1568 James Bate and Dorothy Harrison were married on 24 July at Norton, near Derbyshire, Sheffield Co, England. [1]
(1585) May 27th, in the 27th year of Elizabeth. Deed of Bargain and Sale (Lat.) from Anthony Babington of Dethicke co Derby esquire to John BuUocke of Darley co Derby esquire, of one moiety or half part of all that capital messuage, manor-house or tenement, with the appurtenances in Norton co Derby, called or known by the name of Norton Hall, in the full description of which the following fieldnames occur; namely. Calf Heyes, Oke Ortchard, Brode Meadowe, Toftes, Litle Toftes, Harehilles, HoUen Hill, Hobb Hills, Desyland, Dove Land, Fligha Meadowe, Norton Parke, Hall Filde alias Hall Fylds, Brerey Fylde, Wateringpole, Cockshut Fylde, White Filde, Halle Fylde Springs, Desy Lane. Witnesses: William Weston, Thomas Widmerpoolle, Robert Weston, Jerom Rollynsone, Christopher Chapman of Grenehyll yeoman, Henry Urton alys Stevyn, John Parker of Weytlandes yeoman, John Parker of Little Norton yeoman, William Rolynson, John Urton als Stevyn junior, James Bate of Jurdenthorpe, George Bate, John Parker of Little Norton junior, William Mawer, John Waynwryght, Robert Holland, Henry Tayler vicar of Norton, John Stephen junior, Thomas Welles. Vellum : one skin 22 X 10, seal of red wax in good condition, bears a classic head. [2]
(1588-9) March 7th, in the 31st year of Elizabeth. Deed of Exchange (Engl.) by way of mutual demises, between Edward Gill of Norton co Derby yeoman and John Parker of Little Norton yeoman; whereby the said Edward Gill demised and granted in exchange, unto the said John Parker his executors and assigns for 700 years, a piece of land being in the upper side of a close called Myddle Lowadge in the parish of Norton, between lands of James Bate on the east and Anthony Blythe esquire on the west, and abutting on lands of Wyllyame Rolynson both south and north; in consideration whereof, the said John Parker demised and granted in exchange, unto the said Edward Gill his executors and assigns for 700 years, a piece of land being in the upper side of a close called Over Lowadge in the same parish, between lands of Anthony Bryght on the east and John Bullock on the west, and abutting on lands of the said Wyllyame Rolynson on the south and James Bate on the north. Witnesses: James Bayte, Anthony Kyrcke, William Rawlynson, William Mawer, Phillip Baite senior, Phillip Baite junior, Thomas Bullocke junior, Henry Tayler. Vellum : one skin 24X 11, seal missing. [3]
1608/09 James Bate of Jordenthorpe, parish of Norton, Derbyshire, was buried 23 March 1608/09. [4]
1612 Dorothy Harrison Bate was buried on 31 March. [5]
[1] Joseph Hunter, ed. and John W Clay, Familiae Minorum Gentium, Vol. 4, Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 40 (London: 1896), 1193, Bate pedigree, MS 548, [InternetArchive].
[2] T Walter Hall and A Herman Thomas, The City of Sheffield Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Rolls, Deeds, Pedigrees, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Monumental Inscriptions, Maps, and Miscellaneous Papers forming the Jackson Collection, Sheffield (1914), 132, [InternetArchive].
[3] T Walter Hall and A Herman Thomas, The City of Sheffield Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters, Rolls, Deeds, Pedigrees, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Monumental Inscriptions, Maps, and Miscellaneous Papers forming the Jackson Collection, Sheffield (1914), 137, of 137-8, [InternetArchive].
[4] Joseph Hunter, ed. and John W Clay, Familiae Minorum Gentium, Vol. 4, Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 40 (London: 1896), 1193, Bate pedigree, MS 548, [InternetArchive].
[5] Joseph Hunter, ed. and John W Clay, Familiae Minorum Gentium, Vol. 4, Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 40 (London: 1896), 1193, Bate pedigree, MS 548, [InternetArchive].