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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 - 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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13 - Letters patent appointing John Gell sheriff of Derbyshire - 1822
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1 - Will of John Gell of Hopton - 1733
2 - Rental for James Darcy of his lands and tithes in Co Durham - 1715-1716
3-6 - Accounts of Christopher Croft to James Darcy for rents and disbursements of Witton, Hamsterley, Ricknell and Coupland - 1715-1716
7 - Rental of James Darcy's Yorkshire land - 1716
8 - Account of Christopher Craft to James Darcy for Yorkshire receipts and disbursements - 1716
9 - Mortgage by demise for 500 years by Sir William Darcy of Witton Castle (Co Durham) Bt. and George Darcy, his son and heir apparent, to Sir Thomas Hewitt of Pishobury (Hertfordshire), knight, for £3000 of the castle, manor and lordship of Witton, with all lands etc., the manor and township of Hamsterley, the village or grange of Witton Rowe with all other their lands etc. in Witton, Witton Rowe, Auckland, Bedburne and Hamsterley 12 Dec - 1657
10 - Surrender by Henry Darcy of Sedbury (Yorkshire), Richard Shuttleworth of Forcett (Yorkshire), Thomas Rudd of Durham and John Mowbray of Durham, esqs., on the direction of John Gell of Hopton, esq. and Isabella his wife, Andrew Wilkinson of Boroughbridge (Yorkshire), esq. and Barbara his wife, Bethiah and Mary Jessop of Broomhall (Yorkshire), gentlewomen (sisters and coheirs of James, Lord Darcy) and Rt. Hon. Margaret, Lady Darcy (widow of James, Lord Darcy who was grandfather of the above James), to Edward, Lord Bishop of Durham, for enabling the Bishop to grant a new lease of the premises to William Jessop of Bromhall and Nathaniel Payler of Nunmonckton (Yorkshire), esq., for the lives of Matthew Hutton of Spofforth (Yorkshire), DD, James, son of Thomas Wilson of Feldom (Yorkshire), yeoman and Richard, son of Richard Gilbertson of Westwick, parish of Ripon (Yorkshire), of the capital messuage called Ricknal Grange with water corn mill upon the Skeme and all houses, lands etc. in Ricknall and Little Ricknall, Co. Durham 3 Sep - 1733
11 - Acknowledgement by Ann Jessop of Broomhall (Yorkshire), spinster (daughter of Francis Jessop dec'd). to Francis Stringer of Sutton (Nottinghamshire) esq. that she has received £300 secured in trust for her, charged upon a farm etc. at Witton and Hampsterly, with similar acknowledgement by John Bright jun. of Banner Cross and Barbara his wife (daughter of Francis Jessop) for £300 secured in trust as above with release to James Darcy of Sedbury (Yorkshire) esq. of all their title etc. to the property 3 Oct - 1702
12 - Appointment by John Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding, of James Darcy as a deputy lieutenant 11 Jul - 1702
13 - Copy letter from Philip Gell to Anthony Lax - he expected Lax to agree upon a reference of h is boundary on the Griff - the men still work the mine, which he would have stopped had not Lax and the barmaster promised to be accountable for the ore got - he imagines Lax means to drop the claim 27 May - 1781
14 - Copy of letters patent of Queen Mary to the burgesses and inhabitants of Sheffield 8 Jun 1 Mary [1554] - 18th cent
15 - Fragment of calculations - 17th cent
16 - Examination of Raphe James on behalf of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury in the Court of Wards and Liveries - 1613
17 - Settlement of estate of German Pole - 1700
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Expand 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 - 165418 - 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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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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Expand 46 - Staffordshire estate papers, 19th century - 1834-187946 - 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]
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
Expand 54 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-187054 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-1870
Expand 55 - Pedigrees and other papers55 - Pedigrees and other papers
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
Expand 68 - Pedigrees - 19th cent68 - Pedigrees - 19th cent
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
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UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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