Notes from a Peakland ParishAn Account of the Church and Parish of Hope in the County of Derby,
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| I. | THE CHURCH AND PARISH OF HOPE | 1 |
| II. | THE VICARS AND CHURCHWARDENS | 26 |
| III. | THE FREE SCHOOL OF HOPE | 42 |
| IV. | THE PARISH CHARITIES | 49 |
| V. | SOME NOTES ON THE PARISH REGISTERS. (1599 - 1750) | 56 |
PART II.
| VI. | EXTRACTS FROM THE CHURCHWARDENS' BOOK OF ACCOUNTS | 67 |
| VII. | A COMPLETE LIST OF THE 'BRIEFS' ENTERED IN THE CHURCHWARDENS' BOOK | 99 |
| VIII. | INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH IN THE 15TH, 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES:- | |
| (i) Exchequer Lay Subsidies of the 15th and 16th Centuries | 123 | |
| (ii) Landowners in the Parish in 1570 | 124 | |
| (iii) The Easter Roll of the Parish in 1658 | 125 | |
| IX. | THE AGINCOURT ROLL | 141 |
| X. | THE SPANISH ARMADA AND LOCAL LEVIES | 146 |
| XI. | VOLUNTEERS ENROLLED AT HOPE, IN CASE OF INVASION IN 1803 | 151 |
| XII. | INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH WHO SERVED
OVERSEAS IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918 | 153 |
INDEX.
Original Index, with additional Surnames
contributed by Philip Longden.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
(For information only - unfortunately it has not been possible to reproduce them on this site)
| SAXON CROSS, now in Hope Churchard (Photographed by Miss Cicely Porter) | Frontispiece |
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| ST. PETERS CHURCH, HOPE, as it appeared before the Chancel was rebuilt in 1882 | 2 |
| TOMB SLABS (13th Century), bearing emblems of the chase, discovered beneath the foundations of the old Chancel in 1882 (From a Sketch by Miss Cicely Porter) | 4 |
| WOOD CARVING IN THE PRESENT CHANCEL, bearing the arms of Eyre, Padley, and Reresby | 6 |
| MEMORIAL BRASS IN THE PRESENT CHANCEL to the memory of Henry Balguy of Hagg (1685) | 8 |
| THE SOUTH PORCH OF HOPE CHURCH, as it appeared before the Restoration of 1887 | 16 |
| PISCINA AND SEDILIA, as they appeared in the old Chancel prior to 1882 | 42 |
| JACOBEAN PULPIT IN HOPE CHURCH | 56 |
| A PAGE FROM THE CHURCHWARDEN'S ACCOUNTS (1704-5) (Photographed by Miss Cicely Porter) | 78 |
| A PAGE SHOWING ENTRIES OF 'BRIEFS' IN THE CHURCH WARDENS' BOOK (1685-86) (Photographed by Miss Cicely Porter) | 100 |
OCR/Transcription by Rosemary Lockie in March 1999.
Additional Surname Index entries contributed by Philip Longden.