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Collapse D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
Expand 1 - Title deeds including lead ore tithe - 1549-18721 - Title deeds including lead ore tithe - 1549-1872
Expand 2 - Title deeds2 - Title deeds
Expand 3 - Title deeds3 - Title deeds
Expand 4 - Accounts4 - Accounts
Expand 5 - Accounts (D258/1), Philip Gell (1775-1842) (D258/5/2-6)5 - Accounts (D258/1), Philip Gell (1775-1842) (D258/5/2-6)
Expand 6 - Philip Gell (1775-1842)6 - Philip Gell (1775-1842)
Expand 7 - Various including Medieval deeds (D258/7/1), Ship Money (D258/7/6) and Other Assessments (D258/7/13/19-35, 41-48), Tithes and church property (D258/7/13/49-D258/7/19) and Mining papers (D258/7/20)7 - Various including Medieval deeds (D258/7/1), Ship Money (D258/7/6) and Other Assessments (D258/7/13/19-35, 41-48), Tithes and church property (D258/7/13/49-D258/7/19) and Mining papers (D258/7/20)
Expand 8 - Correspondence Christian-Gell re lead ore (D258/8/1) and Various papers (D258/8/2-56)8 - Correspondence Christian-Gell re lead ore (D258/8/1) and Various papers (D258/8/2-56)
Expand 9 - Thomas Gell9 - Thomas Gell
Expand 10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various
Expand 11 - Various, 18th - early 19th century11 - Various, 18th - early 19th century
Expand 12 - Various, 17th century12 - Various, 17th century
Expand 13 - Title deeds and other papers13 - Title deeds and other papers
Expand 14 - Various, 18th-19th century14 - Various, 18th-19th century
Expand 15 - 17th Cent Printed Material15 - 17th Cent Printed Material
Expand 16 - Title deeds and other papers16 - Title deeds and other papers
Expand 17 - Quarter Sessions (D258/17/1-9), Business - Canals and railways (D258/17/10), Miscellaneous/Various (D258/17/11-29, 33-44), Correspondence (D258/17/30-31), Philip Gell correspondence including Cromford Canal (D258/17/32, 45)17 - Quarter Sessions (D258/17/1-9), Business - Canals and railways (D258/17/10), Miscellaneous/Various (D258/17/11-29, 33-44), Correspondence (D258/17/30-31), Philip Gell correspondence including Cromford Canal (D258/17/32, 45)
Collapse 18 - Manor of Hope (D258/1), Title Deeds (D258/18/2-3, 14-19, 21-34), Ashbourne Lectureship (D258/18/4), Estate papers (D258/18/5-D258/18/7/1-4, 30-38, D258/18/8), Wirksworth School (D258/18/7/5-29), Manors of Hopton, Carsington, Wirksworth, Hognaston, Middleton by Wirksworth and Hulland (D258/18/9-13), Assessments (D258/18/20), Miscellaneous printed items (D258/18/35-38)18 - Manor of Hope (D258/1), Title Deeds (D258/18/2-3, 14-19, 21-34), Ashbourne Lectureship (D258/18/4), Estate papers (D258/18/5-D258/18/7/1-4, 30-38, D258/18/8), Wirksworth School (D258/18/7/5-29), Manors of Hopton, Carsington, Wirksworth, Hognaston, Middleton by Wirksworth and Hulland (D258/18/9-13), Assessments (D258/18/20), Miscellaneous printed items (D258/18/35-38)
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Expand 1 - Manor of Hope - 1699-17121 - Manor of Hope - 1699-1712
Expand 2 - Title deeds2 - Title deeds
Expand 3 - Title Deeds3 - Title Deeds
Expand 4 - Ashbourne Lectureship4 - Ashbourne Lectureship
Expand 5 - Estate Papers5 - Estate Papers
Expand 6 - Estate papers6 - Estate papers
Expand 7 - Estate papers (D258/18/7/1-4, 30-38), Wirksworth School (D258/18/7/5-29)7 - Estate papers (D258/18/7/1-4, 30-38), Wirksworth School (D258/18/7/5-29)
8 - Copies and drafts of papers in a law suit in the Court of Chancery involving Philip Gell and Rowland Swann (until his death) and others, concerning quarrying at Middleton Wood, 1773-1783 and undated - 1773-1783
Expand 9 - Hopton and Carsington Manor Court9 - Hopton and Carsington Manor Court
Expand 10 - Wirksworth Manor Court10 - Wirksworth Manor Court
Expand 11 - Hognaston Manor Court - 1752-180111 - Hognaston Manor Court - 1752-1801
Expand 12 - Middleton by Wirksworth Manor Court12 - Middleton by Wirksworth Manor Court
Expand 13 - Holland Manor Court13 - Holland Manor Court
14 - Legal notebook of Thomas Gell - c1640
Collapse 15 - Title Deeds etc.15 - Title Deeds etc.
