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Portland (London) Collection: Catalogue of Deeds and Documents from the Estates of the Dukes of Portland, 1304-1933

Catalogue of Papers relating to coal and mineral workings on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire estates of the Dukes of Portland.
1767-1927

Minerals under glebe lands will be found in section Pl E12/12/4. Litigation concerning mineral is listed in section Pl E12/10.

Sections Pl E12/9/1-6 are geographical: Bolsover and environs; Hucknall (Torkard); (Hucknall) Huthwaite, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Annesley and South Normanton barriers and Mansfield western; Mansfield new coalfield, eastern (Forest Town, Clipstone, etc.) and western; the Welbeck and Welbeck Additional coalfields, and Warsop; and Whitwell, Elmton and environs). Pl E12/9/7 contains correspondence; Pl E12/9/8 contains licences and consents for working under copyholds in the Manor of Mansfield (which includes Mansfield Woodhouse, Sutton-in-Ashfield etc.) and the Manor of Bolsover; Pl E12/9/9 concerns quarry leases and other minerals.

A detailed listing of a colliery lease, indicating the various kinds of clause contained, will be found, for example, at Pl E12/9/4/5/8 below. Some other leases are described as to parties, seams, boundaries and rents but not the working clauses.

Contents

                                               
Pl E12/9/1             1860-1916               Material concerning mining activity on the 
                                               estates of the Dukes of Portland in and around 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; 1860-1916
                                               (718 items)
                                               The principal lessees involved are the Staveley 
                                               Coal and Iron Company Ltd (Pl E12/9/1/1-2, 6-7, 
                                               11), the Oxcroft Colliery Company Ltd (Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/3-5, 7-8), and the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company Ltd (Pl E12/9/1/9-11, 21-23). Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/14-20 are licences to work copyhold 
                                               minerals. Pl E12/9/1/21-22 concern ancillary 
                                               activities of the Bolsover Colliery Co.; Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/23 relates to the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company more than to Bolsover Colliery, but the 
                                               material seems consequent to provisions in the 
                                               lease of minerals to it at Bolsover, rather than
                                               those in other leases. Pl E12/9/1/24-28 are 
                                               miscellaneous.
                                               See also bundles Pl E12/11/2/5-6 and 10 for 
                                               further material relating to minerals in the 
                                               Bolsover area; Pl E12/9/3 (passim) and Pl 
                                               E12/9/4 for other material relating to the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd; and Pl E12/9/6 for 
                                               other material relating to the Shireoaks 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd in the vicinity of Clowne.
                                               Licences to work copyhold minerals are at Pl 
                                               E12/9/8.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/1-28 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/1           1860-1865               Bundle of material concerning mining proposals 
                                               on the estates of the Dukes of Portland around 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; 1860-1865
                                               (168 items)
                                               See also correspondence in connection with 
                                               railway building around Bolsover at Pl 
                                               E12/11/2/5 etc.
                                               See Pl E12/9/1/1/1-169 below fpr detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/1/1-5       1860-1865               Agreements and lease of the Duke of Portland's 
                                               coals at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 1860-1865
                                               (5 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/1: Copy memorandum of agreement 
                                               between the Duke of Portland and Richard Barrow 
                                               of Staveley for a lease of the Top Hard seam of 
                                               coal now working at Seymour Colliery in Staveley
                                               under 676a. of land belonging to the Duke and 
                                               adjoining the Duke of Devonshire's property in 
                                               Woodthorpe. Term of 21 years from 1 July 1861 at
                                               £ 140 per acre; minimum rent of £ 4000 p.a.; 
                                               underworkings may be made up in subsequent 
                                               years; coal may be worked from adjoining estates
                                               through this pit at a royalty of £ 5 per acre for
                                               outstroke, instroke, shaft, wayleave and 
                                               watercourse rents, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/2: Draft (1862 - revised and 
                                               settled by counsel, 23 and 30 May) memorandum of
                                               agreement between William John Cavendish 
                                               Bentinck Scott, Duke of Portland and Sir Joseph 
                                               Paxton, knight, MP, of Rockhills, Sydenham, 
                                               Kent. Paxton to use best endeavours to procure 
                                               construction of public railway on one of the 
                                               courses shown on the attached plan; agreement to
                                               be void on 25 Mar. 1864 if the railway has not 
                                               been completes and opened [revised from Act 
                                               obtained for the railway by that date]; subject 
                                               thereto the Duke agrees to lease to Paxton the 
                                               Top Hard coal under 676a. of land in the parish 
                                               of Bolsover, excepting a barrier of 40 yards all
                                               round the mine, but with power to drive drifts 
                                               and outstrokes through the barrier to work no 
                                               more than 500a. of coal under land of Mr 
                                               Arkwright adjoining the Doe Lee River in 
                                               Bolsover.
                                               Term of 42 years from 25 Mar. 1864; minimum rent
                                               of £ 2000 p.a.; underworkings may be made up out 
                                               of overworkings in subsequent years; rent of 
                                               £ 150 per acre; surface rent of £ 3 per acre; 
                                               royalty of 1s 6d per 1000 bricks or tiles sold; 
                                               in each year the quantity of coal worked shall 
                                               be at least equal to that worked from 
                                               Arkwright's land; two shafts to be sunk down to 
                                               the seam within two years of the date of the 
                                               lease; lessee will not purchase adjoining 
                                               minerals without giving the Duke first refusal 
                                               and the Duke will give the lessee first refusal 
                                               on working those minerals; various standard 
                                               covenants.
                                               Plan shows the Duke of Portland's coalfield, Mr 
                                               Arkwright's, the Duke of Devonshire's Staveley 
                                               coalfield, the courses of existing and proposed 
                                               mineral railways, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/3: Copy (1865 - revised and settled
                                               by counsel, 25 Apr.) articles of agreement 
                                               revised from the previous document.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/4: Copy draft lease to Sir Joseph 
                                               Paxton by the Reverend Godfrey Harry Arkwright 
                                               of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire, Clerk of the 
                                               Top Hard seam of coal at Duckmanton, Derbyshire 
                                               north east of a fault running from Inkersall 
                                               towards Bolsover Castle, not sinking any pit on 
                                               the lands of Arkwright but carrying away the 
                                               coal through pits in the coalfield Paxton has 
                                               arranged to lease from the Duke of Portland. 
                                               Term of 21 years from 29 Sept. 1865 at a yearly 
                                               rent of £ 1000, plus £ 150 per acre of coal worked
                                               in any one year in excess of 6.67a.; reserves a 
                                               barrier 40 yards adjoining the parishes of 
                                               Staveley and Clown; power to make up 
                                               underworking; etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/5: Copy memorandum of agreement of 
                                               27 May 1864 between Sir Joseph Paxton ('acting 
                                               for himself and his friends') and Charles P. 
                                               Stewart, a director of and acting on behalf of 
                                               the Staveley Coal and Iron Company Ltd whereby 
                                               Stewart offers Paxton £ 30000 for his interest in
                                               the Top Hard coal adjoining the Staveley field 
                                               and Paxton and friends pledge not to become 
                                               interested in any other Top Hard coal property 
                                               in the area belonging to the Duke of Devonshire,
                                               Mr Arkwright, the Duke of Portland or Archdeacon
                                               Hill or anywhere within 5 miles of Staveley.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/1/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/1/6-16      1860-1865               Miscellaneous papers concerning the lease of the
                                               Duke of Portland's coal at Bolsover, Derbyshire;
                                               1860-1865
                                               (11 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/6-7: Remarks on the agreement for 
                                               the lease of the Duke of Portland's coal; heads 
                                               of proposed lease of the Top Hard coal at 
                                               Bolsover to Richard Barrow, annotated for re-use
                                               in connection with Sir Joseph Paxton.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/8-12: Memoranda of and reports on 
                                               meetings with Mr Mansfeldt Mills, Sir Joseph 
                                               Paxton, et al. to discuss proposals for the 
                                               Bolsover coalfield; report by J.T. Woodhouse on 
                                               the value of the Duke of Portland's coal at 
                                               Bolsover (7 June 1864), with details of other 
                                               coals thereabouts,; notes on terms of agreement.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/13-15: Plans of the proposed course
                                               and alternative course of the railway to 
                                               Bolsover [Doe Lea Valley line], one showing land
                                               ownership in and around Bolsover, with related 
                                               rough memorandum.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/16: Abstract of a lease (of 4 Mar. 
                                               1855) from the Duke of Devonshire to Richard 
                                               Barrow of coal and ironstone and the ironworks 
                                               at Staveley, Derbyshire, and ironstone in Upper 
                                               Hady, Chesterfield, with rights to dig clay and 
                                               make bricks, erect houses and cottages, etc.; 
                                               term of 29 years from 1 July 1853; rent of £ 50 
                                               p.a. for the ironworks, further rent of £ 4000 
                                               p.a., which latter is to be taken for the rents 
                                               of coal and ironstone (below) with provision for
                                               making up underworkings in subsequent years; 1s 
                                               6d per 1000 common bricks and 2s 6d per 1000 
                                               fine bricks for all bricks sold or used 
                                               elsewhere than demised premises; £ 88 per acre 
                                               for Staveley Hard Coal; £ 55 per acre for the 
                                               Main Soft seam at Hollingwood and £ 50 for it at 
                                               Hopewell; £ 13 10/- per acre for the Blackshale 
                                               and other seams; 6d per ton of ironstone (ton of
                                               22cwt of 120lb - 2640lb); details of ribs, 
                                               drifts and pillars.
                                               Part of archive bundle Pl E12/9/1/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/1/17-169    21.10.1860-3.11.1865    Correspondence concerning coal on the estates of
                                               the Dukes of Portland at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 
                                               21 Oct. 1860-25 June 1862 and 27 Feb. 1864-3 
                                               Nov. 1865 (Pl E12/9/1/1/169 unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (153 items, paper)
                                               Original and copy correspondence addressed or 
                                               forwarded to E.S. Bailey/Messrs Bailey, Shaw, 
                                               Smith and Bailey, 5 Berners Street from: the 
                                               Duke of Portland; Charles Neale and William 
                                               Cripwell, Mansfield Woodhouse; Charles J. Neale,
                                               High Oakham, Mansfield; John Thomas 
                                               Woodhouse/Messrs Woodhouse and Jeffcock, Midland
                                               Road, Derby, Overseal, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 11 
                                               Great George Street, Westminster; Richard 
                                               Barrow, Staveley Works etc.; Edward White, Great
                                               Marlborough Street and Brighton; Mansfeldt F. 
                                               Mills, Duckmanton Lodge, Chesterfield; Sir 
                                               Joseph Paxton, 7 Pall Mall East and at 
                                               Chatsworth, Derbyshire etc.; James Allport, 
                                               Midland Railway Company, Derby; Charles Markham,
                                               Brimington, Chesterfield; and others (occasional
                                               draft and copy replies).
                                               Exploitation of Duke of Portland's coal around 
                                               Bolsover; negotiations with Mr Barrow [partner 
                                               in Staveley Coal and Iron Company] for coal 
                                               under a detached 676a. of land, his interest in 
                                               the rest of the Bolsover/Clowne coals, question 
                                               of rail access and extensions to the Midland 
                                               Railway's lines, how to work the coal; terms 
                                               offered by Barrow, proposals, counter proposals;
                                               approach by Mills (agent for Arkwright of Sutton
                                               Scarsdale) on behalf of Sir Joseph Paxton and 
                                               terms settled with him for Bolsover coals; 
                                               interest of the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co.; 
                                               'Sir Joseph Paxton ... greatly pleased and 
                                               thankful that the treaty for coal with him had 
                                               been kept secret ... I cannot but think ... that
                                               Sir Joseph has been playing a deep game first to
                                               try to secure the coal and then to get the 
                                               Midland Company to make the Railway to carry 
                                               it.' (Pl E12/9/1/1/90: E.S. Bailey, 27 May 
                                               1864);
                                               expiry of agreement with Paxton because railway 
                                               line was not completed by 25 Mar. 1864 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/1/95); Paxton's protestation and 
                                               explanation about the railway [Doe Lea Valley 
                                               line] and delays with it; rumours concerning 
                                               premium Paxton may get for coals of the Dukes of
                                               Portland and Devonshire and Mr Arkwright around 
                                               Bolsover, Bailey's desire to get rid of Paxton 
                                               entirely but Devonshire's desire that agreement 
                                               continue (Pl E12/9/1/1/106); the various 
                                               interests of the various parties in the railway 
                                               line and the coalfield; arrangement between 
                                               Paxton to assign coals lease to the Staveley 
                                               Co., protests that he is receiving £ 30000 not 
                                               £ 70000 as alleged, the Duke's coal is a minority
                                               of that assigned, and Paxton's offer gave Duke 
                                               £ 10000 more than he would have had if he had 
                                               settled with Barrow (Pl E12/9/1/1/123, 11 July 
                                               1864);
                                               diversion of proposed Doe Lea railway via a 
                                               Staveley mineral line; speedy construction 
                                               promised; Paxton's denial that adopting such a 
                                               course is anything to do with him; Paxton's 
                                               wider interests in taking coal (pl 
                                               E12/9/9/1/155); death of Paxton; Bailey wants 
                                               any negotiations with Paxton's executors to be 
                                               on new terms, the coal is now much more valuable
                                               (£ 180-200 per acre compared with £ 150, and the 
                                               £ 140 offered by Barrow), interest of Markham 
                                               (Paxton's son-in-law) and his associates in the 
                                               Staveley Co. in taking coal on Paxton's terms, 
                                               other parties potentially interested, etc. (Pl 
                                               E12/9/9/1/164-5, Nov. 1865). Also other 
                                               Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire estate business 
                                               in passing; Hucknall Torkard coal (Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/1/46, 50 etc.); enfranchisement of 
                                               Midland Railway's purchases from Eddisons's 
                                               trustees (Pl E12/9/1/1/126).
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/166-167 are undated letters from 
                                               the Duke of Portland.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/168 is an undated note from Mary 
                                               Louisa Johnson to Mrs Henry Bailey, Maidenhead 
                                               discussing domestic affairs, death of 'my little
                                               boy', scarlet fever, 'I hear Mrs Edward has 
                                               another little one. The rest of the Clapham 
                                               coterie are I hope quite well.'
                                               Pl E12/9/1/1/169 is a copy letter from John 
                                               Thomas Woodhouse, Midland Road, Derby to William
                                               Cripwell, Mansfield Woodhouse (4 Feb. n.y.), 
                                               position of colliery and Doe Lea Valley railway 
                                               line, discussion with Mr Mills, position of 
                                               fault, etc. Defective.
                                               Part of archive bundle PL E12/9/1/1.
                                               See also correspondence at Pl E12/11/2/5/7-82 - 
                                               mainly Nov. 1862-Nov. 1863.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/2/1-35      9.3.1867-16.2.1870      Bundle of material concerning mining proposals 
                                               on the estates of the Dukes of Portland around 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; 9 Mar. 1867-16 Feb. 1870
                                               (35 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/2/1-3: Maps of Bolsover, 1867 and 
                                               1869, by George Unwin. Show railways constructed
                                               and proposed, lands belonging to the Duke of 
                                               Portland (1218a.), copyhold lands (402a.) and 
                                               common lands (900a.) whose minerals he owns; 
                                               undated tracing showing pattern of land 
                                               ownership around Bolsover.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/2/4: Estimated area of coals east of 
                                               the River Doe Lea.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/2/5-12: Opinion of R. Paul Amphlett, 
                                               Lincoln's Inn on the rights of the Duke of 
                                               Portland to get coals from under copyholds; 
                                               memoranda of meetings with Messrs Unwin, Markham
                                               and Fowler with respect to Bolsover coal.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/2/13-35: Original and copy 
                                               correspondence between: Messrs Bailey, Shaw, 
                                               Smith and Bailey, 5 Berners Street; the Duke of 
                                               Portland; Charles Neale, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               George Unwin, Whitwell; William Fowler, 
                                               Whittington Hall, Chesterfield; and Charles 
                                               Markham, Brimington Hall, Chesterfield and from 
                                               the offices of The Staveley Coal and Iron 
                                               Company, Ltd.
                                               Duke of Portland has not replied to Markham's 
                                               offer of Nov. 1865 [see Pl E12/9/1/1]; [Fowler] 
                                               interested; terms offered to Sir Joseph Paxton 
                                               are no longer available, details of particular 
                                               conditions; history of the Bolsover business, 
                                               failure of original agreement, Duke of Portland 
                                               unwilling to renew it but willing to enter new 
                                               agreement 'on Paxton's urgent entreaty', at 
                                               length Duke agrees to original terms, agreement 
                                               awaiting signature at Paxton's death, Paxton's 
                                               executors decline to take it on, Markham will 
                                               but Duke will not have the Staveley Company 
                                               involved nor allow Markham partners; Fowler 
                                               already interested during Paxton's time, renewed
                                               interest after death; E.S. Bailey's preference 
                                               for Fowler, Woodhouse's assessment of him, 
                                               whilst E.S.B. has doubts about Markham and his 
                                               financial strength to take coals on his own;
                                               Markham's view of the negotiations, the working 
                                               of Staveley coal, heavy pumping required which 
                                               will cease when coal is worked out (with 
                                               consequent problems for the Duke's coal), 
                                               Staveley Co. would not welcome a competitor so 
                                               close to hand, prepared to negotiate for the 
                                               whole of the Duke's Bolsover coal.
                                               Duke (Pl E12/9/1/2/33) discusses purchasing 
                                               freehold of [Harcourt House, London], the 
                                               exorbitant rate assessment and new windows.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/3/1-4       11.1900-1.12.1900       Bundle of correspondence concerning Oxcroft 
                                               coal, Bolsover, Derbyshire; Nov.-1 Dec. 1900
                                               (4 items, paper)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, E. 
                                               Horsman Bailey, 5 Berners Street, Arthur B. 
                                               Markham, Stuffynwood Hall, Mansfield and the 
                                               Duke of Portland: allegations by Emerson 
                                               Bainbridge of the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd to 
                                               Markham that the Duke disapproves strongly of 
                                               the actions of the Staveley Coal and Iron Co. 
                                               Ltd and of Markham in respect to Oxcroft coal; 
                                               Oxcroft estate is property of Duke of 
                                               Devonshire; Staveley and Bolsover companies 
                                               undertook some years ago not to compete for the 
                                               coal; Markham's recent negotiations with the 
                                               Duke of Devonshire's agent to take this coal 
                                               himself; has no connection with the Staveley 
                                               company, not even a shareholder; Staveley 
                                               company approaches Markham with suggestion to 
                                               split the field between them and Bolsover, if 
                                               Bainbridge willing, but Markham declines.
                                               Duke denies he has expressed any views; 
                                               Markham's wounded amour propre; character of 
                                               Markham; 'The truth of the matter is I am always
                                               particularly guarded in what I say to Mr 
                                               Bainbridge and I would a great deal rather have 
                                               every thing he has to communicate to me in 
                                               writing than 'vive voce'' (Turner).
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/4/1-15      25.2.1902-12.6.1902     Bundle of correspondence and related papers 
                                               concerning Oxcroft coal, Bolsover, Derbyshire; 
                                               25 Feb.-12 June 1902 (unfit for production)
                                               (15 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse and Messrs Currey, 
                                               Holland and Currey, 14 Great George Street 
                                               [solicitors to the Duke of Devonshire], with 
                                               various press copy replies and copies of other 
                                               letters forwarded to Baileys by Turner, 
                                               concerning who owns the minerals under 
                                               'Richardson's land', part of the property 
                                               exchanged by the Dukes of Devonshire and 
                                               Portland in 1814, which the Oxcroft Colliery Co.
