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D1289 - Jim Rieuwerts (1935-2021), lead mining historian - 1608-1953

BL - Collected Records

1-78 - Youlgreave and Gratton barmoot court rolls - 1770-1808

79-86 - Lists of jurors, miners and ore burners - 1775-1797

87 - Extract of barmoot court fines - 1795

88 - Notes by John Wagstaffe on the Youlgreave and Gratton customs 1614-1797 - 1895

89 - Copy of barmoot court roll reciting and confirming Youlgreave and Gratton customs of 1614 - 1751

90 - The Laws and Customs of the Manors of Youlgreave and Gratton, annotated by John Wagstaffe - 1810

91-99 - Hazelbadge barmoot court verdict about Squab Mine - 1812

101 - List of jurors, working miners and ore burners - 1796

102-105 - Files of complaints to Hazelbadge barmoot court: files for 1791, 1796, 1812, 1819 - 1791-1819

106-108 - Draft warrants for arrest of shares in Hill Rake, Broomhills and Frog Hole Mines - 1812

109 - Letter from George Barnsley to Hazelbadge Barmoot Court about his horse killed in a shaft at Never Fear Mines als May Sough and his attempts to get compensation - 1819

110 - Orders, pains and byelaws established by Hazelbadge Barmoot; attached is a list of the grand jury 18 May 1743 - 1743

111-113 - Copies of the 1630 customs - 19th cent

114-116 - Orders to Robert Drabble, barmaster to arrest a mine called Chapmaiden (Maiden Rake), at Tideswell, on various suits for wages due from Mr Faulkner - 1762

117-121 - Papers in case of Francis Mason v Rev John Goddard about Mason’s claim to shares in a mine called Maiden Rake Head als Chapmaiden at Tideswell - 1765

122-123 - Papers in case of Eleanor Green et al v Jonathan Oxley et al about arrest of tithe to a primgap in Maiden Rake Vein at Little Hucklow - 1765

124 - Plan showing position of the Primgap - [1765]

125 - “The Names with some short account of the Veins of Lead Mines in the Plot to which this Schedule is annexed” (in Haddon, Hartle and Youlgreave liberties) (for the plan to which this refers see D504 B/LP 11) - [early 18th cent]

126 - Sketches of relics found in Wheels Rake Mine, Nether Haddon, with notes on the same - 1881

127 - Explanation by John Wagstaffe of the relics sent by George Norman to the Duke (of Rutland) - 1881

127-248 - Receipts for payment from Gratton for seats in Youlgreave Church - 1659-1661

128 - Notice to work or forfeit Black Sough Mines at Haddon Fields and Pickering Wood: endorsed with notes by John Wagstaffe on the state of the Black Sough Mines - 1879

129 - Notes on Coke and Mills’s report on Mill Close Mine, with observations on the same - 1879

130-131 - Letter (and draft) from John Wagstaffe, Winster to George Norman - ‘Mr Wass is working at Stanton and has a very rich mine - they are raising 120 loads or over 30 tons of lead ore a week - I do not know what the price will be but at 40s per load of 9 dishes, I have reckoned up the different amounts of royalties - metals have gone up very nicely - lead has risen from £13 to £17 a ton’. 17 Dec

132 - Rough sketch map of Mill Close, with notes - c1879

133 - Particular of the customs of Stanton, Haddon and Hartle, 1791, with notes by John Wagstaffe 1876 - 1791-1878

134 - Draft clauses from the Stanton inclosure Bill about mineral rights - c1809

135 - Extracts from court rolls, inclosure award etc about the manor of Stanton 1568-1878 (hand of John Wagstaffe) - c1879

136 - Copy lease by Jane Holden of Holborn, (Middlesex) widow of John Jolliff of Petersfield (Hants) to Pierce Galliard of Edmonton (Middlesex) and 13 others (named), properties of the Portway Mine at the Coast Knowles pa Elton - whereas the mine is much annoyed with water and the proprietors wish to erect one or more fire engines - and whereas the quarter cord on each side of the vein, allowed by the mineral customs will not be sufficient - and whereas the proprietors have occasion to dig stone to erect the fire engines and such may be got in the land in the possession of Henry Knowles as tenant of Holden and Jolliff - in consideration of £50 - of liberty to erect a fire engine and other necessary buildings and to carry on the same for 7 years, provided that the land occupied or used for getting stone shall not exceed ½ acre, at an annual rent of 20s. 28 Mar - 1761

