| Description | This box contains documents relating to estates at Bradley and Yeldersley, Derbyshire, at various dates between 1852 and 1919: particularly in relation to tenancies of a number of farms. The box also contains personal correspondence of Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon, 4th Baron Scarsdale (1831-1916); and of Charles Sprengel Greaves (1802-1881), barrister and antiquarian, and a cousin of Blanche Curzon, (nee Senhouse), mother of Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon.
Correspondence: 1916: J Harries to F N Curzon: aspects of estate management, including Beeston's Farm; sale of land to W H Radford; work to be undertaken by Clarke; insurance of premises at Bradley: Brook Farm; Copestakes; Old Park, The Hole in the Wall
Letter: 1916: from Florence G Snowden to F N Curzon: thanks for gift
Correspondence: 1880-1881: from W Taylor (Bradley): S Riley (Bradley); G Sims (Yeldersley): some addressed to Mr Greaves: financial details; news of local individuals; and of farming activities: some letters bear draft replies
Letters: 1872: from Edward Harland: [? to Mr Greaves]; include references to Knyveton/Kniveton family history; memorial statue to Lady Frances Kniveton at St Giles [ in the Fields, London]; death and burial at Lyndhurst of his sister, Anna Maria Hargreaves; Underwood and Offcote thought to have been the property of the Cockaynes and sold to Haynes; refers to items in Bradley [?parish] magazine: some letters bear draft replies, including a reference to possible location/history of "Grange"
Letter: 1878-1879: from C[harles] S[prengel] Greaves: to "My dear Lord" [?Scarsdale]: relays news from Cyprus: political progress; criminality; shooting game; accommodation for soldiers: discusses a document presented as Mrs Thomas's will, but thought to be spurious: commends Lord Penzance's recent legal judgement
Letter: 1903: from William Richard Holland to Lord Scarsdale: Bradley church to be reopened after restoration: debt to Messrs Naylor, architects, Sale, has been paid
Copy letter: 1880: from Tyler, Wickham & Moberley to George Oakden: debt owed to Mr Greaves: G O Long has left Old Park Farm: reply from G Oakden contesting the debt
Letters: 1857-1858: from F[rances] Syambella to "My Dear Emma" [? Greaves]: about possible property transaction; Mr or Mrs Jerome in prison at Maidstone; social engagements
Letters: 1899: to Lord Scarsdale: one from Alice Greaves: details of kinship and financial circumstances of Mrs Snowden: one from M Windsor Richards; conveys Mrs Greaves thanks for Charles Greaves' papers and refers to will of Talbot Greaves
Letters: 1881; 1883; 1886; 1890 and 1894: to Lord Scarsdale, seeking financial assistance: from Elizabeth Greaves; M[?ary] Snowden; Sarah Greaves (Hull) and from George W Greaves (Manchester)
Letter: 1888: from Selina Greaves, (Manchester), to Lord Scarsdale: asks for a reference for her application to Universal Benefit Society
Letters: 1881 and 1886: from William R Holland to Lord Scarsdale: gives information about Mrs Greaves, (widow of G B Greaves); Mrs Greaves, (widow of Henry Greaves); and Mrs Snowden: (those named having asked Lord Scarsdale for financial assistance)
Letter: 1883: from Anne L Huyshe to Lord Scarsdale: gives information about George W Greaves, (he having asked Lord Scarsdale for financial assistance)
Letter and note: 1873: letter from T Fernyhough: Mrs Thomas agrees to proposed land drain: at G Oakden's farm
Tenancy Agreements:
1843: Thomas Archer; Mary Archer; Thomas Warner and Samuel Warner: land at Bradley
1840: Thomas Archer; Mary Archer and William Clark: house and land at Yeldersley
1854: Mary Archer; William Gamble and William Oakden: Bradley Brook Farm
1851: Thomas Archer; Mary Archer and Samuel Hind: house and land at Bradley
1876: C S Greaves and George Ride: house, blacksmith's shop and land at Bradley
Letter: 1887: from G M Dixon to Lord Scarsdale: about game shooting, Bradley
Letter: 1881: from Lydia Lillingstone to Lord Scarsdale: asks about a wedding ring formerly in the possession of Mr & Mrs Charles Greaves
Letter: 1878: from C S Greaves to Lord Scarsdale: venison has arrived: has learned more about "the Bradley case" and the "pretended will": Huyshe is ill: a paper about inscription on Chelmorton font is to be read at Derbyshire Archaeological Society meeting
