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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3473
TitleDerbyshire Churches
Date1823-1826
DescriptionBriefs made under Letters Patent for 7 churches/chapels, not endorsed. Including Earl Sterndale, Beeley, Mellor, Glossop, Blackwell near Alfreton, and Walton on Trent
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorUnidentified
Administrative HistoryA brief was a royal mandate for a collection towards some deserving object. It was addressed to the parish incumbent who read it out in church and took a collection. The funds were handed over to an authorised collector, with the brief being returned, endorsed with the amount raised. It was known as either a Church Brief or a King’s Brief.
Custodial HistoryA provenance for these documents is not known.
Organisation Sub-TypeCopies and ephemera
AcknowledgementsAdded to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project by a volunteer (MmF)
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Place (click for further details)Type
DerbyshireCounty
Mellor 
Earl Sterndale 
Walton on Trent 
Beeley 
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