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I J.s^ ; if /MAY 1935 VOL. XV. ^^93. Journal OF THE ^R€HJE0L06ICJIL AND Natural History OCIfiTY. PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY BBMROSE & SONS, LIMITED LONDON & DERBY. JOURNAL DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY EDITED BY REV. CHARLES KERRY Rector of Upper Stoiidoti, Beds. VOL. XV JANUARY 1893 PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY BEMROSE & SONS, LIMITED, 23, OLD BAILEY, LONDON; AND DERBY. CONTENTS. Page List of Officers v Rules vii List of Members x Secretary's Report xviii Balance Sheet xxvi A Calendar of the Fines for the County of Derby, from their Commencement in the Reign of Richard IIL Abstracted by the Editor i Roman and Other Coins Found at Little Chester ; with Historical Notes, &c. By George Bailey 20 Botanical Walks Round Derby By the Rev. W. H. Painter 27 Illustrations of Ancient Place-names in Bakewell and the Vicinity, from Original Archives Preserved at Haddon Hall, and from other sources By W. a. Carrington 31 Old Gravestones Discovered at St. Peter's, Derby By George Bailey 65 A History of Peak Forest By the Rev. Charles Kerry 67 Contributions from the Court Rolls of the Manor ok Little Chester By H. E. Currey, M.A. 99 archi^ological gleanings in the neighbourhood of codnor Castle F. By Channer Corfield, J. P. 105 The Derby Company of Mercers By H. Arnold-Bemrose, M.A., F.G.S. .... 113 On Rains Cave, Longcliffe, Derbyshire Third Report—The Pottery, the Human and .Animal Remains. Continued from Vol. XIV., p. 228. By John Ward 161 Dorothy Vernon By a. E. Cockayne 177 IV CONTENTS. Page The Vernons of Haddon Hall By John Pym Yeatman, F.R.H.S. ----- i79 Notice of Two Ancient Deeds Relating to Hambury - By the Rev. Regd. H. C. Fitzherbert, M.A. - 197 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. I. II. III. Roman Coins, Medals, etc., found in Strutt's Park and at Little Chester Three Plates. Drawn by George Bailey - - 20 IV. Lease of "Leveriche Flaxlands ' in Nether Haddon By Permission of His Grace the Duke of Rutland- 31 V. Old Gravestones discovered at S. Peter's, Derby, 1891-2 Drawn by George Bailey 65 VI. Codnor Castle, Derbyshire Drawn by Percy H. Currey 105 VII. Font found at Codnor Drawn by Percy H. Currev 105 VIII. Skull, Rains Cave Drawn by John Ward ...... 161 IX. Fragments of Pottery from Rains Cave, Longcliffe Drawn by John Ward 161 Autograph of Dorothy Manners 178 X. The Pedigree of the Vernons, Earls of Devon, and Lords of Haddon . - - 181 By I. Pym Ykatman, Barrister-at-Law : : : : LIST OF OFFICERS jpresitient : THE DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G, 0ra- Jrcsttreiits ; The Most Reverend The Lord Archbishop of York. Duke of Norfolk, K.G., E.^L Right Rev. Bishop Abraham. Duke of Devonshire, K.G. Right Rev. The Bishop of Duke of Portland. Derby. Lord Scarsdale. Sir H. S. Wilmot, Bart., Lord Vernon. V.C., C.B. Lord Waterpark. Sir J. G. N. Allevne, Bart. Lord Belper. Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, Lord Howard of Glossop. Bart. Lord Burton. J. G. Crompton, Esq. Right Rev. Lord Bishop of N. C. Curzon, Esq. Southwell. G. F. Meynell, Esq. Hon. W. M. Jervis. H. H. Bemrose. Hon. Frederick Strutt. Coitiicil John Bailey. E. Green hough. George Bailey. W. Mallalieu. William Bemrose. VV. R. Holland. John Borough. Rev. Charles Kerry. Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., A. E. Cokayne. F.S.A. John Ward. C. G. Savile Foljamke, M.P., J. R. Naylor. F.S.A. H. Arnold-Bemrose. William Jolley. George Fletcher. Rev. F. Jourdain. Sir a. Seale Haslam. Richard Keene. The Ven. The Archdeacon of C. James Cade. Derby. J. Gallop. F. W. Bagshawe. Don. Cvcasurcr ^on. Secretary C. E. Newton. Arthur Cox. ^ubitors J. B. Coulson. Wm. Bemrose. I : : Officers of the Sectional Committee for Natural History. tgatrman H. ARNOLD-BEMROSE, M.A., F.G.S. €aramittu : W. Bemrose. G. Fletcher. W. Bland. C. A. Greaves, M.B. Rev. F. F. J. R. Carulla. Jourdain. W. G. COPESTAKE. W. Mallalieu. LL.D., Rev. M. Mello, M.A., F.G.S. Rev. J. Charles Cox, J. F.S.A. A. G. Taylor. Arthur Cox. J. Ward. n. c. curzon. W. H. Walton-. poir. ^ttwtarg anb SCrtasurtr George Hyde, Osmaston Road, Derby. i — ——— RULES. I. — N A M E. The Society shall be called the " Derbyshire ARCHiEOLOGiCAL AND Natural History Society." II. Object. The Society is instituted to examine, preserve, and illusirate the Archaeology and Natural History of the County of Derby. III. Operation. The means which the Society shall employ for effecting its objects are : I.—Meetings for the purpose of Reading Papers, the Exhibition of Antiquities, etc., and the discussion of subjects connected therewith. 2.— General Meetings each year at given places rendered interesting by their antiquities or by their natural development. 