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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 - Ms copy of Order and Disorder: or, The World Made and Undone Being Meditations upon the Creation and Fall printed in London 1679 - Late 17th cent
2 - Ms volume of religious meditations by Elizabeth Gell; at back, Psalm 103 by Sands with music - [c1620-c1670]
3 - Assessment for "his Majesty's extraordinary occasions" D258/41/3/1/1-5 Ashbourne; 1673 Apr, Jul, Oct 1674 Apr, Jul D258/41/3/2 Bonsall; May 1673 - Jul 1674 D258/41/3/3/1-6 Bradbourne; 1673 May, Jul, Oct 1674 Apr, Jul D258/41/3/4/1-6 Brassington and Aldwark; 1673 May, [Jul], Oct 1674 Apr, Jul D258/41/3/5 Callow and Ible; May 1673 - Jul 1674 D258/41/3/6 Dethick, Tansley and Lea; May 1673 - July 1674 D258/41/3/7 Kirk Ireton; May 1673 - Jul 1674 D258/41/3/8 Parwich; May 1673 - Jul 1674 D258/41/3/9 Tissington and Lea; Apr 1673 - Jul 1674 D258/41/3/10 Wensley and Snitterton; May 1673 - Jul 1674 D258/41/3/11/1-6 Wirksworth; 1673 May, Jul, Oct 1674 Jan, 2 others - 1673-1674
4 - Assessment in Ashbourne for tax for disbanding the army, Apr - 1680
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8 - Probated will of William Chaworth of Williamthorpe leaving money and jewellery to brothers, sisters (including Mrs Eyre), cousins and servants, and property to brother, dated 16 Mar 25 Eliz I [1583] and proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury 25 May - 1583
9 - Copy decree of James I confirming customs of manors of Wirksworth, Bonsall, Brassington and Ireton Wood as part of Duchy of Lancaster including rental of copy holders, 17 Jul 18 Jas I - 1620
10 - Grant by George III to Philip Gell for consideration of £241 13s 11d of chief rents of Wirksworth, Hopton, Brassington, Middleton by Wirksworth, Hognaston and Kirk Ireton as part of Duchy of Lancaster valued at £10 13s 2d per year, with schedule of rents, 30 Jul - 1806
11 - Account of chief rents within the manor of Ireton Wood - 17th cent
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16 - Agreement between Sir Philip Gell and brother Francis for partition of estates left to them by father Sir John Gell, 19 May - 1692
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20 - Part of inventory of books (shelves 2-4) - c.1800
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22 - Cromford and High Peak Railway
23 - Canal Plans
24 - Appointment by William, Duke of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire, of Philip Gell as Captain of a troop of the provisional cavalry, 29 Mar - 1798
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25 - Plan of Hopton, by William Chrishop, Mansfield, Size 25 × 20 inches. Scale 1 inch: 6 chains, [damaged by damp, repaired on linen but some information lost.] - 1804
26 - John Twigge at Hopton to Philip Gell in London - is proceeding with the alterations at Hopton; details of alterations; with plan of part of the house, 24 Apr - 1808
27 - A Survey and Plan of Three farms at Ible, the property of Sir Philip Gell, by Samuel Hutchinson - 1710
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29 - Plan of Griffe Grange and Hopton Moor, the property of Philip Gell, by G Nuttall, size 35 × 27 inches. Scale 1 inch: 6 chains, with part of rail road added later - 1803
30 - Plan of Hopton by C Heaton, Endon near Leek, - 1804
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32 - Plan of Hognaston Old ... (missing). [An old list described this as a plan of Hognaston Old Field] surveyed by .... [missing although the letters `inson' are still discernible, Apr A later hand has written `Hutchinson' by the surveyor's name and also written over now illegible or partially illegible names and the marking `Footway ?to Wirksworth' Triangulation marked. No scale, Size 45 × 58 cms. Coloured, parchment - 1732
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1 - Plan of intended stables for Philip Gell at Hopton, Thomas Gardner architect, Size 22 × 17 inches - c.1780
2 - Plan of Hopton Hall [original ground plan?], Size 18 × 12 inches - c.1789
3 - Rough plan of staircases, Hopton Hall, Size 20 × 9½ inches - c.1789
4 - Ground plan of Hopton Hall, Philip Gell, numbered 1, Size 16½ × 12 inches, 26 Apr - 1799
5 - Plan of bedchambers at Hopton Hall, Philip Gell, numbered 2, Size 14 × 10 inches, 26 Apr - 1799
6 - Elevation (front) of Hopton Hall, Philip Gell, numbered 3, Size 16 × 10 inches, 26 Apr - 1799
7 - Plan of Hopton Hall (original ground plan?), Size 16 × 12 inches - c.1790
8 - Partial plan, Hopton Hall drawing and dining rooms, with passage to billiard room, Size 9½ × 6 inches - c.1790
35 - Rough map of Hopton. No scale, Size 51 × 57 cms. Paper - 18th cent
36 - Rough ground plan of house (Hopton Hall) - 19th cent
37 - Plan of proposed Ashbourne and Wirksworth railway by Thomas Woodhouse, Scale 2 furlongs: 1 inch, with small drawings of churches at Ashbourne, Atlow, Bradbourne, Bradley, Brassington, Carsington, Hognaston, Kirk Ireton, Kniveton, Mappleton and Osmaston. Paper, Size 70 × 57 cms, Oct - 1827
38 - Part of volume of Hognaston Manor Court Rolls [quire], views of frankpledge - 24 Oct 1752-6 May 1757
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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