Pleasley Parish

Pleasley Parish Register 1553

Alice Clay buried 12th February 1555.

Thomas Clay and his wife Alice married 20th October 1562.

Emott daughter of Thomas Clay baptised 9th March 1563.

Elizabeth daughter of Robert Clay baptised 23rd October 1566.

Thomas son of Robert Clay baptised 8th March 1569.

Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Clay baptised 20th April 1572.

Christian daughter of Thomas Clay baptised 20th May 1576.

John Clay and Elizabeth Reason married 19th November 1576.

Margaret daughter of Thomas Clay baptised 10th April 1587.

Robert son of Richard Clay baptised 7th October 1613.

Anne daughter of John Clay husbandman baptised 25th March 1616.

Anne daughter of John Clay husbandman buried 8th March 1617.

Richard Clay yeoman dwelling in Shirebrook buried 2nd Jan 1618.

Elizabeth daughter of John Clay husbandman bapt. 23rd May 1619.

John son of Robert Clay husbandman baptised 1st January 1619.

Thomas Clay of Pleasley Hill, Mansfield Parish and Mary Swinscoe of Pleasley married 11th June 1620.

Anne Clay wife of William Clay husbandman buried November. 1620.

John son of Robert Clay husbandman and Mary his wife baptised 7th  May 1622.

Robert son of Robert and Mary Clay baptised 13th March 1624.

John Clay and Thomas Clay Churchwardens. 1633.

Richard Clay of Shirebrook buried 4th March 1635.

Anne Clay of Shirebrook buried 27th June 1636.

Mary wife of Thomas Clay buried 17th July.1636.

Hercules Clay and Alice Watkinson married 13th September 1636.

Anne daughter of John and Mary Clay baptised 23rd February. 1639.

Thomas Clay of Pleasley buried 12th March 1642.

Mary daughter of John and Mary Clay baptised 27th April 1643.

Hercules son of Hercules and Elizabeth Clay baptised 22nd April 1673.

Sarah daughter of Hercules and Elizabeth Clay baptised November 1682.

Richard son of Hercules and Elizabeth Clay baptised 1st March 1688.

Elizabeth Clay married Charles Tidsury of Edwinstowe 8th June 1703.

John son of Hercules Clay buried 20th November 1709.

Elizabeth daughter of Hercules and Mary Clay baptised 10th November1712.

Robert son of Hercules Clay buried 15th May 1713.

Mary daughter of Hercules and Mary Clay baptised 10th October 1714.

Sarah daughter of Hercules and Mary Clay baptised 8th September 1717.

Hercules son of Hercules and Mary Clay baptised 19th April 1720.

Hannah daughter of Hercules and Mary Clay baptised 8th May 1726.

Hercules Clay. Churchwarden 1726.

Widow Clay buried 2nd October 1727.

Thomas Clay a Forgeman buried 2nd March 1729.

Mary daughter of William and Mary Clay baptised 3rd February 1733.

Charles son of Charles and Phebe Clay baptised 20th August 1738.

Charles son of Charles and Phebe Clay buried 9th September 1738.

Charles son of Charles and Phebe Clay baptised 5th August 1739.

Jane daughter of Charles and Phebe Clay baptised 26th April 1741.

Hercules Clay. Churchwarden 1746.

Hercules Clay buried 11th July 1752.

Mary Clay. widow of Shirebrook buried 19th October 1767.

(Checked to 1781). 

Book of Marriage Licences Archdeaconary of Nottingham

1622. October 12th. William Clay of Houghton. Pleasley parish husbandman and Anne Young widow married at Warsop.

1679. November 22nd. John Clay of Houghton age 28 and Mary Clarkson of Papplewick age 21. married at Papplewick or Teversall.

1734. October 3rd. Francis Clay of Stoney Houghton. Pleasley age 28 farmer and Elizabeth Fernihuff of Sutton-in-Ashfield age 25 married at Sutton. Bond by John Clay of Mansfield. Innholder.

1740. May 29th. Sarah Clay of Pleasley age 23 and Timothy Newbound of Teversall age 25 woodseller married at Mansfield.- Bond by Francis Clay of Stoney Houghton. Husbandman.

