The Andrews Pages QuickList> Lists Through the Centuries> This page Matlock & Matlock Bath : Lists Through the Centuries   The Seventeenth Century Vills & Freeholders, 1633 Lists containing 5 names or less Derbyshire Visitation, 1611 Religion Under the Commonwealth | The Conventicle Acts   Lists Through the Centuries 16th C and before 17th Century Lists Ayd to Charles I, 1627 Free & Voluntary Present, 1661 Hearth Tax, 1670 Recusant Fines, 1681-2 18th Century Lists 19th Century Lists Volunteer Infantry Lists (1803-1808) School Charity 1814 Matlock, All Saints' School Before the Board at Bakewell, 1838-1841 Keeping Law and Order Manorial Records, Extracts from 1851 Owners of Land, 1873 Matlock Railway Station, Deliveries 1851 20th Century Lists Matlock Bath Men Serving King and Country, 1914 Vills & Freeholders of the Wirksworth Hundred of Derbyshire, 1633 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, 16111 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. 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. Religion Under the Commonwealth2 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 Acts2 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.'] 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 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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