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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
Expand 11 - Various, 18th - early 19th century11 - Various, 18th - early 19th century
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Expand 13 - Title deeds and other papers13 - Title deeds and other papers
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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
Expand 43 - Hopton Receipt Papers43 - Hopton Receipt Papers
Expand 44 - Sir John Gell44 - Sir John Gell
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1-10 - Philip Gell's Estates
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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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Expand 19 - Beighton and Morton (Yorkshire)19 - Beighton and Morton (Yorkshire)
Expand 20 - Drax (Yorkshire)20 - Drax (Yorkshire)
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Expand 27 - Doyley family27 - Doyley family
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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 37 - Murray family37 - Murray family
Expand 38 - Revd George Bossley38 - Revd George Bossley
Expand 39 - Philip Gell39 - Philip Gell
Expand 40 - Chandos Pole Gell40 - Chandos Pole Gell
Expand 41 - Wirksworth School41 - Wirksworth School
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Expand 47 - Wilkinson: collection of taxes47 - Wilkinson: collection of taxes
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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
53-55 - Miscellaneous
54 - Papers re James Dewhurst's mortgaged property in Macclesfield - 1855-1856
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1 - Inventory of goods of George Jessop, late of Brantcliffe - 27 Nov 1651
2 - Memorandum of lease by Richard Boycott to William Jessop of chambers in Searles Court in Lincoln's Inn for three years - 16 Jun 1709
3 - Articles of agreement between Colonel John Upton and William Jessop for the assignment of a lease of a messuage in Lincoln's Inn Fields - 25 Jun 1722
4 - Account book of Mr Jessop re Mr Stringer's executorship - 1709-1718
5 - Rent roll of several lordships and estates belonging to William Earl Fitzwilliam in the county of Northampton, and abstract of the settlement on the marriage of John Lord Viscount Milton with Mrs Anne Stringer - 5 Sep 1718
6 - Copy of the will and codicil of John Earl Fitzwilliam of Ireland, dated 27 Aug - 1728
7 - Letter from William Jessop to John Eyre - 23 May 1820
8 - Direction to surrender a copyhold estate in Butterthwaite by Joseph Banks to William Jessop to the use of Benjamin Steer and his heirs - 1 Nov 1731
9 - Grant by Edward Duke of Norfolk to William Jessop of the office of steward of all his courts leet and courts baron in the manor of Sheffield - 1 Jan 1732
10 - Articles of agreement re settlement for marriage between John Gill and Ursula Shillington - 17 Nov 1690
11 - Oath by John Ardron that he has examined the accounts of Francis Jessop - 12 Nov 1726
12 - Bond in which Richard Dalton of Bawtry (Yorks) is bound to Bethia Jessop for £100 - 20 May 1735
13 - Lease by Charles Wilkinson and Andrew Wilkinson to William Jessop and Samuel Kirkshaw of a messuage in Boroughbridge and two messuages in Aldborough, and tithes of Langthorpe in the parish of Kirkby (Yorks) - 2 Sep 1723
14 - Rental of the estates of Charles Wilkinson and Andrew Wilkinson with an account of the yearly improvements to be made - 1723
15 - Copy of manorial court roll re Wilkinson's lands in Aldborough - 1637-1654
16 - Abstract of title to lands in Aldborough (owed by Wilkinson) - c1701
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19 - Mr Northey's opinion concerning Rastrick's three houses in Aldborough - 17 Oct 1701
20 - Abstract of title re Wilkinson's lands in Aldborough - c1728
21 - Tax assessment on husbandry for Aldborough - 3 May 1673
22 - Copy of manorial court roll for Aldborough re land in Boroughbridge held by Jame Stobbard - 1678
23 - Surrender by Charles Wilkinson of Stonehouse Close in Aldbrough and other closes to the use of Thomas Wilkinson - 15 Apr 1727
