| Description | The contents of this box are mainly documents relating to the financial affairs of members of the Curzon family: particularly in relation to estates at Lockington; property in Derby and mineral resources at Overseal. In addition there are some documents in the names of individuals which have no immediately apparent connection with the Curzon family.
Wallet with bank statements: 1932-1934: National Provincial Bank Ltd: executors of E M Knighton, deceased
Dividend vouchers: 1937-1938: George Francis Knighton and Ethel May Knighton
Directors Attendance Book: 1929-1930: Slyth & Co, Birmingham: signatures for attendance at 2 meetings: remainder of proforma pages are blank
Draft Notice of conveyance of equity: 1930: George Hanson Sale; Richard James Weston; Douglas Eric Smith; to Annie Elizabeth Gamble: property at Ilkeston: with plan
Letter: 1929: from Sam [Paling Smith], Stanhope House, Redhill, Arnold, to [nephew] Eric: about estate of Eric's father
Will: 1887; with probate certificate: 1891: Charlotte Alcock
Deed: 1873: Nathaniel Charles Curzon; George Checkland: coal mines at Overseal: with plan
Letter: 1924: from London Midland & Scottish Railway Co to Samuel Alcock: exchange of stock certificates
Copy of agreement: 1904: William Joseph Garlick: terms of employment as bailiff by William Curzon
Letter: 1877: from Mary Fielding to Mr Cooper, [solicitor of Cooper & Abney]: concern for welfare of a cousin, Mrs Gregory, widow of Thomas Gregory, in relation to Thomas Loughtenbury
Insurance Policy: 1920: Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co Ltd: Samuel Alcock: houses in Victoria Avenue, Borrowash
Postcard: ? 1878: from N C Curzon to Thomas Cooper: bank account
Cash book: undated: entries of personal names; streets in Spondon and Borrowash; and amount of rent: affixed to the book: receipt: 1927: for internment fee; Spondon Cemetery: internment of David Holmes [See D769/UL/8A/177/3 for related documents]
Letter: 1904: from Local Government Board to W Curzon, (as lord of the manor): proposed amount: rental of land at Kegworth
Solicitor's letters: 1909: from Wordsworth, Blake & Co: ownership of minerals at Overseal: with plan
Summary: undated; of deeds: 1841 and 1843: William Daniel; Joseph Simmonds; George, Marquis of Hastings; John Balguy: mineral rights, Overseal: with plan
Letters and certificate: 1908-1910: from W S Gresley, mining engineer and others: mineral leases; wayleave agreement; Moira Colliery and amount of coal worked at Wadlands Farm, Overseal
Draft deed: 1909: William Curzon; Moira Colliery Co Ltd; grant of wayleave, Overseal
Copy letters: 1888: from Smith & Mammatt: Curzon and Moira Colliery
Receipted account: 1909: payment to Joseph White for inspection and copying of tithe award: with letter and extracted field particulars
Copy deed: original date 1806: Thomas Fisher the elder; Edward Mammatt; Mary Simmonds; Thomas Fisher the younger and wife Joyce; John Fisher and wife Matilda; Ann Curzon: property at Overseal
Draft power of attorney: 1897: Nathaniel Charles Curzon to William Curzon: with associated correspondence
Copies (2) of will and codicil: Nathaniel Charles Curzon: original made 1896 and codicil 1897
Draft agreement: 1907: Georgina Bloor, William Curzon; Corporation of Derby: sale/purchase of land in Normanton Road, Derby
Draft notice to pay off mortgage: 1911: William Curzon to Georgina Bloor
Draft mortgage transfer: 1902: Frederick Hughes Gandy; George Garner Woodiwiss; Georgiana Bloor; William Curzon: properties in Derby
Correspondence: 1907: Bloor's mortgage
Schedules/valuation: 1902: properties in Derby: with plan
Letter: 1902: from W J Holbrook, solicitor: Gandy and others to Curzon
Letter: 1902: from Moody & Woolley, solicitors: J E Hunt, deceased; Major Mosley's mortgage
Notice to pay off mortgage: 1902: F H Gandy; G G Woodiwiss; Georgina Bloor
Draft mortgages: 1897 & 1898: James Henry Bloor; Frederica Hughes Gandy; George Garner Woodiwiss: property in Derby: with schedule of insurances, requisitions on title and replies
Draft Vacating Receipt: 1931: Charles Hugh Babbington Elliott; Matthew Attwood; Charles Stubbs: Ivy House Farm, Newhaven: with related correspondence
