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D255 - Ray family of Heanor Hall - 18th - 19th cent
B - Business
E - Estate Papers
F - Family
O - Official
T - Title Deeds
1-2 - Lease and release by Samuel Fletcher of Heanor, to John Bullivant of Langley, farmer, and Anthony Tissington of Alfreton, trustees. Property: capital messuage in Heanor occupied by Samuel Fletcher, messuage in Heanor in the tenure of Samuel Seals; closes in Heanor, 27 acres, in the occupation of Samuel Fletcher; a messuage and land at Owlgreaves, Heanor, 56 acres, in the occupation of William Fletcher; closes called the Dunstead Closes in Langley 33 acres, in the occupation of John Bullivant; closes called the Breaches in Heanor 7 acres in the occupation of William Fletcher; Hawleys Farm otherwise Summer House Farm in Heanor 37 acres, in the occupation of William Fletcher, Edward Clay and Thomas Osborne; the Summer House and Fish ponds in the occupation of Samuel Fletcher; a messuage or tenement in Heanor near the Summer House in the occupation of John Shelton; a messuage or tenement and garden in Heanor in the occupation of Richard Redfern; a messuage or tenement in Heanor in the occupation of Samuel Cope and Thomas Bamford; also a moiety and quarter part of coal mines in Kirkby, Pinxton, Brookhill and South Normanton, one third of the coal at Owlgreaves Heanor, five eighths of the coal at Butterley and all the coal under a close Horsley Woodhouse (all formerly the inheritance of Goodere Fletcher, brother of Samuel Fletcher): to be held to several uses: two fifths part to the use of William Fletcher, three fifths part to the use of Robert, Goodere and Edward Green Fletcher during the life of Samuel Fletcher; all the coal to the use and intent that Samuel Fletcher may receive from the profits an annuity of £63, 23 and 24 April [NB The Heanor Hall purchase deed by John Sutton from the Fletchers is missing] - 1777
1-17 - John Sutton's Heanor Hall Estate
3-4 - Lease and release by Samuel Hands of Heanor gent, to John Sutton of Heanor gent, in consideration of £170, of all his estate, right, title and interest in or upon the commons or waste grounds of Heanor, and also, in consideration of a further £52, two messuages, cottages or tenements in Heanor in the occupations of David Farnsworth and Samuel Sharley, 4 and 5 April - 1792
5-6 - Attested copies of lease for possession and deed to make a tenant to the precipe between Hugh Wood of Swanwick esquire, and John Kinderley of Chancery Lane, Middlesex gent - 19-20 Apr 1787
7 - Attested copy of recovery by Bernard Lucas the elder against John Kinderley of 7 messuages, 7 gardens, one mill, 400 acres of land, 200 acres of meadow, 200 acres of pasture, £12 9s 2d rent, common of pasture for all manner of cattle in Swanwick, Ripley, Farley, Somercotes, Codnor, Loscoe, Heanor, Morley Park, Langley and Miln Hay and all manner of tithes arising from 3 messuages, 3 gardens, 110 acres of land, 55 acres of meadow and 52 acres of pasture in Codnor, Loscoe land Heanor: Easter term - 1787
8-9 - Lease and release by Hugh Wood of Swanwick esquire, and Bernard Lucas the elder of Chesterfield gent, to John Sutton of Heanor gent, and Fletcher Bullivant of Langley Mill gent, (trustee), in consideration of £173 18s 0d, of an allotment on Heanor Common 4 acres 2 roods 32 perches. 21 and 22 April - 1793
10-11 - Lease and release by Hugh Wood of Swanwick esquire, and Bernard Lucas the elder of Chesterfield gent, to John Sutton of Heanor esquire, in consideration of £390, of a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement in Heanor in the occupation of Samuel Pinnegar, a close called the Croft, all manner of tithes and a pew in Heanor parish church, 9 and 10 April - 1794
12-13 - Release and deed of covenant for production of title deeds by Nathaniel Lord Scarsdale, Rev Henry Peach of Derby, clerk, and Charles Upton of Derby esquire, in consideration of £1800 of several closes in the liberty of Heanor namely the Big Field 15 acres 2 roods, the Less Field 10 acres 2 roods and several allotments under the Heanor enclosure award to Lord Scarsdale namely No.57, 5 acres 13 perches, No.85 1 acre 1 rood 32 perches, No.102 6 acres 1 rood 3 perches, with all appurtenances. 19 April - 1801
