| The Wolley Manuscripts, Matlock |
| A Major Collection of pre 1828 Pedigrees, Charters, Documents, Deeds & Wills |
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Volumes 6676 to 6680 |
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 Volume 6676 |
Surnames in this volume
ABELL BALGUY BARBER BENNETT BOWN BROUGH BUNTINGE CHAMBERS CHAPPELL
CLAY COCKAINE COCKER FERNE GARRETT GOODWIN GRANGER GREATREX
HASLAM HEAWARD KIRKLAND MARSHALL MATHER RIVETT SALMON SIMPSON
SPATEMAN STONE TAYLOR TURNER WAGSTAFF WALKER WARD WIGLEY WRIGHT
YOUNGE
Places in this volume within Matlock:
[?] Proffer Coalpitt-Rake Deep-Shaft Dick-Eye Gentlewoman Gentlewomans
Harp-Edge Hedge-Vein Lady-Gate-Mines Masson Mather's-mine-Seven-Rakes
Nest-house-grove Nestowe-grove Nestowes Paddocke Raddle-Hole
Ragges Shalley Syde Three-Ashes Walkers
Places in this volume within Matlock Liberty:
Greenhills-Mine Holmes-Vein-Nether-Ox-Close Rushens-Vein Upper-Ox-Close
Vernons-founder Places in this volume elsewhere:
Ashover Bonsall Carsington Darley Darley-Bridge Derbyshire Derwent-River
Sheffield Wensley-liberty Wirksworth
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6676 ff.132-160
Papers in related cases arising out of the contamination of
the River Derwent, by the buddling of material, from old lead
mining hillocks, in the river. The hillocks were from Wensley
liberty and were removed for buddling to a place near Darley
Bridge; the plaintiff James WRIGHT lived in Matlock below the
Bridge at Darley:-
case and opinion of J. BALGUY, Duffield, mentioning inter alia
that miners have formed themselves into companies in Wensley
liberty for the buddling of the old mining hillocks (f.133)
and that Thomas GARRETT esq. dec. was the principal proprietor
of the meadows below Darley Bridge (f.134) 1795.
ff.132-135
brief for plaintiff against George, Joseph and James TAYLOR,
1796.
ff.136-154
copies of declarations against George, Joseph and James TAYLOR,
ff.155-156, William TURNER, William TURNER the younger, William
GREATREX and Benjamin STONE, ff.157-158, and Josiah WAGSTAFF
and Jonathan MARSHALL, ff.159-160, with notes of the defendants'
pleas.
1796-1797.
See also 6678 ff.23-32. (c/chlsl) |
6676 ff.162-172, 174-182
Papers concerning payment of tithe ore in Matlock:-
Brief for defendants in John CHAPPELL clerk Rector of Matlock
versus John SPATEMAN, John WIGLEY, John ABELL, John COCKAINE,
Edward HASLAM, Adam YOUNGE, William COCKER and Robert HEAWARD,
in the Duchy Court. [1676] mentions several groves including
Gentlewomans, Syde, Shalley, Nestowes, [?] Proffer, Walkers,
Ragges, hedge, and groves on Masson, at Harp Edge, in Paddocke,
in Coalpitt Rake etc. Many miners and others are named, and
information going back many years is given. Says that Wirksworth
has nearly 3,000 communicants (f.164)
ff.162-70, 172
Defendants in above case's reasons against a new trial, the
plaintiff having lost this and a former case.
f.171
[see f.173 for short account and dates of cases concerned
on ff.162-172, 174-182]
Brief for defendants in John CHAPPELL clerk Rector of Matlock
versus Robert WARD, Henry WARD, Thomas BUNTINGE and John BUNTINGE
mentions Nest house grove, many persons' names [1672]
ff.174-177
? Plaintiff's brief in CHAPPELL v WARD et. al. Mentions Nestowe
grove. 1672.
ff.178-181
See also 6677 ff.178-181 (c/chlsl) |
6676 f.173
Printed case of the freeholders and miners in parishes of Ashover,
Matlock, Darley, Bonsall and Carsington, against a bill entitled
An Act ... for Settling and Ascertaining the Tythes of Lead
Oar in Derbyshire.
[c.1701-1702] (c/chlsl) |
6676 ff.191-194
Joint answers of Benjamin GRANGER, Charles BROUGH, Joseph BENNETT,
Thomas RIVETT, John CHAMBERS, William CLAY, Samuel FOX defendants
to the information at the relation of Robert FEARNE and others
relators, in a dispute concerning Holmes Vein in the Upper Ox
Close, which belongs to Robert FERNE in Snitterton, Matlock
Liberty, Rushens Vein and Vernons founder in Nether Ox Close.
