Simon Degge

Sir Simon Degge (1612–1703) was High Sheriff of Derbyshire and served North Wales as a Justice. It was said that he served his year as sheriff in "barrister robes and with a sword by his side". The book includes advice on the income from a glebe, Jus patronatus and the crime of Simony. after settling in Derby. His home was Babington Hall which had been the "most eminent in Derby". Degge served as Sheriff while being a successful barrister. It was said that he served his year as Sheriff in "barrister robes and with a sword by his side". Bullock is said to have sunk the ark and escaped justice. A pub of that name still exists in Derby. However, Degge had already ceased to be a judge in 1676.

In 1676, the Parson's Counsellor and law of Tithes was published and that was well regarded as a text book going through seven editions before 1720. The book dealt with ecclesiastical law and custom concerning the parish, its vicar, his bishop and the causes and remedies for dispute. There were many chapters of the details of tithing as well as now obscure problems such as, the income from a glebe, Jus patronatus and Simony.

Degge purchased the "ancient mansion" of Bowden Hall near Chapel-en-le-Frith in 1680. Degge's second wife died in 1696 and he died in 1703,

Works Parson's Counsellor and Law of Tithes and Tithing, (1676) Observations upon the Possessors of Monastery Lands in Staffordshire, in Sampson Erdeswicke's Staffordshire.