                                               Ltd wants to acquire.
                                               Map; rough memorandum; and copy of the surrender
                                               (30 Nov. 1781) to the 3rd Duke of Portland as 
                                               Lord of the Manor of Bolsover by Joseph 
                                               Richardson of Morthin, Yorkshire, farmer, of 
                                               Hawksgreen Close and a parcel of enclosed land 
                                               in Shittlewood [Shuttlewood].
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/5/1-130     28.5.1902-17.2.1905     Bundle of material concerning lease to the 
                                               Oxcroft Colliery Co. Ltd of High Hazel coal at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire by the Duke of Portland; 28
                                               May 1902-17 Feb. 1905
                                               (130 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/5/1-3: Memorandum of terms and heads 
                                               of terms for a lease of 236-243a. of High Hazel 
                                               coal for 50 years from March 1903 at £ 35-70 per 
                                               acre, with a minimum rent of £ 500 p.a. or on a 
                                               sliding scale linked to power to surrender the 
                                               lease; Mr Hewitt's notes on the draft lease 
                                               [lease wanting].
                                               Pl E12/9/1/5/4-5: Plans (tracings) showing the 
                                               area of High Hazel coal to be let to the Oxcroft
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd where the Top Hard coal is 
                                               already under lease to the Staveley Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. Ltd; and of the whole area of High 
                                               Hazel coal to be let to the Oxcroft company.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/5/6-130: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from: Frederick J. Turner and T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse; C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt 
                                               and Company, London Road, Derby; Parker Rhodes 
                                               and Company, Rotherham; Arthur B. Markham, 
                                               Stuffynwood Hall, Mansfield etc.; Messrs Mills, 
                                               Coke and Turner, 65 Station Street, Nottingham; 
                                               Messrs Bird, Strode and Bird, 5 Gray's Inn 
                                               Square, London; and others. Various draft and 
                                               press copy replies and copy correspondence 
                                               between third parties.
                                               Desire of Oxcroft company to lease High Hazel 
                                               coal - bright house coal, 166 yds from surface, 
                                               126 yds above the Top Hard, 3ft 6in thick; 
                                               relationship of this to other workings and 
                                               leases, possible interest of the Bolsover and 
                                               Staveley companies as lessees of the Top Hard 
                                               coal, and rights of pre-emption in Staveley's 
                                               existing lease; probability of surface damage 
                                               and liability for it - Duke of Portland has 
                                               power under the Bolsover inclosure to work 
                                               minerals, surface damage must be paid for by 
                                               other proprietors in the parish of Bolsover, 
                                               scope for much ill feeling, need to proceed with
                                               caution; Markham's disavowal of any business 
                                               links with the Staveley company run by his 
                                               brother, history of his involvement at Oxcroft 
                                               (leased from the Duke of Devonshire); detailed 
                                               negotiation of terms, especially as to surface 
                                               damage; other mining matters (Pl E12/9/1/5/19).
                                               Plan (Pl E12/9/1/5/10) accompanying Hewitt's 
                                               letter of 2 June 1902 (Pl E12/9/1/5/9); cuttings
                                               from 'The Times' of 28 Aug. 1902 concerning 
                                               Markham's dispute with Wernher, Beit and 
                                               Company, text of his letter of apology 
                                               withdrawing allegations of dishonesty in their 
                                               conduct of financial operations in South Africa 
                                               and thereby bringing an end to their libel 
                                               action against him, 'Mr Markham's vanity and 
                                               self-conceit have brought a heavy punishment 
                                               upon him, but it is not so heavy as it would 
                                               have been had he persisted in his hopeless 
                                               defence and it will serve a good purpose if it 
                                               deters others from courting a cheap popularity 
                                               by making serious charges without sufficient 
                                               evidence' (Pl E12/9/1/5/33).
                                               [Oxcroft Colliery Co. Ltd includes Douglas 
                                               Vickers of the eponymous engineering and 
                                               armaments conglomerate, and Charles Maclaren, 
                                               later 1st Baron Aberconway, director of numerous
                                               iron and heavy engineering businesses including 
                                               Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd, and 
                                               son-in-law of Henry Pochin, sometime chairman of
                                               the Staveley company, etc.].
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/6/1-10      14.6.1902-2.8.1902      Bundle of correspondence and related papers 
                                               concerning claim to minerals at Shuttlewood, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; 14 June-2 Aug. 1902 (unfit
                                               for production)
                                               (15 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Messrs Bryan 
                                               and Armstrong, Mansfield, with various press 
                                               copy replies and copy correspondence between 
                                               Arthur B. Markham, Stuffynwood Hall, Mansfield 
                                               and William Bryan/Bryan and Armstrong, and 
                                               between Bryan and F.J. Turner, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse: claim by Markham to minerals under 
                                               parcels of land at Shuttlewood, parish of 
                                               Bolsover; ownership of minerals depends on 
                                               whether property is freehold or copyhold of the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover (of which the Duke of Portland
                                               is Lord); identifying it, etc.
                                               Map of plots of land east of the 
                                               Chesterfield-Clowne road near Blackbanks and 
                                               Mill Lane; extract from the Bolsover and 
                                               Clown[e] Inclosure Award; note.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/7/1-42      5.4.1909-10.6.1910      Bundle of papers concerning underlease to the 
                                               Oxcroft Colliery Co. Ltd of coal at Clowne, 
                                               Derbyshire, and other boundary questions; 5 Apr.
                                               1909-10 June 1910 (Pl E12/9/1/7/2 unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (42 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/7/1: Draft licence (22 Feb. 1910) 
                                               from the Duke of Portland to the Staveley Coal 
                                               and Iron Company Limited, supplemental to leases
                                               of 9 Sept. 1892 and 3 Nov. 1900, consenting to 
                                               an underlease to the Oxcroft Colliery Company 
                                               Limited of 20a. 2r. 21p. of Top Hard coal (plan 
                                               attached).
                                               Pl E12/9/1/7/2: Copy draft underlease (23 Feb. 
                                               1910) by the Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd to 
                                               the Oxcroft Colliery Co. Ltd of 20a. 2r. 21p. of
                                               Top Hard coal at Clown(e), Derbyshire until 1 
                                               Feb. 1934, paying (until the exhaustion of the 
                                               coal) acreage rents of £ 100, £ 120 and £ 132
                                               10/- per acre (related to the various different 
                                               categories of surface land shown on the attached
                                               plan), plus 6d per ton (2240lb) for all Top Hard
                                               coal worked by Oxcroft under this deed.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/7/3-42: Correspondence received by 
                                               E.H. Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, C.R. Hewitt,
                                               London Road, Derby and Parker Rhodes and 
                                               Company, Rotherham concerning proposed 
                                               underlease (for convenience of working) by the 
                                               Staveley company to the Oxcroft company of Top 
                                               Hard coal lying between a fault and the barrier 
                                               left to the east of the coal leased by the Duke 
                                               of Portland to Staveley on 9 Sept. 1892; dispute
                                               between the Staveley company and the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Company Ltd with regard to a barrier 
                                               between them on the south side of Bolsover 
                                               following Staveley's acquisition of Dr Court's 
                                               coals [barrier between the Bolsover Colliery and
                                               the Arkwright estate]; Bolsover company's lost 
                                               opportunity; possible water damage;
                                               Turner critical of Hewitt for not foreseeing 
                                               problem; construction of artificial barrier; 'To
                                               show you the feeling of vindictiveness on the 
                                               part of the Staveley Coy in the matter, it is 
                                               said they are asking the Bolsover Coy to pay 
                                               £ 250000 for [2.5a. of land]' (Turner - Pl E 
                                               12/9/1/7/15), and 'blackmailing proceeding on 
                                               the part of the Markhams'; Staveley-Bolsover 
                                               negotiations; Hewitt believes Staveley want 
                                               Bolsover to contribute to their pumping costs or
                                               pay a lump sum to avoid risk of having 
                                               themselves to deal with water at Bolsover; 
                                               Turner proposing to be deliberately unhelpful to
                                               Staveley over a wayleave for electric power 
                                               lines as tit for tat for the boundary dispute, 
                                               but does 'not think it will be altogether 
                                               desirable' to explain why.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/7/3, enclosed with letter Pl 
                                               E12/9/1/7/4, is a plan of the barrier.
                                               For continuation of Staveley-Bolsover barrier 
                                               question see Pl E12/9/1/9/1-14.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/8/1-14      17.6.1910-3.4.1911      Bundle of papers concerning purchase of land at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire by the Oxcroft Colliery Co.
                                               Ltd; 17 June 1910-3 Apr. 1911 (Pl E112/9/1/8/2 -
                                               unfit for production)
                                               (14 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/8/1: Memorandum of agreement (20 July
                                               1910) between William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG and The Oxcroft Colliery 
                                               Company Limited for £ 20 of .493a. of land in the
                                               parish of Bolsover, part of Hollow Farm, shown 
                                               on the attached plan.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/8/2: Copy draft conveyance (8 Dec. 
                                               1910) by the Duke of Portland and his trustees 
                                               to the Oxcroft Colliery Co. Ltd pursuant to the 
                                               foregoing agreement. Purchasers covenant to 
                                               fence land.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/8/3-14: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate 
                                               Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, Parker Rhodes and 
                                               Company, Rotherham, and others concerning the 
                                               sale.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/9/1-14      10.6.1910-6.5.1911      Bundle of correspondence concerning barriers, 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd and Staveley Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. Ltd; 10 June 1910-6 May 1911
                                               (14 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse and C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, 
                                               with copy correspondence between Hewitt and 
                                               Turner, and between Hewitt and Company and John 
                                               P. Houfton, Bolsover Colliery concerning Dr 
                                               Court's Top Hard coal between Palterton and 
                                               Sutton Scarsdale acquired by the Staveley Coal 
                                               and Iron Co. Ltd whose working it will send all 
                                               their water down to the Bolsover Colliery Co.'s 
                                               and make large savings in their pumping costs; 
                                               consequent damage to Duke of Portland's 
                                               interests as water may reach Creswell and 
                                               Langwith if sufficient barriers not left; 
                                               Bolsover company not proceeding with artificial/
                                               concrete barrier at present; negotiations 
                                               between Bolsover and Staveley proceeding with 
                                               difficulty;
                                               Settlement between Houfton and Charles Markham 
                                               for £ 5500, 'this seemed quite a lot of money, 
                                               but he remarked that it was rather different to 
                                               a quarter of a million he had been talking about
                                               previously!' (Turner, Pl E12/9/1/9/14).
                                               Memorandum summarising the position with sketch 
                                               of the barrier, dip of strata, site of Dr 
                                               Court's coals and Bolsover and Staveley 
                                               companies' workings.
                                               For previous discussion of the Staveley-Bolsover
                                               barrier question see Pl E12/9/1/7/1-42 passim. 
                                               For further discussion see Pl E12/9/5/10/43-66.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/10/1-28     30.12.1898-6.1.1900     Bundle of correspondence concerning copyhold 
                                               coal to be worked by the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company, Ltd; 30 Dec. 1898-6 Jan. 1900
                                               (28 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Messrs 
                                               Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, Bank Chambers, 
                                               George Street, Sheffield, Messrs Gratton and 
                                               Marsden, Chesterfield, and William Bryan, 
                                               Mansfield; with various copy and press copy 
                                               replies; and copy letters from Broomheads to 
                                               Grattons. Licence to the Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               to work coal belonging to the Duke of Portland 
                                               under copyholds at Bolsover belonging to John 
                                               Charlesworth; confusion of the form of deed 
                                               executed by Charlesworth; what can be done by 
                                               deed and what by proceedings in the manor court;
                                               incompatibility of various of these requirements
                                               with the provision on the 1893 lease to the 
                                               Bolsover company; disputes of interpretation 
                                               over what is necessary.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/11/1-6      2.8.1901-28.9.1901      Bundle of papers concerning ownership of coals 
                                               at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 2 Aug.-28 Sept. 1901
                                               (6 items, paper & linen)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street, 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Company Limited (per John P. 
                                               Houfton) and C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby. 
                                               Exchange of lands between the Duke of Portland 
                                               and Mr Arkwright c.1842 and confusion over who 
                                               owns what (and the form of tenure) on the 
                                               western side of the Doe Lea River near Bolsover;
                                               Staveley Coal and Iron Co. working out barrier 
                                               under the Arkwright estate along the Doe Lea; 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. buying this pillar of Top 
                                               Hard coal from Staveley to provide protection 
                                               for their shafts; contribution of the Duke of 
                                               Portland towards the cost.
                                               Plan of underground workings at Bolsover 
                                               Colliery, the relative position of workings at 
                                               Markham Colliery, and the site of the pillar 
                                               (1a. 0r. 36p.) bought by the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company, Ltd.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/12/1-10     5.4.1902-22.4.1902      Bundle of correspondence etc. concerning damage 
                                               to property from coal mining at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 5-22 Apr. 1902
                                               (10 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, C.R. Hewitt, London
                                               Road, Derby, and Messrs Stanton and Walker, 
                                               Chesterfield. Damage done to buildings erected 
                                               on land allotted from Shuttlewood Common from 
                                               the Staveley Coal and Iron Co.'s workings of 
                                               minerals belonging to the Duke of Portland; land
                                               is at Stanfree and minerals were subject to an 
                                               exchange between Staveley and the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. in 1899; with extract from the 
                                               Bolsover Inclosure Award; memorandum; and map.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/13/1-8      17.2.1902-24.4.1903     Bundle of correspondence etc. concerning tenure 
                                               of a piece of land near Clowne, Derbyshire; 17 
                                               Feb. 1902-24 Apr. 1903
                                               (8 items, paper & linen)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street and 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               between Turner and William Bryan, Mansfield; and
                                               received by Turner from the Shireoaks Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd. Concerns disputed freehold/copyhold 
                                               tenure of Mr Jackson's plot of land called 
                                               Common Spot, near Clowne, Derbyshire (No. 220; 
                                               548 on the old Ordnance Survey plan) [and 
                                               ownership of the underlying minerals]; workings 
                                               of Shireoaks Colliery approaching the land; 
                                               owner willing to split the proceeds of the 
                                               minerals with the Duke of Portland (Lord of the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover) but not to sign the standard 
                                               licence/consent; colliery company may well work 
                                               the minerals, pay the royalties into the bank 
                                               and leave the Duke and Jackson to fight it out. 
                                               Also schedule of land and plan.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/14/1-17     12.1899-6.9.1906        Bundle of papers concerning exchange of Clowne 
                                               barrier coal, Derbyshire; Dec. 1899-8 May 1900 
                                               and 22 Jan.-6 Sept. 1906 (unfit for production -
                                               water damage)
                                               (17 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/14/1-5: Heads of terms, instructions 
                                               to counsel, plans showing old and new barriers, 
                                               and covering letters concerning the exchange 
                                               between the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, Ltd 
                                               and the Shireoaks Colliery Company, Ltd of 
                                               barrier coal at Clowne - in relation to faults 
                                               found in the Top Hard seam there, 1899-1900.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/14/6: Draft supplemental lease (2 
                                               Aug. 1906) from the Duke of Portland to the 
                                               Shireoaks Colliery Company Limited of 4a. 3r. 
                                               20p. of Top Hard coal forming part of the 
                                               barrier to be left under the leases of 3 Nov. 
                                               1900 (recited) to the Shireoaks and Staveley 
                                               companies, for a term coinciding with the 
                                               outstanding portion of that of 50 years under 
                                               the 20 Nov. 1888 principal lease to the 
                                               Shireoaks company, at an annual rent of £ 11 per 
                                               acre for coal of 1 foot in thickness (pro rata);
                                               covenants by the Staveley company in connection 
                                               with its principal lease of 9 Sept. 1892 and 
                                               that of 3 Nov. 1900; plan attached. Recites the 
                                               arrangements come to in 1900 and the more recent
                                               identification of the exact line of the fault.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/14/7-17: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, 
                                               Parker Rhodes and Company, Rotherham, and others
                                               concerning the Clowne barrier coal.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/15/1-9      6.2.1904-20.12.1904     Bundle of correspondence and deeds concerning 
                                               the working copyhold minerals at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 6 Feb.-20 Dec. 1904
                                               (9 items, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft deed of consent and licence from 
                                               Seymour Henry, Earl Bathurst to the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd to work the Top Hard coal under
                                               5 parcels of copyhold land in Limekiln Close 
                                               (specified), in the parish and Manor of 
                                               Bolsover, for a term of 46 years from 1 Dec. 
                                               1903; royalty of £ 70 per acre without regard to 
                                               the thickness of the coal; declaration of the 
                                               ownership rights of the Duke of Portland as Lord
                                               of the Manor of Bolsover; plan attached. Revised
                                               and approved, 10-17 Aug. 1904.
                                               Instructions to counsel (Henry Wace) to advise.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Leman and Co., 44 Bloomsbury Square and C.R. 
                                               Hewitt, London Road, Derby.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/16/1-8      18.9.1905-9.1.1907      Bundle of deeds for working copyhold minerals at
                                               Clowne, Derbyshire, with related correspondence;
                                               18 Sept. 1905-9 Jan. 1907
                                               (8 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/16/1: Copy draft deed of consent and 
                                               licence (20 Nov. 1905) from Mary Elizabeth Sarah
                                               Olivier (formerly Hill) of Pear Tree, Derby, 
                                               widow, and the trustees of her marriage 
                                               settlement, to the Shireoaks Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               (supplemental to the recited principal consent 
                                               of 30 May 1895 etc.) to work the Top Hard coal 
                                               under 13a. 1r. 11p. of copyhold land in Clown[e]
                                               (coloured green on the annexed plan) in the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover, for the residue of a term of 
                                               44 years from 25 Mar. 1893; rent of £ 30 p.a. in 
                                               lieu of £ 20 p.a. in the 'principal consent' and 
                                               a royalty of £ 55 per acre without regard to the 
                                               thickness of coal for excess quantities above 
                                               that which would pay the fixed rent; declaration
                                               of ownership rights of the Duke of Portland as 
                                               Lord of the Manor of Bolsover; plan attached. 
                                               Approved, 5 Oct. 1905.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/16/2: Copy draft deed of consent and 
                                               licence (12 Dec. 1906) from Mary Elizabeth Sarah
                                               Olivier and the trustees of her marriage 
                                               settlement, to the Shireoaks Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               (supplemental to the recited principal consent 
                                               of 30 May 1895, the consent of 20 Nov. 1905 
                                               [above], the lease of 1900 and lease of 1906 [Pl
                                               E12/9/1/14/6]) to work the Top Hard coal under 
                                               6a. 2r. 12p. of copyhold land in Clown[e] 
                                               (coloured green on the annexed plans) in the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover, for the residue of a term of 
                                               44 years from 25 Mar. 1893; rent of £ 35 p.a. in 
                                               lieu of £ 30 p.a. paid under existing consents 
                                               and a royalty of £ 55 per acre without regard to 
                                               the thickness of coal for excess quantities 
                                               above that which would pay the fixed rent; 
                                               declaration of ownership rights of the Duke of 
                                               Portland as Lord of the Manor of Bolsover; 2 
                                               plans attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/16/3-8: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby and Parker Rhodes and Company, Rotherham.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/17/1-4      31.5.1907-29.7.1907     Deed for working copyhold minerals at Clowne, 
                                               Derbyshire, with related correspondence; 31 
                                               May-29 July 1907 (unfit for production)
                                               (4 items, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft deed of consent and licence (23 July 
                                               1907) from Mary Elizabeth Sarah Olivier 
                                               (formerly Hill) of Pear Tree, Derby, widow and 
                                               the trustees of her marriage settlement, to the 
                                               Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd (supplemental to 
                                               the recited principal consent of 24 Aug. 1893 
                                               and leases of 1892 and 1900) to work the Top 
                                               Hard coal under 3a. 0r. 39p. of copyhold land in
                                               Clown[e] (near Damsbrook Lane; shown on annexed 
                                               plan No. 1) in the Manor of Bolsover, for the 
                                               residue of a term of 42 years from 1 Mar. 1892; 
                                               royalty of £ 70 per acre without regard to the 
                                               thickness of coal for excess quantities above 
                                               the fixed rent of £ 180 p.a. contained in the 
                                               principal consent; company not to work or pay 
                                               for coals shown on annexed plan No. 2; 
                                               declaration of ownership rights of the Duke of 
                                               Portland as Lord of the Manor of Bolsover; 2 
                                               plans attached, first shows fault and 'new 
                                               barrier'.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby and Parker 
                                               Rhodes and Company, Rotherham.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/18/1-6      17.10.1907-5.12.1907    Deed for working copyhold minerals at Clowne, 
                                               Derbyshire, with related correspondence; 17 
                                               Oct.-5 Dec. 1907
                                               (6 items, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft deed of consent and licence (12 Dec. 
