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D5236 - Every family of Egginton - [13th cent]-1927
1 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Buckinghamshire
2 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases; Cheshire
3 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Egginton, Willington and Hilton
4 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Newton Solney and Repton
5 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases; Glossop, Bowden, Hope and Chapel-en-le-Frith area
6 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Derbyshire: mixed and miscellaneous places
7 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Cadeby (Leicestershire0
8 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Staffordshire
9 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Mixed counties, miscellaneous and unidentified places
10 - Family settlements, wills and inquisitions post mortem
11 - Estate administration
12 - Manorial records
13 - Litigation over the Manor of Acton (possibly Acton near Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire)
14 - Official deeds and papers
15 - Miscellaneous papers
16 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases; Bedfordshire
17 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Derbyshire: Egginton, Hargate, Hilton and Etwall
18 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Derbyshire: Newton Solney and Repton
19 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Derbyshire, mixed and miscellaneous places
20 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Dorset
21 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Leicestershire
22 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Lincolnshire
23 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Oxfordshire
24 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Staffordshire
25 - Title deeds, mortgages and leases: Mixed counties, miscellaneous and unidentified places
26 - Family deeds, wills and settlements
27 - Estate administration
28 - Bonds, accounts and financial papers
29 - Bonds and accounts relating to the Renison family
30 - Papers relating to investigation of the Every pedigree
31 - Official deeds and papers relating to members of the Every family as Sheriffs of Derbyshire
32 - Correspondence and miscellaneous papers
1 - Memorandum of lease of lands from Godfrey Thacker to David Merfford for £10 13 Jun - 1640
2 - Letter, John Woolley to John Every, relating to the collection of rents and a proposed trip to the East Indies 15 Oct - 1685
3-5 - Bonds to ensure payment of a charitable bequest To the poor of Newton Solney left in the will of the late William Holme - 1697-1703
6 - Nomination by the Rt Hon Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, of Sir John Every of Egginton, baronet, to act in his place as one of the governors of Repton School and the hospital in Etwall (Sir John Port's charity) in his absence from England 12 Apr - 1714
7 - Letter from James Stanhope and others to `Your Grace' re feared invasion of the Pretender and the disarming of papists and suspected papists 20 Jul - 1715
8 - Calendar of prisoners held at the County Gaol for Derbyshire, with sentences Saturday 2 Aug 5 Geo I - [1718]
9 - Letter from the Earl of Chesterfield to the churchwardens of Burton [upon Trent], giving permission for Sir John Every and his Lady to use his seat or pew whenever they please 27 Apr - 1724
10 - `My grandfather Squibs declaration of Kindnesses done to Sir Henry Every & his Lady, my father and mother. For my dear wife the Lady Anne Every': [written or copied by Sir Henry Every, baronet] - [1700-1709]
11 - Letter from Thomas Atherton to Rev Mr John Every, relating to his financial affairs and to a letter from a West India merchant telling him that Frank Byam expects to become the incumbent of a large parish in Antegoa [Antigua] when the present incumbent dies - 11 Jan [1735]
12 - Letter, Thomas Atherton to Rev Mr John Every, relating to rebuilding of his great barn 19 May - 1735
13 - Letter, John Ravenhill to [John Every], respecting deeds in his care relating to properties not belonging to him, and respecting a Tapestry which he would be pleased to deliver 10 Jan - [1736]
14-15 - Indenture of apprenticeship, Mary daughter of George Smith of Newton Solney, wheelwright, to Thomas Brown of Walsall (Staffordshire), to learn housewifery for five years; consideration paid by Sir Henry Every of Egginton 2 Jan 1748 [1749] - [1749]
16 - Letter from J Every [recipient unknown], relating to tithes 24 Aug - [c1740?]
17 - Statement of the decision of the Court of Exchequer in a case between the Rev John Hepworth and Sir John Every and others concerning payment of tithes - [c1740?]