Receipts (28): 1926-1928: individual internment fees, Spondon Cemetery
Draft licences to assign; and draft supplemental leases: 1902-1903: William Curzon to executors of G E Checkland: coal reserves at Overseal: with associated correspondence and plan
Schedules of deeds:
estates at Belton, Gracedieu, Long Whatton and Sheepshead: items 1839-1896
estates at Bruntingthorpe and Knaptoft: items 1791-1869
Estates at Coton in the Elms; Netherseal and Overseal: items 1806-1911
Report: 1915: mineral investigations, especially relating to clay, at Wadlands Farm [Overseal]: W S Gresley: with related annotated plan
Schedule of securities: 1915: "held in safe at Lockington"
Correspondence: 1917-1921: relating to stock holdings; stock transfers; missing securities in various railway and other companies: estates of John Curzon, William Curzon; Alfred N Curzon
Draft deed: 1865: William Canning; William Osborne; Nathaniel Charles Curzon; William Curzon; Robert Curzon: sale/purchase of land in Burghley Street, Derby; with associated correspondence; receipted account for associated legal work by Wallington & Wright; and sale contract
Draft power of attorney: 1905: William Curzon to Alexander Edward Morton; Alfred Gordon Dear: manor of Sawley; property known as Breakage Field
Draft settlement: 1906: F C Newton and W Curzon; (no other party named): estate of John Curzon
Copy mortgage: 1901: and copy further charge: 1906: F C Newton and Estate Trustees of Legal & General Life Assurance Society: estates in Leicestershire and Derbyshire
Deeds: 1906: F C Newton and W Curzon to J T Harries; R H Tennant & H C Holland: estate of John Curzon: and request to Crompton Union Bank Ltd to hold associated documents
Account: 1906: disbursement of £30,000 received from estate of John Curzon
Draft Epitome of settlement ; and Proposed Heads of Resettlement: 1906: Lockington Estate
Account: undated: investments of proceeds of sale of real estate: J Curzon and N C Curzon
Solicitors' correspondence; solicitors' account and receipt: 1905-1907: with Young, Jackson, Beard & King and with Inland Revenue: Lockington Estate
Valuation: 1906: by Thomas Earp & Son: stocks and shares: estate of William Curzon
Draft Instruction for Dissenting Deed: 1906: contains four generation pedigree and other genealogical details in relation to John Curzon and family
Statement: 1906: F C Newton: liabilities at Crompton & Union Bank
Instructions for deed of covenant and draft deed: 1906: W Curzon and F C Newton
Instruction to counsel and Opinion: 1906: A F Peterson, Lincoln's Inn: estate of J Curzon
Copy will (1894) and probate (1896) Emily F A Curzon
Statutory receipt: 1930: C H B Elliott and M Attwood to J Bailey: schedule of title deeds (items 1660-1920): Dairy House Farm, Checkley; and associated correspondence
Inland Revenue Land Valuation: 1913
Copy marriage settlement: original date 1886: F C Newton & M B Byron: endorsed 1909 by Commissioner for Oaths
Draft mortgage transfer: 1898: W Curzon to W Curzon and N W Curzon: properties at New Normanton, Derby
Correspondence: 1898-1899: railway and canal shares
Schedules of deeds: 1899: deeds handed to W Curzon
Draft appointments: 1898: W Curzon and N W Curzon as trustees of estate of J Curzon
Draft mortgage transfer: W Curzon and N W Curzon: property at Tonge and Breedon
Particulars of Trust Estate: 1895 & 1897: J Curzon, deceased
Schedule of deeds and receipt for deeds: 1899: "Mail Coach" Faringdon Street, London: W Curzon and Samuel Hines
Receipt: 1898: Thomas Earp & Son: sale of bonds
Copy certificate: 1884: Contract for Redemption of Land Tax: W Curzon; C E Newton; N C Curzon
Correspondence: 1898: Barber & Co, solicitors: property of the late N C Curzon in Castle Donington
Working notes: undated: Estate Duty: N C Curzon, deceased
Epitome of Will: original 1857 with codicils 1862 & 1864: John Curzon
Copy: Court Orders: 1874 and 1877: High Court Chancery Division: Curzon
Documents relating to dispute in High Court, Kings Bench Division: 1904-1905: between W Curzon & C E Newton; and Chaplains and Poor of Wyggeston Hospital: land at Netherseal |