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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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26 - Title Deeds etc
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Expand 34 - John Gell (1539-1671)34 - John Gell (1539-1671)
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3 - Inventory of the goods and chattels of the recently deceased Agnes Fearne of Wirksworth [incomplete], made 4 Nov - 1574
4 - Expenses laid out by Agnes Ferne of the goods of Ralph Gell her father - c1570
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11 - Royal order to Ralf Gell to provide one able man with horse and arms to be sent to Newcastle for the guarding of the realm against the French who are transporting great powers into Scotland 25 Dec, 2 Eliz I - 1559
12 - "A Very Fruteful and Pleasant Booke Called the Instruction of a christen woman, made firste in latyne, by the right famous clerke mayster Lewes Wives, and tourned out of latyne into Englishe by Rycharde Hyrde" Printed in Fleet St London, by Henry Wykes - the title page bears the name "Row[land] Dale 1591" and the initials "E G" [Emma Gell née Beresford, 2nd wife of Ralf Gell?] - 1557
13 - Copy of a letter sent by Justice Clarke of Scotland to Sir Archibald Douglas, Scots Ambassador to England, in answer to a letter of Douglas's 24 Oct - 1587
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19 - Epitome of Ralf Gell's will dated 12 Aug 1562 - [16th cent]
20 - Inventory of all coined money, silver plate, leaded blackwork, slag and other goods and chattels, late the property of Rauff Gell of Hopton, decd 7 Jun - 1564
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22 - Will of Thomas Wigley [?] [very badly damaged] [7 sheets] (photocopy) Feb 9 Cha I [1634] - 1634
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28 - Petition of Robert Throkmorton to the Archbishop of Canterbury asking for the release of one Glover from the Archbishop's prison in London 26 Jul, with the Archbishop's answer 22 Aug - [16th cent]
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30 - Lay subsidy assessment for Repton and Gresley Hundred - 1603
31 - Assessment of Hartington on lands and goods by named individuals - Early 17th cent
32 - Rental of Richard Blakewall for one year from 28 Feb 34 Hen VIII - 1543-1544
33 - Honour of Tutbury accounts - 17th cent
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36 - Petition of Wyllyam Rowsley, to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about Wyndlonds, Over Haddon Easter 26/27 Hen VIII - 1534
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42 - Book of manuscript receipts [re Lord Sheffield's lands] 17 Eliz I - 22 Eliz I - 1574-1580
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47 - Instructions for the Queen's steward, receiver, surveyor and woodward in every county - [16th cent]
48 - Inquisition re lead mining in le Dale by Wirksworth 21 Sep 5 Ed VI - 1551
49 - Commonplace book in tooled leather cover including legal notes, rentals for Bakewell 29 Hen VIII [1537-38], purchases for beasts - [16th cent]
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
Expand 43 - Hopton Receipt Papers43 - Hopton Receipt Papers
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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
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Expand 56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D56 - Gell Family Papers Series A-D
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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
Expand 73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent73 - Gell of Hopton Hall: family seal dies - late 19th cent
UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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