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D513 - Kirk Family of Glossop and Chapel-en-le-Frith - 1566-[20th cent]

M - Title deeds - 1566-[20th cent]

B - Business papers - 1769-1892

E - Estate papers - 1609-1877

F - Family papers - 17th-20th cent

L - Legal Papers - 1636-18th cent

T - Title Deeds - 1566-1810

1 - Feoffment by Arnold Kirke senior of Martinsideand Arnold Kirke junior, his son and heir, to William Shert junior of Disley, Stockport (Ches.) and George Kirke of Waterside, Chapel en le Frith, of a messuage and £5 worth of land at Hill, Wormhill and Hargatewell, within the township of Wormhill, and 3 acres land at Fairfield 31 Jul - 1638

2 - Feoffment by Andrew Morewood of Stanton, yeoman, to John Kirke of Chapel en le Frith, blacksmith, in consideration of £44 of 3 dwelling houses at Chapel en le Frith (3 bays) part of a great burgage formerly belonging to Rowland Eyre, now in the tenure of George Bramwell, Emott Swindels and Elizabeth Swindels, all that freedom or liberty to the south of the house, a garden at the west and called the Dockyard and a croft called Guy Croft by the chapel 10 Aug - 1660

3 - Lease for possession by Nicholas Bagshaw of Chapel en le Frith, yeoman, to Henry Kirke the younger of Martinside, yeoman, and Nicholas Lowe of Cockyard, Chapel en le Frith, of a messuage or farm called Course at Chapel en le Frith with fields called Kill Crofte, Barley Croft, Stuble Croft, Croft behind the Barn, the Bent, the Greatmeadow, Overfield, Middle Field, Lower (Field) and Little Meadow, in the tenure of Anthony Hide 13 Oct - 1685

4 - Exemplification of recovery by Thomas Mellor and Thomas Kirke against Thomas Gee and John Buxton, of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 50a arable, 20a meadow and 50a pasture with common of pasture and turbary at Chapel en le Frith 1692/3 - [1693]

5 - Lease for possession by George Thornhill the elder of Warmbrook, yeoman, and George Thornhill the younger (his son and heir) and Anne his wife, to Arnold Kirk of Martinside, gent, of an ancient capital messuage called Warmbrook and fields called Over Fields the two Great Fields, the two Cow Heys, the two Smith Fields, the three Black Marshes, Oxcroft, Hasle Croft, the Croft at the back of the House, and 20a land allotted to Thornhill upon the enclosure of the commons of Chapel en le Frith with a close at Bolt Edge called Bolt Edge Close (18 acres) 12 Jun - 1727

6-7 - Final concord between Nicholas Kent and Arthur Green wollers, plaintiffs, and Henry Kirk, deforciant, of 2 messages, 1 barn, 25 acres arable; 10 acres meadow, 25 acres pasture at Bowden Chapel, Combs Edge and Bowden Edge. Consideration £60. 9 Feb 1749/50 - [1750]

8 - Mortgage by Thomas Williams of Gwersyllt, wire drawer, to William Thomas of Gresford, farmer, for £2, of a messuage and croft at Gwersyllt, on a common known as the Little Mountain. 1 Jan - 1789

9 - Release by Thomas Williams to William Thomas, in consideration of £21, of the messuage and croft as D513/M/T/8. 7 Sep - 1790

10 - Feoffment by George Thomas of Gresford (Denbs) yeoman, to Richard Kirk of Gwersyllt, gent, in consideration of £45, of a messuage and croft at Gwersyllt on a common known as the Little Mountain 3 Dec - 1795

11 - Assignment of mortgage by Richard Barker of Chester, gent, on the direction of Richard Kirk of Gwersyllt (Denbs), gent, and Ellen his wife, to William Shore of Cefn, yeoman and John Shore of Whitchurch (Shropshire), breeches maker, in consideration of £400, upon a messuage and land at Gwersyllt, Gresford par. (Denbs) 20 Nov - 1789

12 - Feoffment by Edward Phenix of Gwersyllt, labourer, to Richard Kirk at Gwersyllt, esq., in consideration of £55 of 2 crofts lately inclosed from Gwersyllt Mountain (1½ acre) 26 Mar - 1801

13 - Mortgage by Richard Kirk to Rowland Samuel of Wrexham, gent, for £400, of a messuage at Summer Hill and 2 fields thereto belonging at Gwersyllt 20 Aug - 1806

14 - Feoffment by Edward Davies of Brymbo (Denbs), Richard Kirk of Bryn Malley (Denbs) esq., in consideration of £70, of a house divided into 2 dwellings at Gwersyllt, in the tenure of Samuel Williams and Mary Thomas 10 Nov - 1810

