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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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1 - Inventory of the goods, chattels and credits of Elizabeth Gell of St James, Westminster, spinster, dec'd, 27 Apr - 1705
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4 - Notes on the death of members of the Gell family 1564-1689 - Late 17th cent
5 - Description of two houses at Hampstead [London] - Late 17th cent
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1 - Letter to Madam Gell - a man of war was launched at Blackwall yesterday - 16 more privateers are to be sent against France and Spain - a great quantity of powder has been taken from the Tower for the fleet, 24 Sep - 1702
2 - Letter to Madam Gell at Hopton - Russian fleet expected to sail soon - the Emperor has ordered several regiments in Hungary to march into Silesia and Bohemia - news from Spain that the King has forgiven the Queen, 28 Jul - 1724
3 - Letter to Madam Gell - there have been meetings about the Irish refusing Wood's Halfpence - general council ordered to consider Irish affairs, 19 Sep - 1724
4 - Letter to Madam Gell - creation of 2 new Cardinals - the Emperor reported to be sending 16,000 men to reinforce his army in Italy, and trying to get the Duke of Lorraine admitted as an Elector - trouble in Holland over the increase in the size of their army - Lord Carteret is ordered to Dublin. 6 Oct - 1724
5 - Letter to Madam Gell - St Martins new church is the wonder of London - the Czar has sent an envoy to the Turks, 10 Oct - 1724
6 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Bishop of Winchester's mother-in-law has been found dead in bed - the Emperor has ordered his ambassadors to break off the peace negotiations at Cambrai and is preparing for war - the Czar is planning to enlarge his fleet - the Polish Diet is divided and but a small number are for settling the succession of King Augustus's son - a lioness in the Tower has given birth to 2 cubs, 22 Oct - 1724
7 - Letter to Madam Gell - 27 Oct 1724
8 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Duke of Bourbon has made new proposals for moderating Spain's demands against the Emperor - the Archbishop of York is to be translated next week, 29 Oct - 1724
9 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Prince's birthday was observed yesterday - Lady Ashburnham has had a son - Exports and imports extraordinary at present and the Customs bring in £50,000 a week - orders have been sent for a Parliament in Ireland, 31 Oct - 1724
10 - Letter to Madam Gell - the treaty between France, England and Prussia sent for ratification - 1725
11 - Letter to Madam Gell - new Admiralty Office nearly finished - Brazil fleet arrived at Lisbon - King hunting boar in Hanover - French launched 2 new men of war and have 5 other, 70 gunships on the stocks - news that the Emperor and Prince Eugen resolved to relieve the Protestants in Poland, 5 Oct - 1725
12 - Letter to Madam Gell - the knights of the Bath to meet in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the King's coronation - the Emperor has received a great quantity of gold from Spain under the late treaty, 9 Oct - 1725
13 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Emperor has ordered 5 ships to be fitted out at Naples to reopen trade with Spain and Portugal - the British and Dutch envoys press the Emperor to withdraw his patent from the East India Company at Ostend and threaten to seize its ships as pirates - 12 Oct 1725
14 - Letter to Madam Gell - a ship of 60 guns which the Emperor was to present to the Ostend East India Company has been burned at Venice - 30,000 Russians are reported to be marching on Courland, 23 Oct - 1725
15 - Letter to Madam Gell - Lord Whitworth General Pepper dead - the French King has reformed his house - hold troops and civil places at court to save expenses - French demanded that the Poles restore Stanislaus to his estates, 26 Oct - 1725
16 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Polish King in consultation re opening of the General Diet - case in King's Bench between the Duke of Somerset and his tenants who have refused to pay quit rents, 28 Oct - 1725
17 - Letter to Madam Gell - Czarina ordered that the troops in Courland and Livonia be increased so that Russia may assist Prussia if there is war with Poland - Spaniards increasing their forces on French frontier and assembling artillery at Barcelona - General Wade expected from Scotland to report on the disarming of the highlanders - Sir Francis Forbes has been sworn Lord Mayor, 30 Oct - 1725
18 - Letter to Madam Gell - Prussia to take action against Poland if demands are not acceded to - the Ostend East India Co sending soldiers to India - Austria and Spain offer Holland full trade with the South Seas if they remain neutral, 18 Jan 1725/6 - 1726
