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D231 - Okeover family of Okeover - [12th-20th cent]
M - Deeds and estate records - [12th-20th cent]
B - Business
E - Estate Papers
F - Family - 14th cent-c1950
M - Manorial - 1345-1728
O - Public Office
P - Maps and Plans
T - Title Deeds
Z - Miscellaneous
1 - Gift by Hugh de Okeover, knight, son of Robert de Okeover to God and the church and monks of Burton of William, son of William de Okeover with all his following and goods, for 3½ marks paid by Lawrence, Abbot of Burton - [c1216-1272]
2 - Copy of a petition against a deed of ejection by Richard and Thomas Maddock, 8 Oct 1509 - 20th cent
3 - Gift by Philip Okeover, esq., to John Maddock of Atlow, husbandman of two parcels of land on Ilam Moor, ¼ a 15 Jan - 1581/1582
4 - Survey of an estate at Ballidon belonging to Charles Adderley, esq., giving close names and acreages - circa 1750
5 - Bond by Katherine Okeover of Okeover, widow, and Edward Leigh of Shawell, Leicestershire, to Philip Okeover of Okeover, esq., in £200, to indemnify Philip from all forfeitures and penalties of all such bonds in which Ralph Okeover late brother of Philip Okeover and late husband of Katherine Okeover stood bound 6 Apr - 1571
6 - Memorandum of a bond by Michael Armstead, citizen and apothecary of London, and Anna Jesson of Coventry to Martha Hinton in £200: to pay £102 10s 0d 22 Feb - 1691/1691
7 - Account of money laid out for Lord Rowland Okeover on bricks, lime etc [? Norfolk estate] - 1677
8 - Sundry bills of H C Okeover
9 - Fire insurance policy on a house in Springfield Street, Liverpool - Sun Fire Office 26 Aug - 1774
10-11 - Extract from Ashbourne parish register relating to the burial of Anne Mellor, 22 Jan 1789, with copy - 1839
12 - Schedule of mediaeval deeds and rentals of Okeover family - [19th cent]
13 - Notes regarding Sir Richard Fleetwood and the Manor of Okeover - [19th cent]
14 - Mr Degg's opinion regarding the court leet at Coldwall - [17th cent]
15-17 - Notes on the privileges of Okeover church, claimed to be one of only four extra-parochial townships in England - [18th cent]
18-27 - Manuscript verse - circa 1660-1867
28-64 - File of recipes for home made wines - 18th/19th cent
65-207 - File of medicinal recipes - 18th/19th cent
208-290 - File of cookery recipes [many of them endorsed as being entered in the family recipe book] - [c1673-c1850]
291-293 - Three photographs of 1847 prints of Okeover Hall and church - [20th cent]
294 - Photograph of a church monument at Okeover - [20th cent]
295 - Photograph of Oldbury Hall - 1906
296-297 - Pencil sketches of Okeover Hall and church - [20th cent]
298 - Photograph of a stained glass window in Okeover church - [20th cent]
299 - Pencil sketch of an architectural detail - ? part of a fireplace - [?20th cent]
300-305 - Six aerial photographs of Okeover - [20th cent]
306-307 - Two aerial photographs of Mapleton - [20th cent]
308 - `A list of persons who dined with Mr Okeover at his Court at Wymeswold', Leicestershire - circa 1740
309 - An account of rabbits, fawns and other game sold at Okeover in 1877 - 1878
310 - Embroidered purse - [19th cent]
311 - Silver medallion James I - [?17th cent]
312 - George Lord Anson's victory medallion - 1747
313 - Envelope containing Okeover seal impressions - [20th cent]
314 - Book place of R F Okeover - circa 1780
315 - Engraving plate for crest of H E Okeover - [19th cent]
316 - Transcripts of medieval Okeover charters - [20th cent]
317 - Letter regarding the privileges of Okeover church - circa 1860
318 - Letter regarding the ordination of the Vicar of Okeover 5 Nov - 1862
319 - Letter accepting the cure of Okeover 25 May - 1863
320 - Comments by the antiquary Isaac Jeayes on the validity of statements regarding Okeover church privilege - circa 1890
