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1697. M'- Richard Clayton — senior — of Codnor — his wife 

 Alice, buried. 



[Mr. Richard Clayton, the younger, of Codnor Breach, was 

 a retired attorney of Nottingham. His daughter Alice, above- 

 mentioned, was married, about August, 17 14, to Thomas Roby 

 of Denby-(M'- Roby of Denby Old Hall "— Z'.i?.), and 

 was buried at Heanor, 1762. Sarah, the daughter of Thomas 

 and Alice Roby, is probably referred to in the Registers.] 



1738. Mrs. Roby was Buried May y'= i6"'- 



1675. M'- Joseph Hieron — of Loscowe — buried in 1690. 

 His wife named Mary. 



1676. M'- Samuell Hieron " of ye parish of Duffeild" — 

 Wife named Mary. Their daughter Ruth buried. 



1680. M"- Mary Green, "died at M'- Hieron's" and was 

 buried Jan. 3"*- 



1682, " M'- John Hieron of Losco was buried July . . . 

 1682." 



"John Hieron" is described as living at the "botome of 

 Codner " in 1655. 



[M''- Samuell Hieron is probably the Nonconformist minister 

 ejected from the living of Shirley in 1662, and mentioned in 

 the '■'■Nonconformists' Me?iioriaI,'" vol. i., p. 334-5.] 



M'- John Hieron, buried in 1682, was the Puritan Divine 

 who was ejected from Breadsall at the Restoration. The late 

 Rev. Frederick Corfield, rector of Heanor, used to say that 

 his tablet or tombstone was discovered when the church was 

 taken down in 1868 — but since then it seems to have been 

 broken up or lost. For the following brief sketch of 

 his hfe I am greatly indebted to a friend who has spent 

 much time and thought on the subject. It will be noted 

 that though there are some items omitted which are given 

 by Calamy, there are some interesting additions to his 

 account. 



"John Hieron, son of the Vicar of Stapenhill, near Burton- 

 on-Trent, was born in 1608, and educated at Repton and 



