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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
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3 - Letter patent of Elizabeth I re Thomas Gell. 23 May 26 Eliz. I [requires conservation] - 1584
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1 - Will, with codicils attached, of Sir Philip Gell, Bart, of Hopton. Proved Prerogative Court of Canterbury Feb 1720/1 - 1719-[1721]
2 - Minutes of the Lord Chancellor's decree re Philip Gell's will - 11 Jan [1721]
3 - Report on the case of John Eyre, plaintiff, and Nathaniel Curzon, William Jessop, William FitzHerbert (the trustees and executors of the will of Sir Philip Gell) 24 Jul - 1721
4-5 - Demise and mortgage of farms and lands in Ashley Hey, Ible, Ireton land Middleton. Trustees of the will of Sir Philip Gell, Bart, to George Ley, esq. 5 Aug - 1721
6-7 - Demise of messuages and lands in Bakewell, Holme, Tideswell and Middleton. Trustees of the will of Sir Philip Gell, Bart, to Charles and Thomas Sanderson 7 Aug (2 copies) - 1721
8 - Declaration of trust that the sum of £2000 secured to Charles Sanderson and others on the estates of Sir Philip Gell, Bart, under the trusts of his will was the proper monies of William Jessop 14 Aug - 1721
9-10 - Marriage settlement of £2000 mortgage in trust upon the marriage of John Eyre with Isabella one of the daughters of William Jessop, being the same monies secured to Messrs Sanderson and for which they executed to Mr Jessop a declaration of trust. 21 Sep - 1721
11 - Security from Sir Philip Gell's trustees to Peniston Lamb for £2800 at 4% in trust for the Rt Hon the Earl FitzWilliam 7 Jun - 1731
12 - Settlement pursuant to the will of Sir Philip Gell, Bart, made by Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart, William Jessop, esq, and William FitzHerbert, esq, the trustees of Sir Philip's will. 16 and 17 Jul - 1731
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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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25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers
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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)
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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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