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D5430 - Wright family of Eyam Hall - [14th cent]-1994

1 - Title deeds to the main Wright family estate at Eyam and Foolow - 1628-1951

2 - Bargain and sale of three closes called Sillidale in Foloe [Foolow] and Great Hucklow (Braye-Talbott), 29 Oct 4 Ch I - [1628]

3 - Bond whereby Thomas Braye of Eyam, gent, is bound to William Wrighte of Great Longstone, gent, in £1000 to perform the covenants of indentures dated 31 Aug 6 Cha I [1630], 7 May 7 Cha I - 1631

4 - Copy deed of bargain and sale from Thomas Braye of Eyam, gent, to William Wright the elder of Great Longstone, gent, of a capital messuage, other messuages, cottages, several closes of land, etc in Eyam, in considersation of £435, 10 Sep 8 Cha I [1632], enrolled at Chancery 13 Feb 8 Cha I [1633], copied late 19th cent - late 19th cent

5 - Deed of bargain and sale, endorsed with feoffment, from Sir George Savile of Thornhill, Yorkshire, to Thomas Wright of Unthank, gent, of two closes of land called Towtaile (6 acres) and Cucklad Flatt (5 acres) in Eyam, excepting mines and mineral rights, in consideration of £300, 14 Jan 14 Cha II - [1662]

6 - Feoffment of a cottage in Eyam, Sir George Savile of Thornehill (Yorkshire), baronet, to Rouland Merrill of Eyam, 20 Aug - 1662

7 - Feoffment of a cottage in Eyam formerly purchased from the Rt Hon Sir George Savile, Thomas Hawkesworth of Eyam to Petter [sic] Hawkesworth of Eyam 29 Sep - 1662

8 - Title deeds relating to a cottage in Eyam (Savile-Cooper-Simpson-Taylor) and a piece of land on the north side of the cottage and forming the south-east corner of a close called the Green Yard (Wilson-Cooper-Simpson-Taylor) - 1662-1677

9 - Deed of bargain and sale from George Savile of Thornhill, Yorkshire, baronet, to John Wilson of Eyam, miner, of a messuage, with closes of land called the Orchard, the Greenyard and the Needham Acre (c5 acres in total), in Eyam, in consideration of £4 10s, 30 Jan 14 Cha II - 1663

11 - Deed of bargain and sale from Thomas Wright of Unthank, gent, to Robert Midleton of Leame, parish of Eyam, yeoman, of a dwelling house with cottages, shop and premises in Eyam, in consideration of £33, 26 Jun 24 Cha II 1672 - 1672

12 - Feoffment of a cottage in Eyam Edge bounded on the north and west by Eyam Common, Humphrey Merrill of Eyam to John Wright of Eyam, 7 Mar 3 Geo II - [1730]

13 - Final concord for land in Eyam (Brightmore-Blackwell) [Feb] 26 Geo II - [1753]

16 - Deed of exchange between John Wright the younger of Eyam, esq, and Adam Slater of Chesterfield, esq, whereby in consideration of £20 Slater grants to Wright a close of land called Chapman Delf (1 acre 1 rood 34 perches) in Eyam in exchange of a close of land called Yearnslow Acre (1 acre 10 perches) also in Eyam, 29 Dec - 1772

19 - Deed of exchange of land in Eyam between John Wright of Eyam and the Rev. John Carver of Morthen in the parish of Whiston (Yorkshire) - 1776

23 - Schedule of writings in John Farewell Wright's possession concerning land bought at Eyam, marriage settlement and other deeds - 1798

24 - Feoffment of a dwelling house divided into two tenements, with a garden and a piece of land, in Eyam, Joseph Newton of Eyam to Dorothy Wright of Eyam, spinster, 29 Nov - 1802

Collapse 29 - Papers relating to the Haycliffe Acre and the Hll Roods in Eyam, sold to Robert Rawson in 1825, and to other Rawson estates in Eyam - 1775-1825

29 - Papers relating to the Haycliffe Acre and the Hll Roods in Eyam, sold to Robert Rawson in 1825, and to other Rawson estates in Eyam - 1775-1825

1-5 - Bundle of title deeds relating to a messuage with barns, stables and a garden and closes of land called the Two Crofts, the Barn Yard, the Well Yard, the Coal Yard and the two Day Crofts in Eyam (Spencer-Mettam-Rawson) - 1775-1787

