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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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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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1 - `A Discourse of the Proceedings of the Queen of Scotes affairs in England from 11 Apr 1571 to 26 of Mar 1572 - written by the Bishop of Ross' MS copy [? 19th cent] of printed edition - 1572
1-10 - Title deeds
2 - "Thomas Awreele to the Marquees of Buckingham - arguments against the Spanish match". MS copy - c1620
3 - "A advertisement written to Secretary of the Lord Treasurer of England, by on English Intelligencer as he passed through Germany into Italy, concerning a book newly written in Latin and published in divers languages and countries against her Majesty's late Proclamation for search and apprehension of Seminary Priests and their Receivers - also a letter written by the said Lord Treasurer in defence of his Gentrie and Nobility, intercepted, published and answered by the Papists". MS copy - 1592
4 - Copy of a letter written by Sir Walter Rawley to his wife from the river Caliana in Guiana. MS copy - 1617
5 - Speech of Sir Walter Raleigh at his execution and the manner of his execution. MS copy - 1618
6 - "Sir Walter Rawleigh's apologie" MS copy - 1618
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8 - Epitaph for Anthony Gell - 17th cent
9 - Legal notebook [Hand of Thomas Gell?, in French] - 17th cent
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12 - Order of the Inner Temple discharging Anthony Gell from his readings in consideration of 40 marks - 1565
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18 - Inventory of linen and bedding 10 Oct 20 Eliz - 1578
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20 - The Earl of Shrewsbury to the Lord Chancellor re a case in Chancery between Henry Bagshawe and Ralph Ashenhurste which concerns the bearer, the Earl's neighbour; requests the Chancellor's favourable consideration of the equity of the case; the bearer is also concerned in a Star Chamber case with William Dakins, 31 May - 1580
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22 - Copy writ concerning claim by Anthony Gell esq that William Blackewell gent had disseised him of a tenement in Wirksworth [24 Apr, 25 Eliz] - 1583
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24 - Notes in Latin by Ambrose Cooke. The first entries are headed "Anarchasis dixit: leges arachnearum telis similis esse" [Anarchasis said: laws are like spiders' webs] - [16th cent]
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26 - Notes of the value of various coins - [16th cent]
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32 - Schedule of proposed exchanges of Wirksworth School Lands with Mr Gell and covering letter about exchanges, with relation to Kirk Ireton and Callow Inclosure, 18 Nov - 1804
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34 - Agreement between Thomas Gell esq and William Blackewall gent (copy). Whereas there have been drivers disputes between them over land at Wirksworth and Steeple called Steeple Colehills alias CooleHilles, Gell to convey to Blackwall all his right etc to the said land provided he shall have the land for the next 3 years, in return for which Blackwall is to assure Gell of a rent charge of 20s a year upon the said land. 13 Apr, 27 Eliz I - 1585
35 - "A speech used by Sir Francis Bacon in the lower house of parliament, on a motion concerning the union of laws of England and Scotland (hand of Thomas Gell). MS copy - 17th cent
36 - Thomas Gell to his brother Sir John Gell - has been continually employed in John's affairs for 20 years and has solicited all his causes - prevented John being sent for by messenger when Mollanus and others accused him of treason - prevented John being sent at hostage to the Scots etc - has not received one penny for all this - if John refuses his request, will make peace with his adversaries - 10 Feb c1648?
37 - Compotus of Sir John Gell III as sheriff of Derbyshire, Michaelmas 24 - Michaelmas 25 Ch II, quittance, Nov [1674] - 1672-1673
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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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