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D4842 - Verney family of Pleasley - 18th-19th cent

1-2 - Mortgage by lease and release from Nicholas Earl of Scarsdale to Elenor Curzon, of the manor of Pleasley, Pleasley Park, several messuages or farms, cottages, iron forges, and c.200 acres of land in Pleasley, 2 messuages in Shirebrook and a messuage at Houghton, to secure £6,500 and interest - 1732

3-4 - Mortgage by lease and release from Elenor Curzon to Henry Turner, of Pleasley Manor and properties as in D4842/1-2, to secure £6500 and interest - 1737

5-6 - Lease and release from the Trustees of the late Earl of Scarsdale to Henry Thornhill, of the manor of Pleasley, Pleasley Park (containing 183 acres 3 roods 17 perches), the advowson to Pleasley Church, 2 fairs to be held annually in Pleasley, messuages, cottages (including the Red Lion), Pleasley Forges, and land (containing c702 acres) in Pleasley, rents from properties in Shirebrook and Houghton, and 16 acres of land in the hamlet of Pleasley in the parish of Mansfield, Nottingham - 1742

7-8 - Deeds of confirmation of mortgages as in D4842/1-4, between Henry Fane of the Treasury Chamber, Whitehall and Henry Thornhill - 1743

9-10 - Lease and release from Henry and Francis Fane to Henry Thornhill of the property as in D4842/7-8, in consideration of £3660 - 1749

11-12 - Lease and release from Urban Hall, eldest son of John Hall, to Henry Thornhill, of a piece of land called the Hopyard (1 rood) in Pleasley, a small piece of land near Pleasley Park allotted to John Hall by Enclosure Commissioners [in 1748], and the yearly rent of 1 pound of pepper out of a farm in Pleasley, in consideration of £15 15s - 1776

13-14 - Lease and release from Bache Thornhill to Henry Bache Thornhill, of properties as in D4842/5-6 and D4842/11-12, and lands as allotted to Henry Thornhill in the Enclosure Award, containing 167 acres 3 roods 24 perches - 1809

15-16 - Abstracts of title of Lt Col William Thornhill and Edmund Hopkinson as trustees under the will of Henry Bache Thornhill, to the manor of Pleasley (1732-1821) - 1824

17-18 - Lease and release from Edmund Hopkinson, William Thornhill and Bache Thornhill, to William Edward Nightingale, of the manor of Pleasley and lands containing 1188 acres 1 rood 1 perch - 1824

19-21 - Mortgage by lease and release from William Edward Nightingale and his trustee James Swettenham to John Toplis and John Alsop, of the manor of Pleasley to secure £30000 and interest, with mortgage bond - 1824

22 - Schedule of deeds of Pleasley Manor belonging to William Edward Nightingale (1732-1824) - 1824

23 - Memorandum of the Trustees of the Mansfield and Chesterfield Turnpike on resolution to give up land at the side of the road to Mr Nightingale - 1849

24-29 - Chancery Court case affidavits, order and certificates in the matter of the estate of John Alsop deceased and of the trusts of the will of Peter Nightingale - 1854

30 - Conveyance from Frederick Arkwright and others to William Edward Nightingale, of yearly rent charges of £3 10s arising out of 5 parcels of land in Crich (55 acres 1 rood 23 perches) - 1867

31 - Order of Inclosure Commissioners for an annual charge of £39 1s 8d to be paid by Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1877

32 - Assignment of loan by the Lands Improvement Company and mortgagee to Frederick William Verney - 1896

33-42 - Documents relating to the mortgage of the Pleasley Estate (containing 1175 acres 3 roods 5 perches) by Sir Harry Verney and Frederick William Verney, including transfers of debt, deed of further charge and reconveyances, to secure £16000 in total - 1891-1900

43-47 - Mortgages and related documents of Ralph Verney to secure £25000 on the land and minerals of the Pleasley Estate - 1914-1944

48 - Agreement between Lady Verney and Messrs William Hollins and Co. for the laying of gas mains and pipes in Pleasley - 1879

49 - Tenancy agreement of Frederick William Verney with Blackwell Rural District Council for the use of a quarry at New Houghton as a tip - 1906

50 - Tenancy agreement of Frederick William Verney with Leonard Theodore Hare, of a piece of woodland at Forge Lane in Pleasley (3 acres 1 rood 14 perches) - 1909

51-54 - Lease of the seams of coal under the Pleasley Estate by Lt Col. Ralph Verney to the Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd for 60 years at the annual rent of £2000, 31 Dec 1919, with power of attorney to Maude Sarah Verney - 1919-1943

55-60 - Conveyances of land to the Great Northern Railway Co by Frederick William Verney - 1895-1899

61 - Deed of exchange between Rev John Blomefield and Frederick William Verney concerning lands in Pleasley, both parcels containing 1 acre 2 roods 31 perches - 1905