6 - Lease for 21 years of a messuage, barn, stable fold and closes called the Two Crofts, the Barn Yard, the Well Yard, the Coal Yard and the two Day Crofts in Eyam, Robert Rawson to Samuel Gregg of Manchester, 23 Jul - 1791

7 - Land tax redemption certificate for Robert Rawson in respect of a messuage and 5a. 2r. of land in Eyam, 11 Mar - 1799

8 - Feoffment of a close called the Town End Close in Eyam measuring 2r. 24p., John Rimington and Bernard John Wake to Robert Rawson, 13 Jan - 1807

9 - Particulars and conditions of sale of a freehold estate at Eyam and Foolow belonging to John Thomas Wright Esq., for auction on 6 Jun 1797, with memorandum of sale of lot 13 (Hall Roods and Haycliffe Acre) to Joseph Skidmore - 1797

10-11 - Lease and release of closes called the Haycliffe Acre (1a. 3r.) and the Hall Roods (2a. 1r. 17p.) and a piece of land formerly part of the commons and waste of Eyam (2a. 2r. 18p.) - 1825

12 - Copy assignment of closes called Hay Cliffe Acre and Hall Roods in Eyam to a trustee for their purchaser Robert Rawson, for the residue of a term of 500 years - 1825

32 - Deed of exchange in which Robert Wyatt gives to Peter Wright a close in Foolow called Hawkins Moor Pingle and Peter Wright gives to Robert Wyatt a half part of a barn in Foolow and a close called the Farr or Primrose Yard and a house, messuage and two weaving shops, 19 Nov - 1828

35 - Conveyance of land in Eyam (Burgoine-Wright) - 1833

38 - Release of a parcel of land called the Paddock in Eyam, lately used as a stackyard, Peter Furness to John William Wright, 4 Sep - 1840

40 - Conveyance of a warehouse at Eyam (Wild-Wright) - 1856

44 - Copy statutory declaration by John William Froggatt in support of the vendor (Colonel Robert Athorpe) to Delf View House, Eyam, 18 Jan - 1899

45 - Abstract of title of Rev William Shuttleworth Clarke to land at Eyam (17a 3r 33p), contracted to be sold to Rev W P Wright (1895-1904) - 1904

46 - Copy statutory declaration by Thomas Frederick Harrison confirming identity and ownership of two crofts of land in Middleton Dale, Eyam (in relation to sale of Delf View House, Eyam), 20 Mar - 1905

47 - Draft conveyance of two closes of land and buildings at Eyam, William Peter Wright to Isaac Ridgeway - 1928

48 - Copy draft conveyance by Rev William Peter Wright of a piece of land as an addition to the churchyard of St Helen's Church, Eyam, 5 Dec - 1928

49 - Conveyance of three closes of land at Eyam, Charles Sisum Wright to Messrs Glebe Mines Ltd, 24 Nov - 1947

50 - Draft conditions of sale for land at Eyam from Charles Sisum Wright to Glebe Mines Ltd, with solicitor's letter - 1951

2 - Title deeds to the Wright family estate at Brampton and Newbold - 1642-1679

3 - Title deed to land at Unthank, parish of Dronfield - 1678

4 - Marriage settlements and deeds concerned with sales and purchases of land between Wright family members - 1635-1873

5 - Mortgage deeds - 1703-1869

6 - Leases and tenancy agreements - 1747-1932

7 - Rentals and rent accounts - 1640-1974

8 - Estate and household account books - 1723-1844

9 - Loose financial papers - 1644-1983

10 - Schedules, surveys and valuations of land - 17th cent-1880s

11 - Estate plans - 18th cent-1932

12 - Sale particulars and auction papers - 1797-1911

13 - Lead mining papers - 1647-1985

14 - Inventories and accounts relating to items at Eyam Hall and other family dwellings - 1641-1973