137 - Book of entries for the liberty of Winster, copied from the barmaster’s book of office by John Wagstaffe, deputy barmaster; at the back is a Winster poor rate assessment 1825. - 1810-1818

138 - Copy map of land at Winster Bank - late 19th cent

139 - Pains set down by the Bakewell barmoot jury - 1608

140 - Bakewell barmoot court roll, including recital of the ancient customs

141 - Articles by John Manners, Earl of Rutland and agreed to by the miners for Hartle [Harthill] liberty - 1647

142 - Copy of the 1647 articles, with notes by John Wagstaffe - 1878

143 - Wirksworth barmoot verdicts re Higtons New Cross Vein and Pitts Coe Grove, at Milcombottom, Cromford - 1700

144 - Wirksworth barmoot verdict about grove in Tearsall Pasture in the liberty of Wensley - 1705

145 - Report by Richard George Coke to Capt. Underwood on the Alport Mining Company’s hydraulic engines at Guy, Pienet Nest, Old Engine and Blythe, and upon the corn mill, with sketch plan of hydraulic engine. - 1847

146 - Sketch of the lime and toadstone measures in Lathkill Dale, showing the Wheels Rake engine shaft: John Wagstaffe

147 - Report on the Rivers Lathkill and Bradford Fisheries by Thomas Masters - 1846

148 - Information of James, Earl of Northampton and Henry Gretrex of Bonsall (barmaster and deputy for the King’s Field) against William Bach of Stanton et al about trespass in Tearsall Pasture, parish of Wensley - 1666

149 - Hassop, Calver and Rowland: Warrant for arrest of Water Hole Mine for non- payment of wages to Thomas Wager - 1790

150 - Agreement between John Manners, Earl of Rutland and Gabriell Waine of Newbold, William Sawyer of Newbold, William Calowe of Wingerworth, Thomas Smyth of Hadley, John Smith of Handley and George Blackwall of Whittington - the Earl grants Waine et al licence for 7 years to search for lead ore within the manor of Whitwell, provided that it is not to the prejudice of the King’s house or in any orchard or garden - when they find any lead, to have 80 yards in length and 40 yards in breadth - to pay every 8th dish of ore to the Earl. 22 Aug - 1661

151 - Tithe Ore: Receipt by Stephen Moore, vicar of Youlgreave, to John Manners of Nether Haddon, for 2s for a year’s tithe of Manner’s land on the east and north side of Lathkill - 1635

152-154 - Account of tithe ore received in Youlgreave and Stanton - 1669

155 - Account of tithe ore collected in Elton and Winster - 1669-1670

156-157 - Letters from William Grosvenor, London, to Mr Bagshaw in Bakewell, about the progress of the tithe bill. 8-12 Apr - 1701

158 - Draft letter to Lord Roos [John, Lord Roos, eldest son of the Earl of Rutland, Member of Parliament for Derbyshire 1700-1701] - ‘at the fair here (Bakewell) yesterday most of the yeomanry of the High and Low Peak, the lead merchants and miners consulted re the Parsons’ Bill - they believe your lordship and fellow members incline to the bill which will lose us three parts in four of the votes we had at the election, for the universal cry is against the bill and particularly against Sir Philip Gell’. 22 Apr - 1701

159 - Reasons on the King’s and Queen Dowager’s part against passing the bill for settling tithe ore - [1701]

160 - The case of the freeholders of Ashover and the miners of Wirksworth Wapentake in answer to the case re the bill of the five rectors for preventing the multiplicity of vexatious suits re tithe ore - c1701

161 - Draft petition of the freeholders and miners of Crich to Parliament for the rejection of “A Bill for Preventing Multiplicity of Vexatious Suits” - c1701

162 - Draft petition to Parliament of the freeholders and miners of Ashover, Matlock, Bonsall, Darley and Carsington against the tithe ore bill - c1701

163-165 - Copy clause from a bill about tithe ore exempting the Earl of Rutland from payment of tithe ore in his manors of Nether Haddon, Hartle, Whitwell and Aldward Grange - c1701

