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1607. 
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1615. 
NOTES, ETC., RELATING TO FAMILIES OF PARKER. 
premises to the use of the said Cysseley for her 
life, &c. Declaration that if, after the death of 
the said J. Parker the father, the said Cysseley 
shall refuse to have the said 3rd part for her 
dower, then the said John and Jane to have the 
same for the dower of Jane. Covenant by James 
Bate, to pay then to John the father £20, and 
#30 to John the son after the marriage. Wit- 
nesses, John Bullock, Richd. Stansall, Phillip 
Stansall. 
Admitted of the Inner Temple, London, Thomas Parker, 
Lea Hall, Bradborne, Derbyshire. 
March rst. Will of John Parker, of the Parish of Norton, 
co. Derby, gentleman, names servants Catherine 
Norris, Beatrix Norris, Leonard Norris; son Francis 
Parker, sole executor; his kinsman and_ friend 
William West overseer. Proved at Lichfield by said 
Francis Parker, 13th April 1607. 
22 Oct., 5 James. Inquistion at Chesterfield, .m. John 
Parker late of Hymsworth esq. deceased. Seized of 
Lees hall in Norton, certain new mylnes, &c. the 
Highley milne,* messuage called Hymsworth hall &c. 
Died 5th April last. John Parker esq. his son and 
next heir, and of the age of 40 years and more. 
Dec. 16, 13 James I. Will of John Parker, of Norton 
Lees, co Derby esq.—to be buried with my ancestors 
in the parish church of Norton.—mentions farms in 
occupation of Robert Eyre and John Greene, water 
wheels and scythe wheel—my wife Mary—my son 
John Parker—my two daughters—to my son John 
that gilt bason and ewer which his god-father Gilbert 
* In Depositions of witnesses in a cause in the Exchequer, 1586-7, con- 
cerning the manor of Ecclesall, Richard Roberts of Sheffield, yeoman, aged 45 
years, stated that John Parker gent. had corn mills, grinding wheels, and iron 
smithies in his own ground in Derbyshire upon the water running between 
Derbyshire and Ecclesall, and that he and his ancestors had paid to the Earls 
of Shrewsbury for the same 8d. yearly rent. 
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