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Collapse D507 - Cressbrook Cotton Mill - 1744-1825

D507 - Cressbrook Cotton Mill - 1744-1825

Expand B - Financial records - 1814-1816

B - Financial records - 1814-1816

Collapse T - Title deeds - 1744-1825

T - Title deeds - 1744-1825

1 - Mortgage for 500 years by James Milnes of Litton, Tideswell, son and devisee of William Milnes to Richard Milnes of Chesterfield, merchant, of messuages in Litton, including Cross Long Close, Backside Pingle, Narr Close at Homodon, Nunweather Close, Homodon Close, Listone acre, and uninclosed land near or on the Lunch, the Boyocke, Eller Stubb, Middle Furlong, the Gates, and South Low, with common rights - 1744

2 - Mortgage for 1000 years by James Milnes to John Dale of Bakewell, of messuage in Litton purchased by William Milnes from Sir John Statham kt, and by him from Richard Aston, and messuage purchased from Thomas Bocking with closes and uninclosed land at Kinder Burr, Booth Slack and Little Leas, and pasture rights - 1745

3-13 - Wills of William Milnes (1741) and James Milnes(1745) with other papers produced in Chancery case between creditors and heirs of William and James Milnes; and lease and release pursuant to Order in Chancery by Milnes heirs and creditors to John Baker of Manchester, merchant, and Francis Baker of Manchester, framework knitter, for £1, 410 of premises [as in D507/T/1-2], John Gardom of Bubnell merchant and Andrew Morewood of St John Street, London, distiller, trustees of terms to attend in-heritance 1754; mortgage by Baker to Richard Milnes for £1000, 1754 - 1751-1754

14-16 - Litton Inclosure Act with copy award and extract relating to Baker interests - 1764

17-26 - Papers in Chancery case of John Baker, petitioner, with assignment of mortgage pur-suant to Order in Chancery by executors and heirs of Richard Milnes and John Baker to Gerrard Dutton Fletcher of Leatherhead, Surrey, with further charge - 1769-1770

27-28 - Lease and release for possession by Fletcher and Baker's executors, Joseph Baker of Liverpool, potash refiner, Edmund Baker of Litton, hosier, and Andrew Morewood of Salford, gent, to Richard Arkwright of Bakewell and trustee Alexander Bossley of Bakewell of premises as above but now including close at Dimpwell, New Close, and inclosures 61, 59, 54 and 62 part of the Frith, with buildings and barn on 61, all lately stubbed and cleared; with assignment of term to attend the inheritance - 1787

29-30 - Lease and release by Richard Arkwright to Samuel Simpson of Bakewell, cotton manu-facturer, for £3,100 of premises as above, now including building lately erected on part of Frith for spinning cotton wool in possession of Edmund Baker and Barker Bossley - 1793

31-32 - Lease for 37 years by Samuel Simpson now of Dunstall Lodge, Staffordshire, esq, to John Leigh Philips and Francis Philips, both of Manchester, cotton manufacturers, of piece of land lately enclosed from Litton Frith called Cressbrook Green with buildings and other recited lands formerly in possession of Baker and Bossley but now of John Leigh and Francis Philips, with other closes, ways and dams, and right to dam waters to present level in so far as Simpson can grant right, and fishing in dams on Cressbrook Green - 1810

33 - Assignment of term to attend the inheritance of Francis Philips, purchasing premises [as in D507/T/1-32] for £5,500 - 1814

34-36 - Certified extracts concerning probates of William Milnes (1741), James Milnes (1745), and John Baker (1786) - 1825

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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