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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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25 - Miscellaneous legal, financial and other papers
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26 - Title Deeds etc
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28 - Title Deeds
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1 - Correspondence including relating to the wool trade - [16th cent]
2 - Correspondence - 17th-18th cent
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5 - Muster roll for Wirksworth wapentake - [16th cent]
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7 - Inventory of such of the goods of Dame Mary, late wife of Sir John Gell, as the wife of Thomas Ellis confesses to having, used in Gell v. Ellis and others Oct - 1654
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9 - Account of John Dakeyne to Sir Philip Gell for legal charges re his copyhold estates - 1689-1709
10 - `The manner and custom of tithing with the vicar of Wirksworth.' - 17th cent
11 - List of names - 17th cent
12 - `A Merry Epigram on the heat of the Bath' [Latin and English] - 17th cent
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1-7 - Papers re. Gell v. Ferne re. manor of Hopton and the Holland Manor of Wirksworth, which Ferne believes belongs to him - 1617
8-13 - Case papers re. tithe ore at Bakewell - 1613
14 - Answers of John Chaworth and Christofer Foster, dfts, to the bill of complaint of George Chaworth esq - 17th cent
15 - Paper re adultery and married priests - [16th cent]
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17 - Grant re. land at Cutthorpe (Lincolnshire) in the occupations of Thomas Wilson (Cockayne and Harper) 25 Jul, 28 Eliz I - 1586
18 - Special livery from Court of Wards granted to Sir John Gell 30 Jan 20 Jas I - 1623
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20 - Deed etc relating to part of house and land land in Hognaston (Trewman - Gilbert) - 1672
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22-23 - Overseers of the Poor for Hopton
23 - Churchwardens for Hopton accounts including Overseers of the Poor - 1704
24 - Rentals for Crown lands in Wirksworth, Hopton, Carsington, Griffe Grange, Ireton, Ashleyhay, Middleton, Matlock, Ible collected by Gell - c1593-c1594
24-38 - Various
25 - Lot and cope lead reckonings by Francis Handy - Mar 1656-Jun 1656
26 - Lot and cope lead reckonings for Wirksworth and Middleton - Apr 1656-Jun 1656
27 - Schedule of deeds relating to Gell leases of tithes of corn and hay in Alport, Birchinlee, Rowlesley, Rowley, Westend, Crook Hill, Over Ashop, Chatsworth, Beeley, Over Haddon, Great Longstone, Hassop, Rowland, Wardlow, Wirksworth and Hognaston 1554 - 1574 - [late 16th cent]
28 - Butler's account including quantities in store, used, replaced of claret, sherry, Canary and Portuguese wines, beer; also baked bread including "Parler", browne - 1712-1713
29 - Abstract of Wirksworth glebe terrier, with note of use as current, Dec - 1783
30 - Order to bring to trial at assizes case of trespass over manor of Weston and Tythby (Nottinghamshire) between John Gell and Lord and Lady Chaworth - 11 Mar [1641]
31 - Affidavit of Richard Lloyd of Inner Temple that he saw Sir George Pratt at Oxford when it was garrisoned for Charles I, 6 Oct 1648, annotated as sworn 7 Oct 1648 - 1648
32 - Receipted accounts of Anthony Gell as tenant to Crown - 1583
33 - Notes on Manor of Wirksworth 1517 - 1546 made in reign of Edw VI (1547-1553) - c1550
34 - Letter from solicitor to Phillip Gell about deeds and papers relating to old Dale Abbey property, Jul - 1787
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36 - Depositions in case about land at Carsington between Robert Heyward and Philip Gell 36 Chas II [1684 - 5], with note 2 Jun 1 Jas II [1685] - 1684-1685
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38 - Papers relating to Thomas Gell's to case against Lord Howard for bribery over discharging people from compositions to detriment of state finances; Copy petition (in T Gell's hand) by Earl of Rutland to rebuild on site Belvoir Castle [Leicestershire] - c.1650
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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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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