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Collapse D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
Collapse 1 - Title Deeds1 - Title Deeds
Expand 1 - Breadsall Park1 - Breadsall Park
Expand 2 - Burton2 - Burton
Expand 3 - Caldwell3 - Caldwell
Expand 4 - Castle Gresley4 - Castle Gresley
Expand 5 - Catton5 - Catton
Expand 6 - Church Seal6 - Church Seal
Expand 6 - Church Seal6 - Church Seal
Expand 7 - Great Seal7 - Great Seal
Expand 8 - Cotes8 - Cotes
Expand 9 - Coton9 - Coton
Expand 10 - Doveridge10 - Doveridge
Expand 11 - Drakelow - 1525-182111 - Drakelow - 1525-1821
Expand 12 - Gresley12 - Gresley
Expand 13 - Kirk Langley13 - Kirk Langley
Expand 14 - Linton14 - Linton
Expand 15 - Lullington15 - Lullington
Expand 16 - Netherseal16 - Netherseal
Expand 17 - Normanton17 - Normanton
Expand 18 - Osmaston[-by-Ashbourne?]18 - Osmaston[-by-Ashbourne?]
Expand 19 - Overseal19 - Overseal
Expand 20 - Wapentake of Repton and Gresley20 - Wapentake of Repton and Gresley
Expand 21 - Rosliston21 - Rosliston
Expand 22 - Scropton22 - Scropton
Expand 23 - Seal23 - Seal
Expand 24 - Stapenhill24 - Stapenhill
Expand 25 - Thorpe25 - Thorpe
Expand 26 - Thursvaston26 - Thursvaston
Expand 27 - Walton on Trent27 - Walton on Trent
Expand 28 - Winshill28 - Winshill
Expand 29 - Yeldersley29 - Yeldersley
Expand 30 - Yeaveley30 - Yeaveley
Expand 31 - Apedale31 - Apedale
Expand 31 - Apedale31 - Apedale
Expand 32 - Audley32 - Audley
Expand 33 - Burton-on-Trent33 - Burton-on-Trent
Expand 34 - Clifton Campville 34 - Clifton Campville
Expand 35 - Colton35 - Colton
Expand 36 - Draycott36 - Draycott
Expand 37 - Elford37 - Elford
Expand 38 - Freyford38 - Freyford
Expand 39 - Hixon39 - Hixon
Expand 40 - Knypersley40 - Knypersley
Expand 41 - Morton41 - Morton
Expand 42 - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire42 - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Expand 43 - Podmore43 - Podmore
Expand 44 - Drayton Bassett44 - Drayton Bassett
45 - Number not used
Expand 46 - Uttoxeter46 - Uttoxeter
Expand 47 - Wigginton47 - Wigginton
Collapse 48 - Tamworth48 - Tamworth
1 - Quitclaim by William Schiret [ Skirrett] of Yoxall, brother, and John Schiret, to Thomas Gresley, knight, John Gresley, knight, Geoffrey Gresley, esquire, and William Arden, of five acres of meadow in Yoxall [Staffs] - 24 Feb [1434]
2 - Bargain and sale by Thomas Cumberford of Cumberford (Co. Stafford) Esq., and William his son to Henry Bacon of Tamworth draper of one burgage and garden lying on Colehill in Tamworth - 5 Dec 1573
3 - Gift by William Drasgate of Tamworth chandler to Richard Drasgate of Lichfield apothecary (his son) of a messuage on Colehill in Tamworth - 25 May 1613
4 - Feoffment by Nicholas Vaughton of Tamworth butcher to Robert Jefferies of Tamworth butcher, son-in-law of Nicholas, and Joyce his wife, of one messuage, orchard, and garden in Tamworth on Lichfield Street, reserving to Nicholas one moiety of the foldyard and half a little garden with herbs and half the apples growing yearly on the property - 30 Nov 1618
5 - Settlement by Thomas Coape of Wigginton (co Stafford) yeoman whereby he conveys to Ankytell Willington of Tamworth gent, Francis Wood of Tamworth yeoman, Richard Buckland of Tamworth yeoman, Robert Coape of Draycott-in-the Clay (Co Stafford) yeoman, William Sheamons of Wigginton, yeoman and Michael Vaughton of Wigginton, yeoman of one cottage in Bowbridge Street in Tamworth and a croft or close - 5 Feb [1621]