18 - Bill for cloth, thread and buttons, charged by James Butterfields to Rev Mr Woodcock 10 Jun - 1742
19 - Notice by Simon Every authorising his son John Every to receive `the Tapestry Hangings and all our family writings in your possession' 14 Aug - 1750
20 - Codicil to the will of Margaret Poles of Park Hall, spinster 15 Jul - 1754
21 - Letter, Thomas Vivian to [John Every?] respecting the Egginton deeds and Tapestry stored in the great chest at Hodges the Coachmaker in Chandois Street; also how the Spanish Ambassador's secretary was forced to leap from the window in only his shirt when "Mrs Goodflesh's" husband arrived home unexpectedly 9 Dec - 1756
22 - Letter, Mr Travers to Rev Sir John Every of Egginton, respecting his trip to Mr Vivian's to "see the box opened", and his examination of the hangings and the deeds found; reports the hangings as "exceedingly fine and beautiful" and "the figures as clear as any painting" 14 Dec - 1756
23 - Release of all suits, actions bonds etc in connection with Sir John Every's role as executor of Sir Henry Every 13 May - 1757
24 - Letter, Thomas Vivian to [John Every?] respecting a receipt for the tapestry that was in the custody of Mr Hodges the Coachmaker; mentions "our glorious success in the East Indies under Clive", the success of the British Fleet against the French, and Mr Pitt's illness from the gout 16 Feb - 1758
25 - Letter from Rev Sir John Every to the churchwardens of Newton Solney stating that a silver cup and cover given to the church by Sir John for the celebration of the sacrament should remain in the custody of the churchwardens when not in use Mar - 1758
26 - Letter, G Pole [recipient unknown], acknowledging receipt of recommendation of Mr Nedworth to Egginton Rectory, 31 Dec [1757 or 1758?] - [c1757-1758]
27 - Opinion of George Perrott of Lincoln's Inn, London, re the fishing rights in the River Dove - refers to Sir John Every's ownership of both river banks 2 Jul - 1759
28 - Note signed by T Wright ordering Sir John Every to pay £36 10/- to Mr William Chase 6 Jan - 1760
29 - Petition of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Matlock to the Justices of the Peace, asking that the bridge over the River Derwent be repaired and widened - [mid 18th cent]
30 - Bill for labour [unidentified labourer], charged to Sir John Every - [mid 18th cent]
31 - Letter, Thomas Vivian of Lincoln's Inn, London, to Rev Sir John Every of Egginton, relating to payment for services, the construction of turnpike roads, and the King's desire to be able to appoint a regent by himself 9 May - 1765
32 - Probate of John Belcher of Bretby, proved 15 Apr - 1766
33 - Receipt for £30 paid by Sir John Every to J Beighton for surveying and mapping the Manor of Egginton - 30 Mar 1769
34 - Letter, J Beighton [recipient unknown], relating to an exchange of lands and payment of tithes [at Radbourn?] following enclosure 20 Aug - 1770
35 - Letter, one of the Justices of Appletree, Morleston and Repton hundred [recipient unknown], relating to the Highways Act and the duty of local inhabitants to repair and upkeep the local roads 8 Nov - 1770
36 - Letter, Justice Halton to Sir John Every, relating to the Highways Act and the duty of local inhabitants to repair and upkeep the local roads 17 Dec - 1770
37 - Letter, E S Pole to Sir John [Every], relating to the appointment of a gamekeeper to the Manor of Egginton - 24 Oct 1771
38 - Letter, J Every to `My Lord', relating to the tenant of Clay Mill taking the salmon from the water despite J Every's payment of rent for that right 6 Aug - 1772
39 - Petition of the High Sheriff and Gentlemen of the Jury to the Justices of the Quarter Sessions relating to the condition of the Grand Jury room and including newspaper cuttings - 1772
40 - Letter, H Harrison to Rev Mr Woodcock, curate of Newton Solney, relating to the augmentation of the curacy 22 Jan - 1774
41 - Blank questionnaire relating to the income of the curacy of Newton Solney - 1774
42 - Letter, J Every to the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, relating to the curacy of Newton Solney 7 Feb - 1774
43 - Estimate of the costs of enlarging and replacing Monks Bridge [Egginton] 27 Oct - 1774
44 - Memorandum signed by John Gibson and William Snape re the height of water at Clay Mills weir 26 Jun - 1775
45 - Memorandum signed by John Gibson and William Snape re the height of water at Clay Mills weir, 26 Jun 1775, and note from Mr Thorniwele re height of water on the `Cile' and the dam, 2 Aug 1784 - 1775-1784
46 - List of legal actions taken by Sir John [Every], Oct 1775-Jan 1776, including removal orders, evictions, actions for theft etc - 1776
47 - Draft letter from Sir John Every to Mr Eyworth respecting payment of tithes - [1776?]
