184 SOME EARLY CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH CHARTERS. 



The Others are two fines (duplicates) dated 23 Charles I. 

 (1647), in which Nicholas Kerke Dorothy Shirte and Thomas 

 Gee are Querents and William Earl of Devonshire (who leased 

 the Manor of High Peak) Deforciant of messuages and lands in 

 Chapel-en-le-Frith and GIossop. 



These deeds are, and probably for generations have been, in 

 the possession of the owner of " Laneside," a farm situate in the 

 township of Bradshaw Edge, in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith, 

 or Bowden Chapel, as it was called, which farm was in 

 4 Charles I. the property of Nicholas Kirke, perhaps a 

 descendant of the Whitehough family, whose estate was not 

 far distant, or of the former owners of " Courses " immediately 

 adjoining Laneside. 



We are, unfortunately, unable to identify the lands mentioned ; 

 one of the Laneside fields is known as Stoneylea (possibly a 

 corruption of Staynolsleye), but Pedder Meadow and Netherlegh 

 cannot now be traced. 



All these documents are in excellent preservation, the older 

 ones particularly being remarkably clear and well written. 



No doubt many such exist throughout the county, and it 

 is to be hoped that members of our Society will do their best to 

 place them on record before they fall into the hands of some one 

 who, like an individual I met not long since, will burn " two' or 

 three barrowfuls of old parchments which he could not read and 

 were no good to anyone " ! 



Note by Editor. 



Among the extracts from charters made by Mr. Bagshawe, of 

 Ford, are two which are worth quoting, which he kindly allows 

 me to do : — ■ 



(i) "A grant witnessed by Walter Kyrke and dated 12 Hen. VL 

 of lands and tenements in the Ville of Bowden by Margaret, 

 relict of Thomas Kyrke and Ralph Kyrke her son to Rich. Pigot 

 and Thomas Kyrke son of the same Ralph Kyrke." 



(2) " A grant witnessed by Hugh and Walter Kyrke and dated 

 32 Henry VL (1454) by Ralph son of Hugh Bredbury to Ralph 

 Kyrke of all his lands and tenements in Whitehalgh in the Ville 



