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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Manor of Holmesfield
Place	Dronfield
Epithet	Manor
History	At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Holmesfield was held by Walter de Ayncourt. It remained in the possession of the Deincourt family until the reign of King Henry VI and the death of William Deincourt before 1461. His two daughters and co-heiresses married Ralph, Lord Cromwell, and William, Lord Lovell. Subsequently the Lovells obtained the whole manor, but following the attainder of Francis, Lord Lovell in 1487, the manor was granted to Sir John Savage. It remained with the Savage family until it was purchased in 1586 from John Savage by Sir John Manners. The manor remained with the Manners family, later the Earls, then the Dukes, of Rutland, down into the 20th century. Nature of Jurisdiction Courts leet held twice-yearly
Source	Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 134 The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) p. 246 Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol. 20 (1898), pp. 52-128 “The Court Rolls of the Manor of Holmesfield, Co. Derby” by C. Kerry Essays in Derbyshire History: Presented to Gladwyn Turbutt, Derbyshire Record Series Vo. 30 (2006), edited by P. Riden and D.G. Edwards, pp. 3-23, “A Manorial Landscape at Holmesfield” by David Hey
Source	Court records (15th-18th cent) at Haddon Hall
Authorised Form of Name	Dronfield; Manor of Holmesfield; Manor

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