| Description | This box contains documents about property ownership and financial affairs of Walter Evans (1826-1903) of Darley Abbey: particularly the administration of his estate. There is also a single set of documents unrelated to the Evans family: Inland Revenue forms relating to the estate of Francis Arthur Spilsbury (1859-1926) of Findern
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Schedule: 1903: summary of estate of Walter Evans
Documents: 1904: relating to Elliott v. Evans; High Court, Chancery Division 1904: court order; affidavits; printed copy of will of Walter Evans (made 1901): plans (2) of Darley Abbey
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Documents: 1864-1878: John Lockoe's Charity, Holbrooke: accounts; valuation of assets; applications to and correspondence with Charity Commissioners; draft conveyance to Joseph Gratian Jackson of property in Belper; solicitor's accounts of work undertaken
Documents: 1855-1867: John Lockoe's Charity, Holbrooke: relating to property formerly owned by Thomas Ingle: Bill of Complaint, Chancery, George Strafford v William Machin Ingle; plan of land at Belper and Derby; correspondence about outstanding rent; sales particulars: Ashby de la Zouch, Darley and turnpike securities - Chancery: Harrison v Kidger and Edgar v Ingle
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Sales particulars: 1930: land at Darley Abbey: with plan and associated correspondence: executors of Ada Evans
Note: undated: Matlock Water Co: road access: unidentified location
Statutory declarations: 1904: by Elizabeth Tindal Carrill-Worsley; The Rev Edward Henry Jones; Susan Lewis; Frances Curtis; The Rev Canon Carr: relating to bequests by Walter Evans: declarations give details of next of kin
Correspondence: various dates 1904-1930: estate of Walter Evans: including in relation to Mary Ellen Curtis, a beneficiary
Case for legal opinion and opinion by A F Peterson: 1900: Walter Evans and Derby Corporation: Water Easement: with plan of Derby Water Works
Schedule: 1921: residuary estate, Walter Evans
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Notices; correspondence and receipts: 1895-1901: to Walter Evans: about mortgaged property in Derby and Hazlewood
Notices and correspondence: 1903-1925: relating to the interests of various beneficiaries under the will of Walter Evans
Correspondence: 1868: conveyance: W Evans to Samuel Smith
Draft deed and schedule of deeds: 1851: Samuel Evans, The Rev James Mantle Pratt, Thomas Pountain, Joseph Fox: St Paul's School, Derby
Draft deed: 1873: John Joseph Wise, Rev Henry Buckston, George Goodwin Buckston, Martha Elizabeth Goodwin Johnson, Thomas William Evans: property at Parwich: folded inside: two letters, [apparently unrelated to the draft deed], dated 1888, about departure of Weston (or Weston ?Busling) and outstanding rent
Draft grant of right of way: 1886: over field at Barton Fields: Reginald W Chandos Pole, Sir Thomas William Evans: with notes and associated correspondence
Draft deed: 1890: trustees of William Wright and Sir Thomas William Evans: property at Parwich: with associated correspondence
Draft deed: 1864: John Watson, Messrs William & Samuel Evans & Co: property in Derby including brewery in New Uttoxeter Road: with 1872-1873: sales advertisement, conditions of sale and associated correspondence
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Draft licence to assign lease: 1904: trustees of Walter Evans to Messrs W H Baldwin & Son Ltd: plus associated correspondence
Letting agreement : 1933: Ada Evans and others to William Spalton and Herbert Joseph Leeson: Derwent Farm, Little Chester, Derby: plus associated correspondence
Draft sales particulars: 1930: property at Darley Abbey: plus associated correspondence
Sale documents: 1919: trustees of W Evans to Samuel Wagstaff: land at Uttoxeter
Sale documents: 1930: trustees of W Evans to Easom Edwin Brown: property at Darley Abbey
Sale documents: 1922: Colonel Lionel G Gisborne and Ada Evans: land at Darley Abbey and Dairy Farm, Allestree
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Correspondence: 1903: relating to the will of Walter Evans:
Acknowledgement from various local and national charitable organisations of notification of bequests
Acknowledgement from various individuals of notification of bequests; with in some cases details of their children/relatives
Requests for/acknowledgements of copy of the will
Letters from companies about share holdings
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Schedules of deeds: 1835- 1892: property of Walter Evans, or other members of the Evans family: property at Boscobel, Shropshire; Caldon, Coldham, Leigh, Nobut, and Stramshall, Staffordshire; Ballidon, Bradbourne, Holbrooke, Matlock, and Parwich, Derbyshire
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Notices and correspondence: 1923-1924: relating to the interests of Lewis beneficiaries under the will of Walter Evans
Letting agreement and plan: 1898: Walter Evans and Frank W Gilbert: Little Chester Farm, Derby
Draft appointment of new trustee: 1934: estate of W Evans: Thomas Walton; manager, Westminster Bank, Derby
Draft deed: 1852: mortgage transfer, property at St Leonard Street, Derby: George German to William Evans, Samuel Evans, Walter Evans, John Evans
Draft requisitions on title: undated: Johnston's trustees to Evans
Correspondence and valuation: 1931: dredging rights, River Derwent at Darley Abbey
Documents about will of Samuel Evans: 1863-1868: Epitome, codicils, and correspondence
Draft appointment of Manor of Darley: 1835: Robert Holden, Mary Ann Holden, son Robert Holden; Walter Evans, Samuel Evans: property at Darley Abbey
Copy of will: original made 1916: Margaret Roscow
Copy deed: 1920: trustees of Walter Evans and Lichfield Diocesan Trust: Middleton Green School cottage and property at Leigh, Staffordshire
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Draft statement and associated correspondence: 1908: trustees of W Evans: Lucy Ward Lewis and Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society
Draft deeds (2) and associated correspondence: 1923: variation of terms of lease: trustees of W Evans and John Edwardes
Notices and associated correspondence: 1904: Evans estate and d'Engelbronner
Schedule: 1904: securities: W Evans estate
Requisitions on title and associated correspondence: 1904-1905: trustees of W Evans: National Mutual Life Assurance Society and d'Engelbronner
Draft licences (3) and associated correspondence: 1912: dredging of river Derwent at Darley Abbey: Ada Evans and executors of Joseph Tomlinson
Plan: properties at Stramshall: fragile: not opened to ascertain date
Copy letter: 1904: Elliot v Evans
Receipted invoice: 1903: probate fee, will of Walter Evans
Notes and correspondence: 1932: Advowson: Darley Abbey
Inland Revenue forms: 1929: Estate Duty; Succession Duty: completed in draft: in relation to the estate of Francis Arthur Spilsbury |