24 ANNALS OF HORESTON AND HORSLEV. 



Henry le Minur (an olil Derbyshire name) — 8 acres. 



Nicholas Fitz Herbert — 6 acres. 



Robert Fitz Gamell — 7 acres. 



Ralph, son of Beatrice — 6 acres. 



Andrew le Carboner, i.e., charcoal burner — 6 acres. Coal was 

 little used at this period. 



Gilbert, son of Robert — 4 acres. 



From a careful perusal of these names we have here clearly a 

 list of the principal retainers of the Castle in 1225. It would be 

 interesting to ascertain the situation of these land plots. They 

 would hardly be within the boundary of the park, or, in other 

 words, in the immediate vicinity of the Castle. Most likely the 

 fields stretching from Coxbench to Horsley are the identical 

 enclosures held by these persons. Probably some of them were 

 married, and when not on duty resided as cottars in the neigh- 

 bourhood, with their cattle, pigs, common rights, and other feudal 

 privileges. 



In 1226, Henry III. issued his mandate to the market officials 

 of Derby that no toll was to be taken of the men of Harestan of 

 those things that they bought for their own use, nor of those things 

 that they personally sold there.* 



In 1239, the Castle of Harestan was repaired, under the 

 supervision of William Brien and Henry Talliatoris.t 



In 1 25 1, Peter de Montfort was appointed Governor.t 



In 1256, Hugo le Despencer paid ^15 into the Exchequer for 

 the farm of the Castle and Manor of Harestan, for that and the 

 four following years. t 



In 1266, the chaplain at Harestan Castle received 50 shillings 

 for his stipend. It appears from this that there was then a chapel 

 within the fortress, \- 



In the year 1276 Thomas Normanville, of Harestan Castle, 

 occurs in the Pipe Rolls among those who made some payment to 

 the king. Again in 1278 he answered for the rents of Harestan. 



In 1283, the advowson of the church of Horsley was granted to 



Rot. Lit. Clans. + Pipe Rolls. 



