Description | Miscellaneous Derbyshire deeds which concern land in Buxton (D2355/4), Bradbourne (D2355/41), Brailsford (D2355/22), Ashbourne (D2355/6) and Walton upon Trent (D2355/16, 18, 25-26, 28-29, 32, 35, 37-28, 45). There are records relating to the manors of Belper (D2355/42), Stretton (D2355/40), Foremark (D2355/36) and Shenstone in Staffordshire (D2355/24). The collection also includes the foundation of an annual mass by the aldermen and brethren of the guild of St Helen in Chesterfield (D2355/20). |
Custodial History | These records were purchased by the Record Office in April 1981 from an auction at Sotheby's. They had previously formed part of the large manuscript library of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872). |