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Collapse D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
Expand 1 - Title Deeds1 - Title Deeds
Expand 2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]
Expand 3 - Estate Papers3 - Estate Papers
Collapse 4 - Family and Personal Papers4 - Family and Personal Papers
Expand 1 - Sir George Gresley 1st Baronet (1580-1651)1 - Sir George Gresley 1st Baronet (1580-1651)
Expand 2 - Sir Thomas Gresley 2nd Baronet (1629-1699)2 - Sir Thomas Gresley 2nd Baronet (1629-1699)
Expand 3 - George Gresley (d 1704)3 - George Gresley (d 1704)
Expand 4 - Lettice/Letitia Gresley (1665-1735)4 - Lettice/Letitia Gresley (1665-1735)
Expand 5 - Thomas Gresley of Netherseale (1668-1743)5 - Thomas Gresley of Netherseale (1668-1743)
Expand 6 - Elizabeth Gresley neé Lee (c1681-1733)6 - Elizabeth Gresley neé Lee (c1681-1733)
Expand 7 - Lee Gresley (1705-1749)7 - Lee Gresley (1705-1749)
Expand 8 - John Gresley of Wirksworth (1711-1783)8 - John Gresley of Wirksworth (1711-1783)
Expand 9 - Sir Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet (1726-1787)9 - Sir Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet (1726-1787)
Expand 10 - Revd Dr Thomas Gresley (1734-1785)10 - Revd Dr Thomas Gresley (1734-1785)
Expand 11 - Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (1753-1808)11 - Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (1753-1808)
Expand 12 - Revd William Gresley (1760-1829)12 - Revd William Gresley (1760-1829)
Expand 13 - Sir Roger Gresley MP 8th Baronet (1799-1837)13 - Sir Roger Gresley MP 8th Baronet (1799-1837)
Expand 14 - Revd Sir William Nigel Gresley 9th Baronet (1806-1847)14 - Revd Sir William Nigel Gresley 9th Baronet (1806-1847)
Expand 15 - Revd John Morewood Gresley (1816-1866)15 - Revd John Morewood Gresley (1816-1866)
Expand 16 - Laura Gresley neé Williams16 - Laura Gresley neé Williams
Collapse 17 - Frances Louisa Gresley, neé Spencer-Churchill17 - Frances Louisa Gresley, neé Spencer-Churchill
1 - Correspondence from "Granny Abercorn" - 1890-1904
2 - Two letters the death and funeral of "Granny Abercorn" - Mar-Apr 1905
3 - Letter from Lady Frances's husband, "Bob" - 3 Jan 1897
4 - Correspondence with her brother, "Sunny", Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough - 1900, 1921
5 - Correspondence from Lady Frances' father, George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough - 1883-c1890
6 - Letter possibly from John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, to his father Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough - 7 Nov 1886
7 - Correspondence from Grandmother Marlborough - c1894-1899
8 - Letter from Fredrick Hamilton, uncle of Lady Frances - 27 Apr 1905
9 - Letter from Claud Hamilton, uncle of Lady Frances
10 - Correspondence from "Aunt Maud" Petty-Fitzmaurice (nee Hamilton) - 1927-1928
11 - Correspondence from "Aunt Georgie", presumably Lady Georgiana Spencer-Churchill - c1905
12 - Papers and correspondence re Alberta Land Company - 1914-1920
13 - Personal correspondence from miscellaneous and unknown persons - c1893-1921
14 - Three letters from Georgina Bedford (nee Gordon), wife of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford - c1846-c1850
15 - Notes of personal and domestic accounts - c1890s
16 - Cooking and medicinal recipes
17 - Correspondence and papers relating to Lady Frances' Red Cross service during World War 1 - c1922
18 - Pedigree form for dog owned by Sir Robert Gresley - 1922
19 - Papers re death and funeral of Lady Louisa Hamilton - c1905
20 - Orders of service - 1897-1910
21 - Notices of events held at Drakelow - 1906-1907
22 - Postcards - 19th cent
23 - Photographs of Sir Robert and Lady Gresley - c late 19th - early 20th cent
24 - Unidentified photograph of female portrait
25 - "Together", given to Lady Frances by Granny Abercorn just before her death - 1905
26 - Ancestral notes for the Abercorn family, traced to James I of Scotland - [late 19th cent]
27 - Trancription of epitaph from the grave of William Billinge - Aug 1894
28 - Notes by Lady Frances, apparently relating to her work as an author - [late 19th-early 20th cent]
29 - The Ramblings of a Back Number, by Lady Frances Gresley - c1921
30 - Promotional booklet for Oakdene Convalescent Home, Surrey - c1930
31 - Pedigree Chart of Lady Frances Louisa Spencer-Churchill - Jun 1893
32 - Newspaper cuttings including a report of a Garden Party at Drakelow Park held by Lady Frances and Sir Robert Gresley - c1925
33 - Letter with description of Masquerade Ball at Drakelow - 1892
Expand 18 - Elizabeth Bott/Beardsley nee Gresley (d 1775) - 1741-177418 - Elizabeth Bott/Beardsley nee Gresley (d 1775) - 1741-1774
Expand 19 - Bott of Coventry19 - Bott of Coventry
Expand 20 - Beardsley of Tamworth20 - Beardsley of Tamworth
21 - Number not used
Expand 22 - Lee of Ladyhole,Yeldersley22 - Lee of Ladyhole,Yeldersley
23 - Number not used
Expand 24 - Probate and Legacy Records24 - Probate and Legacy Records
Expand 25 - Miscellaneous25 - Miscellaneous
Expand 5 - Official Papers5 - Official Papers
Expand 6 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-19146 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-1914
Expand 7 - Legal/Case Papers 7 - Legal/Case Papers
Expand 8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]
Expand 9 - Photographs9 - Photographs
UL - Gresley Family of Drakelow: unlisted records
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