15th. All those lands and hereditaments called the two small prebends in Little Chester, then in the possession of Anthony Lister.

16th. One messuage and tenement, and one close in Little Chester, then in the possession of William Scattergood.

17th. All manner of tithes of corn, grain and hay, and other tithes whatsoever in Little Chester, late in the tenure of Oliver Thacker.

18th. All those messuages, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, &c. lately in the several tenures of Agnes Stafford, Henry Barrow, Isabel Heath, John Johnson and John Brown, lying in Derby, and to the guild of the Holy Trinity, in All Saints' church belonging.

19th. All those messuages, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, rents, reversions, services and hereditaments whatsoever in Derby, belonging to the guild aforesaid.

20th. All those messuages, cottages, gardens, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, commons and hereditaments whatsoever with the appurtenances, then in the tenure of Thomas Woodcock, Margaret Pycock, Edward Smedley, Alice Rothwell, Lawrence Spooner, Alice Allen, widow, Margaret Dorbudie, John Chapman, Nicholas Masters, Agnes Myles, widow, and Elizabeth Chackburne, lying in Derby, and belonging to the chantry of St. Mary, in the church of All Saints, and all those messuages, cottages, gardens, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, rents, reversions, services and hereditaments whatsoever in Derby, belonging to the chantry aforesaid.

21st. And all those messuages, cottages, gardens, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, commons, rents, reversions, services and hereditaments whatsoever, with the appurtenances, late in the tenure of Thomas Lowe, John Kingford, Thomas Mansfield, Margaret Middlemore, Robert Spencer, Henry Smith, Richard Cundy, Richard Kirk, "alias Oliver," George Carter, Edward Lowe, Thomas Ashbury and Richard Ward, lying in Derby, and to the chantry of St. Mary's, in the parish of St. Peter belonging.

22nd. And also all those messuages, cottages, gardens, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, pastures, commons, rents, reversions, services and hereditaments whatsoever, &c. in the tenure of George Blake, Thomas Hodgkinson, John Hodgkinson, Richard Butler, Thomas Lenton, John Adlington, William Swinson, Richard Smith, Thomas Ward and Christopher Smith, lying in Derby, and to the chantry of St. Mary, in the parish of St. Werburgh lately belonging.

23rd. One messuage and tenement, and sixteen acres and a half of arable land, &c. in Derby, then in the tenure of Robert Smith.

24th. One garden, &c. in Derby, then in the tenure of Thomas Blackshaw.

25th. Seven acres and a half of arable land, in Derby, then in the tenure of Henry Ellis.

26th. One croft in Derby, then in the tenure of Christopher Fisher.

27th. One messuage, tenement and garden, in the Bridge-gate, in Derby, then in the tenure of Richard Bartholomew.

28th. One cottage and three acres and a half of arable land, in Derby, late in the possession of Robert Bourn.

29th. One messuage, and all lands, meadows, pastures, &c. in Derby, and the fields of Derby, two gardens in Derby, late in the tenure of Agnes Yardley, and all meadows, pastures and hereditaments in Derby, and the hereditaments thereof.

30th. One tenement, lands, &c. then in the tenure of Christopher Thacker. 31st. One tenement, &c. in Derby, late in the tenure of Cecily Smalley. 32nd. Two gardens in Derby, late in the possession of Thomas Harewood. 33rd. The advowson, donation, &c. of the vicarage of the church of St. Peter, in Derby.

34th. One messuage or tenement in Normanton, near Derby, then in the possession of William Tabberer.

35th. One other messuage in Normanton aforesaid, then in the possession of William Duffield.

36th. One other tenement in Normanton, then in the possession of Thomas Portington.

37th. One other tenement in Derby, in the tenure of Richard Stringer.

38th. All messuages, lands, tenements, meadows, pastures, &c. in the several tenures of several persons, and demised to Oliver Thacker in Derby.

39th. One garden in Derby, in the tenure of Godfrey Fletcher.

40th. One messuage or tenement in Derby, in the tenure of Roger Moore.

