HISTORY AND CHARTULARY OF THE ABBEY OF DARLEY. 



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The site was made over to Robert Sacheverell, as holder 

 for the crown, by the commissioners on October 24th. Two 

 years later it was granted by the crown to Sir William West, 

 and has since, like so much monastic site property, changed 

 hands with remarkable frequency. 



The pension roll of 2 and 3 Philip and Mary* shows that 

 pensions were still being paid in 1555 to the prior, sub-prior, 

 and three other of the former canons. The annuities to the 

 Earl of Shrewsbury and to various lay folk were also continued. 



There are two impressions of the seal of Darley abbey at 

 the British Museum attached to documents of the years 1524 

 and 1535, and another attached to the surrender at the Public 

 Record Office, but none are perfect. The abbey apparently 

 continued to use a thirteenth century seal up to the last. It 

 is a pointed oval, and represents the Blessed Virgin, with 

 nimbus, seated on a throne; the right hand supports the 

 Holy Child, and in the left is an orb with sceptre terminating 

 in a fleur-de-lys. The legend, when perfect, has read : 

 " Sigillum : sante : marie : de : Derbye." 



ABBOTS OF DARLEY. 



The following is a list of the abbots of Darley; it is 



considerably extended and amended from that given in 



Dugdale's Monasticon. Each name in cited from the original 

 MS. evidences : — 



Albinus .... 



(1160) 





William .... 



(1192) 





Henry .... 



Ob. 1229 





Ralph de Leicester 



1229-1247 





Walter de Walton 



1247 





Andrew .... 



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William de Wymondham 



1260-1275. 





Henry de Kedleston . 



1275-1287. 





William de Alsop 



1287-1330. 





*Add. MSS. 5082. 