                                               1907) from Tom Earnshaw formerly of Clowne, now 
                                               of Stony Houghton, parish of Pleasley, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer to the Staveley Coal and Iron
                                               Co. Ltd (supplemental to the leases of 1892 and 
                                               1900) to work the Top Hard coal and exercise 
                                               wayleave powers under 1a. 1r. 24p. of copyhold 
                                               land in Clown[e] (near Damsbrook Lane; shown on 
                                               annexed plan) in the Manor of Bolsover, for the 
                                               residue of a term of 42 years from 1 Mar. 1892; 
                                               consideration of £ 70; company not to work coals 
                                               after 31 Dec. 1914; declaration of ownership 
                                               rights of the Duke of Portland as Lord of the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover; plan attached, shows 'new 
                                               barrier'.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Parker Rhodes and Company, Rotherham.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/19/1-8      15.7.1908-21.8.1908     Deed for working copyhold minerals at Clowne, 
                                               Derbyshire, with related correspondence; 15 
                                               July-21 Aug. 1908 (Pl E12/9/1/19/1 - unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (8 items, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft deed of consent and licence from the 
                                               Reverend Brabazon Chambre Hallowes of Eastnor, 
                                               Hrefordshire, Clerk and William Alexander Tooke 
                                               Hallowes of 39 Bedford Row, London, solicitor to
                                               the Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd (supplemental
                                               to the leases of 1892 and 1900) to work the Top 
                                               Hard coal and exercise wayleave powers under 
                                               [15a. 3r. 2p.] of copyhold land in Clown[e] 
                                               (near Damsbrook Lane; shown on annexed plan) in 
                                               the Manor of Bolsover, for the residue of a term
                                               of 42 years from 1 Mar. 1892; acreage rent of 
                                               £ 62 10/-, with a minimum rent of £ 40 p.a.; 
                                               declaration of ownership rights of the Duke of 
                                               Portland as Lord of the Manor of Bolsover; plan 
                                               attached. Revised and settled, 1-20 July 1908.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Parker Rhodes and Company, Rotherham, C.R. 
                                               Hewitt, London Road, Derby, and Messrs Hallowes,
                                               Carter and Ellis, 39 Bedford Row
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/20/1-6      24.6.1912-14.8.1912     Deed for working copyhold minerals at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, with related correspondence; 24 
                                               June-14 Aug. 1912 (unfit for production)
                                               (6 items, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft licence from Seymour Henry, Earl 
                                               Bathurst to the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               (supplemental to the leases of 9 Aug. 1893, and 
                                               of 31 Dec. 1902 to the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron
                                               Co. Ltd) to work the Top Hard coal under 181a. 
                                               3r. 39p. of copyhold land at Bolsover Moor in 
                                               the Manor of Bolsover, for a term of 38 years 6 
                                               months from 1 June 1911; minimum rent of £ 350 
                                               p.a., plus and acreage rent of £ 70 per acre for 
                                               quantities of coal raised in excess of the 
                                               minimum; variation/incorporation of covenants 
                                               from principal leases; declaration of ownership 
                                               rights of the Duke of Portland as Lord of the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover; plan attached. Revised and 
                                               settled, 3 June-1 July 1912. Defective.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Leman and Company, 44 Bloomsbury Square, and 
                                               C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/21/1-18     1891-15.5.1908          Bundle of papers concerning lease of a farm to 
                                               the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd; 1891 and 21 June 
                                               1907-15 May 1908
                                               (18 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/21/1: Draft lease (plan attached - 
                                               dated 28 Aug. 1891) by the Duke of Portland to 
                                               the [Bolsover Colliery] Company Limited of a 
                                               farm of 148a. 3r. 39p. of land, for a term of 58
                                               years from 25 Mar. 1891, at a rent of £ 155 1s 3d
                                               p.a. plus taxes; covenant for insurance of 
                                               buildings and crops; will erect a house suitable
                                               for a farm bailiff (upon a site and according to
                                               plan's approved by the Duke) within 3 years at a
                                               cost of at least £ 500; husbandry covenants.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/21/2: Draft building agreement (plan 
                                               attached - dated 28 Aug. 1891) between the Duke 
                                               of Portland and the [Bolsover Colliery] Co. Ltd 
                                               for colliers' cottages etc. on part of the farm 
                                               (14a. 3r. 30p.) at [New] Bolsover; specifying 
                                               schedule of works and dates of completion; plots
                                               of land for houses not to be more than 700 sq 
                                               yds or less than 500; approval by the Duke of 
                                               Portland's agent and the local authorities for 
                                               designs and works, and when works are certified 
                                               by them as complete, the Duke of Portland will 
                                               grant a lease/leases prepared at the cost of the
                                               Company; rent of £ 22 8s 1d p.a.; form of lease. 
                                               of the land 6a. 0r. 4p. is to form a children's 
                                               playground with houses etc. on three sides. Site
                                               surrounded by lands leased by Pl E12/9/1/11/1.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/21/3: Draft lease (7 Dec. 1907) by 
                                               the Duke of Portland to the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company Limited (plan attached) of 130a. 1r. 
                                               38p. of land at Bolsover (specified in schedule 
                                               1 to deed), for a term of 42 years from 29 Sept.
                                               1907, at a rent of £ 130 9s 9d p.a.; and 14a. 0r.
                                               10p. of land (schedule 2) to be used for 
                                               colliery purposes at a rent of £ 21 1s 10d p.a.; 
                                               and 16a. 2r. 37p. of land (schedule 3), the 
                                               Model Village, at a rent of £ 25 1s 11d p.a.; 
                                               building covenant - roads, drains, external 
                                               painting, repair, insurance; covenants against 
                                               noisome or offensive trades, sale of 
                                               intoxicating liquor, use for public 
                                               entertainment, etc., exempting the Colliery Club
                                               now existing from these restrictions. Recites 
                                               preparation of #1-2 above, never executed, 
                                               Colliery Co. in possession of most of surface 
                                               covered by them, substitution of present deed. 
                                               Marginal comments.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/21/4-7: Schedules of land leased; 
                                               map; notes on draft lease.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/21/8-18: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse and Messrs 
                                               Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, George Street, 
                                               Sheffield.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/22/1-42     28.7.1900-23.8.1916     Bundle of papers concerning Bolsover Orphanage, 
                                               Derbyshire; 28 July 1900-23 Aug. 1916
                                               (42 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/22/1-6: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Henry Wace, 1900; A. Andrewes Uthwatt, 1916), 
                                               opinions of counsel, draft conveyance of site of
                                               orphanage (1900), and extract from the will of 
                                               Emerson Muschamp Bainbridge.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/22/7: Draft conveyance by William 
                                               John Arthur Charles James, Duke of Portland, KG 
                                               and Hermione Gioja Bainbridge of Kirklington 
                                               Hall, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, widow to The 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Company Limited of 2r. 25p. of
                                               land in [Castle Lane] Bolsover, and the 
                                               buildings erected thereupon, upon trust for use 
                                               as one or more of: a hospital; an orphanage; a 
                                               home for aged miners and their families; offices
                                               in connection with any charitable project 
                                               relating to the proper upbringing and welfare of
                                               children. Alteration of rules requires consent 
                                               of the Duke of Portland and his successors. Plan
                                               attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/22/8-9: Site plans of the orphanage.
                                               Correspondence between Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, T. Warner Turner, 
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Messrs Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, George 
                                               Street, Sheffield, Cuthbert Bainbridge, Central 
                                               Exchange Buildings, Grainger Street, 
                                               Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and others. Emerson 
                                               Bainbridge's proposed orphanage at Bolsover; 
                                               failure to settle draft conveyance; T. Warner 
                                               Turner's opinion that it is a white elephant 
                                               (1911); J.P. Houfton believes it would be more 
                                               use as a hospital; provisions of Emerson 
                                               Bainbridge's will, intentions of Oswald 
                                               Bainbridge and his death; Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               to take over the orphanage but broaden its scope
                                               to make it more useful; nature of ownership, 
                                               form of conveyance, etc.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/23/1-22     9.8.1893 
                       (post)-28.6.1904        Bundle of papers concerning the reserve funds of
                                               the Bolsover Colliery Company, Ltd; post 1893-28
                                               June 1904
                                               (22 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/23/1: Extract from the 9 Aug. 1893 
                                               lease from the Duke of Portland to the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd as to £ 10000 capital out of 
                                               £ 150000 to remain uncalled as security for the 
                                               Duke.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/23/2: Draft release (1900) by the 
                                               Duke of the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd from a 
                                               covenant contained in the principal lease 
                                               whereby £ 10000 in share capital should remain 
                                               uncalled as security to the Duke for the 
                                               performance by the Company of various other 
                                               covenants in the lease (release of a charge on 
                                               the £ 10000 of share capital); and covenant of 
                                               the Company with the Duke to set aside a sum of 
                                               £ 10000 in the hands of trustees as a substitute 
                                               security.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/23/3: Draft deed of covenant (1 June 
                                               1904) between the Company and the Duke freeing 
                                               the Company from maintaining £ 10000 uncalled 
                                               capital and substituting two sinking fund 
                                               insurance policies maturing 40 years from 1 Apr.
                                               1904 taken out by the company and charges in 
                                               favour of the Duke.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/23/4-13: Correspondence (June 1900 
                                               and Jan.-June 1904) received by Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett from Emerson Bainbridge, 4 
                                               Whitehall Court, the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               (per John P. Houfton) and Messrs Broomhead, 
                                               Wightman and Moore, George Street, Sheffield, 
                                               with various press copy replies concerning the 
                                               £ 10000 uncalled capital, possible alternative 
                                               securities, new capital's being created by the 
                                               company etc.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/24/1-45     8.5.1923-14.8.1923      Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               sale of land to the Duke of Portland and the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Company, Ltd; 8 May-14 Aug. 
                                               1923 (unfit for production)
                                               (45 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/1-2: Conditions of sale, copy 
                                               draft agreement for sale, and memorandum of 
                                               purchase by the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd (5 
                                               July 1923), of land at Nether Woodhouse; plans 
                                               attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/3: Copy draft letter of attorney 
                                               (8 Aug. 1923) from Edward Horsman Bailey of 5 
                                               Berners Street, London, solicitor and others 
                                               [trustees of the Duke of Portland] to Thomas 
                                               Warner Turner of Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, estate agent and Charles 
                                               Armstrong of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               gentleman, to take admittance upon the surrender
                                               by Robert Banner [next].
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/4: Draft covenant (10 Aug. 1923) 
                                               between Robert Banner of Nether Woodhouse Farm, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, farmer and Jonathan Burton
                                               Horden of 11 Sandringham Road, West Bridgford, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, mechanic (his mortgagee), and 
                                               the Duke of Portland and his trustees to 
                                               surrender 6a. 3r. 6p. of land at Bolsover 
                                               Woodhouse alias Nether Bolsover; covenant by the
                                               vendor to stand seised in trust for the Duke's 
                                               trustees until the surrender be made; 
                                               consideration of £ 500 paid to the mortgagee to 
                                               reduce the amount of the mortgage.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/5: Copy draft surrender (10 Aug. 
                                               1923) by Robert Banner and Clara Alice Flora, 
                                               his wife, to Edward Horsman Bailey and others 
                                               [trustees of the Duke of Portland] of 6a. 3r. 
                                               6p. of land (formerly stated as 6a. 2r. 38p.) 
                                               known as Middle Meadow, at Bolsover Woodhouse 
                                               alias Nether Bolsover, Derbyshire; certificate 
                                               for the Steward of the Manor of Bolsover that 
                                               the consideration is £ 500 etc.; plan attached, 
                                               showing land east of Buttermilk Lane and north 
                                               of the River Doe Lea.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/6-7: Abstract of title (8 Aug. 
                                               1902-14 June 1920) of Robert Banner and his 
                                               mortgagee to land at Nether Woodhouse (with plan
                                               attached); requisitions on title with replies. 
                                               [Formerly the property of John Plowright Houfton
                                               of the Bolsover Colliery Co.].
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/8-41: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, Messrs 
                                               Davies, Sanders and Swanwick, Chesterfield, 
                                               Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, Mansfield and Robert
                                               Barber and Sons, 3 King Street, Nottingham; with
                                               various copy replies. Lease of Lower Mines at 
                                               Bolsover; purchase by the Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd from Robert Banner of copyhold land at 
                                               Nether Woodhouse, Manor of Bolsover, for 
                                               [Midland] railway sidings; minutiae of the 
                                               transaction; contract to be made out to the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. but conveyance to the Duke
                                               and his trustees.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/24/42-45: Bills of costs, receipts; 
                                               notice giving dates of courts for the Manors of 
                                               Bolsover and Mansfield during 1923.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/25/1-4      2.5.1923-7.9.1923       Deed of exchange and correspondence concerning 
                                               the Shireoaks Colliery Company; 2 May-7 Sept. 
                                               1923 (unfit for production)
                                               (4 items, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Percy Marshall of Clowne, 
                                               Derbyshire, butcher.
                                               Second Party: The Shireoaks Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Draft deed of exchange between (1) and (2), 
                                               whereby (1)'s freehold surface interest in two 
                                               plots of land (1a. 1r. 25p. and 6a. 1r. 20p.) in
                                               Damsbrook Lane, Clowne, Derbyshire is exchange 
                                               for (2)'s copyhold interest in the minerals in 
                                               two other parcels of land at Clowne (adjoining 
                                               the road to Bolsover), copyhold of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover (plan attached).
                                               Extensive alterations and annotations by 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 11 May 1923 and by 
                                               Parker Rhodes and Company, 2 June 1923.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Hewitt and Company, 122 London Road, Derby, T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse and Parker Rhodes and Company, 
                                               Rotherham.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/26/1-3      8.1893-21.11.1893       Epitome of a lease to the Sheepbridge Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. Ltd (1 Dec. 1883) of coal at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, and letter; Aug. and 19-21 Nov. 1893
                                               (3 items, paper)
                                               Lease by the Duke of Portland and Allen 
                                               Alexander, Earl Bathurst of Top Hard coal under 
                                               lands differentiated on the plan accompanying 
                                               the original lease (514a. 3r. 28p. in total); 
                                               for a term of 40 years from 1 June 1883; rent of
                                               £ 700 p.a. to the Duke and £ 500 p.a. to Earl 
                                               Bathurst; footage rents of £ 15 and £ 25 as 
                                               specified, and a wayleave of 1d per ton for coal
                                               from certain lands brought to bank at Langwith 
                                               Colliery.
                                               Letters from Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse to E. Horsman Bailey, 5 Berners Street
                                               (19 and 21 Nov. 1893) concerning pillar of coal 
                                               to be left under the village of Langwith; 
                                               possible consultation of Mr Forster Brown.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/27/1-40     13.4.1892-5.2.1900      Bundle of correspondence and legal papers 
                                               concerning Salvin's land and coal at 
                                               Bolsover/Clowne, Derbyshire; 13 Apr. 1892-5 Feb.
                                               1900
                                               (40 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/1/27/1-8: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Alfred Bailey), with his opinion, concerning 
                                               the tenure of Salvin's property; notes on 
                                               searching the Bolsover Court Rolls; extracts 
                                               from relevant deeds (1695, 1758 and 1787) 
                                               describing the parcels of land; related plans.
                                               Pl E12/9/1/27/9-40: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from Messrs Broomhead, Wightman and 
                                               Moore, George Street, Sheffield, Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, William Bryan, 
                                               Mansfield, C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, and 
                                               others; various press copy and draft replies. 
                                               Disputed tenure of Mr Salvin's 1a. 2r. 23p. of 
                                               land called Wet Roods or the Square Field 
                                               (formerly Chopping Stones and Church Field), 
                                               Clowne, possibly copyhold of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover, with consequences for the ownership of
                                               minerals which the Shireoaks Colliery Co., Ltd 
                                               are interested in working.
                                               Brief and decree [both wanting] in the suit Duke
                                               of Portland v Hill provided as briefing material
                                               with Pl E12/9/1/27/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/1/28/1        6.5.1898                Copy of deed reserving minerals under copyhold 
                                               land of the Manor of Bolsover, Derbyshire; 6 May
                                               1898 (unfit for production)
                                               (3 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Charles Antcliff of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, tobacconist.
                                               Second Party: John Pearce of Bolsover, 
                                               gentleman.
                                               Copy deed reserving to (1) the copyholder's 
                                               rights in the minerals underlying a plot of 1895
                                               sq. yds of land at Hill Top in the parish of 
                                               Bolsover, having a frontage of 183 feet on Cliff
                                               Road, and south of Mill Lane.
                                               Recites the surrender of the land of even date.

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Pl E12/9/2             1860-1918               Material concerning mining activity on the 
                                               estates of the Dukes of Portland in and around 
                                               Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire; 1860-1918
                                               (462 items)
                                               The principal lessee was the Hucknall Torkard 
                                               Colliery Company (a vehicle of the Ellis and 
                                               Paget families, who were intimately connected 
                                               with the promotion and direction of the Midland 
                                               Railway) which begat the Hucknall Colliery 
                                               Company Limited and the Sherwood Colliery 
                                               Company Limited, the latter operating also in 
                                               the Mansfield area.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/1-10 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/1/1-3       27.4.1860-27.3.1861     Outline of terms for leasing the Hard and Coomb 
                                               coal at Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, and 
                                               queries concerning wayleaves etc.; 27 Apr. 1860 
                                               and 27 Mar. 1861
                                               (3 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/1/1: Draft outline of terms (27 Apr. 
                                               1860), prepared by Messrs Woodhouse and 
                                               Jeffcock, Derby for a lease from the Duke of 
                                               Portland to William Paget, E.S. Ellis, Alfred 
                                               Ellis and William Walker [the Hucknall Torkard 
                                               Colliery Company].
