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D3155 - Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton - [late 13th cent]-1985

C - Correspondence - 1605-1881

CROXALL - 'Croxall' Title Deeds - 1343-1508

J - Title Deeds - as listed by I. H. Jeayes in 'Derbyshire Charters' - [late 13th cent]-1529

M - Manorial records

WH - Wilmot-Horton - 1301-1985

A - Title Deeds estate and family Papers - 1307-1955

1 - Derbyshire and Staffordshire: Catton

1 - Final concord between Ralph Barker pf and Walter Horton esq, def of the manor of Catton with appurtenances, 20 messuages, 20 tofts, 20 gardens, 20 orchards, 1000a of land, 100a of meadow, 200a of pasture, 100a of wood and 100a of furze and heath in Catton: no consideration. Dated in 15 days of Easter 8 Elizabeth - [1566]

2 - Counterpart of D3155/WH 1 - 1566

3 - Family settlement between Christopher Horton of Catton, Esq, and Frances his wife, Clement Kinnersley of Uttoxeter, esq, Sir Walter Wagstaff Bagott of Blithfield Hall, bart, and Sir Robert Burdett of Foremark Hall, bart, (reciting deed of 20 January 1727 between Christopher Horton, Frances his wife, only daughter and heir of Sir Eusebius Buswell of Cadeby, Leices, bart., Clement Kinnersley, Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, bart, Godfrey Clarke of Chilcote esq, Bagott and Burdett, Dame Frances Chester wife of Charles Adderley of Hamms Hall, Warwicks, and John Kinnersley of Badger, Salop, esq, by which Horton and wife agreed to levy a fine before Hilary Term of the manor of Catton, capital messuage in Catton and all messuages, lands, tenements etc belonging in Catton, Walton-on-Trent, Tatenhill and Barton-under-Needwood, and capital messuage at Cadeby, and all other messuages, land etc at Cadeby, Market Bosworth, Naseby, Newbold Verdon and Osbaston, and the manor of Clipston and Newbold with all messuages etc belonging in Clipston, Newbold and Kelmarsh, Northants, and all other cottages, messuages, lands etc in East Farndon, Great Oxedon, Braybrook, Kelmarsh and Marston Truswell, to various uses) by which Christopher and Frances Horton agree with Clement Kinnersley that before the end of Hilary Term they will levy to him a fine of all the messuages etc limited in indenture of 1727, to the use of Christopher Horton for life, then to the use of Bagott and Burdett for 99 years to allow Frances Horton to receive the rents and profits. Dated 2 Sep - 1739

4 - Assignment of lease by Richard Banck of Standon, Herts, to Christopher Horton of Catton, (reciting lease by the Crown to Robert Holmes of certain demesne lands in the manor of Barton, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Honour of Tutbury, for 30 years, 12 February 19 Elizabeth, and a lease by the Crown to Walter Horton of a parcel of the demesne of Barton called Hall Orchard, 4 Elizabeth, subsequently let for 30 years to Richard Banck), in consideration of £90, of the demesne lands in Barton including the Hall, orchard, recited in previous leases Dated 15 Aug 22 Elizabeth - 1580

5 - Lease by the Crown to Robert Holmes of all that baccary or garden called the Hall Orchard, parcel of the manor of Barton, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster and Honour of Tutbury: for 30 years. Dated 12 February 19 Elizabeth - 1577

6 - Lease by the Crown to Mathias Bacon, gent., (reciting indenture of 22 May 27 Elizabeth, being a lease by the Crown to Walter Horton of 40a 3r of land, meadow or pasture within the demesne of Barton along with a parcel of garden or meadow or pasture called Walton Holmes 3 acres, all part of the Duchy of Lancaster and Honour of Tutbury; for 30 years of an annual rent of 56s 4d) for 21 years at an annual rent of 56s 4d and further consideration of £42 5s, of the lands etc in Barton leased to Walter Horton in above recited lease. Dated 9 December 35 Elizabeth - 9 Dec 1592

7 - Bond by William Rugeley of Shenstone to [name unknown] of Barton-Under-Needwood , Staffordshire, in £100. Dated 11 April 32 Elizabeth - 1590

