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for Matilda ; boots and white sandals in winter, and shoes and 

 great sandals in summer for Ralph, and boots and shoes of 

 dressed leather for his wife; and twelve ells of linen yearly 

 for Ralph and eight for his wife, for their underclothing and 

 their bed. Moreover, they granted to John, Ralph's son, 

 four shillings yearly for shoes during his father's life, and 

 after his death the place of a free servant in the house of 

 Darley, and ten shillings for clothing and shoes. To Nicholas, 

 the younger son, they granted food and clothing in the house 

 until the age of puberty, when he might have the place of 

 a free servant like his brother, with half a mark yearly for 

 his clothing, whether at Darley or elsewhere. 



In 1275, a controversy arose between Nicholas de Oxton, 

 Vicar of Wirksworth, and Henry, Abbot of Darley, as to 

 the small tithes of lands that the abbey held in that parish. 

 At last, " by the intervention of good and lawful men," an 

 amicable composition was drawn up, whereby the abbey 

 covenanted to pay yearly 3s. for wood and one hundred sheep, 

 id, for each cow with a calf, and i2d. for all other small 

 tithes. This composition was confirmed by Godman, the next 

 Vicar of Wirksworth, in 1278, and by the Bishop of Coventry 

 and Lichfield, the Prior and Convent of Coventry, and the 

 Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, in 1285.* 



That energetic Primate, Archbishop Peckham, during his 

 visitation of Lichfield diocese in 12 79-1 280, had various matters 

 pertaining to the jurisdiction of Darley abbey brought before 

 him.f His settlement of the dispute between the canon and 

 the parishioners of Crich will be referred to under that parish. 

 The differences between the parishioners of the chapelry of 

 Alvaston and the abbey as rectors of St. Michael's, Derby, 

 relative to the repair of the chancel and finding the quire 

 books and ornaments, as well as concerning the priest's 

 meadow, which was said to have been given to sustain a lamp 



* Reliquary, xvii. The originals of these deeds were then (1876) in the 

 hands of Mr. Goodwin, the owner of Wigwell Grange. 



t The archbishop sojourned at Darley Abbey from March 19th to April 

 10th, 1279-80. Archiep. Reg. Peckham, f. 168. 



