing  7  perches,  and  a  parcel  of  land  adjoining 
the  same  containing  328^  square  yards,  and  another  parcel  of  land 
situate  in  Great  Longstone  containing  about  22  perches.  (See 
Longstone  School  Allotments  Charity.) 

The  present  Income  arising  from  the  School  property  is  £10  i  is.  6d. 
and  is  used  for  the  repair  &c.,  of  School  liuildings. 


LITTLE    LONGSTONE    CHARITIES. 

Rider's  Charity. 
Ralph  Rider  by  Will,  1709,  left  income  of  land  at  Monvash,  one 
moiety,  to  the  poor  of  Monyash,  and  one  moiety  to  the    poor    of 
Little  Longstone  ;   the  amount  for  Little  Longstone  is  distributed  in 
small  sums  on  Candlemas  Day  (Feb.  2.) 


LONGSDON     CHARITY. 

John  Longsdon,  of  Little  Longstone,  left  by  Will  of  April  5th, 
1827,  the  sum  of  £.50  on  deposit  in  Bakewell  Savings  Bank,  the 
interest  to  be  distributed  bv  the  Churchwardens  and  Overseers  on 
January  6th,  to  the  most  needy  and  most  deserving  poor  in  Little 
Longstone  for  ever. 

SHAW'S     CHARITY. 
Robert  Shaw,    of  Monsal  Dale,    by  Will   dated   2nd  July,    1819, 
left  ten  pounds  for  the  poor  of  Little  Longstone,  and  the  interest 

arising  from   the  same  to    be    distributed   bv  the    overseers    vearlv 
for  ever. 


THE     VILLAGE     BLACKSMITH. 


U.VDER  a  spreadina  chestnut  tree 

The  village  smithy  stands; 
The  smith,  a  mighty  man  is  he, 

With  large  and  sinewy  hands ; 
And  the  muscles  of  his  brawny  arms 

Are  strong  as  iron  bands. 

His  hair  is  crisp,  and  black,  and  long, 

His  face  is  like  the  tan  ; 
His  brow  is  wet  with  honest  sweat, 

He  earns  whate'er  he  can. 
And  looks  the  whole  world  in  the  face. 

For  he  owes  not  any  man. 

Week  in,  week  out,  from  morn  till  night. 

You  can  hear  his  bellows  blow; 
You  can  hear  him  swing  his  heavy  sledge, 

With  measured  beat  and  slow, 
Like  a  se.xton  ringing  the  village  bell, 

When  the  evening  sun  is  low. 

And  children  coming  home  from  school 

Look  in  at  the  open  door  ; 
They  love  to  see  the  flaming  forge. 

And  hear  the  bellows  roar. 
And  catch  the  burning  sparks  that  fly 

Like  chaff  from  a  threshing-floor. 

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Thirteen     Shillings     and     Fourpence.     163 


AWARD.     1603. 


TO  all  people  to  whome  this  p'nt  Indenture  of  Awarde  made 
betwine  Thomas  Sellars  and  Robert  Haslam,  Yeomen,  Church- 
wardens of  y"  Churche  or  Chappell  of  Great  Longsdon  in  y^  Countie 
of  Derby  on  y=  one  partie  and  Chro'pher  Jenkins  of  Great  Longsdon 
aforesaid  in  y^  same  Countie  Yeomen  on  y  other  partie  Raphe 
White  George  Harries  Robt  Wood  and  Richard  James,  Yeomen, 
send  greting  in  our  Lord  god  everlasting.  KNOWE  yee  and  this 
p'nt  Indenture  beareth  witnesse  THAT  whereas  before  this  tyme 
there  hath  beene  diverse  controversies  variances  debts  and  demands 
touching  and  concirninge  one  yearly  rent  charge  of  twentie  shillings 
yssuinge  and  to  be  had  and  procured  of  all  y  lands  and  tenements 
of  William  y^  sonne  of  Richard  Woodward  in  y  towne  and  feilds 
of  Great  Longsdon  aforesaid  (which  lands  are  now  in  the  tenure 
houldinge  and  occupacon  of  y"  said  Chr'ofor  Jenkins  or  his  assignes) 
paiable  at  Feasts  usuall  fore  dales  as  by  a  deed  thereof  made  to 
certaine  p'sons  and  theire  heires  upon  Mondaie  next  after  y*  feast 
of  y  An'nciac'on  of  our  Lady  S.  Marye  in  y  ^  thirtieth  yeare  of 
y  Rayne  of  kinge  Edward  y  third  (after  y"  conquest  more  fullie 
expressed)  the  which  said  Rent  as  it  seemeth  after  y^  grauntinge 
thereof  has  he  beene  paid  theise  yeares  accordinge  to  y^  said 
deed  yet  of  late  detained  or  withholden  for  or  about  these  fortye 
yeares  now  last  past  FOR  y  recoverie  and  obtaininge  of  wh  said 
rent  and  y'  arrearayes  of  y  same  to  and  for  the  necessarie  repaire 
of  y'=  said  Church  or  Chappell  relief  of  y^  poore  people  within 
y"^  same  Chappelry  amending  of  high  waies  there  great  troubles  and 

^  This  inteiPsting  old  Deed  of  Award  (if  it  dees  not  go  to  tie  fui:nda1inn  of  tl:e  endowment) 
pxpiain*  the  peculiarity  of  the  present  amount,  nan  ely  j/3rds  of  that  claimed  by  the  Churchwardens 
under  the  original  endowment. 


ir)4  Longstone     Records. 

suites  have  been  com'enced  growne  aiul  contynued  betwine  y^  said 
parties  in  y-^  Consistory  court  or  y  Chapter  house  at  Lichfield  and 
elsewhere  and  sentence  therein  given  for  and  with  y'  said  Thomas 
and  Robt  of  late  tyme  whereon  the  other  parte  by  advise  of  learned 
counsell    supposinge    himselfe    to    be    injured    there'n    appealed 
WHEREUPON    FOR    the  avoidinge    of   fines   and    controversies 
paieinge  of  charges  and  expenses  in  lawe  and  otherwise  p'servinge 
of  amitie  and  charitie  amongst  y^  neighbours  of  y"   said  Chappelry 
■      and  to  y'  end  y'  said  annuall  rent  should  not  be  extincte  y=   said 
parties  by  theire  mutuall  assent  consent  and  agreemente  and  with 
the  free  will    and   good    likinge    of   the    most    and    best    parte    of 
y«  inhabitants  of  and    within  y"^   said   Chappelry    have    submitted 
compromissed     and     put    themselves    and    y    said    cause    to    y' 
arbitrem'  order  awarde  rule  judgment  and  determination  of  y=  said 
Raphe  White  George  Harries  Robt  Wood  and  Richard  James  with 
the  umpire  of  the  right  worshipful   William  Cavendishe  Esquire  to 
arbitrate  award   order  doome   and  judge   between    them    for  and 
concernynge  all  y^  said  purposes  and  negotiation  arbitrem'  award 
order  rule  and  judgm'  wh  y=  said  Raphe  George  Rob'  and  Richard 
.   with  y'  companie  of  the  said  William  doe  pronounce  publicly  and 
make    use    in    and  concernynge  there   premises  y'    said    Thomas 
Sellars    Rob'  Haslam    and    Chr'ofor  Jenkins    and    every    of   them 
theire  and  every  of  theire  heires  executors  and  administrators  and 
every  of  them  well  and  truelie  for  his  and  their  partes  doe  covenante 
and  promise  to  and  with  y=  other  his  and  theire  heires  executors 
and  administrators  and   every  of  them   well   and   faithfully  for  his 
and    theire   partes  to  performe    act    and    execute  THEREFORE 
y"-  said  umpire  and  wee  y  said  arbitrators  takinge  upon  us  y'  charge 
of  y  said  Awarde  and  calling  before  us  y^  said  parties  and  diligently 
hearinge    delicatly    examininge    and    perfectly    uuderstandinge    all 
y=  said  matter  cause  and  controversie  thereof  doe  thereupon  award 
rule  order  doome  and  judge  in  manerand  forme  foUowinge  FIRSTE 
that  y'  said  p'ties  shall  from  henceforth  bee  and  contyneue  lovinge 


Thirteen     Shillings     and     Four  pence.      165 

friends  and  that  all  suites  accons  and  appeaies  dependinge  betwine 
them  or  anie  of  them  shall  stale  and  be  no  further  prosequted  and 
further  y^  said  umpire  and  we  y"^  said  arbitrators  doe  awarde  order 
dome  rule  and  judge  that  y'=  said  Chr'ophor  his  heires  executors 
and  assignes  and  every  of  them  shal  be  acquitted  discharged 
forgiven  and  pardoned  as  well  all  y'=  said  arrerays  alreadie  past  as 
also  spared  and  freed  of  and  from  y'  paim'  of  y""  said  yearly  rent 
of  twentie  shillings  so  long  tyme  as  the  same  Chr'opher  his  heires 
execntors  or  assignes  or  anie  of  them  shall  and  will  well  and  truely 
paie  or  cause  to  be  payd  unto  y''  said  Thomas  [Sellars]  and  Rob' 
Haslame  Churchwardines  there  aforesaid  or  to  one  of  them  their 
successors  churchwardynes  there  for  y^  tyme  beinge  or  to  anye  one 
of  them  from  henceforth  y'=  yearly  some  or  paym'  of  THIRTINE 
SHILLINGS  POWER  PENCE  of  lawfull  englishe  monie  at  in 
and  upon  y  feaste  Dayes  of  y""  Annunciacon  of  our  ladie  and 
S.  Michaell  y"=  Archangle  by  even  porcons  immediately  after  divine 
Service  ended  in  y"  same  churche  upon  every  of  y"'  feast  dales  or 
dales  or  paym'  thereof  and  if  it  fortune  at  anie  tyme  that  no 
service  be  theare  said  then  upon  every  suche  daie  of  paym'  at  or  in 
y  southe  poarche  of  y"^  said  churche  or  chappell  y<=  said  paymt  or 
paym'"  to  be  made,  and  supplied  and  used  by  y"^  said  churchwardines 
and  their  successors  for  y'  tyme  beinge  with  y=  consent  of  y=  most 
and  best  parte  of  y*^  inhabitants  within  y''  said  chappelry  for  and 
towards  y'  Repare  of  y  said  churche  Relief  of  y  pore  aged  people 
within  y^  same  chappelry  Amendlnge  of  y  high  waies  there  and 
such  other  like  godley  and  lawfull  uses  and  purposes  accordlnge  to 
y  true  meaninge  thereofe  IN  WITNES  whereofe  y"  said  William 
Cavendysh  as  umpire  and  we  y'"  said  Raphe  Whltt  George  Haryes 
Rob'  Wood  and  Richard  James  y''  other  parte  of  this  our  p'nt 
wrltinge  and  Indenture  of  Awarde  have  putt  our  hands  and  seals 
y  tenth  dai  of  March  in  y*"  yeare  of  our  Lord  god  1603  and  in  y« 
first  yeare  of  y  Raigne  of  our  Soveralgne  Lord  James  by  y'  grace 


1 66  Longstone     Records. 

of  god  of  England   France  and   Ireland    Knigt  (King)  Defendor  of 
y'  faithe  and  of  Scotland  y'  Seaven  and  thirtieth. 

Signed  W.  Cavendyshe,  Rop.  Whyt,  G.  H.,   Robert  Wodde, 
Richard  James'  marke. 

Indenture  written  on  parchment  (15i  by  11  inches)  scalloped 
at  the  top  and  five  seal  tabs  without  the  seals  at  the  bottom. 


SHORT  ABSTRACT  OF  THE  ABOVE  AWARD. 
Arbitration  Award  by  four  yeomen  assisted  by  William 
Cavendish,  Esquire,  as  umpire,  in  a  suit  between  the  Church- 
wardens and  Christopher  Jenkins,  of  Great  Longstone,  as  to  a  rent 
charge  of  20  shillings  on  land,  &c.,  occupied  by  the  latter  in  Great 
Longstone,  and  claimed  by  the  former  under  a  Deed  30  Edward  III 
for  the  repair  of  the  Church  and  other  purposes,  which  rent  had 
been  w'ithholden  about  40  years.  After  suits  for  its  recovery  in 
Lichfield  and  elsewhere  in  favour  of  the  Churchwardens  and  an 
appeal — arbitration  was  mutually  agreed  to  with  the  result  that 
Christopher  Jenkins  and  his  heirs  were  ordered  to  pay  13  4  a  year 
for  ever  to  the  Churchwardens  for  the  time  being,  and  to  be 
released  from  all  other  claims. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

Will  Miles  de  Longsdon  was  summoned  as  a  Juror,  1638. 

J.   Cent.  Deybys.  Annals. 

Quarter  Sessions  were  held  at  Bakewell  1584 — 1796. 
Riots  which  included  Castleton,  Longstone,  Eyam  and  Baslow, 
broke  out,  and  these  Sessions  ceased  to  be  held  there. 

Fyom    f  Centuries  Derbysh.  Annals. 


Church     Endowment.  167 

THE   DEED   17.  JAMES  1   (Page  53)  REPEATED, 
1619—20. 


This  Indenture  made  y  twenty  third  day  of  November  in  y'  year  of 
y-  Reigne  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  James  by  y"^  grace  of  God  King  of 
England  Scotland  France  and  Ireland  Defender  of  the  faith  &c.  : 
That  is  to  sale  of  England  France  and  Ireland  the  seventeenth  and 
of  Scotland  the  three  and  Fiftieth  Between  the  Right  Honorable 
William  Earl  of  Devonshire  of  y  one  part  and  Anthony  Longsdon 
William  of  Little  Longston  in  y  County  of  Derby  Gent",  William 
Lant  Wright  and  Thomas  White  of  Great  Longston  in  y''  said  County 
of  Derby  Gent"  of  the  other  part  Witnesseth  that  the  said  Earl  for 
divers  good  causes  and  considerations  him  thereunto  especially 
moving  hath  granted  bargained  sold  aliened  enfeoffed  and  confirmed 
and  doth  by  these  presents  freely  and  absolutely  grant  bargain  sell 
alien  enfeoff  and  confirm  unto  y"  s'*  Anthony  Longsdon  Will'"  Lant 
W"'  Wright  and  Thomas  White  all  those  two  Oxgangs  of  Land 
with  the  appurtinances  situate  lying  and  being  in  Great  Longston 
aforesaid  or  within  the  townes  fields  or  territories  thereof  which 
now  are  or  heretofore  were  iinown  reputed  or  taken  to  be  the 
Churchland  in  Great  Longston  aforesaid  and  also  one  Cottage 
thereupon  builded  with  Croft  thereunto  adjoyning  in  Great 
Longston  aforesaid  all  which  premisses  now  are  or  late  were  in 
y<-  tenure  or  occupation  of  W""  Lant  W"'  Wright  and  Thomas 
White  their  or  some  of  their  assign  or  assigns  und'  tennant  or 
undertenants  with  all  Comon  or  Comon  of  pasture  thereunto 
belonging  or  therewithal!  heretofore  commonly  used  or  occupied 
in  any  grounds  or  Comonable  places  within  the  mann'  of  Ashford 
except  in  grounds  which  are  now  inclos'^  (and  except  in  a  certain 


1 68  Longstone     Records. 

ground  comonly  call'  blackloe)  Together  with  all  dues  payments 
proffitts  and  comodities  thereunto  belonging  or  appertaining  To 
have  and  to  hold  the  said  two  oxgangs  of  land  Cottage  and  Croft 
and  all  and  singulor  other  the  premisses  with  their  and  every  of 
their  appurtinances  unto  the  said  Anthony  Longsdon  Will'"  Lant 
Will'"  Wright  and  Thomas  White  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever 
In  Trust  neverthelesse  that  they  the  said  Anthony  Longsdon 
W"'  Lant  W'"  Wright  and  Thomas  White  and  the  survivour  of 
them  and  their  heirs  and  the  Heirs  of  the  survivour  of  them  shall 
from  time  to  time  for  ever  hereafter  sett  lett  and  dispose  of  the 
premisses  to  the  best  yearly  value  they  can  gett  or  raise  thereof 
and  to  dispose  of  the  rents  issues  and  proffitts  thereof  for  or 
towards  the  maintenance  or  finding  of  the  Curate  of  Great 
Longston  aforesaid  for  the  time  being  and  his  successors  for  ever 
Provided  yet  neverthelesse  that  if  the  said  Curat  or  Curats  or  any 
of  them  shall  at  any  time  or  times  hereafter  be  absent  from  the 
said  Church  upon  y=  Sabboth  day  and  not  finding  another  sufficient 
person  to  supply  the  cure  for  that  time  of  his  absence  that  then 
for  every  such  time  of  his  absence  not  finding  a  sufficient  person  to 
supply  the  cure  as  aforesaid  the  said  Feoffees  and  their  heirs 
and  the  heirs  of  the  survivoui'  of  them  shall  give  and  pay  out 
of  the  rents  issues  and  proffitts  thereof  unto  the  Churchwardens 
of  Great  Longston  aforesaid  for  the  time  being  the  sume  of  five 
shillings  of  Lawfull  money  of  England  to  be  by  them  distributed 
amongst  the  poor  of  the  said  town  or  hamblett  of  Great  Longston 
aforesaid  according  to  their  directions  Yielding  and  paying  therefore 
yearly  unto  the  said  Earl  his  heirs  or  assigns  for  ever  the  yearly 
rent  or  sume  of  Two  shillings  and  tenpence  of  Lawfull  money  of 
England  at  y'  feast  days  of  the  annuntiation  of  our  blessed  Lady 
the  Virgin   Mary  and  St.  Michael  the  archangell  by  even  porcons 


Church     Endowment.  169 

and  if  it  shall  happen  the  yearly  Rent  or  sume  of  two  shillings  and 
tenpence  or  any  part  thereof  or  parcell  thereof  to  be  behind  and 
unpaid  by  the  space  of  fourteen  days  next  after  either  of  the 
feast  days  or  times  at  or  in  which  the  same  ought  to  be 
paid  by  that  true  intent  and  meaning  of  these  presents  That 
then  and  from  thenceforth  and  at  all  times  after  it  shall  and 
may  be  Lawfull  to  and  for  y*^  s"*  Earle  his  heirs  or  assigns  into 
the  said  two  oxgangs  of  Land  and  premisses  and  or  into  any 
part  or  parcell  thereof  to  Enter  and  distrain  and  y"^  Distress 
or  Distresses  then  and  there  found  to  take  lead  drive  Choose 
carry  away  and  Impound  and  the  same  in  pound  to  detain 
and  keep  until  he  or  they  shall  pay  of  the  said  Rent  or  Rents  with 
the  arrears  thereof  if  any  such  shall  happen  to  be  fully  contented 
satisfied  and  paid  and  the  said  Earle  and  his  heirs  the  said  two  ox- 
gangs  of  land  and  premisses  with  the  appurtinances  unto  them  the 
said  Anthony  Longsdon  W"^  Lant  W"'  Wright  and  Thomas  White 
their  heirs  and  assigns  to  y'  use  aforesaid  against  him  y''  said  Earle 
and  his  heirs  and  against  all  and  every  other  person  and  persons 
lawfully  claiming  by  from  or  under  him  or  any  of  his  ancestors  shall 
and  will  warrant  and  for  ever  defend  by  these  presents  And  the  said 
Earle  for  himself  his  heirs  Executors  and  Administrators  and  for 
every  of  them  doth  Covenant  promise  and  grant  to  and  with  the 
said  Anthony  Longsdon  W"'  Lant  VV  Wright  and  Thomas  White 
their  heirs  and  assigns  and  every  of  them  by  these  presents  that 
they  the  said  Anthony  Longsdon  \V"'  Lant  W'"  Wright  and 
Thomas  White  for  and  notwithstanding  any  act  or  thing  had  made 
done  or  suffered  by  him  the  said  Earle  or  any  of  his  ancestors  and 
under  the  yearly  Rent  above  Reserved  shall  and  may  peacably  and 
quietly  have  hold  occupy  possess  and  enjoy  the  said  Two  oxgangs 
of  Land  Cottage  and  premisses  with  all  the  appurtinances  and  every 


170  Longstone     Records. 

part  and  parcell  thereof  without  any  Manner  of  Lett  suit  trouble 
molestation  interruption  or  Eviction  of  him  the  said  Earle  his  heires 
or  assigns  or  of  any  other  person  or  persons  Lawfully  claiming  from 
by  or  under  him  or  any  of  his  ancestors  or  by  any  other  person  or 
persons  Lawfully  claiming  from  or  under  him  them  or  any  of  them 
In  Witnesse  whereof  the  parties  first  above  named  to  the  present 
Indentures  Interchangably  have  set  their  hands  and  seals  the  day 
and  year  first  above  written 

W:  Devonshire 
Sealed  and  deliver'd 
in  tlic  presence  of  us  whose 
names  are  here  underwritten 

Tho.   Burslon. 
Rich.   Brey. 

Endorsed  as  follows — 
A  Coppy  of  y"'  Deed  for  y'  two  oxgangs  of  Land  given  by 
y   Earle  of    Devonshire    y"  original    taken   to    Litchfield  by  Dean 
Crooks  in  y"   year  1711  or  1712. 

N.B.  This  Deed  appears  at  page  53,  but  the  present  copy  given 
me  by  Mr.  Longsdon,  is  more  complete.  The  spelling  of  the  first 
is  more  reliable.     Ed.  L.  R. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Between   1660  anil  7685. 
Persons  fitted  to  lend  the  King  Money — 
Will.  Wright,  of  Longstone,  500  li  :  p.  ann.  and  in  stock  2000  li : 

Will.  Bagshawc,  of  Litton,  in  land  500  li  :  p.  ann.  a  very 
disaffected  pson  and  worth  in  money  5000  li. 

From  State  Papers  of  Cliarles  II. 


Parish     Council.  171 


THE    PARISH    COUNCH. 

(The  Author  is  indebted  to  Mr.  Spanton  for  the  names,  dates, 
and  much  of  the  folIoivi)ig  information.) 


The  Parish  Councils  Act  of  1894  aroused  much  interest  and 
excitement  in  Great  Longstone.  There  were  t\\o  grounds  for  this — 
one  clasG  of  the  inhabitants  looked  forward  to  the  social  and  moral 
improvement  of  the  village  by  a  good  water  supply,  drainage, 
lighting,  and  general  sanitary  work,  whilst  another  class  feared  the 
prospect  of  a  considerable  addition  to  the  rates.  Consequently 
there  ■was  a  great  and  (as  events  proved)  on  the  whole  a  successful 
effort  to  elect  on  the  Council  a  majority  of  persons  who  were 
opposed  to  any  undertakings  that  v  ould  involve  expenditure.  It 
is  not  surprising  therefore  that  the  net  result  of  ten  years  has  been 
very  small,  and  the  benefit  to  the  Parish  imperceptible  The  Rural 
District  Council's  8cheme  for  a  Water  Supply  was  carried  out  quite 
independently  of  the  Parish  Council  and  has  been  generally  appre- 
ciated. The  chief  work  has  been  in  connection  with  sanitary 
improvements  of  cottages,  with  the  parochial  charities  and  the  Gilder 
quarry  arbitration.  Water  supply,  sewerage  and  sewage  disposal, 
and  lighting  were  either  vetoed  or  allowed  to  drift.  Since  the 
first  two  Elections  no  interest  has  been  taken  in  the  doings  of  the 
Council,  and  according  to  Mr.  Spanton,  the  Vice-Chairman 
throughout,  there  has  been  considerable  difficulty  in  getting 
enough  Parishioners  together  to  elect  the  Council  from  time  to 
time.  Until  1901  elections  were  held  annually  :  since  that  date 
triennially.  The  number  of  Councillors,  which  was  six  at  first, 
was  reduced  to  five  in  1904. 

The  first  Parish  Council  included  the  following  members  : — 
*Mr.  Arthur  Bates,  Chairman  (1894-6.) 
Mr.  Henry  Arthur  Spanton,  Vice-Chairman. 
Mr.  C.  H.  Buzzard.  *Mr.  Samuel  Johnson  (1898-1901.) 

*Mr.  James  Orr  (1896-8)  Mr.  Charles  Johnson. 

Mr.  Thomas  Shiniwell,  Secretary. 


172 


Lon^stone     Records, 


The  other  members  who  liave  served  on  the  Council  are 

Mr.  Joseph  Johnson.  *The  Kev.  G.  Andrew  (1901-5) 

Mr.  A.  W.  J.  Eyre.  *\h.  W.  R.  P.  Dixon  (1905) 

Mr.  J.  Wood.  Mr.  J.  W.  Thornhill. 

Mr.  P.  Furniss.  Mr.  G.  Ward. 
Mr.  R.  Coe. 

Alt  asterisk  denotes  those  who  have   been  Chainiieii,  together  'with 


the  date. 

Mr.    Thomas 


Shi 


.-11  the  first  Clerk  to  the  Parish  Council 
retired  in  1S97  in  order  to  represent  the  Parish  on  the  Board  of 
Guardians.  He  was  succeeded  for  a  fe^v  months  hv  Mr.  C.  H. 
Buzzard  who  then  left  the  village — when  the  present  Clerk,  Mr. 
Isaac  B.  Shimwell,  was  elected  to  that  Office. 

N.B.     "  In  1904  tlie  Flection  was  concKictf^ii  by  an  assembly  of  two  electors  and  two  dogs." 


PROPKRTY    OWNERS, 

GREAT  LONGSTONE. 

(Coiitrihiiteit  by  .'/''.  /■   B.  Sliimwell.J 


Land. 

Houses 

A.      R.      P 

No. 

Allsop,  Thomas         

18     I     6 

...     I 

Bradshaw,  J.  D.,  Trustees  of    .. 

3     I     4 

...     I 

Brampton  Brewery  Co 

3     I     2 

...     4 

Bennett,  Jos.  &  I 

...     I 

Bowman,  Chas.         

...     I 

Bradwell,  Jos.,  senr 

...     1 

Brown,  Mrs.  John      

...     I 

Daubney,  Mary  A 

...     2 

Dora,  Samuel     

94     2     0 

...     4 

Duke  of  Devonshire         

939     I     5 

...     6 

Dust,  Wm 

11     0  17 

Edwards,  Hugh         

...     I 

Property     Owners.  173 


Eyre,  A.  W.  J 

Eyre,  Wm.  J 

Fumess,  Ann  W 

Fumess,  E.,  Trustees  of  ... 

Furness,  Geo.  J 

Furniss,  Samuel        

Gratton,  Elizabeth 

Hawley,  E.,  Trustees  of  ...     . 

Hills  Brewery  Co 

Holmes,  Harriett      

Hutchinson,  Sarah 

Jepson,  Thomas       

Johnson,  Hannah     

Johnson,  Alice 

Johnson,  Samuel       

Leslie  Trustees  ly     o  23 

Leyland,  Robert       

Longsdon,  Hy.  Crofts      23     3     8 

Lowe,  Edith       

Lowe,  Sarah      

McGibbon,  Isabella 

Marples,  Geo.  J 

Marsden,  L.  F 

Midland  Ry.  Co . 

Morton,  Geo 

Morton,  Jonathan     

Morton,  Jane     

Oliver,  Elizabeth        

Orr,  Hannah      

Outram,  Mrs 

Overseers  of  the  Poor      

Redfern,  T 

Robinson,  James      

School  Trustees         

Shim  well,  Elizabeth,  junr. 


Land. 

Houses, 

A.  R.  P. 

No. 

...  13 

I   1  22 

15   0  36 

12   0   7 

27   I  21 

...  6 

201   I   5 

...  I 

6  2  6 

...  3 

...  I 

5  I  17 

...  8 

10  I  0 

3  2  16 

2  0  38 

...  1 
2 

■■   4 
I 

II 

I 

14  • 

2 

57 

1 

34  • 

..   I 

••  4 

16 

3 

10  . 

..  2 

2 

0 

16 

2 

I 

0 

I 

136 

2 

39  • 

..  14 

3 

2 

35 

2 

I 

17 

•  4 

5 

I 

20 

II 

3 

4  •• 

,.  I 

11 

I 

6 

'74 


Longstone     Records, 


Land. 
A.    R.    p. 


Shimwell,  Mrs.  James      

Skidmore,  Sarah  Jane  &  Harriet 

Skidiiiore,  Thomas 

Taylor,  Aaron 

Taylor,  Ann      

Taylor,  J.,  Trustees  of     

Thornhill,  .1.  Wm 

Thornliill,  R.,  Trustees  of 

Trickett,  J.  T 

Trickett,  Mrs 

^'icar  of  Bakewell    

Vicar  of  Longstone 

Wager,  Andrew         

Wager,  Albert 

Wright  Estate,  Trustees  of 
Do.  do.  


57 

3 

6 

1 1 

46 

99 

22 

15 

765 
34 


3  19 
I  15 
3  6 
I     6 


2  30 

3  25 

0  ig 

1  4 
3  32 
o  29 


Houses. 

No. 

I 


LITTLE 


LONGSTONE. 

Land. 


.'Mlsop,  Thomas         

R.  C.  Bishop  of  Nottingham 

Bowman,  Charles     

Daubney,  Mary  A 

Duke  of  Devonsliire.  .      .  . 

Hadfield,  Thos 

Holmes,  Harriett  .. 

Hulley.  R.D 

Hulley,  Mrs.  Wm 

Longsden,  Hy.  Crofts 
Longstone  School  Trustees 
Midland  Railway  Co. 
Nuttall,  Joseph  Holme     ... 
Orr,  Hannah       


A.    R.     p. 

II     o  27 
6     2  26 

15     3  37 
I  o     2'^ 

2    ly 


626 


171 
2 
19 

3 
43 


3     S 

2  o 

3  24 

1  3 

2  26 


Houses. 
No. 


Property     Owners. 


175 


Poole,  Lucy        

Reeves,  Stafford         

Rural    District    Council    of 
Bakewell     

Shaw,  Wm.  L 

Shimwell,  Elizabeth,  junr. 
Shimwell,  Elizabeth,  senr. 

Shimwell,  Isaac  B 

Taylor,  Aaron 

Taylor,  Mary     

Vicar  of  Bakewell     

Wright  Estate,  Trustees  of      . 


Land. 

Houses 

A.     R.     P. 

No. 

I       I       4 

26       I    53 

100 

20      0    16 

...     2 

9     3  16 

...     1 

...     I 

0     I   15 

304 

I 

630 

30      I    ig 

PARISH    BOUNDARIES. 


Great  Longstone  is  bounded  on  the  East  by  a  small  brook 
running  behind  Hassop  Station,  the  boundary  being  also  marked  by 
a  small  stone  on  Holme  Bridge  over  the  Wve  at  Bakewell  :  it  is 
hounded  on  the  West  by  a  small  stream  near  Cressbrook  Mill,  on 
the  North  by  a  wall  between  Wardlow  and  \\'ardlow  Miers,  half  of 
Wardlow  Village  being  in  the  Parish  of  Longstone  ;  it  is  bounded 
on  the  South  by  a  brook  near  Longstone  Station. — Parish  Magazine, 
1895. 


PETITION  AGAINST    PROPOSED   ALTERATION. 

In    1894  the    following  protest  and  petition   against  a  proposed 
transfer    of  Holme    from   Great  Longstone  to   Bakewell,  signed  by 
130   Ratepayers,   was  sent   to   the   County   Council.    In   that   year, 
however,  a  partial  transfer  was  made. 
To  the  County  Council  of  Derbyshire. 

We,  the  undersigned,  being  Owners  and  Ratepayers  in 
the  Parish  of  Great  Longstone  and  Holme,  desire  to  protest 
most   emphatically    against    the    Proposal    of  the   Bakewell   Urban 


176 


Longstone     Records. 


Sanitary  Authority.  "  That  the  whole  of  the  Hamlet  of  Holme  be 
"  transferred  from  the  Township  of  Great  Longstone  and  the 
"  Bakewell  Rural  Sanitary  District,  and  be  united  to  the  Township 
"  and  Urban  Sanitary  District  of  Bakewell."  We  are  of  opinion 
that  the  Proposal  will  be  highly  detrimental  to  the  best  interests 
of  the  Parish  of  Great  Longstone  and  the  Rural  Sanitary  Authority, 
and  will  tend  to  cripple  any  effort  that  mav  be  made  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Parish  and  the  District,  and  we  consider  that  a  gross 
injustice  will  be  done  if  it  is  acceded  to. 

We  therefore  pray  that  the  County  Council  of  Derbyshire 
will  not  grant  the  request,  nor  alienate  any  part  of  the  Hamlet 
of  Holme. 

Name.  Residence.  Condition. 

G.  T.  Wright,  Longitone  Hall,  Trustee  to  the  Longstone. 

Hall  Estate. 

Gt.  Longstone  Vicarage,  Vicar  of  Longstone. 

Holly  Bank,  Great  Longstone. 

Ivy  Cottage 

Beech  House. 

Laburnum  Cottage. 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Longstone, 

Longstone, 

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 
Hassop, 

The  Cottage,  Longstone, 
Dale  Farm, 
Mill  Lane, 
Mill  Lane, 
Ward  low, 
Wardlow, 
Castlegate, 
Monsal  Dale, 
Ashford  Lane, 


G.  Andrew, 
John  Thornhill, 
Ann  W.  Furness, 
A.  Thornhill, 
M.  Thorp, 
Joseph  Johnson, 
Wm.  Millington, 
Wm.  Morton,  junr., 
Charles  Carson, 
Elizabeth  Hill, 
William  Eyre, 
Jasper  Johnson, 
Arthur  Bates, 
John  Bridge, 
Joseph  Timm, 
Sarah  Morton, 
William  Outram, 
Samuel  Robinson, 
Peter  John  Furness, 
R.  Bridge, 
Peter  Furniss, 


Farmer. 

Chert  Quarryman. 

Labourer. 

Signalman. 

Labourer. 

Farmer. 

Merchant. 

Farmer. 

Farmer. 

Spinster. 

Farmer. 

Farmer. 

Farmer. 

Farmer. 

Farmer. 


Parish     Boundaries. 


177 


Name. 
Charles  Johnson, 
Peter  Furness, 
G.  S.  Mitchell, 


Residemce. 
Little  Longstone, 
Bleaklow, 
Hermitage, 


A.  E.  Valentine  Eyre,  West  Cottage, 
S.  A.  Mead,  The  Grange, 

Richard  Coe,  Longstone  Station, 

James  Doddemeade,   Dwelling  House, 


Jesse  Jupp, 
Thos.  Ward, 
M.  E.  Southgate, 
William  Redfearn, 
F.  Williams, 
W.  B.  Pryor, 
Jasper  Wager, 
James  Orr, 
James  W.  Morris, 
S.  Lowe, 
A.  Furness, 


Dwelling  House. 
Dwelling  House, 
Dwelling  House, 
Dwelling  House. 
Home  Lea, 
Clifton  House, 
Manor  House. 
Great  Longstone, 
Great  Longstone, 
Great  Longstone, 
Great  Longstone, 
Henry  Arthur  Spanton,  School  House,  Longstone. 
Elizabeth  H.  Carrington, 
Sarah  Taylor,  Dwelling  House, 

Charles  H.  Buzzard,    White  Lion  Inn. 
Matthew  Morton,         Great  Longstone, 
Horace  Turner,  Great  Longstone, 

A.  Wm.  J.  Eyre,  Great  Longstone, 

Elizabeth  Oliver,  Great  Longstone. 
John  H.  Beresford,  Great  Longstone, 
John  H.  Furness,         Tideswell, 


Roger  Evans, 
John  Allsop, 
William  B.  Mellor, 
James  T.  Trickett, 
Ann  Taylor, 
Grace  Watts, 
Elizabeth  Hibbert, 


Tideswell, 
Wardlow, 
Blagden, 
Rowland, 
The  Willows, 
Gt.  Longstone, 
Gt.  Longstone, 


Condition. 
Farmer. 
Farmer. 
Gentleman. 
Professor  of  Music. 
Silk  Merchant. 
Station  Master. 

Butcher. 

Boot  &  Shoe  Maker. 

Quarryman. 

Laundress. 

Painter. 

Gentleman. 

Gentleman. 

Farmer. 
Gardener. 
Post  Mistress. 
Laundress. 
Schoolmaster. 
Farmer  &  Grocer. 


Stone  Mason. 

Platelayer. 

Builder  &  Contractor. 

Carpenter. 

Landowner,   Inn   Keeper, 

and  Ratepayer. 

Landowner,  Hotel  Keeper 

Pig  Dealer. 

Farmer. 

Landowner  &  Farmer. 

Spinster. 

Widow. 

Widow. 


178 

Longstone     Records. 

Name. 

Residence 

Condition. 

Isaac  Bennett, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Blacksmith. 

Joseph  Bennett, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Blacksmith. 

Ann  Eyre, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Widow. 

Alfred  Atherton, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Tailor. 

Eliza  Sellars, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Widow. 

Joseph  Bradwell, 

Do. 

Coal  Agent. 

Sarah  Morton, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Widow. 

W   Pitt  Dixon, 

Do, 

Vicar's  Warden. 

John  Bacon, 

Do. 

Labourer. 

A.  Wm.  Goodwin, 

Rowdale  Bar, 

Shop  Keeper 

Thos.  Peel 

Hassop  Station, 

The  Master. 

Rachel  Ewings, 

Burre  House. 

Geo.  Leigh, 

Underwood  House, 

Clerk  to  the  Guardians. 

D.  Roberts, 

Woodland  View, 

District  Surveyor. 

S.  E.  Wardley, 

Woodland  View, 

J.  Derbyshire, 

Summerfield  Cottages, 

Blacksmith. 

S.  Dora, 

Ewe  Close, 

Farmer. 

J.  Wheeldon, 

Hassop  Station, 

Inn  Keeper. 

J.  T.  Heath, 

Cracknell  House, 

Gamekeeper. 

John  Morton, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Mason. 

R.  Skidmore, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Farmer. 

Wm.  Newton, 

Summerfield, 

Labourer. 

Joseph  Wood, 

Rose  Cottage,  L.  Longstone,    Hamper   and    Skip 

Manufacturer. 

Rachel  Brooks, 

Gt.  Longstone. 

Sarah  Hill, 

Do. 

George  Bonsall, 

Do. 

Labourer. 

James  Nadin, 

Do. 

Porter. 

Ellen  Eyre, 

Do. 

William  Blackwell, 

Do 

Labourer. 

Reuben  Carson, 

Do. 

Ann  Morton, 

Do. 

John  Brightmore, 

Do. 

Stone  Mason. 

Sarah  Phillips, 

Do. 

William  Morton,  senr.,          Do. 

Ellen  On. 

The  Hollies, 

Spinster. 

Parish     Boundaries. 


179 


Name. 

Residence. 

Condition. 

S.  B.  Orr, 

Do. 

Spinster. 

G.  Elliott, 

Birchill, 

Farmer. 

John  Sellers, 

Wardlow, 

Do. 

Joseph  Thornhill, 

Wardlow, 

Do. 

George  Gregory, 

Wardlow, 

Do. 

James  Robinson, 

Wardlow, 

Do. 

William  Turner, 

Do. 

Joseph  Garlick, 

Do. 

William  Taylor, 

Little  Longstone, 

Do. 

Hannah  Johnson, 

Little  Longstone, 

Godfrey  J.  Furness, 

Bleaklow, 

Farmer. 

Joseph  Eeley, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Labourer. 

James  Hewitt, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Platelayer. 

Daniel  Hamilton, 

Great  Longstone, 

Labourer. 

T.  O.  Green, 

Great  Longstone. 

Photographer. 

J.  B.  Green, 

Great  Longstone. 

William  Furniss, 

Great  Longstone, 

Farmer. 

G.  H.  Bonsall, 

Great  Longstone, 

Labourer. 

H.  C.  Bolton, 

Great  Longstone, 

Commercial  Traveller. 

George  Hambleton, 

Great  Longstone, 

Cordwainer. 

James  A.  Booth, 

Great  Longstone. 

Joiner. 

C.  R.  Pell, 

Great  Longstone, 

Signalman. 

Maria  Taylor, 

Householder, 

Widow. 

Samuel  Johnson, 

Great  Longstone, 

Farmer. 

Albert  Johnson. 

Great  Longstone, 

Inn  Keeper. 

C.  Hancock, 

Do. 

C.  Ellwood, 

Great  Longstone, 

Watchman. 

Thos.  Hibbert, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Platelayer. 

C.  Blagden, 

Gt.  Longstone, 

Gardener. 

Thos.  Cook, 

Gt.  Longstone. 

John  Turner, 

Great  Longstone, 

Platelayer. 

I.  Gilbert, 

Great  Longstone, 

Platelayer. 

W.  Ashton, 

Great  Longstone, 

Farmer. 

Mr.  Wheatley. 

E.  James  Hawley, 

Vine  Green, 

Farmer. 

Aaron  Taylor, 

Farmer. 

Thomas  Shimwell, 

Little  Longstone, 

Assistant  Overseer. 

Thos.  Somerset, 

Ashford. 

i8o  Longstone     Records. 

PETITION  IN  FAVOR  OF  COMPLETE  SEVERANCE. 

We,  the  undersigned,  Owners  and  Occupiers  in  the  portion  of  the 
Township  of  Great  Longstone.  which  is  proposed  to  be  transferred 
to  the  Urban  District  of  Bakewell,  do  hereby  petition  the  County 
Council  of  Derbyshire  to  accede  to  that  proposal  upon  the  following 
grounds  : — 

1.  Rates  are  levied   upon  our  area  for  the  sanitary  expenses  of 

Great  Longstone,  a  distant  village  with  which  we  have  no 
connection  or  interest.  Longstone  residents  alone  benefit 
from  our  rates,  and  our  area  costs  Longstone  nothing. 

2.  If  our   rates  were  spent  upon   sanitary  works  in  Bakewell  we 

should  directly  benefit  in  return  for  what  we  pay. 

3.  Upon  Bakewell  we  are  dependent  for  every  sanitary  advantage 

we  possess.  The  burden  which  is  put  upon  certain  streets 
and  roads  in  Bakewell  bv  the  traffic  in  stone  between  the 
Ouarry  and  the  Station  and  in  heavy  Factory  goods  between 
Lumford  Mills  and  the  Station  is  very  considerable  indeed. 
We  are  supplied  from  Bakewell  with  ^\'ater  and  Gas  ;  the 
roads,  as  far  as  our  area  on  both  sides,  are  lighted  with  the 
Bakewell  public  lamps  ;  and  we  benefit  generally  from  the 
expenditure  of  Bakew-ell  LIrban  District  Council. 

4.  It  will  not  be  practicable  to  dispose  of  the  sewage  of  the  said 
area  without  its  being  joined  to  Bakewell. 

5.  The  local  authority  for  Longstone   is  now  constructing  works 

for  the  supply  of  Water  to  that  village,  and  to  other 
contributory  places.  If  the  area  in  question  remains  with 
Great  Longstone,  it  will  be  charged  with  the  Longstone 
special  sanitary  \vater  rate,  despite  the  fact  that  it  is 
dependent  on  Bakewell  for  its  Water  supply.  Similarly  the 
Longstone  authority  will  shortly  find  necessarv  for  that 
village,  works  of  sewerage  and  sewage  disposal,  to  which  our 
portion    of    Holme    would   be   requireil   to    contribute,    as    it 


Parish     Boundaries.  i8i 

would  also  have  to  contribute  for  any  other  Longstone  public 
improvement,  the  benefit  of  which  it  would  be  impossible  for 
us  to  share. 


The  Common  Seal  of  the  D.P.  Battery  Co.  Ltd., 

■was  affixed  hereto  in  the  presence  of 

W.  p.  Claude  Johnson,] 

J.  M.  GoRHAM,  .Directors. 


A.  C.  Read,  Secretary. 


Signed  also  by — 
Thos.  Allsop, 
R.  Orme  &  Co. 


CLAIM  FOR  COMPENSATION  BY  GREAT  LONGSTONE. 

In  1903,  when  the  remaining  area  was  transferred  to  Bakewell, 
the  following  unsuccessful  claims  for  compensation  were  made 
by  the  Overseers  of  Great  Longstone,  and  the  Parish  Council, 
against  the  Urban  District  Council,  for  loss  of  Rateable  \'alue 
consequent    on    the    alteration    of    the    Parish     Boundary. 


Appro-ximate  claim  of  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor  of  the  Parish 
of  Great  Longstone,  against  the  Bakewell  Urban  District  Council, 
for  loss  of  Rateable  \'alue,  subsequent  on  the  alteration  of  the 
Parish  Boundarv. 

Rateable  Value  of  area  proposed  to  be  taken  away  from  Great 
Longstone,  £886. 

The  expenditure  of  the  Overseers  of  the  Poor  on  establishment 
charges,  including  Salarv  of  Assistant  Overseer,  during  the  5  \ears 
ended  ^'ichaelmas,  1902,  and  the  Rateable  \  alue  of  the  parish  in 
each   of  such   vears  were   as  follows  : — 


1 82  Longstone     Records, 


Years 

Expenditure. 

Rateable 

Value, 

£   s. 

d. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

1898 

35  9 

5 

7235 

0 

0 

1899 

31  10 

7 

7034 

0 

0 

1900 

31  4 

0 

7002 

0 

0 

1901 

32  4 

61 

7055 

0 

0 

1902 

31  16 

4 

7038 

0 

0 

5) 

£162  11 

lOJ 

£35364 

0 

0 

Average 

£32  10 

4 

£7073 

0 

0 

The  average  annual  expenditure  was  spread  over  an  average 
rateable    value    of  £7073. 

If  this  rateable  value  is  reduced  by  £886,  it  follows  that  the 
ratepayers  in  the  portion  left  will  have  to  make  up  the  pro- 
portionate amount  represented  by  the  £886  rateable  value  w^hich 
is  £4   IS.  5d. 

It  is  unfair  and  unjust  that  this  additional  burden  should  be 
thrown  upon  the  ratepayers  of  Great  Longstone,  and  the  Overseers 
of  the  parish  contend  that  this  amount  of  £4  is.  5d.  should  be  paid 
to  them  annually  by  the  Bakewell  Urban  District  Council  (subject 
to  an  annual  adjustment)  and  they  hereby  claim  such  sum  on  the 
grounds  that  it  is  an  equitable  adjustment  of  a  liabilitv. 

In  view  of  Arbitration  proceedings  this  claim  is  forwarded  to  the 
County  Council  without  prejudice. 

Dated   this   14th  day  of  January,   1903. 

(Signed)  Henry  Arthur  Spanton,        j  Overseers  of  the  Poor 

;  of  the  Parish  of  Great 
Albert  Jackson  Skidmore,    )  Longstone. 


Approximate  claim  of  the  Great  Longstone  Parish  Council 
against  the  Bakewell  UrVian  District  Council  for  loss  of  Rate- 
able   V'alue    consequent    on    alteration    of    Parish    Boundary. 

Rateable  Value  of  area  proposed  to  be  taken  away  from  Great 
Longstone,  £886. 


Parish  Boundaries.  183 

The  Parish  Council  of  Great  Longstone,  with  the  consent  of 
the  Parish  Meeting,  have  power  to  levy  an  annual  precept  equal 
to  six  pence  in  the  £  on  the  Rateable  Value  of  the  Parish, 
and  consequently  they  may  possibly,  at  any  time,  and  in  any 
one    year,    sustain    a    cash    loss    of   £22   3s.  od. 

The    actual  sums  raised  by  precept  by  the  Parish  Council,  and 
the  amount  of  Rateable  Value  each  year  since  its  formation  are  :  — 
Years.  Amounts  of  Precept.  Rateable  \^alue. 

£    s.    d. 

1895  15     0     0  7399     0     0 

1896  0     0     0  0     0     0 

1897  30     0     0  7253     0     0 

1898  10     0     0  7235     0     0 


£ 

s. 

d 

15 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

30 

0 

0 

10 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

£71 

0 

0 

1899  5  0  0  7034  0  0 

1900  5  0  0  7002  0  0 

1901  0  0  0  0  0  0 

1902  6  0  0  7038  0  0 


£42961     0     0 


£1  9s.  3d.  will  represent  the  average  annual  loss  to  the  Parish 
in  consequence  of  the  transfer. 

Therefore  it  is  just  and  equitable  that  the  Bakcwell  Urban 
District  Council  should  pay  to  the  Great  Longstone  Parish 
Council  the  said  sum  of  £1  9s.  3d.  in  perpetuity,  subject  to  an 
annual    adjustment. 

And  such  sum  is  herbey  claimed  by  the  said  Parish  Council  of 
Great  Longstone. 

In  view  of  arbitration  proceedings,  this  claim  is  furnished  to 
the  Derbyshire   County  Council   without    prejudice. 

Dated  this   14th   da}'  of  January,   1903. 

(Signed)     G.  Andrew,   Chairman. 
Isaac  Shimwell,  Clerk. 


184  Longstone     Records. 

The  hrook  hehincl  Hassop  Station  still  forms  part  of  the  East 
boundary,  and  the  Parish  is  further  bounded  on  the  East  by  a  wall 
leading  from  the  Bakewell  and  Longstone  Road  (at  the  point  where 
the  road  divides,  leading  to  Birchills  from  Bakewell)  across  land 
owned  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  to  the  Mill  Dam  which  supplies 
Holme  Factory. — Mr.  I.  Shimwell,  1905. 


A  full  description  of  and  the  reasons  for  the  alteration  of  the 
Parish  boundaries  are  given  at  length  in  the  following  papers  kindly 
contributed  by  Mr.  V.  R.  Cockerton,  Clerk  to  the  Urban  District 
Council  of  Bakewell. 


The  boundary  between  the  Hamlet  of  Holme  (a  detached  portion 
of  Great  Longstone  Parish)  and  the  Parish  of  Bakewell  was  formerly 
along  the  middle  of  the  River  Wve,  past  Lumford  Mill  and  Holme 
Hall,  extending  easterly  until  the  river  is  joined  near  Castle  Hill  by 
a  stream,  the  boundary  having  followed  this  stream  across  the 
highway  at  Burre  House  gates,  then  through  the  Workhouse 
garden,  and  up  the  small  valley  lying  between  the  turnpike  road 
and  the  railway,  as  far  as  the  point  of  the  present  boundary  at 
Pineapple  railwaj'  bridge. 

In  1894  the  Derbyshire  County  Council  made  an  order,  which 
was  confirmed  by  the  Local  Government  Board,  transferring  from 
Holme  to  Bakewell  an  area  of  68  acres  2  roods  and  2  perches, 
containing  a  population  of  60  souls,  and  having  a  rateable  value 
of  £340  6s,  od.,  a  value  which  has  since  largely  increased. 

In  1903  a  further  extension  of  the  Bakewell  boundary  was  effected. 
The  grounds  for  the  extension  and  particulars  of  the  interests 
affected  are  contained  in  the  papers  following. 

Altogether  Longstone  lost  by  these  alterations  an  area  of 
III  acres  i  rood  and  34  perches,  and  a  rateable  value  of 
£1150  3s.  gd.,  for  which  they  un fortunately  were  unable  to  obtain 
any  compensation. 


Parish     Boundaries.  185 

THE    LOCAL    GOVERNMENT    ACTS,    1888    &    1894. 
The  Administrative  County  of  Derhv.       The  Bakewell  Union  and 
Rural  District  and  the  Bakewell  Urban  District. 


Alteration  of  Bov.ndarv.         Alteration  Proposed. 


The  proposal  of  the  Urban  District  Council  is  as  follows  : — 
Alteration      That    the    portion     of    the     Hamlet     of     Holme    as 
Proposed.        delineated  bv  dotted  lines  on  the  accompanying  plan 
shall    be    transferred    from    the    Township    of    Great 
Longstone  and  the  Bakewell  Rural  District   and  be 
united     to     the    Township     and    Urban     District    of 
Bakewell. 
Districts      The  Districts  affected  by  the  proposal  are  : — 
Affected.     — The  Bakewell  Urban  District, 

— The   Bakewell   Rural   District   and   its   contributory 
Township  of  Great  Longstone, 
Grounds  of     The  grounds  upon  which  the  proposal   is  made  are  as 
Proposal.      follows  : — 

The  Hamlet  of  H<ilme  is  a  detached  portion  of  the 
Township  of  Great  Longstone  from  which  it  is  separated  by  the 
intervening  Townships  of  Hassop,  Rowland,  and  Ashford.  The 
area  proposed  to  be  transferred  is  a  narrow  strip  situated  at  the 
Southern  point  of  Holme  and  bounded  on  all  sides  but  the  North 
bv  the  Urban  District  of  Bakewell  into  which  the  Hamlet  extends 
in  the  form  of  a  wedge.  This  area  at  its  nearest  point  to  the  Town 
of  Bakewell,  is  500  yards  from  the  Town  Hall.  From  Great 
Longstone  village  it  is  nearly  two  miles  distant.  The  piece  of 
ground  in  question  lies  within  the  radius  of  the  Town  of  Bakewell 
and  within  the  same  hills  and  valley,  and  mostly  upon  the  same 
plane  as  Bakewell.  Immediately  behind  it,  a  considerable  table 
land  rises  away  from  Bakewell  to  an  elevation  of  about  250  feet 
above  the  Town.  The  area  proposed  to  be  transferred  is  completely 
isolated  from  Longstone  and  is  naturally  and  topographically  part 
of  Bakewell. 


Parish     Boundaries.  187 

The  area  aforesaid  contains  a  large  Electrical  Factory  and  several 
dwellinghoiises  and  cottages,  and  also  a  Chert  Quarry.  All  these 
are  dependent  on  the  Bakewell  Urban  District  for  both  Water  and 
Gas  with  which  they  are  supplied.  The  traffic  to  and  from  the 
Factory  is  considerable,  and  from  the  Quarry  it  is  very  heavy,  and 
between  there  and  the  Bakewell  Railway  Station — this  traffic  must 
pass  over  certain  roads  and  streets  in  the  town  of  Bakewell,  and 
between  there  and  the  Station,  which  are  kept  in  repair  by  the 
ratepayers  of  Bakew^ell.  The  Bakewell  street-  lamps  light  the  road 
close  up  to  the  said  area  on  the  East  side,  and  on  the  South  the 
road  is  lighted  as  far  as  the  Factory.  Holme  benefits  almost  if  not 
quite  equally  with  the  ratepayers  of  Bakewell  in  the  public  works 
and  expenditure  of  the  Urban  District  Council. 

The  Bakewell  Urban  District  Council  is  powerless  to  prevent 
nuisances  within  the  portion  of  Holme  referred  to.  In  the 
administration  of  the  Factory  Act  and  the  Sanitary  Acts  the 
Council  has  no  control  whatever,  although  the  operatives  and 
workpeople  there  employed  live  and  associate  together  as  one 
community  with  Bakewell.  The  area  in  question  is  not  subject  to 
any  byelaws  as  to  new  buildings.  Dwelling-houses  mav  be  erected 
and  at  the  present  time  are  in  course  of  construction,  which  are 
unrestricted  by  any  byelaws  or  supervision.  Matters  such  as  these 
are  of  importance  in  the  interests  of  the  public  health  of  Bakewell, 
but  they  do  not  affect  Great  Longstone,  and  the  sanitary  supervision 
and  control  is  therefore  not  vested  in  the  authority  most  concerned. 
The  said  Factory  and  Dwelling-houses  all  discharge  their  sewage 
either  directly  or  in  the  direction  of  the  River  Wye  which  lies 
within  the  Urban  District  of  Bakewell.  Any  efficient  system  of 
sewerage  for  this  area  must  be  joined  with  that  for  Bakewell,  and 
the  sewage  conveyed  to  the  other  side  of  the  Town. 
Dated  this  5th  day  of  February,  1902. 
(Signed) 

V.  R.  COCKERTON, 
Clerk  to  Bakewell  Urban  District  Council. 


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Parish     Boundaries. 


189 


Population  : — Bakewell  Urban  District,... 

Great  Longstone  Township 

Area: — Bakewell  Urban  District... 

Great  Longstone  Township 

Do.  proposed  transfer 

Rateable  V^alue  : — Bakewell  Urban  District 

(New  Valuation  made  Nov.,  1902) 

Great  Longstone  Township 

Assessable  Value  : — Bakewell  Urban  District 

Great  Longstone  To\vnship 

Rateable  Value  Proposed  I  Part  of  the  Hamlet  of 
TO  BE  Transferred  : —      )    Holme  to  Bakewell 

Assessable  Value: —  ditto 


Poor  Rate  : — Great  Longstone,  1901 

Bakewell,  1901  &  1902 

General  District  Rate 

in  Bakewell  Urban  District  (1901-2) 

Ditto  in  1903  will  be  i/jth  less  than  in 

1902  owing  to  Re-valuation  of 
Bakewell  (dated  Oct.,  1902)  which 
increases  the  Valuation  i/jth 
namely  from  £18155  to  £21124 — 

4d.  in  £        

Duties  imposed  on  Bakewell  by  Alteration  :- 
Scavenging,  costs  in  the  £  4d.     ... 
Sewerage,  annual  repayment  of  principal 
and  interest  on  £600  estimated  cost, 
£41  equals  on  rateable  value  of  Holme 
transferred, 


2,850 

478 

Acres      2,923 

2,879 

43 

£21,124 

£6971 
£19,220 

£5'96o 
£810 

£785 


d. 
6in£ 


4a. 


IQO  Longstone     Records. 

Expenses  already  borne  : — 

Highways  (exclusive  of  County  Roads)   in  £  loj 

Public  Lighting  ...  ...  ...  ...  43- 

Traffic  on  Roads  : — To  and  from  Lumford  Factory, 

year  igoi...  ...  ...  ...        tons  4,000 

Chert  from  Smith's  Quarry,  1899 — 1438  tons 
1900—1249  tons,   1901  — 1845  tons,  average 
per  annum   ...  ...  ...  ...  ...         tons  1133 

Coal — 140  tons     Broken  Stone — 150  tons  ...         tons     290 

Total  Tonnage  per  annum   ...  5'433 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

"John  de  Brithrickfield  Clerk  witness  to  a  Longstone  deed. 
17  Ed.  II."     1323. 

"  Nich^  Martyn  and  Tho^  de  Brightrighleild  release  to  John 
Stafford  the  custody  of  Margaret  d.  &  h.  of  Roger  Rowland  and  the 
Manor  of  Rowland.  10  H.  IV."  1408.  Hurl.  M.S.  1093.  From 
Add.  M.S.  28.  J 10  fol.  47. 

"  Henricus  de  Brythrechfold  Arm'  was  returned  amongst  the  names 
of  the  Gentry  of  the  County  of  Derbyshire  by  the  Commissioners. 
12.  H.VI."     1433.     Fuller's  Worthier  of  England  1662. 


DERBYSHIRE     DIALECT. 

T'CRISMAS  PUDDIN. 
If  you  wisli  ta  ma'e  a  puddhi  e  which  ivvery  won  delights, 
Ov  a  duzzen  new  leyd  eggs,  vo  mim  ta'e  th'  yokes  an  whites  ; 
Beat  em  well  up  in  a  bason  till  thay  thororly  comboine, 
An  shred  an  chop  sum  suit  up  parlickelarly  foine. 

Ta'e  a  paand  a  well  stoaned  reasins,  an  a  paand  a  currans  dried, 
A  paand  a  paanded  sugar,  an  a  paand  a  peel  beside ; 
Stir  em  aw  well  up  together,  wi  a  paand  a  wheafen  flaar. 
An  let  em  stond  ta  sattle  fur  a  quarter  ov  an  haar. 

Then  tee  t'puddin  in  a  cloth,  an  put  it  intu't  'pot — 
Sum  foaks  loike  t'watter  cowd,  an  sum  prefer  it  hot-  - 
Bur  tho  ah  dunno  which  a  thcese  tow  methods  a  shud  preise, 
Ah  know  it  owt  to  boil  an  haar  fur  ivvery  paand  it  weighs. 

Wen  t'puddins  ta'eii  aat  at  pot,  an  put  on  ter  a  dish,  caw  t'childer,  an  let 
em  march  befoar  it  az  its  carried  intu't  sittin  rowm,  wi  little  flags  e  tlier 
bonds,  to  stick  intow  it  wen  its  placed  on't  table.  Yo  might  larn  em  ta 
haat  a  at  t'loines,  or  to  sing  em. — Antiquary,  January,  1871 . 


Population. 


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In  1851,  the  parish  of  Longstone  had  184  houses  and  909 
Inhabitants,  of  whom  457  were  males  and  452  females  ;  the  rateable 
value  was  £5097  2s.  3d;  Great  Longstone  had  120  houses  and 
504  inhabitants ;  its  rateable  value  was  £3980  5s.  4d.  Little 
Longstone  had  29  houses  and  154  inhabitants,  its  rateable  value 
was  £630.  Wardlow  had  35  houses  and  191  inhabitants,  its 
rateable     value    was   £486     16s.    lid.  Holme     was    rated    at 

£1000  15s.   lOd. 

No.  of 
Pop.     Children  School 

'®73'    3  to  13.       .Accoiiimod.ition 

93 
33 

1079       821       726  126 


Pop. 

Pop. 

i86r. 

1871. 

Great  Longstone  &  Holme... 

515 

Little  Longstone 

134 

Rowland 

67 

Hassop            

105 

16       I 
15       I 


Comparing  the  Census  of  1891  and  three  previous  ones  : 


1S31. 

1851. 

1891. 

1901 

Great  Longstone 

..     566 

564 

635 

478 

Little  Longstone 

..     146 

154 

145 

145 

Wardlow 

..     149 

191 

140 

119 

Brushfield     ... 

34 

28 

26 

19 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

November  5th,  1709. 
We  the  Inhabitants  of  Longston  whose  names  are  here  unto 
subscribed  do  consent  and  agree  that  whosoever  is  taken  stealing 
any  hedge  wood  or  bringing  home  any  such  wood  who  have  none 
of  their  own  or  felloniously  taking  away  any  goods  of  any  persons 
within  the  said  liberty,  that  the  persons  so  taken  shall  be  prosecuted 
at  a  public  charge  and  the  said  charge  to  be  payd  by  the  Head 
boroughs  of  the  said  Town  of  Longston.     Witness  our  hands 


Rob.  Wright. 
Sam  Mills. 
Robert  Huslor. 
Anthony  Clayton. 
Joseph  Scamadine. 
John  .  .  .  His  Mork. 
Tho.  White. 
John  Tomlinson. 


Richaid  Hodgkinson 
George  Flint. 
Will.   Hodgkinson. 
Joseph  Jackson. 
Tho.  Hodgkinson. 
William   Hodgkinson. 
Samson  Hodgkinson. 
Joseph  Furnice. 
John  Heaward. 


ig2  Longstone     Records, 

STOKE    FLAT    WATER    SCHEME. 

In  1895  the  Parish  Council  wrote  to  Dr.  Fentem,  the  Medical 
Officer  of  Health,  complaining  of  the  condition  of  the  drainage  and 
water  supply  of  the  township. 

In  1896,  Dr.  Fentem,  in  his  Report  to  the  Rural  District  Council, 
drew  attention  to  numerous  urgent  appeals  that  were  made  to  him 
on  the  subject  of  the  want  of  water. 

In  1897,  the  Rural  District  Council  appointed  a  Sanitary  Com- 
mittee to  prepare  Schemes  for  all  Parishes  requiring  water,  with 
Messrs.  Sterling  &  Swann  of  Chapel-en-le-Frith  as  advisory 
Engineers. 

The  Engineers  were  instructed  to  report  on  the  best  means  of 
supplying  water  to  groups  of  Parishes  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
district. 

In  1898,  The  Engineers  submitted  their  reports  and  estimates, 
including  the  Scheme  No.  1,  known  as  the  Stoke  Flat  Water 
Scheme. 

This  Scheme  embraced  the  following  Parishes  or  parts  of  Parishes: 
Froggatt,  Calver,  Stoney  Middleton,  Part  of  Eyam,  Hassop, 
Rowland,  Great  Longstone,  Little  Longstone,  and  Ashford,  having 
a  total  population  of  2,514,  a  rateable  value  of  £26,948,  and  an 
assessable  value  of  £13,625, 

The  source  of  the  supply  is  Stoke  Flat,  i^ery  generally  referred  to 
as  Froggatt  Edge.  The  land  is  the  property  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland 
and  situate  in  the  parish  of  Baslow  and  Bubnell. 

The  average  summer  yield  was  estimated  at  72,126  gallons  in  24 
hours,  and  the  altitude  of  the  site  is  830  feet. 

The  Total  cost  was  estimated  at  £17,000.  The  apportionments 
of  the  cost  between  the  contributary  places  and  other  particulars 
are  given  in  the  following  table. 

In  accordance  with  this  Scheme,  Reservoirs  were  constructed  at 
Rowland  and  Headstones,  and  the  townships  were  supplied  witn 
water  in  1903. 


stoke  Flat  Water  Scheme.  193 

BAKEWELL     RURAL     DISTRICT     COUNCIL. 


Stoke  Flat  Water  Scheme  [Continued  page  194.) 


Parish. 

.S 

cS 
S 

£ 

(Estimated)  Assessable  Value 
^  for  Special  Sanitary  Purijoses. 

a 
00 
ft 

a 

i 
1 

Pi 
0 

i 

m 

2 
0 
W 

ce 
.a 

t— < 

Existing  Debt. 

to                  Apportionment. 

Amount. 
£     s.    d. 

Purpose. 

PROGGATT    

CALVER 

STONET     MIDDLETON  

A  1*  1  Es^'"'^^*^<^  Population  &Number  i 
E  YAM  1      _^j  ^j^^^^^  j^  ^^  supplied  <■       i 

HASSOP 

ROWLAND    

GREAT     LONGSTONE      ...     ... 

LITTLE     LONGSTONE     

ASHPORD      

420 

70S 

1169 

2300 

1129 
278 
2879 
1030 
2509 

335 

1405 
1737 

437G 

1543 

932 

7034 

4284 
5302 

158 

898 

1057 

2687 

791 

311 

3491 

1409 

2825 

83 
371 
423 

( {996) 
I".  29 

110 
57 
535 
145 
661 

21 
90 
83 

22 
11 

132 
29 

155 

1226     6     0 
514     3     0 

995  13     4 

Drainage 
Ditto. 

Drainage 

283     6     8 

1204     3     4 

860     0     0 

556  13     4 

13*5  16     8 
566  13     4 
5950     0     0 
1700     0     0 
4533     6     8 

Totals  

12,422 

26,948 

13,625 

2,514 

568 

2736     2    4 

17,000     0     0 

*  A  Separate  Scheme  is  in  course  of  preparation  for  the  upper  portion  of  Eyam. 

Prepared  by  Order  of  the  Sanitary  Committee. 

Union  Offices,  Baljewell, 
September,   1900. 


ALFRED     HAWES, 

Clerk  to  the   Baiiewell  Rural   District  Council 


194  Longstone     Records. 

BAKEWELL     RURAL     DISTRICT    COUNCIL. 


Stoke  Flat  Water  Scheme  (Continued.) 


Parish. 

■4^ 

m 

o 
O 

3l 

0 

^  1 

Average  Annual  Re- 
f  Loan  and  Interest 
over  a  period  of  30 

Average  Rate  in  £ 
ment  of  Loan  and 
aloulated  on  a  basis 
irs     not     deducting 

Kent  Receipts. 

Average  Annual  Re- 
f  Loan  and  Interest 
over  a  period  of  50 

Average  Rate  in  £ 
nent    of    Loan   and 
alculated  on  a  basis 
irs     not     deducting 
.•  Rent  Eeeeipts. 

"3 

13   O 

'73     ^  O    CU     t! 

■a  a 

imated 
repayi 

Brest  c; 
M    yei 
Watei 

imate 
ment 
pread 

imate 
repa 
Brest 
30    y 
Wate 

imate 
ment 
pread 

■*^  >> » 

*i  -^^ 

+3     !>>  M 

m    t,  -^ 

^t^ 

W  =t;  1-1  o 

CO     g     r-l  -.  . 

£    s. 

d. 

s.       d. 

£    s. 

d. 

s.        d. 

PROGGATT   

l/tJOtlis 

14.     3 

8 

1       10 

10   11 

9 

1         4 

CALVER 

4i/G0ths 

60     7 

4 

1          4 

44     0 

7 

1          0 

STONEY  MIDDLETON     

3/60"'= 

43     3 

7 

10 

31     9 

5 

7i 

T\r  (  Estimated  PopulationG-Number  "^ 

llj  Y  AM    ^             ,  ,,                      ,                 ,-     ,*          I 

(^       oi  nouses  to  be  supplied*       ) 

2/60ths 

27  17 

9 

*2i 

20     6 

lU 

*1% 

HASSOP 

if/eoihs 

67     9 

1 

1         81 

49     4 

4 

1         3 

ROWLAND     

2/60ths 

28     8 

4 

1        10 

20  15 

2 

1         4 

GREAT  LONGSTONE        

21/60ths 

298     4 

10 

1         81 

217  12 

8 

1         3 

LITTLE  LONGSTONE       

6/60ths 

85     4 

3 

1         2J 

62     3 

9 

101 

ASHFORD      

16/60ths 

227     4 

3 

1         7i 

165  15 

9 

I         2 

Average   for 

Average   for 

District. 

District. 

Totals 

60 

852     3 

1 

1         4i 

622     0 

3 

1         0 

*  A  Separate  Scheme  is  in  course  of  preparation  for  the  upper  portion  of  Eyam. 
Prepared  by  Order  of  the  Sanitary  Committee. 


Union  Offices,  Bakeweli, 
September,   1900. 


ALFRED     HAWES, 
Clerk  to  the  Bakeweli  Rural  District  Council. 


Urban     Powers.  195 

URBAN  POWERS  FOR  THE  R.  I).  C, 

Re  GREAT  LONGSTONE. 


Investing  Rural  District  Council  with  Urban  Powers  :  Determining 
Special    Expenses.— BAKEWELL    RURAL     DISTRICT.- 
Great  Longstone  Contributory  Place. 
TO  THE   RURAL  DISTRICT  COUNCIL  OF  BAKEWELL; 
and  to  all  others  whom  it  may  concern. 


WE,  THE  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT  BOARD,  having  received 
and  duly  considered  an  application  from  the  Rural  District  Council 
of  Bakewell  under  Section  276  of  the  Public  Health  Act,  1875,  for 
the  issue  of  an  ORDER  putting  in  force  in  the  contributory  place 
of  Great  Longstone,  in  their  district,  certain  provisions  of  that  Act 
as  herein-after  mentioned,  do  hereby  Declare  and  order  as 
follows: — 

Article  I.— Until  We,  by  Order  otherwise  direct,  the  pro- 
visions of  Section  45  of  the  Public  Health  Act,  1875,  shall  be 
in  force  in  the  said  contributory  place,  and  the  said  Rural 
District  Council  shall  accordingly  be  invested  with  all  the 
powers,  rights,  duties,  capacities,  liabilities,  and  obligations  of 
an  Urban  District  Council,  under  those  provisions,  in  the  said 
contributory  place. 

Article  11. — The  expenses  incurred  or  payable  by  the  said 
Rural  District  Council  in  the  execution  of  the  powers  conferred 
upon  them  by  Article  I.  of  this  Order,  except  so  far  as  those 
expenses  may  relate  to  their  Establishment  and  Officers,  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  Special  Expenses  within  the  meaning  of  the 
Public  Health  Act,  1875,  chargeable  upon  the  said  contributory 
place. 


io6  Longstone     Records. 

Article  III.  —  This  Order  shall  come  into  operation  on  tlie 
Eighteenth  day  of  December,  One  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
five,  and  the  said  Rural  District  Council  shall  cause  it  to  he 
published  once  in  ^ome  newspaper  circulated  within  their 
District  before  that  date. 

Given  under  the  Seal  of  Office  of  the  Local  Government  Board, 
this  Twenty-first  day  of  November,  in  the  year  One  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  five. 

G.  VV.  BALFOUR, 
(l.s.)  President. 

NOEL  T.   KERSHAW, 

Assistant  Secretary. 

Urban  powers  of  a  similar  character  to  the  above  had  been 
obtained  in  respect  of  other  parishes  in  the  district,  and  recently 
Great  Longstone  found  it  necessary  to  obtain  similar  (delegated) 
powers  from  the  Rural  District  Council.  The  Rural  District  have 
powers  under  the  Public  Health  Act  to  undertalie  public  scavenging, 
and  this  Order  enables  them  to  provide  public  "tips"  for  the  deposit 
of  dry  rubbish  and  refuse. 


SAIXT    GILES    AND    THH    WAKES. 


The  annual  festival  of  the  Wakes  was  originally  appointed  to 
celebrate  the  consecration  of  the  Village  Church.  In  early  times 
the  people  assembled  in  the  Church  on  the  Vigil  or  Eve  of  the  day 
of  Dedication  and  carried  lights  with  them.  It  was  this  waking  or 
watching  at  night  which  gave  the  name  of  wake  to  these  festivals. 
The  feast  was  at  first  celebrated  on  the  very  day  of  the  Dedication 


St.   Giles  and  the  Wakes.  197 

and  continued  for  a  whole  week.  Afterwards  it  was  transferred  to 
the  nearest  Sundaj',  as  a  day  better  suited  for  the  attendance  of  the 
people  at  the  public  services  of  the  Church.  Our  Wakes  are  kept 
according  to  the  old  style  of  the  Calendar  which  is  eleven  days 
later  than  the  new  style.  The  new  style  was  adopted  in  England 
in  the  year  1751,  and  eleven  days  were  struck  out  of  the  Calendar 
by  order  of  Parliament.  What  was  the  eleventh  of  September 
then  became  the  first,  and  if  we  refer  to  the  Calendar  we  shall  find 
the  first  of  September  is  St.  Giles's  day,  the  Saint  to  whom  our 
Church  is  dedicated.  He  is  the  patron  Saint  of  the  Woodland,  of 
lepers  and  of  those  struck  by  some  sudden  misery  and  driven  into 
solitude  like  the  wounded  hart.  The  following  is  his  legend :  he  was 
an  Athenian  of  Royal  blood  and  his  miraculous  powers  of  healing 
the  sick  attracting  the  veneration  of  the  people.  St.  Giles  fled  from 
his  country  and  turned  hermit,  dwelling  in  a  cave  and  living  upon 
the  fruits  of  the  forest  and  the  milk  of  a  favorite  hind.  Once  when 
the  King  of  France  was  hunting,  the  hind  pursued  by  hounds  and 
wounded  by  an  arrow,  took  refuge  in  the  cave,  and  the  hunters  who 
followed  finding  an  aged  man  praying  and  the  hind  crouching  at 
his  side,  asked  forgiveness.  The  Saint  died  in  his  cave,  A.D.  541. 
On  the  site  was  built  the  Abbey  of  Saint  Giles,  one  of  the  greatest 
of  the  Benedictine  communities  of  the  City  of  St.  Giles  with  its 
magnificent  Churches.  The  Saint  has  been  venerated  in  England 
and  Scotland.  In  1117  Matilda,  wife  of  Henry  I.  founded  St.  Giles 
Hospital  for  Lepers,  which  has  given  its  name  to  a  parish  outside 
London.  The  Parish  Church,  Edinburgh,  1359,  was  dedicated  to 
the  Haint.  After  the  Reformation,  St.  Giles  was  retained  in  the 
Calendar,  September  1st.  The  patron  Saint  of  those  driven  into 
solitude  is  represented  on  one  of  our  Church  windows — an  aged  man 
in  the  dress  of  a  Benedictin'e  Monk,  an  arrow  in  his  bosom,  and  the 
hind  fawning  at  his  feet.     Par  :  Mag  : 


IgS  Longstone     Records. 

THE  CROSS.  THE  STOCKS,  AND  THE  ITXFOLD. 

The  Village  Cross  on  the  Green  is  of  great  antiquity,  quite  plain 
in  character  and  very  similar  in  appearance  to  the  Churchyard 
Cross  before  the  restoration  of  the  latter  in  1897  the  actual  Cross 
being  absent  from  the  Shaft  head  The  Shaft  rests  on  an  octagonal 
base  and  is  approached  by  5  steps. 

The  Stocks  of  Great  Longstone  were  fixed  in  the  most  public 
spot  near  the  foot  of  the  steps  to  the  Cross.  Less  than  50  years 
ago,  when  these  steps  were  repaired,  the  Stocks  were  removed  to 
the  regret  of  the  old  .inhabitants.  Sales  of  cattle  took  place  here 
twice  a  year.  A  Meeting  was  held  annually  to  show  and  compare 
every  man's  mark  or  brand  for  cattle,  sheep,  &c.  Travelling 
hawkers  were  allowed  to  sell  their  wares  there. 

The  Stocks  were  a  common  mode  of  ptuiishmcnt  in  almost  every 
Parish  for  drunkenness  and  resisting  the  Constable  or  other  Parish 
officials.  Village  Stocks  were  usually  placed  near  the  Church. 
The  Bell-ringers'  rules  at  Hathersage  about  1650  conclude  with  the 
following  lines: — 

"  But  whoso  doth  these  orders  disobey, 
Unto  the  Stocks  \vc  will  take  him  straightway. 
There  to  remain  until  he  he  willing 
To  pay  his  foifeit  and  the  Clerk  a  shilling." 
In  Little  Longstone  there  are  still  the  remains  of  the  Stocks  in 
good  preservation. 

In  these  days,  such  a  rough  and  ready  mode  of  punishment  would 
be  considered  barbarous  and  demoralising,  but  doubtless  for  many 
centuries  it  was  found  useful  and  efficacious  and  was  rigorously 
enforced  without  Judge  or  Jury.  At  a  Great  Court  Barrmote  for 
the  Soak  and  Wapentake  of  Wlrksworth,  Oct.  10,  1665,  the  follow- 
ing Article  or  Law  was  passed  : — "  We  say  that  every  Barr-master 
or  his  Deputy  ought  to  have  a  pair  of  Stocks,  at  some  convenient 
place  within  this  Division,  the  same  to  he  built  at  the  charges  of 
the  Lord  of  the  Field  or  Farmer,  by  the  benefit  arising  out  of  the 


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The  Cross,  the  Stocks,  and  the  Pinfold,       199 

Fines,  and  such  persons  as  swear,  curse  or  commit  any  otiier  mis- 
demeanor, on  the  iMine,  fit  to  be  punished  in  the  Stocks;  the  Barr- 
master  shall  punish  such  offenders  any  time,  under  the  space  of 
twelve  hours,  as  the  offence  shall  require." 

The  most  ancient  of  the  old-time  punishments  is  the  pillory,  which 
existed  in  England  before  the  Conquest.  The  pillory  was  a  machine 
made  of  wood,  consisting  of  a  post  and  frame  fixed  on  a  platform 
and  raised  several  feet  from  the  ground.  The  culprit  stood  behind 
it  with  his  hands  and  feet  thrust  through  holes,  so  as  to  be  exposed 
in  the  front  of  it.  The  Whipping  post,  another  form  of  punishment, 
has  also  become  obsolete. 

The  Pinfold  of  Great  Longstone  is  at  the  bottom  of  Church  lane 
en  the  East  side.  It  has  been  in  disuse  for  many  years  and  has 
become  dilapidated  and  an  eyesore.  The  last  "Pinner"  was  Mr. 
Matthew  Hill. 

The  Pinfold  of  Little  Longstone  is  on  the  West  of  the  Village  to 
the  left  hand  on  tiie  road  to  Headstones.  It  too  has  long  been  in 
disuse. 

According  to  the  "  Survey  of  Little  Longson  and  .Mornsodale 
belonginge  to  y  right  Honorable  William  L.  Cavendish,  taken  by 
William  Senior  1611,"  the  site  of  the  Pinfold  was  at  that  date  on 
the  South  side  of  the  road  as  you  enter  the  Village  from  Great 
Longstone  not  far  from  and  nearly  opposite  to  the  Stocks.  Never- 
theless "the  oldest  inhabitant"  does  not  quite  believe  the  fact. 


HHFOKH  THH  COMMONS  IXCLOSURE  ACT,  18.0. 

About   1764. 

Case    of   the    proprietors    of    Estates    in    Great    Longston    and 

Wardlow  within   the  Manor  of  Ashford   with  respect  to  the 

intended    Inclosure  of  the  Commons    and   Wasts  within   the 

said  Manor  and  the  Manor  of  .\'onyash. 

That  within  the  said  Manor  of  Ashford  there  are  four  townships 

or  Vills  called  Ashford,  Sheldon,  Great   Longstone,   and   Wardlow, 

and  two  large  Commons  one  called  Ashford  Common  and  the  other 


200  Longstone     Records. 

called  Lonuston  Common  each  nearly  of  the  same  extent  and  the 
Land  in  each  nearly  equal  in  value  except  that  part  of  Longston 
Common  called  the  Edge  which  is  more  rocky  and  barren  than  any 
part  of  the  Ashford  Common. 

That  the  several  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Ashford  and  Sheldon 
and  their  tenants  have  for  many  years  past  if  not  immemorially 
taken  and  enjoyed  the  pasturage  and  benefit  of  Ashford  Common 
exclusive  of  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Longston  and  Wardlow 
and  their  tenants  and  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Longston  and 
Wardlow  and  their  tenants  for  all  the  same  time  in  like  manner 
have  enjoyed  Longston  Common  distinct  and  separate  nor  have  any 
proprietors  of  Estates  in  Ashford  t>r  Sheldon  pretended  to  inter- 
common  with  them. 

That  a  considerable  part  of  Longston  Common  is  very  mountain- 
ous and  rocky  and  utterly  incapable  of  improvement  and  other  parts 
where  Lead  Mines  have  been  carried  on  and  covered  with  large 
heaps  of  rubbish  called  hillocks  which  renders  those  parts  not 
capable  of  improvement  but  at  such  an  extravagant  expente  that 
it  would  not  answer  in  point  of  profit  to  improve  them. 

Therefore  considering  those  disadvantages  and  the  expense  which 
will  be  incurred  in  obtaining  an  Act  of  Parliament  and  in  surveying 
and  dividing  the  said  Common  and  which  afterwards  must  ensure 
in  inclosing  the  same  it  is  apprehended  that  no  advantage  would 
arrive  to  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Longston  and  Wardlow  from 
the  intended  inclosure  whether  Longston  Common  is  to  be  allotted 
to  them  only  or  whether  they  are  to  partake  promiscuously  with 
the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Ashford  and  Sheldon  in  the  division 
and  allotment  of  both  Commons  but  that  it  would  be  more  for  the 
interest  of  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Longston  and  Wardlow  to 
enjoy  Longston  Common  in  the  manner  it  is  now  used  separate  and 
distinct  from  Ashford  and  Sheldon  especially  if  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire  is  to  be  allowed  a''  14th  share  thereof  in  respect  of  his 

°  One  eighteenth  part  or  share  was  aUotted  to  the  Dills'^  -•!  I  ).\  ..nsliire  as  LortI  of  the  Manors 
ot  Asliford  and  Edensor  by  tlie  Act  ^o  George  III. 


Before  the  Commons  Inclosure  Act,        loi 

Royalty  which  appears  to  them  to  be  an  unreasonable  share  as  by 
an  Act  1763  passed  the  last  Sessions  of  Parliament  for  inclosin<4  the 
Manor  of  Litton  which  adjoins  to  Longston  Common  and  the  land 
much  of  the  same  nature  and  value  no  more  than  an  18th  share 
was  allowed  to  the  Lord  of  that  Manor  in  respect  of  his  Royalty. 

That  if  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Ashford  and  Sheldon  should 
join  with  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Monyash  in  an  application 
to  Parliament  for  an  Act  for  inclosing  all  the  Commons  generally 
within  the  Manors  of  Ashford  and  Monyash  the  proprietors  of 
Estates  in  Longstone  and  Wardlow  are  desirous  that  the  same  may 
not  extend  to  Longston  Common  they  being  willing  to  consent  if 
necessary  to  be  excluded  by  any  Act  for  that  purpose  from  any 
share  of  Ashford  Common  provided  that  Longston  Common  may 
re -.lain  uninclosed  and  that  there  may  be  a  clause  inserted  in  such 
Act  to  exclude  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Ashford  and  Sheldon 
and  their  tenants  from  any  Common  Right  in  or  upon  Longston 
Common. 

But  if  contrary  to  the  inclinations  of  the  proprietors  of  Estates 
in  Longston  and  Wardlow  an  Act  should  pass  for  inclosing  all  the 
Commons  within  the  Manor  of  Ashford  so  as  to  include  Longston 
Common  then  it  is  desired  by  the  said  proprietors  of  Estates  m 
Longstone  and  Wardlow  that  Longston  Common  may  be  allotted 
distinctly  to  and  amongst  the  said  proprietors  and  that  Ashford 
Common  may  also  be  separately  and  distinctly  allotted  to  and 
amongst  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Ashford  and  that  the  said 
two  Commons  may  not  be  confounded  together  as  has  been  proposed. 
That  one  Mr.  John  Longston  who  has  not  more  than  15  acres  of 
land  in  Longston  aforesaid  claims  a  right  to  200  sheep  gates  on 
Longston  Common  and  as  is  pretended  derives  such  claim  under  a 
Grant  from  a  Countess  of  Shrewsbury  formerly  Lady  of  the  Manor 
of  Ashford  and  under  whom  it  is  presumed  the  Duke  of  Devonshne 
claims  the  said  Manor  of  Ashford  which  claim  if  allowed  and  if 
Mr.  Longston  in  respect  thereof  should  be  allotted  a  share  of 
Longston  Common  in  proportion  as  200  gates  is  to  the  whole   nuni- 


202  Longstone     Records. 

ber  of  sheep  usually  kept  on  the  said  Common  or  which  the  same 
can  maintain  it  is  apprehended  that  his  share  would  amount  to  near 
a  tenth  part  of  the  whole  which  would  greatly  injure  the  proprietors 
of  Estates  in  Longston  and  Wardlow  by  reducing  their  shares  of 
the  said  Common  unless  the  land  to  be  allotted  to  the  said  IMr_ 
Longston  was  to  be  deducted  out  of  the  Lord's  share  which  appears 
but  reasonable  in  case  the  priviledge  claimed  was  granted  to  him  by 
a  former  Lord  or  Lady  of  the  said  Manor  whose  rights  ought  not  to 
affect  the  said  proprietors  or  prejudice  them  in  their  Right  of 
Common  unless  those  under  whom  they  claim  joined  in  such  grant 
as  the  Bit  of  Month  or  pasturage  of  the  said  Common  in  Longston 
immemorially  belonged  to  the  proprietors  of  Estates  in  Longston  and 
Wardlow  in  respect  of  such  their  Estates. 

That  the  nature  of  this  claim  and  the  consequences  thereof  if 
allowed  seem  to  be  subjects  too  important  and  difficult  for  the 
decision  of  a  lot  of  Commissioners  who  are  only  Surveyors  and 
Valuers  of  land,  as  possibly  in  the  discussion  of  such  claim  and  in 
considering  the  effects  resulting  from  them,  in  case  it  should  be 
allowed,  many  nice  questions  and  doubts  may  arise  not  unworthy  of 
the  determination  of  Parliament. 

These  proposals  for  the  Inclosure  of  the  said  Commons  which 
have  been  offered  to  the  proprietors  of  Estates  within  the  said 
Manor  of  Ashford  mention  that  one  Commissioner  is  already  named 
and  two  other  persons  to  be  Commissioners  are  to  be  named  by  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire  and  the  other  by  the  land  owners.  The  Com- 
missioner already  named  is  supposed  to  have  been  named  by  the 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Monyash. 

As  the  Lord  of  each  Manor  will  have  the  nomination  of  a  Com- 
missioner, the  landowners  in  Longston  and  Wardlow  think  it 
reasonable,  if  the  intended  Act  is  to  include  Longston  Common, 
that  they  should  have  the  nomination  of  one  Commissioner  without 
any  connection  with  the  landowners  in  Ashford,  Sheldon,  or  Mony- 
ash and  are  willing  that  such  landowners  may  have  the  nomination 
of  a  Commissioner  or  Commissioners  if  they  think  fit. 


Before  the  Commons  Inclosure  Act.        203 

UNSIGNED     PETITION. 

To  the  Right  Honorable  the  Lord  Vernon  of  Sedbury  in  the 
County  of  Derby. 

We  the  Freeholders,  Coypholders  and  other  Tenants  and 
Occupiers  of  Lands  in  Great  Longston  and  Wardlow  most  Humbly 
Beg  leave  to  represent  to  your  Lordship,  the  Hardship  that  will  be 
imposed  upon  the  proprietors  of  Estates,  in  the  above  Hamblets,  if 
the  Commons  be  Inclosed  upon  the  Terms  now  proposed,  in  par- 
ticular in  Relation  To  a  share  thereof  claimed  by  Mr.  Thomas 
Longston  of  Two  Hundred  Sheep  Gates,  which  he  says  was  granted 
to  his  Family  by  the  Countess  of  Shrewsbury,  which  upon  a 
moderate  Computation  will  amount  to  near  a  Tenth  of  the  said 
Commons  as  they  are  now ;  and  as  the  proposals  include  Ashford, 
Holm  &c  all  to  have  shares  according  to  their  Lands,  and  His 
Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  a  Fourteenth  share  for  his  Royalty, 
and  the  above  Claim  of  Mr.  Longsdon  who  has  but  fifteen  Acres  of 
Land  within  the  Liberty,  if  it  be  put  in  Execution,  there  will  be  very 
small  share  to  the  real  owners  of  Lands,  We  therefore  Humbly 
Hope  that  your  Lordship  will  please  either  put  a  stop  to  any  Divis- 
ion, or  Cause  Inquiry  to  be  made  How  such  Claims  are  made,  which 
if  just,  we  hope  should  be  deducted  out  of  His  Grace's  Royalty,  and 
not  out  of  the  Real  property  of  other  persons  who  are  entirely 
Ignorant  of  such  Grant,  and  would  hurt  and  in  a  great  measure 
Ruin  the  General  pait  of  the  Inhabitants,  We  most  Hiunbly  leave 
the  whole  to  your  Lordship  and  are 

Your  Lordship's  &c. 

Will  be  signed  if  required  by  a  Hundred. 


THE    INCLOSURE    ACT    AND    AWARD. 

It  is  only  necessary  to  add  tbat  the  date  of  the  Commons  Inclosure  Act, 
is  1810,  and  that  of  the  Commons  Inclosure  Award  1824.  The  Act  is 
entitled  : — 

"An  Act  for  inclosing  Lands  in  the  Townships  of  Great  Longstone,  Little 
Longstone,  and  Wardlow,  in  the  County  of  Derby,     gth  June,  1810." 

In  the  Act  the  acreage  is  given  as  1500  acres  or  thereabouts.  In  the 
Award  it  is  given  as  1742  acres, 

The  Inclosure  Award  is  in  duplicate.  One  cop}'  was  kept  for  many  years 
at  Longstone  Hall  until  claimed  by  the  Parish  Council.  The  other  copy 
is  in  the  custody  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture. 


204 


Longstone     Records. 


DOMESDAY    BOOK. 

Sec.    I.   p.  30. 
The  Manor  of  Aisseford  with  the  Berewires'Ralunt. 


Langesdune. 

Hetescope. 

Caloure. 

Basselau. 

Bubenenli. 

Berceles. 

Scelhadun. 

Tadintune. 

Flagun. 

Prestecliue. 

Blacheuuelle. 


Longstone. 

Hassop. 

Calver. 

Baslow 

Buhnell. 

Birchill. 

Sheldon. 

Taddington. 

Flagg. 

Priestcliff. 

Blackwell. 


MANOR    OF    ASHFORD. 


GREAT  COURT  B.\RON. 


The  Manor  of  Ashford  includes  the  present  Poor  Law  parishes 
of  Ashford,   Great  Longstone,  Sheldon,  and  Wardlow. 

His  Grace  the  Duiie  of  Devonshire,  Lord  of  the  Manor. 

Steward,  Mr.  F.  J.  Taylor. 
The  Manorial  Rights  have  been  held  nearlv  as  follows, 
Before  the  Conquest.      Colne. 


At  the  Survey. 

1 199. 

1250. 

1319- 

1350.   (circa.) 


1408. 
1550. 
1673. 
1675. 


De  Ferrars,  Earl  of  Derby. 
Wenunwyn,  Lord  of  Powisland. 
Griffin,  son   of  Wenunwvn. 
Edmund  Plantagenet,  Earl  of  Kent. 
Sir  Thomas   Holland. 
Joan,  Fair  Maid  of  Kent. 
John   Neville,  Earl  of  Westmoreland. 
Sir  William   Cavendish. 


Christiana,  Countess  of  Devon. 
William,  Earl  of  Devon. 
Duke  of  Devonshire. 


Cavendish 
Family. 


Ms.nor  of  Ash  ford. 


205 


The  Dukes  of   Devonshire   were  Lords  of  Ashford   1731 — 84. 
Philip  Gell  was  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Bakewell  and  Longstone* 
1781.  Co'x's  Calendar,  p.   320 — 321. 


TO  Wit 


View  of  Frankpledge  and  Great  Court  Baron  deal  with 
Copyhold  matters. 
(Kiiiiily  contributed  by  Mr.  F.  J.  Taylor.) 
E.vtract  from  Court  Rolls,  shewing  the  Customs  of  the  Manor  witli 
respect  to  the  tenure  of  the  Estates  therein.     27th  Jidy,  J 767. 

The   Manor     j  The  Great  Court  Baron  of  the  Most  Noble 

OF  Ashford      \      William  Duke  of  Devonshire  specially  holden 
I      at  Ashford  in  and  for  the  Manor  aforesaid  the 
Twenty-seventh    day  of  July,  in    the    seventh 
year  of  the  reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  George 
the  third,  by  the  Grace  of  God  King  of  Great 
Britain  &c.,  and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  One 
thousand     seven     hundred     and      sixty-seven. 
Before    Godfrey    Heathcote,    Gentleman. 
Steward  there. 
Thomas  Longsdon     George  Heyward     Thomas  Hill 
John  Harris  Charles  Hall  Joshua  Robinson 

Robert  Wright  William  Low  John  Nailer 

John  Smith 
Fransis  Coates 
Fransis  White 
William  Nailer 
Lawrance  Wain 


The  Names 

OF    THE 

Homagers 

TO 
ENQCIRE  AT. 


Samuel  White 
William  Oldfield 
Thomas  Green 
Thomas  Finney 
Joseph  Baggaley 


Joseph  Blackden 
Anthony  Frost 
John  Robinson 
Samuel  Feepound 
Jonathan  James 


Which  said  Homagers  being  duly  sworn  and  charged  to  declare  upon 
their  oaths  the  customs  of  the  said  Manor  with  respect  to  the  Tenure  of  the 
estates  thereon  Do  say  as  follow- - 

I.  That  all  the  several  Messuages,  Lands,  Tenements,  and  Hereditaments 
lying  within  the  said  Manor  (exclusive  of  such  as  are  the  proper  estate  and 
inheritance  of  the  Lord  of  the  said  Manor)  are  in  part  of  a  Freehold  Tenure 
and  the  rest  of  a  Copyhold  or  Customary  Tenure. 

*  Tlie  above  requires  explanation,  seeing  that  Great  Longstone  is  in  the  Manor  of  Ashford, 


2o6  Longstone     Records. 

2.  That  every  freeholder  within  the  said  Manor  ought  to  make  his 
appearance  at  the  Lords  Great  Court  Baron  holden  twice  in  every  year,  the 
one  at  or  near  about  Easter  the  other  at  or  near  about  Michaelmas, 
otherwise  without  lawful  excuse  to  be  amerced,  and  that  every  customary 
Tenant  ought  also  to  make  his  peisotial  appearance  at  the  said  two  Courts, 
and  also  at  evcr>'  other  Court  Baron  which  the  Lord  may  hold,  one  in  every 
three  weeks  if  he  so  please,  or  in  default  of  such  appearance  (if  duly 
summoned)  without  lawful  excuse  to  be  amerced. 

3.  That  all  the  Copyholders  or  customary  estates  witliin  this  Manor  are 
held  of  the  Lord  of  the  said  Manor  by  Copy  of  Court  Roll  under  payment 
of  certain  yearlv  rents  and  performances  of  the  customary  duties  and 
services  of  the  said  Manor,  in  respect  of  such  estates,  that  the  yearly  rents 
of  t'le  said  Copyhold  Estates  are  as  follow,  viz.,  within  tlie  several  vills 
of  Ashford  and  Great  Longstoce  eightpence  for  every  messuage,  fourpence 
for  everv  cottage,  and  eightpence  for  every  customary  acre  of  land  as  the 
same  hath  antiently  been  held,  meared,  or  baulked  out,  be  the  same  more 
or  less,  and  within  the  several  vills  of  Sheldon  and  Wardlow  four  pence  for 
everv  messuage,  two  pence  for  every  cottage,  and  four  pence  for  every 
customary  acre  of  land  as  the  same  hath  anciently  been  held,  meared,  or 
baulked  out,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  and  for  every  Beastgate  within 
Sheldon  pasture,  being  fifty-one  in  number,  or  for  the  lands  set  apart  in  lieu 
thereof,  one  shilling  and  seven  pence. 

4.  That  the  said  Copyhold  estates  are  demisable  in  fee,  fee  Tail,  for  life, 
or  for  years,  and  that  on  the  admittance  of  every  tenant  a  certain  fine 
becomes  due  and  payable  to  the  Lord  of  the  Manor,  that  is  to  say,  one 
year's  customary  rent  of  the  premises  to  which  the  Tenant  shall  be  so 
admitted,  except  for  the  Eeastgates  in  Sheldon  Pasture,  for  which  no  fine 
either  on  death  or  alienation  is  due. 

5.  That  an  estate  tail  of  and  in  such  customary  lands  and  tenements 
and  all  remainders  expectant  thereon  have  at  all  times  been  and  by  the 
custom  of  this  Manor  may  be  barred,  docked,  and  destroyed  by  the  surrender 
or  forfeiture  of  the  tenant  in  tail,  and  that  such  surrender  or  forfeiture  is  as 
effectual  for  those  purposes  as  a  fine  and  recovery  w<iuld  be  of  a  freehold 
estate  at  the  common  law. 

6.  That  there  are  upon  the  Court  Rolls  many  instances  of  estates  tail 
created  both  by  surrenders  and  Wilis,  some  with  Rem'*  over  to  strangers, 
and  others  with  remainder  to  the  Surrenderor  or  Devisor  in  fee,    and  all 


Manor     of     Ashford.  207 


barred  by  surrender  of  the  tenant  in  tail,  and  that  the  person  to  whose 
use  such  surrender  has  been  passed  hath  quietly  enjoyed  against  the  heirs  in 
tail  and  person  in  remainder  or  reversion. 

7.  That  in  the  Court  Rolls  of  this  Manor  which  have  been  carefully 
examined,  there  are  no  instances  of  a  recovery  suffered  of  any  copyhold 
or  customary  estates  within  the  Manor  save  one  recovery  only  by  Thomas 
Goodwin  which  was  suffered  within  the  memor>-  of  several  of  the  Homagers 
aforesaid  by  the  inattention  of  the  then  Steward  and  in  prejudice  of  and 
deviation  from  the  custom  of  this  Manor  respecting  Intails  of  Customary 
estates  within  the  said  Manor. 

8.  That  a  widow  is  dowable  by  custom  in  one  third  part  of  her 
husband's  customary  estate  of  inheritance  within  this  Manor  in  like  manner 
as  she  would  become  dowable  of  one  third  part  of  his  freehold  estate  of 
inheritance  by  the  common  law. 

9.  That  a  husband  of  a  Feme  Covert  tenant  in  possession  of  a  customary 
estate  of  inheritance  within  this  Manor  if  he  has  issue  of  her  body  born 
alive  and  happen  to  survive  her  is  by  the  custom  of  this  Manor  entitled  to 
hold  all  such  customary  estate  during  his  life  as  by  the  curtesy  of  England 
and  may  demand  admittance  accordingly. 

10.  That  all  the  occupiers  of  lands  and  tenements  within  this  Manor  as 
well  freehold  as  customary  or  copyhold  ought  to  grind  all  their  Corn  and 
grain  at  the  Mill  of  and  belonging  to  the  Lord  of  the  said  Manor  so  as  the 
Miller  in  the  same  use  them  honestly. 

11.  That  no  Herriots  become  due  to  the  Lorfi  of  the  said  Manor  upon 
the  death  of  the  said  tenant. 

12.  That  if  any  Copyholder  or  customary  tenant  of  this  Manor  shall 
demise  or  let  his  copyhold  estate  or  any  part  thereof  to  any  person  whatso- 
ever for  a  longer  time  than  one  year  otherwise  than  by  surrender  or  licence 
had  at  the  Lords  Court,  he  thereby  incurs  a  forfeiture  of  his  copyhold  estate 
within  this  Manor. 

13.  That  every  Copyholder  within  this  Manor  is  intitled  to  cut  down, 
take  and  dispose  of  any  timber,  trees,  wood,  and  underwood  growing  upon 
the  same,  so  always  that  a  sufficient  quantit}'  be  left  for  the  repairs  of  the 
buildings  thereon. 

14.  That  all  the  tenants  within  this  Manor  as  well  freehold  as  customary 
are  by  immemorial  custom  bound  at  their  own  expense  to  clean  the  Mill 
Dam  or  watercourse  leading  to  the  Lords  Mill,  and  also  repair  the  Wear  of 

N 


2o8  Longstone     Records. 

the  said  Dam  between  a  Toftstead  whereon  a  cottage  lately  stood,  then 
inhabited  by  John  Heyward,  and  which  Toftstead  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  Mr.  John  Creswell,  and  to  the  shuttle  in  the  Wear  of  the  said  Dam, 
containing  in  length  fifty-seven  yards  or  thereabouts,  and  that  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Ashford  ought  to  repair  twenty-two  yards  of  the  said  Wear  at  the 
West  end  thereof,  and  the  inhabitants  of  SheUlon  thirteen  yards  from  thence 
eastwardly,  the  inhabitants  of  Great  Longstone  twelve  yards  further  east- 
wardly,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Wardlow  ten  yards  the  remainder  of  the 
said  Wear  and  Watercourse  which  goes  down  to  the  said  shuttle. 


BARMOTE    COURT. 

(KiniUy  confrihufeii  by  Mr.  F.  J.   Taylor.) 


By  Act  of  Parliament  (1852)  the  Manors  or  Liberties  of  Ashford, 
Tideswell,  Peak  Forest,  and  Hartington  were  united  for  Barmote 
Court  purposes.  Before  the  Act,  a  separate  Barmote  Court  was 
held  for  each  of  these  Manors.  The  Duke  of  Devonshire  was  Lord 
of  the  separate  Manors  of  Ashford,  Tideswell,  and  Hartington. 
Peak  Forest  was  a  separate  Mining  Liberty,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  it 
aspired  to  the  dignity  of  a  Manor,  and  probably  it  was  part  of 
another  Manor.  The  Court  Baron  in  these  Manors  had  no 
jurisdiction  in  mineral  matters.  Before  the  Act  of  1852  each 
Manor  had  its  own  Barmote  Court,  over  which  a  Steward  (not 
necessarily  the  Steward  of  the  Court  Baron)  presided.  These 
Barmote  Courts  are  probably  older  than  the  feudal  system.  There 
were  antl  still  are  Copyholds  in  each  of  the  three  Manors,  Tideswell, 
Ashford,  and  Hartington. 

Little  Longstone  is  a  separate  Manor  or  Liberty. 

Litton  is  a  separate  Manor  or  Liberty,  of  which  Lord  Scarsdale 
is  the  Lord. 

A  typical  Manor  was  an  area  of  land  granted  by  the  King  to  one 
of  his  subjects,    in   consideration   of  which   the   tenant   undertook 


Manor     of    Ashford.  209 

certain  services.  To  serve  as  a  Knight  in  the  King's  wars  and  to 
bring  with  him  a  certain  number  of  armed  men  was  the  usual 
service.  The  tenant  then  proceeded  to  divide  his  Manor  into  three 
parts.  The  pick  of  the  land  he  kept  in  his  own  hands,  and  it  was 
called  the  Lord's  demesne,  and  the  rest  he  divided  between  his 
freeholders  and  his  copyholders.  The  freeholders  performed  some 
service,  sometimes  they  did  Knight's  service  and  sometimes  they 
were  yeomen.  They  had  a  Court  of  their  own.  The  usual  name 
for  it  was  the  Court  Leet.  At  these  Courts,  although  the  Lord  of 
the  Manor  (or  his  steward)  presided,  the  Jury  of  freeholders  were 
the  judges.  The  service  of  freeholders  is  now  represented  by  the 
small  quit  rents  which  are  sometimes  still  paid.  The  service 
rendered  by  the  copyholders  for  their  land  was  to  cultivate  the 
Lord's  demesnes,  each  had  to  do  so  many  days  a  year,  and  they 
were  not  free  men.  They  could  not  leave  the  Manor  without  the 
permission  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor.  The  copyhold  service  is  now 
represented  by  the  small  copyhold  rent  payable.  The  copyholders' 
Court  has  survived  the  freeholders'  Court  and  all  transactions 
in  copyhold  property  still  take  place  in  the  Copyholders'  Court. 
In  that  Court  the  powers  of  the  Steward  were  much  greater  than 
in  the  freehold  Court.  For  a  long  time  (until  the  reign  of  Edward 
I.)  not  only  did  the  King  grant  Manors,  hut  his  tenants  granted 
sub-Manors,  and  so  on  ad  infinitum,  until  it  was  put  a  stop  to  by 
Act  of  Parliament.  In  this  way  a  great  many  small  Manors,  may 
have  come  into  existence,  which  were  not  large  enough  to  admit 
of  either  freehold  or  copyhold  tenants.  This  seems  very  simple, 
but,  when  things  are  looked  into,  very  few  Manors  are  found  true 
to  type.  There  must  have  been  some  sort  of  a  feudal  system 
in  England  before  the  conquest,  but  certainly  the  Manors  were 
anything  but  typical.  As  an  illustration  of  what  is  meant  by 
Manors  not  being  true  to  type,  there  is  good  reason  to  believe 
that  the  copyholds  of  the  Manor  of  Ashford  were  really  not 
copyholds   but   customary   freeholds.     The  copyholders  may    have 


2IO  Longstone     Records. 

been  as  free  as  the  freeholders,  for  although  they  held  their  estates 
by  copy  of  Court  Roll  they  never  held  them  "  by  the  will  of  the 
Lord,"  which  a  true  copyholder  always  did. 

The  Courts  Baron  were  called  "  Great  "  probably  to  give  them  im- 
portance. But  there  is  a  real  distinction  between  the  Great  and 
Little  Barmote  Courts.  The  former  was  held  at  regular  intervals 
once  or  twice  a  year,  and  the  Grand  Jury  was  and  still  is  appointed. 
The  Grand  Jury  had  important  duties  to  perform  throughout  the 
year,  and  two  of  them  had  to  be  present  to  give  sanction  to  most  of 
the  official  acts  of  the  Barmaster.  The  Small  Bai'mote  Courts 
were  held  to  try  actions  brought  to  settle  disputes  between  miners, 
and  might  be  held  as  often  as  the  actions  pending  required. 

A  Manor  may  be  sold  just  like  any  other  estate.  The  Lord  of 
the  Manor  is  the  absolute  owner  of  the  area  subject  to  the  rights  of 
others.  These  rights  usually  leave  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  very 
little  :  a  right  to  a  few  pence  from  each  of  the  freeholders  (which 
is  not  worth  collecting)  a  right  to  a  few  pence  from  each  of  the 
copyholders  which  the  Steward  of  the  Manor  collects  to  prevent 
him  from  losing  sight  of  the  copyhold  property  which  is  transferred 
in  his  Court  or  by  his  agency  out  of  Court ;  the  appointment  of  the 
Steward  which  is  worth  something  as  the  Steward  is  entitled  by 
custom  to  fees;  the  minerals  under  the  copyhold  property  and 
under  the  waste  lands  and  the  surface  of  the  waste  lands  subject 
to  the  common  rights.  This  and  the  Lord's  demesne  is  about  all 
that  is  left  to  the  Lord  or  absolute  owner  of  the  Manor  when 
the  rights  of  others  established    by  custom    have  been    deducted. 

As  to  our  mining  customs  there  are  probably  Judges  on  the 
Bench  who  do  not  know  that  they  exist,  and  it  is  doubtful  if  any 
man  living  has  a  really  good  knowledge  of  them. 


Manor     of     Ashford. 


211 


A  Breefe  of  the  Survey  of  the  Mannor  of  Asheford  Belonging  to 
the  right  honorable  William  Lord  Cavendishe  taken  by  William 
Senior,  Anno  1616. 


Imprimis  the  Ashford  demeasnes —  viz.  7  Asheford  acres  1 
iu  Bakewell  meadows  ;   571  acres,  3  roods,  39  perches  ' 

Tenements  &  Cottages — 

Raphe  Atkinson's  tenement  ...  ...  .  . 

William  Smith's  tenement 

John  Harrice  tenement 

Thomas  Brownell's  tenement 

Robert  Vicars  tenement 

William  Milnes  tenement 

William  Hey  wards  tenement 

Widd :  Milnes  tenement 

William  Goodwin  tenement 

Robert  Greaves  tenement 

Wm.  Wright  &  Uxor  Eaton  tenement 

Thomas  Heyward 

Robert  Lowe 

Henry  Brownell 

Henry  Matthew 

John  RoUand 

Rise  and  Vallents 

Uxor  Milnes 

Godfrey  White 

John  White 

John  White 

John  Thorpe 

Stone  house 

Bramwell's  house 

Masland's  house 

Uxor  Holland's  house  ... 

Uxor  Hyde's  house 

Vicar's  house,  yard  and  churchyard 

Me  :  that  the  totall  of  the  foresaid  demeasnes.  Tenements  ^ 
and  Cottages  in  Asheford  are         ...  J 


571     3     39 


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2 

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39 

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27 

43 

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32 

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32 

2 

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15 

2 

15 

08 

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00 

09 

2 

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08 

0 

00 

20 

2 

36 

01 

2 

00 

24 

3 

30 

14 

I 

20 

06 

3 

10 

06 

3 

10 

02 

0 

30 

02 

0 

30 

00 

2 

30 

00 

2 

30 

06 

0 

16 

00 

0 

20 

00 

0 

20 

00 

0 

20 

00 

0 

20 

00 

I 

14 

00 

2 

00 

976 

2 

03 

212  Longstone     Records. 

Next  follo^v  the  Coppie   and  freehoukls  within  the 
Lordship  of  Asheford,  viz  : — 
Imprimis  -Mr.  Gelle  the  holme  bank,  Marshe  and  Luniford  ... 
Item — Roger  Newton  the  Holme  hall  and  lands  thereto"] 
belonging  ...  ...  ...  J 

Item  Winland  in  Asheford  in  29  parcells 

Robert  Vicars 

Thomas  Thorpe 

George  Heyward 

William  Twigg 

Thomas  Goodwin 

George  Johnson 

William  Platts 

William  Milnes 

Nicholas  Dale 

Robert  Wragg 

John  Wright 

Edward  Heyward 

Henry  Heyward 

William  Wright 

Robert  Lowe 

William  Heyward  th'  eld"^  &  yourtger 

John  Greaves 

Leonard  Sheldon 

Raphe  and  John  White 

Mr.  Darling  in  3  parcells 

Richard  Harrice 

Michael  Stone  2  houses,  etc. 

Bramwell's  house  and  yard 

Brownell's  cottage  and  yard 

Two  Crawroide 

Me:  that  the  Totall  of  these  Coppie-holds  and  freehold  lands  are 

910*  acres  2  roods  9  perches. 
The  Totall  of  Asheford  demeasnes,  ut  supra  ...  ...     571     3     39 

The  Totall  of  the  Tenements  there       ...  ...  ...     404     2     o.j 

The  Totall  of  the  Free  and  Coppie-hold  ut  supra*  ...     912     o     29 


A. 

R. 

p. 

122 

0 

00 

93 

3 

17 

52 

2 

12 

02 

3 

to 

57 

2 

2 

57 

0 

18 

19 

3 

28 

43 

2 

20 

42 

3 

8 

42 

2 

14 

47 

2 

I 

40 

3 

3" 

27 

2 

14 

40 

3 

20 

33 

2 

11 

33 

3 

22 

30 

3 

15 

32 

0 

21 

28 

0 

28 

27 

I 

20 

15 

2 

10 

09 

3 

7 

01 

0 

0 

02 

I 

15 

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0 

16 

00 

0 

20 

00 

0 

20 

2 

I 

10 

1S88       2      32 
*  TIlis  discrepancy  occurs  in  tlir  originnl. 


Manor     of     Ashford.  2x3 

A  Breefe  of  the  Survey  of  Sheldon  part  of  the  Manner  of  Asheford 

belonging  to  the  said  Lord.  Cavendishe,  taken  by  William  Senior 

in  the  year  1617.  a.     r.     p. 

Imprimis,    the    great    farme  now   in   the  holding   of  5I  , 

severall  tenants      ...                 ...                 ...                 ...J  ^-^ 

Abraham  Smith's  tenement                               ...                 ...  23     o     10 

The  tenement  late  Raphe  White  ...                 ...                 ...  21     o     30 

Rolland  Farme              ...                 ...                 ...                 ...  20    o      5 

Shacklowe,  the  woody  part        ^           These  held  by           f  160     o      o 

„             the  playne  part        J       Darling  and  others       (^  12     o       o 

John  White  Porter,  Esq.                  ...                 ...                ...  3     i     10 

Robert  Vicars  Porter,  Esq.              ...                 ...                 ...  020 

Raphe  Atkinson,  Harper  Yard       ...                 ...                ...  1     2     00 


Toto.  these  ...     398 


The  Coppie  houlde  foUowe — viz  : 
Abraham  Cooper 
Roger  Dickens 
Roger  Dale 
John  Bower 
Thomas  White 
George  Burrowes 
Richard  Atkinson 
John  Sheldon 
Henry  Sheldon 
Arthur  Sheldon 
Henry  &  Peter  White  ... 
George  Frost 
Francis  White 
Henry  Harrison 
Richard  Sheldon 
Richard  Robbinson 
William  Greaves 
Raphe  Sheldon 
John  White 

John  Cooper,  house  &  garden 
George  Barker,  House  cS:  garden 


31 

2 

35 

29 

I 

15 

25 

3 

00 

15 

I 

00 

19 

2 

5 

10 

3 

24 

17 

I 

28 

II 

I 

35 

II 

0 

00 

09 

3 

00 

09 

I 

00 

09 

0 

0 

10 

I 

0 

7 

2 

0 

6 

3 

32 

5 

2 

00 

4 

3 

0 

3 

0 

20 

8 

2 

20 

0 

0 

24 

0 

0 

20 

214 


Longstone     Records. 


Yet  Coppie  houlde. 
Roger  Frost,  house  and  garden 
The  Common  pasture  ... 
The  meane  topp  of  Shacklow 
The  tenements 
The  Coppie-hold  &  Common  pasture 

besides  Moore  &  Wastes. 


A.  R.  P. 

... 

0  0  20 

127  0  0 

06  3  20 

398 

0 

08 

376 

I 

19 

724 

I 

-7 

A  Breefe  of  the  Survey  of  Great  Longson  part  of  the 
Mannor  of  Asheford  taken  as  aforesaid  hy  Mr.  Senior, 
viz  : 

Tenements. 

U.vor  Wragg 
William  Hadfield 
William  Lawnte 
Richard  Naylor 
.     .     .      Harrison 
Robert  Haslam 
Robert  Hey  ward 
Thomas  Booth 
Grace  Sellers 
Raphe  Mathew 
Henry  Hancock 
John  Swinden 
Thomas  Kaye 

Coppie  and  Freehold. 
The  Countess  of  Shrewsbury 
Mr.  William  Wright     ... 
Thomas  White 
William  Lawnte 
Christopher  Jenkins 
Richard  Tattersall 
William  Mornso 


A[foresaid] 

Anno 

16 

17. 

A. 

R. 

p. 

24 

0 

08 

22 

I 

20 

20 

I 

17 

15 

2 

10 

19 

0 

27 

14 

0 

24 

II 

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33 

09 

0 

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3 

8 

3 

5 

5 

0 

3 

4 

I 

6 

2 

2 

0 

12 

. 

20 

117 

3 

10 

94 

3 

29 

58 

2 

5 

43 

3 

35 

4^ 

0 

14 

34 

2 

25 

Manor     of     Ashford. 


215 


Yet  Coppie  and  Freehot.d. 

John  Tomlinson 

Mr.  Sleighe 

Mr.  Longson 

Rowland  Tomlinson 

William  Winchcombe 

Mr.  Eyre 
Toto  The  Tenements  in  gr.  Longson  as  aforesaid 
Toto  The  Free  and  Coppiehol-i  as  aforesaid 

Toto  great  Longson 

besides  Commons  and  Wastes  of  about  8S7  acres 


A.      R. 


33 

0 

30 

23 

2 

20 

21 

2 

10 

16 

I 

20 

9 

0 

30 

18 

0 

H 

.67 

2 

0 

526 

2 

22 

694 

0 

22 

A  Breefe  of  the  Survey  of  Wardlowe,  another   part   of   the   said 
Manner  of  Asheford,  taken  by  Mr.  Senior,  1617. 

Tenements,  etc.,  belonging  to  the  Lord  of  the  Mannor,  vrz  : 


Nicholas  Redferne 
John  Ellis 
Thomas  Hibbert 
Edward  Longdon 
Edward  James 
George  Tomlinson 
Anne  Hodgkinson 
Richard  Hunt 
William  Ratcliffe 
Edmond  Gundy 
William  Boore 
John  Tompson 
Phillip  Raworth 
Widd  :   Cheshire 
Foredole  Croft 


A. 

R. 

p. 

37 

I 

00 

23 

I 

19 

18 

I 

29 

13 

3 

27 

01 

3 

25 

10 

I 

34 

10 

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09 

2 

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09 

0 

30 

07 

2 

38 

05 

2 

4 

05 

0 

34 

04 

0 

20 

01 

0 

00 

08 

0 

00 

Toto 


166    2 


2l6 


Longstone     Records. 


CoppiE  AND  Freehold  in  Wardlowe,  viz 


Raphe  James 
Richard  James 
Thomas  Bennett 
Nicholas  Hill 
Edmond  James 
Mr.  Eyre 
Mr.  Longson 
Thomas  Fritli 
Raphe  Cresswell 
Edward  White 


Toto 


A. 

R. 

I". 

•    76 

2 

16 

•   43 

0 

5 

20 

3 

27 

•   19 

2 

5 

14 

2 

15 

10 

0 

27 

4 

I 

16 

6 

0 

24 

0 

0 

20 

0 

3 

30 

196 

I 

25 

Toto.  Tenements  &  Cottages  belonging  to  the  Lord  i55     2     25 
Toto.  the  Free  and  Coppic  as  above  said  ...   ig6     i     25 

Toto.  Wardlow  ...  ...  ...  363     4     10 

besides  tlie  Common  &  Wastes. 

Toto.  the  inclosure  and  feild  Lands  of  Asheford  Lordship"!      qqq 

with  the  demeasnes  as  aforesaid  ..  ...J  ' 

Item  in  Sheldon  as  aforesaid        ..  ...       0724     i     27 

Item  in  Great  Longson  ut  supra  ..  ...       0694     °     22 

Item  in  Wardlow  as  above  ,.  ..       0363     4     10 

The  Commons  and  waste  grounds  not  reckoned  in  these  quantities,  being 

of  very  large  e.vtent,  belonging  to  the  Manner  of  Aslieford.     Besides  Tythes 

Mills  and  lot  of  Cope,  etc. 


ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  the  most  noble  Christiana 

Countess   of   Devon    held    there-  14th  Nov.     25th 

Chas.  IL     1673. 

To  this  court  came  William  Allen  and  Mary  his  Avife  (she  having 

been  first  examined  alone  and  secretly)  in  person  and  surrendered  in 

the  same  Court  into  the  hands  of  the  Ladv  of  the  Manor  an  acre  of 

land  lying  in    a  close  called  Wall  hill  Close   Ihetween]    the   land   of 


Manor     of     Ashford.  217 

Wm.  Wright,  gent.,  on  N.  and  of  \Vm.  Lowe  on  S.  ;  half  an  acre  of 
land  lying  upon  Ca^vd^vall  hill  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lady  of 
the  Manor  on  N.  and  of  Wm.  Lowe  on  S.  ;  and  half  an  acre  of  land 
lying  in  the  aforesaid  close  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lady  of  the 
Manor  on  N.  and  the  land  lately  Thos.  Thorpe's  on  S.  to  the  use 
and  behoof  of  George  Birdes,  gent.,  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever. 
To  which  George  the  Lady  by  her  Steward  granted  the  premisses 
aforesaid  and  seisin  thereupon  by  a  staff  according  to  the  custom  of 
the  manor  aforesaid.  To  have  and  to  hold  the  aforesaid  premises 
to  the  aforesaid  George  Birdes  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  accord- 
ing to  the  custom  of  the  aforesaid  Manor  for  the  rent  and  services 
thence  afore  due  and  of  right  accustomed.  And  he  gave  to  the  Lady 
as  a  fine  i6d.  and  did  fealty,  and  was  admitted  tenant  thereupon. 
Extracted  by  Wm.  Nicholson, 

Steward  there. 

ASHFORD.  Great  Court  Baron   of  the    most   noble   William 

Earl  of  Devon  held  there  May  ist.     27th  Charles 

II,  1675,  before  Thos.   Bagshawe,  gent.,   Steward 

there. 

To  this  Court  came  George    Birds   in    person    and    surrendered   in 

the  same  Court  into  the  hands  of  the  Lord    of   the   Manor  aforesaid 

I  acre  in  a  close  called  Wall  hill  Close  [between]  the   land  of  Wm. 

Wright  gent.,   on    N.    and  of  Wm.  Lowe  on    S.  ;   and   \   acre   lying 

upon  Cawdall  hill  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the   Manor  on 

N.  and  of  Wm.  Lowe  on  S.  ;    and  ^  acre  lying  in  the  aforesaid  close 

[between]  the  land  of  the  Lord   of   the  Manor  on  N.   and   the   land 

lately  Thos.  Thorpe's  on  S.     To  the  use  and   behoof   of   Wm.  Allen 

and  Mary  his  wife,  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.     Wm.  and  Mary 

admitted  [in  saine  terms  as  in  No.  i.]     Fine  i6d. 

Extracted  by  Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward  there. 

ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  Wm.  Earl  of   Devon,  held 

20    May.     28th    Charles    II.    1676,   before    Thos. 
Bagshawe,  gent.,  Steward  there. 


2i8  Longstone     Records. 

John  Greaves  in  person  surrendered  into  the  hands  of  the  Lord  hj' 
a  staff  according  to  the  custom  or  the  Manor  half  a  rood  of  land 
called  "  Four  Swathes  of  land  "  lying  in  a  place  called  Sweete 
bailees  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and  S.  to 
the  use  of  Robert  Holme  his  heirs  and  assigns.  Robert  admitted  in 
similar  terms.     Fine  id. 

E.x.  by  Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward  there. 

ASHFORD.         Little  Court  Baron  of  same,  29  Dec.  29th  Charles 

IL  1677,  before  Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward. 
Mary  Street,  spinster,  in  person  surrendered  .  .  .  the  Western  part 
of  a  Messuage  and  Cottage  in  Longson  Magna  in  the  possession  of 
Thos.  Alleyn  and  a  piece  of  land  there  containing  9  rods  of  land  in 
length  and  4  in  breadth  in  Longson  Magna  and  the  reversion  and 
reversions  of  the  same,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Alleyn.  Wm.  admitted. 
Fine  2d. 

Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward. 

ASHFORD.         Little  Court  Baron  of  same,  held  at  Holme  Bank 
13  Oct.  32  Chas.  II.  1680,  before  Thos.  Bagshawe. 

W'm.  Alleyne  in  person  surrendered  i  acre  (more  or  less)  in  Long- 
ston  Magna  lying  in  and  upon  the  Wall  hill  [between]  the  land  of 
Penelope  Wright,  Wido\v,  on  N.  and  of  Wm.  Lowe  on  S. ;  i  ac.  ir. 
in  Longston  Magna,  lying  in  and  upon  Cawdale  hill,  [between]  the 
land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and  of  Wm.  Lowe  on  S.,  to  the 
use  of  Wm.  Jackson  his  heirs  and  assigns.  Wm.  Jackson  admitted. 
Fine  1/6. 

Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward. 

ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  same,  held  14  Jan.,  1681. 

Robt.  Holme  in  person  surrendered  ^  r.  of  land  (more  or  less) 
called  Foure  Swaths  \as  above]  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Alleyne,  his  heirs 
and  assigns.     Wm.  Alleyne  admitted.     Fine  id. 

Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward. 


Manor     of     Ashford.  219 

ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  same,  held  13  Jun.,  1685. 

Wm.  Heathcote  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  Edward  Harrison  and 
Emma  his  wife,  Thos  Heald  and  Ellen  his  wife,  surrendered  a 
cottage  and  Croft  adjoining  in  Ashford,  known  as  the  Sudden  Flatt, 
containing  6  r.  (more  or  less)  to  the  use  of  Thos.  Wright,  Esq.,  his 
heirs  and  assigns.     Thos.  Wright  admitted.     Fine  i/-. 

Thos.  Bagshawe,  Steward. 

ASHFORD.  View  of  Frank-pledge  and  Great  Court  Baron  of 
same,  held  23  Apr.,  1686,  before  Thos.  Bagshaw, 
gent..   Steward  there. 

Joshuah  White,  Wm.  Alleyne,  and  Catherine  White,  widow,  in 
person,  surrendered  3  Cottages  or  tenements  and  a  little  building 
called  a  Cowhouse  and  a  garden  belonging,  in  Monsall  Dale  in 
Great  Longstone,  containing  21  virgates,  [between]  the  land  of  Thos. 
Wright,  esq.  on  E.  and  W.,  and  k  ac.  in  the  upper  Cowdale  hill, 
[between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and  S.,  i  r.  in 
Pennyunke  Bushes  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on 
both  sides,  i  r.  in  Littlefield  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the 
Manor  on  both  sides,  i  r.  in  Bamfurlong  [between]  the  land  of 
Christopher  Jenkinson  on  N.  and  the  King's  high  way  on  S.,  i  r.  in 
Wall  hill  Close  [between]  the  land  of  S''  Thos.  Wright  on  N.  and  of 
Wm.  Lowe  on  S.,  i  ac.  in  Nether  Cowdale  hill  [between]  the  land 
of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and  of  Wm.  Lowe  on  S.,  I  r.  in 
Sweet  balke  [between  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and 
W.,  in  Ashford,  to  the  use  of  Penelope  Wright,  Spinster,  her  heirs 
and  assigns.     Penelope  Wright  admitted.     Fine  3/5. 

Thos.  Bagshaw,  Steward. 

ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  same    Wm.   E.   of   Devon, 

held  at  Great  Longson,  Sep.  4,  1686. 

Penelope  Wright  surrended  the  same  lauds  <f-c.  as  in  last,  [except 
that  the  spelling  of  one  parcell  is  "  Pennybucke  bushes  "]  to  the  use 
of   Thos.   Wright   his   heirs   and    assigns.     Thos.   Wright  admitted. 

Fine  'xl^* 

^^  Thos.  Bagshaw,  Steward. 


220  Longstone     Records. 

ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  same,   held    7   Apr.,    1688, 

before  Thos.  Bagshaw,  gent.,  Steward. 

Wm.  Milnes,  junr.,  in  person,  surrendered  4^  acres  (more  or  less) 
in  the  Field  of  Ashford,  commonlv  called  "  the  F"urther  edge,"  2  ac. 
in  a  close  called  "the  Bitchstones,"  3  r.  in  a  Juger  of  land  called 
"  Kve  Roods  "  [between]  the  land  of  Robt.  Moore,  gent.,  on  N.  and 
S.,  I  r.  upon  the  same  Juger  [between]  the  land  of  the  lord  of  the 
Manor  on  S.  and  of  Robt.  Moore  on  N.,  i  r.  upon  the  same  Juger 
[between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and  of  Wm. 
Finney  on  S.,  i  r.  upon  a  place  called  "  Oare  pitts  "  [between]  the 
land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  N.  and  of  John  Greatbatch  on 
S.,  3  r.  upon  a  place  called  Castlewayside  with  the  King's  high 
way  on  W.,  i  r.  upon  Castleway  aforesaid  [between]  the  land  of 
the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  E.  and  of  Elizabeth  Milnes  on  W.,  i  r. 
upon  the  same  Juger  [between]  the  land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor 
on  both  sides,  3  r.  upon  a  place  called  Finndale  [between  the  land 
of  the  Lord  of  the  \Lanor  on  N.  and  of  Wm.  Milnes,  senr.,  on  S., 
6  r.  in  a  close  called  "the  upper  Broad  Lea  Close"  [between]  the 
land  of  the  Lord  of  the  Manor  on  both  sides,  i  r.  of  land  being  in 
English  a  "  Headland  "  to  a  Juger  called  "  the  Side,"  and  i  r.  in 
a  close  called  "  the  Wash  "  with  its  purtinences  in  Ashford  afore- 
said.    To    the  use  of  Thos.  Wright,  gent.,  his    heirs    and    assigns. 

Thos.  Wright   admitted.      Fine   7/10. 

Thos.   Bagshaw,  Steward. 

ASHFORD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  same,  held  5  Aug.,  1695. 

Matilda     Balam,    bv    Wm.   Wright   her  attorney,   (in   \irtue  of   a 

power  of  attorney  to  him  and  Wm.   Lowe,  which  was  produced  and 

allowed,  bearing  date   16  Jun.,   last)   surrendered  all   that   messuage 

or  tenement  in   Longson  now  or  late   in  the  occupation  of  Edward 

Heathcotte,  3  ac.   (more  or  less)   upon  Cawdehill  in  the  tenure    of 

Nicholas  Blackwell,   i   ac.  upon   ^^'all   hill   in  the  tenure   of  Henry 

Scamadine,  ^  ac.  in   Highlow   meadow  in  the  tenure  of  Wm.  Low, 

I   r.   in   Benning-balke   in  Longson.     To  the   use   of  Thos.  Wright, 

esq.,    his    heirs  and  assigns.     Thos.    Wright    admitted.     [Fine    not 

ailed  in.] 

Thos.  Bagshaw,   Steward. 


MAM)H     HOL'SI-;,     l.iiil.i-,     l.oNGSTONh 


THE    VILLAGE,    Lll'lLli    LUNt.b  1  OMi. 


Manor     of     Little     Longstone,  221 

ASHFOHD.  Little  Court  Baron  of  William  Duke  of  Devon, 

held  at  Holme  stone  within  the  Manor  aforesaid, 

2   April,   1711. 

Thos.   White  and  Ann   his  wife,  James  Milnes,  and  John  Tomlin- 

son,    in    person,    surrendered    a    Close    called   the    Coumbs    Close, 

containing    3    ac.    (more  or  less)   in  Longson,   to  the  use  of  Thos. 

Wright,  esq.,  his  heirs  and  assigns.     Thos.  Wright  admitted.     Fine 

2/- 

Charles   Bagshaw,  Steward. 


THE   MANOR  OF   LITTLE   LOXGSTON'E. 


The  Manorial    Rights  have  been  held  nearly  as  follows  : — 
1086  De  Ferrars,  Earl   of  Derby. 

Robert  Fitz  Waltheof. 
Mountjoy. 
Sir  John   Blount. 
Edensor. 

Sir  Thurston   Bouer. 
1474  Robert  or  Richard  Shakerley. 

1580  (circa)     Bess  of  Hardwicke,  Countess  of  Shrewsburv. 
There    is    some    reason*    to    think   that    the  de    Longsdons  had 
Manorial  Rights — probablv  a   Sub-Manor — at  a  very  early  period. 
It  is  possible  that  Ashford  and  Little  Longstone  maj'    have    been 
practically  one  Manor  at  that  time. 

*  («)  Robert  FitzWaltheof   who    succeeded  De  Ferrars,  Earl  of  Derby  (Lord 
of  both  Manors)  "  gave  lands  to  Matthew  de  Longsdon" : 
{b)  "  There  was  a  Moiety  of  this  Manor  held  by  the  Longsdons  in  the  12th 

Century" : 
(c)  "  It  is  asserted  that  the   Longsdons  had  a  Charter   of   Free   Warren 
between  Matlock  and  Mam  Tor  from  the  Conqueror." 

[b  and  c  are  ex.  from  "  Old  Halls  and  Manors  of  Derbyshire  J.T."] 
(e/)  John  Longston  claimed  rights  on  Longston Common  under  a  Grant  from 
the   Countess   of   Shrewsbury.     [Exd.   from  case   of    Proprietors   of 
Estates  within  the  Manor  of  Ashford,  ISth  Century.' 


22  2  Longstone     Records. 

The  following  remarks  refer  to  the  querj' — Who  is  the  present 
Lord  ? 

"  The  legal  theory  (the  Common  Law)  is  that  the  Owner  of  all 
land  is  tenant  to  some  Lord,  and,  where  no  other  person  can  prove 
title  to  the  lordship,  it  is  presumed  to  be  in  the  King;  but  from 
what  1  have  read,  1  think  that  plenty  of  land  has  always  been  held 
upon  tenures  older  than  the  feudal  system  and  never  did  form  part 
of  a  feudal  manor." 

"  The  Statute  followed  the  Common  Law." 

"  When  it  is  remembered  that  England  was  first  conquered  by 
the  Celts,  then  by  Romans,  then  by  the  Saxons  or  Angles  and 
more  or  less  by  the  Danes  and  finally  by  the  Normans,  is  it  likely 
that  the  feudal  system  or  any  other  system  was  ever  universal  ? 
Strong  men  did  as  they  liked  and  as  their  ancestors  had  done 
before  them  whatever  theories  might  prevail  at  Westminster  Hall. 
Is  it  to  be  supposed  that  conquered  Saxon  freemen  ever  became 
serfs  to  a  Norman  Baron,  and  yet  many  of  them  may  have  held 
their  lands  by  Copy  of  Court  Roll  ?  " — J.  F.  Taylor. 

