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Collapse D5336 - Pares family of Leicester and Hopwell Hall - 1306-1901D5336 - Pares family of Leicester and Hopwell Hall - 1306-1901
Expand 1 - Title deeds and estate papers - 1306-18791 - Title deeds and estate papers - 1306-1879
Collapse 2 - Financial, business, personal and miscellaneous papers2 - Financial, business, personal and miscellaneous papers
Expand 1 - Pares family wills, executorship papers, settlements and financial deeds - 1799-19011 - Pares family wills, executorship papers, settlements and financial deeds - 1799-1901
Expand 2 - Papers relating to the business affairs of Thomas Pares I, attorney, of Leicester, as a lawyer and trustee - 1747-18052 - Papers relating to the business affairs of Thomas Pares I, attorney, of Leicester, as a lawyer and trustee - 1747-1805
Expand 3 - Papers relating to the business affairs of Thomas Pares II of Hopwell Hall, attorney and banker, predominantly as an executor and trustee - 1767-18243 - Papers relating to the business affairs of Thomas Pares II of Hopwell Hall, attorney and banker, predominantly as an executor and trustee - 1767-1824
Expand 4 - Papers relating to the business affairs of John Pares of Leicester [1749-1833] - 1782-18334 - Papers relating to the business affairs of John Pares of Leicester [1749-1833] - 1782-1833
Expand 5 - Papers relating to the business affairs of Thomas Pares MP of Hopwell Hall and Ulverscroft, predominantly as a trustee and banker - 1788-18585 - Papers relating to the business affairs of Thomas Pares MP of Hopwell Hall and Ulverscroft, predominantly as a trustee and banker - 1788-1858
Expand 6 - Papers relating to the financial affairs and banking business of Messrs Pares, Paget and Heygate (Pares Leicestershire Banking Company) in Leicester - 1806-18596 - Papers relating to the financial affairs and banking business of Messrs Pares, Paget and Heygate (Pares Leicestershire Banking Company) in Leicester - 1806-1859
Expand 7 - Official papers relating to Thomas Pares III as Sheriff of Derbyshire - 1845-18587 - Official papers relating to Thomas Pares III as Sheriff of Derbyshire - 1845-1858
Expand 8 - Papers relating to public and charitable affairs, Derbyshire - 1830s8 - Papers relating to public and charitable affairs, Derbyshire - 1830s
Expand 9 - Papers relating to elections; particularly relating to Leicestershire and Leicester Borough parliamentary elections in which Thomas Pares III was a candidate - 1768-18719 - Papers relating to elections; particularly relating to Leicestershire and Leicester Borough parliamentary elections in which Thomas Pares III was a candidate - 1768-1871
Expand 10 - Papers relating to public and charitable affairs, Leicestershire and Oxfordshire - [mid 18th cent]-188510 - Papers relating to public and charitable affairs, Leicestershire and Oxfordshire - [mid 18th cent]-1885
Expand 11 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Ockbrook - 1631-184711 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Ockbrook - 1631-1847
Expand 12 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Parish of Wilne, including townships of Hopwell and Draycott - 1765-184512 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Parish of Wilne, including townships of Hopwell and Draycott - 1765-1845
Expand 13 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Derbyshire, miscellaneous - 1649-181613 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Derbyshire, miscellaneous - 1649-1816
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14 - Papers associated with the Rev. William Pares' incumbencies: Elmsthorpe (Leicestershire) - 1783-1787
14-17 - Papers associated with the clerical incumbencies of the Rev. William Pares, third son of Thomas Pares I of Hopwell Hall
