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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 9 - Thomas Gell9 - Thomas Gell
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)
Expand 35 - Various accounts, deeds etc35 - Various accounts, deeds etc
Expand 36 - Anthony Gell d. 158436 - Anthony Gell d. 1584
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Expand 38 - Correspondence etc38 - Correspondence etc
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
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6 - Title deeds to a messuage at the Town Head in Carsington - 1775-1892
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Expand 8 - Title deeds labelled "Bundle No. 3", described below - 1810-18798 - Title deeds labelled "Bundle No. 3", described below - 1810-1879
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11-38 - Deeds and papers relating to the Jessop family of Broomhall (Yorkshire)
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1 - Gift by Richard son of Nicholas Drake to Henry son of Robert de Attercliffe of a bovate of land in Darnall [Sheffield] - [14th cent]
2 - Gift by Hugh Haucelyn to Jordan the chaplain of land in Little Sheffield - [14th cent]
3 - Gift by Jordan the chaplain to the Church of St Cuthbert of Worksop [ Notts] of lands in Little Sheffield [Yorkshire] - [14th cent]
4 - Quit claim by Robert, son of Hugh Hauselyn to the Church of St Cuthbert of Worksop [Notts] of lands in Little Sheffield [Yorkshire] - [14th cent]
5 - Quit claim by Ralph de Ecclesall, son and heir of Robert de Ecclesall to the Church of St Cuthbert of Worksop [Notts] of lands in Sheffield [Yorkshire] - [14th cent]
6 - Gift by William son of Richard Brown of Little Sheffield to his sister Julia of land in Little Sheffield [Yorkshire] Mon after the feast of St Michael the Archangel (29 Sep) - 1320
7 - Gift by John del Wood of Madhowe to John de Fledburgh, vicar of Rotherham, John de Elcliff, Peter del Heath and John Wright chaplain of all his tenements in the parishes of Sheffield, Rotherham and Bradfield [Yorkshire] . Mon after Easter 43 Ed III - 1369
8 - Gift by William Cresewyke and Thomas in Kerr to Henry Hawselyn, son of Thomas Hawselyn of the lands which he had acquired from John Cresewyke of Sheffield. Tues after Pentecost - 1421
9 - Gift by Richard [ ] junior and his wife Alice, with the consent of Richard Ros to Katharine Linet of a building in Little Sheffield [Yorkshire]with half an acre of arable land. 2 May 27 Ed IV (scribal error?) - [15th cent]
10 - Lease for 12 years by Katharine Lynet to John Wykersley of a messuage in Little Sheffield [Yorkshire]. Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist (24 Jun) 2 Hen VII - 1487
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12 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to John Bright of two parcels of land called the Moore Meadowe and the Bancke or the Moore Meadowe Leys, which are part of a messuage called the England House in Eccesall Byarley, 29 Dec 12 Jas I - 1614
13 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to Thomas Ludlame of Little Sheffield of three closes called the Foxglove Fields and Willcockwood, which are part of a messuage called England's House in Ecclesall Byerley in Sheffield, 31 Jan 12 Jas I - 1615
14 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to Richard Woodrooff of Sheffield of four closes called the Smithie Field, which are part of a messuage called England House, 31 Jan 12 Jas I - 1615
15 - Feoffment by William Jessop to Hugh Spencer of a close near the Tomefeild in Ecclesall, 31 Jan 12 Jas I - 1615
16 - Gift by Robert Wheteley and his wife Joan, William Coupar and his wife Joan (daughter and heir of Margaret Symes, one of the heirs of Henry Hawselyn) to John Wikersley of a close in Little Sheffield called Annotcroft, and a messuage and three closes called Betecroft, Hawselynfeld and Hawselynclose [all in Yorkshire]. 20 Mar 14 Hen VII - 1499
