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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

23 - Title deeds and other papers

1-5 - Sir Philip Gell

3 - Appointment of Sir Philip Gell as Receiver of the Honour of Tutbury, 4 Aug, 1 Anne - 1702

5 - Appointment by Nicholas, Earl of Scarsdale, of Sir Philip Gell as a deputy lieutenant, 28 Dec - 1711

8 - Draft will of Sir Philip Gell - c1719

9-10 - Wirksworth Hundred Tax Assessments

11 - Draft will of John Wingfield of Wirksworth, gent, including bequests concerning his shares in monies, his estates at Bradfield, Yorkshire, and Wirksworth including Noreton Steere Farme, 6 Jul - 1704

11-29 - Various

12 - List of names of Middleton cottagers - 1714

13 - List of cottages erected and encroached upon the waste of Wirksworth Manor - c.1700

14 - List of "the names of the clergy that made soldiers" in Wirksworth Wapentake, with names of the soldiers concerned - 1625

16 - The Bankrupt's Case, with reasons for passing a bill re agreements made with bankrupts (printed) - 1689

17 - Petition to Parliament of the artisans and others concerned in the public works of St Pauls and the parochial churches of London, concerning potential debt problems (printed) - c.1689

19 - Copy address of the County of Derby to William III for the defence of the crown against France and the Stuarts, signed by the county's deputy lieutenants, Justices of the Peace and other gentlemen and tradesmen of Wirksworth Hundred - 1701

20 - Case for opinion re will of William Taylor, made [?15 Dec 1690] - c.1700

21 - Order of the Duke of Devonshire to the deputy lieutenants re search for arms in the possession of dangerous persons, 22 Jul - 1715

22 - Letter of the Duke of Devonshire (to the deputy lieutenants) - re suppression of papist priests, enclosing copy letter, 20 Apr - 1716

23 - Muster of Capt Hoveringham's troop, at Derby, 3 Jul - 1690

24 - Copy letter to sheriffs re attendance of Justices of the Peace at Assizes, 25 Jun, copied 10 Jul - 1719

25 - Copy letter of Lord Sidmouth to Philip Gell re maintenance of mails during snow, 11 Dec - 1816

30-47 - Sir Philip Gell

1 - Copy deed between Anthony Alsop and John Borrow re grant of lands in Alsop, Newton and Thorpe, 10 Aug - 1682

2-3 - Will of Anthony Allsop of Allsop en le Dale - brother in law Sir John Gell and son Philip Gell to be his executors, 4 May, changed 7 May and 9 May - 1683

4 - Valuation of lands at Alsop [of Mr Borrow?] - 1685

5 - Account of Mr Alsop's tithe arrears - 1686

6-7 - Agreement and memoranda between Anthony Alsope and Joh Roe of Alsop en le Dale - Roe is to pay £6 4s to Rodger Jackson of Bakewell, to make up £15 paid on behalf of Mr Calvert of Beeley towards the £21 4s in which Alsope, Roe and Jackson stand bound to Calvert - Alsop has secured to Roe a piece of ground called Moore Peice in Alsop, to hold for life if Alsope does not pay him £10 12 May - 1687

8 - Note from William Eyre to [?] - has made enquiries of Mr Calvert who says he was paid the money by Mr Jackson two years ago, 13 Apr - 1691

9 - Bond in £46 by Anthony Alsope and Benjamin Taylor to William Smith of Combridge (Staffordshire), for the payment of £23 10s, 7 Sep - 1689

10 - Declaration by Anthony Alsope and Benjamin Taylor that they owe John Chambers £12 10s - 15 Nov 1689

11 - Agreement between Anthony Alsope and John Borrow - reciting mortgage in £250 by Alsope to Gilbert Mundy of a messuage and lands at Alsope and assignment of mortgage by Mundy to Borrow - and reciting that Alsope has sold to Borrow, a close known as Dale End Close and leased Towne Meadow and Alsope Moore to him for 21 years, the £250 being included in the purchase money - and whereas Mundy was to pay £6 a year from the lands, to John Alsope, son of Anthony - Borrow is to cease the said payment in return for which Alsope is to hold the Ban Croft and Stone Break until Borrow shall be molested or damaged by claims to dower from Alsope's wife Elnor, 26 Oct - 1689