Expand 15 - Papers associated with the Rev. William Pares' incumbencies: Narborough (Leicestershire) - 1630-183315 - Papers associated with the Rev. William Pares' incumbencies: Narborough (Leicestershire) - 1630-1833
Expand 16 - Papers associated with the Rev. William Pares' incumbencies: Selston (Nottinghamshire) - 1799-181716 - Papers associated with the Rev. William Pares' incumbencies: Selston (Nottinghamshire) - 1799-1817
Expand 17 - Miscellaneous papers relating to the Rev. William Pares - 1785-181217 - Miscellaneous papers relating to the Rev. William Pares - 1785-1812
Expand 18 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Leicestershire, and miscellaneous - 1753-184718 - Papers relating to churches, glebe lands, tithes, clerical appointments etc: Leicestershire, and miscellaneous - 1753-1847
Expand 19 - Poor Law and other parish administrative papers: Breaston, Draycott, Hopwell and Risley - 1674-183619 - Poor Law and other parish administrative papers: Breaston, Draycott, Hopwell and Risley - 1674-1836
Expand 20 - Poor Law and other parish administrative papers: Ockbrook - 1652-181120 - Poor Law and other parish administrative papers: Ockbrook - 1652-1811
Expand 21 - Poor Law and other parish administrative papers: Leicestershire - [mid 18th cent]-181821 - Poor Law and other parish administrative papers: Leicestershire - [mid 18th cent]-1818
Expand 22 - Financial, family and miscellaneous papers relating to the Piggen, Osbourne and Johnson families of Ockbrook (Derbyshire) - 1619-174922 - Financial, family and miscellaneous papers relating to the Piggen, Osbourne and Johnson families of Ockbrook (Derbyshire) - 1619-1749
Expand 23 - Miscellaneous financial papers and accounts - 1663-189823 - Miscellaneous financial papers and accounts - 1663-1898
Collapse 24 - Pares family and personal papers - 1773-186324 - Pares family and personal papers - 1773-1863
1 - Travel diary [possibly written by Thomas Pares II] - 1773
2 - Account book of sundry expenses (predominantly tolls and other travelling expenses, letters and food), 16 Oct 1786-8 Oct 1787 - 1786-1787
3 - Printed notice of law books for sale by J Butterworth and Son, London, sent to Thomas Pares - c1797
4 - Note from T Perry to Thomas Pares on different types of forest trees (watermark 1804) - c1804
5 - Printed lists of Eton College belonging to Thomas Pares - 1806
6 - Note by Edward Long Mackmurdo promising to pay his daughter Octavia [later wife of Thomas Pares MP, of Hopwell Hall and Ulverscroft] twenty guineas on her 21st birthday providing she does not drink beer or wine until that day - 1812
7 - Locks of hair, including 'Papa's' and 'Mama's' - 1813
8 - Two copies of Oenone to Paris, translated from Ovid, inscribed 'Thomas Pares' and 'Elizabeth Pares' - 1815
9 - Notebook containing manuscript notes on the effects of mental cultivation in increasing the pleasure derived from the beauties of nature, by G W Mackmurdo 20 Jun - 1817
10 - Travel diary - 1818
11 - Inventory and valuation of paintings at Hopwell Hall - c1822
12 - Book of sermons preached by the Rev. John Griffith B.D., chaplain to the Lord Mayor of London, at St Paul's Cathedral, on 20 Apr and 1 Jun 1823 - 1823
13 - Invitation cards addressed to Mr Pares, one dated 1824 - c1824
14 - Valuation of pictures at Hopwell Hall - 1825
15 - Poem on Switzerland, done at Hopwell Hall (watermark 1842) - c1842
16 - Copy will of Ferdinando Sacheverell [of Hopwell Hall] - 14 Apr 1663
16-22 - Items from a bundle marked 'Some old Wills and other Documents of the Sacheverell and Keys Families given to me by the Revd J L Senhouse'
17 - Copy will of Henry Kayes (16 Jul 1705) with copy probate (1709) and list of debts and legacies - [18th cent]