41st. One cottage near St. Helen's, in Derby, and one other cottage near the church of St. Werburgh, and four tofts of land, in Newland, in the parish of St. Werburgh, in Derby, late in the tenure of Elizabeth Cooper.

42nd. One tenement in Derby, then in the tenure of John Horsby.

43rd. One messuage or tenement, and ten acres of arable land in the parish of St. Peter, in Derby, then in the tenure of Robert Chatterton.

44th. Two tenements, and six acres and a half of arable land in Derby and fields thereof, in the tenure of Henry Halbourne.

45th. Nine acres of meadow land in the fields of Derby, late in the tenure of Richard Heye.

46th. Three acres of land, meadow and pasture, in the town and fields of Derby, late in the tenure of Roger Moore.

47th. One mill, called St. Mary's mill, in Derby, late in the tenure of Robert Bainbridge.

48th. Three fulling mills and one water mill, called Derwent mills, and two pieces of land, called the By-flat, on the east part of the river Derwent.

49th. One piece of land, called the Water Wash, also the Ollers, being between the Fleam and the said water of Derwent, late in the tenure of Robert Sacheverell, in the parish of St. Alkmund in Derby.

50th. One tithe barn, and tithe of corn, grain and hay, in Alvaston and Bowton, in the parish of St. Peter and St. Michael in Derby, late in the possession (or tenure) of Christopher Gyers and William Allestry.

51st. One messuage and tenement, lands, meadows, feedings, pastures, &c. in Alvaston, aforesaid, late in the tenure of Thomas Foster.

52nd. All tithes of hay in Lychurch, in the parish of St. Peter, late in the tenure of William Collyer.

53rd. The free chapel, with all its appurtenances, called St. James's chapel, in Derby, &c. and all messuages, cottages, lands, tenements, meadows, feedings, commons, pastures, services and hereditaments whatsoever in Derby, or elsewhere in the said county of Derby, to the said late free chapel belonging.

54th. The church of St. Michael, in Derby, &c.

55th. The advowson, donation and right of patronage of the vicarage of Horne (alias) Heath, in the county of Derby, and also all manner of woods, underwoods and trees whatsoever growing upon the premises. And also all rents and profits whatsoever reserved from the premises, in as ample form and manner as they were heretofore enjoyed by the abbot of Darley, or Sir Thomas Smith, or any other master of the college, or free chapel of All Saints, &c. or by the crown. All which messuages, lands, tenements, tithes, &c. amounted to the clear yearly value of £77. 2s. 7d. to hold all the premises unto the said bailiffs and burgesses and their successors for ever, to the use and behoof of the said bailiffs and burgesses under the yearly rent of £41. 14s. 11d. at Michaelmas every year.

56th. And further of our great favour we give unto the said bailiffs and burgesses all the issues, rents, &c. of the premises to have to the said bailiffs and burgesses as our free gift, hereby exonerating, acquitting and preserving as well the bailiffs and burgesses and their successors as the aforesaid messuages, lands, &c. against us, our heirs and successors, saving and excepting the reservations before, and hereinafter mentioned, viz. £41. 14s. 11d. reserved rent, saving and excepting the services before reserved and saving and excepting one shilling paid from the guild to Thomas Ward and his heirs, and saving and excepting ten pence to be paid yearly to the chamberlains and twelve pence to be paid to the churchwardens of All Saints' parish, and also

saving and excepting £13. 6s. 8d. part of the issues out of the premises, and yearly to be paid to two priests and ministers performing divine service and taking care of souls in the parish of All Saints', and saving and excepting £6. 13s. 4d. part of the premises and as the salary and stipend of a priest or minister yearly, performing divine service in the church of St. Alkmund in the said town of Derby yearly to be paid, and saving and excepting £1. 13s. 4d. yearly to be paid to the bailiffs, and the collectors of the rents of all and singular the messuages to the college and chantry belonging.

57th. And we further will, ordain and grant that there shall be one free school for ever to be maintained by the said bailiffs and burgesses and their successors, to the master and usher £13. 16s. 8d. to be paid quarterly by equal portions every year.

