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Entry TypeCorporate
Corporate NameManor of Babington
PlaceAshover
EpithetManor
HistoryAt the time of the Domesday Ashover belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert and was held by Serlo, whose descendants took the name Plesley and held it until c1200. The manor was then shared between the Deincourt and Willoughby families and then further subdivided on a number of occasions. There were essentially three moieties which were called Ashover Old Hall alias Pershall, Ashover New Hall alias Reresby and Ashover Babington alias Pierpoint alias Gorse Hall.

The Babington moiety was originally part of the Deincourt share, and it belonged to Geoffrey de Musters in the late 13th century. He conveyed it to William de Overton, from whom it passed to the Pierpoint family. It subsequently belonged to the Babington family during the 16th century. It was purchased from Francis Babington by Sir Thomas Reresby in c.1601, when it contained c1140 acres. It was later sold in severalties.

In the inclosure act of 1779 the lords of the manor were named as Rev. Laurence Bourne, Robert Banks Hodgkinson, Sir Thomas George Hodgkinson (as devisee of the late Godfrey Bagnall (Clarke), John Bourne, the Duke of Devonshire, Henry Hunloke, John Woodyeare and Sarah Bower.
NotesSee British Library, Wolley Manuscripts, reference Add MS 6666 f. 283 and f. 285 for rent accounts 1718-1721 and a rental 1727-1731. Copies are available on microfilm in the Local Studies Library.
SourceSome Notes on the Manor of Ashover, by Cecil E.Lugard, originally printed in “The Derbyshire Times” (1925), copy available at the Local Studies Library in Matlock
Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) pp. 15-17
Authorised Form of NameAshover; Manor of Babington; Manor

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