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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D547 |
| Title | The Olivier Settlement: Olivier family of north Derbyshire |
| Date | 1596-1879 |
| Description | In addition to title deeds, family settlements and wills, there are good series of estate surveys and rentals, from the mid 17th century to the early 19th century, including enclosure papers relating to Bolsover, Clowne and Barlborough in, Derbyshire and Birkin in Yorkshire. Industrial records relate to coal and lead mining activities and there are early 18th century estate maps of property in Romeley and Clowne, with a few 19th century plans of Birkin lands.
Letters to the Revd Thomas Wright in the mid 18th century chiefly concern family and estate matters, but include comments on contemporary national events such as 'frightful times' in 1745 [the Jacobite rising], the inevitability of war in 1755, news expected hourly from Admiral Byng in 1756 and Pitt as 'the hinge on whom all turns' in the same year. Army movements in 1758 and the 'terrible executions in Portugal' in 1759 are also noted, as are the departure of English sea and land forces. The shifting allegiances of politicians and the influence of grandees such as the Duke of Devonshire are reported in a number of letters. |
| Extent | 5 boxes and 2 outsize items |
| Level | Fonds |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Archive Creator | The Olivier Settlement: Olivier family of north Derbyshire |
| Administrative History | The Olivier Settlement is the name given to a series of title deeds and other documents inherited by the Olivier family and relating chiefly to estates in Clowne and Barlborough, North Derbyshire, during the 18th and 19th centuries. Other families mentioned include Routh, Farewell, Boys, Wright, Crashawe, Thornhill, Hay or Hae, Thorneley, Cressey, Taylor, Clayton and Hill. It appears that the marriage in 1857 of Mary Elizabeth Sarah Hill to Alfred Olivier established the connexion amongst several of these families. |
| Custodial History | These records were donated to the Record Office by a London firm in October 1955. |
| Arrangement | Title deeds
D547/T1-66 Romeley in Clowne, 1599-1801
D547/T67-194a Clowne and Barlborough, 1599-1825
D547/T195-253 Birkin, Yorkshire, 1631-1790
D547/T254-265 Little Kimber, Little Hampden, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, 1652-1747
D547/T266-67 Pyrton, River Cherwell, Oxfordshire, 1701, 1741
D547/T268-71 Eckington, Winster, other places in N Derbyshire, 1668-1721
D547/T272-75 Various places, South Yorkshire, 1708-1718
Family deeds and papers
D547/F1-20 Settlements, accounts and case papers, 1847-79
D547/F21-60 Wills, 1657-1788
D547/F61-137 Correspondence, 1676-1819
Estate records
D547/E1-32 Schedules of title deeds [16th-18th cent]
D547/E33-51 Surveys and valuations, 1651-1832
D547/E52-77 Rentals, 1674-1716
D547/E78-82 Tenancy agreements, 1690-1811
D547/E83-101 Bonds, 1658-1788
D547/E102-147 Receipts, accounts, bills, 1674-1822
D547/E148-157 Enclosure: Bolsover, Clowne, Barlborough and Birkin, Yorkshire, 1779-1832
D547/E158-99 Case papers, c1625-1866
Maps and Plans
D547/P1-4 Romeley, 1711-46
D547/P5-8 Clowne, 1713-c1830
D547/P9-16 Birkin, Yorkshire, c1712-1835
Miscellaneous
D547/Z1-8 including:
D547/Z2 Cressey family pedigree, c1700
D547/Z5 Articles of partnership in Portaway Mine, 1745 |
| Organisation Sub-Type | Family and estate |
| Document | D547 Family Trees - Routh, Cressey, Clayton-Wright-Hill.pdf |
| Archivist Note | Catalogue amended to conform to ISAD(G) by SC 28/11/23 |