"  All  land  which  cannot  be  shewn  to  be  held  of  any  Lord  is,  by 
the  effect  of  the  Statute  of  '  Quia  emptores,'  as  well  as  by  the 
ancient  Common  Law,  vested  in  the  Crown,  with  the  diiect 
consequence  that  if  a  landowner  dies  without  heirs  and  without 
having  disposed  of  his  land  by  Will  or  Deed,  it  will  go  to  the 
Crown — other  land  escheats  to  the  Lord.  From  the  date  of  the 
Statute,  18  Edward  I,  no  new  Manors  could  be  created,  even 
tho'  it  was  attempted.  The  Manorial  rights  of  Little  Longstone 
are  directly  in  the  Crown,  the  holders  are  •■sokemen." — See  p.  329, 
Ycatinans  Ft-ndal  Histary  of  Derbyshire,  Sec.  8. 

®  Sokemen  or  Sockmen  (socmniini.    Old  Latin!    were    tenants  who  held  by  no  servile    tenure  hut 
paid  rent  as  a  soke  or  sign  of  Freedom. 


Thomas  Hodgkynson  of  Wardlow,  M82,  223 


TESTIMONY. 
1482. 


Testimony  as  to  the  claim  of  Thomas  Hogkynson,  of  Wardlow, 
to  right  of  entry  upon  certain  Lands  in  Great  Longstone,  belonging 
to  Henry  Whyte,  in  event  of  his  being  disturbed  in  the  possession 
of  certain  lands  in  Wardlow,  which  his  father,  Richard  Hogkynson, 
bought  of  the  said  Henry  Whyte.     Dated  Aug.  12,  1482, 


For  as  muche  hit  is  nedefull  and  meratorie  to  every  trewe  cristen 
men  to  record  and  testyfye  the  trothe  of  maters  dowtefull  and  in 
speciall  that''  that  longgs  to  monnus  eneritans  the  wyche  for  lacke 
of  goode  knolage  mony  mon  is  hurt  thereby.  Knowe  ye  us  Robert 
Schagurley  gentilman,  Rob.  Longsdon  of  littull  Longsdon  yoman, 
Joh.  Wright,  Henr.  North  of  grete  longsdon,  Roger  tomlynson. 
Job.  Platts,  Henr.  Wright  the  younger,  Thomas  mornesale,  Roger 
Rutter,  Will.  James,  Bartholomewe  Wild,  and  Roger  loo  of  the  same 
toun  knowe  for  trothe  that  there  is  a  dede  endendid  made  and  a 
bill  endendit  anext  there  to  the  wyche  dede  bereth  date  the  sext 
day  of  August  xxij  yere  of  King  Edwaid  the  forth  and  as  hit 
schowthe  in  the  sayd  wrytyng  that  yf  so  be  that  Thomas  Hogkynson 
of  Wardelowe  the  yonger  injoy  not  for  evermor  a  meyse  and  viii 
acur  of  lond  in  Wardelow  the  wyche  Ric.  Hogkynson  fader  of  the 
forsaid  Thomas  boght  of  Henr.  Wyte  in  the  said  dede  named,  and 
for  the  suerte  of  the  sayd  land  the  said  Thomas  hathe  made  the 
for  said  dede  and  a  byll  anext  there  to,  to  that  intente  that  yf  aney 
man  trobullud  the  said  Thomas  in  the  said  messe  and  viii  acur  land 
in  Wardelowe  that  then  the  sayd  Thomas  scholde  entur  in  too 
messus  and  too  oxgange  land  in  myche  longsdon  of  the  sayd 
Henr.  Whyte  as  in  the  sayd  wrytyng  more  playne  apereth,  now  be 
hit  wee  testyfye  for  trothe  and  afore  god  and  man  woll  abyde  by 
that  the  said  Henr.  W'hyte  nor  no  man  in  his  name  never  delyverd 
lyvere  nor  seson  therapon  to  the  said  Thomas  Hogkynson  nor  to 
o 

•  i.e.  which  belongs  to   man's  inheritance. 


2  24  Longstone     Records. 

no  noder  person  of  no  land  in  myche  longsdon  nor  yet  the  said 
Henr.  was  never  wyllyng  as  wee  knowe  and  have  harde  liym  say  to 
non  syche  intente  as  the  said  dede  and  byll  abofe  rehersyt  maketh 
mencion  but  wee  knowe  for  certen  that  the  sayd  Henr.  Whyte 
hath  made  be  his  goode  well  a  sufficient  astate  of  all  his  lands  in 
myche  longsdon  to  Henr.  Vernon  squyer  &  to  no  person  ellus. 
in  wyttenes  where  of  that  this  ys  gode  and  trewe  wee  have  set  to 
oure  seyllus  wrytton  at  longsdon  the  xij  day  of  August  xxij  yere  of 
Kyng  Edward  the  forth.      [1482]  .—(From  the  Longsdon  M.S.S.) 


COUNTY     ASSESSMENT. 
1645. 


Derb.  Particuler  Enstrucons  for  ye  Commissioners 

of  ye  sayd  County  touching  weekely  and 
monethly  Assessments. 
By    an    ordinance    of   ye   12th  of  August,    1645,   for 
rayseing  monyes  for  reduceing  Newark,   159/.   12^. 
Od. 
To  enquire  who  were  Tresurers  and  Collectors  for  ye  sayd 
taxes  and   10th  money  any  of  them  have  in  theire  hands 
other  than  pochiall  collectors. 

The  names  of  Treasurers  and  Collectors 
for  ye  English  Armyes. 
for  ye  first  10 

Monethes,  1644 —  Charles  Bennett... 

for  6  mo.,   1645 —  the  whole  County  in  Arreare... 

for  4  mo.,   1646 —  ye  whole  County  in  Arreare... 

for  6  mo.,   1048 —  Henry  Buxton... 

for  3  mo.,   1652 —  the  same  .. 

for  12  months,  16.59 — Samuel  Doughtye 

[Indorsed] 

Peake  hundred. 


/. 

5. 

d. 

5074 

0 

0 

3096 

0 

0 

2064 

0 

0 

0038 

0 

0 

0086 

0 

0 

Eyam     Assessment,     1535.  225 

EYUM. 
26  Hen.  VIII.,  1535,  Exchequer  Lay  Subsidies,  Derby,  ^'^ 
Assessment  of  the  first   payment   of  the   Subsidy,   granted  26 
Henry  VIII.,  on  the  inhabitants  within   the    wapentake    of    High 
Peake,  in  the  county  of  Derby. 

Etum.  _  __ 

Georgij  Barlay  qui  het  terras  t  tent  anni  valori  xxiijfi. .....ivi*. 

Hufrid  Stafford  qui  het  bona  ad  vales  xxiijZ'.  is , xj».     ixif. 

Xpofer  Eyre  qui  het^ bona  ad  vales  xUi....^ XM. 

Willmo  Roland  qui  het  bona  ad  vales  xxjK... «.      vjrf. 

NichoUei  Charma  qui  het  bona  ad  vales  xx/V x». 

NichoUei  Wodroyfe  qui  het  bona  ad  vales  xx?i x«. 

This  Roll  is  signed  at  the  foot  with  the  names  of  the  King's 
Commissiouers  appointed  for  the  levying  of  the  above,  the  persons 
being  ; —  _ 

Fr.  Talbott  [miles,  dno  Talbott]. 

GODFRIDUS  FOULJAMBE. 

Franc  Ckayn  [Cockayn]. 
Edwaede  Eyre. 
JoHES  Leeke. 


COUNTY    ASSESSMENT. 


CHARLES     REX.     1666. 

Letter  from  the  King  to  the  Earle  of  Devonshire, 
1665—6. 

Endorsed — "  King  Charles  to  y'  Lord  Leicieten'  for  payment 
of  Taxe  laid  by  Parliam'  ' 

Right  trusty  and  Right  wellbeloved  Cousin,  wee  greet  you  well, 
wee  cannot  doubt  but  all  o'  good  subiects  may  easily  observe  how- 
much  the  safety  of  o'  Government  &  y  wellfare  of  every  particular 
man  is  struck  at  in  this  commixture  of  affaires  by  a  confederacy  of 
o'  enemys  on  ail  hands  &  therefore  cannot  but  make  it  o'  utmost 
care   y'  y^  best    use   bee    made   of  all    those    meanes    [that]    may 


226  Longstone     Records. 

conduce  to  y'  preserving  y  peace  and  welfare  of  y  nation  from 
y'  Imminent  dangers  w''  now  threaten  it,  for  o"^  better  enabling 
whereunto  y''  Pari™'  did  in  y""  last  Session  grant  unto  us  an  ayd 
of  twelve  Hundred  &  fifty  thousand  Pounds  to  bee  levied  in  two 
years  tyme  but  withall  foreseeing  y'  wee  should  have  occasion  for 
y"^  said  moneys  sooner  than  in  course  they  would  come  in,  did 
further  in  y^  said  Act  invite  and  encourage  y'  bringing  in  of  moneys 
by  way  of  Loane  upon  y*^  Credit  thereof  for  y'  end,  &  provided 
therein  a  flrme  &  regular  security  for  y<^  repay'"'  thereof  with 
Interest  &  upon  w'^*'  considerable  sumes  have  already  been 
advanced  unto  us  Wee  have  thought  fit  hereby  heartily  to 
recomend  it  to  yo'  utmost  care  to  promote  subscriptions  and 
payi"'s  into  o"^  exchequer  of  fiu-ther  Loanes  of  money  within 
o'  County  of  Derbyshire  upon  y''  Credit  of  y'"  s"*  Act  assuring 
you  y'  wee  shall  looke  upon  y^  same  as  a  very  acceptable 
&  seasonable  service  to  us  And  wee  doe  hereby  give  o"^  Royall 
word  y'  all  things  shal  be  punctually  &  exactly  performed  to  such 
as  lend  for  their  repay'"'  both  of  Principall  &  Interest  according  to 
to  y"^  rules  of  y'^  s''  Act,  soe  recommending  this  matter  to  you  & 
your  best  management  in  such  manner  as  you  shall  think  most 
conduceable  to  y'  s""  end  wee  bid  you  farewell.  Given  at  o'  Court 
at  Whitehall  the  19th  day  of  February,  1665 — 6  in  y  18"'  yeare  of 
o'  Raigne. 

By  his  Ma'y'-  Comand 


Arlington. 


To  o'  Right  trusty  &  right  wellbeloved  Cousin 
Wm  Earlof  Devonshire  o'  Lieftenant  of  o' 
County  of  Derbyshire  &  in  his  absence  to 
y'  Deputy  Lieftenants  of  o'  said  County. 


County  Assessment,     1666.  227 

The  Earle  of  Devonshire  to  the  Deputy  Lieutenants. 
Gentlemen, 

I  send  you  here  inclosed  y«  coppy  of  a  letter  from  his 
Ma'>  directed  to  mee,  or  in  my  absence  to  y'  Deputy  Lief'"  It  was 
long  in  coming  into  my  hands,  &  after  some  tyme  spent  in 
considering  of  it,  I  could  think  of  noe  way  soe  fit  for  y'  promoting 
of  y  service  required  by  it  as  to  recommend  it  to  you  desiring  you 
to  use  y  best  endeavours  for  y=  advancing  of  it  or  Lending  of 
moneys  upon  y  security  of  y=  Act  of  Pari""  for  twelve  Hundred 
&  fifty  thousand  Pounds  for  his  Ma'>5  further  supply;  &  to  the 
end  this  may  speedily  be  done  as  y"  necessity  of  his  Ma'>"  affaires 
require  I  think  fit  that  there  bee  a  Generall  meeting  of  yo' 
&  such  others  as  you  judge  to  bee  able  &  willing  to  give  furtherance 
to  the  business  whom  you  may  make  acquainted  with  his  Ma*''^  .  . 
and  desires  which  meeting  1  desire  nwybeeaty'  George  in  Derby 
upon  Wednesday  in  Easter  week  being  the  18th  of  this  Instant  April 
that  the  business  may  be  taken  into  consideration  and  his  Ma'>'* 
expectation  may  bee  answered.  1  doubt  not  but  every  one  of  you 
will  have  soe  much  support  to  his  Ma'>^  letter,  and  the  great 
Importance  of  the  business,  as  to  meet  at  the  tyme  and  place 
mentioned,  &  lend  or  advance  as  your  ability  will  admit  soe  with 
my  best  respects  I  remaj'ne 

Yo'  affect  friend 

to  serve  you 
Hard.  Ap.  G'h  66.  W.  DEVONSHIRE. 

I  desire  everyone  who  receives  this  letter  to  send  it  immediately 
to  the  next  hand  expressing  the  tyme  of  receaveing  it  and  sending 
it  away,  that  soe  it  may  speedily  pass  to  all  within  yo'  Hundred 
yt  are  concerned  in  it,  the  other  Hundreds  being  sent  to  the  same 
purpose. — [From  the  Wright  M.S.S.) 


228  Longstone     Records. 

EVRE  &   MY   LADY  OF  DEVON. 

Dispute. 

The  original  endorsement  of  this  curious  old   document  (1629y 

is  as  follows: — "    A  note  of  misdemeanor  committed  by  Thornell 

and  others."     It  is  supplemented  by  the  words  (written  about  1800) 

"  .Mr.  William   Eyre  with   Nicholas  Thornhill  his  ser\'ant  man." 

Informacons  ag*'   Mr.  Eyre  and  his  servants. 
1629. 

November  17.  M'  W'"-  Eyre  accompanied  with  Nich'  Thornell 
his  faithful  servant  and  John  Steades  of  Rowland  his  faithful 
tenant  all  three  came  to  y'  grove  in  controversie  (where  there  was 
one  W"'  Telear  in  quiett  possession  for  my  la[dy]  of  Devon  her 
right).  M'  W"'  Eyre  bid  y"^  s''  Telear  come  from  y""  grove  or  else 
would  draive  nim  by  force,  and  soe  by  violence  heled  [held]  him 
away  and  carried  him  to  Haddon  being  foroe  miles  distant  from 
y"^  place  without  any  pretext  or  warrant  at  all  and  [conducting 
him]  before  M""  Manners  had  nothinge  to  alleage  ag'  him,  hut 
desired  M'  Manners  to  send  him  to  y'  house  of  correction  :  but 
did  this  of  purpose  to  have  my  la  [dj'J    loose  her  possession. 

Ed.  Braddock  and  Roger  Sellors  being  bothe  M'-  Eyre's  house- 
hould  servants  were  there  the  next  day  after. 

IS'*"  Daye.  At  night  one  John  beeinge  M"^-  Eyre's  servant  a 
millner  at  Calver  miUne  with  a  sword  and  a  longe  staffe  and  one 
Greene  with  a  long  staffe  came  and  were  there  all  nj'ght. 

19"'     Hugge  Manifould  and  A.  Sheldon  &  man. 

20'''  Tho*-  Yonge  M'-  Eyre's  household  servant  and  \V"--  Brass- 
ington  his  shepparde  man. 

21'*'      Tho*    Poyser  and  James  Beck  of  Calver. 

22"'i  beinge  Sunday  Robert  Merrell  and  Chro.  Merrell  M'  Eyre's 
tenants  were  there  and  came  out  early  out  of  y*^    same. 

23"'     W"'-  Harrison  of  Calucr  and  James  Beck  of  Caluer. 

24"'     Rob'    Gregorie  and  John   Furnes  of  Caluer. 

25"'     Tho'    Poyser  and  a  beggar. 


Eyre    and    my    Lady    of    Devon.         229 

December  22.  Nich"  Thornell  was  served  with  y^  Informacon 
and  had  a  copie  of  y^  same,  and  John  Morten,  R.  Merrell,  and 
Chro.  Merrell. 

December  last  Nich.  Thornell  came  to  y  grove  and  had  like 
to  have  thrattled  W"'    Monro. 

James  Ferond,  John  Morten  and  Adam  Williamson  came  and 
would  neede  work  by  force. 

After  Morten  beeinge  served  hee  strove  between  W""-  Monro 
and  W"-  Singleton. 

One  Thomas  Andrewe  was  next  in  M'  Eyre's  house  and  came 
everie  daye  to  peer     ....     to  y-    same  grove  on   Blacklowe. 

.About  20  Janu.   I   sett  y^   ground  on  beacon  sjde  in   possa  (?). 

About  y^  30">  of  Januarie  M"^-  Eyre  sent  John  Bradburie  and 
Nich  Thornell  and  John  Morten  his  servants;  John  Telear, 
Rob'  Gregorie,  Thomas  Ragge  and  Peter  Heaton  to  a  grove  on 
beacon  syde  parcell  of  and  belongings  to  Bl-icklowe  within  y  .M. 
of  A.  whoe  stroke  and  misused  William  Singleton  being  there 
keepinge  possession  for  mee,  and  toke  up  Rich  Hardie  nij'  servant 
from  workinge  and  broke  and  pulled  my  tymber  all  to  pieces,  and 
in  y*^  afternoon  of  y'  same  daye  came  Mr.  Tho  Eyre  himself 
accompanied  by  John  Bradburie  &  Rob.  Yorke  whoe  drove  mj- 
servant  Richard  Hardie  and  He'  Platts  from  y<=  same  worke  pulled 
in  y"  grove,  tooke  and  carried  away  my  Tymber  by  force,  M'^  E. 
himself  raylinge  and  threateninge  me  withe  force  with  manie 
reproachful  words  said  hee  would  burne  mj'  Tymber  before  my  face, 
if  1  were  there,  but  further  said  y''  Jury  would  not  looke  at  them  for 
where  I  had  one  lipp  alredie  he  would  make  me  too,  and  strike 
at  my  servants  with  a  staffe  also. 

This  ground  (?)  Mr.  Full  came  &  certified  what  y  servant  men 
affirmed. 

About  y^  beginninge  of  March  W"'  Brassington,  M'  E's  sheppard, 
brought  yi"    s''  Mr.   E's  sheepe  uppon  y''   ground  in  question  (and 

about  y=  Doole  Dike  wh  is  within  y'=  mannor  of  Ashford)  so  Mr. 


230  Lotigstone     Records. 

Browne  who  was  hired  by  Pa.  A.''  to  looke  to  y'  Blacklowe  came  to 
him  to  put  them  back  and  y''  s''  Brassington  did  strike  y"^  s''  browne 
with  a  staffe,  and  y*  next  [day]  y  Instrucion  of  y'^  Co  :  of  Wards 
was  read  to  him  Notwithstandinge  threateninge,  afterwards  the  said 
Brassington  and  Frances  Bagshawe  and  y"^  sheppard  of  y=  said 
Mr.  E.  did  bringe  them  upon  y'"  farme  ground  againe. 

(From  the  Wright  M.S.S.) 

•■•  Parisli  of  Ashfiird. 


BLEAKLOW. 


Blake  Low  in  the  Liberty  of  Great  Longston  &  Manor  of 
Ashford  has  ahvays  been  deemed  Demaine  Land,  as  antient  Rentals 
testify — was  an  antient  and  main  pasture,  one  half  the  property  of 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  the  other  the  property  of  Mr. 
Wright  of  Great  Longston.  About  twenty  years  ago  the  proprietors 
agreed  to  divide  and  inclose  it.  The  Duke's  part  till  within  about 
four  years  ago  has  been  pastured,  since  which  time  a  part  has  been 
ploughed  and  sowed  with  oats.  The  first  year  the  Tithe-man 
demanded  and  took  one-tenth.  The  second  crop  the  same  demand 
was  made  but  the  Tenant  having  received  information  fi'om  various 
people  that  it  was  Demaine  land  and  only  liable  to  pay  one-thirtieth 
refused  the  tenth.  After  several  conferences  it  was  agreed  to  refer 
the  matter  to  Mr.  Heaton,  and  to  have  one-tenth  of  the  crop  valued 
and  the  Tithe-man  to  be  paid  his  due  (whether  more  or  less)  in 
money,  provided  it  should  be  determined  and  ascertained  before  the 
usual  time  of  collecting  their  Tythe  rents  from  those  Tenants  who 
paid  their  Tithes  in  Silver,  if  not,  the  value  of  one-tenth  was  to  be 
paid,  the  Tithe-man  covenanting  and  agreeing  to  return  the  surplus 
if  any,  whenever  it  was  ascertained  what  was  his  due,  and  gave  a 
pi'omissory  note  for  that  purpose.  The  third  crop  the  same  demand 
was  made,  but  more  than  one-30th  was  refused.  An  eligible  person 
was  chose  by  the  Tenant  to  set  apart  two-thirtieths  of  the  crop 
which  were  carried  and  set  in  the  Tenant's  Yard  in  one  stack,  and 


Bleaklow.  231 

one  other  30th  set  apart  and  left  in  the  fielu  for  the  Tithe-man, 
which  he  took  away,  and  afterwards  hy  force  took  out  of  the  yard 
the-  other  two  30ths,  set  and  intended  to  stand  apart  there  tiU  it 
shoLikl  be  determined  whose  right  it  appeared  to  be. 

There  is  a  great  deal  of  land  within  the  Manor  of  Ashford 
called  Demaine  Land,  part  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire 
and  parts  to  several  Freeholders  which  all  pay  "i/Srds  of  the  Tithe 
of  Hay  and  Corn,  Wool  and  Lamb  to  His  Grace,  and  one-third  of 
the  Hay  and  Corn  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  and  one-third  of  the 
Wool  and  Lamb  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter. 

Finn,  a  main  and  undivided  pasture  in  the  same  Manor,  stinted 
and  stocked  by  Gates,  appears  to  have  been  similarly  circumstanced 
with  the  Blakelow,  it  is  called  and  allowed  to  be  Demaine  Land, 
some  parts  of  it  belonging  to  the  Lord  of  the  Manor,  and  other 
parts  to  sundry  Freeholders.  Upon  Finn  being  enclosed  and  the 
pasture  allotted,  several  persons  ploughed  up  their  shares  of  it. 
The  Duke  of  Devonshire  and  Tithe-man  took  two-thirds  of  the 
Tythe  of  the  Crops  in  kind,  and  the  Duke  of  Rutland  one-third 
as  above. — (From  the  Wright  M.S  S.) 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


"Curious  Custom  at  Great  Longstone." 
"  It  is  an  ancient  custom  here  on  the  Eve  of  Shrove  Tuesday, 
for  boys  to  collect  the  Villagers'  carts,  wraiths,  shelvings,  barrows, 
barrels,  or  anything  that  lies  handy— even  wrenching  the  gates 
from  off  their  hinges — and  to  place  them  all  in  a  circle  around  the 
village  cross,  whence  the  owners  may  fetch  them  the  next  morning. 
Can  any  of  your  readers  assign  a  reason  for  this,  and  say  whether 
it  be  commonly  done  in  other  Derbyshire  villages  ?" 

"ESLIGH." 
"  Reliquary,  April,  1870." 
[I  know  nothing  of  the  Custom. — Ed.  L.R.] 


232  Longstone     Records. 


WRIGHT  VERSUS  EYRE. 
1630. 


In  the  Court  of  Wardes  31  Jan.,  1630.  Verdict  for  Wright 
concerning  Tythe  Hay. 

Brief  for  Wright  containing  a  copy  of  Judge  Croke's  Certificate 
of  the  Trial  before  him  for  a  writ  of  prohibition  with  his  opinion 
for  the  Jury,  and  their  Verdict,  to  which  is  added  a  copy  of  the 
proofs  given  on  the  part  of  Wright. 

JUDGE     CROKE. 

Att  Lent  Assises  last  at  Derby  there  was  a  Tryall  before  me  in 
a  Prohibycon  Betwi.xte  William  Wright  p''  and  Thomas  Eyre  esqi 
Defend'  wherein  y'"  p''  prescribed  That  all  y'^  possessors  of  all 
Lands  and  Meadowes  in  Longson  were  accustomed  to  paye  sixe 
shillings  yearely  at  the  Feast  of  S'  Michaell  or  after  upon 
Demaned  in  liewe  of  all  Tithe  haye  arisinge  within  y'  sayd  Village 
Upon  which  prescripcon  yssue  was  ioyned  And  it  appeared  upon 
evidence  That  there  is  anncyent  meadow  ground  in  y  sayd  Village 
And  that  the  Tythe  haye  for  w''  y'  defend'  sued  did  growe  upon 
grounde  wi"  was  lately  converted  from  Arable  to  Meadowe  and  had 
not  been  formerly  Meadowe  ground  whereupon  I  declared  my 
opinyon  to  the  Jurye  That  1  conceaved  that  y'^  precripcon  might 
bee  good  for  y"^  anncyent  Meadowe  (if  y  Jurye  doe  fynd  it  to  be 
true)  But  that  y''  same  could  not  extend  to  y"  newe  Meadowe 
ground  if  they  conceaved  the  same  to  be  new  converted  ground 
from  Arable  to  Meadowe,  And  not  to  have  been  formerly  Meadowe 
ground  Notwithstandinge  y=  Jury  found  for  the  p'* 

GEO.  CROKE, 
Vera  copia.  31  Janu.,   1630. 

A.  CHAMBERL.^YNE. 

Endorsed  "  Judge  Crooke  certificate  for  Exhibition  into  y'  Court 
of  Wardes,  31  Janu.  1630." 

Also  later  "  Wright  ag'  Eyre.  Verdict  for  Wright  concerning 
Tythe  Hay." 


Wright    versus    Eyre. 


233 


COUNSEL'S     BRIEF. 

TYTHE     OF     HAVE. 
Inter  Wright  que'  et) 

Eyre  Defend'         j 

Proffes  on  the  parte  and  behalfe  of  the  plaintiff. 
To  prove  that  Great  Longson  is  an  ancient  Village)  To  prove  this  all 
and  hath  beene  tjane  out  of  mjnd.  J     yc  Witnesses. 

The  possessors  and  occupiers  of  the  landes  meadowel 

and  grounds  of  the  said  Village  have  tyme  out  of    CbristophcrMillnes 

.  Geo.  Rawerthe 

mynd  used  to  paye  to  the  farmer  or  proprietor  or        -wm  Tatters^ll 

the  tvth  haye  of  the  said  village  and  the  tythable  I    Rsad  Tho.  Keyc. 
■'  -^  ex  p  te  qiirr  *Int. 

places  of  it  yearlie  at  michaellmas  or  after  upon  I  3,  4,  5 

request  the  some  of  sixe  shillings  in  full  discharge  I  ^°"^  Greaves  Int. 

I  3'  4'  5" 

and  payement  of  all  tyth  haye  within  the  said  village  1     WmShitellworth 

and  of  the  tythable  places  thereof  and    that    the 

farmers  or  proprietors  thereof  have  accepted  that 

money  in  full  satisfacccon.  J 

That  the  newe  close  is  about  4  acres  and  is  part" 
of  the  towne   feilds   of   Great    Longson    and    the        wrm  Tattersall 
tythable   places  thereof,   and  was  inclosed   about  John  Finney 

20   yeares   since,     and    that    divers    landes    or   p"  J.Jermon  Tomlinson 

Tho*  Ke\-e  ex  p'te 
quer  Int.  g'h. 


ex  p'te  defend  Int.  6 

Tho.  Sanderson 

Int.  6. 


thereof  before  it  was  soe  inclosed  was  sometymes 
meadowe  and  some  tymes  corne  and  when  it  was 
layed  for  meadowe,  p''  not  anie  tyth  haye  in   kinde. 


Chr.  Millnes 

read  Tho.  Keye 

ex  p'te  quer  Intr  6th 


That    the   ancient  medowe   or    board    medowe    in~| 

great  Longson   is  not  above  4  or  5  acres  and   is 

wett  and  plashie  ground,  the  tythe  whereof  is  not  J- 

worth  in  the  best  yeare  abo\e  iij*  and  some  yeare  |  EijjsMeiier  Intr 6th 

not  worth  the  getheringe.  J 

That  the  rent  of  6s.   hath    been    tendered    divers 

yeares  and  refused  by  the  defendant. 

°  i.e.  Interrogatory. 


234 


Longstone     Records. 


If  it  be  objected  that  the  Inhabitants  pay  2'  qr  for~| 
the  tithe  haye  of  every  oxgange  (intendinge  the  board 
meadowe),  answer  that  every  inhabitant  payes 
equallie  2'  qr  for  every  oxgang,  and  yet  some  of 
the  inhabitants  have  much  more  board  meadowe 
belonginge  to  their  oxgange,  then  others  have 
and  some  little  or  none  at  all,  and  therefore  noe 
reason  why  the  [y]  should  paye  equallie  but  the 
p"  proves  that  this  ij'^  qr  is  paid  for  the  tythe  haye 
in  generall. 

If  it  be  objected  that  ij''  qr  an  oxgange   is   morel 
than  6  shillings,  answer  the  overplus  was  given  to 
him  that  gathered  it 

That   within    the    fields    of   great    Longson    there  [ 
hathe  (and  soe  continewed)  landes  beene  converted 
from  arable  to  meadowe  and  soe  used  for  a  tyme 
and  then  plowed  againe,  and    when    the  [yj    were 
meadowe  never  paid  any  tythe  haye  in  kind.  J 


Read  Rob' 
Greane 
exam,  ex  parte 
Defend' 
Inter.  6th. 


Endorsed.  Respecting  the  Tithe  of  Hay  in  Great  L 
which  after  a  long  litigation  Mr.  Wright  obtained  a  ver 
Mr.  Eyre  of  Hassop. 


Christopher 

Mill  lies 

William 

Tatersall 

Tho.  Keye 

Int  9<i'- 

Ellis  Mellor 

Int  gth- 

ongston    on 
■diet  against 


On  the  bach  of  this  Brief  are  several  rough  notes  apparently  added 
by  Counsel — so  badly  written  as  to  be  almost  illegible — referring  to 
several  Leases  of  the  tithes  of  turbary,  haj'  and  corn,  granted  by 
the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Lichfield,  extending  over  the  years  1478 
to  1592,  some  of  them  seem  to  be  as  follows — 

1478.     Sale  of  turbary  and  hay.       Longstone   Manor    this  year 
to  Stephen  Ayre*   £5  6.  8. 

*  This  was  Stephen  Eyre  of  H&ssop  who  was  Bailiff  of  Ashford.     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Roland. 
The  Linhfield  Tithe  Rolls  shew  that  Stephen  bought  the  tithes  of  sheaves  of  Longstone  in  1473. 


Extracts    from     Vestry    Minutes.  235 

1522.  Roll  of  Receipts  of  the  Churches  of  Bakewell  c<:  Tydswell. 
Longston  Manor,  the  Vicar-  of  Tidswell  &  Roland  Eyre  110^ 

1523.  Dean  &  Chapter  &  Shatterleyt 

15  Sep.  34  H.  VIII.  [1542].  Lease  of  tithes  of  corn  .^-  hay  in 
these  &  other  places  belonging  to  the  Dean  &  Chapter  £10,  &  for 
tithe  of  corn  &  hay  £7. 

1  July,  34  Eliz.  [1592]  Dean  &  Chapter  lease  to  Rowland  Eyre. 
Recited  former  lease  of  6  April,  3  Edward  VI  [1549]  to  Gell  of 
corn  &  hay  in  L.  M.  &  other  places  for  90  .  .  . 

"  Edmund  Eyre,  who,  with  his  brother  Roland.  leased  in  1516  the  fee-faim  of  Litton  with  the  tithes  of 
com  &  hay  of  Hassop,  Great  Longstone,  Wardlow,  &  Roland  for  5  years  at  a  rental  of  £n  o  8.  - 
Dean  t^  Chapter  MecoriU^  D,  16. 

t  Probably  Robert  Shakerley,  Baililf  of  Ashford,  1501  &  h. 


EXTRACTS     FROM     VESTRY     MINUTES. 


Feb.  5,   1639. 

Memorand'"  the  day  above  said  there  was  paid  by  .  .  Tattersall 
in  the  Church  Porch  the  just  summe  of  Thirty  Pounds  of 
lawful  English  money  unto  Ralph  Jenkinson  of  Great  Longsdon  to 
and  for  the  pre-e.xpressed  former  gift  And  .  .  .  some  in  the 
presence  of  Mr.  Rob'  Craven,  Curate,  Will"!  Wright,  sen.,  Gentle- 
December  25,   1639. 

Memoranda  the  day  above  said  being  Christmasse  day,  there 
was  paid  upon  the  Communion  Table  the  just  &  first  sum  of  Si.\ 
Pounds  of  lawfull  English  money  by  Rob'  Hasslam,  Great 
Longsdon  unto  Will'"  Wright,  junr.,  of  the  same  Gentleman  and 
for  the  use  of  the  poorest  people  of  Great  Longsdon  and  ...  of 
the  said  Six  Pounds  to  be  given  and  dealt  at  same  time  in  the  year 
for  ever  to  wit  at  Easter  and  Christmasse  And  the  money  aforesaid 
was  the  gift  of  Widow  White  &  Stephen  .  .  of  Great  Longsdon 
deceased  And  there  were  present  at  the  aforesaid  payment 
Rob'  Craven,  Curate,  Richard  White  then  Churchwarden,  Anthony 
Longsdon,  Thomas  Hasslam  of  Great  Longsdon  and  others. 


236  Longstone     Records. 

1700,  April  y  2"'^ 

It  is  this  day  agreed  by  the   Inhabitants    of  the    Chappelry   of 

Longstone  whose  names  are  hereunto  subscribed  that  the  Clarke 

should  have  makynge  of  a  grave  for  the  burial  of  any  dead  within 

this    Chappelry    aforesaid    the    sum    of   4^'   And    for    Kinginge   the 

passinge  bell  2''  &  for  his  Clark  ffees  2''  which  is  in  the  whole  S"* 

As  witness  our  hands 

Cornelius  Dickens  Thomas  Jackson     his  mark 

William  Naylor  Robert  Husler         his  mark 

John  Tomlinson  Thomas  T.  H.  Hodgkinson 

William  Lowe 

August  the  Third,  1729. 

There  being  publick  Notice  given  in  y''  Chappel  for  calling  a 
Vestry  we  whose  names  are  hereunder  written  being  y'  Minister, 
Churchwardens  &  principal  Inhabitants  approving  &  considering 
the  prejudice  y'  y''  Chapel  lies  under  by  People  burying  in  it  by 
breaking  up  y*^  Favours  We  therefore  y''  Minister  &  Chappel- 
wardens  afors'^  do  order  that  no  one  break  any  Pavem'  either  in 
Church  or  Chancel  without  first  paying  into  y'  Chappel-wardens 
hands  y'  sum  of  ten  shillings  and  sixpence.  According  to  w'' 
agreement  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands. 

Tho^  Grove,  Curate 

Dan'  Frost  ^  William  Hodgskinson 

r^         ■     u    11  ,■  Chappellwardens  ,-,1      ^  u     1 

Francis  Hully  I  ^^  Robert  Huslor 

John  Heyward  Thomas  Tomlinson 

Joseph  Beeby  Henry  Scammadine 

SUNDRY     BRIEFS. 

August  7,  1653. 

Collected  then  for  the  Inhabitants  of  Marlborough  the  somme  of 

of  nine  shillings  and  one  pennie  wee  say. 

Rob'  Craven,  Minister. 

Thom :   Hasselam      I 

[^  •     T  Churchwardens, 

rrancis  Lowe  j 


Ashford     Bridge,  237 

Sept.  4,  1657. 
Collected  then  foi-  the   Inhabitants  of  Desford  in  y    County  of 
Leicester  y'^    sume  of   five  shillings  and  sixpence  by  the  Church- 
wardens. 

Will   Hallowes. 
Will   Bramhall. 

Feb.  7,   1660. 
Collected  then  in  y*^  Church  of  Great  Longstone  for  Tho"'   .     .     . 
of  Horncastle  in  the  County  of  Lincolne,  Gent.,  the  sum  of  ten 
shillings  by  J.  Hill. 

William  Winscombe 
Edward  Peake. 

Churchwardens. 


ASHFORD     BRIDGE. 

August  26,   1743. 

Then    Received    of  y*"    Township   of    Longston   y=  sum    of    Five 

Pounds  as  a  free  gift  towards  building  a  Bridge  at  Ashford ;  and 

we  do   likewise  promise  y'   y"    same    shall    not  hereafter  become 

chargeable  to  y'  said  Hamblet  of  Longston. 

as  witness  our  hands, 

Samuel  White. 
William  Fynney. 

The  County  of  Derby, 

To  Joseph  Morton,  Dr. 

To   repairs  of  a  part  of  one  side  of  the  Battlements  of  Ashford 
Bridge. 

1821. 
Jan.  10.     Stone,  Lime  &  Labour  £4     18.     0. 


238  Longstone     Records, 

BENJAMIN     SELLERS. 


Site  of  Ashford  the  Crater  of  a  Volcano  ! 
According  to  one  Benjamin  Sellers,  a  self-taught  geologist  of 
wide  reputation,  the  valley  of  the  Wye  from  Cresshrook  to  Ashford 
had,  at  some  remote  period,  been  a  succession  of  marshy  lakes ; 
the  existing  mounds  of  tufa  at  various  points  on  each  side  of  the 
present  course  of  the  river,  furnished  him  with  what  he  deemed 
unmistakeable  evidence  of  the  fact.  He  considered  that  the  site  of 
Ashford  was  originally  the  crater  of  a  volcano,  from  which  the 
igneous  mass,  called  toadstones,  had  proceeded.  He  came  to  this 
conclusion,  principally,  from  finding  that  the  measures  in  the  strata 
of  the  surrounding  hills,  sink  abruptly  in  the  direction  of  the  village ; 
the  best  illustration  of  which  fact,  and  what  he  very  frequently 
pointed  out,  is  the  great  fault  to  be  seen  on  the  Arrack,  where  a 
sudden  break  and  sinking  of  the  measures,  to  the  extent  of  forty  or 
fifty  yards,  is  very  evident  ....  Mr.  Sellers  had  frequent 
visits  from  those  whom  the  world  claims  as  among  the  most  learned 
in  geology — Professors  Hopkinson  and  Phillips;  and  the  late 
Thomas  Bateman,  of  .Middleton,  visited  him  many  times. 

Thomas  Brushfield,  J. P. 
Reliqiiiiiy,  October,  ifi6;f. 

THE     CLERK     OF     THE     PEACE. 

In  his  correspondence  with  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace  the  Author 
had  the  opportunity  of  copying  the  following  titles  of  various  old 
documents — knowledge  of  which  may  prove  useful  toother  writers  :-- 

Calendar  of  Deeds  from  1583  (Cox's  Records  of  Derbyshire.) 

Enclosure  Award  67.  Longstone  &  Wardlow  1825.  Book  E.  p.  1. 
No  plan  !     (The  plan  was  added  in  1826.) 

Liber  Pacis.     Calendars  of  Justices,  1690  to  1870. 

1711.  The  four  Houses  of  Correction  (Masters)  were  Derby, 
W'irksworth,  Chesterfield  and  Tideswell,  and  in   1728  Ashbourne. 

In  1760  the  Calendar  of  Justices  concludes  with  3  Doctors  of 
Physic  and  2  Clerks  in  Holy  Orders. 


Clerk     of     the     Peace.  239 

HIGHWAYS    AND     FOOTPATHS. 
PORTFOLIOS  D.  E.  &  F. 


120.  Longstone.  Order  for  diverting  a  foot-road  leading  from 
Great  Longstone  to  Birchill  through  the  lands  of  Thomas  Eyre, 
Esq.,  of  Hassop,  1780. 

121.  Longstone.  Order  for  diverting  a  foot-path  between 
a  turnpike  road  leading  from  Bakewell  to  Hassop  to  the  turnpike 
leading  from  Edensor  to  Ashford.      1816. 

22.  Longstone.  Order  for  diverting  footpath  leading  from  the 
turnpike  road  from  Edensor  to  Ashford  to  a  field  in  the  occupation 
of  the  Hon.  Francis  Eyre,  in  the  township  of  Great  Longstone. 
1817. 


118.  Litton.  Order  for  diverting  highway  between  Litton  and 
Ashford. 

124.  Longstone.  Order  for  diversion  of  roads  under  the  Mid- 
land Railway,  Rowsley  and  Buxton  Act.     1861. 

124"  Longstone.  Order  for  diversion  of  Highway  leading  from 
Bakewell  Union  Workhouse  to  Holme  Bridge.     1864. 

PORTFOLIO     E. 
(each    with    a    Plan.) 


120 

Longstone 

1780 

121 

Longstone 

1816 

122 

Longstone 

1817 

122^ 

Longstone 

1818 

123 

Longstone 

1819 

124 

Longstone 

1861 

124» 

Longstone 

1864 

p 

240  Longstone     Records. 

CLERK     OF     THE     PEACE. 


From   Calendar  of   Bridges   and  Culverts   not  repaired    hy    tiie 
County. 

Higii  Peak  Hundred. 

Longstone  (Litttle  Litton) 

Monsal  Dale  Bridge,  River  Wye,  repaired  by  Township. 


CONSTABULARY. 
Box  XV. 


5.  Sessional  List  of  Constables  supplied  by  the  High  Constable 
of  High  Peak.      1634  to  1044. 

10.  Presentment  of  Petty  Constables  of  the  Hundred  of  High 
Peak.     1668. 


PETTY     SESSIONS. 

"  Sessions  were  formei-ly  held  at  Bakewell  but  owing  to  the 
disturbance  in  1795-6  on  account  of  raising  the  supplementary 
Militia,  and  the  want  of  accommodation,  they  were  removed." 

Glover,   1831. 

"Petty  Sessions  are  held  on  the  1st  and  3rd  Friday  of  every 
month  by  the  Magistrates  in  the  neighbourhood." 

Glover,  1833. 

It  may  be  assumed  therefore,  that  from  1795-6  until  1831  or 
later.  Petty  Sessions  were  held  at  Tideswell  instead  of  at  Bakewell, 
as  there  are  records  within  that  period  of  the  Justices'  Meetings 
and  a  House  of  Correction  in  that  town — and  that  soon  after  the 
Ifittcr  date,  they  were  again  held  in    Bakewell. 


Jottings  —chiefly     District,  24 1 

Extracts  from  Cox's  Three  Centuries  of  Derbyshire  History — 
Vol.  1. 

"The  Restoration  of  the  Monarchy  in  1660  was  accompanied  by 
the  restoration  of  the  previous  ecclesiastical  constitution  of  the 
Realm  as  a  matter  of  course."     p.  314. 

Longstone  1689.  John  Jackson.  O.  (Quaker)  House  licensed 
and  registered  at  Derby  O.S.  as  a  Meeting  House,     p.  368. 

Towards  the  close  of  the  17th  Century  there  were  at  Eyam,  526 
Conformists,  3  Papists  and  3  Nonconformists. 

Hassop  Chapel  was  erected  in  1818,  prior  to  which.  Service  took 
place  in  the  private  Chapel  of  Hassop  Hall.     p.  314. 


WHITE     WATSON     OX     BAKEWELL. 


Part  of  the  following  memoranda  from  a  Common  Place  Book,  of 
Mr.  White  Watson,  of  Bakewell,  were  published  in  the  "Derbyshire 
Archreological  Journal,"  Vol.  XL,  1889. 

On  31st  Mav,  1774,  I  came  from  my  father's  at  Baslow,  to  live 
with  my  Uncle  and  Aunt  Watson,  Statuary,  at  Bakewell,  at  my 
aunt's  particular  request  (who  was  mv  Godmother),  where  I  found 
the  Rev.  Richard  Chapman,  the  vicar  of  the  Church,  the  Rev.  Moses 
Hudson,  the  master  of  the  Free  School,  who  had  generally  fifty 
scholars,  and  was  much  esteemed  as  a  master.  Mr.  Samuel  Rol, 
Sexton  and  Clerk  of  the  Parish  Church,  was  master  of  the  Free 
English  School,  endowed  by  Mrs.  Mary  Hague,  as  by  her  will,  dated 
November  20th,  1715  :  Having  a  many  friends  in  this  town  every- 
thing was  so  pleasant.  On  Sundays  all  went  to  church,  no  dis- 
senting voice  in  the  town,  all  praying  to  one  God  and  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  drank  in  social  parties  success  to  the  Church  and  King. 
Mr.  Watson  was  an  overseer  of  the  poor  in  partnership  with  Jno. 
Redfearn.  Thev     had     nine    assessments,    each    amounting    to 


242  Longstone     Records. 

£18  OS.  8|cl.,  with  a  jumbling  from  the  inhabitants.  (N.B. — In 
1677  the  yearly  expense  of  the  poor  of  Bakewell  was  £22  13s.  : 
the  greatest  allowance  was  2s.  per  week.) 

In  1774,  J  no.  Twigge,  Esq.,  occupied  Holme  Hall,  Jno.  Barker, 
Esq.,  was  agent  to  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  when,  if  any  of 
the  principal  inhabitants  wanted  a  dish  of  fish  for  a  particular 
occasion,  by  applying  to  Wm.  Smith,  the  overlooker  of  the  river, 
they  never  were  denied  paying  6d.  per  pound.  The  Post  Office  was 
kept  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pidcock,  and  Gge.  Staniforth  rode  post,  who 
went  to  Chesterfield  three  times  a  week,  when  the  London  letters 
came  in  at  4d.  each.  Hannah  Hancock  delivered  the  letters  out 
at  a  half-penny  each.  (It  appears  this  custom  of  giving  a  half- 
penny for  the  delivery  of  each  letter  originated  in  a  poor  person, 
whom,  out  of  delicacy,  they  could  not  relieve  by  assessment  ;  but 
modestly  gave  him  this  subsistence.) 

There  was  a  respectable  Card  Club  for  the  principal  inhabitants, 
who  paid  6d.  each  for  liquor,  and  for  Welsh  Rabbits  3d.  They 
met  joyouslv,  smoking  their  pipes,  conversing  freely,  lovingly  (?), 
a  card-table  for  those  that  choose. 

But  there  must  be  no  interruption  of  conversation  bv  the  card- 
party.  Anv  member  might  introduce  a  stranger.  The  Revd.  Peter 
Walthall  was  chairman  and  president  on  the  breaking  up  of  the 
club,  when  they  had  a  good  supper  and  dinner,  plenty  of  fish  from 
the  river.  The  last  entered  member  was  the  treasurer  for  the 
ensuing  year.  The  club  commenced  on  the  first  Thursday  in 
September,  and  ended  the  first  Thursday  in  May.  I  think  there  was 
sometimes  a  club  in  the  summer  also.  There  were  three  sister  clubs 
during  the  season,  which  were  paid  for,  as  the  cards,  by  the 
forfeitures  for  non-attendance  on  the  club-night  Thursday. 

I  recollect  something  of  a  Batchelors'  Club,  where  ^.'r.  Samuel 
Roe  presided,  generally  as  chairman  (a  very  jollv  meeting,  and 
always  a  private  meeting  at  Mr.  Roe's  house).  In  1774  butcher's 
meat  was  not  to  be  had  at  any  part  of  the  week  in  Bakewell,  but 
onlv  on  certain  davs,    and  beef  onlv  at  certain  times  at  Christmas. 


White    Watson    on    Bakewell.  243 

The  custom  of  interment  in  wooden  coffins  (wooden  Josephs)  was 
on  the  Rev.  Mr.  Monks  coming  to  reside  here  (1678.)  A  corps  from 
Sheldon  was  brought  in  swaddling  clothes  (which  was  abolished 
in  1797)  and  was  detained  in  the  church  until  a  coffin  was  made, 
and  the  wife  then  took  off  the  flannel  for  her  own  use. 

On  the  prayer  days,  Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  the  good  mothers 
attended  with  their  daughters  on  divine  service  without  delay. 

N.B. — Lady  Grace  Manners  buried  in  Bakewell  Church  in  1651. 

The  Free  School  endowed  bv  Grace  Lady  Manners,  as  by  Deed 
dated  12th  of  May,  1637  (12th  of  King  Charles.)  See  copv  of  the 
deed  in  the  possession  of  Robert  \\'right,  Esq.,  of  Great  Longstone, 
a  copy  of  which  is  in  Mr.  Bayley's  hands. 

Post  Office  N.B. — In  1780  the  amount  of  letters  for  the  bye  and 
cross  posts  at  Bakewell  per  year  was  £24  on  an  average,  and  in 
1792  £,200  on  an  average.  The  London  letters  bear  the  same 
proportion,  G.  Staniforth,  Postmaster.  In  1830  about  £500  a  vear 
clear  to  the  King. 

Mem. — The  field  Mr.  Bossley's  house  stands  in  was  formerly 
called  Warden's  Close,  which  Mr.  \Voodwaid  bought  in  1650  at 
£15  per  acre.  The  field  above  it  is  Garlands  Close.  The  field 
opposite  Mr.  Bossley's,  as  still,  Courtyard.  Mr.  Gardom's  House 
was  built  in  Cowley's  Close,  where  the  entrenchments  are  near 
Holme  called  the  Nordens. 

N.B. — Mr.  Bossley's  brick  house  was  cornered  with  blue  slate 
by  Jno.  Richardson,  slater,  in  1785.  ^'r.  Bossley's  brick  house  was 
built  by  agreement  for  £31  los.,  in  1783,  by  Joseph  Brook,  who 
engaged  that  no  chimney  should  smoke  which  none  of  them  did 
to  his  death. 

About  1777,  Samuel  Smith,  breeches-maker,  was  the  first  Dissenter 
here  (Mr.  Carrington  was  a  Presbyterian)  who  followed  Westley. 
After  him  Jno.  Tarrant's  wife  became  a  Methodist  when  the  fervor 
began.  In  1777  the  Cotton  Mill  was  begun,  when  wages  were 
raised  immediately,   and  hands  came  from  Manchester,    introducing 


244  Longstone     Records, 

good-natureJ  girls  here,  to  whdiii  the  town  was  a  stranger.  In  1774 
Mr.  Bosslev's  and  Mr.  Gould's  shops,  nor  ^'r.  Carrington's  had  no 
glass  windows  ;  but  only  wooden  shutters.  A.'r.  Carringtrn's  then 
the  principal  grocer's  shop  in  the  town. 

Exd.  "Hiirh  Peak  News,"  Nov.  16,  1901. 


CHURCH     RATES. 

Derbyhire. 

Whereas  complaint  upon  oath  hath  been  made  unto  us 
Joseph  Denman  M.D.  and  John  Barker,  Esq.,  two  of  His  Majesty's 
Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  said  County,  by  Adam  Wilson, 
Churchwarden  of  Longstone,  in  the  said  County,  that  James 
Bowman,  of  the  Liberty  of  Hrushfield,  in  the  said  County,  being  a 
person  commonly  called  a  Quaker,  hath  refused  and  still  refuses  to 
paj-  unto  him,  the  said  Adam  Wilson,  the  Church  Rates  due  to  the 
Church  of  Longstone  aforesaid,  we  therefore  the  said  Justices, 
having  dul)'  summoned  the  said  James  Bowman  to  appear  before 
us  but  hath  refused  to  appear  before  us  as  aforesaid,  and  having 
duly  examined  into  the  truth  and  matter  of  the  said  complaint,  do 
find  that  there  is  due  from  the  said  James  Bowman  to  the  said 
Adam  Wilson,  for  Church  Rates  as  aforesaid,  the  sum  of  eighteen 
shillings  and  one  penny.  We  do  therefore  adjudge  and  order  the 
said  James  Bowman  to  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  the  said  Adam 
Wilson,  the  aforesaid  sum  of  eighteen  shillings  and  one  penny,  and 
also  the  sum  of  ten  shillings  for  the  costs  and  charges  of  the  said 
Adam  Wilson  in  prosecuting  the  said  James  Bowman,  for  the 
recovery  of  the  said  Church  Rate.  Given  under  our  Hands  and 
Seals,  at  Tideswell,  in  the  said  County,  the  second  day  of  May,  1778. 

Jos.     Denman,     (Seal.) 
John     Barker,     (Seal.) 
Parish  Magazine,  April  1902. 


The    Schoolmaster    in    request. 


245 


January  16,  1801.      We  whose 
this  to  be  our  Desire  &  wish  that 
scoolmaster  at  Great  Longstone 
children,  &c.,  &c. 
Tested, 

W.  Wager 
Solomon  Eyre 
Richard  Hill 
Richard  Skidmore 
Joseph  Holme 
Sam"  Wager 
Mare  lucas 
Elizabeth  furnas 
Pceter  bootom 
Haron  taylor 
Thos  Eyre 
Moses  Taylor 
William  Fletcher 
Ann  Garrat 
Richard  betney 
Joseph  holme 
Ann  holme 
Elizabeth  taylor 
Joseph  brunt 
John  Eyre 
Ralph  Hancock 
William  Hadfield 
Joseph  Morton 
Richard  Heathcote 
Tho«  Wager 
Charles  Shaw 
Robert  Thornhill 
Tho-  hill 
Tho^  hill 


names  are  Under  set  to  sertyfy 
Mr.  James  Waterall  Bee  apointed 
Scool  for  the  Instruction  of  our 


Will  Burch 
Sampson  Hodgkinson 
William  Skidmoor 
Sarnuel  Furnis 
Joseph  Ward 
Joseph  Bothams 
Eliz.  Wain 
Richard  Skidmore 
William  Gregory,  junr. 
James  furniss 
Edwd  Fletcher 
John  Wardlow 
Edward  garlick 
William  Gairat 
Matthew  Hill 
Martin  Gregoiy 
John  Wardlow,  juiii. 
George  Birch 
John  Heathcote 
I.  Pendleton 
Joseph  Drabble 
William  nalor 
John  wayn 
Joseph  Garrat 
Willni   Gregory 
Ed.  Woodhouse 
Robert  Holme 
George  Betteney 
Matthew  Furness 


246  Longstone     Records. 

Jany  25">  1801.  At  a  Publick  Meeting  this  day  held  by  the 
principle  Inhabitants  of  Great  Longstone  It  is  agreed  that  M"^  James 
Waterall  shall  teach  two  children  free  and  pay  one  shilling  yearly 
to  the  Overseers  of  the  poor  of  Great  Longstone  for  the  rent  of  the 
said  School.  And  1  do  hereby  Agree  that  I  will  at  any  time  Quit 
the  said  School  and  House  belonging  the  same  when  the  Inhabi- 
tants of  Great  Longstone  or  the  Major  part  of  them  shall  be 
disatisfied  with  my  Conduct  as  a  Schoolmaster  as  Witness  my 
Hand 

James  Waterall. 
Names  of  the  persons 

who  attended  the  Meeting. 

William  Wager  Richard  Petteiiev, 

James  Gregory  Churchwarden. 

Robt  Thrrnhill  William  Hadfield, 

Samp"  Hodgskinson  Overseer  of  the  Poor. 

William  Gregory 

Joseph  Morton 

Moses  Taylor 

Charles  Shaw 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

"  A  Derbyshire  Bet." 
"  Apropos  of  Mr.  Sleigh's  Glossary,  the  dry  humour  of  one 
Thomas  Ashton,  of  Longsdon  Parva,  who,  though  beyond  the 
allotted  span  of  threescore  years  and  ten,  has  not  yet  shaken  off 
this  mortal  coil,  may  be  thought  worthy  of  entombment  in  the 
'  Reliquary.'  His  better  half  chanced  to  have  an  interesting  cast 
of  the  eye,  of  which  taking  unworthy  advantage,  he  one  day,  while 
working  at  a  distance  from  home,  made  a  bet  with  his  chums,  of  a 
quart  of  ale,  that  he  knew  what  his  Nance  was  doing  at  that 
particulai'  moment.  And  when  all  had  expressed  their  disbelief  in 
his  spiritualistic  powers,  he  enlightened  them  with  the  self-evident 
fact,  "  Whoy  hoo's  skeHiii>i<(,  beloike  !  what  besoides'?" 

'  Reliquary,'  October,  1865, 


Abstracts  of  Old  Deeds.  247 

Quit  claim. 

Thomas,  son  of  Nicholas  de  Rydware  to  Godfrey  Foljaumbe 
of  all  right  and  claim  in  all  messuages,  lands,  and  tenements 
which  the  said  Godfrey  has  of  the  grant  of  Joan  de  Rydware, 
mother  of  the  said  Thomas,  in  Great  Longesdon.  Dated  Baukewell, 
Thursday,  Corpus  Christi,  20th  Edward  III.  [June  15th,   1346.] 

Note.  The  piece  of  parchment  used  for  the  seal  tab  is  the  beginn- 
ing of  a  grant  from  Johanna  de  Rydeioarc  to  Godfrey  Foljaumbe 
of  all  her  tenements  in   Great  Longesdon. 


Thonias  W'hyte  the  elder  of  Great  Longson,  co.  Derbv,  ^  oman, 
for  considerations  specified  in  an  indenture  made  bet'tt'een  him  & 
William  Wright  of  the  same,  yoman,  bearing  date  the  same, 
confirms  to  the  said  Wm.  Wright  all  those  messuages,  tofts,  crofts, 
orchards,  gardens,  closes,  enclosures,  lands,  tenements,  meadows, 
pastures,  w^oods,  underwoods,  rents,  reversions,  services,  profits, 
'commons,  and  hereditaments  in  the  town,  fields,  limits  &  territories 
of  Great  Longson,  in  the  several  occupations  of  grantor  (the  said 
Thos.  Whyte),  Rich.  Hodgkinson,  John  Petty,  Mathew  Mynte, 
Peter  Moseley,  &  Rich.  Shakersky,  to  be  held  of  the  chief  lords  at 
the  rent  and  services  afore  due.  Dated,  26th  April  21st  &  56th 
James,  1623. 

Endorsed  :  Seisin,  &c.  delivered  bv  Thos  Whvte  to  Wm.  Wright 
in  a  close  called  Berley  Ley,  in  name  of  all  the  rest  of  the 
within-named  premises,  in  the  presence  of  William  Humie  [?Hume] 
Minister,  Wm.  Hodgkinson,  Wm.  Mornsall,  &  Henry  Cowpe. 


ASHFORD     MANOR. 

ABSTRACTS     OF     COURT     ROLLS. 

AsHFOKD.     Great    Court  -of    Charles    Cavendyshe,    Kt.,  &    Wm. 

Cavendyshe,  esq.,  held  ther  24th  Dec,  30th  Eliz.  [1587].     Presented 

by  the  homage  that  Robert  Whyte,  customary  tenant  of  the  manor, 

died  siezed   of   two    messuages,  two  bovates  of  land,  meadow,   and 


248  Longstone     Records. 

pasture,  &  one  rood  of  land  &  3  cottages,  in  Great  Longesdon,  which 
the  said  Robert  had  of  the  sunender  of  Lawrence  M'hyte  at  the 
Court  held  9  June,  17th  Eliz.  [1575]  ;  which  two  messuages,  &c., 
are  held  of  the  k)rds  bv  a  rent  of  20s.  8d.  per  annum,  &  suit  ot 
Court.  And  that  Thomas  Whyte  is  son  &  heir  of  Robert.  Which 
Thomas  came  &  sought  to  be  admitted.  The  lords,  by  their 
Steward,  granted  him  seizin  by  a  rod.  He  paid  a  fine  of  20s.  8d. 
into  the  Court,  and  was  admitted,  but  his  fealty  was  deferred 
because  he  was  under  the  age  of  one  &  twenty  years. 

EDMUND  STEPHENSON,  Steward. 

AsHFORU.  Court  Baron  of  Henry  Cavendish,  esq.,  held  13th  Oct. 
loth  &  46th  James.  [1612.] 

VVm.  Launte  in  person  surrendered  a  rood  of  land  in  a  place 
called  '  le  Coumbes',  between  the  land  of  Thomas  White  on  both 
East  &  West,  a  rood  lying  upon  a  juger  called  '  le  Kirkesey'  between 
the  land  of  Thomas  White  on  both  East  and  West,  a  rood  lying 
upon  a  juger,  anglice  'a  furlonge,'  called  '  le  Cowsey'  between 
the  land  of  Thomas  White  on  the  East  and  of  Christopher  Jenkins 
and  Richard  Tattersall  cm  the  West,  with  their  pertinence,  to  the 
use  of  Thomas  \\'hite.  The  lord,  by  his  Steward,  granted  the  said 
parcells  to  Thomas,  &  delivered  seizin  by  a  rod  according  to  the 
custom  of  the  manor,  to  be  held  bv  the  accustomed  rent  &  services. 
Fine  6d.      He  did  fealty  &  was  admitted. 

EDW  :   DEANE,  Steward. 

AsHFORD.  View  of  Frank-pledge  and  Court  Baron  of  Elizabeth, 
countess  Dowager  of  Salop,  held  13th  April,  2nd  and  37th  James 
[1604].  Richard  Tattersall  in  person  surrendered  a  rood  of  land  in 
a  furlong  (stadium)  in  the  fields  of  Great  Longsdon,  called 
Faverlonge,  between  the  land  of  Thomas  White  on  the  East  and 
of  Thomas  Tomlinson  on  the  West  ;  a  rood  of  land  in  another 
furlong  overthwart  Middle  hill  between  the  land  of  Thomas  \\hite 
on    the   South   and    of   Thos.  Tomlinson   on    the  North  ;    a  rood  in 


Abstracts    of    Court    Rolls.  249 

anotlier   furlung,   ciUe.l    HeniiJ    butts,    between   the   land   of    Thos. 

White    on   both    East    and    West  ;    and    another    rood    of   the    same 

furlong  between  the  land  of  the  lady  of  the  manor  on  the  East  and 

of    Thos.    Tomlinson    on    the    West,    to    the    use    of    Thos.   White. 

Thomas  White  was  admitted,  and  seisin  given  by  a  rod.       Fine  6d. 

He  did  fealty. 

GODFREY  ROLLER,  Deputy-Steward. 


AsHFORDE.  Court  Baron  of  Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Salop,  held 
ist  March  2nd  and  38th  James  [1605]. 

Thomas  Sellers  in  person  surrendered  all  those  parcells  of  land  in 
the  fields  of  Great  Longsdon;  viz.  half  an  acre  of  a  furlong  (stddimu) 
called  Longe  man  furlonge,  between  the  land  of  Rowland  Tomlins 
on  the  East  and  of  Thomas  White  on  the  West  ;  half  an  acre  of 
another  furlong  called  Grysedale,  between  the  land  of  the  said  Thos. 
White  on  the  East  and  of  the  lady  of  the  manor  on  the  West  ;  a  rood 
of  land  of  Middle  hill  toungs,  between  the  land  of  Thos.  White  on 
both  East  and  West  ;  another  rood  of  land  of  le  Cley  Pitts,  between 
the  land  of  the  ladv  of  the  manor  on  the  West  and  of  Thos.  White 
on  the  East  ;  another  rood  of  land  of  the  Henne  butts,  between 
the  land  of  the  ladv  of  the  manor  on  the  West  and  of  Thos. 
Tomlinson  on  the  East,  to  the  use  of  Thomas  White.  Thomas 
White  was  admitted,  and  did  fealty.     Fine  i4d. 

GODFREY  BOLLER,  Deputy  of  Geo. 


Chaworthe,  esq..  Steward. 

AsHl'ORD.  Court  Baron  of  William,  earl  of  Devon,  held  10th 
July,  19th  and  55th  James  [1621]. 

Wm.  Hadfeld,  Tho.  Hadfeld,  and  Edward  Hadfeld,  in  person, 
surrendered  a  messuage  or  tenement  in  Great  Longson  and  a  bovate, 
by  estimation,  of  land,  meadow,  and  pasture,  thereto  belonging 
or  hitherto  held  therewith,  all  which  premises  were  in  the  several 
tenures  of  Henrv  Cowper  and  Thos.  Mosley,  to  the  use  of  Jervase 
Sleigh  ;   who  was  admitted.      Fine  lis.  4d.      He  did  fealty. 

EDW.  DEANE,  Steward. 


250  Longstone     Records. 

A     RENTAL     OF     MR.     WRIGHT'S     ESTATE.     1720. 


An  examination  of  this  record  reveals  some  striking  features  : 
the  land  is  di\idetl  into  a  very  large  number  of  small  portions,  and 
the  holding  of  each  tenant  is  made  up  of  portions,  not  contiguous, 
but  scattered  over  the  whole  township.  It  will  also  be  observed 
that  the  only  portions  oi  any  considerable  size  are  freehold.* 

A  consideration  of  the  main  outlines  of  the  feudal  system  of  land 
tenure  would  lead  us  to  expect  such  a  state  of  affairs  at  a  time  prior 
to  the  obliteration  of  the  remnants  of  it  by  Enclosure  Acts.^  This 
system  has  been  unravelled  by  Seebohm,  and  verv  fully  explained 
in  his  English  Village  Coiniitunity. 

The  land  of  the  Manor,  consisting  of  Arable,  Meadow,  and 
Pasture,  was  divided  into  the  Demesne  (the  lord's  freehold)  and  the 
common  land  (called  afterwards  '  Copyhold,'  from  the  fact  that  the 
holder's  title  deed  was  a  copy  of  the  record  in  the  Court  Roll  of  his 
admission  as  tenant.)  The  demesne  w-as  either  kept  in  the  lord's 
hands  or  let  to  free  tenants  •,\  the  common  land  was  held  in 
villenage,  i.e.,  the  holders  were  tied  to  the  land,  and  had  to  render 
\arious  services  to  the  lord  for  their  holdings,  such  as  working  so 
many  days  for  him.  These  ser\ices — with  the  exception  of  suit  of 
Court  (attendance  at  the  Manor  Courts) — came  in  time  to  be 
commuted  for  fixed  payments,  in  the  form  of  annual  rent  and  a 
fine  on  entry. 

^  The  area  of  tlie  estate  in  Great  Longstone,  held  by  tenants,  was  just  over  300  acres.  This  was 
divided  into  234  portions,  of  which  it5  were  freehold  and  119  Copyliold,  but  the  acreage  of  the  freehold 
was  rather  more  than  double  that  of  the  cop>  hold.  .Among  the  portions  oi  freehold,  one  was  over  30 
acres,  three  more  than  10  acres,  nine  over  5  acres,  and  eleven  over  2  acres,  whereas  no  portion  of  copyhold 
was  over  3i  acres,  and  only  nine  as  much  as  2  acres.     The  most  usual  units  were  one  and  two  roods. 

t  During  the  years  1 760  to  r844  there  were  3867  Enclosure  Acts  passed.   There  had  been  others  before. 

\  These  were  not  yVefAo/dfrx  in  the  modern  sense  :  (hey  diil  not  oaH  the  land  ;  but  their  tenure  was 
voluntary,  in  contrast  to  that  of  the  tenants  in  villenage.  In  later  times  the  teTiants  in  villenage  often 
held  freehold  land  as  well. 


Wright     Estate,     1720.  251 

Rental   &c. 

The  Arable  land  was  divided  into  three  '  Fields.''  Each  field 
■was  a  gain  divided  into  'Furlongs.'-  In  each  furlong  were  a  number 
of  narrow  strips  or  '  selions,'3  lying  side  by  side  and  separated 
from  each  other  by  narrow  balks  of  unploughed  turf.  The  selions 
ran  the  whole  length  of  the  furlong,  so  that  each  would  contain  a 
rood,  half  an  acre,  or  an  acre,  according  as  they  were  one,  two,  or 
four  rods  wide.'  If  there  was  not  a  common  field-wav  along  the 
end  of  the  furlong,  there  would  be  a  headland  to  give  room  for 
turning  the  plough.^ 

The  holding  of  a  tenant  consisted  of  a  number  of  these  selions, 
not  more  than  one  in  each  furlong,  and  an  equal  quantity  in  each 
field.6  When  a  field  was  fallow  the  tenants  enjoyed  rights  of 
pasture  on  it  proportionate  to  their  holdings  ;  but  if,  as  sometimes 
happened  in  later  times,  the  tenant  fenced  in  his  portion  he  was 
limited  to  his  own  holding.' 

The  meadow  (hav  land)  was  similarly  apportioned  with  similar 
rights  of  pasture  after  the  hay  was  got,  and  in  the  Pasture  each 
tenant  had  rights  proportionate  to  his  holding. 

This  system  of  scattered  holdings  would  be  most  incrnvenient 
under  modern  conditions,  but  it  should  be  remembered  that  the 
tenants  all  lived  in  the  town  or  village,  when  each  had  his  messuage, 
and  under  no  other  svstem  could  they  all  be  equidistant  from  their 
work ;  and  also  that  there  was  a  very  complete  system  of  co- 
operation amongst  them. 

1.  The  size  of  the  Field  depended  on  the  size  of  the  Manor.  The  number  of  fields  was  son^elimes  only 
two,  but  three  was  more  usual,  as  it  allowed  of  each  being  fallow  every  third  year. 

2.  Furlong  is  not  the  only  name  ured  tor  this  division  of  land,  but  it  is  convenient,  as  indicating  that 
the  normal  dimension  along  one  side  was  a  furlong. 

3.  These  strips  had  other  names  also,  as  well  as  those  taien  from  their  area,  as  'acre'  or  'rood,'  or 
from  their  shape,  as  'gores'  or  'tongues.' 

4.  Hence  it  comes  that  the  latin  roda  is  used  indifferently  of  a  rod  (lineal)  rnd  a  rood  Isquare  measure), 
i.  When  the  selions  of  one  furlong  were  perpendirular  to  a  seliin  of  the  next  furloi  g.  tl  ey  were  said  to 

■  abutt ■  on  it.  and  were  called  ' butts.'  In  this  case  the  selion  on  which  they  abutted  was  .onetin-es  used 
as  a  headland  for  them 

5  When  a  holding  is  given  in  detail  in  an  ancient  deed,  each  portion  is  descnbed  as  "betwienthe 
land  of  k.  B.  on  one  side  and  of  C.  D.  on  the  other  "  The  adjoining  tenants  are  sometimes  the  same 
throughout  almost  the  whole  of  the  holding. 

7.  This  points  to  the  origin  of '  Closes '  in  the  Fields. 


25: 


Longstone     Records. 


Tlie  above  is  onlv  a  bare  outline  of  the  ancient  system,  but  it 
may  serve  to  make  the  following  '  Rental '  more  interesting  and 
intellegible  to  those  who  have  not  been  fortunate  enough  to  come 
across  Mr.  Seebohm's  book. 


1720 


A  Rental  of  the  Estate  of  Thomas  Wright,  Esq.,  deceased, 
for  the  vear  1720  ;  King  in  Great  Longson,  Little 
Longson,  .\shford,  VVardlow,  &c.,  containing  the  names 
of  the  Tenants  and  Lands  as  now  occupied,  the  rent, 
the  quantity  of  the  said  Lands  by  estimation  Of  survey, 
the   value,  and  the  tenure. 


S  -  Denotes— Survey. 


E— KstiniHte. 


Freeholil. 

C- 

Copvhold. 

Value 

A.     R. 

P. 

.C        5.        i 

Mr.  Mich.  Buxton  — 

Yearly  Rent,  £^2     o     o. 
The  Hous,  Out  housing,  Orchards, 
Gardin,  Courts,  Foulds,  &  Gardin 


Croft 

S 

2 

2  29 

5 

0 

0 

F 

The  Cow  pasture  or  Backside 

S 

14 

0    0 

14 

0 

0 

F 

Long  Croft  Clos 

E 

4 

2     0 

4 

0 

0 

F 

Austen  Well  Close  ... 

S 

I 

3     7 

I 

10 

0 

F 

Gilldale  Close 

E 

2 

0    ID 

I 

10 

0 

F 

Church  Crofts 

E 

10 

0      0 

10 

0 

0 

F 

Gilldale  botham  Close 

S 

2 

^  3« 

2 

0 

0 

F 

The  two  outreak  Closes 

S 

5 

2  18 

4 

0 

0 

F 

Haggway  Foots  Clos 

S 

12 

3  13 

9 

0 

0 

F 

Greenhill  Clos  below  the 

Rake 

S 

3 

2  35 

3 

0 

0 

F 

The  Great  Corahs  Clos 

E 

S 

0     0 

7 

0 

c 

F 

Middle  Combs  Clos... 

E 

4 

0     0 

3 

10 

0 

F 

Little  Combs  Clos   ... 

E 

3 

0     0 

3 

0 

0 

C 

Barly  Croft 

S 

3     S 

17 

6 

F 

The  2  Andleburrow  Closes 

S 

5 

0   10 

3 

10 

0 

F 

Rannell-liead  Pasture 

s 

7 

I   10 

4 

10 

0 

F 

High-middlehill  peice  in 

the 

Field        

s 

3 

3     0 

2 

10 

0 

F 

For-furlong  Clos 

s 

5 

0  21 

3 

10 

0 

F 

Doles  in  the  Pitts     ... 

... 

E 

2 

3    0 

12 

0 

F 

Wright    Est9,te,    1720. 
Rental,   &c. 


253 


Value. 

£    s.     (I.     IVnure. 


Wm.  Frost— 

Yearly  Rent,  ^30     7     o. 

House,  Barn,  Orchard,  &c. 

Berly  Lays  Close 

Killn-Crofts  Closes  ... 

Begger-way  Closes   ... 

Long  Croft  Peice     ... 

Austin  wall  peice     ... 

Greenhill  peice 

Stancer  Dale  ... 

Upper  Flaxdale 

Orethwart  Middlehill 

Lower  Flaxdale 

Armamedowe 

Cross  Flatt     

Hen  Butts       

Beast  Grasses  in  the  Hay,  6) 
assessed  for 
The  Blackloe,   jointly  and  equally  belonging   to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire 

and  Mr.  Wright,   being  pasturiog  for  each  500  sheep   is  now  occupied 

by  Mr.  Michael  Buxton  and  Tho.  Jackson,  Tenants  to  the  Den.'aine. 

Tho.  Jackson- 


E 

5 

3 

0 

6 

lO 

0 

F 

S 

7 

0 

3 

7 

12 

0 

C 

S 

3 

I 

39 

3 

10 

0 

C 

E 

I 

I 

0 

2 

10 

0 

F 

E 

I 

I 

0 

I 

0 

0 

C 

E 

I 

2 

0 

r 

10 

0 

C 

E 

I 

0 

0 

12 

0 

F 

E 

3 

0 

15 

0 

C 

E 

I 

2 

0 

I 

5 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

8 

0 

F 

E 

I 

0 

5 

0 

F 

E 

2 

2 

0 

2 

10 

0 

F 

E 

I 

0 

0 

10 

0 

F 

n' 

6 

0 

0 

I 

10 

0 

F 

Yearly  Rent,  ;£'26     o    o. 
Hous,  Barn,  Stable,  Garden,  &c. 


A.    R.    P. 


The  oxpasture  &  Stoney 

Loe 

S 

34 

3 

31 

iS 

0 

0 

F 

Long  bamfurlong 

Clos 

E 

II 

3 

0 

f> 

:o 

0 

F 

Perrell  seat  Close 

E 

2 

2 

0 

I 

10 

0 

F 

UTH    GaRRAT     - 

Yearly  Rent, 
Costeads 

£2  10     0. 
by  Balk  or 

E 

2 

0 

7 

6 

C 

Beacon  Flatt  ... 

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

C 

Greenhill  Topp 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

C 

Upper  Standhill 

E 

2 

0 

7 

0 

c 

Pitts  Sides 

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

c 

Hen  Butts 

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

c 

Stoney  Loe 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Andlebarr         ... - 

... 

E 

I 

0 

3 

0 

c 

Ranhill 

E 

I 

0 

3 

0 

c 

254 


Longstone     Records. 


Value. 

A.     R. 

p. 

£     =• 

d.     Te 

nure. 

Beggerway       

E 

I 

0 

3 

0 

c 

Costloe  Botham 

E 

I 

0 

2 

0 

c 

Beast  grass  in  the  Hay,   i 

4 

0 

c 

Samson  Hodskinson  — 

Yearly  Rent,  £6     9 

6. 

The    Dwelling   house,    Barn, 

and 

Cowhouse 

c 

Croft  Ends        

E 

I       0 

c 

12 

0 

F 

Long  Greave 

E 

2 

0 

8 

0 

F 

Upper  Costloe  botham 

E 

I       0 

0 

II 

0 

F 

Great  Gapp     ... 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Backside  the  House  ... 

E 

2 

0 

7 

6 

c 

Half  the  Mill  Lane  Clos 

S 

I        I 

10 

■5 

0 

c 

Shaly  Butts      

E 

I 

0 

2 

0 

C 

The  Pitts           

E 

I 

0 

I 

0 

C 

Open  Wallhill 

E 

I       0 

0 

13 

0 

C 

Armameadow... 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

C 

Birchhill  way 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

C 

Cross  Flatt        

E 

.3 

0 

:o 

6 

C 

Lower  Coseloe  botham 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

C 

Wheel 

E 

I 

0 

I 

6 

C 

Rannell            

E 

I     0 

0 

10 

0 

C 

Rannell  head 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

C 

Womfurlong 

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

C 

Parrel  1  seat      

E 

2 

0 

4 

f) 

C 

Overthwart  Middlehill 

E 

I 

0 

3" 

0 

c 

Middle  Flaxdale 

E 

I     0 

0 

u 

0 

c 

Half  a  Beast  grass  in  the 

Hay 

2 

0 

c 

ThO  :    HODSKINSON — 

Yearly  Rent,  ^4     3 

6 

Hous,  Barn,  Cowhous,  &c. 

Backside  the  House  ... 

E 

2 

0 

7 

6 

c 

Halt  the  Mill  Lane  end  Close 

S 

I      [ 

10 

15 

0 

c 

Highlow  Meadow     .  . 

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

c 

South  Furlong 

... 

E 

2 

0 

4 

0 

c 

Cross  Flatt     

E 

I 

0 

3 

6 

c 

Birchhill  way 

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

c 

Wright    Estate,    1720. 
Rental,    &c. 


255 


Tho  :  HoDSKiNSON — Continued. 

Long  greave...  ...         ...  E 

Costloe-botham        ...         ...  E 

Lower  Flaxdale        E 

Beggerway     ...         ...         ...  E 

Short  brod      ...  ...  E 

High  Middlehill        E 

Greenhill  Topp         ...         ...  E 

Great  Gapp    ...         ...         ...  F 

Pitts  Doles      E 

Half  a  Beast  grass  in  the  Hay 

Wm.  Brown — 

Yearly  Rent,  £i  17     5. 

Barn  and  Garden     ..  ...  E 

Little  Park  Clos       E 

Highloe  Meadow      ...         ...  E 

Red  Weed      ...         E 

Mary  Wright— 

Yearly  Rent,  £1   10    o. 
Croft  ends      ...  ...         ...         E 

Davenpt.  Blackwill — 

Yearly  Rent,  £0  5  o. 
Upon  an  exchange  between  2 
Roods  of  his  lieing  in  John  Hea- 
ward's  Caudale-hill  Close  and  an 
Acre  of  Mr.  Wright's  in  the  said 
Blackwill's  Wall-hill  Clos  under 
yc  north  hedge  ...         ...         E 

Mr.  Middleton,  Clerk — 

Yearly  Rent,  £0     10     o 
For  exchange  between  Land  belong- 
ing to  the  Church  and  Mr,  Wright's 
Bamfurlong  Clos  which  Mr.Middle- 
ton  holds         ...  ...         ...         E 


A.    R.    P. 


I     I 

2 
2 
1 
I 
2 
I 
I 
I 


2     o 
o     o 

2       O 


Value. 
£      s.     d.  Tenure. 


15 

2 

8 
2 
3 
6 
I 
I 
I 
2 


6 
6 
o 
6 
o 
o 
6 
6 
o 
o 


C 
C 
C 
C 
C 
C 
C 
C 
C 


120         F 

17     6         F 

80         F 


JO 


256 


Longstone     Records. 


WlI.LM.    HoDSKINSON    DE    AsH^ 

Yearly  Rent,  £"900 
The    house,    shop,    and    other   out- 
housing    belonging    to    the     farm 
formerly  Daniel  Frost's         ...         E 
The  Hous,  Barn,  Cowhouse,  Garden 
Croft, .  &-C.,    formerly    occupied  by 


Value. 
£    s.    il.  Tenure 


15  o 


Wni.  Hodskinson,  senr. 

E 

I 

0 

10 

0 

C 

The  Backside  Close 

E 

I     0 

0 

15 

0 

C 

Croft  ends         

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

c 

Elder  Stubb      

E 

0 

0 

4 

6 

c 

Mill  Lane  end             

E 

2 

0 

4 

6 

c 

Great  Pitt  Heads         

E 

1 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Thornbridge     

E 

3 

0 

10 

0 

c 

Shaley  Butts 

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

c 

Pitts  Doles       

E 

I 

0 

I 

0 

c 

Fore  Doles        

E 

I 

0 

I 

0 

c 

Armameadow 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Cross  Flatt       

E 

2 

0 

7 

0 

c 

Costloe-botham           

E 

2 

0 

5 

6 

c 

Beggerway        

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Bamfurlong 

E 

0 

0 

5 

6 

c 

Rannhill            

E 

I     I 

0 

14 

0 

c 

Rannhill-botham        

E 

I     0 

0 

II 

0 

c 

Rannhill-head              

E 

I 

0 

2 

0 

c 

Costids 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Womfurlong 

E 

2 

0 

4 

6 

c 

Beacon  Flatt 

E 

3 

0 

7 

6 

c 

Upper  Flaxdale           

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

c 

Austinwall 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Short-Bamfurlong       

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

c 

Oremark            

E 

1 

0 

3 

0 

c 

Gilldale  topp   ...         

E 

I 

0 

I 

6 

c 

Between  Pitts 

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

F 

Armameadow  end 

E 

2 

0 

f. 

0 

F 

Short  broad 

E 

I 

0 

I 

6 

F 

Beast  gntcs  in  tl  e  Hay,  3    ... 

12 

0 

Wright    Estate,    1720. 
Rental,    &c. 


257 


Antho.  Torr — 

Yearly  Rent,  £34     2     o. 

House,   Barn,    Cowhouse,    Garden, 

&c.,    formerly    Tho.  Hodskinson's 

deceased 

Stone  bridge  Clos 

Armameadow   ... 

Costlowe  botham        

Stancer  Dale    ... 

High  Mid.llehiU  

Rannell-head  Clos 

Grisdale  3  Closes 

Oremark 

Cowstie 

Mill  Lane  End 

Pitts  Doles        

Fore  Doles 

Beast  gate  in  the  Hay,  i     ... 
Anth.  Torr,  Shackerly's  Farm,  in  lease 

with  the  above  mentioned    ... 

Armameadow  Clos     ... 

Green  hill  Topp 

Wheel 

Elder  Stubb      

Shaley  Butts    ... 

Beast  gate  in  the  Hay,  i     ... 
Anth    Torr,  Jo.  Beard's  Farme 

Mires  Close 

Red  Weed         

Anth.  Torr,  a  piece  more  on  Cowstie 
Antho.  Torr,  Jo.  Whiat's  Farme 

Orthwart  Thornbridg  Clos  ... 

Mill  Lane  End  

Cross  Flatt  Pingle 

Upper  Standhill 

Austinwall  or  Short  Bamfurlong 


Valut. 
£      s.    d.  Tenure. 


E 

2 

I 

0 

2 

0 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

0 

1 

10 

0 

F 

E 

I 

0 

0 

15 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

F 

E 

I 

0 

0 

iS 

0 

F 

E 

2 

2 

0 

I 

15 

0 

F 

E 

I 

2 

0 

1 

12 

0 

F 

E 

I 

0 

3 

0 

F 

E 

I 

I 

0 

17 

6 

F 

E 

I 

0 

I 

6 

F 

E 

I 

0 

I 

0 

F 

E 

se 

20 

4 

6 
0 

F 

S 

2 

0 

17 

I 

17 

6 

C 

E 

3 

0 

12 

0 

c 

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

c 

E 

2 

0 

8 

0 

c 

E 

I 

0 

2 

4 

0 
0 

c 
c 

E 

2 

0 

0 

I 

10 

0 

c 

E 

1 

3 

0 

I 

5 

0 

c 

e 

1 

0 

0 

I 

7 

6 

c 

S 

3. 

20 

I 

0 

0 

c 

E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

c 

E 

2 

0 

15 

0 

c 

E 

2 

0 

0 

I 

10 

0 

c 

E 

I 

0 

0 

14 

0 

c 

258 


Longstone     Records. 


Value. 
£      s.    d.  Tenure. 


Anth.  Torr,  his  Farme  at  Church-dale- 
head  in  Ashford 

Dwelling  House, Barn, Stable, Yard  &c  2  30 

Backhouse  Close         E  200 

Crimboe   Close            S  '     o  35 

Brown's  Clos  or  Mills's  Clos  E  i     i     o 

Great  Brunt  Clos         ...          ...  S  4     o  10 

Little  Brunt  Close       S  t     i  30 

Thorney  side  Close E  i     i     o 

A  Dole  in  a  Mean  Close     ...  E  125 
Prime's   Close     exchanged  for 

Batche's  Clos E  iio 

Four  Beast  grasses  on  Finn 

RiCHD.  Bettany — 

Yearly  Rent,  £7     o     o. 

House,  Barns,  Garden,  &c.  ... 

Croft  on  the  backside  the  House  i 

South  Furlong             E  2 

Mires  Clos        ...         ...         ...  E  10 

Red  Weed        E  10 

Pitts  Doles       E  i 

Armameadow  ...         ...         ...  E  2 

Birch  ill  way    ...         ...         ...  E  2 

Henn  Butts      ...         ...         ...  E  2 

Costloe...          ...         ...         ...  E  2 

Costloe  Botbam           ...         ...  E  i 

Cross  Flatt        E  i 

Costidds            ...         ...         ...  E  2 

Womfurlong     ...          ...         ...  E  2 

Womfurlong  Clos  •    ...         ...  E  22 

Oremark           ...          E  2 

Greenhill            ..                     ...  E  2 
Beast  gates  in  the  Hay   i 


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0 

0 

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0 

0 

c 

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4 

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5 

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6 

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15 

0 

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12 

0 

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7 

6 

c 

8 

0 

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4 

0 

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7 

0 

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3 

6 

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6 

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6 

0 

c 

6 

0 

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16 

0 

c 

8 

0 

c 

8 

0 

c 

4 

0 

Wright    Estate, 
Rental,     &c. 


1720. 


259 


Mary  Flint — 

A.     U. 

1>. 

Value. 
£       s.     d. 

reiuire 

Yearly  Rent,  £'4     0    0 

Mill  Lane  Close 

..      E 

I       0 

0 

18 

0 

F 

Womfurlong  Closes  ... 

.      E 

2       2 

0 

I     18 

0 

F 

Costide  in  the  Fields 

.      E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

F 

Pitts  Doles  and  Fore  Doles. 

.      E 

I     20 

2 

0 

F 

Beasts  gates  in  the  Hay,  4    . 

16 

0 

WiLLM.  HODSKINSON  DE   CrOSS  -- 

Yearly  Rent,  /'8     j     0 

Small  meadow  Closes 

.      E 

5     0 

0 

4    " 

0 

F 

Croft  ends        

.      E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

F 

Bretner  Hedg 

E 

I        2 

0 

I     2 

6 

F 

Middle  hill  Tongs 

E 

I       2 

0 

'9 

0 

F 

High  Middle  hill 

E 

I       0 

0 

18 

0 

F 

Greenhill  in  2  places 

E 

2 

0 

4 

0 

F 

Gildale  Topp 

E 

1 

0 

I 

6 

F 

Beast  gates  in  the  Hay,  3     . 

12 

0 

RoBT.   HODSKINSON     - 

Yearly  Rent,  £2     12     0 

Thornbridg  in  the  Fields 

..      E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

South  Furlong 

.      E 

0 

2 

0 

F 

Wall  hill          

.      E 

0 

7 

6 

F 

Armameadowe 

E 

0 

3 

0 

F 

Long  Greave  ... 

E 

0 

3 

6 

F 

Upper  Standhill 

.      E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Cross  Flatt      

.      E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Beggerway      

.       E 

0 

2 

0 

F 

Middlehill  Tongue    ... 

.      E 

0 

2 

0 

F 

Orethwart  Middlehill 

.      E 

0 

3 

0 

F 

Andlebarr 

.      E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Short  Banifurlong 

E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Beacon  Flatt 

E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Gieenhill  topp 

E 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Oremark           

E 

0 

3 

0 

F 

Shoart  broad 

E 

0 

I 

6 

F 

Armaireadowe,  more 

.      E 

0 

3 

0 

F 

Beast-grass  in  the  Hay,  1     . 

4 

0 

26o 


Longstone     Records. 


A.     R.    P. 


Value. 
{      s.     d    Tenure. 


Rich  :  Hodskinson'— 

Yearly  Rent,  £'6     14    0 

Hous  Stead,  Shopp  &c. 

Coastlowe  Close 

E 

2    0 

0 

I   16 

0 

F 

Mires  Close      

E 

0 

0 

10 

0 

F 

Highloe  Meadow       

E 

I 

0 

4 

0 

F 

Shaly  butts      

E 

2 

0 

7 

0 

F 

Pitts  sides        

E 

I 

0 

3 

0 

F 

Long  Greave 

E 

I 

0 

4 

6 

F 

Wheel 

E 

2 

0 

3 

6 

F 

Standhill          

E 

2     0 

0 

I   16 

0 

F 

Rannhill 

E 

I     0 

0 

16 

0 

F 

Rannhill  botham       

E 

2 

0 

7 

0 

F 

Oremark          

E 

2 

0 

7 

0 

F 

Fran  :  Taylor — 

Yearly  Rent,  £4     0     0 

House,  Garden,  Barn,  &c.    ... 

Thorn bridg  in  the  Field 

E 

I 

0 

4 

6 

F 

Shaley  butts 

E 

I 

0 

4 

0 

F 

Red  Weed       

E 

2 

0 

9 

0 

F 

South  furlong 

E 

I 

0 

A 

0 

F 

Long  Greave 

E 

I     0 

0 

1     0 

0 

F 

Middlehill  Tongues 

E 

3 

0 

13 

6 

F 

Flaxdale  botham       

E 

2 

0 

10 

0 

F 

Short  bamfurlong 

E 

I 

0 

4 

0 

F 

Overthwart  Middlehill 

E 

3 

0 

1 1 

0 

F 

Hen :   Dooley — 

Yearly  Rent,  £"250 

House  and  Garden     

Highlow  Meadow  in  the  Field 

E 

2 

0 

10 

0 

F 

Shaley  Butts 

E 

I 

0 

4 

0 

F 

Cowsty            

E 

2 

0 

9 

0 

F 

Armameadow 

E 

I 

0 

4 

0 

F 

Birchillway     

E 

2 

0 

9 

6 

F 

Andlebarr        

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Beacon  Flatt 

E 

I 

0 

2 

6 

F 

Brettner  Hedg 

E 

I 

0 

3 

0 

F 

Wright    Estate,     1720. 
Rental,    &c. 


261 


Marv  Fernehough — 

Yearly  Rent,  £'14     o     o 
House,  Barn,  Shopp,  Garden,  &c... 
The  2  Mill  Lane  Closes 
Croft  joyning  to  the  Church 
Beacon  Flatt  in  the  Fields 
Stanserdale 
In  Jos  :  Furnice's  Aiidlebarr  Clos  E 

High  Middlehill         

Rannhill 

Middlehill  Tongues  ... 

Wheel 

Coastlow  botham 
Cross  Flatt 
Armameadow... 
Armameadow,  more... 
Grisedale 

Wall  hill         

Cowsty... 
Between  the  Pitts 
Highlow  IMeadow 
Overthwart  Middlehill 
Hilow  Meadow  Close 

Pitts  Doles      

Beast  gates  in  the  Hay,  6       .. 

WiLLM.  Drable  &  Jo:  Heawards 
Yearly  Rent  £S     o     o 
Thornhridge  Close     ... 
Highlow  Meadow  in  the  Field 

Shaly  Butts 

Wall-hill         

Cawdalehill     Clos      within 
Ashford   ... 
Note.     There  is  one  half  acre  m 


\'aiue. 
s.     d.  Tenure 


s 

3 

0 

8 

2    10 

0 

F 

E 

I 

I 

0 

18 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

7 

6 

F 

E 

2 

0 

6 

6 

F 

E 

1 

0 

3 

6 

F 

E 

I 

0 

4 

0 

F 

E 

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0 

0 

15 

0 

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E 

I 

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0 

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E 

2 

0 

5 

0 

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2 

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7 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

9 

0 

F 

E 

I 

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6 

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E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

F 

E 

0 

0 

7 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

7 

0 

F 

E 

T 

0 

3 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

8 

0 

F 

E 

2 

0 

6 

0 

F 

E 

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0 

3 

6 

F 

E 

5 

0 

0 

3     0 

0 

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E 

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6 
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3 

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0 

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2  i6    o 


re  in  the  last  mentioned  close  belonging 
to  Davenport  Blackwell  f  r  which  he  hatli  an  acre  of  Mr.  Wright's  in  his 
Willi  hill  Close,  .nnd  gives  Mr.  Wright  5s.  per  annum 

The  Beast  Grasses  in  the  Hay  Pasture  belonging  to  the  Town  of  Great 
Longstone  and  in  Number  £9,  and  34  cf  thfm  Iclrnp  to  Mr.  Wright's 
estate  being  juineil  to  the  several  Tenements  as  before  mentioned. 


s 

I 

0 

6 

2 

0 

0 

F 

s 

5 

3 

33 

4 

10 

0 

F 

s 

5 

0 

23 

4 

0 

0 

F 

s 

24 

I 

8 

12 

10 

0 

F 

s 

s 

12 

0 

22 

10 

0 

0 

F 

s 

2 

0 

8 

I 

12 

0 

F 

s 

s 

2 

18 

S 

0 

F 

s 

7 

I 

26 

5 

10 

0 

F 

s 

I 

I 

1 1 

I 

0 

0 

F 

s 

3 

0 

37 

2 
I 

10 
0 

0 
0 

F 

262  Longstone     Records. 

LITTLE  LONGSON,  BY  SURVEY,  AS  FOLLOWETH  : 

Value. 
A.     R.     P.  £       s.     d.  Tenure. 

Mr.  Wm.  Fynney— 

Yearly  Rent,  ^^45     o     o 
House,  Barn,  Stable,  Garden, 

Yard,  Fold,  &c 

The  Backside  Close... 

Hill  Close         

The  3  layes  Closes 

Outreake  Close  and   Smithy 

field,  now  lay'd  together 

The  Bitch-stone  Dole 

Another  Dole  there  in  Ashford 

Liberty... 

The  3  Coedoe  hill  Closes 

Nether  new  Land  Clos 

The  New  Clos  in  the  Field    ... 

In  Little  Longstone  Hay,  5  Gates 

John  Marchinton  and  Jo  :  Timm — 
Yearly  Rent,  ^16     o    o 
House,    Barn,   Yard,  Garden, 
and  the  lower  Dale  Clos 
The  Upper  Dale  Close 

Little  Breach  Close    

Barren  Castle  Close    ... 

Meadow  Close 

Cow-hay-stile  Clos     ... 

Upper  New  Land  Close 

Beast  Gates  in  the  said  Hay 

Pasture,  4        ...         ...         ...  16     o 

Joseph  Beebey — 

Yearly  Rent,  ;f8  15     o. 

The  2  Whiteles  Closes            ...  S           5     i   23               2   10     o         F 

Shifting  Meadow          ......  S           108                     9     o         F 

Longstone  Dale  Close...         ...  S           501                280         F 

In  the  Mire   Whabs,  Lord's  Land, 

east  and  west  in  both  places...  S           i     1   20                   no         F 

In  Blackleas  Close,  j  places  ...  S           4     3  35               2     y     o         F 

Two  Beast  Gates  in  the  Hay,  2  80 


s 

2 

2  26 

2  0 

0 

F 

s 

5 

0  7 

3  15 

0 

F 

s 

6 

0  34 

4  10 

0 

F 

s 

I  36 

7 

0 

F 

s 

3  39 

H 

0 

F 

s 

4 

0  35 

3  0 

0 

F 

s 

I 

1  15 

iS 

0 

F 

Wright,    Estate, 
Rental,    &c. 


1720. 


263 


4     3  29 


I     8 


2  28 


s.     d.  Tenure 


s 

I   20 

15 

0 

F 

s 

2 

I   10 

I     5 

0 

F 

s 

4 

2  20 

2     0 

0 

F 

3  10 


s 

2 

0 

20 

I 

7 

6 

F 

s 

2 

2 

18 

r 

16 

0 

F 

s 

I 

I 

4 

17 

0 

F 

s 

I 

I 

0 

17 

0 

F 

s 

I 

0 

^7 

9 

0 

F 

ThO  :   TOMLINSON — 

Yearly  Rent,  £^    o    o. 
House,  Barn,  Croft,  Garden,  &c 
The  Mayer-Hedg.  Close 
2  Scratter  Closes 

John  Tomlinson — 

Yearly  Rent,  £2  10    o. 
The  New  Close  betwixt  the 
Towns    ...         ... 

Thos  :   White  — 

Yearly  Rent,  _£'7     4     o 
Little  Cock  Flatt  Close 
New  Close 
Dagnall  Clos 
Meadow  Clos 
Leays-head  Clos 
A  Dole  in  Gt.  Breach,  Lord's 
East  Lan  :   We  : 
Another   Dole  ditto  Lords' 

East  &  West 

Beast  Grasses  in  the  Hay,  2 

Wm.  Pidcock  — 

Yearly  Rent,  i^o  11     6 
In  his  Annisseds  Close  amongst  the 
Lords'  Land     E  20  11     6         F 

Mary  Flint  — 

Yearly  Rent,  £g     o     o. 
For  Tythe  Hay  and  Corn     ...  ..  9     o     o         F 

Wm.    Ranworth  — 

Yearly  Rent,  £i^     o     o. 
For    Tythe,   Hay    &    Corn    in   the 

Mornsall  Dale  400         1'' 

In  the  Hay  Pasture   belonging  to   Little  Longson  are  13   Beast  Gates 

belonging  to  Mr.  Wright's  estate  in  Little  Lorgstone  aforesaid,  and  joined 

to  the  several  tenements  as  above. 

Wardlowe 


S     6 


o 
o 


264  Longstone     Records. 

Value. 
A.     R.     P.  £       !.     d.  Tenure. 

Mr.  Stephen  Whitby  — 

Yearly    Rent,    £S     4     o. 
.'\n  Housstead  and  Barn  in  Hugh 
Bradwell's  Fould. 

Fore  Doles  Close        E  i     i     o  i     5     o         F 

Step-heads  Close         E  110  150         F 

Crimens  Close E  i     i     o  i     5     o         F 

Mean  Crimens E  210  2     o     o         F 

Hard  Aunter E  20  8     6         F 

Lane  End  E  20  8     6         F 

Beast  Gates  in  Wardlow  Hay,  2  80 

Beast   Gates    in    Gt.    Longstone 

Hay,  6        140 

Tho  :  Bramwell  — 

Yearly  Rent,  £1     o     o. 
House,  Fould,  &  Croft  ...         S  332  16    o         F 

One  Beast  Grass  in  Wardlow  Hay  4     o 

Hugh  Brad  well  — 

Yearly  Rent,  £7  10    o. 

His  House  &  Yard  to  the  Lane       S  3  35 

Upper  Croft S  j     2  30 

Stoney-loe         S  i     i   29 

Mean  Crimens  ...         ...         ...         E  120 

In  the  Field  More        E  20 

Stepp-heads  Close      E  100 

Beast    Grasses    in    the   Wardlow 

Hay,  2       8     o 

There  is  5  Beast-gates   in  Wardlow  Hay  Pasture  belonging   to  the  several 

tenements. 

Underwood — Jos.  Millington         ...  11     o     o         F 

Note.  In  John  Millington  tenure 
the  House  and  Outhouses,  with  Orchard 
and  Garden,  valued  per  annum  £2. 

The  Hoodfield,  now  divided  into 
two  parts,  the  one  2  acres,  and  the 
other  10  acres,  at  15s.  per  acre,  £g. 


I     5 

0 

F 

2   10 

0 

F 

I     2 

6 

F 

I     3 

6 

F 

7 

0 

F 

H 

0 

F 

Wright,    Estate,    1720. 
Rental,    &c. 


26= 


Robt.  Barber  the  money  formerly 

paid  by  Pallfreman     ... 

Chief  Rents 

Mr.  Thos  :   Longsden... 

Wm.  Clou{;hs  ... 

Mr.  Ed    Middleton     

Hen  :  Hodgkinson      

Jo:  Cloves 

Cottages  in  Great  Longsto.n'e  : 
Mary  Jackson,  late  Wm.  Smith 
The  :  Thornhill 

Fran  :  Crowder  

Humph:  Foulowe      

Tho:   Foulowe... 

Wm.  Cockin,  late  Wm.  Wright 

Wm.  Bland       

Katharine  Mornsall     

Jo  :  Garlick 
Rebec:   Hallowes 

Thurstan  Wright  

James  Haberjam  

Emanll.  Cooper  

Caleb  Wayne 

Robt.  Garratt 

Jonath  :  Shackerly       

Dorothy  Bon;  ford 
Elizab :  Foulowe 

Richd    Crowder  

Jo:  Sellers 

Wm.  Hodskinson,  late  Tho  :  AUin 

Hen  :   Heathcoat 

Rowland  Heathcoat 

Margaret  Jackson 
Jo  :  Smith 
Ed  :  Terr 

Mrs.  Ann  Mills 

Margaret  Sellers 
Emanll.  Sellers 


Value. 
£     s.    d. 


2     6 

I     4 

4 

4 

2 

s. 

d. 

6 

0 

Paid  by  the 

5 

0 

Overseers. 

10 

0 

5 

0 

10 

0 

12 

0 

6 

0 

iS 

4 

10 

0 

12 

0 

6 

8 

10 

0 

10 

0 

10 

0 

10 

0 

5 

0 

6 

0 

6 

0 

Paid  by  the 

12 

0 

Overseers 

5 

0 

5 

0 

10 

0 

10 

0 

5 

0 

6 

0 

Paid  by  the 

15 

0 

Overseers 

5 

0 

10 

0 

10 

0 

Paid  by  the 
Overseers 

266 


Longstone     Records. 


YEARLY  OUT-GOINGS,  OUT  OF  MR.  WRIGHT'S  ESTATE 

1770. 


To  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  Chief  and  Pasture  Rent 

for  Lands  in  Gt.  Longstone 
for  Lands  in  Foolow 
for  Lands  in  Gt  Longstone  ,  9"'"  ''  '"j  vP^Tn'  °' 

"  i  One  pound  Nine  shillings 

for  Freehold  Lands  in  Wardlovv        (  &  sixpence  has  not  been 

)  paid  for  Lands  tor  which 

for  CopV-hoid    Lands  in    Ashford  \  an    equal    Quantity    was 

*  -^  ,  o  J-  '  allotted    to  the    Duke  in 

for  Hay-grass — late  Scammodines    '  Augt:i77o 
To  the  Overseer  of  the  poor  of  Longstone   for  a  piece] 
of  Land  taken  from  the  Common,  and  Inclos'd — [ 

call'd  Gildo I 

To  Robt :  Thornhill  for  teaching  poor  Children  to  read 
To  the  Curate  of  Longstone  for  preaching  an  Annual  i 

Sermon 
To  the  poor  of  Great  Longstone 
of  Little  Longstone 
of  Ashford    ... 
of  Wardlow... 
of  Kniveton ... 


£ 

s. 

d. 

5 

3 

lU 

0 

4 

H 

1 

9 

6 

0 

1 

4 

0 

10 

8 

0 

2 

0 

0  7  6 

5     0  0 

1  10  0 

2  0  0 
0  10  0 
0  10  0 

0  10  0 

1  0  0 

T8^19  3i 


To  the  Minister  of  Longstone  for  Glebe  Lands  lying 
within  Mr.  Wright's,  for  which  there  were  Lands 
given  to  the  Church  in  exchange,  in  Augt :  1770 
therefore  'twas  agreed  between  The  rev :  Mr. 
Walthal  and  Stephen  Jones  (agent  to  Coll.  Wright) 
that  the  usual  payment  of  one  pound  and  three 
shillings  be  discontinued  at  Lady  Day,  1771 

To  .Mrs.  Ridgway  and  Mr.  Goodwin     Do.     Do. 

To  Edwd.  Noton  for  the  Duke  <jf  Devonshire  Do. 


1     3     0 


0  14 

0     7 


0 
0 


Wright     Estate,     1770. 


267 


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[Facsimile   of   Title   Page,    B.G.] 


268 


Longstone     Records. 


Survey     of     Lands. 

Letter.     No.  Occupiers  and  Grounds. 

ASHTON.     SAMUEL. 
A       2     Black  Lowpiece    ... 

BLACKWELL,  THO. 
A       4      Black  Low  3/7ths... 

6     Common  piece        3'7ths 

14  Ox  pasture 

15  Do.  

21  Barrel  Sheath 

22  Bam  Furlong 

23  Do.  

24  Do.  

C     12  Stack  Yard 

13  House  and  Garden 

48  Pool     House    with    far  pool,  &c. 

51  Near  pool  piece 

D     29  Between  Towns 


BETTANY,  CORNE 

10  Womb  Furlong 

11  Do.  

12  Stoney  Furlong     ... 

13  Cross  Heads 

27  Beggar  way 

28  Do.  

8  Barn  

17  Small  Building  &  yard 

20  End  of  a  Barn       ... 

21  Homestead,  Garden,  &c. 
30  Included  in  No.  56 


Contents. 
A.        R.         P. 


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Wright     Estate,     1770. 


26q 


Survey   of   Lands. 

Letter.     No.  Occupiers  and  Grounds. 

BETTANY,  CORNE^—Cou filmed. 
41      Course  Low 
43     Cross  Flatt 

55  

56  &  30  Building  and  Croft     

Seven  Beast  Gates  in^ 
Great  Longstone  Hay  J 


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3 

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34 

8 

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5 

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24 

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5 

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1 

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1 

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Little  Longstone  Hay 

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1 

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BRAMWELL,  JOHN 

15     Grace  yard,  &c. 

2/3rds  of  a  Beast  Gate") 
in  Wardlow  Hay  J 


„     3     09 


»l  l»  )» 


„     3     09 


DOOLY  JOHN. 
C      15     Small  House  &  Garden 


„      ,     04 


270 


Longstone     Records. 


Survey     of     Lands, 

Letter.    No.  Occupiers  and  Grounds. 

FLINT,     JOSHUA. 
A       7     Common  piece 

8  Moor  side  close 

9  Do.  

B       2     Big  Cow  Holmes 

3     Little  Do.  

C     10     House  and  small  Garden 

19     Pt.  of  a  Barn         

29     House  and  Garden 

40     Stand  Hill  

57     Yard  Croft  

65     Thornhridge 

Four   Beast   Gates   in^ 
Great  Longstone  Hay  J 


FURNACE,  WM. 
16     Barrel  Sheath 
18     Rannel  Head         

25  Rannel       

26  Rannel        

11     Two  Building.s  and  Yard... 

24  Pt.  of  a  House  and  Garden 

25  Pt.  of  a  Barn       

28     A  Barn  and  Yard 

37  Cross  Flatt 

38  Do. 

49     Wall  Hill  ... 
49a  South   Furlong- 
60     Wall  Hill    ... 
64     Croft 

63     Mill  Lane  End 
70     South   Furlong 

Four  Beast  Gates  in 
Great  Longstone  Hay 


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271 


Survey    of    Lands. 


Letter.    No. 

Occupier  and  Grounds. 

FURNACE,   MARTIN 

B       4 

5 
C       7 

Hagway  Foot 

Hagway  Foot  ... 

House  Garden's  Barn,  &c. 

33 
34 
35 

Lower  Barley  Lays 
Over  Barley  Lays 
A  House  and  Garden 

53 

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GREGORY,  THO. 
Horsepasture 
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24 
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2 

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5 

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16 

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8 

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3 

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Longstone     Records. 
Survey    of    Lands. 


Lettpr.    No. 

Occupier  and  Grounds. 

( 

A. 

Contents. 
R.      P. 

GOODWYN,    WM. 

A     29 

Beggarway  Close 

2 

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05 

C       1 

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2 

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4 

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GARLICK,     SARAH. 
C       3     House  and  Small  Garden. 


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GARROT,     SAML. 
C     IS     House  and  Garden 


„    „     08 


GARROT,     ANDW. 

C      l7a   House  and  small  Garden. 


Wright     Estate,     1770. 


273 


Survey    of    Lands. 


Leltei 

r.    No. 

Occupier  and  Grouiuis. 

HODGKINSON, 

LUKE. 

Contents. 
A.       R.      P. 

A 

17 

Rannel  Head 

2        2        29 

C 

2 

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... 

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,,     1     32 

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„    „     19 

44 

Arma  Meadow     ... 

1     3     08 

46 

Do. 

1     2      „ 

58 

Mill  Lane  Close   ... 

1     3     24 

59 

Do. 

1     1     13 

66 

Shaley  Ford 

1     2     29 

67 

High  Low  Meadow 

5     2     11 

69 

Shaly  Butts 

6     2     12 

.Six  Beastgates  in  Great 

Longstone  Hay 
HODGSKINSON^ 

,  HEN. 

M        »»            >> 

23     2  17 

B 

10 

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3    „     05 

11 

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3     3     12 

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1     2     06 

12a  Middle  Hill  Tongue 

1     2      „ 

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43 

Small  Meadow's  ... 
Three  Beastgates  in 
Longstone  Hay     . . . 

Great 

4     1     24 

14    1     07 

23 


HAYWARD,    MARTHA. 
House  and  Garden 


24 


274  Longstone     Records. 

Survey    of   Lands, 


Letter.     No 

Occupier  ami  GrouiuK. 

HODGSKINSON,  WM. 

Contents. 
.\.      R.      P. 

C     24 

Part  of  a  House  and  Garden 

.        „    „     06 

26 

Part   of   a    Barn   ... 

M      M         n 

27 

A   Rick  Yard        ' 

„    „     04 

39 

Course  Low 

2     1     17 

45 

Arma  Meadow     ... 

3     3     05 

61 

Mill  Lane  close            ...         

2     2     16 

8     3     08 

HEATHCOTE,    JOHN. 
C     32     Small  Building  and  Garden       ...         ,,    n     06 

HODGSKINSON,      RICHD. 

C     68     Park  

D     44     Caldwell   Hill  Close  

45     Bit  on  the  other  side  ye  lane 


HOLMES,     GEO. 

C     72  Cold   Stile  

73  Emanuel   Pingle 

74  Stone  Bridge 

75  Queen  Meadow     ... 

76  Crowder  Close 

77  Cranbury 

78  Homestead,   Orchard,  &c. 

79  Mills  Close  

80  Great   Brount       

81  Little  Do. 

82  Nether  Main  close 

83  Turnip  close 

84  Over  Main  close  ... 
D     46  Fin   Pasture 


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Wright     Estate,     1770. 


275 


Survey    of    Lands, 


Lettei 

.    No. 

Orcupier  and  Grounds. 

HAWKSWORTH.  JOHN. 

.\ 

Contents. 
R.       P. 

E 

1 

Stoney   Low 

1  y 

3       25 

2 

Do.              

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7 

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1 

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16 

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7 

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16 

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18 

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19 

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20 

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21 

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22 

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23 

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close 

25 

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side 

26 

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276 


Longstone     Records. 


Letter.    No. 


Survey    of    Lands, 


Occupier  and  Grounds. 


LONGSDON,     mR.— Continued 

32  Do.  

33  Do.  

37  Bitchstones  

38  Smithy  Field         

48     Bitchstones  next  the  S.  wall 

5  Beast  Gates  in  Little 

Longstone  Hay     ... 

One  Do.  in  Great  Longstone  Hay 


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k. 

R. 

p. 

1 

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32 

3 

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2 

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MARSDEN,     GODY. 

3  Black   Low  piece 

NAILOR,     WM. 

4  Breech 

5  Do.  

17     ...  

30     New   close 

35     Meadow     ... 

40     Cock  Flat  

42     Dragon   Dale 


NEWTON,    JOHN. 

21  A  Dole  in  the  Breech     ... 

22  Hawking  Meadow 

24  Homestead,   &c. 

25  Far  Yd.  with  House  in  2  Dwellings 

26  Piece  Head 


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Wright     Estate,     1770. 


277 


Survey    of    Lands. 


No 

Occupier  and  Grounds. 

Contents. 
A.       R.       P. 

NEWTON,     JOHN- 

-Continued. 

27 

Piece 

6     3       9 

28 

and  29     Pingles     ... 

„     3     32 

30 

Nether  Edge 

7    „      „ 

31 

Mid.    Do. 

7    „     04 

32 

Over    Do. 

3    „     16 

33 

Barn  close,  with  Barn 

7    „     19 

37    „     32 

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OVERSEER  of  the  Poor. 

5  A  Butcher's  Shop  ... 

PITCOCK,   WM. 

In  Anniseeds 

SCAMWARDINE,  HANH. 

6  A  Cottage    ... 

TAILOR,  lOHN. 
1      Black  Harry  House 


TAILOR,   MOSES. 
C     22     Part  of  a  Barn      

THORNHILL,     ROBT. 
C     60     Far  Furlong 

TOMBLINSON,  THO 
D     14     Scratter  Close 
15     Lower  Do. 
27     Homestead,    &c. 
36     Meer  Edge 


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2  3  24 

1  2  16 
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2  ,,  08 


6     .3     30 


278 


Longstone     Records. 


Survey    of    Lands, 


Letter.    No. 


Occupier  and  Grounds. 


THORNHILL,    JERVIS. 
3  and  4     Far  Dole  close 

5  Step  Heads 

6  Crymans  close 

8     A  Dole  in  Great  Crymans 

13  Short  Butts  in  ye  Main  Field) 

14  Hardonter 

6  Beast  Gates  in  Great 

Longstone  Hay     ... 

2  Do.  in  Wardlow  Hay    ... 


Contents. 

A 

R.      P. 

1 

3       08 

1 

3      „ 

2 

„     22 

3 

M     16 

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2     22 

2     04 

WRIGHT,   ROBT.,   ESQ. 

4  4/7ths  of  Black  Low         

5  Plantation  on  do 

6  Common    piece,  4/7ths   ... 

18  Old  Backside        

19  Plantation  in  do.  ... 

20  Church    Crofts      

21  Paddock   and  walk 

22  Homestead,  Gardens,  Barns,  &c. 
6  Ash  plantation 

14  Plantation  on  the  west    side    of 

Greenhill 

15  Do.  on  the  bottom  of  Gild  Low... 


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Wright     Estate,     1770. 


279 


Survey    of    Lands. 


Letter.    No. 

Occupier  and  Grounds. 

WAGER,  THO. 

Couteiits. 
A.       R.       P. 

C     36 

House,  Garden  and  Barn 

...        „    „     20 

42 

Park           

...        „     1     32 

52 

Mire  pingle 

)>          ^            if 

71 

Coldstile  Furlong 

5     1     30 

6 

1 

08 

WOOD,     HANNAH. 

1  Oat  Field 

2  Pasture 

3  New   piece 

4  Homestead,   &c. ,   with   Barnyard 

2 
7 
1 
1 

1 

3 

1 

16 

37 
21 

12 

2 

34 

TOTALS. 

Ashton,   Samuel 
Blackwell,  Thomas 
Bettany,  Cornelius 
Blackwell,  Josua 
Beeby,  James 
Bramwell,  John 
Dooley,  John 
Flint,  Joshua 
Furnace,  William    ... 
Furnace,  Martin 
Furnace,  Matthew   ... 
Gregory,  Thomas    ... 
Goodwyn,    William 
Garlick,    Sarah 


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28o 


Longstone     Records, 


Survey    of    Lands. 
TOTALS— Continued. 

Names. 

Garrott,  Samuel 
Garrott,  Andrew 
Hodgskinson,  Luke 
Hodgskinson,  Henry 
Hay  ward,  Martha    ... 
Hodgskinson,  \\'^illiam 
Heathcote,  John 
Hodgskinson,   Richard 
Holmes,  George 
Hawksworth,  John 
Longsdon,  Mr. 
Marsden,  Godfrey    ... 
Naylor,  William 
Newton,  John 
Overseers  of  the  poor 
Pitcock,  William 
Scamwardine,  Hannah 
Taylor,  John 
Taylor,  Moses 
Thornhill,  Robert     ... 
Tomblinson,  Thomas 
Thornhill,  Jervis 
Wright,  Robert,  Esq. 
Wager,   Thomas 
Wood,    Hannah 

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MISCELLANEOUS. 


ELECTION     NOTICES. 

COUNTY  OP  DERBY. 

WESTERN  DIVISION. 
PARLIAMENTARY  ELECTION,  19UC. 
The  followinj^  is  a  Summary  of  tlu;  Rotiini  respectiiij;  ELECTION 
EXPENSES  of  the  Candidates  at  the  abov(^  Election,  as  to  lit.  Hon. 
VICTOR  CHRISTIAN  WILLIAM  CAVENDISH,  P.C.,  M.P.,  rocoivod 
tho  lytli  day  of  i'ebruary,  19Jlj,  from  U.  brooko  Taylor,  Election 
Agent;  and  as  to  EDWARD  HINMERS,  Esq.,  received  the  14th  day  of 
February,  1906,  from  C.  H.  Cowlishaw,  Election  Agent. 

Cavendish.  Hinmbes. 

.£      s.    D.  £      a.    D. 

Returning  Officers  Charges   289     7     7     ...     289     7     7 

Candidates' Personal  Expenses 76  10    U     ...       90     5     8 

Election  Agents' Remvmeration    Nil.         ...     15u    0    0 

Sub-Agents,   Polling   Agents,    Clerks,   and 

Messengers    OH     2     6     ...     327  15     5 

Printing,     Advertising,     Publishing,     and 

Stationery 444.     0  10     ,..     ;i64     3     3 

Hire  of  Rooms  for  Public  Meetings    31   17     4     ...       38  18     7 

Hire  of  Committee  Rooms 86  17     9     ...       il     4    6 

Postage,  Telegrams,  and  Miscellaneous 133     8     2     ...     313  11     7 


.£1603     4    2        dei63)     6    7 


And  I  GIVE  NOTICE  that  any  Voter  is  permitted  to  inspect  the 
ItetiU'ns  and  accompanying  Declarations  and  Documents,  on  payment  of 
;i  fee  of  One  Shilling,  at  the  undermentioned  Office,  at  any  time  during 
Office  hours  within  two  years  next  after  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  same 
by  me. 

Dated  the  22nd  day  of  February,  1906. 

REGINALD  WALKELYNE  CHANDOS  POLE,  Colonel, 
Sheriff  and  Returning  Officer. 
Office  of  the  Sheriff  of  Derbyshire, 
20,  Corn  Market,  Derby. 

COUNTY  OF   DERBY. 

HIGH  PEAK  DIVISION. 
PARLIAMENTARY  ELECTION,  1906. 
The  following  is  a  Summary  of  the  Return  respecting  ELECTION 
EXPENSES  of  the  Candidates  at  the  above  Election,  as  to  OSWALD 
PARTINGTON,  Esq.,  M.P.,  received  the  28th  February,  19U6,  from 
R.  H.  Douse,  Election  Agent;  and  as  to  A.  P.  A.  PROFUMO,  Esq., 
received  the  26th  day  of  February,  1901),  from  J.  Sumner  Pollitt, 
Election  Agent : 

Partington.        Profumo. 
£      s.    r>.  i     s.    D. 

Returning  Officer's  Charges 302     3     8     ...     302     3     8 

Candidates' Personal  Expenses    39     0    0     ...       35     O    0 

Election  Agents' Remuneration  100     0    0     ...     168    0    0 

Sub-Agents,   Polling   Agents,   (Klerks,    and 

Messengers    301     5     6     ...     321  12     2 

Printing,     Advertising,     Publishing,    and 

Stationery 522  18  10     ...     543     1.8 

Hire  q^f  Room  for  Public  Meetings  34  17     8     ...       23  13     3 

Hire  of  Committee  Rooms 56    0    9     ...       41  12     5 

Postages,  Telegrams,  and  Miscellaneous    ...     148    9    5     ...     150     1     5 

^£1504  15  10        £1585     4    7 


And  I  GIVE  NOTICE  that  any  Voter  is  permitted  to  inspect  the 
Returns  and  accomijanying  Declai-ations  and  Documents,  on  payment  of 
a  fee  of  One  Shilling  at  the  undermentioned  Office,  at  any  time  during 
Office  hours  within  two  years  next  after  the  date,  of  the  receipt  of  same 
by  me. 

Dated  the  28th  day  of  February,  1906. 

REGINALD  WALKELYNE  CHANDOS  POLE,  .Colonel, 
Sheriff  and  Returning  Officer. 
Office  of  the  Sheriff  of  Derbyshire, 
20,  Corn  Market,  Derby. 


Transcripts    of    Ancient    Deeds.  283 

Little  Longstone.* 

Sciant  p'sentes  &  fnPi.  Quod  Ego  Thomas  fit  Rici  Senescalli 
de  Pecco  Dedi  .  Coiicessi .  &  hac  p'senti  Carta  raea  confirmavi  Mathi) 
de  Langisdon  &  h'edib]  suis  duas  Culturas  p'ti  &  sepat  pasture  in 
campo  de  Parva  longisdo  st  longsilowe  iacetes  de  dominico  q  vocanP 
Cotemedeusz  en  una  acra  t're  arrabit  ext^s'  verso  via  de  crosuey 
&  cu  qMam  Bercaria  ptiuete  dimid'  ac*m  t're  sb'  monte  dco  de 
Longsilowe  cu  oib3  ptinentiis  suis  libtatib3  .  eisianietis  ad  dnicu 
ptinetib3.  Q°s  culfas  tenui  separalit"  p  escauibio  septe  acrai?  t're 
de  dnico  in  Campo  de  Hassoppe  on  pertinet' .  Iib'tatib3  suis.  Tened' 
&  habend'  ipi  Mattio  &  h'edib3  suis  de  me  &  h'edibj  meis  I  feodo 
&  h'editate  .  lib'e  .  solute  .  q'ete  •  bn  •  &  in  pace  •  jure  h'editar.  Ita 
qd'  p'dcs  Maths  de  Longisdo  &  h'edes  sui  reddit'  p  fra  eschambiata 
in  campo  de  Hassoppe  penit'  aqetabiit.  &  Ego  p'dcus  Thorn  &  h'edes 
fai  reddit'  dno  ipius  feodi  de  -Pva  Longisdo  p  t'ra  eschambiai  in 
campo  de  Pva  Longisdon  eod'  mode  annuati  psolvemus.  Si  Eeddit' 
annual  phis  dcs  p  ira  I  Longisdon  retineal:'  scil'  .ix.  den  ad  festu 
sci  martini  Dist'cto  fiat  p  Math'  v'l  h'ed  ipi'  sup  t'raw  dcam  in 
Hassoppe  ad  dci  Reddit'  soloem.  Et  Sic  e  covso  ex  alira  pte  de 
t'b3  Den  reddit'  annuat  p  t'ra  i  eschambio  data  1  Hassoppe  ad 
AsBupoom  be  Marie  pacand'.  p  oib3  §viciis  ex  utq3  pte.  Et  Ego 
p'dcs  Thorn  &  h'ed'  mei  p'dco  Math'o  &  h'edibj  suis  p'nominat' 
p*tn  &  sepal'  pastam.  &  tram  arrabil'  una  cu  Bercaria  dca  cuiusdam 
mise  eschambiat  p  tra  r  Hassoppe  eu  oibj  ptin'  suis  .  lib'tatibj  . 
esiamtis  .  sicut  aliq'  ?ra  .  v'l  p^'tu  .  v'l  sepal'  pasPa  Ifra  t'ram  & 
ext"  meli'  v'l  libi'  potut  teni  .  pt*  omes  gentes  I  ppetnu  warantizabi' . 
Semp  Defendem' .  &  ubiqj  aqetabi'.  Et  ut  h'  Donaco  hiu'  eschambii . 
Concessiu  .  &  hiu'  carte  pf'maco  Rata  &  stabil'  pmaneant  p'sente 
cartam  sigilli  mei  ipressione  corroboravi.  Hiis  Testibj.  Serlone 
milite  de  Beyley.  Adam  de  Herthulle  milite.  Rubo  psona  de 
Hope  Rico  fit  Thoiii  ps  aie  de  Bauquett.  Matho  psona.  &  aliis. 
— [_Not  dated.     About  the  time  of  King  JbAn.] 

[English  Abstract.'] 
Thomas,  son  of  Richard,  steward  of  the  Peak,  grants  to  Matthew 
de  Langisdon   and  his  heirs  two  cultures  of  meadow  and  .'eparate 

*  From  the  CoUectiuu  of  MSS.  made  by  John  Wilson,  of  Broomhead,  co. 
York. 


284  Longstone  Records. 

pasture  in  the  field  of  Little  Longstone  under  LongBilowe,  called 
Cotemcdeusz,  with  an  acre  of  arable  land  extending  towards  the  waj' 
from  Crosuey,  and  a  sheepfuld  containing  half  an  acre  under  the  hill 
called  Longsilowo — which  cultures  he  held  separately — in  exchange 
for  seven  acres  of  land  in  the  field  of  Hassop.  Matthew  and  his  heirs 
are  to  pay  the  quit  rent  for  the  exchanged  land  in  Hassop.  Thomas 
and  his  heirs  are  to  pay  the  rent  to  the  Lord  for  the  land  in  Little 
Longstone,  which  is  ninepence  at  Martmmas ;  and,  if  it  be  withheld, 
Matthew  and  his  heirs  shall  distrain  on  the  land  in  Hassop  for  its 
payment.  And  so,  conversely,  concerning  the  rent  of  threepence 
at  the  Assumption  for  the  exchanged  land  in  Hassop.  Witnesses : — 
Scrlo,  Knight,  of  Beyley ;  Adam  de  HerthuUe,  Knight:  Eobert, 
parson  of  Hope ;  Richard,  son  of  Thomas,  parson  of  Bauquell  * 
[Bakewell];  Mathew,  parson,  and  others. 

♦  Clerical    celibacy  was    not    universally    enforced    in    England    before   the 
thirteenth  century. 


Transcripts    of    Ancient    Deeds.  285 

Little  Longstonr 

Sciant  p'sentes  &  futi  quod  ego  Lescia  quondam  uxor  Eofeti 
filii  Walthef  de  pva  Longisdon  in  mea  viduilate  &  in  ligia  potestate 
mea  .  concessi  <fe  vendidi  &  he  psenti  mea  Carta  conf  rmavi  .  &  qetii 
clamavi  Mitlio  filio  Thome  de  Bauquell.  Tresdecim  denariatos 
Eedditns  in  villa  de  pva  Longisdon  annuatim  pcijiiendas  de  Ki&irdu 
tilio  Eicardi  de  Edinsoue  Et  de  filiab3  liicardi  filii  Leuenad  Et  de 
Henrico  Clodhomir  &  Alicia  uxors  sua.  Et  de  Matild'  Juliana 
ifc  Matilda  wnoiihj  .  quos  ni'  solve  psuevant  post  ohitfi  Rob'ti  filii 
Walthef  quoii. 1:1111  viri  mei  .  sine  aliq°  retenemeto.  Tenend'  & 
habend'  ipi  Mutho  &  heredibj  suis  vt  suis  inde  assignatis  &  609 
lieredib3  Q'et'S  de  me  &  successoribj  meis  inppetuu.  Eeildendo 
inde  annual  I  m'  qm  diu  vixc-ro  ille  &  heredes  sui  vt  sui  assignati 
nnii  par  albaru  cirotecarfl  ad  pascha  .  p  omib3  reb3  &  demandis  . 
|)  hac  aute  Concessione  &  qeta  clamatone  .  dcs  Maths  m'  Octn  solid 
argenti  in  Gersuiii  donavit.  Et  ego  Lesoia  qm  diu  vixeio  p'dcos 
Tiesdeci  denariatos  Eedditns  cu  oniib3  ptin  suis  p  oins  liomines 
warantizabo.  in  liiu'  v  Concessic  ni^  &  Q'ete  chiniaconis  testiiuouiu 
psente  C'artani  sigilli  mei  inrp>sicaie  Curoboiavi.  Hiis  testib3.  Eob'to 
de  Trouwell  Eob'to  de  Stanton.  El>a  de  Bamfoide  Pet"  de  Hurst 
Ada  f  pet'  de  Langisdon  Stepfio  de  Eoiond.  Henf  de  Offtoti  Jofie 
de  Bauquell  ct  cu  &  aliis. — [  Wilson  Collection. — Not  dated.  About  the 
middle  of  the  thirteenth  century.\ 

^English  Abstract.'] 
Lescia,  widow  of  Eobeit  .-on  of  Walthef  of  Little  Longstone, 
giants  to  Matthew,  son  of  Thomas  de  Bauquell  [Bakcwell],  a  rent 
of  thirteenpeiice  from  Richard  son  of  Richard  de  Edinsouere,  the 
daughters  of  Eichard  son  of  Leuenad,  Henry  Clodhomir  and  Alice 
his  wife,  Matilda,  Juliana,  and  Matilda,  sisters,  which  they  have 
paid  to  the  said  Lescia  since  her  husband'.-?  death.  Matthew  is  to 
pay  therefore,  in  lieu  of  all  demands,  a  pair  of  white  gloves  at 
Easter  annually,  and  he  has  paid  a  fine  of  eight  shillings.  Witnesses: 
— Robert  de  Tiuuwell,  Eobert  de  Stanton,  Elias  de  Bamforde,  Peter 
de  Hurst,  Adaiu  son  of  Peter  de  L  ngisdou,  Stephen  de  Roloml, 
Henry  de  Ofiei  tun,  John  de  Bauquell,  clerk,  and  others. 


286  Longstone    Records, 

Little  Longstone. 

Sciant  p'sentes  &  fuPi  quod  ego  Thomas  filius  Robti  de  pva 
Longisdon  Dedi  &  concessi  &  hac  p'senti  mea  carta  confinnavi 
Matho  filio  Thorn  de  Bauqnett  p  honiagio  &  s'vicio  buo  homagiu 
&  ?vioiu  cu  TresdecT  denariatos  Reddit'.  que  EiCdus  fit  EiCJi  de 
edinsoQe  Henric'  Clodhomir  &  Alicia  uxor  sua.  MMtilda  .  Juliana 
&  Matilda  sorores  michi  faSe  psuevant  aimuati  p  una  bovata  Pre 
&  p  uno  crofto  in  villa  &  in  fitorio  de  pva  Loiigisdou  q"iii  de  me 
tenuerut  en  oinib3  ptinentiis  suis  Tenend  &  hnd'  ipi  Matho  & 
h'eJib3  suis  v'l  Cuicuqj  assignare  volu'it  &  fo^  h'edib3  de  me 
&  h'edib?  meis  In  feodo  &  hereditate  libe  solute  .  q'ete  pacifice  & 
integre  plenarie  &  bene  .  Jure  &  hereditarii  .  I'eddemlo  iude 
annuati  michi  &  lieredib3  meis  ille  &  heredes  v'l  sui  as.siguati  & 
eor).  heredes  unii  denariu  ad  anuciaconem  be  Marie  in  martio  p 
ofQib3  reb3  &  demandis  m  &  h'edib3  meis  spectantib3  .  scit  p  . 
Wardis  .  releviis  .  &  eschaetis  &  p  omimodis  sectis  Et  ego  iam  dos 
Thoiii  &  heredes  mei  dcos  homagios  de  hominib3  &  feminab3  & 
eoi;  heredib3  cu  Wardis  releviis  &  eschaetis  &  en  omib3  sectis 
ptinentiis  &  liBtatib3  suis  .  sepedco  Matfio  &  h'edib3  8ui.s  v'l  Cuiciiq3 
assignavit  &  eoif.  heredib3  p  offis  homines  &oms  feminas  warantizabim' 
&  ubiq3  semp  defendem'.  Et  ut  h  mea  donato  &  cocessio  &  carte 
hui'  oof  rraatio  rata  &  stabilis  pmaneat  .  psente  Cartam  sigilli  mei 
Imp'ssione  coroboravi.  Hiis  te8tib3  dno  Thorn  de  Edinsoue  Ada 
de  edinsoue  Luca  de  Beyl.  Rotto  de  Stanto.  And?  de  Deyrt.  Pet' 
de  Stanton.  Willo  Wine  de  Bauquett  Matfio  de  Raindon  Henf 
de  Calvoiie  &  aliis. — [Wilson  Collection. — Not  dated.  About  the 
middle  of  the  thirteenth  century.'] 

[English  Abstract."] 
Thomas,  son  of  Robert  of  Little  Longisdon,  grants  to  Matthew, 
son  of  Thomas  de  Bauquell,  for  Ms  homage  and  service,  the  homage 
and  service  with  thirtfon pence  rent  which  Richard,  son  of  Richard 
de  Edinsouere,  Henry  Clodhomir  and  Alice  liis  wife,  Matilda,  Juliana, 
and  Matilda,  sisters,*  pay  for  a  bovate  of  land  and  a  croft  in  Little 
Longstone  which  they  held  of  him,  at  a  rent  of  one  penny  at  the 
Annunciation  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  in  lieu  of  all  wards,  reliefs, 
escheats,  and  suits  belonging  to  grantor  and  his  heirs.  Witnesses  : — 
Sir  Thomas  de  Edinsouere,  Adam  de  Edinsouere,  Luke  de  Beyley, 
Robert  de  Stanton,  Andrew  de  Doyrley,  Peter  de  Stanton,  William 
Wine  of  Bauquell,  Mathew  de  Raindon,  Henry  de  Cal  voure,  and  others. 
*  Presumably  sisters  of  Biohaid,  son  of  Biohard. 


Transcripts    of    Ancient    Deeds,  287 

Great  Longstone. 

Sciant  peentes  &  fuPi  c^  Ego  Thomas  ad  capud  velle  de  magna 
Langisdo  dedi  eoncessi  &  hac  psenti  carta  mea  inppetuu  cofivmavi 
&  q'etu  clamavi  Kicardo  forestario  de  magna  Laugisdo  &  h'edil)3 
suis  seu  assigiiai  p  me  &  hedib3  meis  &  assignat  &  pro  quadaiii 
snma  p'cunie  qm  m  p'dcs  Rics  pmanib3  donavit  scilicet  totu  jus 
lueu  &  clamiu  cj,  habui  v'l  c^  habere  potui  in  una  bovata  t're  mee  cu 
imo  Tofto  aiacent  inP  ^dcm  Ricard  &  Gardiiiu  pdam  WiHi  de 
Langisdo  ifl  villa  &  in  campo  &  in  fitorio  de  magna  Langisdo  sicut 
jacet  latitudle  &  longitudie  &  est  ilia  bovata  t're  qm  Viabui  ex 
heditate  patris  mei  Henrici  ad  capd  velle  de  magna  Langisdo  &  cQ 
omib3  Edificiis  sup  pdcm  Toftu  astantib3  Tenend  &  haliend  dco 
Eico  forestaf  &  hedib3  suis  sive  assigna?  p  me  &  heilibj  meis  & 
assignat  libe  .  qete  .  integre  .  iure  hedita?  bii  in  pace  cu  umibj 
libtatib3  assiament  nbiq3  ad  p'dcam  bovata  t're  ptii'Gtibj  (acieiulo 
inde  anuatim  sviciu  drliitii  &  cosuetii  g,  ptinet  capital!  duo  feodi  p 
tanta  t'ra  Et  Ego  dcs  Thomas  &  heles  mei  &  assignati  tota  p'dcaiu 
bovata  t're  cfl  ptinetiis  ut  pdcm  est  dco  Eicu  forestar  &  hudili5 
suis  seu  assignal  cont"  oms  homines  &  f'eminas  waiautizabim' 
adqetabim'  &  ubiq3  scmp  defendem'  inppetuu  .  & "  ut  hec  mea 
donate  conoessio  &  qeta  mea  clamato  rata  &  stabit  pmanead 
inppetuii  .  huic  Carte  mee  sigillii  meii  apposui  Iliis  Testibj. 
Hugone  Capello  de  Lanisdo.  Martino  Capetto  de  ead'  Tetro  du 
Eolond.  Witto  fillo  Thonia  de  Langesdo  Witto  de  Wardrlowe. 
Simone  de  Croford.  NicoUo  de  Croford  &  aliis.  Dat  apud  Langsdo 
die  See  Augnet  V'ginis  &  martiris  anno  regiii  Reg  uri  E  fill  Ri-g 
Sri  Henf  vicesimo  qnto. — [Wilson  Collection.] 

