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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D769/B/8A/177/5
Former Reference1831/1
TitleCurzon of Lockington Box 5: Miscellaneous mainly Leicestershire estate papers; some Overseal coal leases
Date19th cent-20th cent
DescriptionDocuments relating to the financial affairs of Samuel Alcock (1853-1928) of Spondon:

Receipted accounts:
1922: for conveyance of house in Oxford street, Spondon
1926: for preparing will of S Alcock

Memoranda (2): 1929: from Estate Duty Office, Inland Revenue: S Alcock, deceased

Account book: Derbyshire Permanent Benefit Building Society: Samuel Alcock: entries 1903-1922

Insurance Policy: 1919: Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co Ltd: four houses in Grosvenor Street, Osmaston: Osmaston Estates Ltd and Mrs M J Wanty

Letters: 1924: from Bank of England to S Alcock and pencil draft reply: conversion of National War Bonds

Letter: 1908: from Midland Railway Co to Samuel Alcock: to accompany stock certificates

Application form: for assistance from Samuel Alcock's Charity: undated: form is not completed

Land valuation notices: 1911: from District Valuer, Inland Revenue:
Mary Jane Wanty: 14 Moor End, Spondon, occupied by Elizabeth Hemingway
Samuel Alcock: 10 Oxford Street, Spondon, occupied by Stephen Morris
Samuel Alcock: 12 Oxford Street, Spondon, occupied by Edward Potts

Documents relating to sale/purchase of 10 & 12 Oxford Street, Spondon: 1929: draft conveyance; abstract of title; agreement to purchase and associated correspondence: representatives of S Alcock to Edward Potts

Documents relating to (in some instances presumed to be related to) financial affairs of various members of Curzon family:

Documents relating to High Court Chancery Division case (1917) about interpretation of will of William Curzon: [for substantive papers see D769/B/8A/177/4]
copy will and codicils: John Curzon: typescript endorsement in relation to the court case
brief for plaintiffs: 1916: this document gives a frank account of financial mismanagement by Francis Curzon Newton aka Francis Curzon Curzon; the domestic circumstances of his children and the response of William Curzon to requests for assistance

Schedule: 1911: investments and cash: estate of John Curzon

Circular letter: 1918: from Midland Railway Co: National War Bonds

Letters: 1915 and 1917: from Crompton and Evans Union Bank: War Loan: no addressee named

Instructions and case to Counsel: 1916: deed of release and indemnity: J Curzon, deceased: counsel Meyrick Beebee

Abstract of title: 1877: trustees of John Curzon: property at Long Eaton

Deed of covenant: 1906: William Curzon; Francis Curzon Newton; R H Tennant; J T Harries and Capt H C Holland: annuities

Sales Poster: 1898: land at Worthington

Notes about fire insurance: undated: literally on the back of an envelope

Copy plan: undated: location not named: shows fields alongside Rempstone to Ashby de la Zouch turnpike: related to draft conveyance, 1867, Nathaniel C Curzon, William Curzon, Robert Curzon and John Litherland

Drafts: deed poll: 1910 and 1911: William Curzon and Francis C Newton: charges on Lockington Estate

Sales particulars: 1872: Finger Farm, Kegworth: with plan

Instructions to Counsel and draft deed of indemnity: 1911: appointment of new trustees: real estate of John Curzon

Accounts: 1871, 1874-75: Curzon trustees: sales receipts (real estate) and payments to Sir Tonman Mosley

Documents relating to Kegworth Mill: 1916-1919: estate of William Curzon: chief rent payable by Loughborough Navigation Co; draft case for counsel (Meyrick Beebee); statement of rent owing; and associated correspondence

Power of Attorney documents: 1897: draft appointment by Nathaniel C Curzon of William Curzon; associated correspondence; receipted accounts for associated legal work: Eddowes & Son and Maude & Tunnicliffe

Draft lease: 1911: William Curzon to Donisthorpe Colliery Co: coal at Overseal and Netherseal: and associated correspondence: Smith, Mammatt & Hale; and W S Gresley

Copy will and probate: original dates 1894 & 1896: Emily F A Curzon: with draft will (1877)

Agreement: 1866: Nathaniel C Curzon; William Curzon and Robert Curzon: money advanced for estate repairs: with annotation about repayment: 1876

Sale particulars: 1872: Lockington Estate: includes coloured landscape view of Lockington Hall and church; and plan: two copies marked second edition and four copies marked third edition

