were in previous times used and stored in the Guild Hall at Derby. It was there the business of the Freemen took place and where their votes were cast to elect members to represent the Borough of Derby in Parliament
During the early hours of the 21st October 1841, the Guild Hall at Derby was destroyed by fire and it has been believed, in consequence, that all these records were lost and a new list of the then living Freemen had to be complied and a new Roll of Admission created still used today