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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D258/55/1
TitleBound volume, in manuscript, entitled `Stemmata Gelliana', by William Gell, kt, dedicated to his brother Philip Gell of Hopton esq, containing pedigrees of the Gell and related families, including coats of arms, with dedication and index at front
Date1830
DescriptionThe pages are numbered as below, in roman numerals
(v) Chronological genealogy of the Gell family from the early Anglo-Saxon period
(vi-viii) Eyre family pedigree (11th-19th cent)
(x) Coloured drawings of the tomb and figures on it in Hathersage Church, of Robertus Eyre and Johanna de Padley
(xi) Coloured drawings of the figures of Robenet le Eyr and Johanna de Padley at the tomb of Sir Arthur le Eyr in Hathersage Church
(xii) Inscriptions on the tomb of Robert le Eyr and Joan of Padley (1449) and their son Sir Arthur Eyre
(xiii/1) Drawings of the interior and the south view of the Gallery at Padley Manor in 1800
(xiii/2) Drawing of the north view of the Gallery at Padley Manor, 1800, and ground plans of Highlow Hall and Padley Manor
(xiii/3) Drawings of site of Highlow Farm in Hathersage, and Highlow Farm, 1795, and inscription on gilt brass plates in Hathersage Church on Radulph Eyre of Offerton and Elizabeth his wife (1493)
(xiv) Drawing of figures on gilt bronzes in Hathersage Church, Thomas, John and Elizabeth Eyre
(xvi-xvii) Gell of Hopton family pedigree (14th-19th cent), letter from Edward Fraser to General Pole-Gell on military colours, 1923
(xviii) Drawings of Hopton in 1800 and 1813
(xix) Tessoppe of North Lees family pedigree (16th-18th cent)
(xx-1v) pedigrees of families linked with Gell family, comprising Doyley of Chislehampton (xx-xxi), Swyfte of Rotherham (xxii), Darcy of Norton (xxiii-xxv), Conyers of Hornby (xxvi-xxviii), Meinill (xxviii), Bertram, Baron of Mitford (xxx), Carew (xxxi-xxxiv), Hoo (xxxv), Aton and Devesay (xxxvi), Wells (xxxvii), Neville (xxxviii-xli), Holland
(xli-xlii), Dukes of Normandy (xliii), Wake (xliv), Zouch (xlv), Bretagne (xlvi), Longspe, Earl of Sarum (x/xii), Scottish royal family and Chester (x/viii), Quincy, Bellomont and Mellent (x/ix), Montacute and Monthermer (l), Mellent (li), Bruce (lii), St Maur (liii), Marshall, Mohun of Dunster and Roet (liv), Milnes (lv, with letter of Sir William Gell at Rome on claim to the Darcy of Wavan baronetcy, 1824), Nicholas (lvi)
(lvii) coat of arms (of the Gell family)
(lviii) diagrammatic table of general connection of families
(lix) coat of arms, with references to quarterings on the page opposite
(lx) notes and lists on quarterings not accounted for in the rest of the book
See CD 296
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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