14 - Mortgage by John Sutton of Heanor to Benjamin Spilsbury of Willington esquire, for £1000 of property in Heanor as in D255 M/T 11-12: redeemable on the payment of £1000 and 5% interest by 21 April 1802, 21 April - 1801
15 - Lease for possession (release missing) by John Hives of Heanor, miller, to John Sutton of Heanor gent, and William Jeffrey Lockett gent (trustee), of a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement called the Windmill House near Heanor Common, a parcel of land on Heanor Common near the Marlpool 2 acres 29 perches (No.105 on enclosure award map), another parcel of common near the Marlpool 2 acres 29 perches (No.106), two more parcels 2 acres 3 roods 19 perches and 2 acres 3 roods 23 perches, being part of allotment No.107, with all manner of tithes, 28 April - 1802
16-17 - Lease and release by Fletcher Bullivant of Stanton House, Stapenhill esquire, and Zepheniah Brown of Belper, wood turner, to Elizabeth Sutton of Heanor, widow, in consideration of £135, of two messuages or tenements with outbuildings in Heanor in the occupations of Silvester Bircumshaw and Henry Clay, 29 and 30 April - 1809
18-20 - Lease, release and covenant for production of title deeds by Anthony Spendlove of Heanor, farmer, to John Ray of Lenton Abbey esquire, and Bryan Thomas Balguy of Derby gent, in consideration of £1000, of an undivided fourth part in a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement and butcher's shop in Heanor in the occupation of George Whysall, all that other messuage or tenement in the occupation of Samuel Pynigar, another messuge or dwellinghouse in the occupation of George Gillott, a woodshop in the occupation of Thomas Woodhead and closes called the Pasture Close, Two Acres Field and Malthouse croft (formerly the Barn Croft), 9 acres, in the occupation of George Whysall; the Little Field, Near Field and Far Field (formerly Little Field Meadow) 10 acres 1 rood 32 perches, with all mines, minerals, tithes etc, 18 and 19 April - 1823
18-69 - John Ray's additions to the Heanor Hall estate
21 - Final concord between Elizabeth Sutton widow, plaintiff, and Anthony Spendlove and Sarah his wife deforciants of 4 messuages, 4 stables, 4 barns, 4 gardens, 4 malt offices, 4 shops, 15 acres of land, 15 acres of meadow, 15 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all manner of cattle in Heanor, with tithes: consideration £60, 28 April - 1824
22 - Final concord between Sinckler Porter plaintiff and William Henry Fletcher, Jane his wife, Job Turton and Phebe his wife, deforciants of 20 messuages, 15 shops, 4 malt offices, 10 barns, 10 stables, 10 orchards, 10 gardens, 15 acres of land, 15 acres of meadow, 15 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all manner of cattle and common of turbary in Heanor: consideration £800, 20 April - 1825
23-24 - Deed of partition (by way of lease and release) with covenant to produce title deeds between Martha Woodward of Barlborough, spinster, William Henry Fletcher of Pentrich Mill, miller, and Jane his wife (formerly Jane Woodward), Job Turton of Heanor butcher, and Phebe his wife (formerly Phebe Woodward), John Ray of Lenton Abbey gent, and Bryan Thomas Balguy of Derby gent, (Ray's trustee - interested in an undivided fourth part of the property by virtue of D255 M/T 18-20) and Sinckler Porter of Derby gent, by which Woodward, Fletcher, Turton, Ray and Balguy have released to Porter, a messuage or tenement and butcher's shop, stable and cowhouse now in the occupation of Job Turton; a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement with shop in the occupation of Samuel Pynegar; a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement in Heanor in the occupation of Job Turton; a woodshop and premises in Heanor in the occupation of Thomas Woodhead; two parcels of land in Heanor called the Barn Croft and Little Field Meadow, the former now divided into three namely the Pasture Close, Two Acres Field and Malthouse Croft (9 acres), now in the occupation of George Whysall, the latter also now divided into three, Little Field, Far Field, and Far Field (10 acres 1 rood 32 perches); with all coal mines, minerals etc and all tithes: [plan and terrier on the reverse of the fourth skin:] to be held to various uses: a) The