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Collapse D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
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Expand 10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various
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1 - "All in an epistle or a letter from a gentleman to his father on occasion of the army's retreat to Wickham" (printed) - 1647
2 - The Age Newspaper (death of Sir William Gell) - 28 Feb 1836
3 - Will of George Chaworthe, of Wyerton (Nottinghamshire), with probate, proved PCC - 1589
4 - "Answer of the Coffee Men to Propositions for changing the Excise now laid upon Coffee, Chocolate and Tea into an Imposition upon those Commodities at their Importation" (printed) - c.1700
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7 - Cartoon - The NABOB Purged - or - the Secretaries' Pilgrimage to Mecca. Printed - 1782
8 - Satirical verse - "Courage and Cowardice contrasted." - c.1805
9 - "An Elegy to the memory, of the Honourable William Cavendish M.P"., by J B - 1812
10 - Appointment of gamekeeper by Sir Phillip Gell, for the manor of Hulland (name left blank) - 1712
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14 - Sale particulars of a freehold estate at Hope to be sold by auction by Mr Shaw at the House of Mr Hall, Castleton, on 11 May (printed) - 1796
15 - Number not used
16 - "A New and Exact Survey of the River Dee or Chester-Water" by Capt. G Collins, hydrographer to the King (printed). Scale 1/12th inch: 1 mile. Size 64 cm × 55 cm - 1689
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19 - Account book of cash received by George Smith senior for tolls taken at Briers Well Turnpike - 1794
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23 - Rental giving tenants name, rent arrears, and place name - mainly property in Sheffield (Yorkshire) - Late 18th cent
24 - Middleton Wood - quarry account book kept by George Bestwick, accountant to P Gell - 1792-1796
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26 - Estate account book - 1793
27 - Horse fodder account book [blank] - c.1800
28 - Cash book of Philip Gell - 1671-1689
29 - `Mrs Burgoine's day book' (household accounts) - 1792-1793
30 - Day book (accounts) - 1793-1794
31 - Account book for groceries bought of Joseph Bradley of Ashbourne - 1793-1794
32 - Turnpike road [Hopton Wood, Ashbourne Turnpike] account book - 1790
33 - Survey of Philip Gell's glebe land in Bakewell - Late 18th cent
34 - `An Act for Paving, Cleansing, Lighting and otherwise improving the streets, lanes and other public passages and places within the borough of Derby and for selling a certain piece of waste ground, called Nun's Green, towards defraying the expense of the said improvements.' 32 Geo III - 1792
35 - Nottingham Canal prospectus (printed) - 1791
36 - An Act for making and maintaining a navigable canal from the Cromford Canal, in the county of Nottingham to near to the town of Nottingham and to the River Trent near Nottingham Trent Bridge . . . . 32 Geo III (printed) - 1792
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41 - Household bills paid by William Senior - 1798
42 - Uckerby (Yorkshire) and Ricknall (Durham) estate bills - 1775
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44 - Notes from Dorothy Gell to George Bestwick and miscellaneous papers, mostly accounts of Bestwick - 1791-1795
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51 - Uckerby and Ricknall estate bills - 1778-1779
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53 - Notebook containing manuscript sermon notes - 17th cent
54 - Catalogue of part of the farming stock of the late Philip Gell, to be sold by auction at Hopton (with prices added in ink) Printed 26 Aug - 1795
55 - List of seeds and trees growing in South Carolina, [United States of America] sent in a box and a tub for Emma Boone - Late 18th cent
56 - Copy of a speech (in Latin) made to the king by the Polish Ambassador at his first audience - 18th cent
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59 - Order of Samuel Parker, Richard Daynes and Nicholas Lisle, commissioners for enquiring into the estates of Thomas Coke, to John Gell, as tenant of the lot and cope of Dovergange in Wirksworth to appear before them at the White Hart in Derby and produce his lease, on 3 Nov 2 Nov - 1652
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63 - List of seats in Wirksworth Church belonging to Hopton - 1849
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65 - Letter - James Maidment in London to Mr Pennington at Wirksworth - thanks Pennington for the offer to supply him with china ware but would need to see patterns and prices and know what amount could be sent each year - could sell as many good pieces as any man in the trade 9 Dec - 1794-1796
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26 - Title Deeds etc
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Expand 34 - John Gell (1539-1671)34 - John Gell (1539-1671)
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
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47 - Unidentified plan showing part of the course of a waterway, marked at points with numbers, and the dates 20 Aug and 22 Aug. Scale not given. Dimensions approx 150cm x 130cm - [19th Cent]
Expand 48 - Philip Gell (d 1842), draft deeds, estate and financial papers - 1706-187748 - Philip Gell (d 1842), draft deeds, estate and financial papers - 1706-1877
49 - Log book of the Cutter Yacht Albatross from the port of Cowes, Isle of Wight to any port or ports her owner may think proper, wind and weather permitting' [to Scotland] - 18 May-29 Aug 1836
Expand 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)
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Expand 52 - Volume of bound letters and other documents - Late 17th-early 19th cent52 - Volume of bound letters and other documents - Late 17th-early 19th cent
Expand 53 - Printed Pamphlets53 - Printed Pamphlets
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Expand 56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D
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Expand 64 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-190264 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-1902
Expand 65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
Expand 67 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-196467 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-1964
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Expand 69 - Plans - 1711-182869 - Plans - 1711-1828
70 - Manor of Holland p Wirksworth and Lands Grant [temp Q Anne] to Philip Gell of Hopton [outsize parchment deed, badly damaged by damp, partly illegible]
Expand 71 - Isabella Thornhill, nee Gell (1800-1878): diary - 1863-187571 - Isabella Thornhill, nee Gell (1800-1878): diary - 1863-1875
72 - `Catalogue of the library at Hopton Hall' Arranged by size of volume: folio, quarto, octavo Duodecimo, `sixteens and twenty-fours' Title, edition and date of publication Folio paper vol, in slip case - ?17th cent
Expand 73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent
UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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