19 - Letter to Madam Gell - Turkey likely to conquer Persia - Pope resolved to support the Grandees of Poland - the Polish King has ordered a Diet to finish the griefs of the Protestants - Mr Curle found guilty of publishing obscene pamphlets 30 Nov - 1725
20 - Letter to Madam Gell - Duke of Kent's house was burnt to ground - Turkish army in Persia successful - Russians have defeated the Tartars 14 Dec - 1725
21 - Letter to Madam Gell - the King to leave Hanover Austria threatened Holland if they consent to triple Alliance, 21 Dec - 1725
22 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Swedish King is willing to join the new league for the preservation of ace Prussian army is to be increased to 80,000 men plus garrison troops - The Pope unable to reconcile Pretender and his wife - negotiations with Holland continue, 30 Dec - 1725
23 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Earl of Plymouth dead King expected tomorrow, 1 Jan 1725/6 - 1726
24 - Letter to Madam Gell - The King arrived at St James on Sunday, 11 Jan 1725/6 - 1726
25 - Letter to Madam Gell - the King to remain in in England - the French King has recalled all half pay officers, 13 Jan 1725/6 - 1726
26 - Letter to Madam Gell - general fall in stocks - Horace Walpole, ambassador to France, has reported to the King - the King has made a speech to Parliament and desired an increase in naval preparations, 20 Jan 1725/6 - 1726
27 - Letter to Madam Gell - Sir John Jenning's ships windbound at Spithead - the Pope has congratulated the French King upon taking the government into his own hands - 5 Dutch ships taken by the Algerians, 12 Jul - 1726
28 - Letter to Madam Gell - reported from Rome that the Duke of Wharton is to be governor to the Pretender's son - Russians fitting out more ships and galleys - Danes have asked that a squadron of English ships winter in Denmark - the French King is feared to have smallpox, 21 Jul - 1726
29 - Letter to Madam Gell - orders given for fortification all Flemish towns on the borders with Holland - Admiralty have ordered 3 ships of 70 guns, 3 of 60 and 2 of 50 to be fitted out for the Baltic - the Commons have voted money to maintain 12,000 Hessians, 14 Feb 1726/7 - 1727
30 - Letter to Madam Gell at Hopton (Isabelle, wife of John Gell) - the Commons resolved to continue the malt duty for one year - Mr Wallpoole in France for negotiations on the Emperor's peace proposals - Col Stanhope has had an audience with the King of Spain, 18 Feb 1726/7 - 1727
31 - Letter to Madam Gell - Sir Isaac Newton dead - 10 companies of the Horse Guards to be sent overseas - 4 or 5 sixth-rate men of war to be used as bomb vessels, 21 Mar 1726/7 - 1727
32 - Letter to Madam Gell - Spanish treasure fleet arrived safely - siege of Gibraltar proceeds slowly - several regiments readied to embark for Flanders, 25 Mar - 1727
33 - Letter to Madam Gell - abstract of the Felons Act - the Earl of Cholmondley declared General of all cavalry in Great Britain - French Queen pregnant - it is believed that Spain will abandon the siege of Gibraltar - Sir Charles Wager is off Cadiz, 6 Apr - 1727
34 - Letter to Madam Gell - Austrians continue to prepare for war upon a promise of subsidy from Spain - Prince Eugene to command on the Rhine, General Wallis in Flanders and Count Staremburgh in Italy - Russians preparing their fleet, 8 Apr - 1727
35 - Letter to Madam Gell - King Augustus of Poland dead and the nobles likely to elect Stanislaus - the Spanish forces find it difficult to approach Gibraltar - a report has been received from Admiral Hossier blockading Portobello, 18 Apr - 1727
36 - Letter to Madam Gell - Imperial troops marching to counter the Sardinian threat to Genoa and Spain reported to be buying several men of war from the Genoese and Venetians - Sir John Norris to join the Baltic Fleet at the Nore on Sunday, 20 Apr - 1727
37 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Commons debating ways and means of raising money - siege of Gibraltar raised - Sir Robert Walpole taken ill of a violent looseness - Bank of England lent a considerable sum to the Exchequer upon the Malt Bill, 27 Apr - 1727
38 - Letter to Madam Gell - Parliament to break up next Wednesday - rumours that a seven year peace will be concluded - the British troops have made two sallies from Gibraltar and the Spaniards are reported to be raising the siege, 29 Apr - 1727
39 - Letter to Madam Gell - 3 large Dutch ships to join Admiral Wager of Spain - the French King stated he will declare war on the Rhine and in Flanders - the Dutch are blockading Ostend - 4000 Spaniards have been killed before Gibraltar, 2 May - 1727
40 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Emperor still presses for a peace treaty but is sending troops to the Rhine - exchange of prisoners at Gibraltar, 4 May - 1727