17 - Gift and quitclaim by John Chapman, son and heir of William Chapman, to Robert Swyfte of same property as in D258/45/14/16, 17-18 Oct 16 Hen VIII - 1524
18 - Fine between John Wikersley (plaintiff) and Robert Wheteley and his wife Joan, William Coupar and his wife Joan (defendants) of land in Ecclesall [Eccleshill], Easter 17 Hen VII - 1502
19 - Copy of court roll (the name of the court has been lost), admittance of Robert Swyfte to a bovate of land, 12 May 20 Hen VII - 1505
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21 - Gift by Humphrey Coytes knight of Wirksop to Francis Talbot, lord of Talbot, William Hastyng knight and John Boythe clerk of four closes at Brynclyff [Brincliffe] called Whytfeld, Bonfeld, Sarecroft and Neynacres in the parish of Sheffield, 10 Oct 13 Hen VIII - 1521
22 - Gift by Robert Swyfte and William Swifte to William Taylour of two messuages called lez Archerfelds and lez Whitefeldes in Eccleshill and a messuage called le Holthouse in Eccleshill, 1 Dec 37 Hen VIII - 1545
23 - Gift by Robert Taylar to John Parkar, John Calton, John Bolore and John Hobson of a messuage in Little Sheffield, 19-20 Nov 1 Ed VI - 1547
24 - Fine between William Tayler (plaintiff) and Robert Tayler and his wife Margaret (defendants) concerning land in Sheffield, Michaelmas 4 Ed VI - 1550
25 - Gift by Robert Lewes of Sheffield, son and heir of Thomas Lewes to Robert Swift of Beighton of two tenements and two crofts in Sheffield, 11 Oct 2&3 Philip and Mary - 1555
26 - Fine between Richard Jessoppe (plaintiff) and Robert Lewes and his wife Cecily (defendants) concerning land in Sheffield, Easter 4 Eliz - 1562
27 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to Thomas Robynson of Sheffield of a messuage in Sheffield, 28 Oct 30 Eliz - 1588
28 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to William Sylvester of Sheffield of a close called the Brodefielde in Sheffield, 28 Oct 30 Eliz - 1588
29 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to James Huldesworthe of Sheffield of a close called the Matwell with a house in Sheffield, 28 Oct 30 Eliz - 1588
30 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to Malyn Statye of Sheffield of a cottage and garden in Sheffield, 28 Oct 30 Eliz - 1588
31 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to Edward Rawson of lands called the Steell Storth divided into five closes in Walkley in Sheffield, 20 Oct 30 Eliz - 1588
32 - Articles of covenants agreed between William Jessoppe of North Lees and Thomas Byrley of Sheffield grocer, that Jessoppe will occupy a close of arable and pasture land called the Sprynge Close with a spring called the Hawsprynge in Sheffield, 4 Mar 33 Eliz - 1591
33 - Indenture between Thomas [ ], and Robert and Ellen [ ] regarding land in Little Sheffield, Anunciation of the Virgin Mary 33 [ ] - [16th cent]
34 - Bargain and sale by William Jessop to John Cutt and Edward Cutt of Sheffield of a messuage called Hill Topp and several closes in Sheffield, 11 Mar 43 Eliz - 1601
35 - Two copies of a feoffment by William Jessoppe of North Lees and Wortley Jessoppe to Thomas Webster of Sheffield of a close called the Gill Carr in Sheffield, 11 May 6 Jas I - 1608
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37 - Lease for 18 years by William Jessoppe of North Lees to Thomas Phillipot, cutler of Sheffield, of part of the overend of a close called Stalker Wood (part of the demesne of Broom Hall), with the exception of the yearly rent of two houses for the grinding of knives and other tools, 2 Jan 4 Jas I - 1607
38 - Lease for ten years by William Jessoppe of Broom Hall to Thomas Phillipott, Thomas Ludlame, Francis Trippett, William Cresswicke, Thomas Cresswicke and Alexander Hartley, cutlers of Sheffield, of a cutlers' mill and wheels called Stalker Wood, 1 Sep 13 Jas I - 1615
39 - Feoffment by William Jessop to Nicholas Pearson of Sheffield of three closes in the Tomefeild in Ecclesall, 31 Jan 12 Jas I - 1615