Letter: 1916: from J Harries: repair costs; premises at Bruntingthorpe estate

Documents relating to case(s) at Royal Court of Justice: 1915-1916: financial affairs of William Curzon, being a person of unsound mind: summonses; draft orders; affidavits; accounts of debts and private money; particulars of tenancies, Mickleover estate; draft undertaking; statement identifying properties; list of mineral leases, 1898-1910; letter from Henry Barker, former tenant of Horsepool Farm, Belton, seeking compensation; account from J Harries for making a valuation; property repairs specifications: Woodlands Farm, Overseal; house at High Street, Kegworth occupied by W White; farm buildings at Bruntingthorpe, one occupied by E Broadwell; details of assets of William Curzon, including livestock and farm equipment at Lockington; list of servants, including names, occupations and weekly wage; letter from C J Antrobus, estate office, Lockington, about proposed bridge over watercourse at Camps Fields; list of stocks, etc, and associated correspondence from Ashton, Tod & Noble, stockbrokers

Documents relating to coal reserves at Overseal: 1895-1897: N C Curzon and Moira Colliery Co Ltd: draft lease: associated plan and correspondence; copy of terms proposed by lessees

Copy draft appointment of new trustees: 1916: Lockington Estates: F C Newton; R H Tennant; J F Harries; H S Brenchley and H J A Evans

Documents relating to Edward Marno Trust: 1933-1939 and 1956: draft declaration of trust; Helen R Oxley to The Rev H A Varty and C B Oxley; draft estate duty account, H R Oxley, deceased; associated correspondence, mainly with C B Oxley of Scott Brothers, London; letters from Estate Duty Office and office note

Draft lease: 1878: N C Curzon to James Stanford: land at Newbold: with list of conditions and associated correspondence

Draft tenancy agreement: 1897: N Curzon, James C Tucker and William Tucker: Knaptoft Farm: with associated correspondence

Draft agreement: 1892: N C Curzon and William Hallam Potter: termination of tenancy: farm at Lockington

Various hand-written and printed tenancy forms: undated: some annotated with amendments as if part of a drafting process

Draft lease and tenancy agreement: 1894: N C Curzon, William Archer and Thomas D Partridge: farm at Bruntingthorpe

Correspondence: 1901:
N C Curzon and Charles Parker: proposed mortgage: property at Burton on Trent
William Bowland Cross: mortgage; property insurance; building extension: Freshwater Bay Hotel
John Burnett, Gopsall, & Deane & Co, solicitors: access/trespass for river fishing
Goodall & Brown, Nottingham: outstanding interest payment due
Charles B Clutterbuck: money owed to Mr Curzon

Insurance premium receipts: 1901: North British & Mercantile Insurance Co: payments by J H Bloor

Draft tenancy agreement: 1900: W Curzon and Redfern Hart: Horse Shoes Inn and land at Breedon on the Hill: duplicate agreement 1905

Copy particulars of mortgage security: 1900: St Leonards Mansions, Chelsea: with associated correspondence

Letter: 1900: from Walker & Terry, solicitors: details of investment property: Three Gates, Cowhill & Mill Lane, Belper

Letters: 1899: from Crompton & Evans Union Bank Ltd: deeds relating Ostrich Inn, Ashbourne

Letters: 1898: R Smallman and G E Checkland: coal reserves below farm house at Overseal

Receipted invoice : 1897: payment to Eddowes & Son for legal work

Correspondence: 1898: W Hollis Briggs, solicitor: possible sale/ purchase: land at Alvaston

Letter: 1898: from J A Walton: George Adams: farm at Long Eaton

Tenancy agreement: 1905: William Curzon and Edwin Roulston: property at Breedon on the Hill and Worthington

Notices to quit: 1909:
to Redfern Hart, Horse Shoes Inn, Breedon on the Hill
to Edwin Roulston, Breedon on the Hill
to Mrs Masons, Overseal and Netherseal

Documents relating to property at Worthington: 1865: draft deed; requisitions on title and replies; sales contract; copy of consequent legal opinion (R Capel Cure); associated correspondence and accounts: The Rev Henry Charles Close; Henry Charles Orton; John Shakespeare Bowles; Thomas Booth; George Chubb; N C Curzon; W Curzon; Robert Curzon

Documents relating to Bulstrode individuals:
hand written three generation pedigree: Bulstrode/Haywood
declaration by E M Green: intestacy of Elizabeth Bulstrode
declaration of Sarah Barrington
death certificate: 1863: Thomas Haywood, Melbourne
certified copies made in 1864 of parish register entries:
Mary Haywood, burial 1828, Weston upon Trent
John Bulstrode and Elizabeth Smith, marriage 1805, Church Gresley
Elizabeth Bulstrode, burial, 1834; Sarah Bulstrode, burial, 1829; Grace Bulstrode, burial, 1861; Hannah and Mary (daughters of John and Elizabeth Bulstrode), baptism, 1814; Mary Bulstrode, burial, 1830 and Hannah Bulstrode, burial, 1860: all at Breedon

Partial extract and epitome of will: undated: John Curzon; with copies which might be drafts from when the will was being written

Sales particulars: 1873: Breedon Estate, with plan
Extent1 box
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorTaylor Simpson and Mosley, solicitors of Derby
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