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D511 - Wigley, Bateman and Shirley families - 17th-19th cent

E - Estate papers - 1697-1867

ES - Sale Catalogues - [c1850]-1859

F - Family papers - 1827-1892

P - Maps and Plans - [c1700]-1839

T - Title deeds - 1634-1823

1 - Bargain and sale by William Mather of Wirksworth, yeoman, to Robert Fieldings of Wirksworth, gent, and Elizabeth, his wife, for £20, of a shop with a chamber over, on the south side of Wirksworth market place, in the tenure of Thomas Taylor and Thomas Carter. 26 Dec - 1634

2 - Feoffment by Robert Fieldings of Wirksworth, gent, to Dorothy Carter of Wirksworth, widow, for £20, of the shop [as D511/T/1] - 1645

3 - Feoffment by Dorothy Carter to William Willot and Edward Parker of Wirksworth, mercers, for £20 of the shop as above.20 Aug - 1646

4 - Feoffment by William Willot and Edward Parker, to Robert Topleys of Coldbrook, Wirksworth, tanner, for £24, of the above shop.16 Jul - 1651

5 - Feoffment by William Shipley of Wirksworth, iron monger, to Edward Clay of Wirksworth, black-smith, for £70, of a cottage, shop and garden on the south side of Wirksworth market place.29 Dec - 1652

6 - Feoffment by Sir John Gell of Hopton, bart, to Thomas Wigley of Wirksworth, grocer, for £14, of a parcel of land in a croft at Wirksworth, called Lady Croft (½ a) (bounds recited).12 Apr - 1673

7 - Copyhold recovery in Wirksworth manor court by Thomas Lockoe and William Wall against Robert Blackbourne and Anthony Buntinge of a cottage in Wirksworth called Samuel's House, with a garden, to the use of John Bottam for life and then as directed by his will.14 Aug - 1678

8 - Probate of Thomas Wigley of Wirksworth, grocer: To John Wigley, his son, £80; to Thomas Wigley his son £100; to Joshua Wigley, his son £160; to Daniel Wigley, his son, £160; to Benjamin Wigley, his son, £90; all bills and bonds due to him and all ready money, to Edith, his wife, for the payment of the above legacies; the remainder of his personal estate to Edith, his wife as her jointure, and whatever is left at her decease, to be divided among his children; all his shop, with the 3 chambers over, on the south side of Wirksworth market place, to Edith for life or until she remarry and then to John, his son; the messuage wherein he now dwells, to Thomas, his son; 5 copyhold closes at Ireton Wood to Benjamin, his son; to Allice Kaye, his mother, 5s; to William Wigley, his brother, 20s; to William Kaye, his half-brother, 5s; the 'shop bulke' in his shop with all the shelves, a brass mortar and pestle and scales with weights, to John, his son; to Thomas, his son, a further £10.6 Mar - 1676

9 - Admission in Ireton Wood manor court of Edith Botham and Benjamin Wigley, Elizabeth Bateman surrendered a messuage at Ireton Wood inhabited by John Greatorex, a close called Jauney Field, Hanginge Acre, Round Meadowe or Little Meadowe, Mite Meadowe, Far Barakwalls (except 2 acres thereof), the Lydyard, and to Eyrefields, John Greatorex and Margaret his wife for their lives, and then to John Botham, for life with remainder as directed by his will. John Botham, now dead, devised the said lands to his wife Edith and to Benjamin Wigley, for the life of Edith and then to Benjamin in fee simple.12 May - 1704

10 - Surrender in Ireton Wood manor court by Benjamin Wigley, of estates [as D511/T/10] (except the messuage), to his own use for life and then as directed by his will.19 Jan 1708/9 - [1709]

11 - Surrender in Ireton Wood manor court by Benjamin Wigley, of estates [as D511/T/10] to the use of Jonathan Lee of Chesterfield, to uses as declared in an indenture of equal date [see D511/E/2] - 1720

