| Title | Indenture of Settlement (in duplicate) made between John Parker of Little Norton [Derbyshire], yeoman, and William Parker his son and heir apparent of the one part and Thomas Burton of Greenhill in the parish of Norton, yeoman, and Robert Parkes of Knotcrosse in the parish of Ashover, [Derbyshire], yeoman of the other part; whereby, after reciting the marriage, then already solemnised, between the said William Parker and Anne then his wife, daughter of Edward Parkes, of Higham in the parish of Shorlands, Derbyshire, yeoman, they vested certain messuages, lands, etc at Little Norton, in the said Thomas Burton, and Robert Parkes, upon the trusts therein mentioned. |
| Description | Date: 21 Mar in the 22nd year of Charles II.
The following fieldnames occur in the description of the settled property ; namely, Wallstorth, Longstorth, Thistlestorth, Broomestorth, Pigmanstorth, Roundstorth, Hoolestorth, Littlefield, Great Meadowe, Holow Meadowe and Lowedge [Lowedges].
Witnesses : Edward Parker, Ben Clarke, Jo Hawdon.
Notes : this settlement contains much information respecting the Parkers of Little Norton, and there is a very full description of the house and its outbuildings |