8 - Final concord between John Packington bart pf., and Christopher Horton, esq., def. of the manor of Catton, with 2 messuages, - a of land, 100a of meadow, 400a of pasture, 100a of wood and common of pasture for all cattle in Catton: consideration £900. Dated Easter 24 Charles I - 1648

9 - Lease for possession by Walter Horton of Catton and Christopher Horton of Catton his son and heir, to Walter and John Burdett, both of Foremark Hall, of the manor of Tatenhill with court leet and court baron, several messuages and tenements, and a messuage or tenement and croft with 10½ a of arable land, 2a of meadow and 6a of pasture in the occupation of widow Wakelin, a meadow in Walton-on-Trent called Burrough Holme, a meadow in Walton called Ostridge Holmes, a pasture or close in Walton called Herdsman Walke, a meadow in Walton 4a adjoining Burrough Holme, fishing in the River Trent, all tithes, and a parcel of meadow in a common meadow in Barton-Under-Needwood called Hortons Meadow. Dated 30 Apr ? William and Mary - c1690

10 - Lease for possession by Walter Horton of Catton, esq, to the Rt Hon Alexander Stanhope of the parish of St Pauls, Covent Garden, Middlesex, Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, bart, John Ferrers of Walton esq, and Abraham Fouler of Salt, Staffs esq of the manor of Tatenhill with court leet and court baron, messuages or tenements with lands belonging in the occupations of John Malliber, Clement Wakelin, William Lee, Henry Leeke, William Marshall and Augustus Gorton, one messuage or tenement with 10½ a of arable land, 2a of meadow and 6a of pasture in the possession of William Belcher, and all those several closes purchased of Gabriel Armstrong of Rempstone, Notts, by Christopher Horton dec'd, being part of the manor of Thorpe near Wysall, Notts, (except for Over Mussels Close and 22 a or 18p part of Hebbs Close, adjoining to Over Mussels) called Nixons Close, Over James Rayles, the Nether James Rayles, residue of Hebbs Close, Nether Mussels and all tithes of corn, grain, hay, wool and lamb. Dated 10 December - 1673

11 - Assignment by William Belcher of Tatenhill, yeoman, to Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, bart, in consideration of £70, of a messuage or tenement with croft, 10½ a of arable land, 2a of meadow, 6a of pasture in Tatenhill in the tenure or occupation of William Belcher, for the residue of a lease for lives by Sir Henry Griffith of Wychnor to Belcher dated 27 December 1662 24 Charles I [1648]. Dated 21 Oct 14 Charles II - 1662

12 - Fine and counterpart between Walter Horton esq, pf, and John Turton, gent, def. of the manor of Tatenhill and 8 messuages, 2 cottages, 200a of land, 50a of meadow, 50a of pasture, 20a of furze and heath and common of pasture for all cattle in Tatenhill and Callingwood: consideration £300. Dated the day after the purification BVM 23 Charles II - [3 Feb 1671]

13 - Copy feoffment by Sir Francis Boynton of Burton Agnes, Yorks, bart, and John Birche of the Middle Temple, London, gent, to John Turton of Alrewas, gent, in consideration of £3000, of the manors of Tatenhill, Dunstall and Birdsall, with all rights, members and appurtenances and messuages or tenements in Tatenhill in the occupations of William Salt, George Allen, Henry Leeke, William Marshall, Thomas Barber, John Gorton, Clement Wakelin, William Lee, William Belcher, John Mallaber and Margery Batkin, also messuages or tenements with lands belonging in Dunstall in the occupations of John Hodgson, William Godwin, Edward Malpas and John Godwin, and messuages or tenements in Dunstall and Birdsall in the occupations of George Yate and Walter Browne, also all those lands, meadows, leasowes and pastures in Dunstall, Tatenhill and Birdsall known as the Sale, the Pooleplaine Close, the Spring, Great Hallfield, Little Hallfield, Lords Meadow, Lady Meadow, Rough Close, Upper Armitage, Nether Armitage, Armitage Meadow and Armitage Flatte. Dated 3 Jan 12 Charles II [1661] - 3 Jan [1661]

14 - Mortgage in fee for £1100 by Walter Horton of Catton, esq, to William Palmer of Fisherwick, Staffs, of the manor of Tatenhill with messuages, lands etc as recited in D3155/WH 9, including Burrough Holme etc in Walton and Barton. Dated 22 Jan 1675/6 - 22 Jan [1676]