                                               Term 25 years; power for lessees to renew for a 
                                               further 15 years on same terms; minimum rent of 
                                               £ 1500 p.a., two years allowed for the opening of
                                               the works when only acreage rental payable; rent
                                               of £ 30 per foot thickness per acre, short 
                                               workings may be made up subsequently; royalty on
                                               bricks sold 1s 6d per thousand; power for 
                                               lessees to determine lease if coal found to be 
                                               of unmarketable quality or unworkable as a 
                                               consequence of faults; to sink two shafts within
                                               two years of 1 July 1860; surface rents and 
                                               damages; restore land, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/1/2-3: Copy queries and answers (27 
                                               Apr. 1861) of John Thos Woodhouse for Messrs 
                                               Woodhouse and Jeffcock, concerning Hucknall coal
                                               leases and wayleaves; and draft, with additional
                                               information.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/2/1-11      2.1863-8.1863           Bundle of leases and other papers concerning 
                                               Byron's Charity lands at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; Feb.-Aug. 1863
                                               (11 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/1: Draft lease (1863) by the 
                                               Trustees of Byron's Charity (the Reverend Luke 
                                               Jackson of Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               Clerk; Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall Hall, 
                                               Notts., Esq.; the Reverend Curtis Jackson of 
                                               Hucknall Torkard, Clerk; William Gee of 
                                               Mansfield, Notts., farmer; John Godber of 
                                               Eastwood, Notts., gentleman; and Henry Smith of 
                                               Hucknall Torkard, framesmith) to the Duke of 
                                               Portland, of 15a. 0r. 39p. of land at Hucknall 
                                               Torkard west of the Nottingham and Mansfield 
                                               branch of Midland Railway, and 6a. 0r. 32p. of 
                                               land east of the railway, for a term of 42 
                                               years, at a rent of £ 74 13s 7d p.a. (at £ 5 per 
                                               acre for the western wayleave land, £ 2 10/- per 
                                               acre for the western agricultural land, and £ 1 
                                               10/- per acre for the eastern), to provide rail 
                                               access to Hucknall Torkard Colliery, and for 
                                               related purposes, part (as specified) being 
                                               reserved for agricultural purposes; plan 
                                               attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/2: Copy draft lease (1 June 1863) 
                                               by the Trustees of Byron's Charity [as above 
                                               except Rolleston] to the Duke of Portland of 
                                               11a. 0r. 16p. of land at Hucknall Torkard west 
                                               of the Nottingham and Mansfield branch of the 
                                               Midland Railway and east of the Bulwell to 
                                               Hucknall road [part of the 15a. 0r. 39p. 
                                               described in #1 above], for a term of 40 years 
                                               from 25 Mar. 1863, at a rent of £ 55 10/- p.a. 
                                               (£ 5 per acre), to provide rail access to 
                                               Hucknall Torkard Colliery, for depositing coals,
                                               and for other purposes connected with the 
                                               colliery; plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/3: Copy draft lease (25 Aug. 1863) 
                                               by the Trustees of Byron's Charity [as previous]
                                               to the Duke of Portland of 4a. 0r. 36p. at 
                                               Hucknall Torkard west of the Nottingham and 
                                               Mansfield branch of the Midland Railway [the 
                                               balance of the 15a. 0r. 39p described in #1 
                                               above] and 6a. 0r. 35p. to the east of the 
                                               railway [as #1 above], for a term of 40 years, 
                                               at a rent of £ 19 17s 10d p.a. (at £ 2 10/- per 
                                               acre and £ 1 10/- per acre respectively for the 
                                               two areas of land); husbandry covenants.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/4: Copy letter (27 Feb. 1863) from 
                                               E.S. Bailey, Hanover Square to the Duke of 
                                               Portland concerning purchase of land and coal at
                                               Hucknall Torkard.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/5-6: Particulars of deeds entered 
                                               into by the Hucknall Colliery Company to obtain 
                                               wayleaves for rail access to their colliery; 
                                               with covering letter (19 Aug. 1863) from Messrs 
                                               Woodhouse and Jeffcock, Derby to Messrs Bailey, 
                                               Shaw, Smith and Bailey, Berners Street.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/7-10: Questions and answers 
                                               concerning the lease of Byron's Charity Lands to
                                               the Duke of Portland; details of the Hucknall 
                                               Torkard inclosure award (1771); particulars of 
                                               lands to be leased by the trustees of Byron's 
                                               Charity to the Duke; bill of costs.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/2/11: Plan of two areas of land (22a.
                                               0r. 19p. and 67a.) at Hucknall Torkard.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/3/1-2       26.1.1864-18.11.1867
                       1875-1884               Copy deeds of arrangement between the Duke of 
                                               Portland and Hucknall Torkard Colliery Co., 
                                               Nottinghamshire (26 Jan. 1864 and 18 Nov. 1867);
                                               n.d. [1875-1884]
                                               (2 items, paper & linen)
                                               26 Jan. 1864:
                                               First Party: William John Cavendish Bentinck 
                                               Scott, Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: William Paget of Sutton 
                                               Bonnington, Nottinghamshire, Esq.; Edward 
                                               Shipley Ellis of Leicester, Leicestershire, 
                                               gentleman; Alfred Ellis of Leicester, 
                                               Leicestershire, gentleman; William Walker of 
                                               Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, gentleman. (The 
                                               Hucknall Torkard Colliery Company)
                                               Third Party: Charles Heaton Ellis of Harley 
                                               Street, Cavendish Square, Middlesex, Esq.
                                               Copy draft deed of arrangement (deed of mutual 
                                               covenants). (2) may exercise their options to 
                                               purchase premises and minerals; they shall not 
                                               dispose of them without the consent of (1), 
                                               except between themselves; during or at the 
                                               expiry of the lease of 1861, (1) etc. shall have
                                               the right to acquire the premises at a valuation
                                               undertaken as specified; (2) have full liberty 
                                               to work the coals from these premises as though 
                                               they were part of the 1861 lease, except that no
                                               rents or royalties are payable; if they are not 
                                               acquired by (1), (2) to have power to work the 
                                               minerals under the premises by outstroke or 
                                               instroke into (1)'s mines on terms to be set by 
                                               agreement or arbitration.
                                               Recites the original lease of 23 Feb. 1861 
                                               [wanting], the purchase by the Colliery Company 
                                               of coal rights and wayleaves from John Godber 
                                               and others in 1863, and options for further 
                                               purchases.
                                               Schedule of property acquired and intended to be
                                               acquired by (2).
                                               Attached plan shows coal and wayleaves referred 
                                               to, identifying owners and acreages.
                                               18 Nov. 1867:
                                               First Party: As above.
                                               Second Party: Herbert Byng Paget of Nottingham, 
                                               gentleman in the place of William Paget; 
                                               otherwise as above.
                                               Third Party: Edward Henry Brabazon Heaton Ellis 
                                               of Wyddial Hall, Hertfordshire, Esq.
                                               Copy draft deed of arrangement containing the 
                                               same provisos as above in respect of 234a. 3r. 
                                               19p. of extra land at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               specified with owners, occupiers, descriptions 
                                               and acreages on the annexed schedule; plan 
                                               attached.
                                               These copies are by Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 
                                               which dates them to post-1875.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/4/1-38      17.2.1871-24.1.1874
                       3.6.1881-12.7.1881      Bundle of leases and correspondence concerning 
                                               land and coal at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 17 Feb. 1871-24 Jan. 1874 and 3
                                               June-12 July 1881 (fragile)
                                               (38 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/4/1: Draft lease (30 Aug. 1872 scored
                                               through) by William John Cavendish Bentinck 
                                               Scott, Duke of Portland, to Herbert Byng Paget 
                                               of Nottingham, gentleman, Edward Shipley Ellis 
                                               of Leicester, Leicestershire, gentleman, Alfred 
                                               Ellis of Leicester, gentleman and William Walker
                                               of Bulwell, Nottingham, gentleman (the Hucknall 
                                               Torkard Colliery Company) of of 2a. 2r. 15p. 
                                               land on the west side of Watnall Road, Hucknall 
                                               Torkard, Nottinghamshire and 7a. 3r. 33p. 
                                               elsewhere in Hucknall Torkard; for a term of 66 
                                               years from 25 Mar. 1871, at a rent of £ 105 10/- 
                                               p.a. (all scored through); covenant to erect 
                                               dwellings within ten years to plans approved by 
                                               the Duke's agents; other building covenants; 
                                               plan attached shows layout for 32 cottages on 
                                               first property.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/4/2: Draft appointment and lease 
                                               (1873) by the Duke of Portland to the Hucknall 
                                               Torkard Colliery Company of 2r. of land on the 
                                               south-west side of Beardall Street, Hucknall 
                                               Torkard, for a term of 64 years from 25 Mar. 
                                               1873, at a rent of £ 5 p.a.; covenant to erect a 
                                               dwellinghouse on the site within two years, to 
                                               plans approved by the Duke's agents; other 
                                               building covenants; plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/4/3-5: Related memoranda concerning 
                                               Hucknall Torkard collieries and the Glebe coal
                                               Pl E12/9/2/4/6-35: Correspondence (1872-74) 
                                               received by Edward Bailey/Messrs Bailey, Shaw, 
                                               Smith and Bailey from William Cripwell, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, John Edward Dalton/Messrs 
                                               Dalton and Salusbury, Leicester, and John Edward
                                               Ellis, Hucknall Torkard Collieries concerning 
                                               terms of the building lease and its preparation;
                                               negotiations for Hucknall Glebe coal, the Duke 
                                               of Portland as patron of the benefice, purchase 
                                               by the Colliery Co. of many other pieces of coal
                                               intersecting that leased to them by the Duke, 
                                               and at a lesser price; other 
                                               Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire estate business; 
                                               Cripwell on the North Nottinghamshire election, 
                                               'I think the Conservatives will win readily. The
                                               difficulties with workmen are causing many 
                                               Liberal employers of labour to turn 
                                               Conservative.' (Pl E12/9/2/4/21) [future 7th 
                                               Viscount Galway elected].
                                               Pl E12/9/2/4/36-37: Letters (1881) from 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse to E. 
                                               Bailey, 5 Berners Street, with press copy reply,
                                               Colliery Company unlikely now to build as many 
                                               cottages as anticipated, want to be relieved 
                                               from covenant to erect 100 (52 built).
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/5/1-122     26.5.1883-3.4.1885
                       1893                    Bundle of deeds, correspondence etc. concerning 
                                               land and coal at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 26 May 1883-3 Apr. 1885 and 
                                               1893 (fragile; correspondence unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (122 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/1: Draft surrender (dated 188[4]) 
                                               by John Edward Ellis of Wrea Head, Scalby, 
                                               Yorkshire, George Henry Ellis of Leicester, 
                                               Esq., Emma Ellis of Leicester, widow and Herbert
                                               Byng Paget of Darley House, Matlock, Derbyshire,
                                               Esq. to William John Arthur Charles James, Duke 
                                               of Portland of a lease dated 31 Dec. 1873 of a 
                                               parcel of land in Hucknall Torkard. To be 
                                               endorsed on the original lease [see Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/4/2]
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/2: Draft surrender (dated 1884) by 
                                               John Edward Ellis et al. to the Duke of Portland
                                               of a lease dated 30 Aug. 1872 of two closes of 
                                               land at Hucknall Torkard. To be endorsed on the 
                                               original lease [see Pl E12/9/2/4/1].
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/3: Draft surrender (dated 1884) by 
                                               John Edward Ellis et al. to the Duke of Portland
                                               of the lease dated 23 Feb. 1861 of minerals at 
                                               Hucknall Torkard. To be endorsed on the original
                                               lease. Approved and settled by Alfred Bailey, 4 
                                               June 1884; and by Wells and Hind, 11 July 1884.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/4: Draft deed (dated 1884) between 
                                               the Duke of Portland and Herbert Byng Paget and 
                                               John Edward Ellis, substituting the term of the 
                                               new lease Pl E12/9/2/5/5 for that of the 1861 
                                               lease in a deed of arrangement of 26 Jan. 1864.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/5: Draft lease. Listed separately.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/6: Abstract of title of Herbert 
                                               Byng Paget and John E. Ellis, Esq. to minerals 
                                               at Hucknall Torkard (being an abstract of the 
                                               original lease of 23 Feb. 1861 by the 5th Duke 
                                               of Portland to William Paget, Edward Shipley 
                                               Ellis et al., with plan attached; and of the 
                                               descent of the shares of the four partners)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/7-12: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Alfred Bailey) to advise, to settle and revise 
                                               draft deeds, etc., with memoranda.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/13: Abstract of the will of Edward 
                                               Shipley Ellis as to the bequest of his share in 
                                               the Hucknall Torkard Colliery Company to his 
                                               eldest son, John Edward Ellis.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/14: Schedule of lands in the 
                                               parishes of Hucknall Torkard and Papplewick 
                                               whose coals belong to the Duke of Portland.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/15-26: Suggested terms for new 
                                               lease by John R. Hewitt; remarks of Messrs Wells
                                               and Hind upon them; Hewitt's further 
                                               observations on alterations of Wells and Hind; 
                                               memoranda and minutes of meetings with Mr Hewitt
                                               and/or Mr Hind; Pl E12/9/2/5/17 is Hewitt's 
                                               detailed report of 30 June 1883 to Messrs 
                                               Baileys regarding proposed surrender of current 
                                               lease of Hucknall Torkard Colliery (40 years 
                                               from 1 Jan. 1861 of Top Hard and Coombe coal) 
                                               and grant of a new lease (60 years from 1 July 
                                               1883), generous terms in original lease because 
                                               at time Lean Valley coal had not been exploited 
                                               and its prospects were uncertain, area, 
                                               thickness and prospects of other seams which 
                                               lessees wish to include, explains aspects of 
                                               current lease and deeds of arrangement, terms 
                                               which should be offered, favourable contrast of 
                                               workings of Hucknall Colliery with the Butterley
                                               Company's Portland Colliery.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/27-28: Plan (tracing) of land at 
                                               Hucknall Torkard in lease to the Hucknall 
                                               Torkard Colliery Company, shows Beardall Street 
                                               and area north to the colliery and the Midland 
                                               Railway at 2 chains to 1 inch; plan (tracing) of
                                               Hucknall Torkard [relating to the lease of 1884 
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/5].
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/29-120: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street, from: Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse; John R. Hewitt, Mining Offices, 
                                               London Road, Derby etc.; Messrs Wells and Hind, 
                                               Fletcher Gate, Nottingham; Alfred Bailey, 24 Old
                                               Square, Lincoln's Inn; J.E. Ellis, Wrea Head, 
                                               Scalby, near Scarborough; and occasional others;
                                               with various press copy and draft replies. 
                                               Negotiations for new lease; minutiae of 
                                               preparing it and surrenders; adjusting various 
                                               subsidiary leases to run alongside the colliery 
                                               lease and expire with it.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/82 is a plan enclosed with Wells 
                                               and Hind's letter Pl E12/9/2/5/81.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/121: Plan of land belonging to 
                                               Broomhill Charity Trustees at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               with attached schedule of acreages.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/5/122: Draft epitome (dated 1893) of 
                                               the lease Pl E12/9/2/5/5 of 1884.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/5/5         1884                    Draft lease of coal by the Duke of Portland to 
                                               the Hucknall Torkard Colliery Co., 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1884
                                               (41 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: Herbert Byng Paget of -, Esq.; and
                                               John Edward Ellis of -, Esq.
                                               Draft lease by (1) to (2) of the Top Hard Coal, 
                                               Coombe Coal, Main Soft seam, Deep Hard seam, and
                                               all other coals which (2) shall prove within 10 
                                               years of 1 July 1883, under 2279a. 2r. 22p. of 
                                               land in the parishes of Hucknall Torkard and 
                                               Papplewick, for a term of 60 years from 1 July 
                                               1883; usual powers for occupying surface lands, 
                                               working, reserved rights of landlord and his 
                                               agents, etc.; power to work (through the demised
                                               colliery) coals under other lands in Hucknall 
                                               Torkard (except coals of which Percy Cooper, 
                                               Esq. is or shall be owner or licensee) of which 
                                               (2) shall be owners or licensees, without extra 
                                               payment; reserving to (1) all seams of coal that
                                               (2) shall not have proved within 10 years of 1 
                                               July 1883, and other minerals;
                                               (2) may give (1) notice that they do not wish to
                                               work the lower seams if they consider that they 
                                               cannot do so at a profit; provision for (2) to 
                                               give notice due to 
                                               unworkability/failure/exhaustion of coal; 
                                               covenants for proper sinking and working of the 
                                               colliery; (2) will within 10 years from 1 July 
                                               1883 prove the Main Soft and Deep Hard seams and
                                               within [] years will sink a new shaft to them, 
                                               unless they are deemed unworkable in terms of 
                                               the previous provisions; water to be raised and 
                                               discharged; barriers of 60 yards to be 
                                               maintained all round demised area; option for 
                                               landlord to purchase plant etc. at expiry/ 
                                               determination of lease; arrangements for lease 
                                               of other minerals under lands subject to this 
                                               lease, (2) having first refusal;
                                               (2) to give (1) first refusal of any coal put up
                                               for sale or lease in areas adjacent to those 
                                               subject to this lease; and (1) to give (2) first
                                               refusal to work any coals that come into his 
                                               possession in areas adjacent to this lease 
                                               (particulars and terms specified).
                                               Annual rents: £ 30 per acre per foot thickness of
                                               Top Hard coal; same for Coombe coal; with a 
                                               combined minimum rent of £ 2000 p.a. which may be
                                               recouped out of subsequent over workings. £ 20 
                                               per acre per foot thickness for Main Soft coal, 
                                               with a minimum rental after two years from the 
                                               proving of this seam or after 12 years from 1 
                                               July 1883, whichever is the sooner, of £ 750 
                                               p.a., which may be recouped out of subsequent 
                                               over workings. For the Deep Hard coal, the like 
                                               acreage and minimum rental, with the same 
                                               conditions as to commencing payment. Acreage and
                                               minimum rental for other coals proved by (2) to 
                                               be agreed between lessor and lessee, otherwise 
                                               to be settled by arbitration. Rent of £ 3 p.a. 
                                               per acre for surface land. Royalty of 1s 6d per 
                                               1000 bricks and tiles sold.
                                               Schedule of lands wanting [see Pl E12/9/2/5/27 
                                               for map].
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/2/5.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/6/1-20      8.12.1891-21.10.1892
                       2.5.1913                Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               land at Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire; 8 
                                               Dec. 1891-21 Oct. 1892 and 2 May 1913
                                               (20 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/6/1: Short abstract of title (1892) 
                                               of H.B. Paget and J.E. Ellis, MP to a lease of 
                                               two closes of land at Hucknall Torkard granted 
                                               30 Aug. 1872 [Pl E12/9/2/4/1]. Shows descent of 
                                               the shares of the partners in the Hucknall 
                                               Torkard Colliery Company.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/6/2: Instructions to counsel (Alfred 
                                               Bailey) to settle draft surrender.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/6/3: Draft surrender (6 Aug. 1892) by
                                               Herbert Byng Paget of Darley House, near Matlock
                                               Bridge, Derbyshire, Esq. and John Edward Ellis 
                                               of Wrea Head, Scalby, Yorkshire, Esq., MP, to 
                                               Edward Horsman Bailey of 5 Berners Street, 
                                               London, Esq. (at the request of the Duke of 
                                               Portland) of their leasehold interest in 3a. 1r.
