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D231 - Okeover family of Okeover - [12th-20th cent]

M - Deeds and estate records - [12th-20th cent]

B - Business

E - Estate Papers

A - Derbyshire and Staffordshire Estate

B - Norfolk and Suffolk Estates

C - Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Estates

D - Warwickshire Estate

E - London

F - Other Okeover Family Estate Papers

G - Other families' estate papers

1 - Miscellaneous; Staffordshire estate papers

2 - Miscellanous Derbyshire estate papers

5119 - Demise by Thomas son of Ralph de Chaddesden to John his brother of all the tenements and rents with appurtenances in Derbyshire which he has held since the death of his father, for the full and complete term of 8 years. Feast of St Michaelmas (29 Sep) Witnesses: John son of Gilbert, William Page, bailiff of Derbyshire, John de Chaddesden of Derbyshire, William le Wyne of Chaddesden, Simon de Cestre [Chester] and others - 1308

5120 - Lease by Joan de Findern, widow of John de Findern to John Mackworth, Thomas Blount, Henry de Kniveton, Henry de Bothe, John de Ireton, John Lathbury, and Thomas Bradshaw, of her third part of the manor of Findern which she holds as dower, namely all the chambers "le parler", "norcere", "pantre", "botre" and "wynseller" on the north part of the hall and a long house "under one roof" which extends in the east towards the Gaytehouse and in the west towards the pool, and 6 acres of arable land in the High field in the Crownest, 4 acres of land in the Middle Furlong, 1 acre in the Gorse, 2 acres above Fartbarrowhill in the Conyngrefield, 3 acres in the Galle, 3 acres above the Blakeneyr, 3 acres above Herdmandole in the Lowwayfield, 2 acres in the Wyttforlonge and 2 acres above the Foulithorne; 3½ acres of meadow in the Gallemedowe, 3 acres of meadow in the Blakmeyr and a plot of land in the Overclose of Pottlocke called Overhenmarshe, 1 parcel of land in Pottloke field which extends north as far as the Lytillwalle Hill, all of which the said Joan holds in dower in Findern and Potlocks (except for the part of the long house called the Werkhouse) : to hold in trust until Robert, son and heir of John de Findern, or, if he dies, the next heir, reaches the age of 21 : annual rent of 24s 5d Witnesses: Alured [Ailred] de Lathbury, Reginald de Lathbury, Henry Wychard, Thomas Mackworth and John Crowker - 11 Nov 1420

5121 - Defeasance of a bond for £40 by Henry de Kniveton, parson of the church of Norbury, to Thomas del Hull of Snelston, Robert del Hull, Walter Tyrry and John Brown, all of Snelston, contingent on the payment by Henry of 37s 4d at four terms in the year for 3 years 15 Aug - 1332

5122 - Deed whereby William de Wyklewode, rector of the church of Bromley in Rochester diocese, Ralph de Shirley knight, Thomas de Swanlond and Thomas Hally, executors of the will of Walter Walderschef [Wadshelf] late citizen of London, have appointed as chaplains to the three chantries of the church of Boylestone, John de Rocester, Richard de Doveridge, and William de Foston. The three chantries were founded by Walderschef/Wadshelf in his will and to support them a bequest of 18 marks of rent was made to the church of Boylestone, 13½ marks annually from the property in Cheap St., London, which Edward II gave to Walderschef/Wadshelf and 60s annually arising from a decorated tavern (taberna depicta) which William le Gauge held in a winestore in London 1 May - 1334

5123 - Power of attorney from John Sacheverell, esq., to Thomas Duffeld and William Cobyn to deliver siesin to Ralph Sacheverell his son and Elizabeth his wife, of all his lands, tenements, rents, reversions and all other appurtenances in the vill and fields of Aston on Trent, Derbyshire 24 Jun - 1450

5124 - Duchy of Lancaster writ instructing Ralph Shirley, steward, of the lordship of Donington, to lease at the next court held within the lordship an area of waste to the yearly value of 8s 4d to Richard Frances in lieu of 8s 4d rent for a parcel of land in the tenure of Frances which for some time has been unoccupied and no rent collected - 1506

5125 - Power of attorney by Samuel Triss of Cullworth, Northamptonshire, to George Lee of Catton, Derbyshire, to [illegible] attournement of Gabriel Armstrong of Rempsone, Nottinghamshire, for certain lands which he purchased of Christopher Horton of Catton and recited in a certain page of an indenture bearing date Aug 1651 - 1651

5126 - Bond by Alexander Taylor to Richard Williamson of Mapleton in £40 : to pay £20 10 Aug - 1700

5127 - Bond by Alexander Taylor of Ashbourne, maltster, and Alexander Taylor junior of Ashbourne to Thomas Williamson of Mapleton in £60 : to pay £30 20 Mar - 1701

5128 - Memorandum of an agreement by which B Col clough has agreed to accept from Leeke Okeover the sum of £2900 for the purchase of Charles Adderley's estate at Ballidon, Derbyshire 17 Jan - 1730/1731

5129 - Bond by Richard Lisett alias Brickshaw of Winster, hosier, to John Wall the elder of Wensley, gent., in £200 : to pay £100 16 Feb - 1767

5130 - Articles of agreement between Sir Matthew Blakiston of Sandy Brook Hall, baronet, and Richard Brown of Ashbourne for the construction of a gardener's cottage at Sandy Brook Hall - 1876

5131a - Death certificate of Nicholas Okeover of Sturston who died on 15 Apr 1578 18 Oct - 1876

5131b - Bond by Francis S[illegible] to John Brigham citizen and grocer of London in £10 7 Dec - 1580

5132 - Memorandum of a suit brough by John Fitzherbert, esq., against Henry Cotes of Snelston, labourer and Thomas Fayrechild, late of Snelston, miller for trespass and damage to trees and grass at Norbury. Hilary Term - 1502

5133 - The answer of Philip Okeover, esq., defendant to the bill of complaint of Michael Fynderne, complainant, concerning lands in the manor of Potlock, Findern, held by Philip Okeover in the right of his wife Margaret, widow of Thomas Fynderne and one of the daughters of William Dethick - [mid 16th cent]

5134 - Receipt by Christopher Horton of Catton, Derbyshire for £590 from Samuel Trist of Cullworth, Northamptonshire Dated 10 Jun - 1652

5135 - Note of distances in the Ashbourne area - circa 1770

3 - Miscellaneous Warwickshire Estate Papers

4 - Miscellaneous Norfolk estate papers

5 - Miscellaneous Leicestershire estate papers

6 - Papers relating to Arley while R.R. Vaughton, guardian of H.C. Okeover, was Rector

7 - Miscellaneous Nottinghamshire estate papers

8 - Miscellaneous London estate papers

9 - Miscellaneous Gloucestershire estate papers

10 - Miscellaneous Cheshire estate papers

11 - Miscellaneous Shropshire estate papers

F - Family - 14th cent-c1950

M - Manorial - 1345-1728

UL - Okeover family of Okeover: unlisted records

Strutt family of Belper

Tweets by DRO

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Strutt family of Belper

National Coal Board

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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