15 - Deed to lead uses of recovery for barring entails; John Bennett of Lightberches, Chapel en le Frith and Rebecca his wife (eldest daughter and heir of William Hegginbotham, clerk and Sarah his wife) and William Goddard of Charlesworth, and Jane his wife (grandmother of Rebecca) to acknowledge a fine to Jervas Kellett of Staple Inn, London, gent, upon a messuage and lands at Blackshaw, Great Hamlet, the Four Heath Fields, Lane Head Meadow and How Meadow, to create him tenant for suffering a recovery by Robert Bagshaw of Hollinknowle, Chapel en le Frith, yeoman, and John Ford of Horridge, Hope, yeoman, upon trust to sell the lands and to pay from the proceeds £100 to William Goddard, £50 to Sarah Hegginbotham, £50 to John Ashbourne and Hannah his wife, £50 to Mary Hegginbotham and £50 to Elizabeth Hegginbotham and to convey the residue with such of the lands as remain unsold to John Bennett 29 Sep - 1692

16 - Release following lease by Robert Bagshaw and John Ford to John Bennett and Rebecca his wife, in discharge of their trust and to enable him to dispose of the estates, of a messuage, tenement and lands at Blackshaw (as D513/M/T/15) 5 Dec - 1695

17 - Feoffment by Thomas Booth of Stockwalls, Charlesworth, yeoman, to Thomas Booth, yeoman, his son, in consideration of £300, of several parts of a messuage at Nethercliff, Glossop, with all seats in Hayfield Chapel thereto belonging 1 Jul - 1698

18 - Final concord between Thomas Booth, Richard Swann and John Goodwin, plaintiffs, and Thomas Eyre and Katherine his wife, Robert Hadfield and Alice his wife, Richard Held and Jane his wife and Hugh Palfreyman and Grace his wife, of 1 barn, 10a arable, 10a meadow, 10a pasture, ½a messuage common of pasture and common of turbary, at Glossop and Tideswell. Consideration £60. 18 Nov - 1691

19-20 - Mortgage by Joseph Parker of Derby, gent, John Bower the elder of Knightwick, yeoman, and John Bower the younger, his son and heir, to Peter Gaskill of Hanley, Prestbury (Ches) tanner, and Samuel Bowdon of New Mills, dyer, for £150 paid to Parker and £50 paid to Bower, of all their estates at Knightwick in the parish of Glossop 19/20 Aug - 1692

21 - Lease for possession by Peter Gaskill of Hanley (Ches) yeoman, Samuel Bowden of New Mills, dyer and John Bower of Knightwick, yeoman, to Francis Gregge of Clements Inn (Mx) gent, and Lovel Goringe of the Inner Temple, gent., of all their messuages and lands known as Knightwick, at Whitle, Glossop - 1693

22 - Surrender prior to recovery by Elizabeth Bower of Knightwick, widow of Edward Bower decd. to Francis Gregge and Lovett Goreinge of a toft at Knightwick where Green's house formerly stood, a barn and several closes, parcel of Knightwick, with proviso that if Gregge and Goreinge do not pay Elizabeth £500 on 1 Dec next in the south porch of Glossop church, then the surrender is to be void 30 Sep - 1693

23 - Final concord between Robert Beard and John Lingard, plaintiffs, and Thomas Yeveley and Constance his wife, Richard Yeveley junior and Nicholas Cowper, deforciants of 3 messuages, 3 barns, 3 gardens, 1 orchard, 20a, arable, 20a meadow, and 20a pasture at Bowden Middlecale and Bowden Chapel. Consideration £100. 13 Oct - 1637

24 - Final concord between Nicholas Chalsworth and Robert Beard, plaintiffs, and Nicholas Bradbury and Jane his wife, John Bradbury, their son, Edward Hide and Joan his wife, and Edmund Haighe and Joan his wife, deforciants, of 1 messuage, 2 gardens, 16 acres arable, 12 acres meadow, 18 acres pasture and 3 acres wood at Bankhead, Over Thornsett, Hayfield and Whitfield. Consideration £100. 29 Oct - 1638

25 - Final concord between Edward Dixon, plaintiff and Raphe Bagshaw, and Anne his wife, William Bagshaw and Raphe Bagshaw the younger, deforciants, of 1 cottage, 10a arable, 1a meadow and 10a pasture at Chapel en le Frith, Fairfield and Wormhill. Consideration £41. 15 Jun - 1651

26 - Feoffment by Raphe Bagshaw the elder of Hordon, Chapel en le Frith, yeoman, and William and Raphe Bagshaw his sons, to Edward Dixon of Brownhill, Hope, yeoman, in consideration of £261 of closes called further Heyfield, nearer Heyfield, Long Crofte and Overhayne, a cottage in the further Heyfield (tenant William Cowper) and the house known as Lesser Fyre House, wherein Raphe now dwells, with an adjoining barn 15 Mar 1652/3 - [1653]

27-28 - Final concord between Nicholas Waterhouse, plaintiff and Thomas Rawlynson, deforciant, of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 40a arable, 10a meadow, 20a pasture, 2 acres wood and 100a furze and heath at Great Hayfield. Consideration £40. 20 Jan 1558/9 - [1559]

