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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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3 - Particular of the estates of Philip Gell at Hopton. No. on plan, tenant's name and address, extent, value and rent for Middleton, Carsington, Griffe, Hognaston, Kirk Ireton, Callow, Ible, Hopton, Wirksworth and Bonsall - 1807
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9 - Copy charter of Edward VI to found Nuneaton [Warwks] Grammar School 11 May 6 Edw VI Endorsed Wirksworth School and Almshouse, Tideswell School, Nuneaton [Warwks] - 1552
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14 - `The boke of the tythe': rents 1 May - 2 & 3 Philip and Mary - 1553-1556
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16 - Objections to the election of burgesses for Cirencester [Glos] - 17th cent
17 - Draft indenture between John Curzon of Kedleston and Francis Leake, son and heir of Francis Lord Daynecourt and Nicholas Leake esq, to provide annuity of £100 in payment for £1000 loan - 1641
18 - Copy petition to Sir Thomas Witherington, Speaker of the Commons, by excluded Members of Parliament including names [?signatories] - c 1650
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1 - Lot and cope accounts and mining papers for Wirksworth, Carsington and Brassington and Middleton - 1653-1654
2 - Lot and cope accounts and mining papers for Wirksworth, Tissington, Carsington and Brassington, and Middleton - 1655-1656
3-4 - Lot and cope accounts and mining papers for Wirksworth, Carsington and Brassington 1658-1659, 1660-1661 - 1658-1661
5 - Notes on proprietors and working at Baylycroft Sough - 1673
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7 - Account of sough with calculations - 1672-1673
8 - Draft petition to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by the Attorney General at the information of Anne Primate of St Martin in the Fields (Middx) widow, her husband Josiah Primate, decd, having spent £3,000 in attempting to drain the mines at Bayly Croft, Stony Croft, Barley Flatts, Over Croft and Great Lease, Wirksworth without success and therefore having taken a fourth share in building a sough to drain the same (reciting articles of agreement) and whereas ore to the value of £5,000 has been got by means of the sough and whereas one Edmund Ford, as agent for Sir John Gell, and others, has withheld her share of the ore and turned it to his own use having taken possession of all the account books for the said sough, that Gell etc be called to account for their action and to produce the articles of agreement, so that her right to her husband's share may be established - c1672
9 - Petition to Parliament by Captain Thomas Robinson, Nathaniel Midleton and William Heaward on behalf of the poor miners of Derbyshire, claiming infringement of their customs by the Earl of Rutland. Printed - 1642
10 - The Case of the Freeholders and Miners ...... of Ashover, Matlock, Darley, Bonsall and Carsington ...... against a Bill ...... Entituled, An Act for Preventing Multiplicity of Vexatious Suits, and for Settling and Ascertaining the Tythes of Lead-Oar in Derbyshire. Printed - 1680-1701?
11 - A Declaration of Thomas Bushel, esq., Touching Mines Royal. Printed - 1655
12 - Wirksworth Barmoot Court book - Oct 1655
13 - Information of John Gell against Raphe James and others re tithe lead ore in Bakewell with answer of Raphe James - Early 17th cent
14 - Case paper re Gell's claim to tithe ore - Early 17th cent
15 - Instructions and information re mines; also medicinal recipes - c1688
16 - Papers in the case John Gell v Thomas White White and Richard Steevenson re claim by Gell that the defendants carried away his ore from Bakewell by force and arms - c 1625
17 - Part of examination of Ralph Wild in a case brought by Edward Allen alleging Allen has employed divers men to prevent the Wild's masters working their groves - 1640s
18 - Objections to a royal order about Sir Robert Heath's mineworkings in Dovegang with draft petition to King - 17th cent
19 - Letter from John Rotheram at Dronfield to Philip Gell at Bakewell explaining that he is unable to meet him at Bakewell as it is Chesterfield Fair 7 Feb; appended agreement with Rotheram and his partner George Bennett that they should have Gell's tithe ore for 7 years - 1 Mar [1697]
20 - Examination of William Wyld, Gervase Kirke and Raph Wylde in reply to the complaint of Edward Allen - 1640s
21 - Case and other papers re lot and cope 1661, Alcroft's shafts etc 1673-1678 - 1661-1678
22 - Undertaking by Anthony Tomlinson, Richard Winfield, Edward Cheetam and Raph Tomlinson not to make `holls' [ditches] at Hopton Moor 20 Jul - 1680
23 - Copy of barmoot court roll recording Sir Phillip Gell and others in arrears in paying their reckonings at the horse buttock and ordering them to pay Edward Staley £49 10s for wages and other necessary charges within 10 days, or forfeit all their groves within the liberty of Winster. 1 Oct - 1708
24 - List of corn (barley, oats, dredge, wheat) beans and peas - 1540
25 - Account of parts of groves and meers belonging to Sir Phillip Gell and Francis Gell in Hopton, Tissington, Wirksworth, Cromford and Middleton liberties, 20 Apr - 1689
26 - Evidence re tithe ore to be looked for at Hopton referring to 17th cent items - 18th cent
27 - Account for work done at the Lower (Nether) Mine and Upper (Over) Mine - Jan 1648-Jun 1648
28 - Evidences in the case of Kirk, Hardy and Wild v Ashe and Barker re breaking into mines at Tideswell - 1640s
29 - Draft articles of agreement between Henry Earl of Dover, and John Curzon, Humphrey Okover, John Gell, Thomas Gell and others re Raventorre Rake - 1635-1636
30 - Bill for fish, 18 Nov - 1561
31 - Paper in the case Fearne and others v Sir John Gell and others re trespass by constructing a sough from Hannedge to Northtowne End Street in Wirksworth which diverted the flow of a stream from Fearne's water mill - 1672
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42 - Conserved fragments of estate plan showing fields (numbered) around house called Bank Top - 19th cent
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Expand 46 - Staffordshire estate papers, 19th century - 1834-187946 - 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]
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 64 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-190264 - Boer War (largely Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell) - 1899-1902
Expand 65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material65 - Henry [Harry] Anthony Chandos-Pole-Gell (1872-1934) and other material
Expand 67 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-196467 - Masque by William Browne written for the Inner Temple and associated correspondence - 1615-1964
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Expand 69 - Plans - 1711-182869 - 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]
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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UL - Gell of Hopton Hall: unlisted records
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