Letter: 1918: from Taylor, Simpson & Mosley to F N Curzon: sale of Bradley and Yeldersley Estate: with report from Hewitt & Co: mineral survey
Letters; 1916: from J Harries to F N Curzon: sale of Beeston's Farm to Mr Radford
Letter: 1858: from F Hartshorne to Mrs Syambella: sale of Thornely's Cottage, Hulland: with various notes
Printed pedigree: about twenty generations descended from Hugo Sleigh of Pilsbery Grange, Hartington: with manuscript additions including earlier generations from 1288: most recent entry is of an event dated 1866
Letter: 1872: from J J Wise to C S Greaves: identification of Underwood Grange: bears a draft reply
Notice to Quit: 1878: from Fred. Mason Julian, (solicitors, Burslem), on behalf of George Oakden; to C S Greaves: Old Park Farm, Bradley
Receipts and payments accounts: 1917 and 1918: Bradley Estate: with letter from J Harries to F N Curzon: refers to Edward Morris, a new tenant
Letter: 1917: from Fitzherbert Wright to "Frank" [F N Curzon]: with subsequent note to Harries: offer of land
Letters: 1911-1914: from H Fitzherbert Wright to Lord Scarsdale: possible sale/purchase of farms at Bradley; and water supply measures at Ashbourne: with some draft replies
Notes: 1909: Bradley Estate and Kedleston Estate
Newspaper cutting: annotated "Mercury Jan 17 1913:" report of Ashbourne Urban Council meeting
Account: payments for repairs: The Firs Farm, Yeldersley: items 1894-1919
Payment details: Bradley and Donisthorpe annuitants: 1882: with names, addresses and dates of birth: Millicent Whittingham (born 1802, died 1886); Lucy Whittingham (born 1817); Elizabeth Bateman Montague Green (born 1810); Henry Newman (born 1815, died 1885); Charles Barsted (born 1843) [Those named were one-time servants of C S Greaves]
Insurance policies:
1874: County Fire Office: Lord Scarsdale and the Rev Talbot Greaves: house and blacksmith's shop at Bradley: tenant: Robert Copestake: with premium receipts 1880-1881
1874: County Fire Office: Lord Scarsdale and the Rev Talbot Greaves: house and buildings at Bradley: tenant: William Gamble
1883: County Fire Office: Lord Scarsdale: house and blacksmith's shop at Bradley: tenant: George Pride
1883: County Fire Office: Lord Scarsdale: house at Bradley: tenant: William Taylor
1883: County Fire Office: Lord Scarsdale: house and buildings at Bradley: tenant: Alfred Bunting
Current Account Credit Slips Book: Crompton & Evans Union Bank: completed counterfoils: 1916-1918: marked Bradley Estate
Documents relating to loan by Lord Scarsdale to John Coleman (born 14 December 1832): National Provident Institution: Rules and Regulations (1886); notification of policy assignment (1889); life premium receipts (1916-1919): memorandum and promissory note (1889)
Income Tax demand and receipt: 1919: F Curzon
Sales particulars: 1894: Bradley and Yeldersley Estate: with plan
Legacy Duty invoice and receipt: 1885: estate of C S Greaves
Letter: 1914: from H Brailsford, land agent to Lord Scarsdale: various subjects
Manuscript: c1880: marked "statement of Mrs Greaves": tenancy and other matters: Old Park Farm, Bradley
Letter and receipt: 1919: payment by F N Curzon to Taylor, Simpson & Mosley: Bradley and Yeldersley Estate sale
Solicitor's invoice: 1919: Bradley and Yeldersley Estate sale: with associated correspondence; receipted invoice from Bemrose & Sons, printers; and invoice from Hewitt & Co, mining engineers
Leases:
1852: C S Greaves and John Harrison: house and land at Bradley
1878: C S Greaves and wife Emma Greaves and John Harrison: house and land at Bradley
Schedule of rents: 1881: Bradley and Yeldersley: fifteen tenants named
Documents relating to High Court Chancery Division case: 1881-1882: Anne L Huyshe and Lord Scarsdale: inheritance: Donisthorpe, Bradley and Yeldersley Estates: case for, and legal opinion by M J F Brickdale; instructions to settle draft special case; printed special case and copy of court order
Letter: 1883: from Edward Moberly to Lord Scarsdale: duty on succession accounts
Inland Revenue: Succession Duty: return, assessment and receipt: 1883: death of C S Greaves
