t64 THE LOST HISTORY OF PEAK FOREST. 



their separate tenures of office is given in several places. For 

 instance, in ascertaining the profits of the King's mines, the 

 record states that the Earl of Ferrars was bailiff in the time of 

 King John, and received the profits for six years in the time of 

 King Henry III., and that he received ;^iS during his term of 

 office in the latter King's reign ; that Brian de Insula held the 

 office for five years, and received j[^\2 ; Robert de Lexington, 

 six years, ^^40 ; Ralf fil Nicolas, one year, ;^5 ; John Goband, 

 three years, ;Qi los. ; Warner Engayne, £,\'2. los. in five years ; 

 John de Grey, jQi^ in six years ; Wm. de Horsenden, for one 

 year, 50 shillings. Rad Bugg, of Nottingham (the ancestor of the 

 Lords Willoughby of WoUaton), extracted the minerals in the 

 time of John Goband, and Wm. de Langsdon and Rad Bugg, 

 of Bakewell (father or son of the former), in the time of 

 John de Grey. 



The Pipe Rolls confirm the above dates. They show that the 

 Earl of Ferrars had a grant of the office in 18 John, that Brian de 

 Insula had one in 7 Henry III., and that he farmed it for ;!{^ioo 

 per year, and that Wm. de Horsinden had one in 33 Henry III., 

 and so forth. These dates are of the greatest value to Nottingham 

 and Derby county history, for many undated charters are 

 executed before the Bailiffs of the Honour. 



It will thus be seen that a complete history of the Peak Forest 

 exists from the time of King John, who, in accordance with his 

 usual habits, granted away the Crown Revenues to his favourite 

 subjects. Wm. Brewer, the great Judge, who was Regent of King 

 Richard I., was in arrears for the farm of the Honour of Peverel, 

 in the ist of King John. No doubt the wily judge took advantage 

 in this instance, as in many others, whilst King Richard was in 

 the Holy Land and in prison, to obtain for himself this favourite 

 resort of the Kings of England. It would also seem that unless 

 there was a settled conviction or design known to King John and 

 his friends that King Richard should be kept in prison, 

 Wm. Brewer would not have dared to take such a property for 

 himself. 



It is clear from the Pipe Rolls that after the forfeiture of 