3. —The publication of original papers and ancient documents, etc. IV. Officers. The Ofificers of the Society shall consist of a President and Vice- Presidents, whose elections shall be for life j and an Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary, who shall be elected annually. V. Council. The General Management of the affairs and property of the Society shall be vested in a Council, consisting of the President, ——— — vm RULES. Vice-Presidents, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, and twenty-four Members, elected from the general body of the Subscribers ; eight of such twenty-four Members to retire annually in rotaiion, but to be eligible for re-election. All vacancies occurring during the year to be provisionally filled up by the Council. VI. Admission of Members. The election of Members, who must be proposed and seconded in writing by two Members of the Society, shall take place at any meeting of the Council, or at any General Meetings of the Society. vn. Subscription. Each Member on election after March 31st, 1878, shall pay an Entrance Fee of Five Shillings, and an Annual Subscription of Ten Shillings and Sixpence. All subscriptions to become due, in advance, on the ist January each year, and to be paid to the Treasurer. A composition of Five Guineas to constitute Life Membership. The composition of Life Members and the Admission Fee of Ordinary Members to be funded, and the interest arising from them to be applied to the general objects of the Society. Ladies to be eligible as Members on the same terms. No one shall be entided to his privileges as a Member of the Society whose subscription is six months in arrear. VHL Honorary Members. The Council shall have the power of electing distinguished Antiquaries as Honorary Members. Honorary Members shall not be resident m the County, and shall not exceed twelve in number. Their privilege shall be the same as those of Ordinary Members. IX.- Meetings of Council. The Council shall meet not less than six times in each year, at such place or places as may be determined upon. Special meetings may also be held at the request of the President, or Five Members of the Society. Five members of Council to form a quorum. ——— X. Sub-Committees. The Council shall have the power of appointing from time to lime such sectional or Sub-Committees as may seem desirable for the carrying out of special objects. Such Sectional or Sub- Committees to report their proceedings to the Council for conlirmation. XI. General Mef:tings. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held in January each year, when the Accounts, properly audited, and a Report shall be presented, the Officers elected, and vacancies in the Council filled for the ensuing year. The Council may at any time call a General Meeting, specifying the object for which that Meeting is to be held. A clear seven days' notice of all General Meetings to be sent to each Member. XII. Alteration of Rules. No alteration in the Rules of the Society shall be made except by a majority of two-thirds of the Members present at an Annual or other General Meeting of the Society. Full notice of any intended alteration to be sent to each Member at least seven days before the date of such Meeting. LIST OF MEMBERS. The Members whose names are preceded by an asterisk (*) are Life Members. F.S.A., Barton-le-Street Cox, Rev. J. Charles, LL.D., Rectory, Malton, Yorks. Fitch, R., F.S.A., Norwich. Greenwell, The Rev. Canon, F.S. A., Durham. Hope, W. H. St. John, Burlington House Piccadilly, London. Honorary Members. Irvine, J. T., 2, Church Street, Kirkstall, Leeds. Kerry, Rev. Charles, Upper Stondon Rectory, Shefford, R.S.O., Beds. Wrottesley, General The Hon. George, 85, Warwick Road, Earl's Court, London. S.W. *Abney, Captain W. de W., F.R.S., C.B., Willesley House, Wetherby Road, South Kensington, London. Abraham, The Right Rev. Bishop, Lichfield. Adams, A. J., Bakewell. Addy, S. O., George Street, Sheffield. Alleyne, Sir John G. N., Bart., Chevin House, Belper. Allsopp, The Hon. A. Percy, Battenhall Mount, Worcester. *Arkwright, Rev. W. Harry, Vicarage, Cromford. Arkwright, James C, Cromford. *Arkwright, F. C, Willersley, Cromford. Arnold-Bemrose, H., F.G.S., Friar Gate, Derby. Atkinson, Rev. F., Darley Dale. I LIST OF MEMBERS. Bagshawe, W. H. G., Ford Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith. Bagshawe, F. Weslby, The Oakes, Sheffield. Bailey, John, The Temple, Derby. Bailey, George, 52, Crompton Street, Derby. Balguy, F. Noel, Junior Carlton Club, London. Bateman, H. Sacheverel, Etwall, Derby. Bateman, F. O. F., Breadsall Mount, Derby. Bateman, Miss, Rowditch Lodge, Derby. Beamish, Lt. -Colonel, R.E., Home Office, Whitehall, London. Beard, Nevill, The Mount, Ashburne. Belper, The Right Honourable Lord, Kingston Hall. Bemrose, H. H., Uttoxeter New Road, Derby. Bemrose, William, Elmhurst, Lonsdale Hill, Derby.