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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1881/Box/L4
TitleBox L4
DescriptionD1881/L4/1 Journal of D'Ewes Coke, 1817
D1881/L4/2 South Africa Journal of William Sacheverell Coke 1828-1834: farm accounts while in South Africa, journal while in South Africa, calculations for latitude and longitude, ms verse, ms recipes for polish, varnish, paints etc., small sketches drawn in South Africa interrupted by a "measure of the new foundation at Carnfield - Pinxton Colliery, J. Coke Esq." - in the front cover "William Colliery, J Coke Esq." in the front cover William Coke, Tigerbay, South Africa 1831. Towards the back are ships logs of 'Eliza' (Captain Weddel) from Gravesend to Cape of Good Hope; 'The Curler' (Captain Boyd) to Isle of Wight; 'Wanstead' from Van Diemens Land to England, 'Charles Kerr' (Captain Brodie) from Gravesend to the Cape and Schooner 'Falcon' (Captain Burnell) from the Cape to Ireland. At back, notes about sailing, knots, and diagrams of rigging.
[D1881/L4/3 Log of HMS Wanstead from Van Diemens Land to England - William Sacheverell Coke, 1828 - Misnumbered? Included in L4/2?]\
D1881/L4/4 Log of the "Friends of Goodwill" of Douglas, Isle of Man late No. 6. Pilot Boat, Liverpool - sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, 1835
D1881/L4/5 Journal of D'Ewes Coke: Notes and observations relating to North Wales and the several counties lying between Derbyshire and North Wales 1796-1798
D1881/L4/6/1 William Sacheverell Coke: Letters to his father D'Ewes Coke, largely from Barracks abroad, in Ireland, France and Australia 1824-1828
D1881/L4/6/2 William Sacheverell Coke: Diary whilst in Australia 1827
D1881/L4/6/3 Copy General Order No.87, Sydney. Signed by C. Stuart giving Lieut. Coke permission to proceed to Van Diemens Land 1828
D1881/L4/7 Manuscript account of journey from London to Nottingham by D'Ewes Coke 1798
D1881/L4/8/ Bundle of letters formerly mounted in scrap book
D1881/L4/8/1 From William Sacheverell Coke to his father D'Ewes Coke 1828
D1881/L4/8/2 From William Sacheverell Coke to his Uncle 1824-1825
D1881/L4/8/3 Letters chiefly to William Sacheverell, some unknown 1824-1831
D1881/L4/8/4 Letter to William Sacheverell Coke thanking him for reminiscences of life in Australia in the 1820's 1878
D1881/L4/9/ William Sacheverell Coke: Sundry Letters: Largely Foreign
D1881/L4/9/1 Coke family correspondence 1822-1836
D1881/L4/9/2 Miscellaneous correspondence 1792-1887
D1881/L4/9/3 William Sacheverell Coke: Passport 1851
D1881/L4/9/4 Marriage certificate: William Sacheverell Coke and Sarah Rift Deane 1837
D1881/L4/9/5 Document in German, possibly a passport 1830
D1881/L4/10/ Loose papers removed from South Africa Journal
D1881/L4/10/1 Letters to D'Ewes Coke 1832-1837
D1881/L4/10/2 Minutes of meeting of Commission for inquiring into the state of Table Bay: W.S. Coke present 19/07/1836
D1881/L4/10/3 Marriage settlement: William Sacheverell Coke and Sarah Rift Deane 1837
D1881/L4/10/4 Slave registry certificate 1832
D1881/L4/10/5 Letter to William Sacheverell Coke from Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Public Works 1877
D1881/L4/10/6 J.C. Crotty to William Sacheverell Coke 1828
D1881/L4/10/7 Miscellaneous correspondence and papers c.1791-c.1818
D1881/L4/11/ Miscellaneous Estate papers
D1881/L4/11/1 2 Copy letters [damaged] to William Sacheverell Coke 1882
D1881/L4/11/2 Inventory of furniture loose effects in Kirkby Hall, Nottinghamshire 1902
D1881/L4/11/3 Valuation of 'Coke Conversation' picture by Joseph Wright of Derby 1964
D1881/L4/11/4 Bill of Complaint: William Sacheverell Coke (Plaintiff) and Edward Thomas Coke, James and Emma Isabelle Salmond, George Robinson (Defendants) 1869
D1881/L4/11/5 Particulars of Silk Mill at Derby 1796
D1881/L4/11/6 Valuation of Timber on Rev Coke's Estates 1808
D1881/L4/11/7 Report on Brookhill estate [damages] 1912
D1881/L4/11/8 Inventory of Coke furniture in Kirkby Hall 1920's
D1881/L4/11/9 Copy of Sketch on Agreement dated 27/03/1909 with corresponding letter 1923
D1881/L4/11/10 Brookhill Estate: Schedule showing Tree Estate [early 20th cent]
D1881/L4/11/11 Brookhill Estate: c.19th-20th cent
D1881/L4/11/12 Miscellaneous papers re Estate 19th-20th cent
D1881/L4/12/1 Marriage settlement of John Hollings and Ann Bretland [damaged] 1763
D1881/L4/12/2 Legal 'Answer' 1784

Addition: Fragment of volume said to be the letter book of the Reverend Thomas Calton ,Vicar of Duffield, c.1717-1735, but including also accounts 1713-1721, number of oxgangs and persons who pay the Baslow curate, Baslow 1758, copy of Baslow document 1728/9 etc, 18th cent
Extent1 box
LevelSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorCoke family of Brookhill, Pinxton
TermSlaves
Slavery
Oppression
Forced labour
Ethnic groups
Ships logs
Travel abroad
Ocean travel
Diaries
Seagoing vessels
Travel
DocumentD1881 Box L4 list.doc
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