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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D77/1 |
| Title | Title Deeds |
| Level | SubFonds |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Gresley family of Drakelow |
| Related Material | For grant of lands in Rosliston and Linton to Thomas Gresley, knight, 1414, see D6005/4
For deeds relating to the enclosure of Walton on Trent and to Sir Thomas Gresley, 1652-1653, see D1129 A/PZ 1
For the conveyance to Thomas Gresley of the manors of Drakelow, Lullington and Castle Gresley, 1698, see D201/1
For deeds relating to Revd Sir William Nigel Gresley, 1843-1844, see D810 A/PF 69, 72
For title deeds relating to Sir Thomas Gresley 10th Bart and lands in Netherseal, 1868, see D810 A/PF 5-7
Item 3041 in the Egerton collection at the British Library is the Rideware Cartularly formerly part of the Gresley muniments as per the description in Jeayes 'Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters and Muniments of the Gresley Family in the Possession of Sir Robert Gresley, Bart., at Drakelow' (London: Chas J Clark, 1895).
About the Edgerton collection: In 1829 Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, bequeathed to the British Museum 67 manuscripts and £12,000 to establish the Bridgewater Fund for purchasing manuscripts. In 1838 his cousin, Charles Long, Baron Farnborough, established the Farnborough Fund with a bequest of £3000 to supplement the Egerton collection further. In the 175 years since its foundation, the fund has purchased more than 3800 manuscripts. The Egerton manuscripts are miscellaneous in nature. It has particular strengths in manuscripts of Irish and Spanish interest, and is distinguished in its holdings of literary and illuminated manuscripts. Further Reading: A Guide to the Exhibition of some part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1929). Source: www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts, Aug 2019 |