15 - Receipt for £300 of the £1100 consideration in D3155/WH 14: William Palmer of Walter Horton. Dated 22 Aug - 1676

16 - Exemplication of recovery by Walter Horton against Abraham Butler and Richard Tomlinson of premises at Walton. Dated Michaelmas Term 35 Charles II - 1683

17 - Settlement by which Walter Horton of Catton, esq, agrees with George Curzon, Thomas Burdett, Michael Purifey, Thomas Horton, Edward Minors, Chadd Curzon, Edward Sprott and Rowland Sprott, to suffer a writ of entry in the post of his manor of Catton with all messuages etc, belonging, by the name of the manor of Catton, 20 messuages, 20 tofts, 20 gardens, 20 orchards, 100a of land, 100a of meadow, 200a of pasture, 100a of wood and £20 rent, to various uses: to the use of Walter Horton for life, then to be held by trustees for 10 years for the performance of Horton's will, then to the use of the lawful male heirs of Walter Horton and in default of issue to the use of Christopher Horton and his lawful male heirs. Dated 10 Mar 6 Elizabeth - 1564

18 - Assignment by Walter Horton of Catton, esq to the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury and Henry Cavendish, son of Elizabeth the Countess, of a lease of the herbage and pannage of Barton Park and the office of keeper, with fees and profits belonging, (and possibly other offices relating to the Duchy of Lancaster Parks in Staffs), reciting inter alia lease by Edward VI to John Tailer of the herbage and pannage of the waste of Rolston, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster called Rolston Park, and a lease by Elizabeth to Walter Horton of the herbage and pannage of Barton Park. Dated 4 May 13 Elizabeth - 1571

19 - Gift by John Tailer, Bishop of Lincoln, to William Tailer of Tatenhill and Rafe Tailer of Walton-on-Trent, of all his household goods, Staffs, plate and money with all good and chattels in Derbys and Staffs. Dated 26 Sep - 1553

20 - Quitclaim by Robert Tomlinson of Walton-on-Trent, yeoman, to his brother Richard of all actions, suits etc arising from his father Richard Tomlinson's will, by which he was bequeathed £200. Dated 18 Apr - 1664

21 - Grant of livery of the estates of Jane Horton of Catton to Christopher Horton, her son, having come of age - namely to a messuage and a cottage with diverse land, meadow and pasture belonging at Rosliston, now or late in the tenure of John Cantrell and - Alsop, and another messuage in Coton and the land, meadow and pasture belonging in the tenure or occupation of Anne Coton, widow and two other messuages, 40 acres of land, 15 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture in Coton in the occupations and 20 acres of pasture in Coton in the occupations of Richard Bayley and William Coulton. Dated 1 Jul 13 Charles I - 1637

22 - Gift in tail by Nicholas Cowper, Rector of the parish church of Sekyndon and William Dawe, Rector of the parish church of Thorpe Constantyne, to Robert Sekyndon and Elizabeth his wife of all his lands and tenements with pastures etc in Cotton iuxta Rosliston, Derbys, which he held by gift of the said Robert; to be held by the said Robert and Elizabeth for life, after their decease the remainder to Beatrice their daughter for life, with remainder successively in tail male to their other children namely John, Gerard, Lawrence, William, Ellen, Margaret, Isabel and Agnes; in default of issue remainder to the right heirs of Robert Sekyndon. Dated Monday next before the feast of the Purification BVM 21 Henry VI [28 Jan 1443] - [28 Jan 1443]

23 - Lease by Thomas Saykynton of Coleshill, Warwicks to Joan Malebere of Coton, widow, and William Malebere her son and Isabel Myln, in consideration of 4 marks, of a messuage or tenement in Coton with all lands etc belonging; for 21 years at an annual rent of 29s 8d. Dated 18 Jul 2 Mary - 1554

24 - Commonwealth Writ directed to William Willoughby, Sheriff of Nottingham, following a writ of cap. obligat. of the Court of Common Pleas against Gabriel Armstrong at the suit of Christopher Horton, ordering the Sheriff to take possession of closes of pasture in Thorpe called Armitage, Parsons Close and Stone Close, and a close divided into three at the Chappell, worth £120 per annum, and to use all rents, issues and profits until all money due has been paid. Dated 1 May - 1657