62 - Deed of exchange between Frederick William Verney and Blackwell Rural District Council, whereby the Council receive 5330 sq yd of land between the Midland and Great Northern Railways and Verney receives 5433 sq yd of land adjoining the River Meden in Pleasley - 1909

63 - Conveyance by Frederick William Verney to Pleasley Parish Council, of the Public Library or Reading Room and 706 sq yd of land in Pleasley - 1906

64 - Conveyance by Frederick William Verney to Pleasley and Pleasley Hill Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd, of a shop and 475 sq yd of land in Pleasley and 286 sq yd of land in New Houghton - 1912

65 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Pleasley and Pleasley Hill Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd, of a piece of land in Chesterfield Road (100 yd 6 ft) - 1917

66 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Amon Inkle, cottage and 0.16 acre of land, - 1922

67 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Francis Humphrey, a messuage and 4.159 acres of land - 1922

68 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to John Warner, of 4 cottages and several parcels of land containing 10.641 acres - 1922

69 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Robert Cooper, a house and several parcels of land (37.034 acres) - 1922

70 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Elizabeth Holbrook, a cottage and a piece of land (0.069 acres) - 1922

71 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to John Attewell, cottage in Main Street and ground at Outgaing Lane (0.136 acres in total) - 1922

72 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in New Houghton: to Enos Beal, parcels of land containing 17.362 acres off Houghton Lane and Chesterfield Road in New Houghton - 1922

73 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Bert Belfield, house and parcels of land (5.638 acres) near the church and Pleasley Colliery Pumping House - 1922

74 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Thomas Belfield, cottage and 3 parcels of land (0.25 acre) - 1922

75 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Joseph Lander, 400 sq yd of land at junction of Pleasley - Rotherham Road and Shoulder of Mutton Lane - 1922

76 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to George Coupe, parcel of land (0.302 acre) on Longhedge Lane - 1922

77 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Samuel Crooks, house and several parcels of land (4.878 acres) - 1922

78 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Pleasley and Pleasley Hill Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd, several parcels of land (7.271 acres and c 155 sq ft) at Chesterfield Road, near the church and adjoining the River Meden - 1922

79 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to James Haynes, a house and several parcels of land at Upper Pleasley (19 acres 3 roods 17 perches in total) - 1922

80 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Charles Cooper, Pleasley Mill and land (1 acre 1 rood 8 perches) - 1922

81 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Messrs William Hollins and Co Ltd, "The Red House" and 5.615 acres of land - 1922

82 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to George Crookes, a house and several parcels of land (28.988 acres) - 1922

83 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to John Warner, 5 cottages and gardens, smithy and 3 cottages at Verney View (1.369 acres in total) - 1922

84 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Tom S Wilcockson and Edward Glassbrook, a farm and several parcels of land (100.432 acres) - 1922

85 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Houghton: to Arthur Reason and Joseph Law, a close of land and old quarry (6.536 acres in total) at Houghton Lane - 1922

86 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to the Stanton Housing Co Ltd, parcels of land at Chesterfield Road and Houghton Lane (40.26 acres in total) - 1923

87 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Blackwell Rural District Council, 212 sq yd of land to widen Common Lane at Moorgate Hollow - 1924

88 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Pleasley Parish Council, several parcels of land at New Houghton and Upper Pleasley (27.892 acres in total) - 1924

89 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Albert William Brooks, 3 parcels of land adjoining road from Common Lane to Lodge Farm (2 acres 2 roods 18 poles in total) - 1926

90 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Frank White, close of land at Newboundmill Lane (8 acres 3 roods 4 poles) - 1926

91 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to the Borough of Mansfield, parcel of land by the River Meden (2 roods 36 perches) - 1926

92 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in New Houghton: to Joseph Murfin and others, the Primitive Methodist Chapel and 474 sq yd of land at New Houghton - 1926

93 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to J A Longden and others, a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel and land (19 poles) on the Chesterfield Road - 1926

94 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd, the surface of lands containing 43.880 acres, 289 cottages, manager's house and grounds, co-op society building, club house and pumping station - 1926

95 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Arthur Joseph Copestake, messuage, garden and land in Church Street (0.133 acre in total) - 1927

96 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to the Forestry Commissioners, Pleasley Park (183.443 acres in total) - 1931

97 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to William Rhodes and Ruth Rhodes, Verney Cottage at Newboundmill Lane - 1938

98-99 - Conveyance by Ralph Verney of property in Pleasley: to Rector and Churchwardens of Pleasley, site of a recreation hut in Houghton Lane (0.6 acre) - 1944

100 - Particulars, conditions and contract for sale by Sir Ralph Verney to the Chatsworth Estates Company, of Park Farm and Lodge Farm in Pleasley (333.368 acres in total) - 1944

101 - Abstract of title of Lt Col Sir Ralph Verney to freehold premises at Pleasley (1914-1944) - c1944

102 - Plan of lands at Pleasley Colliery sold to the Stanton Ironworks Co Ltd - 1945

103 - Plan of the Pleasley Estate for sale by auction, marked "Plan No 1" - 1926

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