Notes, Queries & Gleanings.
The following interesting list of Deeds relating to lands in Matlock,
and to the Bowns, and several other old families then may interest
the readers of the "RELIQUARY," and is, at all events, worth preserving. The deeds were, with a quantity of others,
in a Book in possession of the Defendant Timothy Spencer and were
about 30 years ago in the custody of his Great Grandson Mr. Timothy
Spencer of the Lyme Tree House, Matlock Bank, as he stated to me.
Wakefield. T. N. INCE.
MATLOCK.
A Schedule of Ancient Deeds relating to property at Matlock
taken from an old copy of "The joint and several answers of Timothy
Spencer Baker & Ann his wife & Thomas White & Mary his wife, Defendants
to the Bill of complt of Thos Jackson & Anne his wife,
Sarah, Marina, Mary, & Hannah Bown, Spinsters & Infants, by Tho Kitchin
their next friend, complaints. In the Court of Exchequer.
These following are Ancient Latin Deeds.
1 Ed 1st
Henry de Hurst de Matlock to his son Walter.
Grant of part of his lands in Matlock.
7 Ed 1st
Gilbert son of John of Darley to Walter de Sewardsiche.
Grant of land lying in Pelletholme in Matlock.
30 Ed 1st
Maud relict of John de Matlock and Gilbert her son to Walter
de Sewardsiche. Grant of a rood of land in Matlock.
2 Ed 2d
Roger
de Katerick & William de Hampton to Maud the wife of John de Sewardsiche.
Grant of all their lands and tenements in Matlock.
18 Ed 2d
Roger de Wensley to Walter de Sewardsiche. Grant of lands in Matlock.
19 Ed 2d
Walter de Sewardsiche to his son Henry & others Grant messuage &c
in Matlock.
19 Ed 2
Gilbert de Chapman to Henry de Sewardsiche & others
grant of lands in Matlock.
1 Ed 3
Walter de Sewardsiche to Nicholas his son Grant of a messuage & 6
acres of land at the Hurst. (in duplicate).
16 Ed 3
Robert Wrich to Robert son to Henry de Sewardsiche Grant of 1p and
1r of land in Matlock.
41 Ed 3
Robert de Sewardsiche to John son of Henry de Sewardsiche grant of
all his right to one messuage & 4
acres of land in Matlock.
41 Ed 3
Henry son of Henry de Sewardsiche to John his son grant of one messuage & 2
acres of land in Matlock.
47 Ed 3
John Rayner & others to John Sewardsiche Grant of a messuage & 4
acres of land in Matlock.
47 Ed 3
John de Sewardsiche to John de Ashoure Grant of one messuage & 4
acres of land in Matlock fields.
50 Ed 3
John de Sewardsiche to Roger de Carricke and William de Hampton
(in duplicate) Grant of lands and tenements in Matlock.
10 Jany 11 Hen 7th
Thomas Babington & others to Roger Bown & Agnes his wife Grant
of one messuage & 6 acres & a half of land in the Hurst in the Parish
of Matlock.
20 June 7 Hen 8th
Roger Bown to William Bown his son & heir apparent Grant of a
messuage and 20 acres of land in the Parish of Matlock called Seyrsyche.
26 Jany 15 Hen 8th
Roger Bown de Matlock Grant of one messuage & 6 acres & a half
of land and one Fulling Mill in Matlock to William his son & heir
apparent & Mary his wife Daughter of John Robinson & the heirs of
the said William for ever.
28 Sept 27 Hen 8th
William Bown son & heir of Roger Bown to Nicholas Walker & Roger
Walker Grant of a Messuage and 20 acres of land in the Parish of Matlock
called Scyrsyche.
10 June 2 & 3 Philip and Mary
Nicholas & Roger Walker to Henry Bown Grant of all their claim
to all messuages Mills &c in Matlock.
6 June 2 & 3 Philip and Mary
Robert son of William Pinchin to Robert Wadfox Demise of a tenement
Mill and lands in Matlock.
2 & 3 Philip and Mary
Nicholas and Roger Walker to Henry Bown Grant of lands in Matlock.
These following are Latin Deeds without date.
Grant from Simon Batchelor son of Simon Batchelor to Henry de Sewardsyche
the son of Alexander, of 2 acres of arable land in Hurstfield.
Grant from Gumald son of Alexander de Hurst to Simon Batchelor of
Matlock of all the claim which he or the said Alexander his father
had to a toft and croft in Matlock.
Grant from Robert of
Wensley to Henry de Sewardsyche of a Toft Garden Building and appurtenances
in Matlock.
Grant from Richard Wade to [ ] the Miller at Matlock.
Robert de Matlock to Walter de Sewardsyche Grant of an acre of ground
and a Mill in Matlock.
Grant from Simon Batchelor the son of Simon Batchelor
to Henry de Sewardsyche son of Alexander of a Toft and Croft in Matlock.
Grant from Simon Batchelor son of Simon Batchelor to Henry de Sewardsyche
son of Alexander of several acres of land in the Hurst and elsewhere
in the Parish of Matlock.
Grant from Robert son of [ ] de Matlock to John
[son] of Ralph de Matlock of lands in the Bank croft and Hurst in
Matlock.
Grant from Gilbert de Staveley to Walter de Sewardsyche
of his part of lands in Hurstfield in Matlock.
Grant from Simon Batchelor son of [ ] de Matlock
to Simon son of Hugh the Miller of Matlock of a Mill in Matlock.
Grant from Maud Daughter of William Venator de Matlock to Walter
son of Margerie of Matlock of one acre and a parcel of Meadow in
Matlock.
Taken at Matlock Bath 30 Jany 1713 before John Odingsells Lecke
Gervase Gardiner William Kelsall and Thomas Froggatt the Younger,
Commissioners, and examined with an old office copy in possession
of T. N. INCE of Wakefield 28th Sept 1861.
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