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D5430 - Wright family of Eyam Hall - [14th cent]-1994
1 - Title deeds to the main Wright family estate at Eyam and Foolow - 1628-1951
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2 - Bargain and sale of three closes called Sillidale in Foloe [Foolow] and Great Hucklow (Braye-Talbott), 29 Oct 4 Ch I - [1628]
3 - Bond whereby Thomas Braye of Eyam, gent, is bound to William Wrighte of Great Longstone, gent, in £1000 to perform the covenants of indentures dated 31 Aug 6 Cha I [1630], 7 May 7 Cha I - 1631
4 - Copy deed of bargain and sale from Thomas Braye of Eyam, gent, to William Wright the elder of Great Longstone, gent, of a capital messuage, other messuages, cottages, several closes of land, etc in Eyam, in considersation of £435, 10 Sep 8 Cha I [1632], enrolled at Chancery 13 Feb 8 Cha I [1633], copied late 19th cent - late 19th cent
5 - Deed of bargain and sale, endorsed with feoffment, from Sir George Savile of Thornhill, Yorkshire, to Thomas Wright of Unthank, gent, of two closes of land called Towtaile (6 acres) and Cucklad Flatt (5 acres) in Eyam, excepting mines and mineral rights, in consideration of £300, 14 Jan 14 Cha II - [1662]
6 - Feoffment of a cottage in Eyam, Sir George Savile of Thornehill (Yorkshire), baronet, to Rouland Merrill of Eyam, 20 Aug - 1662
7 - Feoffment of a cottage in Eyam formerly purchased from the Rt Hon Sir George Savile, Thomas Hawkesworth of Eyam to Petter [sic] Hawkesworth of Eyam 29 Sep - 1662
8 - Title deeds relating to a cottage in Eyam (Savile-Cooper-Simpson-Taylor) and a piece of land on the north side of the cottage and forming the south-east corner of a close called the Green Yard (Wilson-Cooper-Simpson-Taylor) - 1662-1677
9 - Deed of bargain and sale from George Savile of Thornhill, Yorkshire, baronet, to John Wilson of Eyam, miner, of a messuage, with closes of land called the Orchard, the Greenyard and the Needham Acre (c5 acres in total), in Eyam, in consideration of £4 10s, 30 Jan 14 Cha II - 1663
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11 - Deed of bargain and sale from Thomas Wright of Unthank, gent, to Robert Midleton of Leame, parish of Eyam, yeoman, of a dwelling house with cottages, shop and premises in Eyam, in consideration of £33, 26 Jun 24 Cha II 1672 - 1672
12 - Feoffment of a cottage in Eyam Edge bounded on the north and west by Eyam Common, Humphrey Merrill of Eyam to John Wright of Eyam, 7 Mar 3 Geo II - [1730]
13 - Final concord for land in Eyam (Brightmore-Blackwell) [Feb] 26 Geo II - [1753]
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16 - Deed of exchange between John Wright the younger of Eyam, esq, and Adam Slater of Chesterfield, esq, whereby in consideration of £20 Slater grants to Wright a close of land called Chapman Delf (1 acre 1 rood 34 perches) in Eyam in exchange of a close of land called Yearnslow Acre (1 acre 10 perches) also in Eyam, 29 Dec - 1772
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19 - Deed of exchange of land in Eyam between John Wright of Eyam and the Rev. John Carver of Morthen in the parish of Whiston (Yorkshire) - 1776
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23 - Schedule of writings in John Farewell Wright's possession concerning land bought at Eyam, marriage settlement and other deeds - 1798
24 - Feoffment of a dwelling house divided into two tenements, with a garden and a piece of land, in Eyam, Joseph Newton of Eyam to Dorothy Wright of Eyam, spinster, 29 Nov - 1802
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29 - Papers relating to the Haycliffe Acre and the Hll Roods in Eyam, sold to Robert Rawson in 1825, and to other Rawson estates in Eyam - 1775-1825
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32 - Deed of exchange in which Robert Wyatt gives to Peter Wright a close in Foolow called Hawkins Moor Pingle and Peter Wright gives to Robert Wyatt a half part of a barn in Foolow and a close called the Farr or Primrose Yard and a house, messuage and two weaving shops, 19 Nov - 1828
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35 - Conveyance of land in Eyam (Burgoine-Wright) - 1833
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38 - Release of a parcel of land called the Paddock in Eyam, lately used as a stackyard, Peter Furness to John William Wright, 4 Sep - 1840
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40 - Conveyance of a warehouse at Eyam (Wild-Wright) - 1856
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44 - Copy statutory declaration by John William Froggatt in support of the vendor (Colonel Robert Athorpe) to Delf View House, Eyam, 18 Jan - 1899
45 - Abstract of title of Rev William Shuttleworth Clarke to land at Eyam (17a 3r 33p), contracted to be sold to Rev W P Wright (1895-1904) - 1904
46 - Copy statutory declaration by Thomas Frederick Harrison confirming identity and ownership of two crofts of land in Middleton Dale, Eyam (in relation to sale of Delf View House, Eyam), 20 Mar - 1905
