INVENTORY OF ROBERT MARPLES. 23 



Paul's, as trustee for the then Duke of Kingston, conveyed the 

 Manor of Cromford in Derbyshire, to William Soresby, gentleman. 



It appears from Close Roll 1649 (part 52, number 39), that 

 Robert Marples was living at Barlborough on the 10th January, 

 1649. The Earl of Kingston was killed in the King's service 

 near Gainsborough in 1643. Probably, therefore, it was about 

 that time that Robert Marples removed from Holbeck Wood- 

 house to Barlborough.* 



It is certain that Robert Marples made no testamentary 

 disposition of his lands, and there can be no doubt that they 

 passed by settlement or deed of entail He died in August, 1676, 

 and was buried at Barlborough on the 21st of that month. The 

 manner in which some of these properties devolved may be 

 gathered from the following notes of fines, passed a few years 

 after his death. To understand the effect of a fine it must be re- 

 membered that the plaintiffs are the purchasers or grantees of the 

 land in question, and the defendants the vendors or grantors 



Fine Hil. 30 and 31 Car. II., Derby (1679). — Between John 

 Chambers, flaintiff, and Edward Marples, William Marples, 

 Robert Staniford, and Hannah his wife, defendants) of one cot- 

 tage, 14 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, 10 acres of pasture, 

 and common of pasture in Barlborough. 



Fine Trin. 30 Car. II., Derby (1679). — Between Andrew 

 Clayton, gent., and John Greaves, clerk, plaintiffs, and William 

 Marples and Ellen his wife, defendants ; of one messuage, 40 acres 

 of land, 10 acres of meadow, 25 acres of pasture and common of 

 pasture for all animals in Barlborough. 



Fine Trin. 33 Car. IF, Derby (1682). Between John 

 Chambers the elder, John Chambers the younger, and John 

 Taylor, plaintiff's, and William Marples and Ellen his wife, John 

 Roper and Elizabeth his wife, William Roper and Mary his wife, 

 and George Kent and Ann his wife, defendants; of 30 acres of 

 land in Barlborough. 



Fine Hil. 35 and 36 Car. IF, Derby (1684.) — Between Ralph 



* By his will, dated 12 July, 1639, Robert Pierrepont, Earl of Kingston, gave 

 to the said Robert Marples 100 marks. 