12 - Memorandum of acreage of Mr Borrow's land in Alsop and Thorpe - c.1690

13-14 - Bargain and sale with bond by Anthony Alsope of Alsop en le Dale to William Eyly of Alsop en le Dale, of 8 timber trees of elm and ash in the Baddock Garden and below the garden at Alsop, 2 Oct - 1690

15 - Agreement between Anthony Alsope and William Eyley - if Alsope does not pay the money in which they are bound to William Wardle, Eyley is to have the Bancroft and Paddock for Alsope's life - Eyley is to hold the premises for 1691 at £3 10s but to deliver them up if Alsope pays the money - [19 Jan 1691]

16 - Deposition by William Eyley that Anthony Alsope agreed to give John Roe 40 thraves of oats, 1 Jan 1690/1 - 1691

17 - Agreement between Anthony Alsope and William Eyley - Eyley is to plough the Moore Peice 3 years and Alsop is to have half the corn and pay half the cost of manure and lime, 20 Jan 1690/1 - 1691

18 - Assignment by William Eyley to Sir Philip Gell of the two closes as in D258/24/32/14-15 in Alsop, 28 Apr - 1691

19 - Memorandum by Sir Philip Gell re conveyance of Alsop's house and payment of Anthony Alsope's debts, 25 Jun - 1691

20 - Bond in £80 by Anthony Alsope to Sir Philip Gell, for the performance of covenants, 23 Jun - 1691

21 - Letter from Anthony Alsope to Sir Philip Gell - sent Taylor's father 20s to give Smith to make up the £10 - lend Taylor £10 at Mr Mundaye's and 40s in his own parlour, 27 Jun - 1691

22 - Deposition by Robert Mellor that Benjamin Taylor had money from Mr Allsope at Mr Mondaye's in Allestree but he does not know how much - c.1690

23 - Account of money lent to Mr Alsop - c.1692

24 - Memorandum by John Borrowe that he has let the Towne Meadow at Alsop to Sir Philip Gell until Lady Day next at £8 and has paid Mr Alsope 7s 4d, 2 Jul - 1691

25 - Letter from Francis Beresford to Sir Philip Gell - is sorry that he has caused Gell to find fault with the demise of Mr Alsop's estate - 17 Feb 1691/1692

26 - Note from Anthony Alsop to Sir Philip Gell - the bearer is in arrears for the constable's levy and poor rate, 3 Mar 1691/2 - 1692

27 - Letter from John Alsope to Sir Philip Gell - thanks Gell for joining with the gentlemen - asks for the 40s due by his daughter Jane, 4 Oct - 1692

28 - Note from John Alsop to Sir Philip Gell - his wife is very sick - please send the 40s due to him by the bearer Thomas Pege, 10 Apr - 1693

29-31 - Note from Anthony Alsop to Sir Philip Gell - Sir Francis Berisford and himself are agreed and Berisford is to have £4 - please pay him and take the £10 bond from him, with Berisford's receipt - 1693

32 - Letter from Anthony Alsop to his daughter Mary - give Sir Philip the acquittance and send him the money - asks about the family and intended journey to London, 15 Jun - 1693

33 - Note from John Allsope to Sir Philip Gell - his wife is dead - asks for 40s to bury her, 17 Aug - 1693

34 - A note from Anthony Alsop to Sir Philip Gell - please order Mr Parker to go to Matlock Bridge to inform Mr Woodward that he took 20 loads of ore from Robert Goodwin's house, which Alsop has never been paid for - 1690s

35 - Note from John Slacke to John Borrowe - Borrowe is now 8 rent days in arrears for chief rent of Alsop, 27 Mar - 1694

36 - Letter from William Etherick to Sir Philip Gell re the arrears of Mr Alsop, 24 May, with copy reply, 26 Jun - 1694

37 - Bill of charges for horses, received by Thomas Bradley from Mr Allsop - 1695

38 - Bill of John Tomlinson for conveying Anthony Alsop from Leicester to Hopton - 1696

39 - Memorandum of tithe modus to be paid by John Borrows and Anthony Alsop, 10 Aug - 1692

40 - Note from [ ] Baker to Sir Philip Gell re tithes due at Alsop, 17 Dec - 1692

41 - Letter from Thomas Bagshaw at Clements Inn to Philip Gell - Isaac Borrow's agent has put out Mr Sherrat and Mr Webster and left Mr Hatham and Mr Ley - has himself put out Isaac Hawkins and Mr Turner of Derby, leaving Sampson Baker and Joseph Hayne, 20 Jun - 1699