                                               0p of land at Hucknall Torkard (a wedge of land 
                                               between Beardall Street and Nottingham Road), 
                                               part of a close of land of 7a. 3r 33p. demised 
                                               to them and their predecessors in title on 30 
                                               Aug. 1872, that it may merge in the freehold; 
                                               rental under that lease reduced proportionately 
                                               to £ 73 p.a. (from £ 105 10/-); detailed recitals;
                                               plan attached. Draft approved by Messrs Wells 
                                               and Hind, 14 July 1892.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/6/4: Bill of costs of Messrs Wells 
                                               and Hind for surrender.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/6/5-19: Correspondence (1872-74) 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse and Messrs Wells and Hind, 
                                               Fletcher Gate, Nottingham concerning land at 
                                               Hucknall Torkard, possible use for housing and 
                                               financial advantage to the Duke, land required 
                                               by the trustees of the Congregational Chapel 
                                               there ('these Dissenters'), willingness of the 
                                               Colliery Co. to surrender their lease of that 
                                               portion, negotiations leading to surrender of 
                                               more land by them
                                               Pl E12/9/2/6/20: Letter (2 May 1913) from T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse to Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5
                                               Berners Street regarding permission sought by 
                                               Sherwood Colliery Co. to sublet the former 
                                               manager's house at Hucknall Torkard to Henry 
                                               Rhodes ('to whom I take no exception').
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/7           1898-1918               Bundle of deeds, correspondence etc. concerning 
                                               coal at Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire; 
                                               1898-1918
                                               (197 items)
                                               See Pl E12/9/2/7/1-197 below for detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/7/1-14      22.7.1898-30.8.1912     Deeds and legal papers concerning coal at 
                                               Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire; 22 July 
                                               1898-30 Aug. 1912 (Pl E12/9/2/7/4-6 unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (14 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/1: Epitome of the lease of 9 Aug. 
                                               1884 from the Duke of Portland to Herbert Byng 
                                               Paget and John Edward Ellis, Esqs. of coal under
                                               2279a. 2r. 22p. of land at Hucknall Torkard and 
                                               Papplewick, Notts; Top Hard, Coombe, Main Soft 
                                               and Deep Hard seams, for a term of 60 years from
                                               1 July 1884; 10 years from 1 July 1884 to prove 
                                               further lower seams; entry to specified surface 
                                               lands; liberty to dig pits, erect surface works,
                                               dwellings for employees, etc.; reserves unproved
                                               minerals and Main Soft and Deep Hard coals that 
                                               lessees do not want to work; standard covenants 
                                               etc. and rents as in draft [Pl E12/9/2/5/5], 
                                               except starting dates are 1 July 1884 not 1 July
                                               1883.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/2: Draft agreement (14 Feb. 1899, 
                                               1900 overwritten) between the Duke of Portland 
                                               and Messrs Paget and Ellis (The Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd overwritten); recites lease of 
                                               1884, discovery of the Waterloo Seam coal about 
                                               3ft 8in thick at 25yds below the Top Hard when 
                                               sinking the shaft at Hucknall No. 2 pit and 
                                               elsewhere, across a fault; the period for 
                                               proving seams under the lease, 10 years from 
                                               1884, is extended by their agreement in respect 
                                               of the Waterloo seam to 31 Dec. 1901; lessees to
                                               open workings of that seam using the 'long wall 
                                               system' on the west of the fault as a trial; 
                                               will leave a pillar of solid coal 120yds in 
                                               radius around the shafts of Hucknall No. 1 
                                               Colliery, but may drive a pair of headings in 
                                               the pillar not more than 6ft high and 9ft wide 
                                               not nearer than 30yds to one another, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/3: Memorandum of terms between the 
                                               Duke of Portland and Messrs Paget and Ellis (11 
                                               Mar. 1908) for working Main Bright coal; to run 
                                               until 31 Dec. 1910, unless 6 months before 
                                               expiry the lessees give notice of intention to 
                                               take up a lease as specified which shall be 
                                               coterminous with the lease of 9 Aug. 1884; 
                                               royalty of £ 60 per acre, with an allowance of 
                                               £ 10 per acre whilst the works are experimental; 
                                               minimum rent of £ 150 p.a. from 1 July 1907; 
                                               workings as far as possible to be on terms of 
                                               the 1884 lease; details of clauses to be 
                                               excluded from the prospective lease which are, 
                                               however, included in the lease to the Sherwood 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/4: Observations on draft lease of 
                                               Main Bright seam by reference to Mr Hewitt and 
                                               Mr Turner's notes of Nov. 1910.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/5-6: Licence (1898) from the Duke 
                                               of Portland to Messrs Paget and Ellis to assign 
                                               the lease of 9 Aug. 1884 etc. to the Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd, reused as draft in 1911; and 
                                               draft licence (7 Apr. 1911) from the Duke to 
                                               Paget [the surviving lessee] to assign to the 
                                               Sherwood Colliery Company Limited the leases of 
                                               30 Aug. 1872, 31 Dec. 1873, 9 Aug. 1884 and 20 
                                               June 1885 as specified.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/7: Draft lease by the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd (24 
                                               Nov. 1911) of the Top Hard coal and Coombe coal 
                                               under 11a. 2r. 10p. of land delineated on the 
                                               attached plan, for the residue of a term of 60 
                                               years from 9 Aug. 1884, at a rent of £ 30 per 
                                               foot thickness per acre. To be endorsed on the 
                                               lease of 9 Aug. 1884 [Pl E12/9/2/5/5].
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/8: Lease of Main Bright coal. 
                                               Listed separately.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/9: Instructions to counsel (Mr 
                                               Robertson Macdonald) to settle lease of Hucknall
                                               Torkard Lower Mines (23 Jan. 1912).
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/10: Memorandum of terms between the
                                               Duke and the Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd (30 Aug. 
                                               1912) for proving and working the Deep Hard and 
                                               Deep Soft seams under lands at Hucknall Torkard;
                                               to run until 31 Dec. 1915 unless 3 months before
                                               expiry Co. give notice of intention to take up 
                                               lease; Co. make drift from the Top Hard to 
                                               intersect these seams, which they may abandon; 
                                               Co. can take lease of either seam or both, if 
                                               neither, then Duke will pay one-third of their 
                                               proving expenses up to £ 2000; area 1277.661a., 
                                               coterminous with Main Bright coal lease (17 Nov.
                                               1911); term of 40 years from 1 Jan. 1912; 
                                               royalty of £ 20 per foot thick per acre for Deep 
                                               Soft and £ 22 10/- for Deep Hard; minimum rents 
                                               of Nil in first three years, £ 250 in fourth and 
                                               fifth, £ 500 in sixth and seventh, £ 750 in eighth
                                               and ninth, and £ 1000 p.a. thereafter; for tenth 
                                               and subsequent years minimum is to be £ 1500 if 
                                               both seams worked;
                                               Full powers for working and winning through 
                                               Hucknall No. 1 and Hucknall No. 2 Collieries; 
                                               may deepen either; break clauses as in Main 
                                               Bright lease; sinking fund insurance policies in
                                               that lease to be charged also with performance 
                                               of covenants in this.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/11: Draft memorandum of terms 
                                               between the Duke and the Sherwood Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd (30 Aug. 1912) for proving and working the 
                                               Waterloo seam under lands at Hucknall Torkard; 
                                               to run until 31 Dec. 1915 unless 3 months before
                                               expiry Co. give notice of intention to take up 
                                               lease; Co. make drift from the Top Hard to 
                                               intersect the Waterloo, which they may abandon; 
                                               area 11a. 2r. 22p., plus approximately 700a. yet
                                               to be set out; term of 40 years from 1 Jan. 
                                               1912; royalty unspecified; minimum rent to be 
                                               mutually agreed; full powers for working and 
                                               winning through Hucknall No. 1 and Hucknall No. 
                                               2 Collieries; may deepen either; break clauses 
                                               as in Main Bright lease; sinking fund insurance 
                                               policies in that lease to be charged also with 
                                               performance of covenants in this.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/12: Draft appointment and lease by 
                                               the Duke to the Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd of the
                                               Deep Soft and Deep Hard coal seams under lands 
                                               at Hucknall Torkard as in the recited 
                                               'principal' lease of 17 Nov. 1911 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/7/8), for a term of 39 years from 1 Jan.
                                               1912; minimum rents of Nil in first three years,
                                               £ 250 in fourth and fifth, £ 500 in sixth and 
                                               seventh, £ 750 in eighth and ninth, and £ 1000 
                                               p.a. thereafter; for tenth and subsequent years 
                                               minimum is to be £ 1500 if both seams are found 
                                               to be workable at a profit (defined in clause 94
                                               and after a trial of at least 5 years); royalty 
                                               of £ 20 per foot thick per acre for Deep Soft and
                                               £ 22 10/- for Deep Hard; surface rents; lessees 
                                               may get coal sufficient to pay minimum rent 
                                               without paying acreage rent; under workings may 
                                               be recouped from subsequent over working; other 
                                               clauses as principal lease.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/13: Plan of surface lands occupied 
                                               by the Sherwood Colliery Co. under the lease to 
                                               Paget and Ellis of the Main Bright coal, showing
                                               positions and surface layout of Hucknall No. 1 
                                               and Hucknall No. 2 pits and the course of the 
                                               mineral branch line leading to the former; with 
                                               attached schedule of the lands.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/14: Account of professional charges
                                               from Hewitt and Company to the Duke of Portland,
                                               15 Nov. 1911.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/7/8         1911                    Copy lease of coal at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               Nottinghamshire [17 Nov. 1911] by the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the Sherwood Colliery Company 
                                               Limited; 1911
                                               (1 item, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: The Sherwood Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Lease by (1) to (2) of the 'Hucknall Main Bright
                                               Seam' of coal, formerly called 'The Furnace of 
                                               Main Seam' or the 'High Hazel Seam', under lands
                                               at Hucknall Torkard specified in the annexed 
                                               Schedule 1, for a term of 40 years from 1 Jan. 
                                               1911; with all requisite powers for entering 
                                               surface land, constructing works, etc.; power to
                                               dig for clay on plot No. 395 on the annexed 
                                               plan; power to work use colliery for getting 
                                               coal in the Main Brightt seam from under other 
                                               lands in the parish of Hucknall Torkard (as in 
                                               Schedule 3).
                                               working covenants; damage, compensation; leave 
                                               barriers of 44 yds; not to make spoil banks of 
                                               greater height than 30ft; ascertain extent of 
                                               faults; pay for coal lost through improper 
                                               working; leave unworked coal required to support
                                               buildings and works; pay for coal purchased from
                                               them to be left unworked as if gotten; rent to 
                                               cease when all coal paid for; power to surrender
                                               lease when all coal gotten.
                                               Recites indenture intended to bear even date for
                                               securing sinking fund insurance policies for 
                                               £ 5000 to (1) as additional security.
                                               Annual rents (payable half-yearly): £ 800 minimum
                                               rent; £ 50 per acre irrespective of thickness; 
                                               surface rent of £ 3 per acre. (2) may get such a 
                                               quantity of coal each half-year as would yield 
                                               the minimum rent; short workings may be made up 
                                               by subsequent over workings.
                                               Schedules of lands: (1) 1019.737a. freehold - 
                                               pink on plan and 21.139a., area of surface lands
                                               occupied by colliery - purple; (2) 41.822a. 
                                               freehold, mines only - blue; (3) 216.102a. other
                                               freehold lands - yellow.
                                               Plan attached showing Hucknall Torkard and 
                                               Hucknall No. 1 Colliery.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/2/7.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/7/15-197    22.7.1898-9.12.1918     Correspondence etc. concerning coal at Hucknall 
                                               Torkard, Nottinghamshire; 22 July 1898-9 Dec. 
                                               1918 (Pl E12/9/2/7/15, 28-33, 70, 106, 108-9, 
                                               124 unfit for production)
                                               (183 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by E. Horsman 
                                               Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street, from: Messrs Wells and Hind, 
                                               Fletcher Gate, Nottingham; C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt 
                                               and Company, London Road, Derby; Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse; T. Warner Turner, 
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               with occasional press copy replies; original and
                                               copy letters received by Hewitt or Turner from 
                                               the Hucknall Colliery Company Ltd (per T. 
                                               Archibald Taylor), the Sherwood Colliery Company
                                               Ltd (per Francis N. Ellis), John E. Ellis, 37 
                                               Princes Gate, SW, et al., with copy replies.
                                               Proposal of Ellis and Paget to form a private 
                                               limited company to take over their colliery 
                                               interests (1898); trials and prospects for 
                                               working the Waterloo and Furnace seams at 
                                               Hucknall (1899); subsidence and damage to Forge 
                                               Mill; negotiating terms for working the Waterloo
                                               seam (1901-02); difficulties with this seam, 
                                               renewed experiment with the Furnace alias Main 
                                               seam (Pl E12/9/2/7/38-40, Feb.-Mar. 1903); Top 
                                               Hard at Hucknall will soon be exhausted, in 
                                               interest of all to find another workable seam 
                                               (Pl E12/9/2/7/46, 29 June 1904); negotiating 
                                               agreement for working the Main seam (1907-08);
                                               decision of the Hucknall Colliery Co. to take a 
                                               proper lease of the Main Bright coal after trial
                                               run (1910); Hewitt's view that the Hucknall 
                                               Torkard 'lower mines' [seams] should be dealt 
                                               with at the same time; Pl E12/9/2/7/74 is a 
                                               memorandum of an interview (19 May 1910) between
                                               Turner, Hewitt and the Hucknall Colliery Co; Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/7/80 is a memorandum revised at that 
                                               meeting; concerns about the extent of surface 
                                               rights; Top Hard coal likely to be worked out in
                                               2-3 years and debate as to whether to include 
                                               references to the surrender of the 1884 lease 
                                               and No. 1 Pit in new agreements; further notes 
                                               of Hewitt and of Turner on draft lease of Main 
                                               Bright coal (Pl E12/9/2/7/99, 101); amalgamation
                                               of the Sherwood and Hucknall colliery companies 
                                               from 1 Jan. 1911; further haggling over details 
                                               and wording; preparation of deeds;
                                               Turner annoyed at Hewitt's change of view; 
                                               latter now willing to advise Duke contribute up 
                                               to £ 2000 to cost of drift heading to prove lower
                                               mines if results are unsatisfactory, previously 
                                               favoured boring from No. 1 pit bottom; colliery 
                                               company's scheme for drift should be encouraged 
                                               now, before economics of the colliery 
                                               deteriorate with exhaustion of Top Hard seam, 
                                               expenditure on finding workable seams when No. 2
                                               pit sunk, owners need encouraging, prospects of 
                                               finding a new lessee to prove mines not 
                                               promising, overheads of colliery need the two 
                                               pits to carry them, important to keep it going 
                                               for Duke, colliery company and whole 
                                               neighbourhood, contribution an attempt to 
                                               encourage lessees to risk their money to 
                                               continue the mining industry at Hucknall (Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/7/117); company want Duke to contribute 
                                               half cost (about £ 3000); refuses;
                                               negotiating terms for lease of lower coals - 
                                               royalties, minimum rents, security via sinking 
                                               fund policies; colliery company taking on 
                                               responsibility of proving the lower mines 'more 
                                               or less against their inclination' (Turner, Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/7/159 of 9 Jan. 1912), should go easy on
                                               them over various terms; Pl E12/9/2/7/167 is 
                                               Hewitt's notes on draft lease of lower mines; 
                                               use and occupation of surface lands that are 
                                               included in 1884 lease but not in the Main 
                                               Bright lease; drifts commence (Aug. 1912), 
                                               desirability of permitting company to deepen 
                                               shafts to facilitate working lower mines; drifts
                                               have struck Waterloo coal, agreed that further 
                                               experiments/workings of it be permitted.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/193-195, 24-30 Nov. 1915: 
                                               Explorations of lower seams completed, Sherwood 
                                               Colliery Co. wish to take up lease of Deep Soft 
                                               but not Deep Hard, for expanded area of Main 
                                               Bright, revision of rent, usual complications of
                                               how this will mesh with the provisions of the 
                                               Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/196: Copy correspondence between 
                                               F.N. Ellis and Hewitt and Co. detailing terms 
                                               for granting leases to the Sherwood Colliery Co.
                                               of the unlet Main Bright and High Main coals at 
                                               Hucknall, and the Dunsil coal at Sherwood.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/7/197 is undated. No letters between 
                                               July 1904 and Oct. 1907, between Apr. 1908 and 
                                               Apr. 1910, and between Mar. 1913 and Nov. 1915.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/8/1-42      12.1.1909-16.8.1910     Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               exchange of minerals at Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 12 Jan. 1909-16 Aug. 1910 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/8/1 unfit for production)
                                               (42 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/8/1: Draft conveyance by the Duke of 
                                               Portland and his trustees to John Patricius 
                                               Chaworth Musters of Annesley Park, Nottingham, 
                                               Esq. and Patricius George Chaworth Musters of 
                                               the same place, Esq., of minerals under 14a. 1r.
                                               33p. of land in the parish of Hucknall Torkard, 
                                               by way of exchange for the minerals under a like
                                               quantity of land there conveyed by Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/8/3. Plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/8/2: Draft disentailing assurance by 
                                               John Patricius Chaworth Musters of Annesley 
                                               Park, Nottingham, Esq. and Patricius George 
                                               Chaworth Musters of the same place, Esq. (his 
                                               eldest son and heir) to William Thomas 
                                               Cartwright of Nottingham, solicitor, of all 
                                               premises subject to the within recited 
                                               settlement of 22 Sept. 1881 and the proceeds of 
                                               the sale of a part thereof, to such uses and 
                                               upon such trusts as they shall jointly appoint, 
                                               failing which upon the uses of the 1881 
                                               settlement.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/8/3: Draft conveyance by John 
                                               Patricius Chaworth Musters and Patricius George 
                                               Chaworth Musters to the Duke of Portland and his
                                               trustees, of coal under 14a. 1r. 33p. of land in
                                               the parish of Hucknall Torkard, in exchange for 
                                               coal under a like area of land conveyed by Pl 
                                               E12/9/2/8/1 above, indemnified against 
                                               rentcharges and portions under the 1881 
                                               settlement (recited). Draft altered and approved
                                               by Messrs Freeth, Rawson and Cartwright, 28 May 
                                               1910.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/8/4: Draft description of the 
                                               minerals involved.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/8/5-42: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from T. Warner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby, Messrs Freeth, Rawson and Cartwright, 13 
                                               Low Pavement, Nottingham, and Messrs Wells and 
                                               Hind, Fletcher Gate, Nottingham; various press 
                                               copy replies; copy correspondence between Hewitt
                                               and the Hucknall Colliery Company Ltd. 
                                               Uncompleted exchange of minerals from 1883/4 
                                               involving the Duke of Portland, Butterley 
                                               Company (as lessees of Portland Colliery), 
                                               Chaworth-Musters family and former lessees of 
                                               Annesley Colliery; coal was paid for as though 
                                               exchange had taken place; area now concerning 
                                               lessees of Hucknall Torkard Colliery; deeds 
                                               required, their preparation and who pays what; 
                                               details of Chaworth-Musters family settlements; 
                                               etc.
                                               For 1883 'exchange' see next entry.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/9/1-25      25.4.1882-10.4.1884
                       25.10.1893-27.10.1893   Bundle of correspondence etc, concerning 
                                               proposed exchange of land and minerals at 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Annesley, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 25 Apr. 1882-10 Apr. 1884 and 
                                               25-27 Oct. 1893
                                               (25 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/2/9/1-5: Memoranda of meetings and 
                                               interviews with Mr Turner and Mr Hewitt.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/9/6-22: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from John R. Hewitt/Messrs Hewitt and 
                                               Bobart, Mining Offices, London Road, Derby, 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, and 
                                               Messrs Ingram, Harrison and Ingram, 67 Lincoln's
                                               Inn Fields; one press copy reply. Proposed 
                                               exchange, terms arranged, Musters' lessees to be
                                               allowed to work the Duke of Portland's coal and 
                                               to account for it, then agreed that minerals 
                                               should be paid for as if the exchange had been 
                                               made.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/9/23: Short epitome of the 1881 
                                               resettlement of the estates of John Chaworth 
                                               Musters; lists charges, order of succession, 
                                               charging powers of tenant for life, powers of 
                                               trustees etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/2/9/24-25: Related correspondence, 
                                               25-27 Oct. 1893.
