Inside Padley Chapel, Nether Padley (1)
The following reproduces the content of a plaque within the Chapel
Padley Manor
Through the Ages
Owners and Tenants of the Manor.
Robert Eyre of Highlow....
died 20 March 1459
Buried at Hathersage | married.... | Joan Padley (heiress of Padley Manor)
died 9 March 1468
Buried at Hathersage |
| Robert Eyre.... | married.... | Elizabeth Fitzwilliam (of Mabelthorpe) |
| Robert Eyre.... | married.... | Cecily Wortley (of Derby) |
| Arthur Eyre.... | married.... | Margaret Plompton (of Plompton) |
| Anne Eyre..... | married.... | Sir Thomas Fitzherbert
(of Norbury and Hampstall Ridware) |
| | No children | |
John
(Brother of Sir Thomas Fitzherbert, tenant of Padley) |
Thomas
(Nephew and heir
of Sir Thomas Fitzherbert) | | Anthony
(Imprisoned at Derby
with his father in 1588) |
| 1588 12 July | | Earl of Shewsbury (George Talbot) in possession of Padley. |
| c1592 | | Topcliffe granted the Manor of Padley by Queen Elizabeth. |
| 1603 | | Anthony, second son of John Fitzherbert in possession of Padley. |
| 1613 | | John Fitzherbert Royalist, died 13 January 1649 at Lichfield. |
| | | William Fitzherbert of Swinnerton, second cousin, great grandson
of William, youngest brother of Thomas Fitzherbert. |
| 1657 | | William sold Padley to Rowland Morewood of Norton near Sheffield. |
| c1680 | | Rowland Morewood sold the Manor to Robert Ashton of Stoney Middleton. |
| | | The great grand daughter of Robert Ashton, Christiana, married
William Shuttleworth. |
| | | Major Ashton Shuttleworth son of Christiana and William Shuttlewoth
sold the Manor to Rt. Rev. Monsignor Payne. |
| | | Cost of requisition and restoration £2,000 |
| | | Padley re-opened July 1933. |
A fuller account of the history of
Padley Chapel is provided on a separate web page.
(Information provided by Rosemary Lockie)
Image contributed by Peter & Janet Kirk on 16th August 2003.
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