| 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) |
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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