| Description | 1) Folder of family miscellanea : pedigrees, birth certificates etc., locks of hair of D'Ewes Coke's children, 19th cent
2a-b) Folders of misc printed material including early 20th cent book of nursery rhymes, also letter and catalogue showing the Cokes once owned a considerable collection of Smithson drawings, 20th cent
3) Folders of misc estate papers including valuation of timber on Werneth estate 1808, particulars of sale of silk mill and other premises in Derby 1796, report on condition of Brookhill estate 1912, inventories of Kirkby Old Hall, 1920s valuation of a Wright painting of the Rev. D'Ewes Coke and his family by Christies etc; (3c) with Dore title deed, 16th cent, 16th-20th cent
4) Folder of additional Ceylon papers, 1810-11
5) Additional D'Ewes Coke letters including a few from Dewhurst and Braddock, agents for the Werneth estate, Cheshire, early 19th cent
6a-b) Folder of army miscellanea including a few items on other aspects of public service eg. shrievalty, 20th cent
7) Folder of W.S Coke/Col. W.L. Coke letters, 20th cent
8) Bundle of files and other estate papers relating to the estate of Col. W.L. Coke dec'd, 1920s
9) Bundle of letters of W.S Coke, mainly 1880s
10) Letter from William D'ewes Coke to Lieut. William Coke at Deptford, 19 Dec 1825
11) Correspondence from John Thomas Boot, mining engineer, 1880s
12) Folder labelled "Rolled drawing", containing two sketches of the same man |