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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)
Expand 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)
Collapse 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)
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1 - Advertisement for Bowyer's History of England lottery. (printed) - c.1800
2 - Sir John Weld's case relating to mortgage by the Earl of Cleveland of Bedfordshire lands to Weld. (printed) - Late 18th cent
3 - Wirksworth school rental and accounts: receipts giving amount of rents and tenants' names, expenses including stipend for teaching and work done on school, almshouse payments - 1795-1796
4 - Accounts of George Bestwick [?agent for the Gell estates]: payments made for work done and material purchased and assessments paid, goods such as coals purchased and cash receipts for toll, occasional rents, tithe and sales - Oct 1795 - Jun 1796
5 - Accounts of George Bestwick [?agent for the Gell estates]: payments made for work done and material purchased and assessments paid, goods such as coals purchased and cash receipts for toll, occasional rents, tithe and sales - Jun - Jul 1796
6 - "Time Book" Apr - Jul 1792 Wages book for work for road in Bonsall and Middleton Woods, for the new road, turnpike house, fishponds with memoranda relating to letting out parts of the road or other jobs recording prices. Includes hiring of George Bessick for £50 a year, May - 1792
7 - Account book of Philip Gell junior [?personal] expenses (very few entries) bound in blank form for registration of freeholders - 1793, 1795
8 - Estate accounts day book chiefly for work done but also including expenses of post, travel, levies etc and receipts of toll, rents. Mar - Jul 1796. Near the end is a memorandum re number and cost of Canal Navigation Shares and expense [?of the Navigation] At the end notes of bills 1788-1795 - 1796
9 - Philip Gell's estate accounts Near the end is a list of the Bestwick family of Hopton - 1795
10 - Estate account book, chiefly wages paid, but also a few purchases of food, payments to Hopton almshouse receipts for toll, Jul-Oct - 1796
11-12 - Receipt and calculation enclosed in D258/19/1/10 - 1796
13 - Wages account 31 Jul - 7 Aug - 1796
14 - Declaration of trust by William Cooper of Callow farmer, that £1,000 subscribed by him to the proposed Cromford Canal was for Philip Gell the younger an infant, eldest son of Philip Gell the elder of Hopton, Aug - 1789
15-17 - Pencil portraits and other sketches - [mid 19th cent]
18 - Mathematical calculations
19 - Bill from Isaac Bright, watchmaker, jeweller and cutler, Sheffield (Yorkshire) to Philip Gell for a timepiece, receipted, Sep 1814, settled Sep 1816 - 1814-1816
20 - Bill from the Angel Inn, Sheffield (Yorkshire) Sep - 1816
21 - Calculation concerning [?Mean Graves]
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Expand 3 - Various3 - Various
4 - Depositions taken at Ashbourne in case between, 1) Robert Heyward gent, and Thomas Manley gent, and 2) Philip Gell, esq and others, relating to Carsington lands, Aug 36 Cha II - 1684
5 - Papers in case as D258/19/4/1, Oct - Nov 36 Cha II and nd - 1684
6 - Depositions taken at Ashbourne in case, 1) Thomas Goodread and William Hand, clerks, and 2) Philip Gell, Baronet, relating to Ashbourne lectureship - Jan [1693]
7 - Case paper, Dean and Chapter of Lichfield versus Gell esq relating to tithes with reference to Bakewell, Hope and Tisdeswell, not dated - [?16th cent]
8 - Observations by the Reverend Mr Pegge on the Stanton Moor urns and druidical temple in a letter to Major Rooke, read to the Society of Antiquaries 2 Nov 1785, illustrated, (printed) - 1785
9 - Proposals for publishing by subscription the works of the Reverend Joseph Bingham including The Antiquities of the Christian Church, (printed) - ?early 19th cent
10 - His Majesty's Declaration to all His Loving Subjects Touching The Causes and Reasons That moved Him to Dissolve The Two last Parliaments, 8 Apr, (printed) - 1681
11 - The Freeman's oath of the Hamborough Company, (printed) - ?17th cent
12 - Treatise entitled `The theater of the world Wher there is made an ample discourse of the miseries of man, together with the vices that reign at this day in all the estates of the earth' - 17th cent
13 - Draft petition of Tisley Crofts, one of the Queen's maids of honour, for power to compound with those who have enclosed land without licence and stocked it with deer and rabbits (conies), the compositions to be shared between her and the King - 17th cent
14 - Case that dignities of the King's writ of summons to Parliament descend to females where there is sole heir ...... and judgement - ?17th cent
15 - Defence of the minister who held 3 great offices, treasurer, secretary and [?master of] the wards - 17th cent
16 - "An advertisement to his Sacred majestie" ?intended as a preamble to a petition, not dated but possibly addressed to James I after the gunpowder plot - ?1605-1625
17 - Copy of part of a deed endorsed `Part of Sir Humphrey Bradburn's will and settlement of his estate upon his 4 sons and 3 daughters' - [16th cent]
18 - Papers in a case involving Sir John Meldram, and concerning a patent and Sir Kenelm Digby, not dated but date Jun 5 Ch [1629] is referred to - 17th cent
19 - Double page endorsed `The boke of tenures', first page headed `Derb' [Derbyshire], listing family names, description of property, rents and manors, and regnal year [date property was granted] - [16th-17th cent]
20 - Page of notes including names, subject not evident. (damaged) - [16th-early 17th cent]
21 - Copy of part of writ to the receivers (Royal officials] of Derbyshire (damaged) - [16th-early 17th cent]
22 - Part of letter re tithe at Tunstead, Meadow, Gretrax [Greatrakes] and Wormhill - 17th cent
23 - List of law cases - 17th cent
24 - Case for opinion re unlicensed inclosures used as parkes - 17th cent
25 - Notes re militia for Colonel Milward at Snitterton [from John Gell II] - 17th cent
26 - Pages 17-32 of a Treatise on Divine Meditation, (printed) - 17th cent
27 - Part of receipt from Bailiff of the Earl of Shrewsbury to ...... [of] Hopton for £5 for one ...... of Willersley, reign of Elizabeth - [late 16th cent]-1603
28 - End and external address of letter from her daughter to Lady Bridget Willoughby at Wollaton [Nottinghamshire] - 17th cent
29 - Receipt from Edmd ?Loyde to Sir John Gell for £3 15s, Dec - 1676
30 - Notes ?for an opinion relating to manor of Dale and including Jo' Gravener and Fabian Hickes, in French - 17th cent
Expand 31 - Ashbourne lectureship (D258/19/31/1-23), Various (D258/19/31/24-33, D258/19/32-34)31 - Ashbourne lectureship (D258/19/31/1-23), Various (D258/19/31/24-33, D258/19/32-34)
32 - Lists of documents in "Bundle 1" of Gell Manuscripts with related latter from Charles Bowles to Mrs Chandos-Pole-Gell - 16 Nov 1901
Expand 33 - Various33 - Various
Expand 34 - Various34 - Various
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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