12 - Probate of John Botham of Wirksworth, gent: to his wife, Edith, the dwellinghouse wherein he lives, a kitchen, one brick building, an elaboratory and a shop adjoining the house for her life; after her decease to Benjamin Wigley; the house wherein James Hatfield lives, to Edith for life and then to Benjamin Wigley; the houses inhabited by Henry Burton and Henry Wood, 1/8 of two mills and of Mill Meddow to Edith for life and then to Benjamin Wigley; the house near the lyche gate at Wirksworth to his kinswoman Mary Meller; two pieces of land in Wirksworth called Hopton Swomps and Mobery Wall and all his lands in Ashover in the tenure of Samuel Clarke, to Edith; 2 closes at Ashover in the tenure of John Rigott and William Botham, to Edith for life, and the half Rigott's holding to Ann, wife of Anthony Gell of Middleton and the other half to Solomon, son of Daniel Willis, half Botham's holding to William Spencer of Crich and the other half to Richard Weigne of Ashleyhay; his lands near Middleton in the tenure of Anthony Gell and Anthony Godber to Edith and to Benjamin Wigley; his title to lands at Ireton Wood, whereof his brother-in-law John Greatorex is tenant, after the decease of Greatorex and his wife, to Edith for life and then to Benjamin Wigley; to John Wigley, his grand child, a piece of land at Wirksworth; various monetary bequests. 1 Nov - 1730

13-14 - Will and probate of Benjamin Wigley Nottingham; all his messuages, lands, mines etc. to his wife Anne. 18 Mar 1740/1 - [1741]

15 - Admission in Ireton Wood manor court of Ann wife of Benjamin Wigley to estates [as D511/T/10] bequeathed to her by Benjamin. 4 Mar 1740/1 - [1741]

16 - Surrender by Ann Wigley, widow of Benjamin Wigley, decd, of estates [as D511/T/10] to her own use for life and then as declared by her will. 6 May - 1741

17 - Surrender by Ann Wigley, in Ireton Wood manor court, of estates [as D511/T/10] and admission of Joshua Wigley, her youngest son. 4 Nov - 1761

18 - Probate of Ann Wigley of Nottingham, widow; all her copyhold estate at Ireton Wood, in the tenure of Paul Yeomans, to her son Joshua Wigley, Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge. 23 Jun - 1762

19 - Probate of Joshua Wigley, rector of Clipston, (Nottinghamshire), all his copyhold estate at Ireton Wood, subject to the provisions of his marriage settlement with Mary Bateman, to his wife Mary. 7 Feb - 1791

20 - Copy admission in Ireton Wood manor court of Mary Bateman to estates [as D511/T/10] bequeathed to her by her husband, Rev Joshua Wigley. 9 Apr - 1791

21 - Admission in Ireton Wood of Elizabeth Wigley to estates [as D511/T/10] to which she was entitled under the marriage settlement of her mother, Mary Bateman. 17 May - 1823

22 - Probate of Jonathan Wigley, clerk, Fellow of Christ College, Cambridge; all his estate at Snelston, known as the Hamlets, to his mother, Ann Wigley, for life, and then to his brothers Benjamin and Joshua Wigley; to his mother also, her bond for £150; to Benjamin, such of his books as he shall choose, the remainder to Joshua; to his brother William, £60; to Samuel Ayscough and Ann Ayscough, children of his late sister, Edith, £100 each; to Miss Mary Shergold £100 with a diamond ring, a harpsichord and music books; to the Master and Fellows of Christ College a mourning ring each [see D511/E/5]. 20 Aug - 1761

23-24 - Lease and release by Jonathan Wigley of Christ College, Cambridge, clerk, to Ann Wigley of Nottingham, widow, his mother, in consideration of natural love and affection and 10s, of all the real estates whereof Thomas Wigley his brother, was seised at the time of his death, at Snelston, during the lives of Jonathan and Ann. 23/24 May - 1751

25 - Release following lease by William Farmary of Tansley, wool comber, to Sir John Statham of Wigfall, knight, for £54 of a messuage with adjoining close at Tansley, in the tenure of Samuel Norman. 21 Mar 1715/1716 - [1716]

26 - Lease for possession by Sir John Statham of Wigfall, to Benjamin Wigley of Wirksworth, gent, of the above messuage at Tansley, known as New House, and a croft called Hayes (3a). 12 Jun - 1717

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