| Description | Wills, probates and correspondence concerning the families Overton Hall, Ashover and Matlock Bath estates
These papers appear to relate chiefly to probate and other legal or financial matters concerning the descendants of Major John Jessop, including his son William Jessop of Butterley Hall (d1884), and his grandsons John Edmund Jessop of Maidenhead (d1893) and William de Burgh Jessop of Overton Hall, Ashover (d1894).
Of Butterley Co. interest is the deed of dissolution in 1884 of the partnership between Francis Beresford Wright, Fitzherbert Wright and William Jessop. There are also deeds of gift of shares in the company, 1851 and 1866.
William Jessop (d1884) was an enthusiastic yachtsman and his papers include material relating to his yacht Florinda.
In addition to papers concerning the estate of John Edmund Jessop (d1893), there is a news cutting relating to posthumous legal case for debt against Mrs Georgina Jessop (d1894), possibly his wife.
William de Burgh Jessop (d1894) married Judith Alleyne in 1880. In 1883 he bought the Overton Hall estate, Ashover, after the death of its previous owner, Mynors Bright. William’s sister, Martha Lydia, married in 1876 Colonel Albert C Hubbersty (later Cantrell-Hubbersty), a businessman. Cantrell-Hubbersty and William de Burgh Jessop were involved in management of the Matlock Bath estate and of the New Bath Hotel Co which went in voluntary liquidation in the early 1900s. |
| Administrative History | The Jessop family are descended from William Jessop, born in Devonport in 1754, who in 1791 joined what was to become the Butterley Company. A distinguished engineer who undertook commissions all over the country, William died at Butterley in November 1814.
His eldest son, John, became an army major and married Martha M de Burgh. Major Jessop died in 1869, to be succeeded by his eldest son, William, the last member of the family to be a partner in the Butterley Company.
Of the first William Jessop’s six other sons, four were involved in some way with the Butterley Company. These were Josias (d1826), William (d1852), Henry and George, who together formed the iron company Jessop & Co in India about 1820. |
| Custodial History | These records were transferred to Derbyshire Record Office by York Public Library in August 1970. |