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D173 - Earls of Stanhope, Lords of the Manor of Stanton by Dale and Dale Abbey - c1749-c1850

E - Estate papers - 1798-1850

M - Manorial records - 1782-19th cent

1-33 - Headings for Stanton by Dale manor court rolls giving date of court, name of stewards, names of jurors and names of constable and pinder selected for following year - 1752-1799

34-38 - Lists of jurors, Stanton by Dale manor court - 1753-1851

39-104 - Suit rolls (lists of persons liable to suit of court). - 1753-1860

105-153 - Warrants from the steward to the bailiff for the holding of courts. - 1755-1859

154-208 - Presentments made by juries at the courts (loose sheets). Presentments for putting beasts upon the commons, encroachments upon the waste etc. - 1749-1819

209 - Jury presentments (as above) - 1819-1860

210-216 - Bye laws and rates of fines established by courts - 1763-1802

217 - Draft appointment of pinder - [19th cent]

218 - Appointment by Benjamin Smith, surveyor of highways, of Eli Winfield as pinder, with list of rates of fines for redemption of impounded animals. - 1848

219 - Note from William Woodward, Sampson Salt, John Baguley, John Chadwick, Edward Stafford, John Stafford, John Carter and William Doar to J Sedley warning him not to trespass on their lands again. - 1791

220 - Copy replies from J Sedley:-(a) regrets that he has trespassed by shooting over their lands - is willing to make amends for any damage he has caused; (b) considers that they have acted most unlike gentlemen - if they wish any further explanation he is at Mr Woodward's service. - 1791

221 - James Eyton at Vicarage House, Stanton, to the steward of the court - complains about the practice of allowing pigs to run about the town - they are found daily in the churchyard - trusts that the court will put a stop to the nuisance. - 1798

222 - Copy letter from Sampson and Frear, Derby, to Earl Stanhope re Stanton by Dale manor court records which they have received from the representatives of the late Sir John Fowler. - 1839

223-254 - Heading for court rolls giving date of court, name of steward, names of jurors and names of constable and pinder selected for following year. - 1792-1799

255-279 - Lists of jurors - 1753-1804

280-355 - Suit rolls (lists of persons liable to suit of court) - 1721-1860

356-402 - Stewards' warrants to bailiffs for holding of courts. - 1755-1859

403-463 - Presentments made by the juries at the courts (loose sheets) Presentments for putting beasts upon the commons encroachments upon the waste etc - 1733-1819

464 - Jury presentments (as above) - 1819-1860

465 - Instructions for holding Dale Abbey court - 19th cent

466 - Notice from J B Simpson, steward of the court, to affix a copy of the presentments upon the church door and to give verbal notice to various persons - 19th cent

467 - Account for Dale Abbey cottage rents, amercements, cost of constable's oath etc - 1809

468 - J H White at Chevening (Kent) to J B Simpson - Earl Stanhope feels that the removal of the encroachment made by Canner would be better enforced by the surveyor of highways than by the lord of the manor. - 1846

469 - Appointment by David Cotton, surveyor of highways for Dale Abbey, of John Bacon and Michael Stevens as pinders - with list of fines payable for redemption of impounded animals. - 1849

470 - Account of James Wood, bailiff, to J J Simpson, steward, for amercements of various persons for neglecting the repair of footpaths. - 1857

471 - Form of marriage licence and of oath of applicant - c1860

472-5 - Application for marriage licences - 1863-1871

476 - Marriage licence - 1863

477 - Government circular asking for a return of all proctors practising in the peculiar and of all registrars of wills - 1843

478-479 - Government circular asking for a return of all registrars etc., with draft reply - 1844

480 - Volume of wills and administrations proved at Dale Abbey - 1819-1856

481-482 - Probate inventories - 1841/1856

483 - Draft letters of administration for the estate of Thomas Spencer deceased - 1840

484-486 - Bond and affidavits upon obtaining letters of administration - 1840-1846

487 - Draft probate of Sarah Spencer - 1856

488-495 - Miscellaneous communications from the Stamp Office and Inland Revenue Office re wills and probate - 1815-1851

496 - Copy return of wills proved at Dale Abbey - 1850-1852

497 - Forms of affidavits from persons applying for probates or letters of administration, extract from the New Stamp Act, table of duties on probates etc and table of legacy duties. - c1815

498 - Regulations for the transmission of copies of wills to the Office of Stamps and Taxes - c1820

499-501 - Oaths of executors on probate - 1850-1856

502 - Forms of probate - 19th cent

503 - Draft probate of William Spencer - 1845

504 - Circular from the Lord Chancellor asking for a return of information re probate courts (prior to the establishment of District Registries) - 1857

505 - Copy reply of John James Simpson giving replies to questions asked in M504, also asking to be appointed district registrar for Derbyshire - 1857

506 - Reply from Lord Chancellor's office - the power to appoint district registers will be vested in the judges of the new courts - 1857

507 - Copy letter of resignation by J B Simpson as registrar of Dale Abbey Peculiar and requesting that his eldest son be appointed, - 1844

508-509 - Appointment by Earl Stanhope of John James Simpson as registrar, with related letter. - 1844

510 - Form for abstract of letters of administration (blank) - c1810

511 - Accounts of wills proved and charges - 1839-1840

512 - Earl Stanhope to (J.J. Simpson) - has only just received his letter of 23rd September otherwise he would willingly have informed the Lord Chancellor of the satisfactory manner in which Simpson had performed his duties as registrar. - 1857

513 - Earl Stanhope to (J.J. Simpson) - intends to appoint the new rector, Rev John Minet Freshfield, as surrogate of Dale Abbey - is there any need for a written appointment? - 1863

514 - Appointment by Philip Henry, Earl Stanhope, of Rev John Minet Freshfield as surrogate of Dale Abbey Peculier - 1863

515 - A Bill entitled an Act to consolidate the Jurisdiction and improve the Practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Wales etc - 1844

516 - Abstract returns of the number of proctors now practising in each of the ecclesiastical courts in England and Wales etc - 1843

517 - Seal of Dale Abbey Peculiar - 19th cent

518-521 - Addresses to the manor courts - 1849-1853

522 - Earl Stanhope to J J Simpson - expresses thanks for the resolution passed in Dale and Stanton manor courts and looks forward to attending the courts in person. - 1855

523 - T H White at Chevening (Kent) to Messrs Simpson and Taylor - Earl Stanhope has directed him to request that the holding of courts at Stanton and Dale should cease - 1861

524 - As M523 - Earl Stanhope did not intend any reflection upon the manner of holding the courts but does not see any advantage in continuing the antiquated system. - 1861

525-526 - Blank warrants for holding courts - 19th cent

527-528 - Blank precepts to serve on the jury - 19th cent

529 - Account of J Fowler to Earl Stanhope, for holding the manor courts and legal expenses - 1781-1784

530 - Copy case for opinion of counsel re a straying horse impounded at Barnes, Surrey - 1782

531 - Copy appointment by Rev Charles Evelyn Cotton of James Blythe Simpson and John James Simpson as stewards of the manors of Etwall and Burnaston. - 1853

532 - Copy byelaws and fines established by the manor court of Dalbury and Dalbury Lees. - 1836

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