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1 - Thomas Miles in account with coheiresses of late William Cotton esq, including detailed rent account. - 1827
2 - Account relating to estate of late Mrs Cotton - 1834
3 - Letter concerning estate of late Mrs Cotton - 1836
4 - Letters of administration of personal estate of Rowland Hugh Cotton of Etwall Hall, esq, (died 1887), to widow Mary Louisa Cotton. - 1887
5 - Bill, Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston knight against Charles Cotton of London esq, aged 24, who has eloped with and married Stanhope's daughter Olive aged 14. Recites that Sir John had married Olive Beresforde, only daughter and heir of Edward Beresforde, and that the manors of Beresforde, Staffordshire, and Fenny Bentley were conveyed by Sir John's father, Sir John, and Edward Beresforde to Sir John and wife Olive and daughter Olive was heiress to them. - [17th cent]
6 - "An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London", Printed. London. Belonged to a Row. Cotton and a Rowland Hugh Cotton. - 1689
7-8 - Schedule and copy of schedule of papers belonging to E R J Cotton, both endorsed "Mem. Re-examined 1st May 1837". Papers dated up to 1830. - 19th cent
9 - Extracts from Lycens's (sic) Derbyshire, according to heading on first page, but includes also notes concerning Cheshire, branches of Cotton family in counties other than Derbyshire, and also on other families, all with page references. Indexed. - 19th cent
10 - "The Cotton Family" from The Heraldic Journal recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families, No. XXII April 1868. With special reference to the American family and a note on the Hawkridge family. Printed - 1868
11 - Commonplace book of Gervas Sleight; religious argument and exposition founded upon Biblical texts or with notes of relevant texts. - [17th cent]
12 - Volume belonging to Ger. Sleigh called "Annotations out of diverse authours". Words such as authority, fortune, marriage etc. are arranged alphabetically and commented upon from various Latin and English authors. - 1644-1645
13 - Letter from Row. Cotton a sailor, to [his father] at Etwall - 24 Oct 1729
14 - Diary, chiefly of visits paid and received, with portions of printed almanac stuck into the volume. Includes notes about weather. At end, resolutions at meetings of the executors of the late Humphrey Chetham esq, concerning inter alia legacies for benefit of curate and schoolmaster at Turton, 1751. Signed by R Cotton amongst others. Also at end of volume, estate notes. - 1751
15 - Copy of pastoral elegy on death of Mrs Cotton of Etwall (22 Jan 1762) - 19th cent
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Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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