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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
33
2 - Correspondence - 17th-18th cent
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D258/33/2/2
Former Reference
D258/59/2a-j
Title
Letter - Percival Willughby at Oxford to his sister Elizabeth Gell at Hopton - thanks her for the cock and hen she sent - glad to hear that she has been safely delivered but would have been gladder had it been a boy who could have taken up medicine - maybe he can persuade her second son to follow up that career - has sent a small token in sign of his love - the writer is a servant but it grieveth him nothing for he has a good master and mistress
19 Apr
Date
1621
Level
file
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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