messuage, tenement and malt office in the occupation of George Whysall and 1 acre 6 perches of the close called Malthouse Croft, Two Acres Field 2 acres 32 perches and Pasture Close 2 acres 6 perches (all formerly part of Barn Close), an undivided third share in a pew in Heanor church and third of all mines and minerals (except those limited to John Ray) to the use of Martha Woodward. b) The messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement in the occupation of Job Turton with garden and orchard 1 rood 37 perches, and the messuage in the occupation of Job Turton, a piece of land 1 rood 37 perches being the other part of Malthouse Croft (formerly part of the Barn Croft); also another parcel 2 acres 2 roods 3 perches being part of the Near Field, a close 1 acre 3 roods 14 perches being part of the Far Field now in the occupation of Job Turton, all tithes and one third share in pew in Heanor church and all mines and minerals (except those limited to John Ray), to the use of William Henry Fletcher c) The messuage tenement and shop in the occupation of Samuel Pynegar with butcher's shop, barn, stables and cowhouse in the occupation of Job Turton, the woodshop in the occupation of Thomas Woodhead, a parcel of land 3 acres 2 roods 6 perches, the Pasture Close (formerly part of the Barn Croft), a parcel of land 1 acre 35 perches being part of the Near Field, a parcel of land 2 roods 3 perches being part of the Far Field and one third share in a pew in Heanor church and mines and minerals (except those limited to John Ray), to the use of Job Turton d) A parcel of land 2 acres 2 roods 22 perches being the remainder of the Near Field and 2 acres 2 roods 14 perches being the remainder of the Little Field (both formerly part of the Little Field Meadow) and all minerals under them to the use of John Ray. 26 and 27 April - 1825
25-27 - Lease and release (with copy) by William Henry Fletcher of Pentrich Mill, miller, to John Ray of Heanor Hall esquire, in consideration of £299 19s of a close in Heanor called the Near Field 2 acres 2 roods 3 perches, 2 and 3 April - 1835
28 - Lease and release by William Henry Fletcher of Pentrich Mill, miller, and Sinckler Porter of Chester gent, to Charles Toplis of Lenton gent, and John Buttery of Nottingham gent (trustee), in consideration of £195, of a parcel of land 1 acre 3 roods 14 perches being part of a close in Heanor called the Far Field. 11 and 12 April - 1835
29 - Conveyance by Augustus Charles Drawwater of Sandiacre esquire, Eliza Toplis of Heanor widow, Rosina Sarah Toplis of Heanor spinster, Francis Stanley Toplis of Stamford, stationmaster, Belinda Toplis of Heanor spinster, and Robert John Toplis of High Street, Oxford, chemist, to John Ray of Heanor Hall esquire, and John Hardcastle Mousley of Derby gent (trustee), in consideration of £215, of a parcel of land 1 acre 3 roods 14 perches, formerly part of the Far Field, and a parcel of land 2 roods 11 perches, formerly part of Heanor Common (No.27 in the Heanor enclosure award), with all mines and minerals, 2 April - 1848
30 - Release by Phoebe Turton of Heanor spinster, and John Smith Porter of Birkenhead gent, to Eliza Toplis of Heanor, widow, in consideration of £20 8s of a piece of land triangular in form 204 square yards formerly part of the Far Field in Heanor, 20 April
31 - Release by Thomas Bunting of Heanor, joiner, to Eliza Toplis of Heanor, widow, in consideration of £14 12s 6d, of a parcel of land in Heanor 117 square yards, triangular in form and covered with trees. 20 April - 1849
32 - Conveyance by Eliza Toplis of Heanor widow, to John Ray of Heanor esquire, and John Hardcastle Mousley (trustee), in consideration of £35, of a parcel of land at Heanor 117 square yards triangular in shape and timbered, and also a parcel of land 204 square yards, also triangular in form, formerly part of a close called the Far Field, purchased from Phoebe Turton. 2 April - 1848
33-34 - Lease and release by William Leaper of Osmaston next Derby, yeoman, and Alice his wife, late widow and relict of Robert Carter late of Osmaston gent dec'd, Mary Metham of Nottingham, widow, Edward Newcomen of Blackfordby, Leicestershire, yeoman, and Anne his wife, Richard Bradshaw of Derby yeoman, and Ellen his wife, Katherine Carter of Nottingham, spinster, David Richmond of Leeds, clothier and Rowland Lilly of Nottingham, grocer, to Robert Sanderson of Heanor, yeoman, in consideration of £81, of a cottage or tenement and barn in the parish of Heanor, the Gorsey Closes 11 acres, the Holes at the North End of Hassock Lane 2½ acres and Well Croft 4 acres - 20-21 Apr 1713
