“WHEREAS Information and complaint hath been made before me Samuel Crompton Esquire Mayor and one of his Majesties Justices of the peace for the said Borough by William Butts of the said Borough Gent upon his oath that John Lovegrove was on the Thirteenth day of January last duly hired as a Labourer and Servant to the said William Butts and to Thomas Rivett Esquire and John Heath Gent for one year then next ensuing to work at their Pottery in the said Borough of Derby and that the said John Lovegrove hath departed and run away from his said service, his said year not being expired, And Whereas in pursuance of the Statute in that case made and provided, I have had the said William Butts and John Lovegrove before me and have duly examined the Proofs and allegations of both the said parties touching the matter of the said Complaint and upon due consideration had thereof have adjudged and determined and do hereby adjudge and determine the said Complaint to be true. These are therefore to Command you the said constables and each and every of you forthwith to convey the said John Lovegrove to the said House of Correction for the said Borough of Derby and to Deliver him to the Keeper thereof together with this warrant. And I do hereby Command you the said Keeper to receive the said John Lovegrove into your Custody in the said House of Correction there to remain and be corrected and held to hard Labour for the space of [ ] from the Date hereof and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient Warrent Given under my Hand and seal the[ ].” It will be seen that this commitment is not dated, but I am enabled to fix it with certainty to 1758. Samuel Crompton was Mayor of Derby in 1758, 1767, 1777 (to complete the year of office of Robert Hope, deceased), 1782, and 1788, and High Sheriff of the County in 1768, while holding office as Mayor. There is nothing in the commitment to show to which of these years of Crompton’s Mayoralty it can be assigned, but as Thomas Rivett, one of the partners named in it, died in 1763, it leaves no doubt that 1758 is the correct date. This Thomas Rivett, one of the partners, was Mayor of Derby in 1715 and 1761, and High Sheriff of the County in 1757. In 1747 he was elected Member of Parliament for the Borough of Derby in room of John Stanhope, deceased, and served till 1754. He died in 1763, and was buried in All Saints’ Church. John Heath was Mayor in 1763 and 1772, and his son, Christopher Heath, was Mayor in 1774.