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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 20 - Various (D258/20/1-11, 30-66), Title deeds and leases (D258/20/12-29)

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/20/27
Title	Papers relating to purchase by Philip Gell from John Stuffin of his estate in Hopton, Callow, Carsington and Wirksworth, with some papers whose connection with the Stuffin/Gell conveyance is uncertain, 1674, 1687-1698 and undated
Date	1674-1698
Description	Including D258/20/27/2 Particulars of estate to be conveyed nd D258/20/27/3-5 Levies on Hopton for highway maintenance, maintenance of the poor, repair of Wirksworth church 1693, 1693/4 and nd D258/20/27/6-11 Particulars of Stuffin's estate nd, 1694, 1696 D258/20/27/12 Mrs Stuffin's case and title including brief pedigree (3 Jas [1605]-1677) 1694/5 D258/20/27/16 Assessment for expenses of high constable, constable and poor relief, Callow Jun 1695 D258/20/27/17 Inventory of goods and heirlooms in Stuffin's house bought by Gell [c1696] D258/20/27/21 Poor rate assessment Hopton, Oct 1696 D258/20/27/25 Sketch plan of properties bordering on Hopton town street [17th cent] - [see D258/41/28/1-2 and D258/20/26/1-20 for related material] D258/20/27/26 Note of rents due to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln for mills, pensions and tithes, High Peak area, 1679 The sketch plan is described in the Derbyshire Record Society's "A Catalogue of Local Maps of Derbyshire c.1528–1800" (compiled by Harold Nichols, revised by Mary Wiltshire assisted by Susan Woore, published 2012). The description reads as follows: [Sketch plan of houses and crofts with frontages on 'The towne street of Hopton'. 16--]. Scale: scale not given [1:650]. Size: 39 x 30 cm. Materials: ink on watermarked paper, <a horn, No.315, in Churchill, recorded use 1623-1695, but the countermark HDTI is not listed>. Centred on: SK259532 Notes: west at top of sheet. Rough sketch showing crude representation of houses (rectangles with chimneys), except for 'John Gells' which is gabled: owners/tenants named including 'Stuffying': circular 'Town pound' noted in wide part of street, 'Hopton Town Pasture', north of road. Location: DRO, D258/20/27/25
Extent	26 items
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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