[English  Abstract.] 
Thomas  ad  capnd  velle,*  of  Great  Longstone,  quit  claims  to 
Richard  Forester,  of  Great  Longstone,  for  a  certain  sum  nf  money, 
all  his  right  and  claim  in  a  bovate  of  land  with  a  tuft  adj  ining, 
with  the  buildings  thereon,  between  the  land  of  the  siid  Iticliard 
and  a  garden  sometime  William  de  Langisdon's  in  Great  Lougsioui'. 
which  bovate  he  inherited  from  his  father  Henry  ad  capud  velle. 
Richard  to  do  the  due  and  accustomed  services  to  the  chief  lord. 
Witnesses: — Hugh,  chajdain  of  Longstone;  JIartiu,  chaplain,  of  the 
same;  Peter  de  Rolond  ;  William,  son  of  Th  nuis  de  Langesdon  ; 
William  de  Wardelowo;  Simon  de  Cronjford;  Nii  hulas  de  Croinfor.l. 
and  others.  Dated,  Longstone,  the  day  of  S.  Agnes  Virgin  and 
Martyr,  the  25th  year  of  Edward  son  of  Henry  [i.e.  Jan.  21,  1297]. 

♦  lownsUcad  (?> 


288  Longstone     Records, 

Offerton. 

In  tte year  of  Henry,  son  of  John.     Agreement  between 

Matthew  de  LongisJun  aud  Cecilia,  widow  of  Jurdan  de  OfEitim, 
at  Chi'istiuas.  Cecilia  giants  all  the  land  which  Juidan  and 
Heveiard  formerly  held  in  Offirton,  except  six  acres  at  Sturd,  to 
Matthew  for  twelve  yenis,  and  if  she  is  not  able  to  dig  the  said 
six  acres  they  shall  on  every  occasion  remain  to  the  said  Matthew 
during  the  said  term.  Matthew  to  pay  a  rent  of  five  shillings 
to  the  chief  Lord  in  lieu  of  all  service  aud  secular  exaction  and 
'lemands,  saving  the  foreign*  service  of  the  King.  Witnesses; — 
Luke  de  Beileie,  Robert  de  Stantun,  Peter  his  brother,  Jurdan  de 
Koulisleie,  Nicholas  de  Stanclive,  William  de  Challiswoi  the,  Elias 
de  Thornhul,  Elias  de  Bamforde,  Peter  de  Hurst,  William  de 
Ileiloiie,  Nicholas  de  Paddele  e,  Adam  de  Lau-isilun,  and  many 
others. — [Wilson  Collection. — About  the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  centurn.'j 

Parwich. 

Margery,  widow  of  William  son  of  Matthew  de  Longesdon, 
grants  to  Richard  her  son  three  messuages,  and  a  ferlingate'f  of 
land,  and  a  rent  of  twelvepence  in  Peverwych  [Parwich],  and  three 
acres  and  half  a  rood  of  hind  in  the  same,  of  which  messuages  two 
lie  together  under  le  Clef  between  the  messuages  which  Sir  Eoger 
de  Bradeburn  held  and  the  messunge  which  Robert  de  Gratton  held, 
and  one  messuage  lies  under  Leuliuesclif  within  the  same  town 
near  the  high  way  and  was  sometime  held  by  Eoger  Eliot.  The 
ferlingate  and  three  acres  and  half  rood  were  held  by  Roger  Eliot 
and  Thomas  de  Aula.  The  twelvepence  rent  is  from  a  messuage 
in  Peverwych  held  by  Thomas,  son  of  John,  lying  between  the 
messuage  held  by  Roger,  sou  of  Simon,  aud  the  livulet.  Witnesses: 
— Roger  de  la  Dale  of  Peverwych,  Robert  his  son,  Henry  son  of 
John  of  the  same,  Rol  ert  <le  Gratton  iu  the  8ame,  John  son  of 
Thomas  of  the  same,  and  others.  Dated,  Peverwych,  Monday  after 
holy  Sunday  in  the  bounds  of  Easter, |  the  10th  year  of  Edward, 
ton  of  Edward  [1317]. — [Wilson  Collection.^ 

Wardlow. 

Robert,  son  of  John  h-  clerk  of  Wudelowe,  grants  to  Thomas,  son 
of  John  Martyn  dtl  Qucsion  [Whebtun],  a  messuage  with  buildings 

*  "foreign,"  not  nac  searily  outside  England.  f  =  'en  acies. 

t  1  the  second  Monday  aft  er  Easter. 


Abstracts    of    Ancient    Deeds.  289 

thereon  and  bcven  acres  of  land  in  le  OMeWd  and  another  plot 
adjoining  in  Wardelowe,  which  formerly  were  William  Eaynald's. 
Witnesses  : — Eoger  le  Qwiyteof  Wardelowe,  John  Carles  of  the  same, 
William  de  Hassop  of  Baukewell,  and  others.  Dated,  Wardelowe, 
Thursday  after  the  Translation  of  S.  Thomas  the  Martyr,  7th 
Hichard  n.  [1383].— [irastm  Collection.] 


Eyam. 

Rotert  Bate  and  Alice  his  wife  grant  to  William,  son  of  Roger 
de  Milln  of  Eyoni,  and  the  lawful  heirs  of  his  body,  all  the  lands, 
&c.,  in  Eyoni  which  lately  belonged  to  John  Dome,  chaplain,  au4 
which  Alice  inherited  on  his  death  as  his  niece  (nepos)  and  heir ; 
remainder  to  the  riglit  heirs  of  William.  Witnesses  : — John  Stafford, 
John  de  Hill,  John  de  Leghiim,  Kogcr  de  H;i.sulford,  William  Mercll, 
and  others.  Dated,  Eyom,  4th  September,  2nd  Henry  VI.  [1423]. — 
[  Wilson  Collection.] 

Sheldon. 

Geoffry  Bagshawe,  Vicar  of  the  church  of  Glossop,  grants  to  Ralph 
de  Scheledon,  all  lands,  &c.,  in  Scheledon  which  he  lattly  had  of  the 
gift  of  the  said  Ralph — except  a  messuage  and  26  acros  of  land 
in  Scheledon,  which  Roger,  son  of  the  said  Ralph,  and  Matilda, 
[??(,'i/e]  of  Richard  Bonne,  lately  had  of  Geoffry 's  gift  by  deed — to 
the  said  Ralph  for  life,  and  after  his  death  to  Roger,  son  of  the  said 
li'alph;  remainder  to  the  heirs  of  the  said  Ralph      Witnesses  : — John 

Whyte  of  Great   Longesdon,   Hi-nry    Wryglit,    and :.dehyne, 

and  others.  Dated,  Scheledon,  on  Snndaj'  alter  the  feast  of  S. 
Clement,  Pope,  21st  j-ear  of.... — [Wilson  Cnlhclion. — This  deed  is 
in  had  condition  and  defective.  If  the  himj  is  Henry  VI.,  as  is  likely, 
the  date  would  be  November  1442.] 


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Exchange  of  Land,  about  160i,  291 

From  the  Longsdon  Collection. 
Articles  touchyng  exchange  of  Land  betwixt  the  right  Ho  :  Ladye 
the  Countesse  of  Shrewesbury  and  Steven  Longesden  and  Anthony 
Longesden  of  Little  Longesden  in  the  Countye  of  Derby,  Gent.,  as 
followeth — 

1.  First  it  was  covenanted  and  agreed  that  they  y"  said  Steven 
Longesden  and  Anthony  Longesden  &  their  Heirs  &  Assignes 
should  be  free  and  have  lawfull  libertye  and  full  auctorytie  in  & 
throughout  all  hyghwayes  foot  pathes  or  other  wayes  to  have,  use, 
&  occupye  from  tyme  to  tyme  &  at  all  tynies  without  the  let, 
vexacon  or  disturbance  (as  in  tymes  past  they  of  right  have  bynne 
accustomed)  in  &  throughout  the  sayd  herbage,  Common  or  pasture 
they  are  to  exchange  with  the  sayd  ho  :  Ladye  any  thing  in  the 
sayd  exchange  to  the  contrarj'e  notwitstanding. 

2.  Also  that  the  sayd  Steven  and  Anthony  Longesden  theyr 
Heirs  &  Assignes  shall  be  free  from  tyme  to  tyme  and  at 
all  tymes  in  &  throughout  all  Woodes  Underwoods  &  Waters,  to 
have  use  and  occupye  as  in  tymes  past  they  have  bj'nne  accustomed, 
the  foresayd  Woods  to  fell,  cut  downe,  &  carrye  away  to  his  or 
theyr  owne  proper  use  for  ev"^  throughout  the  foresayde  Herbage 
Common  or  pasture  any  thinge  in  the  sayd  exchange  conteyned  to 
the  contrarye  notwithstanding. 

3.  These  are  the  names  of  the  Bowndaryes  of  the  Herbage 
pasture  and  Common  w<^i'  the  sayd  Steven  and  Anthonye  Longesden 
ar  to  exchange  with  the  sayd  right  Ho  :  Ladye  the  Countesse  of 
Shrewsberrye,  fyrst  the  Herbage  of  pasture  for  Beasts  or  Cattell 
commonly  called  Beast  Gates  in  a  pasture  or  parcell  of  Grounde 
called  Little  Longesden  Hay,  abuttyng  upon  Torspytt  Spoute 
upon  the  North  parte  and  upon  a  litle  Brooke  comonly  called 
Chresbrooke  on  the  West  parte  and  upon  Horseleas  on  the  South. 

4.  Also  one  parcell  of  Comon  called  Skrathayre  buttyng  upon 
the  North  parte  of  Crosway  and  upon  the  Hall  breach  head  upon 
the  Southe. 

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292  Longstcne     Records. 

5.  Also  one  other  parcell  of  Conion  called  little  more  buttjmg 
upon  .  .  .  stone  on  the  North  and  upon  the  ould  Close  head 
on  the  Southe  adjoyning  upon  litle  Longesden  hay  on  the  West, 
and  Ouldersley  h  .  .  .  upon  the  backsyde  of  the  ould  Close 
buttyng  upon  the  ould  Loe  on  the  North,  &  upon  the  Goswell 
Bower  &  Sharpedge  on  the  Southe. 

6.  Also  another  parcell  of  Ground  or  Common  called  White  clj-ff 
Terrs  lyeng  on  the  East  syde  of  the  Ri^■er  of  wee,  and  upon  the 
West  syde  of  the  Closes  of  White  clyf  buttyng  on  Sharpedge  upon 
the  Northe  and  upon  the  Greensyde  on  the  South  parte. 

7.  Also  one  other  parcel  of  Comon  called  the  Nabbes  lyeng 
upon  the  East  parte  of  the  Myln  damme  in  Mornsall  dale. 

8.  And  it  was  agreed  that  the  Conveyances  or  Assurances  to  be 
made  of  the  sayd  parcells  of  Herbage  pasture  or  Comon  from  the 
saj'd  Steven  &  Anthonj-e  Longesden  to  the  sayd  Right  Ho  :  Ladye 
should  nor  hurte  or  damage  or  impeache  the  Tytle  or  Estate  that 
they  y"=  said  Steven  &  Anthony  have  resers-ed  to  themselves  of  theyr 
other  Lands  out  of  the  Exchange  or  anj-  parte  or  parcell  thereof. 

9.  Also  it  was  agreed  that  the  savd  Steven  and  Anthonye 
Longesden  should  gy\'e  in  Exchange  unto  her  the  savd  right 
Ho  :  Ladye  her  HejTS  &  Assignes  for  ever  all  that  theyr  right  title 
Clayme  and  Intrest  of  in  out  or  to  one  parcell  of  Ground  called 
little  Longesden  Leas  {reser\'inge  all  Wayes  to  themselves  &  to 
theyr  Heyrs  for  ever)  one  little  Close  called  Longesden  dale  which 
was  no  parte  of  the  Leas  at  the  tyme  of  the  Exchange  (save  only 
y'  it  lyeth  on  the  East  syde  of  the  sayd  Leas  &  joyneth  upon  the 
Lp  :  of  Ashford). 

10.  Item  for  exchange  hereof  the  sayd  Steven  and  Anthony 
Longesden  are  to  have  for  theyr  Leas  one  parcell  of  Grounde  called 
the  HvU  from  the  nearmost  Corner  of  a  Close  called  Broome 
Bawcke  eastward  agavnst  the  north  .  .  .  Corner  of  John 
Hancock's   Hvll  Close  &  so  downe  to  the  savd  corner  of  the  same 


Exchange  of  Land,  about  160i.  293 

Close.  And  for  theyr  Comon  or  pasture  they  the  sayd  Steven  & 
Anthonye  are  to  have  xij  acres  lyeng  between  the  sayd  parcetl  of 
Grouride  and  the  Hyghway  called  Cross\vay.  And  allso  the  over 
whart  Close  with  good  and  sufficient  assurance  to  them  and  theyf 
Heyrs  for  ever  of  the  promises  &  every  parte  and  parcell  thereof 
from  the  sayd  right  Ho:  Ladye  theCountes  Shrewesbury  with 
warrantye  of  the  same  to  them  the  sayd  Steven  &  Anthony 
Longesden  &  theyr  Heyrs  for  ever  from  &  agaynst  all  manner  of 
Person  or  Persons,  and  for  want  of  peaceable  possession  and  quyet 
injoyeng  of  every  parte  &  parcell  thereof  they  the  sayd  Steven  & 
Anthony  &  theyr  Heyrs  to  reenter  &  have  theyr  ow-n  agayne  as  in 
theyr  former  estates  any  thing  in  this  exchange  to  the  contrarj' 
notwitstandj'ng. 

M'' that  Broome  Baw&e  &  the  Hill  Close  are  parcell  of  the 
foresayd  xij  acres  to  be  exchanged. 

Moreover  it  is  agreed  that  the  sayd  Steven  &  Anthonye  Longesden 
&  theyr  Heyrs  shall  have  free  Comons  for  tenn  score  sheepe  upon 
Great  Longesden  Moor  with  free  leave  and  lawful  auctorvtie  to 
passe,  repasse  fetch  and  drive  the  savd  sheepe  by  and  through  the 
Highwaj'  from  Little  Longesden  to-  the  same  Moor  without 
disturbance  or  contradiction. 

Also  that  this  Exchange  or  &rty  thlhge  therein  contevned  shall 
not  be  prejudiciall  or  any  way  irripeache  hurt  or  hynder  any  of  the 
other  Lands  of  them  the  sayd  Steven  or  Anthony  Longesden  reserved 
out  of  this  exchange,  neyther  shall  this  exchange  abridge  them  or 
theyr  Hejri  of  any  Priviledges  Rialtyes  or  .other  Libertyes  of  or 
belonginge  to  any  parte  of  the  other  Lands  not  exchanged,  but 
that  they  may  have  the  same  as  also  the  Lands  which  they  have  in 
exchange  from  the  sayd  Countesse  in  as  ample  maner  as  they  had 
theyr  owne  before  this  exchange. 

Exd.  CHAWORTHE. 


294 


Lon^stone    Records. 


From  the  Lofzgsdon  Collection. 
An   Assess""  made  y  21^'  day  of  May,  1786,  for  y=  Hamblett  of 
Little  Longston  and  Morusodail,  Charged  upon  laud  two  shillings  in 
y^  pound  for  his  Majestie's  use. 

y=  first  quarter. 

Thomas  Johnson 

Emanuell  Cooper 

Thomas  Broom 

Isaak  Broom 

Samuel  Skidmore 

John  Shaw 

George  Hancock 

Kobt.  Shaw 

Joseph  Beebee  ... 

Francis  HuUey  . . . 

William  Mellor 

Ellen  Bragington 

Mary  Pym  and  Thomas  Gregory 

Thomas  Longsdon 

John  Pidcock     ... 

Anthony  Pidcock 

Mr.  Wilham  Finney 

William  Low     ... 

Anthony  Hodgkinson 

Thomas  Tomlinson 

Mr.  Mich.  Buxton 

Richard  Hodgkinson 

Widd^^  Flint      ... 

Thomas  White... 

Richard  Nailor  ... 

Tho.  Longsdon  his  part  of  tith  hay  and  corn 

Jos.  Flint  for  his  part  of  tith  hay  and  corn  ... 

George  Shaw  for  his  part  of  tith  hay  and  corn 

Mr.  Fletcher  or  his  tennant  for  tith  wool  &  lamb 


Sum  Totall 
Joseph  Beebee,  Assess'' 
Anthony  Hodgkinson,  Collect' 
The  payments  as  foUoweth — 
30     day  of  June,  1736. 
6     of  October 

29  of  December 

30  of  March,        1737. 


£ 

a. 

d. 

05 

6 

0 

00 

8 

1 

00 

8 

1 

00 

8 

1 

02 

3 

2 

08 

3 

0 

01 

7 

1 

00 

2 

3 

02 

0 

8 

01 

5 

3* 

01 

3 

OJ 

00 

4 

0* 

02 

6 

1 

08 

8 

2 

01 

3 

Oi 

02 

4 

84 

06 

7 

8 

04 

5 

2i 

02 

11 

3 

03 

8 

0 

00 

8 

1 

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6 

2 

01 

4 

0 

01 

3 

04 

04 

5 

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02 

3 

0 

02 

8 

0 

01 

0 

0 

02 

3 

0 

3  14     2 


Claim  of  Land  and  Houses. 


295 


21st  June,  1817.     Copy  delivered  to  the  Commissioners  at  Edensor. 
Land  and  Houses  claimed  by  Jas.  Longsdon,  and  situated  in  Little 


Longsdou. 

One  Messuage  House  with  all  Outbuildings  and  Gardens) 
thereunto  belonging,  containing  about        ...  . ) 

One  Toftstead  adjoining  the  Hay  barn  and  occupied  by  | 
the  late  Catherine  Gregory  ...         ...         ...         ... ) 

Pasture  containing  about 

Dale  Close  ...         

Upper  and  Lower  Briery  Dale  and  Pingle 

Scratter  Close 

Upper  and  Lower  Eioths  

One   Dwelling-house,    Garden,    &c.,    inhabited  by  Jos.) 

Higginbottom  ...         ...         ...         t 

One  do.  do.  John  Gregory' 

Outbuildings,  Croft  and  Stackyards  adjoining 

Far  Pasture         

Lays  in  6  Fields...  ..         

Newlands  in  2  Fields     ...  

One  Toftstead  &  Croft  occupied  by  the  late  Thos.  Tomlinson 

One  Croft,  Jackson's  Yard 

One  Toftstead  in     do.  occupied  by  the  late  John  Bradbury 


do. 


do. 


do. 


Ann  Jeffries 


Marg'  Stone/ 


One         do. 
One  House 

One  Croft  (Gregory  Croft)         

Cock  Close  ...         ...         

Bandlands 
Meadow  Close     ... 
Jones  Close  and  Plantation 
6  Beast  Gates  in  Little  Longstone  Hay  Pasture 
Field  occupied  by  Wm.  Hallas 
Broad  Green  do. 

One  House,  Garden  and  Croft,  occupied  by  Rich.  Skidmore 


0 
11 

25 
5 


B. 

0 


2 
0 
2 
0 
0 


27 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

13 

0 

0 

3 

1 

0 

17 

0 

0 

0     10 


12     0 


2     0     0 


0     1     0 


296 


Longstone     Records, 


One     do.    -with  Garden  &  Outbuildiugs,  Wm.  Tomlinson 
One     do.  Geo.  HiiUey,  juiir. 

One  Toftstead  occupied  by  the  late  Eobt.  Hallas 
One  House  and  Garden  Richd.  8baw 

One     do.  do.  Mattbw.  Gregory 

One  Garden  Mary  Tomlinson 

IN     MONSALDALE. 
One  Dwelling-bouse  with  Outbuildiugs  and  Garden  and 
old  Millstead 

4  Fields  by- the  River  side 

1  Field  called  Doctor  occupied  by  John  Ashmore 

5  Beast  Gates  in  Little  Longsdon  Hay  Pasture 
occupied  by  Jobn  Asbmore. 

IN    GREAT   LONGSDON. 

Flaxdale  bottom  ...         

One  House  andGardttn  occupied  by  F.  Holland  ...  > 

One'^  do.        do.  with  premises  adjoining,  by  Wm.  Potts 
One     do.     and  Slioj^  occupied  by  Tbos.  Eyre 
One     do.  Jos.  Drabble 

One     do.  Ralp  Hancock- 

One     do.  Jos.  Bottom 

One     do.  Jobn  Bennett 

Croft  and  Factory  adjoining 
And  200  Sheep  Gates  upon  Great  Longsdon  Common 

IN     WARDLOW. 
One  House  with  Outbuildings  and  Crofts 

Several   pieces   of  uninclosed  Lands  occupied  by  ■ 
Jas.  Heeley  ...         ...         ...         -.•  ...  ' 

One  piece  of  land  occupied  by  Christr.  James 


To  the  Gentlemen^Commissiouers 

for    Great    Longsdon,    Little 

Longstoue       and       Wardlow 

Inclosure. 

Longsdon,  20th  June,  1817. 
Error.s  excepted. 


0     0  10 


0     0  10 


12     0     0 


141     1  30 


7     3     0 


0     2     0 


0     1     0 


8 

2 

0 

1 

0 

0 

2 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

3 

3 

0 

Parish  Accounts. 


297 


From  the  Longsdon  Collection. 


SPECIMEN  OF  OVERSEER  OF  THE  POOR  AND 
HEADBOROUG.H   FOR  LITTLE  LONGSTONE— 1768— 1769. 
The  Disburstments  of  Richard  Bland  Overseer  of  the  Poor  and 
Headborough  for  the   Liberty  of  Little  Longstone   since  October 
the  29th'h  1768  till  October  the  29"'  1769. 


Paid  at  Edensor  Court  for  my  Oath  4'^-  Charges  S''- 

Paid  for  a  Warrant  of  Nomination    

Paid  to  the  Constable  the  Militia  Money... 

Paid  to  the  Constable,  11  Lays 

Paid  for  Catching  the  Moles       

Paid  Widdow  Brassington  52  weeks  at  2/6 

Paid  for  a  pair  of  Stockings  for  her 

Paid  for  a  jacket  for  widdow  Brassington 

Paid  when  I  went  to  widdow  Brassington  three  times  j 

at  the  too!  bar      ... j 

Paid  Anthony  Hodgkinson  52  weeks  at  9'^-  a  week. 
Paid  Widdow  Swindil   52  weeks  at  B"^-  a  week 
Paid  Widdow  Johnson  52  weeks  at  6''-  a  week 

Paid  Sarah  Jackson  House  Rent       

Paid  to  Anthony  Swindil  when  his  hand  was  sore  . 

Paid  Anthony  Swindil  House  Rent    

Paid  this  year  to  make  up  the  Land  tax 

Paid  for  making  the  Assessments  of  the  poor — Land  &) 

Windows       J 

Paid  for  the  examinations  of  Henry  &  Sarah  Tattershai's 

Paid  for  repairing  the  Pinfold  door    

Paid  for  repairing  the  bridge       

Paid  two  men  one  day  for  repairing  Puthill  road 

Spent  when  the  Highways  was  repaired 

Paid  for  two  Baskets  for  the  Highways    

Spent  when  I  went  with  a  list  of  the  names  for  the  Turnpike    0 


£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

1 

0 

0 

3 

0 

4 

4 

0 

3 

6 

0 

2 

8 

0 

6 

10 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

3 

6 

0 

0 

3 

1 

19 

0 

1 

19 

0 

1 

6 

0 

0 

12 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

10 

0 

0 

3 

4 

0 

1 

6 

0 

2 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

3 

6 

0 

2 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

0 

7 

0 

1 

0 

298 


Longstone    Records. 


Paid  Thomas  Hill  Bill  for  the  Bridge         

Paid  W™'  Goodwin,  Overseer,  short  of  his  Accompts 

Paid  for  Malt  8  pecks,  8--  for  Hops  1*   lO^        

Paid  for  two  berleymens  Oaths  at  Edensor  Court  ... 
Paid  to  a  man  that  came  with  a  pass  2'^-  To  another  that 

came  with  a  pass  G^"    

Paid  to  two  women  that  came  with  each  a  pass 

Paid  to  a  man  that  came  with  a  pass        

Paid   for  an   acquitance  for   the  palfrey  Silver  4''-  for 

Charges  4"'  ...      

Paid  for  a  Cheese  2^    6'i    Bread  2^      

Paid  for  my  Accompts  keeping  ]^-  6'    for  Papers  3'^ 


Received  this  year  80  lays  and  one  half  ... 

Received  for  Tithes       

Received  of  Abraham  Broom  for  old  gate  stoop 


£ 

s.    d. 

.     0 

3  11 

.     0 

9     8 

.     0 

9  10 

.     0 

0     8 

0 

0     8 

.     0 

0     4 

.     0 

0     3 

0     0     8 


0 
0 


Disburst 

25  18 

11 



£   s. 

25     4 

1     0 

0     1 

d. 
0 
8 
0 

fed  in  all 

26     5 

8 

Disburst 

25  18 

11 

Due 

0     6 

9 

Paid  to  the  succeeding  Officer  Adam  Wilson 
Seen  and  allowed  by  us 
Thos.  Longsdon 
Adam  Wilson 
William  Low 
Anthony  Pidcock 
Benj :  Skidmore 
William  Naylor 
Will  Goodwin 
Iseeck  Broom 
Thomas  Longsdon 


6     9 


Edward  Shaw 
Charles  Shaw 
James  Beeby 
Thos :  Tomlinson 
Charles  Shaw 
George  Flint 
Abraham  Broom 
Wm.  Pidcock 
Edward  Shaw 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  299 

FROM     THE     LONGSDON     COLLECTION. 


ABSTRACTS  OF  DEEDS,  &c.,  FROM  MSS.  IN  THE 
BRITISH    MUSEUM. 


It  would  appear  that  the  originals  of  the  documents  here 
represented  were,  for  the  most  part,  formerly  (a.d.  1792)  in  the 
possession  of  Mr.  James  Longsdon,  of  Little  Longstone,  and  were 
perused  and  copied  by  Dr.  Edward  V'ernon,*  Rector  of  S. 
George's,  Bloomsbury,  from  1731  to  1761,  whose  MS.  passed 
through  the  hands  of  Thomas  Astle,  F.S.A. ,  Keeper  of  the 
Records,  to  the  British  Museum. 

The  abstracts  have  been  made  from  a  copy  of  Mr.  Carrington's 
copies  of  the  MS.  in  the  Museum. 

In  the  copy  used  the  Reference  Number  is  given  as  Add.  MSS., 
6667,  p.  154,  &c. ,  but  in  one  place  Hart  MSS.  568  is  added. 

I. 

Griffin  son  of  Wenuwin  of  Kevelock  grants  to  Mathew  son  of 
Thomas,  clerk,  of  Bakewell,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  for  his  homage 
and  service,  that  oxgang  of  land  in  the  township  and  territory  of 
Great  Longisdon,  with  a  toft  and  croft,  which  Thomas,  father  of 
the  said  Mathew,  and  his  ancestors  formerly  held  of  the  feoffment 
of  the  King  and  beside  of  the  confirmation  of  grantor's  father, 
with  all  appertinences,  liberties,  easements,  commons,  &c.,  with 
turf  to  be  digged  and  furze  to  be  plucked  up  as  in  the  moor  of 
Longsilow  and  in  the  other  moors  of  Great  Longisdon,  and  to  be 
carried  to  the  mansion  of  the  said  Mathew  in  Little  Longisdon. 
Rent  15  pence  per  annum,  payable  at  Michaelmas  7id.,  and  at 
the  -Annunciation  7id.,  in  lieu  of  all  services,  suit  of  court,  mill,  &c. 
Witnesses  : — Sir  Thomas  de  Edinsoure,  Sir  .Adam  de  Herthull, 
Luke  de  Beiley,  Robert  de  Staunton,  Robert  son  of  Ingram  oj 
Notingham,  Mathew  de  Reyndon,  Nicholas  de  Overhaddon, 
Henry  de  Hotot,  and  others. — No  date.  Seal  defaced.  Wrote 
in  a  very  neat  and  plain  character. 

*A  Bubseguen^  peruser  notes  that  Dr.  Vernon  has  spoilt  seTeral  of  '.he  deed' 
by  trjdng  to    '  revive '    the  writing. 


030  Loadstone     Records. 

[Tliis  abstract  is  derived  from  copies  or  extracts  of  MSS.  in  the 
British  Museum  :  viz.  :  two  copies  of  original  deeds  (add. 
MSS.,  6667,  pp.  161  and  162,  and  6674,  p.  188),  and 
sixteenth  centurj'  translations  of  the  same  (add.  MSS.  6667, 
pp.  154  and  160).  The  two  deeds  are  not  identical,  but  the 
variations  are  so  slight  that  it  seems  sufficient  to  signify  by 
italics  what  appears  in  the  deed  of  pp.  160,  162  (and  188),  but 
not  in  that  of  pp.  161  and  154.] 


Notes  from  a  MS.   of  Dr.   Vernon's  penes  Tho.   Astle,   Esq. 

Anno  1768.      Harl.  MSS.,  No.  568.     6667,  p.   158. 
References  to  Griffin  son  of  Wennuwin  from  various  sources. 
23rd.   Henry  III.,  a  Baron — Rymer's  Foedcra.     Lord  of  Ashford 

manor. 
Among  the  pyersons  to  whom  a  mandate  was  directed  to  prepare  for 

the  subduing  of  Lewellin,  then  in  arms. — Rym.  Feed. 
1262.  The  King,  on  receiving  news  of  Lewellin's  death,  directs  a 
letter  to  the  Earl  of  Hereford,  Roger  Mortimer,  and  Griffin, 
to  take  care  of  his  interests, 
ist  Edward  I.  Griffin  held,  at  the  day  of  his  death,  in  chief  of  the 
I-iing  the  manor  of  Pole  as  a  barony  of  the  march  doing 
therefor  service  to  the  King  in  his  Army  of  ^^'ales  for  40  days 
at  his  own  charges. — Harl.   MSS.,  708. 


From  the  Registers  of  the  Church  of  Lichfield  (Harl.   MSS., 

4799)- 

1262.     The  inhabitants  of  Longsdon  gave  two  bovates  of  land  to 

support  a  chaplain  to  officiate  in  the  chajjel  of  S.    Giles   in 

Great  Longsdon. 

Confirmation  by  Griffin.     The  parishioners  shall  hold  of  him  the 

said  two  bovates  '  in  auxilium  sestentationis  capellani'  on  condition 

that  the  corn  grown  on  them  be  ground  at  the  lord's  mill,   that 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  301 

neither  the  Canons  of  Lichfield  nor  the  Ordinary  of  the  Church  of 
Bakewell  shall  appropriate  them,  and  that  the  parishioners  shall 
not  alienate  them  :  in  either  of  these  events  they  shall  revert  to 
Griffin  and  his  heirs.  The  inhabitants  paid  Griffin  7  marks  for  this 
grant. 

Note. — It  is  probable  that  there  was  some  provision  before  this, 

witness  the  language  of  deed,  and  the  fact  that  there  is 

now  [in  Dr.   Vernon's  time?]  another  bovate  of  land  in 

Longsdon. 

Archbishop  Peckham  ordered  that  the  Church  of  Lichfield,  as 

they  received  all  tithes  and  profits  from   the  inhabitants,  should 

contribute  2\  marks,  and  the  Parish  should  raise  the  same  sum. 

He  also  fixed  the  charge  of  repairs,  books,  ornaments,  &c. 

2. 

Robert  son  of  \\'althew  of  Mornissale  grants  to  Matthew 
son  of  Thomas,  clerk,  of  Bakewell  and  his  heirs  for  his  homage 
and  service  a  culture  of  land  called  Coc,  of  his  demesne  land,  for 
making  tofts,  in  the  township  of  Little  Longisdon,  which  extends 
from  the  west  way  from  Egiston  to  the  bottom  of  marsh  meadow 
and  to  the  toft  of  the  daughter  of  Agnes  of  Little  Longisdon  with 
its  dykes  and  pertinences,  so  that  there  be  no  common  way  at  any 
time  of  the  year  upon  the  said  culture  nor  between  the  said  toft 
and  it  at  the  head  on  the  east  side;  which  culture  Mathew's 
ancestors  held  of  grantor's  ancestors  without  any  way. 
Witnesses : — Serlo  de  Beyley,  Robert  de  Staunton,  Robert  de 
Calvor,  Peter  son  of  Mathew,  Peter  son  of  William,  William  de 
Pecco,  Robert  Loterele,  Robert  son  of  Alexander,  and  others. — 
No  date.  Seal  broke  away.  [British  Museum,  Add.  MSS. ,  6667, 
p.   162.] 

3- 

Robert  son  of  Walthew  of  Mornissale  grants  and  quit- 
claims to  Mathew  son  of  Thomas  of  Bakewell,  dwelling 
in   Little   Longisdon,   and   his   heirs   for  his  homage  and  service 


302,  Loadstone     Records, 

two  cultures  of  meadow  and  separate  pasture  beneath  Longsilowe, 
of  his  demesne,  on  the  side  of  Olde  lowe  in  the  field  of  Little 
Long-isdon,  called  le  Cotemedensf,  with  a  sheepfold  containing- 
half  an  acre  under  the  said  hill,  and  an  acre  of  arable  extending 
towards  a  way  called  Crossuey ;  which  cultures  grantor's  ances- 
tors held  separately ;  also  all  those  lands  with  pertinences  and 
curtilages  which  Mathew  obtained  from  grantor's  free  tenants  in 
his  fee  of  Little  Longisdon,  with  a  curtilage  extending  from  the 
head  of  the  upper  bridge  to  the  wall  of  the,  house  in  which  Robert 
son  of  Alexander  dwells,  and  to  a  cliff  (?)  called  Ceoffe. 
Witnesses  : — Sir  Adam  de  Herthulle,  Sir  Richard  de  Edinsour, 
Luke  de  Beyley,  Robert  de  Staunton,  Jurdan  de  Roulisley,  Mathew 
de  Reyndon,  Peter  de  Langisdon,  and  others. — No  date.  Seal 
f^recmaax,  about  lUn.  diameter.  Device  an  eagle  {or  bird) 
displayed.  Circumscription  illegible.  [British  Museum,  Add. 
MSS.  6667,  p.  1 63. J 

4- 
Serlo  son  of  Ralph  de  Mounjoy,  lord  of  Yeldrisley, 
grants  and  quit-claims  to  Mathew  of  Little  Langisdon  all 
manner  of  ingress  and  egress  of  way  between  a  culture 
of  land  called  Coc  and  a  toft  which  was  Matilda's  daughter  of 
Agnes  of  Little  Longisdon,  wrongfully  held  by  use  in  respect  of 
inheritance,  without  licence  and  by  sufference  of  the  neighbours, 
and  especially  all  ways  either  to  the  head  from  the  east  side  of  the 
said  culture,  which  are  not  common  ways  at  any  time  of  the  year, 
or  in  the  fields,  meadows,  and  other  necessary  places,  as  settled, 
for  the  avoidance  of  discord,  after  consideration  by  honest  and 
lawful  men  ;  because  there  is  no  common  cart-way  entering  or 
issuing  from  Little  Longisdon  on  the  south  in  or  from  the 
meadows  and  fields  except  by  the  way  extending  to  the  hill  by  the 
mansion  of  Robert  I^oterel  of  Little  Longisdon.  Witnesses  : — 
Richard  de  Edinsoure,  Adam  de  Herthulle,  Robert  de  Staunton, 
William    Daniel    of    Tidisuelle,     Henry    Puerelle    of    Hassoppe, 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  303 

Robert  de  Calvor,  Eustace  de  Mornissale,  and  others. — No  date. 
Seal  similar  to  10.  163.  Rpl.  IValtheoj,  D.m.  No.  3.  [British 
Museum,  Add.  MSS.  6667,  pp.  163,  and  159.] 

5- 

Serlo  de  Munjoy  of  Yhildrisleye  grants  to  Mathew  son 
of  Thomas  de  Bakewell  for  his  homage  and  service  a 
moiety  of  the  toft  which  Mathew  son  of  Hyzilie  ?  of  Little 
Longisdon  sometime  held  in  the  township  of  Little  Longisdon 
adjoining  the  toft  of  the  said  Mathew  de  Bakewell  on  the  east  side. 
Witnesses  : — Sir  Richard  de  Herthull,  Luke  de  Beyley,  Adam  de 
Edinsoure,  Robert  de  Herthull,  William  le  Wyne,  John  Clerk,  and 
others. — Without  date.  Seal  broke  away.  [British  Museum, 
Add.  MSS.  6667,  p.   164.] 

6. 

Serlo  son  of  Ralph  de  Mounjoy  lord  of  Yeldrisley 
grants  and  quit-claims  to  Mathew  de  Langisdon  son  of 
Thomas  Clerk  of  Bakewell  a  moiety  of  toft  with  its 
dykes  on  the  [south  ?]  and  north  sides,  which  Mathew  son  of 
Hizyle  ?  of  Little  Longisdon  sometime  held,  adjoining  the  toft  of 
the  said  Mathew  on  the  east  side;  also  four  oxgangs  of  arable 
land  of  grantors  domain  in  Little  Longisdon  and  Britrichisfeld 
with  crofts  and  tofts  and  five  roods  of  meadow  under  le  Medigtails 
in  the  valle  by  a  certain  dune  on  the  south  side,  with  all  pertinences 
sheepfolds,  buildings,  Sec,  and  minerals  to  be  got  and  carried 
without  lot  both  in  grantor's  waste  and  in  the  arable  land  of  the 
said  Mathew.  Witnesses  :— Sir  Richard  de  Herthull,  Luke  de 
Beyley,  Adam  de  Edinsoure,  William  Daniel  of  Tideswelle,  Peter 
de  Rowlisley,  William  son  of  Elyas  of  Langisdon,  and  others. — 
Without  date.  Same  seal  as  next  deed.  [British  Museum,  Add. 
MSS.  6667,  p.  165.  J 

7- 

Sir  Serlo  son  of  Ralph  de  Munjoye  grants  and  quit- 
claims    to     Mathew     de     Longisdon     and     his     heirs,     cVc,     all 


304  Longstone    Records. 

suits  of  court  and  mill  for  the  land  which  he  holds  of  grantor 
within  the  township  of  Little  Longisdon  and  Britrichisfeld  and 
without;  also  lot  of  mine  upon  his  land  if  minerals  be  found 
therein.  Witnesses  : — Sir  William  de  Vernun,  Jordan  de 
Snitterton,  Tiiomas  de  Edinsoure,  Adam  de  Edinsoure,  Robert  de 
Staunton,  Luke  de  Beley,  and  others. — Without  date.  Seal  green 
wax,  oval,  about  lUn.  long.  Device  a  fleur  de  lys.  Circumscrip- 
tion SiGiLLVM.    S.D.    M.V.     [British  Museum,  Add.  MSS.  6667, 

p.  164.] 

8. 

Ralph  son  of  Ralph  de  Monjoye  of  Yhildresley  grants 
to  John  son  of  William  de  Aula  of  Little  Longisdon, 
and  the  heirs  of  his  body,  a  messuage  and  croft  and  two-  oxgangs 
of  land  with  a  plot  containing  (?)  four  acres  of  land  called  le  Hild, 
which  Richard  Bate  sometime  held,  and  four  acres  of  waste  in 
Archurlowe,  in  Little  Longisdon  ;  with  remainder  in  tail  succes- 
sively to  Richard,  Agnes,  Emma,  Maud,  and  Ellen,  the  brother 
and  sisters  of  the  said  John,  with  remainder  in  like  manner  to 
Ralph  de  Fairfeld,  with  remainder  in  fee  to  grantor.  Witnesses  : — 
Philip  de  Stredley,  Roger  Folejambe  of  Longcsdon,  Stephen  de 
Rolond,  John  de  Brithrichefeld,  clerk,  Geoffry  de  Brithrichfeld, 
Richard  de  la  Pole,  William  Rotour,  clerk,  and  others.  Dated 
Little  Longesdon,  the  Sunday  after  S.  Martin  the  Bishop,  17th 
year  of  Edward  II. — Seal  broke  away.  [British  Museum,  Add. 
MSS.  6667,  p.   166.1 

By  another  deed  indented  of  the  same  date  and  sealed  before 
the  same  witnesses  the  said  John  dc  Aula  grants  to  the  said  Ralph 
son  of  Ralph  de  Monjoye  two  tofts,  one  croft,  and  16  acres  of 
land  in  Brithrichfeld  in  exchange  for  the  lands,  &'c. ,  granted  by 
Ralph  to  him  by  the  foregoing  deed. — [British  Museum,  Add. 
MSS.  6667,  p.  167.1 

9- 

Elyas  son  of  William  of  Little  Longisdon  binds  himself 
to  William  son  of  Mathew  of  Little  Longisdon  to  pay  a  rent  of 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  305 

7jd.  .and  Jd.  of  the  same  rent,  the  portion  of  three  sisters  of  a 
rent  of  13d.  to  the  lord  for  tliree  parts  of  a  bovate  and  toft 
in  the  township  and  (ields  of  Little  Longisdon,  which  Richard  son 
of  Richard  de  Edynsouer,  Lecia  daughter  of  Richard  son  of 
Leuenat  of  Langisdun  and  his  wife  Agnes,  Henry  Clothomer  and 
Alice  his  wife  formerly  held  ;  payable  at  Matinmas.  Witnesses  : — 
Richard  le  Ragged,  Henry  de  Calvor,  William  le  Wyne,  Robert 
de  Derley,  Nicholas  de  Vynnefeld,  Robert  de  Reyndon,  and  others. 
— JVithout  date.  A  small  circtilar  seal  of  green  wax  :  device  a 
quatre  foil.     [B.  M.,  Add.  MSS.  6667,  p.  167.] 

N.B. — 'This  deed  is  very  badly  transcribed.      It  evidently  refers 

to  same  Rent  as  Wilson  IMSS.  30719  Co.  Derby,  Nos.  2 

and  4,  which  see. 

ID. 

Matlida  daughter  of  Richard  son  of  Leuenad  of  Longisdon 
grants  and  quit-claims  to  Mathew  de  Longisdon  son  of 
Thomas  Clerk  of  Bakewell  a  toft  and  croft  with  3ac.  ir.  of 
land  in  or  outside  the  township  of  Little  Longisdon,  and  a  ditch 
extending  from  the  common  street  of  the  said  town  to  the  marsh 
of  the  meadow  by  the  toft  of  Juliana  her  sister,  which  toft  and 
land  Tliomas  Scalenis  formerly  held  of  grantor.  Witnesses  :• — 
Robert  de  Stanton,  Rol>ert  de  Calvor,  Peter  de  Roland,  Adam 
son  of  Peter,  Mathew  de  Reyndon,  Robert  son  of  Alexander, 
Launcelin  de  Stokes,  William  de  Heielowe,  Thomas  de  Offerton, 
William  Pyncerna  of  Banquell,  and  others. — Wtthottt  date.  Seal, 
oval,  green  wax ;  device  a  hush;  circumscription  Sigill.  Matild. 
FiL.  RiCARD.      [B.  M.,  6667  p.] 

II. 

The  same  Matlida  (described  as  '  Maud  daughter  of 
Agnes  of  Little  Longsdon')*  grants  to  the  same  Mathew 
the  lands  mentioned  in  the  last  deed  and  other  small  parcells  of 
land  in  Little  Longisdon.  Witnesses: — Sir  Adam  de  Herthulle  ; 
Luke  de  Beyeleye;  Robert  de  Stanton;  Peter  his  brother;  Jurdan 
*  Agn^S8  da/jghter  o£  Kichxrd  de  Edinsour  married  Ricliard  son  of  Leuenad. 
See  p.p.     ? 


3o6  Longstone     Records. 

de  Roulisleye ;  Mathew  de  Reindon ;  Adam  son  of  Peter  de 
Lans,nsd()n  ;  Willoc  de  Langisdon  ;  Nicholas  de  Overhaddon  ;  John 
de  Aston;  John,  Clerk,  tlie  writer  hereof,  and  otliers.^ — [B.  M., 
6667,  p.  179.] 

12. 

Agreement  made  on  the  feast  of  S.  Edmund  the  Arch- 
bishop 23rd  Edward  I.  [Nov.  i6th  1294.]  between  William  son 
of  Mathew  of  Little  Longisdon  and  Thomas  son  of  Robert  de 
Lyttun,  whereby  William  leased  to  Thomas  all  that  land  which 
John  the  clerk,  then  serving  at  Hope,  sometime  held^  for  ten 
years  at  a  rent  of  half  a  mark.  Witnesses  : — Peter  de  Rolond, 
Richard  de  Langisdon,  Adam  son  of  John  super  montem  of  the 
same,  Thomas  son  of  Ralph  de  Mornyssale,  and  others.  Dated 
Bauquell,  Monday  the  Vigil  of  S.  Thomas  the  Apostle,  23rd 
Edward  II. — A  large  seal  uj  ycUo-w  wax,  defaced  before  1792. 
[R.  M.,  6667.] 

13- 
Alice  daughter  of  William  de  Pecco  grants  to  Robert 
son  of  William  Tirri  of  Longeford  a  bovate  of  land  with 
a  toft  and  croft  in  Great  Longisdon,  adjoining  the  southermost 
of  two  borates  which  grantor's  faiUer  sometime  held.  Wit- 
nesses : — Sir  Richard  de  Herthull,  .\dam  de  Stanton,  Mathew  de 
Langisdon,  Adam  son  of  Peter,  W'illiam  son  of  Elyas,  William  le 
Wine,  Peter  de  Lascy,  Nicholas  de  Wynnefeld,  Richard  de  Herri, 
John  de  Bauquell  clerk,  and  others. — ll'ithont  date.  [B.  M.  6667, 
p.   1 70.  J 

14. 
Henry  de  Longesdon  by  deed  poll  dated  the  eve  of  the 
.Assumption  nth  Henry  I\'.  [1410],  granted  to  Agnes  his  wife 
and  the  heirs  male  of  her  body  an  oxgang  of  land  with  two  houses 
thereon  in  the  town  of  Great  Longesdon,  which  he  inherited  from 
his  father.— -JVitnesses'  names  illegible.       [B.  M.,  6667,  p.   171.] 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  307 

Grant,  referred  to  in  the  above  deed,  by  which  John 
Andrew,  chajjlain,  enfeoffs  the  above  Ralph,  John,  and 
Robert,  and  William  Woderowe,  in  the  lands  of  Henry  de  Longes- 
don  as  above.  Witnesses : — John  Shacresley,  John  Nog-g-s, 
Robert  Clementson,  and  otliers.  Dated  Longesdon,  S.  Mathlas 
the  A{x>stle,  6th  Henry  VI.  [1428]. — Seal  green  wax  with  the  letter 
R  upon  it.     [B.  M. ,  6667,  p.  171.] 

Note. — From  another  deed  of  the  same  date,  declaring  the  same 

trust,  it  appears  that  the  name  of  Henry  de  Longesdon's 

then  wife  was  Maud. 

16. 

Ralph  Leche,  esq.,  John  Columbell  of  Stanclyf,  and 
Robert  Woderowe  of  Wormehill  grant  the  hereditary  lands 
of  Henry  de  Longesdon  in  Little  Longesdon,  Wardlowe  and 
Mornesale,  which  the  said  Henry  had  granted  to  John  Andrewe, 
chaplain,  and  the  said  John  had  granted  to  them,  to  Richard  de 
Longesdon  son  of  the  said  Henry  and  the  heirs  male  of  his  body. 
Remainder  to  Ellen,  Cecilia,  and  Joan,  daughters  of  the  said 
Henry  and  the  heirs  male  of  their  bodies.  Remainder  to  the  right 
heirs  of  the  said  Henry.  Witnesses : — 'John  Schakeresley,  John 
Whyte,  and  Richard  Litton. ^ — Dated  Little  Longesdon,  Monday 
after  Pentecost,  8th  Henry  VI.  [1430].      [B.  M.,  6667,  p.   170.] 

17- 

Award  made  the  translation  of  S.  Thomas  22nd  Henn- 
VII.  [7th  July,  1507]  between  Robert  Shakely,  gent.,  of  the  one 
part  and  Ames,  late  wife  of  Henry  Longsdon,  and  Robert 
Longsdon,  son  and  heir  of  the  said  Amnes  and  Harry,  of  the 
other  part,  by  Roger  Levett,  William  Woley,  Thomas  Helds  and 
Thomas  Dinik.  (line  Award  of  the  Arbitrators  directs  the  mutual 
conveyances  of  several  small  parcells  of  land  in  Longesdon  to  be 
made  when  the    said    Robert    attains    his    full    age  of  21  years. 


3o8  Longstone     Records. 

Mention  is  made  in  describing-  the  premises  of  land  in  Longsdon 
belonging-  to  '  my  lord  of  Shrewisberye'). — [B.  M.,  6667,  p.   171.] 

18. 

Bond,  dated  29  Dec.   nth  Eliz.  [1568],  from  Philip  Shakersley 

of    Little    Longsdon,    gent.,    to   Robert    Longsdon    and    Anthony 

Longsdon     of     Little     Longsdon,     gents.,     for     performance    of 

covenants  contained  in  an  indenture  of  that  date. — [B.  M. ,  6667, 

p.  172.] 

19. 

Warrant    of    Richard    St.     George,    Norroy    King    of    Arms, 

to  Stephen  Longsdon  of  Longsdon  to  bear  and  use  such  arms  and 

crests  as  his  ancestors  have  done  before  him  and  to  bear  the  name, 

title,  and  dignity  of  a  Gentleman — ^Mr.  Longsdon  having  appeared 

at  the    visitation    and    disclaimed    the    title  of  a  gentleman,  not 

knowing  how  he  might  justify  the  same,  although  his  ancestors 

had  of  long  time  been  reputed  gentlemen.     20th  Nov.  9th  James 

L  [1611.] 

I.      23  Henry  IIL      1239. 
.A.nd  of  the  lands  which  the  Barons  of  the  said  Lord  the  King 
Griffin  son  of  Wenunwin  and  other  Baron  and  other  Barons. 
2.      I  Edd.  I.      1272. 
Griffin  son  of  W^enunwin  held  on  the  day  of  his  death  of  the 
King  the  Manor  of  Pole  with  its  appertincnces  as  Baron  of  the 
Marche  making  therefore  services  to  the   Lord   the   King   in   his 
Army  in  Wales  for  forty  days  at  his  own  proper  costs. 

3- 
Know  all  men  present  and  to  come  that  I  Griflfin  son  of 
Wenunwin  have  given  granted  and  by  this  my  present  Charter 
have  confirmed  to  Matthew  son  of  Thomas  de  Bauquell  and  his 
heirs  or  to  whom  he  may  assign  the  same  and  their  heirs  for  his 
homage  and  service  one  bovate  of  land  in  the  Vil  and  Teritory  of 
Great  Longstone  that  is  to  say  that  bovate  of  Land  and  croft  which 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  309 

Tom  Father  of  the  before  said  Matthew  formerly  held  of  me  with 
all  its  appertenences  and  liberties  and  easements  in  the  Vil  of 
Great  Longstone  and  with  turfs  to  be  dug-  and  heath  to  be  cut  in 
the  moor  of  Lonsilowe  and  in  all  other  moors  belonging  to  the  Vil 
of  Great  Longstone  and  to  the  mansion  of  the  aforesaid  Matthew 
or  of  his  heirs  in  Little  Longstone  sufficiently  to  be  carried  to  have 
and  to  hold  to  him  and  his  heirs  or  his  assigns  or  their  heirs  of 
me:  and  my  heirs  in  fee  and  heirship.  These  being  witnesses  :— 
Sir  Thomas  de  Ednisoure,  Sir  Adam  de  Herthull,  Luca  de  Beiley, 
Robert  de  Staunton,  Robert  Son  of  Ingram  de  Nottingham, 
Matthew  de  Reyndon,  Nicholas  de  Over  Haddon,  Henry  de  Hotot, 
and  many  others.      [Without  date.] 

4- 

Know    all    men    present    and  to  come    that   I   Griflfin    son    of 
Wenunvvin   de   Kevelock    have    given    granted   and  by   this    my 
present  Charter  have  confirmed   to  Matthew  son  of  Thomas  de 
Bauquell  and  his  heirs  or  to  whom  he  may  assign  the  same  for  his 
homage  one  bovate  of  land  in  the  Vil  and  Teritory  of  Great  Longs- 
don  namely  that  bovate  of  land  with  toft  and  Croft  which  Thomas 
Father  of  the  aforesaid  Matthew  and  his  .\ncestors  formerly  of 
the  feoffment  of  the  Lord  the  King  and  afterwards  of  the  confirma- 
tion of  my  Father  held  with  all  his  appertenences  liberties  and 
commons  in  the  \'il  of  Great  Longstone  and  with  all  turfs  to  be 
dug  and  heath  to  be  cut  in  the  moor  of  Longislowe  and  any  other 
moors  and  place  in  the  Vil  of  Great  Longstone  and  the  mansion 
of  the  aforesaid  Matthew  or  of  his  heirs  in  Little  Longstone  to  be 
sufficiently   required.        To  have  and    to    hold    to    the  aforesaid 
Matthew  and  his  heirs  or  Assignes  with  him  and  my  heirs  etc. 
These   being   witnesses  :— Sir   Thomas   de    Ednisoure,    Adam   de 
Herthull,   Luca    de    Beiley,  Robert  de  Staunton,  Robert    Son    of 
Ingram,  De  Nottingham,  Matthew  de  Reyndon,  Nicholas  de  Over 
Haddon,  Henry  de  Hotot,  and  many  others. 


3IO  Longstone     Records. 

5- 

Know  all  both  present  and  to  come  that  I  Robert  Son  of 
Walchevi  de  Mornissala  have  given  granted  and  by  this  my 
present  Charter  have  confirmed  to  Matthew  son  of  Thomas  Clerk 
de  Baukwell  and  his  heirs  for  his  homage  and  service  certain 
culture  of  land  which  is  called  Coc  of  my  demesne  standing  alone 
in  tlie  Vil  of  Parva  Longisdon  which  extends  from  the  way  on  the 
West  of  Egiston  as  far  as  the  ground  of  a  marsh  meadow  and  at 
the  toft  of  the  son  of  Agnes  of  Little  Longstone  fully  with  its 
ditches  and  appertenences  so  that  no  path  or  way  upon  the  said 
culture  nor  between  the  said  toft  at  the  head  on  the  East  no  time 
of  the  year, 

6. 
Know  all  present  and  to  come  that  I  Sulo  de  Mungay  de 
Yhildrisleye  have  given  and  granted  and  by  this  my  Charter  have 
confirmed  to  Matthew  Son  of  Thomas  de  Baukwell  for  his  homage 
and  service  half  of  the  whole  toft  which  Matthew  son  of  Hyzilie 
of  Little  Longisdon  once  held  in  the  Vil  of  Little  Longisdon 
lying  near  to  a  toft  of  the  said  Matthew  de  Baukwell  on  the  East 
part  to  have  and  to  hold  to  him  the  said  Matthew  and  his  heirs 
of  me  and  my  heirs  in  fee  and  heirship,  etc.  These  being  wit- 
nesses : — Sir  Robert  de  HerthuU,  Luca  de  Beyley,  Adam  de 
Ednisoure,  Robert  de  HerthuU,  William  Ic  Wyne,  Tohn  Clark, 
and  others.     [Without  date.] 

7- 

Know  all  men  both  present  and  to  come  to  whom  about  to  see 
or  hear  this  present  writing.  Serlow  Son  of  Ralph  de  Munjoye 
sends  greeting  in  the  Lord.  Know  you  all  that  I  have  given  and 
altogether  quit  claim  of  me  and  my  heirs  or  assignes  to  Matthew 
de  Longisdon  and  his  heirs  and  assignes  all  my  right  and  claim 
which  1  had  or  could  have  in  all  suits  nf  my  Court  and  mill  to  me 
and  my  heirs  pertaining  for  the  land  which  he  holds  of  me  in  the 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  311 

\il  of  Little  Longisdon  and  Britrichisfcid  and  with  all  its  apper- 
tenences  and  moreover  the  lot  of  the  mine  upon  his  land  if  a  mine 
may  be  found.  These  beingf  witnesses  : — Sir  William  de  Vernon, 
Jordon  de  Snitterton,  Tom  de  Ednisoure,  Adam  de  Ednisoure, 
Robert  de  Staunton,  Luca  de  Baley,  and  others. 

II.  17  Edward  II.  1324. 
Know  all  present  and  to  conie  that  I  Ralph  son  of  Ralph  de 
Monjoye  de  Yhildreley  have  given  granted  and  by  this  my  present 
Charter  have  confirmed  to  John  Son  of  Will  de  .Aula  of 
Longisdon  one  messuage  and  croft  and  two  bovates  of  land  with 
one  place  of  land  which  is  called  Le  Hild  which  Richard  Bate 
fornierly  held  and  four  acres  of  land  of  tile  Waste  in  Archurlowe 
Iluryne  w'ith  its  appertenences  in  Little  Longisdon  tO'  have  and 
to  hold  to  the  said  |olin  and  his  heirs  and  tlie  heirs  of  his  body  of 
the  before  named  Ralpli  and  his  heirs  for  ever. 

12. 
To  all  the  faithful  of  Christ  about  to  see  or  hear  tliis  present 
Charter.  Adam  Son  of  Robert  Lord  of  Ednisoure  greeting,  let 
it  be  know  to  you  all  that  1  have  given  and  altogether  quit  claim 
of  me  and  my  heirs  to  Matthew  Son  of  Tom  Parson  de  Baukwell 
and  his  heirs  or  Assignes  of  customs  and  serv-ices  to  me  and  my 
heirs  or  Assignes  due  for  all  the  land  w  ith  its  appertenences  in  the 
Vil  and  field  of  Little  Longisdon  which  the  aforesaid  Matthew 
bought  off  Matilda  daughter  of  Levenad  of  Little  Longisdon  etc. 
These  being  witnesses: — Jordan  de  Snitt(;rton,  Tom  de 
Ednisoure,  Robert  de  Staunton,  Luca  de  Bayley,  Matthew  de 
Reyndon,  and  many  others. 

15.      2T,  Edward  I.      1294. 
This  Agreement  is  made  on  the  Feast  of  Saint  Edmund  Arch- 
bishop in  the  23rd  year  of  the  reign  of  King  lulward  si>n  of  King 
Henry  King  nf  England    between    William    Son  of  Matthew    de 
Langisdon  Juni  of  th(!  one  part  and  Thomas  Son  of  Pole  de  Lytton 


312  Longstone     Records. 

of  the  otlier  part  namely  thai  the  aforesaid  "  Will  has  leased  and 
to  farm  has  delivered  to  the  said  Tom  all  that  land  in  Britychefeld 
which  John  Clerk  then  sei-vant  [?  serving]  at  Hope  once  held  with 
its  appertenences  to  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  Tom  freely,  holy 
[?  wholly],  quietly,  well  and  in  peace  for  the  term  of  ten  years 
rendering  therefore  annualy  to  the  said  William  half  a  mark  of 
silver  on  two  terms  of  the  year  etc.  Tliese  being  witnesses  : — 
Peter  de  Roland,  Richard  de  Longisdon,  Adam  son  of  John  upon 
the  mountain  of  the  same,  Thomas  son  of  Ralph  de  Mornysale 
dated  at  Bakewell  on  Monday  in  the  vigU  of  Saint  Thomas  the 
Apostle  in  the  23rd  year  of  the  reign  of  K.ing  Edward. 

16. 

Know  all  present  and  to  come  that  I  Alice  Son  of  Will  de 
Pecco  have  given  etc.  of  Robert  Son  of  Will  Tirri  of  Longford  one 
bovate  of  land  with  toft  and  croft  with  all  its  appertcnces  in  the 
Vil  and  Territory  of  Great  Longisdon  namely  that  bovate  of  land 
lying  near  the  land  the  soil  of  two  bovates  of  land  which  Will  de 
Pecco  my  Father  once  held  to  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  Robert 
and  his  heirs  etc.  These  being  witnesses  : — Sir  Robert  de 
Herthull,  Adam  de  Stanton,  Matthew  de  Longisdon,  Adam  Son  of 
Peter,  William  son  of  Elias,  William  le  Eyne,  I^eter  de  Lasdy, 
Nicholas  de  Wynnefeld,  Richard  de  Hinz,  John  de  Baukwell  Clerk 
and  others.     (Without  date.  J 

17.     8  Henry  6.      1430. 

To  all  the  faithful  of  Christ  to.  whom  this  present 
writing  tripartite  may  come  Ralph  Leche  Esq.  ,John  Columbell  de 
Stanclyf,  and  Robert  Woderowe  of  Wormhill,  eternal  health  in 
the  Lord.  Whereas  Henry  de  Longisdon  gave  and  granted  by 
his  Charter  to  John  Ajidrew  Chaplain  of  his  lands  and  tenements 
with  their  appertenences  in  Little  Longisdon  and  Wardlow  and 
Momesale  which  descended  to  him  by  hereditary  right  to  have  and 
to  hold  the  aforesaid  lands  tenements  with  their  appertenences  to 
the  aforesaid  John  and  his  assignes  of  the  chief  Lords  of  those 


Abstracts    of    Deeds,    &c.  313 

fees  by  the  services  therefore  due  and  all  right  accustomed  for 
ever  which  said  John  afterwards  gave  granted  and  by  his  Charter 
confirmed  to  the  aforesaid  Ralph  John  Columbell  and  Robert  of 
the  aforesaid  lands  and  tenements  with  their  appertenences  to 
have  and  to  hold  all  the  aforesaid  lands  and  tenements  with  their 
appertenences  to  the  before  named  Ralph  John  Columbell  and 
Robert  and  their  Assignes  for  ever  of  the  chief  Lords  of  those  fees 
by  the  service  tlierefore  due  and  by  right  accustomed  for  ever. 
Know  you  the  aforesaid  Ralph  John  Columbell  and  Robert  have 
delivered  demised  and  by  this  present  writing  tripartite  have 
confirmed  to  Robert  de  Longisdon  son  of  the  said  Henry  of  the 
aforesaid  lands  and  tenements  with  their  appertenences  to  have 
and  to  hold  of  the  aforesaid  lands  and  tenements  with  their  apper- 
tenences to  the  before  named  Richard  and  the  heirs  of  the  male 
of  the  issue  of  his  body  on  the  services  therefore  due  and  by  right 
accustomed  and  if  it  happened  that  the  aforesaid  Robert  die 
without  an  heir  male  of  his  body  begotton  then  we  will  grant  that 
all  the  aforesaid  lands  and  tenements  with  their  appertenences  shall 
remain  to  Elena  Cicilia  and  Johanna  daughters  of  the  said  Henry 
de  Longisdon  and  their  heirs  and  assignes  male  for  ever  and  if  it 
happened  the  before  named  Elena  Cicilia  and  Johanna  die  without 
heirs  male  of  the  said  Elena  Cicilia  and  Johanna  in  that  time  we 
will  and  grant  that  all  the  aforesaid  lands  and  tenements  with 
their  appertenences  shall  remain  to  the  right  heirs  of  the  said 
Henry  de  Longisdon  for  ever.  Witnesses  : — John  Schakersley, 
John  Whyte  and  Richard  Litton  and  many  others.  Dated  at 
Little  Longstone  on  Monday  next  after  the  Feast  of  Penticost  in 
the  eighth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  6. 

18.     6  Henry  6.      1427. 

Know    all    present    and    future  that  I   John  Andrew    Chaplain 

have  given  etc.   to  Jonh    Columbell    le    Stancliff,    Ralph    Leche, 

William  Wodrow  and  Robert  Wodrow  all  the  lands  and  tenements 

which   I  had    of    the    gift    of    feoffment  of  Henry  Longisdon  de 


314  Longstone     Records. 

Longisdon  lying  in  Longisdon,  Wardlow  and  Mornsaw  to  have 
and  to  hold  etc.  Witness : — John  Shacresley,  John  Noggs, 
Robert  Clementson  and  others.  Dated  at  Longstone  in  the 
Feast  of  St.  Mathew  the  Apostle  in  the  sixth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Henry  6  after  the  conquest. 

19. 

Know  ye  all  present  and  to  come  that  I  Griffin  Son  of 
Wenunwin  le  Vavelock  have  given  granted  and  by  this  my  present 
Charter  have  confirmed  to  Matthew  son  of  Thomas  Clerk  de 
Baukwell  and  his  heirs  or  tO'  whom  he  may  wish  to  assign  the 
same  for  his  homage  one  bovate  of  land  in  the  Vil  and  Teritory  of 
Great  Longisdon  namely  a  bovate  of  land  with  toft  and  croft 
which  Thomas  Father  of  the  aforesaid  Matthew  and  his  ancestors 
formerly  held  and  the  feoffment  of  the  Lord  the  King  and  after 
that  by  confirmation  of  my  Father  with  all  its  appertenences 
liberties.,  easements  and  commons  in  the  Vil  of  Great  Longstone 
with  turf  and  heather. 

14. 

Know  all  present  and  to  come  that  I  Matilda  daughter  of 
Richard  son  of  Levend  de  Longsidon  have  given  remised  sold  and 
quit  claimed  etc.  to  Matthew  de  Longisdon  Son  of  Thomas  Clark  de 
Baukwell  and  his  heirs  or  assigneds  a  certain  toft  croft  with  three 
acres  of  land  and  one  rood  with  all  its  appertenences  within  and 
without  the  \'il  of  Little  Longstone  with  a  certain  foss  of  mine 
stretching  fully  from  the  common  straight  with  the  said  Vil  to  a 
marsh  meadow  near  the  toft  of  Juliamia  my  Sisters  that  is  to  say 
that  kind  aforesaid  which  Thomas  Scalenus  once  held  of  me  so 
that  neither  I  Matilda  etc.  etc.  etc.  These  being  witness  : — 
Robert  de  Stanton,  Robert  de  Calvour,  Peter  de  Rowland,  Adam 
son  of  Peter,  Matthew  de  Rayndon,  Robert  son  of  Alexandra, 
Launcelin  de  Stokes,  \M11  de  Heieclowe,  Tom  de  Offerton, 
William  Pynccr  dc  Baukwell  and  others. 


Will    of    Joan     Wright,    1471.  315 


WILL    OF    JOAN    WEIGHT. 
1471. 

In  flei  roie  Anie  Anno  dui  m"  cccc""  lxxi°  In  die  saboti  an  festu 
sci  mchaelis  arcliageU  ego  Joliana  wrjiilit  nup  ux8  hanrici  wiyght 
copos  nietf  <iTiaiiis  e^  I  coipe  codo  testametu  raeu  I  hue  modu  In 
])'mis  lego  aninia  mea  dec  oipoteti  &  see  marie  &  oTh^  scis  Ite  lego 
corp'  a^  meu  ad  sepuliedu  i  ecctia  sei  egedij  de  longesdnn  ItfTi  lego 
p  mortuario  nieo  meu  opt'"  animal  ut  mos  e  Itm  lego  i  oblacoibj  p 
salute  anime  mee  snfficief  Itm  lego  in  cera  ad  comtiure'l^  circa  corp' 
meii  sufficieP  Itm  lego  ecce  de  longustn  duas  oues  matrices  Itai 
lego  alicie  plattf  mea  optlam  toga  &  una  boneta  rubia  Itm  lego 
t'b5  felijs  wytti  plattf  ciiilib3  eoru  ai;nu  Itiii  lego  ii^abelle  qwytbv 
vna  toga  elbida  &  vua  te^nica  blodia'  &  vnu  capiciii  riibiii  Itm  lego 
Matillide  b  u  una  toga  &  una  tunica  rubia  Itin  lego  Johani  loloiid 
duos  modnlos-  auene  &  uuu  modulu-  ordij  Itiii  lego  alicie  leii  unu 
lichetu^  &  duos  porcellos  Itiii  lego  eid,  alicie  &  wytto  qwythe  unu 
piTcii  Itin  lego  duabj  filijs  J^  his  wryght  cuilibj  ea^  agnii  Itin 
lego  agnete  leii  unii  vilulii  &  una  ove  mat'ce  &  unu  agnii  Itiii  lego 
alicie  leu  dua  lincheaniia^  &  una  ludice^  &  una  t-upellectile*^  Itin 
lego  Jacobo  wryght  duos  arietes  Itin  lego  Johi  tus'n  unu  batfr 
avene  ItiTi  lego  Johi  leii  una  ove  &  unu  batii  avene  Itiii  lego  alicie 
leii  una  pva  ollfi  erria  Itiii  lego  agnete  leu  una  pva  patella  Itiii 
lego  fraf  staflxirt  q''tuor  denarios  Itiii  lego  see  maiie  covet*  q*tuor 
denarios     Itin  lego  sco  cedde*  q^tuor  denarios    Itm  lego  ecctie  de 


'  blodius  may  mean  either  'blue'  or  •blood-colour.' 
-  modulus  =  modiua  ;  equivalent,  a  'peck.' 

'  lidieliim,  i.e.  lcc\  tlinm  f  Gk.  \riicu8os),  '  an  oil   flask ' :  used  for  the  widow'a 
cruee  in  the  Vulgate.     8ei-  III.  IJcg.  xvii.  12. 

*  lincheiinna,  i.e.  liciuiii  (Gk.  Ai/x'-fioy),  '  candleBticks.' 

•  lodioem,  an  error  for  boilicem. 


3i6  Lon£stone  Records. 


TEANSLATION. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  In  the  \ear  of  Our  Lord  1471  on 
Saturday  before  the  feast  of  S.  Michael  the  Anliaiigel  I  Joan 
Wryght,  late  wife  of  Henry  Wryght,  sound  in  miii  1  though  sick  in 
body,  make  my  will  in  this  manner:  Firstly,  I  leave  my  soul  to 
Almighty  God  and  S.  ]\Iary  and  all  the  Saints.  Item  I  leave  my 
body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  S.  Giles  of  Longesdon.  Item  I 
leave  for  my  mortuary  mj'  best  beast,  as  is  customary.  Item  I  leave 
in  oblations  for  the  health  of  my  soul,  sufiBcient.  Item  I  leave  in 
wax  to  be  burnt  about  my  body,  sufficient.  Item  I  leave  to  the 
church  of  Longuston  two  ewes.  Item  I  leave  to  Alice  Platts  my 
best  gown  and  a  red  bonnet.  Item  I  leave  to  the  three  sons  of 
William  Platts  to  each  of  them  a  lamb.  Item  I  leave  to  Isabel 
Qwythe  [White]  a  russet  gown  and  a  blue^  petticoat  and  a  red  hood. 
Item  I  leave  to  Matilda  Leu'  a  gown  and  a  red  petticoat.  Item  I 
leave  to  John  Rolond  two  measures^  of  oats  and  one  mea'-ure^  of 
barley.  Item  I  leave  to  Alice  Leu'  a  cruse ^  and  two  little  pigs. 
Item  I  leave  to  the  s  ime  .\lice  and  William  Qwythe  a  hog.  Item 
I  leave  to  the  two  daughters  of  John  Wryght  to  each  of  them  a 
lamb.  Item  I  leave  to  Agnes  Leu'  a  calf,  an  owe,  and  a  lamb.  Item 
I  leave  to  Alice  Leu'  two  catidlesticks,''  a  bodice,^  and  a  cloak. ^  Item 
1  leave  to  James  Wryght  two  rams.  Item  I  leave  to  John  Tuson  a 
bath'  of  oats.  Itc:ii  I  leave  to  John  Leu'  n  sheep  aiid  a  bath'  of 
oats.  Item  I  leave  to  Alice  Leu'  ;i  little  brasen  pot.  Item  I  leave 
to  Agnes  Leu'  a  little  di>h.  It.  m  I  leave  to  brother  Staffort  four 
pence.  Item  I  leave  to  S.  Maiy  of  Coventry*  four  pence.  Item  I 
leave  to  S.  Chad"  four  pence.     Item  I  leave  to  the  church  of  Baslaw 


*  iupeUeetilem,  i.e.  superpellectile,  '  over  the  pelisse.'  '  Surplice '  is  derived 
from  it. 

'  balum.  Tlie  Hebrew  'bitli'  contained  about  nine  >;allons.  A  'busliel' 
would  be  the  Engl  s".i  equivaU'nt 

«  S.  Mary  of  Coventry  and  5.  Cliad  (of  Lielifiiddj,  the  two  cutljedrala  of  the 
dioceae. 


Will    of    Joan    Wright,    1471.  317 


Will  of  Joan  Wright,  1471 — continued. 

Duslavv  xij  deuarios  Itm  lego  diio  lloliavto  more'  xij  doiiarios  Itm 
lego  Johi  wryglit  filio  ineo  uua  iiiunca'"  ad  sustet.icniii  obiti'imei 
&  inariti  iiiei  Muuuatl  Itin  lego  eid^  Johi  wryulit  par  p  .  .  .12  05 
gaudijs  argeteis     Itin  lego  Reeardo  filio  meo  unu  apiu  ad  sustetacoin 

ficiete(?)*'  ad  cumbuied  cora  se])ulc°  i  tepe  debito     HesudiTi 

oium  bono9  meo:^  supi'  no  legatoz;  do  p  salute  :inime  niee  &  niaiiti 
mei  Itin  costituo  &  ordino  meos  bonos  &  fideles  executores  Johane 
wryght  filiu  meu  &  Recardu  wryght  filiii  meu  \it  disjionat  oia  bona 
mea  p  salute  anime  mee  ut  respodeat  in  die  Judicij  cora  inagno 
Judice  dat  i  die  &  anno  sup^dicto  cu  hijs  testibj  JoHes  plattf 
Eoger'  bulyns  cu  iatis  alijs 

in  dorso 

Pbatii    approbatu    consuraatu cora    nobis   coinissf  juf 

ecce   de    BaM[qiie]ll  I  ecca   pnoR  de  Tyddeswell   xvij"°  die    inesfi* 

8. . .  .em. .  anno  diii  iii  coco  Ixxxij"  coinissa.  .  .adiuisfco  bonorii 

executoribj  infrasc'ptf  in  forma  iuris  iuratf 

hec  sut  debita  que  m  debenf     In  p'mis 

Jolies  rol(jnd — xxd,  .... 

Itiii  Kecard'  duncancele — xvijd^ 

Itin  Robart'  northe — xxd 

. . .  .Amiid'  beytfi  viijd 

wryght  ppf  dt  uni'  vacce 


'  Rohert  More,  thr  priest  of  Longstone. 
'°  juvfncam  most  probiiUly. 
"  ohit,  a  raiiss  on  the  imiiiversajy  of  death. 

'-  Pater  Ar.gf.r.     'Jlic  '  p'  iilone  ia  clearly  legible,  but  there  is  little  doubt  about 
tlio  meaning  (see  Du  Gauge's  Glossary,  under  '  gaudium '),  '  a  rosary  with  silver 


2i8  Longstone     Records. 


Translation — con  tinued. 

twelve  pence.  Item  I  leave  to  Sir  Robert  More'  twelve  pence. 
Item  I  leave  to  John  Wryght  my  son  a  heifer  (?)!''  for  the  keeping 
up  of  my  ohitii  and  my  husband's  yearly.  Item  I  leave  to  the  same 
John  Wiy,L;ht  a  pair  of  Pater  No>trr  (?)i-  with  silver  •;auds.  Item 
I  leave  to  Richard  my  son  a  hive  of  bees  for  tlio  keeping  up  of 
sufficient  wax  (?y^  to  burn  before  my  tomb  at  the  proper  time.  The 
residue  of  all  my  goods  not  above  bequeathed  I  give  for  the  health 
of  my  soul  iind  my  husban  I's.  Item  I  constitute  and  ordain  as  my 
good  and  faithful  executors  John  VVryghr  my  son  and  Richard 
Wryght  my  son,  to  dispose  of  all  my  goods  for  the  health  of  my  soul, 
as  they  shall  answer  in  the  day  of  Judgment  before  the  great  Judge. 
Dated  the  day  and  year  above-said,  with  these  witnesses :— John 
Platts,  Eoger  Bulyns  (?),  and  many  others. 

Endorsements. 

Proved  before  us  the  commissary  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
church  of  Bauquell  in  the  parish  church  of  Tyddeswell  the  IT""  of 
September  (?),'■'  1472;  and  administration  of  the  goods  committed 
to  the  executors  within-written,  who  were  dulj'  sworn. 

These  are  the  debts  due  to  me:  John  Rilond — 20d. ;  Richard 
Duncaucele  (?) — lid.;  Robert  Northe — 20(1;  Edmund  Hey  tun — 8<i. ; 
. . .  Wryght  for  dt  (?)  of  a  cow. 


gauds.'  The  gauds  were  the  beads  at  which  an  '  Ave'  was  said,  a  '  Pater  Koster' 
being  said  at  the  rest. 

"  Two  words  alninst  illegible.  Tliu  second  seims  to  be  •  .-ujicitnt.'  The  sense 
evidently  rtqiiires  someihing  in  the  nature  of  candles. 

"  Name  of  moutL  almost  illtgible.     It  ma^  bo  September. 


Parish  Accounts,  319 

SPECIMEN   OF   A  CHURCHWARDEN'S   ACCOUNTS, 

1694  and  1695. 


The  severall  Accounts  of  Thomas  Jackson,  Chapellwarden  of  Gt 
Longstone,  beginning  April  ye  14th,   1694. 

£  s.  d. 

Impf*             Spent  when  I  was  elected       0  2  6 

Ap.  15th       Spent  upon  Mr.  Hunt      0  2  6 

„    28th.      At  ye  Visitason  Court       0  3  2 

June  24.      Given  to  John  Boar  to  a  Letter  of 

Request 0  2  0 

„             ffor  Bell  Ropes 0  11  0 

Aug.  12.      Spent  upon  Mr.  Williams         0  3  0 

Sept.  9.        Spent  upon  Mr.  Hunt,  of  Eayme    ...  0  2  6 

„     25.      Spent  at  ye  Visitason  Court    0  6  10 

Oct.      9.      Spent  at  ye  first  meeting  about  ye  clock  0  2  0 

„       26.      Spent  when  it  was  brought      0  2  0 

Candles, nayles&oyi,  Hemp'edBeesomsO  3  6 

Nov.     5.     Given  to  ye  Ringers 0  5  0 

Dec.  25.     ffor  wine       0  6  8 

fforaLanthorn 0  0  3 

To  ye  Ringers  on  Christmas  Day    ...  0  2  0 

ffor  Whit- Leather       0  2  3 

Feb.     5.     Pd.  to  SI.  Philip  Goll         0  3  0 

„         8.     ffor  a  Spade  to  ye  Church         0  2  0 

Mar.    7.     Given  to  ye  Ringers  at  ye  Queen's  buriall  0  1  0 

ffor  Lead  to  make  weights  for  ye  clock  0  9  0 

ffor  wine  at  Easter     0  15  6 

Spent  upon  Easter  Tuesday     0  3  6 

N.B. — Many  of  these  Accounts  seem  to  be  hopelessly  incorrect. 


320  Longstone     Records. 

£   s.   d. 

April    7.     Spent  upon  Mr.  Dan 0     2     6 

Paid  to  Benjamin  Hallovves,  the  late 

ChapelKvarden 1     3     8 

Paydto  Xtop.  Jenkinson,  the  Chapell- 

warden  ffor  ye  1689     4   13     8 


1    12     9 


The  Total  is  7  10     1 
His  Receits 

Reed,  of  John  Blackwell       0     2     6 

Reed,  of  Xtopher  Jenkinson         0  13     4 

The  Assessmt  charged  at     5     2  08 

)o( . 


A  Continuation  of  the  Accounts  of  Tlios.  Jackson,  Chapellwarden 
of  Gt.  Longstone,  fur  ye  year  of  our  Lord  God  1695  are  as 
followeth : — 

Spent  at  ye  first  Visitason        

Given  to  Thos.  Sellars  of  Calver, 
to  a  Letter  of  Request 

Bell  Ringers 

Spent  upon  Mr.  Hunt  

Spent  at  ye  next  Visitason  Crt. 

ffor  oyl,  candles,  Hempe,  Nayles  ... 
Nov.      5     To  ye  Ringers      

For  Wine  at  Xmas  e  Bread      

To  ye  Ringers      

Feh.    14     ffor  parchment  to    write  a   Coppy  of 

ye  Register  to  ye  Crt 

Spent  at  ye  Crt 

Spent  upon  Easter  Tuesday     

Spent  at  ye  last  Visitason  Crt 


April 

1  29. 

May 

13. 

)» 

22. 

Aug. 

5. 

Oct. 

5. 

£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

12 

8 

0 

1 

0 

0 

11 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

2 

4 

0 

5 

0 

0 

11 

4 

0 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

6 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

2 

0 

Parish     Accounts.  321 

£  s.    d. 

Given    for    writing    mine    Assessmt 

ed  Accounts 0  10 


The  sum  is. ..3     6  10 
The  preceding  years...?   11      1 


The  totall  is.  ..10  16  11 

£   s.  d. 

Reed,  of  John  Blackwell      0     2  6 

Reed,  of  Xtopher  Jenkinson         0  13  4 

ffor  Lay  stall 0     3  4 


1    15     0 

5     4     0 


The  whole  Reed.  is. ..6   19     0 
The  whole  disburst  is...lO  16  11 


due  to  me.. .3  17   11 
Thos.  Jackson  hath  received  of  the  Chappeliry 

in  ye  years  1694  e  1695     6  19     0 


And  he  hath  disbursed 10  16   11 


So  there  remains  due  to  Thos.  Jackson    3  17   11 


And    William    Howe    hath    payd    him    towards 

the  same 12     6 

So  that  at  the  Syninge  these   Accounts   their 

remains  due  to  Thos.  Jackson     2   15     5 

Seen  e  allowed  by  us  Richard  Turner 

Sam.  Mills,  Curate.  Nicholas  Blackwell 

Thomas  Hodgkinson  ffransis  ffermehough 

his  mark 
Richard  R.  Keiton 


322 


Longstotie     Records, 


£ 

s. 

d. 

1 

15 

9 

0 

9 

0 

2 

8 

3 

8 

4 

SPECIMEN  OF  HEADBOROUGH'S  ACCOUNTS, 
1719-1721. 
The  accounts  of  Edward  Ton-  Headbourow,  of  Great  Longstone, 

fforeyear  1719  &  1720. 

I  m  pu- 
ffer a  Warrant  in  December 
ffor  a  Warrant  in  Aprill 

ffor  a  Warrant  in  July 

ffor  a  Warrant  in  September...  . 

ffor  my  Oath  

Paid  to  2   disbanded    Soulders,    John    Perch  | 

&  John  Mortin     ' 

Paid  for   a    warrant    about    Thos.  White    &, 

Streets      

Spent  with  going   with  Thos.  White  before   a  i 

Justice  about  same  matter        ) 

Spent   about    Mary  Street  when   she   went  to  ) 

ye  House  of  Correction       ; 

Paid  ffor  a  wath  ('watch)  Bill      

ffor  makeing  my  asessment  &  signing  it    


0      1      0 


0     2     0 


0     2     0 


4     4 


5   14     9i 
The  accounts  of  Ed.  Torr  headbourrow  of  Great  Longstone  ffor 
ye  year  1720  &  1721. 
Imprs. 

ffor  a  Warrant  in  January 2     0     0 

ffor  a  warrant  in  Aprill  "•      8     6 

ffor  a  warrant  in  July 2   10  10^ 

ffor  a  warrant  in  Sept 

Spent  when   Charles   Street  was  taken  about 

ye  oathe       

ffor     warrants     and    servinge    of     Streets     &] 
what  I  spent j 


12 
0     8 


3     0 


Headbo  rough's     Accounts.  323 


Spent  when   I   went  to    Bakewell  about   Sam  1 
Street  &  Charles  when  the  went  to  ye  goale   ..  t 

ffor  serving  Anth  :  Tor  Cha  :  Street     8 

ffor  making  my  asesments  &  signinge  ..       1      0 


U 


SPECIMEN    OF   OVERSEERS'    ACCOUNTS,    1737. 
The  Accounts  of  Davenport   Blackwall   0\erseer   of  the  poore 
for  the  year  1737. 
Pade  Ann  Scamardine  8  weeks   ..       

„    Marget  Garratt  8  weeks        

„    Ann  Sellers  8  weeks      

,,    Elizabeth  Shaw  8  weeks       

„    Ann  fowiow  8  weeks      

„    Elizabeth  Dowley  8  weeks 

„    John  White  8  weeks      

.,    Robert  Garratt  8  weeks        

„    Edward  Brewell  8  weeks      

„    William  Boothrey  8  weeks 

„    James  Haburgum  8  weeks 

,,    Josheway  Sllors  Child  8  weeks 

„    Widdow  Burrs  8  weeks         

Spent  on  Easter  Tusdey      

,,    Whetsen  Tusdey    

Pade  for   Stuf  for  a  gown  &  cote  for  Ann  Backstor 

,,    an  apron  and  a  pare  of  Bodess 

„    furehire  and  making  them    

Spent  when  wee  went  with  her  to  Wm.  Shors 

„    when  wee  went  to  agree  with  him  for  her 

„    when  1  went  with  Ann  Browell  to  Brushfield  ... 

,,    at  the  sineng  my  sesment    

„    att  Sesons  att  Bakewell        

„    when  wee  went  with  her  to  Shors  ye   last  time 

„    when  I  went  to  pay  him  the  money 

pade  for  soleing  Ann  Brewell  shews 

V 


1 

1 

-t 

0 

0 

8 

0 

0 

16 

0 

0 

8 

0 

1 

4 

(1 

0 

16 

4 

0 

16 

0 

1 

4 

0 

2 

0 

0 

0 

16 

0 

3 

4 

0 

1 

13 

0 

1 

12 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

5 

0 

0 

7 

6i 

0 

1 

8 

0 

1 

10 

0 

2 

8 

0 

2 

7 

0 

0 

6 

0 

1 

0 

0 

3 

6 

0 

0 

4 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

6 

324  Longstone     Records, 


May  y^  6  gave  Jacob  Warinton 

„    y'  13  gave  Jacob  Warinton 

pade  James  Scamadine  for  a  seff  for  him         

July  y"  4  gave  Jacob  Warinton 

July  y  4  gave  Will'"   Gotten       

July  y"=  11  gave  Will""   Gotten     

July  y  18  gave  Will"'   Gotten     

pade  for  Rose  Huslor  shews  soleng 

gave  Ales  Ward  P  and  pade  for  a  pare  of  shews  for  her 

pade  for  hay  ground  for  Joseph  Ward       

pade  for  Jacob  warinton  coffen 

Spent  att  a  meeten  att  torrs        

pade  Benn  Ward 

Spent  at  Rich :  frostes  when  we  went  to  spake  to  ') 
John  Wardlo       j 

pade  house  rent  to  Mr.  Wright 

pade  Mr.  Grove      

pade  Robert  Huslur      

pade  Richard  Nalor       

pade  Thomas  White      

for  weddow  Bures  Sessment        


£ 

s. 

d. 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

2 

0 

0 

1 

6 

0 

1 

9 

0 

0 

10 

0 

3 

6 

0 

11 

0 

0 

5 

0 

0 

2 

6 

0 

2 

0 

0 

1 

0 

1 

6 

6 

0 

3 

1* 

0 

3 

6 

0 

8 

lOi 

0 

4 

0 

0 

0 

4 

21    16     4| 


Edward  Brewell  1  load  of  Gols 0  2     2 

Widow  Jackson  1  load  of  Cols 0  1      1 

Rose  Huslor  1  load  of  Gols Oil 

Elizabeth  Dowley        1  load  of  Gols 0  1 

Ales  Ward  1  load  of  Goles 0  1 

Benjamin  Ward  1  load  of  Goles 0  1 

Em.  Scamadine  1  load  of  Goles 0  1 

Barnet  Backster  1  load  of  Goles 0  1 

for  making  2   Sesments    pen    Ink  and    paper] 

and    keeping    my   accounts    and    drawing    my  [      0  2     6 

accounts       ) 

0  12     3 

21  16     4^ 

22  8     7J 


Poor    Law     Settlement.  325 

POOR    LAW   SETTLEMENT   CERTIFICATE. 
1715. 

To  the  Churchwardens  &  Overseers  of  the  town  of  Steton  or 
other  the  Inhabitants  thereof  in  y«  said  town  and  County  of  York 
or  to  any  or  either  of  the  Churchwardens  &  Overseers  of  y^  Poor 
in  the  Liberty  to  whome  these  shall  come  greeting.  Whereas 
Mary  Jackson  of  Great  Longston,  and  Olive  Jackson  her  daughter 
in  y=  Parish  of  Bakeweli,  in  y«  County  of  Derby,  for  their  better 
way  of  living  are  mindful  to  remove  themselves  to  y=  said  town  of 
Steton  or  to  some  other  place  w"i  an  intent  there  to  inhabit,  but 
having  not  Qualified  themselves  as  y''  Law  requires  in  y^  case  We 
therefore  y''  Chapelwardens  &  Overseers  of  y  poor  of  Great 
Longston  do  hereby  for  ourselves  &  our  successors  promise  to 
y=  s''  Churchwardens  &  Overseers  of  y*  poor  of  Steton  in  y«  parish 
of  Kildwick  or  any  other  Officers  to  whom  these  shall  come  y'  if 
y<=  said  Mary  Jackson  and  Olive  her  s''  daughter  shall  at  any  time 
become  chargeable  to  y"  s  ''town  of  Steton  or  to  any  other  Parish 
or  Liberty  whatsoever  we  will  receive  them  back  into  our  s''  Town 
of  Great  Longston  unless  they  shall  in  the  meantime  acquire  some 
other  place  of  Settlement. 

In  Witness  whereof  we  have  hereunto  sett  our  hands  &  Seals 
y'  twentyninth  day  of  Aprill  in  y=  first  year  of  ye  Reign  of  Sovereign 
Lord  George  by  ye  grace  of  God  of  Great  Brittaine  France  & 
Ireland,  King,  Defender  of  y  ffaith  &c.,  Annoque  Dom.  1715. 

Attested  by 

ffrance  ffearnehough 
Hen  :  Dooley. 

We  whose   names  are   hereuntoi  The  Justices  signatures 
subscribed    Justices    of  y'    Peace    of  y=     have  been  cut  out. 
County   aforesaid    doe   allow   of  y''   Cer-  \ 
tiflcate    above  written    dated  y'  Twenty-  1 
ninth  day  of  April  Annoq  :  Dom.  1715.         / 


3-6 


Longstone     Records. 


Tin-  Charter  of  Griffin  fil  Wtinra'vn,  tn  Adam  fil  Peter,  the  Ancestor  of  the  Wrif^hts,  of  Longstone 

1252. 


Hall. 


•a£^ 


T 


^  4, 


.-i:^ 


^ 


^t-iff'-^M?iBiaiiii^iifa-aiirrtr'^  :&-..;...^^ 


specimen     Wright     Charters.  327 

GRIFFIN     TO     ADAM 
Son  of   Peter-the    Ancestor  of  the  Wrights  of  Longstone    Hall, 

1252. 


CTyaiislation  of  the  foregoing  Charter.) 
This  is  an  agreement   made   between   the    Lord   Griffin   son  of 
Wenuwin  of  the  one  part   and  Adam  son  of  Peter  de  Langesdon 
of  the    other  part,  in  the  37tii  j-ear  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry 
son  of  King  John  namely  that    the    said    Lord    Griffin    remitted 
and  quit  claimed  to  the  said  Adam  son  of  Peter   de    Langesdon 
and  his  heirs  or  assigns  all  secular  customs  and    all    manner   of 
services  which  issue  from  the  fee  of  the  said  Adam  in  Langesdon 
and    in    Wardlowe    or    in    any    case    can    issue ;    saving  the  due 
services  which   the  ancestors  of  the  said  Adam  were  accustomed 
to  do  from  year  to  year  to  the  said  Lord  Griffin  and  his  ances- 
tors for  their  tenement  of  Langesdon  and  Wardlow;  namely— 13 
shillings  a  year  to  be  paid  at  two  terms  of  the    year    to   wit    at 
the  feast  of  B.  Mary  in  March  six  shillings  and  six  pence  and  at 
the  feast  of  S.  Michael  six  shillings  and  six  pence  ;  saving  three 
days    ploughing    and    3    days   ditching  of  the  said  Adam  and  his 
men  to  be  done  for  the  Lord  Griffen  up  to  dinner  time    twice   a 
year,  and  suit  of  the  Mill  of  Ashford  of  the  said  Adam  and   his 
men  and  their  help  at  the  pool  of  the  said  mill  and  other  things 
belonging  to  the  said  mill  when  repairs  are  necessary;  and  saving 
suit  of  the  Court  of  Ashford  by  the  said  Adam  and  his  heirs  fo^i- 
themselves  and  for  their  tenants   of   Langesdon    and    Wardlowe, 
similar  to  the  suit  rendered  liy,  or  required  from  other   freemen 
of  the  Manor  of  Ashford ;  and  when  the  King  taxes  his  demesne 
the  said  Adam  for  himself  and  his  fee  shall  be  taxed,    and    that 
this  agreement  made  between  them  may  remain  sure  and  stable 
Each  of  them  alternately  affixed  his  seal  after  the  manner   of  a 
cyrograph.     Witnesses  :— Sir  Richard  de  Vernon,   Sir  Richard  de 
Herthull,    Richard    Daniel  of  Tydeswell,    William  de  Langesdon, 
Matthew  de  Langesdon,  Thomas  de  Langesdon,  and  many  others. 


328  Longstom     Records, 

Adam  to  Henry,   Sou  of  Williiun  dr  Loiigsdoii. 


^j<5ait:^'.  ftiUu>WM^«» 


I     ^^lAJ-dr-^ 


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^lib  .^T-j^  :13a  i-i1^*V  tuft,  Y Ja^m  Tcmm  ff ujn.  a- 


specimen     Wright     Charters.  3^9 


ADAM     TO     HENRY 
Son  of  William  de  Longsdon. 


(Translation  of  the  foregoing  Charter.) 
Know  all  men  as  well  present  as  future,  that  I  Adam  son  of 
PetSr  de  Longsdon  have  given  granted  and  by  this  my  present 
charter  have  confirmed  to  Henry  son  of  William  de  Longsdon 
for  his  homage  and  services  one  bovate  of  land  with  toft  and 
croft  and  with  all  its  appurtenances  in  the  ville  and  territory  of 
Longstone  namely  that  bovate  which  Henry  son  of  Emma  form- 
erly held  To  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  Henry  and  to  his  heirs 
or  assigns  of  me  or  my  heirs  in  fee  and  inheritance  freely  separately 
wholly  and  peacefully  with  all  liberties  free  customs  and  case- 
ments belonging  to  the  same  ville  of  Longstone  and  without 
paying  for  the  same  annually  to  me  and  my  heirs  by  him  and 
his  heirs  or  assigns  two  shillings  of  silver  at  two  terms  annually 
that  is  at  the  feast  of  S.  Michael  twelve  pence  and  at  the 
Annunciation  of  the  Blessed  Mary  twelve  pence  for  all  services 
customs  demands  and  exactions  saving  forensic  service  and  I 
Adam  and  my  heirs  will  warrant  the  said  land  with  all  its  appur- 
tenances to  the  said  Henry  and  his  heirs  and  assigns  This  my 
donation  concession  and  confirmation  I  have  strengthened  by  the 
impression  of  my  seal  to  this  Charter  these  witnesses  Robert  de 
Stanton,  Matthew  de  Longsdon,  William  son  of  Elias,  Robert 
Lacey,  Hugh  Pekoe,  Richard  son  of  Simon,  John  Bulaxe,  Robert 
Cemetarius,  John  Cleric  of  Bakewell,  and  others. 
Seal.     '•  S.   Ade    fil    Petri." 


33^ 


Longstone     Records. 


Release  by  Gerard,  son  of  Adam  of  Bakeucll,  to  Robert  le  Wright 
of  Great  Longstone.     1330. 


6 


cS 


l1  UJ%'I^_ 

rumM 


«- 


Xif 


i 


Mil 


C2 


4  5? 


specimen     Wright     Charters.  331 


GERARD    Son  of   Adam    to    ROBERT   le   WRIGHT 
of  Great    Longstone,  1330. 


(Tyanslation  of  the  foregoing-  Charter.) 
To  all  the  faithful  in  Christ  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come 
Gerard  son  of  Adam  of  Bakewell  greeting  in  the  Lord.  Know 
ye  that  I  have  remised,  released  and  quit  claimed  for  myself 
and  heirs  to  Robert  le  Wright  of  Great  Longstone  total  right 
and  claim  at  law  which  I  have,  have  had,  or  in  any  way  could 
have  in  a  Messuge  and  with  its  appurtenances  in  Great  Longstone 
which  descended  to  me  after  the  decease  of  Adam  of  Bakewell 
my  father,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  aforesaid  messuage  with 
its  appurtenances  to  the  said  Robert  his  heirs  and  assigns  from 
the  chief  lords  of  the  fee  by  the  services  due  and  customary 
right.  So  that  neither  I  the  said  Gerard  nor  my  heirs  nor  any- 
one in  my  name  can  have  any  claim  in  the  said  messuage  with 
its  appurtenances  nor  can  sell  it  in  the  future.  And  I  the 
aforesaid  Gerard  and  my  heirs  warrant,  acquit  and  defend  for 
ever  the  said  Messuage  with  its  appurtenances  to  the  said  Robert 
his  heirs  and  assigns  against  all   men. 

These  Witnesses  Tho.  Hyblyn  of  Bakewell,  Robert  de  Walley, 
John  at  the  Hall  of  Longsdon,  John  de  Wodeward,  William  de 
Rouland  and  others.  Given  at  Great  Longstone  Sunday  next 
after  the  festival  of  the  translation  of  St  Thomas  the  Martyr  in 
the  fourth  year  of  King  Edward  the  third  after  the  Conquest. 

In  testimony  of  which  matter  to  this  present  quitclaim  I  affix 
my  seal. 


332  Longstone     Records. 

William  de  Den  to  Robert,  Son  of  Adam  of  Longston 


h  1  ^  U 


±^ 


specimen     Wright     Charters.  ^t,^ 


WILLIAM   DE  DEN  Son  of  ROBERT  Son  of  ADAM 
of  Longstone. 


(Translation  of  the  foregoing  Charter) 
This  Convention  was  made  Sunday  next  after  the  feast  of 
S.  Michael  the  Archangel  between  Wilham  de  Den  of  Great 
Longstone,  of  one  half  acre  of  land  lying  in  the  Crofts  head  in  the 
field  of  Longstone,  and  Robert  son  of  Adam  de  Longsdon,  of  one 
acre  of  land  lying  in  the  field  of  \\'ardlow,  of  which  one  rood  lying 
at  Pig  Tor  and  one  rood  lying  at  Midul  Hall  and  one  rood  lying 
upon  Logradus  and  one  half  lying  upon  the  Hen-butts,  so  that  by 
common  assent  and  consent  were  exchanged  without  change  of 
rent  and  so  that  neither  of  them  shall  have  account  or  demand 
against  the  other,  but  if  either  of  them  shall  claim  against  the 
other  any  right  or  claim  not  in  this  writing  he  shall  pay  forty 
shillings,  to  be  paid  without  any  deduction. 

Witnesses,  Alan  de  Roland,  \^'illiam  Vicar,  Richard  son  of 
William  son  of  Adam,  John  son  of  Adam,  and  others.  No  further 
date. 


334 


Longstone     Records, 


BAILIl-T'S  ACCOUNT   ROLL. 

ABOUT   THE   YEAR    1347. 


From  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Lichfiei-d  Muniments,  No.  G.  6. 


[er 


LONCj' 

M  INOR. 

Henr'  en  le  Dale 

6t  0 

vij 

o 

Petr'  Baiard 

jd 

"j 

Ricns  le  VVodward 

j'l 

iz 

fetjd 

WiH.s  R.,se 

jd 

V 

htjd 

Witis  de  Ycl.uruue 

titjd 

V 

ijd 

Margc'r  f  Rici 

o 

▼ 

6t  jd  0 

Rog's  Foliambe 

jd 

"ij 

jpett[?] 

Witts  en  le  Dale 

0 

ij 

jd  0 

Jotis  Rose 

J 

htja  5 

j 

jdo 

Jobs  Bate 

xii 

ii.i 

J 

tit  iijd 

j 

htjd  0 

Long' 

maior. 

Hug'  Scrokegoie 

jd  0 

ij 

•asure]  ux  Rngi  [?]  Scrokegore 

) 

jilo  cii  Ian. 

Rot)s  Hni 

j 

tit  jd  0 

ij 

ijd 

RoBsle  Rot'[?] 

ijd 

V 

htijd 

Joh  fil  Kiri 

j 

•  • 

jd 

Thorn  Payii 

jd 

j 

jd 

Thoni  \Veb>P 

yd 

ij 

Henr'  Louet 

j 

ijd 

iiij 

htjd 

Jo!i  Rose  [stiiii  k  ou 

,t] 

Alan  de  Sallnwo 

>ij 

htjd 

Witts  fil  Rici 

j 

ht  [ille-il.le] 

iiij 

Letic'  le  nioyr 

Jd 

j 

Rot>ts  clit'us 

'i'j 

Hem'  HiTi 

j 

hijd 

j 

jd 

Witts  de  Rolond 

ij 

ht  ijd 

vij 

Alan  de  KiJond 

ij 

ijd 

is. 

0 

Thoiu  fil  Ade 

jdo 

j 

ht  jd  0 

Jofi  Peuerel 

• 

J 

0 

ij 

jd  o 

Joh  de  Scheladon 

[blank]  r  Ade  de  Mabam  [?] 

jd  0 

mj 

[?]d 

Witts  fil  Ade 

ij 

tit  ijd 

ij 

Bailiff's    Accovnt    Roll. 


335 


Eicus  fil  Willi 

ij 

ijd 

viij 

htr, 

AVitts  Victor  [?] 

J 

0 

X 

jd 

Job  Waueu 

ijd 

ij 

htjd 

Rics  fil  The 

J 

ht  0 

iij 

Eofs  en  le  uiuire 

ij 

ij 

Ada  Bonde 

ijd 

Allied  [struck  out] 

Wills  del  Dene 

■^j 

Ric'  Bate 

j-l 

j 

Ad  Vcaf 

jd 

Rob  cissor 

0 

ijd 

Hie'  Captts  [mi  dec[?]  struck  out] 

ij 

jd 

xviij 

ROLOND. 

Witts  Lerayng 

j 

htjd 

j 

jd  0 

Riciis  Dykon 

iij 

^•j 

jd 

Symon  Fox 

ij 

ht  jd 

ij 

ht  0 

XJ 

Hassop. 

Witts  fil  Eogi 

ij 

Jij 

jdo 

RoBts  fil  Rici 

ij 

ht  jd 

iij 

ht  jd  0 

Adam  Badde 

j 

ht  ijd 

j 

0     .. 

Ricus  Palm 

j 

ht  ijd 

j 

ht  jd 

Diia 

ii'j  [?] 

xiiij 

htjd 

Witts  Ca(,etts 

iij 

htjd 

Isabell  ancitt  dne 

»j 

Witts  fil  RoBti 

j 

tit  5 

Ricus  P'lioit' 

^j 

Witts  Pete 

iij 

ht  jd 

▼ij 

Witts  le  Siaiint 

ht  jd  0 

j 

ht  jd  5 

Ricus  millet 

j<l 

V 

ht  ijd 

Henr'  Suie.s  Rainil|ifi 

id 

iiij 

Gervas  Vicar' 

Pttr'  de  WakHLriigh 

Annabell 

jdS 

Hug'  Fox 

jd 

HiuMs  Bear 

ijd 

Witts  fil  Rici  P'lioiti 

Plius  Bcaf 

jd 

j 

Witts  Underegge 

iijd 

ijdS 

Hisur'  Bear 

iijd 

j 

XXJ 


336  Longstone     Records. 

Birch. 
„  Rofs  Peuerell  [?]  iijd  j 

„  Joh  Surd  vj  jd  o  xij 

,,  Hug'  de  Birch  vj  fit  ijd  xxiij 

,  Eots  fil  Hug'  j  fit  o  iij 

„  Kofts  fil  Witti  ij  ht  o  T 

„  Jofi  Jirat 
„  Rogs  fil  Johis 

„  Henr[?]  fil  Hug'  j  fit  ijd  ij 

„  Eics  foliambe  ij 

xviij 

Sm'  agn  in  isto  itii^e  Ixxviij 

[?] P  reef  vjs  iiijil     Sm"  reconpns  [?"j  iiijs  iijd 

[?] in  itinere  vj  garc'  iiij  ed[  A  iiij"''  garc'. . 

[in  dorso  :] 

ASSHFORD. 

„  Ux'  Eofi  Bourn  j 

„  Jofi  de  Wardelowe  [?]  j  fit  jd  o           iij 

„  David  de [?] 

„  Witts  Plabar  [?]  j  ijd               iij 
„  Witts  Williuiot 

,,  Marger'  f  Henr'  j 

„  Ad  ad  fine  pontis  ij  ijd                v 

„  Bogs  fil  Walti  j  iij 
„  Symo  le  Walker 

„  Jofi  le  Mason  j  fit  jd              j 

„  Thorn  Cissor  de  Hubit'  [?]  j 

„  Witts  Coterel  xvij 

„  [blank]  r  Henr' di^  B'lc^v  ill    j  fit  jd  j 

„  Witts  le  Hai  taou  [?]  j  fit  o               j 

„  Eofis  Carpittaf  iiij  ijd              xij 

„  Witts  fil  RofJti  ij  ij 

„  Jofi  del  Hall  j  o                  ij 

„  EoBt  Marge  iij  y 

„  Petr'  Fab                                    j  fit  jd  ij 

„  Letic'  en  le  Gienes  vj  fit  jd  o           xj 

„  Jofi  fil  Witti  ij  jd                iiij 

n 

„  Eobs  fil  Jofiis  Si:iunt  ij  jd  iij 

o 

„  Jofi  le  biauut  vij  fit  ijd  xij 

„  Peti-'  Pfiibaf  [slriK-k  ..ntl 

,,  Eicus  A^ser  iiij  ijd  o  viij 

„  Henr'  le  Hawaid 


Jd 
j  P^'H 


ht  ijd 


jd 


iijd  (' 
o 


jd  0 
fit  o 


fit  o 

fit  jd  0 
o 


fit  jd  o 
jd  o 


Bailiff's    Account    Roll. 


337 


Henr'  de  Hupe 

J 

j 

jd[?] 

Rads  Bca? 

jd 

ij'i 

Eobs  le  Eo 

Kdfs  Scweyn 

J 

lit  jd  0 

ij 

htjd 

Eotis  Bagole 

0 

jd  0 

Alan  de  Schefeid 

jd  o 

ijd 

[blank]  r  Eobti  (b-1  Hall 

iij 

nt  0 

ii'j 

llenr'  Dobeloue  [?] 

j<l 

jd 

Rics  Shefeld 

ii  jil 

Witts  de  Mornash 

j 

jd 

j 

jd  0 

Witts  Palmer  bu...['] 

jd  0 

jd  0 

xlvj 

Baucql'ki.l 

AND  Holm 

AND  Burton. 

Godfrid  Foliambb 

V  \  i  i  i 

[?]j  peH 

Eobs  de  Bui  ton 

V 

\'ij 

ijd 

Thoin  de  Smerlitill 

'ii 

titjd 

iii.i 

Ad  Bear 

y 

ht  o 

•'.'i 

fit  jd  o 

Wills  Cotiler 

ij 

ii'j 

fitj.l 

Joh  de  Eltnn 

viij 

Stephs  Fulianibe 

ij 

Rics  Louet 

^j 

ijd 

Tbom  Hubelin 

X 

xij 

Joh  le  Eof 

"j 

Eads  de  Casfne 

iii  d 

ij 

fit  ijd 

Joh  le  Carf 

tt  0 

j 

0 

Huf  le  Surreis 

fit  ijd 

ij 

fits 

Eobs  le  CarP 

fit  ijd 

ij 

fit  ijd 

Eog's  de  Baiicq 

XXV 

Phus  de  Tiunnll 

xxj 

\  xlij  ve 

tt  que  coti 

let  \  j  peti> 

llm  xvj 

vellor  quab 

uiTies  lanas 

execf  debnt 

Hug  de  Gunston 

xviij 

ijd 

xxxviij 

Henf  l>caf  de  Holm 

j 

0 

ij 

Geivasf  vicaf 

X 

xxxiij 

Jotis  Fluuribell  [?] 

j 

fit  jd 

j 

Hen?  de  Thorne  [?] 

iiij 

iiij 

Henf  Wal...[?]Captts 

vj 

Hen?  de  Paddet 

■^j 

Petr'  de  uge 

iiijd 

fit  ijd 

luj  <fc  uj  agn 


338  Longstone     Records. 

XX 

Sm*  agn  in  ista  via  ix  &  iij 

Argent'  recepP  iiijs  sma  recompns  ijs  vd 

Eodem  die  vij  garc'  ad  agn  iiij"'  e4  &  iiij""  garc'  ad  Ian 

Sm"  Toti'  rec'  ad  agn  &  Ian  Iiijs  xjd 

Sm»  recompns  ad  agn  &  Ian  xls  xjd 

Sm»  omnium  agnoz;  in  tota  jufdictione  de  Baucq  viij  &  xlv 

D  quibj  comp  liB  Nicho  CuPel  &  I'uientib3  suis  v 

Et  in  veiidicoe  xij  et  capit[?]  vd  0  et  in  mori.  a  iiij  et  viij  &  xxiiiv 

distribut  inf  dnos  &  sic  equa 


MISCELLANEOUS. 


This  is  a  copy  of  an  old  document  which  may  be  of  interest  to 
preserve,  for  its  reference  to  this  Parish.  The  original  is  in 
possession  of  Mr.  Hambleton,  who  has  allowed  it  to  be  copied  : 

"  Derbyshire.  Whereas  complaint  upon  oath  hath  been  made 
unto  us  Joseph  Denman,  M.D.,  and  John  Barker,  Esqre.,  two  of 
His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  said  County,  that  James 
Bowman,  of  the  Liberty  of  Brushfield,  in  the  said  County,  being  a 
person  commonly  called  a  Quaker,  hath  refused  and  still  refuses  to 
pay  unto  him,  the  said  Adam  Wilson,  the  Church  Rates  due  to  the 
Church  of  Longstone  aforesaid,  we,  therefore,  the  said  Justices, 
having  duly  summoned  the  said  James  Bowman  to  appear  before 
us  but  hath  refused  to  appear  before  us  as  aforesaid,  and  having 
duly  examined  into  the  truth  and  matter  of  the  said  Complaint,  do 
find  that  there  is  due  from  the  said  James  Bowman  to  the  said 
Adam  \\'ilscn  for  Church  Rates  as  aforesaid  the  sum  of  eighteen 
shillings  and  one  penny.  We  do  therefore  adjudge  and  order  the 
said  James  Bowman  to  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  the  said  Adam 
Wilson  the  aforesaid  sum  of  eighteen  shillings  and  one  penny,  and 
also  the  sum  of  ten  shillings  for  the  costs  and  charges  of  the  said 
Adam  Wilson  in  prosecuting  the  said  James  Bowman  for  the 
recovery  of  the  said  Church  Rate.  Given  under  our  Hands  and 
Seals  at  Tideswell  in  the  said  County,  the  Second  day  of  May,  1778. 

JOS.     DENMAX,     (Seal). 

JOHN     BARKER,    (Seal)." 
[Par.  Mag.  1902.) 


Lead     Mining,  339 

"  Quam  midta  injusia  ac  prava  fiiint  moribus." 


Lead  Mining  has  been  the  source  of  innumerable  disputes  and 
lawsuits.  The  obnoxious  and  cruel  Mining  laws  of  the  High  Peak 
Hundred  are  responsible  for  the  spoliation  of  vast  quantities  of 
pasture  and  arable  land  by  giving  to  all  subjects  of  this  Realm  the 
free  and  exclusive  use  of  private  property  for  mining  purposes 
without  one  farthing  compensation  to  the  Owner,  unless  he  be 
Lord  of  the  Manor.  In  effect,  "  The  Alpha  and  Omega"  of  these 
laws  seems  to  be  a  device  for  either  ignoring  or  penalising  the 
agricultural  interest  in  the  following  ways — 

(7.  by  giving  the  land  to  the  Miner  so  long  as  he  cares  to  work  it. 

b.  by  spoiling  it  for  future  cultivation. 

c.  by  "  belland"  poisoning  of  the  surrounding  pasture. 

d.  by  making  footpaths,  bridle  paths,  and  cart  roads. 

e.  by  imperfect  fencing  of  innumerable  pits  and  shafts. 

/.  by  allowing  the  Miner  to  desert  his  mine  when  no  longer 
profitable,  and  to  leave  the  Owner  of  the  soil  liable  for 
accidents  to  man  or  beast  for  ever  after. 

These  are  some  of  the  drawbacks  to  agricultural  improvement  in 
the  High  Peak  district !  How  then  is  it  possible  for  Owners  of 
Estates  thus  handicapped  to  build  up-to-date  farm  homesteads, 
labourers'  cottages,  &c.,  saddled  as  they  and  their  tenants  are 
with  the  ever  increasing   burden  of  the   rates  ? 

Rational  legislation  should  take  care  that  they  only  should  be 
liable  who  share  the  profits*  whether  iMiners  or  Lords  of  the 
Manor — and  that  the  legal  maxim,  "Cujus  est  solum  ejus  atque  ad 
coelum  "  should  apply  "  usque  ad  infernum  !" 

Here  are  some  Clauses  of  the  Act  of  1851  for  defining  and 
amending  the  Mineral  Customs  of  certain  parts  of  the  Hundred  of 
High  Peak.  It  is  a  refreshing  novelty  to  find  the  recognition  of 
such  persons  as  Owners  and  Occupiers  of  the  soil ! 

*  Dr.  Cox  says  that  "  it  was  the  wealth  of  Derbysiiire  Mines  and  the  fertility  of  Derbyshire  pastures 
which  materially  helped  to  raise  that  majestic  pile"  (Lincoln  Cathedral). 

W 


340 


Longstone     Records. 


First  Schedule,  Clause  4.  The  Baininster, 
together  with  two  of  the  Grand  Jury,  shall 
provide  the  Miners  a  Way,  either  for  Foot 
Passengers  or  Carts  as  ,may  be  required, 
from  the  nearest  Highway  to  the  Mine,  and 
also  from  the  Mine  to  the  nearest  running 
Stream,  Spring,  or  natural  Pond  of  Water, 
such  Ways  to  be  set  out  in  as  short  a  Course 
as  may  be  practicable  and  reasonable.  No 
compensation  is  to  be  claimed  by  the 
Occupier  or  Landowner  for  such  Ways,  but 
such  Ways  aye  not  to  be  considered  public  and 
the  Use  thereof  is  to  be  limited  to  Persons 
and  Purposes  connected  witli  the  Mine,  and 
all  Rights  of  Way  aye  to  cease  when  the  Mine 
shall  be  no  longer  worked.  The  Parties  enti- 
tled to  use  the  Way  may  make  sufficient 
Ways  for  Use,  and  keep  the  same  in  repair, 
and  may  also  use  for  Mining  purposes  the 
Water  from  the  nearest  running  Stream, 
Spring,  or  Natural  Pond. 

Clause  5.  Every  Miner  shall,  so  long  as 
his  Mine  shall  be  worked,  be  entitled,  with- 
out making  any  payment  for  the  same,  to 
the  exclusive  Use  of  so  much  Surface  Land 
as  shall  be  thought  necessary  by  the  Bar- 
master  and  two  of  the  Grand  Jury  and  be 
set  out  by  them  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
rubbish,  dressing  his  Ore,  briddling,  making 
Meers  or  Ponds  and  conveying  water  thereto. 
and  any  other  Mining  Purposes.  The  Miner 
shall  in  all  Cases,  before  he  commences  any 
search  or  uses  any  Land,  make  Fences  suffici- 
ent for  the  Protection  of  Cattle  from  any 
Injury  which  might  arise  from  his  Opera- 
tions, and  keep  such  Fences  in  sufficient 
Repair. 


What  wonderful  consideration,  what 
beneficent  legislation  !  When  the  Miner 
has  either  "  made  his  pile  "  or  can  no 
longer  work  his  Mine  at  a  profit,  the 
poor  landowner  is  no  longer  a  tres- 
spasser on  his  own  property  and  he 
may  cultivate  it  again  provided  no  one 
else  steps  into  his  place !  Moreover 
all  Rights  of  Way  are  to  cease  when 
the  Mine  shall  be  no  longer  worlted. 


Are  our  legislators  innocent  enough 
to  believe  that  footpaths,  &c.,  in  use  for 
a  generation  or  two  will  be  readily 
given  up  ?  Is  it  not  a  fact  that  Miners 
living  widely  apart  will  take  the  shortest 
cut  from  the  Mine  to  their  homes,  and 
that  such  footpaths  are  even  more 
difficult  to  close  than  the  Barmaster's 
recognised  paths  ?  The  nuisance  (to 
the  Farmer)  of  the  short  cut  often 
survives,  and  all  attempts  to  close  it 
are  barred  by  that  useful  defender  of 
public  rights — the  memory  of  the  oldest 
inhabitant  ! 


Lead     Mining. 


341 


Clause  9.     Lot  and  Cope. 

The  Duties  called  the  Duties  of  Lot  and 
Cope  are  and  shall  be  payable  to  Her 
Majesty  and  Her  Successors  or  to  Her  or 
Their  Lessee  for  the  time  being.  The  Duty 
called  Lot  is  and  shall  be  One  Thirteenth 
Part  of  all  Ore  raised  within  the  Jurisdiction 
of  the  Barmote  Courts,  and  the  Duty  called 
Cope  is  and  shall  be  the  sum  of  Fourpence 
for  every  Load  of  Ore  measured  at  any  Mine 
within  the  Jurisdiction  aforesaid,  the  Measure 
of  such  Load  sufficient  to  hold  Fifteen  pints 
of  Water. 


Observe  again  how  the  landowner  is 
ignored  ! 


"  By  custom  old  in  Wirksworth  Wapentake, 
If  any  of  this  nation  find  a  Rake, 
Or  Sign,  or  leading  to  the  same  ;  may  set 
In  any  ground,  and  there  Lead-ore  may  get : 
They  may  make  crosses,  holes,  and  set  their  stowes. 
Sink  shafts,  build  lodges,  cottages  or  coes. 

****** 

"  The  vulgar  term  is  setting  for  a  mine, 
,    For  th'  grace  o'  God,  and  that  I  there  can  find  ; 
And  then  at  him  some  other  miners  take, 
And  gain  possession  in  the  self-same  Rake. 

"Water  holes,  wind  holes,  veynes,  coe  shafts  &  Woughs, 
♦Main  Rakes,  Cross  Rakes,  Brown  Henns,  Budles  &  Soughs, 
Break  offs,  and  Buckers,  Random  of  the  Rake, 
Freeing  and  chasing  of  the  Stole  to  th'  Stake." 

Antiquary,  October  1863. 
^  "  Main  Rakes  would  be  synonymous  with  Great  Rakes." 


342  Lon£stone     Records. 

TITLE    PAGE    OF 

'THE    COMPLEAT    MINERAL   LAWS  OF  DERBYSHIRE." 
"  Taken  from  the  Originals." 


"I.     The  High  Peak  Laws,  with  their  Customs. 

IL     Stony  Middleton  and  Eame,  with  a  new  Article  made  1733. 
HI.     The  Laws  of  the  Manour  of  Ashforth-'i'th'-water. 

IV.     The  Low  Peak  Articles,  with  their  Laws  and  Customs. 

V.     The  Customs  and  Laws  of  the  Liberty  of  Litton. 
VI.     The  Laws  of  the  Lordship  of  Tideswell." 

"And  all  their  Bills  of  Plaint,  Customs,  Cross-Bills,  Arrests' 
Plaintiff's  Case,  or  Brief;  with  all  other  Forms  necessary  for  all 
Miners  and  Maintainers  of  Mines,  within  each  Manour,  Lordship, 
or  Wapentake." 

"  Quod  dulcius  Hoininnm  generi  a  Natiira  datum  est,  qnam  sni 
cuique  liberi."* 

"LONDON:" 

"  Printed  by  Henry  Woodfall ;  and  sold  by  Richard  Williamson, 
at  Grays  Inn  Gate  in  Holborn  ;  John  Haxby,  Bookseller  in 
Sheffield  ;  and  by  John  Bradley,  Bookseller  in  Chesterfield,  1734." 

"(Price  in  sheets  2s.  bound  2s  6d)." 


The  book  was  dedicated  "  to  the  Most  Noble  Prince  William 
His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire;  Lord  Steward  of  His  Majesty's 
Houshold,  and  Knight  of  the  Most  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter." 
with  an  "  Address  to  the  Reader."  Written  on  the  fly  leaf  are  the 
words — "  Compiled  by  George  Steer." 

It  begins  with  the  Articles  and  Customs  of  the  Mines  within 
the     Hundred    of    the    High    Peak,    and     the    Liberties    of    the 

*'  The  point  of  tliis  quotation,  as  applied  to  Miners,  is  obscure. 


Mines     and     Miners. 


343 


King's  field  in  Derbyshire.  These  are  so  lengthy  and  numerous 
that  space  does  not  permit  of  their  being  included,  but  the  names 
of  jurors  with  the  dates  are  given  as  most  interesting. 

"  Ashford  fT  Cur'  Magn"  Barmot'  pra;  nobilis  Will'  i  Comitis 
Devon'  tent'  ib'  undecimo  die  Octobris  Anno  Regni  Domini  nostri 
Caroli  Dei  Gratia  Angiioe  Scotioe,  Francioe  &  Hibernioe  Regis, 
Secundo,  Fidei  Defensoris,  &c.     1626. 

George  Frost 
The.  Holme 
John  Andrew 


Edward  Vallour 
Tho.  Ball 
Geo.  Crawshaw 
Fra.  Robinson 
Thomas  Sheppard 
Godfr.  Barker 
Oliver  Barton 
Godfr.  Bolar 
Thomas  Hiblyn 


Wm.  Hodgkinson 
John  Biston 
Reginald  Grunday 
Richard  Milner 
William  Yorksley 
Walter  Bramall 
Alex.  Gill 
John  Frost 
Richard  Clowes 
George  Bretnor 
Wm.  Glasbrooke 
Richard  Storkey 
JURORS" 
"To  Mr.  William  Flint,  Barr-master  of  Longstone,  in  the  .Manour 
of  Ashford. 

For  the  Plaintiffs,  the  Arrest  29  Oct.  1729. 

You  are  desired  to  arrest  the  4th  and  fifth,  and  all  other 
Taker  Meares  of  Ground  (all  but  a  48th  part)  at  Buxton  and 
Robinson's  Founder,  alias  Barks  Grove  or  Founder,  being  on 
Wardlow  Moor,  in  the  said  Manour  ;  the  said  Taker  Meares  lying 
South  Eastwardly  from  the  said  Founder,  at  the  suit  of  Leonard 
Stona,  John  Nedder,  John  Steer,  Thomas  Cawthorne  and  Robert 
Clay,  and  their  Grove-fellows,  Plaintiffs,  against  Francis  Morton, 
John  Buxton,  Samuel  Blackwell,  Richard  Frost,  and  David 
Feepound,  and  all  other  Person  or  Persons  whatsoever  Partners 
or  reputed  such,  at  the  said  Buxton,  Robinson,  alias  Barks  Grove, 
or  Founder,  or  any  claiming  under  them,  or  any  of  them, 
Defendants,  in  an  Action  of  Title. 


344 


Longstone     Records, 


"PLAINTIFFS'    TITLE." 

"  They  say,  John  Boden  was  possessed,  and  died  in  lawful  and 
mineral  possession  of  the  very  Meares  of  Ground  in  Question  2nd 
January  1727;  that  by  his  death  they  descended  and  came  to 
William  Boden,  his  only  Brother  and  Heir ;  of  whom  and  under 
whose  1  itie,  the  Plaintiffs  purchased.  Richard  Frost  and  David 
Feepound  discovered  the  Ore  under  William  Boden's  Possessions ; 
and  Feepound  went  to  Boden,  then  living  in  another  County, 
secretly,  to  purchase  of  him  his  rich  Grove,  for  a  Trifle  :  but  not 
coming  at  his  purpose,  then  told  Boden,  he  would  buy  a  48th  part, 
and  would  honestly  account  to  him  for  all  the  rest  of  the 
Profits  of  the  Mine,  called  by  the  name  of  the  Whomes  ;  but 
instead  of  doing  so,  he  confederated  with  Frost,  and  they  changed 
the  name  of  the  Mine  to  Kacklemacle,"  to  keep  it  unknown  to 
Boden,  who  lived  remote.  The  Mine  proving  rich,  they  sold  some 
parts,  and  gave  others  to  defend  it  in  Law-suits ;  and  at  last  these 
Confederates  agree  with  an  Ancient  Mine,  called  Barks,  and  had 
two  sham  Trials,  and  by  Barkes's  Title:  a  bad  Jury,  and  wicked 
Evidences,  they  jostled  Boden,  and  the  Claimers  under  him,  out 
of  their  just  Right ;  and  soon  after  their  Ore  went  out." 

"The  first   24   in  the  Articles  of  the    Mine,   in  the    Liberties  of 
Eyam  and  Stony  Middleton." 


'  Peter  Hawkesworth 
Thomas  Rowland 
George  Skidmore 
Robert  Hawksworth 
Thomas  Sydall 
Philip  Mossley 
Robert  Masland 
Richard  Bland 
Joseph  Hallam 
Roger  Sellers 
George  Hallam 
Ralph  Lingard 


Thomas  Mossley 
George  Flint 
William  Charlesworth 
Thomas  Garrell 
Michael  Newton 
Hugh  Daniel 
Godfiey  Rowland 
Robert  Hill 
Robert  Boar 
Peter  Bagshaw 
John  Oliver 
John  Barber." 


*  Cackleniacle  is  the  name  of  an  enriosun-  on  lliu  W  ri^lit  hi-tatf 


Mines     and     Miners. 


345 


Then  follow  40  Articles  without  a  break  with  the 
JURY'S    NAMES 


'  George  Eales 
Francis  White 
Godfrey  Tor 
James  Mower 
Thomas  Mossley 
Dennis  Ragg 
Holm  Torr 
Thomas  Joyle 
William  Needham 
Anthony  Sorsby 
Joseph  Hallam 
John  Wilde 


Roger  Sellers 
Thomas  Outram 
Robert  Townend 
Christopher  Chapman 
John  Swindell 
John  Wardell 
Ralph  White 
Robert  Townend,  junr. 
Robert  Wood 
Ralph  Barber 
George  Coats 
Thomas  Garrat" 


'We  do  find  all  these  aforesaid  Articles  to  be  good,  and  do  allow 
the  same." 


'  Thomas  White 
Nicholas  Daniel 
George  Swift 
John  Barber 
Thomas  Frittle 
Thomas  Rowland 
Thomas  Mossley 
Robert  Shale 
Thomas  Chapman 
Thomas  Gregory 
Edmund  Groudey 
Richard  Brushfield 


John  Brittlebank 
Nicholas  Hill 
James  Sorsby 
John  Mossley 
John  Swindell 
John  Lee 
William  Sellers 
John  Daniel 
Nicholas  Deplege 
George  Coats 
George  Sydall 
Robert  Johnson" 


Then  follow   two  more  Articles  which  are  copied  chiefly  for  the 

sake  of  the  dates — 

"Art.  XLI." 

"  We  the  Jury  aforesaid  at  the  great  Court  Barmote  holden  for 
the  Manour  of  Eyam  and  Middleton  on  the  first  day  of  May  1652, 
for  the  Lords  of  the  Manours  ?lforesaid,  do  find  all  these  aforesaid 
Articles  to  be  good,  and  do  allow  and  confirm  the  same,  April  20, 
1654." 


346 


Longstone     Records. 


"Art.  XLIl." 

"  Item,  That  no  Person  shall  fire  at  any  place  of  the  Mine  where 
their  neighbours  are  in  danger  thereby,  nor  before  four  a-Clock  in 
the  Evening,  excepting  Saturdays,  without  lawful  Warning,  in  pain 
to  forfeit  to  the  Lord  five  shillings.     October  19,  1654." 


"Francis  Stephen 
Francis  Needham 
Bougham  Poynton 
William  Sydall 
John  Swindell 
William  Allen 
John  Jackson 
Mart.  Needham 
Robert  Fo.'c 
William  Mossley 
Godfrey  Foolow 
George  Garlick 


"JURY." 

John  Hadfield 
Nicholas  Daniel 
Hugh  Bramall 
Thomas  Chapman 
Peter  Wilde 
Francis  Drabble 
Robert  Shrowsby 
Richard  Davison 
Thomas  Sellers 
William  Rowley 
John  Daniel 
Thomas  Wilde" 


"  Francis  Garrat 
Dennis  Ragg 
Francis  Cheshire 
Robert  Sellers 
William  Wilde 
Thomas  Barbei 
Wm.  Ainswortli 
Robert  Fox 
Robert  Oliver 
William  Crane 
Roger  Gregory 
Robert  Vox 


"  Art.  XLIV." 

"JURY" 

I      Francis  Wilde 
Francis  Hallam 

I      Richard  Davison 
Francis  Oliver 
John  Daniel 
Thomas  Yellot 
Robert  Sellers 
Arthur  Skidmore 
John  Somers 
Nicholas  Daniel 
Thomas  Berry 
Thomas  Heald  " 


Mines     and     Miners. 


347 


"Art.  XLV,  XLVI  &  XLVII." 


'  Thomas  Drabble 
Joseph  Burrows 
Francis  Sharpe 
William  Oldfield 
John  Hallfield 
Thomas  Frogget 
John  Sellers 
John  Bagshaw 
John  Skidmore 
Paul  Fletcher 
William  Bradwell 
Francis  Mossley 


"JURY." 


Thomas  Clayton 
George  Sydall 
Joseph  Mossley 
Hugh  Bagshaw 
William  Clarke 
Edward  Barton 
Isaac  Hambleton 
William  Bramall 
Joseph  Sheldon 
John  Bocking 
David  Bright 
Samuel  Skidmore ' 


'The  Liberty  of  Stony  Middieton  &  Eyam,  Oct.  1,  1733. 

"JURORS    NAMES." 


'  Robert  Drabble 
Isaac  Wilde 
Franc.  Taylor 
Benj  Hathway 
Wm.  Bomford 
John  Soresby 
William  How 
Joseph  Young 
Franc.  Drabble 
John  Middieton 
Samuel  Skidmoor 
George  Bland 


Henry  Merrill 
Rowd  Platts 
James  Bland 
George  Eyre 
Franc.  Barker 
James  Betney 
David  Broadhurst 
Thomas  Novell 
Will.  Barber 
Henry  Fletcher 
Henry  Dowley 
Paul  Fletcher" 


348 


Longstone     Records. 


■The  Articles  and   Customs  of  the  Miners,  within  the  Lordship 


of  Litten,   1711." 

"  Richard  Clark- 
Robert  Clark 
William  Low 
Klias  Bramell 
Robert  Tiniperley 
Richard  Morttin 
George  Chapman 
Ralph  Hill 
Edward  Timperley, 
William  Hill 
Robert  Hadg 
Elias  Oldfield 


'THE   TWENTY-FOUR." 


junr. 


Francis  Bramwall 
Hurn  Swindell 
William  Oldfield 
William  Townsend 
William  James 
Adam  Oldfield 
William  Blackhouse 
Wm.  Bramweall 
Thomas  Hall 
Richard  Oldfield 
Adam  Law 
George  Eloy  " 


"Tidswall  ff.  Magna  Curia  Barmote" 


(without  date) 
"NOM.  JUR." 


'  Robert  Durham 
Thomas  Swindell 
Thomas  Lodgbinson 
Richard  Hill 
Edward  Hall 
Wm.  Hill  Dowelstone 
Roger  Bray 
Edward  Oldfield 
Edward  Hill 
Ralph  Stavely 
Adam  Townsend 
Adam  Low 


Robt.  Clayton 
Robt  Lowe 
Arthur  Hill 
Robt  Clarke 
Richard  Clarke 
Tho.  Wood 
Richard  Townsend 
Thomas  Bramwall 
Robert  Barton 
William  Fox 
Samuel  Eyer 
Godfrey  Townsend  ' 


Then  follow  Twenty  Articles. 

"  Tidswall  ff.  Magna  Curia." 

"  NOM.  JUR  " 


'  Wm.  Bramwall 
Thomas  Marshall,  junr. 
Humphry  Eyer 
Eliz.  Oldfield 
John  Rigley 
Richard  Clark 
Richard  Townsend 
Robt.  Oldfield 
Samuel  Eyer 
Richard  Shake 
Thomas  Simpson 
Wm.  Willson 


Thomas  Hodgkinson 
Anthony  Marshall 
Frances  Eyre 
John  Beard 
George  Swindell 
Ralph  Stavely 
Adam  Low 
Robert  Barton 
Tho.  Hunston,  junr 
George  Eyre 
Edward  Hill 
Richard  Hill"       • 


Mines     and     Miners.  349 

The  Freeholders  are  Pis.  '  The  Case  between  v"^  ffreeholders  & 

t  ■' 

The  Myners  are  Defendts. '      Myners  in  Relation  to  certain  pretended 

Customes    called    the    Customes  of  y^ 

Lead     Mynes     within     the    Mann'    of 

Eyme  Com  Derb. 