41 - Letter to Madam Gell - Imperial troops still marching to the Rhine and Flanders - Luxemburg prepared from a French attack - the Czarina threatening to attack Sweden - 3 regiments to be shipped from Ireland to Gibraltar 6 May - 1727
42 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Emperor increasing his army for fear of the Turks - Sir Charles Wager has divided his fleet into 3 to attack the galleons from Porto Bello, 20 Jan 1727/8 - 1728
43 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Czar to be crowned at beginning of this month - Russia and Spain cannot agree over the payment of seamen in the ships to be hired by Spain - Spanish troops entirely quitted Gibraltar - Admiralty has ordered 6 ships to be laid up, 3 Feb 1727/8 - 1728
44 - Letter to Madam Gell - a large number of poor prisoners discharged upon the King's bounty - several engineers to be sent to fortify Jamaica, the Leeward Islands and the Bahamas - the Admiralty continues preparations for war, 6 Feb 1727/8 - 1728
45 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Spanish King in favour of peace but continues to build men of war - the Danes hope to increase their trade with the East Indies - peace is concluded in France, 13 Feb 1727/8 - 1728
46 - Letter to Madam Gell - congress of peace at Soissons starting on 1 June, 14 Mar 1727/8 - 1728
47 - Letter to Madam Gell - bill in the Commons for for vesting the coal tax in the crown - the Czar's coronation - 50,000 Persians have marched to besiege Derbent, 30 Mar - 1728
48 - Letter to Madam Gell - the French have sent a a squadron to bombard Tunis - Parliament expected to sit three weeks more to see what the Spanish demands will be, 9 May - 1728
49 - Letter to Madam Gell - Russia reported to be increasing garrisons on the Swedish frontier - Portugal has ordered the ejection of all Italians - the Turks have deposed the Cham of Tartary, 14 May - 1728
50 - Letter to Madam Gell - Spain resolved to have a fleet of 40 men of war by summer - the King has signed a warrant for the execution of 19 malefactors - canal in St James's Park to be emptied into the Thames, 16 May - 1728
51 - Letter to Madam Gell - the King has reviewed regiments at Hounslow - the court is to reside at Windsor for the summer, 18 May - 1728
52 - Letter to Madam Gell - the French have 6 galleys ready to sail for Tunis - the King has ordered a reduction in the army and there is talk of reducing a company to 10 men, 23 May - 1728
53 - Letter to Madam Gell - £200,000 has been borrowed upon the credit of the land tax for paying off men of war - the congress opens at Soissons on Wednesday, 1 Jun - 1728
54 - Letter to Madam Gell - plague along the Turkish frontier and in Poland - the Diet at Ratisbon is to write to the Protestant princes of Europe for a collection for the distressed Protestants of the Palatinate, 6 Jun - 1728
55 - Letter to Madam Gell - 8 persons sentenced to death at the Old Bailey - trade with Spain opened - Russia sending a squadron to cruise off Sweden and Denmark - 8 Jun 1728
56 - Letter to Madam Gell - Spanish and Portuguese Kings to confer on marriages - all ships from the Mediterranean forbidden to enter port - the Emperor has ordered an attack upon the Palatines to enforce his decree in favour of the Protestants, 11 Jun - 1728
57 - Letter to Madam Gell - a rumour that the French King will go to Madrid - Duke of Parma's envoy banished as he gave hospitality to the Pretender, 4 Jul - 1728
58 - Letter to Madam Gell - the King has ordered all officers that were at Gibraltar to pay their soldiers their arrears or be suspended - a mansion house for the Lord Mayor is to be built on a piece of ground between Leadenhall Market and East India House, 6 Jul - 1728
59 - Letter to Madam Gell - no plague deaths in Zante for 14 days, but it still rages in the Morea and Roumelia - the Spanish plenipotentiary at Soissons is ill of the colic - the French have sent General Dillon to inspect the garrisons in Flanders - all merchant ships that come from the Straits [of Gibraltar] are to be put into quarantine, 9 Jul - 1728
60 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Admiralty have ordered 4 fourth and one fifth-rate ships to be put into commission, 13 Jul - 1728
61 - Letter to Madam Gell - the French queen has given birth to a daughter - Capt. St Loe appointed appointed to command the fleet in the West Indies and Admiral Cavendish the fleet in the Straights, 25 Jul - 1728
62 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Admiral of Sallee is reported to have taken two English merchantmen - an ambassador from the Bey of Tripoli has arrived at Weymouth - the Grandees of Poland unanimous in rejecting the Prince of Saxony as their king, 27 Jul - 1728