24 - Rental of the manor of Aldborough - [17th cent]
25 - Receipt by Mr Wentworth for £4 from Thomas Wilkinson as the fine for a copyhold estate passed to him by Humfrey Gilbertson of Boroughbridge and his wife Ann of two closes called the Masendewe Close or High Close - 15 Feb 1665
26 - Abstract of title of John Calvert - c1701
27 - Abstract of title of Wilkinson's lands in Boroughbridge - c1728
28 - Abstract of title of Wilkinson - [18th cent]
29 - Note of lease of the estate at Sprewsly and Hillinghall - [18th cent]
30 - Articles of agreement re Langthorpe Moor in Kirkby to be divided between the proprietors Charles Wilkinson, George Loup, George Parker junior, John Raper senior and John Raper junior, Matthew Newsome, Thomas Moory, Samuel Smithson and George Henlock - 1 May 1723
31 - Letter to Charles Wilkinson from Thomas Hall re accounts for tax assessment - 26 Mar 1720
32 - Disbursements for Charles Wilkinson - 2 Jan 1720
33 - Charles Wilkinson's case re arrears from the office of receiver - [c1726]
34 - Account of Thomas Mell for 1725-1726 and accounts of his deputies for 1725 - 1725-1726
35 - Account of Charles Wilkinson for estates in Yorkshire, for the year ending lady day 1727, for Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle - 1727
36-38 - Note that P Walter has examined the accounts of Charles Wilkinson for the ten years ending lady day 1724 - 2 Apr 1728
39 - Summary account of collection of land tax and rent etc for the Duke of Newcastle - 1701
40 - Release by Charles Wilkinson and Andrew Wilkinson to John Williams, Richard Aldworth and George Buckby of messuages in Boroughbridge to be sold to pay for Charles Wilkinson's debts to George II - 13 Aug 1728
41 - Copy of the case laid before the attorney general concerning Andrew Wilkinson's settlement - 6 Sep 1728
42 - Release by Charles Wilkinson and Andrew Wilkinson to John Williams, Richard Aldworth and George Buckby of messuages and closes in Aldbrough to be sold to pay for Charles Wilkinson's debts to George II - 6 Sep 1728
43 - Order that the deputy remembrancer is to take account of the real and personal estate of the defendents and is to collect the arrears - 6 Dec 1728
44 - Report and accounts of the land tax collected by Thomas Billings as deputy to Charles Wilkinson - [1728]
45 - Letter to Thomas Wilkinson from his brother Andrew Wilkinson - [1730]
46 - Letter to Thomas Wilkinson from Andrew Wilkinson re his father's conduct - 10 Apr 1731
47 - Bond in which Richard Dalton of Sheffield is bound to Andrew Wilkinson for £50 - 14 Jul 1735
48 - Letter to Andrew Wilkinson MP from John Gell re a bank bill for £25 of Mr Allen - 19 Oct 1753
49 - Letter to Andrew Wilkinson MP from B Wilkinson re his injured leg - 10 Jun 1763
50 - Case in the Durham assizes re Andrew Wilkinson plt vs Richard Cavendish and Wadham Windham, executors of the will of Edward Bishop of Durham, who was indebted to Andrew Wilkinson for £440 - 22 Jul 1752
51 - Copy of Ralph Robson's account with Mr Gell for rents at Uckerby and Ricknal for the two years ending lady day 1766 - 22 Jul 1752
52-53 - Copy of Ralph Robson's account with Andrew Wilkinson for two years ending lady day 1766 - 1766
54 - Copy of Ralph Robson's account with John Wilkinson - 1768
55 - Ralph Robson's vouchers for his disbursements for three years rent due to Messrs Wilkinson, Jessop and Gell at lady day - 1767-1769
56 - Receipt by B Jessop for money received from John Wilkinson - 1 Jul 1772
57 - Rental of Witton and Hamsterley at Pentecost - 1704-1705
58 - Lease for seven years by William Burton to John Ware of a messuage and several closes at Uckerby (Yorks) - 10 Feb 1732
59 - Will of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, proved 14 May - 1616
60 - Copy of statutes, constitutions and ordinances by Henry Earl of Norwich, Earl Marshall of England for the government of the hospital at Sheffield built by him in accordance with the will of Gilbert Earl of Sheffield (dated 1673) - 12 Nov 1712