The  Lands  within  the  said  Mannor  are  known  and  distinguished 
some  by  the  name  of  ancient  ffreehold  Lands,  others  the  Demeasnes 
(being  such  as  were  within  memory  sold  by  y^  Lords  of  the  said 
Mannor  and  reputed  parcell  of  the  Demeasne)  and  others  the 
Wasts  or  Commons  and  every  of  these  are  known  separately  and 
distinctly  from  the  other.  The  P"=^  are  seized  of  diverse  Antient 
ffreehold  Lands  within  the  said  Mannor  and  in  particular 
of  certain  Closes  wherein  is  a  Vein  or  Myne  of  Lead  Oare  vv''  the 
Defend'*  first  discovered  first  in  some  of  their  owne  Lands  next 
adjoyning  to  the  P''*  said  Closes  and  perceiving  the  same  to  range 
towards  and  into  the  P'''*  said  Closes  they  thereupon  Gott 
Possessions  for  the  s''  Lead  Myne  in  the  P''^  said  Closes  and  pretend 
to  have  a  right  to  Digg  and  Subvert  the  P"*  ground  at  their  pleasure 
w"'out  making  any  manner  of  satisfaccon  for  y^  same,  And  for 
y"  ground  and  foundation  of  such  their  pretended  claime  they  insist 
that  there  is  a  Custome  within  the  said  Mannor  That  anj'  person 
whomsoever  (a  subject  of  England)  may  become  a  Myner  in  all 
places  within  y*"  said  Manno'  where  Lead  Oare  is  to  be  found  &  digg 
and  search  for  &  gett  and  take  y'"  Lead  Oare  to  their  own  use  in 
any  person's  Lands  where  the  same  can  be  found  within  the  said 
Manno'  without  the  leave  or  permission  of  y^"  Owner  of  such  Lands 
or  making  him  any  satisfaccon  or  Recompense  for  the  doing  thereof 
the  Myner  only  paying  and  delivering  a  certain  part  or  share  of 
such  Lead  Oare  to  the  Lord  of  y"^  s''  Manno'  (which  is  called  the 
Lord's  Duties — these  Duties  are  by  the  Myners  called  Lott  and 
Cope)  and  observing  certain  By  laws  which  are  called  y'^  Laws  or 
Customs  of  ye  Lead  Mynes,  And  when  the  Myner  hath  possesst 
any  Lead  Myne  according  to  their  pretended  Custome  (tho'  in  an 


350  Longstone     Records. 

other  person's  Lands)  he  pretends  to  claim  an  Inheritance  in  such 
Lead  Myne  descendable  from  Ancesto'  to  heir  separate  &  distinct 
from  y<^  Owner  of  y"^  Land  or  his  Inheritance  therein;  such  is  the 
unreasonable  Custome  (with  severall  other  By  Laws  or  branches 
thereof)  claimed  by  y'^  Myners  (the  Defend'^)  in  the  P'"^  Antient 
ffreehold  Lands. 

The  P""  insist  that  their  said  Antient  ffreehold  Lands  witiiin 
y  Mann'  are  not  subject  to  any  such  Custome  of  Myning,  digging 
and  working  therein  at  pleasure  and  as  before  Sett  forth,  and 
refuse  to  Admitt  y  Defend'^  to  work  and  carry  on  y""  said  new 
discovered  Vein  into  y  s"^  Antient  (freehold  Lands  of  y"=  P"%  or  to 
suffer  them  to  digg  &  gett  Lead  Oare  thereout;  from  whence  this 
Suite  &  Controversie  arises  between  the  ffreehold'^  and  Myners. 

Note.  There  may  be  such  little  Customes  in  the  Lands  called 
y"'  Demeasnes  and  in  the  Wasts  or  Comons  of  y''  s''  Manni^  w"^'' 
probably  might  first  be  grounded  on  y""  Lords  permission  for 
y  Advantage  and  promoting  of  his  Duties,  for  the  more  Lead  (^are 
was  gott  y  larger  were  his  Duties,  and  he  might  suffer  what 
Customes  he  pleased  in  his  own  Lands,  and  by  long  Tract  of  time 
such  his  connivance  or  permission  might  be  brought  into  an 
Establish'  Custome,  But  in  the  Antient  ffreehold  Lands  the  Rule  is 
otherwise,  for  altho'  when  the  ffreehold'^  have  thought  fitt  to  gett 
the  Lead  Oare  within  their  own  Lands  or  to  give  leave  to  others  to 
work  and  Myne  there,  the  Lords  Duty  may  have  been  paid  thereout. 
Yet  innumerable  instances  will  be  proved  (as  far  as  the  memory  of 
man  can  reach)  as  also  Written  Evidences  produced.  Whereby  it 
will  appear  that  y  ffreeholders  have  always  asserted  their  Right 
ag'  such  pretended  Custome  of  Myneing  without  leave  ;  And  that 
whenever  any  Myners  have  attempted  to  Myne  in  Antient  ffreehold 
Lands,  under  such  pretended  Custome  without  leave  of  the  Owner, 
they  have  always  been  interrupted  therein,  and  have  been  obliged 
either  to  quitt  their  iMyns,  or  to  compound  or  make  such  agreement 
for  leave  to  work  and  myne  as  the  ffreeholders  pleased  to  prescribe. 


Mines     and     Miners,  351 

Proofes  of  this  will  sufficiently  evince  the  weakness  and  invalidity 
of  the  Myners  pretended  Custome,  and  more  especially  since  such 
Custome  is  ag'  y=  Comon  Right  of  the  Kingdome,  nf)r  can  it  be 
sufficient  to  overthrow  such  proofes  supported  by  Comon  Right  and 
to  introduce  a  strange  and  unreasonable  Custome  ag'  them  if  the 
Defend'"  should  be  able  to  prove  some  few  Instances  (for  there  are 
but  very  few)  of  Myners  working  without  leave  in  some  Antient 
fTreehold  Lands  ;  ffor  proofes  to  support  such  a  Custome  ought  to 
be  that  the  same  is  and  hath  been  immemorially  an  Uninterrupted 
Custome  ? 

The  Tryall  is  appointed  y^   20th  of  May  next  and  the  Issues  to 
be  Tryed  are  to  y  Effect  following  ; 

pt.     Whethf  the   P"''  said  Lands  are    Antient  ffreehold   Lands 
or  not. 

2ndiy.     Whether  the  said  Customes  Sett  forth  &  claimed  by  the 
Defend'*  (the  Myners)  extend  into  the  P"*  said  Lands. 

Endorsed 

The  Case  of  ffree  and  Myne. 


352 


Longstone     Records. 


CLAIM  FOR  RIGHT  TO  A  QUARRY  AT 

C.RKAT  LONC.STONE. 
IMPORTANT  AND  IXTERKSTING  CASE. 


Reprinted  from    "  The  High  Peak   News," 
Saturday,  April  23rd,  1898. 


Fcr  about  seven  hours  Judge  Smyly,  Q.C., 
was  engaged  on  Tuesday  in  a  case  which  had 
aroused  very  great  interest  throughout  the 
Bakewell  and  Great  Longstone  district.  The 
claim  was  brought  by  the  Great  Longstone 
Parish  Council,  who  claimed  that  Gilder 
Quarry,  Great  Longstone,  belonged  to  the 
parish.  The  quarry  is  on  what  Mr.  George 
Thomas  Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall,  claims  tn 
be  his  estate.  Mr.  Muir  Wilson,  Sheffield, 
appeared  for  the  Parish  Council,  and  Mr. 
Etherington  Smith,  barrister-at-Iaw  (instructed 
by  Messrs.  F.  and  J.  Taylor),  appeared  for 
Mr.  Wright.  Prior  to  the  case  being  opened 
the  Judge,  who  sat  specially  as  arbitrator  in 
this  case,  and  counsel  drove  over  and 
inspected  the  site  where  the  quarry  is  situate. 

Mr.  Wilson,  in  opening  the  case  for  the 
Parish  Council,  said  he  did  not  propose  to 
trouble  the  Judge  with  many  remarks,  because 
the  different  documents  which  would  be 
before  him  would  resolve  it  into  a  mvch 
easier  form  than  his  wasting  much  time. 
There  were  two  points  he  wished  to  take. 
The  first  claim  he  should  set  up  was  this — 
under  the  Act  of  Parliament  authorising  the 
enclosure  to  be  made,  and  the  award  itself — 
that  was  under  the  Act  George  IIL,  an  Act 
fcr  enclosing,  in  the  townships  of  Great  and 
Little  Longstone,  certain  land. 

The  Judge;  What  year? 


What  are  seven  hours'  investigation 
(which  includcti  a  visit  to  the  Quarry) 
after  several  years  of  preparation  of 
documents ! 


But  he  did  !  As  to  the  documents,  they 
were  far  too  numerous  to  be  examined  and 
compared  at  a  single  sitting. 


The  Claim  set  up  by  the  Parish  Council 
under  the  Act  was  all  against  them.  Their 
"  sheet  anchor"  was  user  and  certain 
payments  of  a  late  date  extorted  from  Mr. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


353 


Mr.  \\  ilson  :  '50,  George  III.  The  award 
was  made  in  pursuance  of  that  Act.  I  shall 
claim,  supposing  I  do  not  sufficiently  satisfy 
the  court  as  to  that,  under  Statute  William 
IV.,  chap.  71. 

The  Judge  :   That  is  the  Description  Act? 

Mr.  Wilson  :  Yes.  Thirty  years.  He  thought 
he  could  carry  it  further  than  that.  For  a 
period  of  60  years  Ihev  had  enjoyed  the  right, 
privileee,  or  benefit  of  taking  stone  from  this 
quarry.  As  to  30  years'  user  he  could  show, 
beyond  question,  that  there  had  been  no  inter- 
ruption ;  that  it  had  not  been  by  license  or 
perm:ssion  of  the  owner  of  the  freehold.  His 
right  arose  by  30  years'  user.  Under  the  Act 
the  Commissioners  were  authorised  to  allot 
one  or  more  pieces  of  ground,  including  the 
present  quarry  called  Gilderstone  Quarry, 
and  they  were  not  to  exceed  six  acres  in  the 
whole.  When  the  evidence  of  Mr.  Shimwell, 
the  Parish  Clerk,  was  laid  before  the  court. 
His  Honour  would  get  that  clearly  on  his 
notes.  On  page  8  of  the  Act  he  would  find 
these  words,  "  Gilderstone  Quarry,"  and  it 
appeared  as  if  an  interpretation  was  given  to 
the  meaning  of  these  words,  "  part  of  the 
waste  moors,  commons,  and  lands,  hereby 
allotted  and  enclosed."  That  would  seem  to 
imply  that  Gilderstone  was  not  the  prop:rty 
of  any  particular  person  at  that  time,  cr  had 
been  closed  land,  but  on  the  first  blush  it 
would  seem,  from  the  view  they  had  had  that 
morning,  that  it  would  scarcely  apply  to  the 
so-called  Gilderstone  Quarry  to-day.  Going 
up  the  road  on  the  right  hand  side,  his  con- 
tention was  that  the  quarry  on  the  east  was 
Gilderstone  Quarry,  not  the  one  on  the  left — 
that  was  Outrake.  He  had  in  mind  the  land 
belonging  to  W.    H.  Wright,   Esq.,   in   Great 


Bullivant  and  paid  "  for  the  sake  of  peace" 
in  direct  opposition  to  tiie  advice  of  Mr. 
Wrigiit  the  sole  Trustee  of  the  Estate, 
and  therefore  illegal.  Such  payments 
ought  to  have  been  ruled  "  out  of  Court." 


Certainly  there  was  permission. 


He  should  have  said  that  oh  page  6  of  the 
Act  he  would  find  these  words — "  That  the 
Commissioners  shall  set  out  and  appoint  one 
or  more  piece  or  pieces  of  ground  including 
the  present  Quarry  called  Gilder  Stone 
Quarry  (part  of  the  Wastes,  Moors,  Com- 
)uons  and  uninclosed  Lands  hereby  intended 
to  be  divided,  allotted  and  inclosed )  in  such 
convenient  situation  as  they  shall  think 
proper,  S-c,  not  exceeding  six  acres  in  the 
■whole.  The  Award  itself  mentions  the  site 
as  Great  Longstone  Oltrake. 

Here  Is  an  admission  that  at  a  particular 
date  there  were  two  quarries.    But  as  usual 


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Longstone     Records, 


I.iuiijsloiie,  l.itlle  1-ongstoiie,  and  Ashfuril, 
dated  May  17th,  18^7,  ci  iSjg,  and  in  the 
writing  of  Kobl.  Thornliill,  the  then  steward 
of  Mr.  Wright,  at  the  bottom  of  the  second 
page  (book  produced)  they  came  to  a  descrip 
tion,  the  name  of  the  tenant,  Joseph  Morton, 
and  the  name  of  the  field.  Mill  l.ane  Close. 
Then  came  the  important  part,  "  fiildlow 
Bottom,  la.  2t.  7p.  ;  ditto,  dildlow  Top,  4a. 
ir.  2p.  ;  Upper  Ucggarway,  la.  ar.  38p." 
There  was  no  mention  there,  as  there  should 
havo  been,  if  it  were  so,  of  Cildlow  or  C.ilder, 
or  deldlow,  or  whatevtr  name  really  was  the 
stone  quarry.  There  was  a  lead  ptncil  copy 
of  a  letter  by  some  gentleman 

Mr.  Smith  :  By  old  John,  the  father  of 
Robert. 

Mr.  Wilson :  Hy  old  John,  the  father  of 
Robert— still  the  steward.  This  was  a  letter 
remitting  to  his  employer  the  money,  15s., 
which  he  says  is  two  years'  rent  for  Cilder- 
slone  Quarry. 

The  Judge :  I  thought  you  said  it  was 
common. 

Mr.  Wilson  :   There  is  only  Gilderstone. 

Mr.  Smith  :  Vou  must  not  assume  that.  1 
say  there  are  two. 

The  Judge:  VVho  was  that  15s.  p.iid  to? 

Mr.  Wilson  ;  The  Overseers  of  (-reat  Long- 
stone,  with  respect  to  herbage  growing  on 
the  quarry. 

Mr.  Smith  looked  at  the  letter,  and  said  ii 
di  1  not  expressly  say  it  was  paid  to  the  Over- 
seers. 

Mr.  Wilson:  (^)uite  right.  The  date  w  :s 
July  11,  1S2S.  He  had  an  account  of  the 
rents  due  to  Mr.  Wright,  l.ady  Day,  182S, 
in  John  Thornhill's  writing,  and  they  had  his 
deduction,    "  15s.    two   years"    Gilder    rent." 


there  is  a  misquotation — It  shoiiki  be 
(jiiderstone  Qiian-y  iiereby  intended  to  he 
divided,  allotted  und  enclosed— wWkU  as 
applied  ti)  Mr.  Wright's  laiiil  was  im- 
possible. 

There  was  no  necessity  to  mention  a 
quarry — any  moie  than  :i  mere,  inchided 
ill  the  rentul.  There  was  and  is  othei'  huid 
let  hy  Mr.  W'rii^lu  containing  a  quarry  and 
a  meie  hut  neither  happen  to  he  mentioned. 
But  wlien  the  Ouan-y  hec;utie  considerable 
it  was  lie  bcliexes  never  omitted. 


Ves,  rent  for  a  piece  of  land  called 
Gilderstone  Quarry  in  the  Outrake 
(meanint;  part  of  tlie  Wastes). 


Here  is  Mr.  Wilson  saying  there  is  only 
one  Gilderstone  (Juarry,  or.  at  the  very 
least,  denyinj^  the  existence  of  the  Gilder- 
tone  Quarry  in  tiie  Outrake  mentioned  in 
the  Act. 

Here  neither  iMr.  Wilson  nor  Mr.  Smith 
seemed  to  realise  that  the  15s.  was  really 
p:iid  to  the  Overseers,  and  th:it  it  w:is  paid 
for  land  (including  the  true  Gilder  Ouarry) 
on  the  left  side  of  the  road. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


355 


Then  in  the  following  year  7s.  6d.,  Gilderstone 
pit  rent.  Then  the  next  year  Gildtr  rent  7s. 
6d.,  and  so  on  forward.  There  was  no  trace 
of  it  in  the  account  of  the  Overseers  until 
1881.  There  appeared  to  have  been  a  little 
irregularity  about  this  rent.  He  did  not  know 
whether  the  custom  was  peculiar  to  Derby- 
shire or  not,  but  after  the  meeting  of  the 
Council  it  appears  an  adjournment  was  taken 
to  one  of  the  four  public-houses  in  the  village, 
and  His  Honour  would  hear  that  the  Gilder 
rent  was  thought  to  be  a  proper  subject  to 
provide  its  refreshment — light  refreshment. 
(I^aughter.)  Not  until  an  old  man  who  joined 
the  Board — he  did  not  know  whether  his  con- 
science pricked  him  or  not,  but  he  thought 
it  was  time  the  rent  was  brought  into  the 
accounts,  and  it  was  duly  brought  in.  It 
was  paid  by  Mr.  Wright's  predecessors  in 
title,  which  he  admitted,  under  protest.  In 
the  dole  book  for  Clreat  l.ongstone  and 
Holme,  it  was  paid  in  1826  and  1827 — 7s.  6d. 
was  paid,  and  it  went  on  till  1829,  and  then 
there  was  a  jump  to  1835,  when  it  appeared 
again.  It  went  then  to  1838.  It  came  into 
their  r.ccounts  in   1881. 

The  Judge  :  From  1838  to  1881  there  is  no 
trace  of  it? 

Mr.  Wilson  ;  Ves  sir,  except  by  the  evidence 
of  the  witnesses. 

The  Judge  :  You  mean  to  say  that  is  the 
time  it  went  for  refreshments? 

Mr.  Wilson  :  Yes,  sir,  and  then  from  1881 
it  appears  regularly  in  the  accounts  of  Mr. 
Bullivant,  who  was  plaintiff's  predecessor  in 
title.  Then  I  have  a  valuation  list,  which 
goes  back  to  1818.  On  page  11  it  is  referred 
to  again.  The  stone  quarry  piece  is  estimated 
at  three  roods,  gross  estimated  rental,  8s. 
The  rent  had  been  increased  from  7s.  6d.  to 
8s. 

The  Judge  :  Been  paid  by  the  predecessors 
of  Mr.  Wright,  or  by  whom? 

Mr.  Wilson :  No,  sir,  he  has  only  paid 
twice.     It  can't  be  used  against  him  ;  it  was 


Otiite  true. 


What  an  evasive  reply!  Surely  he 
meant  No  ! 

Both  the  Arl)itrator  and  Mr.  Wilson 
aj^ree  that  there  is  no  trace  of  payment 
from  1838  to  1881.  Why  was  there  no 
payment  ?  Simply  because  .Mr.  Wrij>ht 
ceased  to  rent  that  bit  of  land  in  the 
Outrake.  The  Arbitrator  if  he  had  had 
time  would  have  seen  that  the  modern 
attempt  to  resuscitate  a  rent  that  had  not 
been  paid  for  so  many  years,  was  a  swindle. 
Here  lies  the  solution  of  this  part  of  the 
claim. 

Mr.  Bullivant  never  had  an  approach  to 
a  Title. 


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Longstone     Records. 


under  protest.  If  the  property  was  Mr. 
Wright's  there  had  been  such  interrupted  user 
by  the  inhabitants  as  to  give  them  the  right 
to  take  stone  from  this  quarry  for  the  purpose 
of  building  or  repairing,  building  or  walls, 
without  let  or  hindrance  by  Mr.  Wright,  and 
if  the  Judge  was  driven  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  field  was  still  Mr.  Wright's,  the  claimants 
would  be  entitled,  without  let  or  hindrance 
from  Mr.  Wright,  to  exercise  that  which  they 
had  exercised  for  so  many  years  past,  viz., 
the  right  to  get  this  stone. 

John  Thornhill  was  the  first  witness  for 
the  claimants.  He  said  he  was  85  and  was 
born  at  Great  Longstone.  He  lived  there 
until  he  was  14,  and  then  left,  and  returned 
about  thirty  years  ago.  He  had  been  overseer 
for  five  or  six  years.  He  knew  Miss  Wright 
who  married  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bullivant.  She 
lived  at  the  Hall,  and  she  paid  rent  for  this 
quarry  about  six  years,  7s.  6d.  a  year.  It  was 
on  the  right  hand  side  of  the  road  going  up  ; 
the  other  one  belonged  to  the  Duke  of  Devon- 
shire. It  was  used  by  the  parishioners  to  get 
stone,  and  it  continued  to  be  used  until  the 
advent  of  Mr.  Wright.  Witness  received  the 
rent  about  six  years.  It  always  went  to  the 
poor  people  in  the  parish. 

It  did  not  get  to  the  public-house  when 
the  committee  went  there?  I  don't  know  that 
it  ever  went  to  anything  else  but  the  poor 
people.  I  think  what  money  was  spent  at 
the  public-house  came  out  of  my  own  pocket. 
(Laughter.) 

Cross-examined :  I  was  overseer  when  I 
came  back  after  being  away  30  years.  I  have 
been  back  in  Derbyshire  about  30  years.  It 
might  be  1880  when  he  was  made  overseer. 
.\t  the  beginning  of  the  six  years  he  made 
application  to  Mrs.  Bullivant  to  pay,  and  it 
always  went  amongst  the  poor  people. 


Mr.  Wright  did  not  dispute  the  right  by 
user  to  take  stone  but  he  denied  the  Parish 
Council  any  freehold  in  the  land. 


If  the  Judge  as  arbitrator  had  suggested 
that,  as  a  settlement,  it  would  probably 
have  satisfied  all  parties. 


Not  true.     The  Duke  does  not  claim  it, 
but  it  adjoins  his  land. 


When  Mr.  Wright  resided  at  the  Hall 
from  1870  to  1874,  during  his  absence  and 
again  on  his  return,  there  was  no  change. 
But  for  the  claim  to  the  Freehold  of  the 
first  Parish  Council,  there  would  have 
been  no  dispute. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


357 


_  When  you  made  application  for  the  rent 
did  you  say  it  was  due  because  it  was  a  quarry 
under  the  Enclosure  Award?  It  was  given 
to  the  parish  a  great  number  of  years  before 
Mrs.  Bullivant  came.  He  did  not  know  what 
was  meant  by  the  Enclosure  Award.  It 
always  belonged  to  the  parish  ever  since  he 
was  a  little  boy.  His  memory  was  not  now 
as  good  as  it  was.  When  asked,  she  paid  with 
pleasure.  The  Outrake  belonged  to  the 
parish.  He  did  not  know  how  that  came  to 
be  so.  It  was  private  property,  and  a  rough 
place  it  was.  That  on  the  opposite  side 
belonged  to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire. 

Is  that  the  Outrake?     That  belongs  to  the 
parish  now. 

Mr.  Smith  said  he  could  not  pursue  it  with 
the  witness  (who  was  deaf). 

Mr.  Wilson:  I  will  not  trouble  you  any 
further. 

Robert  Oliver,  79  years  of  age,  said  he  was 
born  at  Great  Longstone.  He  knew  the  Gil- 
derstone  Quarry ;  it  was  the  one  on  the  right 
hand  side  of  the  road.  He  could  remember 
fencing  it  off.  He  went  with  his  father,  who 
got  a  square  of  five  or  six  yards  of  stone  for 
James  Gregory,  Church  Lane  Farm.  The 
stone  was  for  fencing.  He  was  7  or  8  when 
he  first  went  to  the  quarry.  He  was  30  or 
more  when  his  father  died.  His  father  never 
paid  anything  for  getting  the  stone  or  asked 
permission.  Trees  were  planted  on  the  east 
side,  but  he  could  not  say  whether  it  was 
Robert  Furniss,  Wm.  Furniss,  or  a  man 
named  Eyre  who  planted  them.  There  was  a 
wall  beyond  the  plantaticn.  Witness  helped 
his  father  to  open  the  Outrake  Quarry  on 
the  left-hand  side  of  the  read.  Witness  would 
be  19.  It  was  open  to  the  road  then,  3a.  or 
4a.   without   fencing  round.     Three  brothers 


The  ignorance  of  the  man  ! 

But  he  was  not  so  ignorant  after  all,  as 
he  quoted  the  Award  as  his  right  to 
payment  of  rent  from  Mrs.  Bullivant. 

This  is  "  confusion  worse  confounded." 


Here  is  the  Outrake  quarry  again  truly 
described  as  on  the  left-hand  side  of  the 
road — that  is  the  Gilderstone  Quarry  in 
the  Outrake  awarded  to  the  Parish  by  the 
Act. 


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Longstone     Records. 


named  Tay.or  got  stone  frcm  the  Gilder 
Quarry.  They  got  the  b'-ock  out  square,  and 
then  cam,'  into  the  Outrake,  which  was  better 
stone. 

Cross-examined :  Witness  said  it  was 
called  Artrake.  No  one  worked  in  the  Art- 
rake  before  his  father.  It  had  not  been 
worked  at  all ;  the  highway  went  up  the  side. 
Other  people  worked  it  after  that  for  walling 
and  that.  The  lane  down  towards  Hassop 
Station  was  made  by  subscription,  but  he  was 
not  sure.  Mr.  Gregory  was  owner  of  a  lot 
of  property  then,  and  farmed  1,000  acres.  He 
occupied  some  of  Mr.  Wright's  land,  the 
Duke's,  and  other  people's.  When  the  trees 
were  planted  he  was  9  or  10  years  old.  The 
wall  his  uncle  built  was  built  before  the 
planting. 

By  the  Judge  :  The  wall  was  bui'.t  because 
they  could  get  no  more  stone.  He  heard 
old  'uns  say  it  was  planted  because  they  could 
not  bare  it  back — to  stop  them. 

Mr.  Smith :  Did  anyone  pay  the  Furniss's 
for  planting  the  trees?  I  expect  the  Wrights 
paid  them. 

Mr.  Smith :  I  expect  so,  too. 

Aaron  Taylor,  66  years  of  age,  said  he  could 
remember  the  quarry  52  or  53  years.  He 
went  there  when  he  was  10  years  old  with  his 
father,  getting  stone.  His  brother,  James, 
built  a  house  with  stone  from  Gilder  Quarry. 
No  one's  permission  was  asked,  and  from  that 
period  right  u{ito  when  Mr.  Wright  came  into 
possession,  the  stone  had  been  freely  got  by 
the  parishioners. 

Cross-examined :  He  had  seen  people  from 
Great  and  Little  Longstone,  but  not  from 
W^ardlow,  getting  stone,  and  some  had  gone  to 
Thornbridge.  It  was  30  or  40  years  since  his 
father  and  brothers  built   the   houses.       He 


He  was  too  young,    however,    to    have 
helped  to  open  the  Quarry. 


iMr.  Wright  is  in  possession  of  letters 
shewing  that  his  ancestors  planted  the 
trees. 


Little  Longstone  had  its  "own  quarry 
allotted  to  it  and  could  not  take  stone 
from  the  Great  Longstone^ Parish  quarry, 
but  they  were  free  to  take  it  from  the 
private  quarry  of  the  Wright  Estate. 


The     Gilder     Quarry.  359 


nev£r  get  any  jtone  out  of  the  Outrake 
Quarry,  but  had  seen  others. 

William  Taylor,  62,  said  he  got  stone  there 
with  the  intention  of  building  a  house,  and 
it  lay  in  the  quarry  a  considerab'.e  time.  He 
got  stone  over  a  period  of  five  years.  He  had 
known  the  inhabitants  get  stone  as  long  as 
he  could  remember,  without  being  inter- 
rupted. 

Cross-examined :  He  had  got  stone  for 
building  and  for  fencing  for  the  farmers,  and 
for  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  out  of  Gilder 
Quarry. 

Richard  Skidmore,  70  years  of  age,  gave 
similar  evidence  as  to  stone  getting  without 
permission  from  anyone.  He  became  assist- 
ant overseer  16  or  17  years  ago  He  never 
received  rent  for  this  quarry. 

What  do  you  say  was  done  with  the  rent? 
It  used  to  be  spent.  I  objected  to  it,  and  said 
it  was  illegal,  and  if  they  did  not  give  it  up 
I  should  report  it  to  the  auditors,  so  it  was 
stopped.  The  next  half-year  it  came  into  the 
account.  Before  then  it  was  spent  at  a 
public -house.  They  had  a  dole,  and  to  make 
the  dole  lift  out  it  was  spent.  It  was  duly 
paid  into  the  proper  account  when  he  became 
assistant  overseer,  and  entered  in  the  book. 

Cross-examined :  The  rate  book  produced 
he  had  had  ever  since. 

Is  it  (the  book)  in  your  writing?  I  don't 
think  it  is. 

Mr.  H.  P.  Bagshaw :   It  is  mine. 

Cross-examination  continued :  Mr.  John 
Thornhill  was  one  overseer  at  the  time,  and 
Mr.  Emanuel  Hawley  the  other.  The  money 
spent  at  the  public-house  was  rent  of  the 
quarry,  8s.  He  used  to  go  to  the  meetings 
50  years  before. 

Did  all  the  people  who  went  to   the  meet- 


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Longstone     Records. 


ings  share  in  the  drinking  of  the  rent?  Ever 
since  I  can  remember.  There  was  8s.  col- 
lected. He  did  not  think  that  was  entered 
in  any  book.  There  was  no  other  sum 
treated  in  the  same  way. 

The  Judge  ;  Does  the  Gilder  Quarry  appear 
in  that  book? 

Mr.  Smith:  Undei  the  head  of  Hill 
Thomas,  occupier,  land,  3  roods,  rental  8s., 
rateable  value  8s.  That  is  the  land  I  suggest 
is  the  Outrake. 

Henry  Parker  Bagshaw,  62  years  of  age, 
said  he  had  known  Gilder  Quarry  50  years.  In 
1874  he  built  a  house,  and  he  got  part  of  the 
stone  out  of  it,  part  from  Beeton,  and  part 
out  of  the  Outrake.  He  asked  no  one's  per- 
mission, nor  did  he  pay  anything.  He  had 
known  the  inhabitants  take  the  stone  for  50 
years,  and  without  interruption  ;  and  he  had 
never  heard  it  questioned.  The  rate  book 
produced  was  in  his  handwriting. 

Cross-examined :  He  came  to  Longstone 
after  he  had  built  the  house.  He  was  living 
now  at  Taddington.  He  lived  before  at  Row- 
land, but  attended  Longstone  Church.  He 
employed  Thomas  Hampson,  of  Rowland,  to 
build  the  house.  A  Longstone  man  got  the 
stone.  He  told  the  man  he  was  to  get  it  from 
Gilder.  Another  man  got  it  from  Outrake, 
and  a  third  from  Beeton. 

William  Morton  said  he  was  43  in  July. 

Mr.  Smith :  We  are  getting  to  mere  babies 
now. 

Witness  said  he  had  known  the  quarry  32 
years.  Had  worked  there  getting  stone  for 
himself  and  other  people.  No  one  had  for- 
bidden him  ;  not  until  Mr.  Wright  sent  cir- 
culars out. 

Cross-examined :  He  was  a  roadman 
employed  by  the   County  Council.     He  had 


Another  proof  in  favor  of  Mr.  Wright — 
Thomas  Hill  whom  the  present  Mr.  Wright 
knew  well,  occupied  the  very  land  which 
Mr.  Wright's  ancestors  vacated. 


So  here  is  an  admission  that  the  Gilder- 
stone  Stone  Quarry  in  the  Outrake  was 
in  use  in   1874. 


Mr.  Wright  did  not  forbid  him. 


EXTRACT     FROM     THE 
COMMONS     INCLOSURE     AWARD     MAP. 


Reference  to  the  original  Map  7vill  sheti'  that  numbers  14^,  150, 
and  151  were  part  of  the  wastes — coloured  differently  from  Old 
Inclosure.  I4g  was  awarded  to  J.  T.  Wright  and  150  and  iji  to 
the  Parish. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


361 


got  stone  for  the  County  Council  without  ask 
ing  anybody's  leave.  When  he  had  nothing 
to  do  he  used  to  get  stone  and  let  it  lie  there 
until  it  was  wanted,  and  then  he  sold  it  at 
8d.  per  load.  The  County  Council  paid  him 
for  all  he  could  bring. 

By  Mr.  Wilson  :   No  one  came  to  stop  me. 

Thomas  Shimwell,  55  years  of  age,  said  he 
was  assistant  overseer,  and  clerk  to  the  Parish 
Council.  He  produced  data  from  the  custody 
of  the  Council  of  Great  Longstone  and  the 
Wardlow  Enclosure  Award.  The  data  was 
October  i,  1824.  He  produced  the  Queen's 
printers'  copy  of  the  Act,  50,  George  III. 

The  Judge  :  Have  you  got  the  award  map? 
Yes,  sir. 

Witness:  No.  140  contained  2  roods;  124, 
3a.  3r.  8p. ;  No.  150,  2r.  32p.  150  was 
bounded  northerly  and  easterly  by  the  road, 
and  westerly  by  the  old  enclosure.  No.  5a 
was  a  public  watering-place. 

The  Judge  :   It  will  be  6  acres? 

Mr.  Smith :   Exactly. 

Mr.  Wilson  said  it  made  5  acres. 

Witness  had  known  Gilder  Quarry  for  40 
years,  and  had  not  known  it  by  any  other 
name.  In  one  or  two  of  the  old  valuation 
lists  it  was  called  Gildlow.  It  had  always 
been  treated  as  a  parish  quarry.  He  was 
appointed  assistant  overseer  in  18S4,  and  had 
held  the  office  ever  since.  He  had  received 
rent  for  this  quarry  from  the  tenants  who 
occupied  the  land,  and  also  from  Mrs.  Bul- 
livant.  He  had  received  it  up  to  the  last  two 
years.  Mrs.  Bullivant  died  July  21,  1894.  In 
1886  there  was  a  change  made  in  the  amount 
of  the  rent.  David  Ashton  was  then  the 
tenant. 

By  the  Judge  :  I  mean  the  rent  of  the  Gilder 
Quarry. 


Here  is  the  Inclosure  Award  produced  ! 
For  what  purpose  except  as  evidence  ? 
And  yet  this  Witness  said  he  did  not  oppose 
Mr.  Wright's  Claim  to  the  Quarry  under 
the  Award. 

Here  is  the  Outrake  Quarry  and  no 
mistake.  The  numbers  on  the  Map  and 
the  acreage  agree  in  every  particular. 
Observe  "  bounded  northerly  and  easterly 
by  the  road." 


All  this  wrangle  is  about  the  rent 
demanded  only  too  successfully  by  the 
Overseer  from  Mrs.  Bullivant. 


362  Longstone     Records. 

By  Mr.  Wilson  :  It  had  been  8s.  In  that 
year  it  was  divided  into  one  portion  of  5s., 
to  be  paid  by  Mrs.  Bullivant,  and  3s.  to  be 
paid  by  D.  Ashton.  At  a  meeting  on  April 
9,  1886,  of  the  parishioners,  summoned  for 
letting  the  herbage,  it  was  decided  to  consider 
the  offer  of  Mrs.  Bullivant,  and  the  present 
tenant  agreed  to  pay  the  difference. 

The  Judge:  Prior  to  1884  Mrs.  Bullivant 
paid  the  whole  8s.?  It  was  the  custom  for 
the  tenant  to  pay  it. 

The  Judge  :  The  tenant  paid  it?  Yes,  pre- 
ceding 1884 — the  person  who  grazed  it.  The 
acreage  south  of  the  quarry  was  la.  ij^r.  It 
was  then. 

By  Mr.  Wilson  :  So  long  as  he  could  remem- 
ber the  division  wall  had  a  gate  in  it.  Ai  a 
vestry  meeting  on  March  28,  1889,  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  Furniss,  it  was  decided  to 
provide  a  new  gate  to  Gilder  Quarry,  to  pro- 
tect cattle  from  danger.  A  new  gate  was  put 
there,  and  the  wall  was  repaired  at  the  same 
time.  It  was  done  at  the  expense  of  the 
parishioners.  When  he  applied  for  the  rent 
for  the  herbage  of  Gilder  Quarry,  Mr.  Wright 
said  it  was  his  own  property.  In  June,  1897, 
a  notice  was  issued  that  permission  to  get 
stone  must  be  obtained  from  the  owner.  Any- 
one getting  stone  would  be  summoned.     Wit- 

„„„        J       J     1.     1    1.  »i_  .  .  No  one  disputes  payments  at  that  date 

ness  produced  a  book  showing  that  two  years  '  '    ^ 

rent  was  paid  prior  to  1837,  and  he  produced      f"'"  ''^"^  "^  *'""-'  Cilderstone  Quarry  in  the 
the  dole  book  containing  entries  from  1826.       Outrake.    Why  try  to  confound  them  with 
There      were      the     entries :      "  1827-28-29.       the  modern  swindle  ? 
reecived    from   J.    T.    Wright,    Esq.,    Gilder 
Quarry,  7s.  6d."     That  was  for  four  years. 
Then  there  were  blanks,  and  it  began  again 
in  February,  1835.     He  produced  an  account 
dated  May  17th,  1837. 

The  Judge :  Hew  will  the  areas  agree — are  „,        ,     ,  ,  ,,  •,,     , 

they  sufficient  to  allow  of  the  qu-rries  to  b.  """^   '''■'^S'=   ^^''s,   "  How    will   the  areas 

included?  aaree  ?  " 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


363 


Mr.  Wilson  :  I  think  so.  There  was  a 
valuation  book  (produced)  giving  Morton  as 
occupier  and  W.  H.  Wright  as  owner.  There 
was  Mill  Lane  Close,  Gildlow  Top,  Gildlow 
Stone  Quarry  Piece.  On  the  duplicate  (pro- 
duced) was  written  in  the  handwriting  of  the 
steward,  "  not  W.  H.  Wright's." 

Cross-examined :  Mr.  George  Taylor,  the 
assistant-overseer,  died  November  12th,  18S0. 

The  Judge  :  When  did  Mrs.  Bullivant  come 
into  possession? 

Mr.  Smith,  May  i6th,  1867,  her  predecessor 
died.  W.  H.  Wright,  who  died  1867,  and  was 
tenant  under  the  settlement — he  took  his 
niece.  Miss  Wright,  in  fee.  Miss  Wright 
made  a  settlement  on  her  marriage  with  Mr. 
Bullivant  in  favour  of  her  brother,  the  pre- 
sent owner  of  the  property,  George  Thomas 
Wright,  who  succeeded  on  her  death. 

Witness  did  not  oppose  the  claim  of  the 
right  to  the  quarry  under  the  Enclosure 
Award.  He  did  not  put  that  before  Mrs. 
Bullivant  as  the  ground  of  claim. 

How  have  the  parish  come  into  possession 
of  it?  That  is  not  known.  He  had  in  a 
book  an  entry  dated  April  15th,  1878. 

Mr.  Smith  said  the  matter  was  not  stirred 
until  30  years  ago,  and  by  the  time  this  was 
made  they  had  looked  into  the  award  and 
made  up  their  mind  that  this  property  was 
not  the  property  of  Mr.  Wright,  but  of  the 
parish. 

Mr.  Wilson:   Give  us  an  explanation. 

Witness  :  About  30  years  ago.  Little  Long- 
stone  parishioners  wanted  to  get  clay.  This 
was  rejected  bv  Great  Longstone  parishioners, 
and  in  order  to  settle  the  matter  they  got  the 
award  and  found  out  how  these  quarries  were 
set  out.  I  can  only  think  that  seeing  this  in 
the   award  it  means   that   it  includes   Gilder. 


Mr.  Wilson  replies — "  I  think  so." 
Why  did  not  Mr.  Wilson  pick  out  a 
tenancy  agreement  which  has  a  very  small 
bearing  on  this  litigation — and  try  to  make 
Mr.  Thornhill,  the  Steward,  appear  to 
mean  the  exact  contrary  of  the  truth.  He 
meant  that  the  rent  of  7/6  a  year  was  not 
rent  for  Wright's  Quarry. 

Why  did  not  Mr.  Wilson  go  at  once  to 
the  fountain  head — the  Award?  Simply 
because  the  truth  would  have  come  out ! 


But  John  Thornhill   did— And  he    (Mr. 
Shimwell)  did  so  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Wright. 


What  a  confession  from  the  principal 
witness  !  Here  he  admits  that  he  appeals 
to  the  Award. 


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Longstone     Records, 


By  Mr.  Smith  :  He  believed  it  appeared  in 
the  tithes  of  1848  as  Mr.  Wright's. 

The  measurements  of  the  different  pieces  of 
land  were  discussed  at  great  length,  Mr. 
Smith  stating  that  they  madeexactly  6  acres. 

The  Judge  said  that  after  the  award  Gilder- 
stone  was  not  mentioned. 

Mr.  Smith  :   That  is  common  ground. 

The  Judge  :  That  is  odd,  because  150  seems 
to  have  been  known  by  the  name  of  Outrake. 
Is  there  a  number  upon  the  plan  of  what  is 
known  now  as  Gilder  Quarry? 

Mr.  Smith :  No,  sir.  It  is  part  of  llie 
Green  Lane,  which  is  already  enclosed.  Out- 
rake is  the  part  to  the  west. 

Cross-examination  continued :  There  was 
a  change  made  in  1886,  and  Mrs.  Bullivant's 
offer  was  accepted.  At  that  time  she  had 
objected  to  pay  8s.  She  thought  it  was  not 
worth  it.     She  paid  5s.  up  to  her  death. 

This  concluded  the  evidence  for  the  claim- 
ants, and, 

Mr.  Etherington  Smith  then  opened  his  case 
for  Mr.  Wright.  He  said  he  might  put  it 
shortly  in  this  way.  That  in  1810  the  Enclo- 
sure Commissioners  were  directed  to  set  up 
certain  land  for  the  benefit  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Great  and  Little  Longstone  and  Wardlow, 
not  exceeding  in  the  whole  six  acres,  and 
they  were  to  include  in  that  Gilderstone 
Quarry.  It  went  without  any  further  com- 
ment that  the  Enclosure  .A.ct  was  to  deal  with 
the  unenclosed  land,  and  that  they  could  not 
touch  the  enclosed  land.  It  had  struck  him 
tliat  this  strip,  which  was  set  up  as  a  stone 
quarry  was  in  the  middle — it  was  separated 
by  a  field  of  considerable  size  from  the  lane 
— in  the  middle  of  property  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Mr.  Wright.  If  it  had  been  in  the 
power  of  the  Commissioners  to   take  it  out 


Of   course    it    did,    and   in   every  other 
pnblic  and  private  document. 


No  doubt  it  was  very  odd  !  No.  150,  the 
true  Gilderstone  Quarry  in  the  Outrake  was 
awarded  to  the  Parish,  and  there  is  no 
escape  from  the  fact,  that  is  on  the  West 
or  left  hand  in  going  North. 

This  is  only  a  repetition  of  the  swindle 
and  is  referred  to  elsewhere. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


365 


of  the  enclosed  land  it  would  have  been 
necessary  for  them  to  have  described  it  more 
accurately,  both  in  the  award  and  in  the  map. 
The  Act  was  passed  in  1810,  and  the  award 
was  not  carried  out  until  1S24.  Directly  the 
award  was  made  it  described  the  old  Gilder- 
stone  Quarry  as  "  a  "  quarry,  as  if  that  quarry 
.  was  opened  for  the  first  time.  It  was  actually 
allotted  in  1824  as  a  quarry.  Gildlow  fields 
belonged  to  Mr.  Wright.  He  could  go  back 
to  1770,  when  they  had  a  plan  showing 
Gildlow  Bottom  and  Gildlow  Close  as  part 
of  the  Wright  property.  The  particular  piece 
awarded  must  be  awarded  by  a  particular 
number,  by  a  description,  or  by  a  map.  It 
said,  "not  exceeding  six  acres  in  the  whole." 
This  was  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  making 
any  mistake,  and  give  the  parish  six  acres  in 
addition  to  the  quarry  called  Gilderstone 
Quarry.  Mr.  Smith  then  dealt  with  the  ques- 
tion of  right  by  user,  and  said  the  evidence  of 
the  witness  who  cut  stone  and  left  it  there 
was  strongly  illustrative  of  the  sort  of  user 
there  had  been.  These  people  never  went 
to  ask  anybody's  leave.  It  would  be  no  doubt 
in  the  first  instance  just  the  thing  a  property 
owner  would  do,  to  carry  out  the  scheme 
under  this  Enclosure  Award  by  having  good 
roads  made,  and  the  stone  would  be  taken  for 
the  purpose.  Prior  to  1810,  the  owner  of 
the  Wright  estate  would  occupy  any  parts  of 
the  waste  which  he  conveniently  got  access 
to  by  that  land  up  which  they  went  that 
morning.  He  suggested  that  what  was  meant 
by  the  words  being  put  "  not  Wright's," 
showed  that  what  was  being  paid  at  that  time 
in  the  way  of  rental  for  herbage  was  not 
Wright's  quarry  at  all,  but  may  have  been 
the  Overseers'  quarry  or  someone  else's,  and 
therefore  it  was  deducted.     There  was  a  dis- 


When  the  Gilder  Quarry  was  not  in 
existence. 

This  Gilderstone  Quarry  in  the  Outrake 
was  then  [1824]  first  allotted  to  the  Parish 
although  it  had  long  been  used  as  such. 

AH  the  allotments  were  so  described. 
Why  should  this  Quarry  be  an  exception  ? 
As  a  fact,  it  was  exactly  described  in  the 
Award  and  Map  but  you  must  look  in  the 
Outrake  for  it. 


The  words  scribbled  in  pencil  "  Not 
Wright's  Quarry"  meant  that  it  (the  rent) 
had  nothing  to  do  with  Wright's  Quarry. 


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Longstone     Records. 


pute  with  Little  Longstone,  the  award  was 
turned  up,  and  they  said  Gilderstone  Quarry 
was  something  that  belonged  to  them,  and 
they  put  it  in  the  valuation  book.  The 
Wright  family  ought  to  have  some  credit  for 
having  allowed  all  this  time  the  free  use  of 
this  quarry,  and  they  ought  not  to  come  here 
and  use  it  against  them,  and  the  property 
treated  as  if  it  belonged  to  someone  else  on 
account  of  their  good  nature  and  for  having 
been  good  enough  to  help  their  tenants  in 
that  way. 

William  Ashton  was  the  first  witness  called 
for  Mr.  Wright.  He  said  he  was  78  years  of 
age  and  had  lived  at  Great  Longstone  all  his 
life.  The  Gilderstone  Quarry  had  always 
been  fenced  in,  top,  bottom,  and  ends  as  well. 
Cattle  could  get  into  it  when  he  first  remem- 
bered it.  They  went  from  the  top  into  the 
bottom.  There  was  only  water  at  one  end. 
They  got  in  under  the  cliff.  There  were 
about  six  holes  in  the  quarry.  It  is  40  years 
since  I  built  the  fence.  It  was  to  prevent 
cattle  getting  into  the  holes.  He  built  the 
wall.  People  often  came  into  the  quarry. 
He  was  not  aware  that  they  paid  anything. 
Robert  Thornhill,  who  died  i8  years  ago,  paid 
him  for  the  walling.  He  heard  no  complaint 
about  the  ownership  of  the  quarry  until  lie 
was  overseer. 

Cross-examined :  As  long  as  he  could 
remember  the  inhabitants  had  fetched  stone 
whenever  they  liked.  Robert  Thornhill  set 
him  to  build  the  wall.  Gilder  Quarry  alway-s 
had  four  walls  round  it,  before  he  built  tne 
wall  spoken  of.  The  v/all  was  built  where 
the  excavation  was,  to  keep  cattle  from  falling 
down.     It  was  built  from  west  to  east. 

The  Judge  :  That  would  be  on  the  south  ? 


By  the  way,  I  believe  no  one  asked  the 
Parish  Council  "  which  was  Wright's 
Quarry?"!!  That  would  have  been  a 
puzzler  ! 

It  is  true  Mr.  \\'right  has  other  Quarries 
at  a  distance,  but  not  even  iMr.  Wilson 
could  have  brought  them  into  the  con- 
troversy. 


The     Gilder     Quarry,  367 


By  Mr.  Smith  :  Robert  Thornhill  paid  h'm 
for  building  the  wall.  He  did  not  know  out 
of  whose  money  it  came. 

Mr.  Geo.  Thomas  Wright  said  he  was  the 
owner  of  this  estate  at  Great  Longstone. 

Mr.  Smith :  Mr.  W.  Wright  was  owner 
of  the  estate  in  the  last  century,  and  by  his 
will  in  1770  he  left  it  to  Robert,  as  tenant 
for  life,  and  John  Thomas  as  tenant  intail. 
Then  Robert  and  John  Thomas,  in  1784.  made 
a  settlement,  and  under  that  John  Thcma> 
Wright  became  tenant  for  life,  and  his  son, 
William  Henry  Wright,  became  tenant  intaii, 
and  that  William  Henry  Wright  was  the  gen- 
tleman who  died  in  1867,  and  devised  the 
estates  to  his  niece,  Miss  Wright,  in  fee.  On 
December  17th,  1880,  Miss  Wright  made  a 
settlement,  upon  her  marriage  with  Mr.  Bul- 
livant,  by  which  she  instituted  herself  tena.ii 
for  life,  and  upon  her  death,  in  July,  1894, 
you  succeeded? 

Witness :  Yes.  Mr.  Bullivant  died  Feb- 
ruary 28th,  1893.  In  March  of  the  present 
year  he  let  Gildlow  Top  and  Gildlow  Bottom, 
and  the  disputed  property  to  John  Bridge. 
Mr.  Richard  Bridge  was  tenant  before.  His 
predecessor  was  Mr.  L.  Shaw,  in  i88g  ;  and 
his  in  1886  Mr.  David  Ashton  ;  and  his  pre- 
decessor, in  1880,  was  T.  Daubeney. 

Witness  produced  a  map  and  plcn  of  the 
estate  in  the  time  of  W.  Wright,  in  1770,  and 
a  book  of  reference.  This  part  was  marked 
B.  Under  B.  14  was  a  plantation,  on  the 
west  side  of  Greenhill,  la.  39p.  ;  and  15  waii 
ditto,  plantation,  ar.  36p.  Witness  described 
the  sizes  of  the  several  pieces  on  the  map. 

Mr.  Smith  handed  in  a  memo,  of  1771, 
shovdng  the  list  of  payments  yearly  going  out 
of  Mr.  Wright's  estate,  and  one  was  "to  the 
Overseers   of   the   Poor   of    Longstone  for   a 


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Longstone     Records. 


piece  of  land  taken  from  the  common  and 
enclosed,  &c.,  7s.  6d."  In  1815  the  estate 
was  offered  for  sale,  and  in  the  descriptions 
the  name  of  the  occupier  of  Gildlow  was 
Joseph  Morton,  la.  2r.  igp. 

After  a  long  legal  argument, 

The  Judge  said  there  was  a  quarry  in  1815. 
All  the  witnesses  spoke  to  that. 

Mr.  Smith  :   What  witnesses? 

The  Judge :    The  first  one. 

Witness  said  he  first  heard  of  any  dispute 
in  1881.  He  was  in  Switzerland,  and  he 
received  a  letter  from  his  sister,  Mrs.  Bul- 
livant,  enclosing  a  copy  of  an  account  from 
the  Overseer,  "  Six  years'  rent  for  herbage  of 
Gilderstone  Quarry,  at  7s.  6d.,  £2  5s."  It 
was  signed  J.  Thornhill.  He  wrote  and  told 
her  not  to  pay  it,  but  when  he  came  home 
he  found  she  had  paid  it,  for  peace  and 
quietness. 

Mr.  Wilson :  She  paid  the  six  years,  and 
right  up  to  her  death?     Oh,  no. 

By  the  Judge  :  There  was  no  steward  at  that 
time.  Robert  Thornhill  was  just  dead,  and 
Mr.  BuUivant  undertook  the  management.  1 
was  never  more  astounded  in  my  life.  It  was 
sprung  upon  us.  These  six  years  were  as  far 
back  as  they  could  go. 

Mr.  Wilson  :  I  don't  ask  you  any  questions, 
sir,  thank  you. 

Thomas  Daubeney  said  he  was  tenant  in 
1881  of  Gildlow  Lane,  after  Samuel  Morton, 
who  died  in  1880.  He  paid  rent  for  the 
quarry  oftce,  8s.,  and  Shimwell  applied  for  it. 

Mr.  Smith  said  this  land  was  exactly  oppo- 
site Gilder  Bottom.  He  lost  a  cow  worth 
;fi4,  that  got  killed.  When  they  came  for 
the  tithe  rent  he  did  not  pay  any  more.  He 
gave  it  up. 

Cross-examined  :  He  did  not  pay  any  more, 
as  the  land  was  unsafe. 


It  is  uncertain   in  what  year  a   Quarry 
wasopenedon  Mr.  Wright's  Gildlow  Estate. 


Remember  this  was  an  Arbitration  case 
— ^h•.  Wilson  was  afraid. 


"  When  they  came  for  the  tithe  rent." 
Who  paid  the  tithe  ?  Not  the  Overseer 
hut  .\h-.  Wrioht. 


PART  OF  THE  WRIGHT  ESTATE  &c.  CONTAINING  THE  DISPUTED 
QUARRY  AND  THE  REAL  OLD  GILDER  QUARRY. 


The  dotted  lines  on  the  roadside  from  N.  to  S.  she70  the  waste  lands  outside  "  old  enclosure.''  The 
dotted  line  in  "  old  enclosure  "  2/(5  shews  the  extent  of  the  Gildlow  disputed  quarry  as  in  the  Tithe  Map. 
By  the  arbitration,  the  Parish  Council  also  claimed,  and  secured  275.  All  the  numbers  are  those  of  the 
Tithe  Map. 


WHEREAS  by  an  Aj^reement  datL-d  the  fcmrteenth  day  of  March, 
One  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety-eight,  Between  The  Parish 
Council  of  Great   Longstone,  in  the  County  of  Derby,  of  the  one 
part,  and   George   Thomas    Wright,  Esquire,   of   Great   Longstone 
aforesaid  of  the  other  part,  it  was  agreed  between  the  parties  hereto 
that  it  be  referred  to  me,  William  Cecil  Smyly,  one  of  Her  Majesty's 
Council  and  Judge  of  County  Courts,  to  award  and  determine  the 
rights  of  the  said  parties  in  regard  to  a  piece  of  land  coloured  green 
on   the  plan  annexed  to  the  said  Agreement,   which  said  piece  of 
land  contains  a  quarry  known  as  Gildlow   or  Gildale    or    Gilder. 
NOW  I  the  said   William   Cecil  Smyly  having  taken   upon   myself 
the  burden  of  the  said  reference  and  having  entered   upon  the  said 
reference    on    the    Nineteenth    day   of    April,   One    thousand    eight 
hundred  and  ninety  eight,  and  having  heard  the  witnesses  tendered 
by  the  respective  parties,  and  having  duly  considered  the  same  and 
the   documents   submitted   to    mo,    do    hereby    make    and   publish 
my  award.  I  AW.'VRD  and  determine  that  the  piece  of  land  coloured 
green  on  the  plan  annexed  to  the  said  Agreement  and  which  piece 
of  land  contains  the  saitl  quarrv  known   as  Gildlow  or  Gildale  or 
Gilder  belongs  to  and  is  owned  and  held  by  the  said  Parish  Council 
of  Great  Longstone,  upon  the  same  title  and  for  the  same   uses  and 
purposes  as  the  other  piece  or  pieces  of  land  set  out  and  appointed 
by    the    Commissioners    appointed    for   carrying   into   execution    a 
certain  Act  passed   in  the  Fiftieth  year  of  the  reign   of  His  late 
Majestv   King  George  the  Third   and   called   An  Act  for   inclosing 
lands  in  the  Townships  of  Great  Longstone,   Little  Longstone  and 
Wardlovv  in  the  County  of  Derby.  AND   I  do   further   a\\  ard   that 
said  George  Thomas  Wright  do  pay  to  the  said   Parish  Council  of 
Great  Longstone  their  costs,  to  be  taxed,  of  and  incidental  to  the 
reference  and  to  this  my  award  and   do  bear  his  own  costs  of  the 
same  IN  WITNESS  whereof  I  do  hereunto  set  my  hand  this  Tenth 
day  of  May  One  thousand  eight  hundred  and  ninety  eight. 
Signed  and  published  by  the  above-' 
named  William   Cecil    Smyly    on 
the  day  and  j'ear  aforesaid  in  the 
presence  of 

W.  BEADON  WOODFORDE, 

Solicitor, 

Derby. 


I  WILLI  AM  CECIL  SMYLY. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


369 


Mr.  Smith  addressed  His  Honour,  who 
asked  :  How  do  you  say  he  (Mr.  Wright)  is 
in  possession? 

Mr.  Smith :  Because  he  has  continuously 
let  this  land  to  his  tenants. 

The  Judge  :  How  do  you  get  over  the  pay- 
ment ot  rent  for  so  many  years? 

Mr.  Smith  :  Those  are  payments  which  are 
made  and  are  attributable  to  this  particular 
part. 

The  Judge  :  From  1880  to  1893  ^^^s.  BuUi- 
vant  paid  the  rent.  If  anyone  is  in  posses- 
sion I  should  say  it  is  the  people  who  get 
the  rent.  What  act  of  ownership  has  been 
exercised  over  it? 

Mr.  Smith  :   He  has  had  a  wall  built. 

The  Judge :   It  was  built  40  years  ago. 

Mr.  Wright :  I  repaired  it. 

The  Judge  :  What  is  the  act  of  possession 
that  you  rely  upon? 

Mr.  Smith  :    He  has  rebuilt  that  wall. 

The  Judge  :  When  did  he  rebuild  the  wall? 

Mr.  Smith  :   The  other  day. 

The  Judge  :  But  that  is  since  the  question 
has  been  raised.  What  evidence  is  there  of 
possession  before  the  question  was  raised? 

Mr.  Smith :  As  far  as  paper  right  is  con- 
cerned I  have  it  under  my  title  deeds.  I  have 
not  been  ousted. 

The  Judge :  Your  predecessor  has  paid 
rent? 

Mr.  Smith :  That  is  in  acknowledgment 
to  someone  else's  title. 

The  Judge:  What  is  the  effect  in  law?  Is 
it  an  acknowledgment  or  is  it  payment  by 
Mrs.  Bullivant?  If  it  went  on  long  enough 
it  would  give  the  parish  the  property. 

Mr.  Smith  :  If  there  was  any  actual  pos- 
sesson.  I  rely  most  strongly  upon  the  fact 
that  this  has  been  a  thing  which  has  been 


The  old  fent  was  paid  for  land  rented  on 
the  opposite  side  to  Gildlow.  The  later 
so-called  rents  were  a  swindle. 


If  the  Judge  had  had  time,  every  possible 
evidence  was  to  be  found  in  the  papers — 
wall  building,  tree  planting,  letting  the 
ground,  &c. 


370 


Longstone     Records. 


mooted  of  late  years  only,  and  I  should  ask 
you  to  disregard  the  suggestion  of  continuous 
payments  which  it  was  said  they  went  and 
spent  at  public-houses.  Any  user  that  has 
been  made  has  been  user  by  permission,  sub- 
ject always  to  the  paramount  rights  of  the 
owner  of  the  property. 

Mr.  Wilson  then  replied.  In  iSio  there 
was  a  Gilderstone  Quarry.  Where  was  it 
now?  The  Act  of  Parliament  said,  on  page 
8  of  the  Queen's  Printers  Copy,  "including  the 
present  quarry  called  Gilderstone  Quarry." 
The  Judge  had  it  clearly  before  him  that 
there  was  a  Gilderstone  Quarry.  What  hid 
become  of  it?  The  Gilderstone  Quarry  of 
1810  was  the  Gilderstone  Quarry  they  were 
claiming  to-day.  There  was  corroboration  o' 
that.  There  was  Gildlow,  a  piece  of  lanj 
which  in  1771  the  predecessor  of  Mr.  Wright 
paid  7s.  6d.  for,  and  in  1828  they  had  got 
the  Wright's  paying  7s.  6d.  still,  and  then  in 
1835-6  7-8,  and  he  suggested  this  was  Gildlow 
Quarry.  He  asked  the  Judge  to  presume  the 
continuous  payment  of  7s.  6d. 

The  Judge :  What  do  you  say  is  the  value 
of  the  quarry?  7s.  6d.,  capitalised  on  25 
years,  would  be  about  ^^lo.  I  should  think 
that  would  be  about  it. 

Mr.  Wilson  :  I  am  told  ;f  10  would  be  a  good 
figure. 

The  case  then  concluded,  and  Ilis  Honour 
reserved  judgment. 


What  had  become  of  it  ?  What  a 
question  !  The  whole  contention  admits 
two  Quarries — One  on  the  right  and  the 
other  on  the  left  of  the  road.  One  of  the 
two  belonged  to  the  Parish  the  other  to 
Mr.  Wright. 

The  Gilderstone  in  the  Outrake  was 
awarded  to  the  Parish  in  1824  and  no 
other.  The  attack  on  Mr.  Wright's  Quarry, 
should  have  failed  :  The  decision  was 
against  the  evidence  except  that  of  User, 
but  Mr.  Wright  was  advised  not  to  appeal. 

Mr.  Wright's  ancestor  never  paid  a  half- 
penny for  rent  of  Gildlow. 


The     Gilder     Quarry. 


371 


GREAT     LONGSTOXE    PARISH     COUN- 
CIL'S CLAIM  TO  GILDER  QUARRY. 
JUDGE  SMYLYS  AWARD  :  THE  PARISH 
COUNXIL  WIN. 


Reprinted  from    "  The  High  Peak  Newe,' 
Saturday,  May  21s(,  1898. 


The  arbitration  proceedings  between  the 
Great  Longstone  Parish  Council  and  Mr. 
George  Thomas  Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall, 
have  resulted  in  a  victory  for  the  Parish 
CounciL  The  parties  fell  out  over  the  right 
to  work  a  certain  quarry,  known  as  the  Gilder 
Stone  Quarry,  the  Council  on  behalf  of  the 
inhabitants  claiming  ownership,  or  in  the 
alternative  that  the  inhabitants  had  had  the 
right  from  time  immemorial  to  take  stone 
from  the  quarry  for  the  purpose  of  building 
or  repairing  houses  within  the  parish,  or  con- 
structing or  repairing  roads.  Mr.  Wright 
claimed  the  ownership  of  the  quarry  subject 
to  no  reservations.  The  case  was  taken  to 
the  County  Court,  and  was  first  heard  by 
His  Honour  Judge  Smyly  at  Bakewell,  on 
April  19th,  Mr.  A.  Muir  Wilson,  solicitor,  of 
Sheffield,  appearing  on  behalf  of  the  Council, 
and  Mr.  Etherington  Smith,  barrister, 
instructed  by  Messrs.  F.  and  H.  Taylor,  of 
Bakewell,  representing  Mr.  Wright.  His 
Honour  agreed  to  sit  specially  as  Arbitrator, 
and  not  as  Judge  of  the  County  Court.  The 
evidence  adduced  for  the  Parish  Council 
showed  that  in  the  year  1810  an  Act  of  Par- 
liament was  passed  for  enclosing  lands  in  the 
township  of  Great  Longstone,  and  in  such  Act 
a  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  is  mentioned  as  being 
allotted  to  the  inhabitants.     The  quarry  was 

T 


Mr.  Wright  claimed  the  freehold  of  the 
Quarry  but  he  allowed  stone  to  be  taken 
as  before.  All  he  aimed  at  was  the 
preser\'ation  of  the  freehold  of  a  small 
piece  of  land  well  inside  his  ring  fence. 


37^ 


Longstone     Records. 


definitely  awarded  to  the  parish  by  the  Enclo- 
sure Commissioners  in  1824  in  pursuance  of 
the  Act.  It  was  proved  that  from  the  year 
1777  up  to  the  death  of  the  late  tenant  in  1894 
rent  had  been  received  by  the  overseers  from 
the  Wright  family  in  respect  of  a  Gilder  Stone 
Quarry.  Entries  of  such  payments  appeared 
in  the  parish  books  up  to  the  year  1838,  from 
which  time  until  1881  they  cease.  A  number 
of  the  oldest  inhabitants  were  called,  several 
of  them  being  octogenarians,  who  stated  that 
for  as  long  as  they  could  remember  the 
inhabitants  of  Great  Longstone  had  taken 
stone  from  this  quarry  for  the  purposes 
already  mentioned.  The  explanation  of  the 
cessation  of  entries  of  the  receipt  of  the 
annual  7s.  6d.  a  year  as  rent  from  the  Wright 
family  was  that  it  became  the  custom  to 
spend  the  money  when  received  in  refresh- 
ments at  the  four  inns  of  the  village,  but  when 
the  new  overseer  was  appointed  in  1881  he 
objected  to  the  money  being  thus  disposed  of, 
and  it  was  then  brought  into  account  again. 
It  transpired  that  the  present  dispute  arose 
in  July,  iSpi.  when  the  present  Mr.  Wright 
came  into  possession  of  the  Great  Longstone 
estates,  on  the  death  of  his  sister,  Mrs.  Bul- 
livant,  widow  of  the  late  vicar  of  the  parish. 
On  behalf  of  Mr.  Wright  a  number  of 
documents  of  title,  dating  back  to  1720,  were 
produced,  and  it  was  alleged  that  the  owner- 
ship of  the  quarry  had  always  been  in  the 
Wright  family.  In  addition  a  valuation, 
dated  1840,  made  by  the  then  overseers,  was 
produced,  in  which  the  owner  of  the  quarry 
was  described  as  Mr.  Wright.  It  was  further 
alleged  that  in  the  tithe  commutation  deeds 
the  quarry  was  treated  as  being  the  property 
of  the  Wright  family. 


How  entirely  this  agrees  with  Mr. 
Wright's  contention  that  the  land  rented 
from  the  Overseers  between  1824  and  1838 
was  given  up. 


What  is  the  use  of  Title  Deeds  and 
Maps,  Tithe  Commutation  Deeds  and 
Maps,  and  a  host  of  other  documents 
including  the  Act  of  Parliament  and  the 
Commons  award  and  Map  if  they  are 
treated  as  waste  paper,  and  the  memory 
of  the  old  inhabitants  in  regard  to  User 
should  wrest  the  freehold  from  the  lawful 
owner  ! 


The     Gilder     Quarry.  373 

His    Honour    visited    the    property,     after 

which  he  heard  the  evidence  and  arguments 

of   the   advocates,    occupying   several   hours, 

and   then   postponed    giving    judgment   until 

the  following  month. 
His  Honour's  award  is  dated  May  loth,  and 

a  copy  was  received  by  Mr.  A.  Muir  Wilson, 

as  representing  the  Parish  Council,  and  Mr. 

F.    J.    Taylor    (Messrs.    F.    and   H.    Taylor, 

Bakewell),    who    appeared    for    Mr.    Wright. 

His  Honour  has  determined  that  the  quarry 

which  was  the  subject  of  the  litigation, 
belongs  to,  is  owned,  and  held  by  the  parish 
of  Great  Longstone  for  the  same  purposes  as 
the  other  pieces  of  land  set  out  and  appointed 
by  the  Enclosure  Commissioners'  award  in 
1824.  The  effect  of  this  judgment  is  to 
declare  that  the  parishioners  of  Great  Long- 
stone  are  entitled  to  the  quarry  in  question, 
and  may  at  any  time  take  such  stone  from  it 

h"    ?T  J"' w  ''r'"-      '''''    ^""^^    ''"  ^^'-  W'-'ght  paid  all  expenses  and  not  a 

directed    Mr.   \\nght   to   pay   certain   of  the       part  onl 
costs  of  the  litigation. 

The  news  of  His  Honour's  award  was  made 
known  at  Great  Longstone  on  Saturday,  by  a 
telegram  which  was  received  by  the  Clerk  to 
the  Parish  Council. 


374  Longstone     Records. 

THE     GILDER     QUARRY. 


"  Audi  alteram  partem. 


Mr.  Wright  has  thought  it  a  dut)'  to  the  memory  of  his 
ancestors,  to  the  trustees  of  the  Estate  and  to  the  Parishioners 
to  set  out  in  detail  the  history  of  the  Quarry  litigation.  He 
desires  to  shew  that  first  as  trustee  and  afterwards  as  owner  of 
the  Estate,  he  did  his  best  to  keep  it  intact,  and  farther  he 
hopes  to  clear  away  some  aspersions  of  "  land  grabbing  "  that 
were  thrown  broadcast  over  the  parish  by  one  or  two  persons 
before  the  Arbitration  and  whilst  the  case  was  sub  jiidice.  Mr. 
Etherington  Smith,  K.C.  thoroughly  examined  Mr.  Wright's  Title 
and  had  no  hesitation  in  supporting  Messrs.  F.  &  H.  Taylor, 
Solicitors  of  Bakewell  in  their  opinion  that  his  Title  was  sound 
and  unimpeachable  and  therefore  a  fair  case  for  a  friendly  arbi- 
tration. Distasteful  as  it  is  to  him  to  appeal  to  anything  but 
hard  facts,  he  would  like  to  ask  whether,  after  reading  the  follow- 
ing pages,  there  is  anyone  who  will  believe  that  the  family 
who  have  again  and  again  given  land  for  parish  improvements, 
benefactions  for  the  poor  and  donations  in  money  and  kind 
including  the  outstanding  debt  on  the  Church  restoration,  &c., 
&c.,  would  lay  claim  to  a  small  piece  of  land  of  no  earthly  value 
except  its  position  within  the  ring  fence  of  the  Estate — and  which 
moreover  they  were  willing  to  preserve  for  parish  use  !  Apart 
however  from  all  probabilities  and  improbabilities,  there  is 
absolute  proof  in  the  following  historical  facts  that  the  Quarry 
always  belonged  to  the  Wright  Estate  until  the  Arbitration  Award 
in   1898. 

As  a  present  day  grievance  it  is  evident  that  for  want  of  proper 
supervision,  the  face  of  the  quarry  is  being  improperly  encroached 
on  and  the  plantation  that  was  made  for  the  protection  of  the 
tenant's  cattle  almost  destroyed. 


The     Gilder     Quarry,  375 

Mr.  Wright,  who  has  studied  the  case  from  e»ery  point  of  view, 
suggests  that  the  claim  of  the  Parish  to  the  Quarry  came  about 
in  this  way.  Air.  William  Longsdon,  J. P.,  a  shrewd  and  pains- 
taking man,  was  examining  the  Act  of  Parliament  50  George  1 1 1  and 
the  Inclosure  Award  with  regard  to  the  rights  of  Little  Longstone 
to  get  stone  in  Gilder  Quarry,  when  he  came  across  the  now  oft- 
quoted  Clause  10.  Putting  two  and  two  together  he  arrived  at 
the  not  unnatural  conclusion  that  the  Quarry  on  the  Wright 
Estate  must  he  the  original  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  in  the  Outrake. 
It  was  close  to  the  Outrake,  it  was  called  Gilder  by  the  inhabit- 
ants and  it  was  freely  used  by  them.  Here  appeared  to  be  the 
necessary  elements  upon  which  to  foimd  a  Title. 

One  day  when  Mr.  Wright  was  talking  with  the  late  Mr.  James 
Orr,  the  latter  remarked  in  rather  a  mysterious  way  that  if  he 
would  come  inside  he  would  shew  him  the  Act  of  Parliament  in 
which  Mr.  Longsdon  had  "discovered" — that  is,  after  about  70 
years!— that  the  Quarry  on  the  Wright  Estate  was  awarded  to 
the  Parish.  This  was  the  first  time  that  Mr.  Wright's  attention 
had  been  drawn  to  the  Act  and  from  that  time  he  began  to  give 
serious  investigation  to  the  claim.  Before  that  he  had  never 
heard  of  any  documentary  evidence  being  forthcoming  in  behalf 
of  the  Parish.  He  knew  that  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill,  the  Agent 
of  the  Estate  for  so  many  years  and  up  to  the  date  of  his  decease, 
was  convinced  that  it  was  not  Parish  property,  as  it  was  let  by 
him  to  the  holder  of  the  Gildlow  tenancy. 

After  a  thorough  investigation  Mr.  Wright  was  able  to  see  very 
clearly  how  the  mistake  came  about,  but  the  ball  having  been 
set  rolling  he  could  not  overtake  it. 

If  the  old  Overseer's  books  are  preserved  there  is  evidence  in 
them  alone  sufficient  to  establish  Mr.  Wright's  Title.  One  of 
these  books  had  been  clumsily  tampered  with,  and  the  Quarry  in 
dispute  was  made  to  appear  as  belonging  to  the  Parish.  It  was 
easy  to  see  by  the  handwriting  who  had  tampered  with  the  entry 
but  "  de  mortuis  nil  nisi  bonum." 


376  Longstone     Records. 

THE     GILDER     QUARRY. 

(The  case  stated  in  the  form  of  question  and  answer) 

Before  the  Award. 

Inclosure  Act,  1810. 
Inclosure  Award,  1824. 


1. — Were  the  Commissioners  for  the    Great  Longstone,    Little 
Longstone,  and  Wardlow  Inclosure  Award  ordered  by  the  Act  to 
deal  with  "  Old   Inclosure  "  or  with  uninclosed  land  ? 
With  uninclosed  lands  only. 
2. — How    did    the    Commissioners    distinguish    between    "  Old 
inclosure  and  uninclosed  land  "  ? 

By  a  carefully  prepared  Reference  Map  which  showed  the 
two  classes  of  land  in  different  colours,  and  when  the  Awards 
were  made  by  identical  numbers  on  the  Award  and  the  Map. 

3. — Was  that  part  of  the  Wright  Estate  in  which  the  disputed 
Quarry  lies  "  old  enclosure  "  ? 

From  the  earliest  records  it  was  always  enclosed  land  passing 
with  the  surrountling  land  under  the  name  of  Gildlow  and  being 
well  within  the   Ring  Fence  of  the  Wright  Estate. 

4. — What  amount  of  uninclosed  land  was  the  subject  of  the 
whole  Award  ? 

One  thousand  seven  hundred  and  forty  two  acres,  a  larger 
area  than  the  original  estimate  of  fifteen  hundred  acres  mentioned 
in  the  Act. 

5. — Did  the  Commissioners  award  six  acres  of  land  to  Great 
Longstone,  Little  Longstone  and  Wardlow  as  ordered  ? 

Their  award  was  six  acres  exactly  to  Great  Longstone  and 
Wardlow  and  half  an  acre  to  Little  Longstone. 

N  B. — The  Commissioners  appear  to  Iiave  acted  arbilr.irilv  and  illegally  in  depriving  Little 
Longstone  of  its  right  to  share  in  the  awards  which  make  up  the  six  acres,  as  the  Act  makes  no 
distinction  between  the  three  townships.  The  half  acre  award  to  Little  Longstone  was  also  unauthor- 
ised bv  the  Act. 


The     Gilder     Quarry.  377 

6. — Excluding    for    the    moment    Gilder    and  Gildlow  Quarries, 
what  acreage  was  awarded  to  Great  Longstone  and  Wardlow  ? 
Exactly  five  acres  one  rood  and  eight  perches. 
7. — What    is    the    acreage    of    the    Quarry    awarded    to    Great 
Longstone  and  Wardlow  ? 

Two  roods  and  thirty  two  perches. 
8. — Which  of  the  two  Quarries  corresponds  with  this  area  ? 
The  Quarry  numbered   150  in  the  Award  and  in  the    Award 
Map,  and  situated  on  the    left    in    ascending    Hillside    road    and 
described    as    on    Great    Longstone    Outrake — the    acreage    being 
exactly  2  roods  32  perches. 

9. — What  is  the  acreage    of    the    Quarry    on    the    land    called 
Gildlow  in  the  Wright  Estate  ? 

In  the  old  Estate  Map  the  site  formed  part  of  the  field 
called  Gildlow  top  and  the  area  was  of  course  included  in  the 
acreage  of  that  field.  In  the  modern  map  schedule  the  acreage 
is  given  as  one  acre  fifteen  perches  whilst  in  the  Valuation  list 
it  is  given  as  la.  2r.  17p.  In  neither  case  does  the  acreage  agree 
with  the  area  awarded  to  Great  Longstone  and  Wardlow. 

10. — Give  a  list  of  the  Awards  to  the  Surveyor  of  Highways  for 
Great  Longstone  and  Wardlow.  a.    r.    p. 

Stone  Quarry  No.   140        

Clay  an^  Gravel  Pit  No.  124  ... 
Public  Watering  Place  No.  5a.  ... 
Stone  Quarry No.  150 

11. — So  that  if  the  acreage  of  the  Quarry  claimed  by  the  Wright 
Estate  as  Gildlow  and  by  the  Parish  Council  as  Gilder  were  added, 
the  Commissioners  would  have  exceeded  the  maximum  limit — 
"not  exceeding  6  acres  in  the  whole"  by  at  least  One  acre  and 
fifteen  perches  ? 
Yes. 

*  This  allotment  on  Longstone  Mnor  was  ovidei.t'.y  mer.suieJ  cut  to  nial  e  i:p  ll.e  exaci  bal.-.ixe  of 
acreage  prcscribeJ  by  the  Act. 


0 

2     0 

3 

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1 

0     0 

0 

2  32 

6 

0     0 

378  Longstone     Records. 

12. — Is  not  the  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  mentioned  by  name  in  both 
the  Act  and  in  the  pirninbh  to  the  Award. 

Yes — but  not  in  the  clause  declaring  the  actual  Award.  The 
Commissioners  doubtless  thought  that  having  defined  the  site  so 
exactly  as  No.  150  in  Great  Longstone  Outrake  there  could  he  no 
mistake,  the  quarry  on  the  Wright  Estate  at  that  date  being  non- 
existent. 

13. — Does  the  Act  state  that  the  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  was  part 
of  the  Wastes,  Moors,  Commons,  &c.  ? 

Yes,  it  states  so  most  emphatically  by  means  of  a  parenthesis. 
Therefore  there  is  no  possibility  of  bringing  it  under  the  category 
of  "  old  inclosure"  even  if  the  acreage  were  reconcileable  with  that 
theory. 

14. —  Is  it  contended  by  the   Parish  Council  that  the  distinct  and 
definite  order  of  the  Act  of  Parliament  was  omitted  to  be  carried 
out  in  the  Award,  although  the  Commissioners  placed  it  first   in 
their  preamble  of  the  Act  ? 
It  would  seem  so. 

15. — Is  there  anything  to  be  said  as  to  the  similarity  of  names? 
Gilder  is  probably  a  corruption  of  Gildlow  and  Gild,  the  name 
of  the  land  on  the  Wright  Estate  in  the  immediate  neighbourhood. 
There  are  many  cases  in  Longstone  in  which  the  land  gives  the 
name  to  the  adjacent  highway — for  examples,  Ranhill  and 
Begganvay. 


THE  GILDLOW  ALIAS  GILDER  QUARRY, 
(after  the  Award.) 
"  A  bolt  from  the  blue "  could  scarcely  have  been  more  of  a 
surprise  than  the  receipt  by  Mr.  Wright  of  the  Award  in  this 
Arbitration  case  (1898).  And  yet,  on  after  consideration  of  all 
the  attendant  circumstances,  what  else  could  have  been  expected  ? 
Contrary  to  the  explicit  statement  of  Mr.  Thomas  Shimwell  who 
represented  the  Parish  Council  and  who  had  many  interviews  with 


The     Gilder     Quarry.  379 

Mr.  Wright  before  reference  to  arbitration  was  suggested,  the  Case 
was  tried  and  the  Quarry  was  practically  claimed  on  the  plea  and 
ground  of  User.  Again  and  again  Mr.  Shimweil  and  others  had 
claimed  the  Quarry  on  the  strength  of  the  Inclosure  Award  and 
had  supported  the  claim  by  certain  payments  made  latterly  by 
the  late  Mrs.  BuUivant  for  the  sake  of  peace,  but  without  the 
authority  of  Mr.  Wright,  then  trustee  of  the  Estate,  and 
resident  abroad— who  repudiated  such  payments.  Mr.  Shimweil 
assured  Mr.  Wright  that  there  was  no  intention  of  claiming  the 
Quarry  on  the  ground  of  User.  "  If  (said  Mr.  Shimweil)  you  were 
ever  the  Owner  of  the  Quarry  there  is  no  wish  to  deprive  you  of 
your  rights,"  thus  showing  that  the  Parish  Council  were  then 
perfectly  satisfied  with  their  claim  under  the  Commons  Inclosure 
Act.  These  repeated  assurances  quite  satisfied  and  disarmed 
Mr.  Wright  who  felt  perfectly  safe  if  the  Title  were  thoroughly 
investigated.  It  was  quite  another  thing  when  it  came  to  Mr.  Muir 
Wilson,  who  saw  at  once  the  flimsiness  of  their  title.  He  relied  on 
User  and  practically  brushed  on  one  side  all  attempts  to  try  the 
Case  on  the  question  of  Title.  It  would  have  taken  at  least 
another  day  for  the  Arbitrator  to  have  gone  thoroughly  into  the 
Title  but  it  was  quite  easy  to  prove  User — "  the  memory  of  the 
oldest  inhabitant  "  being  well  represented  by  many  witnesses  and 
not  contradicted  by  Mr.  \\'right  himself.  Where  "  the  memory  of 
the  oldest  inhabitant "  was  defective  was  in  respect  to  any  other 
Quarry  than  the  Gildlow  Quarry.  If  the  Parish  Council  had  said 
at  once  that  they  claimed  the  Quarry  on  the  ground  of  User  Mr. 
Wright  would  not  have  contested  the  case,  as  he  did  not  deny 
that  plea. 

The  so  called  Arbitration  resolved  itself  into  an  ordinary  County 
Court  trial  at  Bakewell  with  open  doors  for  the  public,  reporters,  &c. 
and  in  no  respect  a  friendly  arbitration  or  round  table  conference 
to  investigate  the  Title.  An  adjournment  took  place  for  a  visit  to 
the  Quarry  at  Longstone.     At  the  trial,  the  proofs  of  Mr.  Wright's 


380  Longstone     Records, 

Title  to  the  Quarry  were  so  overwhelming  that  Mr.  Muir  Wilson 
cleverly  avoided  them  as  far  as  possible  whilst  he  kept  the 
Arbitrator's  attention  engaged  on  one  point,  bringing  witnesses  to 
testify  to  a  fact  which  was  not  disputed — that  the  parishioners  had 
for  a  very  long  period  used  the  quarry  without  hindrance  by  Mr. 
Wright  and  his  predecessors  in  the  Estate,  and  that  therefore  the 
Quarry  must  be  the  old  Parish  Quarry.  So  strong  were  the  proofs 
of  Ownership  by  Mr.  Wright  and  so  entirely  wanting  were  any  by 
the  Parish  that  Mr.  Wilson  laboured  the  case  for  the  Parish  almost 
entirely  on  the  ground  of  User.  So  much  so  that  when  Mr. Wright 
(who  had  never  opened  his  mouth)  appeared  in  the  witness  box, 
there  was  no  attempt  at  cross-examination  of  his  evidence  in  chief 
— to  elucidate  facts  connected  with  the  Title.  "  I  have  no 
questions  to  ask  Mr.  Wright"  was  Mr.  Wilson's  remark.  Another 
advantage  taken  of  the  Arbitration  was  the  claim  to  a  much  larger 
area  of  land  than  the  actual  site  of  the  quarry.  This  area  was  set 
out  by  Mr.  Shimwell  on  behalf  of  the  Parish  Council  and  too 
readily  assented  to  by  Mr.  Wright  who  relied  entirely  on  his  legal 
right  to  the  Title,  believing  that  no  Arbitrator  would  take  away 
land  that  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  right  claimed  to  use  the 
Quarry.  How  could  certain  parishioners'  use  of  the  quarry 
establish  a  title  to  other  land  outside  the  quarry — practically 
interfering  with  Mr.  Wright's  tenant's  approach  to  his  tenancy? 
There  was  no  pretence  that  the  land  claimed  was  defined  by  the 
Commons  Inclosure  Act  and  the  subsequent  Award.  Clause  X  of 
the  Act  is  as  follows  :— 

THE  MEMORY  OF  THE  OLDEST  INHABITANT. 

Much  ignorance  is  displayed  and  many  mistakes  are  made  (although  seldom  exposed)  on  the  authority 
ol  the  memory  of  the  "  oldest  inhabitant." 

The  oldest  inhabitants  of  Little  Longstone  had  never  heard  of  any  other  than  the  present  Pinfold  in 
tlieir  village  just  as  some  of  tiie  oldest  inhabitants  of  Great  Longstone  appear  never  to  have  heard  of 
the  old  Parish  Quarry  in  the  Outrake— disused  as  a  quarry  but  used  as  a  rubbish  tip.  And  yet  the 
Survey  map  made  for  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  by  William  Senior  in  161 1  shews  the  Pinfold  very  clearly 
at  the  Great  Longstone  end  of  the  vilKige!  In  the  one  case  the  probable  cause  of  the  change  of  site  was 
tfiat  cattle  were  found  generally  to  stray  from  the  uninclosed  Common  and  waste  lands  and  seldom  from 
Great  Longstone  which  had  its  own  pinfold  :  and  in  the  other  the  Estate  Map  and  other  proofs  shew 


The     Gilder     Quarry,  38 1 

THE    COMMONS    INCLOSURE  ACT.    1810. 
Clause  10. 

Allotment  for       \  And   be  it    further    enacted,    That    the    said 

Public  Watering  r  Commissioners  shall  and  they  are  hereby  re- 
Places,  &c.  quired  to  set  out  and  appoint  One  or  more  Piece 
or  Pieces  of  Ground,  including  the  present  Quarry  called 
Gilder  Stone  Quarry  {Part  of  the  Wastes,  Moors,  Commons, 
and  uninclosed  Lands  hereby  inteyided  to  he  inclosed)  in  such 
convenient  situation  or  situations  as  they  shall  think  proper 
within  the  said  Townships  or  Hamlets  of  Great  Longstone, 
Little  Longstone  and  Wardlow,  not  exceeding  Six  Acres  in  the 
Whole,  to  be  used  for  the  purposes  of  puhlick  Watering  Places 
for  Cattle,  and  for  getting  and  burning  Limestone,  and  also  for 
getting  Stone,  Gravel,  Sand,  Clay  and  other  Materials  &c.,  &c. 


that  there  was  rooW  ^Horry  a^  a??  on  the  Wright  land  at  the  date  of  the  Act.  The  old  Gilder  Stone 
Quarry  became  useless  from  bad  quarrying— not  really  exhausted,  and  Mr.  Wright's  quarry  was  alone 
resorted  to  for  that  part  of  the  village  oi  by  those  previously  using  the  former  quarry.  The  two  Quarries 
being  close  together,  altho'  on  opposite  sides  of  Hillside  road,  what  more  natural  in  another  gener- 
ation or  two  than  forgetfulness  of  the  old,  and  recognition  (»f  the  one  quarrj*  in  general  use  as  the  Parish 
Quarr\'.  Even  Mr.  Muir  Wilson  was  led  on  to  say,  If  this  Quarry  is  not  the  Parish  Quarry,  what  has 
become  of  it  ? 

Again,  "the  oldest  inhabitant"  of  Tidoswell  appears  to  have  no  recollection  nor  even  traditional 
knowledge  of  Justices  Petty  Sessions  liaving  been  held  there.  And  yet  proofs  of  the  same  are  given 
below — 

"  1797.  April  21.  .^t  a  Meeting  of  His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  said  County,  Holden  at 
Tideswell,  in  the  said  County,  before  Joseph  Denman.  M.D.,  Robert  Wright,  &  Bache  Thomhill,  Fsquires, 
—Ordered  &c.  {See  page  91.)  .Another  case- Whereas  complaint  made  upon  oath  hath  been  made  unto 
us  Joseph  Denman  M.D.  &  John  Barker  Esquire,  two  of  His  Majesty's  Justices  of  the  Peace,  &c.,  &c.  We 
do  therefore  adjudge  £-  order  &c.  &c. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seals  at  Tideswell  in  the  said  County,  the  second  day  of  May,  1778. 

JOS.  DENMAX. 
JOHN  BARKER. 

Again,  to  quote  from  the  Rev.  J.  M.  J.  Fletcher's  Historical  Notes,  the  case  of  the  foundation  of  the 
"  Tideswell  Society  on  June  18,  1777  called  the  Friendly  C-  Charitable  Society  of  Tradesmen  and  others— 
which  was  examined  and  approved  by  R.  Wright  presumably  a  Magistrate,  on  January  9.  1797  & 
sanctioned  (probably  on  behalf  of  the  Sessions  Court)  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  A.  L.  Maynard  on  the 
following  day"  is  further  evidence  of  the  fact  when  supported  by  the  foregoing  Justices'  Orders. 


382  Longstone     Records. 

THE   COMMONS    INCLOSURE   AWARD,  1824. 

The  [nclosure  Award,  14  years  later  than  the  Act  of  Parliament, 
after  r.'citing  at  great  length  the  orders  of  the  Act  and  especially 
the  order  to  set  out  and  appoint  one  or  more  Piece  or  Pieces  of 
Ground  including  the  present  Quarry  called  Gilder  Stone  Quarry 
(Part  of  the  Wastes,  Moors,  Commons,  and  uninclosed  Lands 
hereby  intended  to  be  inclosed)  in  such  convenient  situation  or 
situations  as  they  shall  think  proper  &c. — and  after  allotting  two 
other  parcels  of  Land  to  the  Surveyor  of  Highways,  goes  on  to  the 
allotment  No.  L^O  which,  for  want  of  repetition  of  the  words  "the 
present  Quarry  called  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  (Part  of  the  Wastes)" 
&c.  which  they  had  already  recited  in  the  preamble  as  above,  has 
been  the  fruitful  source  of  all  the  misunderstanding — in  these 
words — 

Stone  Quarry  .  And  also  one  other  parcel  of  Land  on  Great 
No.150  Oa.  2r.  32p.  )  Longstone  Outrake  No.  150  containing  two 
roods  and  thirty  two  perches  bounded  Northerly  and  Easterly  by 
Hillside  Road  and  Southerly  by  an  allotment  to  Bache  Thornhill 
Clerk  (as  Curate  of  Great  Longstone)  and  westerly  by  old 
I  nclosure. 

It  should  be  noticed  in  the  very  full  pLinctuation  of  the  Clause 
of  the  Act,  that  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  has  no  comma  after  it,  but 
(as  if  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  any  misunderstanding)  a  special 
parenthesis  stating  as  plainly  as  the  English  language  can  convey 
its  meaning  that  Gilder  Stone  Quarry  was  "  Part  of  the  Wastes, 
Moors,  Commons,  and  uninclosed  Lands  hereby  intended  to  be 
divided,  allotted,  and  inclosed." 

This  passage  alone  ought  to  have  settled  the  question  in  favour 
of  Mr.  Wright  and  to  have  shewn  the  Parish  Council  that  they 
had  no  sort  of  claim  to  a  quarry  on  "  Old  Inclosure  ''  except  on  the 
ground  of  use  which  Mr.  Wright  and  his  predecessors  did  not 
dispute  or  desire  to  interfere  with.     It  should  also  have  convinced 


The     Gilder     Quarry.  383 

them  that  the  Quarry  No.  150  part  of  the  Wastes  in  Great  Long- 
stone  Outrake  was  the  original  Gilder  Quarry  intended  to  be 
awarded  to  the  Parish  both  by  the  Act  of  Parliament  and  by  the 
Award  itself. 

It  should  also  be  noted  that  the  Commissioners  expressly  state 
that  they  have  allotted  the  said  lands  intended  to  be  dealt  with — 
all  which  are  marked  and  described  in  the  Map  hereunto  annexed. 
Let  any  one  look  at  the  Map  along  with  the  Act  of  Parliament 
and  the  Award  and  then  say  whether  the  Parish  can  have  the 
shadow  of  a  Title  to  the  Quarry  except  from  long  use  of  it. 

The  land  (nearly  3  roods)  of  which  the  true  Gilder  Quarry — the 
present  rubbish  tip — is  part,  has  been  let  of  late  years  to  .Mr. 
Charles  Carson  and  previously  to  i\h'.  Thomas  Hill.  Earlier  again 
it  was  rented  by  the  Wright  Estate  from  or  about  the  date  of  the 
Inclosure  Award.  Prior  to  that  it  was  part  of  the  Wastes  or 
Common  Right  of  the  Parish.     The  question  is  easily  answered — 

Why  should  a  large  landed  proprietor  rent  such  a  small  piece 
of  Parish  land?  In  the  first  place  it  was  most  conveniently 
situated  alongside  some  other  waste  land  allotted  at  the  same  time 
to  Mr.  Wright :  in  the  second  place  it  kept  off  a  possible  unde- 
sirable neighbour  whose  cattle  would  have  been  free  to  stray  over 
Mr.  Wright's  land  then  uninclosed  but  since  inclosed  and  occupied  by 
Mr.  William  Furniss  and  his  predecessors,  some  of  whose  land  under 
the  Wright  Estate  still  bears  the  name  of  Outrake.  It  is  more  than 
probable  too  that  the  nominal  rent  of  7/6  psr  annum  for  this  piece 
of  Parish  land  was  fix?d  in  consideration  of  the  enclosure  walls 
being  built  by  Mr.  Wright,  the  Surveyor  of  the  Highway  (to  whom 
the  Parish  land  was  allotted)  having  no  funds  for  the  purpose. 
But  the  best  reason  and  explanation  is  that  there  was  a  con- 
siderable area  of  waste  land  in  the  Outrake,  besides  that  which 
was  allotted  to  the  Parish  and  the  Curate  which  was  allotted  to 
Mr.  Wright.  All  this  waste  land  was  uninclosed  except  by  two 
gates,  one  by  Lees  lane  at  the  lower  end  and  the  other  at  the  upper 


384  Longstone     Records. 

end  of  the  Outrake  where  the  Duke  of  Devonshire's  plantation  now 
begins.  Until  therefore  these  waste  pieces  were  walled  in  after 
allotment,  a  single  tenant  was  almost  a  necessity  of  the  situation. 
So  that  instead  of  its  being  a  strange  arrangement  for  Mr.  Wright 
to  rent  the  small  piece  of  waste  land  in  which  was  the  Gilder 
Quarry  allotted  to  the  Parish,  it  was  the  most  natural  and  con- 
venient for  all  parties.  Be  this  as  it  may,  this  land  was  so  held 
for  many  years.  The  following  is  an  extract  from  'Mv.  John 
Thornhill's  Account,  July  12,  1828,  and  relates  to  this — the  true 
Parish  Quarry — 

"Rent  of  Gilder  Stonepit  Common,  2  years  \5!^- ."  When  the 
Wright  Estate  had  no  further  need  of  this  land  it  passed  to  Mr 
Hill  as  the  next  tenant,  and  the  Overseers  received  no  more  rent 
from  Mr.  Wright  in  respect  to  that  land. 

After  the  lapse  of  a  generation  or  more  when  the  old  Parish 
Quarry  was  disused  and  almost  forgotten,  and  the  newer  Quarry 
of  Mr.  Wright's  was  in  regular  request,  some  wiseacre  "  discovered  " 
that  formerly  the  Wright  Estate  paid  this  rent  for  the  herbage  near 
the  Parish  Quarry,  then  he  made  up  his  mind  that  the  Quarry  in 
current  use  must  be  the  same,  and  that  somehow  the  Overseers  had 
a  claim  in  perpetuity  on  Mr.  Wright  for  herbage  rent,  ignoring  the 
fact  that  another  tenant  was  actually  in  possession  of  and  paying 
rent  for  the  Parish  Quarry  land  ! 

A  claim  for  Quarry  herbage  rent  being  made  by  Mr.  John 
Thornhill,*  the  Overseer,  supported  by  a  quotation  from  the 
Commons  Award,  certain  payments  were  made  under  protest  by 
Mrs.  Bullivant,  and  "  for  the  sake  of  peace."  The  case  thus  became 
complicated.  These  payments  and  the  free  use  of  the  Quarry  by 
the  parishioners  for  so  many  years  gave  strength  to  the  prevailing 
belief  that  the  Quarry  in  question  was  the  old  Gilder  Stone  Quarry 
mentioned  in  the  Act  and  the  Award. 

°  This  John  Thorahilt  applied  for  the  Agency  of  the  Wright  Estate  on  the  death  of  his  brother  Robert 
and  was  refused  on  tlie  ground  of  incapacity,  and  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Bullivant,  brother-in-law  of  the  Trustee, 
undertook  the  office. 


The     Gilder     Quarry.  385 

The  Wright  Estate  Map  in  use  at  the  date  of  the  Act  of  Parlia- 
ment shews  no  Quarry  inclosure  on  Mr.  Wright's  land  which  con- 
sisted of  Top  Gildlow  and  bottom  Gildlow  only.  The  Maps  of  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire  (kindly  lent  to  Mr.  Wright)  the  Tithe  Commu- 
tation Map  and  Award  and  the  Inclosure  Award  Map  all  support 
Mr.  Wright's  Title. 

Only  in  1830,  6  years  after  the  Award,  when  stone  was  in  great 
demand  for  the  inclosures,  was  it  necessary  to  build  a  wall  on  the 
upper  side  of  the  Quarry  to  protect  the  cattle  of  Joseph  Morton  the 
tenant.  How  then  could  this  new  Quarry  have  been  the  old  Gilder 
Stone  Quarry  (of  1810)  in  the  Outrake  ? 

Directly  bearing  on  this  point  is  the  following  extract  from  a 
letter  from  Colonel  William  Wright,  Cutthorpe  Hall,  Chesterfield, 
dated  January  15th,  1830,  to  his  brother  Colonel  John  Thomas 
Wright,  the  owner  of  the  Longstone  Estate,  then  living  in  Exeter — 
"  You  will  recollect  the  situation  of  the  Stone  Quarry  in  Gueldag, 
(Gildlow)  from  the  quantity  of  stone  got  by  the  Parish.  The  face 
is  now  (that  is  after  6  years  quarrying)  become  so  steep  (shewing  it 
was  a  new  quarry)  as  to  be  very  dangerous  without  a  fence  at  the  top. 
Joseph  Morton  the  tenant  has  no  objection  to  give  up  a  few  yards 
all  along  the  length,  if  a  fence  is  made  so  that  a  little  Plantation 
might  be  made  thereon  which  would  be  an  ornament  and  be  a  great 
shelter  to  the  field  from  the  West  wind.  I  have  taken  upon  me  to 
order  a  fence  of  5  Quarters  high  to  be  made  and  will  plant  it  with 
Larch  at  Spring  which  I  think  you  will  say  I  have  done  right  in." 

In  reply,  Colonel  J.  T.  Wright,  wrote — "  I  think  the  fencing  and 
planting  the  top  of  the  Stone  Quarry  will  be  a  good  thing." 

Could  all  this  have  been  done  if  it  had  been  Parish  property?  !  ! 

Again,  Colonel  William  Wright,  wrote  in  January  14th,  1834, 
"Joseph  Morton  says  he  should  like  to  have  the  little  Plantation 
brought  forward  in  the  Gildlo-w,  down  to  the  Fir  Plantation — that 
he  will  do  the  walling  if  you  will  plant."  The  reply — "  I  approve 
very  much  of  the  Plantatation  being  brought  forward  down  to  the 
Fir  Plantation,  Morton  making  the  wall  as  he  proposes." 


386  Longstone     Records, 

Does  this  look  like  Parish  property? 

There  are  certain  references  from  time  to  time  to  the  Wright 
Ouarry  both  before  and  after  the  Title  was  claimed  by  the  Parish — 
which  are  worth  recording. 

An  account  in  the  hand-writing  of  Mr.  John  Thornhill,  (Father  of 
Robert  and  John  Thornhill,  lately  deceased)  addressed  to  W.  Wright 
and  headed  "  Land  belonging  to  J.  T.  Wright,  Esq.,  in  Great 
Longstone,"  has  the  following  entry  : — 

"  Morton,  Joseph     ...     Old  Land     ...      loa.     ir.     26p." 

This  tenancy  included  the  Quarry  in  dispute. 

In  1856  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill,  the  Agent  of  the  Estate  wrote  to 
W.  H.  Wright,  Esq.,  in  Devonshire  : — 

"The  Gilder  rent  I  have  not  paid  of  three  years  as  I  could  not  be 
satisfied  by  what  authority  the  Overseers  claimed  it.  /  have  asked 
nil  people  likely  to  knoiv  and  can  find  no  document  that  relates  to  it. 
It  is  a  Stone  Quarry  on  your  property  in  land  occupied  bv  Jonathan 
Morton.  I  have  had  it  fenced  off  and  a  gate  hung,  and  allow  a  man 
the  privilege  of  getting  Stone  to  look  after  the  tonnage  of  all  taken 
awav.  The  tonnage  is  not  much  nor  do  I  expect  to  realise  much 
profit." 

In  1858,  two  years  later,  Emanuel  Hawlev  paid  Mr.  Robert 
Thornhill,  Mr.  Wright's  Agent,  j/jd.  for  "tonnage  of  stone  from 
Gilder  Quarry."  Here  was  recognition  of  Ownership.  This  does 
not  look  like  Parish  property  !  Is  it  conceivable  that  all  this  could 
go  on  without  the  slightest  protest  by  the  parishioners  if  Mr. 
Wright  were  not  the  Owner. 

Mr.  Muir  Wilson  in  summing  up  his  case  for  the  Parish  Council 
had  his  doubts  how  it  would  result,  for  he  concluded  with  these 
words — "  If  the  Judge  was  driven  to  the  conclusion  that  the  field 
was  still  (sic)  Mr.  Wright's,  the  claimants  would  be  entitled  without 
let  or  hindrance  from  Mr.  Wright  to  exercise  that  which  they  had 
exercised  for  so  many  years  past,  viz.,  the  right  to  get  stone." 
If  the  Judge  had  acted  on  this  opportunity  for  a  compromise,  he 
would  have  satisfied  all  parties.     "The  right  to  get  stone"  was  the 


The     Gilder     Quarry,  387 

maximum  nine  Arbitrators  out  of  ten  would  have  awarded. 
But  the  freehold  to  the  Parish  of  the  Quarry  and  other  land  outside  it 
(without  the  shadow  of  a  title  to  it)  must  have  taken  Mr.  Wilson's 
breath  away  !  !  Well  might  Mr.  Wright's  friends  say  that  the 
Quarry  had  been  stolen  from  him.  It  was  certainly  one  of  the  most 
extraordinary  Awards  in  the  face  of  the  evidence  that  can  well  be 
conceived  !  But  Mr.  Wright  was  persuaded  for  the  sake  of  peace 
not  to  carry  the  Case  to  a  Higher  Court. 

Magna     est     Vkritas. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

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38y  Lon^stone     Records, 

THE     LONGSTOXIAN. 


One,  if  not  the  chief,  characteristic  of  the  Longstonian  is  his  want 
of  enterprise  and  initiative — he  offers  '  passive  resistance  '  to  ahnost 
everything  new.  This  vis  iiiertice  requires  considerable  tact  and 
energy  to  move,  but,  that  done,  he  is  a  good  and  trustworthy  helper, 
as  for  example  in  the  restoration  of  the  Parish  Church. 

The  question  of  a  Water  Supply  taken  up  by  the  Parish  Council 
and  a  few  residents  nianv  vears  ago  was  allowed  to  drift  until  the 
costlv  Scheme  of  the  Rural  District  Council  forced  itself  to  the  front, 
and  any  other  Scheme  became  hopeless.  The  drainage  of  Great 
Longstone — (Little  Longstone  has  now  both  water  and  drainage) — 
will  doubtless  follow  on  the  same  compulsory  lines.  Lighting  with 
lamps  and  cleaning  the  Village  and  its  bye-ways  by  means  of  a 
Dust  and  Refuse  collecting  cart  are  further  examples  of  this  laissez- 
aller  characteristic,  but  perhaps  the  most  flagrant  and  regrettable 
one  is  that  of  the  lapse  of  the  beneficent  scheme  of  that  true 
philanthropist,  Mrs.  Crosslev,  for  a  Village  Institute,  referred  to  at 
page  127. 


THE     TWO     LONGSTONES     AND     THE     FAMILIES 
OF    WRIGHT    AND    LONGSDON. 


Great  Longstone  (Longstone  Magna  or  Longstone  Major)  in  the 
Manor  of  Ashford,  and  Little  Longstone  (Mykel  Longstone, 
Longstone  Parva  or  Longstone  Minor)  a  separate  Manor, — have 
been  the  homes  of  the  Wright  and  Longsdon  families  from  time 
immemorial.  From  Domesday  down  to  recent  times  Longstone 
has  been  designated  as  Langesdune,  Longesdon,  Longson,  and  bv 
at  least  a  dozen  other  variations  of  spelling  but  not  with  the  letter 
"t"  until  modern  times. 


LOXGSTONE       HALL. 


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LONGSTONE    HALL — S.E.    VIEW. 


LO.NGSTONE    HALL SHEWINO     REMNANT    OF    OLDHK    HALL. 


LONGSTONF,    HAI.I.    l-RO.M    THE    WEST. 


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LONGSTONE    HALL AN    OLD    BAK.\. 


The     Two     Longstones.  389 

Of  old  Longstone  families  many  still  survive,  but  none  appear  to 
have  kept  their  status  and  abode  so  completely  as  the  Wrights  and 
Longsdons.  The  Wrights  formerly  de  Longsdons  have  owned  and 
occupied  their  estate  in  Great  Longstone  and  have  generally 
resided  there  from  and  even  before*  the  Conquest.  Appendix  C. 
contains  the  Wright  pedigree  as  compiled  (in  its  earlier  part)  by 
Mr.  Pym  Yeatman  in  his  Feudal  History  of  Derbyshire.  The  Wrights 
held  estate  in  Ashford,  Great  and  Little  Longstone  under  the  stvle  of 
de  Longsdon,  and  they  were  fgiven  or  adopted  the  name  of  Wright 
at  a  later  period,  probablj'  about  1300,  when  we  find  Robert  de 
Longesdon  identical  with  Robert  le  Wright  of  Longsdon  Magna. 

The  present  Hall  was  built  in  1747.  There  is  an  interesting  relic 
of  the  older  Hall  in  the  shape  of  a  panelled  oak  room  with  the 
family  Arms  of  that  date.  Evam  Hall,  the  residence  of  a  branch  of 
the  same  familv,  was  built  by  Thomas  Wright,  of  Unthank,  in  the 
latter  half  of  the  17th  Century. 

The  pedigree  of  the  Longsdons  ot  Little  Longstone,  compiled  by 
Mr.  John  Sleigh  and  published  in  the  Antiquary  in  1868,  traces  the 
family  back  to  one  Serlo  de  Longesdon  who  distinguished  himself 
at  the  Battle  of  Hastings.  From  that  time  to  the  present  the 
Longsdons  have  been  represented  at  Little  Longstone,  and  they 
have  also  had  estate  in  Great  Longstone. 

^  A  Menioranduin  taken  more  than  loo  years  ago  (roni  an  Ashford  Court  Roll  speal<s  of  tfie  family 
as  before  the  Conquest,  975. 

t  The  Motto  "  ToLitjOLirs  Droit,"  in  old  Norman  spelling,  may  have  been  given  to  Robert  le  Wright 
in  connection  with  the  adoption  of  the  name  of  Wright. 


390  Lcngstone    Records. 


THE  WRIGHT  PEDIGREE. 

TRANSCRIPT    OF   GRIFFIN    CHARTER. 


Hec  est  pvencio  fca  iuP  Dnm  Griffinu  filiii  Wenuwini  ex  una 
pte.  Et  Adam  filiu  Pef  de  Langesdoii  ex  altera.  Anno  Regni 
Regis  Henf  filii  Regis  Jofiis  .xxxvij".  videlicet  c^  dciis  dns  Griffin' 
remisit  &  quief  clamavit  pdco  .  Ade  Hlio  I'ef  de  Langesd  & 
heredibj  suis  vt  assignatis  suis  oms  psuetudies  sclares  &  oimod.i 
Ivicia  que  de  feudo  pfati  .A.  in  Langesd  &  in  Wardlowe  exeunt 
vt  ali^  casi:  ptinge'e  exire  poteiut.  salvia  debitis  ^viciis  que 
ancessores  dci  .A.  pdco  dSu  .Grift',  (t  aficessoril)3  suis  de  anno  in 
annu  faceri'  p  nevimt  p  tenemeto  suo  de  Lang  it  de  Wardt.  videl3 
.xiij.  sot  p  anuii.  solvend  ad  duns  anni  tenninos.  scilicet  ad  festu 
be  Ma?  in  ra'cio  .vj.  sol.  &  .vj.  dena?.  Et  ad  festu  sci  michael 
.vj.  sol.  &  vj.  d.  salvo  [erasure]  t'bus  en  uris  <fe  t'l)5  Seuris  de  pfato 
.A.  &  hominibj  suis  pdco  dSo  G  facndis.  bis  nd  tibii  p  annu.  Et 
secta  molndini  de  Esfurd.  de  pdc')  .A.  &  hoiuinilij  suis  &  auxilio 
809  *•!  stagnu  dci  molndini  &  alia  q  ad  dcin  moliidinu  ptinet  cu 
necesso  tuit  reficienda.  Et  s:ilva  secta  Cur  de  Esfurd.  de  pfato  .A. 
&  Jieilil)3  .suis  j)  se  &  p  tenetib5  suis  de  Lang  &  de  Wardt.  sicut 
cePi  lifii  holes  de  mafiio  de  Esford  scquuf  vt  seq  tenet^  Et  cum 
Dns  Rex  dnica  sua  talliavif.  pdcus  .A.  p  se  &  p  feudo  suo  talliat'. 
Et  5j  hec  pvGcio  inp  illiis  lea  rata  &  stabilis  i  postum  pinaiieat. 
uP(j  illo9  iilfnatim  sigttm  suu  ad  modii  Cyrog"|'lii  appone  fecit. 
Hiis  te-tibus.  Diio  .  Ricardo  de  Vernu.  Dno  Ricardo  de  Herthull. 
Kic'do  Daniel  de  Tydeswell.  Witto  de  Langesd.  Matlio  de 
Langesd.     Thoin  de  Langesd.     Et  mltis  Aliis. 


The     Wright     Pedigree.  39I 

THE   WRIGHT   PEDIGREE. 

TRANSLATION    OF   GRIFFIN    CHARTER. 


This  is  an  :igreement  made  between  the  Lord  GriflBn,  son  of 
Wenuwyn,*  of  tlio  one  part,  and  Adam,  son  of  Peter  de  Langesdon, 
iif  the  other  pait,  in  the  thirtj'-seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  King 
Henry,  son  of  King  .John  [12.j3] — namely,  that  the  said  Lord 
Grifh'ii  remised  and  leliased  to  the  said  Adam,  son  of  Peter  de 
Langisdoii,  and  his  heirs  or  assigns,  all  secular  customs  and  all 
manner  of  services  uhieh  issue  from  the  fee  of  the  said  Adam  in 
LMBgesdon  ami  in  Wardlowe,  or  in  any  case  can  issue,  saving  the 
due  services  which  the  ancestors  of  the  said  Adam  were  accus- 
tomed to  give  hum  year  to  year  to  the  said  Lord  Griifin,  or  his 
ancestors,  for  the  same — namely,  thirteen  shillings  a  year  to  be 
pai  !  at  two  terms,  to  wit,  ;it  the  fea^t  of  the  Bles.-ed  Mar3-  in 
March  six  shillings  and  sixpi  nce,  and  at  the  feast  of  St.  Michael 
six  shillings  and  sixpence  ;  saving  .  .  .  three  days'  ploughing  and 
three  daj-s'  ditcliing  of  the  >ai'l  Adam  and  his  men  to  be  done  for 
ihe  said  Lord  Griffin  up  to  dinner-time  twice  a  year,  ami  suit  f  (jf 
the  Mill  of  A-hford  of  the  said  Adam  and  his  men,  and  their  lielji 
at  the  piiol  of  the  said  Mill  and  other  things  belonging  to  the  said 
Mill  when  repairs  are  necessary;  and  saving  suit  of  the  Court  of 
Ash  ford  of  the  said  Adam  and  his  heirs  for  themselves  and  for 
their  tenants  at  Langesdon  and  Wardl.iwe,  si  1  ilar  to  the  suit 
rendered  by  or  required  from  other  fieemen  of  the  Manor  of  Ashford. 
And  when  the  King  taxes  his  demesnes  the  said  Adam  for  himself 
and  his  fee  shiiU  be  taxed.  And  that  this  tigreement  made  between 
them  maj-  remain  sure  and  stable,  each  of  them  in  turn  affixed  his 
seal  after  the  manner  of  a  cyrograph. 

Witnesses — Sip.  Eichard  de  Vernon,  Matthew  de  Laxgesiion, 

Sir  Richard  de  Herphull,         Thomas  de  Langesdon, 
Richard  Daniel  de  Tydeswell,         and  many  others. 
WiLi  lAJi  DE  Langesdon, 


*   WfDUwyn,  rrihce  of  Powis,  obtained  a  grant  uf  the  Manor  of  Ashford  in 
1  king  Johu  (1109). 
t  Attendance  at. 


39^  Longstone     Records. 

WRIGHT     FAMILY. 


AMUSING     LETTERS. 

Extrazts  from  Letters  of  the  Rev.  Peter  Cunningham   {Curate    of 

Eyam)  to  the  Rev.   Thomas  Seward,  Prebendary  of  Lichfield  (From 

Nichols'    Illustrations   of  the    Literary    History    of  the    Eighteenth 

Century.) 

Eyam,  Dkc.  21,  1775. 

A  few  ii;ivs  ago  1  was  at   Longsdon  and  received  every  possible 

mark  i>f  attention  and   affectionate  respect   that  could   possibly  be 

paid   to  tlie   man   vou   have   delighted   to  honour.       Master   Wright 

was  mv  guide  over  the  moors,  and  I  am  truly  rejoiced  to  think  that 

this  voung  gentleman,  who  bids  fair  to  be  a  most  amiable  as  well 

as  a  shining  p.iember  of  societv,  is  likely  in  some  future  day  to  have 

it  in  his  power,  by  the  exercise  of  so  fine  a  fortune,   to  give  a  free 

scooe  to  the  exercise  of    the  noblest  virtues  that   adorn    the    man 

possessed  of  affluence  and  independence.     I  deem  it  not  the  least  of 

mv  felicities  that  my  situation  aflords  me  in  some  measure  to  testify 

my  grateful  sense  of  the  numberless  civilities  and   demonstrations  of 

kindness  I  continue  to  receive  from  every  member  of  Major  Wright's 

familv,  with  whom  1  am  particularlv  acquainted.      I  have  had  dadv 

opportunities,  since  vour  departure,  to  confirm    the   truth   of    vour 

observations,  in  Master  Wright's  genius  and  understanding.      In  the 

instructions    that    he    has    occasionallv    received     from    me    in    the 

Latin  and   French  languages,  in  history,  composition,    geographv, 

chronology,  etc.,  I   have  been  very  agreeably  surprised  to  find   his 

comprehension,  discernment,  memory  and  abilities  in  general,  much 

superior  to  his  age  and  my  sanguine  expectations,  and  yftt  I  must 

do  him  the  justice  to  say  that  I  have  the  strongest  reason  to  believe 

his   heart   is  bv  no   means  inferior   to  the    goodness    of    his   mind. 

I    sliall   extremely   regret    it,   if   such    distinguished    talents    do    not 

receive    every    possible    and    advantageous    cultivation,    the    more 

especially  as  in  this  circumstance  will  depend  much  of  the  intrinsic 

lustre  with  which   he  will  be  enabled   to  distinguish  himself  in  his 

future  sphere  of  life. 


EYAM    HALL. 


1^. 


EYAM    HALL. 


EVAM     HALL. 


EYAM    HALL. 


"Master  Wright."  393 

March  25,  1776. 
The  Rev.  Peter  Cunningham  speaks  of  an  invitation  he  had 
received  to  go  to  Almondbury  in  Yorkshire — his  previous  Curacy, 
and  goes  on  to  say  that  "  the  Squire  of  Longston,  by  whom  I  have 
"  been  received  Avith  particular  marks  of  respect  and  regard,  expects 
"  that  I  should  accompany  his  grandson  ....  some  part  of 
"  the  season  I  have  mentioned  as  I  have  no  time  to  spare  for  other 
"  excursions."  Then  he  goes  on  to  repeat  the  eulogv  of  his  earlier 
letters  on  "Master  Wright's"  attainments,  mentioning  a  Mrs. 
Trafford,  apparently  a  married  daughter  of  the  Squire.  He  also 
adds — "  The  Major  has  been  at  great  expense  in  altering  and 
"  decorating  my  salon  a  manger  ;  and  now,  in  consequence  of  his 
"compliment,  the  prettiest  room  in  Eyam.  Nor  has  this  been  all  : 
"  I  am  indebted  to  the  care  Major  Wright  has  taken  to  prepare  a 
"  very  cordial  reception  for  me  at  Hassop,  for  all  the  civilities  and 
"  politeness  I  have  received  from  Mr.  Evre." 


"  Master  Wright"  of  1775  was  the  future  Colonel  John  Thomas 
Wright,  of  Exeter  and  Lympstone,  Co.  Devon,  and  Longstone  Hall, 
Co.  Derby,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Capt.  Robert  Wright,  of  Great 
Longstone.  His  grandfather,  John  Wright,  of  Eyam  Hall  and 
afterwards  of  Longstone  Hall,  was  then  occupying  the 
latter,  whilst  his  Uncle,  Major  John  Wright  (Aide-de-Camp  to 
General  Burgoyne,  Commander  of  the  British  Forces  in  America) 
resided  at  Eyam. 

"  Master  Wright's"  early  education  was  at  Eyam,  and  whilst  there 
he  lived  with  his  Uncle,  his  Father  being  in  the  Army,  and  his 
grandfather  resident  at  Longstone.  Colonel  J.  T.  W'right  was  a 
conspicuous  figure  in  Devonshire.  He  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
more  than  once  Mayor  of  Exeter  where  he  was  instrumental  in 
raising  a  Regiment  of  Volunteers  of  which  he  was  Colonel — and 
which  was  afterwards  enrolled  of  the  Line.  He  and  his  eldest  son, 
W.  H.  Wright  of  the  4th  Light  Dragoons — a  Peninsular  Officer 
with  six  clasps,  each  received  the  Freedom  of  the  City  of  Exeter. 
Colonel  J.  T.  Wright  married  Catherine  Jane,  the  eldest  daughter 
of  Sir  Stafford  Northcote,  of  Pynes,  Co.  Devon,  Bju-onet,  by  whom 
he  had  a  large  family.  At  this  time  Longstone  Hall  was  rented  by 
a  Major  Carleill. 


394  Longstone     Records, 

MISCELLANEOUS. 


WRIGHT     EXHIBITIONS. 

In  connection  with  the  Day  Schools  the  following  extract  from 
the  "  High  Peak  Nhvvs"  is  of  interest,  as  it  gives  the  result  of  the 
examination  and  competition  for  the  first  Wright  Exhibition  :  — 

"The  first  examination  for  an  exhibition  giving  free  education  at 
Lady  Manners'  School,  BaUewell,  to  a  boy  resident  in  Great 
Longstone,  was  held  at  the  schoolroom  on  the  30th  ulto.  The 
papers  were  set  by  Mr.  Caldecott,  of  Tideswell,  and  the  examination 
was  held  in  the  presence  of  the  Rev.  G.  Andrew  (Vicar),  and 
Mr.  Wright,  J. P.,  two  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Charity,  of  which  a 
moiety  of  the  income  with  some  accumulations  will  in  future  be  set 
apart,  in  accordance  with  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners, 
for  the  purposes  of  this  exhibition.  There  were  three  candidates — 
strange  to  say,  all  members  of  the  Church  Choir.  At  the  close  of 
the  examination,  their  papers,  numerically  marked,  were  sent 
anonymously  to  Mr.  Caldecott  for  adjudication.  His  decision, 
given  in  detail,  was  in  favour  of  the  papers  marked  No.  2,  which 
proved  to  be  those  of  Jesse  Nadin,  and  the  Trustees  have  awarded 
the  exhibition  to  Jesse  Nadin  accordingly.  The  good  reputation  of 
the  Nadin  family  in  Great  Longstone  is  a  guarantee  that  he  will 
justify  the  award,  as  well  as  do  credit  to  his  native  village. 
It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  the  foundation  of  this  educational 
charity  (1656)  is  nearly  coeval  with  that  of  Lady  Manners'  School  ; 
from  which  it  may  be  inferred  that  the  need  of  education  was 
greatly  felt  by  our  Derbyshire  ancestry  of  that  day.  For  nearly 
250  years  this  charity  has  been  privately  administered  by  the 
Wright  family  of  Longstone  and  Eyam." 


LONGSTONE    RECORDS. 


APPENDICES. 


These  Appendices  greatly  enhance  the  value  of 
the  Work,  inasmuch  as  they  bring  into  it  everything 
that  has  been  written  about  Longstone  by  such 
Authors  as  Dr.  Cox,  Mr.  J.  B.  Firth,  Mr,  Pym 
Yeatman,  Messrs.  Kelly  &  Co.,  &c.,  so  that  those 
readers  who  are  unacquainted  with  or  do  not 
possess  their  Works,  will  find  them  quoted  verbatim. 


BAKEWELL: 

B.    ORATTON,    PRINTER,   STATIONER,    ETC.,    MATLOCK    STREET. 


APPENDIX     A. 


From    '■  Tlie   C/uirc/tes    of  Derbyshire,"   \'o!.  II,  hv    the  Rev.  J.  Cliarles 
Cox,  by  ivhose  kind  permission  this  e.xtriict  lias  been  made. — page  97. 


THE    CHAPELKY    OF     LONCtSTONE. 


LoNGSTo.vE,  usually  termed  Great  Longstone,  to  distinguish 
it  from  the  adjacent  manor  of  Little  Longstone,  was  one  of  the 
numerous  ancient  chapelries  of  Bakewell.  The  time  when  it  was 
originally  founded  is  not  known,  but  we  believe  it  to  have  been 
extant  at  the  time  when  King  John  bestowed  the  church  of 
Bakewell,  with  its  chapelries,  on  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Lichfield.  When  Archbishop  Peckham  made  his  metropolitan 
visitation  in  1280,  it  was  arranged  that  the  stipend  of  the  minister 
of  Longstone  should  for  the  future  be  at  least  five  marks,  half 
being  paid  by  the  parishioners,  and  half  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter.* 
But  in  1315.,  a  different  arrangement  was  made,  by  which  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  were  only  to  be  called  upon  to  supply  six 
marks  to  the  five  chapelries  of  Baslow,  Longstone,  Taddington, 
Monyash,  and  Beeley.  Of  this  sum  fifteen  shillings  was  set  apart 
for  the  minister  of  Longstone. t 

In  our  description  of  the  adjacent  chapelry  of  Ashford,  we  gave 
particulars  relative  to  the  establishment  of  a  chantry  there  by 
Griffin,  son  of  Wenunwyn,  and  various  details  relative  to  the  family 
of  the  founder,  and  their  position  in  this  county.  Five  years 
subsequent  to  the  foundation  of  the  Ashford  chantry,  viz,,  in  1262, 
Griffin,  founded  a  chantry  in  the  chapel  of  St.  Giles  of  Great 
Longstone,  and  endowed  it  with  two  bovates  (or  oxgangs)  of  land 
situate  in  that  township, /or  ever.  But  the  same  fate  that  attended 
the  chantry  at  Ashford  seems  to  have  befallen   this  later  endow- 

*  Dugdale's  MoiKittiron,  vul.   lii.  ;>.  jjj.  el,-. 
t  Add  .MSS.  m^jH 


98 


I.ONGSTOXK. 


nient,  as  no  mention  is  made  of  any  chantry  property  at  Lon^stone 
in  the  roll  compiled  in  the  37th  year  of  Henry  VIII.- 

It  is,  however,  rather  curious  to  note  that  land  to  the  same 
amount  as  Griffin's  endowment  of  the  13th  century,  was  again 
bestowed  upon  this  chapel  four  centuries  later.  In  the  17th  year 
of  , lames  I.,  the  Earl  of  Devonshire  gave  two  oxgangs  of  land  at 
Great  Longstone,  and  the  common  rights  pertaining  to  the  curate 
for  the  time  being  of  that  chapelry.  The  deed,  in  order  to  insure 
the  attendance  of  the  minister,  provided  that  the  curate,  if  he 
was  absent  on  the  Sabbatii  day,  and  neglected  to  find  an  efficient 
substitute,  should  pay  five  shillings  to  the  chapel  wardens  for 
the  poor. ! 

The  Parliamentary  Commissioners  of  1650,  report  of  Great 
Longstone,  that  it  "  Is  fitt  to  be  made  a  parish  church,  and  to  have 
united  to  it  Little  Longstone,  Hassop,  Rowland,  and  Monsaldale. 
There  is  granted  in'  the  Commissioners  of  plundered  Ministers,  an 
Augmentation  of  £43  12s.  8d.  unto  minister  of  Great  Longstone, 
Mr.  Robert  Craven,  an  able  honest  man."' 

The  ciun-cli,  which  is  dedicated  to  St.  Giles,  consists  of  nave 
with  side  aisles,  south  porch,  chancel  with  north  vestry,  and  tower 
at  the  west  end.  There  is  no  trace  of  Norman  work  in  the 
present  building,  but  there  is  considerable  evidence  of. there  having 
been  a  church,  of  much  the  same  dimensions  as  the  present  one, 
in  the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  century  when  the  Early  English 
style  prevailed.  To  this  period  belong  the  single-light  pointed 
windows  in  the  east  and  north  walls  of  the  north  aisle,  the  base- 
ment of  the  tower,  the  buttress  with  a  single  set-off  to  the  left 
hand  of  the  porch,  and  probably  the  pointeil  doorway  with  the 
plain  hood-mould  within  the  porch.  The  church  recently  under- 
went a  complete  but  most  careful  restoration,  being  re-opened  in 
1873,  and  the  stonework  of  the  windows  of  the  north  aisle  is  now- 
new,  but  we  were  given  to  understand  that  they  exactly  follow  the 
(  old  design.     The  church  that   was  erected   here  in    the   thirteenth 

century  was  probably  built  by  GrifHn,  the  foundei'  of  the  chantry,  in 
f\\  succession  to  a  smaller  one  of  Norman  workmanship. 

But  the  next  century,  when  the  Decorated  style  prevailed,  also 
witnessed  a  considerable  alteration  in  this  church.  The  six 
nariowpointed  arches  on  each    side  of  the   nave   dividing    it    fiom 

A.Iil  MSS.  rnpt^.  t.  43  Harl.  MSS.  479.^*. 
t  .Sdd  MS.S  tit>7,  r.  1. 
X  Lambeth  MSS. ;  Parliaqientary  Survey  of  Livings,  vol.  vi.,  f.  419. 


i.ONGSTONE.  i;(; 

the  side  aisles,  with  their  supporting  pillars  of  octagon  design, 
belong  to  the  Decorated  period,  as  well  as  the  south  porch,  and  the 
priests'  door  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel. 

The  chancel  windows,  however,  are  of  the  Perpendicular  style  of 
the  fifteenth  century.  It  is  lighted  on  the  south  by  two  two-light 
square-headed  windows,  and  one  of  the  same  design  on  the  north 
side.  The  east  window,  which  was  new  at  the  restoration,  is  of  a 
five-light  obtusely-pointed  design,  usualh'  attributed  to  the  reign  of 
Henry  VII. 

The  most  striking  feature  of  this  church — the  fine  old  roofs  of 
chancel,  nave  and  aisles — must  also  be  attributed  to  the  Perpen- 
dicular period,  and  were  probably  erected  at  the  same  time  when 
the  chancel  was  rebuilt  or  restored.  The  roofs  of  the  aisles  are  of 
the  lean-to  description,  but  of  moderate  slope,  and  those  of  the 
nave  and  chancel  are  of  so  low  a  pitch  as  to  be  nearly  flat. 
These  roofs  have  throughout  been  wrought  with  extreme  care,  all 
the  purlins  and  rafters  being  well  moulded,  the  cornices  embattled, 
and  the  bosses  at  the  intersection  of  the  beams  carved  with  well 
executed  designs.  The  wall-pieces  running  down  from  the  tie 
beams  of  the  nave  and  chancel  are  supported  by  plain  stone 
brackets.  Many  of  the  bosses  are  carved  into  the  usual  patterns 
of  foliage  and  flowers,  and  others  have  armorial  bearings,  but 
there  are  one  or  two  of  eccentric  design,  the  most  remarkable  of 
which  is  one  towards  the  west  end  of  the  nave.  It  seems  to 
represent  a  man  stripped  to  the  waist,  holding  up  in  his  left  hand  a 
round  cover,  apparently  taken  from  off  the  top  of  a  tall  churn-like 
tub  on  his  right ;  above  is  a  strange  figure,  perhaps  a  devil,  that 
looks  as  if  it  had  escaped  from  the  tub.  Does  this  represent  any 
i  ncident  in  hagiology  ?  One  or  two  suggestions  have  been  offered 
to  us,  but  we  have  failed  to  reconcile  them  with  any  known  legend. 
The  armorial  bearings  are,  in  the  chancel,  a  frett, — a  plain  Greek 
cross,  —  on  a  chevron  three  annulets, —  and  arg.,  on  a  chevron,  gii., 
between  three  bundles  of  rushes,  vert,  banded  or,  a  mullet  of  the 
last  (ShaUerley,  the  tinctures  supplied);  in  the  nave,  two  chevrons, 
—  one  chevron,  —  a  frett,  —  on  a  chevron  three  annulets,  — and 
arg.,  a  fess  embattled,  counter-embattled,  between  three  leopards' 
faces,  sab.,  (Levett.  the  tinctures  supplied) :  and  in  the  north  aisle. 
a  cross  patee  voided,  —  a  bend,  —  a  saltire,  —  and  a  chevron. 

It  would  be  idle  to  attempt  to  assign  most  of  these  coats  to  any 
particular  family,  as  they  are  not  now  coloured,  and  might  belong 


loo 


I.ONCiSTdNF. 


to  SO  many  different  persons  ;  but  the  two  eoats  that  we  have 
identified,  Shaiierley  and  Levett,  help  us  to  give  the  date  of  these 
roofs  with  more  precision.  The  history  of  the  descent  of  the 
manors  of  both  Great  and  Little  Longstone  is  somewhat  involved, 
and  it  would  be  out  of  place  to  go  into  that  subject  at  any  length 
in  these  pages,  but  we  know  that  Walter  Blount,  Lord  Mountjoy, 
died  seized  of  the  manor  of  Little  Longstone  in  1474. '■■  Soon  after 
that,  probably,  immediately  on  his  death,  this  manor  was  purchased 
by  Robert  ShaUerley,  of  a  yoLinger  branch  of  the  Cheshire  family 
of  that  name. 

Robert  Shakerley  married  .Margaret,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
Roger  Levett.  His  son,  Robert,  married  firstly,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Balguy,  and  secondly,  Alice  daughter  of  Nicholas 
Bagshaw.  By  his  first  wife,  he  had  with  other  issue,  Thomas 
ShaUerley,  of  Little  Longstone,  who  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
Hugh  Revel,  of  Higham  ;  and  one  of  the  children  by  the  second 
wife,  Grace,!  became  the  wife  of  Francis,  Lord  Shrewsbury.  On 
the  death  of  Thomas  Shakerley,  his  eldest  son,  Leonard,  sold  the 
manor,  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  to  the  Countess  of  Shrewsbury. 
The  ancient  residence  of  the  Shakerleys  still  exists,  though  in  a 
rapidly  decaying  condition,  to  the  south-west  of  the  church  of 
Great  Longstone. 

At  the  time  when  these  roofs  were  added,  tine  walls  of  the  aisles 
were  raised  (as  is  now  shown  in  the  masonry),  and  also  the  walls  of 
the  clerestory;  but  the  clerestory  windows,  five  of  two  lights  on  each 
side,  as  well  as  the  windows  of  the  south  aisle,  are  of  much  later 
date,  being  destitute  of  all  tracery,  and  may  probably  be  assigned  to 
the  seventeenth  century.  The  tower  also  (though  the  basement 
stage,  with  its  single-light  west  window,  and  possibly  other  parts  of 
the  masonry,  are  of  early  English  date),  shows,  by  the  square- 
headed  belfry  opening,  and  by  the  battlements  and  pinnacles,  that 
it  has  been  considerably  interfered  with  in  the  days  of  debased 
architecture.     The  west  belfry  window  is  a  modern  insertion. 

The  tower  now  contains  five  modern  bells,  the  gift  of  G.  T. 
Wright,  Esq.  The  three  which  were  here  before  the  recent  resto- 
ration are  thus  ineribed  : — 

I.  "EUiss  Dickens,  Geo.  Flint,  Chappell  Wardens,  1763.  Thomas 
Hedderley,  Founder." 

'  !iu].  po?.t.  Mort.  14  Kiiw.ird  1\'..  No.  24. 

t  Uiirl.  MSS.  38)9,  f.  17.  Possibly  it  was  Itubert  Slmkcrley  the  yuuiiKr.  wIki  b<iii[ilit  the  iiianur,  Init,  if 
su,  bis  lather,  who  iiiarrie.l  tlie  heiress  uf  Levett,  must  have  liclj  it  uiuler  tlie  Uluuiits,  as  be  is  described 
in  the  pedigree  as  "  de  Luiig^t,m  parva." 


I.ONGSTONE.  lOI 

II.  "God  save  His  Church,  1658,"  and  the  bell  mark  of  George 
Oldfield." 

III.  '*  Al  glory  bee  to  God  on  high,"  and  the  bell  mark  of  George 
Oldfield." 

Of  details  of  interest  in  the  interior  of  the  church  may  be  re- 
marked, the  small  piscina  in  a  pointed  niche  in  the  south  wall  of 
the  chancel,  an  almery  on  the  opposite  side,  and  the  remains  of 
the  upper  part  of  another  small  piscina  niche  at  the  east  end  of 
the  south  aisle.  The  font  is  of  a  good  octagon  design,  with  four 
uncharged  shields  on  the  alternate  panels. 