1 - Lease for 21 years by Arthur Schakerley of Bakewell, gent, and Margaret his wife, to Thomas Scheldon of One Ash Grange, yeomen, of the Wyn lands in the town fields of Monyash, 3 Jan, 35 Hen VIII - 3 Jan [1545]
2 - Lease for 21 years by Arthur Schakerley of Bakewell, gent, to John Robynson of Che[lmorton], yeoman, of lands lying to the Wyn lands of Chelmorton, 15 Jun, 36 Hen VIII - 1544
3 - Lease by Thomas Gell of Hopton, esq, to John Cock of Tideswell, yeoman, of a house called the parsonage, a barn and all other buildings, lands etc at Tideswell for 21 years at an annual rent of 40s. 20 May, 36 Eliz I - 1594
4 - Copy of grant by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to Ralph Gell of Hopton, of all their manors, liberties, rectories etc of Bakewell, Hope and Tideswell with all houses, barns, land etc, all their lands of Holmesfield, Ashford, Birchill, Monyash, Over Haddon and Chapel en le Frith, subject to an annual rent of £16 3s 11½d. 1 Jun 1549 - (1549) 1721
5 - Copy grant by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to Ralph Gell of all the tithes of Tunstead Meadow, Greatrakes, Fairfield, Bubnell, Chatsworth, Beeley, Brushfield, Chelmorton, Great Longstone, Hassop, Rowland, Wardlow, Hope and Wormhill, tithes of corn of Wheston, tithes of corn, hay, wool and lambs of Harwood and Harthill and tithe ore within the jurisdiction of Bakewell, subject to an annual rent of £43 2s 10d. 1 Jul 1549 - (1549) 1721
6 - Copy grant by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to Ralph Gell of all fruits, rents, emoluments etc of the Chapel of Kniveton with the Parsonage Place, barn and shippon, for 40 years, subject to an annual rent of £5. 1 Jun 1537 - (1537) 1721
7 - Bond in £30 by Anthony Gell of Hopton to John Wigley of Wirksworth, to abide by the award of Robert Whitall, William Bayenbrigge, Charles Agard and Lawrence Wright, re a stone wall upon Yokeclyffe Syde. 16 Aug, 20 Eliz I - 1578
8 - Copy deed between the Abbey of Rocester (Staffordshire) and Thomas and Roland Fearne, sons of John Fearne of Hognaston re land in Hognaston, 7 Jul, 30 Hen VIII - 1538
9 - List of deeds - 17th cent
Expand 16 - Title Deeds and other Papers16 - Title Deeds and other Papers
Expand 17 - Title deeds etc17 - Title deeds etc
Expand 18 - Title deeds etc18 - Title deeds etc
Expand 19 - Title deeds etc19 - Title deeds etc
Expand 20 - Assessments20 - Assessments
21 - Fee Farm rent receipts Dean and Chapter of Lichfield from Phillip Gell for Bakewell, Tunstead and Kniveton - 1692-1729
Expand 22 - Title Deeds and Other Papers22 - Title Deeds and Other Papers
Expand 23 - Title Deeds and Other Papers23 - Title Deeds and Other Papers
Expand 24 - Title Deeds and Other Papers24 - Title Deeds and Other Papers
25 - Wirksworth Liberty lead mining accounts (barmaster?) - 1692-1697
26 - Account of land at Bakewell, purchased by Ralph Gell - 1562
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28 - Account of the ore at Have At All, both grove and hillock - 1712
29 - Warrant by Sir Henry Lello, warden of the Fleet Prison, to his servants John Eldred, Harbart Walwyne, William Gell and Ralph Pisar to apprehend Robert Jepson and James Walkelate who stand committed to the Fleet by order of Chancery for contempt - 1 Nov 1626
