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D770 - Derbyshire estate, family, business, school, parish and personal papers - 17th-20th cent
- C - Artificial collection of records relating to estates, families, businesses and schools - 17th-20th cent
  - EZ - Miscellaneous and Family Papers - 17th-20th cent.

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D770/C/EZ/38
Title	Melbourne Manor: Dispute re Enfranchisement: Order of the Lord Keeper issued Wednesday 9 May
Date	9 May 1627
Description	in a case between Garwin Sheayn and John Moore complainants and Henry Earl of Huntingdon defendant, reciting information by Mr Serjeant Crewe counsel for the plaintiffs that George, late Earl of Huntingdon, agreed with the plaintiffs, copyholders of the manor of Melbourne, on his purchase of the manor to enfranchise their copy-hold lands, that George received from the tenants a great part of the purchase money but died before he could enfranchise the lands, that Henry agreed to the same step but will not enfranchise the lands, and for seven years has refused to accept surrenders and make admissions which with enclosures of the commons led the plaintiffs to execute a bill in Chancery.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Unidentified
Transcript or Index	Transcript enclosed

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