Scarcliffe/Palterton

Scarcliffe Parish Register (Does not start until 1680)

Elizabeth daughter of Robert and Anne Clay baptised 7th May 1680.

John Clay married Elizabeth Westby 8th April 1704.

John Clay married Hannah Clayton 2nd January 1707.

Ambrose Clay age 23 Collier son of Joseph Clay. Collier of 114 Bathurst Terrace. Scarcliffe married Dorothy Gretton age 23  daughter of Thomas Gretton. Witness William / Elizabeth Clay. 7th April 1894.

George Gilbert Clay age 22 Porter son of George Frederick Clay. Plumber married Mary Robinson Wrath daughter of Robert Wrath. Horseman.  16th April 1905.

George Frederick Clay age 4 months son of George Gilbert Clay. Miner and Mary  buried 9th June 1908.

Violet Clay age 2 buried at Scarcliffe 16th Sept. 1908.

Scarcliffe Parish Miscellaneous

1543. Will of Jone Clay of Scarcliffe. (Staffordshire Record Office).

1572. John Clay. Tithe Roll 1. 15th Eliz. Folio 5. No. 42.

1572. John Clay of Hardwick leased 7 acres in Palterton to Oliver Wheat. (Derbyshire Record Office Ref.- D187/2/50).

1585. John Clay of Crich sold his land in Palterton. Scarcliffe parish -7 acres called “The Greve”. (Derbyshire Record Office Ref.- D187/2/51).

1605. Robert Wolhowse purchased from John Claye a close called The Grove or Greave in Palterton 4 acres and 10 acres in Palterton and Scarcliffe and 4 cottages. (DRO Ref.- D187/2/71).

1638. Muster Roll. Robert Clay of Scarcliffe. (TNA Ref.- SP16 405).

1641-2. Lay Subsidy. Robert Clay taxed in Bonis. (TNA Ref.- E179/245/5).

1662. Robert Clay of Palterton yeoman gave 10 shillings to Restoration of Monarchy. "Free and Voluntary Present". (Notinghamshire Achives Office Ref.- DD.3P.2/1).

1670. Hearth Tax. Robert Clay. 1 hearth. (Derby Library.- DC9954).

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 Universty Library Ref.- PI E12/9/3/5/13). 

1681. March 9th. Sale to Robert Clay of Palterton yeoman for £91 - Crooked Close and Gate Stile Close. (Derbyshire Record Office Ref.- D239M/T118).

1681. Lease to Robert Clay of Palterton of 1 acre in Ridgeway Field in Warsop. (Derbyshire Record Office Ref.- D239M/T/1305 - 7). 

1682. April 17th. Robert Clay of Palterton to Richard Godbeer land in Moorhagh and Pleasley Hill late of Hercules Clay of Shirebrook yeoman. (Notts Archives Ref.- DD/M/46/30).

1720. Feb.16th. Mary Clay and John Clarke both of Palterton married at Ault Hucknall.

1733. May 16th. Will of Ellen Clay widow of Sutton Scarsdale. (Staffordshire Record Office).

1787. Settlement Examination. William Bramley took lease of the house of John Clay of Palterton.

Notts. Marriage Licences

Robert Clay of Palterton in Scarcliffe Parish age 22 to marry Anne Badger of Oxton, Notts age 23 at St Peters 25th February 1678.