1753. March15th. Hercules Clay of Pleasley. Derbys farmer age 32 and Ann Bullock of Worksop spinster age 24 married at Worksop.

Pleasley Miscellaneous

1534. Muster Roll. Thomas Clay of Pleasley. Bilman. (TNA Ref.- E101. 58/17).

1538. April 30th. Richard Clay and 3 others of Pleasley  were examined at Nottingham Castle that the parson of Pleasley had said seditious words that the Lords of England were fools and the King should not have pulled down so many abbeys as he hath done.  (Ref.- British History 871).

1543. Lay Subsidy. Richard Clay of Pleasley taxed in goods TNA Ref.- E179/91/144).

1545. Lay Subsidy Richard Clay of Pleasley taxed. (TNA Ref.- E179/92/161).

1550. Will of Richard Clay of Pleasley wife Anne, sons Thomas Clay and Robert Clay - brother Robert Clay executor. (Staffordshire Record Office).

1563 to 1590. Court Roll of Sir Francis Leake. Thomas Clay of Pleasley. Tenant and juror. (DRO Ref.- M130).

1574. Tenants of Sir Francis Leake. Thomas Clay for the Herbage of Lytlewood. Pleasley. £4-6s-8d and 19s-8d for a tenement at Pleasley. (Leake Cartulary - Derbyshire Record Office).

1585. Pleasley Court Roll. - Robert Clay and Thomas are mentioned. (DRO Ref.- D1649Z/M1).

1587 to 1590. Court Roll of Sir Francis Leake. Robert Clay of  Pleasley. Juror. (DRO Ref.- M130).

1590. William Clay of Pleasley messuage in Sookholme for £18 in occupation of Margaret Sydnam at 40 shillings per annum. - (Notts Archives Office Ref.- 157DD/2P/28/398).

1590. Thomas Clay of Pleasley witness in divorce case of James and Katherine Beckingham of Bilsthorpe. (Ref.-Notts University.- AN/LB217/5/1) 

1595. Pleasley Court Roll. Robert Clay  juror. (DRO Ref.- D1649Z/M1).

1596. Pleasley Court Roll. Thomas Clay fined 1 penny and Robert Clay fined 6 pennies. (DRO Ref.- D1649Z/M1).

1597. Lay Subsidy. Thomas Clay of Pleasley taxed in goods. (TNA Ref.- E179/93/285).

1601. Lay Subsidy. William Clay taxed. £4-4s. (TNA Ref.- E179/93/304).

1602. Lay Sub. William Clay of Pleasley taxed in goods £4-6s. (TNA.- E179-).

1610. Lay Subsidy. Richard Clay of Pleasley taxed. (TNA Ref.- E179-).

1610. Lay Subsidy. William Clay of Pleasley taxed. (TNA Ref.- E179-). 

1610. Senior's Survey. Robert Clay at Houghton. 3 houses. 2 crofts and 11 fields. 84 acres 3 rood 20 perches. (Ref.- Publication - William Senior's Survey of the Estates of the Earls of Devonshire c1600 - 28. Edited by D. V. Fowkes and G. R .Potter).

1610. Senior's Survey. William Clay at Houghton. House, 4 crofts and 13 fields.  71 acres 2 rood 15 perches. (Ref.-       "         "         "         "         "         "       "        "       "       "        "         "        "          "        "        "        "        "       "    )  

1610. Senior's Survey. Richard Clay at Langwith. Houses,croft and 6 fields. 37 acres 0 rood 20 perches.            (Ref.-       "        "         "         "         "         "         "       "        "       "       "        "         "        "          "        "        "        "        "    )         

1621 - 1629. Lay Sub. John Clay of Pleasley taxed in goods. (TNA Ref.- E179-).

1622. 12th Oct. William Clay of Houghton in Pleasley parish husbandman and Anne Younge widow of Warsop were married. 

