ERBYSHIRE MCH^OLOGICAL 



MaTURAL JJlSTORY JOCIETY. 



<3Xti IJcetfs in ti)c $arisi) <£f)tst of 

 St OTgstaus, iiepton. 



Transcribed and Translated by E. G. 



N the parish chest of the ancient church of St. Wystan 

 of Repton, which is kept in the parvise over the south 

 porch, is a parcel of old deeds, or evidences, extend- 

 ing from the time of Edward I. to that of Henry VIII. A literal 

 extended transcript, accompanied with a translation, is here given 

 of each of these seventeen documents, arranged in chronological 

 order. They all seem to be evidences of small plots of land that 

 at one time were Church or parish property, and that were probably 

 confiscated to greedy courtiers in the days of Edward VI., under 

 the plea of being associated with superstitious uses, such as the 

 burning of a lamp in the Lady Chapel, recited in the tenth deed. 

 The seventh of these documents is the Crown receipt for the 

 year 1348, for the Tenths and Fifteenths granted to Edward III., 

 from the township of Repton. This is an item of much value and 

 interest, for we believe it to be a unique sample of a locally pre- 

 served receipt for the payment of this impost. 



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