35 - Deed to levy a fine between Mary Metham of Nottingham, widow, Edward Newcomen of Blackfordby, Leicestershire, yeoman, and Anne his wife, Richard Bradshaw of Derby, yeoman, and Ellen his wife, Katherine Carter of Nottingham, spinster, William Leaper of Osmaston, yeoman, Christopher Coltclough of Codnor Castle, yeoman, John Aldred of Heanor, yeoman, Thomas Oldknow of Kidsley Park, Morley, yeoman, Robert Sanderson of Heanor, yeoman, Joseph and Thomas Booth of Heage, coal miners, John Greene of Ley Lane, Heanor, yeoman and William Baker of Nottingham, carpenter - 22 Apr 1712
36 - Final concord between William Leaper and Christopher Coltclough plaintiffs, and Mary Metham widow, Edward Newcomen and Anne his wife, Robert Bradshaw and Ellen his wife and Katherine Carter deforciants of 5 messuages, 90 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 75 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all manner of cattle in Osmaston by Derby, Normanton by Derby, Heanor, Langley and Milnehay: consideration £300, 2 April 1712/3 - 1713
37 - Grant, bargain and sale by William Leaper of Osmaston, yeoman, to Robert Sanderson of Heanor, yeoman, in consideration of £9 15s, of the tithes arising from property in Heanor in D255 M/T 33-34. 5 April - 1713
38 - Copy will of Robert Sanderson of Heanor Common, baker: to his niece Hannah Cope of Spondon £20; to his nephew Jonathan Cope of Spondon and his brother Robert Cope, all his houses and lands to be divided equally between them: letters of administration granted to Jonathan Cope, 27 April - 1724
39 - Deed of exchange between Jonathan Coape of Heanor yeoman, and Robert Coape of Spondon, yeoman, his brother by which Jonathan has granted to Robert a close or parcel of land in Spondon lying below Flaxhill commonly called the Bows Close, a close in Spondon called Holme Furrow, parcel of ground in the Burrow Field on Marlpitt Shutt, 2 roods in the same field on the top of the Hill, one rood in the same furlong, 5 lands in another field called the Derby Field at or near a place called Stanbridge and one rood in a field called the Brook Field cutting upon Hall Croft, in exchange for a messuage in Heanor now or late in the tenure of William Heywood, the Gorsey Closes (11 acres), the Holes at the north end of Hassock Lane (2½ acres) and the Well Croft in Langley (4 acres). 9 April - 1739
40 - Copy will of Jonathan Cope of Heanor, school- master: his brother Robert Cope and brother in law William Blunt to be his executors: to his cousin John York £5; to Edward Allen son of John Allen his godson, cousin John Cope, cousin Richard York, cousin Mary Boam, cousin Hannah Walker and cousin John Dawson, 1 guinea each; all his messuages, lands, etc to his executors for 6 years in trust to pay debts and legacies; messuage or tenement in Heanor occupied by William Glazebrook and a close of land called the Holes, to his sister Hannah wife of William Blunt for life, then to the use of Jonathan Blunt his nephew; all his other messuages, lands and hereditaments to the use of his brother Robert Cope for life, then to his lawful male issue; in default of issue to the use of John York upon trust for £200 for his sister Hannah for life, then from her decease to the use of Jonathan Blunt his heirs and assigns; if Robert Cope has no sons at the time of Jonathan's death, but one daughter, then John York shall by demise or sale raise the sum of £60 to be paid to her on her twenty first birthday or at the time of her marriage; if more than one daughter then to raise the sum of £100 to be divided equally between them 20 April - 1742
41 - Release by Thomas Oldknow of Nottingham, maltster, George Hodgkinson of Felley Mill, farmer, and Thomas Potter of Ilkeston Mill, miller, to Jonathan Blount of Nottingham, butcher, in consideration of £7, of an annuity or annual rent charge of 4s 8d issuing out of a house in Heanor belonging to Jonathan Blount and out of Well Croft - 7 Apr 1755
