THE CHURCH OF ST. HELEN S, DARLEY DALE. 1 7 



coming of age, for, according to the inquisition, the moiety 

 was previously held (in trust) by William atte Weld, and 

 would thus account for the deed between William Roper and 

 Nicholas atte Weld in 1391. Sir Godfrey Fuljambe the third 

 left a daughter and sole heiress, Alice, who was married to 

 Sir Robert Plompton, of Yorkshire, who died in 142 1. The 

 son and heir of Robert and Alice was Sir William Plompton, 

 who also died served of this moiety of Darley in 1480. His 

 son William left the Darley property to his co-heiress, who 

 married Sothill and Rocliff. The former moiety, after chang- 

 ing hands several times, came to the Duke of Rutland, whilst 

 that inherited by Rocliff was purchased in 1507 by Roger 

 Columbell. 



This moiety of the original manor of Darley, whose history 

 has just been traced, seems in course of time to have acquired 

 the privileges of a separate manor, and was distinguished by 

 the title of the Old Hall Manor. The old Hall stood a little 

 to the north of the church. 



In one of the note-books of Mr. Reynolds, of Plaistow, that 

 came into the hands of Mr. Woolley, is the following entry : — 



" 9th July, 1771. As I was going to Bakewell, I saw several workmen 

 pulling down the ruins of Darleigh Old Hall (commonly called through mistake 

 Darley Abbey), and others erecting within the area (for it had been moated 

 round) a new Building with the Materials. Mr. Miles, gardener at Had- 

 don, told me the said ruins, and close they stand in fell by allotment to the 

 Duke of Rutland, and that by his Grace's order was pulling the same down, 

 and building a barn for the tenant's use with the materials, so that now we 

 may justly say — Etiam ipsie periere ruina.' 



It now remains to follow up the history of the other moiety, 



which similarly became a separate manor, in later days 



termed Nether Hall, or Whitehall. About 1302 a second 



Robert de Darley, son of Henry, died seized of this moiety, 



and it then seems to have passed for his lifetime to John 



de Darley, whom we suppose to have been brother to Robert, 



for he also is described as a son of Henry. We know that 



he held this half of the manor (in addition to that half for which 



he had to pay a fine of two marks, as already related, from 



an inquisition of Edward II.), by which it appears that he 