Mentions Francis WALKER of Matlock in connection with Vernons
founder, various shafts by name, with material on mining customs.
1722. (c/chlsl) |
6676 ff.235-243
Brief for defendants in action of title concerning Greenhills
Mine in Matlock Liberty (barmaster Joseph SIMPSON); John BARBER
esq. and partners plaintiffs against Samuel MATHER and partners
defs. Mentions Mr. CLAY of Sheffield, John KIRKLAND his agent
now dead, Thomas SALMON a miner in 1771, George GOODWIN, BARBER's
brother in law, in 1771, all on f. 235. and Samuel BOWN, BARBER's
agent, a carpenter, on f.236; mentions Deep Shaft, Gentlewoman,
Three Ashes, Hedge Vein, Raddle Hole, Dick Eye and Lady Gate
Mines in Matlock; also Mather's mine Seven Rakes.
1791. (c/chlsl) |
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| Volume 6677 |
Surnames in this volume
ABELL BADGELY BOWLER BOWNE CHAPPELL COTTERELL COWPER GRATTON
HAYWARD HIGGETT LOWE NORTH SLACK SPATEMAN WALKER WARD WOOD WOODIWIS
WOODWARD
Places in this volume within Matlock:
Rectory Nestus-Grove
Places in this volume within Matlock Liberty:
Alsopps-Meares Bye-Sweape-Vayne Hiveyard-Vayne Hoydens-Meares-both-North-and-South-Vaynes
Ould-Meane-Grove the-Breck the-Hyfe-yard-Vaynes the-Longlands-Vaaynes
Wildersley-Sough
Places in this volume elsewhere:
Ashover Birchover Bonsall Calver Cardigan-South-Wales Carsington
Cumberland Darley Davies-Old-Breck-Wensley Elton Eyam Grindlow
Haddon Hartle [Harthill] Hazlebadge Hurstfields Kettlewell-Yorkshire
Longstone Matlock-Bath Middleton-in-Youlgreave Navigable-Canal
(from Chesterfield to Stockwith) Newton-Grange Parwich Snitterton
Stanton Stoney-Middleton Taddington Tearsall-pasture-Wensley
Troges-Pasture-Wensley Wall-Nook-Nook-Wensley Wensley Winster
Wirksworth Youlgreave
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6677 ff.9-10
Certified copy of valuation of Rectory of Matlock 26 Henry VIII
[1534-5], 1670/1, shown to John SLACK at his examination
in case between John CHAPPELL clerk qv. and Robert WARD and
other defs. 1671. Endorsed as shown to John SLACK at his examination
in John CHAPPELL qv. John SPATEMAN et al. def.
[1534-5] 1671
See also 6676, ff.162-172, 174-182. (c/chlsl) |
6677 ff.34-36
Copy, bill of complaint in Court of Duchy of Lancaster, of Marmaduke
ABELL of Bonsall gent., owner of part of Nestus Grove or mine
and many taker meers there, in Matlock, against Stephen BADGELY
and Francis WALKER of fraudulent dispossession. Claims mine
had been possesses by ABELL and his ancestors for 150 years
and more. Names George NORTH, ministerial officer at the mine
and barmaster of the liberty, Robert BOWLER, John GRATTON, Tobias
WOODIWIS.
n.d. (c/chlsl) |
6677 f.52
Printed case of the Freeholders and Miners in parishes of Ashover,
Matlock, Darley, Bonsall and Carsington, against a bill now
depending in the House of Commons for settling and ascertaining
the tithes of lead ore in Derbyshire.
[? c.1700]. (c/chlsl) |
6677 f.107-111
Copy of bill in Court of Duchy of Lancaster, orators ... who
say that for 20 years ... they have an ancient vein or founder
meer in Tearsall pasture in Wensley called Davies Old Breck
and 14 taker meers in Tearsall and Troges Pastures and the 'confederators'
sank a shaft called Wall Nook or Wall-Nook founder in the 10th
taker meer and in working it had discovered a new vein. The
'confederators' are named as Lawrence COTTERELL of Snitterton,
miner, John LOWE of Matlock miner, Robert COWPER of Hurstfields,
... John HIGGETT of Matlock miner, ... William BOWNE of Matlock
sherman, Adam WOODWARD of Matlock miner, ... who are all partners
in both Davies Old Breck and Wall Nook.
