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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D258/17/31/51 |
| Former Reference | D258/41/31ya |
| Title | Letter - Richard Lloyd to Thomas Gell - has some business to impart to Gell and wishes to call on him - one matter concerns the estate of a recusant now in France which is £1200 p.a. and he has no issue, which estate was to fall to the Crown by attainder, his grandfather being executed for treason - the other is an office in Cornwall worth £6 or 700 p.a. and other things formerly in the King's gift - will also tell Gell of Sir Nicholas Crispe's new commission from the Prince, whereby he was appointed Admiral of a Fleet not exeeding 20 ships - knows of some money owed to Crispe - if a commission was granted, believes good debts would be discovered and thinks something similar might be done against the Earl of Antrim for prizes sold in Cornwall -has heard of an ordnance of Parliament that gives half to he who discovers debts owing to delinquents. |
| Date | 18 Feb [1647] |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Document |
| Term | English Civil Wars (1642-1651) |
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