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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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Expand 34 - John Gell (1539-1671)34 - John Gell (1539-1671)
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Expand 36 - Anthony Gell d. 158436 - Anthony Gell d. 1584
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1 - Grant for life by William de Bretenile, son of Robert [de Bretenile] to [William de ?Porchwune] of his pond at Gonnerby [Gonerby, Lincolnshire] Witnesses: Robert de Bretenile, Nicholas de Stotton, Nicholas de [ ], William Russel, Richard Ywyst, clerk Dated at Gonnerby Nativity of the Virgin 25 Edw I [8 Sep] - 1297
2 - Grant by William Fitzylion of Wadshelf to Henry Hundirhege [Underhedge] of annual rent of 1s from land in Wadshelf between land of William Fleblo and le Brodgate with rent of rose and 1 mark [13s 4d] Witnesses: Elias de Midhope, Henry de Spina, Geoffrey de Moor, Ralph clerk of Ithefeld, Ralph [ ] Ylionis, Walter de Petrus, Henry de Ferniley - [13th cent]
3 - Gift by Thomas son of Thomas de Furnival to William de Morton of plot of land in Westmundhall [? in Bradfield, Yorkshire] butting on a rivulet running towards Fayrthorn and extending in length to the land of Adam of Thornsete and in width from Hadley Mor to a rivulet called Witelei Witnesses: Sir Ralph de Eccleshale, Sir Ralph de Wurtlei, Elias de Midhope, Thomas de Bernes, Adam de Waddeslei, Adam le Blund, William de Dornale, Adam de Bricheshert, Roger de Osgerthorp, Ranulf de Storr Seneschal of Hallamshire - [13th cent]
4 - Release and quitclaim by William son of William of Kirk Langley to Nicholas de Trowell of Derby of title to messuage in Derby in vico Fabrorum [Smith Street, Iron Gate] between messuage of Geoffrey de Crich and Nicholas de Trowell from the highway to garden of Geoffrey and Mistress Godard Witnesses: John son of Gilbert, coroner of Derby, Hugh Adam, Thomas de Tutbury, Richard de Liverpool, John de Preston, Walter de Donisthorpe, Richard de Langar .Dated at Derby Friday in St Michael the Archangel 12 Edw II [29 Sep] - 1318
5 - Gift by William son of John de Morton to William his son of messuage with 2 plots of arable land called Haythlegfeld and Spoutefeld at Westmundhalgh [? in Bradfield, Yorkshire] between wood of Morton and land of William the clerk Witnesses: Adam de Hallum, Thomas del Swynck, John de Brithtomlegh, John ad Pontem, Thomas de Hattlegh junior. Dated at Brithtomlegh [Brightholmlee, Yorkshire] Thursday after St Luke the Evangelist [20 Oct] - 1328
6 - Gift for life by William son on William de Morton to William his father of lands in Westmundhalgh [? in Bradfield, Yorkshire] Witnesses: Hugh dil Whitlegh, John de Brithtomlegh, Robert le Rons, Thomas in Bosco, William Elcock Dated at Haytelegh [ ] Tuesday before Nativity of St John the Baptist [20 Jun] - 1335
7 - Release and quitclaim by John de Storth of Westmondhalk [? in Bradfield, Yorkshire] to Thomas son of Nicholas at the Cross of all actions Dated at Bradfield Trinity 43 Edw III [27 May] - 1369
8 - Gift by Richard de Thurmeley, vicar of Ashbourne to Thomas Touchet and Thomas Foljambe of messuage in Derby in St Mary's Gate between tenements of Abbot of Darley and John de Trowell - 1378
9 - Power of attorney by Thomas Nicolson of Storth [Bradfield, Yorkshire] to John Wilson of Bromehede [? Broomhead, Yorkshire] to deliver to William de Moreton and Agnes his wife seisin of estates he had by gift of John Thomasson of Storth - [5 Jan] 1403
10 - Admission of William Morton to Croft called Hobcroft in Westmondhalgh [Bradfield, Yorkshire] for 20 years at annual rent of 16d and fine of 12d, 27 Jun 5 Hen V - 1417
11 - Gift by Richard Fletcher of Bakewell to William Wortoncroft of burgage etc at Flehenll between lands of Guild of Holy Cross and burgage of Richard Walker and extending to the highway Witnesses: Ambrose Dedyt, Christopher Bowne, Thomas Harson. Dated at Bakewell SS Philip and James apostles 18 Edw III [1 May] - 1344
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7 - Receipt by Sir John Williams, Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations, for £11 2s received from Raffe Gell 3 Aug 38 Hen VIII - 1546
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8 - Schedule of debts owed to Robert Bultan - [early 16th cent]
9 - Inquisition post mortem of William Poole, taken at Nottingham re tithes of hay at Kimberley Grey, Kimberley Cunntlowe and Watnowe Cauntlow and 1 messuage, 2 cottages and 3 bovates at Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 29 Oct 22 Eliz I - 1580
10 - Honour of Tutbury receipt book including payments made - 1580
11 - Copy of the roll of the Session of Parliament concerning the cause of the Scottish Queen [Mary, Queen of Scots] and copy of letter from Elizabeth I to Sir Amias Pawlett [Mary's gaoler] - 1586
12 - Draft will of Thomas Babington of Dedych [Dethick], with some medieval manuscript music in binding 10 Nov - 1558
13 - Letter- `GS' [Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury] to Godfrey Foliambe [Foljambe] High Sheriff of Derbyshire, John Manners, Robert Eyre, and Anthony Gell JPs re the service of training of shot in Derbyshire - 5 Apr 1579
14 - Vocabulary of legal terms - [16th cent]
15 - Survey of lands? Sep 6 Eliz I - 1564
16 - Copies of letter of Sir Charles Cornwallis to James I, during his imprisonment in the Tower about parliament business 1614; letter written by Mr Thomas Arundell (now Count Arundell) to his father; letter written by Count Arundell to Sir Francis Walsingham; letter written by Francis Throgmorton to Sir Thomas Weekes, Clerk to the Council; letter sent by James I to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London upon his first coming to the crown 1603 - 17th cent
17 - Copies of The state of a secretary's place and the perill by the Earl of Salisbury; letter from Sir Walter Rawley ?[Raleigh] to the King before his trial; letter from Sir Walter Rawley to the King after his condemnation - 17th cent
18 - Appointment by William Earl of Newcastle, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (during the minority of William Earl of Devonshire) of John Gell as a deputy lieutenant of the county 20 Aug - 1638
19 - Account of money received by the Committee for Sequestrations 9 Aug - 1648
20 - Chancery order summoning witnesses in the case John Gell v Thomas Ellis and others 31 Aug - 1664
21 - Letter of moral advice to unnamed person - 17th cent
22 - "Mr Gell and the ministres plaint" against [?miners] - 17th cent
23 - List of the commissioners for the four subsidies granted to the King - 1663
24 - Volume of arithmetical exercises [?of Sir John Gell] - 17th cent
25 - Notebook in Latin and Greek [?of William Gell, son of John Gell] - 17th cent
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
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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
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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 64 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-190264 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-1902
Expand 65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
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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
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