42-43 - Lease for possession and deed to lead to the uses of a recovery between Jonathan Blunt of Nottingham, butcher, Henry Wilmot of Greys Inn Middlesex, esquire, and William Bilby of Nottingham, gent., by which Blunt has released to Wilmot a messuage or tenement at Spondon, the Foxcroft and Barncroft 3 acres, Parkadale Close and Asterdale Close 6 acres (all in Spondon); a messuage, cottage or tenement in Heanor, two Gorsey Closes 11 acres, a messuage, cottage or tenement near the north end of the Holes Close 2½ acres, another messuage or cottage in Heanor and the Well Croft 4 acres: to the use of Wilmot to the intent that he may become a perfect tenant to the freehold so that he may suffer a common recovery 19&20 April - 1757
44 - Mortgage by way of demise by Jonathan Blunt of Nottingham, butcher, to Adam Young of Nottingham, gent., for 1000 years for £600, of property as in D255 M/T 42-43: to be repaid by 1 April 1758: interest at 4% 1 April - 1758
45-46 - Lease and release by Jonathan Blunt of Nottingham, butcher, and Adam Young of Nottingham, gent., to Francis Wheatley of West Bridgford, yeoman, and William Wheatley of Watnall, yeoman, in consideration of £400, of two messuages, cottages or tenements in Heanor two Gorsey Closes 11 acres, the Holes 2½ acres and Well Croft 4 acres 4 and 5 April - 1759
47 - Copy will of Francis Wheatley of West Bridgford: to his brother William Wheatley of Watnall and his nephew William Wheatley of Rugby all his freehold estate in Heanor to be shared equally, and after the decease of his brother William the whole of the estate to his nephew William; if William his nephew has no lawful issue then to his nephew Francis Wheatley of West Bridgford; his messuage or tenement in Bridlesmith Gate Nottingham to his nephew Francis Wheatley Watts of Nottingham (subject to the payment of an annuity); his freehold estate at Stapleford to William Wheatley of Nottingham grandson of his brother William Wheatley; freehold estate at Dalbury Lees (being the jointure of his wife) to his nephew Francis Wheatley of West Bridgford; to Thomas Wheatley son of Joseph Wheatley £20; to his niece Mary Cotton and Sarah Ashton £20 each: to his nieces Sarah Owen and Elizabeth Maul £20; to John Wheatley son of his nephew John Wheatley £20; to his sister Ann Watts the sum of £5 per annum for life charged upon the property in Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham 8 April - 1770
48-49 - Lease for possession and deed to make a tenant to the precipe between William Wheatley of Watnall, Nottingham, yeoman (brother and devisee of Francis Wheatley of West Bridgford, farmer, dec'd), William Wheatley the younger of Wragby, Lincolnshire, merchant and draper (nephew and also devisee of Francis Wheatley), John Forster of the Inner Temple, gent., Joshua Morris of the City of London, grocer, Thomas Wetherell of Gainsborough, mercer, Joseph Wetherell of the same place, Edward Gray of Louth, coal merchant, and Abraham Sheath the younger of Boston, merchant, by which William Wheatley of Watnall has released to Forster property in Heanor as in D255 M/T 45-46, to the intent that Forster may become a perfect tenant of the freehold and a common recovery be had and suffered 10 & 11 April - 1779
50 - Recovery by Joshua Morris and Thomas Wetherell against John Forster, gent., of four messuages, four gardens, 10 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow, 30 acres of pasture and common of pasture for all cattle with appurtenances in Spondon, Heanor and Langley 23 April - 1779
51-52 - Lease and release by Joshua Morris of Lincoln, grocer, Thomas Witherell of Gainsborough, mercer and draper, Edward Grey of Louth, coal merchant, Abraham Sheath of Boston, merchant, William Wheatley of Watnall yeoman, and William Wheatley of Wragby, mercer, to Robert Toplis of Newthorpe, tanner, in consideration of £460, of two messuages, cottages or tenements in Heanor, four closes adjoining (Gorsey Closes, the Holes and Well Croft) 13 acres 2 roods and all manner of tithes - 3-4 Apr 1780