6 - Quitclaim by Robert Cope of Draycott (Co Stafford) yeoman to Michael Vaughton of Wigginton (Co Stafford) yeoman of all causes etc. - 21 Jan [1642]
7 - Lease for 12 years by John Collins of Glascote (Co Warwick) yeoman to John Ashmore of Tamworth (Co Stafford) ironmonger and William Browne of Kinsbury Lodge and John Harris of Dostill (Co Warwick) colliers of a close of land called Jack Bradley in Glascote for getting of coal - 1 Sep 1641
8 - Copy mortgage by William Comberford of Tamworth Esq. to Thomas Rogers of Tamworth gent. of one messuage in Glascote in the parish of Tamworth in Co Warwick and the Pearce Croft in Tamworth near Perricrofte Lane - 15 Feb [1649]
9 - Lease by Frances, Dowager Duchess of Somerset and others to George Wolrich of Tamworth shoemaker of a messuage on Bowbridge Street in Tamworth to hold for term of 100 years or for lives of Elizabeth wife of Thomas Gee of Streethay (Co Stafford) yeoman, Bennett Wolrich daughter of George and Thomas, son of Thomas Gee - 1 Nov 1664
10-13 - Bundle of deeds re a cottage and a messuage on Church Street, Tamworth - 1674-1683
14 - Bargain and sale by John Bowys of Elford (Co.Stafford) gent. and Richard his son to John Vaughton of Elford butcher of a messuage or burgage, garden orchard, and croft in Tamworth - 14 Oct 1674
15 - Feoffment by Richard Beardsley of Amington (Co Warwick) gent and Thomas Fox of the Inner Temple Esq.. to Dorothy Williams of Tamworth widow of one moiety of a messuage or burgage in Tamworth (lately purchased from Joseph Wakelyn and Mary his wife, daughter of Richard Licet of Tamworth deceased) - 5 Nov 1660
16 - Common recovery re property in Tamworth - 28 Nov 1663
17 - Articles for the purchase of a messuage in Tamworth by Samuel Dawes and Edward Davenport of Tamworth to Jonathan Johnson of Birmingham - 30 Jul 1740
18 - Declaration of Trust regarding the stock of Southsea annuity between Robert Bayley of Rochester, Kent and Margaret, wife of John Poynton of Tamworth, sadler - 19 Apr 1742
19-20 - Lease and release by Joseph Bunney of the Newark, Leicester hosier to Edward Plaisted of Bolehall in the parish of Tamworth Esq. of land in Tamworth, formerly property of Richard Weston, a bankrupt - 20/21 Jun 1759
21 - Quitclaim by Lawrence Sekynton and Beatrice his sister to William Sekynton their brother, of a messuage in Thorpe Constantine, near Tamworth], which they lately acquired by feoffment of the said William Sekynton - 2 Mar 1465
22 - Grant by Roger Antelot of Wilnecote to Henry Cockin of Tamworth and Margery his wife of four selions, one rood of arable with a certain piece of meadow, in Wilnecote, of which one selion with the piece of meadow lies in the field towards Tamworth on a furlong called Offordeshull, one selion lies at le Causey, one selion lies at Kettilbrok' Marleputt and one selion lies between the land of Thomas son of Walter and the land of Roger clerk and the rood lies at Kettilbrok - [18 Oct 1319]
23 - Feoffment by Richard Beardsley of Armington, Warkwickshire, gentleman to Richard Bellesworth of Tamworth, fellmonger concerning arable land called Brooke Close in the Liberty of Wilnecote, Tamworth - 4 Jun 1655
24 - Release to follow lease for possession by Samuel Beardsley of Wigginton (Co Stafford) gent. to Job Beardsley of Wilnecote (Co Warwick) gent. of a messuage and backside in Wilnecote and 4 selions in Dosthill field in Wilnecote, four selions in Chapelfield, and 16 selions in Tamworth Field, 12 selions of land in Chappelfield, and 18 selions and one little parcel of meadow in Tamworth Field etc. - 22 Jul 1685
