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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameManor of Alderwasley
PlaceWirksworth
EpithetManor
HistoryAlderwasley did not appear in the Domesday survey of 1086. The manor belonged to the Ferrers family prior to its annexation to the earldom of Lancaster following the defeat of Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, at the battle of Chesterfield in 1266. At this time it was probably regarded as a member of the manor of Duffield. Alderwasley lay within the jurisdiction of Duffield Frith. The court rolls at the National Archives indicate that courts were held at Alderwasley. It remained part of the possessions of the Earldom, later the Duchy of Lancaster, until 1528, when the manor of Alderwasley was granted by King Henry VIII to Anthony Lowe. In 1690 it passed by marriage to Nicholas Hurt (of Casterne, co. Staffs). It remained with the Hurts (apart from a period of sequestration during and following the Civil War in the mid-17th century) until the decision was made in 1930 to sell the manor, along with the rest of the Alderwasley Hall estate, to Major Frank Robertson Griggs, who was said still to retain the lordship in 1941.
SourceAlderwasley and the Hurts, Vienna, 1909 (privately published volume, 131pp, copy available at Derbyshire Local Studies Library, Matlock)
Duffield Frith – History & Evolution of the landscape of a Medieval Derbyshire Forest, by Mary Wiltshire, Sue Woore, Barry Crisp & Brian Rich (Landmark, 2005)
Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 301
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50736
Kelly’s Directories, 1878-1941

Some records for the manor are held at Derbyshire Record Office, with others also available at Nottinghamshire Archives and the British Library. The majority are held in the Duchy of Lancaster collection at The National Archives. Please consult the Manorial Documents Register, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/manor-search, for further details.
Authorised Form of NameWirksworth; Manor of Alderwasley; Manor

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