25 - Common recovery-relating to Measham, Willesley, Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe - Thomas Gresley. 24 Elizabeth - 1582

26 - Marriage settlement on the marriage of Christopher Horton and Elizabeth Chetwynd, between John Chetwynd of Rugeley, gent, Christopher Horton of Catton, Esq, John Byrche of Cannock, gent, and Robert Sankey of Cannock, gent, by which in consideration of the love and affection John Chetwynd holds for Elizabeth his sister, wife of Christopher Horton and for a jointure to be made for the said Elizabeth, Chetwynd agrees with Horton, Byrche and Sankey to suffer a recovery of all his freehold messuages, lands etc in Rugeley. Dated 1 Apr 22 Charles I - 1646

27 - Lease by William P[r]est, vicar of Stapenhill, William de Restoleston and William de Hornynglouwe, chaplains, and William Plumere of Barton-on-Trent, to Isabel widow of John Broune of Barton-on-Trent, of a messuage with a garden and meadow adjoining lying in the High St of Barton-on-Trent between the tenement of Symon de Newton on the one part, and the tenement of Richard de Glovere on the other part, which messuage and garden with meadow they hold by gift and feoffment of John Broune of Barton-on Trent as contained in a charter of the said John - to be held for life at an annual rent of a red rose: then to be held for the life of John son of Isabel for life (if he outlives his mother) Witnesses: Adam de Gath[a]m, then bailiff of Barton, John Flygh, Walter Urn and others Dated the feast of St Luke the Evangelist 43 Edward III [18 Oct 1369] - 1369

28 - Agreement between Edward Villiers of Derby and George Buswell of Derby, concerning the disposal of property in Derby, Locko, Duffield, Normanton and Hazlewood leased by Villiers to Buswell, should one of them die dated 30 May ?8 James I - 1610

29-30 - Final concord and counterpart between Sir Robert Wilmot, Knight, Robert Want gent, and John Fletcher and Dorothy his wife def. of 2 chambers, parcel of a messuage, 8 acres of land at Osmaston next Derby: consideration £60. Dated 3 weeks Holy Trinity 12 George III - 1772

31 - Final concord between Robert Want, gent, and Sir Robert Wilmot, kt def of the manor of Osmaston next Derby and 3 messuages, 5 cottages, 6 gardens, 6 orchards, 15 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow and free fishing in the Derwent in Osmaston-next-Derby and Chaddesden: consideration £220. Dated the morrow of Holy Trinity 12 George III - 1772

32 - Final concord between John Porter and Henry Merry pl, Thomas Stables and Hannah his wife, Humfry Porter, Humfry Booth, Joseph Adams and Elizabeth his wife, Richard Moore and John Tavarn and Rebecca his wife, def of 2 messuages, 2 cottages, an orchard, 3a of land, 3a of meadow, 3a of pasture in Ockbrook and Derby: consideration £100. Dated 8 days of St Hilary 9 George I - 1773

2 - Audley Manor Court deeds (Eardley family)

3 - Manor of Barton-under-Needwood deeds

4 - Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Rutland deeds

5 - Deeds, Other Counties

7 - Derbyshire and Staffordshire estate papers

8 - Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and general Wilmot accounts

9 - [Number not used: previously Manor of Birmingham, now arranged under D3155/M/2]

10 - Leicestershire and Northamptonshire estate papers

11 - Estate papers, other counties

12 - Buswell personal estate papers

13 - Weston-on-Trent estate papers

14 - General estate papers

15 - Personal estate papers

16 - Family and public office papers

17 - Miscellaneous Papers

B - Bound volumes of letters (1st series) "alphabetical sequence" - 1806-1837

C - Bound volumes of letters (2nd series) "Subject Sequence" - 1807-1898

D - Bound volumes of letters (3rd series) - 1676-1838

E - Loose letters and unsorted miscellaneous papers - [1547]-1898

F-G - Numbers not used

H - Rentals - 1822-1956

I - 'Derbyshire Deeds' Series - 1301-1985

J - [Number not used: was Barton-under-Needwood manor court papers, now arranged under D3155/M/1]

K - Miscellaneous deeds - [17th cent]

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