RECTORS AND VICARS OF HEANOR. I3 



Dale, John Stanley was the Abbot ; which ofifice he held from 

 1469 to 1 49 1. The later visitations found that the rules were 

 not properly obeyed, and that the Abbot was "imbecile" and 

 impatient.* 



1348. Nicholas de Grey. He was succeeded, 07i his death, 

 by Roger Sauseman, in 1349. 



From this, it appears possible that Heanor suffered, in common 

 with the greater part of England, under the terrible scourge, the 

 Black Death; which in 1349 swept away a great portion of the 

 population, more than half the Yorkshire priests, and more than 

 two-thirds of the beneficed clergy of Norfolk. 



1304. Roger de Shutton. 



1320. John de Shiringham. 



1370. Ralph de Barton. 



1385. Roger de Cherlton. 



These were all presented to the living of Heanor by the 

 Greys of Codnor. It may be noted that these Greys held 

 land in — 



Sutton, CO. Northampton. 



Sheringham (spelt variously, Shiringham, Schiringham, Shy- 



ringham), co. Norfolk. 

 Barton, in the counties of York and Nottingham. 

 Cherlton (Cherleton-Grey), co. Somerset. 



{Cal : Tnquis : Post Mortem.) 



1485. Richard Nottingham became Abbot of Dale in 

 1491. 

 — Oliver Pyggen. Though the date of his institution is 

 unknown, he appears as vicar of " Henor " in the Valor Eccle- 

 siastiais of 1535-6. 



In the parish registers are the following entries : — 

 1577. Oliver Piggen of Codnor was buried the xiiij"* day of 

 Marche. 



* "Dale and its Abbey," by John Ward, small edition, p. 57, and Dr. 

 Cox's ^'■Derbyshire Churches," vol. iv., p. 234. 