42 - Receipts by Anthony Alsop to Sir Philip Gell - 1699-1700

43 - Bill of complaint of Sir Philip Gell re lands at Alsop - 1692

44-49 - Papers re land at Alsop Moor (Philip Gell v John Borrow - c.1695-1700

50 - Letter from [ - ] at Stafford to Robert Milward - acquainted Mr Ettricke about Mr Alsop's desires re Alsop Chapel but got no very good answer - all he would say was that he repairs the chancel of the mother church (Ashbourne) and there is no law to oblige him to repair the chapels of ease - is £6 15s out of purse for Alsop, 5 Jul - 1680

51 - Unexecuted bond in £40 by Alice Gilbert of Hognaston, widow, and Robert Gilbert of Hognaston, to Robert Cockaine of Hulland, for the payment of £20, 16 Jun - 1673

52 - Note on the will of J W [Wigfall] of Renishaw [hand of John Gell II], 5 Sep 1673 - c.1680

53 - Deed of Attorney by John Bradley, late of Hognaston, yeoman, to Sir John Gell, to receive the £120 which Nicholas Bradley of Hognaston owes him, 12 May - 1684

54-58 - Letters from John Bradley to Sir John Gell mainly re financial matters, Jun-Jul - 1684

59 - Letter from John Dakeyne at Derby to Sir Philip Gell - according to the account from Mr Burrows, the last rent paid to Burrows was in 1706, 23 Feb 1711/12 - 1712

60 - Receipt by John Alsopp, on behalf of William Ettricke, for 40s received from Sir Philip Gell for the modus of Alsop en le Dale, 10 Jun - 1713

61 - Letter from Samuel Brough at Carsington to Sir Philip Gell - requests an answer to his request that he might copy his wife's settlement, 11 Se - 1716

62 - Memorandum Samuel Hord of receipt for a parcel of writings that concerned William Troman, from Sir Philip Gell, 25 Oct Including receipts of Anthony Allsope from Philip Gell, receipts of Anthony Allsope, Philip Gell's tithe receipt and memoranda - 1716

33 - Copy bill of complaint of George Langford of Nottingham, gent., in the case Langford v Gell, re money owed to him by William Sacheverell of Barton (Nottinghamshire) dec'd, 3 Nov - 1692

34 - Copy answer of Ann Rosell, widow, one of the defendants to the bill of complaint of Sir Philip Gell re Holland or Richmond Manor in Wirksworth, 3 Jun - 1701

36 - Copy of barmoot court roll - complaint by Sir John Gell that Senior and his partners have not freed their meer at Leawood - verdict that Senior and his grovefellows forfeit their meer, 3 Nov - 1645

37 - Receipt by Caleb Jessopp to Sir Philip Gell for an indenture between William Jessope, his father, Sir John Gell and Caleb of 2 closes in Hognaston called Ravensitch Close and Abbottes Close Head and 2 beastgates - 28 Oct 1693

38 - Dean and Chapter of Lichfield's receipt to Sir Philip Gell for payment of £21 11s 5d rent, 2 Mar 1690/1 - 1691

40 - Papers re enclosure of Ashleyhay and Alderwasley, comprising rough lists of inhabitants involved and acreages - 1689

41 - Household accounts. [Sir Philip Gell] 20-27 Jan, 1713/14 - 1714

42 - Accounts of William Sacheverell's executors [Sir Philip Gell] - 1691-1694

44 - Account of Mr Jessop with the executors and trustees of Sir Philip Gell, dec'd - 1721

45 - Note by Sir Philip Gell re lot and cope - 1708

46 - Manuscript poem - "New Instructions to a Painter" (political) - 1667

47 - Manuscript poem - "The Dolefull Complaint of Sir H M" (political) - 18th cent

48 - Fagg v Gell - 1671-1719

49-54 - Sir Philip Gell

25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers

26 - Title Deeds etc

26-45

28 - Title Deeds

34 - John Gell (1539-1671)

35 - Various accounts, deeds etc

36 - Anthony Gell d. 1584

38 - Correspondence etc

42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent

43 - Hopton Receipt Papers

44 - Sir John Gell

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

63 - Number not used

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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