There  is  no  ancient  coloured  glass  left  in  this  church  ;  but  the 
east  window,  which  is  now  filled  with  a  beautiful  modern  design  to 
the  Wright  family,  formerly  served  as  a  memorial  window  (see  foot 
note)  to  the  first  of  the  Eyres  who  resided  at  Hassop.  According 
to  the  Visitation  of  1611  there  were  two  shields  of  arms  in  this 
window — Eyre  and  Eyre  impaling  Everingham  {sab.,  a  chevron 
between  three  estoiles,  (i>'g-) — and  at  the  base  the  following 
inscription : — "  Orate  pro  bono  statu  Stephi  Eyre  et  Katherin;e 
uxoris  ejus."*  Stephen  Eyre  of  Hassop  was  the  eleventh  son  of 
Robert  Eyre  and  Joan  Padley  ;  he  married  Katherine  Dymoke, 
of  Kyme,  Lincolnshire,  and  died  in  1488.  Their  eldest  son, 
Rowland,  married  a  daughter  of  Henry  Everingham,  of  Stain- 
borough,  Yorks  ;  and  Rowland's  eldest  son,  Stephen,  married  for 
his  second  wife  the  heiress  of  Blackwall  of  Shirley.  Stephen,  in 
his  turn,  was  succeeded  by  a  second  Rowland,  who  mai-ried 
Gertrude,  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Humphrey  Stafford,  of  Eyam.i 

The  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  is  shut  off  by  an  old  oak  screen 
so  as  to  form  a  family  pew.  It  has  a  finely-carved  cornice,  and 
on  the  north  side  has  the  arms  of  Eyre  impaling  Stafford  {or,  a 
chevron  gii.,  between  three  martlets,  sab.),  and  over  the  door  which 
forms  the  west  entrance  to  the  screen  is  the  well-known  crest  of 
the  Eyre  family — an  armed  leg.  Within  this  screen,  against  the 
wall,  is  a  finely-engraved  plate  of  coppei-  fastened  to  a  slab  of  black 
marble.  On  it  are  represented  the  figures  of  a  man  and  woman 
kneeling  face  to  face  at  desks.  Between  them  there  has  been  a 
large  crucifix,  but  that  has  been  carefully  obliterated,  though  the 
skull  and  cross-bones  at  its  base  remain.  The  man  is  represented 
with  a  pointed  moustache  and  beard,  and  wears  a  long  robe  with 

•  Marl.  MSS.  k)*j3  f.  72.  Tlie  same  occurs  in  Marl.  MSS.  148b.  f.  31  the  only  ilistinctu.n  beiiif;  that  ttic 
Kyre  shields  a  crescent  for  differemT     and  in  Marl,  MSS.  _58t)9.  f.  33. 

t  Tlie  other  co-heiresses  of  lluniplirey  Stafloril  married  Sav.ige  of  Castlelon,  Ilrailsliaw  and.Morewocd. 

N'.B.  There  was  no  trace  of  a  Memori.-il  Window  at  tl'e  Restoration  of  1R72  »hcn  Mr.  Norman  ^■haw 
designed  the  present  one.     Kd.  I..K.     See  aho  page  4,  L.I?. 


T02  lONOSTONr. 

lace  ruffles  at  the  wrists.  In  his  hands,  that  rest  on  the  desk,  is  a 
rosary.  The  woman  has  a  ruff  round  her  neck,  and  a  long  falling 
veil  from  the  back  of  the  head  ;  she  also  holds  a  rosary.  They 
are  supposed  to  be  kneeling  in  a  chapel,  and  there  is  a  pointed 
Gothic  window  on  each  side.  The  intervention  of  the  Renaissance 
style  is  to  be  found  in  the  two  cherubs  floating  in  clouds  over  their 
heads,  each  bearing  a  crown  or  chaplet,  from  the  front  of  which 
rises  a  cross.  Below  the  figures  is  a  shield  with  the  Eyre  crest  on 
a  helmet,  and  below  this  again  is  a  long  inscription  in  Roman 
capitals.  The  latter  part  of  the  last  line  of  this  epitaph  has  been 
scratched  out.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  it  contained  a  prayer 
for  the  souls  of  Rowland  and  Gertrude,  and  that  it  was  obliterated 
at  the  same  time  as  the  crucifix,  through  Protestant  zeal.  The 
Eyres  of  Hassop,  as  well  as  most  of  the  other  branches  of  the 
wide-spreading  family  of  Eyre,  appear  to  have  always  remained 
true  to  the  ancient  Catholic  faith.  It  is  rather  singular  that  a 
monument  of  so  essentially  a  Catholic  description  should  have  been 
admitted  in  post-Reformation  days.  Perhaps  the  great  influence 
of  the  Eyres  as  large  local  landholders  secured  the  requisite  per- 
mission, and  the  monument  was  probably  not  defaced  till  the  days 
of  the  Commonwealth. 

The  following  is  the  inscription  : — 

"  HtTclvetti  Rowland  Eyre  of  I  lassope  Ksq.,  .ind  Gartrede  liii>  wide,  one  of  ttie  daugfiters  and  colieire%se 
of  Humphrey  Stafforc!  of  tyine  Esq.,  by  whoe  hee  had  twelve  children,  eight  sonnes  and  fower  daughters 
who  hathe  given  unto  the  Cliappel  of  Cireatc  Longsdcn  for  the  maintenance  of  Divine  Service  there  XKs 
yerely,  and  to  the  cliappel  of  Baslowe  for  the  maintenance  of  Divine  SerA'ice  there  xls  yerely,  to  be  paid 
by  equall  portions  at  the  feasts  of  the  .Annuntiation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  S.  Marie  and  St.  Micliaell  ye 
archangel,  and  also  hath  given  unto  the  poore  of  ttie  towne  of  Create  Longsden  xxs  yerely  and  to  poore 
of  llassopc  and  Rowland  xxs  yerely,  and  to  the  poore  of  Calver  xxs  yerely  to  be paied  three  days  before 
Christmas  and  three  days  before  Easter  for  ever.  .Ml  which  said  several  sumes  are  to  bee  paied  by 
1  homas  Eyre,  his  Sonne  and  heire  apparent,  and  his  heiress  for  ever.  To  whom  I  have  given  all  my 
landes  and  rents  in  Tadington  and  Create  Longsdon  for  ever  for  ye  true  payment  and  patfomiance  of 
ye  same. 
See  leavinge  the  miseries  and  troubles  of   thi-.  world  with  desire  tliat  all  may  cease.  1  desire  that  all  good 

Christians  that  read  this  will  pray 

".\nno  Doni.,  1624." 

Of  the  twelve  children  mentioned  on  this  monument  we  are  able, 
after  comparing  numerous  pedigrees,  to  give  the  names  of  ten  ;  the 
other  two  probably  died  in  their  infancy.  Thomas  Eyre  the  eldest 
son,  married  Prudence,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Blackwell,  of  Ridware, 
Stafl^ordshire  ;  (2)  Gervase,  of  Horsley  Gate,  died  1619,  s.p.,  and 
is  buried  at  Dronfield ;  (3)  Adam,  of  Bradway,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Barley,  died  1634,  and  is  buried  at  Norton  ; 


I.ONGSTONE.  103 

(4)  Robert  who  died  young;  (5)  Rowland,  who  married  Hester 
Hackett,  of  London  ;  (6)  Roger,  of  Rowtor,  who  married  .... 
GosHng,  of  Attercliff;  (7)  George,  of  Holdworth,  near  Bradfield, 
who  married  ....  Bright,  and  had  two  daughters  ;  (8)  Peter 
who  died  young.  Of  the  four  daughters  we  can  only  ascertain  the 
names  of  two — Jane,  who  was  married  to  Christopher  Pegge,  of 
Yeldersley  ;  and  Frances,  who  died  a  spinster.* 

When  this  church  was  visited  by  the  Rev.  R.  R.  Rawlings,  in 
1827,  this  copper  plate  was  "in  a  wooden  frame  against  a  pillar 
between  the  nave  and  north  aisle."  Of  the  interior  fittings  of  the 
church,  which  have  now  been  removed,  he  says: — "The  pews  are 
irregular,  of  oak,  and  very  olu.  Against  the  walls  are  the  achieve- 
ments of  Eyre  of  Hassop,  and  Wright  of  Longstone.  On  the 
pulpit  and  reading  desk,  with  a  large  family  seat,  and  on  some  of 
the  pews  are  ancient  carvings."  He  also  gives  the  following  as  the 
dimensions  of  the  area  of  the  church  : — Chancel,  26  feet  by  14  ; 
nave,  56  feet  by  18;  north  aisle,  56  feet  by  6  feet  3  inches;  and 
south  aisle,  56  feet  by  7. 

Within  the  porch,  against  the  east  wall,  is  affixed  a  narrow 
oblong  stone,  on  which  is  incised — "  A.  H.  1079."  Lest,  however, 
this  should  deceive  anyone  as  to  the  date  of  the  church,  it  may 
be  remarked  that  the  character  of  both  letters  and  figures  prove 
that  the  inscription  is  many  centuries  later  than  the  date  it  purports 
to  give.  It  should  read  1679,  the  upper  part  of  the  6  having  been 
worn  away,  and  has  originally  served  as  a  foot-stone  to  a  grave,  of 
which  there  are  other  similar  samples  <jf  the  same  century  in  the 
churchyard. 

Against  the  west  wall  of  the  vestry,  which  was  added  to  the 
church  at  the  recent  restoration,  is  built  in  an  effectively  carved 
Latin  cross,  about  30  inches  by  24,  which  is  supposed  to  have 
formerly  served  as  the  gable-cross  on  the  chancel.  There  used  also 
to  be  a  cote  for  a  sanctus  bell  on  the  east  gable  of  the  nave. 

To  the  south  of  the  chancel  is  the  old  churchyard  cross.  On 
a  pediment  of  three  square  steps  rests  a  large  base  stone,  from 
which  rises  the  tapering  octagonal  shaft  six  feet  high.  It  is 
perfect  with  the  exception  of  the  head,  which  probably  disappeared 
at  the  Reformation. 

•  Karl.  MSS.  1537,  f.  b :  5104,  f.  84  ;  I48t>,  f.  53  ;  Egerton  MSS.  996,  f.  31  ;  an<l  Dugdale's  \'isitation, 
1662-3  ;  etc..  etc.  For  furtliT  partit-ulars  relalivp  to  tlif  Eyre  family,  see  tlir  accounl-.  of  thf  churches  of 
Mathersage  and  Hope. 


I04 


I.ONGSTONE. 


\ 


Mr.  Sleigh  gave  a  short  account  of  the  registers  of  Great 
Longstone  in  an  early  volume  of  the  Reliquary:'''  He  describes 
them  as  being  in  good  preservation  with  the  exception  of  one  or  two 
pages  rendered  illegible  by  damp.  There  are  not  many  entries  o* 
interest.  A  memorandum  states  "that  Griffin  Higgs,  Doctor  of 
Divinity  and  Deane  of  the  Cathedral!  Church  of  Litchfield,  in  his 
Primarie  and  Triennial  Visitation,  celebrated  in  the  Jurisdiction  of 
Bakewell,  the  xiii  and  xv  of  Oct.,  1639,  did  Injoyne  the  Church- 
wardens, John  Andrew,  and  Richard  White  to  Repayre  the  Church 
house,  in  all  and  every  place  where  it  was  one  wliit  ruinated  ;  And 
it  was  executed  and  donne  hy  Thomas  Williamson  and  Henry 
Mellor,  the  next  Churchwardens,  and  was  certefyed  to  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  succeeding  that  it  was  done,  by  me  Robert  Craven, 
Curate,  and  AVilHam  Wright,  Gentleman,  and  others." 

After  this  follows  a  doleful  ditty  from  the  pen  of  an  evidently 
illused  Clerk  : — 

"  Remember   well   and  Bear   in   mind 
What   you   liave   here  to   doo 
By  never  payinf;  to  ye  Clerk 
What   unto   him  was  due, 
Your   Congsliance    it   will    you   jmrsue 
And   trouble  niurh   your   mind. 
There  is  a   day    will    Quickly   come 
All   hidden   things   will    find, 
Yet   you   are   not   still    satisfied 
But   more   you   will    transgress, 
By   wronging   of  ye  widdow,   allso   ye    fatherless. 
The   things  which    1   before   have   set — 
It   is   most   certain    true-  - 
Before    it   hath   been   worse    for   us 
t  lereafter  worse   for   you  !  " 

W^e  may  find  place  for  the  three  following  entries: — 

'*  1651,  July  9.  Robertus  Craven,  minist"^  de  Longsdon  et  Eliza- 
betha  Winscombe  de  eadem  nupti  fuerunt. 

'*  1656,  Feb.  II.  Rowland,  ye  sonne  of  Thos.  Eyre  esquire  of 
Hassope,  was  buried  in  templo.1 

"  1680,  Augt.  9.  iMr.  Richard  Spencer,  minister  of  this  Towne, 
was  buried." 

•  Seliquary,  vol.  ii,  155. 

t  Thomas  Eyre,  mentioned  on  his  father's  monument,  died  in  if»37.  Rowland,  his  eldest  son, 
obtained  great  celebrity  by  raising  a  regiment  of  foot  for  Charles.  1.,  whicli  he  commanded  in  [lersfin  and 
maintained  at  his  own  cost.  When  F'arlianient  triumphed  this  gallant  cavalier  had  to  pav  the  then 
enormous  sum  of  jfii.ooo,  as  conipositi»m  for  his  estates.  But  this  Rowland  lost  his  life  at  the  sipgr  of 
Scwark  Castle  in  164^.  and  the  one  whose  burial  is  here  recorded  was  a  younger  brother  of  the  same 
uame. 


APPENDIX     B. 


From   "Highways  <&°  Byn'ays   in    Devbysiiire"   bv  J.  B.  Firth,    Esq.,  by 
whose  kind  permission  f/iis  exfnici  /ins  been   made. — page    ^14. 


A    ROADSIDE    AVENUE. 

From  Baslow  it  is  a  pleasant  afternoon's  ramble  to  visit  the 
familiar  landmark  of  Longstone  Edge,  which  stretches  across 
from  the  Wye,  near  Cresshrook  Dale,  to  the  Derwent  at 
Calver,  some  five  miles  in  length  and  rising  to  nearlv  thirteen 
hundred     feet     at     its     highest     point.  It     has     no     outstanding 

feature,  no  masses  of  picturesque  stone  on  the  skvlwie  ; 
Longstone  Edge  is  set  simply,  vet  with  imposing  dignity,  as  the 
northern  boundary  of  the  valley  which  is  at  its  broadest  towards 
Ashford,  and  narrows  towards  Longstone  and  Hassop.  We  cross 
the  Derwent  at  Baslow  Bridge  and  turn  to  the  right  along  the  road 
that  leads  past  the  weir.  In  a  few  hundred  vards  we  come  to 
Bubnell  Grange,  an  old  twin-gahled  house  of  the  ordinarv  Derbv- 
shire  pattern,  and  then,  on  the  left  hand,  reach  a  retired  dough  or 
coomb,  more  like  a  fold  in  the  Susse.x  Downs,  which  bears  the 
name  of  Bramwell  Dale  from  the  farm  house  lying  ahead  of  us. 
The  further  slope  and  crest  of  its  neat  pastures  are  covered  with  a 
delightful  wood,  that  fits  like  a  saddle  to  its  side.  Through  this 
wood  runs  a  lane,  over  which  the  trees  interlace  their  branches 
and  afford  cool  shade  even  in  the  hottest  of  summer  suns,  ere  it 
emerges  into  another  narrow  vallev,  with  Calver  a  short  mile  away 
on  the  right,  and  Froggatt  Edge  high  above  it  on  the  other  side  of 
Derwent.  Across  this  vallev  rises  Longstone  Edge,  and  the  old  road 
from  Bakewell  to  Sheffield,  through  Hassop,  Calver  and  Grindleford 


V5 


AN    OLD    MII.KSTONE. 


Bridge,  runs  at  its  foot,  lined  on  either  side  by  trees  which  form 
an  exquisite  avenue.  1  could  find  no  one  who  knew  when  or  hy 
whom  these  trees  were  planted.  Yet  the  man  who  had  the  thought 
and  the  will  to  set  such  gracious  trees  to  transform  a  hare 
road  into  a  thing  of  beauty  deserves  the  kindliest  remembrance. 
Nowadays  trees  are  rarelv  planted — they  are  not  utilitarian  ;  they 
have  a  trick  of  throwing  dow  n  the  stone  walls  with  their  roots. 
But  the  difference  ! 

Let  us  cross  the  road  to  a  gate  opposite  and  mount  upwards  along 
a  rough  cart  track,  first  by  the  side  of  a  plantation,  then  out  in  the 
open  again,  keeping  throughout  by  the  wall  side.  Soon  we  begin 
to  get  a  noble  view,  which  gives  us  the  valleys  of  Wye  and  Derwent 
together,  and  enables  us  to  combine  in  the  same  fair  landscape  both 
Hakcwell  and  Chatsworth,  the  top  of  whose  great  conservatory 
glows  and  glances  like  a  mirror.  Yonder  is  the  spire  of  Edensor 
and  the  village  of  Filsley,  which  looks  so  important  and  obvious 
as  soon  as  one  gets  up  among  the  hills,  but  hides  itself  S(.)  effectively 
when  one  is  down  in  the  plain.  On  the  right  we  have  Bakewell 
and  its  spire,  and  below  us  the  dark  green  woods  of  Hassop.  Our 
way  lies  towards  the  clump  of  trees  on  the  summit,  but  before  we 
reach  it  we  turn  through  a  gate  on  the  left  hand  along  a  wider 
track.  One  of  the  stone  posts  of  this  gate  is  an  old  road  stone. 
Tidswall  Road  is  the  legend  on  one  side,  with  the  date  1737  below 
it  ;  aiu!  on  the  other  three  sides  are  to  be  read  Sheffield  I-{oad, 
Chesterfield  koad,  and  Ashbourne  Road.  It  has  suffered  much 
ill-usage.  The  iron  catch  for  the  gate  has  been  driven  ruthlessly 
into  it  ;  it  has  been  roughly  gashed  on  the  top,  and  alien  letters 
have  been  deeply  incised — capital  letters  designed  to  serve  as  parish 
boundary  marks.  It  is  a  pity,  for  these  stones  can  never  be  re- 
placed. What  would  not  antiquaries  give  for  a  complete  set  of 
milestones  from  one  of  the  Roman  roads?  As  it  is,  only  one  or 
two  survive  in  fragments.  But  on  many  English  high  roads  even 
the  milestones  of  the  coaching  days  have  vanished  in  recent  years, 
for  no  reason  save  that  of  wanton  destruction.  If  the  authorities 
must  put  up  their  iron  monstrosities,  they  might  at  least  leave 
the  ancient  stones  to  the  slow  process  of  senile  decay.  This  stone 
is  not  in  f.itii,  for  there  never  was  a  main  road  over  this  hillside, 
and  the  mention  of  distant  Ashbourne  is  also  curious,  unless  it  be 
that  in  1737  .\shbourne  was  a  sort  of  synonym  in  North  Derbyshire 
for   London    and    the   south.      Possibly   it   originally  stood   at    the 


I.ONGSTOM-     EDGE. 


3i« 


cross  roads  at  Calver  or  Barbrook  Mill,  and  the  Ashbourne 
direction  was  taken  to  include  the  direction  to  Bakewell. 

Below  the  clump  rtf  trees,  where  the  path  bejjins  to  dip,  turn 
up  the  hillside  again  bv  a  cart  track,  leading  past  a  disused  lime- 
kiln, towards  Bleaklow  Farm — the  only  human  habitation  on  the 
edge.  At  the  back  of  the  farm  a  track  winds  among  the  unsightly 
heaps  of  tailings  from  the  disused  lead  mines  which  coyer  the  entire 
face  of  this  rising  ground.  Here  1  fell  in  with  an  old  man,  busy 
repairing  a  stone  wall,  who  told  me  that  he  was  one  of  the  last 
suryivors  of  the  lead  miners  in  the  district.  Eighteen  shillings  a 
week,  he  said,  had  been  the  most  he  had  eyer  earned  in  a  lead 
mine — three  shillings  a  day  was  the  regular  wage,  and  the  men 
worked  in  shifts  of  eight  hours  each.  That  was  at  the  Lady  Wash 
mine  aboye  Eyam,  where  expensi\e  machinery  had  been  put  down, 
and  this  was  among  the  last  to  relinquish  the  struggle  against  the  in- 
flux of  cheap  Spanish  ore.  The  chimney  towards  which  he  pointed 
across  the  yalley  is  still  a  prominent  lanilniark  for  miles  around. 
He  considered  eighteen  shillings  a  week  a  good  wage,  though  he 
had  earned  as  much  as  forty-fiye  in  a  colliery,  and  he  regretted 
the  extinction    of    Derbyshire's    staple    industry.  For    extinct    it 

practically  is,  except  for  the  one  great  mine  in  Darley  Dale  and 
yer\'  few  others,  and  no  man  now  brings  up  his  son  to  be  a  lead- 
miner.  As  for  the  limestone  tailings  which  litter  the  ground,  it 
only  remains  for  them  to  be  carted  away  and  shipped  to  America 
and  elsewhere,  to  be  used  in  the  process  of  the  mysterious  manu- 
facture which  is  keeping  so  many  horses  and  carts  and  eyen  motor 
■wagons  busy  on  the  roads  to  the  Derbyshire  railway  stations  with 
their  loads  of  what  once  was  useless  \yaste. 

As  you  thread  your  way  through  the  mounds  look  out  for  a 
little  cairn  of  stones — in  a  field  on  your  right  hand — which  marks 
the  highest  point  hereabouts.  The  yiew  it  affords  is  totally 
different  from  that  which  we  haye  had  towards  the  south.  Here 
we  look  oyer  an  undulating  plateau,  covered  with  heather  and 
gorse  but  quite  without  trees  and  shade,  save  the  woods  above 
Eyam,  and  one  or  two  little  oases  of  dark  green  which  mark  the 
hamlets  of  Foolow  and  Wardlow.  We  look,  indeed,  straight  across 
Middleton  Dale  to  Evam  Edge  and  Hucklow  Edge.  The  white- 
washed house  standing  almost  solitary  midway  along  the  ridge  is 
the  tiny  alehouse  at  Bretton.  Tideswell  we  cannot  see,  it  is  hidden 
in    its   hollow   to   the    left  ;    but   on   the   right   the  church   tower  of 


■,lj  GREAT    I.ONGSTONK. 

Evam  is  visilile  ami  the  deep  cleft  of  Stony  Midtileton.  It  is  a 
thoroughly  Derbyshire  prospect,  which  makes  us  appreciate  the  more 
the  softer  scene  which  dischises  itself  as  wc?  resume  our  way  and 
find  the  edge  dipping  before  us,  when  again  we  face  towards  the 
south.  Here  we  command  the  Longstone  valley,  with  Great 
LoTigstone  in  the  centre  and  Little  Longstone  and  Headstones 
Head  a  mile  to  the  right.  Just  beyond  Headstones  Head,  where 
we  can  see  the  cleft  which  we  know  to  mark  the  course  of  the  Wye, 
Fin  Cop  rises  out  of  the  plain,  more  like  a  promontory  of  the  sea 
than  an  inland  hill.  For  it  ascends  field  by  field  in  the  regular 
smooth  ascent  of  an  inclined  plane  and  then  suddenly  breaks  short 
in  curving  outline  at  the  edge.  .\Ionsal  Dale  lies  below  that 
graceful  bend. 

We  join  a  road  which  has  come  over  the  moor  from  Wardlow 
and  Foolow.  For  half-a-mile  this  runs  along  the  side  of  the  edge, 
gently  dropping  all  the  way,  and  giving  us  the  continued  pleasure 
of  a  noble  view.  Then  it  suddenly  turns  at  right  angles  and 
tumbles  headlong  down  to  (ireat  Longstone. 

This  is  a  straggling  place,  of  no  particular  distinction,  whose 
chief  attraction  is  a  row  of  magnificent  elms  reaching  from  the 
corner  of  the  village  green  to  the  gates  of  Longstone  Hall,  where 
thev  join  a  short  avenue  of  approach  to  the  fine  red  brick  house, 
covered  with  ivv  and  creepers.  The  Hall,  which  is  about  a  century 
and  a  half  old,  was  built  to  take  the  place  of  an  older  house 
which,  save  that  it  was  rather  larger,  was  a  replica  of  Eyam  Hall. 
Indeed,  both  houses  belonged  to  the  Wrights  of  Longstone,  one  of 
the  oldest  of  Derbyshire  families,  who,  as  the  Court  Rolls  of  the 
Manor  of  .\shford  testify,  were  resident  in  the  district  as  far  back 
as  the  tenth  century,  and  were  probably  the  parent  stock  of  the 
many  well-known  branches  of  the  Wrights  which  ha^e  obtained 
distinction  in  the  Midland  counties.  They  have  their  memorials 
in  the  church  close  by,  and  if  other  tablets  show  that  Longstone 
Hall  was  associated  for  a  time  with  alien  names,  that  is  because 
for  half  a  century  the  Wrights  migrated  to  Devfinshire  and  the 
Hall  was  let.     They  returned  in  1870  to  their  ancient  hearth. 

Longstone  Church,  which  lies  close  to  the  Hall,  was  restored 
thirty  years  ago  with  a  praiseworthy  determination  to  retain  all  that 
was  worth  retention.  So  the  old  oak  beams  of  the  roof  in  the 
nave  and  aisles  have  been  suffered  to  remain  as  thev  were,  and 
have  not  been   improved   away.        In   the   nave   is   a    tablet    to    the 


THE    GOOD    DOCTOR.  -J18 

memory  of  Dr.  Ldward  Buxton,  who  died  in  1822  at  the  age  of 
seventy-five.  He  had  been  in  practice  in  Bakewell  hut  had  retired 
to  Longstone.  Then  in  1820  "  a  long  and  epidemical  contagion" 
broke  out.  The  old  Doctor  did  not  sit  at  home  with  folded  hands. 
He  girded  on  his  harness  once  more,  and  put  himself  and  his 
talents  at  the  service  of  the  suffering  without  asking  a  fee.  Let 
me  quote  from  the  tablet.  "  His  professional  abilities,  ever  readv 
to  assist  the  poor  and  the  needy,  showed  particularly  conspicuous 
during  a  long  epidemical  contagion  which  in  the  year  1820  afflicted 
this  village,  when  his  gratuitously  administering  relief  to  soothe 
and  subdue  the  existing  woe  stronglv  testified  his  goodness  of 
heart."  The  contagion  in  question  was  tvphus  fever,  which  visited 
every  house  in  Great  Longstone  except  the  bootmaker's  ne.xt  to  the 
present  Post  Office.  Not  a  single  person  died  in  the  village  itself, 
though  there  were  two  deaths  up  at  Bleaklow  Farm  on  the  edge, 
where  one  would  have  thought  the  air  too  pure  for  the  tvphus 
germs  to  exist.  Dr.  Buxton's  remedy  was  a  curious  one,  for  he 
prescribed  not  physic  but  "  wort  " — that  is  to  sav,  new  beer  before 
the  processes  of  fermentation  are  complete — and  to  obtain  this  in 
sufficient  quantities  beer  was  brewed  every  day  at  the  Church  Lane 
Farm,  then  occupied  by  a  Mr.  Gregory.  In  1904  there  was  still 
living  in  Great  Longstone  a  nonagenarian  survivor  o{  the 
"  epidemical  contagion"  of  1820,  active  and  well  enough  to  live  by 
herself  and  tend  to  her  own  wants. 

At  the  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  is  a  black  oak  parclose  con- 
taining several  memorials  bearing  the  names  of  the  Eyres  of  Hassop. 
The  best  is  a  fine  brass,  dated  1624,  showing  Rowland  Evre  and 
Gartrede,  his  wife,  kneeling  in  prayer  at  two  separate  desks.  The 
parclose  has  two  doors  with  wooden  locks,  and  the  carvinsj  shows 
the  familiar  leg  and  spur  of  the  Eyre  crest.  According  to  the  story, 
an  ancestor  of  the  Eyres  fought  by  the  side  of  William  the 
Conqueror  at  Hastings  and  opened  the  visor  of  the  Norman's  helmet 
at  an  opportune  moment,  when  he  was  gasping  for  breath.  The 
Duke  asked  him  his  name  and  was  told  that  it  was  "  Truelove," 
to  which  he  made  reply,  "Truelove  thou  hast  shown  me,  but  hence- 
forth thy  name  shall  be  E\re,  for  thou  hast  given  me  air."  Later 
in  the  day  on  inquiring  for  his  new  friend  he  found  that  he  had 
lost  a  leg,  and  promptly  gave  him  the  missing  limb  for  his  crest 
with  the  promise  of  many  manors.  It  sounds  a  more  than  usuallv 
sillv  stor\-,   but   It  seems  to  possess  the  sanction  of  great  antiquity. 


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THE    EVRES   OF    HASSOP. 


The  Evres,  whose  memiirials  adorn  Longstone  Church,  dwelt  at 
the  neighhouring  hall  of  Hassop,  set  in  a  charming  park  along  the 
road  from  Longstone  to  Baslow.  This  Hassop  estate  belonged 
originally  to  the  Foljamhes — whom  we  met  at  Tideswell — was 
then  carried  by  marriage  into  the  Plumpton  family,  and  sold  in 
1498  to  Catherine,  widow  of  Stephen  Eyre  of  Hassop,  a  younger 
son  of  the  Eyres  of  Padlev.  It  remained  in  the  possession  of  the 
Evres  down  to  the  death  of  the  Countess  of  Newburgh — a  Countess 
stio  jure — in  1853.  Much  romance  and  mystery  attach  to  the 
Karldom  of  Newburgh,  and  much  litigation  has  arisen  out  of  the 
Hassop  estate.  It  would  require  a  yolume  to  tell  the  story  in  full  ; 
here  we  will  be  content  with  a  few  of  the  salient  points.  The 
actual  connection  between  Hassop  and  the  Earldom  of  Newburgh 
did  not  begin  until  1814,  when  Mr.  Francis  Eyre  of  Hassop  assumed 
the  title  as  the  sixth  Earl  of  Newburgh,  through  his  mother,  Lady 
Mary  Kadclyffe.  She  was  the  younger  daughter  of  the  third 
Countess  (siio  jure)  who  had  married  en  secondes  iioces  Charles 
Radclvffe,  second  son  of  an  Earl  of  Derwentwater.  Ardent 
Jacobites,  both  father  and  son  fought  at  the  battle  of  Preston  in 
1715  and  were  taken  prisoners.  The  father  was  executed,  the  son 
managed  to  escape  to  the  Continent,  where  in  1731,  on  the  death 
of  his  nephew,  he  assumed  the  title,  though  it  had  been  declared 
attainted.  In  1745  he  was  caught  in  a  ship  off  D<iyer  while  bound 
for  Scotland — eyidently  to  join  Prince  Charlie — and  was  executed 
in  the  Tower  in  1746  on  the  death  sentence  \yhich  had  been  passed 
upon  him  in  absence  thirty  years  before.  His  son,  the  fourth  Earl, 
saw  all  his  estates  confiscated  in  fayour  of  Greenwich  Hospital  and 
the  fifth  Earl  died  without  heir  in  18 14. 

The  Earldom  of  Newburgh  reyerted,  therefore,  to  the  descendants 
of  Lady  Ann  Clifford,  daughter  of  the  third  Countess  by  her  first 
marriage.  She  was  indisputably  represented  by  an  Italian,  Prince 
Giustiniani,  who,  being  an  alien,  could  not  assume  the  title.  Con- 
sequently, it  was  taken  for  granted  that  the  succession  deyolved 
upon  the  representatiyes  of  the  daughter  of  the  third  Countess  by 
her  second  marriage,  that  is  to  say,  upon  the  own  sister  of  the  fourth 
Earl.  This  was  Lady  Mary  Kadclyffe,  who  had  married  Francis 
Eyre  of  Hassop,  and  their  son  succeeded  to  the  title  and  estates, 
without  challenge.  He  styled  himself  the  sixth  Earl  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son,  the  seyenth  Earl,  who  died  s.p.  in  1833. 
The  eighth  Earl,  his  younger  brother,  succeeded  and  died  unmarried 


MISSING    REGISTERS.  ^20 

in  1852,  and  his  sister  then  became  Countess  in  her  own  right. 
She  had  married,  in  1836,  Colonel  Charles  Leslie,  and  died 
childless  in  1S53.  This  Colonel  Leslie  was  an  old  Peninsular 
veteran,  who  carried  to  his  grave  a  huUet  in  the  leg  which  he  got 
at  the  Battle  of  Alhuera,  and  inherited  under  his  wife's  will 
the  whole  of  the  Hassop  estates,  which  are  still  in  the  possession  of 
the  familv.  To  the  earldom,  of  course,  he  had  no  claim  whatever. 
The  will  was  made  bv  the  Countess  when  she  was  on  her  deathbed, 
\vhen,  in  fact,  she  was  almost  moribund.  A  mounted  messenger 
had  been  sent  off  in  hot  haste  in  the  earlv  hours  of  the  morning  to 
fetch  the  doctor  from  Baslow,  and  the  Countess  was  sinking  when 
he  arrived.  When  thev  told  him  that  a  solicitor  was  on  the  way 
down  from  London  to  make  the  will,  he  warned  them  that,  if  thev 
waited,  the  Countess  would  probablv  be  dead  before  he  came. 
So  the  will  was  hurriedlv  drawn  up — leaving  the  estate  to  her 
husband,  with  special  remainder  to  her  stepson  and  his  second  son 
— and  the  dving  Countess  had  but  just  sufficient  strength  to  sign. 
It  was  a  verv  close  thing  for  Colonel  Leslie  ! 

The  principal  claimant  tf)  the  Earldom  of  Xewburgh  was  a 
Mr.  Cadman,  of  Sheffield,  who  declared  that  he  was  descended  from 
the  Hon.  Charlotte  Radclvffe  and  a  certain  George  Goodwin,  whom 
she  married  at  Hope  in  1747.  But  the  registers  at  Hope  have  been 
niLitilated,  and  the  pages  containing  the  entries  between  September 
1745  and  .\ugust  1748  are  missing.  These  registers,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  nineteenth  centurv,  were  in  the  custody  of  a 
parish  clerk,  who  kept  a  public  house,  and  was  always  ready  to 
produce  them  for  the  inspection  of  any  inquisitive  stranger.  It  is 
practically  certain  that  the  registers  were  not  tampered  with  until 
the  line  of  the  N'ewburghs  looked  like  failing,  and  it  is  more  than 
a  curious  coincidence  that  there  are  niutilatii>ns  in  the  registers  at 
Loimstone,  Hathersage,  Eastwell,  Banburv,  \\  irksworth,  and 
Lichfield  covering  the  years  in  which  it  is  known  that  there  were 
entries  relating  to  the  E\res!  Consequently,  strong  suspicions  were 
current  in  Derbyshire  half  a  centur\-  ago  that  someone  had  not 
been  playing  the  game. 

A  second  claimant — this  time  to  the  Hassop  estates,  not  to  the 
earldom — was  Mr.  Gladwin  Cloxes  Cave,  w  lio,  in  the  earU  'eighties, 
came  over  from  Australia  and  flustered  quiet  little  Hassop  by  taking 
forcible  possession  of  the  Hall.  He  claimed  that  the  will  made  by 
Dorothy  Leslie,  nee  Eyre,  in   1853   was  invalid,   because  her  brother, 


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UNSltCESSFlI,    CLAIMANTS. 


the  fiylitli  Karl  nf  Ncwhurj^h  wlimn  she  had  succeeded,  had  settled 
the  estates  in  favour  of  his  mother's  sisters,  nees  Gladwin,  from 
whom  Mr.  Cave  was  descended.  But  this  deed  of  settlement  was 
nc\er  forthcoming,  and  judgment  in  the  Courts  went  against  the 
claimant,  who  was  by  special  injunction  restrained  from  further 
trespass  on  the  Hassop  estates.  It  has  also  been  held  that  the 
assumption  of  the  Plarldom  of  Newburgh  by  Thomas  Eyre  and 
I'Vancis  Evre  between  1827  and  1852  was  entirely  without  warrant. 
In  1857  Maria  Bandini  Giustiniani  was  naturalised  in  Great  Britain, 
and  her  claim  to  be  Countess  of  Newburgh  was  allowed  in  1858. 
At  her  death  in  1877  she  was  succeeded  by  her  son  as  eighth  Earl, 
who  was  created  Prince  Giustiniani  by  Pio  Nono. 

We  have  spoken  of  the  unfortunate  Earls  of  Derwentwater  who 
suffered  in  the  Stuart  cause  ;  part  of  the  red  baize  from  the  scaffold 
of  the  second  Earl  Is  still  preserved  at  Hassop  Hall,  and  faded 
crimson  stains  tell  of  the  purpose  for  which  it  served.  Not  only  the 
Radclvffes  but  also  the  Evres  were  staunch  for  the  Stuarts.  The 
latter  were  up  to  the  eves  in  the  rebellion  of  the  '45,  and  a  century 
before  in  the  Civil  War  Hassop  Hall  had  been  garrisoned  for  the 
King.  Its  owner.  Colonel  Thomas  Eyre,  raised  a  troop  in  1642, 
fought  in  hand-to-hand  encounter  with  Cromwell  at  Edgehill, 
distinguished  himself  at  Welbeck  and  the  siege  of  Newark,  and, 
after  Naseby,  was  taken  prisoner  near  Derby  and  thrown  into 
Derby  gaol,  where  he  died  in  1645  of  wounds  and  neglect. 


APPENDIX     C. 


THE     SEAT     OF     GEORGE     THO.MAS     WRIGHT,     ESQ.,     J. P. 
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APPENDIX     C. 


By  the  kind  permission  of  Mr.  Pym  Yeafman,  the  Ed.  L.  R.  has,  at  the 
risk  of  repetition,  appended  the  whole  Chapter  (No.  XX,  Section  VIII  of  the 
Feudal  History  of  Derbyshire)  on  Ashford  in  the  Water,  rather  than 
attempt  to  make  extracts — as  it  contains  so  much  matter  of  value  and 
interest  to  Longstone  and  the  other  tovinships  concerned..  The  paging  is 
that  of  the  F.  H.  D.      The  Ed.  L.  R.  is  of  course -not  responsible  for  mistakes. 


ASHFORD    IN    THE    WATER. 

From  Domesday  we  learn  that  Ashford  (Aisseford)  was  of  the 
King's  demesne,  and  had  the  following  Berewites — Ralunt,  Langes- 
dune,  Hedeshope,  Calvoure,  Bassilau,  Bubenelli,  Berceles,  Scalhadun, 
Tadington,  Flagun,  Prestclive  and  Blackeuelle.  King  Edward  had 
therein  22  car  or  land  hidable  and  one  car  not  hidahle.  King 
William  had  then  in  demesne  there  four  ploughs  and  18  villeins,  who 
had  five  ploughs  and  land  for  22  ploughs,  one  mill  worth  12  pence, 
and  the  site  of  one  mill  and  one  lead  work,  and  40  acres  of  meadow, 
wood,  not  pasturable,  two  miles  in  length  and  two  miles  in  breadth. 

The  history  of  this  place,  which  is  now  generally  termed  Ashford 
in  the  Water,  is  involved  in  much  obscurity,  because  with  other 
Manors,  if  not  the  whole  of  the  Wapentake  of  Peak,  it  was  at  the 
time  of  Domesday,  a-  part  of  the  King's  ancient  demesne,  and  the 
King  himself  had  no  right  to  wrest  it  from  the  Crown.  Ashford 
was,  probably,  the  caput  of  the  hundred,  because,  as  vfe.  learn  from 
Domesday,  the  Crown,  both  then  and  in  the  time  of  Edward,  held  it 
in  demesne,  and  here,  probably,  was  the  Royal  residence  when  the 
King  hunted  in  the  forest. 

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i^O  ASHIOUI)    IN    THK    WAThk. 

D,)mesJav  itself  gives  but  a  poor  account  of  the  Peak.  It  is  still 
given  as  part  of  the  ancient  demesne,  but  William  Peveril  is  said  to 
have  held  parts  of  it  "  for  the  King."  It  is  not  even  stated  directly 
that  he  so  held  Peak  Castle,  but  it  may  be  so  inferred,  because  two 
tenants  are  recorded  to  have  held  the  land  of  the  Castle  of  Peak,  of 
William  Peveril,  so  that,  practically,  he  must  have  been  lord  of  it. 
Several  other  tenants  are  mentioned  whose  names  indicate  that  they 
were  English  or,  perhaps,  British,  and  who  were  probably  kinsmen 
of  King  Griffith,  whose  relation,  William  Peveril — certainly  not  of 
Norman  blood — held  other  portions  of  it. 

William  Peveril  may  have  been  under  age  at  the  time,  so  that  he 
could  not  legally  be  in  possession,  but  this  is  unlikely  looking  at  his 
Nottinghamshire,  and  even  at  his  Scarsdale  holdings  ;  the  probability 
is  that  the  King's  judges  in  their  Domesday  assize,  did  not  know  how 
to  deal  with  this  infraction  of  the  national  rights,  and  so  returned  it 
in  this  unsatisfactory  manner. 

A  tenant  of  the  King's  demesne  was  a  mere  farmer,  who  was  not 
possessed  of  lordlv  rights  ;  but  this  was  not  the  position  of  William 
Peveril,  for  we  find  him  dealing  with  these  Manors,  and  with  the 
churches  upon  them,  in  his  foundation  of  Lenton  Priorv,  as  if  he 
were,  in  truth,  the  sovereign  lord  ;  and  this  occurred  within  20  years 
of  the  completion  of  Domesday.  It  is  said,  indeed,  that  Henry  the 
1st  gave  him  another  grant  of  these  Manors,  and  this  w'ould  be  the 
legal  course  to  pursue,  as  the  King's  farms,  granted  out  of  his 
demesne,  expired  with  him,  and  it  was  then  open  to  his  successor  to 
make  a  fresh  grant  if  he  pleased.  The  historv  of  Ashford,  therefore, 
is  of  importance  to  show  that  the  King  governed  by  the  ancient  law 
of  the  land,  and  did  not  promulgate  new  laws  ;  that  he,  in  fact, 
broke  those  laws  to  suit  his  convenience  is  clear  ;  but  his  judges 
endeavoured  to  uphold  them,  and  this  was  much  to  their  honour 
when  dealing  with  this  great  tiyTant. 

That  King  Henrv  1.  swept  awa\  \\  illiam  Peveril's  descendant 
towards  the  close  of  his  reign,  and  formally  forfeited  his  possessions 
again,  proves  that  the  Conqueror  had  actually  wrested  them  from 
the  Crown  demesnes,  and  granted  them  as  an  inheritable  fief  to 
William  Peveril  and  his  heirs.  His  successor.  King  Henrv  II,  whilst 
in  exile,  again  granted  them  in  fee  to  another  subject,  the  Earl  of 
Chester.      This  Charter,  at  page  229  of  the  present  Vol.,  is  erroneously 


ASHIOKl)    IN    THK    WATKU.  24I 

cited  as  of  the  reign  of  Henrv  I.  ;  it  was  probably  made  by  both 
these  Kings,  the  Earl  did  not,  howeyer,  appear  to  have  obtained  them. 
Henrv  II.  appears  to  have  kept  the  Honour  of  Peveril,  as  it  was 
called,  in  hand,  as  an  escheat,  and  not  as  demesne  lands,  and  so  did 
Richard  the  First,  and  both  monarchs  retained  the  Castle  of  Peak 
for  themselves,  and  practically  the  lordship  of  the  Wapentake, 
though  they  from  time  to  time  granted  portions  of  it  to  several 
persons,  and  sometimes  farmed  it  out.  On  the  forfeiture  of  the  last 
William  Peveril,  his  title  and  estates  should  have  fallen  to  the  Earl 
of  Derby,  Robert  Ferrars,  but  he  was  also  in  disgrace  the  greater 
part  of  the  reigns  of  Henry  I.  and  II.,  and  although  he  assumed 
the  title  of  the  Earl  of  Nottingham,  no  doubt  given  to  him  by 
King  Stephen,  there  appears  to  be  no  proof  that  it  was  ever  legally 
recognised  by  King  Henry  II.,  and  the  pipe  Rolls  of  both  Henry  II. 
and  Richard  show  clearly  that  the  Peveril  estates  were  kept  in  the 
royal  hands  as  an  escheat.  This  especially  appears  to  be  the  case 
in  Henrv  II. 's  Domesday,  called  the  Red  Book  of  the  Exchequer, 
although  the  Earl  de  P'errars,  as  he  was  then  called,  yvas  commanded 
bv  the  King  to  make  a  return  of  the  knight's  fees  held  under  him 
in  the  time  or  Henry  I,  and  then  so  held,  he  made  no  pretence 
of  returning  any  Peveril's  fees. 

The  first  notice  that  we  have  that  any  Earl  de  Ferrars  held  the 
Honour  of  William  Peveril  occurs  in  the  Testa  de  Nevil,  in  the 
Feodary  of  the  second  year  of  King  Henry  III,  where  it  is  stated 
that  "  The  Castle  of  High  Peak  is  an  escheat  of  the  Honour  of 
Peveril,  and  the  Earl  of  Ferrars  holds  it,  with  the  whole  of  the 
Forest,  so  that  the  servants  of  the  Forest  are  answerable  to  the  Earl 
himself,  as  they  were  before  responsible  to  the  King "  (page  408, 
Vol.  I.,  Section  II.);  and  it  proceeds,  "The  Church  of  the  High 
Peak  is  in  the  gift  of  the  King,  and  William  de  Furnel  had  it  of  the 
gift  of  King  John  ;  the  Vill  of  Bakewell  is  in  the  gift  of  the  King, 
and  Ralf  Gernon  had  it  of  the  gift  of  King  Richard.  The  Earl 
of  Ferrars  had  the  Manor  of  Worksop  of  the  gift  of  King  John, 
for  which  he  paid  £124  rent." 

It  is  to  be  observed  that  no  rent  is  charged  to  the  Earl  for  the 
Castle  and  Forest,  but  it  is  stated  that  he  held  it  as  the  King  had 
held  it.  Now  the  Pipe  Rolls  for  the  whole  of  the  reign  of  King 
John  do   not  show  that  the   Earl  ever  fined  for  this  Honour  or  paid 


2.^2  ASHFOHl)    IN    THK    WATKR. 

any  rent  for  it,  Init  tlicv  do  show  (as  do  the  Pipe  Rolls  for  the 
reijjn  of  Henrv  111.)  that  the  tenants  of  the  Honour  of  Peveril  still 
remained  answerahle  to  the  King,  and  not  to  the  Earl.  The 
explanation  would  seem  to  be  that  the  shadowy  rights  of  the  Welsh 
Princes  were  respected,  and  although  thev  periodically  revolted, 
and  fought  with  and  against  the  King,  vet  their  estates  were  not 
treated  as  escheats  until  Henrv  III.  gave  them  to  his  daughter-in 
law,  not  as  an  escheat  of  the  Princes  of  Powis,  but  as  that  of 
William  Peveril. 

There  is  no  evidence  that  the  Earl  of  Ferrars  exercised  anv 
rights  as  lord  of  .\shford. 

There  is  an  entry  in  the  17th  vear  of  King  Henrv  II.  that  the 
Earl  F"errars  owed  £50  for  his  relief  for  having  married  one  of  the 
co-heiresses  of  the  Earl  of  Chester.  If  the  grant  of  King  Henrv 
to  Ranulf,  Earl  of  Chester,  which  during  the  reign  of  Stephen  was 
alternatelv  confirmed  h\  hcjth  himself  and  Henrv  II.,  had  taken 
effect,  this  would  have  given  Earl  Ferrars  a  legal  right  to  the  enjoy- 
ment of  Peveril's  Honour  ;  but  it  would  seem  that  Stephen's  con- 
firmation of  it  had  had  no  effect,  and  that  his  revolution  had  swept 
away  the  Earl  of  Chester's  rights,  and  certainlv  thev  were  never 
afterwards  recognised  bv  Henrv  11. 

In  the  Survey  of  the  Honour  of  Peveril  of  the  34th  Henrv  III. 
given  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Kerry,  it  appears  that  Richard  de  Ashford 
held  the  Manor  for  £30  per  annum  and  12s.  for  the  Sheriff's  aid. 
Who  he  was,  does  not  appear,  nor  is  his  family  known.  In  the  time 
of  Henry  IV.  there  was  a  Christopher  Ashford  at  Fairfield  and  one 
William  Ashford  at  the  same  place  in  10  Edward  IV.  ;  the  name 
IS  unknown.  He  was  probably  a  Welshman  assuming  a  territorial 
designation. 

In  28  Edward  I.  Thomas  de  Macclesfield  paid  £300  for  the  farm 
of  Ashford  in  Derbyshire,  Macclesfield  in  Cheshire,  and  Cuton 
in  Flint  ;  this  name  is  also  unknown  in  Derbvshire  records,  but 
in  43  Henry  III.,  in  the  Scutage  of  Wales,  Henry  de  Macclesfield 
paid  for  one  fee  of  the  Honour  of  Peveril,  and  again  for  same 
Scutage  in  7  Edward  I. 

In  27  Edward  I.  Thomas  de  Macclesfield  paid  £30  for  the 
marriage  of  Roger,  son  of  Galf  de  Chedle  (Chedlei). 


ASHFORD    IN    THK    WATER. 


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In  i8  Edward  II.  the  King  granted  Ashford  to  Edmund,  his 
brother,  Earl  of  Kent,  whose  daughter  Joan,  the  Fair  Maid  of 
Kent  (by  Margaret,  daughter  of  John,  Lord  \\'ake),  took  it  to  her 
second  husband,  Sir  Thomas  Holland,  K.G.,  Lord  Holland,  whose 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  took  it  in  marriage  to  Jo.,  Lord  Neville,  whose 
descendant;  Henry  Neville;  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  sold  it  to 
Sir  William  Cavendish  in  1549,  and  it  is  still  the  property  of  the 
Dukes  of  Devonshire. 

The  question  of  the  tenure  of  Ashford  and  its  rights  and  privileges 
was  fully  considered  in  the  3rd  of  Edward  I.,  when  perhaps  for 
reasons  of  fear,  the  jury  complaisantly  found  (Hundred  Rolls, 
Vol.  II.;  page  40)  "  That  there  was  not  in  the  Peak  any  ancient 
demesne  of  the  Crown,  neither  free,  soke,  or  bond,  nor  was  it  sold 
at  any  time  by  bailiffs,  or  by  tenants."  What  would  have  happened, 
if  the  jury  had  found  the  truth  by  their  oaths  according  to  the 
testimony  of  the  Exchequer  books,  it  is  impossible  to  determine, 
for  whilst  it  was  true  that  neither  bailiffs  nor  tenants  had  sold  it, 
it  was  clear  that  the  Crown  itself  had  disposed  of  the  Wapentake, 
and  that  the  Lady  Eleanor,  wife  of  the  King,  then  held  it  by  virtue 
of  a  grant  made  to  her  in  the  latter  part  of  his  reign  by  King 
Henry  III.  Eleanor,  Queen  of  Edward  the  ist,  was  the  daughter 
of  Ferdinand,  King  of  Castile,  who  was  married  in  1254,  and  who 
died  the  28th  Nov.,  1290.  The  date  of  the  grant  is  unknown,  but 
it  was  probably  made  upon  her  marriage,  at  a  time  probably  when 
Griffin  was  in  rebellion.  He  subsequently  did  homage  to  the  Crown 
for  his  other  lands,  but  apparently  not  for  Ashford,  which  remained 
in  Royal  hands. 

The  same  jury  made  several  other  findings  not  exactly  consonant 
with  the  facts,  but  quite  agreeable  to  the  King  and  his  Consort. 
They  found  that  there  are  not  any  demesne  manors  in  the  Peak 
of  the  ancient  demesne  of  the  Crown,  nor  of  purchases,  but  King 
Edw»rd  has  there  certain  Castles,  with  Honours  and  appurtenances; 
that  is  to  say,  the  Vills  of  Castleton,  Bradwell,  the  third  part  of 
Hope,  Tadington,  Prestclive,  and  the  third  part  of  Hoy  Haddon, 
which  are  now  in  the  hands  of  King  Edward  as  an  escheat  of 
William  Peveril,  which  fell  to  the  Lord  King  Henry  the  elder 
(.•'  the  second)  on  account  of  felonies  done  against  this  King. 

That  this  finding  is  false  has  already  been  shown  (see  page  229 


2.1  ASHIOKI)    IN    THK    WATKR. 

of  the  prcSL-nt  \nl.),  where  the-  Charters  of  the  two  Kings  Henry 
disposing  of  all  William  I'everil's  estate  to  Ranulf,  Karl  of  Chester 
are  given.  Tiiis  had  occurred  many  years  before  Edward  I.,  and 
no  doubt  much  of  it  had  been  set  aside  by  King  Stephen,  though 
he  pretended  to  confirm  it. 

Tfie  jury  made  a  further  presentment,  still  more  puzzling.  They 
said  that  the  Manor  of  Holm  was  in  King  John's  hands,  together 
with  its  appurtenances ;  that  was  to  say,  Esseford  and  Great 
Longsden,  and  they  were  given  by  King  John  to  Wenuwyn  for  the 
service  of  one  sore  hawk,  and  it  descended  to  Griffin,  his  son,  who 
held  it  until  King  Henrv  gave  that  Manor  to  the  Lady  Eleanor  the 
younger,  the  Oueen  who  now  holds  it.  There  were  several  other 
findings  of  value  to  this  enquiry.  John  de  Fleckham  was  the 
Queen's  Bailiff  for  Ashford  and  Bancwell.  John  Noveray  held  two 
Bovats  in  Magna  Langsdon.  The  Vill  of  Scheladon  was  member 
of  Ashford,  and  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn  sold  it  and  gave  it  to  Galf 
Pickford,  with  i8  marcs,  to  be  received  annually  from  the  Mill  of 
Ashford,  and  it  was  alienated  in  the  time  of  Henry  III.  It  is  not 
clear  who  this  Geoffry  Pickford  was,  or  what  was  the  derivation 
of  his  name.  It  is  tempting  to  suggest  that  he  may  have  taken 
it  from  the  ford  on  the  Peak  now  Ford  Hall,  near  Chapel  in  the 
Frith. 

There  was  a  Ralph  Pickford  who  held  half  a  fee  of  the  old  feoffment 
in  Sutton,  who  may  be  of  the  same  family,  and  the  name  long 
remained  in  the  Peak,  but  Griffins  feoffee  was  probably  a  Welshman, 
without  a  surname  of  his  own. 

The  jury  were  still  more  uncertain  about  the  privileges  of  the  Lords 
of  Peak.  They  found  that  they  had  pleas  for  unlawful  distress,  for 
recent  violence  and  return  of  w-rits,  and  so  held  from  King  to  King, 
from  the  time  of  William  Peveril  and  before  that,  and  then  it  had  the 
same  customs  and  liberties,  of  the  origin  of  which  they  knew  nothing. 
It  was  not,  of  course,  politic  to  prove  how  those  liberties  and  customs 
had  been  abused  and  usurped.  The  jury  also  found  that  Eyam, 
Nether  Haddon,  Ashford  and  Tideswell  had  assize  of  bread  and  ale, 
but  they  knew  not  by  w-hat  authority. 

The  Abbot  of  Basingwerk  had  the  same  assize  of  bread  and  ale, 
.md  (fallows,  in  the  F'orest  of   Peak,  at  Glossop,  but  they  knew  not 


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by  what  warrant.  Ashford,  Bakewell  and  Nether  Haddon  claimed 
to  have  free  warren,  but  they  knew  not,  etc.  This  did  not  show 
very  much  research  on  the  part  of  the  King's  officers,  for  Griffin  had 
a  right  of  free  warren  granted  to  him  only  a  few  years  previously  ;  but 
the  fact  was  that  the  least  research  into  the  exchequer  documents 
would  have  shown  the  unconstitutional  and  illegal  dealing  with  the 
Wapentake. 

It  is  no  doubt  owing  to  William  Briwere  the  inscrutable  and  dis- 
honest judge  (one  of  the  Regents  of  Richard  I.),  that  so  many  of  the 
Peverils  returned  to  Derbyshire.  Nothing  is  positively  known  of  his 
history  ;  the  author  endeavoured  to  trace  it  in  his  "  History  of  the 
House  of  Arundel "  (p.  247).  Even  the  name  of  his  father  is 
unknown,  and  his  enemies  declared  that  he  was  a  gipsy  and  obtained 
his  name  of  Briwere  because  he  was  born  upon  a  heath  (Camdens 
Britannia),  but  the  better  opinion  is  that  the  name  was  originally 
Britwer  or  Britower,  which  would  indicate  a  Welsh  or  Breton  origin, 
very  probably  the  latter,  and  unquestionably  he  was  very  closely 
allied  by  many  marriages,  if  not  by  blood,  with  the  Griffins  and 
Peverils  and  especially  with  their  relations,  the  Earls  of  Devon.  His 
mother  was  apparently  the  daughter  of  Geoffry  de  Albemarle, 
brother  of  Reginald  de  Albemarle,  of  Woodbury,  to  whose  estate  of 
Grindals  in  Devonshire,  William  Briwere,  it  is  said,  succeeded  by 
inheritance.  The  Albemarles  were  tenants  of  the  Peverils,  at  an 
earlier  date,  and  so  continued.  William,  Earl  of  Albemarle,  built 
the  Castle  of  Clifford  before  Domesday,  which  would  appear  to  give 
Briwere  a  Welsh  descent.  There  was  a  Henry  Briwere,  of  Isleham, 
in  Devonshire,  who  is  stated  by  certain  genealogists,  with  some 
show  of  probability,  to  have  been  his  father  ;  he  attested  a  charter  of 
Robert  Fitz  William  de  Cardinan  to  St.  Austel,  1169,  and  in  all 
probability  Beatrice  de  Valle,  his  daughter  (^\'illiam  Briwere's  wife), 
was  so  called  from  that  foundation.  This  lady  had  previously  been 
the  concubine  of  Reginald,  Earl  of  Cornwall,  son  of  Henry  I., 
by  Sibil  Corbet,  and  his  half-brother  (that  is,  son  of  the  same  King 
by  Nesta,  Princess  of  Powis)  was  Robert,  Earl  of  Gloucester,  whose 
issue  are  closely  intermixed  in  these  marriages,  and  from  whom  the 
Earls  of  Devon  and  the  Arundels  of  Cornwall  were  legitimately 
descended. 

Richard  de  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devon,  married  Dionisia,  daughter 


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of  RcfjiivilJ,  Karl  of  Cornwall,  his  tlau^'liter  Alice  married  Robert, 
Karl  of  ("ilouoester,  and  her  sister  Isabella  was  first  wife  of  King  John, 
although  that  conscientious  monarch  got  rid  of  her  by  some  pretext 
of  kinship.  Through  this  rather  complicated  relationship,  William 
Briwere  stood  in  some  sort  of  relationship  to  the  Crown.  The  early 
Plantagenets  had  so  many  irregular  relationships  of  their  own  that 
they,  of  course,  respected  those  of  Henry  I.  Mathew  Paris  boldly 
calls  William  Briwere  King  John's  "  uncle,"  and  as  he  found  him  a 
convenience,  as  a  kind  of  uncle,  in  judicially  obtaining  other 
people's  property,  John  fully  acknowledged  his  relationship. 

It  was  no  doubt  chiefly  owing  to  his  connection  with  the  Earls  of 
Devon  that  William  Briwere  replanted  the  Peveril  family  in  Derby- 
shire— for  Richard,  the  liarl,  for  one  of  his  wives,  married  Adeliza, 
daughterof  William  Peveril, of  Nottingham  (seeMonteburg  Caitulary, 
where  this  is  clearlv  stated).  This  lady  gave  the  Manor  of  Overlais, 
in  the  Diocese  of  Salisbury,  to  Monteburg,  expressly  stating  that  it 
was  given  to  Richard  de  Redvers,  her  husband,  by  William  Peveril, 
her  father.  William  de  Vernon,  Lord  of  Devon,  son  of  Richard  and 
presumably  her  son  also,  confirmed  the  grant  of  Wulvel,  in  Berkshire, 
which  the  Lady  Adeliza  also  made  to  Monteburg.  Her  daughter, 
Johanna,  married  William,  son  of  \\'illiam  Briwere,  whilst  Margaret, 
another  daughter,  married  Henry  Pomeroy,  also  a  Peveril,  and  who, 
according  to  the  Testa  de  N'e\il,  descended  from  Roger,  son  of 
William  Peveril,  of  Nottingham,  but  little  is  known  of  his  relationship. 
Nor  was  this  the  only  connection  between  the  Briweres  and  the 
Peverils,  for  Isabella  Briwere  (another  daughter),  married  Hugh  de 
Dover,  and  Alice  (another  daughter),  for  one  of  her  husbands 
married  Roger  de  Poles,  who  was  a  Peveril,  who  held  half  Roger 
Arundel's  Dorset  Barony,  and  a  sister  of  William  Briwere  married 
Ralf  Gernon  son  of  Mathew  the  Judge,  who  was  son  of  Robert 
Gernon,  or  the  bearded  one,  who  at  the  time  of  Domesday  held 
several  Manors  in  moiety  (Welsh  fashion)  with  Ranulf  Peveril.  Our 
complaisant  heralds,  supposing  this  Welshman  to  be  a  Norman,  made 
him  the  head  of  the  English  family  of  Cavendish,  who  wanted 
no  borrowed  ancestors,  having  a  great  English  pedigree  of  their  own. 

King  John  himself  had  an  interest  in  the  Princes  of  Powis  since 
Prince  Llewellyn  had  married  one  of  his  illegitimate  daughters  ;  some 
historians  allege  that  Llewellyn  was  a  brother  of  Wenuwyn,  and  this 


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is  most  likelv,  because  they  were  generally  at  war  together.  The 
important  question  how  and  when  thev  obtained  their  Derbyshire 
estates  is  absolutely  unknown  ;  only  this  is  clear,  Prince  Wenuwyn 
obtained  the  Manor  of  Ashford  in  the  time  of  King  Richard  I,  and 
we  can  only  guess  from  what  happened  with  regard  to  other  portions 
of  the  Peyeril  inheritance,  that  this  occurred  in  the  third  year  of 
King  Richard,  and  that  he  obtained  it  through  the  crooked  ways  of 
King  John  and  William  Briwere. 

Throughout  the  reign  of  Henry  II.  that  monarch  had  kept  the 
Peyeril  inheritance  intact,  and  in  his  own  hands  it  was  a  most 
delightful  hunting  estate  and  property.  It  formed  part  of  the  King's 
ancient  demesne,  although  for  some  reason  it  was  not  restored  to 
that  status,  nor  is  there  any  reason  to  suppose  that  Richard  I.  had 
any  intention  to  giye  it  away.  The  first  intimation  that  any  dealing 
had  changed  the  character  of  this  property  is  in  the  Pipe  Roll  of 
6  Richard  I.,  when  that  unscrupulous  judge,  the  Lord  William 
Briwere,  is  found  in  personal  possession  of  it,  though,  of  course, 
merely  as  a  farmer.  Ralf  Murdock,  whose  history  is  unknown  (he 
was  certainly  not  a  Derbyshire  man),  was  Sheriff  for  the  County  for 
half  of  this  year  ;  but  he  did  not  account  for  the  Peak.  William 
Briwere  accounted  for  the  farm  of  it  for  the  whole  year,  £.232  12s., 
which  included  the  fees  for  both  Counties  and  for  the  sale  of  pro- 
yisions  in  Nottingham  Castles.  Up  to  this  date,  during  the  whole  of 
the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  the  Sheriffs,  Rainulf  fil  Ingram,  Robert  his  son, 
and  William  fil  Ralf,  had  duly  accounted  for  it  for  the  King.  Now 
the  Sheriff  had  deputed  the  management  to  William  Briwere,  who 
was  then  a  great  man  and  one  of  the  King's  Regents — the  friend  and 
adviser,  or  perhaps  only  the  subseryient  minister,  of  the  Earl  of 
Mortain. 

If  we  could  get  at  the  Pipe  Rolls  for  the  first  fiye  years  of  Richard's 
reign,  we  should  learn  the  whole  story,  but  they  haye  curiously  and, 
perhaps,  conveniently  for  the  wrong  doers,  disappeared.  It  is  obvious 
that  this  was  done  purposely  to  hide  the  Earl  of  Mortain's  infrintre 
ments  on  Crown  rights  in  this  district.  His  conduct  had  been,  in 
fact,  of  too  regal  a  character,  but  we  are  not  without  some  indication 
of  what  happened  from  contemporary  documents.  The  Earl  of 
Mortain  seems  to  have  played  the  King  a  little  iilegallv  durin-T  his 
brother's  captivity  ;   he,   no  doubt,   trusted  and   believed,    as  he  well 


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might  that  with  his  own  assistance,  it  wdukl  he  of  a  more  permanent 
character. 

John  was  not  a  particuhirly  pious  man,  but  in  the  3rtl  year  of  his 
brother's  reign  (in  1192)  he  gave  Tideswell,  probably  as  a  kind  of  sop 
or  sohuium,  to  the  Bishop  of  Coventry,  at  that  time  the  head  of  the 
See  of  Lichfield,  the  Charter  of  which  Wm.  Briwere  attested.  He 
also,  probablv  at  the  same  time,  gave  Bakewell  to  Ralf  Gernon. 

Hassop  (another  Peveril  estate)  he  gave  to  the  Laseys,  who  in  fact 
were  Devonshire  Peverils,  who  had  assumed  that  name  from  having 
held  fees  of  the  Lacy  inheritance  in  Cornwall,  Robert  Heriz, 
grandson  of  Robert,  a  Knight  of  William  Peveril,  who  aided  in 
the  fountlation  of  Lenton,  also  obtaining,  with  Robert  til  William 
de  Alfreton,  several  Peveril  Manors  at  the  same  period. 

Ivo  Heriz,  son  of  Robert,  with  Ralf  Gernon,  are  both  mentioned 
with  Wenuwvn  in  the  same  Roll  of  i  John,  when  the  King,  at  the 
commencement  of  his  reign,  honestly  confirmed  the  Charters  which 
he  had  improperlv  granted  whilst  regent.  The  Patent  Rolls,  11  John, 
\o.  5,  show  that  Wenuwvn  submitted  to  King  John  at  Shrewsburv,  in 
the  previous  vear.  It  is  quite  clear,  whatever  his  title,  that  Wenuwvn 
was  Lord  of  Ashford  at  an  earlier  date,  for  his  name  is  found  in  the 
list  of  arrears  of  the  2nd  scutage  of  Richard  L,  which  was  made  in 
the  8th  vear  of  his  reign  when  he  was  captive,  in  the  Charter  of  26 
Henry  111,  Xo.  5,  permitting  Griffin  fil  Wenuwvn  to  endower  Havise, 
his  wife,  who  was  the  daughter  of  John  Lestrange,  with  the  Manor  of 
Ashford  for  her  life  if  she  survived  Griffin,  and  in  a  Charter  of 
Griffin  fil  Wenuwvn,  bv  which  Ciriffin  is  described  as  son  of  \\'enuwvn 
of  Kevilock,  he  confirmed  to  Mathew,  son  of  Thomas  Cleric  of 
Bakewell,  the  grant  of  land  in  Great  Longsden,  which  Thomas, 
father  of  Mathew,  and  his  ancestors  had  formerly  held  of  the  King's 
feoffment,  and  which  he  subsequently  held  by  the  ccjnfirmation  of 
Wenuwvn  (Griffvn's  father). 

In  a  copy  of  this  document  in  Dr.  Vernon's  collection,  made  by 
John  Revell,  there  is  an  additional  confirmation  of  the  said  Mathew's 
right-of-way  from  the  town  of  Great  Longsden  to  his  mansion  in 
Little  Longsden  (see  as  to  this  the  Charter  of  Serin  fil  Ralf  de 
Montjoie). 

Griffin  fil  Wenuwvn  granted  to  John  de   Holwell   land  in  Hulme, 


ASHFORD    CHARTERS.  349 

T.  William  le  Wvne,  Mathew  de  Andckin  (?  Antekel  or  Alkedcwell), 
William  de  ead,  Adam  fil  Port,  Robert  de  Fetchine,  Serjeant  of 
Henry  fil  Fris  (?),  with  a  fine  seal  of  Prince  Griffin.— (Haddon 
Hall  Charter). 

The  Patent  Rolls,  35  Henry  III.,  show  that  there  was  an  assize 
between  William  Gernon  and  Griffin  fil  W'enuwvn  concerning 
Bakewell,  and  also  with  William  Cleric,  of  Esseburn  (this  William, 
the  Clerk  of  Ashbourne,  was  also  called  William  le  Wine,  the 
Pincerna,  le  Boteler,  etc.  He  was  a  married  man,  and  was  probably 
not  a  priest  but  a  lawyer). 

In  the  year  1257,  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn  granted  (probably  only 
confirmed  the  previous  grants)  the  Chapelries  of  Ashford,  Tideswell, 
and  Bakewell  to  Lichfield,  part  of  which  William  Peveril  had 
granted  to  Lenton. 

In  the  same  year  Prince  Griffin  founded  a  Chantry  in  Ashford. 
See  the  Great  Register  of  Lichfield  (Harl,  4799  Additional  MSS. 
1666,  fo.  37). 

Henry  III.  ga\e  Ashford  to  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Ferdinand  III., 
King  of  Castile,  probably  in  1254,  on  her  marriage  with  his  son. 

In  1272,  on  the  accession  of  Edward  I.,  an  enquiry  was  made,  and 
Alan  de  Pickworth  and  William  Propositus  of  Bakewell,  and  the  jury 
found  that  the  Countess,  the  wife  of  the  King,  held  105  acres  of  land 
and  a  capital  mansion  in  Bakewell,  of  which  place  the  Prior  of  Lenton 
received  two  parts  of  the  tithes. 

In  Ashford,  Elias  de  Holand,  Henry  de  la  Grene,  Henry  de  la 
Hall,  Robert  Bevage,  and  William  fil  Walter,  the  jurors,  said  that  the 
Countess  held  a  house  and  five  carncates  of  land  ;  there  Elias  de 
Holand  held  one  bovate  Nicolas  de  Winefield  the  same,  Richard  de 
la  Dale,  Wm.  Miller,  Roger  le  Wite  and  Wm.  del  Hill,  each  held 
half  a  bovate,  and  the  Lord  de  Pickford  had  a  water  mill. 

In  12  Edward  I,  the  King  granted  to  John  of  Eltham  and 
Alianore  his  sister,  certain  liberties  with  the  Castle  and  Honour  of 
Peak. 

Ese  26,  Ed.  3,  Xo.  54.  Inq.  p.m.,  John,  Earl  of  Kent,  held  inter 
alia  Chesterfield  in  cap  ;  he  also  held  in  his  demesne,  as  of  fee  tail 
to  himself  and  to  the  heirs  of  his  body  by  the  Charter  of  the  King, 
the  Manors  of  Ashford,  with  the  Hamlets  of  Magna  Longsdon, 
Shelandon,  Wardelowe,  and  Hulme,  in  cap  by  knight  service,  in  which 


2-0  ASHFORl)    CHARTERS. 

sakl  Manor  is   a  certain   chapel   aiui    messuage    worth    nothing   per 
annum  beyond  expenses. 

And  there  are  two  plough  hinds  in  demesne,  whereof  two  parts  are 
worth  annually  46s.  and  the  third  value  nothing,  and  twenty  acres  of 
mead,  worth  yearly  for  mowing  (tempe  falcocois)  80s.  ;  and  several 
woods  called  Chacklawe,  with  pasture  worth  26s.,  and  underwood  of 
no  value  ;  another  wood  called  Churchedale  and  pasture  value  20s., 
and  underwood  nothing,  and  two  mills,  one  water  and  the  other  a 
Fuller's  ;  and  there  are  certain  profits  of  lead  mines,  which  are 
usually  worth  £20  per  annum,  and  now  stand  still  for  want  of  work- 
men, but  are  worth  this  year  20s. 

And  there  is  in  the  hamlets  rents  of  Assize  of  F"reemen  and  customs 
vearlv  £24  and  pleas  and  perquisites  of  court,  then  yearly  worth  40s. 

Johanna  ux  Thomas  de  Holland  knight,  was  his  sister  and  heir. 

East,  30  Edward  III.  It  was  found  not  to  the  King's  Dam  that 
Thos.  de  Holland  and  Johanna  should  grant  the  Manors  of  Chester- 
field and  .\shford  and  the  advn.  of  the  Hospital  of  St.  Leonard's  of 
Chesterfield,  to  Otto  de  Holland  for  life,  to  be  held  by  the 
accustomed  services  as  of  the  fee  of  Peveril.  The  Manor  of  Ashfi^rd 
was  held  by  the  service  of  one  knight's  fee  and  value  per  annum,  32m. 
Chesterfield  valued  20m.  and  the  hospital  nil. 

23  Nov.,  32  Edward  111.  Otto  de  Holland,  Lord  of  Ashford, 
granted  to  (lodfrey  Foljambe  and  his  tenants  of  Hassop,  common  of 
pasture  for  1,000  sheep  and  600  oxen  and  cattle,  on  the  More  of 
Longlove  within  the  Lordship  of  .\shford.  Seal,  seme  of  fleur-de-lis 
or  a  lion  rampant,  guardant.  Or  a  plume  of  feathers  issuing  out  of 
a  ducal  coronet.      Hassop  was  a  member  of  Ashford. 

2  Jan.,  34  Edward  III,  No.  37.  Inq.,  p.m.  Otto  de  Htilland  died 
holding  above,  Robert  de  Holland  next  heir,  aged  50  and  upwards. 

I  Feb.  35  Edward  111.  Inq.,  p.m.  of  Thomas  de  Holland,  Earl 
of  Kent,  who  died  the  18  Dec.  ult.  Thomas,  his  son,  his  next  heir  ;et 
10. 

9  Richard  II.      Fest  Exalt  S.  Crucis,  No.  54. 

Inq.,  p.m.  Johanna,  Princess  of  \\'ales,  died.  Seized  of  Manor 
of  Chesterfield  and  Wap.  of  Scaisdale  .  .  .  and  of  the  Manor 
of  Ashford.      .      .      .    Thomas  de  Holland  Earl  of  Kent,  s.  and  h.  :i;t30. 

5  Henry  IV.     St.  Luke  Evan,  No.  38. 

Inq.,  p.m.     Thomas    Earl  of  Kent,    held  Manor  of  Ashford  in  tail, 


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which  exteiided  into  the  Towns  of  Ashford,  Longford  (?  Longston), 
Mag,  Skelmordene,  Wardlow,  Holme,  value £60.  Thos.  Beaufort  took 
the  profits  to  i  July,  4  Henry  IV.,  when  the  King  gave  it  to 
Edward,  Earl  of  Kent,  brother  of  Thos.,  who  died  Epiph.,  i 
Henry  IV.     Edward,  his  brother  and  heir  aet  31  Jan.,  ult. 

22  September,  2  Henry  VI.,  No.  45. 

Inq.,  p.m.,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  de  Neville,  held  the  Manor  of 
Ashford,  and  a  pasture  called  Holmfield,  a  meadow  called  Woodland 
Mead,  Over  Quene,  Nether  Ouene,  Hill  Meadow,  Hall  Meadow,  Wel- 
cliff  Meadow,  Little  Welcliff,  Myre  Meadow,  Church  Dale,  Lanchwell, 
Pancake  Chadow,  Red  Meadow,  Barley  Croft,  and  a  water  corn 
mill,  £3  ;  and  a  mead  in  Bakewell,  the  rent  of  divers  free  tenants 
£16  los.  6d.,  and  subject  to  a  rent  of  4  marcs,  granted  to  Sir  Robert 
Vernon,  one  of  7  marcs  2s.  and  lod.  to  William  Nichols  for  his  life  ; 
59s.  4d.  to  John  de  Werk  and  Johanna  his  wife,  whose  identity  is  not 
yet  clearly  established,  but  in  all  probability  he  was  John  Browne  de 
Werk,  father  of  Sir  John  Browne,  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  21  Edvyard 
I\  .,  (see  page  35  of  this  volume,  and  his  pedigree,  page  54). 

Elizabeth  Neville  died  the  3rd  June  ult.  Ralf,  her  son  and  heir, 
■was  16  years  old. 

10  Henry  VI.  Ralf,  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  paid  scutage  for 
Ashford  Manor,  William  Plumpton  had  soc  in  it. 

18  January;  2  Richard  III.,  No  14. 

Inq.,  p.m.      Ralf  Neville  ;  he  held  the  Manor  of  Ashford  in  cap  for 
'     of  a  fee  ;    he    died  3   November   ult.      Ralf   Neville,   son   of  John, 
brother  of  Ralph,  his  heir  ;et  28. 

29  April,  15  Henry  \'II.,  No.  88.      Inq.,  p.m. 

Ralf,  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  died  10  Sept.,  13  Henry  MI.  Ralf 
Neville,  his  son  and  heir,  aged  one  year. 

See  Pedigree  of  the  family  of  Neville,  WA.  II,  p.  204,  and  this 
Vol.,  p.  36,  where  the  Black  Prince  is  erroneously  given  as  father 
instead  of  the  brother  of  Richard  II.  and  John  of  Gaunt. 

In  3  Edward  \'I.,    Henry,    Earl  of  Westmoreland,   had   license   to 
^IJenate    the    Manor   of    Ashford   to   the   ancestor   of   the   Dukes   of 
Devonshire,  in  whose  descendants  it  has  since  remained. 


THE    PRINCES    OF    POWIS. 

(The  following  pedigrees  were  prepared  by  the  author  for  an 
article  on  the  Princes  of  Powis,  which  was  published  in  the 
Archaologia  Cambrensis,  written  with  the  view,  if  possible,  to 
extract  from  Welshmen  an  explanation  of  the  difficulties  and 
apparent  incongruities  in  which  it  is  enveloped,  and  through  the 
courtesy  of  the  Editor  of  that  work,  he  is  enabled  to  give  them 
in  this.) 

A  glance  at  the  Griffin  pedigrees  here  given  will  show'  the 
close  relationship  of  the  Peverils  to  King  Griffith  of  South  Wales, 
which  assists  to  prove  the  authors'  contention  that  the  Fitzalans, 
the  direct  heirs  of  King  Griffith  and  the  co-heirs  of  his  wife, 
the  English  Countess,  were  the  feudal  lords  of  the  Peverils. 
At  the  time  when  Section  VII  was  written,  the  author  was  un- 
acquainted with  the  Peveril  genealogy.  That  great  scholar  Charles 
Kerry-,  does  not  attempt  to  trace  it  higher  than  Ranulf.  The  guide 
to  whom  the  author  had  submitted  himself  was  Peter  Ellis,  who  was 
evidently  unaware  of  it,  for  on  so  important  a  point  he  necessarily 
would  have  given  full  particulars,  and  it  is  distressing,  though  not 
surprising,  to  find  that  the  authorities  upon  whom  Peter  Ellis 
founded  his  magnificent  work  were  also  equally  ignorant,  and  differ 
in  certain  portions.  This  is  not  so  extraordinary,  perhaps,  once 
this  truth  is  established,  that  there  are  no  original  authorities  in 


THE    GRIFFIN    PEDIGREES.  253 

Welsh  MSS.,  and  the  best  that  can  be  said  of  them  is  that,  althoguh 
produced  separately,  they  are  nearly  always  truthful,  for  they  com- 
paratively rarely  conflict ;  but  that,  although  each  author  was  writing 
from  memory,  that  is,  from  the  unwritten  traditions  of  the  bards, 
handed  down  to  him  orally,  which  was  a  matter  of  religion,  and 
they  would  not  set  them  out  in  writing  because  they  had  been  so 
handed  down  to  them  from  countless  generations  of  bards  and  seers, 
and  no  one  was  to  be  gratified  by  them.     It  was  not  probably  until 
after  the  plebian  family  of  the  Tudors  came  to  the  throne  that  the 
Welshmen  reduced  their  pedigrees  to  writing.     The  Tudors  were 
a  family  of  no  known  history.     Henry  VII.  luckily  had  obtained  in 
marriage    a    colour   of    royalty    by   the    hand    of    the    descendant 
of  a  bastard  of  the  grand  old  John  of  Gaunt,  by  a  lady  who  had 
been  the  governess  of  his  children  by  his  first  wife.     The  issue  of 
this  lady  were  made  legitimate  when  it  could  be    legally    accom- 
plished by  the  corrupt   Parliament  of  King   Richard    II.,  probably 
through  the  influence  of  their  legitimate  brother,  Henry  IV..  who 
usurped  the  Crown  for  himself,  and  who  is  said  to  have  been  much 
attached  to  his  late  governess.    There  is  a  pretence,  amongst  Welsh 
heralds,  to  give  an  early  origin  for  their  pedigrees,  but  it  may  safely 
be  dismissed  as,  at  best,  only  poetical,   inasmuch  as  it  is   utterly 
inconsistent  with  Welsh  traditions  and  customs.      It  is  stated  that 
"  Griffith  ap  Cynan,  Rys  ap  Tewdyr,  and  Bleddyn  ap  Cynfyn  collected 
the  arms,  ensigns  and  pedigrees  of  their  ancestors,  and  ordained 
five  Royal  Tribes  (there  being  only  three   before)  and   15  Special 
Tribes,  of  whom  the  gentry  of  North  Wales  are  for  the  most  part 
descended"  (Philip  York,  of  Erdigg's  "Tracts  of  Powis,"  the  Druid 
Press,  Wrexham,  1795). 

It  is  not  at  all  likely,  even  if  the  question  of  dates  could  be 
overcome,  that  these  three  Royal  personages  were  ever  so  friendly 
as  to  devise  and  carry  out  such  a  valuable  work  for  posterity 
especially  for  the  landed  gentry  of  1795,  and  certainly  there  is  no 
evidence  except  that  of  very  much  later  date,  that  the  tribes  and 
Kings  of  Wales  possessed  either  arms  or  ensigns,  or  recorded 
pedigrees;  they  possessed  arms  which  they  used  as  valiant  soldiers — 
but,  alas  !  we  have  little  and  but  uncertain  traces  of  their  court 
armour.  Unfortunately  the  only  foundation  for  .Mr.  York's  histories 
(jf  the  tribes  is  to  be  collected  piecemeal  from  various  MSS.  of  a 
much  later  date,  which  probably  only  saw  the  light  m  the  16th  century. 


THK    GRIFFIN    PEDIGREES. 

PEDIGREE   OF   HOWELL   DDA 

[Chiefl;/  frum  Aihl.  0.   -Vo.   177   ('/(   the  Bodteinn   Libmnj. 

HoweU  Dda,  King  of  All  Wales,  t  948-T 


Owen  ap: 

Holl. 


Angharad,  a 
Llw.  ap 
Mer. 


Run. 

Einon. 

Mdd. 


Roderch. 

Dyfnwell. 

Edwn. 


Angharad.: 


Tudor 
Trevor, 
t  948. 


Mdd,  t  99S, 

K.  of  All 

Wales. 


Einon. 

Lowarch. 

Grono. 


Jestin. 
Cadw'r. 


Luddic,  ^ 
t  1037 


Angharad.=  Lll.  ap  Sitsilt,  =Cynfyn  ap  Gwerston. 
I  t  1023. 


Lowarch  Gam.= 


Griffith,  =Editha,  or  Agatha,  fil.  Algar, 


King  of 

N.  Wales, 

t  1061. 


Earl  of  Mercia.  She  re- 
married King  Harold  of 
England,  1061-6. 


Bleddyn,= 
t  1073. 


Rivallon, 
t  1068. 


Nesta,  d.  and- 

h. ;  slain 

1045-6. 


Flaald,   born   1020 
(son  of  Banco, 
who  was  slain 
1045),  m.  1045. 


Gladus,  ux.  The 
Lord  Rhes. 


Jonet.=    Ednofed. 


I 


Alan,  fil.  Flaald,  or 
Fleance,  born 
1045-6,  Senescal  of 
the  Lord  of  Mon- 
mouth. 


Rhys  Sais,  Lord  of=Eva,  v.  Gr.  ap; 


Whittington, 

Oswestry,  d.  t  1070 

12  Wm.  ]. 


Gr.  ap  The 
Lord  Rhes. 


Gladus,  V. 

Sitsilt  ap 

Gwrge. 


I 
Elida. 


I    I 
Bleddr. 
Fvchan. 


I 
Iddon. 


Evered,  ux. 
Ednowen 
ap  Ithel. 

Eva. 


Tudor  ap  Bhys= 
Sais  at  Domes- 
day held  a  com- 
mot  under  the 
Earl  Roger 
Montgomery, 
for  which  he 
paid  .£4  bs.  rent 


(Wrenoc)     Banulph  Pever  ap  Tudor,  of  Salop,  temye  Domesday.: 


I 
Genevy,  ux. 
Ednoen  ap. 
Ithel. 


I 
Wm.  Peverel  of  Nottn.,^. 
tempe  Domesday.  y 


Wm.  of    Hamon  of  High       Pagan,  of  Brun. 
Dover.  Ereal. 


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258  THK    GRIFFIN     PF.DIGREES. 

So  many  impudent  forgeries  (incluclint<  Henry  VII. 'sown  pedigree) 
were  foisted  upon  the  country,  that  probably  in  disgust  the  Bards 
gave  us  the  priceless  boon  of  their  traditions,  but  except  in  a  general 
consensus  there  is  absolutely  no  uniformity  and  no  authority  for 
their  works.  Perhaps  this  is  better  than  any  so-called  perfect  work, 
because  there  is  less  chance  of  complicity  and  fraud,  and  each  one 
for  himself  may  work  out  his  own  traditions.  To  an  honest  enquirer 
the  result  is  very  satisfactory ;  the  best  of  the  modern  writers  openly 
acknowledged  their  authorities;  but,  probably,  there  are  none  who 
have  been  so  honest,  as  he  has  been  in  giving  his  originals,  as  Peter 
Ellis,  of  Wrexham. 

The  author  has  attempted  in  "The  Archaelogia  Cambrensis,"  of 
Dec,  1900,  and  of  April,  1901,  to  give  the  results  of  his  own  investi- 
gations, and  especially  to  give  what  he  could  find  respecting  the  per- 
sonal history  of  this  Peter  Ellis;  fortunately  this  has  since  been 
done  much  better  by  Mr.  A.  N.  Palmer,  in  his  invaluable  book,  "The 
History  of  Wrexham,"  to  which  the  learned  reader  must  be  referred 
for  further  information  on  the  subject.  Mr.  Palmer  does  not  enter 
into  the  question  from  whence  Peter  Ellis  obtained  his  knowledge, 
and  the  author's  views.can  here  only  be  given  shortly.  It  appears 
to  him  that  from  the  mass  of  authorities  cited  by  Peter  Ellis,  he 
founded  his  work  chiefly  upon  that  of  Mr.  Edwards,  of  Chirk,  with 
whom  he  was  connected  by  marriage,  and  that  his  work  was  mainly 
founded  on  the  great  works  of  Griffith  Hierathoc,  Symwnt  Vaughan, 
and  Guthen  Owen  (the  latter  Ellis  obtained  from  a  transcript  of 
Richard  Mathews).  There  is  also  evidence  of  collation  and  corrob- 
oration from  the  works  of  Edward  Puleston,  Griffith  Vaughan, 
Edward  ap  Robert,  Edward  Mostyn,  Jo  Edwards  of  Stansty,  Richard 
Langford  of  Alington,  and  from  many  other  writers,  such  an  array, 
in  fact,  that  the  genuineness  of  Peter  Ellis's  work  is  amply  assured  ; 
but  this  cluster  of  writers  only  covered  a  portion  of  the  Principality, 
and  none  of  them  appear  to  throw  any  light  upon  the  history  of  the 
Peverils  or  of  the  Fitzalans.  Possibly  it  may  be  that  as  both  of 
them  held  property  under,  and  gave  allegiance  to  the  hated  Norman 
Kings,  their  Welsh  brethren  discarded  them  from  any  participation, 
even  in  the  glories  of  the  fifteen  tribes.  It  is  perhaps  proof  of  the 
isolation  of  the  group  of  writers  of  the  Peter  Ellis  camp  and  their 
entire  independence  of  other  writers  that  we  are  not  indebted  to 
them,  but  to  the  once-famous  library  of  Sir  Watkin  Williams  Wynn, 


THK    GRIFFIN    PEDIGREES.  259 

at  Wynstay,  for  a  clear  account  of  their  history,  showing  that  both 
the  Fitzalans  and  the  Peverils  had  in  fact  a  just  right  to  a  share  in 
the  glorious  traditions  of  the  15,  and  this,  at  present,  is  the  only 
proof  known  to  the  author.  Since  writing  the  VII.  section,  the 
author  is  indebted  to  Sir  \V.  \V.  Wynn,  for  giving  him  full  access 
to  the  remains  of  his  library,  and  here  he  discovered  the  proof,  if  it 
can  be  relied  upon,  of  the  paternity  of  Wrenoc  or  Rhys.  As  it  is  so 
delightful  to  an  author,  he  was  permitted  to  search  the  MSB.  for 
himself,  and  not  in  piecemeal  (having  a  single  MS.  handed  out  to 
him  by  perhaps  a  not  very  sympathetic  or  well-informed  assistant), 
so  that  the  progress  of  investigation  was  not  only  very  swift  but 
very  satisfactory.  In  a  few  hours,  through  Sir  Watkin's  generous 
treatment,  he  was  able  to  select  and  to  collate  for  himself  the  very 
paragraphs  he  sought  for. 

Although  Sir  Watkin's  fine  library  has  practically  perished,  only  a 
few  half-burnt  fragments  of  the  ancient  papers  remaining,  amongst 
which  .MSS.  there  are  but  few  parchments  and  certainly,  it  may  be 
hazarded,  no  ancient  ones,  so  that  the  mystery  surrounding  them  is 
not  justified,  and  at  Wynstay  there  are  now  only  copies  of  the  former 
collection,  but  they  are  good  copies,  and  to  a  lawyer,  as  in  the 
absence  of  the  original  one  copy  is  regarded  as  good  as  another, 
they  are  everything  that  is  desired.  The  Wynstay  present  MSS. 
(and  they  are  very  numerous)  appear  chiefly  to  be  the  work  of  one 
man,  Joseph  Morris,  of  Shrewsbury,  a  well-known  authoritj',  who 
wrote  in  the  early  part  of  last  century.  The  gem  of  this  collection 
is  the  Salusburie  Pedigrees  in  two  volumes,  compiled  by  Owen 
Salusburie  of  Riig  and  John  Salusburie  of  Erbstock,  between  1630 
and  1677,  That  is  of  a  later  date  than  the  works  of  Peter  Ellis, 
who  indeed  died  in  the  year  1637.  This  was  transcribed  by  Joseph 
Morris  in  1832,  and  he  writes  in  its  pages,  "The  only  MSS.  of  the 
Salusburie's  perished  in  the  fire  at  Wynstay,  1858,  and  this  is  the 
only  copy  in  existence. — J.M."  He  adds  that  Symwnt  Vaughan's 
book  in  1832  was  in  John  Vaughan's  hands,  of  Shrewsbury  and  of 
Chilton  Grove. 

At  pages  394-5  is  given  the  pedigree  of  Tudor  Trevor  and  of  his 
wife  Anghared,  vch  Howell  Dda,  King  of  all  Wales,  from  Grono  the 
eldest  son,  who  was  Earl  of  Hereford,  according  to  Welsh  records 
(a  fact  unknown  to  English  historians),  by  his  wife  Tangwistle  v 
Dyfryval  ap  Edward  came  Reingar,  who  married  Kyhflyn  vch  Ivor 


26o  I'll'     liHHMN     I'l  llKiKl-.KS. 

and  \v;is  mother  of  Klyston  Glodiaid,  who  is  said  to  liave  borne  the 
same  title:  from  the  younger  son,  Luddiek  by  Anghared  vch  Inge 
ap  Idwall  ap  Meiric,  Prince  of  North  Wales  from  whom  came 
Llowarch  Gam  who  by  Leika  v  Gwerystan  ap  Gwarthwood  Vawr 
was  father  of  Ednoved,  who  by  Jonett  v  Rivallan  apCynfyn,  Prince 
of  North  Wales  came  Ryhs  Sais  or  the  Englishman,  "who  12 
William  1.  was  Lordof  Whittington,  Maelor,  and  Oswestry,  which  he 
divided  amongst  his  sons  in  1070."  These  facts  are  distinctly  stated  ; 
down  to  this  point  the  pedigree  seems  not  only  possible  but  probable, 
and  it  is  strongly  confirmed  by  other  writers,  but  from  this  period 
the  pedigree  given  seems  to  belong  to  a  different  man  and  in  no  way 
to  concern  the  Peverils.  That  Rhys  Sais  was  Lord  of  Whittington, 
Ma:lor  and  Oswestry  is  clear  beyond  all  doubt,  and  proven  by  the 
record  of  12  William  1.  (by  which  it  is  probably  intended  to  designate 
Domesday)  is  equally  clear.  We  are  in  this  dilemma,  either  we  must 
dimidiate  the  pedigree  and  accept  it  to  this  date,  1070,  and  reject  it 
in  the  later  portion,  or,  if  it  must  be,  repudiate  it  altogether — which 
after  discovering  so  much  would  be  sad  indeed.  There  is  this 
dreadful  difficulty,  that  as  we  have  the  pedigree  six  generations  are 
crowded  into  the  reign  of  the  Conqueror,  which  is  manifestly  absurd. 

But  is  it  necessary  to  reject  it  ?  According  to  English  records 
Rhys  Sais  had  not  only  Whittington,  Maelor,  and  Oswestry,  as  well 
as  other  manors,  some  in  Essex  and  Herts,  held  by  William,  his  son, 
Welsh  fashion,  with  Robert  Gernon  (or  the  Bearded  One),  the 
ancestor  of  the  lords  of  Bakewell,  who  was  probably  another  son, 
and  other  lands  in  Norfolk,  Salop,  and  other  counties,  and  all  these 
estates  are  known  to  have  descended  to  his  issue,  said  to  be  his  by 
an  English  lady  (a  daughter  of  one  Ingelric),  who  is  said  to  have 
been  the  mistress  of  William  the  Conqueror,  and  by  him,  mother 
of  William  Peveril,  of  Nottingham.  By  Wrenoc  she  is  said  to  have 
had  two  other  sons  named  William — one  of  Dover  and  one  of 
London  (possibly  the  same  person),  one  other  son,  named  Pagan, 
Lord  of  Brun  (who  was  Standard-bearer  of  Curthose,  an  historical 
character,  another  descended  in  some  way  from  the  Earls  of  Mercia, 
who  also  held  Whittington,  Maelor,  and  Oswestry),  and  another, 
Hamo,  Lord  of  High  Ercal ;  and  by  her,  or  probably  by  another 
wife.  Ranulf  had  at  least  two  sons,  named  Roger  and  Jonas. 

All  this  is  very  clear  and  explicit,  and  can  be  proved  by  indis- 
putable evidence,  but  the  Salusburie  MSS.  gives  no  tidings  of  any 


THK    WVNSTAV    MSS. 


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of  them.  It  gives  this  Rhys  a  couple  of  wives,  both  of  whom  were 
Welsh  ladies ;  bj'  the  first  wife  Eva  v  Griffith  ap  Griff,  ap  yr  Argehvd 
(the  noble)  Rhys,  Lord  of  Cassillon;  by  her  he  had  issue  (1)  Blyddyn 
Vychan,  (2)  Idden,  (3)  Rledir,  who  was  the  father  of  Madoc,  who 
had  Sutton,  from  whom  descended,  in  the  fourth  degree,  another 
Madoc,  who  was  Lord  of  Acton.  By  another  wife,  Gladus  v  Sitsilt 
ap  Gwirge,  Wchelwe  he  had  a  son  named  Tudyr. 

To  proceed  by  steps,  1070,  the  date  given  for  the  division  by  Rhys 
Sais  of  his  estates  amongst  his  sons,  will  not  fit  in  with  the  12th 
William  I.,  which  would  be  1078,  nor  with  Domesday,  which  is 
popularly  supposed  to  have  been  composed  in  a  jifTy,  in  1086, 
because  (perhaps)  Ordericus  gave  that  year  as  its  finish.  (He  would 
certainly  know  better  than  to  suppose  that  the  work  of  a  good 
20  years  could  be  completed  in  one).  So  that  possibly  Rhys  may 
have  divided  his  estates  in  his  life-time,  for  he  was  certainly  alive 
many  years  after  the  date  of  his  part  of  Domesday,  assuming  that 
these  inquests  had  different  dates. 

The  Wynstay  MSS.  seems  to  he  the  best  account,  although 
nothing  very  positive  can  be  alleged.  One  of  our  English  (Irish) 
Judges,  before  whom  a  law  of  Howell  Dda  was  cited,  said,  "  I  don't 
believe  there  ever  was  such  a  mon."  Nor  is  it  possible  to  reconcile 
fairly  well  known  dates  with  regard  to  the  lady  stated  to  be  the 
mother  of  Rhys  Sais.  Ednoved,  his  alleged  father,  is  said  to  have 
married  Jonett,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Rivallon  ap  Cynfyn,  Prince 
of  North  Wales.  Here  Peter  Ellis  can  be  cited  in  confirmation.  At 
page  33  he  gives  the  parentage  of  Tudor  Trevor,  as  the  son  of  Yngr, 
by  Reingar,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Lyddic  ap  Cai-adoc  Vreichfras. 

Tudor's  wife  he  gives  as  Angherad  verch  Howell  Dda,  who  died 
948.  Grono  his  eldest  son  (E.R.  Edward  ap  Robert  270),  he  married 
to.  .  .  .  Dyneval  ap  Enwyd,  by  whom  he  had  Reingar  who  married 
Rhy  flyn  ap  Invor,  and  was  mother  of  Elyston  Glodrud,  agreeing 
entirely  with  Salusburie's  MS.,  and  from  Ludvic,  aj'ounger  son,  who 
married  Angherad  vch  lago  (Yngr.  in  the  others)  ap  Idwall  ap  Meirig 
(Anno  1037)  Prince  of  North  Wales  came  Lowarch  gam,  who 
married  Lecke  v  Gueristan  ap  Gwarthwood,  and  was  father  of 
Ednyvett,  who  married  Jenett  v  Rivallon  ap  Cynvyn,  Ao.  1151,  and 
there  he  ends  without  giving  any  issue  of  this  marriage.  This  is 
absolutely,  allowing  for  the  difTerences  in  spelling,  identically  the 
same  pedigree  as  that  given  by  the  Salusburie's.     Then  Peter  Ellis 


252  I'UH.U'     VOKK  S    HISTORY. 

gives  as  a  brother  of  Edivett,  not  as  a  son,  one  Rhys  Sais,  who 
marries  Eva  v  Griffith  Hir  ap  Gr  ap  the  Arglevvyd  Rhys,  who  had 
issue  practically  the  same  as  the  issue  given  to  Rhys  Sais  of 
Whittington. 

It  should  be  noted  that  Peter  Ellis  cites  no  authorities  in  support 
of  his  pedigree,  which  is  so  unlike  his  habit,  that  it  may  fairly  be 
assumed  that  he  did  not  vouch  facts ;  his  dates  again  do  not  tend  to 
coniirm  him;  he  gives  948  for  the  death  of  Howell  Dda,  1037  for  the 
reign  of  his  grandson  as  Prince  of  North  Wales,  1080  as  the  date  of 
the  marriage  of  his  son  Lowarch,  and  1151  for  his  son,  that  is  over 
200  years  for  five  generations,  about  the  proper  amount  taking  the 
first  date  for  a  death.  On  the  question  of  dates,  Rhys  Sais  of 
Whittington,  1070,  may  well  have  been  descended  from  Howell  Dda, 
in  the  5th  degree. 

The  point  which  ultimately  must  decide  this  controversy  is  not  so 
much  a  question  of  pedigree  as  of  the  devolution  of  the  estates.  If 
Rhys  Sais  did  not  obtain  these  estates  of  Whittington,  Mselor,  and 
Oswestry,  from  his  mother,  how  else  did  he  acquire  them  ?  That 
they  were  originally  the  property  of  the  Lady  Anghared  v  Mdd  ap 
Owen  cannot  be  disputed  and  that  she  brought  them  to  her  two  sons. 
King  Griffith  and  King  Bleddyn  in  succession,  is  clear  beyond  all 
dispute,  so  it  is  clear  that  the  sons  of  Cynvyn  divided  them  between 
them.  Rivallon  had  power  to  give  his  gavelied  half  to  his  daughter 
and  her  son,  iience  Rhys  Sais'  title,  but  that  this  superior  Lordship 
remained  in  Bleddyn's  successors  is  again  a  matter  of  history.  So  it 
is  that  the  heir  of  King  Griffith,  Alan  fil  Fleance  remained,  perhaps 
only  in  right,  the  Paramount  Lord  over  the  sons  of  Cynvyn,  and  this 
consideration  exactly  agrees  with  the  conclusions  of  Chapter  XIX., 
which  were  arrived  at  by  a  full  consideration  of  the  history  of  the 
territory  apart  from  the  question  of  pedigree,  which  however,  being 
fully  established,  confirms  and  cements  it. 

In  order  to  understand  fully  the  position  of  Wynnuwyn  and  his 
son  as  Lords  of  Ashford  it  may  be  as  well  to  give  something  of 
their  history,  which  can  be  abstracted  from  Philip  York's  History. 
He  was  an  Englishman,  a  great-nephew  of  the  first  Lord  Hardwick, 
so  must  be  accepted  as  impartial,  and  he  no  doubt  had  studied 
their  history  from  Welsh  accounts.  He  writes,  under  the  3rd  Royal 
Tribe  :— 

Bleddyn  had  a  clear  title  to  Powls  from  his  great-grandmother 
Angharad,  grand-daughter  and   heiress  of  .Merfvn,  in  whose  favour 


PHILIP  York's  history.  263 

it  was  gavelled  off  by  her  father,  Roderic,  in  common  with  his 
brother,  Rhiwallin,  who  fell  four  years  after  in  the  battle  of  Mechan, 
from  his  father,  Cynfyn  ap  Gwerystan,  he  had  no  claim  by  his 
mother,  Angharad,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Mdd  ap  Owain.  Prince 
of  South  Wales,  he  was  uterine  brother  of  Griffith  ap  Llewellin, 
the  preceding  Prince  of  North  Wales. 

Bleddyn  divided  Powis  between  his  sons  Mdd  and  Cadwgan. 
Madog,  the  son  of  Hired,  the  fifth  son  of  Bleddyn  ap  Cynfyn, 
murdered  his  Uncle  Cadwgan,  and  Mdd  destroyed  the  sons  of 
Cadwgan.  These  were  the  ordinary  precautions  of  the  Welsh  (who 
disliked  the  Roman  law  of  gavel-kind)  in  order  to  obviate  its  con- 
sequences. Mj'dd  ap  Bleddin  died  1 133,  when  deserted  by  Gryfiyth  ap 
Cynan,  Prince  of  North  Wales.     He  had  bravely  opposed  Henry  1. 

He  married,  first,  Hanydel,  daughter  of  Eunydd  ap  Gwernwy, 
founder  of  the  Tribe  of  Dyffryn  Clwyd,  by  whom  he  had  several 
children.  By  his  second  wife,  Eva,  daughter  of  Blettews  ap 
Ednowain  and  grand-daughter  of  Ednowain  Bendriss,  he  had  a  son, 
Jorwarth  Goch,  or  the  Red  Edward,  who  married  Maud,  daughter 
of  Roger  de  Manley,  of  Manley,  by  whom  he  was  father  to  Sir 
Griffith  Vychan,  Lords  of  Crigion,  ancestor  of  the  Kynastons. 

Madog  ap  Mdd  died  at  Winchester,  1160,  and  was  buried  at 
Mersod,  near  Mathrasail.  He  married  the  daughter  of  Griffith  ap 
Cynan,  Prince  of  North  Wales,  'founder  of  the  First  Royal  Tribe, 
and  had  issue  Marred,  wife  of  Jorwarth  Drwyndwyn,  eldest  son  of 
Owain  Gwynedd,  and  mother  of  the  great  Lin.  He  built  the  Castle 
of  Oswestry  ■'  and  Caerenion,  and  probably  Overton. 

Madog  ap  Mdd  divided  half  Powis  between  his  sons  Gryffred 
Mailor,  Owain  ap  Hadog,  Elise  Owain  Broggutyn  ap  Cynfeigevele, 
and  Eeinon  Evell ;  the  three  last  were  illegitimate,  but  it  was  not 
unusual  to  put  such  when  eminent  in  an  equal  succession,  the 
mere  stain  of  an  illegitimacy  was  not  considered  as  of  very  great 
importance  by  the  Welsh  Princes. 

Gryffredd  Mfelor  succeeded  as  Lord  of  Bromfield  1191,  he  was 
buried  at  Merfod,  by  his  wife  Anghared,  daughter  of  Owain 
Gwynedde,  he  had  one  son,  Madog,  who  had  the  rare  felicity  of 
inheriting  his  estates  entire.  He  served  under  King  John,  and 
reduced  Lin,  his  son-in-law,  who  renounced  the  paramountship  of 
Powys. 

"  Oswestry  is  in  Welsh  M;elor,  so  called,  it  is  said,  from  Mailor  apGwran  ap  Cuiiedda.  \\'Iedic,  to 
whom  this  district  fell  on  the  general  division  of  N'orth  Wales  amongst  the  sons  and  grandsons  of 
Cunedda  in  the  6th  century. 


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I'HILII'    YORK  S    HISTORY. 


In  the  following  year  Lin  Madog  and  his  cousin,  Wenuwyn,  were 
reconciled,  and  took  all  the  Rnglish  garrisons  in  North  Wales,  and 
were  dispensed  by  Pope  Innocent  III.  from  their  oaths  of  allegiance 
to  John,  then  under  an  interdict,  a  dispensation,  therefore,  which 
was  unnecessary  though  if  wanted  could  hardly  have  been  required 
by  such  good  Catholics,  who  dispensed  themselves  so  frequently  as 
these  Welsh  Princes. 

Madog  built,  probably  only  refounded,  the  Abbey  of  Vale  Crucis 
and  was  buried  there  1236  by  his  wife,  Gladys,  daughter  of  Ithel  ap 
Rhes  ap  Morgan,  of  Ewyas.  He  had  one  son  Gr.,  who  killed 
himself  by  a  fall,  trying  to  escape  from  the  Tower  of  London. 

Lin  his  son  succeeded  ;  he  submitted  and  w^as  restored  to  his 
estates.     He  died  at  Dinas  Beaor,  1170. 

He  married  Emma,  daughter  of  James  Lord  Audeley,  and  had 
four  sons — .Madog  of  Bromfield,  Lin  of  Chirk,  Nantheudy,  and 
Griffin  Glyndwedwy,  ancestor  of  Owen  Glendower. 

The  other  division,  Bleddyn  gavelled  Powis  between  his  sons  Mdd 
and  Cadwgan.  Mdd  acquired  the  whole  by  family  slaughter  ;  he 
divided  it  between  his  son,  Madog,  and  grandson,  Owain,  Cyfeilwg, 
whose  son,  Gwenwynwyn,  or  Wenuvvyn,  gave  name  to  this  moiety. 

Griffith,  second  son  of  Mdd,  married  Gwerful,  daughter  of  Gwer- 
genen  ap  Howell  ap  Jevef  ap  Cadwgan  ap  Eliston  Glodrud,  founder 
of  the  fourth  tribe  and  died  1128. 

His  son,  Cyferling,  attended  the  Parliament  of  Henry  II.  at 
Oxford,  and,  according  to  Welsh  precedents,  he  plundered  Jorworth 
Goch  (his  father's  half-brother)  of  his  estates  in  Powys.  He  was 
driven  into  England  by  Owen  Gwyned,  Prince  of  North  Wales,  and 
Rhys  of  the  South,  but  the  English  helped  to  restore  him  to  part  of 
his  possessions. 

He  married  Gwenlian,  daughter  of  Owain  Gwynedd,  by  whom  he 
had  one  son,  Gwynwynwyn,  who  had  all  the  estates  but  a  small  part, 
which  Caswallan,  his  bastard  brother,  enjoyed. 

Cyfeelwgdied  1197. 

Wenuwyn,  with  Caswallon,  his  brother,  plundered  the  Castle  of 
Carreg  Hwfa,  and  put  to  death  their  father's  first  cousin,  an  old 
man,  Owane  Fychan ;  he  recovered  his  Castle  of  Powys  again  through 
.Archbishop  Hubert  Walter,  who  then  commanded  the  armies  of 
Richard    K,   which    caused    him    to   be    respected    by     King   John, 


PHILIP    VORk's    history.  265 

whom  he  assisted  to  surprise  and  imprison  his  elder  brother. 
Gryffyd,  Prince  of  South  Wales,  and  this  person  being  delivered  to 
the  charge  of  Gwenwynwyn,  he  gave  him  up  to  his  inveterate 
enemies,  the  English.  Two  years  after  he  conceived  a  great  design 
to  emancipate  and  extend  his  country  to  its  ancient  limits,  and  he 
attacked  Win.  de  Breos.  He  was  defeated  and  lost  3,000  men,  and 
he  himself  was  captured;  he  was  detained  a  prisoner  at  Shrewsbury, 
but  was  liberated  by  John  after  three  years,  who  also  assisted  him 
again  to  regain  his  possessions  and  he  attended  John  on  an 
expedition  into  Wales  the  year  following. 

1211.      He  fought  against  John  and  drove  him    out    of  Wales; 
he  kept  faith  with  Lin  five  years  and  then  deserted  to  John  again. 

In  17  John  and  1  Henry  III.,  the  Sheriff  paid  £10  for  the  rents 
of  Gwenwynwyn,  in  Derbyshire. 

It  was  not  known  when  he  died,  certainly  before  13  Henry  111., 
for  a  Pipe  Roll  of  that  year  shows  that  his  widow  owed  .£30  for  the 
farm  of  two  parts  of  the  Manor  of  Ashford  ;  he  married  Margaret 
daughter  of  Rhys  ap  Tudyr,  Prince  of  South  Wales,  and  left  an  only 
son,  Griffith,  who  25  Henry  III.  fined  £300  for  his  father's  lands, 
saving  rights  und  liberties,  and  in  the  26  Henry  III.,  he  was  allowed 
to  endower  his  wife  Havis,  daughter  of  John  le  Strange,  and  on  the 
35  Henry  111.,  Griffin  obtained  a  Charter  of  free  warren  for  Ashford  ; 
the  date  of  his  death  is  unknown:  according  to  the  Welsh  accounts 
by  Margaret  his  wife,  daughter  of  Hywell  y  Pedolan,  he  had  six  sons, 
Owain,  Lord  of  Arwysly,  Lin  (2),  (3),  Jo  (4),  Caer  Enion; 

(5)  Wm.  of  Mauddy,  (6)  Griff  Fechin  ;  he  did  not  appear  to  have 
had  any  issue  by  Havis  le  Strange.  Edward  1.  decided  that  Havis 
Gadarn,  the  daughter  of  his  eldest  son,  should  succeed  to  his  estates; 
and  if  her  uncles  (who  had  litigated)  should  leave  no  issue,  their 
lands  should  become  her's.  The  King  found  her  a  husband  in  John 
de  Cherlton.  a  gentleman  of  his  bedchamber  (whom  he  made  his 
Chamberlain),  and  although  the  other  sons  of  Griffith  left  issue,  who 
ought  to  have  succeeded  to  Ashfonl,  the  King  gave  it  away  to  his 
own  wife.  In  1623  (Patent  Roll,  2nd  part),  there  is  an  exemplification 
of  partition  of  Welsh  Manors  between  Owen  fil  Griffin  ap  Wenuwyn 
and  Griffin  his  brother. 


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CHAI^TBR     XXII. 


THE     LONGSDON     CHARTERS. 

The  following  Charters,  though  chiefly  relating  to  Ashford  and 
Longsdon,  were  made  under  the  powers  of  and  at  the  Courts  of 
Ashford.  They  are  all  in  the  possession  of  G.  T.  Wright,  Esq.,  of 
Longstone  Hall. 

4  Edward  II.  Clement  de  la  Ford,  Bailiff  of  Ashford,  attested 
a  Charter  of  John  iil  Rich,  the  Forester  of  Great  Longsdon,  to  Rich, 
his  father.  T.  Peter  de  Rowland,  Thomas  fli  John,  Elias  de  Longsdon, 
Ricli  fil  Win.fil  Matthew  de  Longsdon,  Jo.  Martin,  Nic  de  Crumford, 
Hy.  in  the  Dale  of  Wardelow.     Wm.  Roter  Ciic. 

4  Edward  III.  Henry  fil  Rohert  le  Wright,  of  Ashford,  to  Rich 
le  Smith,  of  Great  Longsdon. 

24  Edward  111.  Thomas  fil  Robert  le  Wright,  of  Ashford,  to 
Henry  Selwyn,  a  house  and  one  bov.  in  Longston,  which  he  had  of 
the  gift  of  Robert,  his  father. 

East,  same  year.  Henry  Selwyn,  gt.  to  Rich  le  Smith,  of  Great 
Longsdon,  a  house  called  the  Tighebern,  which  he  had  of  the  gift 
of  Thos.  fil  Robert  le  Wright,  of  Ashford.  T.  John  Foljambe, 
of  Longsdon,  Wm.  atte  Aula,  Rich.  Iveson,  of  Mornesale,  Robt. 
Hervy,  of  Longsdon. 

41  Edward  111.  Ante  fest  Nativ,  Jo.  the  Baptist,  Felicia,  daughter 
of  John  le  Clerk,  of  Longsdon,  to  Godfr.  de  Roland  land  which 
belonged  to  her  late  father,  in  Ashford,  Great  Longsdon.  Mornsale 
and  Roland,  T.  Hy  de  la  Pole.  Seal  on  a  chief,  3  crosses  (?)  and 
3  trees  (qy.,  a  convent  seal). 

4  Henry  IV.  John  Wright,  of  Ashford,  with  Roger  Leech,  Hy. 
de  Longston,  William  fil  Clement  de  Longston,  John  del  Dean, 
and  Wm.   Leech,  of  Longston,  attested  a    Charter   of    Thos.    de 


THE  LONGSDON  CHARTERS.  267 

Bently  and  Johanna,  his  wife,  of  land  in  Rowland,  Calver,  and  Eyum, 
which  descended  to  her  after  the  death  of  Nicholas  Marten  Cap. 

16  August,  6  Edward  IV.  At  a  Court  held  at  Ashford  for  Richard, 
Earl  of  Warwick,  Johanna,  widow  of  Henry  Wright,  surrendered 
a  messuage,  ad  fine,  viU  de  Mag,  Longsdon,  in  which  his  son  John 
then  dwelt,  to  Richard,  her  son,  in  tail. 

6  Aug.,  •22  Edward  IV.  Thomas  Hodgkinson,  of  Wardelow,  the 
younger,  granted  a  messuage  and  eight  acres  of  land  in  Wardelow, 
which  Richard  Hodgkinson,  father  of  Thomas,  bought  of  Henry 
White. 

By  a  deed  of  the  12th  August,  same  year.  Amongst  the  witnesses 
were  Robert  Longsdon,  of  Little  Longsdon,  yeoman,  John  Wright 
"and  Henry  Wright,  the  younger. 

29  Aug.,  29  Edward  IV.  Ambrose  Dedick,  of  Bakewell,  appointed 
Nic  Eyre  his  attorney  ;  to  deliver  seizen  at  the  Court  at  Ashford, 
of  a  cottage  to  Stephen  Eyre. 

2nd  October,  2  Richard  111.  William  Brokesham  surrendered 
land  in  Ashford  to  Stephen  Eyre. 

24  April,  3  Henry  VII.  Roland  fil  Stephen  Eyre,  of  Hassop, 
surrendered  lands  there. 

4  Jan.,  3  Henry  VII.  Stephen  Eyre,  of  Hassop,  granted  land  in 
Ashford  to  Robert  Eyre,  the  younger. 

20  Aug.,  11  Henry  VII.  Richard  Wright,  of  Great  Longston, 
surrendered  a  messuage  and  a  bovate  in  Ashford,  to  the  use  of 
Richard,  his  son,  and  Agnes,  his  daughter. 

6  Nov.,  17,  Henry  VII.  The  same  surrendered  land  to  John,  his 
son,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife. 

11  June,  21  Henry  VII.  Inq.,  John  Dale  was  found  fatuus  and 
his  land  was  seized  in  the  Lordship  of  Ashford. 

2  Dec,  8  Henry  VI II.  Rowland  Eyre,  of  Hassop,  attended  the 
Court  at  Ashford. 

20  Henry  VIII.  Jo  Hodgkinson,  of  Scarcliff,  granted  to  Richard 
Smyth,  of  Bakewell,  a  messuage  and  land  in  Wardlow  and  Ashford. 
T.  Ralf  Deane,  Thomas  Garlond,  Thurston  Falys,  Hy.  Smyth  and 
Oliver  Dale,  cap. 

11  Aug.,  31  Henry  VIII.  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  Wright, 
surrendered  a  bovate  of  land  to  William,  her  son. 


268  THE    I.OXGSDON    CHARTERS. 

20  July.  1  Edward  VI.  Roger  Smyth,  of  Bakewell,  granted  to 
Henry  James  of  Wardlow,  land  in  Wardelow  and  Ashford  ;  William 
Wright,  of  Longsdon  and  William  Donne,  of  Holme,  Notts,  attorneys 
to  deliver  seizen. 

24  Feb.,  4  Edward  VI.  No.  31,  part  1.  Inq.,  p.m.  of  Ralf  Leech, 
died  St.  Luke,  Evang.  ult.  His  daughters  and  heirs,  Johanna  xt  7, 
Elizabeth  :et  16,  Margaret  set  15. 

14  Oct.,  4  and  5,  P.  and  M.  Wm.  Cavendish,  knight,  died, 
holding  land,  late  of  the  Priory  of  Tutbury,  Lord  of  Ashford. 

7,  Elizabeth.  George  Vernon,  knight,  died,  holding  land  in 
Ashford.  Margaret  ux  Thomas  Stanley  xt  26,  and  Dorothy  ux  Jo 
Manners,  set  21,  his  co-heirs. 

16  Jan.,  12  Elizabeth.  Wm.  Wright,  described  as  the  elder, 
surrenders  the  said  bovate  to  Wm.,  his  son,  in  fee. 

20  Oct.,  1603.  Wm.  Wright,  the  elder,  of  Gt.  Longston,  sur- 
rendered to  Wm.  Wright,  his  only  son,  all  his  lands  within  the 
Lordship  of  Ashford. 

24  Oct.,  16  James.  John  Wright,  son  and  heir  of  William  Wright, 
deceased,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  surrendered  land  in  Ashford  to 
the  us^  of  Nicholas  Dale. 

The  following  relate  to  the  family  of  Milnes,  Lord  Houghton. 

1272.  William  le  Milner  held  half  a  bov  of  land  in  Ashford,  of 
the  Cathedral  of  Lichfield,  at  whose  mill  the  inhabitants  of  Longsdon 
and  other  hamlets  were  bound  to  grind  their  corn. — Harl  MS.,  4797, 
fo.  55. 

1339.  Agnes,  wife  of  Thomas  le  Milner,  of  Ashford,  died  29 
Edward  111.  Nicolas  le  Miller,  of  Hassiford,  and  Cessley  his  wife 
granted  land  in  Froggat  to  Ralf  Tibbeson,  of  Baslowe,  to  which 
Ralf  Giles  Rich  and  Geoffrey  le  Leech  were  witnesses. 

1358.  In  the  accounts  of  John  Cokayne,  Procurator  of  Lichfield 
Mortuary  gift  Wm.  Milner. 

42  Edward  III.  John  le  .Milner  attested  a  Charter  of  the  Martins 
of  Chatsworth,  with  Ralf  and  Robert  Leech. 

4  Richard  II.  Simon  Miller  and  his  wife,  and  John,  their  son, 
were  of  Ashford.  The  Milnes  of  Wakefield,  Lord  Houghton's 
family,  claim  descent  from  the  Milnes  of  Ashford  in  the  Water,  and 
they  bear  the  sails  of  a  Windmill  on  their  coat. 


THE    MILNES    CHARTERS.  269 

From  Messrs.  Taylor  and  Go's  Office,  Ashford  : — 
1651.      Richard    Milnes    and    Margaret    his    wife    held    one    bay 
of  a  barn. 

1652-4.     \Vm.  .Milnes  and  Elizabeth  his  wife. 

1658.  Wm.  Milnes  the  elder  surrendered  to  the  use  of  William 
Milnes  his  eldest  son. 

Jone  Milnes  died.     Mary  ux  Frances  Rugg,  cousin  and  ne.xt  heir. 
Edward  Glossop  had  land  from   Edward  Dickens,  Godfrey  Ash, 
and  Jone  his  wife. 

1659.  Thomas  Bagshaw  held  half  an  o.xgang. 

28th  Sept.,  1735.  Sir  Jo.  Gilbert  for  £1,350.  Conveyed  chief 
rents  in  Ashford,  for  £11    12s.  9id.,  to  Edward  Cheney. 

2nd  and  3rd  June,  1736.  Hy.  Bourne,  of  Spital,  and  Sarah  his 
wife,  co-heiress  of  Gladwin,  conveyed  to  same  two-thirds  of  manor. 


270 


CHAPTER     XXIII. 


TITHE     ROLLS. 

The  following  Tithe  Rolls  are  taken  from  the  Lichfield  Records, 
and  as  it  will  be  seen,  they  relate  to  other  parishes  besides  Ashford, 
in  fact,  to  the  whole  of  the  Forest  surrounding  it.  It  was  thought 
best  to  include  them  once  for  all,  as  the  different  families  and 
parishes  will  he  placed  separately  in  the  Index;  they  are  of  great 
value  for  pedigree  purposes  as  they  are  nearly  all  dated,  and  are 
only  second  in  value  to  the  Subsidy  Rolls  which  follow. 

E  I.     Tithes,  1254. 

Bakewell.     bl.  W'm.  de  Longsdon,  Mathew  Mercator. 

Ralund.     bl.  Math  de  Langsdon. 

Wardlow.     Thos.,  Cap  of  Longsdon. 

Hucklow.     Robt.  le  Archer. 

Dadley.     Galf  le  Archer. 

Abany.     Rob  de  Abney. 

E  3.     1273. 

Bakewell.     Thos.  Foljambe,  Burton. 
Hugo  de  Longsdon. 

E.  6.     s.     d.,  c  Edward  II. 

Tithes  of  the  Forestry  and  Middle  Canel. 

Barthw.     Rich.  Foljambe,  Adam   Forester,  Adam  de  Aula, 
Alan  del  Hill. 

Pva.  Hocklow.     John  Larcher,  Wm.  Rankelli,  Alan  Archer, 
\Vm.  Bate. 

Abbeney.     Robt,,  Rich.,  and  Jo.  .\rcher. 
Shatton.     Peter  de  Shatton,  Wm.  fil  Edy  (?). 
Highlow.     Thos.  Archer,  Wm.,  his  brother. 
Hocklow.     Rd.  Archer,  40  -. 


TITHI-;    ROLLS.  IJl 

F   1.  s.         d.  Tithe  Roll,  c  Hdward  II. 

Ashford.  Thos.  de  Maclesfield  (28  Edward  I.  he  had  Ashford 
in  farm  from  the  King). 

Longsdon.     bl.  Wm.  frat  Ranulf. 

Hocklow  Mag.     Rich.  Archer. 
F  2. 

Bakewell.      Felicia  Cress,  of  Ashford.      Dna  Dionisia  le  M'le. 
heirs  W'm.  Allej'n,  of  Monyash. 
F  5.     1339. 

Bakewell.     Matilde  de  Shalcross. 
Mortuary  List,         s.       d. 

Ralf  de  Sheladon  Tydd. 

Rog.  de  Sheladon. 
E  11.     1336. 

Wormhill.     Thos.  fli  Alan,  Ad.  Forester,  Rich.  Foljambe. 

Wheston.     Jo.  and  Rog.  Browne. 

Tydele.     Jo.  de  Hethcote. 

Hocklow  Maga.     Rd.  Jo.  and  Thos.  Archer,  Wm.  Mainwaring. 

Hocklow.    Alan  Larcher,  Wm.  Bate,  Jo.  Renkelli.  Roht.  and  Wm. 

Abbeny.  Hy  (Yateheir  and  E.  Larcher)  Ad  le  Rede,  Thos. 
Howe  Rich  del  Clough,  Thos.  and  Robert  and  Robert  de 
Bagshaw,  John  de  Heghlow,  Ric.  de  Gretrakes,  Wm. 
Larcher,  Vincent  Plere. 

Burgh.     Wm.  de  Hadfield. 

Aysh  (ford).      John    Cele,    Roger    and    Rd.    Sharp,    Nic.    and 
Gerv.   Woodword,   Nicolas    de    Bagshaw,    Wm.    Trickett, 
Robt.  le   Hope,   Hugo  de  Birches,   Roger    Dege,    Juliana 
le  Eyr,  Elias  Hacke,  Jo.  Colong,  Alan  Cap,  Rad  Lodes. 
E  14.     1340. 

Robt.  Clic,  Longsdon. 

Wm.  fil  Jo.  Larcher,  Cordeburg. 

Godfr  Foljambe,  Weston. 

Barth  Foljambe,  in  Forestrj-  and  Herverwal. 

Nic  de  Stretlley,  Albeny. 

Wm.  Hethcote,  Hocklow  Major. 

John  le  Wine,  Hope. 
E  15.     1340.     Mortuary. 

Wm.  de  Meyr,  Longsdon. 

Beatrice  Ficher,  of  Ashford. 


2_2  rniiK  uoi.i.s. 

MatiUic  I'evcril,  of  Bircliele. 
Rich.  Kl  Hy.  de  Sheladcn. 
Roger  LeeUe  sold  to  Roger,  his  son. 
E  17.     1342.     1323-47.     Arrears  of  Tithes. 
Rich.  Archer,  Hocklow. 
Philip  Leche,  Baslow. 

1335.  Rich.  Foljambe,  Meedlecanel. 
1338.     Oodfrey  Foljambe,  Weston. 

hrs.  of  Thos.  Basset,  Haddon. 

1340.  \Vm.  fil  Jo.  Archer. 

1341.  Thos.  Archer. 

1336.  Mortuary. 

Win.  Archer,  Baslow. 
1338.     Nic  til  Hugo  de  Bagshaw. 
Thos.  and  \Vm.  Bagshaw. 
1341.     Tideswell.      Roht.  de  Hethcote. 

Robt.  Forrester,  Robt.  Foljambe. 
Alice  del  Slac. 
.   1344.     Roger  Peveril  died.     (Mortuary  Roll.) 
E  18.     1345.     Cordebury.     Wm.  Larcher. 

E  19.     1.346.     Burton.     Godfrey  de  Foljambe.     (Mortuary  Roll.) 
Longsdon.     Roger  Foljambe. 
Longsdon  .Mmor.     Jo.  Peveril  died. 
K.K.     1347.     Tithe  Roll. 

Ashford.     Alan  de  Shefield,  Jo.  de  Waldlowe,  William  Torold, 
Rog.  Rede,  Thos.  Trot,  Tho.  Capella. 
E  20.     1347.     Tithe  Roll. 

Longston  Minor.  Hy.  in  le  Dale,  Wm.  de  Aula,  Wm.  Rose, 
Peter  Bayant,  Wm.  de  Yolgrave,  Jo.  Rose,  Jo.  Mandeville, 
Marg.  Rich.  Thoas,  Roger  Foljambe,  Wm.  Fenal,  Jo.  Bate. 
Longston  Magn.  John  del  Dene,  John  Foljambe,  Hugo  Stree- 
isegere,  Robt.  Hay,  John  de  Sheladon,  Hy.  Huy,  Robt.  le 
Roter,  John  Peveril,  Jo.  Wanter,  Wm.  Vignore,  Wm.  del 
Dene,  Alan  in  le  Muyce,  Marg.  Payne,  John  Cleric. 
E  24.     1351. 

Longsdon  Tithes.     Sold  to  Robt.  Hervy,  Wm.  Eliot,  Robt.  Pye. 
E  28.     c  Edward  111.     Arrears  of  Tithes. 
Robt.  de  Baggeshaw,  Albeny. 
Rog.  Foljambe  de  Longston,  i  mill  of  Mornesale,  £4   15s. 


TITHK    ROr.l.S. 


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E  26.     Mortuary  list,  13  Richard  11. 

Matilde  ux  John  fil  Thos.  de  Sheladon. 
27.     John  Gaudul  de  Longsdoii.      14  Richard  II. 
Alec  Cres,  of  Ashfcjrd. 
Wm.  Elys,  of  Moneyash. 
Ux  Peter  Dabb,  of  Longsdon. 
U.\  Jo.  Rug,  of  Ashford. 
Alice  Rode,  of  Ashford. 
Rich.  Foljambe,  of  Longsdon  Mag. 
Daniel  Hubelin,  of  Ashford. 
Robert  de  Baggeshaw,  Albeny. 

John  de  Aula,  Roger  Foljambe,  of  Longsdon  Minor. 
Rich.  Foljambe^  Ashford. 
E  27.     14  R  2. 

Rich,  fil  Rd.  Foljambe,  Wheston. 
Robt.  Foljambe,  Forester  and  Tunsted. 
Jo.  Foljambe,  Tydd. 
Names  of  debtors 
Robt.  fil  Rich  Foljambe,  1  vac.  10s. 
Robt.  Bagshaw  gave  bail. 
F  8.     1400.     Tithes  sold. 
Longsdon,  Jo.  Stafford. 
Mortuary  Roll.      Hugo  de  Mellor. 
F  9.     1403.     Farm  of  Tithes. 

Ashford.     Thos.   Palmer,  Jo.  in  the  Dale,  Wm.  in   the  Green, 

Hy.  le  Hayward. 
Chapel  en  le  Frith.      Hugo  Hally  and  Wm.  Bradshaw. 
Forestry.     Jo.  Lavok,  Jo.  Smith,  of  Tideswell. 
E  33     4  April,  1404.     Roll  of  Tithes,  quitances. 
T.  Palmer,  Ashford. 
Wm.  White,  Sheladon. 
Ad.  Redysh,  Longsdon. 
T.  fil  Jo.  de  Brightrichfield. 
R.  Leche,  Longsdon. 
W.  Leche,  Chatsworth. 
E.  36.     1471.     Garbs  Sold. 
Ashford.     Rd.  Blakewell. 
Brushfield.     Stephen  Eyre. 
Pva  Longsdon.     Edward  Bagshaw. 


,-,  Sl'HSIDV    ROLLS. 

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Lonosiloii.     StcplKMi  Hyrc. 
I.ongsdon.     (jcnifrcy  Fdl.jamhc. 
F.  11.      1515. 

Longsdon.     Uxor.  Hy.  Bagshiuvc,  ami  Edward  .Alley n. 
Hope.     Win.  Bagshaw,  Vicar. 
Ilulcotes  and  Riddiiii<s.     Ralf  SlacU. 


SUBSIDY     ROLLS. 


The  names  recoverable  from  the  Subsidy  Rolls  aix-  very  few, 
except  from  the  Roll  of  4  Richard  11.,  which  is  remarkably  full  and 
valuable.  That  of  1  Edward  HI.  is  in  a  deplorable  state  :  much 
of  it  has  perished,  and  very  much  of  the  Roll  is  deficient  in  the 
all  important  respect  of  localities.  Only  15  parishes  are  certainly 
named  out  of 25  partly  recovered;  something  like  90  is  a  full  com- 
plement, but  unfortunately  there  are  no  perfect  Rolls  of  a  later  date 
with  which  to  compare  it. 

The  name  of  .Ashford  is  wantuiii,  but  there  is  a  portion  of  a  Roll 
of  which  the  two  first  letters  are  preserved — "As,"  which  is  pre- 
sumably Ashford,  but  the  Roll  itself  only  contains  the  surnames  of 
Bowring  Mason  and  Hertingdon,  William  fil  Agnes,  Richard  Agard 
and  Robert  de  Longston.  This  name  is  suggestive  that  we  here 
obtain  one  of  the  family,  of  Wright,  of  Longstone.  There  is  no  proof 
that  Robert  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone,  who  was  presumably  the 
ancestor  of  the  WVights,  ever  resided  at  Ashford,  but  one  of  their 
earliest  Charters  (4  Edward  HI.)  located,  apparently,  a  Robert  le 
Wright  at  Great  Longstone.  His  son,  apparently,  Henry  le  Wright, 
was  of  Ashford  at  this  date  (4  Edward  III.)  and  Thomas  fil  Robert 
le  Wright  was  of  that  place  in  24  Edward  HI.  Fortunately  the 
Subsidy  Roll  of  1  Edward  HI.  for  Great  Longstone  is  perfect,  but 
it  does  not  contain  the  name  of  Wright.  It  gives  the  names  of 
Henry  and  Nicolas  de  Wardlow,  Thomas  fil  William,  John  fil 
Nicolas,  William  atte  Vicars,  Richard  fil  William,  Alan  and  Wm. 
de  Roland.  There  are  no  subsidies  for  Little  Longstone,  or  for 
Wardlow;  perhaps  the  latter  is  inekided  in  Great  Longstone.  The 
conclusion,  therefore,  seems  to  he  that  Robert  de  Longston,  of 
Ashford,  was  in  fact  Robert  Wright  of  Great  Longstone,  but  this  is 
admittedly  a  guess. 


blliSIDV    ROLLS. 


=  /D 


The  Poll  Tax  of  4  Richard  II,  is  very  t'lill  of  names,  but  un- 
fortunateij'  it  only  relates  to  14  parishes;  perhaps  some  others  are 
included  under  these  names.  It  will  be  seen  that  of  the  five  sur- 
names in  the  Subsidy  of  1  Edward  III.  sugs^ested  to  be  that  for 
Ashford,  the  name  of  Wright  is  absent ;  so  also  are  the  names  of 
Mason,  Hertington,  and  Agard,  but  the  name  of  Bowring  is  found 
in  it,  so  too  the  names  of  Wardlow  and  Roland  are  included, 
making  it  probable  that  part  of  the  Longstones  were  assessed 
with  it;  but  certainly  not  the  whole,  since  the  names  of  Wright 
and  Longsdon  are  omitted.  Unfortunately,  at  this  date  surnames 
were  evidently  not  in  common  use  in  this  Welsh  district  of  England, 
which  probably  indicates  the  presence  of  many  Welsh  descendants 
of  the  Peverils,  and  of  the  early  English  inhabitants,  who  would 
naturally  follow  Welsh  customs  under  Welsh  chief  lords,  and,  as 
it  will  be  found  presently,  many  Poles,  Peverils,  Lascys,  and  other 
Welsh  families  were  still  resident  in  Derbyshire  at  this  date. 

