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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
1 - Title deeds including lead ore tithe - 1549-1872
2 - Title deeds
3 - Title deeds
4 - Accounts
5 - Accounts (D258/1), Philip Gell (1775-1842) (D258/5/2-6)
6 - Philip Gell (1775-1842)
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)
8 - Correspondence Christian-Gell re lead ore (D258/8/1) and Various papers (D258/8/2-56)
9 - Thomas Gell
10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various
11 - Various, 18th - early 19th century
12 - Various, 17th century
13 - Title deeds and other papers
14 - Various, 18th-19th century
15 - 17th Cent Printed Material
16 - Title deeds and other papers
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)
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)
19 - Various (D258/19/1-30, D258/19/31/24-33, D258/19/32-34), Ashbourne lectureship (D258/19/31/1-23)
20 - Various (D258/20/1-11, 30-66), Title deeds and leases (D258/20/12-29)
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)
22 - Parish Account Books (D258/22/1-3), Various, 16th-19th century (D258/22/4-23)
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
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)
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3 - Appointment of Sir Philip Gell as Receiver of the Honour of Tutbury, 4 Aug, 1 Anne - 1702
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5 - Appointment by Nicholas, Earl of Scarsdale, of Sir Philip Gell as a deputy lieutenant, 28 Dec - 1711
6 - Ashbourne Lectureship (D258/24/6/1-26), Various (D258/24/6/27)
7
8 - Draft will of Sir Philip Gell - c1719
9 - Wirksworth Hundred Tax Assessments
1 - Land Tax, May; Brassington and Aldwark - 1705
2 - Land Tax, May; Cromford - 1705
3 - Land Tax, May; Eaton and Alsop - 1705
4 - Land Tax, May; Elton - 1705
5 - Land Tax, May; Fenny Bentley - 1705
6 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Middle Quarter - 1705
7 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Nether Quarter - 1705
8 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Quarter - 1705
9 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Upper Quarter - 1705
10 - Land Tax, May; Hognaston - 1705
11 - Land Tax, May; Hopton and Carsington - 1705
12 - Land Tax, May; Kirk Ireton - 1705
13 - Land Tax, May; Kniveton - 1705
14 - Land Tax, May; Mappleton - 1705
15 - Land Tax, May; Matlock - 1705
16 - Land Tax, May; Middleton - 1705
17 - Land Tax, May; Middleton and Smerrill - 1705
18 - Land Tax, May; Newton Grange - 1705
19 - Land Tax, May; Parwich - 1705
20 - Land Tax, May; Thorpe - 1705
21 - Land Tax, May; Tissington and Lea - 1705
22 - Land Tax, May; Wensley and Snitterton - 1705
23-24 - Land Tax, May; Wirksworth - 1705
25 - Land Tax, Apr; Hartington Upper Quarter; Hartington Middle Quarter; Hartington Nether Quarter; Hognaston; Hopton; Carsington; [Kirk] Ireton and Ireton Wood; Kniveton; Mappleton and Thorpe; Mappleton; Matlock; Cromford; Middleton & Smerrill; Newton Grange; Offcote and Underwood; Parwich; Tissington; Wensley and Snitterton; Wirksworth - 1711
26 - Land Tax, May; Ashbourne - 1711
27 - Land Tax, May; Ballidon - 1711
28 - Land Tax, May; Bonsall - 1711
29 - Land Tax, May; Bradbourne - 1711
30 - Land Tax, May; Brassington and Aldwark - 1711
31 - Land Tax, May; Callow - 1711
32 - Land Tax, May; Carsington - 1711
33 - Land Tax, May; Dethick, Tansley and Lea - 1711
34 - Land Tax, May; Eaton and Alsop - 1711
35 - Land Tax, May; Elton - 1711
36 - Land Tax, May; Fenny Bentley - 1711
37 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Middle Quarter - 1711
38 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Nether Quarter - 1711
39 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Quarter (Apr) - 1711
40 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Quarter (May) - 1711
41 - Land Tax, May; Hartington Upper Quarter - 1711
42 - Land Tax, May; [Kirk] Ireton - 1711
43 - Land Tax, May; Kniveton - 1711
44 - Land Tax, May; Mappleton - 1711
45 - Land Tax, May; Mappleton & Thorpe - 1711
46 - Land Tax, May; Matlock - 1711
47 - Land Tax, May; Middleton - 1711
48 - Land Tax, May; Middleton and Cromford - 1711
49 - Land Tax, May; Newton Grange - 1711
50 - Land Tax, May; Offcote and Underwood - 1711
51 - Land Tax, May; Parwich - 1711
52 - Land Tax, May; Ashbourne; Ballidon; Bonsall; Bradbourne; Brassington & Aldwark; Catton & Ible; Dethick; Elton - 1712
53 - Land Tax, May; Fenny Bentley - 1712
54 - Land Tax, May; Hopton - 1712
55 - Land Tax, May; "Lett and Cope" - 1712
56 - Land Tax, May; Tissington - 1712
57 - Land Tax, May; Wirksworth - 1712
58 - Ashbourne land tax assessment - 1709
59 - Elton land tax assessment - 1707
60 - Wirksworth hundred summary of land tax - 1710
61 - Certificate by Samuel Baker - 1705
11 - Draft will of John Wingfield of Wirksworth, gent, including bequests concerning his shares in monies, his estates at Bradfield, Yorkshire, and Wirksworth including Noreton Steere Farme, 6 Jul - 1704