[1714/16] (c/chlsl) |
6677 ff.191-192
Printed Particulars of Lead Mines to be sold by auction at Matlock
Bath, 15 May 1789. The mines are in Winster, Elton, Birchover,
Ashover, Wensley, Wirksworth, Haddon, Middleton in Youlgreave,
Youlgreave, Hartle [Harthill], Stanton, Eyam and Stoney
Middleton, Longstone, Calver, Taddington, Hazlebadge, Grindlow,
Newton Grange, Parwich; also Kettlewell in Yorkshire, Cumberland
(Rayne Copper Adventure), and Cardigan in South Wales. Also
11 shares of £100 each with the Navigable Canal from Chesterfield
to Stockwith. (c/chlsl) |
6677 f.197
[?Copy] of memorandum of agreement dated 7 July 1709,
between 1. Benjamin HAYWARD of Matlock, gent. and Daniel WOOD
of Wirksworth yeo. For themselves and their partners in sough
or Watergate called Wildersley Sough in Liberty of Matlock and
2. The partners in mines in same liberty called ? Hiveyard Vayne,
Bye Sweape Vayne, Ould Meane Grove, the Breck and Alsopps Meares,
both North and South Vaynes, the Longlands Vaaynes, the Hyfe
yard Vaynes, Hoydens Meares both North and South Vaynes and
the 3 Taker meares at Hoydens, both North and South Vaynes,
for payment of cope or composition to sough masters (details
given). 1709. (c/chlsl) |
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| Volume 6678 |
Surnames in this volume
TAYLOR WRIGHT
Places in this volume
Darley Derwent-River
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6678 ff.22-32
Brief for plaintiff James WRIGHT in case in case against George,
Joseph and James TAYLOR defendants, concerning buddling in the
Derwent at Darley and consequent contamination of the river
by lead. See also 6676 ff.132-60.
[? 1796] (c/chlsl) |
6678 f.62
As 6667 f.173. (c/chlsl) |
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| Volume 6679 |
Surnames in this volume
ALDRICH ALLYN BENNETT COTTON GOODWIN HARPUR HOPKINSON HOUGHTON
HURST LEE MASON NEWTON NIGHTINGALE SAYE SMITH SMYTH SOWTER TURNER
WALKER WEBSTER WOLLEY WOOD WRIGHT
Places in this volume within Matlock:
Blackstoneturn Dimple-Mine High-Tor-Rake-?-or-the-Dovecote Magdale
wastes-or-commons
Elsewhere:
Ashover Brackenfield Caulk Cheadle-STS Crich-manor-of Derwent-River
Foolow-Edge-Closes Foolow-Long-Piece Foolow?-Old-New-and-Bradshaw-Mine
Hognaston Lea Lichfield-STS Longdon-STS Longshaw-co.-Annan-Scotland
Moneyash Oakerthorpe Wensley-Liberty-Bithoms-Mines Wensley-Liberty-Gurdale-Mine
Wensley-Liberty-Mill-Close Wakebridge Wensley-Liberty-Watering-Close
Wensley-Burned-Hurst Wirksworth
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6679 ff.1-4
2 parts of articles of agreement between 1. Ann ALDRICH of Longdon,
Staffs., widow, and William COTTON of Lichfield, apothecary,
and 2. Richard WEBSTER of Bakewell gent., George GOODWIN of
Moneyash gent., and Peter NIGHTINGALE of Lea, esq. partners
in Dimple Mine, Matlock, by which 1. Licence 2. to make a trench
through Magdale in Matlock, in possession of James WRIGHT, 30
x 10 yds., to convey water from one part of the Derwent to another,
for the fixing and working of an engine to be placed on the
trench for unwatering the Dimple Mine and carrying back water
into the Derwent, for a term of 7 years, and to erect a weir
across the Derwent as far as 1. may legally grant to raise the
water into the trench. Other provisions for maintenance etc.
2 Oct. 1766. (c/chlsl) |
6679 ff.100-101
?Draft lease for 7 years, by trustees in whom the manor of Matlock
is vested by the owners (naming both the trustees and chief
owners) to Robert HURST of Cheadle, co. Stafford, gent., of
liberty to search for Calamy or Lapis Calaminaris, Black Jack
or Black Calamy in the wastes or commons of Matlock, to sink
shafts, dress the minerals, remove them, etc.
--- Oct. 1773. (c/chlsl) |
6679 ff.158-164
Draft articles of agreement between 1. Sir Henry HARPUR of Caulk
2. Governor and Company for smelting down lead with pit and
seal coal, owners of Mill Close,* Watering Close and Bithoms
Mines in Wensley Liberty and
3. ... George TURNER of Matlock, miner ... partners in Gurdale
Mine, Wensley Liberty, by which HARPUR licenses 2. and 3. to
have free use of the sough already brought up to HARPUR's land
called Burned Hurst in Wensley, and to continue it for their
joint use, and licenses 2. and 3. separately to continue the
sough separately to their respective mines, through his lands.