48 - Draft letter from [Sir John Every?] [recipient unknown], respecting removal of paupers from Egginton to Draycott Feb - 1776
49 - Letter to Sir John Every of Egginton [writer unknown] listing names of people and the parts they are to play in the entertainments after the marriage 17 Feb - 1777
50 - Memorandum to the Gentleman Commissioners from Joseph Pickford re the redevelopment of the County Hall, Derby, with costs - 30 Jun 1777
51 - Account of cows turned on the Hargate at Newton - 1778
52 - Account of cows turned on the Hargate at Newton - 1779
53 - Release of real estates at Forbridge, Ipstones, Yoxal Yoxal and the Borough of Stafford (all Staffordshire), and of the advowson of the parish church of North Thoresby (Lincolnshire), and assignment of personal estate including leasehold premises in Burton upon Trent (Staffordshire) and Wappenshall (Shropshire), by Abraham Hoskins of Burton upon Trent, gent, and Sarah his wife, to trustees in trust for sale and to satisfy Mr Hoskins' creditors 18 May - 1779
54 - Copy of the monumental inscriptions to the Every family in Egginton Church - c1779
55 - Agreement to construct a new mill near the liberty of Stretton, Burton upon Trent, to replace Clay Mill which has fallen into disrepair - c1780
56 - Copy will of John Holmes of Newton Solney, farmer 28 Oct 1773; copy made 4 May 1783 - 1783
57 - Letter, H Every to his son, wishing him well in his new post as successor to Doctor Moore at College 7 Nov - [late 18th cent]
58 - Letter [writer and recipient unknown] re rents paid in Clayhill Ware 30 Jul - 1784
59 - Letter, Mr Hepworth to Joseph Wyatt, relating to his disapproval of the building plans - [c1785]
60 - Letter, John Hepworth to Sir Edward Every of Egginton, relating to an exchange of lands at Manchester with Mrs Darwin 5 Jan - 1785
61-65 - Letters relating to building work at the Parsonage House in Egginton Oct - 1785
66 - Devotional tract inscribed `The Gift of Sir J P Mosley to his Daughter Penelope Mosley 7 Apr 1791' (printed) - 1791
67 - Letter, John Barker and George Buckley to Sir Edward Every, informing him of the death of his brother John Every and his attempts to make a will 8 May - 1797
68 - Opinion of Mr J Mansfield, Temple, London, respecting proposed exchange of land in front of Sir Henry Every's modern mansion house in Egginton, between his trustees and Mr Fox 22 Nov - 1797
69 - List of expenses for unidentified work, including coach hire, parcels and postage - [late 18th cent]
70 - Rough note relating to property dealings in Newton Solney and Egginton, 1782-1800 - c1800
71 - Sketch map showing landholdings at Willington in around 1800, no date - [1800]
72 - Letter, Mr Beltz to J D Fowler asking for an appointment - [early 19th cent]
73 - Notes explaining `the [financial] situation of the Every estate in 1799' which led to the necessity of selling parts of the property - [early 19th cent]
74 - Rough note detailing children and grandchildren of Sir Henry Every of Egginton (died 1700), and referring to a Tapestry commissioned by his eldest son Sir Henry Every [died 1709] - [19th cent]
75 - Letter, Ralph Biglan to J D Fowler of Matlock, regarding a trip by Sir Henry Every and Mrs Fowler to the baths for her health 3 Sep - 1804
76 - Letter, George Beltz to J D Fowler Esq, respecting delays at Wiltshire and his hopes to meet soon 26 Sep - 1804
77 - Letter, George Beltz to Mr Westrope respecting his intention to travel to Burton 26 Sep - 1804