29-30 - Final concord between Nicholas Waterhouse, plaintiff, and Thomas Rawlynson junior, of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 20a arable, 8 acres meadow, 100a pasture, 1a wood and 100a furze and heath at Bowden. Consideration £40. 28 Apr - 1566

31 - Final concord between Ralph Bawdon and Thomas Waterhouse, plaintiff and William Rawlinson and Mary his wife, deforciants, of 2 messuages, 2 gardens, 43 acres arable, 16 acres meadow, 43 acres pasture and 6 acres wood at Glossop and Bowden. Consideration £100. 6 Oct - 1612

32-33 - Final concord between James Rellison, plaintiff, and Thomas Waterhouse and Helen his wife, Ralph Waterhouse and John Waterhouse, deforciants, of 30a arable, and 30a pasture at Bowden Chapel. Consideration £60 - 1664

34 - Final concord between Thomas Eyre and Ralph Waterhouse, plaintiffs, and Robert Hinchcliffe and John Hadfield, deforciants, of 2 messuages 2 barns, 1 toft, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 10a arable, 8 acres meadow, 10a pasture, 1a wood and common of pasture and turbary at Nethercliffe, Bowden Middlecale and Glossop. Consideration £60. 24 Jun - 1666

35 - Marriage settlement of Thomas Waterhouse, second son of Thomas Waterhouse of Hayfield, yeoman, and Rachel, daughter of William Wagstaffe of Glossop. Thomas, in consideration of a marriage portion of £80, conveys to John Waterhouse, his elder brother, and Thomas Wagstaffe, son of William, the messuage near Bowden head with all lands etc upon trust for his use for life and then to the use of Rachel for her life with remainder to the heirs of their bodies 1 Oct - 1679

36 - Lease for possession by Ralph Ridgway of Wirksworth, James Ridgway and John Ridgway, late of Peak Forest, to John Waterhouse of Hayfield, yeoman, of a messuage called Rushup, being one whole neighbourship enclosing 36 acres in Peak Forest, in the tenure of Garratt Storye 15 Jul - 1681

37 - Release by Ralph Ridgway, mercer, John Ridgway and James Ridgway, yeoman, to John Waterhouse, in consideration of £140, of the messuage and land within the herbage of Rushope (as D513/M/T/36) 24 Oct - 1681

38-39 - Final concord between Robert Yeffley, plaintiff and William Newton of Heath and William Newton of Birch Hall, deforciants, of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 40a arable, 40a meadow, 40a pasture, 20a wood, 100a furze and heath and 100a turbary at Phoside. Consideration £40. 20 Jan 1576/7 - [1577]

40-41 - Final concord between Christofer Barrett and Ottwell Barrett, plaintiffs, and William Garbor, deforciant, of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 4 acres arable, 4 acres meadow, 4 acres pasture and 2 acres wood at Glossop. Consideration £50. 6 Oct - 1590

42-43 - Final concord between Richard Yeveley, plaintiff, and Thomas Yeveley and Elizabeth his wife, of 1 messuage, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 20a arable, 10a meadow, 20a pasture, 2 acres wood and common of pasture and turbary in Glossop. Consideration £60. 20 Jan 1602/3 - [1603]

44 - Settlement upon the marriage of Thomas Hadfield of Glossop, yeoman, and Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Greaves of Woodhouse, Bradfield, yeoman, in consideration of £200 paid to him by Greaves, Hadfield conveys to William Fynney of Little Longstone, yeoman, and John Waterhouse of Ughill, Bradfield, yeoman, of fields at Hadfield called Marly Shaw Intake, the Bankes at Marley Head, the Greate Shawe, Upper Meadow, Lower Meadow, the Bents, Calfe Heyes, Oxehey Clough, Bridglee Meadow, Throstle Nest, Cuckoe Nest, Oxehay Meadow and Great Oxehay, to the use of Hadfield for life and then to Elizabeth for life as her dower with remainder to the heirs of their bodies 24 Aug - 1678

45 - Declaration of uses by Edward Downes of Hayfield yeoman, re a surrender by Downes in High Peak manor court, of a messuage divided into 2 dwellings (tenants Thomas Bredbury and Ralph Bowden) with closes known as Well Croft, Lower Meadow, Long Croft and Bankhey Croft at Raven Slack, to his own use; to his own use for life and then to the use of Elizabeth, his wife, for her life. After her decease to the use of John Brandrith, husband of Mary his daughter, for life with remainder to the eldest son of their bodies etc 12 Apr - 1683

46 - Bargain and sale by John Lomas of Iveley (Ches) glazier, to Edward Daine of Alstoneley, yeoman, and Dorothy Lomas of Newhay (Ches), in consideration of 40s., of a house, outhouses, two gardens and a croft called Carr Green House 9 Nov - 1695

Z - Miscellaneous - 1608-1854

ZC - County official papers - 1687-1844

ZP - Parish - 1651-18th cent

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