2o3 DUFFIEI.D FOREST IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 



for that purpose So there may be one small overshot mill at 

 eche of them and will haue water to furnish worke one day at 

 thone and an other day at thother onles it be in the drought of 

 somer And which we are rather inclined to thinke because that 

 nere unto the broke which is in Holland ward we do see one or 

 two great and auncient heapes of Iron slagg or Cinders whereby 

 it should seem there hathe ben some water worke there for 

 melting of Iron stone* therefor if any will take upon him to 

 erect suche a mill upon eche of the saide brokes we do finde that 

 without any great prejudice to any of her Majesties tenantes 

 there, there may be taken in of the soyle for the seate of the 

 saide mill at eche of the saide places and for necessary yerdes 

 backsides and easements to be used with the same and passage to 

 the mill damme or dammes two acres of grounde And we do find 

 that he may then yeld to her Majestie for the said soyle and 

 milles so to be erected at his own charges five shillings a pece 

 by the yere so as he may have some allowaunce of timber for the 

 building thereof and libertie to gett aswell stone for his damme 

 and other workmanship aboute his saide Mills and fierstone if 

 any be, or other stone for his harthes and fumisses from tyme to 

 tyme to be taken digged or gotten within any of the saide wastes. 

 8. — Item We do finde by conferens with some of the tenantes 

 and with some others at the same time that haue had to do in 

 matter of lead melting and buyeng of ower That divers lordes 

 and owners of mannors within the said County of Derby haue 

 used to haue the preferment of buyeng of such ower as is gotten 

 within their saide manors by the Mynors And that the moste 

 lordes and owners of mannors within the saide Countie of late 

 yeres that haue ben disposed to buy ower and make the led 

 themselves have had the preferment of buying of suche ower as 

 is gotten within their saide manners offring to pay and payeing at 

 the meet dayes redy money for the same as muche as the vsuali 

 price is and as others do geve And we do therefore likewise 

 and upon viewe of some other matters concerninge mynerye 



* See the reference to a forge in the cited account roll of the Frith for 



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