The  names  of  Henry  Wright,  Johanna,  and  Agneta  de  Longsdon 
are  found  in  the  Yolgreve  Pole  Tax,  and  John  Wright  and  wife  and 
Clement  and  James  Longsdon  are  found  in  the  Tideswell  Roll, 
from  which  it  may  be  inferred  that  the  heading  of  these  Rolls  is 
imperfect,  and  probably  Longston  is  contained  in  that  of  Tideswell, 
for  most  certainly  Clement  and  James  Longsdon,  of  that  place, 
were  living  at  that  date,  as  well  as  John  Wright. 

4  Richard  II.  242  10.  Asscheford.  Wm.  Ledebeter  and  wife, 
Rah  his  son,  Roger  in  the  Dale  and  wife,  John  in  the  Dale  and  wife, 
John  in  the  Grene,  Jo.  servant  of  John  in  the  Dale,  Agnes  his  maid- 
servant, Roger  Asser  and  his  wife,  W'm.  in  the  Grene  and  his  wife, 
Richard  Walker  and  his  wife,  Thos.  Legge,  Alice  daughter  of  Rich. 
Walker,  Alice  daughter  of  the  same,  John  fil  Robert  and  wife,  Wm. 
his  son  and  wife.  Rich.  Taylor  Artific,  Henry  le  Brogh  and  wife, 
Roger  de  Bounke  and  wife,  Hy.  de  Thornlegh  and  wife,  Simon 
.Milknave  (Mill  Boy)  and  wife,  Wm.  Tinker  and  wife,  Mag.  his 
daughter,  Jo.  Cawe  his  servant,  John  Smith  Artif  and  wife,  Margt. 
his  daughter,  Jo.  Beyssley,  John  Ragg  and  John  Schagh,  .4dam  Tailei- 
(Artifie)  and  wife,  Wm.  fil  Susan,  John  .Melot  and  wife,  Alice  wife  of 
Mat  ,  .^gneta  servant  m  xid  of  Li-tic  Mat,  Diohes  Schagh,  Jo.  de 
Morley,  Adam  de  Radryeh,  Johnde  Prasse  and  wife,  Robt.  Horeand 
wife,  John  de  Derram  and  Agn  de  Waller,  Sum  n  Milhr  and  'c.'ife, 
y ).  his  svi.    Hy.   le   Waller  an.l  wife,  John  Colby  and  wife,    Roht. 


•■1<^ 


sriiMiiv  uoi.i.s. 


Thaver  anJ  wife,  Nicli  Soulcr  and  wife,  Letice  his  daughter,  Hy.  in 
the  Green  and  wife,  Nich  Daneknave  and  wife,  Roger  his  servant, 
Ager  Burgeys,  Wm.  Aleyn  his  servant,  Robert  Lax  and  wife,  Robt. 
Hauward  and  wife,  Hy.  fil  John,  Margaret  his  servant,  Jo.  Alotson  and 
wife,  Rog.  fil  .!().  and  wife,  John  his  son;  AHce  widow  of  Wm.  Carter, 
Wm.  fil  Rog.  and  wife,  Nich.  his  son,  John  de  Wardelow  and  wife, 
Adam  servant  of  Thos.  Wardelow,  Elena  his  servant,  Hy.  de 
Wardelow^  and  \\  ife.  Rich,  de  Bouke  and  wife,  John  fil  Stephen  ser- 
vant, Robt.  fil  John  and  wife,  Henry  Hanckson  and  wife,  Nich. 
Daniel  servant,  John  in  the  Dale  and  wife,  Margt.  his  daughter,  Ricli. 
Bnu'ring  and  wife.  Rich.  Bowring  junior  and  wife.  Rich.  Wychul  and 
wife,  Thos.  fil  Robt.,  John  fil  Thos.,  Rich,  fil  Robt.  and  wife,  Rog. 
fil  i-Jobt.,  Thos.  fil  Simon  and  wife,  Matilde  wife  of  Wm.  Simons, 
Rich.  Powke  servant,  Wm.  White  and  wife,  Wm.  fil  Rich,  and  wife, 
Rich,  his  son,  Thos.  in  tlie  Dale  and  wife,  John  fil  Hy.  and  wife, 
Wm.  Ely  and  wife,  Roger  his  servant.  Rich.  Ellis  and  wife,  Hy. 
Clarkson,  John  his  son,  John  Bateman  and  wife,  Jo.  de  Botedon, 
John  de  Hunsyingdon  and  wife,  Wm.  Smith  and  wife,  John  Smithson, 
William  Tayler  and  wife,  Ager  Machen,  Agnes  and  Alice  her 
daughters,  Sunon  de  Cruesby  and  wife,  Robert  Abel  and  wife,  Wm. 
Bigg  and  wife,  Wm.  Maryot  and  wife,  Henry  Bowemon  and  wife, 
John  Lowecock  and  wife,  Anest  wife  of  William,  Anest  wife  of  Ad. 
Brych,  IMagot  her  servant,  Hy.  Rayner  and  wife,  John  Cheseman  and 
wife,  Wm.  Machin  and  wife,  John  Ely  and  wife,  Roger  Loucok,  Rich. 
Smith  and  wife,  John  Freerson,  and  wife,  yohn  Foljainhc  and  wife, 
K'obt.  Hendemon  and  wife,  Simon  Aldport  and  wife,  John  his  son, 
Alice  de  Lynt  his  servant,  Robert  Souter  and  wife,  Nich.  Boiler  and 
wife,  Nich.  Webster  and  wife,  Wm.  Ely  and  wife,  John  Balume  and 
wife,  John  Reyner  servant,  Hugo  Peynter  and  wife,  Jo.  Machen  and 
wife,  Hy.  his  son,  John  his  brother.  Rich.  Flescher  and  wife,  Jo. 
Machen  and  wife,  John  Kach  servant,  Jo.  de  Cowelow  and  wife, 
Agnes  his  daughter,  Henry  Wered  and  wife,  Henry  Malle,  and  wife, 
Jo.  Troche,  and  wife,  Thos.  his  son,  Henry  Bayard  and  wife,  John  fil 
Wm.  and  wife,  Wm.  Ricard,  Richard  Bigge  and  wife,  Thos.  Chesemon, 
EmI.  Box  his  son,  Alice  his  daughter,  Alice  .Mall  servant,  John 
Cressibroc,  John  Broklehurst  and  wife,  Jud.  .Amot  and  wife,  Cecelia 
le  .Mon,  John  de  Hope  and  wife,  Jo.  fil  Hemyand  wife,  Hy.  his  ser- 
vant. Rich  le  .Mon  and  wife,  Jo.  le  Mon.  and  wife,  Wm.  Elys  and 
wife,  John  and   Henry  his  sons,  God.  and  Agnes  his  servant,  God. 


sriisim    liiiLi.s.  277 

his  servant  and  Agnes,  John,  fil  Nich.  and  wife,  John  his  son,  Agnes 
Mower,  Rich,  in  the  Dale  and  wife,  Hy.  his  servant,  Henry  Atomer 
and  wife,  Agn.  Atomer,  Alice  her  daughter.  Rich.  Carder  servant, 
Thos.  de  Standon,  Ad.  serv.,  Hy.  Mer,  John  de  Cleton,  Alice  servant, 
of  Rich.  Elys,  Thos.  Sinylt  and  wife,  Wm.  in  the   Dene  and  wife, 
Thos.   Reynold,  Wm.  North  and  wife,  John  Aylesle  and  wife,  Alice 
Wo,  Stephen  Brown,  John  fil  Ralf  and  wife.  Rich,  his  son,  Margt.  his 
daughter,  Roger  White  and  wife,  Nich.  de  Walton,  Thos.  fil  Jo.,  fil 
Rad,   Rosa   Martyn,  Jo.,  fil  Rose,   Robt.  de  Wardelow  and  wife,  Jo. 
fil  Eline  and  wife.  Rich.  Souter,  Roger  fil  Hug,  Wm.  fil  Hug,  Hugo 
Frost,  Henry  fil  Nich.  and  wife,  Peter  Dabbe  and  wife,  Simon  his 
son,  Wm.  Mayr  and  wife,  Wm.  fil  Thomas  and  wife,  John  fil  Wm., 
John  de  Boland,  Cecil  Walnete,  Wm.  de  Bernys  and  wife,  Cecil,  wife 
of  Thomas,  Alan  Tayler  and  his  wife,  Robt.  his  son,  Elena  his  wife, 
Rich,  fil  Wm.  and  his  wife,  John  fil  William,  Thos.  Walnet,  Henry  de 
Arderne,  Matilde  his  son,  Wm.  Lemyg  and  wife,  Alex,  in  the  Dale 
and  wife,  Wm.  de  Locke,  Hy.  Tayler,  Wm.  fil  Rich.,  Mariot  servant 
of  Emma,  Jo.  in  the  Dene  and  wife,  Jo.  in  the  Dene  junior,  Jo.  fil 
Hugo,  Thos.  Perton  and  wife.  Matilde  in  the  Dale,  Hy.  fil  Simon  and 
wife,  Isabel  Fox,   Rich,  de  Prestclive,  Thos.  de  Blackwell  and  wife, 
John  of  the  County  of  Cheshire,  Matilde  his  servant,  Robt.  Boloure, 
and  wife,  Roger  Smith  and  wife,  Isabel  de  Rouland,  Wm.  fil  Peter, 
Rog.  Godfre,  John  Fox  with  him.   Robt.  Shepherd  and  wife,  Elena 
Meyr  senior.     347s. 

Very  few   names   can   be  taken   from    the    Tudor   and    Stewart 

Subsidies: — 

15  Henry  VIII.,  for  Ashford.  Hugh  Sheldon,  Wm.  Dowen, 
William  Bown,  and  Henry  Whelow. 

9M1.  26  Henry  VIII.,  for  same.  Thomas  Sheldon,  Henry 
Wright,  Richard  Hele,  and  Alex  Gudhyn. 

92/166.  37  Henry  Vlll.  Edward  Brownhill,  John  Borres,  John 
Wright,  John  Ragg,  Wm.  Thorpe,  Robert  Jackson. 

No  Subsidies  for  Edward  VI.  or  Queen  Mary. 

92/229.  14  Elizabeth.  Thomas  White,  Henry  James,  Wm. 
Wright,  Wm.  Bourne,  Thomas  and  Hugh  Sheldon,  Edward 
Harrison,  and  James  Yate. 

99  983.  39  Elizabeth.  Hugh  Sheldon,  Wm.  Wright,  James  and 
Ralf  Harrison,  Hugo  Eylye,  Ralf  and  Thomas  White,  Richard 
James,  Geo.  Harry. 


2^8  COURT    KOI.I.>>    OF    ASHFORD. 

93/350.  21   lames  I.     William  Milnes. 

93/35 J  ■  Car.  I.      i4ili   April,    1626.     \Vm.  Wright,   gentleman, 

50s.  land;  William  Milnes   goods,  ^£4;   Henry  and  Arthur  Slieldon, 

John  Iley,  I.eonaid   P'lost,  Ralf  White,  William    I'aitcrsalj,  Elizabeth 

Jenkinson,  Widow  Robert  Dore. 

93/362.  4  Car.  I.     William  Milnes,  ^4  go  >ds. 


COURT    ROLLS    OF    ASHFORD. 

Haddon  Charters.    21  Henry  VL    Longsdon  View  of  Frankpledge. 
William  Gladwin  Derley. 

Hy.  de  Buckstones  (near  Chapel  in  the  Frith,  place  gone). 
Johanna  Bagshawe  (place  gone). 

Thomas  Heathcote,  John,  David,  and   Thomas  Medow  fined. 
William  .\Iiliie,  Richard  Cobyn,  Wm.  'J'aillow,  Jo.  Marlyn. 
John  Troute,  John  Haseler. 
The  King's  jurors  (?). 

William  Glossop,  John  Hethiote. 
F.  of  All  Saints.     Ao.  ^^  (.lo  knu,  ?  Henry  VL),  Ashfurd  Comt 
Roll. 

R.nil  Leche,  Wm.  Milne,  Jo.  Buxton,  of  Chelmorden. 
4    Kdward    IV       John    Prynce,    John    Heathcole,    and    Thomas 
Taylor,  S.  Mary  the  Virgin 

6  Ivlw.nd  IV.  William  ll.Tirison  v.  Roger  Uright  and  .Margaret 
his  wife. 

13  Kdward  IV.  Richard  C.ilton,  William  Peek,  of  Chesterfield, 
Henry  Iladdeficid,  John  Decon 

nth  May,  15  Kdward  IV.  John  Milne,  Thomas  Decon,  Jo. 
Soresby,  Henry  North,  Roger  Eyre,  Rich  Eyre,  Philip  Leche,  Ralf 
Kyre,  John  Kingshire,  John  Barley,  Thomas  Calton,  Rad  Leech, 
John  Cook,  lead  makers,  John  Decon  and  Emma  his  wife. 

15  Edward  IV.     St.  Katherine  the  Virgin,  the  heirs  of  Jo.  Mjlne. 

I'alm  Sunday,  16  Edward  IV. 

Roger  Milne  sued  Johanna  White  in  a  plea  of  trespass  for  that 
she  killed  one  sheep  with  her  dogs   to  the  d.Tin.nge  of  2s. 

Chrmophcr  Boden,  W,,,.  Decon,  J.,hn  Bielon,  Jo   Hurle,  Rich, 
and  Root.  Legg,  llci.iy  Canlrei. 


COUKl     HOLLS    01-     ASHFOI;D.  279 

Feast  of  Sr.  Giles. 

John  Milne  owed  suit  of  court  and  was  in  default. 

John  Jackson  of  Winstar. 

John   Uene  Wheler  sued  Roger  Mihie,  Jo.    Turner,  and  John 

Wiight. 
Ralf  Slieldon  sued  Wm.  Decon. 
Hugo    Skot    and    'I  hunias  Dale    surrendered    a   |)lace    called 

Gladwin  Yard  to  Robert  Nicholson,  John  Greenhalge. 
Heniy  111  Kobert  Wright  sought  admission  to  his  father's  lands. 

15  Edward  IV.  Stephen  Eyre,  baliff,  Wil  iam  Decon,  his  deputy, 
John  Soresby    lly    Canlrel,  John  Moscly. 

16  Edward  IV.  Kad.  Leeclie,  of  Barleghes,  Rich.  Cobyn  v 
Roger  Milne,  Nicholas  E)!c,  of  Holm,  Roger  Bailey  v  Richard 
Oruie,  John  Wright  v.  Rogei  .Milne. 

2  Henry  Vll.  Roger  Stathan,  Hy.  North,  Robt.  Eyre  and  Roger 
Nicholas,  and  Ralf  Eyre. 

:G  August,  5  Henry  VU.  Richard  Uecon,  Henry  Moseley  of 
Tatlington.  Roger  Milne,  of  Ashford,  surrendered  into  the  hands  of 
the  Lord,  a  loft  and  croft  lying  in  Ashford,  in  the  tenure  of  'I'homas 
Cortys,  to  the  use  of  Henry  Foljanibe,  who  came  by  John  Arkralt,  his 
attorney,  and  took  the  said  loft  according  to  the  customs  of  the  said 
Manor  at  the  services  due,  and  p  n  i  4d  for  ingress  and  was  admitted. 
William  Decon. 

6  Heniy  Vir.      William    Decon 

Rich  Orme  de  Long  sued  Roger  Mylnes,  of  A.shford. 
2   Oct.      John    Decon,   Richard  and  Wm.    Decon,   Hugh    Reveli, 
Thomas  Dale,  William  Breton,  Roger  Decon. 

7  Henry  VIL      Thomas  Dawkin,  of  Chehnoiden,  Rnhert  Rcvell. 
23  July,  7  lleniy  VH.      Richard  lleiithcote,  of  Chesteifield,  sued 

Thomas  Roland,  of  Ash,  ami  Nicholas  Wilson  of  the  same  was  bail 
for  the  said  'Thomas,  2s.  1  id.  debt.  Henry  Gladwyn,  of  .Mosborough, 
V.  Thomas  North.  Henry  Marshall,  of  Haddon,  Rich.  Decon,  to 
distrain  Roger  .Mi'nz  for  debt  of  William  Shaw,  of  Bakewell. 

8  Henry  VH.      Rich.  Decon  on  jury,  Hugo  Revel. 

20  April.      Rich.  Orme,  Richard  Hethcote,  Roger  Milnes. 

9  Henry  VH.  Richard  Eyre,  of  Eyam,  son  and  heir  of  Richard 
Eyre,  lately  deceased,  Roger  and  Richard  Decon,  Robt.  Borough. 

10  Heniy  \' [I.     Roger  Myliiei,  Richard  Decon  de  Ashford. 


ago  COURT    KOLl.S    OK    ASHFOKD. 

St.  Michael,  ii  Henry  VI.  Roger  Milne,  Wni.  Reresby,  Wm.  Breton, 
Hugo  Revell. 

12  Henry  VH.      Roger  Decon  and  Roger  Milnes 

Thomas  fil  and  heir,  Roger  R utter,  of  Longsdon. 
I  3  Henry  VH.      Roger  Decon  on  jury,  Robert  Stone. 
St.  Michael      Richard  Decon,  Frankpledge. 
Roger  Breton,  William  Hethcote,  of  Chelmorden. 
Richard  Wilson,  Richard  Lacy. 
Philip  Eyre,  of  Holm,  John  Milnes. 
William  Milnes,  William   Boden,  of  Holm. 
Edward  Breton,  son  and  heir  of  William  Breton,  deceased,  took 
his  lands,  Robt.  Johnson  v.  Wm.  Mylne,  of  Ashford. 
s.  d      Rol)ert  MiJdleton  v.  Nic.  Eyre,  William  Bagshaw,  Thomas 
and    [ohn    .\Iosley,    Hugo    Bigshaw,    Thomas    Dacon,    Elene    Eyre, 
Tliurston  Eyre  v.  William  Middleton. 

31  Jan.,  15  Henry  VII.  Robert  Calton,  of  Ensor,  v.  Roger 
Milnes,  of  Ashford,  Rich.  Lacy  of  Longsdon,  Thos.  fil  and  heir  Ralf 
Mansfield,  Johann.i  Breton,  of  Longsdon. 

Roger  Mylne,  of  Eynm?  v.  Robert  Eyre,  of  Hurst. 
7  Oct.,  16  Henry  VII.     Robert  Stone,  Roger  Breton,  Elias  Peck 

19  Henry  VII.  Roger  Decon,  William  Heathcote,  of  Chelmorden, 
Oeorge  Leche,  son  and  heir  of  John  l.eche  of  Ch.ntsworlh,  admitted 
by  R'jbert  Middleton  and  William  Glossop,  of  Chatsworth,  his 
aiturnies. 

William  Decon   Wm.  Milnes  sued  Ciiristopher  Bosnall. 
William  Buxton,  of  Chelmorden. 
22    Henry    VII.      Wm.    Buxton,    of   Chelmorden,    Wm.     Decon, 
Roger  Decon,  Wm.  Milne  and  Alice,  his  mother. 

20  Oct.,  23  Henry  VII  Humphrey  Gudhyn  de  Whcldon 
(?  Sheldon),  son  and  heir  of  William  Gudhyn,  surrendered  his  land 
lo  William  Decon. 

A  SiHVKY  OF  THE  Ma.vok  OF  .\sHFORi)  of   Wm.  Lord  Cavendish, 

bv  Wm.  Senior,  1616. 

Ashford  Demesnes,  with  7  -Ashford  acres  in  Bakewell,  571a.3r.39p. 

Tenements  and  Cottages  (acres  onlv  given,  roods  and  perches 

omitted.)     Ralf  Atkinson  49,  Wm.  Smith  39,  Jo.  Harris  43,  Thos. 

Brownelle  39,  Robert  Vicars  37,  Wm.  Milnes  32,  Wm.  Hevward  32, 

Widow  Milnes  15,  Wm.  Goodwin  8,  Robt.  Greaves  9,  Wm.  Wright 

and  u.xor.   Eason   28,  Thos.   Heyward   20,  Robt.   Lowe    i,    Henry 


COL'KT    ROLLS    01-    ASHFORl).  281 

Brownell  24,   Hv.  Mather  14,  J'o.   Rolland  6,   Rise  and  \'allents  6, 

uxor  Milnes  2,  Godfrey  White  2,  Jo.  White  ',,   ditto  \,  Thorpe  6, 

Stonehouse  2op.,  Bramwells,  ?>Iasland  and  uxor.  Holland  ux(5r,  Hvde 

each  2op.,  \  icar's  house,  yard  and  churchyard  ^.   Total,  976a.  2r.  3p. 

Copyholds  and  freeholds. 

Mr.  Gell,  the  Holme  bank,  marsh  and  Lumford  ...      122 

Roger  Newton,  the  Holme  hall  and  lands    ...  ...        93 

Winland  in  Ashford  (in  29  parcels)  ...  ...        55 

Robt.  \'icars  2,  Thos.  Thorpe  57,  Geo.   Hewvard  57,  William 

T\yij^g  19a.  3r.  28p.,  Thos.  Good\yin  43,  George  Johnson  42,  \\  m. 

Platts  42,  Wm.  Milnes  47,  Xic.  Dale  40,  Robt.  Ragg  27,  Jo.  Wright 

40,  Edwd.  Hey\yard  33,   Hy.  Heyward  33,  Wm.  Wright  30,  Robt. 

Lo\ye  32,   Wm.   Heyvyard  the  elder  and  yr,   28,    Jo.  Greayes  27, 

Leonard  Sheldon  15,   Ralf  and  Jo.  White  9,  Mr.  Darling  (in  three 

parcels)  i,  Rd.  Harrice  2,  Michael  Stones  2  houses,  BramwcU  and 

Brownell. 

Total      ...      910a.  2r.  9p.* 


A. 

R 

p. 

Total  Demesnes  ...     571 

3 

j9 

,,     Tenements         404 

2 

4 

.,     Free  and  Copy  912 

0 

29* 

i,88S     2     32,  besides  the  commons  .tnd  uas'.cs. 
Sheldon  part  of  Ashford,  161  7. 

The  Great  Farm  (several  tenants)  106.  the  Lite  Ra'f  White  2  r, 
Shacklone,  liie  woody  part,  held  by  Darling  and  others  160,  the 
phiyne  part  1 2,  Jo.  White,  Purtesley  3,  Robt  Vicai s  id.  h,  Ralf 
Atkinson,  in  Harper  Yard  i. 

Copyholders.  Abraham  Cooper  31,  Roger  Dickons  29,  Ro^er 
Dale  25.  Jo.  Rower  15,  Tlios.  White  14,  Geo.  Burnnves  10,  Rich. 
Atkinson  17,  Jo.  Sheld'jn  ir.  Arthur  Sheldon  9.  Hy.  and  Peter 
White  9,  Geo.  Frost  9,  Francis  White  10,  Hy.  Harrison  7,  Ricliard 
Sheldon  6,  Richard  Robinson  5,  Wjn.  Greaves  4.  Ralf  Slieldon  3, 
John  White  8,  Jo.  Cooper,  Geoige  Barker,  Roger  Frost,  The  Common 
Pasture  127,  the  meane  top  of   1  h:>klcn  6. 

A.      p.       p. 

Total — The  Tenements    348     o       8 

Copyh.  &  Common    376      1      ig 


724     I      27.  besides  moor  and  wastes. 

*  Ttiis  discrei.aiK-y  appears  in  tlie  MS. 


,g,  COtTKT    KOLIS    OF    AbUFOUD. 

Great  Longson  Tenements. 

Uxor.  Rag>4  24,  Win.  Hadfie'd  22,  Wm.  Lavvnt  20,  Rd.  Nayles  15, 
—  Harrison  19,  Kobt.  Haslani  14,  Rt.  Hayward  11,  'I'hos.  Booth  9 
Grace  Sellers  10,  R-ilf  Mather  8,  Ily.  Hancock  5,  Jo  Swinden  4, 
Thos.  Kaye  2. 

Copy  and  Freeliolds.  Tlie  Countess  of  Shrewslury  12,  Mr.  Wm. 
Wright  117a.  3r.  lop.,  'I'hos.  White  94.  Wm.  Lawnt  58,  Christr. 
Jenkins  43,  Rd.  'raltersall  42,  Wm  iM.jinb0  34,  Jo.  TomhUson  33, 
Mr.  Sleifrh  23,  Mr.  Longson  21,  Rowland  Tomlinson  16,  Wm. 
Winclicombe  9,  Mr.  Eyre  18. 

A.       r..       r. 

Total — The  Tenements     ...      167      2       o 

Free  and  Copy      ...     526     2     22 


694     o     22 
Besides  commons  and  wastes  of  about  8874. 
Wardlowe  Tenements. 

Nic.  Redferne  37,  Jo.  Ellis  23,  Thos.  Hibiins  18,  Kdw^  l.ongsdon  1  3, 
luhvard  James  i,  Geo.  Tomlinson  10,  Ann  Hodkinson  10,  Rich. 
Hunt  9,  Wm.  Ratcliff  9,  lidm.  Gundy  7,  Wm.  Uoore  5.  Jo. 
Tompson  5,  Philip  Raworih  4,  Widow  Cheshire  i,  Fore  Doles, 
common  wastes,  open  8 

Copy  and  Free.  Kalf  James  76,  Rich,  fames  43,  'J'hos  Rennelt  20, 
Nich.  Hill  19,  Edmund  James  4,  Wm.  Eyre  10,  Mr.  Longson  4, 
Thos.  Frith  6,  Ralf  Croswell  2op.,  Edward  White  3r. 

A.        R.       p. 

Total — The  Lord's  Ten.    166     2     25 
Fiee  and  Copy       196      i      25 


363     o      10,  besides  commons. 

A.  R.  p. 

Total  of  the  Enclosures  of  Ashford  ...      i,SS8     2  32 

I,  „  Sheldon  ...         724      1  27 

I,  ,1  Great  Longsdon  694     o  22 

„  ,,  Wardlowe  ...        3(13     o  10 

Commons  of  very  large  extent,  besides  tithes,  mills,  and  lot  of  cope. 


COURT    ROLI.b    OK     ^SHKOUD.  2S3 

(i)       4  Dec,  30  Eiy.      Robert  While  died,  seized  of  two  bovates  of 
land  in  Great  Longsdon,  Thomas  his  son  and  heir  did  fealty. 
Court   Rolls  of  Ashford  of  f'enry  Cavendish,   Esq.      ii   Aug, 
6  James.      Wm.  Wright,  senr,  died  holding  two  messuages  and 
two  bova!es.      IVm.   IV'ight,  his  son  and  heir,  set  18  years,  who 
did  homage  and  gave  23/2  fine. 
(2)       13  April,  2  James      Richard  Tattersall  surrendered   F.Tveriong 
to    Thos.    Wiiiie,  in  fee,  and    same   Couit   Thos.    Sellars   sur- 
rendered land  to  him. 
(L)      Mar.,  1608.    \Vm.  Wright  surrendered  half  an  acre  on  Ilagwiy 
foot,  between  the  hands  of  Wm,  Mornsal,  as  well  on  the  East  as 
on  the  West,  another  acre  between  the  lands  of  the  Lord  on  the 
East  and  of  Wm.  Mornsal  on   the  West,  lialf  an  acre  on  Feales 
Head,  between  the  lands  of  the  Lord,  East  and  West,  one  rood 
between  land  of  Wm.  Mornsale  on  the  West  and  land  of  Rich. 
Ragg  on  the  East,  half  an  acre  on  Womfurlong,  between  land 
of  Wm.  Mornsale,  North  and  South,  one  rood  lying  near  a  certain 
way,  called  Deggar   Way,   between  land  of  Wm,   Mornsale  on 
the  North  and  South,  half  an  acre  on  Stourbridge,  between  land 
one  rood  on  Cousty,  between  land  of  Anthony  Loiigson  on  the 
East  and   Win.   Mornsale,  West,  twelve   acres   on    Duinsoone, 
between   land   of  the  Lord,  Souih,  and  Wm,  Mornsale,  North, 
to    the    use  of    the    said     IVin.    Mornsale  for  ever,    who    w.is 
admitted  and  paid  2/6  fine. 
(5)       At  tlie  same  Court.      Wm.    Mornsale  surrendered  half  an  acre 
on    Stanterdale,  between   land  of   liie    I.orJ,    North,    and    of 
Wm.  Wright,  South,  a  rood  on  the  Hagway  foot,  between   land 
of  the  Lord,  West,  and  land  of  Win.  Mornsale,   l^ast,  anotlur 
rood  between  land  of  Thos.  Tomlinson,  deceased,  on  (he  West, 
and  lands  of  the  said  Lord,  F.ast,  half  an  acre  on  Gild.ile  'I'opp, 
between  land  of  Wm.  Mornsale,  I-last,  and  land  of  Rich    Rag'.', 
West,  half  an  acre  on  ihe   Long  Croft,  between  land  of  Win. 
Wright.  Knst  and  West,  half  an  acre  nn  Rancll    Head,  between 
land   of  Wm.  Wright,  North   and   South,   another   rood   on 
Ranell  Head,  between  land  of  Wm.  Launt,  North,  and  of  the 
Lord,  South,  half  an  acre  on  Ormond  Meadow,  between  land 
of  the  Lord  and  W.  Wright,  West,  a  wood  on  Cowstile,  be- 
tween  land  of  W.  Wright,  West,  and  Wm.  Mornsale,  East, 
one  rood  on  Dunnstone,  between  land  of  the  Lord,  South,  and 


j84  court  roils  of  ashfokd. 

■l^hc.  Tomliiison,  deceased,  North,  lo  the  int  of  Win.  Wright  for 
ever,  who  did  fealty.     Fine,  2/6. 

(2)  4  Oct.,  8  James.  William  Wright  surrendered  land  in  Mill 
Lane,  near  Wm.  Lawnt,  Cowstye  near  Rowland  Hatfield, 
Orniond  Meadow,  Birchill  Way  near  Christopher  Jenkinson, 
Birchill  Ranel  near  Thos.  White,  Overwart  Middle  Hill, 
Beighton  Flatt,  near  Thos.  Wliite,  Middle  Fu  long,  Beggarway 
near  Rich.  Tattersall,  to  the  use  of  I/airy  Hanauke,  who  paid 
fine  2/1. 

(7)  The  said  Mr.  Wright  also  surrendered  land  on  a  furlong  called 
Wall  Hill,  Ormond  Meadow,  Dunnstone,  near  Jo.  Tomlinson, 
(iroom  Flat,  Costlow  Botham,  Costlow  Hill,  near  Wm.  Wins- 
combe,  Costlow  Middle  Shutt,  Longman  Furlough,  Womfurlong, 
Ondleburr,  near  lands  of  the  Earl  of  Salop,  Higli  Middle  Hill, 
Overthwart  Middle  Hill,  Short  Bomfurlong,  Middle  Furlong, 
the  Pitt  Deles,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Hodgkinson  Jot  ever,  who 
fined  3/8. 

/4)  10  Oct.,  9  James.  Wm.  Mornsale,  senr.,  surrendered  a  cot- 
tage called  the  Shoppe,  to  Wm.  Mornsale,  the  younger. 

(S)  Same  Court.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  a  house  in  the  tenure 
of  Edward  Haslam,  and  a  piece  of  land  at  the  end  of  a 
place  called  Greaves  Yard,  adjoining  the  highway  and  land  of 
Thos.  White,  to  the  use  of  Edward  Haslam  and  Elizabeth,  his 
wife,  and  Edward,  t/teir  son,  lor  their  lives,  and  the  longer  liver 
paying  2d.  yearly.     4d.  fine. 

(10)  13  Oct.,  10  James.  Wm.  Lawnt  surrendered  one  rood  in  the 
Coombes  to  Thos.  White.  Same  Court.  '1  he  said  Wm. 
Wright  surrendered  half  an  acre  on  Greenhill  Top,  between  the 
lands  of  Thurston  Wright,  North  and  South,  half  an  acre  on 
Wall  Hill,  land  of  Wm.  White  and  Wm.  Winscombe,  North, 
to  the  use  of  Win.  Winscombe  and  Elz  ,  his  wife,  for  ever,  who 
fined  8d.  At  the  same  Court,  Wm.  Winscombe  and  Elz.,  his 
wife,  surrendered  half  an  acre  on  Kiikstye,  hen  butt,  to  the  use 
oj  Thos.  White,  who  gave  5d.  fine.  At  the  same  Court,  Thos 
White  surrendered  half  an  acre  on  Wall  Hill,  near  land  of 
Wm.  Wright,  a  pilt  dole,  superior  four  parcels,  called  Fiit 
Doles,  half  rood,  fo  /.*«  use  of  William  Winscombe  who  pnid 
5d.  fine.     At  t)if  same  Court,  W^m.  Winscombe  and   Elz.,   liis 


COURT  KOLLS  OF  ASHFORD.  285 

wife,  surrendered  a  rod  in  Hagwayfot  and  Ansenwall  to  the  use 
of  Wm.   Wriglit  for  ever,  who  gave  8d.  fine. 

(5)  3  April,  14  James.  Wra.  Mornsale,  senr.,  surrendered  the  cottage 
called  the  Shop[)e,  to  John,  his  son,  in  fee. 

(16)  A  great  Court  Baron  of  Wm.  Earl  of  Devon.  2nd  April, 
17  James  I.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  one  rood  in  Cross 
Flatte,  Shelway,  Costlowbotham,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Lawnt  for 
ever,  8d.  At  the  same  Court,  Wm.  Lawnt  surrendered  half  an 
acre  in  Dale  Mouth,  2  roods  in  Long  Rood,  near  land  of  Jo. 
'J'omlinson  and  Thos.  Eyre,  half  an  acre  in  High  Middle  Hill, 
near  land  of  Wm.  Wright  and  Christr.  Jenkinson,  Raneli, 
Querasenwall,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright  for  ever.     2/-  fine. 

(6)  2  Mar.,  17  James.  Rich.  Tattershall  surrendered  half  an  acre 
at  the  Croft,  one  acre  at  the  Dale  mouth,  one  rood  in  Gris- 
dale,  one  rood  Costlowbotham,  one  rood  Arsendell,  to  the  use 
of  William  Wright  for  ever.     i4d.  fine. 

(19)  5  April,  19  James.  Wm.  Lawnt  surrendered  four  messuages 
in  Longsdon  Magna  and  three  bovates  and  one  acre  land, 
meadow  and  pasture,  to  the  use  of  himself  and  Johanna  his 
wife,  and  the  longer  liver  in  tail ;  remainder  to  the  ne.\i  heirs 
of  the  said  William.     Fine,  23s.  rid. 

(20)  10  July,  19  James.  Wm.  Hadfield,  Thos.  and  Edward  H., 
surrendered  one  messuage  and  one  bovaie  in  Groai  Longsdon 
to  Jervase  Sleigh  in  fee. 

(21)  3  .Aug,  19  James.  Thomas  White  surrendered  a  messuage 
and  two  bovates  of  land  and  all  his  other  land  in  Great  Longs- 
don to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright  and  Wm.  Milnes,  their  heirs, 
etc.,  for  ever.     jos.  Sd. 

(22)  5  April,  20  James.  Thos.  White  surrendered  a  messuage  and 
two  bovates  of  land,  meadow  and  pasture,  etc.,  in  Great 
Longsdon,  to  the  use  of  the  same.     Same  fine. 

(23)  30  April,  21  James.  Wm.  Wright  and  Wm.  Mylnes  surren- 
dered same  messuages,  etc.,  to  the  use  of  said  Thomas  White, 
who  paid  fine,  20s.  8d.,  after  the  said  Thos.  White  and  Jana 
his  wife  surrendered  the  messuage,  two  bovates  and  one  rood 
and  a  cottage  in  Great  Longsdon  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright 
for  ever,  who  paid  20s.  8d. 


286  CdUKT    KllI.LS    OF      VSHFOKU. 

(24)  2  Car.  William  Winscoiiilit;  surrendeied  hind  to  John 
Mornsale. 

(25)  Court  of  Christine,  Countess  o(  Devon,  30  Mar.,  1630.  Wm. 
Wright  and  Anne  his  wife  surrendered  the  Kannel  Close, 
with  a  lane  adjoining  land  of  Wm.  Lawnt,  West,  and  oulbarr, 
containing  5  acres  and  i  rood,  in  Middlehill,  and  half  an 
acre  called  Parcel  Seats,  between  land  of  Wm.  Wright  and 
Rich.  Ragg,  in  Gt.  Longsdon,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Mornsale,  who 
paid  3s.  lod.  ///  the  same  Court.  Wm.  Mornsale  and  Eliz. 
his  wife  surrendered  Hagway  foot  Close,  containing  4  acres  and 
3  roods,  between  land  of  the  heirs  of  Rich  Ragg  and  Wm 
Wriglit,  in  Little  Longston  .VIoore,  and  half  an  acre  in  tenure 
of  Robt.  Haslam,  called  Gildale  Head  Close,  between  hind 
of  Thos.  Eyre  and  Wm.  Lawut,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright, 
sen.    Fine  3s.  lod. 

(9)  View  of  Fr.  PI  of  Christine,  Countess  of  Devon.  7  April,  8 
Car.  I.  Wm,  Lawnt,  of  Weiton,  Staff.,  by  Wm.  'lattersall  and 
Wm.  Mornsale,  his  attorneys,  surrendered  that  messuage,  cot- 
tage, etc  ,  in  Miktl  Longsdon,  to  the  use  of  Wni  Lawnt,  jun., 
his  nephew,  and  Wm.  Lawnt,  son  and  heir  of  the  said  Wm 
Lawnt,  ji;nr.,  his  heirs,  etc  ,  after  the  death  of  the  said  W^m. 
Lawnt,  the  elder,  and  Joane,  his  wife      36/3. 

(2S)  24  June,  9  Car.  I.  Wm.  Milnes  and  Maria,  his  wife,  who  A'as 
a  co-heir  of  Rich.  Kagg,  late  of  Great  Longsdon,  deceased, 
surrendered  a  third  part  of  the  land  of  the  said  R.  ilngg  to 
the  use  of  Wm.  Wright,  of  Great  Longsdon,  senr  ,  efo.  Fine 
3/10  and  one-third  of  a  penny. 

(29)  5  Aug.,  10  Car.  L  Wm.  Lawnt,  of  Wetton,  junr.,  by  Wm, 
Milnes  and  Rich.  Atkinson,  surrendered  his  rights,  etc  .  in  land, 
etc.,  in  Great  Longsdon,  within  the  jurisdiction  of  Ihe  ■VLinor 
of  .'\shford,  and  then  in  the  tenure  of  Robt.  White,  Kdward 
Spencer,  Wm.  Thorpe,  and  Jas.  Spencer,  to  the  use  of  the  said 
Christine,  Countess  of  Devon. 

'10)  16  Dec  ,  10  Car.  L  Wm  Lawnt.  of  Wetton,  junr.,  surrendered  aii 
lands,  etc.,  in  the  tenure  >  f  Ed\»aid  Has'.am,  Anthony  1  Lincock, 
John  Sleigh,  J(>.  Sunon,  Tlios  White,  Wm.  Steward,  also  Boore, 
Marie  Higgin,  Samuel  Scain.'iiutne,  and  Thos  Watt,  to  the 
use  of  Wm.  Wright,  of  Great  Longsdon,  senr,  for  ever.  Fine 
16/3. 


COURT    ROLLS   OF    ASH  FORD.  287 

(31)  2  Mar.,  10  Car.  The  Countess  Dowager  (if  Devfin,  by  Win. 
Milnes  and  Geo.  Brewill  surrendered  the  messuages,  etc , 
whicli  Win.  Lawnt,  of  Wetton,  recently  surrendered  to  her,  in 
the  tenure  of  Robt.  White,  Edward  Spencer,  Wni  Ihorpe,  and 
Jas.  Spencer,  to  the  use  of  \Vm.  \\'right,  senr.,  of  Great 
Longsdon,  fine  20s.  At  the  same  Court,  the  said  Wm.  Wriglit 
surrendered  a  parcel  of  land,  1 1  virgates  long  and  6  virg  wide, 
in  the  East  part  of  an  orchard  of  Jo.  Mornsale,  to  his  use,  at 
id.  rent  and  id.  fine. 

(11)  6  Oct.,  12  Car.  I.  Wm.  Wright,  senr.,  surrendered  a  messuage 
cottoge,  land  and  holdings  in  Great  Longsdon,  whicli  lie  lately 
boUi^lit  of  the  said  C^iuntess  of  Devon,  Wm  Lawnt,  of  Wetton, 
Wm.  Milnes  and  .Maria,  to  the  use  of  his  Will.-  Fine,  40s. 
and  ^d. 

(34)  10  Nov,  14  Car.  Win.  Milnes,  of  .\shford,  senr,  Thos 
Dakyn  and  Eliz.,  Wm.  Nayler  and  Sitha  (?)  his  wife,  sur- 
rendered llieir  right  to  a  close  called  iviliiecroft,  and  one 
clo5e  adjoining,  called  Meies  Close  Head,  half  a  close  abutting 
on  Sionebridge,  East,  and  land  of  the  Church,  North,  one  rood 
in  Costlowbotham,  near  land  of  Wm.  Wright,  West,  and  Wm. 
Winscombe,  East,  and  a  close  called  W.ill  Hill  Close,  to  tl;e 
use  of  Wm.  ^^'right,  senr.      Fine,  233. 

(35)  24  Oct.,  1637.  \Vm.  Cowp  surrendered  Biown  Close  to 
George  Co«p. 

(36)  4  Jan  ,  1638.  Win  Nayler  surrendered  one  rood,  called  Eley 
Meadow,  near  Hy.  Scammardine,  to  Ike  use  of  JV/u  IVri^/it,  senr. 
Fine,  2d.  Christr,  James  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  one  of  tlie  co- 
heii esses  of  Rich  Ragg,  surrendered  a  messuage,  one  bay  of 
orchard,  one  garden  anj  rickstead  and  ladderstead,  and  their 
interest  in  one-third  of  a  bovate  except  one  acre  previously 
suirendeieJ  of  Hy.  Scamardine,  in  Great  Longsdon,  lale  in 
tenure  of  Christr.  James  and  Eliz  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Ragg, 
John  Tayler,  Nich.  Garlick,  to  the  use  0/  Wm.  Wright,  senr. 
Fine,    3=.  1  i  1. 

(37)  The  same  Court.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  the  same  tene- 
ments and  other  land  in  Great  Longsdon  surrendered  to  Wm 
Wright  by  Thos.  Dakyn  and  Eliz  his  wife,  Wm.  Nayler  and 
Sitha  his  wife,  to  the  use  of  his  Will.     Fine,  5s.  Jd. 


,gS  COURT    ROLLS    OF    ASllKOIiD. 

(12)  2  2  Oc;l.,  1639.  John  Greaves,  of  Aslifoid,  and  Anna  his  wife 
surrendered  land  in  Tiiornyside,  in  the  tenure  of  George  Cowp 
to  his  use. 

(38)  6  Jan.,  1639.  Thos.  Dakin,  by  Wni.  Mornsale,  surrendered 
two  parts  of  a  cottage  at  Great  Longsdon,  in  the  tenure  of 
KHz.  Hill,  Wo.,  and  li  rood  in  Bamfurlong,  adjoining  land 
of  Win.  Nayler  and  Wm.  Wright,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright, 
Fine,  4d. 

(13)  I  July,  1641.  Wm.  Milnes,  senr.,  of  Ashford,  Anna  Heyward, 
Widow,  Wm.  Nayler  and  Sitha  his  wife  surrendered  Costed  Close, 
containing  4^  acres,  late  the  inheritance  of  Wm.  Tattersal,  to 
the  use  of  Wm.  Wright,  senr.  3s.  fine.  Wm.  Wright  sur- 
rendered to  the  use  of  his  Will.     Fine,  3s. 

(13)  29  Aug.,  1641.  Wm.  Wright,  junr,,  of  Great  Longsdon,  and 
Margaret,  his  wife,  surrendered  five  messuages  and  five  bovates 
of  land,  and  one  close,  called  Hagvvay  foot,  lately  surrendered 
to  Wm.  Wright  and  Wm.  Mornsale,  to  the  use  of  Wm. 
Wright,  the  elder,  gentleman,  father  of  the  said  Wm.  Wright,  the 
younger,  who  fined  ^£2   15s.  2d. 

(i.|  25  Jan.,  17  Car.  Roland  Piatt  surrendered  Womfurlong  close, 
one  acre  in  Dunnstone,  two  acres  and  three  parcels  of  one  rood 
in  Wall  Hill,  a  close,  called  Mire  Sitch  Botham,  one  and  a  half 
acies  in  Cowstye,  and  three  roods  in  Hughlow  Meadow,  to  the 
use  of  IViu.  Mornsale.     Fine  6s.  id.  ob. 

(43.  .14')  18  Aug.,  1642.  Duplicate  copies.  J^o.  Mornsale  sur- 
rendered a  cottage,  with  an  orchard  adjoining,  containing  two 
bays  of  building  and  half  a  curtilege,  in  his  own  occupation,  to 
ilie  use  of  Wm.  Wright,  of  Great  Longsdon,  wlio  paid  6d.  fine. 

Us)  25  Oct.,  1642.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  three  acres  in  Cow- 
stye,  High  Middlehill  and  Flaxdale,  to  George  Cowp,  on  lease 
for  ten  years. 
46)  20  April,  1643.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  half  an  acre  in 
Standhill,  near  land  of  Francis  Welsh,  at  Gildale  Head,  three 
roods,  to  the  use  of  Richard  Wright  for  ever,  rod.  fine,  and 
a!  Ilie  saiiii  Cotirl,  Richard  IVright  (duplicates  of  R.  Wright's), 
half  an  acre  of  land  on  Longman  F'urlong,  and  3  roods  on 
Stonylowe,  in  Ox  Pasture,  to  Wm.  Wright,  lod.  fine.  At  the 
same  Court.  Win.  W'inscomhe  surrendered  one  acre  in  Beggar 
Way,  and  one  parcel  at  Great  Pitt  Sales  to  the  use  of  Wm. 


COURT  ROLLS  OF  ASH  FORD.  289 

Wright  for  ever,  and  gave  4d.  ob ,  and  William  Wright  sur- 
rendered half  an  acre  on  Rannell,  land  of  Wni.  Winscombe 
and  Roland  Eyre,  and  a  parcel  of  land  in  Mill  Lane  Close, 
containing  seven  virg.  in  length  and  eleven  virg.  in  breadth,  to 
the  use  of  Wm.  Winscombe.     Fine,  4d.  ob. 

(52)  12  Aug.,  1643,  Wm  Milnes,  senr.,  surrendered  half  an  acre 
in  Abhford,  on  the  Broad  Lea,  to  Wm.  Dale. 

(53)  20  April,  1643.  Hy.  Tomlinson  surrendered  half  an  acre  on 
Buck  Home,  in  Standbridge,  to  Rich.  Green,  and  Wm.  Milnes 
surrendered  five  acres  in  Ashford,  to  Wm.  Wright,  at  same 
Court. 

(15)  7  Oct.,  1645.  Wm.  Dale,  who  held  a  messuage,  two  bovates 
and  five  rods  of  land  in  Ashford,  died  since  last  Court,  the  3rd 
day  of  Aug.  last,  Sarah,  wife  of  Hy.  Smith,  of  Derby,  gent.,  his 
sister  and  heir,  and  is  19  years  old,  fine  163  lod.  At  the  same 
Court,  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  a  parcel  of  land  and  a  cottage, 
in  which  Wm.  Clowes  lived  near  Robt.  Slack's,  to  the  use  of 
Wm.  Clowes.     Fine,  id. 

([6)  Ult.  Oct.,  21  Car.  Henry  Smith  and  Sarah  his  wife  sur- 
rendered a  messuage,  two  bovates,  and  five  roods  of  land  in 
Ashford  (Walter  Dale's  land)  to  the  use  of  Wm  Wright, 
gentleman.     Fine,  i6d.  and  rod. 

(5S)  iS  April,  1646.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  two  closes  in  Long- 
greavc,  containing  two  roods  and  half  an  acre,  in  Standham, 
near  Rd.  Wright's,  and  half  an  acre  at  the  Great  Pitt  Head  to 
the  use  of  Rich.  Wright,  the  younger,  who  gave  i2d.  fine,  and 
Rich.  Wright,  the  younger,  surrendered  half  a  close,  called 
Little  Stronglow,  containing  three  roods  and  half  an  acre,  in 
Longman  Furlong,  and  one  rood  in  the  parcel  waste  land  of 
Anthony  Longson,  gentleman,  to  the  use  of  the  said  Wm. 
Wright,  who  gave  i2d.  fine. 

(17)  3  June,  1646.  Wm.  Mornsale  and  Eliz.  his  wife  surrendered 
half  an  acre  of  land  in  Eyley  Meadow,  and  one  rood  to  Wm. 
Wright,  gentleman,  who  paid  6d.  fine.     (Duplicate  of  this.) 

(60)  4  Oct,  1647.  Henry  Smith  and  Sarah  his  wife  surrendered 
a  messuage,  two  bovates  and  five  roods  in  Ashford  (late  Dale's) 
to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright,  who  paid  i6s.  lod.  fine. 

(61)  The  said  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  two  cottages  and  two  Crofts 
in  Ashford,  at  the  Hall  end,  in  the  tenure  of  Thos.  Clegg  and 


IQO  COURT    ROLLS    OF    ASHFORD. 

Thos.  barker,  and  a  close,  in  the  tenure  of  Hy.  Greenfield,  to 
the  use  of  \Vm.  Milnes,  senr.,  for  ever,  who  paid  i8d.  fine. 
(iS)    30  Mar,  24  Car.,  1648      Wm.  Milnes  surrendered  five  roods 
in  Caldwell  to  the  use  of   Wm.  Wright   for  ever,    who  gave 
lod.  fine. 

(63)  Same  Court.  John  Andrew  and  Alice  his  wife,  and  Fredk 
Jackson  and  J.ine  his  wife,  surrendered  a  messuage  in  Ashford 
to  William  Wright. 

(64)  7  April,  1649.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  a  messuage,  two 
bov.ites,  and  five  roods  of  land  in  Ashford,  ihree  cottages,  one 
orchard,  one  apple  garden,  with  divers  land  in  .Sheldon,  and 
another  messuage,  orchard  and  garden,  and  six  roods  of  land  to 
the  use  of  Wm.  Wright  (maximi  iialu  nepolis),  tlie  grandchild 
of  him,  Wm.  Wright,  senior,  for  his  life;  remainder  to 
Manners  Savile  and  her  assigns  for  her  jointure,  and  after  her 
demise  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright,  the  younger,  for  ever.  Fme, 
20s.  8d.  At  the  same  Court,  William  Wright,  the  elder,  sur- 
rendered five  messuages,  five  bovates  of  land,  three  cottages, 
and  12  acres  in  Great  Longsdon,  to  the  use  of  himself  for 
life;  remainder  to  Wm.  Wright,  his  grandson.  Fine, 
£2   155.  2d. 

(19)  Aug.,  1650.  Richard  Green  and  Eliz ,  his  wife,  surrendered 
land  in  Standbridge,  to  Wm.  Wright. 

(67)  17  May,  1654.  Wm.  Mornsale,  the  elder,  surrendered  a  close, 
called  Womfurlong,  containing  three  acres  one  rood,  to  the  use 
of  Wm.  Wright,  gent ,  for  nine  years,  after  the  expiration  of  a 
lease  of  twenty-one  years,  made  to  George  Torre.  Fine,  2s. 
and  2d. 

(68)  20  Oct.  1655.  Wm  Mornsale,  the  elder,  surrendered  an  acre 
of  land  on  Cowstye,  to  Wm  Wiight,  the  younger,  for  ever. 
Fine,  8d. 

(69)  14  April,  1657.  Wm.  Mornsale  surrendered  a  close  in  Wom- 
furlong, three  acres  one  rood,  with  three  beast  grasses,  in  a 
pasture,  called  the  Hey,  to  the  use  of  William  Wright,  gent., 
for  ever.     Fine,  2s.  2d. 

(20)  22  .\pril,  1658.  Wm.  Winscorabe,  Joseph  Ludlam,  clerk,  and 
Eliz.,  his  wife,  surrendered  half  an  acre  in  Hey  Close,  half  an 
acre  in  Upper  Nutt,  adjoining  the  Chunches  land  West,  one 
acre  and  one  rood,  and  half  an  acre  on  Cowstye,  one  acre 


COURT    ROLLS    OF    ASHFOKD.  29' 

0:1  Rannill,  to  the  use  of  VVm.  Wright  for  ten  years.     Fine, 
2S.  8d       IV/'i.   IViight  sutreiideted  ^\\o  roods  in  Costlowe,  one 
acre  on  Wall  Hill,  one  rood,   two  roods,   on   Middle  Furlong, 
and  one  rood  and  one  rood,  to  the  use  of  Wm.   Winscombe, 
Joseph  Ludlam,derk,  and  Eliz.his  wife,  for  ten  years.  Fine,  2S.  2d. 
(72)    9  June,  1659.     Wm.  Wright  surrendered  half  of  a  messuage, 
with  an  entry  fur  dore  to  open  two  bays  of  a  barn  and  half  an 
Gxgang  of  land,  and  halt  a  beast  gale  on  Longsdon  Way,  to  the 
use   of    Bernard   White   for  twenty-one  years,  at   the  rent  of 
£i,   I2S.  6d,  fine,  6s.  lod.     Wm.   Wiixht  smrendaed  half  of  a 
messuage,  two  bays  of  a  barn,  and  halt  an  oxgang  of  land,  and 
half  a  beast  gate,  in  Longsdon,  to  the  use  of  Thos.  Hodgkinson, 
for  twenty-one   years,  rent,   £\    12s.  6d.  fine,  6s.  lod.      The 
said  IVin    rf;;V/;/ surrendered  a  messuage,  a  barn,  half  an  ox- 
gang  (if  land,  and  one  beast  gate  in  Longsdon  to  the  use  of 
Wm.    Bramall    and    Bernard    Spencer,    (or    twenty-one    years. 
5s.    8d.,    rent,  £s  6s.  8d.,  and  a  messuage  and  half  an  ox- 
gang  of  land  to  Thomas  Bagshaw,  for  same  term  on  same  fine, 
rent,  £a  I  OS. 
(21)     Wm.  Wright  also  surrendered  one  quaiter  of  an  oxgang,  and 
one  beast  gate,  in  Longsdon.  to  Wm.  Uakin,  for  same  term,  at 
a  rent  of  £2   6s,  fine,  2S    loJ.,  and  a/so  one  quarter  of  an  ox- 
gang and  one  beast  gate  to  Nathl.  Barton,  for  same  term,  rent 
£2   3s.     Fine,  2/6       Win.  Monisale,  the  elder,  surrendered  a 
close,  called  Rannill,  containing   five  acres,   with  a  lane,  and 
half  an  acre  in  Feales  Head,  to  the  use  of  Wm   Wiight  for  ever. 

Fine,  3s.  8d. 
(79)     23  Oct.,  12  Car.  II.     Wm.   Mornsale,  senr.,    surrendered    six 

roods  of  land  on  the  Croft  End  to  the  use  of  Wm.  N\  right,  for 

twenty  five  years  after  llie  decease  of  the  said   Wm.   Mornsale. 

IS.  fine. 
(231     25  March,  15  Car.  II.     John   Rowbotham  surrendered  Ranell 

Head  Close,  containing  five  acres,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright 

for  fourteen  years.     Fine,  3s.  4d. 
(81)     26  March,  15  Car.  II.     Rich.  Green  and  Eliz,  his  wife,  George 

Cowper   and    I'.aibara,  his  wife,   surrendered  the  Little   Brown 

Close  in  .Asliford,  and  the  New  Close,  containing  eleven  roods 

and  bix  rooOs,  called   'I'hornybide,  to  the   use  of  Wm.    Wright 

forever.     2s.  lod.  fine.. 


202  COURT  ROLLS  OF  ASHFORD. 

(82)  George  Cowp  and  Barbara,  his  wife,  surrendered  the  Tudden 
Flat  Close,  containing  one  acre,  lo  the  use  of  William  Wright 
for  ever.     Fine,  Sd. 

(8j)  U'illiam  Wri-hl siurendeied  ilic  Little  Brown  Close,  New  Close, 
containing  eleven  roods  and  six  roods,  called  Ihornyside,  to 
the  use  of  George  Cowp  for  twenty-one  years.    Fine,  3s.  6d. 

(84)  George  Cow^  surrendered  one  rood  on  Lambourn,  near  land  of 
Kichard  Green,  one  acre  on  Burnside,  and  half  an  acre,  and 
half  an  acre  by  Wm.  Milnes,  to  Wm.  Wright  for  twenty-one 
years.     Fine,  2s.  2d. 

(Note  on  margin — This  surrender  is  only  to  secure  the  rent  of 
the  former  surrender.) 

(85)  29  .Xpril,  isCar.  II.  Wm.  Mornsale  and  Bennett  Street,  Wc, 
surrendered  a  cottage  in  tenure  of  Bennett  Street,  and  an 
orchard  adjoining,  containing  three  baiars  of  building  and  a 
toft  called  the  Backside,  containing  six  roods,  with  rights  of  way, 
to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright  for  ever.     Fine,  i6d. 

(24)  I  May,  15  Car.  II.  George  Cowp  surrendered  a  messuage, 
two  orchards,  a  stable,  and  garden  at  Church  Dale  Head,  one 
rood  at  Lambercase,  near  lands  of  Richard  Green,  one  acre 
at  Burnside,  one  rood  ped.  Jerger,  three  acres  in  the  Great 
Brame  Close,  to  the  use  of  himself  for  life;  remainder  to 
William  Cowp,  his  son  and  heir.     Fine,  4s.  2d. 

(25)  6  April,  1664.  Hy.  Scammardine,  senr.,and  "Hy.  Scammardine, 
junr.,"  surrendered  a  messuage  and  stable,  two  baiars  of  orchard, 
two  gardens,  and  two  parts  of  a  fold,  in  the  tenure  of  Eliz. 
Swindell,  Wo.,  except  an  acre  surrendered  to  Wm.  Wright, 
and  one  rood,  called  the  Fall  Furlong,  to  the  use  of  the  said 
Wm.  Wright.     Fine,  6s.  io|d. 

(89)  At  the  same  Court  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  an  orchard,  con- 
taining two  baiars  of  building,  one  virgate  in  breadth,  two 
parts  of  the  fold,  and  a  swinehouse  adjoining  the  cottage  of 
Jas.  Scammardine,  to  his  use.     Fine,  2d. 

(go)  Wm.  Wright  also  surte.ndered  a  cottage  and  two  orchards  and 
one-third  of  a  bovate  in  the  tenure  of  Hy.  Scammardine,  senr., 
and  two  cottages  in  the  tenure  of  Rich.  Scammardine  and  Ann 
Ausebrook,  to  the  use  of  the  said  Hy.  Scammardine  for  his  life; 
remainder  to  his  son  Henry  for  ever.     Fine,  3s.  i^d. 


COURT    KOLLS    OF    ASIIFOI-D.  293 

(26)  24  Oct,  1665.  Wm.  Cowp  surrendered  a  messuage,  two 
orchards,  and  a  stable  and  garden  at  Church  Dale  Head,  one 
rood  on  Lambcrease,  one  rood  on  Burnsides.  and  half  an  acre, 
one  rood,  iialf  an  acre,  half  an  acre,  one  rood,  three  acres  in 
Great  Brame,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright  after  the  decease  of 
Geo.  Con'p.     Fine,  4s.  2d. 

(92)  3  April,  1 666  (duplicate).  Rich.  Wright  surrendered  half  an  acre 
in  Highlou-  .Mead,  near  land  of  Thomas  Longson,  gentleman, 
and  Jo.  Tonilinson,  iialf  an  acre  and  one  Cowstye  to  the  use 
of  Wm  Wright  for  ever.  Fine.  8d.  Rich.  Wright  also  sin- 
reiiJeie.i  to  Wm.  Wright  three  roods  in  the  Gildale  Close 
after  the  decease  of  Fras.  Flint,  Wo.     Fine,  6d. 

(27)  10  Oct,  1668.  Wm.  Wright  surreiideyed  a  messuage  and 
lands  in  Ashford  called  the  Dale's  Farm,  in  the  tenure  of 
George  Riddeard,  and  half  an  acre  in  Betchstones,  in  the 
tenure  of  Jas.  Finney,  to  the  Lise  of  himself  for  life;  remainder 
to  Penelope  his  wife ;  remainder  to  his  issue  male  in  tail  on 
the  body  of  said  Penelope ;  remainder  to  his  own  right  heirs. 
Fine,  17s.  lod.  // Zt'(7.f//«t;/'/'<'(f  that  Wm.  Wright,  gentleman, 
who  held  five  messuages,  10  cottages,  4J  bovates  in  Great 
Longsdon,  was  dead,  and  that  Wm.  Wright  is  his  grandson 
and  heir  and  of  full  age.     Fine,  £^2  8s  §d. 

(28)  9  May,  1671.  Wm.  Wjight  surrendered  all  the  lands,  etc., 
which  he  had  from  his  grandfather,  Wm.  Wright,  and  which  he 
bought  from  the  Countess  of  Devon,  Wm.  I.awnt,  of  Wetton, 
Wm  Milnes,  and  Maria,  his  wife,  to  the  use  of  George  and 
Wm.  Savile.  Fine,  40s.  Jd.  Win.  Wright  (duplicate)^  also 
surrendered  a  close,  called  Kilne  Croft,  and  the  Mires  Close, 
half  an  acre  on  Ston bridge,  one  rood  in  Costlowbotham,  one 
third  rood  of  Wall  Hill  Close  to  the  use  of  the  same,  who  paid 
23d.  tine.  He  also  (duplicates)  surrendered  one  rood  in  Eley 
Mead  to  the  same.  Fine,  2d.  And  alse  a  messuage,  one  baiar 
of  orchard,  one  garden,  one  rickstead  and  ladderstead,  one- 
third  of  a  bovate,  between  land  of  Christr.  James  and  Eliz.,  his 
wife.  And  also  the  land  surrendered  to  his  grandfather  by  Thos. 
Daken  and  Eliz.,  his  wife,  William  Nayler  and  Sitha,  his  wife, 
to  the  same  use.  Fine,  5s.  ^d.  Also  a  close,  called  Costidde 
containing  four  and  a  half  acres,  formerly  the  inheritance  of 
Wm.  lattersall.     Fine,  3s.     Also  five  messuages  and  five  borates 


COUKT    ROLLS    OF   ASHFOKD. 

of  land,  three  cottages,  and  one  rood  in  Great  Longsdon,  to 
the  same  use.  Fine,  ^2  iss.  2d.  And  also  messuages,  etc.,  at 
Church  Dale,  Ashford,  called  Cowp's  Farm.     Fine,  7s.  8d. 

(30)  And  same  Court.  Wm.  Wright  surrendered  a  close  on  Ston- 
bridge  to  Geo.  and  \Vm.  Savile  (duplicates  of  this). 

(.04)  I4.^ug.,  1671.  The  said  Geo.  and  \Vm.  Savile,  surrendered 
the  five  messuages  and  five  bovates,  to  Wm.  Wright.  Fine, 
^2   15s.  2d. 

(105)  10  Feb.,  1 67 1.  The  said  Geo.  and  Wm.  Savile  surrendered 
the  lands  bought  of  the  Countess  of  Devon,  Wm  Lawnt, 
Lawnt,  and  Wm.  Milnes  and  xMaria,  his  wife,  to  the  said  Wm. 
Wii-ht.     Fine,  40-.  Jd. 

(106)  Also  a  close,  called  Kilncroft  Close,  one  called  Meres  Close  Head, 
land  at  Stunebridge  one  rood  in  Costlowbotham,  one-third  of  a 
rod  in  Wall  Hill  Close.     Fine,  23d. 

(107)  Also  Ehy  Mead,  one  rood.     Fine,  2d. 

(108)  Also    land,    between   land    of   James'   and   Uaken's.      Fine, 

(109)  Also  Costidd  Close,  etc.,  of  Wm.  'i'altershall.     Fme,  3s. 

(110)  Also  land  in  Church  Dale  Head.     Fine,  7s.  8d. 

(32)  4  Mar.,  1672.  Wm.  Wiightand  Penelope,  his  wife,  surrendered 
Liitle  Caldwell  Hill,  Ashford  and  Great  Caldwell  Hill, 
Hylots  Meeihead,  land  at  Stanbridge,  one  rood  at  Rye 
Wood,  half  a  rood  iMunilees  Gare  I'lit,  to  the  use  of  Jas. 
Scaniniardine. 

(112)  II  April,  1673.  The  same,  a  messuage  etc  ,  in  Ashford,  in  the 
tenure  of  George  Reddeard  to  Wm.  Green.     Fine.  12J. 

(113)  Lit'id'm  Ashford,  called  Ntiher  Greeves.  to  Rich   Johnson. 

(114)  Olln-r  land  to  Wm.  I'.rewell  and  .MicC:  his  wife,  to  Wm.  Lowe, 
to  Hy.  Fallowes,  Edward  Jackson,  some  to  himself,  other  to 
Jo.  Oxspring. 

(116)  24  .May,  1673.  Anna  Andrews,  Wo.,  surrendered  a  cottage 
to  Thos.  Heald  and  Eleanor  ux.,  in  Sudden  Flat,  and  same 
Court  land  to  Edward  Harrison  and  Emma. 

(34)  6  Aug.,  1673  William  Wright  and  Penelope  his  wife  sur- 
rendered one  acre  in  Ashford  to  Jo.  Headen. 

(35)  2^  J^'y-  '674.  The  same  four  Closes  in  Ashford,  at  Finney 
Leas,  and  U.jle's  half  close,  called  Broadwood,  between  land 
of  Samuel  Wright,  to  George  Brewell. 


ASHFORD    PARISH    REGISTtR.  295 

(120)  ist  May,  1675.  Wm.  Wright  and  Rd.  Wright  on  jury.  Death 
of  Win.  Wright,  grandson  of  Wm.  Wright,  presented  Tiiomas 
Wright,  son  and  heir,  aet.  13  years,  in  the  custody  of  Penelope, 
his  mother.  Fine,  40s.  ^d.  Seven  other  presentments  of  his 
property. 

(36)  1  May.  Geo.  Birds  surrendered  Wall  Hill  Close  to  Wra. 
Athen  and  Marie  his  wife. 

(1231  20  May,  1676.  Thomis  Bagshaw  Steward.  John  Greaves 
surrendered  one  rood,  called  Four  Sw.ithes,  in  Sweet  Balkes 
Land,  to  Robt.  Holme. 

(38)  29  Oec,  1677  M.-irii  Street,  spr.,  surrendered  a  messuage  in 
the  tenure  of  Wm.  .AUeyn,  to  his  use. 

(39)  13  Oct.,  1680.  Wm.  AUeyn  surrendered  same  to  Wm 
Jackson. 

(126)  14  Jan,  16S1.  Robt.  Milnes  surrendered  half  a  rod  to  Wm. 
Alleyn 

(127)  13  June,  1685.  Wm.  Heathcote  and  Eliz.  his  wife,  Edwd. 
Harrison  and  Emma  his  wife,  Thos.  Neald  and  Eleanor  his 
wife,  surrendered  a  cottage  and  a  croft  in  Ashford,  in  the 
Sudden  Flat,  to  Thomas  Wright,  Esq 

(40)  23  April,  1686.  Joshua  White,  Wm.  .Alleyn,  and  Cathe.  White, 
surrendered  a  cottage,  etc.,  in  Mjnale  Dale  to  Penelope 
Wright,  spr. 

(129)  4Sept.,  1686.  Penelope  surrendered  same  to  Thos.  Wright   Esq 

7  April,  i688.     Wm    Milnes,   junr.,  surrendered   4J   acres   in 

Ashford,  and  other  land,  to  Thos.  Wright. 
('3')  5   Aug.,  1695.      Matilde    Balam    surrendered    a   messuage,  in 

Longsdon,  in  tenure  of  Edwaid  Heathcote,  to  Thos.  Wright. 
(42)     2  April,   171 1.     Thos.  White  and  .\un\,  ux.,  Jas.  Milnes,  and 

John   Tomlinson,    surrendered    Coombe's    Close,     cont.dning 

three  acres,  to  said  Thos.  Wright. 


ASHFORD    PARISH     REGISTER. 

1674.  Jan..  28.     Anthony  Ward,  of  Brownside,  buried. 

1675.  July  I.     Anna  fil  Rd.  Whitbey  and  Margt.  ux.  bap. 

1676.  Mr.  William  Wiiite  Minister  m.  Mrs.  Francis  Browne,  both  ot 

this  parish. 


jg6  ASHFOUD    PARISH     KEGISTEU. 

1677.     Oct.  8.     Mary,  dau   of  George  Warbuiion  and  Elizabelli  ux, 

bap. 
1677.     Nov.  22.     Muriel,  dau.  of  Thomas   Browne  and  Sarah,  his 

wife,  of  Marsh  Mill,  bap. 
1688-9.     Jan.  17.     Ellen  fil  Roger  and  .Anna  Buxton,  bap. 
1690.     July  10.      Margt.  fil  R.  and  Margt.  Whitbey,  bap. 
.Sept.  2r.     lona  ux  "Wm.  Greaves,  Ini. 
Oct.  7.     Josephus  fil  Wm.  and  Anna  Langford,  bap. 
Dec.  23.     Ralf.  fil  Wm.  Green,  bap. 

1692.  Mar.  30.     Eliz.  ux  Ralf.  Langford,  bu. 

1693.  May  15.     Ralf.  Langford,  bu. 

Aug.  19.     Rich,  fil  Rich.  Wliiibey,  bap.  and  bu.,  '95. 
1695-6.     Mar  8.     Margt.  ux.  Rd.  Whitbey,  bu. 
1696      June  28.     EUena  Langford,  bu. 

Nov.  15.     Thos.  Langford,  bu. 
1696.     July  5.     Wm.  fil  William  Green,  bap. 

Nov.  13.     Wm.  fil  Jo.  Harris,  hu. 
1699-1700.     Jan.  28.     Joseph  fil  Jo.  Harris,  bu. 

1702.  Wm.nl  bap. 
I  701.     Oct.  5.     Steph.  Green,  bu. 

1  702.     Dec.  20.     Anna  ux  Roger  Buxton,  bu. 

1703.  May  8.     Alice  Greaves,  bu. 

May  25      Rd.  Green  and  Francis  Whitby. 
1703-4      Feb.  12.     Robert  Buxton,  of  Cartlidge  Dronfield,  bu. 

1704.  Mar.  28      Wm.  fil  Rd.  Green,  bap. 
Mar.  25.     Anna  ux   Wm.  Langford,  bu. 

1706      April  8.     Eliz  fil  Rd.  Green. 
Nov.  6.     Anna  Harris,  bu. 

1707.  Oct.  26.     Wm.  fil  Wm.  and  Anna  Langford,  bu. 

1707-8.   Mar.  7.   Wm.  Langford  and  Margt.  Cook,  both  of  Ashford,  m 

1708.  July       .     Rd.  fil  Rd.  and  Frances  Green,  bap. 

1710.  Thos.  fil  Rd.  Green,  bap.,  Margt ,  bap  ,  17 14/5,  Jo.  '15,  Mar 

1716/7,  bap. 

1711.  Aug.  19      Thomasine  Green,  bu. 
Sept.  15.     Geo  fil  Jo.  Han  is,  bu. 

1 7 14.     Oct.  24.  Anna  fil  Jo.  and  Ann  Eyley,  of  Sheldon,  bap. 

1 7 14-5.     July  9  ISLiry  ux   Thos   Langford,  bap. 

1717.     July  17.  Jo.  Harris,  bu. 

Nov.  3.  Ralf.  fil  Wm.  and  Lydia  Green,  bap. 


ASHFORD    PAPISH     REGISTER.  897 

1720  I.      Mar.  10.      Wni.  Green,  bu. 
1/2  1.     Sept.  5.     Roger  Buxton,  bu. 

Mar.  4.     Thos.  Greaves,  bu. 
1722-3     Jan.  5.    Rd.  fil  Wm.  and  Rachel  Green,  bu.  26  Nov,  1731. 

Rachel,  bap.  29  Nov.,  1726. 
1722-3.     Mar.  8.     Jo.,  son  of  Jo.  and  Eliz.  Harris,  bap. 
1723.     Dec.  10.     Geo.  fil  Joseph  and  Dorothy  Harris,  bap. 

Wm.,   bap.    16   Nov.,   1726.     Joseph,   bap.   30  Aug.,    1729. 
Ann,  bap.  1732. 
1726.     July  12.     Wm.  Langford,  bu. 
1726-7.     Mar.  13.     Ann  ux.  Jo.  Greaves,  bu. 
1727-8.     Jan.  17.     Rd   Langford,  bu. 

1728.  April  13.     Geo.  Harris,  of  Birchill,  bu. 

1729.  Oct.  9.      Wm.,  of  same,  bu. 

1730.  May  30.      Mary       ditto 

1729.     July  15.     Margt   Langford,  Wo.,  bu. 
1731-2.     Mar.  23      Mr.  Richard  Whitbey,  bu. 

'735-     Aug.   15.     Margt,   daughter  of  Jo.   Glossop  and   Mary,   of 
Ashford,  bap. 
Sept.  28      Eliz ,  daugliter  of  Wm.  Green  and  Mary,  bap. 
1751.     May  26      ALirgt.,  daughter  of  David  Price,  bap. 
Aug.  20      Lydia,  daughter  of  Thos.  Green,  bap. 
Dec.  25.     Benj.,  son  of  Benj.  Farmer,  bap.     Wm.,  bap.  22 
Ju.,  1754. 
1  752.     July  5.     Alex  ,  son  of  Wm.  Cockin,  bap. 

Molly,  bap    1757  and  bu.,  and  Fanny,  bu.  ;  Eras.,  son,  bap. 
5  Jan.,  1760;  Josei)h,  bap.  31  Jan.,  1762;  Jo.,  son  of  W. 
and  Mary,  bap.  26  April,  1766,  and  bu. 
1753.     June  6.     Wm  ,  son  of  Jo.   Harris,  junr.,  and  Cathe.,   bap. 

and  bu. 
1753.     Dec.  4.      Wm.   Harris,  bu. 
'754-5-     J^n-  5-     Thos,  son  of  Thos  Green,  bap. 
'755-     Js"-  25.      Dorothy  ux  Joseph  Harris,  senr.,  bu. 
1756.     Oct.  2.     'I'hos  ,  son  of  Wm.  Greaves,  bu. 
I  757.     Oct.  24.  Wm.  Copestake,  of  Osmosney,  and  Hannah  Whitbey, 

of  Ashford. 
175S.     J.i.n.  8.     Thos.  Greaves,  of  Sheldon,  bu. 

.  June  9.     Ellen  ux  Thos.  Greaves,  of  Sheldon,  bu. 
1761.     Mar.  4.      Wm.  Green,  bu. 


,gg  ASHFOKD    PAKIbH      REGISIEK. 

April  23.     \Vm.  Green,  junr ,  bu. 
1761.     June   21;.     Ralf.  Townsend  and  Alice  Green,   both   of   I'ad- 

dington,  bu 
1764.     Nov.  3.     U'm   Green,  from  Darley,  bu. 
1767.     Jan.  28.     Mrs.  Jane  Buxton,  Longestone,  bu. 
1767.     Dec.  27.     Frances,  daughter  of  Wni.  and  Mary  Cockayne, 

bap.     She  died  1784. 

1769,  Thos.  bap.,  Geo.  and  Eliz ,  6  Jan.,  1773,  bap.,  Wni 

bnp     2  Mar.,  i  776. 
1773       Eliz,  daughter  of  Jo.  Green. 
1774.     Mar.  30.     Sarah  Drinkwater,  bu. 

1785  Mar.  II.     Thos.,  son  of  Jolui  and  Eliz.  Drinkwater. 

1778      Dec.   25.     Mary,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Ruth  Cockayne 

bap.,  bu  ,  7  Oct.,  1781.     Joseph  bap.  16  June,  1781. 
1771;.     Aug    19.     Phanny,  dau.  of  Tiios   and  Phanny  Beighton,  bap 
1  7S0      Dec.  25.     Hannah,  daughter  of  Alex,  and  Eliz.  Cockine,  bap. 

Betty,  bap.   4   Aug.,  17S2;  Fras.,  8  June,   1784;  Jo.,  21 

May,  1786. 
1782.      [une  20.     Ann,  daughter  of  George  and  Ann  Williams,  of 

London,  bu. 
I  784.     Dec    1 2.     Mary  ux.  Wm.  Cockayne,  junr.,  bu. 
17S6.     -Mny  21.     Jo.,  son  of  Jas.  and  Sarah  Green,  bu. 

July  15.     Mr.  Richard  Naduld,  bu. 
1780      Mrs   Margare  Naduld,  bu. 

1786  (let   26.     Mr.  Hy.  \Yatson,  from  Bakewell,  bu. 

I  787.     June  3.     Eliz  ,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Cockayne,  bap. 

Frances,  daughter,  bap.  20  May,  1789,  bu.  20  May,  1789. 
1 788.     Oct   23.      Wm.  Cockayne,  bu. 
17S9.     June  21.     Elen,  daughter  of  Alex,  and  Eliz.  Cockayne,  bap., 

bu.  19  Nov.,  1791,  26  Aug,  1797. 
1791.     June  19.     Joseph,   son  of  Joseph  and   Hannah  (bu.    1810) 
Cockayne,  bap. 
George  fil  bap.  15  May,  1794. 
1794.     Aug.  19.     Mr.  George  Cockayne,  bu. 

Oct.  2.     Thos.  Green,  bu. 
1794.     27  Oct.     Miss  Eliz.  Naudauld. 
1J07      The  Rev.  Thos.  Naudauld. 

1812.     Sept.  20.     Rd.  and  Peter,  sons  of  Wm.  and  Hannah  Nau 
dauld,  of  Lond.,  St.  Aldgafe  Parish.  Richard,  bu. 


ASHFORD    PARISH     REGISTER.  299 

1801.     April  5.     Eliza  \V.nrburton,  daughter  of   1  hos.  and  Jane  (bu. 

12  May,  1801)  Cockayne. 
1803.     Junes-    Wm  fil  \Vm.  and  .Ann  Cockayne  (bu.  17  Sept ,  1806), 

bap  ,  and  Jo  ,  8  Sept.,  same  year. 
1818.     May  6      Mary,  daughter  of  Wni.  and  Mary  Cockayne,  bap  , 

and  Benjamin  same  time,  Charles,  10  Nov.,  1811. 
May  27.     Hannah  ux  Joseph  Cockayne,  bu. 
Supplied  by  Mr.  Jo.  Luxmore. 
1739.     Sept.  27.    Edward  Barker,  of  Youlgrave,  and  Margt.  Nadauld 

of  Ash  ford. 
[740.     Oct.  20.    Eliz,  daughter  of  Mr.  J\d.  Fuiney  of  Ashford,  bap 
1743.     May  3.     Margt.,  daughter  of  same. 
1752.     May  25.      Margaret,  daugl-.ter  of  Rd.  Finney  and   Margt.  ux 

bap. 
1756.     Feb.  20.     Mr.  Rd.  Finni'y,  of  Ashford,  bu  at  Stony  .Middleton. 

From  Transcripts. 
1756.     April  6.     Mr.  Hy.  Watson  and  Miss  Mary  Bullock,  m. 
1778      April  23      John  Wild  and  Eliz.  Harris,  of  Ashford,  m. 
1794.     May  4.     Geo.   Shepley,   of  Chesterfield,   and   Ann    Farmer, 

of  Ashford,  m.  by  Peter  Walthal,  curate. 
From  Sheldon  Registry. 
I  782.     Sept.  5.    Rich.  Rue,  of  Bake\vell,  widower,  and  Ann  Creswcll, 

of  Tideswell,  spr.,  m. 
Rich.  Chapman,  Curate  of  Sheldon. 
1751.     May  6.      Rich    Finney  and  Mrs.  Margaret   Peplow,    both  of 

Ashford,  m. 
1735.     June  6  and  7.      Rich   Fynney,   of  Longstone,  bro.    and   heir 

of  AVni    Fynney,  late  of  Stony  Middleton  of  one  part,  gave 

land   in    Middieton,    in   which    Mary   Fynney,    Wo.,  then 

dwelt. 
1754.     July  2.     Will  of  Rich.  Fynney  gave  land  in  Ashford  to  wife, 

Margaret,    and    Jo.    Beech,    of  Tideswell ;    also    to    his 

daughters,  Eliz.  (afterwards  wife  of  Joseph   Denman),  and 

Margaret.     Remainder  to  James   Longsdon,  son  of  Thos., 

of  Little  Longstone,  and  Wm.,  son  of  Jo   Beech.    Fawney 

and  Thos.,  ch.  of  Thomas  and  Jane   l'"ynny,  of  Ashford. 

Wm   son  of  Jo  and  Mary  Peploe,  of  llebnale.  Staff.,  ;^2oo. 

Geo.  and   Ann,  children  of  Geo.   and   Martha    Brownhill, 

of  Bake  well,  ^100. 


30d 


CHAPTER    XXIV. 


THE   LONGSTONES   AND   BEREWIl  ES   OF  ASHFORD. 

Longesdiine  was  waste  at  Domesday.  Coin  had  three  carucates 
of  land,  hidable,  value  30s.,  T.  R.  E.,  land  for  three  ploughs,  six 
acres  meadow,  underwood  two  miles  in  length,  one  broad. 

Great  Longstone  Chapelry  (copying  from  the  Directory)  includes 
Holm  Township,  Little  Longstone,  Roland,  and  part  of  Wardlowe, 
which  were  all  Berewites  of  Ashford,  of  the  King's  ancient  demesne  at 
Domesday. 

The  Longstone  Charters  here  given  are  inextricably  confused,  they 
relate  to  all  these  hamlets,  which  are  now  united  probably  only  for 
parochial  convenience,  and  they  are  given  together,  chiefly  arranged 
with  reference  to  the  different  families  resident  in  them.  The  history 
of  these  places  is  very  obscure,  and  can  only  be  partly  guessed  at, 
and  that  of  the  two  Longstones  is  more  especially  difficult  to  trace, 
because  two  distinct  families,  originally  of  tbe  same  name — those 
of  Wright  of  Great  Longstone  and  Longsdon  of  Little  Longstone — 
have  been  seated  here  apparently  for  700  years,  and  certainly  in  tlie 
time  of  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn,  that  is  in  Henry  III.,  the  latter  family 
had  obtained  possession  of  part  of  their  estate  direct  from  the  grant 
of  the  King,  before  the  date  that  Wenuwyn  obtained  his  grant  ot 
Ashford ;  when  the  Wrights  obtained  theirs  is  not  so  clear.  Although 
both  these  families  seem  to  have  used  this  territorial  designation 
(which  the  latter  family  retains,  except  with  regard  to  the  spelling 
of  the  name,  which  is  immaterial),  there  does  not  appear  to  be  any 
direct  proof  that  they  were  akin,  though  frequently  attesting  each 
other's  charters.  This  possibly  may  have  arisen  from  thtir  being 
near  neighbours  and  both  of  them  being  Freemen  of  the  King's 
ancient  demesne,  and  it  would  seem  probable  from  Thomas  the  Clerk 
not  having  had  a  territorial  name,  that  his  son  took  it  from  the  family 
of  Great  Longsdon. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    EERF.WITES    OF    ASHFORD.  3OI 

The  following  Charter,  or  Convention,  made  between  Griffin  fil 
Wenuwyn  and  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon  (the  ancestor  of  the 
Wrights),  refers  to  the  ancient  customs  (consuetudines  seculares) 
under  which  the  estate  was  held.  This  Charter  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  George  Thomas  Wright,  Esq.,  of  Longstone  Hall,  the 
present  holder  of  the  property.      It  is  as  follows : — 

This  is  the  Convention  made  between  the  Lord  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn 
on  the  one  part  and  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon  on  the  other  part,  in 
the  37th  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Henry  fil  King  John,  that  is  to  say, 
the  said  Lord  Griffin  remised  and  quitclaimed  to  the  said  Adam  fil  Peter 
de  Longsdon  and  his  heirs  or  assigns  all  customs  of  ancient  demesne 
(constitudines  s'c'lares)  and  every  kind  of  service  (om'i'ada  svicia) 
which  are  due  (exeunt)  from  the  said  fee  (feudo)  in  Longsdon  and 
in  Wardlow  or  could  become  due  in  any  event  saving  the  services 
due  which  the  ancestors  of  tlie  said  Adam  to  the  said  Lord  Griffin 
and  his  ancestors,  and  which  they  were  accustomed  to  make  yearly  for 
tliese  tenements  in  Longsdon  and  Wardlow,  that  was  to  sa)',  r3s. 
payable  annually  at  two  terms — at  the  feast  of  the  Blessed  Mary  the 
Virgin  6s.  and  6d  ,  and  at  the  feast  of  St.  Michael  6s  and  6d  , 
keeping  these  services,  three  days'  ploughing  and  sowing,  to  be  done 
by  the  said  Adam  and  his  men  for  the  said  Lord  Griffin  twice  a  year 
for  their  meat  (ad  cibuni)  and  suit  at  the  mill  at  Asliford  of  the 
said  Adam  and  his  men,  and  their  aid  (auxilium)  at  the  millpool 
and  whatever  else  pertained  to  the  said  mill  when  there  was  necsssity 
for  repairing  it,  and  keeping  suit  at  the  Court  of  Ashford  by  the  said 
Adam  and  his  heirs  for  themselves  and  their  tenants  in  Longsdon 
ai:d  Wardlow,  as  the  other  freemen  of  the  Manor  of  Ashford 
followed,  and  when  the  Lord  King  should  lax.  his  demesne  (Dnica 
sua  taliavit)  the  said  Adam  should  be  ta.xed  for  himself  and  his  fee, 
and  so  that  this  agreement  should  be  firm  and  stable  each  affixed 
his  seal  according  to  the  manner  of  making  cyrographs.  These 
witnesses,  Sir  Richard  de  Vernon,  Sir  Richard  de  Herthill,  Richard 
Daniel  of  Tideswell,  William  de  Longsdon,  Mathew  de  Longsdon, 
I'iiom.is  de  Longsdon.  This  Convention  is  a  clear  admission  that 
Ad.im  fil  Peter  was  one  of  the  king's  free  men  doing  suit  at  his  court 
at  Ashford. 

This  Chaiter  at  once  introduces  the  Little  Longsdon  family  and 
raises  serious  difficulties  The  first  three  witnesses  are  well  kn'jvvn, 
Sir  Richard  Vcinon   was    Lord  of  Haddon,  the   last    of   his    race. 


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THE    LONGSTONES    MiD    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 


unless  the  wife  of  Gilbert  le  Francis  (a  Cumberland  man),  who 
obtained  that  lordship  in  the  troublous  time  of  Henry  III.,  was  his 
daughter,  and  as  her  issue  assumed  the  name  of  Vernon,  it  is 
probable.  Sir  Richard  Hertili  was  the  son  of  Sir  Adam  de  ilertill, 
tempe  John,  who  married  Mamie,  daughter  of  William  de  Vernon, 
of  Haddon,  father  of  Richard,  wiio  married  Johanna,  daughter 
of  Thomas  de  Edensor.  Apparently  he  had  an  interest  in  Little 
Longsdon,  through  his  great  nephew,  Richard  de  Edensor,  having 
married  a  daughter  of  Richard  fil  Levened,  of  that  village,  and  Richard 
Daniel,  of  'I'ideswell,  was  the  ancestor  of  the  family  of  Pincerna,  or 
Boteler,  from  whom  the  Foljambes  of  that  place  derived  their 
property  in  Little  Longsdon,  part  of  which  they  long  retained. 
The  three  last  witnesses,  William,  Mathew,  and  Thomas  de  Longsdon, 
constitute  the  puzzle.  Who  were  they  ?  Why  were  they  interested 
in  this  Great  Longsdon  property  ?  Mathew  Longsdon  held  the 
ebt.rle  of  Little  Longsdon,  with  a  bovate  in  Adam  fil  Peter's  fee, 
at  that  period,  and  undoubtedly  he  had  a  son  William,  who  succeeded 
him  Mr  Sleigh  (probably  writing  fiom  an  Inquisition)  states  in  the 
Relitiuary  thai  he  had  brothers  named  William  and  Thomas  living 
in  3  Edward  I.,  who  may  be  the  witnesses  to  this  Charter.  We  know 
that  Thomas  was  called  Lord  of  Longsdon  in  one  charter,  but  we 
do  not  know  who  he  was,  and  the  curious  thing  is  this:  we  can 
trace  the  pedigree  of  .Adam  fil  Peter  of  37  Henry  III.,  wlio  was 
clearly  the  Lord  of  the  fee  of  Great  Longsdon,  and  we  can  painfully, 
but  tolerably  surely,  work  out  his  pedigree  u[nvnrds  for  two  or  three 
generations,  and  we  have  proof  that  he  had  several  sons,  Thomas, 
Kobcrt,  Richard, and  Nichola5,that  he  had  a  great-uncle  namedWilliaui 
and  an  uncle  of  that  name,  brother  of  his  father  (if  he  is  not  the 
same  person),  who  also  had  several  sons,  I'^lias,  Simon,  William  Peter, 
and  probably  Richard;  but  not  one  (>f  them,  apparently,  produced 
a  Thoniar.,  who  was  Lord  of  Longstone  in  3  Edward  L,  and  who 
ceitain'y  acted  uiih  a  William  de  Longston  as  jurymen  on  an  im- 
portant inquest.  Will  am  may  ha\e  been  the  uncle  ol  Adam  fii 
Peter,  or  his  son,  or  the  son  of  Matthew. 

Now  to  this  Charier  of  Adam  fil  Peter,  a  leading  witness  was  one 
Mathew  de  Longsdon,  who  held  a  bovate  out  of  the  fee  of  Adam 
fil  Peter,  which  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn  conlirmed  as  that  of  a  grant  by 
the  King  (probably  intending  a  grant  of  the  Lord  of  the  fee,  Adam, 
01  his  ancestor,  with  the  King's  assent).     We  are  able  to  trace  the 


iHK    LONGSTONES    AND    BKREWITES    CiF    ASHFOHD  303 

pedigree  of  Matliew  only  one  degree  higher,  to  Ins  father  Thomas, 
who  was  a  clerk,  lawyer,  or  parson,  of  Bakewell,  and  we  have  clear 
proof  that  Thomas  hiid  a  brother  Robert ;  but  there  is  no  proof  that 
Mathew  had  brothers  or  sisters,  and  we  only  know  positively  that 
he  had  two  sons,  named  Maihew  and  William.  The  latter  possibly 
may  be  the  juryman  of  3  Edward  I.  for  Matliew  ilie  elder  seems 
to  have  died  before  40 — i  IJenry  III,,  when  William  had  grant  of 
the  homage  and  rents  of  the  daughters  of  Richard  fil  Levened,  or 
Levenet,  probably  for  the  bovate  granted  to  his  father  or  grandfather 
by  Grififin  fil  Wenuwyn.  This  William  seems  to  have  died  before 
25  Edward  I.,  for  Margerie,  his  widow,  in  that  year  gave  certain 
property  to  Richard,  her  son,  without  referring  to  his  paternity,  from 
which  it  may  be  inferred  that  he  was  not  \V'illiam's  son. 

Contemporary  with  these  two  families  at  Great  and  Little  Longstone 
there  was  a  family  at  Tunsted  of  the  name  of  Longsdon,  who  were 
dealing  with  them.  Ralf,  fil  and  heir  of  Henry  de  Longsdon, 
granted  land  to  Elias,  Cleric  of  Bakewell,  who  was  apparently 
son  of  William,  of  Great  Longstone.  This  Tunsted  family 
remained  there  for  many  generations,  and  like  the  family  of 
Great  Longstone  assumed  the  name  of  Wiight  — a  little  indi- 
cation of  relationship  and  of  common  origin.  We  have  no  direct 
evidence  of  the  Wrights  holding  the  Great  Longstone  fee  of  Adam 
fil  Peter  higher  than  the  4th  of  King  Edward  IIL,  when  Robert 
Wright  held  it,  a  good  generation  later  than  the  period  when  we 
have  any  account  of  the  families  of  Thomas  the  Clerk  and  Adam 
fil  Peter,  and  this  gap  it  will  be  attempted  to  fill  up.  That  the 
Longsdons  of  Little  Longstone  and  the  Wrights  severally  represent 
the  two  older  families  there  is  no  doubt ;  they  each  possess  not  only 
the  lands,  but  their  Charters. 

Assuming  that  the  Wrights  are  descended  from  these  ancient 
ancestors  of  Great  Longstone,  using  the  term  ancestor  as  progenitor, 
their  pedigree  can  be  carried  clearly  back  to  Elias,  the  Clerk,  of 
Longstone,  who  was  certainly  the  ancestor,  if  not  the  progenitor,  of 
•Thomas  the  Clerk,  that  is,  of  his  bovate  in  Great  Longstone,  and 
who  no  doubt  held  that  property  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II  ,  that  is, 
prior  to  the  grant  to  Wenuwyn,  but  whatever  may  be  the  relationship  of 
Thomas  the  Clerk,  Elias  was  clearly  the  grandfather  of  Peter,  whose 
son  Adam  obtained  the  grant  from  Grififin  fil  Wenuwyn  in  37  Henry 
III.     Elias  was  apparently  tho  son  of  another  William  de  Longsdon, 


^04  THE    LONGSiONES    AND    BERtWlTES    OF    ASHTORD. 

SO  that  this  pedigree  clearly  goes  back  to  Hcniy  II.,  or  Stephen. 
The  question  arises,  hov/  came  these  men  to  be  be  called  clerics, 
and  yet  to  continue  the  estates  in  their  families  ?  And  a  very  curious 
and  interesting  solution  of  the  problem  is  at  hand.  They  were 
clerics  because  they  were  parsons,  and  so  not  necessarily  in  priests' 
oiders,  and  a  parson  or  rector  might  legally  marry.  In  the 
time  of  King  John,  or  earlier,  probably,  the  holder  of  Longstone  was 
a  Levened,  and  the  last  we  know  of  that  name  was  Richaid  fil 
Levened,  whose  daughter  Matilde  gave  land  in  Great  Longstone  to 
Mathew  fil  Thomas,  the  Clerk.  Very  possibly  then  Levened's 
were  identical  with  the  ancestors  of  Adam  fil  Peter,  and  that 
land  which  Maud  gave  to  Mathew  was  the  subject  of  Griffin's 
Chatter  to  him.  It  has  been  (apparently)  hr.stily  assumed,  and 
even  by  so  great  an  archaeologist  as  Mr.  John  Sleigh,  who  in 
tracing  the  pedigree  of  the  Longsdons  of  Little  Longstone,  states 
that  I'homas  the  Clerk  was  brothtr  of  this  Richard  fil  Levened; 
but  Mr.  Sleigh  has  failed  to  produce  any  evidence  in  support.  Even 
if  a  deed  could  be  produced,  stating  that  Mathew  w.is  "  nepos  "  o( 
Richard  fil  Levened,  it  would  be  no  proof,  for  that  word  is  used 
comprehensively,  to  describe  a  nephew  or  a  grandson,  or  indeed  any 
one  of  kin,  and  it  may  be  assumed  fairly  enough  that  Richard  fil 
Levened  was  the  heir  at  one  time  of  the  two  Longstones,  and  that  he 
left  no  male  issue.  He  was  very  possibly  a  son  of  Elias,  the  Clerk, 
and  he  may  also  have  been  the  brother  of  Thomas ;  but  at  present 
the  only  certain  brother  of  Thomas  who  is  known  was  one  Robert, 
who  was  probably  identical  with  one  Robert  fil  Levened  of  Ash- 
bourne, also  called  Faber.  This,  however,  does  not  positively  prove 
any  exact  relationship  to  Richard,  because  Levened  was,  in  fact, 
a  surname,  highly  honoured,  no  doubt,  because  it  was  a  great  Domes- 
day name,  and  in  the  next  generation  was  held  by  one  Levenet,  the 
Chancellor  of  King  Henry  I. 

It  may  be  objected  that  Dugdale,  and  all  who  have  written  on  the 
early  Chancellors,  give  no  note  of  Chancellor  Levenet,  and  of  course 
Lord  Campbell  was  ignorant  even  of  the  name,  but  this  is  not  sur- 
prising, for  Campbell  was  a  mere  copyist,  and  was  guiltless  of  original 
research.  Alas  I  the  good  old  man  was  guilty  of  prigging  the  works 
of  others  without  acknowledgment,  and  it  was  one  of  the  jokes  of 
the  Bar  in  his  day,  to  see  him  scuffle  off  the  Bench  in  terror  of  a 
great  authoress  (Miss  Agnes  Strickland)  who  came  down   daily   to 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWIIES    OF    ASIIFORD.  30^ 

address  him,  he  liaving  appropriated  no  less  than  200  of  her  pages 
for  his  own  great  works  without  the  slightest  acknowledgment. 
But  happily  the  identity  of  Levenet  (Henry's  Chancellor)  is  positively 
affirmed  by  an  Inquest  in  3  Edward  I.,  in  which  two  of  his  de- 
scendants were  on  the  jury,  Thomas  and  William  (probably  the 
individuals  whom  Mr.  Sleigli  gives  as  brethren),  an  account  of  which 
is  given  in  Vol.  II.,  page  37,  of  this  work.  Amongst  the  jury,  besides 
Thomas  and  William  de  Longsdon,  were  Robert  Bozon,  Robt.  le 
Wine,  Peter  de  Roland,  and  Robert  Albeny,  all  of  whom  had  a 
direct  interest  in  that  parish.  Probably  this  is  the  record  which 
Mr.  Sleigh  used  to  prove  that  Thomas  and  William  were  brothers  ot 
Mathew ;  unfortunately,  it  is  no  proof.  The  jury  found  that  King 
Henry,  the  elder  (antiquior),  gave  the  Church  of  Bakewell,  wiih  its 
Chapels  (which  included  Longstone)  to  Levenet,  his  Chancellor  at 
that  time,  and  that  it  descended  to  Mathew,  his  eldest  son,  and  so 
from  heir  to  heir  till  the  time  of  the  King's  father  (Henry  III.), 
when  the  same  Church  was  appropriated  to  Lichfield;  but  by  what 
warrant  the  Canons  of  Lichfield  hold  it,  the  jury  know  not ;  and 
they  said  that  the  Church  of  Tideswell  was  also  formerly  in  the 
hands  of  King  Henry,  the  elder,  and  was  then  in  the  hands  of  the 
Canons  of  Lichfield,  but  by  what  authority  they  know  not. 

R.C.R.,No.  36,  9  Edward  I.  The  King  v.  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Lich- 
field concerning  the  church  of  Bakewell,  the  King  said  that  his 
Proavus  presented  Levenet ;  this  would  make  the  date  to  be 
Henry  II.,  but  this  word  is  used  loosely,  and  in  a  document  of  this 
kind,  when  the  evidence  was  only  traditional,  it  is  not  to  be  strictly 
relied  on. 

Of  course  King  Henry  the  elder,  must  have  been  Henry  the  First, 
because  if  Mathew  fil  Levened  was  ancestor  of  Elias,  the  Clerk, 
as  well  as  of  Thomas,  the  Clerk,  there  could  have  been  no  room  for 
the  intervening  descendants,  and  the  jury  were  in  error  (quite  natur- 
ally in  the  absence  of  proofs)  of  the  date  when  Lichfield  obtained 
the  appropriation  of  Bakewell.  Happily  this  is  clear  from  the 
Register  of  Lichfield,  now  apparently  in  the  British  Museum,  probably 
annexed  by  Peter  le  Neve  (Rouge  Croix).  From  fo.  5,  it  appears 
that  John,  Earl  of  Morton,  granted  the  Church  of  Bakewell  to 
Lichfield,  in  the  third  year  of  King  Richard,  when  that  King  was 
safely  out  of  the  way — a  most  valuable  date,  since  it  probably  gives 
the  date  of  \hz  other  transfers  of  other  people's  property,  as  well  as 


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3o6  THE    LONGSIONES    AND    DK.KEWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

ihat  of  the  Crown  to  Prince  Wenuwyn,  and  to  the  Pevcrils  of  Hassop, 
VVynfield,  and  other  places,  all  so  important  to  the  determination  of 
the  history  of  the  Peak. 

The  date  shows  that  Ellas,  the  clerk,  must  have  been  prior  to  the 
reign  of  Richard  I  ,  for  at  that  period  Thomas,  the  Clerk,  held  a 
bovate  of  the  fee  of  the  Lords  of  Longstone  by  the  grant  of  the  King, 
which  then  Wenuwyn  confirmed  to  him. 

The  finding  of  the  inquest  disposes  of  the  whole  difificuUy,  for  these 
grantees  were  in  one  sense  hereditary  Deans,  or  Deacons  (Parsons) 
of  Bakewell.  Of  course  under  this  jurisdiction  Bakewell  was  a 
Peculiar,  and  so  it  remained,  even  after  the  Earl  of  Morion's  appro- 
priation. But  from  that  date  it  was  no  longer  held  by  any  lay 
parsons,  and  Thomas  is  the  last  heard  of  in  that  capacity.  It  does 
not  follow  that  either  Elias  or  Thomas  represented  the  eldest  son  of 
Mathew's  successor  of  Levened,  but  Thomas  gives  his  eldest  son  that 
honoured  name  and  this  would  seem  to  follow,  but  the  person  in 
pobsebsion  might  appoint  any  son  or  any  person  he  pleased,  and  he 
might  be  bound  to  appoint  a  younger  son,  or  even  a  cousin,  if  the 
elder  (as  in  Richard's  case)  had  no  male  issue,  or  if  such  heir  was  an 
infant  at  the  time.  It  seems  hopeless  to  expect  to  find  any  charters 
relating  to  this  estate  or  of  the  family,  earlier  than  those  of  the 
daughter  of  Rich.  Levened,  presently  cited,  because  from  the  time  of 
King  Henry  I.  there  would  be  no  neces^ily  for  them,  the  estate 
devolving  regularly  from  father  to  son.  But  the  pedigree  of  the 
family  from  his  date  to  that  of  Richard  I.,  whether  from  King  Henry 
i  or  II.,  is  abundantly  proved,  and  tlie  two  families  of  Wright  and 
Longsdon  of  the  present  day  may  fairly  claim  the  proud  distinction 
(so  rare  in  Derbyshire  history)  of  a  clear  Domesday  pedigree  and  of 
a  grant  of  their  property  from  the  Crown  in  the  time  of  Henry  L 
The  date  of  this  grant  is  probably  late  in  his  reign,  for  in  the  first 
year  of  it  he  confirmed  all  the  Conqueror's  grants  to  William 
Peveril,  which  clearly  included  Bakewell,  and  it  was  probably  only 
wlien  this  son  or  j^randson  of  Peveril  fell  into  disgrace,  that  the  King 
gave  this  slice  of  it  to  his  Chancellor.  But  if  we  find  no  Longstone 
Charters  of  this  period  fortunately  there  are  many  charters  available 
from  which  much  information  may  be  obtained  relative  to  the 
I.eveneds,  chiefly  from  other  places,  for  it  would  appear  that  they 
iield  property  in  Duckmanton,  Kniveton,  Yolgrave,  Hokenaston, 
Padlield,  Bakewell,  Ashbourne,  Parwich,  Baledon,  and  probably  in 


TIIK    LONGSTONKS    AND    BEKh.WITES    OF    ASHFORD  307 

several  other  Derbyshire  Manors  ;  at  Docmanton,  which  was  in 
Hubeit  fitz  Ralf's  Barony,  Levenot  had  been  the  chief  tenant, 
T.R.E.,  and  he  was  a  great  personage  and  had  held  much  land,  some 
of  which,  especially  the  mining  districts  of  Parwich,  Henry  Ferrars 
afterwards  obtained,  and  Levenot,  with  Chetel,  had  held  Edensor; 
he  also  at  the  time  of  Domesday  held  Mars  (probably  marsh)  in 
the  Peak,  as  one  of  the  King's  tlianes,  proof  that  the  freemen  of 
Ashford  were  of  noble  descent  at  the  tim.-  of  the  Conquest. 

The  first  proofs  of  the  great  jiedigree,  of  course,  come  from 
Domesday,  and  it  produces  surprising  results.  At  Dumesday  Coin 
held  Longston,  and  this  Coin  was  an  important  personage,  evidently 
like  the  Ferrars  being  a  great  worker  in  mines.  His  chiei  holding  was 
at  Parwich,  and  there  we  shall  find  abundant  proof  of  the  I.s\  c:;ed.s 
holding  land  at  a  much  later  period,  and  there  also  the  Longsdons 
eventually  succeeded  them. 

Peverwick,  or  Parwich,  was  a  great  mining  district,  a  trade  in  which 
Henry  F'errars  himself  was  deeply  interested ;  nor  was  he  ashamed 
of  it,  for  his  family  bore  three  horseshoes  on  their  arms  in  honour 
of  it,  proof  that  a  wright  was  an  honourable  craft  at  that  time. 

Coin  held  Peverwick  and  its  three  berewites,  Elleshope,  Hanzcdene, 
and  Eitun,  which  may  or  may  not  be  identical  with  Alsop,  Hanson, 
and  Eaton,  though  the  claim  is  plausible,  the  difficulty  is  that 
these  places  were  waste  at  Domesday.  In  T.R.E.,  with  Derby, 
Metesford,  Worksworth,  and  Ashbourne,  they  rendered  ;£i2  and 
six  sectaries  and  a  half  of  honey,  then  40  pounds  of  white  silver, 
a  very  high  rental,  showing  the  great  value  of  this  mineral  distiici. 
Who  Coin  was,  and  whether  the  Leveneds  who  succeeded  him 
derived  from  him  in  blood  is  at  present  unknown — they  certainly 
succeeded  to  his  property,  and  many  tenants,  named  Coll,  or  Cowley, 
or  Colly,  remained  on  the  spot. 

The  name  of  Levenot  is  frequently  found  in  Domesday  under  the 
forms  of  Levenot,  Levine,  Lewen,  etc.,  with  which  it  is  tempting  to 
include  Le  Wine.  Amongst  the  King's  thanes  were  both  Le  Wine  and 
Levenot.  The  latter  is  only  mentioned  as  then  holding  Mars  In 
Winstanstone  also  Levine  had  a  small  holding,  value  ss.,  otherways 
they  seem  to  have  been  set  aside  for  the  new  Norman  lords  and, 
their  followers. 

Henry  Ferrars  had  many  manors  which  had  been  in  the  tenure  of 
Levenot,  Leuric,  Levenot  Ster  (the   younger),    and   Lewen,   chiefly 


308  THE    I.ONGSTONKS    AM)    DKK  KWITES    OF    ASH  FORD. 

mining  properties;  but  not  one  of  them  held  under  liim,  and  the 
probabilities  seem  to  point  to  the  fact  that  Levenet,  the  Chancellor, 
succeeded  to  Coin,  who  may  or  may  not  have  been  a  relation. 
He  was,  m  all  probability,  descended  from  one  of  the  Levenets 
of  the  time  of  Domesday.  King  Henry  I.  was  particularly  anxious 
to  keep  down  his  Norman  tenants  by  elevating  the  Welsh  and  the 
English,  and  no  doubt  he  would  regard  Robert  Ferrars  with  jealousy. 
To  the  old  English,  in  all  probability,  the  early  tenants  of  Longstone 
belonged.  They  were  King's  thanes,  and  grantees  directly  from  the 
King,  but  as  their  holdings  were  of  the  ancient  demesne,  they  were 
never  strictly  lords  of  manors,  although  termed  lords  of  the  fee. 

A  strongly  confirmatory  piece  of  evidence  that  the  Wrights  and  the 
I.ongsdons  were  the  descendants  of  Levenet  is  to  be  found  in  the 
fact  that  in  many  of  their  charters  there  is  to  be  found  the  names  of 
Deacon  and  Dean,  evidently  derived  from  their  ancient  tenure  of 
the  parishes  of  Hakewell,  and  it  is  probably  to  this  family  that  the 
Dakeynes  of  Darley  owed  their  origin,  and  not  to  any  imaginary 
descent  from  the  De  Akenys,  of  which,  wiih  all  their  industry  and 
ability  and  opportunities,  the  Dakeynes  of  Holt  were  never  able  to 
show  a  shadow  of  proof. 

But  if  in  the  earlier  history  of  these  families  there  is  a  great  want 
of  direct  evidence  of  relationship,  further  complications  arise  in 
both  of  them  from  the  fact  that  no  continuous  history  is  obtainable 
after  the  13th  century  Mr.  John  Sleigh  has  given  the  history  of  the 
Longsdon  pedigree  in  Vol.  IX  of  the  Reliquary,  but  only  in  a 
fragmentary  form.  That  of  ihe  Wright  family  has  never  been  given 
in  any  work  known  to  the  author,  and  therefore,  in  deference  to  the 
learned  author  of  the  history  of  1  eek,  the  greatest  caution  must  be 
used  in  adding  to  the  account,  although  Mr.  Sleigh  at  the  time 
when  he  wrote  his  description,  w.is  the  owner  of  Thornbridge  Hall 
(now  the  seat  of  G.  J.  Marples,  Esq.,  J. P.),  fhe  house  and  a  large 
portion  of  the  park  adjoining  having  been  purchased  from  the 
Longsdon  family,  so  that  Mr.  Sleigh  should  have  had  the  fullest 
opportunity  of  consulting  the  family  records. 

Mr.  Sleigh's  account  of  the  pedigree  is,  in  fact,  composed  of  three 
distinct  or  rather  disunited  families,  first,  that  of  Levened  of  Longsdon, 
whom  he  makes  the  progenitor  of  Richard  Levened  de  Longsdon, 
whose  daughters  and  co-heirs  sold  some  property,  both  in  Great  and 
Little  Longstone,  to  Mathew,  the  son  of  Thomas,  cleric  of  Bakewell  j 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD  30y 

secondly,  the  pedigree  of  this  Thomas  which  he  deduces  only  to  his 
sons  Thomas,  William,  and  Mathew,  though  he  makes  Thomas  him- 
self brother  of  Richard  fil  Levened,  and  thirdly,  he  starts  again  with 
the  pedigree  of  Henry  de  Longsdon,  nearly  a  century  later,  from  whom 
he  gives  a  continuous  account  to  the  present  time. 

Lysons  and  other  historians  content  themselves  with  the  unsatis- 
factory statement  that  the  Wrights  have  held  their  estates  at  Great 
Longsdon  since  the  time  of  King  Edward  III,  and  the  Longsdons 
of  Little  Longstone  from  an  earlier  period. 

Mr.  Sleigh,  possibly,  had  not  access  to  the  muniments  of  the 
Wright  family,  who,  at  that  period,  were  chiefly  resident  in  Devonshire 
through  the  marriage  of  the  then  head  of  the  house  with  a  member 
of  the  Northcote  family  of  Pynes. 

The  author  has  been  favoured  with  access  to  the  muniments  of 
both  families,  which  are  unusually  numerous,  and  they  both  commence 
about  the  same  period  and  show  that  they  were  both  indebted  to 
grants  from  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn  whose  original  charters  are  to  be 
found  in  the  repository  of  each  family  at  the  present  day. 

Mr.  Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall,  still  possesses  the  charter  of 
Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn,  of  Ashford,  of  the  date  of  37  Henry  IIL,  to  his 
ancestor,  Adam  fil  Peter  of  Longsdon,  photograph  of  which  is  here 
given,  which  proves  that  Adam  fil  Peter  was  then  Lord  of  the  Fee  of 
Longstone  and  Wardlow,  but  how  and  by  what  charter,  or  whether  by 
descent,  he  obtained  such  rights  is  not  mentioned,  it  only  releases  him 
from  all  the  ancient  customs  (those  of  the  ancient  demesne  of  the 
Crown)  and  all  kinds  ot  services  which  the  ancestors  of  the  said 
Adam  made  yearly  to  the  ancestors  of  the  said  Lord  Grififin,  except 
a  payment  of  13  shillings  rent,  certain  services  of  ploughing  and 
sowing,  and  in  reparation  of  the  Mill  Pool  and  keeping  suit  at  the 
Mill  and  at  the  Court  at  .-Xshford,  in  fact  maintaining  his  services  as 
a  King's  free  man  to  the  Royal  Court  of  Ashford.  Mathew  fil  I'homas 
also  had  a  confirmation  from  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn,  but  only  of  a 
bovate  out  of  this  fee  in  Great  Longstone,  which  Thomas,  his  father, 
had  previously  held  of  Wenuwyn  (Grififin's  father),  at  a  rent  of  7d. 
and  one  silver  obol  (halfpenny).  Mr.  Longsdon  still  possesses  three 
original  charters  from  Prince  Griffin,  and  a  paper  copy  of  one  of  them, 
relating  to  this  bovate  and  the  rights-of-way  to  it,  rather  a  complicated 
matter,  which  fortunately  prove  that  Mathew's  ancestor  had  held  the 
bovate  of  the  Longsdons  of  Great  Longstone  apparently  under  gram 


MO  IHK    I.ONGSTONKS    AND    BERKWUXS   OF   ASHFOUD. 

of  ihe  King,  prior  to  the  King's  grant  to  Prince  Wenuwyn,  which  was 
probably  in  the  third  year  of  Richard  I. 

No  doubt,  although  holding  this  bovate  in  Adam  fil  Peter's  fee 
of  the  King,  it  was  intermediately  held  under  Adam  fil  Peter,  because 
it  appears  from  a  charter  made  by  Elias  fil  William  of  Parva  Longs- 
don,  at  a  later  date,  to  William  fil  Mathew,  of  the  same,  which  was 
made  before  Richard  de  Ragged  (Bailiff  of  Peak  in  the  year  41-2 
Henry  III.),  by  which  Klias  assigned  to  William  the  homage  and  rent 
of  yd.  and  one  silver  obol,  which  was  due  to  the  co-heirs  of  Richard 
fil  I. evened,  for  probably  the  same  bovate  held  by  the  ancestor  of 
Thom.is,  the  clerk,  of  Bakewell,  in  the  time  of  Henry  II.,  though  it 
is  described  as  in  Little  and  not  in  Great  Longstone.  But  this  is  a 
natural  error,  for  the  (Jreat  Longstone  bovate  adjoined  the  property  of 
'1  lioiuas,  the  clerk,  in  Little  Longstone,  and  in  time  may  have  become 
confused  with  it.  ili.Tt  ihj  Crc.it  Longstone  family  were  Lords  of 
Thomas,  the  clerk,  is  a[)parent  from  several  charters  in  Rufford 
Chartulary,  where  Maihew  fil  Thomas  takes  tlie  position  of  one  next 
interested  'I'his  is  so  important  that  these  R afford  Charters  are  at 
once  given 

The  original  Chartulary  of  Rufford  is  still  in  the  possession  of 
Lord  Savile,  at  Rufford  Abbey.  Through  the  kindness  of  the  late 
Mr.  Aiic.ustus  Saville,  the  author  had  full  access  to  his  muniments, 
of  which  he  h.id  a  splendid  collection.  A  good  copy  of  this  im- 
portant Chartulary  is  to  be  found  in  the  British  Museum.  At  folio 
126  is  given  a  Charter  from  Thomas  fil  Robert  de  Longsdone. 
granting  land  to  \Villiam  fil  William  de  Longsdon  in  Bricrichfeld, 
which  was  attested  by  Sir  Richard  de  Herthill,  Kt.,  Henry  de  Calver, 
Thomas  Foljambe,  Robert  de  Derley,  Helias  de  Longsdon,  Peter 
de  Venella  de  Muscamp,  Robert  de  Mornesale.  This  Charter  was 
probably  made  about  the  date  of  ihe  previous  Charter  of  Griffin  fil 
Wenuwyn,  or  a  little  later.  This  Thomas  fil  Robert  de  Longsdon 
was,  in  fact,  the  grandson  of  Waltheof  de  Mornesale,  who  made 
a  grant  of  half  the  village  of  Bricrichfeld  to  Rufford  at  an  earlier 
date,  which  Robert,  his  son,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Rich,  fil 
Levened,  confirmed.  Subsequently  Thomas  fil  Robert  fil  Waltheof 
de  Mornesale  also  gave,  or  perhaps  only  confirmed  the  previous 
grant  of  half  the  village  of  Bricrichfeld,  to  the  Abbey.  This 
Charter  was  attested  by  Adam  de  Edensor,  Mathew  de  Longsdon, 
J,)hn  de  Tadington,    Henry  his  son,   Adam    de  Longsdon,  Robert 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BE;;EWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  311 

Albini,  William  de  Longsdon,  Eustace  de  Mornesale,  and  William 
his  son.  The  date  of  this  Charter  is  certainly  before  41  Henry  III., 
since  both  Adam  de  Longsdon  and  Mathew  de  Longsdon  were  dead 
before  that  year. 

Robert  le  Yrys,  who  had  married  Lecia,  a  daughter  of  Waltheof 
de  Mornesale,  also  gave  half  the  village  of  Bricrichfeld  and  land 
at  Prittiwell  Hill,  which  he  had  of  the  gift  of  Waltheof  and  Robert, 
his  son,  to  the  Abbey,  probably  at  the  same  date  as  the  last  Charter, 
since  it  was  attested  by  the  same  witnesses. 

The  last  Charter,  though  probably  made  earlier  than  the  others 
relating  to  this  property,  was  made  by  William  de  Longsdon  and 
Basilia,  his  wife,  confirming  the  Charter  of  Waltheof,  which  was 
attested  by  Thomas  de  Longsdon  and  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  Henry 
de  Tadington,  William  fii  Eustace  de  Mornesale,  John  de  Tadington, 
Robert  de  Abney,  William  in  the  Hewelline  The  Thomas  de 
Longsdon  of  this  Charter  was  possibly  Thomas  fil  Robert  fil  Waltheof, 
and  this  raises  a  difficulty  whether  he  was  not  the  juryman  named 
Thomas  de  Longsdon  in  3  Edward  L 

In  13  Edward  I.  the  Abbot  of  Rufford  had  a  grant  of  free  warren 
in  Brampton  Abbey  and  Briclcesfield  and  in  other  places  in  Notts  and 
York. 

Sewell  fil  Fulcher  confirmed  the  convention  between  the  Abbey  of 
Rufford  and  Waltheof  de  Mornesale  of  the  land  of  Bricrichfeld, 
paying  one  marc  to  Sewell. 

T.,  Asketello  Sac.  Matilde  fil  Sewell,  Robt.  fil  Orm,  Robert  fil 
Choi,  Mos.  Bas,  W.  de  Mungei,  Henry  fil  Fulcher,  and  Fulcher  his 
brother,  Serlo  de  Grendon,  Wm.  le  Burgundian.  (Woolley's  original 
Charters.     IX.,  No.  3.) 

Robert  fil  Waltheof  (Walchevi,  of  Mornesale)  granted  to  Mathew 
fil  Thomas  of  Bakewell,  dwelling  in  Little  Longstone,  two  cultures  of 
mead  and  pastures  under  Longslowe,  of  his  demesne,  next  Oldelow, 
at  the  head  of  the  Common  of  Longsdon,  called  the  Coce  Meadow, 
with  a  bercaria  containing  half  an  acre,  under  the  same  hill,  with  an 
acre  of  arable  land  extending  to  the  cross  way,  which  his  ancestors 
always  held  separate.  He  also  confirmed  the  grants  of  land  pur- 
chased by  Mathew  from  the  free  tenants  in  perpetuity,  and  lands 
going  towards  the  upper  bridge,  for  farming  purposes,  from  the  house 
of  Robert  fil  Alexander,  to  a  certain  cliff,  called  Ceoffe. 
I  •  T.,  Adam  de  Herthill,  Kt.,  Rich,  de  Ensor,  Kt.,  Luca  de  Beleg, 


312  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES   OF   ASHFORD. 

Robert   de  Staunton,  Jordan   de    Roulesly,    Mathew    de    Reyndon, 
Peter  de  Longsdon.     (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters). 

The  same  Robert  granted  to  the  same  Mathew,  son  of  Thomas, 
the  Clerk,  the  land,  called  Coce,  of  his  demesne,  witli  a  right  of 
way  for  himself  to  the  toft  going  towards  Little  Loiigston,  by  the 
west  of  Egstowe,  to  the  end  of  the  Marsh  Meadow,  and  to  the  toft 
of  the  daughter  of  Agnes  of  Little  Longston. 

T.,  Serlo  de  Beleg.  Robt.  de  Stanton,  Robt.  de  Calver,  Peter  fil 
Mathew,  Peter  fil  Wm.,  Wm.  de  Pecco,  Robt.  Luterel,  Robt.  fil 
Alexander.     (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters.) 

It  is  not  clear,  from  want  of  a  surname,  who  the  witness  Peter  fil 
Mathew  was.  The  Peter  fil  William  was  no  doubt  the  father  of 
Adam,  of  37  Henry  IIL 

Lescia,  Wo.  of  Rich,  fil  Waltheof  of  Little  Longsdon,  released 
to  Mathew  fil  Thos.  de  Bancwell  her  rights  in  13d.  rent  in  Little 
Longsdon,  from  Rd.  fil  Rd.  de  Edensor  and  fri>m  the  daughter  of 
Rich.,  son  of  Levened,  and  from  Henry  Clodhoure  and  Alice,  his 
wife,  and  from  Matilde  Juliana  and  .Matilde's  sisters  rent,  a  pair  of 
white  gloves  at  Easter.     Fine,  is. 

T.,  Robert  de  Tronwell ;  Robert  de  Stanton  ;  Elgar  de  Ranesford  ; 
Peter  de  H  urst ;  Adam,  son  of  Peter  de  Lonrcsiion  ;  Stephen  de  Roland ; 
Hy.  de  OfTerton  ;  John  de  Bancwell,  clic.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters  ) 

Redes,  widow  of  William  de  Mornesale,  gave  land  in  Bricriclifeld 
to  Rufford,  according  to  the  Charter  of  Serlo  fil  Fulcher,  her  lord. 
(Ruffoid  Chartulary.) 

Matilde  fil  Richard  de  Levened,  of  Longsdon,  granted  to  Mathew 
fil  Thos.  Clic,  of  Bakewell,  a  toft  and  one  rood  of  land  in  Little 
Longsdon,  and  a  foss  going  to  the  marsh  of  Juliana,  her  sister,  which 
Robert  Fealing  formerly  held  of  her — another  copy  states  that  the 
toft  had  been  formerly  held  by  Thomas  Scalever. 

T.,  Robert  de  Stanton,  Rd.  de  Calver,  Peter  de  Rouland,  Adam  fil 
Peter,  Mut  1.  de  Reyndon,  Robert  fil  Alexander,  Launcelin  de  Stokes, 
Wm.  de  Herelowe,  Thos.  de  Offerton,  Wm.  Pincerna  of  Bakewell. 
Seal  not  heraldic  (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters)  and  Woolly.    MSS. 

Adam  fil  Richard,  Lord  of  Ensor,  granted  and  released  to  Malhew 
fil  Thomas,  Parson  of  Bakewell,  a  release  of  all  services  for  the  land 
in  the  Vill.  and  plain  of  Parva  Longsdon,  which  the  said  Mathew 
bought  of  Matilde  fil  Richard  de  Levened,  of  Parva  Longsdon. 

T.,  Jordan  de  Snitterton,  Thos.  de  Ensor,  Robert  de  Stanton,  Luca 


THE    LONGSTONES   AND    BEKEWITES   OF   ASHFORD.  3 13 

de  Beleye,  Mathew  de  Reyndon.  Seal,  a  fleur-de-lys.  Legend, 
.     .     .     de  Edensore  (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters). 

(See  Burton's  Mon.  Ebor,  p.  320,  for  grant  of  Adam  to  Roche 
Abbey). 

p.  179.  Maud  Levined,  daughter  of  Agnes  de  Little  Longsden, 
granted  to  the  said  Mathew,  the  land  mentioned  in  Maiilde  fil  Rd. 
Levened's  Charter,  and  several  other  small  parcels  of  land. 

T.,  Sir  .\dam  de  Herthill,  Luca  de  Beleye,  Robert  de  Stanton,  Peter 
his  son,  Jordan  de  Rowlesly,  Math,  de  Reyndon,  Adam  fil  Peter  de 
Longsdon,  Willoc  de  Longsdon,  Nick,  or  Ov.  Haddon,  John  de  Aston, 
Jo.  Clic  scriptor. 

She  would  appear  to  have  been  Maud,  a  sister  of  Matilde  Levened, 
■  but  little  is  known  of  her.  She  is  mentioned  simply  as  .Agnes  de 
Longsdon  in  a  roll  of  20  Edward  L,  which  records  the  death  of 
Richard  de  Edensor,  and  in  45  Edward  UL,  there  is  mention  of  a 
Margaret  Decon  (probably  identical  with  Margaret  de  Longsdon),  who 
was  the  widow  of  William  fil  Mathew  de  I^oiigsdon,  and  who  would 
seem  to  have  remarried  one  Decon  or  Dean.  In  45  Edward  III., 
this  lady  granted  a  bovate  of  land  to  Robert  Dccon,  son  of  Agnes  de 
Longsdon. 

Rich,  de  Herthill  bond  IV m.  fil  Elie  die  of  Purva  Longston  and 
Basilea,  his  wife. 

T.,  Rad.  de  Cubberly,  Rad.  Bugg,  \Vm.  le  Wine,  Wm  de  Esseburn, 
Mathew  de  Longsdon,  Hy.  de  Calvour,  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon, 
John  de  Holwell,  John  Clic.     Seal,  a  stag. 

A  fine  of  Easter,  9  Henry  \\\  Thomas  de  Edensor  released  to 
Richard  de  Edensor  (his  great  nephew),  who  married  Letice,  daughter 
of  Richard  fil  Levened,  certain  land  in  Pillesly,  and  a  rent  of  one 
marc  annually  out  of  lands  in  Longsdon  and  Bricrichfeld,  paying  two- 
pence rent  in  exchange  for  lands  in  Chelmorden,  the  dowry  of  Avice, 
widow  of  Ralf  fil  Nicolas. 

Elias  fil  William,  of  Little  Longsdon,  granted  to  William  fil  Mathew, 
of  Little  Longsdon,  the  homage  and  rent  of  yd.,  which  was  the 
portion  of  three  sisters  of  13d.  rent  divided  between  five  sisters  issuing 
out  of  land  in  Little  Longsdon  to  be  received  by  the  chief  Lord  of 
the  fee,  of  which  Richard  fil  Richard  de  Edensor  had  of  the  part  of 
Lecic  fil  Ricliard  fil  Levened,  of  Longston,  and  which  Agnes  Lowe 
and  Henry  Clothoure  and  Alice,  his  wife,  held  as  sisters. 

T.,  Richard  le  Ragged,  Hy.  de  Calvour,  Wm.  le  Wyne,  Robert  de 


314  IHF.    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

Derley,  Nic.  de  Winfield  and  Robert  de  Reyndon.  Seal  a  quatre 
foil.     (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters.) 

23  Edward  I.  William  fil  Mathew,  of  Little  Longston  granted  to 
Thomas  fil  Pole,  of  Dytton  (?  Lyiton),  a  lease  for  10  years  of  land  in 
Bricrichfeld,  which  John  Clicus,  then  Sergeant  of  Hope,  formerly 
held  (probably  this  John,  the  Clerk,  was  son  of  Nicolas,  of  Bakewell, 
proof  that  he  was  a  lawyer  and  not  a  parson). 

T.,  Peter  de  Roland,  Rich,  de  Longsdon,  Adam  fil  John,  super 
Montem  of  the  same,  Thomas  fil  Ralf  de  Mornesale. 

St.  Agnes,  v.  and  m.  25  Edward  I. 

Thomas  ad  Capud  Vill  de  Magna  Langesdon  released  to  Richard 
Forester,  of  Magna  Longsdon,  i  bov.  and  i  toft,  lying  between  the 
lands  of  the  said  Rich.,  and  the  garden  formerly  of  William  de 
Langesdon,  in  Great  Longstone,  which  grantor  inherited  from  his 
father  Henry  ad  Capud  Vill  de  Magna  Longsdon.  (  Henry  had  a  grant 
from  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon,  the  land  released  by  Griffin 
fil  Wenuwyn  in  37  Hemy  HL  There  was  one,  Henry,  son  of  William 
de  Longsdon,  who  attested  Griffin's  Charter. 

T.,  Hugh,  Chaplain  of  Longsdon;  Martin,  Chaplain  of  Langdesdon  : 
Peter  de  Roland  ;  \Vm.,  son  of  Thomas  de  Longsdon  ;  Wm.  de 
Wardlow ;  Simon  de  Croraford  and  Nicolas  de  Cromford  (Mr. 
Wright's  Charter) 

It  is  doubtful  whether  this  Thomas  de  Longsdon  was  of  the  family 
of  U'altheof  or  of  Adam  fil  Peter. 

The  family  of  Waltheof,  of  Mornesale,  is  a  very  interesting  one, 
and  possibly  it  is  of  very  grave  impoitince  to  this  enquiry,  not  only 
because  his  grandson,  Thomas,  adopted  the  surname  of  de  Longsdon, 
but  because  these  Charters  give  a  clue  to  the  early  history  of 
Longstone.  There  is  a  great  want  of  evidence  respecting  the  family 
of  WaUheof.  and  it  is  extremely  difficult  to  determine  which  of  the 
ihirlcrs  attributed  to  Thomas  de  Longsdon  are  of  the  making  of  the 
grandson  of  Waltheof  and  which  are  the  acts  of  the  descendants  of 
.'\d.im  fil  Peter.  It  is  possible,  indeed,  and  this  view  should  not  be 
lost  sight  of  that  originally  they  were  of  the  same  family,  and  obtained 
their  jiropeity  by  descent  It  is  quite  certain  that  the  Leveneds  were 
connected  with  them,  although  this  may  have  arisen  from  locality. 
There  was  a  Waltheof  fil  Swain,  in  all  probability  the  same  person 
who  gave   the  church   of  St.  James,  in    Derby,  before   1140,  to  the 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWIIES    OF    ASHFORO.  315 

Cluniac  Priory  of  St    James,  attached  to  Bermondsey — which  held 
property  in  the  Peak. 

Of  the  earlier  history  of  Swain  in  connection  with  the  Peak,  there 
are  several  traces.  Sweyn  held  Collei  at  Domesday  under  Henry 
Ferrars,  and  his  descendants,  under  the  name  of  Cola,  Colley,  and 
Cowley,  are  still  to  be  found  in  the  iron  districts,  and  some 
of  Colley's  lands  came  to  the  Leveneds ;  indeed,  at  Domesday, 
Leving,  and  Cola,  the  man  of  Henry  Ferrars  held  land  in  Winster, 
and  Colne  had  held  Longston,  and  at  the  same  time  Swain  and  Swane 
Cilt,  held  much  land  under  Walter  Demcourts,  and  it  is  probably 
under  him  that  Waltheof  fil  Swain  held  the  church  of  St.  James,  or 
possibly  under  Ralf  Fitz  Hubert.  Domesday  records  that  both  these 
great  lords  had  churches  in  Derby,  and  their  connection  will  be  seen 
at  a  glance  at  page  ii6  of  vol.  HI.  of  this  work,  through  the  author's 
discovery  (for  which  the  late  Mr.  Chester  Waters  gave  him  full  credit) 
of  the  second  marriage  of  Ralf,  son  of  Walter  Deincourt,  with 
Matilde,  daughter  of  Ralf  fitz  Hubert. 

Hubert  fitz  Ralf,  her  son  (by  her  first  husband,  the  Lord  of  Tatter- 
sall,  from  whom  doubtless  the  family  of  Tattersall  of  Longston  are 
descended)  gave  lands  to  Geoffry  fil  Swain,  in  Plaistow  (p.  123  of 
Vol.  in.),  which  Robert  Deincourt,  son  of  Matilde,  attested  ;  this 
Robert  was  half-brother  of  the  Lord  Walter  Deincourt,  of  the  time 
of  the  Red  Book,  and  his  Charter  to  his  brother,  giving  to  him 
Holmsfield  and  the  other  Derbyshire  estates  of  the  family,  which 
were  held  by  the  Swains  at  Domesday,  was  attested  by  Roger  fil 
Swain.  The  same  Robert  Deincourt  granted  land  at  Crich  to  Swain 
fil  Ozini  (who  was  probably  of  the  same  family)  and  which  again  had 
been  a  Manor  of  the  Levenets  (great  tenants  of  Ralf  fitz  Hubert's 
Manors). 

It  does  not  appear  that  there  was  any  family  seated  in  the  Peak 
who  were  called  de  Mornesale,  except  this  family  who  would  appear 
to  have  simply  adopted  the  name  from  that  place,  and  but  few 
chaiters  (if  any)  are  known  except  those  now  in  the  possession  of  the 
Wrights  and  Longsdons,  and  these  extracted  from  the  RufTord  Car- 
tulary which  is  indeed  a  mine  of  wealth  to  the  Derbyshire  historian. 

Happily  the  original  charter  (i.\-..  No.  3),  now  in  the  Woolly 
Collection  at  the  British  Museum,  dates  the  grant  of  Waltheof  de 
Mornesale  as  certainly  of  the  date  of  Henry  II. ;  but  it  does  more, 
it  discovers  a  most  important  fact,  that  the  family  of  de  Mornesale 


31 6  TllK    LOXGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

held  their  properly  in  Longsdon,  Mornesale,  and  Bricrichfcid, 
under  the  Monjoies  and  througli  tliem  under  the  great  family 
of  Sewell  fil  Fulcher,  chief  tenant  of  Henry  Ferrars,  of  whom  so  little 
is  known,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  these  Longsdon  Charters  will 
contribute  in  no  slight  degree  to  making  up  the  missing  history.  For 
these  charters  bring  out  the  fact,  apparently,  that  the  Ferrar's  family 
had  seizen  of  this  district  as  well  as  of  the  Wapentake  of  Wiiksworth 
prior  to  the  date  of  5  John,  for  it  is  expressly  stated  in  a  grant  of 
William,  Earl  Ferrars,  made  after  that  date,  that  Rad.  de  Monjoie  held 
land  in  Hundeswood,  when  he  "recovered"  the  Wapentake.  This 
possibly  may  only  refer  to  a  possession  in  the  time  of  King  Henry  I. 
and  King  Stephen  ;  but  it  is  proof  that  the  Earl  reclaimed  this  as  of 
right.  In  the  Pipe  Roll  of  that  King,  Robert  Ferrars,  Earl  of  Derby, 
paid  ^80  for  the  farm  of  Wirksworth. 

