lERBYSHIRE IrCH^OLOGICAL 



AND 



Iatural History Society. 



E!}f ^tjutd) antr IFillagc of IWongas^.' 



By Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. 



HE village and township of Monyash, which occupy 

 a great part of that somewhat bleak and dreary 

 tableland to the east of Bakewell, between the 

 valley of the Wye and the upper stretch of Dove- 

 dale, was a place of some little importance in mediaeval days. 

 It was the centre for holding the miners' courts for the High 

 Peak Hundred in connection with the disputes and settlements 

 relative to lead mining, which was a far more important industry 

 in North Derbyshire in old days than it is at the present time. 

 -A barmote court is still held at Monyash every six months, as 

 it is at Wirksworth for the Low Peak. 



If the time ever came for WTiting a history of Monyash, a 

 considerable number of incidents could be brought together 

 relative to its annals, apart from matters ecclesiastical. Thus 

 in 1275, the township of Monyash was fined 40s. by Thomas 

 Foljambe for not arresting Ralph of Over-Haddon after he had 

 wounded Robert Creswell, and objection was made to this fine 

 " as no hue and cr}^ had been raised. ^ 



In 1278 a commission was issued to inquire and determine, 

 J by jury of the Peak, touching Ralph le Wyne and the men of 



1 For the excellent illustrations accompanying this article we are indebted to 

 Mr. R. J. Hunter, Station Approach, Buxton. 

 'Hot. Hund., ii., 289. 



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