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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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23 - Title deeds and other papers
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1-5 - Sir Philip Gell
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3 - Appointment of Sir Philip Gell as Receiver of the Honour of Tutbury, 4 Aug, 1 Anne - 1702
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5 - Appointment by Nicholas, Earl of Scarsdale, of Sir Philip Gell as a deputy lieutenant, 28 Dec - 1711
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8 - Draft will of Sir Philip Gell - c1719
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9-10 - Wirksworth Hundred Tax Assessments
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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
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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
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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
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30-47 - Sir Philip Gell
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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
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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
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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
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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
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49-54 - Sir Philip Gell
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1 - Enfeoffment of land and property in Hopton. Thomas Stone of Carsington, gent, to John Gell [unsigned], 22 Sep 1 Cha I - 1625
2 - Memorandum re agreement between Philip Gell and John Stuffyn in the life time of Sir John Gell - 1688
3 - Enfeoffment of Over and Nether Hannages. Sir Philip Gell of Hopton, baronet and Francis Gell of London, merchant to Thomasin Somers of Duffield, widow. [unsigned], 17 Dec - 1689
4-6 - Articles between Sir Philip Gell and Francis Gell of London, merchant, 19 May - 1692
7 - Memorandum re agreement between Sir Philip Gell and Cornelius Dale of Flagg, gent, to allow Dale to mine copper ore in the manor of Holland, 22 Mar - 1693
8 - Final agreement between John Wright, gent, and others and Dorothy Morton, widow and others, of lands and tenements in Derbyshire and Yorkshire - 1692
9 - Feoffment of land, house and close in Broadstone Field, and three roads in Northfield, Wirksworth. Margaret Goodwin to John Wingfield, 23 Mar 1693/4 - 1694
10 - Counterpart of lease for 500 years. Sir Philip Gell to Robert Sachevarell of Barton, (Nottinghamshire), William Jessop of Broomhall, (Yorkshire) and John Wigfall of London, merchant, 8 Mar 1699/1700 - 1700
11 - Articles of agreement re division of Kniveton pastures Sir Philip Gell and fourteen others, 26 Nov - 1700
12 - Settlement of points at issue re Kniveton pasture, 16 Apr - 1700
13 - Articles of agreement between Richard Soame, of London, merchant, and William Taylor, of Wirksworth, yeoman. Taylor to go to Wirksworth to open and unstop Hannage sough, 2 Apr - 1701
14 - Bargain and sale of land in Kirk Ireton, Sir Philip Gell to George Buxton of Kirk Ireton, yeoman. [undated and unsigned] - [c1702-1714]
15 - Agreement between Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston, baronet, Philip Gell and others, 23 Jul 1 Anne - 1702
16 - Draft agreement re estates/annuities of John Gell. Thomas Bagshaw of Bakewell, gent, and Sir Philip Gell, 29 Sep - 1708
17-18 - Lease and release John Spencer of Middleton, nr Wirksworth, yeoman, commonly called John Spencer of Slated House and Dorothy his wife, and Sir Philip Gell, 23/24 Mar 1710/11 - 1711
19-20 - Grant of an annuity/rent charge of 44s a year after the death of Sir Philip Gell to Samuel Hutchinson of Carsington and others. With copy, 2 Apr - 1715
21 - Grant of an annuity/rent charge of 50s a year for preaching 10 sermons a year in Alsop church after the death of Sir Philip Gell, 2 Apr - 1715
22 - Draft agreement - Thomas Greensmith of Thorpe, yeoman to pay Sir Philip Gell for the purchase of a capital messuage with land, in Alsop le Dale. 5 Feb, 1716/17 - 5 Feb [1717]
23 - Consent by Mathew Bacon of Carsington to sink shafts for copper in Woodmans venture in the Lordship of Hopton - 12 Dec 1781
25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers
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26 - Title Deeds etc
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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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