166 - G Baddesley to Mr Barker, Bakewell - 18th Cent

167 - Copy petition of the proprietors of Yate Stoop Mine asking that the Duke of Rutland’s tithe be taken in the same manner as in the rest of Winster, with copy of Joseph Smedley’s opinion thereon - 1778

168 - Thomas Thoroton to Mr Hender about Yate Stoop petition. 17 Nov - 1778

169 - Joseph Smedley, barmaster, Youlgreave to the Duke of Rutland about Yate Stoop petition. 28 Nov - 1778

170 - Unfinished notes about Duke of Rutland’s tithe ore in Youlgreave - c1778

171 - Extracts about tithes of Birchover and Stanton 1535-1614 - 1787

172-177 - Remarks and observation on the Duke of Rutland’s mineral property in some parts of Derbyshire - 1791

178 - Appointment by the Duke of Rutland of John Wagstaffe of Winster to be barmaster of his manors of Youlgreave and Gratton, Bakewell, Hazelbadge, Nether Haddon, Hartle and all other his liberties in Derbyshire. 19 Apr 1880 - 1880

179 - Order of the Duke of Rutland about settling of disputes by his barmaster. 10 Oct 1885 - 1885

180 - Account book for the Duke of Rutland’s lead mines including amount of ore raised, price, buyer etc - 1888-1896

181 - Notes by John Wagstaffe on the customs in operation in the Duke of Rutland’s mineral estates - late 19th cent

182 - The Duke of Rutland’s mineral interest in Derbyshire - late 19th cent

183 - Account of John Wagstaffe, deputy barmaster with the Duke of Devonshire, for mineral dues from the liberties of Winster, Hartington and the Granges - 1851

184 - W Martin, Upper Shadwell (Middlesex) to John Mander, attorney, Bakewell - ‘I was recommended to you from Green’s Chambers, Clements Inn - I desire you to let me know if any such persons as George and John Lomas, father and son live at Ashford, being persons who lived there some time ago, afterwards came to my neighbourhood and have lately drawn themselves from thence’ - 5 Oct 1752

185 - Henry Scott, Royal Oak, Chesterfield to John Mander, attorney Bakewell - ‘I must desire the favour of your company tomorrow rather than Friday’. 25 Oct - 1752

186 - Joseph Hill, Gt Queen St to Mr Mander, Bakewell - ‘I have received your letter with Mr Smedley’s account as far as it goes but I see no mention of any sums paid by him or the balance due from him - it is an account for 5 quarters only without reference to books and ledgers - the Duke of Beaufort has ordered these accounts to be strictly inquired into and maps made of the estates - until the mines are put on a proper footing His Grace desires that the Stanton bill may not be brought into the House’. 17 Feb - 1791

187 - Adam Wolley jnr, Matlock to Mr Mander - ‘I return your copy of the Youlgreave Mineral Customary, at the end of which you will find my translation of the deed from Henry de Ireton to John de Rossington - I have several copies of deeds which show that the manor of Gratton belonged to the Middleton family of Wannesley’ - 1791

188 - William Fillingham, Flawborough to Mr Mander, Bakewell - ‘I shall be ready to pay the money for your Baslow estate when the deeds are executed - I was not aware of your wishing to retain the £200 until Michaelmas - I gave up my account at Michaelmas and the £200 must be paid in time (with draft reply)’. 29 May - 1791

189 - Joseph Hill, Savile Row, to Mr Mander -‘I received your draft of the assignment of Mr Barker’s lease - I wish it has been sent to me before it went to Mr Barker - I have been obliged to make some alterations to the draft - the Duchess of Rutland and Duke of Beaufort should not have been stated in the lease as guardians’. 27 Nov - 1797

190 - John Alsop Jnr, Lea Bridge, to James Mander - ‘until Mr Swettenham named the subject of your mineral MS at the Hillcarr meeting, it had escaped my recollection - the week after next I will name an early day for riding up to Bakewell - I should think Mr Hurt would be a very proper person to show your MS’. 2 Jan - 1822

191 - J W Paget, London to J Mander, Bakewell - ‘I take the liberty of forwarding your number of the Law Journal - in future they will be left regularly at your agents - I have taken the liberty of putting the numbers for the other gentlemen and would be obliged if you would allow a clerk to deliver them - How are you getting on with the work on mining terms of art?’. 8 May - 1823