                                               
Pl E12/9/2/10/1-2      1.5.1909-4.5.1909       Correspondence relating to leases and exchanges 
                                               by the Hucknall Colliery Company; 1 and 4 May 
                                               1909
                                               (2 items, paper)
                                               Letter from T. Warner Turner at the Grand Hotel,
                                               Trafalgar Square to E.H. Bailey concerning 
                                               exchange of minerals with the Bulwell Hall 
                                               estate, commenting on enclosed copy letter he 
                                               had received from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby concerning the Top Hard coal leased to the
                                               Hucknall Colliery Company and exchanged with the
                                               Babington Coal Co.; barriers, value of royalty, 
                                               and small area of land to be purchased from the 
                                               Duke of Portland by Nottingham Corporation.

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Pl E12/9/3             1794-1924               Material concerning the Duke of Portland's 
                                               minerals in the 
                                               Huthwaite-Ashfield-Radmanthwaite-Pinxton area; 
                                               1794-1924
                                               (895 items)
                                               The area concerned is essentially that let as to
                                               the Top Hard seam to the Butterley Company 
                                               (worked through Portland Colliery) and the lower
                                               seams to the New Hucknall Colliery Co. (worked 
                                               through Bentinck Colliery), plus the area 
                                               originally leased to New Hucknall worked from 
                                               Hucknall under Huthwaite [Huthwaite], with 
                                               certain immediately adjacent areas (some 
                                               straddling the Derbyshire boundary) sublet by or
                                               to one of these concerns, and the western 
                                               extremities of Mansfield outwith the 'Mansfield 
                                               Coalfield' as marked out in the 1890s and 
                                               developed in the 1900s and 1910s.
                                               The principal lessees were the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Company Ltd (Pl E12/9/3/1-12, 21), the 
                                               Stanton Ironworks Company Ltd (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/13-18), the Blackwell Colliery Company 
                                               Ltd (Pl E12/9/3/6, 16, 22-23), the Pinxton Coal 
                                               Company Ltd (Pl E12/9/3/19-21), and the 
                                               Butterley Company Ltd. The South Normanton 
                                               Colliery Company Ltd appear chiefly in 
                                               connection with boundaries and exchanges.
                                               Further material relating to the New Hucknall 
                                               and Butterley companies will be found in section
                                               Pl E12/10/2, where the litigation between them 
                                               is contained. As stated there, it has not proved
                                               possible to be entirely certain what material 
                                               was gathered together for use as briefing and 
                                               evidence in that litigation; thus a correct 
                                               division of material between this section and 
                                               that may not have been achieved. The litigation 
                                               arose from the leasing of different seams to the
                                               Butterley and New Hucknall companies in the same
                                               general area.
                                               Mr Emerson Bainbridge, the chairman of the New 
                                               Hucknall company was one of the founders of the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Company Ltd (and involved in 
                                               the Blackwell Colliery Co.); occasional items 
                                               relating to the one concern will be found in 
                                               bundles of material primarily concerned with the
                                               other.
                                               For further material concerning minerals under 
                                               copyholds in this area see sections Pl E12/9/7 
                                               and Pl E12/9/8.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/1-27 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/1/1-8       1882-1895               Miscellaneous material concerning the activities
                                               of the New Hucknall Colliery Company Ltd; 
                                               1882-1895 (fragile)
                                               (8 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/1: Series of statements of account 
                                               with royalty owners (the Duke of Portland's 
                                               freeholds, the Duke of Portland for copyholds 
                                               and other copyhold owners) for coal raised by 
                                               the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd (1873-81), 17 
                                               Feb. 1882.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/2-3: Terms for a lease from the 
                                               Duke of Portland to the New Hucknall Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd of coal in the parishes of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Fulwood and 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield; 40 years from Christmas 
                                               1883; 597a. freehold plus 265a. copyhold; 
                                               minimum rent of £ 2 per acre p.a. for freehold 
                                               lands and £ 1 per acre p.a. for copyholds; 
                                               royalties of £ 100 per acre for Top Hard, £ 35 per
                                               acre for Dunsil and Waterloo, £ 50 per acre for 
                                               Deep Soft, £ 60 per acre for Deep Hard, £ 40 per 
                                               acre for Furnace, £ 20 per acre for Three 
                                               Quarters and £ 60 per acre for Black Shale coal; 
                                               half royalties for copyhold coal; 40 yard 
                                               barrier to be left; sinking to the lower mines 
                                               within 10 years of Midsummer 1884; wayleaves; 
                                               make up shortworkings over the term of the 
                                               lease; 9 May 1884. Loose plan.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/4: Summaries of amounts due from 
                                               the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd for the 
                                               half-years ending Christmas 1883-Midsummer 1885 
                                               and for the period from the commencement of 
                                               their lease until Midsummer 1883.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/5: Judgement of Chitty J (20 June 
                                               1888) in re The Chatterley Iron Company Limited.
                                               Horner's claim in respect of royalties for coal 
                                               not taken by the lessees but which ought to have
                                               been (and has been left as pillars and barriers)
                                               in the course of proper working of the colliery,
                                               under a mineral lease of 1868. Chancery 
                                               Division.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/6: Draft agreement (1888). Listed 
                                               separately.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/7: Abstract of title (1879-82) of 
                                               the New Hucknall Colliery Co. to lands at 
                                               Hucknall under Huthwaite, parish of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, 1892.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/1/8: Copy draft conveyance (27 July 
                                               1895) by the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd to 
                                               the Duke of Portland and his trustees of 2a. 0r.
                                               28p. of land at Hucknall under Huthwaite, for 
                                               £ 400 (plan attached). Draft approved by F. 
                                               Fenwick, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 July 1895.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/1/6         1888                    Draft agreement between the Duke of Portland and
                                               copyholders at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1888 (fragile)
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: William Oates the younger of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, farmer; John Berriff 
                                               Pilsworth of Hucknall under Huthwaite, hosier; 
                                               and Emlin Crofts of Sutton-in-Ashfield [trustees
                                               for (3)].
                                               Third Party: Those subscribing to the deed 
                                               (other than the above) [copyholders].
                                               Draft agreement and deed of covenant 
                                               (supplemental to deeds of 24 June 1873, 21 Oct. 
                                               1874 and 25 Mar. 1875 between the 5th Duke of 
                                               Portland and William Muschamp and the 5th Duke 
                                               of Portland and various copyholders of the Manor
                                               of Sutton-in-Ashfield).
                                               (1) will execute a deed of variation of the 
                                               lease of 21 Dec. 1874 and a lease of the new 
                                               coalfield described below, to the effect that 
                                               the break clause in that lease shall be at 20 
                                               years from 24 June 1887 (in place of the 
                                               original provision); the colliery company will 
                                               complete a second sinking to the Deep Hard coal 
                                               forthwith, and work 60000 tons a year from the 
                                               coal lying below the Top Hard seam from that 
                                               part of the old coalfield to the south of the 
                                               fault (under the Duke's freehold, copyholds and 
                                               other freehold lands) from 24 June 1888; 
                                               increase from 25 Dec. 1886 by 5/- p.a. of rent 
                                               payable under the 1874 lease for copyhold lands 
                                               coloured pink on the plan to the lease as have 
                                               not begun to be worked, deductible from 
                                               royalties like the minimum rent under the lease,
                                               and the Duke will pass on this increase to the 
                                               trustees (2);
                                               In case the lessees (New Hucknall) shall not 
                                               with [2?] years from 24 June 1887 have elected 
                                               to work the coalfield to the north of the fault 
                                               and west of Hucknall [Huthwaite] village, they 
                                               will, at the request of the copyholders and with
                                               the approval of (1), sub-lease that area of coal
                                               on terms detailed; the lease for the new coal 
                                               field shall comprise coals under 10a. 1r. 39p. 
                                               of the Duke's freehold and 15a. 1r. 6p. of 
                                               copyholds of Samuel William Hogg and John Hogg, 
                                               and the lease will be framed on the same lines 
                                               as that of 1874.
                                               Recites the above deeds, and the discovery of a 
                                               large fault in the coalfield leased to Muschamp 
                                               and now vested in the New Hucknall Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd, dividing the field into a northern and 
                                               southern section.
                                               Part of the (artificial) archive bundle Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/2/1-68      21.3.1899-18.3.1902     Bundle of correspondence and other papers 
                                               concerning the New Hucknall Colliery Company Ltd
                                               at Bentinck Colliery, Sutton-in-Ashfield, etc.; 
                                               21 Mar. 1899-18 Mar. 1902
                                               (68 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/1: Instructions to counsel (Oswald 
                                               Walmesley of Lincoln's Inn) to advise, and his 
                                               opinion concerning the use of £ 15000 uncalled 
                                               capital in the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd as 
                                               security for the Duke of Portland.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/2-3: Statement of coal worked under
                                               copyhold lands during the half-year to Midsummer
                                               1899; and statement of royalty account 
                                               (1894-1900) of the New Hucknall company for 
                                               Bentinck Colliery showing payments of £ 15183 3s 
                                               6d for minimum rent of which only £ 5071 is 
                                               covered by royalties for coal gotten, 11 Jan. 
                                               1901.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/4-6: Notes by Mr Emerson Bainbridge
                                               for interview with Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett concerning faults, barriers, question of
                                               merging leases, Bentinck 'deep coal', etc.; 
                                               observations and notes of C.R. Hewitt and 
                                               Frederick J. Turner; replies of Messrs Baileys 
                                               to points raised by Bainbridge. All May 1900.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/7-10: Miscellaneous memoranda and 
                                               press copy attendance entries concerning New 
                                               Hucknall colliery matters, leases, rents, 
                                               faults, negotiations with the Butterley Company 
                                               Ltd; also Mansfield coalfield, Pinxton Colliery 
                                               and other mineral matters.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/11-69: Correspondence received by 
                                               E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby; Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Emerson Bainbridge, 4 
                                               Whitehall Court; Featherston Fenwick, County 
                                               Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 
                                               and others; various press copy replies. 
                                               Subterranean explorations by the New Hucknall 
                                               company, financial results and prospects; scheme
                                               of reconstruction of the New Hucknall Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd to raise extra capital; interest of 
                                               Blackwell Colliery Co. in working a tract of 
                                               coal given up by New Hucknall; proposed 
                                               sub-lease to the Pinxton Coal Co., the matters 
                                               of liability for damage and whether royalties 
                                               may be set against New Hucknall's past short 
                                               workings;
                                               New Hucknall's explorations in the Deep Hard and
                                               Black Shale seams; falling prices and losses; 
                                               heavy outlay on three shafts in anticipation of 
                                               three workable seams; £ 10000 in overpaid rents; 
                                               estimate showing how this will increase to 
                                               £ 13000 in 1910; Bainbridge seeks a further 
                                               revision of terms; Hewitt and Turner prepared to
                                               make concessions but believe his demands are 
                                               excessive and outline their counter proposals 
                                               (Sept. 1901 onward); Bainbridge's proposals 
                                               'always have one tendency and that is, that his 
                                               Co. should be very material gainers by any 
                                               proposal that he makes. I am sorry to say that 
                                               whatever he brings forward requires the very 
                                               greatest care in consideration before his true 
                                               meaning can be discovered...' (Turner, Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/2/62); further proposals from 
                                               Bainbridge;
                                               Hewitt believes that New Hucknall made a mistake
                                               in starting with the Black Shale seam and not 
                                               the Low Main; if they develop the Deep Hard 
                                               believes the royalties will exceed the minimum 
                                               rent and the 'shorts' [short workings] will be 
                                               made up; complete change of tack from New 
                                               Hucknall, having negotiated on the basis of 
                                               surrendering area to the Pinxton company and 
                                               paying a reduced minimum rent, now will not give
                                               up any area; must be made to develop vigorously 
                                               the area the Pinxton company has been wanting 
                                               for 15 years. Also the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd
                                               and its uncalled capital, and Stanton Ironworks 
                                               Co. Ltd mentioned in passing.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/28 is a plan showing the area 
                                               around Kirkby Parks covered by the proposed 
                                               sublease to Messrs Coke and Company/Pinxton Coal
                                               Company Ltd.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/29-30 are a copy of Hewitt's report
                                               to Turner (5 Nov. 1900) on the New Hucknall 
                                               company's application to sub-lease 160a. of 
                                               lower mines to the Pinxton Coal Co., outlining 
                                               terms to be embodied in such a sub-lease, 
                                               particularly with respect to barriers necessary 
                                               to support the Butterley Company's Top Hard seam
                                               in the same area, other barriers, headings to be
                                               driven through pillars, liability for damage, 
                                               payment of royalties and past short workings 
                                               etc.; and plan.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/2/49-50 are Hewitt's letter/report on
                                               Bentinck Colliery, output, workings and 
                                               prospects, with copy offer of the Pinxton 
                                               company to take 393a. of Main Soft and Deep Hard
                                               coal at a dead rent of £ 700 p.a. and royalty of 
                                               6d per ton, paying for the barrier to be left 
                                               between Bentinck Colliery and this area; with a 
                                               plan showing the area demised by 'No. 3' lease 
                                               (from Annesley Woodhouse to the Sutton-Alfreton 
                                               road) and the south-western portion applied for 
                                               by the Pinxton company
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/3/1-44      30.8.1900-25.7.1901     Bundle of correspondence, deeds etc. concerning 
                                               the Stanton Charity's minerals at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 30 Aug. 
                                               1900-25 July 1901
                                               (44 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/3/1-2: Rough memoranda concerning the
                                               Stanton Charity estate (61a. 0r. 2p.).
                                               Pl E12/9/3/3/3-7: Extracts from deeds 
                                               (1711-1856) relating to the estate (with plan of
                                               field names, etc.); extract from the 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield Inclosure Award (1801); 
                                               extract from the book of the surveyor under the 
                                               Inclosure Act (1794), states 46a. 2r.33p. to be 
                                               copyhold; extract from the report of the Charity
                                               Commissioners (1827), concerning the Stanton 
                                               Charity; copy correspondence between William 
                                               Bryan and F.J. Turner. All originally enclosed 
                                               with the letter Pl E12/9/3/3/9.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/3/8: Memorandum by Bryan (22 Dec. 
                                               1900) on what is agreed, what is in dispute, 
                                               evidence and possible whereabouts of further 
                                               material relating to the inclosure.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/3/9-44: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from William Bryan, Mansfield, Frederick 
                                               J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, Messrs Enfield 
                                               and Son, Nottingham, and Featherstone Fenwick 
                                               [New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd], County 
                                               Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne; 
                                               various press copy replies; copy correspondence 
                                               between Bryan and Enfields. Extent of the 
                                               Stanton Charity estate at Fulwood, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; dispute over which parts are 
                                               freehold and which copyhold; documentary 
                                               evidence - court rolls, inclosure award; 
                                               Enfields, as solicitors to the Charity, claim 
                                               that all bar 2a. 3r. 32p. is freehold and wish 
                                               Baileys to abandon their claim that more is 
                                               copyhold (to enable them to get on selling the 
                                               minerals to the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd); 
                                               settled to satisfaction of Enfields.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/4/1-10      20.9.1901-9.10.1901     Bundle of correspondence and plans concerning 
                                               workings of the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               near Huthwaite Market Place, Nottinghamshire; 20
                                               Sept.-9 Oct. 1901
                                               (10 items, paper & linen)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street, 
                                               C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, 
                                               Derby, the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd (per S.
                                               Watson, general manager) and Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse; plan; extract from 
                                               the Sutton-in-Ashfield Inclosure Award, with 
                                               attached plan.
                                               Concerns status of coals under the Market Place,
                                               Hucknall Huthwaite: are they the property of the
                                               Duke of Portland as Lord of the Manor, or of the
                                               Urban District Council?
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/5/1-109     24.4.1902-5.11.1904
                       8.4.1910-15.4.1910      Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               Eddisons' copyholds and the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Company Ltd at Huthwaite, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 24 Apr. 1902-5 Nov. 1904 and 
                                               8-15 Oct. 1910 (Pl E12/9/3/5/1 and 107 unfit for
                                               production)
                                               (109 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/1: Draft agreement between William 
                                               John Arthur Charles James, Duke of Portland and 
                                               Anna Paulina Eddison of Beech Grove Terrace, 
                                               Leeds, widow, for the working of minerals under 
                                               lands at Hucknall under Huthwaite specified in 
                                               annexed schedules without payment of wayleaves 
                                               or royalties; consideration £ 1250 in full 
                                               satisfaction of the claims of the Duke as Lord 
                                               of the Manor of Mansfield; schedule 1, freehold 
                                               (Ox Close, Nether Give Acres, Upper Give Acres 
                                               and Garden Gap - 21a. 2r. 14p.); schedule 2, 
                                               copyhold (fields named - 61a. 0r. 3p., and three
                                               fourth parts of 47a. 0r. 22p., a moiety of 18a. 
                                               0r. 24p., and a fourth part of 5a. 1r. 4p.); 
                                               plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/2: Draft conveyance (1904) by the 
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd to the Duke of 
                                               Portland and his trustee of minerals under 
                                               unspecified lands [?plot 53 in plan attached to 
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/6 below] in Hucknall under 
                                               Huthwaite [Huthwaite], parish of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, as part of 
                                               an arrangement for maintaining barriers and 
                                               granting two under-leases to the Blackwell 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd. Endorsed as 'not used as land 
                                               turned out to be copyhold and transaction 
                                               generally carried out in another way.'
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/3-5: Draft deed of covenant by the 
                                               New Hucknall company to surrender to the Duke of
                                               Portland and his trustees, minerals under 
                                               unspecified lands at Hucknall under Huthwaite as
                                               part of an arrangement for maintaining barriers 
                                               and granting two-underleases to the Blackwell 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd; Draft letter of attorney from 
                                               Edward Horsman Bailey and Charles Ludovic 
                                               Lindsay (Portland trustees) to Frederick John 
                                               Turner and Thomas Warner Turner to take 
                                               admittance upon the surrender by Featherstone 
                                               Fenwick; Draft surrender by (as trustee of the 
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd) to Edward Horsman
                                               Bailey and Charles Ludovic Lindsay of minerals 
                                               under lands at Hucknall under Huthwaite.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/6: Draft deed of release and 
                                               licence from the Duke of Portland to the New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd, permitting them to 
                                               work minerals referred to in the No. 1 lease to 
                                               the company (21 Dec. 1874: recited) formerly 
                                               belonging to Messrs Eddison, freeing them from 
                                               covenants in the original lease to maintain 
                                               barriers around [Eddisons'] lands and 
                                               substituting a barrier of 40 yards to the north 
                                               and west of the former Eddison minerals along 
                                               the Nottinghamshire/ Derbyshire county boundary;
                                               covenant for the surrender to the Duke of 
                                               minerals under plot 53 [near the covered 
                                               reservoir at Huthwaite] on the attached plan; 
                                               consideration of £ 1250 paid under the agreement 
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/1; plan attached, another plan 
                                               wanting [as Pl E12/9/3/5/106]. Heavily annotated
                                               and revised.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/7: Abstract of title (11 Aug. 