58th. And further we will for ourselves and our heirs and successors ordain and grant that in the church of All Saints there shall be two perpetual vicars, to be instituted and endowed, who shall have perpetual succession, and be instead of rectors there, and shall keep residence there, and maintain hospitality there, and have cure of souls of the parishioners there, and do and execute all other things which are known to belong to the office of a rector or vicar.

59th. And that in the church of St. Alkmund there shall be one perpetual vicarage, and one perpetual vicar, who shall be instituted and endowed, shall have perpetual succession, and be instead of rector there, and keep residence there, and maintain hospitality there, shall have cure of souls of the parishioners there, and do and execute all other things which are known to belong to the office of a rector or vicar.

60th. And we have granted to the bailiffs and their successors full authority, power and licence to erect, make and establish two perpetual vicars, and two perpetual vicarages in the parish church of All Saints, and one perpetual vicar, and one perpetual vicarage in the parish church of St. Alkmund.

61st. And to endow the vicars so erected, made and established, and each of them and their successors with mansion houses, to wit, to each of them one, and with the annual rents or pensions of seven pounds six shillings and eight pence to each of them, or in tithes, &c. to that value.

62nd. And we ordain that the vicars so to be erected and established and their successors, vicars of All Saints and St. Alkmund, shall have perpetual succession, and be in the place of rectors in those churches, and shall keep residence there, and maintain hospitality there, and have cure of souls there, and perform and execute all other things which are known to belong to the office of rector or vicar.

63rd. The vicars of the church of All Saints, known by the name of perpetual vicars, shall be henceforth fit, qualified and capable in law to have, demand and receive for themselves and their successors, perpetual vicars of All Saints, from the said bailiffs, &c. a mansion house, or mansion houses, and the several annual pensions of seven pounds six shillings and eight pence, &c.

64th. And the vicar of St. Alkmund's shall be fit, qualified and capable in law to have, demand and receive a mansion house and annuity of seven pounds six shillings and eight pence, or tithes, &c. to that value.

65th. And we give and grant special licence to the vicars of All Saints' and St. Alkmund's, so to be made and established that they and every of them may have and receive the mansion houses and annual pensions, &c. from the bailiffs and their successors, the statute of Mortmain, or any other statute, order or provision made heretofore, or any other cause or matter whatsoever to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding.

66th. And we will, and by these presents ordain and grant that the advowsons, presentations, nominations, donations and right of patronage of the vicarages of the churches of All Saints' and St. Alkmund's so to be erected, &c. shall belong to the bailiffs and their successors only for ever.

67th. We will, and by these presents grant that the bailiffs, &c. shall have these our letters patent under our great seal without fine or fee, in the hanaper office, &c. In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to become patents. Witness

ourself at Westminster the 21st day of May in the first year of our reign (James the First) 1603.

By writ of Privy Seal, &c. Соттом. Inrolled before Francis Neale, auditor of the counties of Nottingham and Derby, in Michaelmas Term, in the year 44 and 45 of Elizabeth, now queen-1602. Rev. Robert Simpson's Hist. of Derby.

A List of the Bailiffs of Derby.

"DERBY must have been governed by a bailiff in very early ages; but the time cannot be ascertained. The corporation being unable to prove their right to a bailiff, when sued in the king's courts, four hundred and sixty years ago, proves the great antiquity of this officer. It was even then held by prescription.'

King Richard the IIIrd. appears first to have granted to the burgesses of Derby the privilege of choosing a bailiff. There is, however, no list of them to be found prior to the reign of Henry VIII. Here we find the ancestors of many families still resident.

A true Catalogue of the bailiffs of the borough of Derby, from the fifth year of the reign of king Henry the VIIIth, to the thirteenth of king Charles the Ist, when the charter was renewed and the borough had a mayor instead of the two bailiffs.

(No. 7.)

Names of the Mayors for the Borough of Derby, from the first that was chosen.

On the 3rd of July, 1638, by the king's charter, then granted to the town, the two last bailiffs were the two first mayors, Mr. Mellor being proclaimed the 3rd day of July, to be the mayor until Michaelmas, and twelve months after; but he died on the 5th of February following, and Mr. Hope served the year out.