47 - Draft conveyance of two closes of land and buildings at Eyam, William Peter Wright to Isaac Ridgeway - 1928
48 - Copy draft conveyance by Rev William Peter Wright of a piece of land as an addition to the churchyard of St Helen's Church, Eyam, 5 Dec - 1928
49 - Conveyance of three closes of land at Eyam, Charles Sisum Wright to Messrs Glebe Mines Ltd, 24 Nov - 1947
50 - Draft conditions of sale for land at Eyam from Charles Sisum Wright to Glebe Mines Ltd, with solicitor's letter - 1951
2 - Title deeds to the Wright family estate at Brampton and Newbold - 1642-1679
3 - Title deed to land at Unthank, parish of Dronfield - 1678
4 - Marriage settlements and deeds concerned with sales and purchases of land between Wright family members - 1635-1873
5 - Mortgage deeds - 1703-1869
6 - Leases and tenancy agreements - 1747-1932
7 - Rentals and rent accounts - 1640-1974
8 - Estate and household account books - 1723-1844
9 - Loose financial papers - 1644-1983
10 - Schedules, surveys and valuations of land - 17th cent-1880s
11 - Estate plans - 18th cent-1932
12 - Sale particulars and auction papers - 1797-1911
13 - Lead mining papers - 1647-1985
14 - Inventories and accounts relating to items at Eyam Hall and other family dwellings - 1641-1973
15 - Estate correspondence - 1797-1976
16 - Miscellaneous estate papers - 1834-1985
17 - Enclosure - 1676-1888
18 - Eyam tithes - 1824-1966
19 - Eyam Churchwardens' papers - 1702-1766
20 - Eyam Parish Church property - 1808-1872
21 - Eyam Poor Law and settlement papers - 1690-1794
22 - Eyam roads - 1750-c1801
23 - Eyam School - 1813-1876
24 - Miscellaneous Eyam parish and taxation papers - 1767-mid 19th cent
25 - Miscellaneous enclosure, turnpike and school papers - 1770-1878
26 - Thomas Wright of Unthank (c1608-1673) - 1651-1676
27 - Thomas Wright of Eyam (1674-1704) - 1700-1704
28 - John Wright of Eyam and Great Longstone (1700-1780) - 1723-1776
29 - Thomas Wright (1723-1759) - 1742-1759
30 - Major John Wright (1724-1779) - 1739-1779
31 - James Farewell Wright of Eyam (1738-1805) - 1770-1806
32 - Jane Wright (née Sisum) and the Sisum family of Kensington - 1767-1840
33 - Dorothy Wright (1729-1824) - 1809-1824
34 - John William Wright of Eyam and Sheffield (1771-1853) - 1798-1859
35 - Peter Wright of Eyam (1781-1862) - 1808-1882
36 - Dorothy Wright (1772-1858) and Mary Wright (1774-1860) of Eyam - 1823-1853
37 - James Farewell Wright of Sheffield (1800-1879) - 1816-1881
38 - John Wright of Tamworth (1805-1861) - 1836-1907
39 - Martha Hammond Thornewill, née Wright (died 1889) - 1840-1896
40 - Dorothy Wilkinson, née Wright - 1843-1880
41 - Mary Wright (died c1882) and Jane Wright (died 1868) - 1840-1892
42 - Revd Charles Sisum Wright (1840-1903) - c1860-1904
43 - Charlotte Elizabeth Wright, née Jervis (1841-1919) - c1910-1920
44 - Margaret Jane Wright (1843-1906) and Harriet Elizabeth Wright (1845-1915) - 1851-1915
45 - Revd William Peter Wright (1864-1944) - 1864-1981
46 - Charlotte Winifred Wright, née Eardley (1869-1937) - 1869-1938
47 - Emily Georgina Wright (1868-1925) - 1889-c1925
48 - Charles Sisum Wright (1894-1985) - 1880s-1982
49 - Dorothy Thornewill, née Wright (1895-1993) - 1907-1975
50 - Cookery books and recipes - 17th cent-19th cent
51 - Papers relating to the Wright family pedigree - c1776-1978
52 - Wright family photographs and pictures - 1849-1982
53 - Wright family of Great Longstone - 1637-1932
54 - Shiercliffe family of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire - 1635-1647
55 - Kniveton family of Kniveton, Ashbourne and Castleton, Derbyshire - 1656-1679
56 - Morton family of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire - 1656-1683
57 - Newton family of Newton (Cheshire) and Castleton (Lancashire) - 1703-1750
58 - Potts family of Castleton (Derbyshire) - 1656-1725
59 - Sherratt family of Tideswell, and Farewell family of Nuthall and Nottingham - 1597-1763
60 - Green family of Manchester and Trafford family of Trafford (Lancashire) - 1704-1758
61 - Rawson family of Philadelphia near Sheffield, Yorkshire - 1763-1934
62 - Ratcliff family of Nottingham - 1819-1970
63 - Thornewill family of Burton on Trent and elsewhere - c1800-1963
64 - Jervis and Livesey families of Sheffield - 18th cent-1946
65 - Evill, Eardley and Cockrem families - 1858-1974
66 - Yeoman family of Stokesley, Yorkshire - late 19th cent-1982
67 - Possible legal practice papers of Thomas Wright of Eyam - c1620-1833
68 - Further possible legal practice papers - [14th cent]-1824
69 - Papers relating to the Downes family of Tideswell - 1726-1841
70 - Papers relating to Eyam Church - early 20th cent-1991
71 - Papers relating to Eyam plague commemorations - 1915-1983
72 - Papers relating to Eyam well-dressings - 1955-1994
73 - Eyam groups, clubs and societies - 1924-1981
74 - Miscellaneous papers relating to Eyam and surrounding area - 1880-1994
75 - Pictures and photographs of Eyam and surrounding area - 19th cent-1959
76 - Miscellaneous papers - c1630-20th cent
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