8 ALMSHOUSE OF ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF SHREWSBURY. 



conveyinge & more perfect assureinge of all & singuler the said 

 toftsteades & premisses before mentioned to be bargained & sold 

 unto the said Countesse & her heires & assignes or anie of them 

 in anye sorte whatsoever, soe as the said Richarde Fletcher, 

 Edward Smyth, & Michaell Babington, or anie of them or anie of 

 their heires neede not to travaille thereabouts further than the said 

 borrowghe or towne of Derbie, neither be thereby bounde to anie 

 further warrantie then severall warrants against themselves severallie 

 & against theire severall heires, all which said acte & acts devise & 

 devises for further conveyance as is aforesaid shall be & shall for 

 ever hereafter be adjudged & taken to be to & for the onelye use 

 & behoofe of the said Countesse & of her heires & assignes & to 

 noe other use intente or purpose. In witnes whereof, & for 

 further confirmacon of all the said premisses, the said bailiffes & 

 burgesses theire common scale & the said other parties theire 

 severall seales to theise present Indentures intechangeablie have 

 putt & subscribed theire names. Geven the dale & yeare first 

 above written. 



The deed is signed & sealed by Richard Fletcher, Edward 

 Smith, Robert Baynbrigge, Michaell Babington, & Edward 

 Bennett, sealed with the common seal of the town of Derby, & 

 attested, and memoranda of livery of seizin of the parcell of 

 the streete, two toftesteads & three gardens are endorsed & 

 signed. 



The conveyance of the south-east chapel in All Saints' church 

 for the tomb of the Countess and for the accommodation of the 

 almspeople, is noticeable. 



The bailiffs and burgesses probably derived what title they had 

 as grantees from Queen Mary of the advowson of the church and 

 of the property of the dissolved college, but why Robert Bain- 

 brigge of Calke was joined, I cannot ascertain. It appears from 

 the deed to have been in the capacity of some corporation sole. 

 There is no recital of any faculty of the ordinary, nor any limita- 

 tion making the grant appurtenant to the almshouse. Perhaps 

 the character of a free chapel was still attached to All Saints', 

 sufficiently to oust the authority of the bishop. 



