Rufford Charters
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The Rufford Charters were charters
which were grants of land
and grants of Regalian rights over land, Which created an extra-parochial liberty
, known as the Liberty of Rufford
in the County
of Nottinghamshire
. It is defined as an area in which regalian rights were exercised by the Cistercian monks of Rufford Abbey
.
A charter is the grant of authority
or rights
, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty
), and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and that sense is retained in modern usage of the term. Also, charter can simply be a document giving royal permission to start a colony or a Liberty.
Regalian right was the right of a monarch
to receive the income from the estates of a vacant Bishopric
or Abbey.
The Cistercians Monks of Rufford Abbey
received Grants and Charters
of Regalian right Which was the Rights
to receive the income
from the estates of a vacant bishopric
or abbey
within its own boundarys of the Liberty of Rufford
The Cistercians Monks who lived at Rufford Abbey
received many grants and charters
and letters patent
of prerogative
and extraterritoriality
and of confirmation of manors and land
and franchises from king
s and queens
, dukes
and earls, barons, lord
s and knights.
Early in the reign
of Henry III
(1216–72), Hugh, son of Richard De Caunton, gave it a small parcel of land of his own and confirmed a slightly larger grant by his father, Robert De Caus.
Thomas De Muskham waived in the abbeys favour his right to 6s. of yearly rent
.
In 1250 William De Besthorpe, gave the third part of his property here.
In 1287, at the inquisition
post-mortem of Robert de Everingham
, Baron
of Everingham
, Lord
of Laxton
, gave to the Cistercians Monks who lived at Rufford Abbey
half a Knight's fee
from his Barony in Kirketon, possible Kirton
, Walesby
, Willoughby
, and Besthorpe
, Which was worth £10 yearly, all of which the Abbey got the King
to confirm to them. It also secured confirmation of the privileges it had obtained for itself and its tenants, including exemption from secular exactions on all that was bought or sold by them or was conveyed for or by them by land or water
, and the right of free warren for the monks throughout their Manors and lordship.
The Cistercians Monks of Rufford Abbey
held a weekly market
and fair
and had the right to cut and sell trees from the Sherwood Forest
in Nottinghamshire
, England
. In 1359 they received over £400 from sales of timber.
King Henry II
granted the monks licence to take ‘whatever was needful for their own use from the forest
, to keep a forester
, as in the time of his grandfather Henry I
.
The Valor Ecclesiasticus
of 1534 gives the gross income of the Abbey as £254 6s. 8d. and the clear annual value as £176 11s. 6d.
The temporalities
were spread over a large area, viz. it included the parishes of Babworth
, Blidworth
, Boughton
, Bothamsall
, Bilsthorpe
, Edwinstowe
, Egmanton
, Eakring
, Farnsfield
, Kirton
, and Coddington
, East Retford, Holme
, Kelham
, Kneesall
, i.e. Kersall and Ompton
, Kirklington
, Kirton
, Littleborough
, Maplebeck
, Nottingham
, Ollerton
, Rufford, Southwell
, Staythorpe, Tuxford
, Walesby
, Warsop
, Welham, Wellow
, Willoughby
, and Winkburn
, in Nottinghamshire.
Abney
, Brampton
, Brackenfield
, Chesterfield
, Palterton, and Shirebrook
, in Derbyshire
; Alkborough
and Barton upon Humber, in Lincolnshire
; and Rotherham
and Penistone
, in Yorkshire
. These Villages were known as the Liberty of Rufford
.
Charters
Charters is a surname and may refer to :* Ann Charters , American professor of English* Charlie Charters , former English rugby union official and sports marketing executive* Frank Charters, , English cricketer...
which were grants of land
Real property
In English Common Law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is any subset of land that has been legally defined and the improvements to it made by human efforts: any buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, roads, various property rights, and so forth...
and grants of Regalian rights over land, Which created an extra-parochial liberty
Liberty (division)
Originating in the Middle Ages, a liberty was traditionally defined as an area in which regalian rights were revoked and where land was held by a mesne lord...
, known as the Liberty of Rufford
Liberty of Rufford
The Liberty of Rufford was an extra-parochial liberty in the County of Nottinghamshire.It extends southward from the vicinity of Ollerton, for more than six miles, along the banks of the Rainworth-water, and consists of 10,221 acres...
in the County
County
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of Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
. It is defined as an area in which regalian rights were exercised by the Cistercian monks of Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey is an estate in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England. It was originally a Cistercian abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century it became a country house...
.
A charter is the grant of authority
Authority
The word Authority is derived mainly from the Latin word auctoritas, meaning invention, advice, opinion, influence, or command. In English, the word 'authority' can be used to mean power given by the state or by academic knowledge of an area .-Authority in Philosophy:In...
or rights
Rights
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory...
, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified. It is implicit that the granter retains superiority (or sovereignty
Sovereignty
Sovereignty is the quality of having supreme, independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territory. It can be found in a power to rule and make law that rests on a political fact for which no purely legal explanation can be provided...
), and that the recipient admits a limited (or inferior) status within the relationship, and it is within that sense that charters were historically granted, and that sense is retained in modern usage of the term. Also, charter can simply be a document giving royal permission to start a colony or a Liberty.
Regalian right was the right of a monarch
Monarch
A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
to receive the income from the estates of a vacant Bishopric
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
or Abbey.
The Cistercians Monks of Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey is an estate in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England. It was originally a Cistercian abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century it became a country house...
received Grants and Charters
Charters
Charters is a surname and may refer to :* Ann Charters , American professor of English* Charlie Charters , former English rugby union official and sports marketing executive* Frank Charters, , English cricketer...
of Regalian right Which was the Rights
Rights
Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory...
to receive the income
Income
Income is the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time frame, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. However, for households and individuals, "income is the sum of all the wages, salaries, profits, interests payments, rents and other forms of earnings...
from the estates of a vacant bishopric
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
or abbey
Abbey
An abbey is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey,...
within its own boundarys of the Liberty of Rufford
Liberty of Rufford
The Liberty of Rufford was an extra-parochial liberty in the County of Nottinghamshire.It extends southward from the vicinity of Ollerton, for more than six miles, along the banks of the Rainworth-water, and consists of 10,221 acres...
The Cistercians Monks who lived at Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey is an estate in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England. It was originally a Cistercian abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century it became a country house...
received many grants and charters
Charters
Charters is a surname and may refer to :* Ann Charters , American professor of English* Charlie Charters , former English rugby union official and sports marketing executive* Frank Charters, , English cricketer...
and letters patent
Letters patent
Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...
of prerogative
Prerogative
In law, a prerogative is an exclusive right given from a government or state and invested in an individual or group, the content of which is separate from the body of rights enjoyed under the general law of the normative state...
and extraterritoriality
Extraterritoriality
Extraterritoriality is the state of being exempt from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations. Extraterritoriality can also be applied to physical places, such as military bases of foreign countries, or offices of the United Nations...
and of confirmation of manors and land
Real property
In English Common Law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is any subset of land that has been legally defined and the improvements to it made by human efforts: any buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, roads, various property rights, and so forth...
and franchises from king
King
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s and queens
Queens
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, dukes
Dukes
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and earls, barons, lord
Lord
Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feudal superior . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'by courtesy'...
s and knights.
Early in the reign
Reign
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of Henry III
Henry III of England
Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
(1216–72), Hugh, son of Richard De Caunton, gave it a small parcel of land of his own and confirmed a slightly larger grant by his father, Robert De Caus.
Thomas De Muskham waived in the abbeys favour his right to 6s. of yearly rent
Renting
Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership from landowners...
.
In 1250 William De Besthorpe, gave the third part of his property here.
In 1287, at the inquisition
Inquisition
The Inquisition, Inquisitio Haereticae Pravitatis , was the "fight against heretics" by several institutions within the justice-system of the Roman Catholic Church. It started in the 12th century, with the introduction of torture in the persecution of heresy...
post-mortem of Robert de Everingham
Everingham
Everingham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is west of Market Weighton town centre and south of Pocklington town centre. Everingham is part of the civil parish of Everingham and Harswell....
, Baron
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
of Everingham
Everingham
Everingham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is west of Market Weighton town centre and south of Pocklington town centre. Everingham is part of the civil parish of Everingham and Harswell....
, Lord
Lord
Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feudal superior . The title today is mostly used in connection with the peerage of the United Kingdom or its predecessor countries, although some users of the title do not themselves hold peerages, and use it 'by courtesy'...
of Laxton
Laxton
Laxton may refer to:*Laxton, East Riding of Yorkshire*Laxton, Northamptonshire*Laxton, NottinghamshirePersons with the surname Laxton:*Laxton...
, gave to the Cistercians Monks who lived at Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey is an estate in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England. It was originally a Cistercian abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century it became a country house...
half a Knight's fee
Knight's fee
In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a measure of a unit of land deemed sufficient from which a knight could derive not only sustenance for himself and his esquires, but also the means to furnish himself and his equipage with horses and armour to fight for his overlord in...
from his Barony in Kirketon, possible Kirton
Kirton, Nottinghamshire
Kirton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east of Ollerton. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 273 ....
