Village > 1200 - 1800
In ye olden days :
> In the 1190s Serlo or Servio de Plesley gave lands in Nottinghamshire to the priory of Felley.
> In 1273 Robert de Wylehby / Wilughby was lord of the manor of Pleasley but seems to have been a bit of a naughty boy since he was deposed from the position of Prior of Felley in 1276 for “various irregularities”.
> By 1284 Thomas Bec, Bishop of St Andrews and Lord Treasurer to Edward I, owned Pleasley manor.
> In 1284/5 Edward I granted charters for a market to be held on Mondays and fairs for cattle, sheep and horses to be held annually on 25 April and 18 October. ( This changed to 6 May and 29 October at some point). Fat and lean cattle were sold near the church (St Michaels 1160), sheep at the market cross and horses at the spring on Newboundmill Lane near where the pumping engine for the colliery was later sited.
> The manor then passed to Anthony Bec, Bishop of Durham.
> When he died in 1310/11 it passed to his nieces.
> It then passed into the ownership of the Leakes.
18th century :
1733
- Pleasley Manor mortgaged by Nicholas Leake - it was producing about £430 per year in rents at that time.
1735
- Nicholas Leake, last Earl of Scarsdale, dies and the Scarsdale estate is broken up to pay debts
1742
- Pleasley Manor bought by Henry Thornhill of Chesterfield including a corn mill, mill dam and iron forges in Pleasley Vale.
1787
- Henry Thornhill agrees a 40 year lease with Hollins Co. for the corn mill, mill dam and iron forges together with 15 acres of land in Pleasley Vale.
1794
- Henry Thornhill dies and leaves Pleasley Manor to his nephew Bache Thornhill.
1798
- Hollins Co. build new mill in Pleasley Vale downstream of early one.
Sources
- British History Online
- Centre for Metropolitan History
- Whites 1857 directory of Derbyshire Parishes
- Hollins, A Study of Industry 1784-1949, Stanley Pigott 1949
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