22 June 1764.
*Slack crossed through but is in ff.165 - 167 [this reference
is not included here] (c/chlsl) |
6679 ff.194-195
Draft conveyance by James WALKER of Matlock, nailer to Thomas
LEE of Matlock, miner of 1/6 share of mine called High Tor Rake
? or the Dovecote, liberty of Matlock, covenanting that as soon
as Blackstoneturn, which is sinking in the mine, shall be worked
through he shall pay further money to WALKER, and a further
£2.2s. when the profits of mine amount to £4.4s.
1785. (c/chlsl) |
6679 ff.196-199
Attested copy of conveyance made between 1. Anthony WOOD of
Wakebridge, Crich, yeo., 2. Francis ALLYN of Lea, Ashover, yeo.,
3. William NEWTON of Oakerthorpe, son and heir of John NEWTON
late of same place, deceased, 4. George HOPKINSON of Ible, gent.,
executor of will of Robert SAYE of Wirksworth, yeo., by which
they divide between them 2/3 of the lot and cope arising in
1/3 the manor of Crich, which was sold by Anthony BENNETT of
Brackenfield, gent., and Ralph SMYTH of Hognaston, yeo. to WOOD,
ALLYN, John NEWTON and SAYE on 14 Feb 1660/1, according to the
proportion of purchase money which was paid respectively by
WOOD, ALLYN, John NEWTON and SAYE. 30 Dec. 1667. Copied 25 Sept.
1788. The original said to be in the possession of John SOWTER
of Matlock.
1667, 1788. (c/chlsl) |
6679 ff.215-223
? Copy of lease for 99 years by 1. William HOUGHTON of Wensley,
gent., owner of four closes called the Edge Closes in Foolow,
and by 2. Eaglesfield SMITH of Longshaw, co. Annan, Scotland,
esq., owner of Long Piece in Foolow, and 3. ... the proprietors
of lead mine called Old New and Bradshaw and 4. ... Robert MASON
of Matlock Bath, innholder, James WRIGHT of Matlock, butcher,
Adam WOLLEY of Matlock, gent., ... of mines etc. of lead and
copper ore, already found or to be found in the Edge Closes
and Long Piece in Foolow, with liberty to dig, bundle etc.,
reciting that 3. Have driven a sough and in sinking a shaft
northward of the named closes discovered a vein of lead thought
to range E. to W. through the closes. Also declares leased mines
to be held by 3 and 4 and under the name of the Consolidated
Title, half by party 3 and half by party 4. With details concerning
payment for shaft already sunk, maintenance of sough made by
3. And its continuance by the Consolidated Title partners, payment
of composition ore to 1. and 2. etc.
---1790. (c/chlsl) |
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| Volume 6680 |
Surnames in this volume
ALSOP ASH BAGSHAW BOWN BOWNE CARDEN DODDS FAIRFAX FAULKINGHAM
FLINT HARPUR HAYWARD HUNTER MOOR NORMAN RICHARDSON STERNDALE
TOMLINSON TURNER WALL WARD WILDGOOSE WOOD WOODHOUSE WOODWARD
WOOLLEY WRAGG
Places in this volume within Matlock:
a-common-called-the-Green Hodge-Green Riber Royal-Oak-mine Rye-Croft
Ryecroft Senior-fd
Places in this volume within Matlock Liberty
Allen-hill-Sough Allenhill-Sough Hagg-Grove Leywood-Lead-Mine
Oxclose-Lead-Mine
Places in this volume elsewhere:
Bonsall Cromford-Liberty-Provewell-Mine Wensley-Liberty-Dalefd-[Dalefield]-mine-and-sough
Wirksworth-Liberty-and-Wapentake-Orchard-Grove Wirksworth-Liberty-and-Wapentake-Rochwood-Grove
Wirksworth-Liberty-Gang-Rake-Mine Wirksworth-Hannage-Sough
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6680 ff.5-6
Brief for plaintiffs, William RICHARDSON esq., Jethro NORMAN,
Mosby FAIRFAX, Thomas HARPUR, William WARD, Thomas DODDS, William
FAULKINGHAM, Abraham FLINT, James HUNTER and George TURNER,
against John WILDGOOSE the elder and John WILDGOOSE the younger,
defs. Alleged to have broken and entered a mine at Matlock called
Royal Oak and dug and taken away lead in 1741 and 1742. Derby
1743/4.
