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D3580 - Longsdon family of Little Longstone - [14th-20th Cent]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D3580/O/45-47
Title
Copy enfeoffment of 23 November 17 James I [1619] by William, earl of Devonshire, of Anthony Longsdon of Little Longsdon, gent., William Lant, William Wright and Thomas White of Great Longstone, gent., with 2 oxgangs of land in Great Longstone now known as the Church Lands, and cottage built on them with croft, late in the tenure of William Lant, William Wright and Thomas White, and common of pasture in manor of Ashford except in ground now enclosed and in Blackloe, in trust for maintenance of curate of Great Longstone so long as he is not absent from church on Sabbath without providing a sufficient person to supply the cure. For each defaulting absence trustees to pay 5 shillings to churchwardens for distribution to the poor. Yearly rent of 2 shillings 10 pence payable to William, earl of Devonshire.
Later notes by G. T. Wright that the copy is in better condition than the original, [late 19c.]
Date
[early 18th century]
Level
file
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Longsdon family of Little Longstone
Originals
Location of Originals
Endorsement: original taken to Lichfield by Dean Crooks in 1711 or 1712.
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