, Walesby
Walesby, Nottinghamshire
Walesby is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 1,255. It is located north of Newark. The parish church of St Edmund is Perpendicular in style The village is famous for its forest, part of which forms a Scout camp...
, Willoughby
Willoughby on the Wolds
Willoughby on the Wolds is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Leicestershire. Its nearest neighbouring villages are Wysall, Widmerpool, Wymeswold and Keyworth, with the nearest towns and cities being Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham and Leicester...
, and Besthorpe
Besthorpe, Nottinghamshire
Besthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 190...
, Which was worth £10 yearly, all of which the Abbey got the King
King
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to confirm to them. It also secured confirmation of the privileges it had obtained for itself and its tenants, including exemption from secular exactions on all that was bought or sold by them or was conveyed for or by them by land or water
Water
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, and the right of free warren for the monks throughout their Manors and lordship.
The Cistercians Monks of Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey
Rufford Abbey is an estate in Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire, England. It was originally a Cistercian abbey. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century it became a country house...
held a weekly market
Market
A market is one of many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange. While parties may exchange goods and services by barter, most markets rely on sellers offering their goods or services in exchange for money from buyers...
and fair
Fair
A fair or fayre is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment. It is normally of the essence of a fair that it is temporary; some last only an afternoon while others may ten weeks. ...
and had the right to cut and sell trees from the Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age, Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve today encompasses 423 hectares surrounding the village of...
in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, England
England
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. In 1359 they received over £400 from sales of timber.
King Henry II
Henry II of England
Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
granted the monks licence to take ‘whatever was needful for their own use from the forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
, to keep a forester
Forester
250px|thumb|right|Foresters of [[Southern University of Chile|UACh]] in the [[Valdivian forest]]s of San Pablo de Tregua, ChileA forester is a person who practices forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including timber...
, as in the time of his grandfather Henry I
Henry I of England
Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...
.
The Valor Ecclesiasticus
Valor Ecclesiasticus
The Valor Ecclesiasticus was a survey of the finances of the church in England, Wales and English controlled parts of Ireland made in 1535 on the orders of Henry VIII....
of 1534 gives the gross income of the Abbey as £254 6s. 8d. and the clear annual value as £176 11s. 6d.
The temporalities
Temporalities
Temporalities are the secular properties and possessions of the Christian Church. It is most often used to describe those properties that were used to support a bishop or other religious person or establishment. Its opposite description would be the spiritualities.In the Middle Ages, the...
were spread over a large area, viz. it included the parishes of Babworth
Babworth
Babworth is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about 1½ miles west of Retford. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,329...
, Blidworth
Blidworth
Blidworth is a small village approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Its history can be traced back to the 14th century, although many of the current houses were built in the first half of the 20th century to provide housing for workers at Blidworth Colliery .-Robin...
, Boughton
Boughton, Nottinghamshire
Boughton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England forming part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton.Boughton windmill was located close to the present B6381 road ....
, Bothamsall
Bothamsall
Bothamsall is a village and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England.According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 185.- History & Amenities :...
, Bilsthorpe
Bilsthorpe
Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076. It is about five miles south of Ollerton, and near the junction of the A614 and A617....
, Edwinstowe
Edwinstowe
Edwinstowe is a village in the heart of Sherwood Forest, north Nottinghamshire, England.Its name means Edwin's resting place because King Edwin of Northumbria's body was hidden in the church after he was killed in the Battle of Hatfield Chase, near Doncaster, probably in 633. References to...
, Egmanton
Egmanton
Egmanton is a small village located one mile south of Tuxford and one mile north of Laxton in Nottinghamshire, England. The name derives from the Old English words for Ecgmund's farm/settlement.The nearest larger towns are Retford and Newark-on-Trent...
, Eakring
Eakring
Eakring is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire.-Geography:It is situated between the A617 and the A616 roads between Ollerton and Southwell. Dukes Wood to the south is situated on the top of an escarpment, giving good views over the Trent valley to the east and towards...
, Farnsfield
Farnsfield
Farnsfield is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire in Sherwood Forest. It is in the local government district of Newark and Sherwood....
, Kirton
Kirton, Nottinghamshire
Kirton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east of Ollerton. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 273 ....
, and Coddington
Coddington, Nottinghamshire
Coddington is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 3 miles east of Newark on Trent. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 972.-Windmill:...
, East Retford, Holme
Holme, Nottinghamshire
Holme is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located on the east of the River Trent, less than half a mile from the riverside and 4 miles north of Newark-on-Trent. Holme is part of the civil parish of Langford...
, Kelham
Kelham
Kelham is a small village in Nottinghamshire variously estimated as "3.36 miles," "3 miles," or "2.92 miles"to the northwest of Newark on a bend in the A617 road near its crossing of the River Trent.-Historical:...
