36 NOTES, ETC., RELATING TO FAMILIES OF PARKER. 
Wm. Lee, John Barten, John Blythe, Edwd. Moore, ~ 
Anthony Kirke, Thomas Bullock. 
1595. 8 Jany., 38 Eliz. Conveyance from James Bullock to 
Leonard Gill.—Mentions that John Bullock, late 
of Darley, co. Derby, esq., granted lands called 
Clay Lands, to James Bullock, late of Greenhill, 
deceased, brother of the said John, and father of 
said James, party thereto, 21 Jany., 34th Eliz. 
1601. 22nd August, 43 Eliz. Indenture between John Parker 
of Little Norton, in co. Derby, yeoman,* on the one 
part, and Thomas Bright of Carbrooke, in the parish 
of Sheffield, and county ‘of York, yeoman, on the 
other part. The said John Parker covenanteth to 
and with the said Thomas Bright, that John Parker, 
eldest son of him the said John Parker, shall and 
will marry and take to his wife, Dyonise, daughter of 
the said Thomas, if she will thereunto consent; and 
the said Thomas Bright covenants for his said 
daughter in like manner. John Parker covenants to 
grant unto Henry Bright of Wherlow, co. Derby, 
yeoman, John Stanyforth of Darnall, in the said 
county of York, yeoman, Gabriel Parker of Oakes, in 
the parish of Norton, in the said co. of Derby, yeo- 
man, and George Bullus of Nepesend, in the said co. 
of York, yeoman, all and every the messuages, 
lands, &c., of him the said John Parker, in Little 
Norton and Norton—one third part to the use of 
* He was baptized at Norton, 4th Sept., 1575. ‘‘ Johannes parker filius 
Johannis parker de lyttle norton yeoman. Johannes parker generosus, 
Johannes Bright, Anna Bright, consponsatores.”—(Worton Register.) 
+ Married at Norton, 24 August, 1601. 
‘*The marriage of this John Parker with Dionysia Bright must have been 
of promising auspices, for the Brights were at that time a family advancing in 
consequence, and she belonged to the best branch of it. Her brother, Stephen 
Bright, when he had a grant of arms was described as a gentleman of £1000 a 
year estate, and much esteemed by the neighbouring gentry; and his son, 
Colonel John Bright, was created a baronet after the restoration. Another of 
her brothers, John, was Vicar of Sheffield.”"—(127. Hunter in letter to Mr. 
Jackson.) 
