Hurt family of Alderwasley Family and estate papers of the Hurt family of Alderwasley Hall, Derbyshire and Castern Hall, Staffordshire and their predecessors, the Fowne [also Fawne] family and the Lowe family. The majority of the documents comprise title deeds, settlements, and estate correspondence concerning Alderwasley, Ashleyhay, Crich, Morley Park, Heage and Wirksworth, chiefly 16th-20th centuries, including leadmining in Crich and lead smelting, coal and ironstone mining at Morley Park, 16th- 19th centuries. A 1536 lease refers to the supply of 4000 loads of wood a year from Alderwasley manor for the burning of "bolles of laid" [lead boles] (D2535 /M/12/1/9). Articles of agreement in 1629 allowed Thomas Launder to dig coal in Morley Park (D2535 /M/3/28). There are two small groups of medieval deeds, one relating to the lands in Heage of the Spendlove family (D2535/M/3/30-45) and one to the Alderwastley and Ashleyhay properties of the Fowne family (D2535/M/12/1-4). 1428-[20th cent]