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D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
1 - Title Deeds
2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]
3 - Estate Papers
1 - Papers prior to Sir George Gresley
2 - Sir George Gresley 1st Bt (1580-1651)
3 - Sir Thomas Gresley, 2nd Bt (1629-1699)
4 - Sir Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (1698-1746)
5 - Sir Thomas Gresley 5th Baronet (1722-1753)
6 - Sir Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet (1726-1787)
7 - Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (1753-1808)
8 - Sir Roger Gresley MP 8th Baronet (1799-1837)
9 - Thomas Gresley (1668-1743)
1 - Account of rent due from John Warham - 1690-1693
2 - Fragment of account of Thomas Gresley with unidentified person - 1706-1707
3 - Extract of Rent Account Book - 1708-1717
4 - Rental with tenants' names - 1716
5 - Rental with tenants' names - 1718
6-18 - Accounts work done and money paid by Henry Yeomans, with several receipts - 1735-1742
19-25 - Accounts goods and lay taken to Lady Hole by Henry Yeomans 1726, 1734-1740 undated - 1726-1740
26 - Rental of freehold estate of Samuel Alleyne in Swadlincote, Linton, Oakthorpe, Donisthorpe, Church Gresley and Castle Gresley With tenants' names and rents - 18th cent
27 - Misc notes of acreages and rents - 17th-18th cent
28 - Survey of Mr Gresley's estate in Windley and Hazlewood with acreages and rental With notes of calculations - (18th cent)
29 - Survey of William Capenhurst's lands with acreages - (18th cent)
30 - Survey of Insley's lands with acreages - (18th cent)
31 - Survey of Thomas Ashford's lands with acreages and field names - (18th cent)
32 - Surveys of lands belonging to 'Mr Webster's living' with field names and acreages - (18th cent)
33 - Surveys of lands belonging to 'Gilbert Norwood's living' with acreages - (18th cent)
34 - Surveys of lands belonging to 'William Kisses' living' with acreages and field names - (18th cent)
35 - Survey of farm late of Orgills now in the occupation of William Newbold with field names and acreages - (18th cent)
36-38 - Surveys, with acreages, by Robert Hewitt /36 Spittle Wood and Short Wood /37 Potter's Wood /38 Moor Meadow, Hall Moor Meadow and part of the two Cunnerys - 1710
39 - Bill with receipt relating to the survey conducted by Robert Hewitt - 11 May 1710
40 - Receipts of Thomas Gresley to John Burdett for trees bought of Lady Gresley - 1712-1716
41 - Bill of Sale to William Wilders for timber - 17 May 1720
42 - Memo of sale of six ash trees in Salesbury's Yard, Netherseal by Thomas Gresley to William Lakin, carpenter of Ashby de la Zouch - 15 Mar 1743
43 - Receipts relating to Breadsall Priory/Park, Duffield lands called Hodds Le[?] in Hazlewood, and Windley - c1653-1730
44 - Rent Receipts of Thomas Gresley 1692-1705,1737 - 1692-1737
45 - Rent Receipts of Thomas Gresley to Edmund Theobalds - 1697-1699
46 - Rent Receipts of Thomas Gresley to John Harpur - 1698-1699
47 - Receipts relating to the supply and carrying of bricks to Lady Hole [c1700] 1717-1728 - [c1700]-1728
48 - Rent Receipts of Joseph Roulston - 1712-1717
49 - Receipts of Thomas Gresley for payment of interest to the widow of Joseph Tatlow - 1714, 1716
50 - Rent receipts from Thomas Gresley to John Danvers of Swithland and Joseph Prior - 1718-1742
51 - Rent Receipts of Thomas and Lee Gresley John Lowndes for land in Duffield called Jessop Field - 1718-1729
52 - Rent Receipts of Thomas and Lee Gresley to Edmund Lord Bishop of London and John Betesworth for lands in Netherseal - 1719-1747
53 - Rent Receipts to Thomas Gresley and Ralph Welles - 1722-1732
54 - Rent Receipts of William Millner - c1732-c1740
55 - Rent Receipts of Robert Webster - 1738-1743
56 - Rent Receipts of Joseph Redfern - 1739-1747
57 - Rent Receipts of Issac Lane - 1739-1741
58 - Miscellaneous and unidentified rent and other estate receipts - 1688-c1731
59 - Receipt for legal fees paid to Leonard Piddock by Lee Gresley - 1743
60 - Receipt from L Meynell for taxes to Henry Yeomans - 25 Apr 1744
61 - Letter to Thomas Gresley at Netherseal from Samuel Heathcote concerning Issac Lane - 4 May 1723
62 - Letter to Charles Brome from John Wakelin re dispute over fishing rights in Duffield and Windley, lands of Breadsall Park Priory - 27 Jun 1724
63 - Letter to Charles Brome from John Wakelin re Breadsall Park Priory lands Includes a copy survey temp Ed VI - 12 July 1724
64-66 - Correspondence between Thomas Gresley, Lee Gresley, and Godfrey Clarke re building a bridge across the River Mease - Sep 1738
67 - Letter re poaching by John Trowell of Netherseal and escape into Staffordshire With transcript - 1740
68 - Assignment of lease from William Webster of Netherseal to Richard Coppock of Drakelow concerning Netherseal watermill - 17 May 1653
69 - Draft Assignment from William Browne in trust for Thomas Gresley relating to Lady Hole [Yeldersley] - (c1700)
70 - Agreement for bricks between Francis Atkins and Thomas Gresley - 15 Jul 1700
71 - Bond of Henry Greave of Netherseal to Thomas Gresley with receipt - 1703-1704
72 - Memo re lease from Thomas Gresley to John Speare - Mar 1716
73 - Case for counsel's opinion re enclosure by Lord of the Manor of part of waste land situated in Town St. where freeholders have right of herbage - 1717
74 - Lease by John Ilsley of Netherseale yeoman to Ezekiel Speare of Netherseal, roper and ironmonger Two bays of barns with stable and fold house - 1717
75 - Bond re lease of farm in Netherseal by Thomas Gresley to Francis Chiswell - 1718
76-77 - Draft agreement between Gilbert Norwood and Walter his son concerning their cohabitation, and the transfer of the property to Walter from Gilbert in return for his continued occupation Both are tenants of Thomas Gresley - 1719
78-79 - Memos re payment of rents to Thomas and Lee Gresley - 1722, 1738
80 - Draft agreement for lease Of messuage and lands in Netherseale Thomas Gresley to Thomas Lea of Shenstone, Staffordshire, husbandman - 1730
81-99 - Bill of sale of all goods and chattels of Ezekiel Speare to Sir Thomas Gresley and agreement to pay arrears of rent, 14 Aug 1731 - 1731-1732
100 - Allotments of common land - [early 18th cent]
101 - Miscellaneous calculations, note of land tax etc - [early 18th cent]
102 - Sketch of lines of old and new fence between lands of Mr Gresley and of Mr Hawkins, Derbyshire [place unidentified] - 18th cent
103 - Fragment of survey Acreages and numbers only - 18th cent
10 - John Gresley (1711-1783)
11 - Revd Dr Thomas Gresley (1734-1785)
12 - Revd William Gresley (1760-1829)
13 - Revd Sir William Nigel Gresley 9th Bt (1806-1847)
14 - Sir Robert Gresley 11th Baronet (1866-1936)
15 - Estates of Related and Other Families
16 - Miscellaneous and Unidentified
4 - Family and Personal Papers
5 - Official Papers
6 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-1914
7 - Legal/Case Papers
8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]
9 - Photographs
UL - Gresley Family of Drakelow: unlisted records
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