40 - Deed to lead the uses of a fine between William Jessoppe of Broom Hall and his wife Anne, Wortley Jessoppe and his wife Katharine, and George Jessoppe on one part, and Richard Woodrooff, Thomas Ludlane, Nicholas Pearson, John Pearson and Hugh Spooner on the other part, concerning four closes called Smithie Field, the Well crofte or yard, the Peasfield, the Long Meadow in Eccleshill, three closes called Foxglove Fields and Wilcocke Woode in Eccleshill, and three closes called the Tomefields in the manor of Eccleshill and a house called the Chantree house, 20 Dec 20 Jas I - 1622
41 - Lease for 19 years by William Jessoppe of Brantcliffe (Yorkshire) to Roger Ludlam and George Ludlam of Eccleshill of a dwellinghouse with several closes in Eccleshill, with the exception of the coal mines, 3 Dec 3 Chas I - 1627
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43 - Note concerning Gill Carr close - [17th cent]
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47 - Mortgage of Tapton Hill House by Joseph Wilson of Sheffield to Mary Lee of Little Sheffield - 7 Aug 1686
48 - Feoffment by Joshua Boyes of Sheffield to Joseph Banks of Sheffield of several rooms which are part of Tapton Hill House and the buildings and closes belonging to it - 15 Nov 1692
49 - Mortgage by William Jessop to Jane Jessop (daughter of Francis Jessop) of a messuage called Jescock's Farm and closes called the Sunny Banck, Boomer Field als the Long Close, the Ruffe Close and the Nether Meadow - 31 Mar 1694
50 - Mortgage by William Jessop to William Eyre and Barbara Jessop (mother of William Jessop) of closes called the Stony Pit Fields, the Little Hobson Fields, the Hides Field, the Broom Hall Fields in Ecclesall Bierlow, in trust for Ann Jessop (an infant), 31 Mar 6 Wm & Mary - 1694
51 - Mortgage by William Jessop to his sister Elizabeth of several closes in Ecclesall Bierlow, 31 Mar 6 Wm & Mary - 1694
52 - Schedule of deeds re Jessop lands - c1694
53 - Acknowledgement by Marriott Pett (husband of Jane Jessop) that he has received £350 from William Jessop and release of all interest in lands in Eccleshill - 3 Mar 1695
54 - Deed to make a tenant to the precipe for the purpose of suffering a common recovery for the patronage of the vicarage of Sheffield, held by William Jessop - 23 Nov 1696
55 - Grant by William Jessop to Richard Butler and Charles Sanderson of the advowson of the vicarage of Sheffield, to undertake a common recovery, 23 Nov 8 Wm III - 1696
56 - Copies of deeds relating to properties in and near Sheffield owned by the Wykersley family, dating from the early 16th cent - [17th cent]
57 - Lease by Francis Jessop, rector of Treeton (Yorks) to John Athrope als Browne of Morthen (Yorks) for 19 years of all the tithes of the houses and lands called Boalhillfarme, Gillots Farm and Oakencliffe Woodclose - 29 Jan 1701 [1702]
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33 - Plan of certain lands near Sheffield belonging to the Duke of Norfolk with the contingent lands of the heirs of William Jessop, describing a proposed new line of division between the lands. Surveyed and drawn by William Fairbank. Scale: 2 chains = 1 inch - 1777
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Expand 39 - Philip Gell39 - Philip Gell
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53 - Copy brief of pleadings and depositions in George De Smith Kelly vs John Blackwall and others re tithes of the parish of Kirk Ireton, Michaelmas 59 Geo III - 1819
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54 - Papers re James Dewhurst's mortgaged property in Macclesfield - 1855-1856
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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
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Expand 54 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-187054 - Isabella Thornhill - c1850-1870
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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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