Letter: 1899: from Ordnance Survey office to H Brailsford: is it possible to distinguish between three farms at Bradley all known as Old Park Farm: with plan traced from 6 inch map sheet 43
Inland Revenue: estate duty return; assessment and receipt: 1898: death of Lucy Whittingham
Letters: 1917-1918: between J Harries and F N Curzon: proposed property sale and rent audit
Order Book: 1916-1917: Mee & Wilson Ltd: marked "Bradley Estate" and "F N Curzon's account": includes carbon copies of four stationery orders
Letting/tenancy agreements by Lord Scarsdale:
1904: sporting rights; Bradley Estate: Captain Ernest Clowes
1912: shooting rights at Bradley and Yeldersley: F E Fitzherbert Wright
1882: house, blacksmith's shop and land at Bradley: George Ride: with surrender of tenancy 1909: George Ride and Henry Brailsford (agent)
1907: farm at Bradley: Leonard Shaw
1889: farm at Yeldersley:: Caroline Harrison
1915: Brook Farm, Bradley: George Ernest Tatton: with associated correspondence
Notices of land valuations: 1914: from Inland Revenue to Hon A N Curzon: individual houses 7 - 14 Hastings Street
Documents relating to sale of property at Yeldersley: 1914: tenancy schedules; associated correspondence; valuation (1882) by John Coleman of a farm occupied by George Sims
Receipts and receipted invoices: 1916-1918: payments to:
Samuel Lees, timber merchant; Edward Alexander, timber work; Charles Barsted, annuity; Yeldersley tithe rent charges; William Walter; new cowsheds at Brook Farm, Bradley; J Harries, salary; Woodisse & Disborough, ironmongery; Bradley Tithe: S Nash & Son, work at Old Park Farm, Bradley; Land Tax and Income Tax (F N Curzon); Edward Clulow, supply of maps; Willis Clarke, work at Brook Farm, Bradley; Mee & Wilson, stationery; County Fire Office Ltd, insurance premiums; Osmaston Estate, supply of pipes; G W Hooson, hire of horse and cart; E M Sellers & Son, paint; Pickersgill & Frost, building requisites; Derbyshire Advertiser: advertisement; Pawson & Brailsford, stationery; Thomas Wardle, paint; B Walker, pump repair; George Gaunt, building work
Schedules: 1915 and 1917: dinner allowances; Bradley tenants: 10 names listed
Schedule: undated: Bradley Estate: list of occupiers at 1865
Cash receipt book: marked "Bradley Estate": counterfoil entries 1916-1918
Valuation and inventory copies: most relate to a change of tenancy of farms in Bradley owned by Lord Scarsdale:
1883: Old Park Farm: Henry Marples and William Taylor
1890: cottage and land: John Goodall and George Ball
1905: Old Park Farm: Thomas Marples and Michael Beeston
1893: property: Edward Holloway and Frederic Hallam
1909: Hole in the Wall Farm: F Hallam and James Redfern
1910: Smithy Farm: George Ride and Mr Wooley:
1915: Brook Farm: Executors of Mr Bunting and George Ernest Tatton
1910: Smithy Farm: George Ride and Mr Woolley
1917: Brook Farm: G E Tatton and Edward Morris
Receipted invoice: 1887: W Hooson and Mary Jane Hooson and G Wooley: property work: in envelope marked "Bradley Cottage"
Map: undated: Bradley and Yeldersley: showing tithe map field numbers: about 8 chains to one inch
Map reference book/terrier: 1838: by Spencer Bransby: "numbers refer to original plan and survey made by John Bransby, 1821"
Documents relating to building a cowshed at Brook Farm, Bradley: 1916: agreement and specification: Willis Clark, contactor; estimates from Joseph Parker & Son and from George Gaunt; letter from Rural District Council of Ashbourne: approval for cowshed; architect's plan
Specification and estimate: 1917: George Gaunt: repairs at various properties in Bradley
Sale contract and plan: 1916: land at Bradley: W H Radford and F N Curzon
Agreement for immediate possession: 1916: land at Bradley: W H Radford and Michael Beeston
Letter: 1918: from G Ball, Bradley: seeks to be given ownership of house and land at Bradley having rented for 28 years
Derbyshire War Agricultural Executive Committee documents: 1917-1918: Bulletin number 3; extracts of speech by General Chandos-Pole-Gell; notices relating to conversion of grassland to arable, in relation to Old Park, Hole in the Wall and Bradley Brook farms
Terrier of Bradley Estate: bound volume "left by Lord Scarsdale to F N Curzon 1916"; with notes of sales to W H Radford and Henry Fitzherbert Wright
Sales Particulars: Bradley and Yeldersley Estate: 1918: with plan |