which consists of the villages of Crich, Fritchley and Whatstandwell
Diocesan Papers
Ecclesiastical Visitation of 1639,
Archdeaconry of Derby,
Crich Parish, “libri cleri” section
From
Lichfield Record Office
Ref: B/V1/64
Transcribed by Dr Alan Wilcockson
Crich
Thomas Shelmerdine
Vicar ib(ide)m hath not for the mainternance of
himselfe and greate familie above twentie marke
p(er) ann(um) from the sayd Vicaridge. Whereas the
impropriat & teithes doe extend to towe hundred pounds
& upwards yearly, & are in the possession of the right
honourable the Earle of Pembrooke & Mountgomery, the
Shrewsbury & the Earle of Newcastle, the right W’orll (Worshipful) Timothie Puzey Esqr Thomas Stone gen(tleman) & the inhabitants of Wheatcroft in the sayd parish