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Collapse D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
Expand 1 - Title Deeds1 - Title Deeds
Expand 2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]
Collapse 3 - Estate Papers3 - Estate Papers
Expand 1 - Papers prior to Sir George Gresley1 - Papers prior to Sir George Gresley
Expand 2 - Sir George Gresley 1st Bt (1580-1651)2 - Sir George Gresley 1st Bt (1580-1651)
Expand 3 - Sir Thomas Gresley, 2nd Bt (1629-1699)3 - Sir Thomas Gresley, 2nd Bt (1629-1699)
Expand 4 - Sir Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (1698-1746)4 - Sir Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (1698-1746)
Expand 5 - Sir Thomas Gresley 5th Baronet (1722-1753)5 - Sir Thomas Gresley 5th Baronet (1722-1753)
Expand 6 - Sir Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet (1726-1787)6 - Sir Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet (1726-1787)
Expand 7 - Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (1753-1808)7 - Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (1753-1808)
Expand 8 - Sir Roger Gresley MP 8th Baronet (1799-1837)8 - Sir Roger Gresley MP 8th Baronet (1799-1837)
Expand 9 - Thomas Gresley (1668-1743)9 - Thomas Gresley (1668-1743)
Expand 10 - John Gresley (1711-1783)10 - John Gresley (1711-1783)
Expand 11 - Revd Dr Thomas Gresley (1734-1785)11 - Revd Dr Thomas Gresley (1734-1785)
Collapse 12 - Revd William Gresley (1760-1829)12 - Revd William Gresley (1760-1829)
1 - Particular and valuation of Netherseal and Overseal estates - 1785
2 - Particular and valuation of Revd William Gresley's estates in Netherseal and Overseal Tenants' names, acreages, value per acre and yearly value, with annotations to c1792 - 1785-c1792
3 - Half year rent and tithe account - Apr 1798
4 - Survey of Netherseal and Overseal estates arranged by name of tenant, with field names and acreages - late 18th cent
5 - Particular and valuation of Netherseal and Overseal estates of Revd William Gresley field names, cultivation acreages, value per acre and yearly value, with husbandry notes - 1808
6 - Rent and Tithe Account Book, with notes of bills paid 1810-1816, 1819-1828 - 1810-1828
7-14 - Donisthorpe surveys and rentals - late 17th cent-1822
15 - 'Particulars and valuation of buildings and lands in Netherseal belonging to Revd William Gresley and occupied by Thomas Harris' Surveyed by Robert H Wyatt, with plan, field number, name, cultivation acreage and yearly value - 1816
16 - Unidentified valuation of small meadow and Insley's yard and garden - (c1817)
17 - Note of rents received from Revd William Gresley on behalf of James Wilson to William Gilbert - 1825-1827
18-34 - Bills to Revd William Gresley relating to work done by Thomas and William Newbold - 1793-1814
35-47 - Wood Accounts including valuations, correspondence, sale accounts and auction notice for 15 Feb 1808 - 1794-1809
48-74 - Wood Accounts - 1813-1819
75-104 - Wood Accounts - 1820-1829
105 - [Number not used]
106 - Notebook re to trees planted - early 19th cent
107-127 - Guidance and notes relating to the wood plantation and its development - (19th cent)
128-129 - Letter from J. Hawkins re sporting permissions in Netherseal with a copy of the reply of William Gresley - 1791
130 - Letter re Danvers family claim to manorial rights for Donisthorpe Especially appointment of gamekeeper, with draft reply by Revd William Gresley that tenants have always performed suit at Seale manor court - 22 Sep 1802
131 - Letter from Samuel Wyatt re missing tithe book for Seale - 1803
132-133 - Two letters from R Lea concerning the chief rent and occupation of Coton Park - May 1810
134 - Letter from B Ward re personal matters - 15 Jan 1814
135 - Letter re Smith-Heathcote-brother in law saga and letter to Archibald Cameron, solicitor - 26 Jan 1817
136-137 - Letter from James Wyatt re loan of enclosure award With note of enclosure expenses - 3 Nov 1817
138 - Letter from H Wyatt concerning 'the public bridle Road and the Carriage Road for private and limited purposes across the Church Way Close' - 24 Jan 1821
139 - Letter from Edward Croxall mostly personal, also includes notes about wood accounts - 28 Sep 1822
140 - Correspondence concerning the 'quitting and giving up' of land and barn by Catherine Leedham - 28 Sep 1822
141 - Note attendance to dinner invitation, including notes re wood plantations - (c1820s)
142-153 - Papers relating to Ashby Woulds Inclosure, 1767-1770, 1802 - 1767-1802
154 - Copy abstract of title for unidentified property covering the period 1636 to 1757 - [late 18th - early 19th cent]
155 - Articles of agreement between Thomas Ashinall and Thomas Wilkes, Revd William Gresley and Revd George Fletcher concerning the lease of a messuage and lands to the wife of Thomas Ashinall by the late Mrs Beardsley - 14 Nov 1785
156 - Notice 'To the Land Owners and Occupiers on the line of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch intended Canal', Leicestershire - 12 Dec 1792
157 - List of wines in the parsonage cellar - May 1796
158 - Note by William Gresley re agreement to enclose Glascote Fields, Glascote, Warwickshire - 1803
159 - Sale notice for freehold estate including messuage used as public house in Netherseal, with lands, The Hays, Gunby Spinney and other lands in Overseal - 1800
160 - Sale notice for farm and lands at Donisthorpe and lands in Netherseal and Overseal including Big Cadborough and Clifton Meadow. Most occupied by J Pycroft - 1808
161 - Particulars of freehold premises at Overseal - 1808
162 - Legal bill from Leo Piddocke - 1815-1819
163 - Legal bill from John Curzon - 1817-1819
166-169 - Accounts of Joseph Redfern, 1800-1808 - 1800-1816
170 - Sale Notice of freehold messuages and land in Netherseal and Donisthorpe - 13 Oct 1828
171 - Inventory of trees at Chilcote - (19th cent)
Expand 13 - Revd Sir William Nigel Gresley 9th Bt (1806-1847)13 - Revd Sir William Nigel Gresley 9th Bt (1806-1847)
Expand 14 - Sir Robert Gresley 11th Baronet (1866-1936)14 - Sir Robert Gresley 11th Baronet (1866-1936)
Expand 15 - Estates of Related and Other Families15 - Estates of Related and Other Families
Expand 16 - Miscellaneous and Unidentified16 - Miscellaneous and Unidentified
Expand 4 - Family and Personal Papers4 - Family and Personal Papers
Expand 5 - Official Papers5 - Official Papers
Expand 6 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-19146 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-1914
Expand 7 - Legal/Case Papers 7 - Legal/Case Papers
Expand 8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]
Expand 9 - Photographs9 - Photographs
UL - Gresley Family of Drakelow: unlisted records
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