53 - Copy will of Robert Toplis of Heanor, gent; an undivided moiety of seven closes in Long Eaton (an allotment in Cramflatt Field under Long Eaton enclosure award) 72 acres 1 rood 18 perches bequeathed to the uses expressed in a surrender to Sawley Manor Court dated 17 April 1757, namely to the use of the heirs of Mary his late wife (Thomas Hopkins of Long Eaton, esquire); all his messuages, cottages, closes, tithes, hereditaments and real estate in Heanor bequeathed to his son Charles Toplis and his heirs; a messuage and tanyard in Newthorpe, Nottinghamshire, to William Toplis his grandson; £500 to his son Charles Toplis; £600 each to his daughters Ann wife of George Oldham, Dorothy wife of Benjamin Drawwater, Elizabeth wife of Charles Antill and if any of them should pre-decease him the money to be shared equally among her children; £1100 to his daughter Rebecca (altered to £600 by codicil dated 3 April 1792 following her marriage); £100 to his grandson Robert John Toplis 9 April - 1790
54-60 - Mortgage by way of demise for 500 years for £300 (14 April 1840) by Charles Toplis of Heanor, gent., to John Curzon of Derby, esquire, of a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement in Heanor with barn, stable and cowhouse now in the occupation of John Toplis, with four closes, 13 acres 2 roods (as D255 M/T 51-52): with subsequent deeds of further charge - 1840-1846
61 - Family settlement between Charles Toplis of Heanor, gent., Eliza Toplis of Heanor, widow, and Augustus Charles Drawwater of Nottingham, esquire, by which in consideration of £10, Toplis has released to Drawwater a messuage or tenement called West Hill at Heanor with stables and cowhouses, and four closes 13 acres 2 roods, and a parcel of land in Heanor 1 acre 3 roods 14 perches (being part of the Far Field) with all mines and minerals: to use of Drawwater in trust to permit Eliza Toplis after the decease of Charles Toplis to receive rents and profits for life 3 April - 1848
62 - Merger of tithes by Eliza Toplis of West Hill Heanor of the tithes arising from the Gorsey Closes 13 acres 2 roods, 27 April - 1848
63 - Copy conveyance by John Curzon, esquire, Augustus Charles Drawwater of St Albans, esquire, Eliza James Toplis of Heanor, widow, Henry White of Attercliffe, commercial traveller and Rosina Sarah his wife, Francis Stanley Toplis of Attercliffe, agent to the Midland Railway, Joseph Daniel Balsdon of Neath, Glamorgan, clerk to the South Wales Railway Co and Belinda his wife and Robert John Toplis of Yonkers, New York, pharmaceutical chemist, to the Local Board of Health for the district of Heanor, in consideration of £20 10s 0d, of all that piece or parcel of land or ground containing 1707 square yards in Heanor at a place called Tag Hill (part of the four close 13 acres 2 roods devised by the will of Robert Toplis to the use of Charles Toplis) 29 April - 1857
64 - Conveyance by John Curzon of Derby, esquire, Katherine Ann Drawwater of 3, Southwick St., Hyde Park Square, London, widow, George Josselyn of Ipswich, gent., Eliza James Toplis, 1 Oriel Villas, Coronation Road, Beckminster, Bristol, widow, Henry White of Attercliffe, commercial traveller and Rosina Sarah his wife, Francis Stanley Toplis, agent to the Midland Railway Co at Bristol, Joseph Daniel Balsdon of Kidderminster, clerk to Messrs Crowley and Company carriers and Belinda his wife and Robert John Toplis of Yonkers, New York, pharmaceutical chemist to John Ray of Heanor Hall, esquire, and William Willis Bailey of Heanor, gent., in consideration of £729 9s 3d., of a messuage, tenement or dwellinghouse in Heanor formerly used as two messuages and four closes adjoining containing 13 acres 24 perches now known as Far Field, Middle Field, Barn Close, Tag Hill Close and Common Piece, with all tithes 28 April - 1858
65 - Conveyance by John Bestwick of Heanor, miner, to Rev G H Ray of Fingall Rectory, Yorkshire, clerk, in consideration of £10, of a small parcel of land at West Hill Heanor: plan attached 21 April - 1882
