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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)
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)
Collapse 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 1 - Various1 - Various
Expand 2 - Various2 - Various
3 - Legal Papers: John Gell and Ralph Poyser, deponents vs Richard Carrion, vicar of Wirksworth; Joseph Bond and other miners; Case concerning house of 3 bays erected on the Pittie, Wirksworth and £300 costs incurred in Chancery case over right of tithe to lead ore - 1630-1634
4 - Papers in the case Court of Request: John Gell v Thomas Birkett alleging moral corruption by Thomas Birket of William Gell, John's son, when an apprentice to Mr Northey in London - 1639-1640
5 - Papers in case John Gell v John Ferne and Thomas Yeaveley over land in Hognaston - 1606-1608
Expand 6 - Various6 - Various
7 - Monthly reckoning for lot and cope including quarterly reckoning for cope including silver, Jan 1656/7 - Aug 1661 - 1656-1661
8 - Quarterly account of ore measured at Griffe (incomplete) - Oct 1681 - Feb 1693
Expand 9 - Various9 - Various
10 - Monthly lot and cope accounts for Middleton by Wirksworth Jul-Sep - 1656
11 - Assessment of aid contributions for Brassington and Aldwark - 28 Jan [1691]
12 - Deeds relating to property in Carsington (Tidderton-Booth-Gell/Curzon) - 1592-1672
13 - Lease from Ralph Gell to William Gell (his brother) of property including tan house, yard and pits in Carsington for 21 years, 20 Apr - 1578
14 - Deeds relating to property in Carsington and Brassington (Gell-Buxton/Walton) - 1598-1657
15 - Sale by Ralph Gell to John Billinge of property in Carsington 7 May - 1612
16 - Sale of Robert Westerne to Sir John Gell of property in Carsington for £145. 20 May - 1647
17 - Lease by Sir John Gell to Joseph Moore of property in Carsington for 21 years. 15 May - 1682
18 - Deeds relating to property in Carsington (Ripton als Rippen-Gell) - 1711
19 - Quittance by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to John Curzon, guardian of John Gell (son of Thomas) of Bakewell and Kniveton rents, 1 Mar - 1 Mar [1611]
20 - Deeds relating to smelting mills at Bolehill, Wirksworth (Gell-Hutchinson) - 1701-1716
21 - Inquiry into Fairfield church and land belonging to it - 10 Jun 1586
Expand 22 - Title deeds and leases22 - Title deeds and leases
Expand 23 - Title deeds and leases23 - Title deeds and leases
24 - Papers involving members of the Sacheverell family and Gell family, including bonds, correspondence, also Callow - 16th cent-1754
Expand 25 - Title deeds and leases25 - Title deeds and leases
26 - Papers in a law suit relating to a dispute between John Hutchinson formerly tenant of a messuage and lands belonging to John Stuffyn in Hopton and George Steeple a tenant of Sir John Gell and inhabitant of Hopton concerning access to wells in Hopton, resolved in a detailed agreement between Philip Gell and John Stuffyn about the use of wells in Hopton by the inhabitants - c.1689
27 - Papers relating to purchase by Philip Gell from John Stuffin of his estate in Hopton, Callow, Carsington and Wirksworth, with some papers whose connection with the Stuffin/Gell conveyance is uncertain, 1674, 1687-1698 and undated - 1674-1698
28 - Deeds and papers relating to conveyance by John Stuffin the younger of Hopton gent and wife Sarah to Sir Philip Gell of Hopton of capital messuage, messuage called the Stonehouse, 3 other messuages in Hopton and lands in Hopton, Callow, Carsington and Wirksworth (many named) 25 Mar 1695 - 1605-1695
29 - Letter from Fra. Garratt at Kedleston on behalf of Sir John Curzon to Sir John Gell re intended conveyance of Barton Fields, 14 May, 1683 with notes in another hand including a list of names, memoranda concerning a way used for various purposes including "for pocession", and re exchange of lands etc - 1683
Expand 30 - Various30 - Various
31 - Copy of deed for the provision of new supply of water to Westminster and London under letters patent, of 11 Feb 6 Cha [1631] which had also licensed the setting up of a lottery to finance the waterworks (16 Apr 14 Cha) - 1638
32 - Correspondence between Edward James and Sir Philip Gell, with reference to an estate at Morley, Smalley and Kidsley, and concerning a Mr Wilmot and money. James often refers to his master - [late 17th cent]
Expand 33 - Various33 - Various
34 - Letters of attorney from Henry Wyllyams, dean, and the chapter of Lichfield cathedral and the church of Bakewell to Ralph Gell of Hopton and son Anthony to collect tithes, rents etc. 12 Aug - 1543
35 - Deed to lead the uses of a fine made between Robert Farrynton fletcher and William Smythe draper both of Derby relating to land in Normanton next Derby and barns, garden and croft in Derby 7 Edw VI - 1553