12 - List of names of Middleton cottagers - 1714
13 - List of cottages erected and encroached upon the waste of Wirksworth Manor - c.1700
14 - List of "the names of the clergy that made soldiers" in Wirksworth Wapentake, with names of the soldiers concerned - 1625
15
16 - The Bankrupt's Case, with reasons for passing a bill re agreements made with bankrupts (printed) - 1689
17 - Petition to Parliament of the artisans and others concerned in the public works of St Pauls and the parochial churches of London, concerning potential debt problems (printed) - c.1689
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19 - Copy address of the County of Derby to William III for the defence of the crown against France and the Stuarts, signed by the county's deputy lieutenants, Justices of the Peace and other gentlemen and tradesmen of Wirksworth Hundred - 1701
20 - Case for opinion re will of William Taylor, made [?15 Dec 1690] - c.1700
21 - Order of the Duke of Devonshire to the deputy lieutenants re search for arms in the possession of dangerous persons, 22 Jul - 1715
22 - Letter of the Duke of Devonshire (to the deputy lieutenants) - re suppression of papist priests, enclosing copy letter, 20 Apr - 1716
23 - Muster of Capt Hoveringham's troop, at Derby, 3 Jul - 1690
24 - Copy letter to sheriffs re attendance of Justices of the Peace at Assizes, 25 Jun, copied 10 Jul - 1719
25 - Copy letter of Lord Sidmouth to Philip Gell re maintenance of mails during snow, 11 Dec - 1816
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30-47 - Sir Philip Gell
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33 - Copy bill of complaint of George Langford of Nottingham, gent., in the case Langford v Gell, re money owed to him by William Sacheverell of Barton (Nottinghamshire) dec'd, 3 Nov - 1692
34 - Copy answer of Ann Rosell, widow, one of the defendants to the bill of complaint of Sir Philip Gell re Holland or Richmond Manor in Wirksworth, 3 Jun - 1701
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36 - Copy of barmoot court roll - complaint by Sir John Gell that Senior and his partners have not freed their meer at Leawood - verdict that Senior and his grovefellows forfeit their meer - 3 Nov 1645
37 - Receipt by Caleb Jessopp to Sir Philip Gell for an indenture between William Jessope, his father, Sir John Gell and Caleb of 2 closes in Hognaston called Ravensitch Close and Abbottes Close Head and 2 beastgates - 28 Oct 1693
38 - Dean and Chapter of Lichfield's receipt to Sir Philip Gell for payment of £21 11s 5d rent, 2 Mar 1690/1 - 1691
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40 - Papers re enclosure of Ashleyhay and Alderwasley, comprising rough lists of inhabitants involved and acreages - 1689
41 - Household accounts. [Sir Philip Gell] 20-27 Jan, 1713/14 - 1714
42 - Accounts of William Sacheverell's executors [Sir Philip Gell] - 1691-1694
43
44 - Account of Mr Jessop with the executors and trustees of Sir Philip Gell, dec'd - 1721
45 - Note by Sir Philip Gell re lot and cope - 1708
46 - Manuscript poem - "New Instructions to a Painter" (political) - 1667
47 - Manuscript poem - "The Dolefull Complaint of Sir H M" (political) - 18th cent
48 - Fagg v Gell - 1671-1719
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49-54 - Sir Philip Gell
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51
52
53
54
25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers
26 - Title Deeds etc
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28 - Title Deeds
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30
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32
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34 - John Gell (1539-1671)
35 - Various accounts, deeds etc
36 - Anthony Gell d. 1584
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38 - Correspondence etc
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
43 - Hopton Receipt Papers
44 - Sir John Gell
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46 - 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]
48 - 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
50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)
51 - Various
52 - Volume of bound letters and other documents - Late 17th-early 19th cent
53 - Printed Pamphlets
54 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-1870
55 - Pedigrees and other papers
56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D
57 - Family Papers
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63 - Number not used
64 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-1902
65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
67 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-1964
68 - Pedigrees - 19th cent
69 - 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]
71 - 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
73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent
UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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