66 - Deed of partition of coal at Heanor between John Ray and Elizabeth Sutton Ray of Heanor Hall, Rev G H Ray of Kirklington, Yorkshire, Jane Elizabeth Ray of Heanor Hall, spinster, Sophia Frances Ray of Heanor Hall, spinster, Thomas Broughton Charlton of Chilwell Hall, esquire, Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot of Chaddesden bart. and Lorenzo Kirkpatrick Hall of Burton Hall, Staffordshire (Wilmot and Hall devisees in trust named in the will of Edward Miller Mundy), by which the Rays admit and acknowledge that all the coal mines, veins and delphs shown on the plan [on the reverse of the second skin] coloured pink, all the coal conveyed by John Sutton (recited earlier), and all other coals in Heanor, Codnor, Langley, Milnhay and Loscoe which were at any time excepted or reserved on any conveyance of such lands and hereditaments by John Sutton and all liberties etc for stacking or carrying away coal granted by feoffment to John Zouche of 2 April 13 James I and then conveyed to Zouch to Henry Willoughby belong as of right to Thomas Broughton Charlton (one undivided moiety) and Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot and Lorenzo Kirkpatrick Hall (the other individual moity): further Charlton, Wilmot and Hall convey to Ray all the coal lying under the lands coloured green in the plan 30 April - 1852
67 - Conveyance by Thomas Broughton Charlton of Chilwell Hall, esquire, to Eliza James Toplis of Toddington, Bristol, widow, in consideration of £6 6s 0d, of four beds of coal Combe Coal, Heanor Hard Coal, Dunsil Coal and Waterloo Coal lying under a close in Heanor (plan inset), with an endorsement that the coal has in fact been conveyed to John Ray for £6 6s 0d on 23 April 1859 4 April - 1853
68 - Conveyance by Thomas Charlton of Chilwell, esquire, Charles Gould and Thomas Wills Rust both of Leicester heretofore coalmasters now gents., to John Ray, Elizabeth Sutton Ray and Rev George Henry Ray, in consideration of £96 13s 0d and £156 17s 0d, of all the beds and seams of coal underlying closes numbered 556, 424, 425, 427, 378b and 557 (plan inset); Top or Old Heanor Hard coal and the Combe Coal and strata of coal beneath 24 April - 1865
69 - Conveyance by Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot of Chaddesden, Bt, Lorenzo Kirkpatrick Hall of Burton Hall, Staffordshire, esquire, and Thomas Broughton Charlton of Chilwell Hall, esquire, to John Ray and Elizabeth Sutton Ray of Heanor Hall and Rev George Henry Ray of Spannithorpe Rectory, Yorkshire, in consideration of £316 16s 4½d and £316 16s 4½d, of all the ungotten and unworked Heanor Hard and Combe Coal lying under closed numbered 373, 374, 375, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 377, 378, 378a, 318, 313 and 315 (plan inset) and all other strata of coal lying underneath 25 April - 1865
70-71 - Attested copy of lease and release by John Sutton of Heanor, gent., and John Harrison of Derby, gent., to John Smith of Hassock Lane End, Shipley, farmer, in consideration of £300, of a messuage, dwellinghouse or tenement with appurtenances and closes called North and South Breach 7 acres 2 roods (all in Heanor) 21 April - 1789
70-72 - Disposal of property
72 - Deed of indemnity respecting the investment of moneys arising from the sale of portions of the Heanor Hall estate between Rev G H Ray of Finghall Rectory, Yorkshire, clerk, Fitzhenry John Coghill Ray of Finghall Rectory, esquire, Alice Sydney Frances Ray of the same place, spinster, Rev Henry Western Plumptre of Eastwood Rectory, clerk and John Huish of Smalley Hall, esquire - 1883
73 - Feoffment by John Wright of Nottingham, banker, to Peter Allin of Heanor, yeoman, in consideration of £60, of the tithes on Allins Fields in Heanor, 31 April - 1786
73-76 - Miscellaneous title deeds (other families)
74 - Grant by Peter Allin of Heanor, yeoman, to Richard Allin, in consideration of £54, of the tithes of corn and grain yearly coming from two closes called Allins Fields late in the tenure of Peter Allin, now of Richard Allin, and also all tithes upon all land allotted in the Heanor enclosure award to Nathaniel, Lord Scarsdale in right of the said closes 1 April - 1794
75 - Feoffment by Benjamin Taylor late of Cromford, now of Elton, blacksmith, to Thomas Tomlinson of Rise End, Middleton by Wirksworth, gent, in consideration of £15, of all that blacksmith's shop in Middleton by Wirksworth (formerly a dwellinghouse and stable purchased by James Spencer of Wirksworth of Philip Gell), 21 April - 1831
76 - Conveyance by Goodere Fletcher to Webb of premises in Middlesex and Hertford - [half missing including the description of the property] 27 April - 1692
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