The Old Halls, Manors, and Families of Derbyshire. Vol. I.
By " J. T." (Simpkin and Marshall.)—This volume is devoted to the "High Peak Hundred," one of the six hundreds into which the county is divided, and still giving a name to the one of the Parlia- mentary divisions. Not a few historic names belong to it, some entirely, some in part, as being localised elsewhere also. Of these and of others less known to fame, the author of this book has much that is interesting to tell us. Under the heading of "Chatsworth," for instance, we find some curious facts. Chetal the Saxon dwelt here at the Conquest. About three centuries after, the Leches built a house here. A Leche was with Henry V at Agincourt, another with Henry VIII. in his French military parade. It was his son, we suppose, who sold Chatsworth to the Agards. The Agards, holding it for a short time only, sold it to Sir William Cavendish. The Cavendish name had come into the county by the marriage of Roger de Gernon (A.D. 1328) to the
heiress of John Potkins, of Cavendish, in Suffolk. But it was Sir William who made the county its chief seat. In 1687, the fourth Earl of Devonshire built the present house. This work will be found a treasure of information to the student of genealogy and history.
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