One  of  the  earliest  fines,  that  of  13  John,  show  that  this  Ralf  de 
Monjoie  or  Mungay  was  then  alive  and  that  he  was  the  son  of  Sewell 
de  Monjoie,  who  must  have  died  many  years  previously,  probably  in 
the  time  of  Heniy  H  ,  because  his  widow,  A  vice,  was  at  that  date  the 
mother  of  Philip  de  Ulecotes,  who  was  then  of  full  age. 

This  Sewell  or  Serlo  appears  to  have  been  the  son  of  an  earlier 
Ralf  de  Monjoie,  who  most  probably  was  a  tenant  of  Robert  Ferrars, 
of  the  time  of  Henry  I.,  when  Wirksworth  was  farmed  by  them.  'I'he 
following  charters  appear  to  be  his. 

Rad.  de  Mungay  attested  a  charter  of  Wm.  Ferrars,  Earl  of  Derby, 
to  Wm.  de  Grendon,  of  land  in  Bercinton,  Wm.  de  Ridware,  senescal. 

Wm.  de  Ferrars,  com.  Derby,  granted  to  Rad.  de  Monjoie,  land 
in  Hundeswood  in  Ashbourne,  which  he  held  when  he  received  the 
Wap  of  Wirksworth,  5  John. 

T.,  Wm.  de  Ridware,  then  senescal  (of  the  Ferrars),  Robt.  fil 
Walkelin,  Jordan  Touk,  Herbert  de  Mle,  Robt.  de  Bellalide,  Thos.' 
dc  i^dcnsor,  Robt.  de  Aldethley  (ix.,  No.  5,  Woolly's  orig.   Ch.). 

Wm.  Com.  de  Fetrars  granted  to  Wm.  de  Monjoie,  one-third  of  a 
lead  mine  in  Winester.  T.  Sewell  fil  Hy.,  Nicol  fil  Levened,  Ralf  de 
Seile,  constable,  Nic.  fil  Pagan,  then  Dapifer;  Jo.  de  Monjoie. 

Fine  Hilary,  13  John,  No.  46. 

Philip  de  IJlcote  and  Joan,  his  wife,  released  to  Ralf  de  Monjoie 
and  Avice,  his  mother,  one-third  of  the  Vill.  of  Gelderley  and 
Winster,  hei  dower  on  her  marriage  with  Sewell  de  Monjoie,  her 
former  husband,  and  in  lieu  for  15  m. ;  he  granted  four  acres  of  land 


IHE    LONGSrONKb    AMI      BEKEWITEb    O.     ASHtORD.  317 

in  Kineton,  in  a  field  called  Winerdon,  near  lands  of  WilHam  de 
Grendon. 

The  probabilities  are  that  the  Monjoies  did  not  hold  these  estates 
directly  under  the  Earl,  but  under  tlie  Sewells  (their  chief  tenants)  and 
this  appears  as  well  from  the  Charters  of  the  iVIornesales.  And 
the  Ruffoni  Cartulary  gives  evidence  that  Red  is,  widow  of  William 
Mornesale,  held  her  estates  under  Serlo  fil  Fulk,  her  Lord;  who  this 
lady  was  and  who  her  husband  was  is  at  present  unknown;  the 
Woolly  Charter  before  cited  confirms  this. 

Sewell  fil  Fulk  gave  tlie  church  of  Etington  to  Warwick,  which  Henry 
fil  Sewell  confirmed.  This  was  surely  Hy.  fil  Fulk,  mentioned  in  the 
Red  Book,  who  was  dead  at  that  time,  and  Sewell,  the  son,  Fulk  his 
brother,  was  his  heir.  Henry  fil  Fulk  and  Fulk,  his  son,  were  fined 
very  heavily  in  a  Forest  Inquisition  of  22  Henry  H  ,  which  gives  an 
approximate  date  (ot  the  Rufford  Charter. 

In  the  time  of  R.  Epis  Worcester,  Sewell  fil  Fulk  confirmed  the 
grant  of  Etingdon  to  Kenilwcrth,  which  Charter  William  de 
Monjoie  and  Serlo  de  Grendon  attested,  and  this  Serlo  de  Grendon 
was  Sheriff,  246  Henry  11.,  which  is  the  approximate  date  for  this 
Charter. 

There  is  a  later  Charter,  probably  of  the  time  of  King  John,  of 
Hugo  fil  Ralf  to  William  de  Mungay,  his  brother,  of  a  release  of 
rights  in  land  of  Yeldersley,  which  were  held  of  Sewell  fil  Fulcher,  in 
exchange  for  his  rights  in  the  Mill  of  Alreton,  which  was  ratified  by 
William  Hugh,  his  son,  and  Serlo  de  Munjoy,  his  grandson  (nepos), 
T.,  William  Com  de  Ferr,  Wm.  fil  Walkclin  (a  grantor  of  the  second 
year  of  King  John),  Fulcher  fil  Henry,  Sewell  fil  Henri',  Peter  fil 
Walkelin,  Jordan  deCol.,Wni.  Mange, Adam  de  Hidesover.  (PEdensor.) 

The  constant  recurrence  of  the  names  of  Sewell,  Fulk  and  Henry  in 
the  Shirley  pedigree,  without  dates  to  fix  them,  make  it  very  dangerous 
to  attempt  to  make  a  pedigree,  but  it  is  to  be  lioped  that  with  the  aid  of 
the  Chaiters  now  brought  forward,  a  commencement  of  the  task  may 
be  made. 

Serlo  de  Monjoie  attested  a  Charter  of  Lowanus  fil  ,'\dam  de 
Wodensly  to  Robert  de  Wodensly,  and  then  we  come  to  the  Charters 
of  Serlo  fil  Ralf,  and  of  Ralf  fil  Serlo,  now  at  Longsdon,  which  con- 
tinue the  pedigree  with  something  like  certainty. 

1230.  Grant  from  Nicholas  Prior,  of  Tutbury,  to  Serlo  de  Munjoy 
of  ten  acres  land  and  wood  in  Yeldersly,   for  which   Serlo  made  a 


3lS  THE    LONGSTONKS    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

ditch  six  feet  broad  between  the  woods  of  Ethediston  and  Bradly 
Brock,  in  W)  Uelesich. 

T.,  Robt.  de  Esseburn,  Sewell  fil  Hy.  (Orig.  Charter,  Woolly), 
Robert  fil  Toli  (or  Choi),  to  Sewell  de  Mungei,  land  in  Winnedona, 
which  his  father  and  Serlo,  his  brother,  senior,  held  of  me  from  the 
division  of  Serlo  de  Grendon  to  the  land  of  Stephen  de  Longlega. 

T.,  Roger  Putrel  (died  4  John),  Galf  de  Esseburn,  Rad.  fil  Jordan, 
Hy.  fil  Sewell,  Rich,  de  Pec,  Game!  de  Alsop,  Ralf  de  Peverwyc, 
Rad.  de  Mung.,  William  his  brotlier,  Rd.  de  Cunaiton,  Henry  fil 
Ailson,  Simon  Propositus,  Adam  fil  Galfred,  Robt.  Torp,  Nic.  de 
Mapelton  and  Galfrey,  his  brother,  Herbert  de  Tissington,  Hy.  de 
Mating,  Swano  de  Ildresly,  Robt.,  his  brother  (ix..  No,  2,  Woolly 
Original  Charter). 

Serlo  de  Grendon  granted  to  Serlo  fil  Ralf  de  Moiijoie  land  in 
Bradley,  near  Ycldersly,  T.  Henry  fil  Sewell,  Robt.  Eretton,  Hy.  de 
Bradford,  Leodgade  Dive,  William  de  Middleton,  Walter  de  Mont- 
gomery, Ralf  de  Bakepuz,  G.ilf  de  Archesia,  John  Irrcon,  William  le 
Burgundia,  Robert  de  Morin  (c.  Henry  II.; 

Rad.  de  Monjoie,  Clio,  attested  \Vm    Montgomery's  Charter. 

Robert  fil  Col  to  \Vm.  .Mun ^aie,  his  farm  at  Winster,  20s.  rent,  and 
a  rich  hawk  land,  which  his  father  held. 

'1'.,  Sewell  fil  Fulcher  and  Fulcher,  his  brother,  Serlo  de  Grendon 
(Sheriff,  24-6  Henry  II.)  and  Jordan,  his  son,  Oimund  de  Birchover 
and  Roger,  his  son,  Adam  de  Ridell,  Robt.  Clic,  Hy.  Sac,  Roger 
Clic  (ix..  No.  I,  Woolly  Original  Charter). 

Serlo  de  Monjoie  attested  Charter  of  Robt.  fil  Tholi  de  Kineston 
to  Huys  fil  Tholi  le,  his  brother,  two  bovates  in  Kineston. 

T.,  Jordan  de  Snitterion,  Robt.  de  Esseborn,  Robt.  de  Thorpe, 
Wra.  de  Lee,  Robt.  de  Aldwerc,  John  de  Offidecote. 

Serlo  fil  Ralf  de  Monjoie,  Lord  of  Yeldersly,  granted  to  Mathew, 
of  Little  l^ongsdon  (the  younger  ?),  a  right-of-way  from  the  cult 
called  Coc,  and  a  toft  of  Matilde  fil  Agneti  de  Parva  Longsdon,  in 
which  rights-of-way  he  had  unlawfully  used  by  the  license  and 
sufferance  of  the  neighbourhood,  especially  on  the  east  side  of  the 
close  called  Coxe  by  the  mansion  of  Robt.  Luteral. 

T..  Rich,  de  Edensor,  Ad  de  Herthill,  Robt.  Stanton,  Wm.  Daniel 
of  Tideswell  (28  Henry  III  ),  Henry  Peveril  of  Hassop,  Robt.  de 
Calvore,  Eustace  de  Mornesale.  Seal,  fleur-de-lys  (Mr.  Longsdon's 
Charleis.) 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  319 

Several  of  these  witnesses  attested  the  Charter  of  Robert  fil 
Waltheof  to  Mathew  fil  Thomas. 

The  said  Serlo  granted  to  the  same  a  toft  which  Mathew  fil  Hyzele, 
of  Little  Longsdon,  formerly  held  there,  which  adjoins  the  toft  of 
Mathew  de  Bakewell,  on  the  East,  at  6d.  rent.  (This  name  Hyzele  is 
equally  unknown  to  Derbyshire  history  as  that  of  Ozini,  perhaps  they 
are  identical.) 

T.,  Rich,  de  Herthill,  I.ucade  Beley,  Adam  de  Edensor,  Robt  de 
Herthili,  W'ni.  le  Wine,  John  Cleric.     (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters.) 

The  said  Serlo  also  released  to  Mathew  his  rights  of  Suit  of  Court 
and  Mill  for  the  land  he  held  of  him  in  Little  Longston  and  Bric- 
richfeld,  and  in  respect  of  all  mines. 

T,  William  de  Vernon,  Joidan  de  Sniltei  ton,  Thomas  de  Edensor, 
.Adam  de  Edensor,  Robert  de  Stanton,  Luca  de  Beley.  Seal,  a  fleur- 
de-lis  or  three  stalks  of  rye?     Se.il  of  S.  de  Monjoie. 

'I'here  is  a  further  grant  between  the  snme  parties  of  Mathew  fil 
Hyzele's  land  in  Little  Longston,  and  of  four  bovates  of  land  of  the 
fee  of  Little  Longston,  of  Bricrichfeld,  to  which  Richard  de  Herthill, 
l.uca  de  Beley,  Adam  de  Edensor,  William  Daniel  of  Tideswcll  (8- 
28  Henry  IIL),  Peter  de  Roulesley,  W'm  fil  Elias  of  Longsdon,  were 
witnesses 

A  William  de  Monjoie  attested  Earl  William  Feirars'  Charter 
(i  162-6).     Vol.  I,  p.  289 

Serlo  de  Monjoie  attested  a  Charter  of  Hugo  de  Okover,  and  as 
Sewell  de  Mungey  in  9  Richard  I ,  he  attested  the  great  Charier 
made  before  William  Briwere  at  Nottingham,  dividing  the 
Bubendon  Inheritance  between  the  Longfords  and  the  Sacheverels 
(^Longford  Charters). 

Reading  these  Charters  with  those  of  Robert  fil  Waltheof,  it  would 
appear  that  Mathew  fil  Thomas  only  obtained  lands  in  Litt'e  Longs- 
don, which  were  of  their  Lordship,  and  being  seated  there  he  (or  his 
father  probably)  obtained  the  bovale  in  Great  Longsdon  from  Eiias, 
the  ancestor  of  Adam  fil  Peter,  vvhicli  seems  to  suggest  that  there 
may  have  been  no  family  relationship  between  tiiem. 

The  .Monjoies  may  have  been  descendants  of  Serlo  fil  Fulk,  for  they 
held  under  the  Shirleys.  Lysons  atseits  that  Cole  held  Veldersly  at 
Domesday,  under  Ferrars,  and  that  his  son  Robert  conveyed  it  to 
Sewel  de  .Monjoie,  but  he  gives  no  proofs  of  It,  and  it  would  seem  to 
be  a  mere  "uess 


320  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    UliREWITKS    OF    ASHFORD. 

Ralf  fil  Ralf  de  Monjoie  gave  lands  in  Bricrichfeld  to  Robt.  fil 
Pole  of  I-itton. 

6.  23  Edward  I.  Ralf  de  Monjoij  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  in 
Spondon,  Little  Longstone,  Mornesale,  and  Brushfield  (Bricrich- 
feld), so  had  the  Abbot  of  Rufford. 

17  Kdward  II.  Ralf  fil  Ralf  de  Monjoie,  of  Yeldersly,  granted  to 
John  fil  William  de  Aula  de  Parva  Longston,  two  bovates  called  Ic 
Hild,  wliich  Richard  Bate  formerly  held,  and  four  acres  waste  in 
Archunlowe  Churgan,  in  Little  Longston,  with  remainder  in  tail 
successively  to  Richard,  Agnes,  Emma,  Maud,  and  Ellen,  brother  and 
sisters  of  said  John,  remainder  to  Ralf  de  Fairfield. 

T.,  Philip  de  Strelly,  Roger  Foljambe  de  Longsdon,  Stephen  de 
Roland,  John  de  Bricrichfeld,  Cleric,  Galf  de  Bricrichfeld,  Richard 
de  la  Pole,  William  Rotur,  Clerk  (Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters). 

Same  date.  Agreement  between  the  same  parties.  John  de  Aula 
held  of  Ralf  a  messuage  and  four  bovates,  in  Little  Longston,  and 
Bricrichfeld,  with  services  of  3s.  per  annum,  and  John  granted  to 
Ralf  a  toft  and  croft  and  sixteen  acres  of  land  in  Bricrichfeld  in 
exchange  for  one  messuage,  two  bovates,  and  four  acres  of  pasture  in 
the  waste  of  Longsdon,  as  the  said  John  held  it  of  Serlo  de  Monjoie, 
with  remainder  if  John  died,  s.p.  to  Richard,  his  brother,  and  to 
Agnes,  Emma,  Matilde,  and  Elena,  their  sisters,  in  succession ; 
remainder  to  Ralf  dcFerfield,  with  remainder  to  Ralf  fil  Ralf  de  Monjoie. 

T.,  Roger  Foljambe  de  Longston,  Stephen  de  Roland,  John  de 
Bricrichfield  Clic,  Galf  of  the  same.  Rich,  de  la  Pole,  William  Clic. 
(Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters.) 

At  the  Quo  Warranto  Inquest  of  4  Edward  III.  Robert  Hibernia 
and  Isolda,  his  wife  claimed  free  warren  in  Yeldersly  and  Spondon, 
as  the  heir  of  Serlo  de  Monjoie,  son  of  Ralf,  to  whom  King  Edward  I. 
had  granted  it  in  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  his  reign.  This  Robert  de 
Ireland  was  probably  son  of  Ralf  fil  Robert  le  Irish  or  de  Ireland, 
who  married  Lescia,  daughter  of  Waltheof  fil  Swaine. 

1252.  Sir  Ralf  de  Monjoie  attested  a  Charter  of  \Vm.  Earl  F"errars 
to  Tuthury. 

S3  Henry  III.  Ralf  de  Munmeye  and  Wm.  Cobelegh  disseized 
Nicolas  le  Clerk  of  Mackworth,  of  land  in  Clifton. 

9  Edward  I.  Assiw  if  Robert  de  Monjoie  and  Margaret,  his 
wife,  disseized  Thomas  le  (airzon  in  Twiford. 

1282.     Sir  Ralf  attested  a  Ch;indos  Chaiter. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWllES    OF    ASHFORD.  32 1 

12  Eduard  I.  Sir  Ralf  de  Moiijoie  and  Isolda,  his  wife,  bought  a 
messuage  in  Spondon. 

13  Edward  I.      He  attested  a  Charter  of  Ralf  Shirly. 

14  Edward  I.  Sir  Ralf  attested  a  Charter  of  Edmund,  brother  of 
the  King  ;  he  also  attested  a  Charter  of  James  fil  Sewell  de  Shirly. 

14  Edward  I      Ralf  de  Monjoie  to  John  le  Blunt,  of  Murcaston. 

29  Edward  I.  Ralf  fil  Ralf  attested  a  Charter  which  Robert,  his 
son,  manens  in  Twiford,  made  to  Robert  de  Eerbras  and  Isolda,  his 
daughter,  in  tail,  of  a  messuage  in  Stangeston  and  Twiford,  which 
Isolda,  widow  of  Ralf  de  Monjoie,  confirmed  to  the  same,  as  Robert 
Ferbras,  of  Williuijlon,  and  Isolda,  his  wife. 

6  Edward  II.  Serlo  de  Monjoie,  son  of  Ralf,  attested  a  Kniveton 
and  a  Bradley  Charter. 

II  Edward  II.  Margaret,  widow  of  Serlo  de  Monjoie,  released 
her  dower  in  Yeldersly  and  Wiliwyk,  to  Robert  de  Ireland. 

There  was  a  Ralf  de  Monjoie,  a  cleric,  but  he  cannot  be  identified, 
and  also  a  Robert,  who  was  chaplain  of  the  Earl  Ferrars. 

The  heir  of  Ralf  de  Monjoie  according  to  the  Inquisition  of  4 
Edward  III.,  was  one  Isolda,  who  married  Robert  de  Hibernia;  same 
date,  a  fine  between  Robert  de  Ireland,  who,  with  Isolda,  his  wife, 
granted  lands  to  Nicolas  de  Grendon  for  life,  remainder  to  Robert  fil 
Robert  de  Ireland,  remainder  to  Jolin,  his  brother,  and  of  one-third  the 
Manor  of  Yeldersly  which  IMargaret  ux  Serlo  de  Monjoie  held  in 
dower  of  the  inheritance  of  the  said  Nicolas.  Serlo  fil  Ralf  de 
Monjoie  was  Sheriff  of  Lancashire  in  13 16. 

The  history  of  the  family  of  Hibernia  or  Ireland  is  unknown.  They 
were  very  early  seated  in  Briciichfeld,  for  Lescia  (daughter?)  of 
Waltheof  of  Mornesale,  obtained  a  grant  from  Waltheof,  of  half  that 
Vill.,  which  seems  to  have  descended  to  her  son  Robert,  who  was 
succeeded  by  his  son,  Ralf  fil  Robert  de  Ireland,  who  gave  land  to  the 
Guild  of  the  Blessed  Mary  the  Virgin,  of  St.  Michael's,  Chesterfield, 
before  13 18  (see  Vol.  2,  p.  230)  Avena,  daughter  and  heir  of  Sir 
Thomas  Ireland,  is  said  to  have  been  the  second  wife  of  Sir  Godfrey 
Foljambe,  of  Darley. 

14  Edward  IV.,  No.  24.  Walter  Blount,  Lord  Montjoie,  died, 
seized  of  three  messuages,  a  bovate  of  land,  and  twe've  acres  of 
meadow  in  Longsdon,  and  half  the  Manor  of  Bricrichfeld,  held  of 
the  King  of  his  Castle  of  High  Peak,  by  fealty,  and  worth  yearly 
five  marcs  and  one  ob.  Edward  Blount,  son  and  heir,  of  William, 
son  and  heir,  of  Walter,  cousin  and  heir. 


■,Z2  lilt    l.ONGSTONES    AND    IlEKb.\vnES    OF    ASHFORD. 

Adam  le  Wiiie  (or  l.ewin),  of  Wirksworlli,  graiUed  land  in  VVirks- 
worth  (temi)e  William  Karl  Feriars)  to  William  de  Mungei,  one-third 
of  which  was  in  Winsler.     Nicolas  fil  Levened  attested  this  Charter. 

The  Charters  of  the  Wright  family,  though  numerous  and  extending 
back  to  an  early  period,  do  not  give  a  satisfactory  account  of  the 
devolution  of  the  property  during  several  important  periods,  and  this 
is  not  very  much  to  be  wondered  at,  since  it  was  held  in  socage  and 
not  by  Knight  service,  so  that  there  would  be  no  Inquisitions  post  mortem 
They  were  Thanes  or  King's  Freemen  from  the  earliest  period,  and, 
as  such,  they  not  only  paid  the  dues  and  customs  as  tenants  of 
ancient  demesne,  but  they  did  suit  of  service  at  the  King's  Court  of 
Ashford,  and  at  the  Royal  Mill,  and  the  estate  would  descend  from 
heir  to  heir,  as  a  matter  of  law,  without  any  succeeding  Charters.    ■ 

Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn  evidently  attempted  to  exercise  rights  of  Lord- 
ship over  these  deme.sne  tenants  as  he  attempted  to  exercise  it  over 
his  own  relatives,  the  Gernons  of  Bakewell,  and  his  Charier  to  Adam 
fil  Peter,  of  Magna  Longsdon,  was  evidently  an  attempt  to  convert 
these  free  tenants  into  feudal  tenants  of  his  own  so  that  he  m'ght 
exercise  over  them  powers  of  wardship,  relief,  etc.,  to  wliich  he  had 
no  right.  His  affectation  to  release  them  from  these  liabilities  as 
tenants  of  the  King's  demesnes,  rould  have  no  operation,  since  the 
King  alone  could  deal  with  those  matters  and  even  he  was  legally 
powerless  to  alter  the  tenure  of  ancient  demesne.  Whatever  inten- 
tion Prince  Griffin  enteitained  iiad  veiy  little  effect,  for  his  tenure  as 
feudal  Lord  was  so  precarious  and  intermittent,  lasting  but 
a  short  time,  and  the  Wright  family  fell  again  as  free  tenants 
immediately  under  the  Crown,  a".d  so  leiiiained  independent 
of  any  intermediate  Lord  except  the  Royal  family  and  their 
successors.  "  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon  was  a  man  of  some 
position,  seeing  that  he  was  upon  the  Jury  in  the  great 
Forest  Inquest  of  36  Henry'  III.  That  he  was  son  of  Peter  is 
established  by  the  convention  of  Prince  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn,  who  so 
describes  him,  and  the  fact  that  Peter  was  son  of  U'lUiain  fil  Elias,  the 
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Richard  de  Edensor  (who  married  the  daugliter  of  Richard  fil 
Levened)  to  Peter  de  Roland,  and  it  is  clearly  established  by  several 
Charters  in  the  Foljumbe  collection,  which  are  of  the  date  of  King 
Ji'hn  HI  very  early  in  the  reign  of  King  Heniy  III. 


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330  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    UEREWITES   OF   ASHFORD. 

In  order  fully  to  ascertain  tlie  relalionsliip  between  Thomas,  the 
Clerk,  and  the  Leveneds  of  Longstone,  it  is  important  to  consider 
their  Charters,  which,  in  any  event,  would  necessarily  be  considered 
in  Derbyshire  history,  but  which,  if  Mr.  Sleigh  is  correct  in  his 
assumption  of  the  immediate  relationship,  becomes  of  supreme  impor- 
tance to  this  parish  and  to  the  family  of  the  Longsdons. 

The  Leveneds,  like  the  Lonj^sdons,  had  extensive  interests  in  the 
same  parishes  in  which  the  latter  were  interested,  and  we  find  them 
locued  in  Parwich,  Ashbourne,  Hognaston,  Winston,  Wirksworth, 
Yolgrave,  and  elsewhere,  where  the  Longsdons  were  interested. 

Ail  plnces,  more  or  less  connected  with  mining,  we  find  them, 
especially  granting  property  to  a  family  named  Faber  (which  is  only 
the  Latin  form  of  the  word  Wriglit),  and  this  so  persistently  that  it  is 
impossible  to  avoid  the  conclusion  that  these  Fabers  were  members 
of  the  family  of  Great  Longston,  who  took  this  sobriquet  as  a  surname. 

Moreover  the  Fabers  were  equally  concerned  with  the  families 
called  Yolgrave,  who  were  clearly  members  of  the  Longsdons,  some 
of  whom  also  took  the  surname  of  Kniveton  (parcel  of  Ashbourne), 
from  which  the  Kniveton  family  took  their  name :  from  the  fact  that 
nothing  is  known  of  the  history  of  this  family  prior  to  the  time  of 
Henry  III  ,  and  when  first  they  are  heard  of  they  appear  to  be  allied 
to  the  f.uiiily  of  Levened  (who  were  firmly  seated  in  Ashbourne),  as 
well,  as  to  the  family  of  Lewine,  of  the  same  place,  who  were  also 
interested  in  Abhford  and  Longstone,  it  is  indicative  of  a  common  origin, 
for  it  may  well  be  that  the  Knivetons  also  derive  their  origin  from  the 
Longstone  family. 

Fortunately  for  Derbyshire  County  History,  an  immense  collection 
of  Kniveton  Chatters  was  made  in  the  thirteenth  century  which  is 
now  deposited  in  the  library  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Lirxoln, 
who  very  kindly  permitted  the  author  to  make  a  copy  of  it;  it  is 
compiled  with  very  little  order  and  intelligence,  and  a  searching  en- 
quiry and  consideration  of  these  Charters,  consisting  of  over  500, 
has  failed  to  elict  any  evidence  much  earlier  than  the  latter  part  of 
Henry  HI.,  when  Mathewfil  Mathew  first  began  to  acquire  property — 
he  was  dead  in  14  Edward  L  This  Mathew  iiad  a  brother,  William, 
and  sons  named  also  William,  Henry,  Richard,  Robeit,  and  Mathew, 
all  common  names  certainly,  but  precisely  the  names  used  by  the 
Longsdon  family,  and  the  dominant  name  being  that  of  ^Lathew, 
which  was  also  the  leading  name  in  the  family  of  Longsdon. 


THE    LONGStONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHKORD  33 1 

The  earliest  Charter  yet  found,  in  which  the  I.ongsdons  are 
mentioned,  is  one  of  Geoffrey  Ridel,  probably  from  its  being  attested 
by  his  relations,  Ralf  and  William  Basset,  of  the  latter  part  of  the 
reign  of  Henry  II.  The  tirst  notice  of  William  Basset,  in  Derbyshire 
history,  is  the  fifieeath  jear  of  that  King.  Geoffry  Ridel  himself 
answered  for  one  fee  under  Ferrars,  at  the  time  of  the  Red  Book  (1166) 

By  this  Charter,  Ge.'fTry  Ridei  released  to  Gervase  fil  Richard  (de 
Wiverton),  who  was  living  in  3  Henry  III  )  his  inheritance  in  Duck- 
mauton  and  Colston,  WiHiani,  brotlitr  of  Gervase,  son  of  Richard 
to  have  Duckmanton 

T,,  Ralf,  Prior  of  I.ondon,  Ralf  Bassett  and  William  Dassint,  Thos. 
de  Sais,  Bozon  of  Sutton,  llelias  Cleric,  Unfred  Pulton,  Robt.  de 
Wollied,  \Vm.  de  Coleston,  William  fil  Hugo,  and  Robi.  fil  Lewine. 

There  can  be  very  little  doubt  that  this  Charter  was  made  within 
the  date  of  Elias  de  Longslon,  and  that  he  is  the  Helias  Cleric  there 
indicated.  The  connection  between  Duckminton  and  Longston 
arose  through  the  family  of  Pec,  or  Peak,  who  had  land  in  both 
place.-;,  and  through  them  probably  Richard  de  Longsdon,  son  of 
Adam,  mentioned  in  a  Woolly  Charter,  held  land  in  Duckmanton, 
including  the  services  of  Rich  fil  Helewise ;  the  Charter  is  attested 
by  Peter  de  Hareston,  who  is  mentioned  in  a  Pipe  Roll  of  43 
Henry  III.  That  Adam  fil  Peter  had  a  son  named  Richard,  is  clear 
from  other  records  ;  he  attested  the  Charter  of  (iriflin  fil  Wenuwyn 
when  founding  his  cantaria  in  1262,  whilst  it  is  equally  clear  tiiat 
Nicolas  til  Adam,  and  brother  of  Richard,  married  Sarra,  daughter  of 
Ihomas  de  Pec,  as  will  presently  appear. 

4  John,  Pipe  Roll.  One  William  fil  Levened  was  amerced  with 
one  riamed  Levingus 

Tliere  is  a  Charter  in  Tlios.  Brailsford's  MSS.,  copied  by  Bassano 
(Vol.  li.,  fo.  257,  Dakeyne),  in  which  /-i-/^/-  dc  LonguioiL  attested  a 
Charter  of  Hy  Peveril,  of  Hassop,  who  granted  land  to  Jordan 
Carpenter,  of  Hathersage,  in  the  field  of  Hassop.  Teste  William 
de  Vernon,  Wm.  Basset,  Thomas  de  Edensor,  Richard  de  Edenes- 
houer,  Peter  de  Acland  (?  Roland),  Thomas  de  Offerton,  Peter  de 
Hurst,  Piter  dc  Lciigesuon,  Rich   de  (?fil)  Jordan 

This  Charter  is  no  doubt  of  the  reign  of  King  John  01  very  early 
in  Heniy  III.,  and  it  is  of  value  to  show  that  the  father  of  Peter  was 
then  dead,  as  the  Charters  of  .Xdani,  his  son,  to  llenty  fil  William  de 
i.ongsdon  seem  to  indicate. 


332 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    liERUWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 


Another  Charter  in  which  the  name  of  Peter  de  Longsdon  occurs, 
is  to  be  found  in  extracts. 

From  Francis  Eyre's  Charters  of  Hassop  (5  Dakeyne,  p.  183): 
(This  Richard  de  Edensor  was  a  great-nephew  of  Sir  Thomas 

Ensor,  of  Ensor,  and  in  some  way  exercised  a  great  influence  in 

the  Longsdon  family,  greater  than  would  appear  to  follow  from  his 

marriage  with  a  co-heir  of  Richard  fil  Levened,  unless,  indeed,  he 

was  an  elder  brother  of  Thomas,  the  Clerk.) 

Richard  de  Gort  granted  to  Richard  de  Edensor  five  bovates  of 
land  in  Roland,  and  three  acres  of  land  in  Ris  cran  Toft,  i.e.,  two 
bovates  which  Thurstand  held,  and  a  bovate  which  Hy.  Pilleparius 
(Peveril)  held,  and  two  bovates  in  his  own  demesne,  one  of  which 
Baldwin,  of  Hassop,  and  the  other  William  fil  VVymund  held,  20s 
rent,  and  yd.,  for  which  he  gave  six  marks. 

T.,  Serlo  de  Bele)',  Adam  de  Heithill,  \Vm.  Basset,  Wni.  Vernon, 
■|"hos.  de  Edensor,  Jordan  de  Sniiteiton,  Robt.  de  Calhoure,  Robt.  de 
Stanton,  Wm.  de  Perleia,  Thos.  de  Derleia,  Henry  Peveril,  Osbert  de 
Chesterfield,  Lancilin  de  Stok,  Wm.  de  Pec,  Mathew  de  Lo.'igsdeii, 
Matiin  fil  Roger. 

Richard  de  Edensor,  with  the  consent  of  his  heir,  gave  to  Peter  fil 
Wyimiiui  de  Rowland  the  whole  land  which  Richard  de  Gort  gave 
to  him  in  Roland,  20s  and  yd   lent. 

T.,  Serlo  de  Beley,  Thos.  de  Edenshouer,  Robt.  de  Stanton,  Ad.  de 
Herthill,  Wm.  de  Derleia,  Thos.  de  I^erleia,  Robt.  de  Calvohoiier, 
Osbert  de  Chesterfield,  Robt.,  his  son,  Henry  Peveril,  Peter  de  Bank, 
Ptfei-  de  LongsJen,  Adam  Turneat,  Thos.  de  Hassop,  Martin  fil  Roger, 
Wm.  de  Ruteler,  Wm.  de  St.  John,  Robt.  fil  Stephen,  Galf  le 
Aparrileur.  As  some  test  of  date  the  last  witness,  Geoffrey  Lapparillas 
(as  he  was  then  termed)  with  Sigereth,  his  wife,  in  St.  Giles,  14 
Henry  HI.,  released  to  Peter  de  Roland,  land  in  Chesterfield,  Middle- 
ton,  Eyum  Newhagh,  and  nine  acres  in  .'Xshfoid,  and  in  9,  John  Galf 
had  been  amerced  by  H.  Bass,  Justice.  Several  of  the  above 
witnesses  were  living  in  the  time  of  King  Jolin,  which  is  the  probable 
date  of  this  Charter  of  Richard  de  Edensor. 

No.  181.  William  fil  Walden  de  Longsdon  to  Thomas  fil  Richard 
de  Pec  granted  lands  in  Longsdon. 

T.,  Serlo  de  Beleia,  Peter  de  Hathorpe,  William  de  Luton,  Wm.fil 
llelie  de  Langsdon,  Fcler,  his  son,  RLithew  Cleric,  Win.  de  Laiigsdon, 
William  de  Derleia  Adam  de  Stanton,  John  Perceio,  Ralf,  his 
brother.     (Foljamhe  Charters.) 


THE  LONGSTONES  AND  BKRKWITES  OF  ASHFORD.       333 

This  Thomas  fil  Richard  de  Pec,  would  appear  lo  have  becri  the 
father  of  Sarra  de  Meridene,  who  married  first  William  Pincerna  or 
le  Botiler,  of  Bakewell,  and  secondly,  Nicolas,  the  Clerk  of  Bakewell, 
son  of  Adam  fil  Peter,  fil  William  fil  Helie  de  Longsdon.  This  lady 
figured  in  many  Charters,  and  is  sometimes  called  Chelmeredene, 
which  appears  to  be  identical  with  Chelmorton. 

Robt.  Luttrel  to  Thomas  fil  Richard  fil  Wm.  de  Pec,  land  iti  Little 
Longsdon. 

T.,  Rich,  de  Herthill,  Serlo  de  Beley,  Adam  de  Herthill,  Thomas  de 
Edensor,  William  fil  Helie  de  La?igsdo>i,  Pder,  his  son,  William  fil 
Robert  de  Dene,  Ralf  de  Heric,  Robt.  fil  Alex  de  Mornesale,  Rich. 
de  Winst  (?  Clio).     (Foljambe  Charters.) 

In  a  Charter  of  Ralf  fil  William  Gernon,  now  at  Belvoir,  Rich,  de 
Vernon,  William,  Bailiff  of  William  de  Longsdon  and  Thomas  de 
Longsdon,  ivere  loitnesses. 

33  Henry  IIL  Jurdon  de  Roiilesly  obtained  a  lease  of  lands  there, 
fioni  Richard  fil  William  de  Vernon,  to  which  WiHiam  de  Longsdon 
was  a  witness.     (Belvoir  Cliarter.) 

In  another  Charter  in  the  same  collection,  concerning  lands  at 
Nether  Iladdon,  between  Peter  fil  Robert  Basset  and  Hugo,  his 
brother,  and  Ricliard  Vernon,  Adam  de  Longsdon  was  a  witness. 

Alice  fil  William  de  Pecco  granted  to  Robert  fil  William  Tirri,  of 
Longford,  a  bovate  in  Great  Longsdon,  near  two  bovates,  which 
William,  her  father,  formerly  held  at  one  penny  rent  and  fifteen  pence 
rent  at  two  terms. 

T.,  Richard  de  Herthill,  Adam  de  Stanton,  Mathew  de  Longsdon, 
Adam  fil  Peter,  William  fil  Elie,  William  le  Wine,  Peter  de  Lascy, 
Nicolas  de  Winfield,  Richard  le  Heir,  John  de  Bankwell.  (Mr. 
Longsdon's  Charters.) 

Adam  fil  Ptlcr  de  Longsdon,  granted  to  Henry  fil  William  de 
Longsdun,  a  bovate  in  Longsdon,  which  Hem  y  fil  Emma  formerly  held. 

T.,  Robert  de  Stanton,  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  William  fil  Elias, 
Robert  Lascy,  Hugo  Pekoe,  Richard  fil  Siramonir,  Jo.  Bulaxe,  Robert 
Cemetarius,  John  Cleric.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters). 

The  concurrence  of  William  fil  Elias  is  curious;  Peter,  his  son,  had 
apparently  died  whilst  Adam,  his  grandson,  had  been  let  into  the  estates. 

Robert  Lascy,  the  witness  of  this  Charter,  was  Robert  Peveril,  of 
Hassop,  called  de  Lascy  because  12 10-12  (see  Pipe  Rolls),  he  held 
9  fees  of  the  Barony  of  Lascy,  in  Cornwall. 


334  IHE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

riie  s.ime  Ad.iiii  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon  granted  to  Henry  fil 
William  de  Longsdon,  land  in  Longsdon  and  Wardlow,  which  William, 
f.uher  of  the  said  Henry,  formerly  held  of  him. 

1'.,  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  William  fil  Elias,  Thomas  fil  Robert, 
William  le  Wine,  Nicolas  de  Winfield,  Peter  de  Lascy,  William  fil 
Eustace  de  .Mornesale,  John  de  Banc  well,  Cleric.  (Mr.  Wright's 
Charters).     Photograph  of  this  important  Charter  is  here  given. 

Peter  de  Lascy  was  also  de  Peveril,  son  of  Robert  of  the  last 
Charter.  See  Vol.  3  (Section  5)  of  this  work,  page  r88.  Nicolas  de 
Winfield  was  also  a  Peveril,  or  Paville  as  that  branch  called  them- 
selves These  two  last.  Charters  were  only  duplicates  of  the  leases  of 
these  places,  granted  by  that  family,  which  are  still  in  the  possession 
of  Mr.  Wright,  of  Longston  Hall. 

RLathew  de  Longsdon  and  William  de  Longsdon  attested  a  Charter 
of  Peter  Peveril,  of  Hassop,  to  Eustace  de  Stafford. 

One  of  the  earliest  notices  of  the  Faber  family  is  in  an  action  (R. 
C.R.  of  6  Henry  HI  ,  No.  15)  in  which  William  de  Ferrars,  Earl  of 
Derby,  the  chief  of  the  ironworkers,  sues,  amongst  others,  Richaid 
Faber,  concerning  tolls  levied  in  the  V^ill  of  Clifton,  part  of  the 
.Manor  of  I'^sseburn.  Quite  possibly  this  was  Richard  fil  Levened,  of 
Longsdon. 

Two  brothers,  Thomas  and  Richard  Levened,  of  Ashbourne. 
probably  the  last-mentioned  Richard  Faber,  possessed  rights  in 
Osmondeston,  Edelmeston  and  Clifton,  which  they  both  released  to 
'I'utbury  (see  No.  153  of  that  chartulary),  in  all  probability  they  were 
identical  with  the  Longsdon  family,  many  members  of  which  had 
property  in  Yolgrave,  and  Ashbourne.  If  this  were  so,  this  Thomas 
may  be  identical  with  Thomas,  the  Clerk  of  Bakewcll;  in  all  prob- 
ability they  were  the  brothers  of  Robert  fil  Levened,  and  certainly 
Thomas,  the  Clerk,  had  a  brother  named  Robert,  and  it  seems 
that  they  were  again  identical  with  a  family  of  Esseburn,  who 
assumed  the  name  of  Faber  (or  Wright),  which  afterwards  the  Long- 
ston family  assumed ;  and  in  both  cases  it  was  handed  down  as  a 
surname. 

Roger  fil  Levened,  of  Parwich,  temp.  Henry  IL,  or  early  in  John, 
gave  two  bovates  in  Kniveton  to  Geoffry  Faber,  of  Esseburn,  which 
Suanus  Gesel  formerly  held,  T.  Galfridus  de  Esseburn,  Christopher 
of  the  same,  Henry  P'fott,  of  the  same,  Hugo  Acover,  William  de 
Grendon,  Robl.  de  Grendon,  Herbert  de  Tissington,  Rich,  dc  Pecco, 


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Charter  of  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Loiifjsclon  to  Henry  fil  Wirium  de  Longsdon  a  toft  in 
Longstone  which  William,  father  of  the  said  llmry,  formerly  held.  No 
date,  probably  early  Henry  III.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BERI.WITES   OF   ASHFORD  335 

Roger  fil  Toll,  Roger  Poutrel,  Maurice  de  Snelston,  Robert  fil  Toli 
(Kniveton  Leiger). 

Roger  Poutrel  died  ante  3  John  (see  Staffs.  Plea  Rolls),  when  he 
was  sued  by  the  Acovers  respecting  Snelston. 

It  is  curious  that  oneSwanus  was  thefather  of  Waltheof,  of  Mornesale, 
who  was  closely  allied  to  the  fitz  Leveneds,  and  in  all  probability  they 
were  descended  from  him. 

Richard  fil  Robt.  fil  Toli,  of  Kniveton,  granted  to  Mathew  fil 
Humphery  de  Kniveton  two  bovates,  which  Geoffry  Faber  held,  and 
the  wood  which  Coll  held,  by  way  of  augmentation  of  the  bovate,  it  is 
again  singular  that  we  find  the  Leveneds  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Domesday  holder  of  Longston,  Kniveton  and  Parwich ;  surely  there 
must  be  a  strong  reason  for  this. 

Roger  fil  Levened  had  a  son,  Henry,  as  appears  from  Charter  No.  307 
of  the  Kniveton  Leiger.  This  Henry  was  living  in  25  Edward  I. 
when  (Charter  No,  136)  he  is  found  attesting  a  Charter  of  Margeria, 
wid^nv  of  Robert  fil  Robert,  of  the  Hill  of  Parwich,  who  was  then 
dealing  with  her  dower.  He  appears  to  be  dead  in  32  Edward  I., 
for  on  the  feast  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  in  that  year,  the  land 
which  was  his  was  given  to  Nicolas  fil  Richard  Faber,  of  Chedel,  and 
other  part  to  Robert  de  la  Hill,  in  Bradley. 

It  is  very  singular  that  we  find  the  widow  of  Robert  Hill  dealing 
with  the  Parwich  property  as  if  indeed  it  was  her  own,  and  this  would 
induce  the  belief  that  she  had  previously  been  the  wife  of  William  fil 
Mathew  de  Longston. 

John  Faber  attested  Charter  of  Maihew  fil  Mathew  de  Kniveton  to 
Henry,  his  son.  John  Faber,  of  Bradley,  attested  Rob.  de  la  Hill's 
Charter,  and  in  19  Edward  I.  attested  Charters  of  Hugo  fil  Jo. 
Forthanon,  of  Bradley,  and  Philip  Stote,  and  in  13  Edward  I.  held 
land  of  Kniveton,  at  it/6  rent. 

25  Edward  I.  Margetia  Wo.  Robt.  fil  Robt.  de  la  Hill  to  Henry 
Kniveton.     Hy.  Faber  a  witness. 

32  Edward  I.  Nicolas  fil  Robt.  Faber,  of  Chedle  lease  of  a  toft 
croft  and  one  bov,  in  Bradley,  which  Hy.  F'aber  held  and  7/4  rent 
bail,  Thos.  le  Swan,  of  Bradley,  and  Nic.  fil  Orme,  of  Corniley. 

32  Edward  I.     Other  land  of  Hy.  Faber  leased  to  Robt.  de  la  Hill 

Rd.  fil  Robt.  Toti  confirmed  to  Math,  fil  Humph,  de  Kniveton  two 
bov.,  -d'hif.h  Gal/.  Faber  held,  in  Kniveton,  and  the  wood  which  Coil 


336  THE   LOXGSrONES   AND    fiKKEWlTES   OF    ASHFORD. 

held  byway  of  augmentation  of  that  bov.and  8d.  rent,  for  which  Math. 

gave  30/-  for  ingiess.    'J'he  names  Toll  and  Coil  are  probably  identical. 

■J-.,  Wm.  and  Robert  Caps,  Robert  Clic,  of  Esseburn,  Roger  fil  Joce, 

William  le  Lea,  Rad.  de  Aldwerc,  Gilbert  and  Ralf  fii  Ailse,  Aoc.  de 

Leic  and  F.'yon. 

Roger  fil  Levciwl,  of  Penwiz,  gave  to  Galf  Fabtr  de  Asseburn  two 
bov.  in  Kniveton,  which  Swanus  Gesel  2od.  rent,  for  which  Galf.  gave 
one  beautiful  (pulcram)  vaccam  with  her  calf,  and  2/-  to  Robert  fii 

'I'oli  to  confirm. 

T.,Galf  de  Ksseburn  Christopher  and  Hy.  Pfott,  of  the  same,  Hugo 
de  Acour,  Wm  de  Grcndon,  Robt.  de  Rad,  Hbert.  de  Tissington, 
Rd.  de  Pecco,  Roger  fil  Toll,  Rog.  Poutrel,  Maurice  de  Snelston. 

Roger  fil  Levenod  de  Purwich  (spelt  Levenardus)  with  the  consent 
of  his  heir,  confirmed  to  Ralf  Cleric  fil  Gamel,  of  Parwich,  2a.  of  land 
under  his  garden  called  le  Flat. 

T.,  Ran  de  Freegll,  Ralf  fil  suo,  Galf  fil  Omaii,  Henry  fil  suo,  Wm. 
fil  Gundred,  Rich,  fil  suo,  Ometo  de  Stanley,  Adam  fil.  This  was 
followed  by  a  Charter  of  Roger  de  Balinden,  who  had  exchanged 
his  land  in  le  Fl.it  with  Felicia,  his  wife's  sister. 

Roger  de  Balinden,  with  the  assent  of  lolante,  his  wife,  confirmed  to 
Malhew  de  Kniveton  her  rights  in  the  land  called  the  Flat  in  Pever- 
wich,  which  Felicia,  sister  of  his  wife,  lolante,  exchanged  with  him  for 
his  part  in  that  land. 

Haddon  Charters.  Henry  fil  Robt.  fil  Ralf,  Adam  fil  Robt.  fil 
Gilbert  and  Robt.  Faber,  of  Witksworth,  grant  to  Robt.  le  Wyne 
rights  of  way.  T  ,  Thos  de  Hopton,  Hamon  Clic,  John  de  Caldlowe, 
Wm.  Suries,  Rich.  Clic,  Robt.  fil  W'lnet,  Nic  de  Crumford. 

Robert  Faber,  of  Esseburn,  Henry  fil  Quenilde,  had  one  acre  in 
Kniveton,  near  (aur)  le  long  KnoUis  de  Cope,  of  which  iialf  an  acre 
lies  near  the  half-acre  which  Robt.  held  of  Wm.  fil  Wm.  de  Yolgrave, 
towards  Wiggelrige,  between  land  of  Robl,  Aldewerk  and  John  Clic 
fil  Wm.  Robert  gave  him  one  rod  in  Kniveton,  between  land 
of  Henry  Quenilda  and  Simon  P'lis,  near  Robt.  Esseburn's  assart. 

Wm.  de  Kniveton  fil  Wm.  de  Yolgrave  grant  Rob.  one  acre  sur  le 
long,  next   Henry  Quenilde's. 

Simon  Pines  and  Wm.  his  son  grant  to  Robt.  of  land  near  those 
held  of  John  Clic, 

Roger  fil  Robert  fil  Faber  granted  to  Mathew  Kniveton  three 
acres  of  land  called  Cope. 


THE    LON'GSTONES    AND    RKK  EWI  I  ES    OF    ASHFORU.  337 

Heirs  of  Henry  fil  Quenilde  held  four  bovates  in  Knivetoa  for 
7s  each 

Heniy  Kniveton  attd.  Charter  of  Robt.  Esseburn  to  Robt  Miller, 
of  Kniveton,  of  two  bovates  of  Rd.  fil  Toll,  Rob.  de  Aldwerk  a  witness  ; 
he  also  attd.  Charter  of  Robt.  fil  Robt.  Toli,  of  four  bovates  held  by 
Eiins  fil  Rich.,  and  Charter  of  Dionesia,  Wo.  Robt.  fii  Toli  to 
Robt.  her  son,  dower  of  Elias  fii  Rd. ;  he  also  attd.  Wm.  de 
Kniveton  fil  Wm.  de  Yolgrave's  grant  of  half  an  acre  sur  le  long, 
and  of  land  to  Rd   de  Attelow  fil  Simon  of  Calton. 

Wm  fil  Ralf  de  Kniveton  confirmed  to  Rd.  fil  Simon  de  Calton 
half  an  acre. 

Henry  fil  Quenild  de  Kniveton,  confirmed  to  Robert  Faber,  of 
Esseburn,  tlie  homage  of  one  acre  in  Kniveton,  sur  le  long  Knollern 
de  Cope,  of  which  one  half  acre  lies  near  the  half  acre  which  the 
same  Robert  held  of  William  fil  Wm.  de  Yolgreve,  half  an  acre  upon 
the  same  Knoll  of  Cope,  towards  Wiggelerege,  between  lands  of 
Robt.  de  Aldwerk  and  John  Clic,  at  2d.  rent. 

T,,  Gilbert  fil  Ailsi,  Mathcw  fil  Mathew,  John  Clic,  Wm.  fil  Ralf, 
Peter  fil  Aldus,  Henry  le  Churchman,  Wm   Clic. 

John  Cleric,  of  Kniveton  (21  Edward  I.),  granted  to  Robt.  Faber, 
of  Esseburn,  one  rood  in  Kniveton,  sur  le  Knoll,  between  the  lands 
of  Hy.  fil  Quenilde  and  that  of  Simon  P'us.  one  rood  upon  Shert- 
cope,  extending  upon  the  assart  of  Robt  de  Esseburn. 

T.,  Henry  fil  Quenilde,  Hy  le  Churchman,  Gilbt.  fil  Ailsi,  Simon 
P'us,  Wm.  fil  Aldus,  Hy.,  his  brother,  William  Cleric. 

The  following  are  probably  Levenots  : 

William  fil  Rog.  de  Hokenaston  granted  to  Mathew  de  Kniveton 
the  homage  of  Warin  fil  Robt. 

T.,\V\\\'\d,m?i\Y)tCAn\,  Rich.  Jil  Levering,  yohn   Levering,  Gilbert 

fil  Margerie. 

(p.  1268.)  Wm.  fil  Robert  fil  Leverick  de  Hokenaston  to  Peter  fil 
Ralf  de  Gretton,  half  a  bovate  which  Eugenulf  fil  Robt.  de 
Cornbridge. 

Wm.  fil  Ralf  Carpenter,  of  Hokenaston,  granted  to  Ralf,  his  son  of 
Cromford,  \  bov.,  which  Wm.  Decanus  held  for  service  of  one  arrow. 

T.,  Wm.  Decanus,  John  fil  Adam  and  Jo.  le  Eyre,  of  the  same. 

Roger  fil  Robt.  Faber  de  Ashbourne  granted  to  Mathew  Kniveton 
3a.  land  in  Kniveton,  lying  in  the  field  called  Cope.  T.,  Hy.  de 
Alsop,    Jo.   de  Offidecote,    Hugo  de  Bently,   Hy.  le  Brasene,  Alex. 


33^  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    DEREWlltS    UK    ASHFOKD. 

Aleicater,  Walter  de  Kniveton,  Hy.  de  Mapletoii,  Rd.,  liis  brother,  Jo. 
Cleric. 

Win.  de  Kniveton  fil  Wm.  de  Yolgrave  (?  Wm.  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon) 
grant  to  Robert  Faber,  of  Esseburn,  |a.  in  Kniveton,  sur.  le  long 
Knollis  de  Cope,  between  the  land  which  Peter  held,  and  that  which 
Henry  Quenilde  held,  to  hold  to  him  and  Iggreda,  his  wife. 

'1'.,  Mathew  de  Kniveton,  Hy.  fil  Quenilde,  Rado  Clic,  Hy.  le 
Churchman,  Gilbert  de  Kniveton,  Wm.  and  Jo.  Clerics.  (Kniveton 
Ch.utulary.) 

(Next  Deed  in  the  Kniveton  Chartulary.)  William  de  Yolgreie 
granted  to  Rich,  de  Attelow  fil  Simon  de  Calton  3a  in  Kniveton  and 
^a.  in  the  Long  Wete,  wliich  lies  between  the  land  of  Rad  Presbiter 
and  Hy.  lil  Quenilde,  and  an  \x  at  the  Rowlowe,  between  their 
lands  and  ia.  at  Sheretmenehill,  by  Appelowsich,  and  an  ia.  at 
Slo[)eretowe  and  Greenlowe,  at  the  Flaghatoy,  near  Hy.  fil  Quenilde's 
lands. 
'1'.,  Hy.  fil  Qiienelde,  of  Kniveton,  Mathew  fil  Mathew,  of  the  same, 
tJilbert,  of  the  same,  Robt   de  Pecco,  and  Wm.  Clic. 

William  fil  Lewin,  of  B.-ikewell,  granted  land  to  William  de  Esse- 
burn. 

Wm.    r.ercar,   of  Kniveton,   confirmed   to    Henry   fil    Mathew   de 
Kniveton  in  fee  10  selions  of  arable  land  in  Kniveton,  which  Win.  de 
Yolgreve  formerly  held,  between  land  of  Henry  Hevedman  and  Wm 
de  Thorpe,  abutting  upon  the  Cliff. 

T.,  Roger  de  Bradborn,  Step  de  Ireton,  Robt.  Gilbert,  Mathew 
fil  Mathew  de  Kniveton,  Wm.  de  Thorpe. 

Math,  de  Longsdon  attested  Charter  of  Wm.,  Earl  of  Derby,  to 
.^dam  le  Wine,  land  in  Bracington  and  Hopton,  with  Galf  de  Greslc 
Senescal,  Thos.  de  Ensor,  Jord.  de  Snilterton,  Robt.  de  Acour, 
Roger  de  Wodensly,  Robt.  de  Aldwerk,  Ran  of  Ibul. 

Math,  and  Wm.  de  Longsdon  attested  Charter  of  Robt.  fil  Ad.im 
le  Wine,  of  Wirksworth,  with  Sampson  the  Vicar,  Ad.  de  Cestevin, 
of  the  same,  ^Vm.  le  Wine,  Hy.  de  (iratton,  Hugo  de  Wormansworth, 
and  lands  of  the  Lord  Robt.  of  Staimton. 

Early  Deed — 

Adam  fil  Marieth  de  Cra  de  Wiggerwall  release  to  Adam  Lewine 
de  Wirksworth  his  rights  in  lands  in  Wigswall  for  five  maiks. 

T.,  Matliew  de  Longsdon,  Robert  de  Nottingham,  Hy.  de  Optoii, 
Gaufrido  de  HybuU,  Robert  fil  Thos  de  Opton,  Robert  fil  Jo. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    EKREWITES    OF    ASHFOHD.  339 

Tulbury  Register,  No.  153.  Thos.  fil  Lerenald,  of  Esseburn, 
released  his  rights  to  the  pasture  of  Edehnestoii  and  Osmondeston, 
pertaining  to  land  in  Clifton. 

No.  229,  Ri  hard  fil  Leveinildi,  0/  Essebiii >i.  released  his  claim  in 
certain  pastures  ol  Edchiieston  and  Osmondeston,  pertaining  to  lands 
in  Clifton. 

Rich,  fii  Levened  attested  a  Charter  of  Simon  Blund  land  in 
Campedenstreet. 

Fine,  ante  26  Henry  III.  Robert  de  Levened  Pit.  and  Letice,  Cecil, 
and  Sarah  with  \Vm.  fil  Levened  (William  Cokayne)?  fined  for  five 
tofts  in  Ashbourne,  and   15/6  rents. 

26-7  Henry  III.  (Rot.  Cur.  Regis.  No.  55.)  Henry  de  Mappleton 
and  Letice,  his  wife,  Wm.  Cokayne  and  Cecil,  his  wife,  and  Riciiaid 
de  Mappleton  and  Sarra,  his  wife,  sued  William  fii  Roger,  in  which 
action  the  last-mentioned  fine  was  recorded. 

36  Henry  III.  Henry  Dean,  of  Lincoln,  Parson  of  Ashford,  fined 
with  the  same  three  co-heirs  for  the  said  five  tofts  and  rent. 

William  Cokayne  is  called  Coquain  or  Cook,  and  this  is  the 
probable  origin  of  the  name.  His  grand-daughter,  Margeria,  daughter 
of  Roger,  his  son,  who  was  Propositus  of  Esseburn,  married  VVilliani 
til  Mathew  de  Longsdon. 

The  Deans  of  Lincoln's  Chartulary  gives  evidence  of  the  presence 
of  the  family  of  Ashbourne  in  dealing  with  the  properly  of  the 
Cokayne  of  that  place.  William  fil  Roger,  Propositus  of  Esseburn, 
and  Peter,  his  brother,  released  to  Herbert,  of  Nottingham,  iheir  father's 
rights  in  the  land  of  the  church,  near  Thos.  de  Staynlow's  toft,  19/6. 

T.,  Robert  de  Levenad,  Wm.  de  Mappleton,  Hy.  de  Cruce,  Roger 
de  Derb,  Peter  fil  Ulf,  Rich  fil  Levenad,  ^Valter  fil  'I'egtoris,  Hugo  de 
Bently,  Wm.  Piston 

Hbertus  de  Nottingham  to  Henry  Cap.  de  Bradly,  release  of  his 
rights  he  bought  in  the  land  of  Roger  Pps ,  near  Thos.  de  Stanton. 

T.,  Thomas  fil  Levenad  and  Rich,  (brothers),  Hy.  de  Cruce,  Magr. 
Alexander,  John,  brother  of  the  Parson,  Thos.  de  Stanton, 
Robert  Mercator,  Wm.  Clic,  his  son. 

Waller  fil  Wm.  Cap  le  Scekcndon  release  to  Hy.  Cap.  de  Benedly 
his  rights  in  same  land. 

T  ,  Hy.  de  Cruce,  Thos.  fil  Levenad  and  Rich.,  brothers,  Magister 
A'e.x.  lly.  de  Machellield,  Wm.  Spend-.lowe,  Hy  ,  his  son,  Thos.  de 
Stanton. 


340  THE   LONGSTONES   AND    HEKEWITES   OK    ASHFORD. 

Mr.  I.ongsdon,  of  Little  Longston,  possesses  three  original  Charters 
and  one  paper  copy  of  grants  from  Griffin  fil  Wonuwyn  to  Mathew 
fil  Thomas,  Cleric  of  Bakewell,  all  attested  before  the  same  wit- 
nesses, the  Lord  Thomas  of  Ensor,  the  Lord  Adam  de  Herthill,  Luke 
de  Beley,  Robert  of  Stanton,  Robert  fil  Ingram,  NLithew  de  Reyndon, 
Nicolas,  of  Over  Haddon  and  Henry  de  Hotot. 

The  first  Charter,  which  has  a  fine  seal,  is  of  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn, 
of  Kevelock,  to  NIatliew  fil  Cleric,  of  Bakewell,  of  a  bovate  in  Great 
Longston,  which  Thomas,  father  of  the  said  NLathew,  held  by  feoff- 
ment of  the  King  and  which  Wenuwyn,  his  father,  confiimed,  with 
turf  in  the  Moor  of  Longston,  and  other  Mores  in  Great  Longsdon, 
belonging  to  the  said  Mathew  in  Little  Longsdon.  The  third  Charter 
stated  that  Mathew  held  them  at  yd.  rent  and  service  at  his  Mill,  and 
the  paper  copy  states  that  the  turbaries  were  to  be  delved  and  the 
farres  to  be  plocked  in  the  said  Mores. 

There  can  be  little  doubt  but  that  this  bovate  in  Great  Longston 
was  the  same  which  Adam  fil  Peter  confirmed  to  \Vm.  fil  Mathew, 
out  of  his  fee,  but  it  is  difficult  to  understand  why  there  were  so  many 
Charters  respecting  it  and  why  they  all  remained  in  the  hands  of  the 
Longsdons.  Possibly  it  was  that  Griffin  found  that  he  was,  in  fact, 
trenching  upon  the  powers  of  others,  and  that  as  the  lands  were  of 
ancient  demesne  his  lordly  Charters  were  inoperative. 

Griftin  fil  Wenuwyn  granted  to  John  de  Holwell  land  in  Hulme 
and  Crakelow  Botham  and  Hallesworth,  next  lands  of  William  Rufus, 
at  6d.  rent. 

T.,  William  le  Wine,  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  William  de  Longsdon, 
Laurence  fil  Peter  de  Rydon,  Robert  de  Fetcham,  then  Sergeant, 
Henry  fil  Richard  and  John  de  Bancwell.  Seal,  a  lion  rampant  (the 
seal  of  the  Princes  of  Powis  and  Kings  of  South  Wales),  legend  S, 
Griffini  fil  Wenuwyn.     (Duke  of  Rutland's  Charter.) 

Wm.  de  Esseburn,  manens  in  Bancwell,  granted  to  Roger,  his 
eldest  son,  one  bov.  of  land  he  bought  of  Robeit  fil  Lewiiie,  and  half 
the  land  of  Fossington,  Helday,  Aylgard  and  Hulm,  which  he  bought 
of  Ralf  Gernon  (he  died  1247),  la.  in  Catclive  which  he  bought  of 
Wm.  le  Messenger,  and  la.  in  Alsyknol. 

T.,  Ralf  le  Wine,  Roger  de  Sceladin,  Mathew  Mercator,  Robt. 
Reindon,  Elias  Tinctor,  Jo.  le  Wyne,  Rich,  de  Keliston  Clic.  (Bel- 
voir  Chs.) 

This  grantor  was  no  doubt  ^Vm.  Coka)ne. 


tllE    LONGSTONES    AND    BE;;EWITES    OF    ASHFORLi.  341 

Win.  Aveiial  de  Haddon  (AdJii)  Avenal,  his  father,  Avicie,  his 
mother,  the  Bircheria,  which  Runs  de  Pec  nepos  me  (nephew  or 
grandson)  then  held. 

T.,  \Vm.  de  Starclive,  Hugo  Cap.,  Ricus  Clic,  Wulstanham 
Gervase  Avenel,  Serlo  de  Pleslie,  Wm.  Wautre,  Willo  fil  Herbert, 
Ric/i.  fil  Daniel  de  Edenstowe,  and  because  I  have  not  a  seal  I  use 
that  of  Rich.  Renald  Cap,  Wm.  de  Hester,  Alan  de  Ruston,  Robert 
fil  Widon. 

c.  John  or  early  Henry  III.  Hugo  de  Pec,  of  Chesterfield,  fil 
John  fil  Richard. 

Robert  de  Pecco  released  to  Mathew  de  Kniveton  his  righis  in  a 
croft  lying  between  the  croft  of  Ralf  Caps  and  John  Clic  on  the  south, 
and  the  toft  of  William  de  Yolgreve  on  the  noith  for  his  life. 

T.,  Henry  de  Esseburn,  Stephen  de  Iriton,  Rad  de  Kniveton, 
Rector  of  Brailsford,  William  Clic.    (Kniveton  Leiger  ) 

Luca  de  Beely  granted  to  Ranulf  de  Wakebridge  in  free  marriage 
with  Sarra  fil  Thomas  de  Pecco,  one  bovate  in  Chelmorden. 

T.,  Jord  de  Snitterton,  Thos.  de  Ensor,  Robert  de  Stanton,  Ad.  de 
Edensor,  Nic.  de  Ov.  Haddon,  Nic.  de  Wancliff,  Mathew,  of  the 
same,  John  de  Banewell. 

Luca  de  Beely  was  dead  in  36  Henry  IH. 

Nicolas,  son  of  Adam,  married  Sarra,  the  widow  of  William  Pincerna 
or  le  Wine,  of  Bakewell,  and  the  following  Charters  coupled  in   the 
Belvoir  Collection  give  evidence  that  Thomas,  the  Clerk,  of  Bakewell 
had  a  brother  Robert,  of  whom,  unless  he  vi-as  identical  with  Robert 
Faber,  nothing  is  known. 

Sarra  de  Meredine,  widow  of  Wm.  Pincerna,  granted  to  Lord  Ralf 
Cubberle,  Rector  of  Eyum,  one  acre  in  Esford. 

T.,  Willo  le  Wine,  Wm.  Clic,  Wm  de  Es^eburn,  Mathew  Mercator, 
Robt.  Child,  John  de  Holwell,  Robt.  de  Reyndon,  John  le  Brun,  Hy. 
fil  Hubert,  John  Clic. 

Attached  to  this  Charter  is  another  by  Robl.  /rater  Thomas  Clic,  of 
Bakewell,  to  Robert  Child,  a  culture  near  the  Bridge  of  Esford. 

T,  Wm.  Pincerne,  Mathew  de  Reyndon,  Hubert  Mercaior,  Wm. 
Cleric,  Roger  Castrei,  Rich  de  Syaledune  (?  Sheldon),  Hy.  Burgorn, 
Math.  Cap,  Thos.  fil  Letice,  Roger  Tinctor  (this  Charter  seems  to  be 
a  generation  earlier  than  the  other). 

29  Sept.— 13  Oct.  20  Henry  HL  Wm.  Parson,  of  Esseburn  Pit, 
Luke  de  Donstable  and  Lettice,  ux.,  and  Wm.  fil  Roger,  of  Esseburn, 


342  THt    LONGSTONtS    AND    IJKREWITES    OF    ASHFORa 

a  tofi,  fifty  two  acres  of  land  and  two  acres  mead  in  Peverwych,  and 
ten  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in  Ksscljurn. 

Maiilde  dc  Rulington  claimed  one  and  a  quarter  of  toft  in  Esscljum. 

Hast,  1243,  27  Henry  III.  Agnes,  daugliter  of  Ni--,  Plaintiff,  and 
Ak'x   dc   RsschiirP,  and  Lettice  ux.    messuage,  and  50a.  of  land  in 

Alsoppe 

Sarra  de  Meredine,  widow  of  William  le  Botiler,  10  Robt.  fil 
Matbcw  de  Reyndon.  T.,  John  de  Bakewell,  Clic.  (Haddon 
Charter.) 

Ilcnry  fil  John  de  Heyham  (of  Sarra  le  Wine,  begotten),  grant  of 
the  land  which  he  had  of  the  grant  of  Galf  de  (Alkanga)  Akally  and 
Rich.,  his  brother. 

T.,  Robt.  de  Reyndon,  Wm  Clic,  Roger  de  Essebuni,  Philip 
I'extor,  Gcrvase  de  Nottingham    Elias  Clic.     (Haddon  Charter.) 

This  Sarra  de  Meredine  was  evidently  the  wife  successively  of 
William  Pincerna  or  liotiler  and  of  Nicolas  fil  Adam,  of  Bakcwell, 
but  it  is  not  clear  that  she  was  the  mother  of  his  son  John,  the  Clerk, 
and  probably  not,  for  the  property  of  Nicolas  descended  to  his 
daughter,  and  his  wife  had  several  sons,  and  this  property  evidently 
went  to  Agnes  her  daughter. 

John  Clic  fil  Nic  de  Bakewell  to  Robert  de  Reydon,  half  an  acre 
which  Mathew  Mercator  held,  lying  under  Condey,  near  laud  of  Ralf 
le  Wyne,  in  Bakewell,  and  i6d.  rent,  which  Elie  Carpenter,  and  Hy. 
le  Roter  paid. 

T,,  Ralf  le  Wine,  Robt.,  his  brother,  Wm.  de  Esseburn,  Alan  de  Pick- 
worth,  Roger  de  Sheldon,  Hy.  Borton,  John  le  Wyne.  (Haddon 
Charter.) 

c.  Henry  III.  Ivo  Mercenarius  de  Bakewell  fil  Henry  de  Bor- 
ton to  Hugo  diet  Martin,  of  Tidesweil,  land  held  of  Wm.  le  Wyne, 
beyond  Herwycweye,  between  lands  of  Mathew  Mercator  and  Jo. 
Bissop,  land  near  Wytenwall ;  Robt.  Flindhurst,  near  land  of  John 
Cleric  fil  Nic  de  Bankwell,  Emma  fil  Alexandre  Eustace  fil  Sacerdote, 
Randel  Vereding,  Haredale,  between  lands  of  Edusa  de  Dagenhale 
and  Will,  de  Haledrin,  and  land  of  Sir  Richard  Vernon  (attainted). 

T.,  Sir  Robt.  de  Hertil,  Hy.  de  Taddington,  Thos.  Foljambe,  Rad. 
le  Wyne,  John  de  Holwell,  Wm  de  Esseburn,  Elias  Tinctor,  Mathew 
Mercator,  Gervase  de  Nottingham,  Hugh  de  Chesterfield  Clic. 

John  Clic  fil  Nic  de  Bakewell  granted  to  Loid  Ralf  de  Cubbale 
land  on  Odlam  Hill  and  Wythorm  Endecliff  "  for  which  I  bought"  of 


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Charter  of  William  de  Den.  of  Giva*  Longstone,  of  half  an  acre  of  Land  lying  in  the 
Crofteshead.  in  the  field  of  Lon^tsdon,  to  Robert  fil  Adam  de  Longsdon  of 
one  acre  of  Land  in  the  field  nf  Wardelow,  one  rood  of  Land  lying  at  Pigtor, 
one  rood  lying  on  Jliddlehill,  and  one  rood  on  the  Logradus,  and  one  half  acre 
lying  at  the  head  of  the  Till.,  and  one  half  acre  lying  on  the  Henbutts.  No 
date.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 

Note. — As  all  these  places  remain  in  the  possession  of  Mr  Wright  of  I  ongstone, 
there  can  be  little  doubt  that  Robert  fil  Adam  was  identical  with  Robert  le 
Wright. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEP.EWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  343 

Henry  Auketel,  one  rood  on  Alkedewell  and  Shoorlbrode,  and  land 
of  Peier  de  Foston. 

'1'.,  \Vm.  le  Wyiie,  Win.  de  Esseburn,  Mathew  Mercator,  Jo.  de 
Holewell,  Robt.  de  Reyndon,  Robeit  Cliild,  Henry  fil  Hubert,  Elia 
de  Pontefract,  Roger  Tinctor.     (Haddon  Charters  ) 

(Ralf  Cubbcle  attd.  Chaiicr  ul  Alice,  d.  of  Peter  Roland,  to  Wm. 

de  Verncn,  19-21  Henry  HI.,  three  deeds  of  John  fil  Nicolas  were 

sealed  with  a  gritifin.     Peter  fil  Wm.  de  Foston,  rele.  to  same  land 

near  Stocking.     Same  witnesses.     Mathew,  called  Mercenarius,  not 

Mercator). 

44  Edivaid  Hi.     .Ante  fest  Nativ.  Jo.  the  Baptist     Felicia,  dau.  of 

Jo.  le  Cleik,  of  Longsdon,  granted  to  Godfr.  de  Roland  land  which  be- 
longed to  John,  her  father,  of  Ashford,  Great  Longston,  and  Mornesale, 
and  Roland  T.,  Henry  de  la  Pole,  William  di  Aldredly,  John  de 
i^hirley,  Radulf  de  Baystowe.  Seal,  on  a  chief  three  crosses,  (?)  the 
middle  one,  and  three  trees,  (?)  (?)  a  religious  seal. 

3  Edward  II.  Cecelia,  Wo.  of  Nic  Fever il,  of  llassop,  release  of 
dower  to  Jo.  de  Calver. 

Peter  fil  Robt.  de  Hassop  (Peveri!)  last  witness  to  Charter  of  Nic 
Peveril  of  Hassop  to  John  de  Calver.     (Bel voir  Charters  ) 

Exchange  of  land  between  Wilii.^m  de  Den,  of  Longsdon,  and 
Robert  fil  Adam,  of  Longsdon,  of  land  at  Crofteshed,  in  Longsdon, 
for  land  in  Wardlow,  of  which  one  rood  lies  at  Pigtor  (the  Pe.Tk 
mountain),  one  rood  at  Middlehill,  one  rood  on  the  lowegrades, 
half  a  rood  at  the  head  of  the  village,  and  one  rood  at  Henbutts. 

T.,  Alan  de  Roland,  William  Vicar,  Richard  fil  William,  William 
fil  Adam,  and  Thomas  fil  Adam.     (Photograph  is  here  given.) 

This  Charter  may  be  dated  about  the  latter  part  of  Edward  IL,  in 
the  17th  year,  William  Rotur,  clerk  (no  doubt  William  Vicar  of 
that  Charter)  was  a  witness.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 

Nic  fil  Adam  de  Smerill  to  Wm.  fil  Milo  de  Gratton,  land  which 
Calf  de  Milo  formerly  held.  T.,  Rd.  de  Herthill,  Henry  de  Hottot, 
Robt.  de  Duckenfield,  Wm.  Avenel,  Adam  fil  Milo.  (Pegg  MS.  at 
Heralds'  College.) 

Margaret  fil  Hubert  de  Yolgrave  to  John  de  Smerill,  four  acres  in 
Smerill.  T  ,  Adam  de  Herthill,  Nicolas  de  Smerill,  Hy.  de  Hottot, 
William  de  Longsdon,  Fulcher  de  Ireton,  William  de  Hulton  Clic. 
(Belvoir  Charters.) 

Robt.  fil  Robt.  Coker,  of  Smerill,  granted  to  John  fil  Gilbert  de 


344  ■'"'■-    LONGSTONES   AND    BEREWITES   OF    ASHFOKD. 

ead  land  there.  T.,  Thomas  fil  Robt.  Foljambe,  Henry  de  Hottot, 
Wm.  de  Lo/igsdo/i,  Nicolas  de  Smerill,  William  fil  Milo  de  Middleton 
(Avenel)  John  fil  Adam  de  Smerill,  Robt.  de  Tideswell  Clic.  (Bel- 
voir  Charters.) 

33-5  Henry  III.  Ralf  fil  Ralf  Bugg  to  Wm.  fil  Ulpy,  land  in 
Bakewell.     '1'.,  Wm.  de  Longsdon. 

37  Henry  HI.  L?scia,  fila  Henry  de  Pavely,  Wo.  of  Wm.  de 
Fotslow,  granted  to  John  Clic,  of  Bakewell,  fil  Nic,  land  on  the 
banks  of  the  Wye,  at  End  Cliff.  T.,  Wm.  le  Wine,  Rad  Bugg,  Wm. 
Clic,  Wm.  de  Esseburn. 

Henry  Pavely  was  Henry  Peveril,  who,  apparently,  had  married 
a  lady  having  an  interest  in  that  property. 

10  Edward  I.  Math  fil  Robt.  dc  Preston  to  Thos.  Foljambe,  land 
in  Bakewell.  T.,  Ralf  le  Wine,  Robt.,  his  brother,  Gal.  Alkanger, 
Hy.  le  Wine. 

John  le  Wine  attd.  Charter  of  Ivo  Mercator.  He  was  probably 
ilie  son  of  Sarra  and  the  Clic.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

42  Henry  HI.  John  Clic  attd.  Charter  of  Roger  fil  Wm.  de 
Ksseburn. 

44  Henry  HI.     Wm.  le  Wine.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

John  le  Wine  and  Jo.  Clic  attd.  Charter  of  Robt.  fil  Alan,  of 
B.ikewell.      (Belvoir  Charters). 

Wm.  le  Wine  attd.  Charter  of  Grififin  fil  Wenuwyn,  with  Mathew 
Aukedon.     (Belvoir  Charters  ) 

Wm.  Pincerna,  Wm.  le  Wine,  Wm  Clic,  Wm.  de  Esseburn,  all 
attd.  the  same  Charter.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

It  may  be  a  mere  coincidence,  but  it  is  curious  to  find  that  a  family 
named  Levinge,  or  Levened,  bought  Parwich  from  one  of  the 
Cokaynes  about  the  latter  end  of  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  or  in 
James  I.,  probably  they  were  descendants  of  the  Leveneds. 

13th  Sept,  1611.  Richard  St.  George  certified  that  Thomas 
Levinge  was  entitled  to  bear,  as  his  ancestors  had  done.  Vert  a  chevron 
or,  and  in  chief  a  three  escallops  argent,  and  he  obtained  for  his 
crest  an  escallop  argent,  and  these  were  also  granted  to  Francis, 
Timothy,  and  William,  his  brothers,  which  are  very  much  like  the 
old  Wright  arms,  and  would  seem  to  be  derived  from  them,  or  from 
a  common  ancestor. 

This  family  followed  the  old  cleikly  profession  of  their  ancestors, 
if  indeed  they  descend  from  them,  and  they  were  very  distinguished 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BER(iWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  345 

lawyers,  one  of  them,  Sir  Richaid  Levinge,  Bait,  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Commons,  in  England,  and  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  the 
King's  Bench  in  Ireland.  Timothy  Levinge,  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Parwich,  great-great-grandfather  of  the  Speaker,  was  Member  for  the 
County  and  Recorder  of  Derby.  Little  seems  known  of  their  origin. 
Nicolas  and  Robert  Levin  were  assessed  at  Halhersage  6  and  13 
Henry  VHL  Timothy  was  the  son  of  Thomas,  who  married 
Margaret,  daughter  of  William  Freeman,  of  Boile  Hall,  Warwick,  who 
was  the  son  of  Walter  Levinge  by  Margaret  Longshaw,  of  Lancaster. 

43  Eliz.  John  Leving  was  Rector  of  Loughborough,  having  been 
presented  by  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  (see  page  19  of  this  volume). 

1625.  Thomas  Leving,  of  Parwich,  attd.  the  Will  of  Edward 
Browne,  of  Sturson  (see  page  97  of  this  volume). 

Theophilus  Browne,  of  Derby  (see  chap.  ii.  of  this  volume),  married 
the  great  grand-daughter  of  Thomas  Levinge,  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
just  mentioned. 

Philippa  fil  Win.  de  Yolgrave  confirmed  to  Henry  fil  Mathew  4d. 
and  one  obole  rent  in  Kniveton,  2d  of  which  Mathew  the  Church- 
man paid  for  land  held  of  him,  id.  by  Henry  de  Mapelton  and  id. 
and  one  obole  by  Gilbert  the  Miller. 

T.,  Roger  de  Bradburn,  Henry  and  Ran.  de  Alsop,  Roger  de 
Peverwiz  and  also  one  acre  in  Kniveton,  and  half  an  acre  lying  on  the 
Winnedon,  between  lands  of  Robert  fil  Robert  and  Henry  Heordman, 
abutting  on  the  Ridgway,  the  other  half  on  Grenewyndon. 

T.,  Henry  de  Mapelton,  Malhew  fil  Henry,  Henry  Heordman, 
Robert  fil  Robert  de  Kniveton,  Robert  de  Tideswell.  (Kniveton 
Leiger.) 

—  Year  of  Henry  fil  John.  Agreement  between  Mathe.v  de 
Longesdon  and  Cecilia,  Wo.  of  Jurdan  de  Offerton. 

Cecilia  confirmed  to  Mathew  the  land  which  Jurdan  and  Heverard 
formerly  held  in  Offerton  (Overton),  except  six  acres  at  Stord  (?), 
for  12  years,  and  if  she  is  unable  to  dig,  the  six  acres  thereof  bhall 
remain  to  the  said  Mathew  for  the  aforesaid  term.  Rent,  5s  a  )car 
to  the  Chief  Lord. 

T.,  Luca  de  Beleg  (dead  36  Henry  III  ),  Robert  de  Stanton,  Peter 
his  brother,  Jurdan  de  Rowleslie,  Nic  de  Stanclive,  William  de 
Chattesworth,  Elias  de  Thornhill,  Elias  de  Bamford,  Peter  de  Hurst, 
William  de  Heilow,  Nic  de  Paddelie,  Adam  de  Longesdon.  (Mr. 
Wright's  Charters.) 


3Jl'i  THE    I.ONGSTONES    AND    REREWITES   OF   ASHFORD. 

Staff,  and  Derby.  No.  i  (c.  John).  Thomas,  son  of  Richard, 
Senescal  of  Peak  (?  Pec),  (who  was  tliis,  Peak  records  do  not 
mention  him),  grant  to  Mathew  de  l.ongsdon,  two  cults  of  mead  in 
the  field  of  Little  Longstone,  under  Longeslowe,  in  the  Lordship  of 
Cote  Medensz  (wliere  is  this  ?),  with  an  acre  of  arable  land,  stretching 
to  the  road  from  Crosvey  (?),  wiih  a  sheep-fold  of  half  an  acre  under 
the  said  hill  of  Longeslowe,  in  exchange  for  seven  acres  in  the  field 
of  Hassop.  Rent  of  Longstone  land,  gd.  at  St.  Martin,  to  be  paid 
by  Thomas;  rent  of  Hassop  land,  3d.  at  Assumption,  /o  be  paid  by 
Mathew.  T.,  Serlo  de  ]3eleg,  Kt.  (10-18  John),  Adam  de  Ilerthill 
(attd.  a  Calver  Charter,  16  Jol)n),  Robl.  Parson  of  Hope,  Robt.  de 
Hope  (attd.  a  Brampton  Charter  with  Serlo  de  Beleg,  sd.),  Rich., 
son  of  Thomas  Parson,  of  Bakewell,  Math.  Parson.  (Mr.  Wright's 
Charters.) 

Woolly,  6667,  page  120,  and  Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters. 

Alice  fil  William  de  Pecco  granted  to  Robert  fil  William  Tirri  de 
Longford  a  bovate  of  land  in  Great  Longstone,  near  two  bovates 
which  her  father  held.     id.  rent,  and  i5d.,  at  two  terms. 

T.,  Richard  de  Herthili,  Kt,  Ad.  de  Stanton,  Mathew  de  Longsdon, 
Adam  fil  Peter,  Wm.  fil  Elie,  Wm.  le  Wine,  Peter  de  Lascy,  Nic  de 
Winfield,  Rich,  de  lleiiz,  Jo.  de  Bancwell. 

Thomas,  son  of  Robert  of  Little  Longstone,  granted  to  Mathew, 
son  of  Thomas  de  Bancwell,  horn,  and  serv  and  13d.  rent  of 
Richard,  son  of  Richard  de  Edensor,  and  of  Henry  Clodhour 
(?  Clothoman)  and  Alice  his  wife;  also  of  Matilde  Juliana  and 
(?j  Lescie  (sisters)  paid  for  one  bovate  and  one  croft  in 
Little  Longestone,  which  they  held  of  him.  Rent,  id.  (?)  If  they 
were  Matilde  Juliana  and  Lescie,  daughters  of  Agnes,  daughter 
of  Thos.  de  Ensor. 

T ,  Sir  Thos.  de  Edensor,  Adam  de  Edensor,  Luca  de  Beleg  (dead 
36  Henry  IH.),  Robt.  de  Stanton,  Andrew  de  Derley  (escheat  No.  61, 
II  Henry  III),  Peter  de  Stanton,  Wm.  Wine  de  Bank  well,  Mathew 
de  Raindon  (attd.  Gr.  fil  W.'s  Charter  to  Mathew  fil  Thos.),  Henry 
de  Calvoiir.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.)    Photograph  is  here  given. 

This  Cliaiter  is  also  a  great  puzzle.  Was  this  Thomas  de  Longesdon 
identical  with  the  Thomas  of  3  Edward  I.  and  of  the  Calver  Charter, 
or  with  either  of  them  ?  and  was  he  the  grandson  of  Wallheof  ?  If  so, 
it  would  seem  to  prove  that  the  Waltheof  family  were  overlords  of  the 
Longsdons  and  of  the  Leveneds.     The  description  of  ad  capud  ville 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES   or    ASHFORD.  347 

de  Longesdon  is  curious.  Henry,  father  of  Tliomas,  must  have  been 
the  grantee  of  Adam  fil  Peter  de  Longsdon,  wliich  was  clearly  of  a 
very  early  date,  because  Robert  Lascy  (or  Pevcril)  was  a  witness 
to  the  first  charter,  and  Peter,  his  son,  to  the  second,  so  that  the 
William  de  Longsdon,  father  of  this  Henry,  must  have  been  of  the 
time  of  King  John,  and  was  probably  the  son  of  Elias. 

William,  son  of  Thomas  de  Longsdon,  was  doubtless  son  of  the 
grantor,  and  he  may  have  been  the  progenitor  of  the  Wright  family, 
as  he  seems  to  have  been  their  ancestor,  for  this  smaller  property  at 
the  head  of  the  village  would  seem  to  be  identical  with  the  estate 
at  the  end  of  the  village  mentioned  in  the  Charter  of  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  John  Wright,  who  died  17  Henry  VIL,  and  in  other 
charters  of  the  family,  and  is  very  possibly  the  estate  surrendered  to 
Richard,  their  son,  by  Johanna,  the  widow  of  Henry  Wright,  in 
6  Edward  IV.,  in  which  her  eldest  son,  John,  who  no  doubt  then 
came  into  possession  of  the  chief  properly,  h.id  been  residing,  and 
which  was  probably  the  estate  granted  to  John  by  his  father  and 
mother  in  34  Henry  VL 

The  following  Charter  establishes  the  fact  that  at  the  date  of  it 
a  Ihomas  de  l,ongsdon  was  then  in  existence,  the  grantor,  'I'homas 
fil  Thomas  Foljimbe,  was  Bailiff  of  Peak  iS  I'.dward  L,  and  his 
nephews,  Thomas  the  Clerk,  of  Gratton,  William,  and  Henry,  the 
sons  of  his  brother  Roger,  were  all  Hving  in  the  time  of  Edward  L, 
so  that  it  may  safely  be  attributed  to  the  latter  part  of  Henry  UL, 
though  certainly  after  the  36th  of  th.it  King. 

Thomas  fil  Thomas  Foljambe,  with  the  consent  of  Catherine,  his 
wife,  confirmed  to  Thomas  fil  John  Fo'.jambe  a  messuage  in  Wormhill 
which  Hugo  Mockings  held  (this  was  Hugo  de  Morhagh,  who  was 
living  in  36  Henry  HI,  so  that  the  Charter  is  after  this  date),  and 
which  Thomas  Foljambe  had  with  his  wife  in  free  marriage. 

T.,  Wm.  de  Morton,  Gervase  de  Bernak  (Bailiff  of  Peak  40  Henry 
in.),  John  Daniel,  William  Hally,  William  Foljambe,  Thomas  de 
Longsdon,  Peter  de  Roland,  Thomas  fil  Roger  Foljambe,  Heniy  and 
William  his  brothers,  Hugo  Mason,  John  and  William  his  brothers, 
William  de  Stockport,  it  would  seem  that  if  this  Thomas  de  Longsdon 
was  not  the  son  of  Adam,  he  must  have  been  Thomas  fil  Robert 
de  Mornesale. 

There  is  but  little  evidence  respecting  Thomas  de  Longsdon, 
Cleric,   of   Bakewell,   excepting   that   possibly   he   attested  various 


34^  'J'HE    I.ONGSTOXF.S    AND    nEUEWIIES    Ol"    ASHl'oKD. 

Chailcis,  which  lie  would  Jo  if  he  were  a  clerk  or  a  lawyer.  Of  his 
tenure  of  land  there  is  but  little  proof,  excepting  that  his  son  had 
held  a  bovatc  of  land  in  Great  Longstone  of  the  fee  of  Adam  fil 
Peter,  which  had  descended  to  his  son  when  Grififin  fil  Wenuwyn 
ccnfirnied  his  rights  therein.  This  would  seem  to  have  been  a  very 
ancient  tenure,  since  Gritifin  admits  that  the  ancestors  of  Mathew 
held  it  of  his  own  ancestors,  and  before  that  date  of  the  King,  this  may 
mean  that  those  ancestors  were  the  ancestors  of  Adam  fil  Peter, 
unless  there  were  two  Mathews  and  two  Thomases  in  the  line  of 
succession.  Thomas  the  Clerk  seems  to  have  been  a  Verderer,  or 
Forester,  of  Peak,  for  in  36  Henry  III  Mathew  is  fined  for  not 
producing  the  Roll  of  his  father  (see  Vol  III.,  page  235,  of  this 
work).  But  there  ajjpears  to  be  no  evidence  that  he  ever  acted  in 
that  capacity,  and  it  would  rather  seem  that  Gerard  fil  Adam  was 
the  Forester  of  that  date  who  made  a  grant  to  Robert  le  Wright. 
Of  Maihew  liimself  there  are  but  few  Charters,  the  most  important 
of  those  which  he  attested  was  the  Charter  of  William,  Earl  of 
Derby,  to  Adam  I.ewine,  and  another  of  Robert,  son  of  this 
Adam,  and  again  to  that  of  Adam  fil  Mareath,  of  Cra  de  Wig- 
wall,  to  Adam  Lewine,  of  Wirksworth,  which  would  seem  to 
identify  the  family  of  Lewin  (or  Levenet)  with  that  of  Le  Wine,  of 
.■\shbourne,  who  are  also  known  under  the  names  of  Pincerna  and 
Botiler.  Thomas  the  Clerk  died  ante  36  Henry  III.,  and  Mathew 
fil  Thomas  was  dead  before  42  Henry  III.,  when  William,  his  son, 
had  succeeded  him. 

There  seems  to  be  great  confusion  between  the  Longsdons  of  the 
name  of  William  about  this  period  The  grandfather  of  Adam  fil 
Peter  was  of  the  name,  and  there  was  a  William  fil  William,  who 
resided  chiefly  at  Volgrave,  who  was  probably  a  son  of  William,  the 
grandfather  of  Adam,  by  Basilia,  his  wife,  who  seems  to  have  been 
a  relation  of  the  Herthill  family,  or  possibly  of  the  family  of  Avenel, 
of  Middleton,  a  younger  branch  of  the  Avenels  of  Haddon,  whom 
William  Briwere  had  evicted  for  the  Vernons  and  Bassets. 

William,  the  son  of  Elias  (the  grandfather  of  Adam  fil  Peter),  had 
a  grant,  probably  in  free  marriage,  from  Wm.  Avenel,  of  Middleton, 
of  one-quarter  the  rents  of  the  -Mill  of  Alport,  to  which  Mathew  de 
Longsdon  and  .Adam  fil  Peter  were  witnesses,  and  he  seems  to  have 
had  a  son  and  heir  named  Elias,  who  granted  l.ind  to  Wm  fil 
Mathew,  the  homage  and  rent  of  yd.,  which  was  the  portion  of  three 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFOKD.  349 

fisters,  of  r3d.  rent  divided  between  five  sisters,  who  were,  in  fact, 
tlie  daughters  and  coheiresses  of  Richard  fil  Levened,  one  of  whom 
was  the  wife  of  Rich  fil  Rich,  de  Ensor.     (Mr.  Longsdon's  Cliarters.) 

This  Charter  is  most  important,  since  it  proves  that  this  William 
fil  El  ins  was  the  head  of  the  family,  and  the  only  explanation  appears 
to  be  that  he  and  his  wife  Basilia  had  retired  to  the  Abbey  of  Rufford 
when  they  confirmed  Waltheof's  Charter,  and  that  he  was  still 
living,  although  he  had  given  up  his  property  to  his  son,  Peter,  and 
his  grandson,  Adam.  As  Richard  le  Ragged  was  the  first  witness 
of  this  Charter,  it  was  probably  of  the  41st  of  Henry  III.,  when  he 
was  bailiff. 

The  grants  of  land  made  to  William  fil  Elias  are  generally  undated, 
but  one  is  dated  29  Henry  III.,  which  was  attested  by  iMathew  de 
Longsdon.  These  Charters  show  that  Elias  had  sons  named  John 
and  Richard,  as  well  as  William,  or  it  may  be  that  they  were  grand- 
sons, for  it  is  clear  that  William  fil  Elias  had  also  other  sons  besides 
Peter,  his  heir;  in  fact,  there  were  so  many  younger  sons  that  it 
is  most  difificult  and  dangerous  to  attempt  to  affiliate  them,  and  the 
difficulty  is  greatly  increased  by  some  of  them  taking  local  names,  as 
de  Yolgrave,  de  Knyveton,  de  Hognaston,  and  probably  other  names. 
'I'hey  seem  to  have  discarded  the  name  of  I^evenet,  which  appears 
to  have  belonged  to  them  and  to  have  adopted  their  local  residences. 
It  is  very  difficult,  without  further  evidence,  to  suggest  the  name  of 
tlie  father  of  Robert  Wright  the  first  of  the  Longsdons  who  bore 
that  soubriquet,  although  it  seems  to  have  been  borne  by  several 
of  the  family  settled  at  Ashbourne,  Parwich,  and  other  places. 
We  know  positively  that  this  Robert  Wright  had  sons,  named  Henry 
and  Thomas,  the  latter  of  whom  probably  succeeded  to  the  inheritance. 
Their  Charters,  dated  4  and  24  Edward  III.  respectively,  described 
their  father,  apparently,  or  it  might  have  been,  themselves,  as  of 
Ashford,  but  we  know  from  these  Charters  that  the  Longstone  land 
they  disposed  of  came  to  them  by  inheritance  from  Robert,  their 
father,  and  the  Charter  of  Gerard  fil  Robert  of  the  same  date,  the 
4th  Edward  III,  shows  that  Robert  le  Wright  then  resided  at 
Longstone.  But  the  Subsidy  Rolls  of  only  three  years  earlier  give 
no  Wright  of  Great  Longstone,  although  the  Ashford  Subsidies 
include  the  name  of  Robert  de  Longsdon,  who  no  doubt  was  this 
Robert  le  Wright. 

We  know  but  little  of  the  sons  of  Ad.im  fil   Peter  except  their 


350  THE    LONGSTONES   AND    BEKEWllEs    OF    ASHFORD. 

names,  Robert.  Richard,  and  Nicolas,  and  it  may  be  that  Robert  le 
Wright  was  one  or  he  may  have  been  tlie  son  of  one  of  them, 
but  as  he  had  sons  of  full  age  in  4  Edward  III ,  it  is  probable 
tiiat  he  was  himself  the  son  of  Adam,  who  was  presumably  only  a 
young  man  in  40-2  Henry  III.  We  have  no  proof  of  his  living 
more  than  twelve  years  previously.  .All  that  can  be  positively 
asseited  is  that  Robert  le  Wright  is  found  in  the  family  inheritance 
when  we  first  hear  of  him,  and  that  the  collection  of  charters  which 
his  descendants  still  possess  do  not  show  any  evidence  of  his  position, 
nor  would  any  be  expected  if,  as  is  most  probable,  he  obtained 
possession  by  right  of  inheritance.  Of  Nicolas,  brother  of  Robert 
fil  .■\dam,  we  know  something.  He  married  a  lady,  Sarra  le  Wine, 
the  widow  of  William  de  Ashbourne,  who  certainly  left  a  son,  John, 
by  her  first  husband,  anu  others  by  her  third  husband,  who  was  a 
cleric  and  their  issue,  therefore,  illegitimate.  From  the  tine  cited  in 
the  action  of  36  Henry  HI.,  it  would  appear  that  she  was  a  relation 
of  Robeit  Levened 

The  fact  that  there  was  a  Thomas,  Lord  of  I.ongstone,  in  the  reign 
of  Henry  III.  is  clear  from  a  Charter  still  in  the  muniment  room 
of  .Mr.  Wright,  of  I.ongstone  Hall,  whirh  is  undated,  but  which 
must  have  been  made  after  the  40th  Henry  III.,  because  Adam  and 
Mathew  de  Longsdun  were  then  dead,  and  Richard  fil  Adam  and 
William  fil  Mathew  were  attesting  witnesses.  It  is  a  Charter  of  Ralf 
de  Calver,  confirming  to  Robert  de  Uarley,  then  dwelling  in  the 
village  of  Great  Longstone,  certain  property ;  it  was  attested  by 
Thomas,  Lord  (Dominus)  of  Longstone,  Richard  fil  Adam  de 
Longsdon,  John  de  la  Hall,  Hugo  Ingram,  Wm.  fil  Eustace  de 
Mornesale,  and  Wm.  fil  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  which  would  give  it 
a  rather  late  date.  The  position  of  Thomas  de  Longsdon  is  most 
impoTt*nt.  He  takes  precedence  of  the  sons  of  Adam  and  Mathew, 
an<J  he  may  have  signed  as  Lord  of  the  place  to  distinguish  himself 
from  that  other  Thomas  de  Longsdon,  descended  from  Waltheof,  who 
was  about  that  time  resident  in  the  village.  (Photograph  is  here  given.) 
It  is  better  to  consider  the  terms  of  this  Charter.  It  was  a  sale 
for  money  of  a  messuage  in  the  village  of  Great  Longstone,  adjoining 
the  messuage  of  John  de  la  Hall  on  the  West,  against  the  highway 
going  towards  Ashford,  containing  nine  rods  and  three  feet  in  length, 
and  three  rods  and  two  feet  in  breadth,  on  the  North,  and  two  rods 
and  thirteen  feet  on  the  South,  to  hold  to  him  and  to  whoever 
he  may  let  or  sell  it,  of  the  grantor,  at  a  rent  of  two  silver  pennies. 


Charter  of  Gerard  til  Adam,  of  Bakewell,  to  Robert  le  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone, 
of  a  Messuage  in  Great  Longstone.  Dated  Sunday  next  after  the  Feast  of 
the  Translation  of  St.  Thomas,  the  Martyr,  the  4tli  year  of  King  Edward  HI. 
(Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BKREWITES    OF    ASHFORU  35  I 

The  Calvers  were  great  people  in  Nottinghamshire  as  well  as  in 
Derbysiiire,  and  there  is  a  Charter  in  the  Haddon  collection  of 
Nicolas  fil  Adam  de  Longsdon  and  Sarra  !e  Wine,  his  wife,  to 
John  fil  Ralf  de  Calver.  They  were  settled  in  Bakewell  at  this 
period,  and  this  may  probably  account  for  their  presence  as  land- 
owners in  Longsdon.  Their  holding  was  again  evidently  of  an 
unimportant  character.  The  date  of  it  must  have  been  prior  to 
25  Ed.  I  ,  since  Nicolas  de  Longsdon  was  then  dead.  The  probabilities 
seem  to  be  that  Thomas  de  Longsdon,  the  juror  of  3  Edward  L  and 
the  witness  of  the  Calver  deed  (which  was  much  later  in  date)  was 
an  elder  brother  of  Nicholas,  who  signs  directly  after  him,  and  in  all 
probability  the  brother  or  the  father  of  Robert  Ic  Wright,  of  Long- 
stone,  of  a  generation  later. 

There  is  a  Charter  of  Margeria  fil  Roger  Cockayne,  of  the  34th 
Edward  I.,  to  Thomas  fil  Adam  de  Esseburn.  who  with  Godfrey  til 
Robert  had  deseized  John  Cokayne  This  was  probably  Thomas, 
Lord  of  Longstone,  who  at  that  time  was  perhaps  resident  in  .Ash- 
bourne, as  well  as  at  Longstone.  The  Lady  Margeria  married  Wni. 
fil  Mathew  de  Longstone,  and  she  appears  to  have  disposed  of  certain 
property  in  Parwich  in  favour  of  her  own  son,  Richard.  This  lady 
seems  to  have  been  identical  with  Margaret,  widow  of  AVm  de  Pec, 
who  obtained  a  grant  of  rents  sub  le  Mountain  of  Parwich  from 
John  fil  Matilde  de  Parwich,  which  was  attested  by  Roger  de  Dale, 
Robert  of  the  same,  Robert  de  (Gretton),  Win  de  Lee,  Thomas 
de  Aula.  This  Charter  still  remains  amongst  tiie  muniments  of  the 
Longsdons,  at  Little  Longstone. 

The  following  Charter  is  a  great  puzzle,  though  it  evidently 
emanates  from  the  same  parties  Margaret,  daughter  of  Roger 
Cokayne,  who  was  apparently  a  grand-daughter  of  Sarra  le  Wine, 
who  married  Nicolas  de  Bancwell,  would  seem  to  have  been 
succeeded  by  another  Nicolas  de  Bancwell  Clic,  possibly  hei   son. 

29  Edward  L  Margaret  le  Wine,  Wo  Nic  de  Bancwell  Clic, 
grant  to  Thomas  fil  Jo.  de  Bilston  Clic  land  in  Bakewell.  called 
Leche  Croft,  near  Baslow  Warre.  T.,  Hugo  ds  Calfour,  Ralf 
Bercario  de  Bakewell,  Gerard  Forrester,  Roger  Moke,  Robt.  de 
Walley,  AVm.  le  Grey.  Thos.  Fuller. 

The  most  interesting  part  in  this  Charter  is  the  attesting  witness, 
Gerard  the  Forrester,  who  was  probably  son  of  Adam  fil  Peter,  who 
made  a  grant  to  Robert  le  Wright. 

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352  THK    LONGSTONES    AND    IJEKKWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

There  is  anotlier  Charter  by  the  same  lady  in  the  collection  oi 
charters  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  at  Haddon  Hall,  which  are  in- 
valuable in  the  elucidation  of  Derbyshire  County  History,  but  they 
are  in  such  confusion  that  it  is  very  difficult  to  utilize  them,  and  it 
is  much  to  be  wished  that  the  Derbyshire  Charters  should  be 
separated  from  the  rest  and  properly  calendered  and  arranged. 
This  Charter,  No.  386  in  the  author's  collection,  is  by  Sarra  de 
Meredine,  widow  of  Wm  Pincerna,  to  Lord  Ralf  de  Cubberly, 
Rector  of  Eyam,  and  it  was  attested  by  Richard  de  Vernon,  Sir 
Richard  de  Herthilt,  Wm.  le  Wyne,  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  Ralf 
"Bugg,  Wm.  do  Esseburn,  John  de  Hollewell,  Robert  Child,  John 
Cleric. 

It  is  difficult  to  date  this  Charter;  John  Cleric,  who  attested,  was 
probably  only  a  lawyer,  and  his  date  covers  part  of  Henry  111. 
and  the  whole  of  Edward  I.,  unless  there  were  two  clerks  of  that 
name,  and  this  seems  probable,  John  of  Longstone  was  in  all 
probability  son  of  Nicolas  fil  Adam  (who  married  Sarra  le  Wine),  of 
Longstone.  It  appears  certain  that  he  was  the  son  of  Nicolas,  of 
Bakewell,  for  by  Charter  (Belvoir,  No.  585)  Peter  fil  Wm.  de  Fotslon 
granted  him  a  meadow  near  land  of  Mathew  le  Sureis,  to  which 
Win.  le  Wine,  Ralf  Bugij,  Wm.  Cleric,  Wm.  de  Esseburn,  Mathew 
Mercenarius,  Jo.  de  HoUvell,  John  de  Brana,  Tinctor  attested.  He 
attested  a  Charter  of  Wm.  fil  Robert  of  Leverich  (no  doubt  another' 
form  of  Levened)  of  Hognaston,  to  Peter  fil  Ralf  de  Gretton  of  half 
a  bovate  which  was  Engenulf's  (fil  Robert  de  Combridge).  He  was 
much  mixed  up  with  the  Fabers  —  he  himself  granted  land  to 
Robert  Faber,  of  F^sseburn  (255  Kniveton  Leiger),  in  the  time  of 
Sir  Robert  de  Esseburn  (c.  33  Henry  III  ),  and  he  attested  Roger 
fil  Robert  Faber's  Charter  to  Matthew  de  Kniveton  (No.  238  in 
their  Leiger),  and  he  also  attested  a  Charter  (No.  244  in  same)  by 
Wm.  de  Kniveton  (who  was  son  of  Wm.  de  Yolgrave — in  other 
words,  a  member  of  the  Longsdon  family)  of  some  lands,  and  later 
he  attested  a  Charter  of  Henry  fil  Quenilde  (or  Gunilde)  respecting 
some  lands,  and  he  himself  held  lands  of  William  de  Yolgrave 
(Longsdon). 

The  last  date  we  have  is  44  Edward  III.,  when  Felicia,  daughter 
of  John  le  Clerk,  of  Longstone,  granted  land  to  Godfrey  de  Roland 
which  belonged  to  John,  her  father,  in  Ashford,  Great  Longstone, 
Mornesaie;  and  Roland,  in  some  way.     This  Chattel  seems  to  relate 


IHE    l.ONGbTONES    AND    BEREWlTtS    OF    ASHFORD.  353 

to  a  couple  of  Charters  of  this  Godfrey  de  Roland,  one  of  2  Ed.  III. 
being  a  grant  from  John  de  Longsdon,  Parson  of  Alta  Rothing,  to 
him  of  an  annuity  of  ^20  out  of  Roland,  which  was  attested  by 
Sir  Godfrey  Foljambe  and  Godfrey  his  son,  and  the  other  dated  19 
Richard  II.,  by  which  Godfrey  de  Roland  granted  to  Roger,  his  son, 
his  lands  in  Longstone,  Roland,  and  Mornesale,  with  a  rent  of  ^20, 
wliich  he  had  of  the  gift  of  John  de  Longsdon. 

It  is  most  probable  that  John  the  Clerk  fil  Nicholas  of  Bakewell 
r>nd  Robert  Faber  were  both  members  of  the  Longsdon  family,  and 
it  is  tempting  to  identify  Robert  Faber  with  the  brother  of  Thomas 
the  Clerk  from  his  constant  intermeddling  with  Longstone  Charters, 
and  especially  when  it  is  found  that  the  Longsdons  themselves  adopted 
this  surname  of  Faber,  or  Wright.  It  would  seem  that  this  is  the 
most  probable  theory  to  be  adopted.  It  therefore  becomes  imperative 
to  consider  the  charters  we  possess  in  the  name  of  Faber.  It  is 
curious  that  this  name  is  rarely  found  in  legal  records,  chiefly,  pre- 
sumably, because  it  is  the  name  of  a  trade,  and  a  common  trade, 
and  therefore  easily  developed  into  a  surname. 

Margery,  widow  of  William,  son  of  Mathew  de  Longsdon,  grants 
to  Richard,  her  son  and  heir,  three  messuages  and  one  ferlingate  of 
land  and  tad.  rent  in  I'everwych,  and  three  acres  and  half  a  rood  in 
same,  of  which  two  messuages  lie  together,  below  le  clif,  between  the 
messuages  which  Sir  Roger  de  Bredburn  held,  a  messuage  which 
Robert  de  G'^etton  held,  and  one  messuage  lies  below  Healmesclif,  in 
same  village,  next  the  highway,  Roger  Elliot  formerly  held  it  of 
grantor.  The  Ferlingate  and  three  acres  and  half  a  rood  the  said 
Roger  Elliot  and  Thomas  de  Aula  formerly  held  of  grantor.  The 
I  2d.  rent  Thomas,  son  of  John,  used  to  pay  for  the  messuage  which 
he  held  of  grantor  in  Peverwych,  which  messuage  lies  between 
messuages  which  Roger  fil  Savon  held  and  the  rivulet.  T.,  Roger 
de  la  Dale  de  Peverwych,  Robt ,  his  son,  Henry,  son  of  John, 
of  same,  Robt.  de  Gretton,  of  same,  John  fil  Thomas,  of  same. 
(Mr.  Wilson's  Charters.) 

The  following  Charter,  among  Mr.  Longsdon's  Charters,  evidently 
relates  to  the  same  lady.  John  fil  Matilde  ae  Parwich  granted  to 
Margeria,  widow  of  Wm.  de  Pecco,  rents  of  her  messuages  under 
the  cliff.  T ,  Roger  de  Dale,  Robert  of  the  same  Robert,  Wm.  de 
Lee,  Thomas  de  Aula,  of  the  same.  • 


354  ""^    LOiSGSTONES    ANU    liEUKWlTBS    Ul'    ASIUOKD. 

20  Ileiiiy  III  Kicli.  ("lie,  of  InglclDii,  nnd  Isabella,  liis  wife,  to 
Will   fil  Elie  de  Pva.  Longsdon,  of  land  in  Mid  lleton. 

S:r  Barth.  Cap.  de  Yolgrave,  'I'hos  de  Edensor,  Jiirdan  de  Snitter- 
ton,  I.ucas  de  Beleg,  Robt.  de  Stanton,  Mat/i.  de  Longsdon,  Her.ry 
de  Hotot,  Adam  de  Edensor,  Simon  fil  Dean,  Jolm  de  Gratton 
Jolin  de  Bancwell.     (Hardwick  Charters  ) 

Wm.  Avenel,  of  Middleton,  grant  to  \Vm  fil  Klias  Clic,  of  Pva. 
Longstone,  rent  for  one  quarter  of  the  Mill  of  Alport.  '1'.,  Wm.  de 
Hotot,  Wm.  le  Wine,  Rad.  Bugge,  Mal/iew  de  Lonqsdoii,  Adam  fi 
Pettr  de  Livii^sdoii,  Thos.  fil  Robt.  (?  Mornesale),  John  de  Holwell. 
(Hardwick  Charters.) 

Robt.  fil  and  heir  Adam  de  Stanton  granted  to  Thomas  Foljambe, 
of  Gratlon,  land  m  Stanion.  '1'.,  IVm.  de  Longsdon  de  Yo/grare, 
John  fil  Elie.     (Hardwick  Charters.) 

IVm.  fil  Robt.  Avenel,  of  Middleton,  granted  to  Robt.  de  Yolgrave 
one  quarter  of  the  village  of  (Alport),  held  by  Heniy  de  Hotot,  with 
the  services  of  Elias  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon.  T.,  Wm.  Green,  Vicar 
of  Yolgrave.     (Haddon  Charters.) 

36  Henry  III.  A  fine.  Wni.  fil  Elias,  o(  Little  Longstone,  bought 
from  llavise  de  Huston  and  Matilde  his  wife  a  toft  and  2 id.  rent  in 
.\ldethorpe  and  Yolgrave. 

335  Henry  IH.  IVni.  de  Longsdon  attested  Ciiarter  of  Alan  de 
rochay  to  Rad.  Bugg,  rent  and  hom.  of  Jourdan  de  fCowIesley. 
(lielvoir  Charters.) 

IVilliam  de  I^ongsdon  in  Yolgrave  to  Rd.  de  Winfield,  land  in 
Stanton,  near  Matilde  de  Esseburn's,  and  Rd.  Dokenfield.  T.,  Henty 
de  Otot  de  Yolgrave,  Rd.  de  Dokenfield,  Wm.  fil  Wm.  de  Esseburn, 
Simon  Sele,  of  Alport,  Henry  fil  Robt.  de  Alport.   (Belvoir  Charters  ) 

Johanna,  widow  of  Robt.  de  Grym,  rele.  to  Rich,  de  Ridware,  of 
Middleton,  her  rights  of  dower  in  Yolgrave,  in  land  which  her 
husband  had  of  the  gift  of  Wm.  Grym,  his  father.  T.,  Thos.  de 
Gretton  Clic,  Richard,  Lord  of  Smerili,  Wm.  de  Longsdon  de  Yolgrave, 
Henry  de  Hotot  de  ead,  Thos.  de  Smerell,  Simon  Seel,  Robert  Clic. 
(No.  865,  Belvoir  Charters.) 

Robt.  Grym,  of  Yolgrave,  granted  to  Rich,  de  Ridware  three  acres 
in  Yolgrave.  T.,  Thomas  Foljambe,  of  Gratton,  Henry  de  Hotot, 
Willo.  de  I^ongsdon,  John  Elyes,  Rich.  Clic.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

Half  fil  and  heir  of  Henry  de  Longsdon,  of  Tunsted,  to  Elias  Clic, 
of  Bakewell.     T.,  Hugo  de  Wimpton,  Roger  de  Pickworth,  of  Bake- 


TUF    T.OXGSTONF.S    AND    BEIJtWITES    OV    ASHFORP.  355 

well.     (Valuable   proof  that   the    Wrights  of  Tunsted  were  also  of 
Longstone.) 

.^o  Edward  I.  A'd.  dc  Longadon,  of  Volgrave,  attd.  Charter  of  Wm 
fil  Milo,  of  Middleton.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

Rich,  fil  William  de  Longsdon  in  Volgrave,  granted  to  Robt.  Wardlow 
land  ill  Stanton.     Seal,  a  stag's  head,  with  horns.    (Belvoir  Charters.) 
Robert  fil  Adam  de  Stanton  lo  Adam,  his  son,  land  which  Walter 
de  Bosio,  formerly  held  in  Stanton.  - 

T.,  Rd.  de  Vernon,  Wm.  de  Mortain,  Roger  de  Ayncourt,  Ed.  de 
Hei thill,  Robert  de  Rsseburn,  Kt.,  Wm.  de  Hotoft,  JV///.  de  Longs lur... 
Peter  de  Stanton.     (Original  Charier,  II.,  No.  3,  Woolley.) 

12  Edward  I.  Wm.  de  l.ongsdon  attested  Charter  of  Rich,  de 
Bingham,  Kt.,  Robt.  de  Waddcley,  Ranulf  de  ^Vinshe,  Henry  dc 
Hoto. 

s.  d.  Wra.  de  Longsdon,  of  Volgrave,  and  Thos.  de  Longsdon 
attested  Charter  of  Robert  fil  Adam  de  Waddesley  to  Thos.  fil  Henij 
de  Stanton  Leys  land  which  Simon  de  Crumford  and  Wm.  de 
Esseburn  held. 

The  same  Wm.  de  Longsdon,  of  Volgrave,  attested  Charier  of 
Henry  fil  and  heir  Wm.  le  Carpenter,  of  Birchover,  to  Thos  fil 
Henry  de  Stanton  Lees. 

2  Edward  I.  Agnes  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon,  widow,  granted  to 
Simon  de  Hopton. 

Robt.  de  Volgrave  Clio  to  Wm.  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon,  his  interest 
in  the  land  of  Wm.  Avenel  of  Middleton,  the  dower  of  Dionisia, 
mother  of  Wm.,  the  services  of  Elias  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon  and  of 
all  natives,  and  the  tenement  bought  of  Beatrice  de  M'btun,  with 
the  services  of  Wm.,  father  of  Elias  de  Longsdon. 

17  Edward  L  Wm.  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon  to  Richard  de  Ridware, 
of  Middleton.     T.,  Robert  Clic,  of  Volgrave. 

22  Edward  I.  Nic.  Peveril  of  Hassop,  to  Roger,  his  son,  attd.  by 
Rich.  Foljambe,  then  Lord  of  Bercheles,  Wm.  de  Wardlow  and 
Nic,  his  brother,  Robt.  de  Wardlow. 

Beatrice  fil  Rd  de  M'ton  to  Robt  de  Volgrave  Clic.  Temp. 
Wm..\venel, services  of  Wm.  fil  Elie.of  ParvaLongstone,  in  Volgrave. 
Wm.  and  Thos  de  Longsdon  attd.  Charter  of  Robt.  de  Reyndon, 
of  Bakewell,  to  Rd.  fil  Thomas  Folj.imbe  land  in  Holm,  in  Bakewell. 
Elyas  fil  Wm  de  Longsdon  granted  to  Wm.  de  Longsdon  land  in 
Volgrave. 


3S6  IHK    I.ONGSIONES    AND    liEREWITliS    OF   ASHFORD 

Kobt.  fil  Alan  de  Longsdou  granted  to  Magr.  Rolieit  Avenel  and 
Dionisia,  his  mother,  remainder  to  Wm.,  her  son,  remainder  to  Nic,  his 
brother,  remainder  Henry,  brother  of  Robt ,  remainder  to  Rd.  fil 
Robert  de  Ridware. 

■i  I  Edward  I.  Robert,  Vicar  of  Yolgrave,  to  Richard  fil  Wm.  de 
Loiii(sdon,  formerly  dwelling  in  Yolgrave,  and  Alice,  his  wife,  a 
ir.cssuage  in  Yolgrave,  which  Wm.,  his  father,  formerly  held,  and 
ten  acies  in  Herthill,  lands  in  Staunton  and  Middleton.  T.,  Wm. 
Foljambe,  of  Gratton.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

Rich,  fil  Wm.  de  Longsdon  granted  some  land  to  Simon,  son  of 

said  Wm. 

Gilbert  de  Longsdon  uttd.  a  Charter  of  Henry  de  Hottot  to  John 
de  Ikadburn,  in  free  m.  with  Alice,  his  daughter. 

Wm.  de  Longsdon  and  Adam  fil  Peter,  of  Pva  Roulesly,  attested 
Charter  of  Robt.  fil  Wm.,  of  Stanton  Leys  to  Rich,  de  Vernon. 

30  Henry  HL.  atld.  Charter  of  Rich.  Vernon  and  Jurdan  de 

Roulesley  with   Henry  de  Derley. 
335  Henry  HI.,  attd.  Charter  of  Thos.  Abbot,  of  Chester,  to 

Itad  fil  Rad  Bugg.  of  Nottingham. 
With   Mathew  and   Adam  attd.   Charter  of  Wm.  Gernon    to 
Rd.  Vernon. 
Math,  dc  Longsdon  attd.  (.'barter  of  Math,  de  Reyndon  to  Robt, 
his  son,  and  Wm.,  his  son. 

Peter  fil  Robt.  de  Lasey,  of  Hassop,  to  Eustace  de  Stafford. 
And  one  to  Roger  fil  Rd.  de  Stafford. 
Mile  de  Warwick  to  John  de  Smerhill,  half  house  and  10  acres  of 
land  in  Smerell,  of  which  he  was  enfeoffed  by  Robt   Bober. 

T.,  Wm.  Longford,  Adam  Herthill,  Henry  de  Hotot,  William  d( 
Longsdon,  of  Smerell,  Wm.  Coiborn,  cap.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

Rich.  jU  Wm.  de  Longsdon  (?  son  of  Wm.  fil  Math.)  and  Margaret 
(see  Mr.  Wilson's  deed),  to  Richard,  then  Vicar  of  Yolgrave,  his 
messuage  in  Yolgrave  and  in  the  field  of  Herthill,  which  Henry 
Coiborn  formerly  held. 

T.,  Thomas  Eoljambe  de  Gratton,  Henry  le  Hotot,  Jo.  fil  Elie 
DE  Longsdon,  Nic.  de  Snicrill,  Rit  h.  Ridware.     (Belvoir  Chaiters.) 
19  Edward  L     Heniy  de   Hotot,  manens  in  Yolgrave,  granted  to 
Richard  de  IJidware,  manens  m    Middleton,  two  tofts  in  Yolgrave, 
which  Hubert  formerly  held. 

T.,   Richard,  N'icar  of  Yolgrave,    /'<>.  fil  Elie  de  Longsdon,   Rich. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES   OF   ASHFORD.  357 

fil   Wm.   de  Longsdon,  Kich.    fil   Adam    de   Stanton,    Robert    Clic 
(Bel voir  Charters.) 

Lichfield  Record,  12  Edward  III.  Longdon  Major,  Richard 
Faber. 

20  Edward  III.  Thos.  fil  Nich.  de  Ridware  released  to  Godfr. 
Foljambe  the  lands  which  he  had  of  the  gift  of  Johanna  de  Ridware, 
his  mother,  in  Great  Longstone. 

2  Richard  II  yohn  fil  'jFohn  del  Dene  de  Longsdon  released  to 
Rd.  Buderth,  of  Bakewell. 

10  Richard  II.  denies  de  Longsdon  and  Johanna  his  wife  granted 
to  Gilbert  de  Walsh,  at  Roulesley,  toft  there. 

T.,  Jo.  fil  Wm.  de  Roulesley,  Thos.  de  Colley,  Rich,  fil  Philip, 
Richard  Burgone,  Rad  de  Barston.     (Belvoir  Charters.) 

Clement  de  Longsdon  is  given  in  the  Pole  Tax  for  4  Richard  II. 
for  the  parish  of  Tideswell.  He  was  no  doubt  the  ancestor  of  the 
present  family  of  Longsdon,  of  Little  Longstone. 

S.d.  Ralf  de  Calvoure,  dwelling  in  Wardlow,  confirmed  to  Robert 
de  Darley,  dwelling  in  Great  Longstone,  a  messuage  in  Longstone, 
adjoining  the  mansion  of  John  de  la  Hall  on  the  East,  adjoining  the 
highway  to  Ashford,  containing  nine  roods  and  three  perches  (pedes) 
in  length  and  three  roods  and  two  perches  in  breadth  on  the  North, 
and  two  roods  and  thirteen  perches  on  the  West,  in  fee,  at  two  silver 
pennies  rent. 

T.,  Thomas,  Dominus  de  Longsdon,  Richard  fil  Adam  de  Longsdon, 
John  de  la  Halle,  Hugo  Ingram,  Wm.  fil  Eustace  de  Mornesale, 
Wm.  fil  Mathew  de  Longsdon.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 

28th  Nov.,  12  Edward  II.  The  Lord  Martin  de  Wirksworth, 
Chaplain,  granted  and  confirmed  to  John  fil  Alan  de  Roland  a 
messuage  which  he  had  of  the  gift  of  Agneta  de  Derley,  in  fee,  at 
twopence  rent. 

T.,  Richard  Forester,  of  Great  Longstone,  Richard  Foljambe,  of 
Little  Longstone,  John  fil  William  de  Aula,  of  the  same,  Henry  de 
Roland,  Wm.  de  Roland,  Juhn  de  Wynchfield  (?)  Clic,  Robert  in 
the  Dale  Clic.     (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 

Subsidy  for  Longstone,  i  Edward  III.,  contains  only  the  names  of 
Hugh  Wardlowe,  Thomas  fil  Wm  ,  John  fil  Nicolas,  Wm.  atte  Vicars, 
Philip  fil  Wm.,  Alan  de  Rowland,  and  Wm.  de  Rowland. 

Easter,  24  Edward  III.  Henry  Selveyn  (Savage,  or  Forester),  of 
Great  Longstone,  granted  and  confirmed  to  Richard  Smyth,  of  Great 


35^  TIIK    LONGbXfJM'.S    AND    UliRtWIlKS    tl     ASIK'OKH 

Longstone,  a  house  in   Longstone  called  the  'leighharn,  which  he 
had  of  the  grant  of  riiomas  fil  Robert  le  Wjjght,  of  Ashford. 

v.,  John  Foljaiiibe.  of  Longstone,  Wm.  alte  Hall,  Rich.  Iveson  de 
.\[orneshale,  Robert  Hervy  of  Longstone.    (Mr.  Wright's  Charters.) 

33  Edward  lU.     Thomas  de  Barwas  and  Agnes,  daughter  of  Wm. 
Wright,  confirm  to  Henry  fil  Raif  de  Tideswell,  a  messuage  there. 
T.,  Jo.  Foljambe,  Robert  de  Htthcoie,  and  others. 
Fine,  3  Richard  II.     Jolui  ie  Smyth,  of  Tydcswell,  Cap,  and  Nic. 
Martin,  Cap.,  for  loo  marcs,  granted  to  John  le  Wright,  of  Kyam, 
and  Johanna,  his  wife,  a  messuage  and  one  bovate  of  land  in  Eyani. 
The  following  extracts  are  from  the  Peak  Hundred  Rolls  : — 
13  Edward  I.     'I'lios   fil  Nic,  of  Moneyash. 

Wm.  le  Wynn,  of  Afo/ityas/i,  Court  held  at  Ashford,  was  fined, 
bail,  Wm.  de  Hall. 
•    Hassoi).     Wm.  I'ck. 
Henry  IV.     Ashford.      Rich.  Dicken. 

Tunsted.     Jo.  Wright 
?o  Henry  VI.     Edensor  and   Pillesley.     Jo.    M'puU,    fr.  pi.,    Galf 
Hayward,   Wm.,    Hekedon,    Roger   Cok    presented    Rog 
EUeson,  Robt.  Slater,  Jo.  Cook. 
Longstone   and   Litton.     Roger  Burton,    Robert    Kinder,   Jo. 
Russheton,  and  Rich.  Moinesale,  fr.  pi. 
Jurors  at  Court  held  at  Longstone.    Rich.  Longsdon,  Rd.  Sterndale, 
Robt.  \\  allowe,  Wm.  Hethcote,  of  Sterndale,  Roger  Dale,  Jo.  Aleyn, 
Jo.  Selwyn,  Thomas  Asheton,  Wm.   Wilcoxson,   Wm.   Lye.=,    Kobert 
Gregory,  Wm.  Natham. 

23   Henry  VI.     A  Wapentake  held  at  Longstone.     Wm.   Shawe, 
Koger  Howe,  took  land  ;  Jo.  Heydcn,  Deputy  for  Wm.  de  la  Pole, 
Kail  of  Suffolk,  and  Thos.  Tudenham,  Kt.,  Chief  Senescals  for  the 
Duchy. 
30    Henry    VI.      Ensor   and    Pillesley.      Jo.    Penistone,    Rich. 
Skingleshurst,  Roger  Holmes,  and  John  Merepull,  fr  pi. 
Longstone   and    Litton.      Robt.    Kynder,    Jo.    Barton,    Robt. 
Waterhouse,  and  Robt.  Torre. 
10   Edward   IV.      For   Litton,    Longstone,   and    Mornesale.      Jo. 
Barton,  Nich.  Chan,  Henry  Dean,  Edmund  Heton,  were  frank  pledges  ; 
they   presented   Jo    Standon   for   an  affray  on   Jo.    Tattersall,    Wm. 
Milne,  and  Wni.  Hetherley,  fr.  pi. 

12   Edward   IV.      Litton,   Longstone,  and   Mornesale.      Present, 


THE    I.ONGSTONFS    AND    liEULWlIRS    OF    ASHl'OKD.  359 

Phil.   Leech,   lisq.,   Jo.    Tonsted,   Ralf   Quarrier,    Robt.    Litton,  the 

heirs  of  Thos.  Litton,  Robt.  and  Jo.  Blackwell,  junr  ,  'I'hos.  Redeman. 

At  Rowland.     The  Lady  Margaret  Staftbrd,  free  tenant. 

23  Henry  VIL  Rd.  ^L1rple  fined  for  enclosing  ground  at  Tolshill  : 
he  was  also  presented  for  default  of  Court. 

4  Henry  IV.  Bill  in  Chancery.  Godfrey  Rowland,  "  a  poor  and 
simple  esquire,"  complained  that  Sir  Thos.  de  Wednesley,  John  Dene, 
Vicar  of  Hope,  with  John  Shaw,  Rich.  Hunt,  Reynold  Wombwell, 
John  de  Swinscoe,  and  Jo.,  his  son,  with  many  others,  armed  for 
war,  on  Monday,  the  day  before  the  Feast  of  the  Translation  of  Sir 
John  de  Beverley,  on  the  23rd  Richard  11.,  came  like  felons  to  the 
house  of  complainant  in  Little  Longstone  and  broke  (debruserent) 
the  said  house,  with  force  and  arms,  and  spoiled  his  goods  and 
chattels,  living  and  dead,  of  the  value  of  200  marcs,  taken  and 
carried  away,  etc.,  and  imprisoned  him,  the  said  Godfrey  Roland. 

There  appears  to  be  no  Longstone  (!harters  after  that  of  the 
24111  Edward  HL  until  one  of  the  date  of  3  Henty  VL,  and  there 
would  be  no  information  respecting  this  period  were  it  not  fur  the 
Rolls  of  Agincourt  (Vol.  H.,  p.  141),  which  show  that  John  Wright 
was  then  in  the  retinue  of  Philip  Leech.  He  was  possibly  identical 
with  the  Bailiff  of  Bakewell  who  attested  Henry  Wright's  Charter. 

7  Henry  VI.  John  Wright  attested  a  Haddon  Charter,  and  is 
mentioned  as  Bailiff  of  Bakewell  in  i  and  9  Henry  \T.  (Haddon 
Charters.) 

Henry  Wright  held  a  tenement  in  Bakewell  in  17  ilcniy  VL,  and- 
was  Bailiff  there  19  Henry  VL 

14  Edward  IV.  Roger  was  son  and  heir  of  J-).  Wright,  of  liake- 
well  (Haddon  Charters).  He  was  probably  a  cousin  of  Heniy  Wright, 
or  it  may  be  that  the  Bakcw.U  Bailiff  was  another  branch  of  ihe 
family.  In  the  absence  of  Bakewell  Rolls  it  is  very  diftic  uU  and 
fjven  dangerous  to  speculate. 

6  Henry  VI.  Henry  LoiigsJo/i,  of  Longstone,  granted  to  William 
Woodrove,  of  Hope,  his  lands  in  Tideswell  of  the  inheritance  of  Eliz 
fil  and  heiress  of  Henry  Dawson,  of  Tideswell,  and  certain  rights  in 
lands  which  he  had  recovered,  with  William  del  Hall,  Dionisia,  his 
wife,  Beatrice  Eyre,  \\m.  Plumley,  Agnes,  widow  Thos.  Dycher,  Wm. 
Pigott,  Thos.  Jardanthorpe,  Agnes  ux.  Robt.  Bower,  and  Jo.  Bowcr. 
T.,  John  Schackerly. 

1 2th  Aug.,  22  Edward  IV.      Robt.  Schagwrley,  gentleman,  Robert 


•^60  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BERFWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

Longsdon,  of  Little  I.ongstone,  Yoinaii,  John  Wright,  Henry  North, 
of  Great  Longstone,  Roger  Tomlinsoii,  Jo.  Plait,  Henry  Wright  ye 
younger,  Thos.  Mornesale,  Roger  Rutler,  Wm.  James,  Barthw,  Child, 
and  Roger  Lee,  of  the  town. 

6th  Aug  ,  2  2  Edward  IV.  Deed  of  Thos.  Hodkinson,  of  Wardlow, 
the  younger,  a  messuage  and  eight  acres  of  land  in  Wardlow  which 
Richard  Hodgkinson,  father  of  the  said  Thomas,  bought  of  Henry 
White. 

Copy  ot  Charters  from  the  Woolly  Collection.  Additional  MS., 
6673  and  6697,  original  lost. 

3  Henry  VL  Henry  and  Johanna  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone, 
gave  to  Elizabeth  de  Trafford  (?  Stafford)  and  Edmund  de  Trafford, 
son  of  Elizabeth,  all  their  lands  and  tenements  in  Great  Longstone 
for  their  lives,  with  remainder  to  the  right  heirs  of  William  Dean, 
of  Great  Longstone. 

T.,  Roger  de  Spofford  Capel,  John  Wright,  Bailiff  of  Bakewell, 
Henry  de  Longsdon. 

This  Charter  is  unfortunately  lost,  and  it  is  difficult  to  understand 
the  meaning  of  it.  It  was  evidently  a  family  arrangement.  Johanna 
Wright,  from  her  Will,  was  probably  a  Stafford,  for  she  calls  Richard 
Stafford  her  brother.  It  is  probable  that  the  WooUys,  who  apparently 
read  old  charters  very  carelessly,  made  a  mistake  in  naming  the 
grantees  of  the  deed  of  3  Henry  VI.  as  Traffords.  Why  Wm.  de 
Dean  should  ultimately  succeed  to  the  inheritance  is  also  a  puzzle. 
He  was  probably  allied  to  the  Wrights  through  Wm.  de  Dean,  who 
conveyed  property  to  them  a  hundred  years  previously.  This  name, 
Dean,  or  Deacon,  being  probably  borne  by  some  members  of  the 
family  through  their  connection  with  the  Deanery  of  Bakewell. 
John  Wright,  the  Bailiff  of  Bakewell,  who  attested  this  Charter,  was 
probably  the  father  of  Henry,  so  that  the  property  then  held  by 
Henry  was  probably  of  a  small  amount.  The  next  deed,  dated  the 
6th  Aug,  34  Henry  VI.,  was  doubtless  made  of  the  property  which 
had  by  that  time  descended  to  him,  and  which  would  be  settled  in 
due  course  upon  his  son  and  heir. 

By  this  Charter  Henry  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone,  and  Jonett 
his  wife  gave  to  John,  their  son,  all  the  lands  and  tenements  which 
they  possessed  to  remain  to  him  in  tail. 

T.,  Geoffry  Bagshaw,  Vicar  of  Glossop,  Raufe  Sheldon,  Richard 
Longsdon,  Hud.  Gybornson,  John  Woodroff. 


THE   LONGSTONES   AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASIIFORD.  jd  I 

Henry  Wright  died  at  or  before  the  6th  Edward  IV.,  for  on 
the  Saturday  next  after  the  Feast  of  the  Assumption  in  that  year, 
lohanna,  his  widow,  surrendered  a  messuage  at  the  end  (ad  fine') 
of  the  village  of  Great  Longstone  (in  which  John,  her  son,  then 
dwelt),  with  an  orchard  and  one  bovate  of  land  adjoining,  called 
Grene  Sert,  to  Richard,  her  son,  in  tail. 

There  appears  to  be  no  explanation  of  the  Charter  of  the  3rd  Henry 
VI.  to  Klizabeth  de  Trafford.  By  that  deed  the  Wrights  appear  to  dis- 
possess themselves  of  all  their  property,  yet  presumably  they  are  the 
parties  to  the  deed  of  the  34th  Henry  VI.,  when  they  entail  all  their 
estates  upon  their  eldest  son  and  heir,  John.  It  is  possible,  of  course, 
that  the  first  deed  was  only  a  blind,  to  prevent  a  forfeiture,  since,  as  they 
were  archers,  they  must  have  been  involved  in  some  of  the  troubles 
of  that  period;  or  they  may  have  subsequently  come  into  other 
property  through  Johanna  Stafford.  This  is  further  complicated  by 
the  fact  that  Thomas  fil  John  Wright  was  the  holder  of  the  estates 
according  to  the  Duchy  rental  (see  page  334  of  Vol.  III.,  Sec.  6). 
This  roll  may  be  safely  dated  as  between  the  6th  and  the  loth 
Henry  VI.,  by  the  entry  in  the  first  roll,  which  is  not  clearly  dated. 
At  page  491  (Vol.  I.,  Sec.  2),  Edward  Foljiam  is  given  as  holding 
the  Manor  of  Elton,  in  the  Peak,  for  half  a  fee,  and  at  page  501, 
which  was  clearly  an  Inquest  of  Knight's  Fees  of  the  loth  Henry  VI., 
Roger  Foljambe,  son  of  Sir  Edward,  then  held  Elton.  There  appears 
to  be  no  Inquisition,  p.m.,  of  Edward  Foljambe,  who  was  a  dis- 
tinguished man,  a  knight  who  fought  at  Agincourt  with  John  Wright. 