36 - Draft release of all suits etc and of persons 26 Mar 1661 to 12 Jun concerning gathering duties of lead ore, lot, cope, burning moneys belonging to `me' as assignee of lead mines and lot and cope in Wirksworth Wapentake under lease granted by Charles I to David Ramsey. At foot reference to Mr Gell and marginal list of names - 17th cent
37 - Acknowledgement that Richard Alsop, curate of Baslow, is indebted to Thomas Gell of Bakewell in 13s 4d, 21 Sep - 1575
38 - Bond from John Eginton of Ible, yeoman, to Thomas Lee of the same, bachelor, for payment of £10 12s, 16 Oct - 1660
39 - Acknowledgement of payment by John Gell esq, high sheriff of Derbyshire, of £3500 to the Treasurer of the Navy, collected in the County by invite of Royal will of 4 Aug, 15 Dec - 1635
40 - Request from John Manners of Haddon esq for a loan of £20 from Anthony Gell esq, 3 Jun, and acknowledgement of his indebtedness - 7 Jun 1583
41 - Papers in case between Sir John Gell, complainant, and Robert Hayward and others, defendants (subject not evident) - 2 Dec 1684
42 - Letter from Bridget Wyll[oughby] to her daughter Elizabeth Gell, from Carlyle House, 2 May - 1611
43 - Letter from Martin Marshall to his Master Thomas Gell that Gell's landlord Mr Sachev[er]ell wishes to speak with him about Callow Side and Stains-borough and with reference to a new bond for the surety of Gell's money, 20 Nov - [c1593]
44 - Letter from John Blackwall at Burton [on Trent, Staffordshire] to John Gell esq that he has caused Thomas Keeling of Rolleston [Staffordshire] to be arrested etc 13 Dec - 1638
45 - Letter from Richard Pomeroy to Sir John Gell concerning a writ against Gell made out by Pomeroy as a clerk - 17th cent
46 - Notes which refer to 4½ oxgangs in Hognaston - [16th cent]
47 - Letter to Mr Gell from Richard Martinscrofte, referring to Gell's broken instrument, sending a question to work arithmetically to keep his geometical wits from lying idle, referring to a requirement on the winter to measure an irregular heptagon, with diagram and asking how the angles may be found - Early 17th cent
48 - List of numbers and words endorsed for Sir John Gell and Mr Tho Gell and "a sifer" [cipher] - 17th cent
49 - Bond from John Eayre and Edward Bulte of Ible, yeoman to John Gell, bart. for Eayre to appear in court to answer Thomas Sellers in a plea of trespass and a bill of £13 debt - 19 Mar [1673]
50 - Copy petition of Parliament from town and county of Nottingham to settle and confirm the King's rights and lawful prerogatives, punish delinquents, remove evil councillors, ordain a constitution etc. [immediately preceding the Civil War] - 17th cent
51 - Scrap from a rental. On the back, one entry refers to the stipend of Walton from Sir Godfrey Fuliambe foundation - [16th cent]
52 - ? copy of letter referring to my uncle George Curson, my brother, mines in Wales, Mr Thomas Parker, an arbitration between Higget and Tompson. [The tone of the letter is angry and defensive ? written to father] - 17th cent
53 - Letter from Nicholas Wilmot to Hugh Bateman esq, referring to Lord Northampton, lot and cope, Mr Gell, Griffe Grange, the Griffe and Griffe Sheepwalk - 17th cent
54 - Rental of Morley, Smalley and Kidsley - 1692
55 - Lists of names headed respectively the Lord General and the ? Lord Ashley - 17th cent
56 - Letter from Francis Gell in London to his brother Sir Philip, with dates of his bankruptcy in 1699 and renewal of bankruptcy 1706 - 1708
57 - Letter from Fra. Garratt to Sir John Gell relating to 2 deeds of purchase concerning Egginton etc. - 26 Feb [1675]
58 - Letter from Richard ?Lisett to Thomas Bagshawe esq at Bakewell, relating to ? a law suit with reference to miners at Grindlow - 24 Feb [1713]
59 - Paper in case between Thomas Harryson against Thomas Cadman re debt of 26s 8d with reference to the liberty of Wirksworth - [16th cent]
60 - Letters from Charles Chadwick at Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire, to Philip Gell, concerning division of Callow and purchase of land tax on their joint estate there; also re arrangements to send Gell a pair of cygnets - 1798
61 - Notes for a will, M Cooper, 7 May - 1798
Expand 62 - Papers perhaps relating to various lawsuits62 - Papers perhaps relating to various lawsuits
63 - Depositions and interogatory possibly all relating to a case concerning lands of a Matlock chantry c.22 Eliz [1579-1580] - [16th cent]
64 - Paper headed inquisition taken at Derby before Anthony Gell amongst others and referring to Matilda Taylor her father John and property in Appleby [? Leicestershire] and Staffordshire, with 2 papers probably part of the inquisition. They refer to a Ralph, the manor of Wynsyll and to a John and Helen - [16th cent]
65 - Survey of manor of ?Bugscote, ?Dare?te - [16th cent]
Expand 66 - Various66 - Various
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
Expand 2727
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
Expand 4545
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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