                                               1873-25 July 1895) of Mrs Anna Paula Eddison and
                                               her mortgagees to premises at Hucknall under 
                                               Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/8-9: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Oswald Walmesley) to advise on the working of 
                                               the Eddison copyhold minerals [unlike ordinary 
                                               copyholds of the Manor of Mansfield, those of 
                                               the Eddisons at Hucknall-under-Huthwaite alias 
                                               Huthwaite permit the copyholder to work the 
                                               minerals] in connection with their proposed sale
                                               to the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd and the 
                                               agreements of 24 June 1873 and 25 Mar. 1875 
                                               between the Duke of Portland (as Lord of the 
                                               Manor of Mansfield) and various copyholders, 
                                               with opinion; and to draft deed of release.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/10-104: Correspondence addressed or
                                               forwarded to Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5
                                               Berners Street from: Messrs Nelson, Eddisons and
                                               Lupton, 34 Albion Street, Leeds; C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby; Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Featherston Fenwick, County
                                               Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne; the 
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd (per S. Watson and
                                               F. Fenwick); Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, 
                                               Mansfield; and others; with various copy 
                                               replies. Sale of lower minerals under the 
                                               Eddison copyholds at Hucknall Huthwaite to the 
                                               New Hucknall company; schedule of the lands 
                                               (ancient copyhold and ancient freehold); 
                                               possible that the Eddisons were admitted to the 
                                               minerals of the copyholds under some 
                                               misapprehension, Turner cite's similar case at 
                                               Bolsover;
                                               arrangements under the Duke of Portland's lease 
                                               to the New Hucknall company, and agreement with 
                                               copyholders (1873-75); proposals that the Duke 
                                               receive a wayleave payment for Eddison coal or 
                                               that the Eddisons' coal be worked on same terms 
                                               as other copyhold coal there; offer of Nelson 
                                               and Co. on behalf of the Eddisons of £ 1000 to 
                                               the Duke for whatever claims he may have as Lord
                                               of the Manor; willing to accept £ 1250 in 
                                               preference to a wayleave payment; further 
                                               discussion of the relevance and terms of the 
                                               1873-75 agreements between the Duke and 
                                               copyholders and the exceptional position of the 
                                               Eddisons in respect of their copyhold minerals; 
                                               settling precise terms between all parties; 
                                               preparation and perfection of requisite deeds; 
                                               sub-lease to the Blackwell Colliery Co.; 
                                               barriers to be left, existing barriers, how 
                                               thick and where.
                                               also New Hucknall's purchase of coal near 
                                               Fulwood, Stanton Charity coal, piercing barriers
                                               and 'poaching' on Butterley territory (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/5/48); attendance entry (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/5/49).
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/105-106: Account of the Steward of 
                                               the Manor of Mansfield for court fees etc. in 
                                               connection with the power of attorney and 
                                               surrender (Pl E12/9/3/5/4-5 above); plan of 
                                               copyhold lands near Hucknall under Huthwaite.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/107-109: Letters from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse to Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5
                                               Berners Street, with copy letter from the New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd to Turner, concerning 
                                               refund of overpayment of royalties, Apr. 1910.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/6/1-13      6.2.1907-3.6.1908       Bundle of correspondence concerning Carsick Lane
                                               barrier, Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd and the New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd; 6 Feb. 1907-3 June 
                                               1908
                                               (13 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby and Featherstone Fenwick, 
                                               County Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle on 
                                               Tyne [New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd], with one 
                                               press copy reply, concerning small alteration in
                                               the boundaries of the Lower Mines relating to 
                                               the No. 2 Underlease from the New Hucknall to 
                                               the Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd (Carsick Lane 
                                               barrier): Duke of Portland has made arrangements
                                               with the Blackwell Company for the Deep Hard and
                                               Lower Mines to the area north-east of that 
                                               sublet to them by New Hucknall, including 
                                               working out a barrier covenanted to be left 
                                               unworked in New Hucknall's No. 2 lease; 
                                               arrangements for regularising the position.
                                               See also Pl E12/9/3/23/.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/7/1-47      21.2.1908-14.2.1912     Bundle of deeds and correspondence regarding 
                                               sub-lease to South Normanton Colliery Co. Ltd by
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd, etc.; 20 Feb. 
                                               1908-14 Feb. 1912 (Pl E12/9/3/7/3 - unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (47 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/7/1: Heads of terms for a sub-lease 
                                               by the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd to the 
                                               South Normanton Colliery Co. Ltd; 250a. of the 
                                               Waterloo seam at Fulwood, Nottinghamshire to be 
                                               worked by underground operations only; coal for 
                                               barriers or for support of any buildings 
                                               belonging to the landlords to be reserved, and 
                                               right to work any lower seems even though the 
                                               Waterloo seam and surface may be lowered; for a 
                                               term of 21 years from 1 Jan. 1909; at a minimum 
                                               rent of £ 300 p.a., plus £ 65 per acre for all 
                                               coal got in excess; with plan of Fulwood and 
                                               Crow Trees Farms and Stanton Charity lands, all 
                                               east of South Normanton.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/7/2: Instructions to counsel (Henry 
                                               Wace) to advise on proposed sub-lease of the 
                                               Waterloo seam to South Normanton Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd.; with opinion (18 Nov. 1908). Briefing 
                                               material originally included copy underlease 
                                               from the Butterley Company of 4 Aug. 1903 [Pl 
                                               E12/10/2/10/58-59].
                                               Pl E12/9/3/7/3: Copy draft lease by The New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd, with the Duke of 
                                               Portland's consent, to The South Normanton 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd of the Waterloo seam under 
                                               freehold and copyhold lands at Fulwood, for 28 
                                               years; right of lateral/other support for line 
                                               of the Great Central Railway; minimum rent of 
                                               £ 350 p.a. plus £ 65 per acre for excess 
                                               quantities; short workings may be made up from 
                                               later over workings; deductions for all coal 
                                               left as support; allowance for 
                                               faults/unmarketable coal; working covenants; 
                                               lessees may determine lease on exhaustion of 
                                               coal; schedules of freehold land belonging to 
                                               the Duke of Portland (182a. 2r. 21p.), the New 
                                               Hucknall Co. (51a.) and the Duke, late Hugh 
                                               Browne's (5a. 1r. 28p.), and copyholds belonging
                                               to the New Hucknall Co. (5a. 0r. 29p.); 2 plans 
                                               attached; heavily annotated and revised 1 June 
                                               1911-5 Jan. 1912. Defective.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/7/4-47: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, 
                                               London Road, Derby, Featherstone Fenwick, County
                                               Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne [New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd] and T. Warner Turner,
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               various copy and press copy replies; and copy 
                                               letters received by Fenwick from the South 
                                               Normanton Colliery Co. Ltd and its legal 
                                               advisers.
                                               Application by South Normanton for lease of 
                                               Waterloo seam in the Fulwood area; is included 
                                               in lease to New Hucknall but they have no power 
                                               to work it except by express consent of Dukeeas 
                                               it is above the Main Soft and below the Top 
                                               Hard, fear of damage to Top Hard seam worked by 
                                               Butterley Co. [see Pl E12/10/2/10/50]; New 
                                               Hucknall agree sub-lease to South Normanton of 
                                               the Waterloo seam under the area corresponding 
                                               with that sub-leased to New Hucknall by 
                                               Butterley; form of deeds to bring this about; 
                                               Turner anxious that the Duke's position with 
                                               Butterley is secure; Hewitt's detailed 
                                               observations on the Heads of Terms (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/7/15), including thickness of seams at 
                                               Bentinck Colliery, distances between seams, 
                                               barriers, support, rents, property acquired from
                                               Hugh Browne, plan of the area differentiating 
                                               copyholds, freeholds and ownership;
                                               question of subsidence and working out coal 
                                               barrier between New Hucknall and South 
                                               Normanton; possibility of matters re barrier and
                                               Waterloo seam standing over until the 
                                               Butterley-New Hucknall litigation is completed, 
                                               and Fenwick's desire to press on with both as 
                                               soon as possible; [see Pl E12/10/2/]; details of
                                               South Normanton's arrangements for working 
                                               Waterloo and Dunsil coal and Hewitt's 
                                               observations on draft sub-lease (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/7/33-34) and notes on it (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/7/41); question of water and pumping.
                                               Matters discussed overlap those in Pl E12/9/3/8.
                                               For other material concerning barriers and Hugh 
                                               Browne's copyholds see Pl E12/9/8/7/ and Pl 
                                               E12/10/2/23/.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/8/1-36      18.12.1908-3.8.1910
                       23.5.1905               Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               South Normanton (Fulwood) barrier, New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd; 23 May 1905 and 18 Dec. 1908-3
                                               Aug. 1910
                                               (36 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/1: Instructions to counsel (Henry 
                                               Wace) to settle draft deed.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/2: Copy draft release and licence 
                                               from the Duke of Portland to the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd to work the Low Main seam under
                                               a barrier at Fulwood, Nottinghamshire; recites 
                                               deeds of 1887, 1893 and 1895.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/3: Draft licence from the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd to
                                               work Low Main or Furnace coal out of an 
                                               abandoned barrier, notwithstanding the 
                                               provisions in the Hucknall leases, the right of 
                                               support for the Butterley Company's workings 
                                               having been released by the surrender of 1903; 
                                               Company to work vigorously and pay for the coal 
                                               in accordance with the provisions of the 
                                               Hucknall leases; supplementary to deeds of 25 
                                               Jan. 1887 'Butterley Lease' [Pl E12/10/2/10/25],
                                               9 Aug. 1893 'Hucknall No. 3 Lease' [Pl 
                                               E12/10/2/10/50], 8 Aug. 1895 'Hucknall No. 2 
                                               Lease' [wanting] and 24 Sept. 1903 'the 
                                               surrender' [Pl E12/10/2/10/60].
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/4: Plan along the course of the 
                                               barrier coal from Berristowe [near South 
                                               Normanton to Sutton-in-Ashfield [for use with 
                                               licence Pl E12/9/3/8/3 - see Pl E12/9/3/8/14].
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/5: Epitome of terms (1905) on which
                                               the New Hucknall Colliery Co. may work certain 
                                               lower mines under the Butterley barriers [see Pl
                                               E12/10/2/10/62].
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/6-35: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, 
                                               London Road, Derby, Featherstone Fenwick, County
                                               Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne [New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd] and T. Warner Turner,
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               occasional press copy replies; copy letter from 
                                               the New Hucknall Co. (per S. Watson, general 
                                               manager) to Hewitt. Proposed working of Low Main
                                               coal under the Butterley (South Normanton) 
                                               barrier; scheme accepted by Hewitt; description 
                                               of areas concerned and underground workings, 
                                               including under a pillar to be left in the Top 
                                               Hard coal by the Butterley Company;
                                               New Hucknall complaining at delays in settling 
                                               the working out of the Fulwood barrier, 
                                               unnecessarily entangled with the litigation 
                                               involving New Hucknall, Butterley and the Duke 
                                               of Portland; mentions New Hucknall's proposed 
                                               sub-lease of Waterloo coal at South Normanton, 
                                               to which the Portland advisers will not agree 
                                               [for the moment]; litigation with Butterley etc.
                                               [see Pl E12/10/2/].
                                               Pl E12/9/3/8/36 is copy letter from the New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Company Ltd (per S. Watson, 
                                               general manager) to C.R. Hewitt dated 15 Feb. 
                                               1908 concerning the working out of the South 
                                               Normanton barrier.
                                               Matters discussed overlap those in Pl E12/9/3/7.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/9/1-8       26.9.1912-22.3.1913     Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               South Normanton barrier, New Hucknall Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd; 26 Sept. 1912-22 Mar. 1913
                                               (8 items, paper)
                                               Draft deed (10 Feb. 1913) between the Duke of 
                                               Portland and the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               permitting the working out of a barrier no 
                                               longer required in the Deep Hard and Low Main 
                                               coal under 4a. 2r. 20p. of land near South 
                                               Normanton Colliery; a continuous barrier to be 
                                               maintained as shown on the attached plan [i.e. 
                                               diverting the barrier westward closer to South 
                                               Normanton pit]; to be endorsed on the principal 
                                               lease of 23 Apr. 1908; plan attached.
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby 
                                               and Featherstone Fenwick, County Chambers, 
                                               Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne [New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd] concerning the position of the
                                               boundary barrier in the Deep Hard and Furnace 
                                               coals adjoining the South Normanton boundary.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/10/1-7      10.2.1912-27.6.1912     Bundle of correspondence concerning the 
                                               Huthwaite Copyhold Trust, the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd, etc.; 10 Feb.-27 June 1912 
                                               (unfit for production)
                                               (7 items, paper)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between Messrs 
                                               Coke, Turner and Company, 26 Low Pavement, 
                                               Nottingham, Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street, C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby 
                                               and T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse concerning 'Muschamp's 
                                               lease' [lease to the New Hucknall Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd] and the Huthwaite Copyhold Trust, rents 
                                               payable, agreement concluded in 1895, as a 
                                               matter of policy 'better not to do anything that
                                               will get the Copyholders' backs up'.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/11/1-5      20.4.1914-24.4.1914     Bundle of correspondence concerning minerals 
                                               under the Midland Railway, Mansfield and Pinxton
                                               line; 20-24 Apr. 1914
                                               (5 items, paper)
                                               Letters from T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate 
                                               Office, Mansfield Woodhouse to Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street, and copy 
                                               letters received by Turner from the New Hucknall
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd, concerning the terms on which 
                                               the mines were reserved when the surface was 
                                               sold by the Duke of Portland for the Mansfield 
                                               and Pinxton Railway (subsequently the 
                                               Mansfield-Pye Bridge branch of the Midland 
                                               Railway); New Hucknall's workings approaching 
                                               the line, the railway company wants the coal 
                                               worked out with compensation for damage, the 
                                               colliery company concerned about this with 
                                               regard to the 'Howley Park decision' [legal 
                                               precedent].
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/12/1-146    8.12.1913-19.4.1917
                       19.9.1794               Bundle of deeds, correspondence etc. re Evans's 
                                               mines and other matters involving both the New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd and Butterley Co. Ltd;
                                               19 Sept. 1794 and 8 Dec. 1913-19 Apr. 1917 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/12/141-142 unfit for production)
                                               (146 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/12/1-3: Instructions to counsel (Mr 
                                               Andrewes Uthwatt), with his opinion, and a copy 
                                               of that of T. Cyprian Williams of Lincoln's Inn 
                                               used as briefing, concerning the title to 
                                               'Evans's mines', settling draft conveyance and 
                                               sorting out what land is of what tenure, thus 
                                               who owns the minerals.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/12/4: Abstract of title (June 
                                               1720-June 1757) to freehold land in the parish 
                                               of Sutton-in-Ashfield formerly belonging to 
                                               Zachariah Downing's representatives. Endorsed: 
                                               'Evans' Copyholds'.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/12/5: Deed of mutual assurances to 
                                               sort out the freeholds and the copyholds. Listed
                                               separately.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/12/6-8: Plans of freehold and 
                                               copyhold lands (differentiated) at Fulwood, 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield belonging to the New Hucknall
                                               Colliery Co. and under which the Butterley 
                                               Company wishes to lease the Top Hard coal; 
                                               showing barrier to be left under the 'Portland 
                                               Lease'; plan of those lands and others described
                                               as 'Evans's mines'.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/12/9-15: Schedules of freehold and 
                                               copyhold land relating to Evans's Mines; copy 
                                               description and schedule in surrender of 7 Oct. 
                                               1902; schedule of freehold and copyhold lands of
                                               Zachariah Downing as in 1795; description of 
                                               land taken from Downing's admittance in 1772, 
                                               Manor of Mansfield; original claim of Downing's 
                                               representatives to common and forest rights, in 
                                               connection with the Sutton-in-Ashfield 
                                               inclosure, 19 Sept. 1794.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/12/16-146: Correspondence received by
                                               E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: Messrs Bryan and
                                               Armstrong, Mansfield; T. Warner Turner, Portland
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; C.R. Hewitt,
                                               London Road, Derby; Featherstone Fenwick, County
                                               Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle on Tyne etc. 
                                               [New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd]; Messrs Garrett 
                                               and Son, 14 Great James Street, Bedford Row; and
                                               others; with various copy and press copy 
                                               replies. Copy correspondence between Turner and 
                                               Fenwick, Turner and H. Eustace Mitton, Colliery 
                                               Offices, Codnor Park, near Alfreton [the 
                                               Butterley Company], Hewitt and Turner, Hewitt 
                                               and Mitton and Hewitt and New Hucknall.
                                               Necessity of distinguishing freehold and 
                                               copyhold lands at Fulwood; difficulties of doing
                                               so; evidence provided by maps and manorial 
                                               records in the later 18th century; matter raised
                                               again by New Hucknall in respect to copyhold 
                                               coal marked 'Evans' which has been worked, the 
                                               question having further relevance in view of 
                                               Butterley Company's desire to lease Top Hard 
                                               coal under copyholds owned by New Hucknall 
                                               thereabouts; further searches of archives by 
                                               Turner, difficulties in linking old descriptions
                                               to current layout of fields on the ground; 
                                               Fenwick's examination of Sutton-in-Ashfield 
                                               inclosure award with regard to tenure of lands 
                                               and ownership of minerals; concern by Turner 
                                               that he 'has got it into his head, in the same 
                                               way as the late Hugh Browne ... that the Duke's 
                                               rights to the copyhold minerals are not very 
                                               clear.' (Pl E12/9/3/12/53).
                                               Also Bentinck Colliery lease and workings; 
                                               matters between the New Hucknall and Butterley 
                                               companies regarding working out coals under 
                                               Butterley's abandoned No. 4 and No. 5 shafts [at
                                               Portland Colliery]; compensation and damage 
                                               questions [the continuation of the problems 
                                               manifest in Pl E12/10/2 where different seams in
                                               the same area have been leased to different 
                                               colliery companies]; colliery companies keen to 
                                               expose Duke of Portland to liability, his 
                                               advisers averse to this and keen to let the 
                                               companies sort it out between themselves; New 
                                               Hucknall complaining at Butterley's unreasonable
                                               attitude; two companies at 'loggerheads' over 
                                               working coal in the Portland shaft pillars (Apr.
                                               1916) and this is entangled with the failure to 
                                               agree on working the Sutton copyholds at Fulwood
                                               [see above].
                                               Discussions between Bailey and Fenwick to solve 
                                               the copyhold/freehold dispute; method settled 
                                               upon, further haggling over details; discussion 
                                               of site for barrier in the Top Hard coal as New 
                                               Hucknall desires to let some to the South 
                                               Normanton Colliery Co. when all is sorted out, 
                                               but there is a covenant to leave a pillar 
                                               adjoining the South Normanton workings which it 
                                               will require Butterley's consent to modify; all 
                                               interconnected; plan of 21 acres to be deemed 
                                               freehold (Pl E12/9/3/12/99);
                                               Notes of meeting of 2 Aug. 1916, New Hucknall to
                                               grant Butterley lease for 55 years 6 months of 
                                               Top Hard copyhold coal and a further 10a. plot 
                                               of Fulwood freehold Top Hard on rents/terms 
                                               given; Butterley to surrender 21a.; pillars 
                                               under Portland Nos. 4 and 5 be worked out by New
                                               Hucknall, Butterley to have first refusal on the
                                               Top Hard under the abovementioned 21a. [ahead of
                                               South Normanton], with maximum wayleave of £ 7 
                                               10/- per acre if their offer is not accepted (Pl
                                               E12/9/3/12/117); progress towards working out 
                                               the pillars; Great Central Railway frees New 
                                               Hucknall from leaving coal to support their line
                                               but the terms seem expensive.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/12/5        1916                    Mutual assurances between the Duke of Portland 
                                               and the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd to define 
                                               lands of freehold and copyhold tenure at 
                                               Fulwood; 1916
                                               (1 item, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: William Arthur Henry Cavendish 
                                               Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield.