In  3  Henry  Vf.,  Sir  Edward  Foljambe  released  to  John  Wright 
his  rights  in  land  in  Bakewell,  formerly  John  Hanser's  and  Alice  his 
wife's,  and  which  he  had  of  the  feoffment  of  Henry  de  Bothe  and 
William  Pyrton  (Belvoir  Charters,  No.  573),  absolute  proof  that 
John  was  then  living,  and  this  roll  shows  that  in  6  Henry  VI.,  he  was 
then  dead,  and  that  Thomas  Wright,  his  son,  was  then  living  at 
Longstone.  Thomas  Wright  was  probably  brother  and  heir  of  Roger, 
of  19  Edward  IV. 

Woolly  Charters  give  the  following— the  originals  are  still  at  Little 

Longstone. 

In  6  Henry  VI.,  Feast  of  St.  Matthew  the  Apostle,  John  Andrew 
Capel  granted  to  John  Columbel,  of  Stancliff,  Rad  Leech,  Wm. 
Woodrove,  and  Robert  Woodrove,  land  which  he  had  of  the  grant 
of  Henry  Longsdon,  of  Longstone. 


362  THE    LONOSTONES    AND    liRRKWdES    OF   ASHFORD. 

T.,  John  Scharesly,  John  (?)  Ragg,  and  John  Clementson. 

8  Henry  VI.  Ralf  Leech,  Rsq ,  John  CoUimbel.  of  Stancliff, 
and  Robert  Woodrove,  of  Woriuhill,  reciting  the  last  deed,  granted 
the  lands  to  Richard,  son  of  the  said  [lenry  Longsdon. 

These  deeds  were  seen  by  Mr.  John  Sleigh,  and  are  the  conv 
niencement  of  his  pedigree  in  ihu  Keliqnary.  I'hey  are  still  in 
Mr.  I.ongsdon's  possession. 

10  Henry  VI.  Richard  Longsdon  was  assessed  for  Subsidy  for 
Little  Longstone. 

11  Henry  VL  Henry  de  Longsdon  granted  land  in  Great  Long 
stone  to  .^gnes  his  wife  which  descended  to  him  from  his  father  (not 
named). 

21  Henry  VI.     Richard  Longsdon.     (fJelvoir  Charters  ) 

The  Poll  Tax  of  4  Ricard  II.  (1381)  does  not  take  in  Longstone, 
unless,  as  it  is  most  probable,  it  comes  in  under  lideswell.  In  that 
assessment  there  is  the  name  of  John  Wright  and  his  wife,  and  also 
of  Clement  Longsdon,  who  was  clearly  the  owner  at  that  period  of 
Little  Longstone.  It  was  in  1351  that  the  last  notice  of  Thomas, 
son  of  Jo.  Wright,  appears.  He  may  have  been  the  father  of  John 
Wright  of  1381,  who,  if  he  was  then  only  a  young  man,  might  have 
fought  at  Agincourt,  or  there  may  have  been  an  intervening  John 
Wright. 

']"he  year  3  Henry  VL,  in  which  John  Wright  obtained  a  release 
from  Edward  Foljambe,  is  the  very  year  in  wliich  Henry  Wright 
conveyed  his  land  to  the  Traffjrds,  and  if  he  did  convey  all  his 
estates,  his  father  must  have  died  that  very  year,  so  that  no  Wright 
appears  in  the  Subsidy  of  10  Henry  VL  Probably  he  had  obtained 
his  pardon  for  iiis  political  offences  before  the  3  \\.h  year  of  that  King. 

1471.  Will  of  John  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone,  mentions  his 
sons,  Richard  and  John. 

Feast  of  St.  Uionis,  5  Henry  VII.  John  Wright,  of  Longstone, 
and  Johanna,  his  wife,  g- anted  to  Henry  Wright,  their  son,  all  their 
lands  and  goods  in  Great  Longstone  e.xcept  20  sheep,  13  hoggs,  on 
condition  that  Henry  foimd  tiiem  in  bed  and  board  competent  for 
their  lives. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  A.I).  147  r,  upon  the  Saturday  before 
the  Feast  of  St.  Michael  the  Arch.  I,  Johanna  Wryght,  late  wife  of 
Henry  Wryght,  sound  in  mind,  ahhough  sick  in  body,  build  my 
testament  in  this  manner.     First,   I    leave  my  soul   to  the  Almighty 


THE    IONGSTO^Eii    AND    UF.R  aUU  tii    OF    AhHFOKD.  363 

God  and  Saiiu  ALiry  and  all  the  Saints.  Item,  I  leave  my  body  to 
be  buried  in  the  Church  of  St  Giles  of  Longuston.  Item,  I  leave 
for  my  mortuary  my  best  beast,  as  is  customary.  Item,  I  leave  in 
oblations  for  the  health  of  my  soul  sufficient.  Item,  I  leave  wax  to  be 
burned  around  my  budy  sufficient.  Item,  I  leave  to  the  Church 
at  Longuston  two  ewes.  Item,  to  Alice  Platts  my  best  gown  (toga) 
and  one  red  bonnet  (boneta  lubia)  Item,  to  the  three  sons  of 
Wni.  Platts,  to  each  of  them  a  lamb.  Item,  to  Isabella  Gwythe 
(White)  a  russet  gown  (toga  elbida),  one  crimson  petticoat  (tunica 
blodii),  and  one  red  hood  (capic'm  rubia).  Item,  to  Matilda 
Leu'  one  gown  (toga)  and  one  red  petticoat  (tunica).  To  John 
(Koland)  two  measures  of  oats  and  one  of  barley.  To  Alice  Leu' 
a  cruise  (lichetu)  and  two  little  pigs;  also  I  leave  to  the  said  Alice 
and  Wra.  CJwythe,  a  hog;  also  to  the  two  daughters  of  John  Wright, 
to  each  of  them  a  lamb ;  also  to  Agnes  Leu'  a  calf,  a  ewe,  and  a  lamb ; 
also  to  Alice  Leu' two  candlesticks,  one  bodice,  and  an  overcloak  ; 
also  to  James  Wright  two  rams;  to  John  Tuson  a  measure  (batu) 
of  oats;  to  John  Leu'  a  sheep  and  a  measure  of  oats;  to  Alice  Leu' 
a  little  brass  pot  (olla  erria) ;  to  Alice  Leu'  a  little  dish  (patella) ; 
to  my  brother  Staffart,  4d. ;  to  St.  RLaria's,  Coventry,  4d. ;  to  St. 
Cedde,  4d. ;  to  the  Chnrcli  of  liaslow,  lad  ;  to  Sir  Robert  More 
(ihe  parson),  i2d.  ;  to  John  Wiyght,  my  son,  one  heifer  for  keeping 
up  my  obit,  and  my  husband's  annually ;  also  to  the  said  John  Wryght 
a  pair  of  paternosters  (candlesticks)  with  silver  beads  or  ornaments 
(gauds).  Item,  to  Richard,  my  son,  a  hive  of  bees,  for  sustaining  the 
obits,  at  the  proper  lime.  The  residue  of  all  my  goods  not  before 
bequeathed  I  give  for  the  he.ilih  of  my  soul,  and  my  husband's. 
T  constiuite  and  ordain  my  good  and  faithful  executors,  John  and 
Richard  Wryght,  my  sons,  so  that  they  should  dispose  of  my  goods 
for  the  health  of  my  soul  and  my  husband's,  as  iliey  shall  answer  upon 
the  Judgment  Day  before  the  Great  Judge.  Given  upjn  the  day  and 
year  ai'oresaid,  before  these  witnesses  :  John  Platts  and  Roger  ...lyns, 
with  many  others.  Proved  17th  Sept,  147 1.  Debts  owing  to  me, 
John  Roland,  2od. ;  Rich.  Dufi,  I7d  ;  Robt.  North,  2od.  ;  Edward 
Ileytun,  8d  ;    ...  —   Wryght,  for  d''  of  one  cow. 

7th  May,  !494.  Will  of  John  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone.  To  be 
buried  in  St  Giles',  Longstone  Leaves  legacies  to  Lichfield  and 
St.  Mary's,  of  Coventry,  the  Lazars  of  Burton,  brothers  of  Doncaster, 
John  B'lwer,  "  my  curate."     To  Henry  ^^'right  (my  son),  Alice,  his 


364  IHE    LONGSIONKS    AND    liEREWITKS    OK    ASHFORD. 

wife,  and  their  children,  one  sheep  each  ;  to  Henry  Wyet  and 
Agnes,  liis  wife,  a  sheep,  and  a  sheep  to  each  of  their  sons  and 
daughters;  to  William  Jameson  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  and  their 
sons  and  daughters,  each  a  sheep;  to  Robt.  Skynner  and  Clementina, 
his  wife,  and  their  sons  and  daughters,  each  a  sheep ;  to  John  Wyet 
and  Richard  Wryt  two  slieep  each ;  to  Alice  I'latt  and  Eliz  Wyet 
a  sheep  each,  to  John  lloland  and  Margaret  Tonilinson  half  a 
measure  of  corn  and  another  of  barley.  Henry  Wrjt  and  Henry 
Wyet  his  executors,  Roger  Touilins,  supervisor.  T.,  John  Kower  Cap 
and  Richard  Wright. 

20th  Aug.,  II  Henry  VII.  Richard  Wright,  of  Groat  l.ongstone, 
surrendered  a  messuage  and  a  bovate  of  land  to  Richard  and  Agnes 
Wright,  his  son  and  daughter  and  their  heirs,  and  the  said  Richard 
and  Agnes  surrendered  the  same  to  Henry  Wright  and  his  heirs  on 
the  Assumption  of  the  ]51essed  Virgin  Mary. 

6th  Nov.,  17  Henry  VII.  Henry  Wright,  of  Longstone,  sur- 
rendered into  the  hands  of  the  Lord  the  King  a  messuage  and  a 
bovate  in  Longstone,  at  the  East  end  of  the  village,  between  the 
messuage  of  Jo.  Carleys  on  the  West  and  the  messuage  of  Richard 
James  on  the  East,  and  a  messuage  and  one  bovate,  with  croft 
adjoining  the  late  Richard  Wright's,  to  the  ine  of  John  Wright,  the 
son  and  heir  of  the  said  Henry  and  Eliz  his  wife. 

Same  date,  Henry  Wright,  son  and  heir  of  John  Wright,  of  Great 
Longstone,  lately  deceased,  granted  to  John,  his  son,  and  Eliz.  his 
wife,  all  his  land  at  Great  Longstone.  T.,  Robt.  Schacurley,  Bailiff 
of  Ashford,  Thos.  Hodgkinson,  of  Wardlow. 

Feast  of  St.  Thomas  22  Henry  VII.  Indenture  between  Robt. 
Shakley  of  one  part,  and  Annes,  widow  of  Henry  Longdon,  and 
Robert  their  son  and  heir,  then  an  infant.     Submission  to  an  award. 

nth  Aug.,  31  Henry  VIII.  Eliz  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone, 
Wo.  of  John  Wright,  son  and  heir  of  Henry  Wright,  of  Great  Long- 
stone, deceased,  grant  to  Wm.  Wright,  her  son  and  heir  apparent, 
of  a  messuage  at  the  upper  end  of  the  village  of  Great  Longstone, 
a  close  called  the  Great  Close,  and  three  bovates  of  land  which  she 
had,  with  her  late  husband,  of  the  gift  of  Henry  Wright. 

i2th  Aug.,  31  Henry  VIII.  Wm.  Wright,  fil  and  heir  apparent 
of  Eliz.  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone,  Wo.  of  John  Wright,  grant 
to  the  said  Eliz.  his  mother  of  a  messuage  at  the  upper  end  of  the 
village,  the  Great  Close,  and  one  bovate  of  land  in  the  fields  of 
Great  Lonsrstone. 


THE  LONGSTONES  AND  BEREWllES  Of    ASHfURD.       365 

2cth  July,  I  Edward  IV.  William  Wright,  of  Longstone,  with 
Wm.  Donne,  were  appointed  attornies  by  Roger  Smyth,  of  Dakewell. 
to  deliver  sei?en  of  land  in  Wardlow  and  Ashford  to  Henry  James, 
of  Wardlow. 

29th  Dec,  II  Elizabeth.  Philip  Shakerley,  of  Little  Longsloae,  to 
Robert  and  Anthony  Longsdon,  of  Little  Longstone. 

1 6th  Jan.,  12  Elizabeth.  Wm.  Wright,  senr.,  of  Great  Longstone, 
gave  to  Thos.  White,  Ihos.  Madder,  Thurston  Jenkins,  and  Ralf 
Mellours,  a  messuage  and  garden  in  his  own  occupation,  as  trustees, 
for  the  use  of  his  son  and  heir  apparent. 

3rd  July,  20  Elizabeth.  Indenture  between  Wm.  Wright,  of  Great 
Longstone,  and  Leonard  Shakerly,  of  Little  Longstone,  Henry 
Bradbhaw,  of  Marple,  Ralf  Mellors,  of  Chatterton  Lane,  Thos. 
Mather,  of  Rollesly,  and  Henry  Staftbrd,  of  Bakewell,  reciting  that 
being  desirous  of  advancing  with  his  inheritance  first  such  of  his 
blood  and  after  some  other  of  his  stock  and  kinsfolk,  and  to  preserve 
the  same  in  the  name,  Wright  being  an  ancient  and  old  house  and 
name,  and  for  the  special  love  that  he  beareth  to  Robert  Wright, 
his  only  brother  then  living,  he  covenanted  to  assure  the  premises  to 
the  use  of  himself  Wm.  Wright,  and  Joan,  his  wife,  in  tail ;  remainder 
to  Robt.  Knightly  and  Alis,  his  wife,  for  lives  ;  remainder  to  Robt. 
Wright,  brother  of  William, 'for  80  years,  if  he  so  long  lived; 
remainder  to  the  use  of  —  Townrowe,  Alice  Stones,  Eliz.  Platts, 
Emma  Wright  and  Marie  Wright,  sisters  of  the  said  Wm.  Wright, 
and  to  the  heirs  of  their  bodies,  with  remainder  to  the  right  heirs 
of  William.  (This  deed  is  probably  enrolled,  and  would  be  very 
interesting.) 

nth  Aug  ,  6  James.  Ashford  Court  Baron  of  Henry  Cavendish,  Esq., 
it  was  found  that  Wm.  Wright,  who  held  of  the  .Manor  two  messuages, 
two  crofis,  and  two  bovates  of  land  within  the  said  Manor,  died 
22nd  March  {?),  2  James,  and  that  the  premises  were  held  by  copy; 
Wm.,  his  son  and  heir,  of  full  age. 

i6th  May,  1629.  Court  of  Christiana,  Countess  of  Devonshire. 
Wm.  Wright,  the  elder,  of  Great  Longstone,  surrendered  two  mess., 
two  crofts,  and  two  bovates  in  Great  Longstone  which  were  of  his 
ancient  inheritance,  and  two  messuages,  two  bovates,  one  acre,  and 
three  cottages,  purchased  from  Thos.  White,  and  one  messuage  and 
bovate  bought  from  Geivase  Sleigh,  gent.,  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright, 
his  SOIL 


366  IHK    I.ONGSTONtS    AND    IlKRtWUES    Ol-     ASIIFOKU. 

261I1  Au^^.,  5  Car.  I.  Thos.  Gaunt,  junr.,  gent.,  and  Ann  Iiis  wife, 
seltlcd  Gaunt's  lands  in  Kniveton  on  condition  of  a  marriage  beHveen 
Wni  Wright,  the  elder,  and  Ann,  daughter  of  Thos.  Gaunt,  senr , 
of  Underwood,  sister  of  Thos.  Gaunt,  junr. 

N  IJ.^'l'hos.  Wright,  son  of  Wm.  Wright,  \t'ho  was  son  of  Wni. 
Wright  and  Ann  Gaunt,  became  great  nephew  and  heir  at-Imv  of 
Tiios.  Gaunt  (by  Woolly). 

loili  April,  1649  Wni.  Wright,  the  elder,  of  Great  I,onj;st()iie, 
of  one  part,  and  Wm.  Savile,  of  Bakewell,  Co.  Derby,  gent.,  of  the 
other  part,  in  consideration  of  a  marriage  between  Wm.  Wiight, 
the  younger,  eldest  grandchild  and  heir,  apparent  of  Wm.  Wright, 
the  elder,  and  Manners,  daughter  of  Wm.  Savile,  and  of  /^i  000. 
portion  to  bo  paid  with  the  said  Manners,  the  said  Wm.  Wright 
for  making  a  jointure,  covenanted  to  stand  seized  of  land  in  Great 
Longstone  to  the  use  of  Wm.  Wright,  junr ,  tor  lite;  remainder  to 
Manners  for  life  ;  remainder  in  special  tail :  remainder  to  keiis  male 
of  Wm.,  junr. ;  remainder  to  Thos.  Wright,  second  son  of  Wm 
Wright,  senr.,  in  tail;  remainder  to  use  of  right  heirs  of  Wm. 
Wright,  junr.  And  to  stand  possessed  of  other  lands  in  Great 
Longstone  and  Wardlow  to  himself  for  life  :  remninder  to  Wm. 
Wright,  the  younger,  and  his  heirs  male  by  Manners  Savile  ;  remainder 
to  right  heirs  of  Wm  Wright,  junr.;  remainder  to  Thos.,  second 
son,  in  tail ;  remainder  to  right  heirs  of  William  Wright 

4  May,  1655.  A  Ciiarter  previous  to  the  marri.age  of  Wm  Wright 
the  younger,  grandson  of  Wm.  Wright  the  elder,  with  Penelope, 
daughter  of  Thos.  Leigh,  of  Adlington,  in  Cheshire,  by  Anne  his 
wife,  who  was  the  widow  of  Alex.  Uigby,  Seijt.-atLaw,  one  of  the 
Barons  of  the  Excliequer. 

I  Aug,  1656.  Will  of  Wm  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone,  mentions 
his  elde  t  son,  \Vm.,  and  his  son  Thomas,  his  grands  ms,  'I'lios  and 
Wm.  Wiight;  son-in  law,  George  Pole;  grandson,  Geo  Pole;  grand- 
daughter, Penelope  Wright;  sister,  Elizabeth  Haslam  ;  daughter  in- 
law, Mrs.  Leigh;  my  grandson's  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Jane 
Wright ;  grandson,  "Wm.  Wright. 

lolh  March,  1674.  Will  of  Wm.  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone. 
Wife,  Penelope;  Eliz.  and  Jane,  daughters  by  his  fust  wife;  thc-ii 
uncles,  Geo.  and  Wm  Savile;  eldest  son  and  heir  apparent,  Thos. 
Wright;  Wm.,  youngest  son;  daughters,  Frances,  Lucy,  Penelope; 
Gobert,  Maria=Anna. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF   ASHFORD.  367 

20th  Sept.,  1650.  Receipt  by  Geo.  Milnes,  of  Dunstone,  for 
^13  I2S.,  due  to  him  and  his  brothers,  Richard  Milnes  and  James 
Milnes,  deceased,  from  my  uncle,  Wm.  Wright,  of  Great  Longstone, 
exor.  of  Will  of  Rich.  Milnes,  my  father. 

lolh  Dec ,  1636.  Receipt  from  Richard  Milnes,  son  of  Richard 
Milnes,  late  of  Chesterfield,  ironmonger,  to  Wm.  "Wright,  exor.  of 
Rich.  Milnes,  for  ;^2oo;  another  from  Wm.  Milnes  to  same  for  ^loo. 
14th  Oct.,  1647.  Eliz.  Milnes,  daughter  of  Richard.  Receipt  for 
^17  4s.  from  Wm.  Wright  and  Dorothy  Columbell,  of  Chesterfield, 
exors.  of  Rich.  Milnes. 

5th  June,  1688.  Indenture  between  Thos.  Wright,  of  Great  Long- 
stone,  one  part,  and  Sir  Thomas  Vernon,  of  London,  Knt.,  Thos. 
Bagshaw,  of  Bakewell,  gent.,  Valentine  Clark,  of  London,  gent. 
Bargain  and  sale  enrolled  of  cap,  mansion  and  land  in  Great  Long- 
stone,  to  suffer  a  recovery. 

The  same  confusion,  with  respect  to  the  feudal  relationships  of 
the  Peak  district,  extends  to  its  ecclesiastical  affairs,  and  from  the 
same  cause — the  irregular  dealing  by  the  Ministers  of  the  Crown 
with  the  King's  ancient  demesne.  Of  course  the  Crown,  in  its 
private  capacity,  is  the  Patron  of  all  Peak  livings ;  and  those  rights 
would  not  properly  be  conveyed  by  a  grant  of  the  manor.  The 
Statute  of  the  prerogatives  of  the  King,  17  Edward  IL,  c.  15,  which 
was  merely  declaratory  of  the  Common  Law,  expressly  lays  it  down 
that  "When  the  King  giveth  or  granteth  land,  or  a  manor  with 
appurtenances,  without  he  make  express  mention  in  his  deed,  or 
writing,  of  advowson,  the  King  reserveth  to  himself  such  advowsons 
albeit  that  amongst  other  persons  it  hath  been  observed  otherwise." 

It  is  perhaps  a  little  absurd  to  enquire  what  the  practice  was  under 
the  Peveril  usurpation,  and  there  is  no  evidence  of  any  grant  to 
William  Peveril  (Primus),  but  it  is  obvious  from  the  grants  of  William 
Peveril  (probably  the  second)  to  Lenton,  that  this  family  regarded 
themselves  as  patrons,  independent  of  the  Royal  privileges.  Their 
tenure  was  eventually  forfeited,  and  these  rights  again  reverted  to 
the  Crown,  to  be  granted  out  afresh  by  King  John  (acting  in  the 
name  of  Richard  I.),  but  these  later  grants  made  no  express  mention 
of  advowsons ;  they  were  in  fact  held  by  the  Crown  in  gross,  that  is 
as  not  appendant  to  the  manors,  and  although  various  lords,  as  well 
as  the  Peverils,  have  at  different  times  endeavoured  to  usurp  them 
such  usurpations  would  have  no  efi'ect  upon  the  lights  of  the  Crown 


',68  THE    I.ONGSTONES    ANU    BliREWlTES    OF    ASHKORD. 

because  no  one  can  usurp  against  the  King,  and  this  was  declared 
generally,  as  applied  to  all  patrons,  by  the  Statute  of  7  Anne,  c.  18 
(which  was  again  merely  declaratory),  "That  no  usurpation  shall 
displace  the  estate  or  the  interest  of  the  patron,  or  turn  it  into 
a  mere  right ;  but  that  the  true  patron  may  present  upon  the  next 
advowson  as  if  no  such  usurpation  had  hai)pened."  And  of  course 
that  would  be  the  case  in  the  hands  of  the  Crown.  So  that  if  a 
stranger,  be  he  a  bishop,  rector,  lord  of  the  manor,  or  any  freeholder, 
or  the  whole  of  a  parish,  usurps  a  presentation,  he  or  they  only  gain 
the  single  vacancy  which  is  usurped,  and  do  not  establish  any 
right  in  future. 

It  is  quite  clear  that  in  the  Peak  the  most  ridiculous  claims  have 
been  made  in  various  parishes  by  the  successors  of  these  usurpers, 
and  perhaps  the  most  scandalous  are  those  asserted  by  the  "  in- 
habitants of  a  parish,"  who  cannot  possibly  act  as  a  patron,  as  in  the 
case  of  Chapel-in-the-Frith.  There  the  Puritan  inhabitants  in  the 
time  of  Cromwell,  summarily  ejected  the  clergy  and  asserted  their 
right  to  nominate  and  select  their  own  choice  of  minister  (and  this 
has  been  done  at  every  vacancy  since)  by  a  popular  election ;  that 
is,  a  certain  number  of  the  inhabitants  (of  course  illegally  chosen) 
call  themselves  Electors,  and  play  high  jinks  with  the  candidates 
whom  they  choose  to  accept  after  an  absurd  exhibition  of  their 
preaching  powers  in  the  pulpit ;  and  some  pretty  rascals  have 
occasionally  been  successful.  One  eminent  divine  obtained  his 
election  by  the  use  of  forged  "orders,"  showing  the  necessity  of  the 
protection  of  a  resjxjnsible  patron.  It  is  said  that  these  "  popular 
elections "  have  been  conducted  sometimes  in  as  gross  a  manner 
as  a  Parliamentary  election  of  the  olden  time,  and  with  more 
beer  than  bible.  Of  course  all  these  pantomimic  proceedings 
are  irregular  and  ought  to  be  set  aside  by  the  Bishop  of 
the  IMocese  in  favour  of  the  Crown.  'J'he  pretence  of  the  right  of 
the  people  of  Chapel-in-theFrith  to  present  is  that  their  ancestors 
built  the  Church  in  the  Forest,  "where  there  was  previously  no 
parish."  But  this  is  a  mistake,  directly  contrary  to  the  fact.  Chapel- 
in-the-Frith  was  a  Borough  by  Prescription  before  the  Norman 
Conquest,  and  was  apparently  under  the  spiritual  jurisdiction  of  the 
Rector  of  Hope,  as  it  will  be  shown  more  fully  in  the  history  of 
those  places ;  it  is  only  cited  here  in  illustration  of  the  usurpations 
of  the  ciiurches  of  the  Peak  district. 


THE    LONGbTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  369 

In  the  Great  Register  of  Lichfield,  fo.  271,  headed  "  De  Cantaria 
Perpetua  ap  Longdon,  in  p'ochia  de  Bakewell,"  is  a  grant  by  Prince 
Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn,  who  (without  attempting  to  interfere  with  the 
Royal  privileges  of  the  ancient  Chapel  of  St.  Giles,  of  Longstone), 
in  the  year  1262,  gave  two  bovates  of  land  in  the  territory  of  Great 
Longstone  in  aid  of  the  Chaplain  thereof,  reserving  to  himself  the 
multure  of  the  corn  grown  upon  such  two  bovates,  with  power  to 
him  to  seize  and  recover  the  same  if  the  parishioners  attempted  to 
sell  them,  and  he  appointed  as  wardens  thereof  Thos.  de  Levened, 
of  Little  Longstone,  Elias  fil  VVm.,  of  the  same,  Rich,  fil  Adam,  of 
Great  Longstone,  Wm.  Cleric,  of  the  same,  Thos.  le  Bond,  and  Philip 
del  Hill,  of  the  same  parish.  The  parishioners  paid  Grififin  seven 
marcs  for  this  concession.  The  witnesses  to  his  Charter  are  all 
Bakewell  men — Wm.  Wyne,  Wm.  de  Esseburn,  John  de  Hoi  well, 
Roger  de  Scheladon,  Wm.  de  Reyndon,  John  le  Wyne,  Nicolas  de 
Wynnefield,  Richard  de  Hokelowe  Clic. 

Archbishop  Peckham  ordered  that  the  Church  of  Lichfield,  as  they 

received  all  tithes  and  profits  from  the  inhabitants  (probably  another 

usurpation)  should  contribute  two  and  a  half  marcs  and  the  parish 

to  raise  the  same  sum  and  find  the  charges  for  repairs,  books,  and 

,  ornaments. 

Y\  H-  J 
^-  The  author  is  indebted  to  Mr.  G.  T.  Wright  fir  .1  transcript  of  the 

last  Charter,  as  well  as  for  the  following  and  the  Record,  G.  6. 

Records  of  the  Dean  and  Chapier  of  Lichfield. 

B.  27.   [Note. — Muc/t  damaged  by  damp  and  in  many  places  illfgible\ 

This  indenture  made  the... [illegible]. ..November,  in  the  yeeres 
of  the  raigne  of  our  soveraigne  Lord  James  by  the  grace  of  God... 
(illegible]  ..Scotland,  Fraunce,  and  Ireland,  defender  of  the  faith,  &c., 
that  is  to  say  of  England,  Fraunce,  and... [illegible]. ..Seaventeenth, 
and  of  Scotland  the  two  and  Fifteeth?  between  the  right  hono'''= 
William  Earl  of  Devonshire  of  the  one  pte  and  Anthony  Longston 
of... [illegible]... in  the  County  of  Derby  gent... [illegible]. ..Willm 
Wright  and  Thomas  White  of  Great  Longston  in  the  said  County 
of  Derby  Gentlemen  of  the  other  parte.  Witnesseth  thj>,t  the  said 
Earl  for  divers  good  causes  and  considerations  him  hereunto 
especially  moving  hathe  granted  bargayned  sold  aliend  enfeoffed 
and  confirmed  and  dothe  by  the...  [illegible].,  and  absolutely  grante 


370  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITKS   OF    ASHFORD. 

bargayne  sell  alien  enfeofte  and  confirme  unto  the  said  Anthony 
Longston  Willm...[illegiblel...Willm  Wright  &  Thomas  White  All 
those  twee  Oxgangs  of  Land  with  th  appurtenance  scituate  lyinge  & 
beinge  in  greate  Longisdon  abovesaid  or  within  the  Townes  feildes 
or  Territoiies  thereof  w"^""  now  are  or  heretofore  were  knowne  reputed 
or  taken  to  be  the  Church  Land  in  great  Longisdon  aforesaid.  And 
also  one  cottage  thereupon  builded  w""  aCrofte?  thereunto  adjoyn- 
inge  in  Great  Longsdon  beforesald.  All  w"^*"  premises  now  are  or 
late  were  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  Willm  Willm 

and  Thomas  White  their  or  assigns  undertenant 

or  undertenants  with  all  comons  or  comon  of  pasture  thereunto 
belonging  &  therewith  heretobefore  comonly  used  or  occupied  in  any 
groundes  or  comonable  places  within  the  mannour  of  Ashford  except 
in  grininds  w'=''  are  now  inclosed  and  except  in  a  certayne  ground 
comonly  called  Blackloe.     Together  with  all  pertinents 

profites  &  coniodities  thereunto  belonging  or  apperteyning  To  have  & 
to  holde  the  said  Twoe  Oxgangs  of  land  &  Cottage  &  Crofie  &  all  & 
singular  other  the  premises  w^^  their  and 

purtenants  unto  the  said  Anthony  Longston  Willm  Lante  [?]  U'illm 
Wright  &  Thomas  White  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever.  T'o  the 
only  proper  use  &  betook  of  the  said  Anthony  Longston  Willm  Lante 
Willm  Wright  &  Thomas  Whi  assig  s  for  ever.  On  Trust  never- 
the  Icsse  That  they  the  said  Anthony  Longston  Willm  L 
Thomas  White  &  the  survivour  of  them  and  their  heirs  and  the  heirs 
of  the  survivoui  of  them  shall  sell  let  & 

dispose  of  the  premises  to  the  best  yeerely  value  they  can  get  or 
raise  thereof.     And  to  dispose  and  profites 

thereof  for  or  towardes  the  maintenannce  or  findinge  of  the  Curate 
of  Great  Longsdon  aforesaid  for  the  time  beinge  &  his  successors  for 
ever.  Provided  yet  neverthe  lesse  that  if  the  said  Curate  or  Curates 
or  any  of  them  shall  at  any  tyme  or  tymes  hereafter  be  absent  from 
the  said  Church  upon  the  Sabbathe  day  &  not  finding  another 
sufficient  person  to  supply  y'  cure  for  y'  time  of  his  absence,  That 
then  for  every  such  tyme  of  his  absence  not  finding  a  sufficient 
person  to  supjJly  y"  cure  as  aforesaid  the  said  Feoff"ees  &  their  heirs 
or  the  survivour  of  them  shall  give  &  pay  out  of  the  rents  yssues  & 
profitt!  thereunto  y"=  Churchwardens  of  Greet  Longsdon  aforesaid 
for  y"  tyme  being  the  some  of  Five  shillings  of  lawful  money  of 
England  to  be  by  them  distributed  amongst  y®  poor  of  y«  said  towne 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORP.  371 

or  hamlet  of  Great  Longsdon  aforesaid  according  to  their  discretions 
Yieldinge  and  paying  therefore  yeerely  unto  the  said  Earle  his  heirs 
or  assigns  for  ever  the  yeerely  rent  or  some  of  Two  Shillings  and 
Tenpence  of  lawful  money  of  England  att  the  feast  dales  of  thanun- 
ciacon  of  our  blessed  Lady  y«  Virgin  Mary  &  St.  Michaell  tharch- 
angell  by  even  porcons.  And  if  it  shall  happen  y<>  said  yeerely  rent 
or  some  of  two  shillings  xd.  or  any  part  or  parcell  thereof  to  be 
behinde  &  not  paid  by  the  space  of  Fourteen  dales  next  after  eyther 
of  y*  feas:  dales  or  tymes  at  or  in  w'=''  y«  same  ought  to  be  paid  by 
the  true  intent  and  meaning  of  theis  presents  that  then  &  from 
henceforth  at  all  tymes  after  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful!  to  &  for  y«  said 
Earle  his  heirs  and  assignees  into  the  said  twoe  Oxgangs  of  land  and 
premisses  or  into  any  parte  or  pcell  thereof  to  enter  &  distreyne  & 
the  distresses  then  and  there  founde  to  take  lead  drive  chase  carry 
away  &  ympound  &  y*  same  in  pound  to  deteyne  &  keep  until  he  or 
they  shall  be  of  the  said  rent  or  rents  with  thavverages  thereof 
(if  any  such  there  shall  happen  to  be)  fully  contented  satisfied  and 
paid.  And  the  said  Earle  and  his  heirs  the  said  twoe  Oxgangs  of 
land  and  premises  &  premisses  w'''  thappurtennants  unto  them  the 
said  Anthony  Willm  Lante  Willm  Wright  and  Thomas 

White  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  the  use  aforesaid  against  him 
y*  said  Earle  &  his  heires  &  against  all  and  any  other  pson  or  persons 
lawfully  clayming  by  from  or  under  him  or  any  of  his  ancestors 
shall  and  will  warrant  &  for  ever  defend  by  theis 
p'sents.  And  the  said  Earle  for  himself  his  heirs  executors  and 
administrators  &  for  every  one  of  them  doth  covenant  promise  & 
grant  to  &  with  y"  said  Anthony  Longson  Willm  Lante  Willm 
Wright  &  Thomas  White  for  and  notwithstanding  any  acte  or  thing 
made  done  or  suffred  by  him  the  said  Earle  or  any  of  his  ancestors 
&  under  y*  yearly  rent  above  reserved  shall  and  may  peacably  & 
quietly  have  hold  occupy  possesse  and  enjoye  the  said  twoe  Oxgangs 
of  land  Cottage  premisses  w""  thappurtennts  &  every  parte  and 
parcell  thereof  w"'out  any  manner  of  lett  suits 

eviction  of  him  the  said  Earle  his  heires  or  assignees  or  of  any  other 
person  or  persons  lawfully  clayming  from  by  or  under  him 
or  any  of  his  ancestors  or  by  any  other  person  or  persons  lawfully 
clayming  by  from  or  under  him  them  or  any  of  them.  In  witness 
whereof  the  parties  first  above  named  to  theis  present  indentures 
interchangeably  have  set  their  hands  &  seals  the  daie  &  yeere  first 
above  written.  W,  Devonshire. 


372 


THE    LONGSTONKS    AND    liEREWITKS    OK    ASHFOUD. 


This  Charter  was  obviously  an  attempt  to  improve  upon  that 
of  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyii  before  mentioned,  and  was  made  the  founda- 
tion for  the  assertion  by  the  Earl  of  Devonshire  in  1680  that  tlie 
chapel  was  endowed  by  his  grandfather,  an  assertion  directly  contrary 
to  the  fact. 

Of  course  if  it  can  be  proved  by  evidence  that  the  Wrights  as  the 
Lords  of  Longstone  presented  to  the  church  as  the  grant  to  the 
Leveneds  is  lost,  a  grant  of  the  advowson  as  appurtenent  to  the 
lordship  must  be  presumed,  the  encroachment  of  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Lichfield  should  be  resisted  as  conferring  no  futther  right 
upon  them  under  the  statute  of  Queen  Anne. 

The  following  correspondence  shows  the  conflicting  views  of  the 
parties  with  respect  to  their  respective  rights. 

1669.  In  a  suit  then  in  Chancery  brought  by  the  then  Earl  of 
Devonsliire  against  Mr.  Wright — the  now  Mr.  Wright's  grandfather — 
about  the  lands  belonging  to  Great  Longstone  Chappell.  And  the  way 
and  manner  of  Electing  a  Curate  to  serve  at  that  Parochial  Chappell. 
Anthony  Mellor,  Gierke,  then  Curate  at  the  Parochiall  Chappell  of 
Taddington. 

Reginald  Pindar,  Gent.,  then  Register  to  the  Deane  and  Chapter 
nf  Litchtield,  for  their  exempt  jurisdiction  of  Bakewell. 

I  All  substantial!  persons  did  depose 
That  it  had  been  for  forty  yeares 
then  past  the  use  for  choosing  of  a 
Curate  there  for  him  that  was  to  be 
elected  to  preach  there  one  or  two 
Lord's  days  And  upon  the  appro- 
bation of  the  greater  part  of  the 
Lihabitants  of  the  said  Chappellry 
such  person  was  chosen  by  the  then 
Mr.  Wright's  grandfather  and  other 
the  Inhabitants  of  Great  Longstone 
and  such  person  was  confirmed  in 
the  said  place  by  the  said  Deane 
and  Chapter  or  such  as  had  their 
Authority  And  none  of  them  know 
of  any  Curate  that  had  ofificiated 
there  that  had  been  otherwise  chosen 
than  by  the  greater  number  of  the 
Cheefs  of  the  Inhabitants  there. 


Robert  Jenkinson 
Francis  Needham 
George  Tomlinson 
William  Naylor 
Dorothy  Needham 
Grace  Barton 
Richd.  Wright  and 
Henry  Mellor 


THE    LONGSTONES   AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  373 

March  5,  1S12.  Colonel  John  Thomas  Wright,  of  Longstone  Kail, 
then  resident  at  Exeter,  in  reply  to  his  tenant  at  Longstone  Hall, 
Major  Carleill,  asking  for  information  as  to  the  rightful  Patron  of 
the  Longstone  Living,  stated  that  after  a  long  search  he  had  found 
the  enclosed  letter  from  Mr.  Vernon  to  Mr.  Wright,  of  Longstone 
(1759),  but  no  Deed  concerning  the  curacy,  and  he  added, '' I  suppose 
that  Mr.  Robert  Thornhill  (seeing  the  endorsement  in  my  father's 
writing  on  the  enclosed  when  he  assisted  me  in  packing  up)  must 
have  taken  the  paper  (letter)  for  the  Deed  itself  There  are  amongst 
the  Deeds  some  very  old  ones  relating  to  the  Manor  of  Ashford,  but 
as  they  are  in  the  old  law  latin  of  the  times  to  which  they  belong,  I 
cannot  of  myself  make  out  whether  they  relate  in  any  shape  to  the 
chapel.  I  recommend  an  application  to  some  Proctor  at  Lichfield,  etc." 
[Extract  from  letter  dated  1759  J 

"  I  have  met  with  an  old  register  which  formerly  belonged  to  ye 
Church  of  Lichfield.  It  chiefly  relates  to  ye  Parishes  of  Bakewell 
and  Hope,  with  their  Chappels,  which  has  thrown  much  light  upon 
our  Peak  enquiries,  and  in  regard  to  Longsdon  I  find  that  ye  in- 
habitants obtained  from  Grefyn,  son  of  Wynwin,  Lord  of  ye  Manor 
of  Ashford,  and  lived  there,  2  bovats  of  land  for  ye  augmentation  of 
ye  Cliaplain's  maintenance,  who  should  ofifici.ite  at  Longsdon — the 
tradition  that  this  was  antiently  called  Church  Land,  as  set  forth  in 
the  depositions  in  ye  vexatious  case  brought  by  ye  Cavendish  family 
relating  to  these  very  lands — the  other  bovate  witii  ye  lands  at  Brush- 
field  I  presume  were  given  by  your  family  as  they  have  always  dom- 
inated a  Curate,  sometime  with,  at  other  times  without,  ye  consent  of 
ye  inhabitants.  This  Chapel  was  built  and  endowed  by  private 
persons  and  not  by  ye  Church  of  Lichfield,  the  right  of  Nomination 
will  of  course  belong  to  ye  founders — this  is  the  origin  of  all 
Patronages — by  which  we  shall  get  clear  of  ye  Dean  and  Chapter, 
and  as  ye  Vicar  of  Bakewell  as  Vicar  is  not  bound  to  any  duty  be- 
longing to  ye  Chapel,  he  will  be  out  of  ye  question.  I  shall  draw 
up  all  these  things  in  ample  form  with  ye  Vouchers  annexed  for 
your  and  ye  young  Squire's  benefit.  There  is  one  thing  which  our 
friend  Mr.  Fletcher  will  not  be  pleased  to  hear  that  ye  Dean  and 
Chapter  covenant  and  agree*  with  ye  Inhabitants  of  Longsdon  and 

*  Dr.  Cox  slates  thai  remission  of  charges  for  testiments  and  administration  was 
made  to  Beeley  and,  apparently,  to  other  parishes  including  Longstone  as  early  as 


374  THE    I.ONGSTONF.S    AND    lUHEWITES    Of    ASHFORD. 

those  within  that  Chapeltry  that  nothing  shall  be  taken  for  Probates 
of  their  Wills,  or  for  the  granting  of  Letters  of  Administration." 

[Major  Carleill's  reply.] 

Longstone  Hall,  March  ij,  1812. 
Dear  Sir, 

I   laid  your  letter  with   its  enclosure  before  a  Vestry 

Meeting  last  Sunday,  since  which  Mr.  WoUey,  of  Matlock,  has  been 
consulted  on  the  part  of  the  paiishioners.  Mr  Wolley  wrote  to  Mr. 
Mott,  one  of  the  Proctors  at  Lichfield,  and  the  Register  (sic)  and 
obtained  an  answei,  a  copy  of  which  I  send  you  on  the  other  side, 
and  also  copy  of  an  instrument  from  Mr.  Wright  to  Mr.  Monk.  You 
will  probably  know  whether  Mr.  Wright  had  the  power  of  alienating 
the  curacy  from  the  Estate  in  the  manner  which  he  appears  to  have 
exercised. 

The  Mr.  Thornhili,  mentioned  in  Mr.  Mott's  letter,  is  son  to  Mr. 
Thornhill,  of  Stanton. 

.•\nother  Vestry  Meeting  is  appointed  to  be  held  on  Thursday,  the 
26th,  before  which  time  I  hope  you  will  favour  me  with  an  answer, 
as  the  inhabitants  are  desirous  of  knowing  whether  you  would  wish 
the  business  to  be  investigated  any  further  or  to  rest  where  it  is. 

W.   CARLEILL. 

[The  letter,  etc.,  referred  to  in  the  above.] 

Dear  Sir, 

Longstone  Curacy. 

7th  May,  1793.  Mr.  Walthall,  Clerk,  was  nominated  to  the  Chapel 
or  Perpetual  Curacy  of  Longstone  by  Thos.  Grove,  Clerk,  Vicar  of 
IJakewell,  void  by  the  resignation  of  said  Thos.  Grove,  Clerk. 

7 ill  May,  1726.  Thos.  Grove,  Clerk,  A.M.,  was  nominated  to 
Longston  by  Jonathan  Birch,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the  death 
of  lidward  Middleton,  Clerk. 

13th  May,  17 1 7.  Edward  Middleton,  Clerk,  was  nominated  to 
Longstone  by  Gorstelon  Monck,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell. 

30th  Dec,  1 7 13.  Edward  Middleton,  Clerk,  was  nominated  to 
Longstone  by  Gorstelon  Monck,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the 
death  of  Samuel  Mills,  Clerk. 

17  March,  1681.  Jos.  Fearne,  Clerk,  A.M.,  was  nominated  to 
Longstone  by  Thos.  Wilson,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the  death 
ol  Richard  Jepson,  Clerk. 


THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD.  375 

31  Oct.,  1680.  Richd.  Jepson,  Clerk,  was  nominated  to  Longstone 
by  Thos.  Wilson,  Clerk,  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  on  the  death  of  Richd. 
Spencer,  Clerk. 

I  find  a  letter  from  W.  Earl  of  Devonshire,  i8th  March,  1680,  in 
which  he  says  the  Chapel  was  endowed  by  his  grandfather,  but  he 
does  not  insist  on  any  rights  but  recommends  Mr.  Fearne  and 
requests  Mr.  Brown,  the  Archdeacon,  to  use  his  influence  with  Mr. 
Wilson  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter  in  favour  of  Mr.  Fearne. 

Mr.  Thornhill  is  licensed  to  Longstone  on  the  nomination  of  the 
Vicar  ot  Bakewell. 

There  is  no  doubt  but  the  right  is  in  the  Vicar  of  Bakewell. 

The  charge  of  these  searches  is  6s  8d.  each.  Total  ^2.  I  do 
not  find  any  suit  about  the  right  of  nomination  to  this  Chapel. 

I  am,  etc., 

WM.    MOTT 

Lichfield  Close,  12th  March,  181 2. 
Adam  WoUey,  Esq., 

Matlock. 

The  instrument  referred  to  in  Mr.  Carleill's  letter  of  the  15th  March, 
1812— 

"  Be  it  remembered  that  since  Mr.  Monk,  now  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  at 
my  instance  and  request  hath  nominated  Edward  Middleton,  Clerk, 
to  succeed  Mr.  Mills  as  Curate  of  the  Chapel  of  Longstone,  within 
the  Vicarage  of  Bakewell,  I  do  hereby  acknowledge  and  declare  that 
I  do  conceive  and  agree  that  the  right  of  nomination  of  a  Curate 
thereof  doth  belong  unto  and  is  in  the  said  .Mr.  Monk,  as  Vicar  of 
Bakewell,  and  in  his  successors.  Witness  my  hand  22nd  day  of 
December,  1 713." 

THOS.    WRIGHT. 
Witness,  Thos.  Bagshaw,  of  Bakewell,  Esq. 

\Vm.  Grosvenor,  of  Chatsworth,  Esq. 

To  Colonel  U'right, 
Exeter. 

Of  course  this  alienation  had  no  legal  weight  except  as  regards  the 
particular  nomination  to  which  it  refers. 


-76  THE    LONGSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFORD. 

Dean  and  Chapter  of  Lichfield  Records. 
G.  6.     (This  Roll  is  early  Edward  III.     Eight  of  the  ten  names  in 
the  first  are  given  in  another  Roll  of  the  year  1347.) 

LONGSTONE   MINOR. 

Henr'  en  le  Dale,  Petr'  Baiard,  Ricus  le  Wodward,  Wills  Rose, 
Wills  de  Yolgreue,  Marger'  r'  Rici,  Rog's  Foliambe,  Wills  en  le 
Dale,  Johs  Rose,  Johs  Bate. 

LONGSTONE    MAIOR. 

Hug'  Scrokegore,  [erasure]  ux  Rogi  [?]  Scrokegore,  Robs  Hm  [?] 
Huy,  Robs  le  Rot'  [?],  Joh  fil  Rici,  Thorn  Payn,  Thorn  Webst', 
Henr'  Louet,  Joh  Rose  [struck  out],  Allan  de  Sallowe,  Wills  fil  Rici, 
Letic'  le  nioyr,  Robts  clicus,  Henr'  Hm  [?  Huy],  Wills  de  Rolond, 
Alan  de  Rolond,  Thoin  fil  Ade,  Joh  Peverel,  Joh  de  Scheladon, 
[IjlankJ  yr'  Ade  de  mabam  [?],  Wills  fil  Ade,  Ricus  fil  Willi,  Wills 
Victor  [?  Vignor],  Joh  Wauen",  Rics  fil  The,  Rog's  en  le  muire,  Ada 
Bonde,  Allred  [struck  out],  Wills  del  Dene,  Ric'  Bate,  Ad  Ucar', 
Rob  cissor,  Ric'  Caplls. 

Since  this  chapter  was  printed  the  author  has  had  another  oppor- 
tunity of  consulting  Mr.  Bowles'  Stafford  Charters,  and  amongst  them 
he  found  one  dated  after  the  feast  of  St.  Cedde,  the  Bishop,  46  Ed.  III., 
which  appears  to  have  an  important  bearing  upon  the  Wright  Pedigree. 

Thomas  Overe,  Chaplain  of  Eyam,  granted  to  John  le  Wright  and 
Johanna,  his  wife,  a  messuage  and  bovate,  which  was  William  Wysman's. 

T.,  John  Foljambe,  John  (N)ikbrother,  John  de  Stafford,  Nicolas 
de  Wardlow,  Henry  de  Tideswell. 

This  is  no  doubt  the  John  le  Wright  of  the  Tideswell  Pole  Tax  of 
4  Richard  II.,  and  it  probably  accounts  for  the  connection  with  the 
Staffords  of  a  later  date. 

Lichfield  Chapter  .\ct  Books,  Vol.  i,  fo.  57b. 

15  April  (1401).  It  was  conceded  to  the  Parishioners  of  Longes- 
don  in  the  Peak  that  they  may  have  baptisms  and  burials  there 
without  prejudice  to  the  Mother  Church  of  Bakewcll.  The  agreement 
is  in  the  Treasury, 

3  July,  20  Elizabeth.  Henry  Bradshaw,  of  Marple,  was  a  trustee 
for  William  Wright  of  Great  Longstone. 

The  author  is  indebted  to  Mr.  G.  T.  Wright,  of  Longstone  Hall, 
for  the  following  Records  from  his  collection  : —  ^-'  «&^^ 


THi:     LONGSTOVKS    AND    BEKUWITF-^    OF    VSHFOKD. 


377 


A  RENTAL  OF  DRAN  AND  CHAPTER  LANDS 

A.D.     1415. 


The  part  concernixg  Hassop,  Longstone,  and  i.Ionsal. 
Extracted  from  the  Lichfield  Chapter  Act  Books.    Vol.  I.,  Foi,.  89. 

Baqukll. 
Item  eodem  die  [viz.:  xx  die  Marcii  Anno  m.cccc.xv]  di~s  .Johes 
Dean  Vicarius  de  Hope  libeiavit  &  tradidit  Decano  &  Capto  nnu 
Rentale  Pra:;  &  tenenieuto^  dnicaliu  ipo!;  decani  &  capti  iu  feod' 
de  Bakquell  Holme  &  divsis  loci.s  de  Anno  dni  mittio  cccc™"  xv"'" 
iu  hec  vba  que  seqnit^ 

Hassop.  If  in  Hassop  v  ac?  Pre  que  quonda  Gervasius  de  Hassop 
Vicar  eccie  de  Baquell  tenuit  &  ?  p  a     .  .  iijs.  iiijd. 

Itm  in  Longesdon  j  acr  tie  qua  quond'  Witt  in  le  Eoose 
tenuit  nuc  iacet  in  deches'  quond'  f  p  a  modo  onatm  in 
Mditu  de  incremento  que  ?  solebat  vjd 

[in  margin]  modo  dimittif  p  vijd 
Itm  in  Mernusale  j  curtilag  &  j  acf  tie  i^cont'  ad  fine  ville 
jjpinquiof  Fyndon  ?  p  S ijg 

[Translation.'] 
Bakewki.l. 
The  same  day  [viz. :  IMarch  20fh,  1415]  Mr.  .lohn  Dean,  Vicar 
of  Hope,  delivered  and  gave  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  a  Eental 
of  the  lands  and  tenements  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  in  the  fee 
of  Bakewell,  Holme,  and  diverse  places,  of  the  year  141,5,  in  the 
following  words : 

Hassop.  Item  in  Hassop,  five  acres  of  land  which  Gervase  de  Hassop, 
Vicar  of  the  Church  of  Bakewell,  sometime  held,  and  the 
rent  per  annum  is      .  .  .  .  .  _         3s  4d 

Item  in  Longstone,  one  acre  of  laud  which  "William  in 
le  Eoose  sometime  held.  Now  it  lies  in  decay.  The  rent 
per  annum  used  to  be  Dd.  Now  it  is  burdened  with  an 
increase,  and  is  let  for    .  .  .  .  _  j,] 

Item  in  Monsal,  one  curtilage  and  one  acre  of  land  lying 
at  the  end  of  the  town  nearer  Findon.  The  rent  per 
annum  is 2s.  Od. 


78  THE    I.ON'GSTONES    AMI    BIUIWITKS    01     AsHrOUU. 

BAILIFF'S  ACCOUNT   ROLL. 

ABOUT   THE   YEAR    1347. 


From  the  Dhan  and  CiiAPTEn  of  Lichfield  Moniments,  No.  G.  6. 

Long'  mi  son. 


,  Hem'  on  le  Dale 

'.i 

lit  O 

vij 

o 

,  Poti'  Baiaid 

J 

j^l 

i'j 

,  Iii?us  le  Wodward 

ij 

j'l 

ix 

fetjd 

,  Witts  Rose 

i.) 

jd 

V 

fit  jd 

,  Witts  de  Ydlgroiie 

i.i 

fit  jd 

V 

ij'l 

,  Marge?  f  Riui 

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C) 

V 

fit  )d  o 

,  Rog's  Folia  HI  be 

J 

jf 

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j  Pettj?] 

.  Witts  en  le  Dale 

0 

ij 

jd  0 

„  Jofis  Rose 

J 

fitjd  0 

j 

jd  0 

„  Jobs  Bate 

j 

fit  iijd 

j 

ht  jd  0 

xiiij 

Long' 

.MAIOR. 

„  Hug'  Scrokegore 

jd  0 

ij 

jrasurp]  iix  I'i'gi[?]  Scrokegore 

jdu  cu  Ian. 

„  Robs  II ni 

j 

fit  jd  0 

ij 

ijd 

„  RoBs  le  Rot'-  [?] 

iJA 

V 

fit  ijd 

„  Joti  fil  li'iCi 

j 

ij 

jd 

.,  Tiiofn  Tavii 

jd 

j 

jd 

„  Thorn  WebsP 

ijd 

ij 

„  Henr'  Louet 

j 

ij'l 

iiij 

fil  jd 

,,  Jofi  Rose  [stiiick  lint] 

„  Alan  de  Salluwe 

iij 

fitjd 

„  Witts  fil  L'iui 

j 

ht  [illegible] 

i'ij 

„  Letic'  le  iiinyr 

Jd 

j 

„  Rofits  cticns 

iiij 

„  Hem'  HiTi 

• 

J 

hi  jd 

j 

jd 

„  Witts  do  Rulond 

ij 

ht  ijd 

vij 

„  Alan  de  Rnlond 

ij 

ij'l 

ix 

0 

„  Thoio  fil  Ade 

jd  0 

j 

fit  jd  n 

„  Jofi  Petierel 

j 

o 

ij 

jd  o 

„  Jofi  de  ScliLdadon 

„  [blank]  f  Ade  de  :\Ialiam  [?] 

jd  u 

[?]j 

[?]d 

„  Witts  fil  Ade 

ij 

fit  ijd 

ij 

TH':    LONfiSTONES    AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHFOUD. 


379 


Kious  fil  Willi 

'J 

ijd 

viij 

fito 

WiH.s  Victor  [?] 

J 

6 

X 

j'' 

Job  Waueu 

ijd 

ij 

fit  jd 

Rics  fil  Tfie 

.i 

fito 

iij 

Eog's  cu  le  in  u  ire 

ij 

ij 

Ada  Bonde 

ijd 

Allred  [struck  out] 

Wills  del  Dene 

^j 

Rio'  B^Ate 

jd 

j 

Ad  Year 

jd 

Rob  cissor 

0 

ijd 

Ric'  Captts  [mi  dec[?]  struck  out] 

ij 

jd 

xviij 

ROLOND. 

Witts  Lerayng 

j 

fitjd 

j 

jd  0 

•  1 

Ricus  Dykon 

iij 

vj 

jd 

Symon  Fos 

ij 

fit  jd 

ij 

fit  0 

vj 

Hassop. 

Witts  m  Rogi 

ij 

iij 

jdo 

Robts  fil  Rici 

ij 

fit  jd 

iij 

fit  jd  0 

Adam  Badde 

j 

fit  ijd 

j 

0 

Ricus  Palm 

j 

ht  ijd 

j 

fit  jd 

Dna 

iiij  [?] 

xiiij 

fitjd 

Witts  Capetts 

iij 

fitjd 

Isabell  ancitt  dne 

iij 

WiHs  fil  Robti 

j 

6t  0 

RiCus  P'puit' 

vj 

Witts  I'ete 

iij 

fitjd 

vij 

Witts  le  Siaunt 

fit  jd  0 

j 

fit  jd  0 

Ricus  millot 

jd 

V 

fit  ijd 

,  Henr'  Suies  Ranulpfi 

id 

iiij 

,  Gervas  Vicar' 

,  Pf  tr'  do  Wakebrugb 

,  Annabell 

jd  0 

,  Hug'  Fox 

jd 

,  Ricus  Bcai^ 

ijd 

,  Witts  fil  Rici  P'poiti 

,  Phvis  Bca? 

jd 

j 

,  Witts  Underegge 

iijd 

ijd  0 

,  Henr'  Bca? 

iijd 

j 

XXJ 


380 


THE    I.ONGSTONES 

AM)  mm. 

Will 

IS    ()!■     ASHlONli. 

BiHCH. 

Hogs  rciierell 

[?] 

iijd 

• 

.1 

j'l 

Jofi  Surd 

^j 

jd  n 

-''i.i 

.l«l 

Hug'  de  Hiich 

Vj 

fit    ijd 

xxiij 

jpe 

l{or,s  fil  III!-' 

J 

hi  0 

i'j 

Kotis  ill  WiHi 

'J 

hto 

V 

Jofi  Jirat 

Roi-ls  fil  Joins 

llenr  [?]  ill  Hug' 

J 

ht  ijd 

ij 

Kics  foliambe 

ij 

hti 

Siu»  agii  in  isto  itino  Ixxviij 

[?] P  reef  vjs  iiijd     Siii"  lecouijns  [?j  iiijs  iijd 

[?] in  itinere  vj  garc'  iiij  e4  &  iiij""  garc'. . 


[in  dorso  :] 


ASSHFORD. 

Ux'  Rogi  Bourn 

• 

J 

Juli  do  Wardelowe  [?] 

j 

lit  jd  0 

iij 

jd 

David  de [?] 

Witts  rmbaf  [?] 

j 

ijd 

iij 

Witts  Willimot 

iijd  0 

Marger'  f  Henr' 

j 

jd 

Ad  ad  fine  pontis 

'j 

ijd 

V 

0 

Eog's  fil  Walfi 

j 

iij 

Synio  lo  Walker 

J  oh  le  Mason 

j 

htjd 

j 

jd  0 

Thoiii  Cissor  de  Hubit' 

[?] 

j 

ht  0 

Witts  Coterel 

xvij 

[blank]  r  Henr'  de  B^ecwall 

j 

fitjd 

j 

Witts  le  Haetaou  [?] 

j 

hto 

j 

fit  0 

Kobs  Carpittaf 

iiij 

ijd 

xij 

Witts  fil  EoBti 

ij 

ij 

ht  jd  6 

Jofi  del  Hall 

j 

0 

ij 

0 

Eobt  Marge 

iij 

V 

Petr'  Fab 

j 

htjd 

ij 

Letic'  en  le  Grenes 

\i 

ht  jd  0 

xj 

Joli  fil  Witti 

i.i 

jd 

iiij 

fit  jd  0 

Hobs  fil  Joliis  fcjiaunt 

ij 

jd 

iij 

jd  0 

Joh  le  f^iannt 

^■ij 

ht  ijd 

xij 

Petr'  Ptiibav  [struck  out] 

Kicns  Asser 

iiij 

ijd  0 

viij 

0 

Henr'  le  Ilawaid 

3Si 


THE  LONGSTONES  AND  HKRKWITKS  OF  ASHIORD. 


„  Jluiii'  do  Unite 

j 

„  Kads  IJuur 

jt^ 

„  liobs  le  Ko 

„  Rog's  iScweyn 

j 

tit  jd  0 

,,  liotis  Biigcle 

0 

,,  Alan  de  Schefeid 

jd  r, 

„  [blank]  r  Eobti  del 

Ih.ll 

"j 

tit  ~) 

„  ITenr'  J)obeloue  [?] 

j^l 

„  Kics  Shefeld 

iiijd 

„   Witts  de  Moniask 

j 

jtl 

„  Witts  Palmer  bo.. 

xlvj 

jd  0 

'"J 


ntjd 

jd  o 

jd  o 
jd  o 


Baucql'ell  and  Holm  and  Burton. 


„  Godfrid  Fuliambe 

xviij 

[?\i  pett 

„  Kubs  de  Burton 

V 

^^ij 

ij'i 

„  ThoiTi  de  Smeilitill 

i'.i 

ht  jd 

ii'.i 

„  Ad  Bear 

ij 

ht  G 

i'.i 

ht  jd  r. 

,.  Wills  ( 'otiler 

ij 

iii.i 

htj.i 

„  Joh  de  Elton 

viij 

,,  Stepfis  Foliambe 

ij 

„  Kics  Lonet 

\^ 

ij'l 

.,  TLoni  Hubelin 

X 

>^ij 

,,  Joh  le  Kof 

iij 

„  Eads  de  CasPne 

iij  d 

ij 

tit  ijd 

„  Joh  le  Carp 

j 

fit  0 

j 

0 

„  Hug  le  Surreis 

j 

ht  ijd 

ij 

hto 

„  Robs  le  Cart 

j 

tit  ijd 

>j 

ht  ijd 

„  Eogs  de  Baucq 

XXV 

„  Phias  de  TumuU 

xxj 

&  xlij  vett 

que  cot' 

net  vj  petrs 

Itili  xvj  veller  quas  ouies  lanas 

execf  debnt 

Hug  de  Gunston 

xviij 

ij'l 

xxxviij 

Henf  bear  de  Holm 

j 

0 

ij 

(iervasf  vicar 

X 

xxxiij 

Jotis  riouribell  [?] 

j 

ht  jd 

j 

Henr  de  Thorne  [?] 

'iij 

iiij 

Henr  Wal...[?]Captts 

vj 

Hen?  de  Paddet 

'^^j 

Petr'  de  uge 

iiij  &  iij 

agn 

iiijd 

ht  ijd 

382  THE    LONCSTONES   AND    BEREWITES    OF    ASHIUKD. 

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."Siu"  agu  ill  ista  via  ix  &  rij 

Argeut'  recept  iiijs  siua  rocompns  ijs  vd 

Eodem  dio  vij  garc'  ad  agil  iiij"'  eq  &  iiij"  garc'  ail  Ian 

Sm"  toti'  rec'  ad  agu  &  Ian  Iiijs  xjd 

Sm"  reconums  ad  agii  &  lau  xls  xjd 

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D  quib3  coiTip  liB  Nicho  Cotel  &  s'uieutib3  suis  v 

Et  in  vendicoe  xij  et  capit[?]  vd  o  et  iu  moriiiu  iiij  et  viij  &  xxiiij" 

distribut  int  diios  &  sic  equa 

Taken  from  monuments  in  Sudbury  Church,  Derbyshire  (slightly 
abbreviated) : — 

Near  this  place  lies  buried  the  body  of  Sir  Thomas  Vernon,  Knight, 
who  descended  from  the  ancient  family  of  the  Vernons  of  Haddon  ; 
was  for  many  years  M.P.  for  London.  Died  Feb.  loth,  1709.  He 
married  Anne,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  Weston,  of  Ockham,  Co. 
Surrey,  who  died  Nov.  24th,  1702,  by  whom  he  had  issue  six  sons 
and  nine  daughters,  namely,  (i)  Henry,  who  died  in  Turkey,  un- 
married; (2)  Thomas,  who  married  Jane,  one  of  the  coheiresses 
of  Arthur  Style,  of  Chertsey,  in  the  County  of  Surrey;  (3)  George, 
married  to  Dorothy,  one  of  the  daughters  of  George  Vernon,  of 
Sudbury,  Co.  Derby,  and  after  to  Sarah,  daughter  of  Edward  Buckley, 
Esq.;  (4)  Charles  and  (5)  yohn,  who  died  infants;  and  another 
(6)  Charles,  now  Sir  Charles,  Kt.,  married  to  Anne,  one  of  the 
daughters  of  George  Vernon,  of  Farnham,  Co.  Surrey;  (7)  Catherine, 
married  to  George  Vernon,  of  Sudbury,  Co.  Derby ;  (8)  Afatilda, 
married  to  Anthony  Balam,  of  London,  and  after  to  Sir  Henry 
Furnese,  of  VValdershare,  Co.  Kent,  Bart.;  (9)  Anne,  married  to 
Thomas  Wright,  of  Longstone,  Co.  Derby;  (10)  Mary,  married  to 
John  Newton,  of  King's  Bromley,  Co.  Stafford ;  Elizabeth,  married 
to  Sir  John  Walter,  of  Sarsdon,  Co.  Oxon,  Bart.,  and  after  to  Simon, 
Lord  Viscount  Harcourt,  of  Stanton  Harcourt,  Co.  Oxon,  sometime 
Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain;  {12)  Martha,  unmarried; 
(13)  'Judil'i,  married  to  Stephen  Waller,  of  Beaconsfield,  Co.  Bucks, 
Esq  ,  LL.D.,  and  after  to  John,  Aislabie,  of  Studley,  Co.  York,  Esq., 
sometime  Chancellor  of  H.M.  Exchequer;  (14)  Arabella,  married 
to  Sir  James  Rushout,  of  Northwick,  Co.  Worcester,  Bart. ;  and 
(15)  yane,  married  to  Gilbert  Repington,  of  Amington,  Co.  Warwick, 
Esq.     To  the  memory  of   Henry  Vernon,   Esq.,  of  Sudbury,  Co. 


COAl-    AtiMnUR    OF    THE    WRIGHTS    AND    LONGbDONS.  383 

Derby,  and  of  Anne,  his  wife.  He  was  the  only  surviving  son  of 
George  Vernon,  ICsq.,  she  the  only  daughter  of  Thomas  Piggott,  Esq. 
He  afterwards  m.irried  Matilda,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wright,  Esq., 
of  Longstone,  Co  Derby,  and  died,  leaving  no  issue  by  her,  in  the 
33rd  year  of  his  age,  1718. 

The  arms  of  the  \Vrii;hts  of  Great  Longstone  are  very  puzzling. 
They  appeared  before  Dugdale  in  the  Visitation  of  1662,  and  were 
allowed  Sa.  on  a  chevron  engrailed  Or  ih'ee  unicorns'  heads  erased 
Or,  between  three  spear  heads  azute  (this  is  bad  heraldry — the  colours 
are  evidently  wrongly  recorded).  These  arms  are  found  carved  upon 
the  old  oak  in  tlie  dining  room  at  Longstone  Hall,  with  three 
quarterings,  (2)  is  a  harry  of  five,  over  all  a  bend  sinister;  (3)3 
chevron  between  three  fleur-de-lis  in  chief  (a  crescent  for  difference), 
and  (4)  a  lion  rampant.  The  crest  allowed  by  Dugdale  was 
"a  dexter  main  argent,  holding  a  dart  or."  In  the  arn-s  carved  in 
the  house  the  dart  appears  to  be  a  spear,  which  is  probably  correct, 
looking  at  the  charge  given  upon  the  shield. 

It  is  dangerous  to  speculate  upon  the  derivation  of  coat  armour 
without  some  proof  of  it,  yet  it  is  idle  to  wlioUy  disregard  it,  and  in 
this  quartered  coat  there  is  strong  ground  for  claiming  a  descent 
from  the  Peverils.  The  de  Longsdons  were  seated  here  in  the  time 
of  the  founder  of  the  family  of  the  Peak,  after  5  Richard  I.  they  held 
under  the  Princes  of  Powis,  and  some  of  them  sealed  with  the 
Grififin  coat  (see  ante  page  343)  The  fourth  quartering  is  clearly  that 
of  their  House,  and  is  properly  marshalled  with  the  older  arms 
of  the  family.  We  have  at  present  but  a  bare  outline  of  the 
pedigrees  of  tlie  Princes  of  Powis,  as  well  as  of  the  Peverils  of 
Nottingham  and  we  are  in  the  dark  as  to  the  female  members  of 
both  these  families.  The  Charters  already  cited  in  this  chapter 
prove  the  presence  of  many  male  scions  in  and  about  the  Peak  at 
this  early  period,  and  it  stands  to  reason  that  there  must  have  been 
many  female  descendants  who  probably  married  into  the  families 
of  tie  knights  of  their  houses,  from  whom  many  of  the  ancient 
families  of  Derbyshire  must  be  derived. 

The  Wrights  are  singularly  unfortunate  in  having  but  if^  heraldic 
seals  at  ached  to  their  family  Charters,  although  it  is  a  great 
thing  still  to  possess  some  of  them.  The  only  seals  apparently 
used  by  these  grantors  were  the  grififin  and  the  eagle  of  the  Powis 
family,  with  the  lion  of  Powis,  in  the  Wright  shield.     The  Monjoies 


384  COAT   ARMOUR    OF   THE   WRIGHTS    AND    LONGSDONS. 

sealed  with  a  fleur-de-lis,  and  the  third  quartering  of  the  Wrights' 
was  very  probably  derived  from  thcni,  but  there  is  no  proof  of  any 
marriage  which  connected  them.  I'homas  Blore  (sec  liis  original 
MS.,  now  in  tlie  Dakeyne  Collections)  found  on  a  deed  of  William 
Wright,  dated  1566  (of  whom  but  little  is  known,  and  that  Charter 
seems  to  be  lost),  a  coat  of  three  quarterings,  (i  and  4)  three  mullets, 
(2)  a  bugle  horn  between  three  (possibly)  escallops,  and  (3)  a  chevron 
engrailed  between  three  heads — probably  the  coat  allowed  by 
Dugdale;  and  upon  a  silver  goblet  in  possession  of  the  family  is 
engraved  (i  and  4)  Wright  (as  allowed  by  Dugdale),  (2  and  3)  a 
chevron  between  three  escallops  impaling  three  cross  croslets  per 
bend  sinister,  possibly  Foljambe  and  probably  the  same  as  the  second 
coat  of  Biorc. 

Possibly  the  oldest  coat  of  arms  of  the  family  was  the  Grififin  coat. 
John  fil  Nicolas  (the  Clerk)  sealed  his  charters  (certainly  after  the 
departure  of  Griffin  fil  Wenuwyn)  with  his  coat  of  the  griffin,  and 
the  Longsdons  of  Longstone  still  use  this  coat  on  their  seals  as 
iheir  own,  but  in  the  absence  of  any  later  Charters  of  this  family  and 
from  the  fact  that  they  did  not  appear  before  the  heralds,  it  seems 
doubtful  whether  they  have,  in  fact,  any  right  to  bear  it;  but, 
considering  that  the  Wrights  claimed  to  quarter  the  Powis  arms, 
their  claim  would  seem  to  be  as  strong  John  the  Clerk,  no  doubt, 
was  the  official  whose  duty  it  was  to  seal  the  deeds  of  the  Welsh 
Princes,  and  he  may  have  used  their  seal  las  his  own)  when  they  no 
longer  remained  to  assert  their  rights,  as  feudal  tenants  frequently 
assumed  their  lords'  arms  without  any  claim  by  descent ;  but  there  is 
no  reason  to  doubt  his  just  right  to  use  them. 

Amongst  the  Okeover  Charters  is  one  relating  to  Allow,  dated 
3  I'dward  II ,  by  Sir  Henry  de  Kniveton,  to  Roger  fil  John  Acour, 
to  which  Ralf  de  Monjoie  was  a  witness,  to  which  was  attached 
a  fine  seal  of  three  (?)  horse-shoes  on  a  chevron  between  three 
spears'  heads,  suspiciously  like  the  arms  of  the  Wrights,  and  indi- 
cating, as  it  has  been  hazarded,  a  common  origin  for  both  families, 
or  it  may  be  proof  of  a  marriage  between  them.  It  might  be  urged 
in  favour  of  the  idea  that  Matthew  de  Longsdon  and  Adam  fil  Peter 
were  both  of  the  family  of  the  Griffins;  tliat  they  presented  them- 
selves as  bail  for  Griffin  de  Esteforth,  when  he  was  involved  in  a 
serious  Forest  trespass  in  36  Henry  III. 


THE  WRIGHT    MOTTO.  3*5 

The  following  opinions  on  the  meaning  of  the  motto  and  the  name 
of  Wright  are  extracted  from  Mr.  Wright's  collection. 
Motto:  "TouTjouRS  ijuoit." 
Opinions  of  French  experts  ab  to  "  toutjours." 
The  motto  might  have  been  "  tout  droit  tous  les  jours,"  but  "  tout 
jours,"    which    afterwards    became    "  toujours,"    was    an    expression 
common  to  that  period,  and  an  easy  abbreviation.     The  expert  adds 
that   for   certain   the   name   was  first   "  Le  droit,"  and  that  from  the 
name  there  was  gradually  formed  a  motto,  and  that  after  the  Norman 
family  had  been  a  certain  time  in  England,  the  name  got  changed  to 
"Le  Wright"  (or  more  probably  "  Le  Right"),  that  the  "w"  was 
prefixed  to  give  it  a  little  distinction  and  precedence  over  the  ordinary 
word  "  right "  (or  possibly  because  it  coincided  with  Wright  or  Faber). 
"Toutjours    droit."-Cette    devise    lenconte    a    la   conquete    de 
1-  Angleterre  par  les  Normands  en  1066.     Les  chevaliers  de  la  parente 
et  suite  de  Guillaume  avaient  tous  des  devises. 

Celle  ci  signifie  sans  nul  doute,  "  Always  right."  Mais  le  /  final  de 
tout  dans  ce  mot  toutjours  semblerait  indiquer  que  primitivement  il 
s'ecrivait  en  2  mots,  et  qu  'il  y  a  Ik  un  jeu  de  mots,  dont  la  signification 
complete  serait-Always  (ever)  all  right,  c'est  a  dire,  toujours  droit, 
tout  droit,  et  toujours  tout  droit 
Another  explanation  by  the  same— 

Le    premier   nora   est  Droit    (Wright)   auquel   on   a    ajoute    Tout 
Jours  ecrit  en  deux  mots  pour  donner  a  eniendre-3  significations- 
Toujours  droit :  always  right. 
Tout  jours  :  dans  le  sens  de  tous  les  jours  droit. 
Cette  devise  est  un  jm  de  mots  qui  doit  Gire  compris  ainsi :  Always 
all  right  every  day,  les  trois  en  un  dans  le  mot  Tout  jours  ecnt  en  2 
mots  avec  jours  en  i)luriel. 

The  pedigree  of  the  Longsdons  of  Little  Longstone  is  recorded  in 
Vol.  9  of  the  Reliquary,  compiled  by  Mr.  John  Sleigh. 


LONGSTONE    PARISH     REGISTERS. 
A  large  volume  on  parchment,  in  fair  condition,  commencing  1636 
or  1637,  the  first  page  (and  some  others),  spoilt  by  the  application 
of  gall,  are  nearly  illegible.     There  is  a  date,  1637,  about  the  middle 
of  I  St  page. 


386  LONGSTONE   t-ARlSH    REGISTERS. 

.     Stephen  Mellor  de  Pva  L ,  bap. 

William  (?)  Boore  and  Helena  Sheldon,  of  Sheldon,  m. 

Edmund  fil  Christopher  James,  of  Wardlow,  bap. 

Grace  and  Robert  Hassil.ini,  G   1.,  bu.  2otli  July. 

Rouland  fil  Richard  Milnes,  of  J,,  i..,  bap.  3rd  Sept. 

of  George  Chadwick,  of  Hurdlow,  baji.  241I1  Sept. 

Robt.  fil  Robert  Tattersal,  of  G.  L.,  bap.  12th  Oct. 
1638,  3rd  page.     John  fil  VVni.  Green  de  Rulland,  bap.  19th  April. 

Maria  fil  Thos.  Sheldon,  of  Hassop. 

Willmus  Wright  de  M.  L.,  bu   4th  May. 

George  fil  Nicolas  Garlick  de  M.  L.,  bap.  12th  August. 

Thomas  Hodkinson  and  Alice  White,  of  M.  L. 
1639      Jane  uxor  Thos.  White,  of  Moniisdale,  sep.  loth  Jan. 

Eliz  filia  widow  Yellet,  of  M.  L ,  bap. 

Francis  fil  Frances  Welsh,  of  M.  I>.,  bap.  4th  July  and  bu. 

Henry  (?)  James  of  Wardlow,  sep.  5th  July. 

Geo.  fil  Thos.  Buxton,  of  Wardlow,  bap.  ult.  July. 

Robt.  fil  Jo.  Barnes,  of  M.  L.,  bap.  same  day. 

John  Blaunt,  of  M.  L  ,  sep.  7th  August. 

Eliz.,  d.  of  Edward  Pickford,  of  M.  L.,  bap.  loth  Oct. 

Robert  Slack  and  .Micia  Yellot,  of  M.  L.,  bap.  20th  Oct. 

Anna  fil  Richard  Blackwell,  of  M.  I..,  bap.  ist  Dec. 

Alice  uxor  Thomas  Fynney,  of  M.  I,,  bu.  15th  Dec. 

Dorothy  fil  Wm.  Slack,  of  M.  L.,  bu. 

Alice  fil  Humphrey  Foxlowe,  of  M.  L.,  bap.  21st  Nov. 

Inft.  of  James  Pynney,  of  Pva.  L.,  bu. 
Dec.    25th,  1639.     Memorandum.     This   day   paid   upon   the  com- 
munion table  jQit  by  Robert   Haslam,  of  G.  L  ,  and  William 

Wright,  junr.,  of  the  same,  gentleman,  to  and  for  the  use 

of  the  poorest  people  of  G.  L.,  of  the  gift  of  Widow  White 

and  Stephen  Greaves  (?^,  of  G.  L.,  deceased,  and  there  were 

present    at   the    payment    Robert    Craven,    Curate,    Richard 

White,  then  Churchwarden,  Anthony  I.ongsdon,  gentleman, 

James  Fynney,  of  1,.  L.,  Thomas  Haslam,  of  G.  L. 
Feb.  3rd,  1639.     30s  paid  in  like  manner,  in  the  presence  of  Robt 

Craven,  Curate,  and  William  Wright,  senr.,  gentleman. 

Visitation.     C^iiffin  Higgs. 

Henry  Mellor,  the  next  Churchwarden. 
1640.     Nicolas  Daken,  of  M.  L.,  sep.  7th  March. 


LONGSTONE    PARISH    REGISTERS.  387 

William  fil  Arthur  Heathcote,  bap.  9th  April. 

—  fil  Richard  Shakerly,  of  G.  L.,  bu. 

Helena  fil  Stephen  Mellor,  of  G.  L.,  bap.  23rd  April, 

\Vm.  Allen  and  Margt.  Haberjam,  m.  loih  July. 

Joseph  White  and  Elizabeth  Buxton,  m. 

Henry  Goodwin  and  Elizabeth  Gill,  m.  3rd  August. 

Thomas  Ludlowe  and  Ann  Finney,  of  G.  L.,  m.  Feb. 

1640.  Maria  u.k  .\nthony  Longsdon,  gentleman,  bu.  24th  Feb. 

1641.  Johanna  fil  William  Platts  de  Hassop,  bap.  2nd  May. 
Katherine  fil  Geo.  Boadeii,  of  Brushfield,  bap  23rd  May. 
Thos.  Shakerley,  of  M.  L.,  bu.  13th  May. 

Joan  fil  Jo.  Plattes,  of  M.  L.,  bap.  isth  May. 

Elizabeth  fil  Henry  Furnice,  of  M.  L,  bap.  24th  August. 

Isabella  fil  Robert  Slack,  of  M.  L.,  bap.  4th  Sept. 

William  Wright,  junr,  of  M.  L.,  bu.  glh  Oct. 

Elizabeth  fil  Thomas  Chalterton,  junr.,  bap. 

Egidius  Allen,  of  G.  L ,  bu.  isth  Dec. 

Rich,  fil  Richard  Blackwell,  of  G.  L ,  bap.  21st  Dec. 

—  fila  Wm.  Heathcot,  of  G.  L.,  bap. 

—  fil    Thos.  Buxton,  of  Wardlow,  bap. 
Inft.  John  Hatfield  de  Wardlow,  bu    Dec. 
Henry  Lommas  and  Parnel  Mellor,  m.  10th  Feb. 
Fras  Shakerly,  of  G.  L.,  bu.  loth  Feb. 

Eliz.  fil  Wm.  Mornesale,  deceased,  bu.  21st  Feb. 

1642.  John  fil  Nicolas  Mellor,  of  L.  L.,  bap.  4th  Sept. 
Thomas  fil  Henry  Tattersal,  of  G.  L.,  bap.  3rd  March. 

1643.  Rol^t-  fil  Francis  Needham,  of  G.  I..,  bap.  2iid  April. 
Michael  Uadfield  and  Alice  Clay,  m.  8th  June. 
Abraham  Steward  and  Ellen  Bagshaw,  m.  17th  July. 

1643.  Johanna  fil  Thurston  Wright,  of  Wardlow,  bap.  6th  Aug. 
Wm.  fil  Hy   Furnice,  G.L.,  bap.  30  Aug. 

1644.  Rich,  fil  Wm.  Platts,  of  Hassop,  bap.  8  Oct. 
Nic.  fil  Nic.  Garlick,  M.L.,  bap.  23  Jan. 

1645.  Geo.  and  Jo.,  twins  of  George  Chadwick,  of  Wardlow. 
Rad.  Ryder  and  Helena  Cockin,  m.  6  July. 
Edward  North,  bu.  8  Sept. 

Eliz.  Shakerly,  gentlewoman,  bu,  2nd  . 

1646.  Joan,  the  wife  of  Rich.  Wright,  bu.  2nd  April. 
Wm.,  son  of  Richard  Wright,  bap.  1 1  Oct. 


388  LONGSTONE   PARISH    REGISTERS. 

^rargaret  (?),  the  daughter  of  Thurston  Wright,  bap.  —  Feb. 

1647.  Henry  Tattersal  and  Marie  HuUie.  m.  19  April. 
Richard  Mailer  ni.  Joan  Braniall. 

Thomas  Meller,  bu.  22  .Aug 

John  Bradbury  and  Maria  Gill,  m.  28  Aug. 

Mistress  Klizabeth  Wright  was  buried  the  5  Sept ,  1647. 

Edmund  Rylie,  of  Brushiield,  was  bu.  5  Nov. 

Edward,  the  son  of  Bouham  Poynton,  bap   6  Feb. 

1648.  Jo.,  son  of  Richard  James,  bu.  25  Mar. 

John,  the  son  of  Henry  Wright  was  bap.  16  April. 
'I'homas,  the  son  of  Archuler  Fouljam,  bap.  same  day. 
1650.  Anthony  Meller,  Curate  of  Taddington,  1669  His  name  as 
minister  is  inscribed  on  one  of  the  bells  of  Taddington  Church. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Anthony  Meller  was  bap.  at  Longston, 
1674.  'llie  following  year,  1675  Mary,  his  wife,  was  buried 
at  l.ongstone,  and  lie  was  himself  buried  in  1679  as  Curate 
of  Taddington. 

1648.  Nicholas  Mellor,  bu.  17th  June. 
Ales  FouUjam,  bu.  12th  July. 

I'-Uen  ux  Abraham  Steward,  bu.  25ih  July. 

Anne  Saukt,  bu.  22nd  Sept. 

Margeree,  tht-  wife  of  Robt.  Tattersall,  bu.  29th  Oct. 

Ann,  the  daughter  of  Hercules  Fowljamb,  bap.  same  day. 

George,  son  of  George  Knifton,  bap.  ist  Nov. 

1649.  I'humas,  son  of  John  Hatfield,  bu.  19th  April. 
Sampson,  the  son  of  Hercules  Fouljamb,  bap.  22nd  June. 
Thurston,  the  son  of  Richard  Wright,  bap. 

Kliz,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Wm.  Wright,  junr.,  bap.  ist  Jan. 

1650.  Nicolas  Garlick  was  bu.  loth  April. 

165 1.  Robt.  Craven,  Minister  de  L.,  and  Eliz.  Winsconib,  m.  9  Julv 
George,  son  of  Fras.  Knifton,  bap.  15th  Nov. 

Eliz.,  daughter  of  John  Poynton,  bap.  i4ih  March. 
Robt.,  the  son  of  Riciiard  Wright,  was  bap.  i8th  March. 

1652.  Tl.os.  Foxlow  and  Eme  Vallence,  ra.  20th  April. 

Anna,  daughter  of  William  Wright,  junr.,  of  G.  L.,  born  sth 

day  of  January  and  bap.  i6th  January. 
Mrs.  Manners  Wright,  the  wife  of  Wm.  Wright,  was  bu. 
Eliz  ,  the  child  of  James  Bagshaw,  of  Roland,  bap  7th  Nov. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Bonham  Poynton,  bap.  21st  Nov. 


LONGSTONE    PARISH    REGISTERS.  389 

Mary  ux  Wilm.  Buxton,  bu.  24th  Nov 

Mary,  daughter  of  said  Wm.   Buxton   and   Mary,   bap.  same 

day. 
Arthur,  son  of  Wm    Heathcote,  bap.  30th  Jan. 
Joane,  daughter  of  Ricli.  Milnes,  bap   same  day. 
Edward  Clowes  of  G.  1. ,  bu.  6th  Feb. 

1653.  Eliz.  Noto.n,  Wo.,  bu.  15th  .\pril. 

Henry,  son  of  Geo.  Knifeton,  of  Hassop,  bap. 

Ann,  daughter  of  Wm.  Gill,  bap   8th  May. 

Adam  Hadfield,  bu.  i8th  May. 

Adam,  son  of  Fias.  Kniveton,  bap.  July. 

Robert  Craven,  Minister  of   Longstone,  was  bu.  27th  August. 

1654.  James,  son  of  Rich.  Tatersall,  bap.  loth  April. 
Nicholas,  son  of  John  Poynton,  bap.  28th  July. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Mellor,  bap. 

Jane  ux  James  Bagshaw,  of  Rowland,  bu.  22nd  Dec. 

1655.  Mary,  daughter  of  Geo.  Knifton,  of  Hassop,  bap. 

Wm.  Wright  and  Miss  Penelope  Leigh,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Leigh,  of  Adlington,  Esq.,  m. 
y  1656.     Rowland,  son  of  'I'hos.  Eyre,  Esq.,  of  Hassop,  bu.  nth  Feb. 

1676.      Dennis  Meller  was  buiied  at  Longstone. 
1679.     Mary  Meller  married  Geuffry  Hodgkinson. 


Longstone     Records. 

APPENDIX     D. 


LONGSTONH  TOWNSHIPS, 

l-'nnn   Kelly's  Directory  of  Derbyshire,   1904. 


The  Ed.  L.  R.  does  not  endorse  all  the  stciteiiieiits. 


Great  Longstone  Chapelry  includes  Little  Longstone,  Great 
Longstone,  Rowland,  and  part  of  Wardlow  townships,  out  of  the 
parish  of  Bakewell  in  the  Western  division  of  the  county,  hundred 
of  High  Peak,  Bakewell  Union,  petty  sessional  division  and  county 
court  district,  rural  deanery  of  Bakewell,  archdeaconry  of  Derby 
and  diocese  of  Southwell.  '1  he  village  consists  of  one  long  street  on 
high  ground  sheltered  by  a  range  of  hills  called  "  Longstone  Edge," 
and  has  a  station  on  the  Ambergate  and  Manchester  section  of  the 
Midland  Railway,  3  miles  N.W.  from  Bakewell,  12  West  from 
ChesterKeld  and  134  from  London.  It  is  supplied  with  water  from 
springs  at  Stoke  Flatt  Moor,  from  which  the  water  is  conducted  by 
pipes  to  the  dwelling-houses  of  the  inhabitants.  The  church  of 
St  Giles  consists  of  chancel,  clerestoried  nave  with  arcades  of  six 
narrow  arches  on  octagonal  pillars,  aisles,  south  porch,  organ 
chamber,  vestry,  and  a  battlemented  western  tower  with  pinnacles 
containing  a  clock,  and  5  modern  bells  the  gift  of  G.  T.  Wright,  Rsq.; 
the  earliest  portions  of  the  structure  date  from  the  middle  of  the 
13th  century ;  in  the  following  century  considerable  alterations 
were  made,  and  to  this  period  must  be  assigned  the  decorated 
arcades,  the  south  porch  and  priests'  door  ;  the  Chancel  w  indows 
are  perpendicular,  but  the  East  window  has  been  mostly  renewed  ; 
the  fine  roofs  of  the  Chancel,  nave  and  aisles  are  also  perpendicular 
work,  wrought  with  extreme  care,  and  have  embattled  cornices  and 
carved  bosses  at  the  intersections,  some  being  of  eccentric  design 
and  others  bearing  various  heraldic  shields ;  the  clerestory  windows 


Lon^stone     Townships.  2 

seem  to  be  even  later  and  to  belong  to  the  17th  century,  and  the 
tower  also  exhibits  in  various  parts  the  effect  of  debased  treatment; 
the  Chancel  retains  a  small  piscina  in  the  S.  wall  and  an  almery  on 
the  opposite  side,  and  there  is  another  piscina  in  the  S.  aisle  ;  the 
East  window,  formerly  a  memorial*  to  the  Eyres  of  Hassop,  has 
been  refilled  with  stained  glass  by  Mrs.  Bullivantf  to  members  of  the 
Wright  family,  and  there  are  nine  other  stained  windows ;  the  East 
end  of  the  South  aisle  is  enclosed  by  a  screen  of  old  oak,  with  the 
Eyre  crest  over  the  entrance  ;  within  attached  to  a  slab  of  black 
marble  against  the  wall,  is  a  plate  of  copper,  finely  engraved  with 
the  figures  of  a  man  and  woman  kneeling  face  to  face  at  desks ; 
below  is  a  shield  with  the  Eyre  crest  and  a  long  Latin  inscription  to 
Rowland  Eyre,  Esq.,  of  Hassop,  Ob.  1624,  and  Gertrude  (Stafford)  his 
wife;  built  into  the  West  wall  [VestryJ  is  an  effectively  carved  Latin 
cross,  supposed  to  have  been  formerly  on  the  gable  of  the  Chancel ; 
the  Church  was  restored  in  1873,  when  a  vestry  was  added,  an 
organ  chamber  built  and  an  organ  inti"oduced,  the  total  cost  being 
about  £2800;  thei-e  are  300  sittings;  south  of  the  Chancel  stands 
the  old  churchyard  cross,  till  lately  (1904)  consisting  only  of  a 
tapering  octagonal  shaft,  6  feet  high,  rising  from  a  wide  base  on 
three  square  steps;  but  a  cross  head  has  now  been  placed  on  the 
shaft,  as  a  memorial  to  the  Rev.  Canon  Cornish,  a  former  Vicar  of 
the  parish.  The  register  dates  from  the  year  1638  and  is  in  good 
preservation,  with  the  exception  of  several  pages  illegible  by  damp. 
The  living  is  a  Vicarage,  net  income  £194,  with  97  acres  of  glebe 
and  residence,  in  the  gift  of  the  Vicar  of  Bakewell,  and  held  since 
1893  by  the  Rev.  Giles  Andrew,  M.A.,  L.L.M.,of  St.  John's  College, 
Cambridge.  There  is  a  Weslejan  Chapel  at  Great  Longstone  and 
a  Congregational  Chapel  at  Little  Longstone.  The  Milne  charity 
being  the  interest  of  £50,  is  distributed  yearly  amongst  the  poor  of 
the  township  ;  a  dole  of  meal  to  the  value  of  about  £7  is  annually 
given  to  the  poor  of  Longstone  and  Holme  by  the  Duke  of  Devon- 
shire ;  and  clothing  for  six  aged  persons  (three  men  and  three 
women)  is  provided  by  Capt.  Henry  Wright's  charity.  William 
Wright's  charity  producing  £5  yearly,  in  addition  to  the  bequest  to 
the   schools,  is  distributed  as   follows: — £2   10    0    to   the   poor  of 

^  There  was  no  vestige  of  a  Memorial  Window  in  187J. 

t  This  should  read — "The  East  window  at  the  Church  Restoration  was  filled  with  stained  glass 

by  Miss  E.  E.  Wright  (afterwards  Mrs,  BuUivant)  in  Memoriam." 


3  Longstone     Records. 

Lonj»stone;  £1  divided  between  the  poor  of  Ashford  and  Wardlow; 
and  £2  10  Of  to  the  Vicar  for  divine  service  on  St.  Thomas'  Day; 
10s.  8d.  heing  the  income  of  an  old  toll  gate  at  Hernstone  Lane 
Head,  has  been  added  to  this  Charity,  and  is  distributed  in  kind. 
The  Gisborne  charity  left  in  1818  by  the  Rev.  Francis  Gisborne, 
some  time  rector  of  Staveley,  is  distributed  in  flannel  ;  a  sum  of 
£1  yearly,  the  bequest  of  Rowland  Eyre,  of  Hassop,  is  distributed 
by  the  Overseers.  Longstone  Hall,  the  seat  of  George  Thomas 
\Vright,  J. P.,  is  an  ancient  mansion  at  the  West  end  of  the  village. 
The  Duke  of  Devonshire,  K.G.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  chief 
landowner.  The  soil  is  limestone ;  subsoil,  stone  beds.  The  crops 
are  chiefly  pasturage  and  roots.  The  township  of  Great  Longstone 
with  Holme  contained  a  population  in  1901  of  478;  the  area  is 
2971  acres  of  land  and  6  of  water;  rateable  value  £6793. 

The  hamlet  of  Holme,  formerly  in  this  chapelry,  was  transferred 
to  the  parish  and  Urban  District  of  Bakewell,  in  accordance  with 
an  Order  of  the  Local  Government  Board  of  August,  1903. 

Post,  M.O.  &  T.O.,  T.M.O.,  E.D.,  S.B.,  &  A.  &  I.  Office,  Great 
Longstone.  Mrs.  Sarah  Lowe,  sub-postmistress.  Letters  received 
from  Bakewell  at  7-35  a.m.  and  6  p.m.;  Sundays  7-50  a.m.; 
dispatched  at  7-30  a.m.  and  5-55  p.m.  ;  Sundays  11-15  a.m. 

Se.xton,  William  Eyre. 

Rowland  is  a  township,  with  an  acreage  of  303 ;  rateable  value 
£926;  the  population  in  1901  was  53. 

Little  Longstone,  at  the  foot  of  a  bold  range  of  hills,  is  3i  miles 
N.W.  from  Bakewell  and  half-a-mile  from  Great  Longstone.  The 
land  is  chiefly  grazing,  upon  the  limestone  formation.  The  river 
Wye  flows  on  the  West  through  the  valley  of  Monsal  dale,  a  fine 
view  of  which  is  obtained  from  Edgestones  Head,  in  Ashford 
township,  from  which  a  good  road  leads  through  the  dale  to 
Cressbrook  and  Litton.  At  Monsal  Dale  is  a  station  on  the 
Ambergate  and  Manchester  section  of  the  Midland  Railway.  The 
area  is  1016  acres  of  land  and  22  of  water  :  rateable  value  £4181  ; 
the  population  in  1901  was  145. 

Wall  Box,  Edgestones  Head,  cleared  at  6-20  p.m.,  Sundays 
12  noon.  Little  Longstone,  cleared  at  6-10  p.m. ;  Sundays, 
11-30  a.m. 

t  This  slioiiM  r^ad  £i   lo  o. 


Lon£stone     Townships.  4 

Public  Elementary  School  (mixed  and  infants),  built  by  sub- 
scription in  1862,  at  a  cost  of  £450  and  enlarged  in  1876,  for  70 
boys  and  girls  and  40  infants,  14  acres  of  land,  now  producing 
£5.  4.  0.  yearly,  being  assigned  for  the  support  of  the  master; 
there  is  also  a  bequest  of  £5  yearly,  left  by  William  Wright  in 
1656,  now  paid  for  technical  instruction  to  one  or  more  boys  at  a 
place  of  higher  education  ;  Henry  Arthur  Spanton,  A.C.P.,  Master; 
Miss  Susan  Holland,  Infants'  mistress. 

Railway  Stations — Longstone,  Richard  Coe,  Station-master. 

Monsal  Dale,  William  James,  Station-master. 


GREAT     LONGSTONE. 

(See  later  lists  by  the  Ed.  L.  R.) 

Private  Residents. 

Andrew,  Rev.  Giles,  M.A.,  L.L.M..  Vicarage  ;  Crossley,  Mrs., 
Outrake  House.  L.  Longstone  ;  Dixon,  Mrs.,  The  Cottage  ;  Wm, 
Rogers  Pitt  Dixon,  The  Cottage;  Furness,  George,  Croft  House; 
Furness,  Mrs.,  Ivy  Cottage ;  Hall,  Miss,  Holly  Bank  ;  Longsdon, 
Ernest  Morewood;  Orr,  Misses,  Grotto  Cottage,  Longstone;  Orrcll, 
Thomas  Mellor,  "Manor  House;  Swann,  William,  The  Grange; 
Turner,  Miss,  The  Manor  House,  Little  Longstone  ;  Wright  Geo. 
Thos.,  J. P.,  Longstone  Hall. 

Conniiercial. 

Alsop,  Thos.,  pig  dealer;  Bennett,  Joseph  &  Isaac,  blacksmiths; 
Bridge,  Frank,  farmer,  Monsal  dale  ;  Bridge,  John,  farmer,  Long- 
stone dale ;  Bridge,  farmer,  Monsal  dale;  Campbell,  Jas.  Stevenson, 
police  constable  ;  Coe,  Richard,  station-master,  Longstone  Station; 
Dakin  Bros.,  farmers,  Churchdale  farm  ;  Edwards,  Hugh,  house- 
holder ;  Eyre,  Arthur  Wm.  Joseph,  builder,  &c.;  Farrington,  Henry, 
Harrow,  P.H.  ;  Franks,  Kate  (Mrs.)  White  Lion,  P.H.;  Froggatt, 
Edward  A.,  spar  merchant,  Monsal  dale ;  Furniss,  Ellen  (.Miss) 
shopkeeper;  Furniss,  William,  farmer;  Green,  Annie  (Mrs.)  shop- 
keeper:    Hambleton,  George,  shoemaker:     Hewitt,  Alfred,    under 

'    Manor  Farm. 


5  Longstone  Records. 

jjamekeeper,  Little  Lonj>st()ne ;  Holmes,  Anthony  William,  cab 
proprietor;  James,  William,  station  master,  Monsal  dale;  Johnson, 
Joseph,  farmer,  The  Elms;  Johnson,  Samuel,  farmer;  Jiipp,  Emma 
(Mrs.)  shoemaker;  Lowe,  Sarah  (Mrs.)  shopkeeper.  Post  Office; 
Lupton,  William,  water  bailiff,  Little  Longstone  ;  McCrindle, 
Georj<e,  head  f>amekeeper,  Monsal  dale;  Mcllers,  Georj'e,  farmer; 
Oldfield,  Fredk.,  farmer,  L.  Longstone  ;  Orr,  Thomas  and  William, 
farmers  ;  Randall,  Martha  (Miss)  shopkeeper  ;  Shimwell,  Elizabeth 
(Mrs.)  furnished  apartments,  Monsal  dale;  Shimwell,  Isaac,  farmer, 
Monsal  dale:  Skidmore,  Robert,  farmer;  Smedley,  George  Henry, 
Crispin  Inn;  Smedley,  Maurice,  Bull's  Head,  P.H.  ,  Monsal  dale; 
Taylor,  .Aaron,  farmer;  Taylor,  George,  farmer,  L.  Longstone; 
Taylor,  William,  Pack  Horse,  P.H.,  L.  Longstone;  Thornhill, 
William,  farmer;  Thorp,  Henry,  farmer;  Timm,  John,  carter; 
Turner,  Kate,  Milner  (Missl  ladies'  school ;  Wager,  Jasper  and 
Albert,  farmers  ;  Wager,  William,  butcher  ;  Wans,  John,  farmer, 
Monsal  dale  ;  Wood,  Joseph,  basket  and  skip  manufacturer,  willow 
merchant  and  farmer,  L.  Longstone. 


ROWLAND. 

Comiiicrcial. 

Bacon,  Joshua,  farmer;  Bennett,  William,  relieving  officer.  North 
district,  Bakewell  Union;  Broom,  George,  farmer;  Murphy,  Patrick, 
farmer  and  spar  merchant;  Needham,  Samuel,  farmer;  Trickett, 
James  Tissington,  farmer. 


WARDLOW 

is  a  township,  partly  in  the  new  parish  of  Bradwell  and  partly  in 
the  parish  of  Longstone,  5  miles  N.N.W.  from  Bakewell  and  2f 
east  by  south  from  Tideswell,  and  2  miles  north  from  Longstone 
station  on  the  Ambergate  and  Manchester  section  of  the  Midland 
railway,  in  the  Western  division  of  the  County,  High  Peak  hundred 
and   Bakewell    Union,   petty    sessional   division    and    county   court 


Longstone     Townships.  6 

district.  The  church  of  the  Good  Shepherd  erected  in  1873  is  a 
small  edifice  of  stone  in  the  Perpendicular  style,  consisting  of 
chancel,  nave,  and  a  turret  between  the  chancel  and  nave,  con- 
taining 2  bells:  there •^re  100  sittings,  and  attached  to  the  church 
is  a  small  burial  ground  :  divine  service  is  conducted  here  by  the 
vicar  of  Longstone.  Here  are  lead  mines,  but  are  not  now  being 
worked.  The  Duke  ot  Devonshire,  K.G.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and 
the  principal  landowner.  The  soil  is  light  on  limestone.  The  land 
is  chiefly  in  pasture.  The  area  is  626  acres;  rateable  value  £614; 
the  popLiiation  in  1901  was  119. 

Letters  from  Buxton,  via  Litton,  arrive  at  7.30  a.m.  by  mail  cart. 
Wall  Letter  Box  cleared  at  6.15  p.m.  week  days  only.  Tideswell  is 
the  nearest  money  order  and  telegraph  office  2f  miles  distant. 
Public  Elementary  School  (mixed)  (under  a  management  of  si.\ 
members)  erected  in  1835  and  enlarged  by  subscription  in  1872,  for 
45  children  ;  average  attendance  26 ;  Mrs.  Francis  Bramwell, 
mistress. 

Co)>ni!fi'cial. 
Allsop,  John,  pig  dealer;  AUsop,  Thomas,  farmer;  Birley,  William, 
farmer;  Birley, George,  farmer;  Cooper,  John  Thomas, farmer;  Dore, 
Samuel,  farmer;  Elliott,  iMartha,  farmer;  Furness,  James,  farmer; 
Furness,  Peter  John.  Bull's  Head  P.H.;  Furness,  Thomas,  Three 
Stags'  Head  P.H.and  farmer;  Gregory,  Alexander,  farmer;  Gregory, 
George, farmer;  Robinson,  James,  farmer;  Robinson,  Samuel, farmer; 
Sellars,  Alfred,  farmer;  Simpson,  Joseph,  farmer;  Waterhouse, 
Benjamin,  farmer. 


CRESSBROOK, 

a  village  in  the  township  of  Tideswell,  is  two  miles  south  from 
Litton,  and  three  south  from  Tideswell;  here  in  a  glen  on  the  banks 
of  the  Wye  are  the  extensive  cotton  mills  carried  en  by  the 
Cressbrook  Mill  Co.,  Ltd. ;  the  inhabitants  are  principallj'  employed 
in  the  mills.  The  village  is  supplied  with  water  from  a  spring,  which 
is  pumped  into  a  reservoir  and  flows  thence  by  gravitation.  Here 
is  a  mission  church,  served  from  Tideswell   (enlarged   in   1903  at  a 


y  Longstone     Records, 

cost  of  £1200)  and  having  a  turret  containing  2  bells;  divine  service 
is  held  here  every  Sunday  ;  there  are  230  sittings.  The  Institute 
here  was  opened  in  Oct.,  1898.  Cressbrook  Hall  is  an  Elizabethan 
mansion  of  stone,  on  the  rather  steep  slope  of  a  well  wooded 
mountain  side,  near  the  banks  of  the  Wye  and  surrounded  by 
pleasure  grounds,  about  a  mile  north  west  from  Monsal  Dale 
station  on  the  .Midland  railway,  and  is  now  (1904)  unoccupied. 

(Letters  through  Buxton.) 
McConnel,  Col.  Frederic  R.,  V.D. 

Coiiaiicnial. 

Alsopp,  Josiah,  greengrocer;  Cressbrook  Mill  Co.,  Ld.,  cotton 
manufacturers;  Froggatt,  Edward  A.,  mine  owner  ;  HoUingworth, 
John,  farmer  ;  Institute,  (John  Skidmore,  Sec);  Lomas,  William, 
farmer  and  landowner  ;  Moss,  Joseph,  Cashier  at  Cressbrook  Mill  ; 
Robinson,  Francis  M.,  (Mrs.)  Post  Office ;  Robinson,  Matthew, 
stonemason  and  builder ;  Savage,  Thomas  H.,  schoolmaster. 
Walker  and  Smith,  grocers ;  Walker,  Eliza,  (Mrs.)  farmer. 


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APPENDIX     E. 

fSee  page  75.?  L.  R.J 


REPORT   OF   THE   COMMISSIONERS   FOR   INQUIRING 
CONCERNING    CHARITIES, 


1827. 


CHAPELRY    OF     LONGSTONE. 


Gisborne's  Charity. 

'Hiis  chapelry  partakes  of  the  Rev.  F.  Gisborne's  charity.  (See 
pa<^e  IGO  of  "  Longstone  Records.") 

Eyre's  Charity. 

An  inscription  on  a  plate,  in  Longstone  Chapel,  dated  in  1624, 
states  that  Roidand  Eyre,  of  Hassopp,  esquire,  whose  donations 
to  the  poor  of  Hassopp,  Rowland  and  Calver,  have  been  noticed  in 
preceding  parts  of  this  Report,  gave  to  the  poor  of  the  town  of 
Great  Longstone,  205.  yearly,  to  be  paid  three  days  before 
Christmas,  and  three  days  before  Easter,  by  Thomas  Eyre,  his 
son  and  heir,  to  whom  he  gave  all  his  lands  and  tenements  in 
Taddington  and  Great  Longstone,  for  ever,  for  the  true  payment 
and  performance  of  the  same. 

This  annual  sum  of  20s.  is  now  paid  by  the  steward  of  the  Earl 
of  Newburgh;  its  distribution  will  be  stated  in  the  following 
account  of  William  Wright's  charity. 

William  Wright's  Charity. 

William  Wright,  by  his  will,  bearing  date  ist  August  1656,  (as 
appears  from  an  abstract  thereof  produced  to  us),  gave  405.  yearly, 
to  40  of  the  poorest  people  living  in  Great  Longstone,  for  ever,  to 


2  WRIGHT  S    CHARITY. 

be  paid  on  St.  Thomas's  day;  5/.  yearly,  to  be  paid  on  the  same 
day,  to  ten  of  the  poorest  men  children  living  in  Great  Longstone, 
to  every  of  them  105.  to  pay  for  learning  and  educating  them  in 
the  grammar  school,  where  they  should  best  like  to  be  taught  and 
educated  ;  30s.  yearly,  towards  the  maintenance  of  divine  service, 
to  be  celebrated  within  the  Chapel  of  Great  Longstone  on  the  same 
day ;  105.  yearly,  to  the  poor  of  Ashford,  on  the  same  day,  (the 
application  of  which  has  been  already  stated);  10s.  yearly,  to  the 
poor  of  Wardlow,  on  the  same  day;  and  10s.  yearly,  to  the  poor 
of  Little  Longstone,  on  the  same  day;  all  the  above  to  be  issuing 
out  of  his  estate  at  Wardlow. 

The  estate  at  Wardlow,  which  formerly  belonged  to  Mr. 
William  Wright,  is  now  the  property  of  Mr.  Peter  Wright,  who 
pays  to  the  overseer  of  the  poor  of  Great  Longstone,  40s.  yearly, 
which  is  distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
chapehvardcn,  overseers,  and  principal  inhabitants,  together  with 
20S.  arising  from  Eyre's  Charity  above  mentioned,  amongst  poor 
persons  of  this  township  not  receiving  weekly  relief.  The  full 
number  of  40  persons  not  receiving  relief,  cannot  usually 
be  found,  and  therefore  the  distribution  is  confined  to  a 
smaller  number.  In  1825,  17  persons,  and  in  1826,  16  persons 
not  receiving  relief,  received  this  distribution,  in  sums  of  a  few 
shillings  each,  varying  in  amount  according  to  their  necessities. 

The  application  of  the  annual  sum  of  5/.  given  by  this  donor, 
for  educating  poor  children  of  Great  Longstone,  will  be  hereafter 
noticed  in  the  account  of  the  school  in  this  township. 

The  annual  sum  of  30s.  mentioned  in  the  will,  has  not  been  paid 
of  late  years,  divine   service   not   having  been    performed   on    St. 
Thomas's  day;  but  the  present  minister  proposes  to  perform  the 
service  on  that  day  in  future,  and  to  claim  the  payment. 
Thomas  Wright's  Charity. 

It  is  stated  on  a  tablet  in  Longstone  Chapel,  that  Thomas 
Wright  of  Great  Longstone,  esquire,  left  the  interest  of  22I.   los. 


WRIGHT  S    CHARITV.  3 

to  be  given,  as  a  dole,  to  the  poor  of  Great  Longstone  and  Holme, 
on  the  Purification  of  the  Blessed  Virgin. 

This  sum  is  lent  on  a  security  cf  the  turnpike  road  leading  from 
Chesterfield  to  Hernstone  Lane  Head,  at  five  per  cent  interest. 

The  interest,  amounting  to  iZ.  25.  6d.  per  annum,  is  distributed 
on  Candlemas-day,  by  the  chapelwardens,  overseers,  and  principal 
inhabitants,  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  description  of 
poor  persons  of  the  township  of  Great  Longstone,  (of  which  Holme 
forms  a  part,}  as  those  to  whom  the  before-mentioned  distribution 
is  made  on  St.  Thomas's  day. 

Captain*  Henry  ^^'RIGHT's  Charity. 
Captain  Henry  ]]'rig}it,  of  Ballybough  Bridge,  in  the  county  of 
Dublin,  by  his  will,  bearing  date  ist  September  1762,  and  proved 
in  the  Prerogative  Court  at  Dublin  in  1766,  after  giving  to  his 
nephew  Thomas  Wright,  of  Longstone,  Derbyshire,  and  if  he 
should  die  before  the  age  of  21,  or  should  have  no  children,  to  the 
youngest  son  of  his  good  friend  George  \'enables  Lord  \'ernon, 
all  his  bills  and  bonds,  subject  to  the  payment  of  his  debts,  funeral 
expenses,  and  legacies,  bequeathed  as  follows:  "  It  is  my  desire 
that  a  sufficient  sum  be  taken  out  of  my  fortune  as  will  clothe  three 
poor  old  men  and  three  poor  old  women,  of  the  parish  of  Long- 
stone, Derbyshire,  with  shirt,  shoes  and  stockings,  coat  and 
waistcoat,  hat  and  breeches,  with  a  shilling  and  a  great  coat, 
facing  them,  of  different  colour,  to  each  of  them,  on  the  29th 
September,  for  ever  :  I  also  give  12  sixpenny  loaves,  and  sixpience 
in  money,  to  12  old  housekeepers,  inhabitants  of  Longstone,  for 
ever,  with  2lbs.  of  beef  to  each,  on  the  ist  January,  for  ever:  and 
that  these  poor  may  not  be  injured,  but  punctually  paid  the  day 
fixed  after  my  death,  it  is  my  positive  order,  that  a  sum  of  money 
sufficient  to  buy  land  that  will  clothe  and  provide  for  the  poor  be 
taken  out  of  the  principal  to  purchase  the  said  lands  sufficient,  for 
ever,  which  land  I  desire  may  be  bought  immediately;  and  till  a 
purchase  is  made,  the  poor  shall  have  what  interest  shall  arise  as 


4  Wright's  charity. 

an  immediate  maintenance  for  them  ;  and  1  appoint  Lord  \ernon 
and  Godfrey  Clark,  the  j^uardian  and  director  of  this  will  and 
testament,  with  joint  power  to  call  in  what  cash  shall  be  due  on 
the  bond,  and  the  cash  due  on  my  half-pay  as  captain,  in  order 
they  may  comply  with  my  desire;  and  likewise  if  they  will  not  act, 
shall  have  power  to  choose  two  honest  gentlemen  till  my  nephew 
comes  of  age,  or  one  of  the  family  enjoy  the  estate  at  Longstone, 
who  must  be  always  one  guardian  for  the  above  poor  :  I  desire  no 
mistake  may  arise  in  any  quibbling  of  law  to  prejudice  the  poo.  : 
I  desire  Thomas  Wright,  of  Longstone,  Derbyshire,  shall  only 
enjoy  when  he  comes  of  age,  what  remains  of  my  fortune,  after 
the  aforesaid  sums  are  paid,  and  Lord  Vernon's  son  the  same 
when  Thomas  Wright  dies;  and  if  this  will  is  not  complied  with, 
they  shall  not  have  one  groat,  but  whatever  sum  there  is  shall  be 
paid  entirely  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  Longstone,  towards 
building  a  house  for  the  said  poor." 

The  donor  of  this  will  mentions  the  parish  of  Longstone,  as  the 
place  the  poor  inhabitants  of  which  were  to  have  the  benefit  of  his 
charitv  ;  but  it  appears  to  have  been  always  confined  to  the  poor  of 
the  township  of  Great  Longstone  only,  it  being  conceived  that  it 
was  not  intended  by  Captain  Wright  that  the  other  townships 
which  form,  part  of  the  chapelry  of  Longstone,  but  maintain  their 
own  poor  separately,  viz.  Little  Longstone,  part  of  Wardlow  and 
Hrushfield,  should  partake  of  it. 

The  testator  having  directed  that  the  sum  which  he  desired  to 
be  appropriated  to  charitable  purposes,  should  be  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  land,  the  gift  was  void  under  statute  g  Geo.  2,  c.  36; 
but  we  are  informed,  that  a  sum  of  500/.,  part  of  his  property, 
was  set  aside  in  order  to  provide  for  the  above-mentioned  charity  ; 
that  this  sum  was  in  the  hands  of  the  late  Lord  Vernon,  and  that 
for  many  years,  complete  suits  of  clothing  for  three  men  and  three 
women  were  sent  by  Lord  Vernon  to  Great  Longstone,  and  distri- 
buted to  poor  persons  of  that  township;   but  it  does   not  appear 


WRIGHT  S    CHARITY. 


that  the  other  directions  contained  in  the  will,  for  a  distribution  of 
bread,   &c.,   were  complied   with.        We   are  also   informed,   that 
about  the  year  1810,  a  copy  of  the  donor's  will  was  obtained  from 
Ireland  by  the  inhabitants  of  this  chapelry,  and  that  applications 
were  afterwards  made  on  their  behalf  to  Lord  Vernon,  and  to  his 
brother,  the  present  Archbishop  of  York,   who,   as  the  youngest 
son    of    George    Venables    Lord    Vernon,   mentioned  in  the  will, 
became  by  the  death  of  Thomas  Wright  the  donor's  nephew,  the 
residuary    legatee    under    that    will;    that    the    archbishop    being 
desirous  of  fulfilling  the  donor's  intentions,  and  of  applying  the 
said  sum  of  500?.  in  a  purchase  of  lands,  to  be  legally  secured  for 
the  charities,  the  opinion  of  counsel  was  taken  as  to  the  best  mode 
of  carrying  those  intentions  into  effect ;  that  the  inhabitants  of  the 
township  of  Great   Longstone  were  desired  to  endeavour  to  find 
a  purchase  of  land  of  that  amount ;  and  that  two  farms  were  at 
different  times  offered  for  this  purpose,  but  that  the  titles  of  them 
were  not  approved;  and  that  at  length,  in   1824,  a  purchase  was 
made  of  a  farm  at  Aston  Edge,  in  the  parish  of  Hope,  which  was 
conveyed  by  the  following  deed  : — 

By  indenture  of  bargain  and  sale,  bearing  date  7th  June  1824, 
and  enrolled  in  Chancery,  Benjamin  \\"yatt  and  John  Hayward,  in 
consideration  of  725/.  conveyed  to  John  Thomas  Wright,  of 
Lympston,  in  Devonshire,  and  James  Longsdon,  of  Little  Long- 
stone,  and  their  heirs,  a  messuage,  with  the  outbuildings,  barns, 
stables,  cow-houses,  orchard  and  garden,  and  several  closes,  all 
situate  at  or  near  Aston  Edge,  in  the  parish  of  Hope,  called  The 
Moor,  containing  nine  acres,  the  Intake,  four  acres,  the  Over 
Barn  Field,  seven  acres,  the  Nether  Barn  Field,  seven  acres,  the 
Mean  Field,  with  a  barn  thereon,  seven  acres,  the  Meadow,  four 
acres,  the  Over  Croft,  two  acres,  and  the  Nether  Croft,  four  acres, 
to  the  use  of  them  and  their  heirs,  upon  the  trusts  declared  by  an 
indenture  bearing  even  date  therewith. 

By  the  indenture  above  referred  to,  bearing  date  on  the  same 
dav,   between   the     most   Rev.    Edward     \enables     \ernon,     Lord 


6  WRIGHT  S    CHARITY. 

.\rchbi.shop  ot  York  (described  as  being  the  youngest  son  of  the 
Right  honourable  George  Venables,  formerly  Lord  Vernon, 
deceased,  and  a  legatee  named  in  the  will  of  Captain  Henry 
Wright),  of  the  first  part ;  the  said  John  Thomas  Wright  and 
James  Longsdon,  of  the  second  part;  and  the  Rev.  Bachc 
Thornhill,  minister  of  Longslon,  James  Gregory,  chapelwarden, 
and  Matthew  Furncss  and  James  Gregory,  overseers  thereof,  of 
the  third  part ;  reciting  the  will  of  the  said  Henry  Wright,  and  the 
above-mentioned  purchase  deed ;  and  that  the  sum  of  500/.  part  of  . 
the  purchase  money  of  the  hereditaments  by  that  deed  conveyed, 
was  the  money  of  the  said  archbishop,  and  paid  by  him  to  the  said 
John  Tliomas  Wright,  and  James  Longsdon,  to  be  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  land  ;  and  that  the  remaining  part  of  the  said  purchase 
money,  of  7.25/.  vvas  raised  by  the  inhabitants  of  the  township  of 
Great  Longstone,  by  voluntary  contributions;  it  vvas  declared, 
that  the  said  messuage,  lands  and  premises,  were  conveyed  to  the 
said  John  Thomas  Wright,  and  James  Longsdon,  and  their  heirs, 
on  the  trusts  expressed  in  the  will  of  the  said  Henry  Wright, 
concerning  the  land  by  the  said  will  directed  to  be  purchased ;  and 
it  was  likewise  declared,  that  in  case  the  said  John  Tliomas 
Wright,  and  James  Longsdon,  or  any  future  trustees  should 
happen  to  die,  or  be  desirous  to  be  discharged  from  the  said  trusts, 
the  said  .Archbishop  of  York,  during  his  life,  and  afterwards  the 
minister,  chapelwardens  and  overseers  for  the  time  being,  of  the 
said  township,  or  in  case  of  their  neglecting  so  to  do,  the  surviving 
trustee  for  the  time  being,  or  the  executors  or  administrators  of 
the  last  surviving  trustee,  should  forthwith  appoint  another  fit 
person  to  act  as  a  trustee,  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  regard  being 
had,  as  far  as  circumstances  would  admit,  to  the  directions 
contained  in  the  will  of  the  said  Henry  Wright;  that  one  of  the 
family  that  should  enjoy  the  estate  at  Longstone,  should  be  always 
one  guardian  cf  the  said  puor,  and  that  conveyances  should  be 
made  accordingly. 


WRIGHT  S    CHARITY. 


Since  these  deeds  were  made,  James  Longsdon,  William  Carleill. 
James  Gregory,  John  Ihornhill,  and  William  Wager,  have  acted 
as  trustees  of  the  charity,  which  we  are  informed,  that  the  four 
latter  gentlemen  have  done,  under  the  impression  that  they  had 
been  appointed  trustees,  by  the  deeds  of  1824,  their  names  having 
been  forwarded  to  the  solicitor  for  that  purpose.  As  Mr.  J.  T. 
Wright  resides  in  Devonshire,  and  Mr.  Longsdon  has  died  since 
the  time  of  our  investigation,  there  is  no  legally  appointed  trustee 
remaining  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Longstone. 

The  statement  in  the  last  abstracted  deed,  that  the  residue  of  the 
purchase  mcjney  beyond  the  500L  paid  by  the  Archbishop  of 
York,  was  raised  by  voluntary  contributions  of  the  inhabitants  of 
Great  Longstone,  is  not  correct.  In  addition  to  the  500^  a 
payment  was  made  by  the  archbishop,  for  interest  thereon,  but  the 
amount  of  the  purchase  money,  and  of  the  expenses  of  preparing 
the  purchase  deed  and  trust  deed,  exceeded  the  amount  of  the  prin- 
cipal and  interest,  by  151/.  10.?.  iid.  This  deficiency  it  was  at 
first  proposed  to  raise  by  subscription,  but  it  was  afterivards 
agreed,  that  several  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  township  of  Great 
Longstone  should  join  in  a  promissory  note,  for  the  above- 
mentioned  balance,  and  the  interest  thereof;  that  a  part  of  this 
debt  should  be  annually  paid  off,  out  of  the  rents  of  the  estate; 
and  that,  in  the  mean  time,  the  charity  should  be  confined  to  a 
yearly  distribution  of  clothing,  and  is.  to  two  poor  men,  and  two 
poor  women  only.  At  the  time  of  our  investigation,  (February 
1827,)  a  sum  of  120J.  still  remained  due  on  this  note,  the  residue 
of  the  principal  and  the  interest  having  been  paid. 

A  distribution  to  the  above-mentioned  limited  extent  was  made 
in  December  1825,  the  cost  of  the  clothing  being  gl.  15s.  yd.; 
but  in  1826,  there  was  no  distribution,  the  balance  in  hand,  after 
paying  5?.  95.  6d.  for  interest,  and  31I.  los.  iid.  towards  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  note,  and  15/.  for  repairs  of  the  farm  buildings,  being 
onlv  5/.  185.  6d.  whicli  was  insuflicient  to  provide  for  the 
dislribulion. 


8  Wright's  charity. 

When  the  whole  of  this  debt  is  discharged,  it  is  proposed  that 
all  the  objects  specified  in  Captain  W'rii^ht's  will  shall  be  carried 
into  effect. 

llie  farm  at  .Aston  Edge  thus  purchased,  which  consists  of  a 
house  and  outbuildings  and  the  lands  specified  in  the  purchase 
deed,  is  in  the  occupation  of  Thomas  Davile,  as  yearly  tenant,  at 
a  fair  rent  of  30/.  per  annum,  subject  to  a  deduction  of  iZ.  4s.  a 
year  for  the  rent  of  a  small  piece  of  land  in  front  of  the  house 
which  the  tenant  occupies,  and  which  is  rented  of  the  Earl  of 
.Xewburgh,  by  the  trustees.  The  buildings  are  in  tenantable 
repair,  15Z.  having  been  laid  out  in  the  repairs  of  them  since  the 
purchase. 

The  poor  p(>rsons  to  whom  the  clothing  was  given,  were 
appointed  by  the  late  Robert  Wright,  esquire,  of  Longstone  Hall, 
during  his  life,  as  being  of  the  donor's  family;  after  his  death 
they  were  chosen  at  a  meeting  of  the  principal  inhabitants  of  the 
t(;wnship ;  and  since  the  purchase  of  the  lands  they  have  been 
appointed  by  the  gentlemen  who  have  acted  as  trustees,  and  who 
have  annually  audited  the  accounts  of  the  charity. 

Holme  Meal  Charity. 

The  particulars  of  this  charity,  under  which  the  poor  of  this 
township  are  entitled  to  ime  moiety  of  a  pavme.nt  of  five  pecks  and 
one  eighth  of  oatmeal,  to  be  paid  weekly,  have  been  already  stated 
in  the  account  of  the  charities  of  the  township  of  Bakewell. 

Instead  of  a  weekly  distribution  of  oatmeal  throughout  the 
year,  which  appears  to  have  been  formerly  made,  an  annual 
payment  equal  to  one  moiety  of  the  amount  of  such  distribution, 
which  is  calculated  on  the  average  price  of  oatmeal  during  the 
year  preceding,  such  moiety  being  received  from  the  agent  of  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire  in  respect  of  the  lands  charged  therewith  by 
the  overseers  of  the  poor  of  this  township,  is  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  oatmeal,  which  is  distributed  once  a  week  during  a 
period  of  about  five  or  six  weeks,  usually  in  the  months  of  January 


WRIGHT  S    CHARITY.  » 

and  February,  among-.st  poor  persons  of  this  township,  according 

to  a  list  prepared  by  the  chapelwarden,  overseers,  and  principal 

inhabitants,  the  quantities  varying  in  proportion  to  the  number  of 

persons  in  each  family. 

School. 

There  is  a  school  in  the  village  of  Great  Longstone,  with  a  house 
occupied  by  a  schoolmaster,  and  a  small  garden  attached  thereto. 
These  buildings  are  supposed  to  have  been  erected  about  40  years 
ago.  The}-  are  kept  in  repair  by  the  schoolmaster,  and  are  now 
in  good  condition. 

By  an  Act  of  Parliament,  passed  in  1810,  for  inclosing  lands  in 
the  townships  of  Great  Longstone,  Little  Longstone,  and 
Wardlow,  the  commissioners  thereby  appointed  were  required  to 
allot  so  much  of  the  wastes,  commons,  and  uninclosed  lands 
within  the  townships  of  Great  and  Little  Longstone,  as  in  their 
judgment  should  be  equal  in  value  to  the  clear  annual  sum  of 
10/.  which  allotments  should  be  vested  in  the  Most  Noble  William 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  the  Most  Honorable  \^'illiam  Marquis  of 
Hartington,  John  Thomas  \\'right,  Francis  Kyre,  and  James 
Longsdon,  esquires,  James  Gregorj',  ^^'illiam  \\'ager,  John 
Longsdon  and  Robert  Thornhill,  and  the  curate  for  the  time  being 
of  Great  Longstone,  on  trust,  to  apply  the  rents  and  profits  thereof 
to  and  for  the  benefit  of  a  schoolmaster,  within  the  said  townships 
of  Great  and  Little  Longstone,  as  the  trustees,  and  their 
-.accessors,  and  the  major  part  of  them,  or  their  known  agents 
or  attornies,  or  persons  to  be  appointed  for  that  purpose,  under 
their  respective  hands,  at  a  public  meeting,  of  which  notice  shouW 
be  given,  should  think  proper,  and  by  any  writing  under  their 
hands  should  from  time  to  lime  direct ;  and  it  was  declared,  that 
the  s-iid  trustees  and  their  successor";  or  the  major  part  of  them, 
or  such  agents,  &c. ,  as  aforesaid,  should  have  p>ower  to  elect  new 
trustees,  in  the  room  of  any  that  should  die,  refuse  to  act,  or 
become  incapable  ;  and  should  have  power  to  lease  the  premises 
thereby  vested  in  them,  for  any  term  not  exceeding  21  years,  at 
the  best  rent  and  without  fine. 


10  Wright's  charity. 

By  deed  poll,  bcarint,--  date  27tli  April  182 1,  William  Spencer 
Uuke  of  Devonshire,  theretofore  Marquis  of  Hartington,  John 
Thomas  Wright,  the  Earl  of  Ncwbiirgh,  theretofore  Francis  Eyre, 
James  (iregory,  John  Longsdon,  and  the  Rev.  Bache  Thornhill, 
curate  of  Great  Longstone,  a;  the  surviving  trustees  of  those 
named  in  the  .Act  of  1810,  appointed  William  Carleill,  esquire, 
John  Thornhill,  \\'illiam  Wager,  and  James  Longsdon  the 
younger,  to  be  new  trustees  in  the  room  of  William  late  Duke  of 
Devonshire,  Robert  Thornhill,  and  William  Wager,  deceased,  and 
of  James  Longsdon,  who  by  reason  of  age  and  infirmity  was 
become  incapable  of  acting  as  a  trustee. 

The  coniriiissioners  under  the  above-mentioned  Act,  by  their 
award,  which  was  not  signed  till  1824,  allotted  to  the  trustees  a 
parcel  of  land,  on  Great  Longstone  Common,  containing  iiA.  3R. 
and  another  parcel  of  land  en  Little  Longstone  Common, 
containing  2A.  2k.  both  of  which  are  now  in  the  occupation  of 
William  Wager,  as  yearly  tenant,  at  a  fair  rent  of  gl.  per  annum. 
They  also  allotted  to  the  trustees,  in  respect  of  the  school  and 
school-house,  a  small  parcel  of  land,  containing  22  perches,  now  in 
the  occupation  of  Arnold  Hodgkinson,  as  yearly  tenant,  at  a  fair 
rent  of  13.?.  per  annum. 

These  rents  are  received  by  the  trustees,  and  paid  over  to  the 
schoolmaster,  who  was  appointed  by  the  trustees  in  1822.  The 
master  also  receives  5/.  per  annum,  from  Mr.  Peter 
Wright,  out  of  his  estate  at  Wardlow,  arising  from  the 
before-mentioned  donation  of  \\'illiam  Wright,  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  poor  children  of  Great  Longstone,  and  a  volun- 
tary gift  of  jZ.  per  annum  from  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  and  he 
instructs  in  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  25  poor  children, 
appointed  by  the  trustees,  vacancies  in  the  manner  being  filled  up 
once  in  every  three  months,  10  of  whom,  being  of  Great  Long- 
stone, are  taught  in  respect  of  William  Wright's  charity,  and  nine 
<;f  Great  Longstone,  and  six  of  Little  Longstone,  in  respect  of  his 
other  emoluments. 


Wright's  charity.  11 

Previously  to  the  above-mentiontd  allotments  being  made  under 
the  Inclosure  Act,  ten  children  were  instructed  in  reading-  only,  in 
respect  of  \\'right's  charity,  and  ten  in  respect  of  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire's  voluntary  benefaction,  but  in  consideration  of  the 
increase  of  the  income,  arising  from  those  allotments,  five  children 
were  added  to  the  number,  and  the  whole  were  taught  reading, 
writing  and  arithmetic. 

TOWNSHIP   OF   LITTLE    LOXGSTONE. 

Rider's    Charity. 

Ralph  Rider,  by  his  will,  bearing  date  6th  June  1709,  gave  to  his 
wife,  Mary,  the  house  at  Monyash,  in  which  he  dwelt,  with  the 
outhouses  and  garden  thereto  belonging,  and  two  little  closes  of 
land ;  the  one  called  Dowsaslacke,  and  the  other  Buxton-lane- 
Pringle,  for  life;  and  after  her  death,  he  gave  the  reversion  of 
the  said  housing  and  land,  the  one  moiety  to  the  poor  people  of 
Monyash,  for  ever,  to  be  disposed  of  to  them,  by  the  overseers  of 
the  poor  of  Monyash,  and  their  successors,  yearly,  for  ever;  and 
the  other  moiety,  to  the  poor  people  of  Little  Longstone,  for  ever, 
to  be  disposed  to  them  by  the  overseers  thereof,  and  their 
successors,  yearly,  for  ever;  and  he  empowered  the  overseers  of 
the  respective  places  to  let  the  said  premises,  and  to  dispose  of  the 
monies  received  therefrom  to  the  poor  people  of  the  respective 
places,  on  2nd  February,  yearly. 

The  property  given  by  this  donor,  has  been  let  from  time  to 
time,  by  the  overseers  of  the  poor  of  Little  Longstone  and 
Monyash,  jointly ;  it  formerly  consisted  of  a  house,  cow-house  and 
barn,  and  rather  more  than  five  acres  of  land,  situate  in  Monyash; 
but  the  buildings  having  fallen  into  decay,  the  tenant,  John 
Bonsall,  was  allowed,  about  the  year  1S13,  to  remove  the 
materials,  his  rent  being  at  the  same  time  increased  from  7/.  75. 
to  10/.  His  rent  at  the  present  time,  is  81.,  which  is  considered 
the  fair  value  of  the  premises. 


12  WRIGHT  S    CHARITY. 

The  moiety  of  the  rent  applicable  to  this  township  is  distributed 
at  an  annual  meeting-  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  on  Candlemas- 
dav,  in  small  sums  amongst  poor  persons,  chiefly  such  as  have 
large  families,  and  have  not  regular  relief. 

WiLLi.AM  Wright's  Charity. 
The  annual  sum  of  los.  received  from  Mr.  Peter  Wright,  out 
of  his  estate  at  Wardlow,  in  respect  of  William  \\'right's  dona- 
tion, the  particulars  of  which  have  been  already  stated  in  the  above 
account  of  the  charities  of  Great  Longstone,  is  distributed  by  him, 
and  the  chapelwarden  and  overseers,  on  Christmas-day,  amongst 
poor  persons  of  this  township. 

School. 
The  particulars  relating  to  the  school  at  Great  Longstone,  of 
the  benefit  of  which  the  poor  of  this  tcnvnship  partake,  have  been 
already  stated. 

TOWNSHIP    OF    WARDLOW. 

Wu.i.iAM  Wright's  Charity. 
The  annual  sum  of  lOi.,  paid  bv  Mr.  Peter  Wright,  out  of  his 
estate  at  Wardlow,  in  respect  of  l]'ilUam  JVrighf's  charity,  before 
mentioned,  is  distributed  in  Christmas-day,  by  the  principal 
inhabitants  of  the  township  of  Wardlow,  amongst  the  most  needy 
persons  thereof. 


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