IIADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR, AND ITS LORDS. 2"] 



Amongst the Biikewell charters is a grant by King John, in the 

 first year of his reign, of the manor, or fee, of Bakewell to Ralpli 

 Gernon (ancestor of Isabella Gernon, who married Ric. Vernon), 

 and a confirmation of the same by Hen. III., with seals 

 appended. These two charters are in excellent preservation, 

 and are amongst the charters exhibited at Belvoir. 



The Gernons remained Lords of Bakewell until 1383, when 

 Sir John Gernon dying without male issue, the manor passed 

 in moieties to his two daughters. It was purchased by Sir 

 Henry Vernon from the representatives of the Gernons in 1502. 

 Moor Hall, the ancient seat of the Gernons, stood about a mile 

 westward of Bakewell, near the edge of the moor, and there 

 were vestiges of it remaining at the beginning of this century. 



One of the most interesting deeds relating to Bakewell is a 

 Charter of Liberties, granted by William Gernon, Lord of Bake- 

 well, in 1286, to his Burgesses and free tenants of Bakewell. 

 This charter is in good preser\'ation, and has a seal of dark- 

 green wax appended. 



Another beautifully-written charter amongst the Haddon 

 series, is a grant by Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, 

 second son of Hen. III., to the Abbot and Convent of Darley, 

 of a bovate of land near Wirksworth, with a seal bearing a tri- 

 corporate lion, and inscribed: — " Sigilhim Kdmimdi filii Regis 

 Anglic. " 



Hereafter are translations of the grant of Bakewell by King 

 John, and the confirmation of the same by Hen. III., already 

 referred to : — 



" John, by the Grace of God, King of England, Lord of 

 Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, Count of Anjou, 

 to the Archbishops, Abbots, Earls, Barons, Justices, Sheriffs, 

 Provosts, and all his Bailiffs and faithful men, greeting. Know 

 you that we have granted, and by tliis our Charter have con- 

 firmed to Ralph Gernon, for his homage and service the land 

 of Bakewell, with all its appurtenances, which we have assigned 

 to him for sixteen pounds, land (i. libratis tcrrce).* To have 

 * I. Librata territ : land worth 20s. yuarly. 



