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Collapse D513 - Kirk Family of Glossop and Chapel-en-le-Frith - 1566-[20th cent]D513 - Kirk Family of Glossop and Chapel-en-le-Frith - 1566-[20th cent]
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Expand B - Business papers - 1769-1892B - Business papers - 1769-1892
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Expand F - Family papers - 17th-20th centF - Family papers - 17th-20th cent
Expand L - Legal Papers - 1636-18th centL - Legal Papers - 1636-18th cent
Expand T - Title Deeds - 1566-1810T - Title Deeds - 1566-1810
Expand Z - Miscellaneous - 1608-1854Z - Miscellaneous - 1608-1854
Expand ZC - County official papers - 1687-1844ZC - County official papers - 1687-1844
Collapse ZP - Parish - 1651-18th centZP - Parish - 1651-18th cent
1 - Account of Edward Dixon, overseer of Bowden Edge. 4 May - 1672
2 - Articles of agreement between Thomas Smythe of Lymm Handley (Ches.) and Robert Marseland of Hayfield and William Armefield of Coppshurst, overseers of Bowden Middlecale - Smythe is to pay 6s. 6d. per quarter for 3 years and 4s. 4d. for the 5 years thereafter, to the overseers for the maintenance of a bastard child born to Mary Barns of Buxworth. 17 Oct - 1685
3 - Examination of Henry Marchington as to his legal settlement - was born in Peak Forest and has served Ellis Hallam for the past 8 years but was never employed for a full year. 14 Jul - 1708
4 - Apprenticeship indenture - Garmon Buxton and George Thornhill, churchwardens, and Humphrey Cowper, George Thornhill and Nicholas Lowe, overseers of Bowden Chapel place Henry Kirke of Martinside to serve until he be 24. 11 Sep - 1701
5 - Apprenticeship indenture - Thomas Rollison David Harrop and William Bennit, churchwardens and overseers of Great Hamlet, Phoside and Kinder, place Margaret Beard (aged 8) apprentice to George Chapman until she is 21. 20 Apr - 1715
6 - Apprenticeship indenture - John Brocklehurst Churchwarden, John Downes and Samuell Slater, overseers, of Taxal (Ches, now Derbys.) place John Turner (aged 11, son of Edward Turner of Taxal) apprentice to John Lingard of Ashburnelane, Bowden, Chapel, tailor, until he is 21. 15 May - 1729
7 - Apprenticeship indenture - Henry Kyrk and John Marchington, churchwardens, and Thomas barber, overseers of Bowden Chapel, place Elizabeth Longston apprentice to Thomas Bennet of Crossleys Farm until she is 21 or marries. 16 Apr - 1745
8 - Assignment by Thomas Bennett of Crossleys Farm, Chapel-en-le-Frith, to John Goodwin of Diggley in Whaley Yeardsley (Ches. Now Derbys.), farmer, of the remainder of Elizabeth Longston's apprenticeship term. Bennett pays Goodwin £4 and Goodwin is to instruct her in housewifery. 2 Jul - 1745
9 - List of subscriptions towards a new chapel at Chinley. - [c1700]
10 - Appointment by Robert Middleton of Chapel- en-le-Frith, surviving trustee of the bequest by William Barber of Malcoff (1666/7) of a third of his personal estate to his executors, the interest to be used for the poor of Chapel-en-le-Frith, of William Bagshaw of Ford and Arnold Kyrke of Martinside to replace Samuel Bagshaw, decd, and Henry Kyrke, decd, as trustees. 20 Oct - 1719
11-12 - Receipt for chief rent due to the Duke of Devonshire and George II from the trustees of the poor of Chapel-en-le-Frith. 4 Nov - 1745-1747
13 - Order by Hugh Sheldon, High Constable, to collect 1s. 6d. for every trained soldier with which the township stands charged, towards raising £15 for the repair of Hague Bridge and £13 for the repair of the county gaol, the money to be delivered at the house of Elizabeth Frost in Monyash on 8 April 6 Mar 1707/8 - [1708]
14 - Order of John Nodder, High Constable to the constable of Bowden Chapel - 2 Jun 1708
15 - Warrant to the constable of Bowden Middlecale for the arrest of Alice, wife of Thomas Beard of Hayfield and her conveyance to the house of correction at Tideswell, she having enticed Margaret Beard, apprentice to George Chapman, to leave her master - to be put to hard labour for one month. 14 Jul - 1715
16 - Account of expenditure on repairs to Haigh Bridge. - 1693-1696
17 - Statute labour list for Buxton - 1731
18-19 - Fragments of appointments of highway - [18th cent]
20 - Presentment to justices of the peace by Thomas Kyrke, overseer of highways for Coombes Edge, that the roads are in bad repair. 29 Jun - 1743
21 - Account of Thomas Kyrke for repairs to Highways at Coombes Edge. - 1743
22 - Certificate allowing a way from the Loads Gate to the great road at Dove Holes, 8 yards wide, for the use of Herralds or Hallsteads, with the ancient way and privilege to water. Henry Kyrke is to have a road from his house at Hallsteads for cart and carriage and for driving his oxen at plough time from his house at Hallsteads straight to Martinside Cross - [c1690]
23 - Survey of Bowden Chapel by Thomas Gladwin Richard Dale, Denis Leey and Thomas Hibbert, pursuant to a justices' order - 1651
24 - Receipt for £17.2s. received from Francis Moseley and Edward Dickson, collectors for Bowden Chapel, being the first quarter's money for "a poll ….. for the carrying on a vigorous war against France". 27 Apr - [17th cent]
25 - Draft agreement among the inhabitants of Chapel-en-le-Frith for the levying of a rate of pay for repairs to the church. - 1697
26 - Appointment of Thomas Kirke, George Kirke and George Thornhill as assessors of land tax for Bowden Chapel, to raise £274.15s. from the township. 15 Apr - 1707
27 - Assessment of seven lays for Coombes Edge - 1714
28 - Receipt for £2.17s from the collectors of Coombes Edge for houses and 5d new duty. 20 Oct - 1714
29 - Poor rate assessment for Hayfield 1715/1716 - [1716]
30 - List of names at Fernilee. Many of the names are marked with crosses. - 1731
31 - List of names at Bowden Edge - [c1720]
32 - Rating list for Coombes Edge - [c1720]
33 - List of names at ? Bowden Chapel - [c1720]
34 - Declaration by Arnold Kyrk of Martinside Has examined both the register which Robert Middleton of Chapel-en-le-Frith kept for his own private satisfaction and also the parish register kept by son, William Middleton, since his father's death - has a salary from the parish for making entries in the register - book belongs to the parish and is not the private property of Middleton - 6 May 1736
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