Expand 49 - Ruscomb and Sunning, Berkshire49 - Ruscomb and Sunning, Berkshire
Expand 50 - Butterworth, Lancashire50 - Butterworth, Lancashire
Expand 51 - Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire51 - Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire
Expand 52 - Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire52 - Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
Expand 53 - Brestopp Park, Leicestershire53 - Brestopp Park, Leicestershire
Expand 54 - Donisthorpe, Leicestershire54 - Donisthorpe, Leicestershire
55 - Number not used
Expand 56 - Loughborough, Leicestershire56 - Loughborough, Leicestershire
Expand 57 - Measham, Leicestershire57 - Measham, Leicestershire
Expand 58 - Oakthorpe, Leicestershire58 - Oakthorpe, Leicestershire
Expand 59 - Osgathorpe, Leicestershire59 - Osgathorpe, Leicestershire
Expand 60 - Skeffington, Leicestershire60 - Skeffington, Leicestershire
Expand 61 - Snarestone, Leicestershire61 - Snarestone, Leicestershire
Expand 62 - Braceborough, Lincolnshire62 - Braceborough, Lincolnshire
Expand 63 - St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex63 - St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex
Expand 64 - Northampton64 - Northampton
Expand 65 - Surrey65 - Surrey
Expand 66 - Warwick and Warwickshire66 - Warwick and Warwickshire
Expand 67 - Arden Forest, Warwickshire67 - Arden Forest, Warwickshire
Expand 68 - Austry, Warwickshire68 - Austry, Warwickshire
Expand 69 - Baxterley, Warwickshire69 - Baxterley, Warwickshire
Expand 70 - Bolehill, Warwickshire70 - Bolehill, Warwickshire
Expand 71 - Coventry, Warwickshire71 - Coventry, Warwickshire
Expand 72 - Kingsbury, Warwickshire72 - Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Expand 73 - Newton, Warwickshire73 - Newton, Warwickshire
Expand 74 - Norton Heath, [Leicestershire] - [1272-1367]74 - Norton Heath, [Leicestershire] - [1272-1367]
Expand 75 - Norton-juxta-Twycross or Norton by Twycross, Leicestershire75 - Norton-juxta-Twycross or Norton by Twycross, Leicestershire
Expand 76 - Polesworth, Warwickshire76 - Polesworth, Warwickshire
Expand 77 - Stoneydelph, Warwickshire77 - Stoneydelph, Warwickshire
Expand 78 - West Cottingworth, Yorkshire78 - West Cottingworth, Yorkshire
Expand 79 - Deeds and other papers of Elizabeth Beardsley79 - Deeds and other papers of Elizabeth Beardsley
Expand 80 - Unknown and Unidentified items80 - Unknown and Unidentified items
Expand 81 - Wills and Probate, Gresley81 - Wills and Probate, Gresley
Expand 82 - Wills and Probate, Lee82 - Wills and Probate, Lee
Expand 83 - Wills and Probate, Bott83 - Wills and Probate, Bott
Expand 84 - Wills and Probate, Webb84 - Wills and Probate, Webb
Expand 85 - Wills and Probate, Wright85 - Wills and Probate, Wright
Expand 86 - Other86 - Other
Expand 2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]
Expand 3 - Estate Papers3 - Estate Papers
Expand 4 - Family and Personal Papers4 - Family and Personal Papers
Expand 5 - Official Papers5 - Official Papers
Expand 6 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-19146 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-1914
Expand 7 - Legal/Case Papers 7 - Legal/Case Papers
Expand 8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]
Expand 9 - Photographs9 - Photographs
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