15 - Estate correspondence - 1797-1976

16 - Miscellaneous estate papers - 1834-1985

17 - Enclosure - 1676-1888

18 - Eyam tithes - 1824-1966

19 - Eyam Churchwardens' papers - 1702-1766

20 - Eyam Parish Church property - 1808-1872

21 - Eyam Poor Law and settlement papers - 1690-1794

22 - Eyam roads - 1750-c1801

23 - Eyam School - 1813-1876

24 - Miscellaneous Eyam parish and taxation papers - 1767-mid 19th cent

25 - Miscellaneous enclosure, turnpike and school papers - 1770-1878

26 - Thomas Wright of Unthank (c1608-1673) - 1651-1676

27 - Thomas Wright of Eyam (1674-1704) - 1700-1704

28 - John Wright of Eyam and Great Longstone (1700-1780) - 1723-1776

29 - Thomas Wright (1723-1759) - 1742-1759

30 - Major John Wright (1724-1779) - 1739-1779

31 - James Farewell Wright of Eyam (1738-1805) - 1770-1806

32 - Jane Wright (née Sisum) and the Sisum family of Kensington - 1767-1840

33 - Dorothy Wright (1729-1824) - 1809-1824

34 - John William Wright of Eyam and Sheffield (1771-1853) - 1798-1859

35 - Peter Wright of Eyam (1781-1862) - 1808-1882

36 - Dorothy Wright (1772-1858) and Mary Wright (1774-1860) of Eyam - 1823-1853

37 - James Farewell Wright of Sheffield (1800-1879) - 1816-1881

38 - John Wright of Tamworth (1805-1861) - 1836-1907

39 - Martha Hammond Thornewill, née Wright (died 1889) - 1840-1896

40 - Dorothy Wilkinson, née Wright - 1843-1880

41 - Mary Wright (died c1882) and Jane Wright (died 1868) - 1840-1892

42 - Revd Charles Sisum Wright (1840-1903) - c1860-1904

43 - Charlotte Elizabeth Wright, née Jervis (1841-1919) - c1910-1920

44 - Margaret Jane Wright (1843-1906) and Harriet Elizabeth Wright (1845-1915) - 1851-1915

45 - Revd William Peter Wright (1864-1944) - 1864-1981

46 - Charlotte Winifred Wright, née Eardley (1869-1937) - 1869-1938

47 - Emily Georgina Wright (1868-1925) - 1889-c1925

48 - Charles Sisum Wright (1894-1985) - 1880s-1982

49 - Dorothy Thornewill, née Wright (1895-1993) - 1907-1975

50 - Cookery books and recipes - 17th cent-19th cent

51 - Papers relating to the Wright family pedigree - c1776-1978

52 - Wright family photographs and pictures - 1849-1982

53 - Wright family of Great Longstone - 1637-1932

54 - Shiercliffe family of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire - 1635-1647

55 - Kniveton family of Kniveton, Ashbourne and Castleton, Derbyshire - 1656-1679

56 - Morton family of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire - 1656-1683

57 - Newton family of Newton (Cheshire) and Castleton (Lancashire) - 1703-1750

58 - Potts family of Castleton (Derbyshire) - 1656-1725

59 - Sherratt family of Tideswell, and Farewell family of Nuthall and Nottingham - 1597-1763

60 - Green family of Manchester and Trafford family of Trafford (Lancashire) - 1704-1758

61 - Rawson family of Philadelphia near Sheffield, Yorkshire - 1763-1934

62 - Ratcliff family of Nottingham - 1819-1970

63 - Thornewill family of Burton on Trent and elsewhere - c1800-1963

64 - Jervis and Livesey families of Sheffield - 18th cent-1946

65 - Evill, Eardley and Cockrem families - 1858-1974

66 - Yeoman family of Stokesley, Yorkshire - late 19th cent-1982

67 - Possible legal practice papers of Thomas Wright of Eyam - c1620-1833

68 - Further possible legal practice papers - [14th cent]-1824

69 - Papers relating to the Downes family of Tideswell - 1726-1841

70 - Papers relating to Eyam Church - early 20th cent-1991

71 - Papers relating to Eyam plague commemorations - 1915-1983

72 - Papers relating to Eyam well-dressings - 1955-1994

73 - Eyam groups, clubs and societies - 1924-1981

74 - Miscellaneous papers relating to Eyam and surrounding area - 1880-1994

75 - Pictures and photographs of Eyam and surrounding area - 19th cent-1959

76 - Miscellaneous papers - c1630-20th cent

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