, Kneesall
Kneesall
Kneesall is a village in the East Midlands of England in the county of Nottinghamshire. Forming part of the civil parish of Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton and of Newark and Sherwood district, Kneesall is situated on the A616 between Newark-on-Trent and Ollerton...
, i.e. Kersall and Ompton
Ompton
Ompton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, three miles south-east of Ollerton. It is part of the civil parish of Kneesall, Kersall and Ompton. It has a red-brick chapel of 1860. About half a mile to the west is a water pumping station, built 1965-68 as a tiled pyramid on a glazed plinth....
, Kirklington
Kirklington, Nottinghamshire
Kirklington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Nottinghamshire.Administratively Kirklington forms part of the Newark and Sherwood district...
, Kirton
Kirton, Nottinghamshire
Kirton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east of Ollerton. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it had a population of 273 ....
, Littleborough
Littleborough, Nottinghamshire
Littleborough is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 8 miles east of Retford, and is in the civil parish of Sturton le Steeple. Littleborough is the site of the Roman town of Segelocum, situated on the west bank of the River Trent where the road from Lincoln to Doncaster bridged or...
, Maplebeck
Maplebeck
Maplebeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located 6 miles north of Southwell, and is part of the civil parish of Winkburn. It is one of only five villages in England to have a church dedicated to St Radegund and it is also one of only fifty one Thankful Villages in England and Wales...
, Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, Ollerton
Ollerton
Ollerton is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries. It forms part of the civil parish of Ollerton and Boughton....
, Rufford, Southwell
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Southwell is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, best known as the site of Southwell Minster, the seat of the Church of England diocese that covers Nottinghamshire...
, Staythorpe, Tuxford
Tuxford
-Geography:Tuxford is a village and a civil parish on the southern edge of the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It may also be considered a small town as it was historically a market town. Nearby larger towns are Retford and Newark-on-Trent. From Harvest Cottage, near the ECML, the...
, Walesby
Walesby, Nottinghamshire
Walesby is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 1,255. It is located north of Newark. The parish church of St Edmund is Perpendicular in style The village is famous for its forest, part of which forms a Scout camp...
, Warsop
Warsop
Warsop is a civil parish in the District of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England, located on the outskirts of Sherwood Forest. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 12,365....
, Welham, Wellow
Wellow, Nottinghamshire
Wellow is a village in Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 444It has a village green and a maypole, which is still in use. The parish church of St Swithin is 12th century, which was restored, with a new chancel, in 1878-9. On the east and south sides of...
, Willoughby
Willoughby on the Wolds
Willoughby on the Wolds is a small village in Nottinghamshire, England, on the border with Leicestershire. Its nearest neighbouring villages are Wysall, Widmerpool, Wymeswold and Keyworth, with the nearest towns and cities being Loughborough, Melton Mowbray, Nottingham and Leicester...
, and Winkburn
Winkburn
Winkburn is a small village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located north-east of Southwell and north-west of Newark.-External links:...
, in Nottinghamshire.
Abney
Abney, Derbyshire
-Notable residents:William Newton, poet was born near Abney at Cockey Farm....
, Brampton
Brampton
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, Brackenfield
Brackenfield
Brackenfield is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England.The village is about five miles east of Matlock and four and a half miles northwest of Alfreton. It is also close to Clay Cross. Set in farming country, the village is located around a large...
, Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
, Palterton, and Shirebrook
Shirebrook
Shirebrook is a town in the Bolsover district of north-east Derbyshire on the border with Nottinghamshire, England. At the 2001 UK Census it had a population of 9,291 , 10,412...
, in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
; Alkborough
Alkborough
Alkborough is a village of about 455 people in North Lincolnshire, England, located near the northern end of The Cliff range of hills overlooking the Humber Estuary at the Trent Falls, the confluence of the River Trent and the River Ouse....
and Barton upon Humber, in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
; and Rotherham
Rotherham
Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, at its confluence with the River Rother, between Sheffield and Doncaster. Rotherham, at from Sheffield City Centre, is surrounded by several smaller settlements, which together form the wider Metropolitan Borough of...
and Penistone
Penistone
Penistone is a small town market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 10,101 at the 2001 census. It lies west of the town of Barnsley and north east of Glossop, in the foothills of the Pennines...
, in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
. These Villages were known as the Liberty of Rufford
Liberty of Rufford
The Liberty of Rufford was an extra-parochial liberty in the County of Nottinghamshire.It extends southward from the vicinity of Ollerton, for more than six miles, along the banks of the Rainworth-water, and consists of 10,221 acres...
.