| Description | Derbyshire deeds, formerly known as the Bowles Deeds
Includes;-
Deeds relating to the Stafford family, concerning land in Eyam, Great Hucklow, Ashford and Foolow, 1248-1538 (D7807/1-53)
Deeds of the Bradshaws relating to land in Bowden and Chinley (pa. Glossop), Chapel-en-le-Frith and Abney, and Blyth, co. Nottinghamshire, 1332-1660 (D7807/54-155), including court rolls and other records for the Manor of Abney
Deeds and counterparts of lease of the Derbyshire estates of the Bradshaws after they ceased to reside in Derbyshire and transferred their seat to Brampton, co. Yorkshire, 1680-1735 (D7807/156-183)
Papers concerning rights of common in Eyam and Chapel-en-le-Frith, including methods of stinting, 1687-1706 (D7807/184-188)
Accounts of ore and charges for engines at Eyam and Foolow mines, for George Bradshaw, Sep-Dec 1729 (D7807/189)
Deeds disentailing the Derbyshire and Yorkshire estates of the Bradshaws, 1728 (D7807/190-193)
Deeds concerning the Brampton (Treeton) estates of the Bradshaws, 1661/2-1727 (D7807/194-259)
Deeds relating to Brampton (Treeton) and Ulley, including Ulley Grange, many of them concerning the Stones family, 1586-1707 (D7807/260-317)
Deeds of the Galliards, inheritors of the Derbyshire estates from the Bradshaws, 1742-1835 (D7807/318-346)
Deeds relating to land in Abney, Thornhill, Great Hucklow and Chapel-en-le-Frith, including several relating to the Burtons of Holmesfield, 1592-1683 (D7807/347-359)
Deeds relating to lands in Abney belonging to the Middleton family, and purchased by Pierce Galliard (D7807/360-364)
Photocopy of section of mss. catalogued by Bowles relating to Abney deeds (1306-1588). Location of original deeds unknown (D7807/365)
Deeds of the Galliard family, especially Pierce Galliard relating to lands at East Hale, Bury St. Old Bury farm, etc. in Edmonton and Enfield, co. Middlesex (D7807/366-398)
Deeds of the Smith, Bowles and Galliard families, etc. relating to property in Enfield and Edmonton, co. Middlesex; Clavering, co. Essex; Bugley and Warminster, co. Wiltshire, 1782-1791 (D7807/399-408)
Marriage settlements of Pierce Galliard and Mary Aston, 1735/6 and Anna Hughes, 1742/3, both re estates in Enfield and Edmonton, co. Middlesex (D7807/409-412) |
| Custodial History | The deeds had been inherited by Charles Eyre Bradshaw Bowles (1848-1923) from his father Charles Bradshaw Bowles (d. August 1885). They were donated to Sheffield City Libraries in three consignments in 1952, 1960 and 1974. The collection was transferred to Derbyshire Record Office in July 2013 and accessioned in February 2015. |
| Arrangement | The following description is taken from Charles Eyre Bradshaw Bowles' catalogue, produced some time between 1901 and 1923:
The Charters and Deeds transcribed in this volume came into my possession on my Father's death in August 1885.
At that time the greater proportion of them I found to be tied up, in indiscriminate bundles without regard to time or place. The work of sorting & arranging them in chronological order was begun at once. That of transcribing them was a greate interest to me, but had to be done at intervals in my spare time, and thus took many years to complete, the more so that much of the work had already been done, when it was destroyed in a fire which broke out at my residence The Leas Wirksworth in the early morning of 19th Dec. 1901. The fire rapidly got hold fo the house, which was utterly destroyed, and the greater portion of its contents, including the whole of my valuable Library, was destroyed.
Fortunately the bulk of the Deeds, in Tin boxes were untouched. A Large Collection however of Vescy Charters & Deeds from A.D. 1322 to 1650, which being in process of transcription for publication in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal were entirely destroyed. Some few Bradshaw and Wakefield Deeds shared the same fate.
Index to Contents
- Stafford Charters and Deeds
- Bradshaw Charters and Deeds (Derbyshire)
- Bradshaw Deeds (Yorkshire)
- Culme Notes
- Galliard Deeds
- Abney Deeds
- Galliard and Bowles Deeds
- Bowles Deeds
- Papers and Letters |