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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2375/A/S/1/1/2
Former ReferenceD2375/M/1/3
TitleAlstonefield manor court book, including entries for Warslow
Date1498-1555
DescriptionComprising: -
(i) List of court dates, 1498-1556
(ii) Court rolls, 1498-1514, also including courts at Warslow, 1505-1507
(iii) Court rolls, 1524-1555
(iv) Index of places in leases arranged by regnal year, made 16 Dec 1571
The information in the book has been copied at a later date in the 16th century. With regard to the court rolls, they have not been transcribed exactly as they would have appeared in the original, with some re-arrangement of date information. The book is bound in a parchment cover made up from a religious text with coloured initial letters and individual words and passages highlighted in red ink.

Also including D2375/A/S/1/1/2/1 (previously D2375/M/1/3/1)
Draft letter from a dying mother to her son, dictated and written in Swarkestone, written on the reverse of notes about four properties, late 16th century
The draft letter makes references to a "noble man", possibly the Earl of Derby, and relatives in the Needham and Bennet family; the notes refer to an indenture of 28 June 1577 granted by V.M. [Vincent Mundy] to his son H.M, the properties seemingly leased from the Queen, including references to a demesne or hallhouse, Shacklow and the Cawdrey, the last being not held of the Duchy but of the manor of Alton, being the fee of the Earl of Shrewsbury.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHarpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey
LanguageLatin
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Alstonefield 
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