78 - Letter, William Cox to John Fowler, solicitor, Burton upon Trent, respecting the Egginton freehold purchased for £14,850 and the leasehold for £875 27 Oct - 1805
79 - Letter, A N M [Ashton Nicholas Mosley] to W L Bicknell of Lincoln's Inn, London, relating to legal actions involving Sir Henry Every - 1820
80 - Statement of reasons why the Egginton estates should be resettled upon the coming of age of Sir Henry Every's eldest son - c1821
81 - Letter, Mr Wyatt to Sir Henry Every, relating to the Newton Solney poor rate 2 Apr - 1827
82 - Copied note relating to the family motto, 1827 (copied c1932) - [1827]
83-85 - Copy cases to counsel concerning a difference of opinion between Sir Henry Every and Mr Abraham Hoskins relating to a pew in the parish church of Newton Solney, allegedly sold by Sir Henry in Mar 1812 as part of the appurtenances of a messuage and farm containing 86 acres for £8676 and occupied by Mr Hoskins and his tenants for 18 years - 1829
86 - Letter, John D Fowler to Sir Henry Every of Egginton Hall, relating to the Egginton tithes 2 Jan - 1834
87 - Notice addressed to Sir Henry Every of the calling of a jury before the Sheriff of Derby in order to assess the sum of money to be paid for land purchased for the construction of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway 9 May - 1837
88 - Copy will of the Rt Hon Lord Viscount Ashbrook (5 Jul 1842), and codicils (1842-1846), proved 1847 - c1847
89 - Requisitions on title to lands sold by Sir Henry Every to the North StaffordshireRailway Company 1 Sep - 1849
90 - Sketch of Houghton Conquest House (Bedfordshire), by F L Blagg (black and white; printed) - 1862
91-94 - Letters relating to purchase of land called Silver Acres in New Zealand by a member of the Every family - 1870
95 - Letter, F G Hartwell to Sir Henry Every, asking for his power of attorney to sell £2,445-4-3 27 Apr - 1876
96-98 - Transcripts of shorthand notes taken at the Surveyors' Institution, London, in an arbitration between Sir Henry Flower Every, baronet, and the Burton on Trent Corporation 15-17 Nov - 1883
99 - Letter, W S Fane of Melbourne to Sir Henry Every, relating to documents in a tin box: has rearranged them and separated out the interesting items; will go through them and write the information on the outside; best wishes for Miss Every's research 15 Sep - 1884
100 - Letter, W S Fane of Melbourne to Miss Every, relating to transcriptions of the 1626 Letters Patent 16 Feb - 1886
101 - Letter, W Dixon to Sir Henry F Every, referring to Sir Henry's ancestor Henry Every, a member of the Old Lincoln Lodge of Freemasons in the period 1730-1760 19 Mar - 1891
102 - Letter, W Dixon to Sir Henry F Every, thanking him for the information he sent 31 Mar - 1891
103 - Note `for Miss Every' containing extracts copied from the family Bible re births and deaths of members of the Every family 1829-1840 - [19th cent]
104 - Letter relating to the weir at Dove Cliff, Fred Kay to `Miss Nellie' 31 Dec - 1919
105 - Letter relating to the medieval manor of `Semere' in Egginton, Godfrey Mosley to `Nelly' 18 Mar - 1927
106 - Commission under Charles II of Sir Henry Every, Bart, appointing him Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Foot and Captain of a Company of Foot in the said Regiment, 13 June 1667, and registered with the Commissary General of Musters, 6th July 1667 - 1667
33 - Manor of Egginton - 1775
UL - Every family of Egginton: unlisted records
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