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The Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Boulton-by-Derby circa 1890
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The Chapelry of Boulton
(Page 156)
The manor of Boulton, within the parish of S. Peter, belonged, at the time of the Domesday Survey, to Ralph Fitzhubert. Shortly afterwards it seems to have passed to the family of Sacheverell. Rents to the value of twelve shillings per annum were given to the chapel of Boulton, as early as the reign of Henry II., by Robert de Sacheverell. This gift was confirmed, in the reign of King John, by Oliver de Sacheverell, grandson of Robert. Further lands were given to the chapel by the same family, in the early part of the reign of Henry III., which grants were confirmed by Sir Patrick de Sacheverell, son of Oliver, in 1250. Sir Robert de Sacheverell, son of Sir Patrick by Joan, daughter of Robert de Vavasour, not only claimed to present to a vacancy in the chaplaincy—which occurred in 1271—but also contended that Boulton was an independent church. In this claim he was resisted by the Abbot of Darley, as rector of S. Peter’s. A writ was issued to Sir Hugh de Babington, sheriff of Derby and Nottingham, enjoining him to empanel a jury of twelve freemen acquainted with the district to try the case. The cause was heard on the Wednesday following the feast of the Assumption, when it was agreed that Sir Robert de Sacheverell, in consideration of twenty marks paid to him by the abbot, should recognise the chapel of Boulton as in the parish of S. Peter, and therefore pertaining to the abbey of Darley. Sir Robert was to nominate a suitable priest, who was to be admitted to the chaplaincy by the abbot. The chaplain was to have for his support the messuage, the three bovates of land, the nine sellions of land, and the twelve shillings in rents—all within the town and territory of Boulton—05 May, 2004
