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This collection is largely unlisted - the only fully listed series are D769/B/P and D769/B/13, each of which is made up of maps and plans.
The Taylor, Simpson and Moseley collection is extensive, and its contents are reflective of a wide range of business and personal clients over a large span of years. Papers include:
Jackson Davis & Co, nursery boot and shoe manufacturer, Matlock: articles of association and other 1911-1918
Hardwick Colliery Company: estate and case papers 19th cent
Larges' Hospital Charity, Derby: minutes, accounts and apointments [admissions] 1818-1977
Holbrook manor court rolls 1633-1936, surrenders, admittances, deeds and other papers 17th-19th cent
Horsley manor court rolls 1842-1924
Shepshed, Leicestershire: manor court rolls 1675, 1765, 1790-1800, court papers 1752-c1812
Spondon manor court book and suit roll 1738-1753
Derby Society for the Extension of University Teaching: minutes 1888-1968, correspondence etc 1960s-1970s
Nottinghamshire Cricket Club: programmes 1859-1866
Various other Derbyshire organisations and families, including Sir John Port's Charity, Etwall, the Derby Canal Company, the Nutbrook Canal Company, and the Evans family of Darley Abbey
This collection is currently arranged by the date of each deposit, including material re-accessioned in May 2018 from D6656 and D6864 (the latter includes Manor of Brassington esteats of fines 1749). |
| Administrative History | The solicitor's firm of Taylor, Simpson & Mosley, and its predecessor companies, has been based at 35 St Mary's Gate, Derby since at least the 1840s. By 1835, attorneys Simpson & Frear had an office in St Mary's Gate. Trade directories in the 1840s list James Blyth Simpson at 35 St Mary's Gate. By 1857, the firm had become J&J Simpson, and by 1870 it was Simpson, Taylor & Simpson.
The firm also appears to have taken over the practices and clients from other Derby solicitors, including Joshua Priestley (1854-?1930), solicitor, 11 St Mary's Gate, Derby, and later also St Hilda, High Street, Repton. Joshua Priestley emigrated to Canada with his wife, Laura, and children in 1907.
The firm traced its history in Derby to 1778. It was acquired by Elliot Smith and Co of Mansfield in 2011. |
| Custodial History | Acquired by Derbyshire Record Office in 1970 |