192 - Bache Thornhill, Stanton to James Mander, Bakewell about the term “brenner” (burner), the standard dish and other terms. 29 Nov - 1823

193 - Copy by Bache Thornhill of the inscription on the standard dish at Wirksworth, with note of the dimensions - 1823

194 - As L 192 - ‘suggestions for layout of title page of glossary - when I was at Wirksworth, I procured a drawing of the Brazen Dish but on comparing it with a vessel itself, I founds it very incorrect as to require my taking sketch of it’. 25 Nov - 1823

195-196 - Glossary of mining terms (hand of Bache Thornhill) - 1823

197-204 - Draft definitions of mineral terms (various hands) - c1823

205 - Mining glossary - c1823

206 - Draft of “The Derbyshire Miners Glossary” by James Mander - 1824

207-215 - Drafts of subscription list - [1823-1824]

216-237 - Drafts of dedication, preface etc - [1822-1824]

238 - Draft notice of publication - 1824

239 - D’Ewes Coke, Castle Hill to (Mander?) – About Hartington enfranchisement. 23 Aug - 1833

240 - Barmoot court: Interrogatories to be administered to witnesses on behalf of Humphrey Hallom, by Sir John Heath, attorney general on the relation of Christian, Dowager Countess of Devonshire, about office of barmaster, and composition for lot in Bradwell liberty - 1674

241 - Draft of bill to make the barmoot court a court of record - 1754

242 - Notes on the office of barmaster - 18th cent

243 - Notes on the mode of holding a court - 19th cent

244 - Rules to by observed by the pinder for the liberty of Baslow - 1831

245 - Baslow manor court roll - 1867

246 - Bakewell and Over Haddon Inclosure Commissioners minute book, with Act bound in - 1806-1811

249 - Bill of Sir Edward Northey, Attorney General, upon the relation of William, Duke of Devonshire et al against John Bright et al re Providence Mine - 17th cent

250 - Writ? of Charles II concerning William, Lord Pagett - 17th cent

251 - Table comparing the articles of the High Peak and Low Peak - 19th cent

251a - “A Table to the Old Bawlee Vein” – detailed description of the Old Bawlee Vein and shorter description of the Sough Vein - early 18th cent

252 - Peak Forest Mining Company minutes book (company formed 25 Jan 1858) - 1858-1870

253 - Peak Forest Mining Company sheets - 1874-1879

254 - Draft transfer of shares in mines called Coalpit Hole, Hawkforward and Hurdlowend in Peak Forest and Coalpit Hole and Seaton Vein in Chapel-en-le-Frith - 19th cent

255 - R Niness, Peak Forest Mine to John Haigh - the 25s worth of fence repairs is completed from No 1 shaft to Coffer Dam. 22 May - 1894

256 - John Lambert and Joseph Marshall, Salford, to Mr Haigh - say whether you will sell the old lead ore plant at Perry Foot, Chapel-en-le-Frith and I will meet you at the Kings Head Hotel, Chapel-en-le-Frith. 24 Dec - 19th cent

257-262 - Letters from J B Stueart, Pennylands, Sanquhar, Scotland. to Bradshaw and Co, Sheffield, about possible re-opening of Peak Forest Mine - 1916

262a - Resolution of Extraordinary General Meeting of the Peak Mining Company and election of new Directors. 25 Apr - 1872

262b - Notice of a General Meeting of Shareholders, Peak Forest Mining Company. 9 Apr - 1877

263-266 - Papers relating to the flourspar and lead interests of Benjamin Laurenson Bradley of Grindleford and John Thomas Briggs of Aylestone, Leicester: Transfer by Thomas Middleton of Bradwell, postman, to Benjamin Laurenson Bradley and John Thomas Briggs, in consideration of £3 of the mine called Never Fear at Cresswell Part in the liberty of Bradwell. 21 Feb - 1907