1743/4 (c/chlsl) |
6680 ff.49-50
[Draft] articles of agreement between 1. John WOOLLEY
of Matlock, yeoman and 2. ...Anthony WOODWARD of Matlock, Edward
WOODHOUSE of Matlock, miner, Anthony STERNDALE of Matlock, shopkeeper
... partners in Allenhill Sough, Liberty of Matlock, reciting
that 1. on 11 March 1734/5 agreed to permit the sough to be
brought through his lands, that it has been begun and shares
in it sold to 2., agreeing that 2. may work on the sough in
the Rye Croft, the close at the back of John WOOLLEY's house
and the lane from the house in Matlock to a green called Hodge
Green, that when the sough and lead veins etc., discovered in
bringing up the sough become profitable, 2. will take 1. into
partnership etc.
8 Aug. 1738. (c/chlsl) |
6680 f.57
Copy of articles of agreement between 1.Richard BAGSHAW, esq.,
and others (named), owners of Oxclose and Leywood Lead Mines
in Matlock Liberty 2. Robert MOOR, jun. And others (named) part
owners of a mine and sough called Dalefd [Dalefield] 3. Jos.
a ASH and others (named) part owners of a mine and sough called
Dalefd., liberty of Wensley, reciting it has been found that
a discharge of water from Oxclose and Leywood mines reduces
the water at Dalefd and agreeing that 1. shall drain Dalefd
mines by a fire engine or other means.
18 Feb. 1743/4. (c/chlsl) |
6680 ff.64-67
Copy articles of agreement between 1. ...* and 2. ... , _reciting_
that party 1. are partners in Rochwood Grove in Wirksworth Liberty
and Wapentake and party 2. partners in Orchard Grove in same
Liberty ...the two groves ... are close together ... wish to
prevent disputes, agreeing to arbitration ...
15 Feb 1699/1700.
*Including Josiah ALSOP of Matlock, lead burner. (c/chlsl) |
6680 f.80
Copy dated 23 Dec 1740 of articles of agreement between 1. ...
partners in Gang Rake Mine, Wirksworth Liberty and 2. ... Wigley
HAYWARD of Seniorfd, parish of Matlock, gent., ... partners
in Provewell Mine, Cromford Liberty, agreeing to appoint of
arbitrators ... to settle disputes which may also arise out
of close proximity of the mines.
'abt. Aug' 1739. (c/chlsl) |
6680 ff.81-2
Draft articles of agreement between .... John WALL the younger
of Riber, gent ... reciting that a sough or water gate is already
begun out of Hannage Sough in Wirksworth, to be called new Hannage
Sough, and that several mines which have been deserted for many
years have been legally given to John WALL, the elder of Riber,
gent., and George TOMLINSON for the use of the parties in this
agreement, and have been consolidated with the New Sough and
agreeing articles for the management of the New Sough and division
into shares.
1750. (c/chlsl) |
6680 f.87
Articles of agreement between ... partners in Hagg Grove, liberty
of Matlock, reciting respective shares in the mine and agreeing
articles for its management Appointment of overseer, keeping
of accounts etc.)
20 March 1738/9 (c/chlsl) |
6680 ff.111-114
Answers of Benjamin HAYWARD, a lead merchant and lead smelter,
Thomas LEACROFT and Anthony CHADWICK, defendants to a bill of
complaint of John BARKER, concerning Smiling Fancy, Lane End
and plain dealing mines. Barker's dwelling house in Winster
is said to be an alehouse, and the sign of the Red Lion in Wirsworth
is mentioned.
[1702 or later] (c/chlsl) |
6680 ff.115-116
[Draft] articles of agreement between 1. John WOOLLEY of Matlock,
yeo., 2. Thomas and William BOWNE, Edward WOODHOUSE the elder,
Michael CARDEN, Samuel WRAGG, Samuel BOWNE, Edward WOODHOUSE
the younger, Anthony WOODWARD, Samuel CARDEN, John BOWN, all
of Matlock, miners and Ralph WOOD of Bonsall,? miner, partners
and proprietors in Allen hill Sough, Liberty of Matlock, for
2. To drive the sough across WOOLLEY's estate in Matlock called
Ryecroft, the close at the back of John WOOLLEY's house, and
the lane leading from his house to a common called the Green,
for 1. to be taken into partnership with 2. when veins discovered
in bringing the sough up become profitable, etc.
--- March 1734/5. (c/chlsl) |
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