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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Manor of Belper
Parent Body	Honour of Tutbury
Also Known As	Beaurepair
Place	Duffield
Epithet	Manor
History	Belper was part of the manor of Duffield, possibly being known as Bradelei at the time the Domesday survey, and was part of the properties belonging to Henry de Ferrers, which remained with the Ferrers family until they were taken away from Robert de Ferrers for his rebellion against the King in 1266 and granted to Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster. It was subsequently part of the Duchy of Lancaster. The manor of Belper possibly originated as a manor in its own rights with the enclosure of a park and building of a mansion house there. Its subsequent lordship mirrored that of Duffield. In 1628 the manor of Belper was granted by Charles I to John Ditchfield and others as trustees for the Corporation of the City of London. Shortly afterward it was sold it to the Leche (or Leech) family. In 1687 it was sold to Paul Jodrell. It remained with the Jodrell family until 1888 or 1890, when it was sold to Major Timothy White. The lordship remained with the Whites until at least 1957. Nature of Jurisdiction Court barons and court leets
Source	Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 140 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50727&strquery=belper The History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, by S. Glover, Vol. 2 p. 102 (1833) The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) p. 264 An Illustrated History of Belper and Its Environs edited by Peter Nayler (1999) The Illustrated History of Duffield by W.R. Watson (1986)
Source	Court rolls (13th-17th cent) at The National Archives Court rolls (16th-20th cent) at the Derbyshire Record Office
Authorised Form of Name	Duffield; Manor of Belper; Manor

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