Feoffment by Robert Bennett, son and heir of Gervase Bennett, late of Snelston, esq, deceased Thomas Cotchett of Mickleover, esq, Joseph Saunders of Barton under Nedwood, co Stafford, gent, Philipp Prince of Normanton near Derby, gent and Richard Pole of Mugginton, clerk, to Robert Docksey of Snelston, gent and William Brunt of Mathfield, co Stafford, yeoman (trustee of Robert Docksey) in consideration of the sum of £8,000, of the manor or lordship of Snelston, the capital messuage or tenement called the Upper Hall, and messuages, cottages, mills and many parcels of land Snelston, 8 Sep 1654 Documents bearing references D157/MT/1038-1053 form a series, described as: Deeds of Snelston manor and other property in Snelston and elsewhere (of the Docksey family), 1621-1710 1654