63 - Letter to Madam Gell - great number of seamen admitted to Greenwich Hospital - captains of men of war offering two months pay to any seamen who will volunteer - a report of the death of the Queen of Spain caused 3% advance in East India Stock and a 1% advance in South Sea Stock - 4 more men of war are to be put into commission, 3 Aug - 1728
64 - Letter to Madam Gell - violent earthquake in Alcase - the English ambassadors have frequent conferences with Cardinal Fleury - Spaniards fitting out a squadron at Cadiz to bombard Sallee - a 12 year truce has been concluded with Spain, 8 Aug - 1728
65 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Duke of York, Bishop of Osnabruck dead - the East India Co to hire 13 ships for next year - rumour that when the truce with Spain is concluded, there will be a meeting to decide a way to pay off the national debt, 10 Aug - 1728
66 - Letter to Madam Gell - Russia to send a great caravan to China - Prussia and Austria are to enter into negotiations - Spain is raising regiments in the Catholic cantons of Switzerland, 13 Aug - 1728
67 - Letter to Madam Gell - the French King is in Fontainbleau ordered all foreign plenipotentiaries to follow him - large smugglers ship has been taken by the navy - 15 Aug 1728
68 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Emperor recruiting 1500 men to reinforce his army in Italy and has promised to repeat the decree forbidding the importation of certain goods from England and Holland - Russia and Persia unable to agree on their frontier - several frigates sent to cruise in the Channel - 17 Aug 1728
69 - Letter to Madam Gell - peace conference is to be is to be renewed at Soissons in September, 20 Aug - 1728
70 - Letter to Madam Gell - the bill against gin has has been passed - the Emperor has ordered strengthening of forts on the other side of the Danube and 20 pieces of cannon to be added to the batteries at Belgrade, 3 May - 1729
71 - Letter to Madam Gell - the Emperor assured that the promised Spanish subsidy is on its way and the money to be used to strengthen the frontier garrisons against the Turks - the London distillers have raised £40,000 to stop the bill against them, 13 May - 1729
72 - Letter to Madam Gell - reasons for not passing the Civil List Bill - the Archbishop of Dublin dead - the King embarked for Holland - Sir Nathaniel Curzon of Kedleston created Lord Charlton, 17 May - 1729
73 - Letter to Madam Gell - Lord Torrington has reported to the Queen on his negotiations with the Dutch Admiralty - Austrians preparing for war with Turkey - Spanish King's offer of 12,000,000 pieces of eight for Gibraltar - 97,248 prisoners for debt have claimed under the new Act - the Duke of Devonshire is dangerously ill, 31 May - 1729
74 - Letter to Madam Gell - Admiral Sir Charles Wager has a discretionary commission to act as he thinks fit and is ordered to sail for Spain with 36 ships - peace terms rejected by Spanish King - preparations to war at Cadiz, 7 Jun - 1729
75 - Letter to Madam Gell - Admiral Wager and the the fleet contained in Portsmouth (Hampshire) by contrary winds, 12 Jun - 1729
76 - Letter to Madam Gell - Mrs Hays committed to Newgate for high treason - Sir George Mertins elected Lord Mayor, 29 Sep - 1729
7 - Articles of agreement between Philip Gell and Maria Catherina Gell of London, spinster, Isabella Gell of Hopton, spinster, Henry Thornhill of Derby, esq, John Tomlinson of Derby, gent, Francis Tomkinson of Manchester, merchant, Philip Tomlinson of Hopton, gent, Joseph Gibbons of Coventry, soap boiler, George Evans of Cromford, gent, Adam Simpson of Bonsall, gent, Richard Buxton of Middleton, miner, Julius Caesar Robiglio of Hopton, gent, and Benjamin Tomlinson of Hopton, miner (Gell's partners) for the working of mines at Griffe Walk known as Golconda and Gate Stoop - 22 Nov 1769
8 - Receipt by John Ballydon of Kniveton, yeoman, for 200 marks received from Anthony Gell and Agnes Fearne, being a legacy under the will of Raphe Gell to Dorothy his daughter, now wife of John, 12 Jan 9, Eliz I - 12 Jan [1567]
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10 - Bond in £2000 by Joseph Howton of Ockbrook, yeoman, to Temperance Gell of Hopton, spinster, for the performance of covenants 5 Nov - 1729
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18 - Petition of House of Lords to the Queen re powers of prerogative (printed) - 1703
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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]
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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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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]
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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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