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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Manor of Matlock
Place	Matlock
Epithet	Manor
History	At the time of the Domesday survey there was a manor called ‘Mestesforde’, which was part of the King’s lands. It had outliers at Matlock, Snitterton, Wensley, Bonsall, Ible and Tansley. The manor seems to have later become known as Matlock. It would seem to have been given in the 12th century to the Ferrers family. Following the defeat of Robert de Ferrers at the Battle of Chesterfield and his attainder of Robert Ferrers, the manor became part of the Earldom, later the Duchy, of Lancaster. In 1628 King Charles I granted the manor to Edward Ditchfield and others, trustees of the Corporation of London, who soon sold it in the following year to the copyholders. The manor was divided into several small shares (in 1830 there were 190 copyholders). Trustees (usually three in number) were appointed by the copyholders to transact the business of the manorial courts and undertake its administration well into the 20th century. Geographic Extent Co-extensive with the parish of Matlock Nature of Jurisdiction Court leets and great court barons were held half-yearly.
Source	Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Vol. 23 (1902), pp.77-82, “The Lost Manor of Mettesforde” by Benjamin Bryan Matlock Manor and Parish by Benjamin Bryan (1903) Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) pp. 206-207 The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) p. 413
Source	Court rolls among the Duchy of Lancaster records at The National Archives (14th-17th cent) Court books at the Derbyshire Record Office (17th-20th cent)
Authorised Form of Name	Matlock; Manor of Matlock; Manor

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