a fcU) i>vitt notes on some Hcctovs ant( 

 'F tears of p?eanor, eo. ^iertg. 



By Rev. R. J. Burton. 



OR such information in these articles as is gleaned 

 from the parish registers of Heanor, I am greatly 

 indebted to the kindness of the rector, the Rev. 

 C. E. L. Corfield, who has allowed me free access 

 to those documents from time to time, as occasion for searching 

 them has arisen. The notes and extracts are unfortunately 

 incomplete, as they have been made at different times when 

 searching for other purposes. 



In the time of King John the living of Heanor was in the 

 gift of the Greys of Codnor. It was then a rectory, but the 

 grent tithes being appropriated to Dale Abbey in 1473, it 

 became a vicarage, and remained such until 1868, when the 

 then vicar, the Rev. Fredk. Corfield, assumed the title of rector. 



The list of incumbents from 1298 onwards will be found in 

 Dr. Cox's " Derbyshire Churches" vol. iv., p. 234-5. 



From 1298 to 1475 there were 12 Rectors, and from 1475 to 

 1866 there were 17 Vicars. 



During the time that Heanor was subject to Dale Abbey, 

 from 1473 ^o '^h^ dissolution of the Abbey in 1539, there were 

 five vicars presented to the living by the Abbot of Dale, three 

 of whom resignc'l ; the last one (Richard Nottingham) to 

 become Abbot of Dale. During the transfer of the advowson 

 of Heanor vicarage from Henry, Lord Grey, to the Abbot of 



