| History | At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Coton belonged to the Abbey of Burton. In 1233 it was granted, with other manors, to Stephen de Segrave. The manor passed through Nicholas de Segrave’s grand-daughter, Elizabeth, who in c.1349 married John, son of Lord Mowbray, and their son, Thomas, was created 1st Duke of Norfolk. The manor was later held by the Berkeley family, presumably following the marriage of Isabel, daughter of the 1st Duke of Norfolk, and James, 1st Baron Berkeley, in 1424. It was sold by Henry, Lord Berkeley to Sir William Gresley in 1568. In 1629 it was sold by Sir Thomas Gresley to Collingwood and Simon Sanders. In 1666, Simon’s son, Henry Sanders sold the manor to Samuel Sanders, son of Colonel Thomas Sanders. In 1712 it belonged to Samuel Sanders’ son, also called Samuel, who married Esther Woolley. In 1754 it was settled by Esther, now a widow, on her nephew, John Howe. By 1771 both Esther Sanders and John Howe had died, and the manor was in the possession of Esther’s cousin, Hans Winthrop Mortimer, who got heavily into debt. He would seem to have sold the manor in 1795 to Martin Farnell, who also got into debt and became bankrupt. Eusebius Horton of Catton Hall bought the manor from Farnell’s assignees in 1806. It remained with the Horton family until at least 1908. |
| Source | Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 202
Medieval Parks of Derbyshire, by Mary Wiltshire and Sue Woore (2009)
A History of Derbyshire Villages, by J.L. Hobbs, (1948)
Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, Vol. 68 (1948), pp. 1-23, “The Sanders Family and the Descent of the Manors of Caldwell, Coton-in-the-Elms and Little Ireton” by John L. Hobbs
Assorted trade directories, 1829-1908
Documents in the Wilmot-Horton collection (reference D3155) at the Derbyshire Record Office |