267-268 - Papers relating to the flourspar and lead interests of Benjamin Laurenson Bradley of Grindleford and John Thomas Briggs of Aylestone, Leicester: Receipts by William and Papers relating to the flourspar and lead interests of Benjamin Laurenson Bradley of Grindleford and John Thomas Briggs of Aylestone, Leicester: Thomas Middleton to Benjamin Bradley for payment for shares in Never Fear Mine at Small Dale Head, Bradwell. 19 Nov - 1906

269-304 - Correspondence and other papers about dispute over ownership of Never Fear Mine - 1906-1908

305 - Grant by Florence Eyre of Smalldale, Bradwell to Bradley and Biggs of the right to mine all fluorspar, barytes, calk, feagh and other minerals beneath land at Smalldale, Bradley and Briggs paying 1s 3d per ton. 31 Jan - 1907

307-321 - Correspondence about dispute between William Elliot of Smalldale and Bradley and Briggs about working of fluorspar on land leased by Elliot from Florence Eyre - 1907

322-329 - Grant by Annie Kezia Andrew, wife of William Andrew of Jordanthorpe, pa Norton, farmer to Bradley and Briggs, of the right to mine all fluorspar, barytes, calk, feagh and other minerals beneath land at Smalldale, pa Bradwell, Bradley and Briggs to pay 15d per ton removed - with related correspondence. 5 Feb - c1907

330-331 - Transfer by Moressa Ashmore, wife of Herbert Ashmore of Bradwell, labourer, to Bradley and Briggs, in consideration of £1, of the mine known as Smalldale Head at Bradwell. 16 Feb - 1907

332-334 - Draft of grant by Col Ashton John Shuttleworth of Hathersage Hall to Bradley and Briggs of the right of getting fluorspar, barytes, calk, feagh and all other minerals (except lead) beneath land at Bradwell - with related correspondence. Dec - 1906

335-337 - Letters from Robert How Ashton, Losehill Hall, Castleton to Bradley and to Bagshawe and Co about hillocks of fluorspar - 1906

338-346 - Correspondence between Bradley and Briggs, Bagshawe and Co, Andrew Orrell and Robert Needham about proposed working of spar on Needham’s land at Small Dale, with plans. - 1906-1907

357-370 - Miscellaneous correspondence, mostly from R L Bradley to Bagshawe and Co, Sheffield, on mineral and legal matters - 1906-1907

371 - Press cutting about nicking of mines at Great Hucklow and Bradwell - 1907

371a - Photograph of a group at the old horizontal winding engine at the Coop Mine, Bradwell - c1890

372-374 - Sheffield Smelting Co assay reports on gold samples - 1933

375 - Receipt , fee for search, George Eagle to Thomas Hodson, Dream and Blobber Mines - 1918

376

377 - Notice to work or forfeit Blobber Mine - 1921

379 - Cromford Sough book of dialings - 1923

380-381 - Covering letters sent by George Eagle to Tom Hodson with summonses to attend the Great Barmote at Wirksworth - 1914-1915

382 - Agreement for option to purchase by Thomas Hodson from George William Stone of mines near Elton called Moor Mine, Water Shaft Mine, Meal Bage Mine, Pricket Seat, Fill Barn, Kerlaker Rake and a mine on Elton rabbit warren - 1918

383 - George Eagle to Mr Hodson - ‘I have sent Glover and Farey on approval by parcel post’ - 1919

384 - John Mort, barmaster to Joseph Hodson about claiming mines at Hopton - 1946

385 - Draft letter from Joseph Hodson to John Mort about exploitation of area known as California near Yokecliffe Rake Mine, Wirksworth, with copy of reply - 1951

386 - Notice to work or forefeit slack or Slack Break Mine at Wensley - 1953

387 - Poems by Thomas Hodson - “ Stafford Dream Mine” and “Youth” (from Derbyshire Mining Student’s Magazine )

388 - Photograph of Wirksworth dish - 20th cent

389 - Press cutting - “Meerbrook Revives Memories” about William Hodson

391-392 - Plan: Copy from O S 25” sheet XXXIV 13 showing mines at Hopton and Griffe Granges - 20th cent

393 - Plan of Cromford Sough - 1923

394 - Geological map of the Matlock-Wirksworth- Brassington-Elton area 20th cent - 20th cent

395 - Geological map and section of the area around Masson; on the back is a plan of the “Ible Gold Deposit" - 20th cent