30 - Mortgage in Wirksworth manor court (Dean of Lincoln) by John Smythe of Mill House, yeoman, of 7 acres of arable upon Gyllchyll Toppe to the use of Agnes Ferne of Wirksworth, widow, for 16 years, for payment of 26s 8d annually until £21 has been paid. Fine 2s. 20 Dec, 13 Eliz I - 1570
31 - Letter - John Cock to his master Thomas Gell at Hopton - I have sent a note of the charges for repairs to the chancel of Tideswell - I marvel that you send for the rent of Grindlow Grange which I have paid together with the rent for Chatsworth, Beeley and Birchills - you shall receive the 16s 7d for Fairfield with 6s 8d for One Ash Grange - we are now busy at sowing - 6 Mar [1585]
32 - Receipt by Reignalde Bretlands, mayor of Chesterfield for a writ received from Nicholas Creswell, servant to John Gell, Sheriff of Derbyshire (ship money) - 23 Aug 1635
Expand 33 - Title Deeds and Other Papers33 - Title Deeds and Other Papers
34 - Warrant by Bartholemew Clerke of the Court of Arches that William Jackson and George Jackson of Kniveton are to appear before him in 15 days. 7 Nov - 1586
35 - Report of the Commissioners appointed by the the Bishop of Lichfield, for the purpose of examining into and deciding upon the dispute re pews between the Churchwardens and certain inhabitants of Derby St Werbugh (printed) - 1831
36 - Monthly extracts from the correspondence of the British and Foreign Bible Society (printed) - 1839
37 - Thirteenth annual report of the Derbyshire General Infirmary - 1838-1839
38 - Advertisement for New Pedometrical Patent Watch (printed) - [?19th cent]
Expand 19 - Various (D258/19/1-30, D258/19/31/24-33, D258/19/32-34), Ashbourne lectureship (D258/19/31/1-23)19 - Various (D258/19/1-30, D258/19/31/24-33, D258/19/32-34), Ashbourne lectureship (D258/19/31/1-23)
Expand 20 - Various (D258/20/1-11, 30-66), Title deeds and leases (D258/20/12-29)20 - Various (D258/20/1-11, 30-66), Title deeds and leases (D258/20/12-29)
Expand 21 - Various (D258/21/1-20, D258/21/45/7-8, D258/21/46/1-7), Philip Gell (1723-1795) Correspondence (D258/21/21-24, D258/21/46/8-35), Yorkshire Quarter Sessions (D258/21/25), Estate papers and accounts 18th cent (D258/21/26-D258/21/45/6),Philip Gell (1723-1795) Various (D258/21/47/1-34), Various 16th-19th cent (D258/21/47/35, D258/21/48-66)21 - Various (D258/21/1-20, D258/21/45/7-8, D258/21/46/1-7), Philip Gell (1723-1795) Correspondence (D258/21/21-24, D258/21/46/8-35), Yorkshire Quarter Sessions (D258/21/25), Estate papers and accounts 18th cent (D258/21/26-D258/21/45/6),Philip Gell (1723-1795) Various (D258/21/47/1-34), Various 16th-19th cent (D258/21/47/35, D258/21/48-66)
Expand 22 - Parish Account Books (D258/22/1-3), Various, 16th-19th century (D258/22/4-23)22 - Parish Account Books (D258/22/1-3), Various, 16th-19th century (D258/22/4-23)
Expand 23 - Title Deeds and other papers (D258/23/1-19/5), Correspondence 16th-early 18th cent (D258/23/19/6-26, D258/23/20-22)23 - Title Deeds and other papers (D258/23/1-19/5), Correspondence 16th-early 18th cent (D258/23/19/6-26, D258/23/20-22)
Expand 23 - Title deeds and other papers23 - Title deeds and other papers
Expand 24 - Sir Philip Gell (D258/24/1-5, D258/24/30-47, 49-54), Ashbourne Lectureship (D258/24/6), Various (D258/24/6/27, D258/24/7-8, D258/24/11-29), Wirksworth Hundred Tax Assessments (D258/24/9-10), Fagg v Gell (D258/24/48)24 - Sir Philip Gell (D258/24/1-5, D258/24/30-47, 49-54), Ashbourne Lectureship (D258/24/6), Various (D258/24/6/27, D258/24/7-8, D258/24/11-29), Wirksworth Hundred Tax Assessments (D258/24/9-10), Fagg v Gell (D258/24/48)
