164 RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD. 
Pym Yeatman, and most ably has he done his task. The Intro- 
duction is helpful and original, its only fault being its brevity. 
I have only two or three criticisms to offer. The first Charter is 
damaged in parts, and lacks the king’s name. But it is beyond 
doubt a charter of King John, which might as well have been 
stated. I do not agree with the translation, in all its particulars, 
of Lord Wake’s Charter (temp. Edwd. I.) to the burgesses. For 
instance, I take it that draciacor, p. 34, is the baker, and jistor 
the miller. At all events draciacor cannot be a ‘ brewer,” but 
perhaps both terms are for different varieties of bakers. Coveas, 
page 35, is not “ wax,” but hides ; it reads coreas vel pelles, that is, 
hides or skins. ane draiaco should be translated barley bread, 
and not “malted bread.” I take it that “ctor should be ren- 
dered “ dyer,” and not “ painter.” 
Every Derbyshire man of letters, and therefore every member 
of our Society, ought to have this volume. The following is a 
copy of its Table of Contents, in addition to the Introduction. 
J. Cares Cox, Editor. 
I.—Charter of King * * * to William Brewer. 
II.—Charter of King Henry II. to the Burgesses of Nottingham. 
III.—Charter of John, Earl of Mortain, to the Burgesses of Notting- 
ham, 
IV.—Charter of King John to Burgesses of Nottingham. 
. V.—Charter of King John to the Burgesses of Derby. 
VI.—Charter of King John to Richard, son of William Brewer. 
VII.—Charter of King John to Wm. Brewer, the younger. 
VIII.—Concord between Wm. Brewer, the younger, and the Burgesses 
of Chesterfield. 
IX.—Charter of King Henry III. to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
X.—Charter of John, Lord Wake, to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
XI.—Charter of King Edward IV. to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
XII.—Certificate of King Edward IV. that Chesterfield was a Borough 
of ancient demesne to the Crown. 
XIIT.—Charter of King Henry VII. to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
XIV.—Charter of King Henry VIII. to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
XV.—Charter of King Edward VI. to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
XVI.—ist Charter of Queen Elizabeth to the Borough of Chesterfield. 
XVII.—2nd Charter of Queen Elizabeth—certificate that Chesterfield 
was a Borough of Ancient Demesne of the Crown. 
