MEMORANDA BY TITUS WHEATCROFT, A.D. 1 722. 29 



There is a piece of land which Hes in the Dick. Lant, 

 called by the name of ' Steel Croft,' and in possession of 

 Ralph Allen, which was given to the use of the poor : at 

 every Christmas twenty shillings. It belongs to Mr. Richard 

 Hodgkinson, of Derby, but it was left by the will and 

 testament of 



There is another parcel of land in the Over end, belong- 

 ing to Peson-Hurst, being left by one Hunt, of 15 shillings 

 a year in money. 



Anthony Storer left 5 shill'. yearly to the School, to be 

 paid out of John Marsh's cottage, of Hay, in Ashover Parish. 



ASHOVER SCHOOI.. 



Memorandum. That on June 3'''', 1728, in the i" year 

 of K. George y*" 2"''. Mr. William Hodgkinson, of Overton, 

 delivered up free possession of the School of A'ihover to 

 five trustees, being — 



Mr. Laurence Bourne, 



Mr. William Bourne, 



Mr. John Gregory (junior), 



Mr. Will. Hopkinson (jun'.), 



Edmund Hopkinson, (jun'.). 



I, Titus Wheatcroft, being Schoolmaster, and Mr. \Villiam 

 Hodgkinson, Attorney in Derby, being witnesses to the 

 writings ; one deed being to be kept by y" Rev''. Mr. 

 Obadiah Bourne, and the others by Mr. William Hodgkinson, 

 of Overton. 



(In the Inventory of Church Goods there are, inter alia) — 

 "A Pewter Dish with 'R' and ' F ' on it." 

 " 2 Little boxes to gather Brief-monies in." 

 " A Great Book of Martyrs, given by Edward Newton, 



of Northidge. 

 " A Font of lead.'' 

 "The pulpit was rebuilt in 1712." 

 "The Loft was built in 1722.' 



