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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
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9 - Thomas Gell
10 - Sir John Gell I (1593-1671), Sir John Gell II (1613-1689), Civil War and various
11 - Various, 18th - early 19th century
12 - Various, 17th century
13 - Title deeds and other papers
14 - Various, 18th-19th century
15 - 17th Cent Printed Material
16 - Title deeds and other papers
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1 - Note of the provisions of Ralph Gell's will - 1562
2 - Court of Wards and Liveries - John Curzon and John Gell (his late ward) v John Ferne - Ferne ordered to pay £10 annual instalment of £40 as ordered on 28 November last and to pay £120 due at Christmas or have extent awarded against him - 1616
3 - List of debts owed by Millicent Curzon, wife of John Curzon (mother of John Gell I) - [1619]
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5 - Notes re sale of manor of Netherhall (Suffolk) by Thomas, Duke of Norfolk to Thomas Reynet, confirmed by the Crown after the Duke's attainder - [16th cent]
6 - Probate copy of will of Samuel Hurd of Hognaston, yeoman. Proved at Derby, 7 April - 1718
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1-2 - Bargain and sale by Raphe Gell of Carsington, yeoman, to Thomas Buxton and Richard Walton of Brassington, yeomen, in consideration of a certain sum of money, of all his closes of land, meadow and pasture viz Highe Clouse, a little croft at the nether end of the said close, Pyner Buttes butting on Hameston Way, a croft in a field called Highfield, pasturage for 2½ beasts in Carsington and for 80 sheep in Carsington and Brassington 12 Aug 40 Eliz I - 1598
3 - Quitclaim Dorothy Gell to Thomas Buxton and Richard Walton of Brassington of closes in Carsington including Highfield and Pyner Butt 13 Aug 40 Eliz I - 1598
4 - Grant by John Boothe of Carsington to his son William of part of his property in Carsington 25 Oct 40 Eliz I - 1598
5 - Deed of partition between Thomas Buxton and Richard Walton - Walton to have the High Closse with the little croft at the nether end, half the close called Pynner Buttes and 2 beastgates in Carsington and 40 sheepgates in Carsington and Brassington - Burton to have a crofte in High Feild, the other half of Pynner Buttes, ½ beastgate in Carsington and 40 sheepgates in Carsington and Brassington 28 May, 42 Eliz I - 1600
6 - Sub-lease by Richarde Buxton of Brassington, yeoman, to Richarde Walton of Brassington, yeoman - in consideration of £24 13 4d, of the two Buxton Jagger Waye Croftes in Carsington, for 12 years at 2 peppercorns a year - Walton not to plough the closes for the 3 last years of the term 23 Jul 10 Jas I [1612] - 1612
7 - Feoffment by Raphe Gell of Carsington, yeoman, to Thomas Westerne of Brassington, yeoman, in consideration of £120, of closes called Turnehame (2 acres) and Blackebuttes (3 acres) and 5 beastgates in Carsington 1 Sep - 1612
8 - Bargain and sale by Raffe Gell to Thomas Westerne, in consideration of £20, of 3 beastgates at Carsington and a fourth part of Gell's title to pastures called More Furlong, Eller Torr, Sower Leas, Fleelowe and Wheatlandes, and the common grounds below the high street between Brassington and Wirksworth - 14 Jun 1613
9 - Mortgage John Buxton to Richard Walton - 1614
10 - Counterpart of conveyance from Richard Walker to Richard Buxton of 2 beastgates and 40 sheepgates in Carsington - 1623
11-14 - Mortgage, assignments and lease for possession of a farm house and land in Carsington (Booth-Curzon-Eyre-Gell) - 1676-1695
15 - Memorandum by Robert Hayward and others that John Gell is to have a beastgate on Carsington Pasture for 6 years in consideration of his having defrayed the cost (£3 12s) of rebuilding the wall between Carsington Pasture and Carsington Moor 1 May - 1654
16 - Copy agreement re rebuilding Carsington Church - whereas a bargain was made between the inhabitants, freeholders and farmers of Carsington and William Jordan and John Shepheard, masons, concerning the walling of the parish church (May 1648) - and whereas by a letter of recommendation from Quarter Sessions (27 Apr 1647) some money has been collected towards rebuilding the church but not enough to finish the job - the money necessary to complete the rebuilding to be levied on all landholders in the parish, by Richard Buxton, Anthony Gell, William Booth, Edward Buxton, Robert Haywabee and Thomas Hutchinson - those who refuse to pay, to be distrained - those that pay to have seats in the church allotted to them - 1645
17 - Notes re lands and rents at Carsington - 17th cent
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13 - Letters patent appointing John Gell sheriff of Derbyshire - 1822
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18 - Bond in £20 by Henry Blackett of Shipley, William Taylor of Edgeknowle, and John Hodgson of Fitche, all of parish of Hamsterley, to Sir William Darcy of Witton Castle, for the performance of covenants in a bargain and sale of even date 27 Jun - 1654
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34 - John Gell (1539-1671)
35 - Various accounts, deeds etc
36 - Anthony Gell d. 1584
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38 - Correspondence etc
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
43 - Hopton Receipt Papers
44 - Sir John Gell
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46 - Staffordshire estate papers, 19th century - 1834-1879
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]
48 - 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
50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)
51 - Various
52 - Volume of bound letters and other documents - Late 17th-early 19th cent
53 - Printed Pamphlets
54 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-1870
55 - Pedigrees and other papers
56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D
57 - Family Papers
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64 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-1902
65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
67 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-1964
68 - Pedigrees - 19th cent
69 - 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]
71 - 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
73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent
UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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