18 - Paper listing Draycott rentals and legacies left in Mr [Henry] Kayes will dated 16 Jul 1705 - [18th cent]
19 - Pedigree of the Ashby family (includes Shukbrugh Ashby), temp Hen II - 18th cent - [18th cent]
20 - Bond (Kayes and Middlemore-Fosbrooke) 2 May - 1713
21 - Acknowledgement by Leonard Fosbrooke relating to a conveyance to him (as trustee for Robert Holden) by Henry Kayes of property in Draycott 9 Jul - 1713
22 - Letter, J L Senhouse to Thomas Pares relating to the bundle 21 Jul - 1842
23 - Rough list of contents of the Hopwell deed closet - 1845
24 - Card inviting Mr and Mrs T Pares to a small musical party at Cumberland Place hosted by Lady Sunderlin and the Misses Malone on Monday 10 Jun
25 - Address book, mentioning, among others, two members of the Mackmurdo family - [19th cent]
26 - List of weights of Pares family members and others - [early 19th cent]
27 - Catalogue of pictures at Hopwell selected as heirlooms - [19th cent]
28 - Rough schedule and valuation of paintings - [early 19th cent]
29 - List of visitors at Hopwell
30 - Notice to Mr Pares for dining at Broad Street - [early 19th cent]
31 - Draft library catalogue - [19th cent]
32 - Description of male and female glow-worms found between Grooby and Ulverscroft, Leicestershire, at 10pm on 22 Jun 1835 [in hand of Thomas Pares III] - 1835
33 - Poem in Latin, 'Winter at Hopwell Hall', dedicated to Thomas Pares Esq. - 1845
34 - Notes by J Vaughan as to his attendances on Miss Pares in her illness, 1782; with receipt acknowledging Mr Pares' 'most liberal and full compensation for ... my Professional Services', 20 Dec 1785 - 1782-1785
35 - Drawings of fences, gates and agricultural machinery from 'Richard Allen's Manufactory, Old Church, Tipton, Staffordshire', sent to Mr Pares by J Adams - 1817
36 - Notes written by J Hobill[?] at Hopwell Hall, 17 Feb and 3 Mar 1859; first note includes total figures for game killed at Hopwell in 1858 - 1859
37 - Note sent by Mr Brett to Thomas Pares Esq., Hopwell Hall, enclosing 'a small treatise of Mr Fosters on the husbandry of his immediate neighbourhood' - [early 19th cent]
38 - Bundle of papers relating to Thomas Pares II's purchases of paintings for Hopwell Hall - [1805-1824]
39 - Verses in Latin written by Thomas and John Pares [sons of Thomas Pares III] - [1840s]
40 - Latin and Greek fourth form examination papers [probably taken by Thomas Henry Pares], in an envelope postmarked 'Eton' and sent to Thomas Pares Esq at Hopwell Hall - 1845
41 - School reports for John Pares from a 'classicus' at Brighton, Midsummer, Michaelmas and Christmas 1845 - 1845
42 - School reports for 'Pares' [either John or William], from Harrow School, Jun, Jul, Oct and Nov no year - [1840s]
43 - 'A List of the Boys [at school] presented to Thomas Pares by John Pares' - [1840s]
44 - Essay or examination questions on Napoleon, headed 'Pares' - [1840s]
45 - Synopsis and cast of characters (including 'Papa' as 'the Farmer') for play called The Trial, written in pencil in a child's hand - [1840s]
46 - Bundle of undated letters between Edward Henry Pares [1854-1931] and his sister Geraldine [1852-1863]; plus handwritten copy of story 'The Tep Novels', written by E H Pares at Kirby Frith, 16 Jan 1863 - c1863
47 - Note of proposal by Thomas Henry Pares for division of the rents of Knaptoft between himself and his father [before 1866] - [mid 19th cent]
Expand 25 - Sale particulars and catalogues of property and paintings - 1788-189625 - Sale particulars and catalogues of property and paintings - 1788-1896
Expand 26 - Miscellaneous papers - 1617-187126 - Miscellaneous papers - 1617-1871
Expand 3 - Correspondence - 1683-18943 - Correspondence - 1683-1894
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