| Administrative History | The Fulshaw estate was purchased in 1682 by Samuel Finney I from Roger Wilbraham of Nantwich, who himself had only purchased it 6 years before from William Newton, whose family had held the property for several generation. At the same time he also bought a smaller neighbouring estate from Edward Alcock, known as Alcock's Green estate. The Fulshaw estate remained in the possession of members of the Finney family until the death of Peter Davenport III in 1840, while still a minor. It then passed to the next of kin, John Jenkins (see Pedigree). The manor of Fulshaw had been granted to the Order of the Knights of St.John of Jerusalem in the first half of the 13th century and became part of the manor of Iveley, co.Derby. On the suppression of the Order, their lands were taken by the crown and leased out. Certain chief rents and suit of court were owed on the Fulshaw estates, references to which are found in DFF/60. The Finneys were disappointed in obtaining the lease of the manorial rights at the beginning of the 17th century, and amongst the papers in DFF/60 are letters by Samuel Finney III arguing learnedly about the limits of the jurisdiction claimed by the lessees. |