| Description | Pedigrees: Ferne and Evans families of Bonsall; Hopkinson family of Wirksworth and Bonsall
Extract from papers relating to a case in Chancery, 1719 between Henry Ferne of Snitterton and Trustees and Copyholders of the manor of Bonsall
Extract from a Decree of Duchy of Lancaster, 1620: schedule of rental of copyholders within Manor and Soake of Wirksworth, the Manors of Brassington, Bonsall and Ireton Wood (names are listed only for Bonsall - 38 names)
Extract from will of Peter Bradshaw, merchant tailor of London, May 1625: bequeaths Bonsall Mill to his son Francis Bradshaw |
| Administrative History | Thomas Norris Ince (1799-1873) was a legal clerk, first in Wirksworth and from about 1840 onwards in Wakefield. An obituary in The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 15 March 1873, asserts the "he was from a youth devoted to genealogical enquiries and his reputation for fidelity and industry, not only in his official duties, but also in his genealogies, was appreciated by all who knew him." |