| Title | Deed of Settlement made between John Parker of Little Norton, Derbyshire yeoman and Thomas Bright of Carbrooke, Sheffield, whereby it was agreed that John Parker, eldest son of John Parker party thereto, should before the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel then next following [29 Sep], marry and take to his wife Dyonise daughter of the said Thomas Bright, if she the said Dyonise would thereunto consent and the 'lawes ecclesiasticall of this Realme shall permytt' ; and that the said Dyonise should before the said feastday, likewise marry and take to her husband the said John Parker the son, if he thereunto consent and the laws etc permit |
| Description | Date: 22 Aug in the 43rd year of Elizabeth.
It was further agreed that the said John Parker the father should enfeoff and confirm unto Henry Bright of Whorlawe [Whirlow], Yorkshire, yeoman, John Stanyforth of Darnall in the same county, yeoman, Gabriell Parker of Oakes in the parish of Norton aforesaid, yeoman and George Bullus of Nepesend [Neepsend], Yorkshire, yeoman, of all and every the messuages, cottages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of him the said John Parker the father, within 'the Hamlette, parish fieldes and territories of Litle Norton and Norton' and elsewhere in the said county, or realm of England; to the several uses therein declared.
Witnesses: Jasper Fisher, Henry Bright, John Stanyforth, George Bullus, Thomas Beggen, Hugh Rawlynson, Robert Rollenson, Thomas Biggin, Thomas Bright.
[marriage settlement] |