321 - Abstract by Isaac Jeayes of British Museum. Add. Charter 27313, circa 1125-7, being a settlement of a dispute between Robert de Ferrers and Geoffrey, Abbot of Burton, to which Orm de Okeover was a witness - circa 1890
322-330 - Notes by Rev John Young on Okeover, the Bassetts, marriage festivities, Blore and Swinscoe, early deeds etc - circa 1900
331 - Further notes on Okeover by Rev John Young - circa 1900
332 - Letter by John Watson, 8 New Oxford St., to Miss Okeover regarding Chinese plate at Okeover. 16 Dec - 1901
333 - Okeover pedigree by John Pym Yeatman - 1902
334 - Letter by John Pym Yeatman to Miss Okeover 20 Apr - 1903
335 - Letter by Mrs J Tanner to Raymond Lister author of "Decorative Wrought Ironworks" referring to Robert Bakewell's work at Okeover - 1957
336 - File of letter relating to research by Mrs J Tanner into the building of Okeover Hall, etc - 1950s-1960s
337 - Three files of notes relating to Mrs J Tanner's history of Leeke Okeover - 1950s-1960s
338 - Correspondence regarding a bust of Antonio Cocchi, a Florentine physician, at Okeover Hall - 1925
339 - Notes on prices taken from Okeover bills for 1747 - [20th cent]
340 - "The Nicholl Affair" transcript from the Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence edited by W S Lewis, Vol XIII - [20th cent]
341 - "The origins of the Shirleys and the Gresleys" by H J Round - reprinted from the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society. Printed - 1905
342 - An article of Okeover Hall in "Country Life" 5 Mar 1910, together with an article on Arthur Devis' picture of Leeke Okeover and his friends, 1745-1747, from "Country Life" 21 Jan 1965 Printed - 1910-1965
343 - Bulletin of the National Register of Archives, No 5 Printed - 1954
344 - "Sale and Barter" - a monthly magazine and universal register of property for disposal Mar 1874 Printed - 1874
345 - Sotheby's catalogue - Andre de Coppet collections on English manuscripts and autographed letters Printed - 1995
346 - Number not used
347-349 - Wheldon and Wesley's monthly lists of books on natural history and science: Oct 1936, Jan and Oct 1937 Printed - 1936-1937
350 - Extract from article - "Zouch shields I and II from the Oker brass at Okeover, Staffordshire" Printed - [20th cent]
351 - Royal Musical Association - "The Life and Works of John Okeover" - by Wyn K Ford Printed - [20th cent]
352 - Trade catalogue of Rosson and Son, gun makers, of 12, Market Place, Derbyshire Printed - 1927-1938
353 - Watercolour painting titled "San Remo" - 1868
354 - Watercolour painting titled "Lago Maggiare" - [1868]
355 - Watercolour painting titled "Liuno Market" - [1868]
356-358 - Watercolours of fishing scenes - [late 19th cent]
359-376 - Engravings of busts - [18th cent]
377 - Engraving of Dovedale
378 - `A list of peers existing at the time of James I's accession to the Crown and of those who have since been advanced to the peerage by claim of ancient right, by writ or by patent' - circa 1725
379 - State of the national debt, with account of the produce of the Sinking Fund - 1728-1729
380 - Part of a letter from F Anson to Lady Hamilton - circa 1830
381 - Printed bill head - Barto, Valle, Pepler and Co., 60 Haymarket, London: wine and spirit merchants
382-404 - Bundle of papers relating to a yacht, "Irene", including accounts and correspondence - 1853-1854
405 - Two letters relating to Malta Protestant College 21 Jan - 1854
406 - Prices obtained from the sale of tapestries at Okeover Hall 29 Nov - 1927
407 - Fragment of accounts, probably Constable's, for "Wayfing" - [18th cent]
408 - List of names - early 18th cent
UL - Okeover family of Okeover: unlisted records
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