61 - Decree or law of sewers made at a session of sewers held at Bawtry, West Riding of Yorkshire concerning a sewer in Brockholes in Drax, disputed by Anthony Hatfield and Thomas Nelson - 20 Nov 1699
62 - Authorization by John Bright to Timothy Kiplin to collect arrears of rent due to Sir John Newton (in the right of Dame Susanna his wife who was widow of Sir John Bright) in the counties of York and Derby - 22 Nov 1711
63 - Agreement by Robert Downes of Sheffield to pay £1000 for the maintenance of a chapel of ease in Sheffield - 23 Apr 1720
64 - Articles of agreement between Robert Hurt of London and Richard Reet of Ecclesfield (Yorks) re title to a dwellinghouse colled Woodsealy - 13 Feb 1721
65 - Opinion of the Lord Chancellor re the executors of the late Marquess of Rockingham (plts) and John Griffith, clerk (def) concerning presentation to the rectory of Hansworth - 22 Mar 1755
66 - Names of persons who have burgage lands or are intitled to vote for MPs in Pontefract - 1710
67 - Articles of agreement between Ralph Hutchinson, agent for John Hutton of Marske and owners of a copper mine at Middleton Tyas (Yorks), and William Winn, James Oates, John Whates and William Colling, miners, re the lease of a mine at Middleton Tyas for seven years - [18th cent]
68 - Schedule of deeds re lands in Middleton Tyas, 1656-1706 - c1706
69 - Customs of the manor of Knaresborough
70 - Names of persons who voted for Sir John Rereasby, baronet
71 - Draft will of Edward Hawke of Sheffield - May 1773
72 - Lease for forty years by Herbert Leek of the Inner Temple in London to Francis Bottes of Worksop (Notts), doctor of physic, of part of the glebe land in Worksop, 7 Apr 36 Chas II - 1684
73 - Articles of agreement between John Rose of Paplewick (Notts) to John Holles Duke of Newcastle re assignment of equity of redemption in the rectory and parsonage of Tuxford, mortgaged to Edward Bird of London - 3 Dec 1709
74-75 - Lease by Thomas Rivell of Derby to William Parr of Nottingham and Elihu Johnson of Mansfield of a moiety of a messuage in Long Row in Nottingham called the Flying Horse for the remainder of a term of 61 years - 1711-1712
76 - Surrender by Thomas Hill of Kirton and his wife Anne, and Elizabeth Creasie, daughters of Thomas Creasie late of Kirton deceased, and George Kent of Kirton of a close and dwellinghouse in Kirton to the use of Robert Burton - 16 Dec 1642
77 - Articles of agreement between John Holles Duke of Newcastle and Revd Henry Firebrace of Trinity College Cambridge, doctor of divinity, for sale by Firebrace to Holles of the manors of Cabourne and Swallow (Lincs) and advowsons of the churches - 3 Aug 1706
78 - Schedule of deeds re the manor and advowson of Cawkwell (Lincs), owed by Dymoke - c1699
79 - Will of James Lord Darcy of Navan, extracted from the prerogative court of York, proved 10 Jul - 1733
80 - Will of Robert Clarke of Wind Mill Hills in the county of Durham, miller, dated 13 Jun - 1767
81 - Bond in which Edward Barnard of North Dalton (Yorks), gentleman is bound to Francis Thompson of Humbleton in Holderness (Yorks) for £1000 - 31 Aug 1654
82 - Quitclaim by Thomas Heavised of Bishop Monkton (Yorks) to Marmaduke Tunstall of all manner of errors in the record of a judgement in an action of debt for £600 - 20 Jun 1728
83 - Opinion of Richard Webb re the manor of 'O' and the will of 'JS' - 23 Mar 1709
84 - Letter from Robert Taylor re dissenters, Sir Thomas Brand's attack on Miss Stapylton and Turpin's confession of his crimes - 10 Apr 1739
85 - Letter from Isa Gell re accounts - 6 Jun 1763
86 - Answer to a bill
87 - 'Memorandum that my father dyed the first day of April 1691'
88 - Thoughts on the present fashion of duelling
88 - Thoughts on the present fashion of duelling
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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
Expand 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)
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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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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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