Il8 SEQUESTRATION OF DERBYSHIRE ESTATES 



endorsed as a witness on the backside of the deed now showed 

 unto her bearing date the 14 day of June in the 9° yeare of the 

 late King Charles & made betweene the right Hon : Phill : Earle 

 of Chesterfeild of the one part & Hen. Lord Stanhope soone 

 & heire apparant of the said Earle of the other part she verily 

 believes is the proper handwriting of the said W"" Greene her late 

 husband deceased. 



Magdlene Greene. 



[Richard Pearson, Robert Trowell, and Joseph Pym, all 

 husbandmen of Draycote, bear witness to the same effect ; 

 Timothy Levinge, clerk of the peace, testifies to the genuineness 

 of t?ie signature of his father as witness to the deed between the 

 Earl and his son Henry.] 



Robert Benett of Derby in y= County of Derby yeoman aged 

 thirty-seaven yeares or thereabout sworne & examined. This 

 deponent sayeth that hee veryly behelden y^ name Thomas 

 Levinge subscribed to y^ deed now showed unto him att y= tyine 

 of his examination dated y" 14 day of June in the g'*" yeare of 

 y= late king Charles & made betwixt y^ Earle of Chesterfeild of 

 the one part & Henry Lord Stanhope his sonne & heyre of the 

 other part was iiis the said Thomas Levinges own handwriting 

 & the Indorsement upon y^ same deed purporting an Inrollment 

 of y^ sayd deed was all of itt y^ handwritinge of y^ sayd Thomas 

 Levinge, att which tyme & before & after hee this deponent was 

 clerke to y' sayd Thomas Levinge, & did in y^ tyme of his service 

 Ingrosse a large deed by way of Inrollment in y« county of Derby 

 & beleeveth this deed to bee the same, and further this deponent 

 remembreth y* sayd Earle of Chesterfeild & y= lord Wootton 

 were mentioned in y« same & certaine lands in Nottinghamshire 

 & Derbyshire were therein contayned which are mentioned in 

 this deed, which Inrollment with many others are lost & not to 

 bee found in y^ now Clarke of y^ Peaces office in Derbyshire, 

 & this deponent being now Assistant to y« now Clarke of y^ Peace 



