Matlock & Matlock Bath Lists Through the Centuries: The Seventeenth Century

PLUS ALDERWASLEY AND ASHLEYHAY FROM APPLETREE HUNDRED
(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
COTTERELL,	Anthony	Matlocke
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?]

Contributed by: Sonia W Addis-Smith

Lists Containing Five or Less Names

1. Derbyshire Visitation, 1611^[1]
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.
1611 - Wirksworth Hd. (p.46)
Usurprs.	Mr. COLUMBELL of Motlock.
fo. 7 The names of those that were disclaimed	Tho. FLINT of Motlock.

2. Religion Under the Commonwealth^[2]
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
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

3. The Conventicle Acts^[2]

The Conventicle Act (1670) prohibited conventicles - meetings of dissenters from the established church.

Amongst the 15 Grand Jury of the Mich. Sessions, 1682

William COCKAINE, gen. of Matlock

Robert NEWTON, gen. of Matlock

[They were dealing with the 'neglects of several Petty Constables in not p'senting Conventicles and absenters from the church.']

^[1] 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
^[2] 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

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