Expand 25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers
Expand 26 - Title Deeds etc26 - Title Deeds etc
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Expand 28 - Title Deeds28 - Title Deeds
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Expand 34 - John Gell (1539-1671)34 - John Gell (1539-1671)
Expand 35 - Various accounts, deeds etc35 - Various accounts, deeds etc
Expand 36 - Anthony Gell d. 158436 - Anthony Gell d. 1584
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Expand 38 - Correspondence etc38 - Correspondence etc
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
Expand 43 - Hopton Receipt Papers43 - Hopton Receipt Papers
Expand 44 - Sir John Gell44 - Sir John Gell
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Expand 46 - Staffordshire estate papers, 19th century - 1834-187946 - Staffordshire estate papers, 19th century - 1834-1879
47 - Unidentified plan showing part of the course of a waterway, marked at points with numbers, and the dates 20 Aug and 22 Aug. Scale not given. Dimensions approx 150cm x 130cm - [19th Cent]
Expand 48 - Philip Gell (d 1842), draft deeds, estate and financial papers - 1706-187748 - Philip Gell (d 1842), draft deeds, estate and financial papers - 1706-1877
49 - Log book of the Cutter Yacht Albatross from the port of Cowes, Isle of Wight to any port or ports her owner may think proper, wind and weather permitting' [to Scotland] - 18 May-29 Aug 1836
Expand 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)
Expand 51 - Various51 - Various
Expand 52 - Volume of bound letters and other documents - Late 17th-early 19th cent52 - Volume of bound letters and other documents - Late 17th-early 19th cent
Expand 53 - Printed Pamphlets53 - Printed Pamphlets
Expand 54 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-187054 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-1870
Expand 55 - Pedigrees and other papers55 - Pedigrees and other papers
Expand 56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D
Expand 57 - Family Papers57 - Family Papers
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63 - Number not used
Expand 64 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-190264 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-1902
Expand 65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
Expand 67 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-196467 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-1964
Expand 68 - Pedigrees - 19th cent68 - Pedigrees - 19th cent
Expand 69 - Plans - 1711-182869 - Plans - 1711-1828
70 - Manor of Holland p Wirksworth and Lands Grant [temp Q Anne] to Philip Gell of Hopton [outsize parchment deed, badly damaged by damp, partly illegible]
Expand 71 - Isabella Thornhill, nee Gell (1800-1878): diary - 1863-187571 - Isabella Thornhill, nee Gell (1800-1878): diary - 1863-1875
72 - `Catalogue of the library at Hopton Hall' Arranged by size of volume: folio, quarto, octavo Duodecimo, `sixteens and twenty-fours' Title, edition and date of publication Folio paper vol, in slip case - ?17th cent
Expand 73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent
UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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