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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/10/9/35
Former Reference	D258/31/10da
Title	Petition of the inhabitants of Wirksworth to be allowed to elect two members of parliament
Date	[c1660s]
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Archivist Note	Temp Charles II - original catalogue date of 17th cent changed to c1660s by Mark Smith on 20/2/2017 as a result of a comment through the record office blog. The petition is mentioned in “The Unreformed House of Commons” by Edward Pottle – volume 1, page 6. His reference is to the Historical Manuscripts Commission, 9th Report, Appendix, Part II page 398. Pottle states (page 16) that the last borough to be enfranchised before 1832 was Newark. Newark was enfranchised in 1661, so this may have inspired the miners of Wirksworth.

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