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Efje ffliarg) of Benjamin Granger, of Bolsoocv, 



1 688- 1 708. 



By Pym Yeatman. 



MONGST those who have very kindly responded to 

 my appeal for the loan of MSS. relating to Derbyshire 

 topography is Mr. T. Thorneley, of Bolsover, who 

 entrusted to my care a small quarto, which at one 

 time doubtless had been the possession of Francis, Earl of 

 Shrewsbury, for it contains several Inquests relating to the great 

 Barmote Courts held at Wirksworth many years ago. In the 

 first year of my joining the Midland Circuit I was entrusted by 

 my good friend, Mr. Joseph Stone, of Wirksworth (descendant, 

 probably, of one of the jury of these Inquests), with a brief in a 

 cause tried in that very court, and exceedingly quaint and in- 

 teresting I found the procedure ; probably not materially different 

 from that which was pursued in the cases, though we have here 

 only the record relating to the customs. 



The MS. commences with " The great Court Barmote (Cur 

 magna' Bermote) held at Wirksworth before Francis Count Salop 

 the 20th September 3 Edward VI.'' Great Inquisition for the 

 King's Mines wichin the wapentake aforesaid by the oath of Nicolas 

 Hyde Robt Cotton Ed Rowbotham Henry Storer Wm Leighe 

 John Spencer Thos Bramall John Gratton John Sommer Rich 

 Wigly Tho Cockeshoot Thos VVoodwise William Bennett Thos 

 Stepele Thos Wood James Hall Roger Gell John Storer Henr 

 Spencer Rad Haughton Oliver Stoane Roger Maule Ed Wyllye 

 Will Shawe wee do p'sent and set downe paynes for ye minors as 

 followeth 