396 - Plan: Geological map of the Mill Close Lead District (O S 6” with veins etc added) - 20th cent

397 - Plan: Section of Meersbrook Sough from the sough tail to the Hollow of Worksworth [Wirksworth] by John Wheatcroft - 1831

398 - Plan of mines at Bradwell - 19th cent

399 - Reckoning book for Watergrove Mines - 1835-1854

400 - Appointment of John Bancroft of Bradwell as agent for the Banktop mine - 1864

401 - Appointment of John Bancroft of Bradwell as agent for Brunt Mine Bradwell - 1871

402 - Notice to work or forfeit Bird Mine, Bradwell - 1957

403 - Memorandum of transfer after nicking of a founder called Old Middlepeak, at Wirksworth, etc; endorsed with agreement between Joseph Nall and partners and Charles Hurt and partners - Hurt et al to retain 13/24 of the title above the standing water and all the ground below the level of the water - 1816-1819

404 - Certificate of sale of Raithe Mine, Elton, to John Alsop Burntcliffe by Cornelius Smith and John Stone for £1 - 1835

405 - Notices of transfers of various Winster area mines after nicking, viz Drummers Venture, Bithams Mine and Fillpurse - 1836

406 - Typescript list of the Manton and Hodson Collections - 1960s

407 - Wrathe Field Sough account 8 Sep - 1722

408 - Memorandum that George Evans and Partners at Slack mine freed a founder with two dishes of ore, called Frosts Founder - 1789

409 - Fragment of ore account mentioning Moorcock and Robert Barber (?at Bradwell) - 1804-1805

410 - Abraham Hall’s bill for nails and a new barrow at Pindale Mine - 1812

411 - Memorandum of sale to Daniel Wilson of mineral title called Foxholes, Wirksworth. 6 Jun - 1820

412 - Memorandum of agreement between Benjamin Tommison and his partners at their mine called Calver Sough and Houghton Pipe situated on the Ball Eye side in the liberty of Bonsall and Charles Kirkland and his partners at his mines called Founder Abbey and Ball Eye Mines, by which they have agreed to make a division line between their mines and titles where three - 3 May 1822

413 - Memorandum of sale of shares in Dirtlow Mine as Ashford to James Frost of Bakewell - 1840

414 - Letter from Matthew Frost to Jonathan Howe, barmaster, Castleton, informing him of a small barmoot court to be held at the Bulls Head, Monyash. 4 Jan - 1843

415 - Liberty of Over Haddon - freeing note for a meer of ground in a vein breaking out of the south side of the Old Mandale Vein. 1 Sep - 1846

416 - Notice of Barmote Court for the Liberty of Castleton to be held at the Bulls Head Inn Monyash

417 - Account of ore measured in the liberties of Castleton and Chapel-en-le-Frith - 1865-1869

418 - Note from the Deputy Barmaster, Robert How, to William Barber to attend at a mine called Southfield, in the liberty of Bradwell. 28 Jan - 1871

419 - Section and plan of mines at Snitterton. 6 Sep - 1843

420 - Notes from the report on the Wirksworth Section of Meerbrook Sough by W M Else of Pilsley with plan - 1917

421 - Photocopy of geological section from the Lancashire coast west of Ormskirk to Doncaster by Elias Hall, Mineral Surveyor of Castleton - 1824

422 - Photocopy of a volume of correspondence, newspaper cuttings and notes, largely concerning George Eagle, Barmaster, and D Palmer-Pearson regarding the source of the thermal waters at Matlock Bath and the whereabouts of the old Cobler Mine - 1913-1915

423 - Photocopy of scrapbook of newspaper cuttings relating to lead mining in Derbyshire - 1856-1920

424 - Photocopy of copy (made in 1937) of sections of mine workings in Peak Forest Mine - 1875

425 - Plan of section at Oxclose nr Bonsall (from Eric Fisher) [Leawood or Robinson Pipe]

426 - Plan showing old mines at Snitterton (from Eric Fisher)

427 - Photograph of places and people associated with lead mining - mid 20th cent

428 - Tracings (/1-3) of mining plans made by Nellie Kirkham including Longstone Edge (1-2) - mid 20th cent

UL - Jim Rieuwerts (1935-2021), lead mining historian: unlisted records - c1960s-c2010s

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