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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2375/A/S/1/1/4
Former ReferenceD2375/M/1/4
TitleAlstonefield manor court book
Date1569-1593
DescriptionComprising court rolls for Alstonefield, 1569-1593
On the first page is a copy of an agreement between John Weston and Nicholas Chadwick, by mediation of John Harpur, readjusting the payments for a sale of two farms in Alstonefield bought originally for £27 6s 8d.
At the back are various notes, including confirmation by John Harpur of a grant to Robert Ryley and Ellen his wife of a farm called Nether Bowsley, late 16th cent: an account of payment of fines of the manor court, late 16th cent: a note on Curson's lands at Chaddesden, late 16th cent: a note of the surrender of a messuage called Scoleclough by Adam Foxes, his son Adam Foxe and his grandson William Foxe to [?] Fitzherbert, Apr 1583: and a suit list [attendance list] of free tenants at the manor court, 1587
Loose inside: a jury list for 21 April 1593
The book is bound in a parchment cover.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHarpur Crewe family of Calke Abbey
LanguageLatin
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Place (click for further details)Type
Alstonefield 
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