| Matlock & Matlock
Bath : Lists Through the Centuries |
| Gifts & Aid to the King, Fines, Licences,
Taxes, Land Owners, Hardship, School Charity, Police, Magistrates |
|
 Vills & Freeholders
of the Wirksworth Hundred of Derbyshire, 1633 |
PLUS ALDERWASLEY AND ASHLEYHAY FROM APPLETREE HUNDRED[1]
(From an article by S.O. Addy, in Derbyshire
Archaeological Journal, Vol 6, 1884, p.49ff.)
The list was transcribed from a manuscript and is possibly a list
of potential Jurors. Only the Matlock names appear here.
There are some Latin abbreviations in the margins:
- alloc, or alloc bre : may be allocationis breve, a writ or certificate
of excuse.
- p'cator : may be procurator
- mil' terr' (militaris terra) : land held by knight service
- generosus : gentleman, of noble birth
- mort/e : dead, deceased
- Armiger : gentleman, knight, entitled to bear arms
Freeholders, or free tenants, were those who held portions of the
demesne lands, as opposed to land held in villenage
| Surname |
First name |
Place |
Comment |
| WOODWARD, |
Anthony |
Matlocke |
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| COTTERELL, |
Anthony |
Matlocke |
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| FLYNTE, |
Thomas |
Matlocke |
generosus |
| BOWNE, |
Anthony |
Matlocke |
|
| LUDLAM, |
William |
Matlocke |
[erased] alloc. |
| WOOLLEY, |
Adam |
Matlocke |
alloc bre. J.C. |
| BOWNE, |
George |
Matlocke |
|
| WOOLLEY, |
William |
Matlocke |
[erased] Pr p. [per procuratorem?] |
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Lists Containing
Five or Less Names
| 1. Derbyshire Visitation, 1611 |
The Visitation was conducted by Richard St. George Norrey and
there are copies in the libraries of Queens College, Oxford, Caius
College, Cambridge and the British Museum.[2]
| 1611 - Wirksworth Hd.
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| Usurprs. |
Mr. COLUMBELL of Motlock. |
fo. 7
The names of those that were disclaimed |
Tho. FLINT of Motlock. |
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| 2. Religion Under the Commonwealth |
The Wirksworth Classis met once a month, meeting at Wirksworth
on all but three occasions. Subjects ranged from administering
the Lord's Supper to non-parishioners, examining potential candidates
for ordination and fixing a monthly 'Fast', which was sometimes
a monthly lecture. These were held twice at Matlock during this
period. Mr Shelmerdine (Crich and Matlock) acted as Moderator sixteen
times.
The minutes of the first two and last two meetings of the Wirksworth
Classis, as recorded in their minute book:[3]
| These present att the Classicall meeting
the said 16th day of December, 1651 ... |
Mr Tho : Shelmerdine |
These pnte at the Classicall meeting the
said 20th day of Januarie, 1651 ...
[old calendar i.e 1651/2] |
Mr Tho : Shelmerdine |
| These p'sent at the Classicall meeting the
said 16 of November, 1658 ... |
Mr Tho : Shelmerdine |
| These p'sent at the Claasicall meeting the
said 17 day of November, 1658 ... |
Mr Tho : Shelmerdine |
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| 3. The Conventicle Acts |
The Conventicle Act (1670) prohibited conventicles
- meetings of dissenters from the established church.
Amongst the 15 Grand Jury of the Mich. Sessions, 1682, dealing
with the 'neglects of several Petty Constables in not p'senting
Conventicles and absenters from the church', were:
William COCKAINE, gen. of Matlock
Robert NEWTON, gen. of Matlock[3] |
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The extracts above are taken from:
[1] Contributed by Sonia
W Addis-Smith.
[2] From the article 'A
Derbyshire Visitation manuscript, 1687' by The Rev Henry Lawrence
M.A., in the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural
History Society, Vol. 32, 1910, pp.46-51. Researched and transcribed
by Ann Andrews, Jan 2000
[3] From: "Three Centuries
of Derbyshire Annals, an Illustrated by the Records of the Quarter
Sessions of the County of Derby from Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria",
Rev. Charles J. Cox, LL.D., F.S.A Vol I. (1890) pub. London:
Bemrose and Sons, 23 Old Bailey; and Derby (pp.332-4). Researched
and transcribed by Ann Andrews, Jan 2000.
Unless the section specifies a contributor, material has
been extracted by Ann Andrews. Other contributors, copyright
holders, etc. are to be found under the relevant section. With
my very grateful thanks to everyone who has contributed or
given permission to reproduce their material.
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