1624.  Muster Roll. Robert Clay of Pleasley. - Musket. (Ref.- Yeatman).

1626. The Forced Loan. John Clay of Pleasley paid £2. (TNA Ref.- E179/93/355).

1626/28. Lease from the Earl of Devonshire to Zachary Clay of a messuage in Houghton. (Ref.- Hardwick Hall Muniment Register Box 224 at Chatsworth). P. Riden.

1627/28. Counterpart of a lease made by the Earl of Devonshire to Richard Clay of a messuage in Langwith for 21 years. (Ref. Hardwick Box 241. Chatsworth). P. Riden.

1641-42. Lay Subsidy. Robert Clay of Pleasley taxed in bon. (TNA Ref.- E179).

1641-42. Lay Subsidy. John Clay taxed in bon. (TNA Ref.- E179/245/5).

1643. Will of Thomas Clay of Pleasley husbandman. (Staffordshire Archives Office).

1662. Free and Voluntary Present.  Zacharyah Clay of Pleasley. Husbandman paid 2s-6d. (Notts Archive Office. Ref.- DD.3P.2/1).

1670. Hearth Tax. John Clay of Pleasley. 2 Hearths. (Derby Library Ref - DC 9954).).

1670. Hearth Tax. Robert Clay of Pleasley 1 Hearth. (Derby Library Ref. - DC 9954)).

1670. Hercules Clay. Churchwarden. (Parish Register).

1672. Kings Remberence. Hercules Clay of Shirebrook donated to the collection. (TNA).

1676. Hercules Clay and Elizabeth his wife surrenders to James Watkinson at Clowne Court 7 acres in Clowne - Kirk Close, Church Field and Highthorne Furlong. (Notts Archive Office Ref.- DD/P/50/7).

1680. Release of 1 acre of land at Moorhaigh Wood in Mansfield and a parcel of land in Pleasley Hill at the request of Hercules Clay of Shirebrook yeoman to Robert Clay of Palterton yeoman. (Nottingham University Library Ref.- PI E12/9/3/5/13).

1689. Poll Tax. Hercules Clay of Shirebrook taxed. (Derbyshire Record Office Ref.- D258/48/27A and 27C).

1710. April 10th. Will / Inventory of John Clay of Upper Langwith. Husbandman. (Staffordshire Record Office).

1720. Sept.22nd. Admon / Inventory of Thomas Clay of Upper Langwith. (Staffordshire Record Office).

1740. May 29th.  Sarah Clay of Pleasley married Timothy Newbould of Teversall at Mansfield. Notts.

1752. Oct.19th. Will of Hercules Clay farmer of Pleasley Parish. (Staffordshire Record Office).

1777. Duke of Portland. - Repairs to houses of tenants - Hercules Clay`s Mill at Sookholme. (Notts Archives Ref.- 157DD/5P/4).

1780. April 13th.  Admon of Francis Clay farmer of Langwith. (Staffordshire Record Office).

Enclosure of the Commons of Pleasley 1748

We do allot, assign and appoint unto Hercules Clay and his heirs in respect of all his lands, tenements and hereditaments lying and being in the parish of Pleasley. One parcel of the said Commons (Numbered 34 on the map) containing 11 acres and 34 perches and we do Order, Direct and Appoint the said Hercules Clay and his heirs shall make, repair and maintain the fence on the East and West of the said intended inclosure and also 350 yards of fence on the Northside thereof, beginning to measure at the East end of the said piece or parcel of land herein before Allotted and Assigned to the said Hercules Clay aforesaid.

(From a document transcribed by Charles Crapper in his book "History of Pleasley and Shirebrook").

Stray Clay's

Hannah daughter of Hercules Clay of Sookholme farmer by Ann daughter of Potter of Sloswick (Worksop Parish) farmer baptised 5th November 1778 at Mansfield. (Mansfield Parish Register).

Hannah daughter of John Turner of Shirebrook farmer by Elizabeth daughter of Hercules Clay of Shirebrook farmer born Wednesday 18th June baptised 20th June 1777. (Mansfield Parish Register).

Hannah daughter of John Turner of Shirebrook by Elizabeth daughter of Hercules Clay of Shirebrook farmer baptised 22nd April 1779. (Mansfield Parish Register).

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