Corporate Ashover; Manor of Dethick; Manor DS/UK/M/3715 Manor of Dethick Manor Ashover

During the reign of King Henry III Dethick belonged to a family that took its name from the place. The last two male members of the Dethick family, Robert and his son Thomas, are said to have been killed at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, and their heiress, Isobel, married Thomas Babington. The manor remained in the Babington until the late 16th century. Thomas Babington had granted the manor to his brother, George, before his involvement in the Babington Plot against Elizabeth I and execution in 1586, but it did not remain long in George’s possession, as he sold it in 1590 to Ralph Blackwall. In 1636 it was sold by Wendesley Blackwall to Nathaniel Hallowes (two-thirds) and Robert Walker (one third). Walker’s moiety was divided into several shares, but various of them were later purchased by the Hallowes family. It remained with the Hallowes family until 1895, when Major Thomas Richard Brabazon sold it to John Bertram Marsden-Smedley, who was still said to be lord of the manor in 1941. See British Library, Wolley Manuscripts Add MS 6670 f.267, for a survey of the demenses 1585-1585 Yes Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) pp. 20-21 The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) p. 356-357 Assorted trade directories, 1895-1941 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 31/07/2021 b933bf67-3847-43bc-a1d5-e871b6e9bcc5