                                               Third Party: Edward Horsman Bailey of 5 Berners 
                                               Street, London, solicitor; Charles Ludovic 
                                               Lindsay of 97 Cadogan Gardens, London, formerly 
                                               a Captain in the Grenadier Guards; Francis 
                                               Bingham Mildmay of Flete, Ivybridge, Devon, MP 
                                               (trustees).
                                               Fourth Party: Featherstone Fenwick of 
                                               Newcastle-upon-Tyne, solicitor [copyhold tenant 
                                               in trust for (5)].
                                               Fifth Party: The New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Surrender by (5) to (1) of all minerals under 
                                               premises described in Schedule 1 (below) as were
                                               granted to them by (1) in the lease of 1893, to 
                                               merge in the freehold; none of the minimum rents
                                               under the lease being affected.
                                               Revocation of the uses and trust of the 1879 
                                               Portland Settlement by (3) at the request of (1)
                                               in relation to all premises described in 
                                               Schedule 1, be they reputed copyhold or 
                                               freehold, and all minerals. Appointment of the 
                                               premises and minerals to the use of (4) in fee 
                                               simple in trust for (5) in fee simple, 
                                               discharged from all copyhold tenure.
                                               Joint appointment by (1) and (2), using their 
                                               powers under the 1915 Portland Settlement, to 
                                               make void all of its provisions in respect of 
                                               the premises, be they reputed copyhold or 
                                               freehold, in Schedule 1 and the minerals 
                                               thereunder, and appointment to the use of (4) in
                                               fee simple in trust for (5) in fee simple, 
                                               discharged from all copyhold tenure. Release by 
                                               (1) and (2) of all their estate, if any, in the 
                                               premises to (4) in trust for (5).
                                               Acknowledgment by (4) and (5) that the premises 
                                               in Schedule 2 are, always have been, and shall 
                                               remain copyhold of the Manor of Mansfield; and 
                                               release by them to (1) of all rights, if any, 
                                               that they have ever had to a freehold interest 
                                               in these premises, upon the trusts of the 
                                               Portland Settlements, but reserving to (4) in 
                                               trust for (5) a customary estate in fee simple 
                                               in these premises.
                                               Schedule 1: 21a. of land at Fulwood bounded on 
                                               the north by the Alfreton-Sutton road, on the 
                                               west by lands belonging to Stanton Charity, on 
                                               the east by lands of (5) described next, and on 
                                               the south by lands of (1).
                                               Schedule 2: lands east of, and partly adjoining,
                                               those in Schedule 1, being the residue of the 
                                               lands conveyed in the 'Twelfth Principal 
                                               Indenture' except certain portions thereof which
                                               were allotted to the representatives of 
                                               Zachariah Downing under the Sutton-in-Ashfield 
                                               inclosure award.
                                               Recites that disputes and disagreements exist as
                                               to which of the lands in Sutton-in-Ashfield are 
                                               freehold, and which copyhold. To be construed as
                                               supplemental to the settlement of 2 Aug. 1879 
                                               (various of whose provisions are recited); to 
                                               deeds of 7 September and 11 December 1888 (made 
                                               consequent to the death of Edward Bailey, a 
                                               trustee of the 1879 settlement), 30 Dec. 1898, 
                                               10 May 1910 and 31 May 1910 (appointing new 
                                               trustees of the 1879 settlement and for related 
                                               purposes); to the disentailing assurance, 
                                               resettlement and merger of land improvement 
                                               charges of 9-11 Aug. 1915; to the lease of 9 
                                               Aug. 1893 to (5) [Pl E12/10/2/10/50]; and to 
                                               conveyances of freehold ('the Twelfth Principal 
                                               Indenture') and copyhold premises at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield to (5) in 1902.
                                               Plan wanting [see plan attached to letter Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/12/99].
                                               Deed confirms Schedule 1 property as freehold, 
                                               Schedule 2 property as copyhold to end 
                                               uncertainties.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/3/12.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/13/1-91     13.6.1891-8.8.1896
                       27.4.1912               Bundle of deeds, correspondence etc. concerning 
                                               lease to the Stanton Ironworks of 
                                               Radmanthwaite/Pleasley Hill minerals, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 13 June 1891-8 Aug. 1896 and 27
                                               Apr. 1912
                                               (91 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/1: Heads of terms for lease of 
                                               minerals by the Duke of Portland to the Stanton 
                                               Ironworks Co. Ltd (580a. of Top Hard coal at 
                                               Radmanthwaite and 550a. of coal under copyhold 
                                               lands in Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse).
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/2-4: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Alfred Bailey) to settle and revise draft 
                                               lease, and to settle draft deed of consent by a 
                                               copyholder.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/5: Lease. listed separately.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/6-7: Schedule [to accompany Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/13/5] of freehold lands in the parishes 
                                               of Mansfield (494.488a) and Mansfield Woodhouse 
                                               (93.785a.) and copyholds of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield in the parish of the same (527.665a), 
                                               and the parish of Mansfield Woodhouse 
                                               (12.057a.), and further copyholds in Mansfield 
                                               [Pleasley Hill Village] (15a. 1r. 8p.); and plan
                                               of the Duke of Portland's freeholds and 
                                               copyholds in the Radmanthwaite, Pleasley Hill, 
                                               Moorhaigh and Penniment Houses area.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/8: Copy draft licence (2 June 
                                               1894) from to the Reverend Arthur Bellamy of 
                                               Publow, Somerset, Clerk and another (trustees of
                                               Thomas John Peatfield of Cheltenham, retired 
                                               army surgeon and Alice Mary Jane, his wife) to 
                                               the Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd to work the Top 
                                               Hard Coal under 290a. 1r. 6.5p. of copyhold 
                                               land, for 60 years from 1 Oct. 1891; rent £ 400 
                                               p.a., plus £ 12 10/- per acre per foot thickness 
                                               of coal; short workings insufficient to pay 
                                               fixed rent at the acreage rate may be made up by
                                               subsequent over working; deductions for coal 
                                               left with consent of copyholders for support and
                                               protection; if all coal got and paid for before 
                                               term expires, a wayleave rent of £ 10 per acre 
                                               payable for foreign coals passing through; 
                                               working covenants; schedules of freeholds 
                                               (separately demised as recited) and copyholds; 
                                               plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/9: Copy licence (1896) from 
                                               Francis Sadler Bagshaw of 3 Wiverton Road, 
                                               Nottingham, gentleman [as a copyholder of the 
                                               Manor of Mansfield] to Stanton Iron Works Co. 
                                               Ltd, to work the Top Hard coal under 41a. 0r. 
                                               3p. of copyhold land and 3r. 33p. of freehold 
                                               land at Pleasley Hill, parish of Mansfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, for 57 years from 31 Mar. 1895;
                                               rent of £ 9 5/- for first year, £ 13 17s 6d for 
                                               the second, and £ 18 10/- p.a. thereafter, plus 
                                               £ 12 10/- per acre per foot thickness of coal 
                                               raised from the copyholds and £ 25 per acre per 
                                               foot from freehold; short workings insufficient 
                                               to pay the fixed rent at the acreage rate may be
                                               made up by subsequent over working; working 
                                               covenants; schedule and plan wanting.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/10: Extract from the Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse Forest Inclosure Award as to 
                                               allotments made to the Duke of Portland in lieu 
                                               of minerals (dated 5 Jan. 1849).
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/11-13: Reports and observations by
                                               John R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby as to the 
                                               Heads of Terms for the lease and particular 
                                               aspects of the draft lease (15 July 1891, 22 
                                               Nov. 1892, 17 Feb. 1893).
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/14-90: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from: John R. Hewitt/C.R. Hewitt/Messrs 
                                               Hewitt and Bobart, London Road, Derby; Frederick
                                               J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse; Messrs Maples 
                                               and McGraith, Low Pavement, Nottingham; Robert 
                                               Barber, Fletcher Gate, Nottingham; Messrs Smith,
                                               Leech and Bostock etc., St James's Chambers/40 
                                               St Mary's Gate, Derby; and others; occasional 
                                               press copy replies. Terms for leasing 
                                               Radmanthwaite coal field to the Stanton company;
                                               most is copyhold so agreement of surface owners 
                                               is required for working, repairs to buildings, 
                                               damage; negotiations with Peatfields' trustees 
                                               and Bagshaw as to their copyhold (and freehold) 
                                               estates; haggling over terms of lease, and 
                                               amount/payment of costs; Stanton wants to extend
                                               coalfield, seeks first refusal of Radmanthwaite 
                                               lower mines (1896).
                                               Pl E12/9/3/13/91: Letter from T. Warner Turner, 
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse to 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett concerning 
                                               subsidence at Radmanthwaite from the workings of
                                               Pleasley Colliery, 27 Apr. 1912.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/13/5        1892-1894               Draft lease of Top Hard coal at Radmanthwaite 
                                               etc., Nottinghamshire, by the Duke of Portland 
                                               to the Stanton Iron Co. Ltd; 1892-1894
                                               (20 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: The Stanton Iron Company Limited 
                                               [sic].
                                               Draft appointment and lease by (1) to (2) of the
                                               Top Hard coal under lands specified [1128a. 
                                               freehold and copyhold in the parishes of 
                                               Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Nottinghamshire], with no surface rights granted
                                               to the lessee, and to be worked from (2)'s 
                                               Pleasley and Teversal collieries, for a term of 
                                               60 years from 1 Apr. 1892, determinable on 31 
                                               dec. 1927 at 12 months' notice by (2).
                                               Will not work copyholds until requisite licences
                                               etc. have been obtained from the copyhold 
                                               owners; working covenants; barriers; indemnify 
                                               (1) against surface damage; repair and make good
                                               Rent: £ 200 for the first year, £ 400 for the 
                                               second, £ 600 for the third, and £ 850 p.a. 
                                               thereafter; and £ 25 per acre per foot thickness 
                                               of coal [from freehold lands] and £ 12 10/- per 
                                               acre per foot thickness of coal [from beneath 
                                               copyhold lands], any shortfall to the minimum 
                                               rent at these rates may be made up by subsequent
                                               over workings; £ 10 per acre for coal of any 
                                               thickness belonging to Sir Harry Verney at 
                                               Pleasley and brought to bank through the 
                                               workings authorised under this lease.
                                               Recites the need for the consent of the 
                                               copyholders for the coal under their lands, 
                                               which belongs to (1) as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield, to be worked.
                                               Schedules 1 and 2 and plan wanting: see Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/13/6-7.
                                               Schedule 3 - form of licence from copyholder.
                                               Revised and settled by Alfred Bailey, Lincoln's 
                                               Inn, and others, 7 Jan. 1893-16 Jan. 1894.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/3/13.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/14/1-55     3.10.1898-19.10.1900    Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               the further lease of minerals west of Mansfield 
                                               to the Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd; 3 Oct. 1898-19
                                               Oct. 1900 (Pl E12/9/3/14/1-6, 39-41 unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (55 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/14/1: Heads of Terms (6 Jan. 1899) 
                                               for a lease by the Duke of Portland to The 
                                               Stanton Iron Co. Ltd [sic] of Top Hard coal 
                                               under about 340a. of freehold land and 350a. of 
                                               copyholds of the Manor of Mansfield delineated 
                                               on the attached plan; for 53 years from 1 Apr. 
                                               1899; minimum rent of £ 750 p.a., royalty of £ 30 
                                               per acre per foot thickness of coal under 
                                               freehold and £ 15 per acre etc. under copyhold; 
                                               barriers as the Duke's mineral agent directs; to
                                               be supplemental to the lease of 13 Apr. 1894 
                                               [see Pl E12/9/3/13/5]; short workings may be 
                                               made up throughout area of the original and 
                                               supplementary leases as though they were one of 
                                               a minimum rent of £ 1600 p.a.; attached plan of 
                                               area north from King's Mill Reservoir past 
                                               Debdale Farm to Northfield House and across to 
                                               Radmanthwaite and Penniment Houses [covering the
                                               area in the 1894 lease and the current 
                                               proposals].
                                               Pl E12/9/3/14/2: Draft lease, pursuant to the 
                                               Heads of Terms, by the Duke to the Stanton 
                                               company of Top Hard coal under lands at 
                                               Mansfield specified in the schedules and plan to
                                               this deed [both wanting] (341.535a. of freehold 
                                               and 348.364a. of copyhold); to be worked from 
                                               Pleasley and Teversal Collieries; consent of 
                                               Duke required before working the coals 
                                               commences, except in land coloured brown on the 
                                               plan. Heavily annotated; settled and resettled 
                                               by Oswald Walmesley, Lincoln's Inn.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/14/3: Draft licence from the Duke of 
                                               Portland to enable the [original] Stanton 
                                               Ironworks Co. Ltd to assign its interest under 
                                               the 1894 lease of coals at Radmanthwaite to the 
                                               [new] Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/14/4-7: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Oswald Walmesley) to settle draft lease, 
                                               resettle the clauses to barriers, and to revise 
                                               the draft lease; with related memorandum as to 
                                               the insufficient precision of the Heads of 
                                               Terms.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/14/8-54: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, 
                                               London Road, Derby, Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, Messrs Smith and Bostock, 
                                               40 St Mary's Gate, Derby, the Stanton Iron Works
                                               Co. Ltd (per. J.A. Longden), and others; various
                                               press copy replies; copy correspondence between 
                                               Stanton and Hewitt. Stanton's proposal to extend
                                               the area of Top Hard coal they lease from the 
                                               Duke of Portland (freehold and copyhold) west of
                                               Mansfield; Hewitt's report to Turner (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/14/8) placing proposal in the context of
                                               the development of the Mansfield coalfield as a 
                                               whole; preparation of terms for lease and 
                                               comments on drafts with relation to the 1894 
                                               principal lease [see Pl E12/9/3/13/5]; small 
                                               plots of land owned by others;
                                               plot of Top Hard coal leased to Butterley 
                                               Company between Carsick Lane and Stoneyford Lane
                                               north-west of Sutton-in-Ashfield, negotiations 
                                               of the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd and the 
                                               'Sutton' [Blackwell?] Company [see Pl E12/9/3/6]
                                               to have Butterley surrender this to help the 
                                               others straighten their boundaries; fear that 
                                               Stanton's interest in this will complicate and 
                                               delay this and other matters; Stanton not to 
                                               connect its Pleasley and Teversal Colliery 
                                               workings because of likely abandonment and 
                                               flooding of latter before lease expires; details
                                               of barriers to be maintained and form of words 
                                               to be incorporated for this purpose in the 
                                               lease; related discussion of geology, dip of 
                                               coal seams, etc.; alteration to boundary/barrier
                                               provisions in the 1894 lease, Stanton's own 
                                               proposals regarding barriers and who is to pay 
                                               for the coal left in them;
                                               reconstruction of the Stanton Iron 
                                               Works/Ironworks Co. Ltd explained as a means of 
                                               bringing nominal capital and real assets of the 
                                               business more into line (Pl E12/9/3/14/37); and 
                                               Duke's consent.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/14/55: Plan (tracing) of plot of land
                                               adjoining the Mansfield-Chesterfield road.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/15/1-13     1680
                       31.7.1899-18.6.1900
                       6.2.1903-11.6.1903      Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               assignment of minerals at Mansfield to the 
                                               Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd; 31 July 1899-18 June 
                                               1900, 6 Feb.-11 June 1903 (Pl E12/9/3/15/1 unfit
                                               for production)
                                               (13 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/15/1: Copy draft assignment by the 
                                               Official Trustee of Charity Lands and the 
                                               Trustees of the Hardwick Education Charity 
                                               (named), with the consent of the Duke of 
                                               Portland as Lord of the Manor of Mansfield, of 
                                               their copyhold interest in the Top Hard coal 
                                               under 21a. 2r. 18p. of land at Moorhaigh (as 
                                               specified) to The Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd for 
                                               £ 1296 15/- (£ 172 18/- paid on the execution of 
                                               this deed and 13 annual payments of £ 86 9/- on 
                                               30 June from 1903 to 1915 inclusive); plan 
                                               attached. Defective
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/6-11: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from Messrs Smith and Bostock, 40
                                               St Mary's Gate, Derby.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/15/2: File of copy correspondence (31
                                               July 1899-12 Apr. 1900) between the Charity 
                                               Commission, the Secretary of the Hardwick 
                                               Educational Charity, Stainsby, Heath, 
                                               Chesterfield, and William Bryan, Mansfield, 
                                               Josiah Butterworth, Frederick J. Turner et al. 
                                               concerning possible by the charity of its rights
                                               to coals under lands in the Manor of Mansfield.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/15/3-5: Correspondence (June 1900) 
                                               between Bryan and Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/6-11: Correspondence (Feb.-June 
                                               1903) received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Messrs Smith and 
                                               Bostock, 40 St Mary's Gate, Derby.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/12: Extract from the Report of the 
                                               Commissioners to inquire into Charities and the 
                                               Education of the Poor on Hardwick School, Hault 
                                               Hucknall.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/5/13: Typescript copy of release 
                                               [lease not copied] of 8 Apr. 1680 by William 
                                               Sherbrooke of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               gentleman and John Garnon of the same, mercer, 
                                               at the request of John Green of Scarcliffe, 
                                               Derbyshire, drover and Hercules Clay of 
                                               Sherbrooke, Derbyshire, yeoman, to Robert Clay 
                                               of Pawterton, Derbyshire, yeoman of 1a. 2r. 20p.
                                               of land at Moorhaigh Wood, Mansfield 
                                               (specified), and a parcel of land in Pleasley 
                                               Hill Moor (specified); recites deed of 25 Apr. 
                                               1666 conveying the land from William, Duke of 
                                               Newcastle and others to Sherbrooke, Garnon and 
                                               another
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/16/1-59     26.1.1904-10.4.1906     Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               the lease of minerals at Sutton-in-Ashfield to 
                                               the Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd and the Blackwell 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd; 26 Jan. 1904-10 Apr. 1906 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/16/1-14, 41-59 unfit for production)
                                               (59 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/16/1-5: Preliminary terms for leases 
                                               to both companies; and drafts of same. Defective
                                               Pl E12/9/3/16/6-11: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Oswald Walmesley); notes by C.R. Hewitt on the 
                                               various drafts of the leases.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/16/12: Rough draft of Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/16/13; to be worked from/through 
                                               Teversal Colliery; term of 26 years from 29 
                                               Sept. 1904; minimum rent of £ 200 p.a. for the 
                                               first five years, £ 300 p.a. for the next five, 
                                               £ 400 p.a. for the third five, £ 500 p.a. for the 
                                               next five, and £ 400 p.a. for the final six; 
                                               acreage rent for freeholds of £ 85 per acre for 
                                               coal less than 3ft 9in, £ 110 up to 4ft, £ 120 to 
                                               4ft 6in., £ 140 up to 4ft 10in., £ 150 up to 5ft 
                                               4in., £ 165 up to 5ft 10in., £ 180 up to 6ft 4in.,
                                               £ 195 up to 6ft 10in, and £ 210 per acre if over 
                                               6ft 10in thick; half royalties for coal under 
                                               copyholds; usual provision for making up short 
                                               workings which at the acreage rental fail to 
                                               yield the minimum rental; details of 50 yard 
                                               barrier between Stanton workings and Blackwell 
                                               workings.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/16/13: Draft lease from the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd of Top
                                               Hard coal in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield; 
                                               schedules of land; plan attached. Defective.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/16/14: Draft lease from the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd of 
                                               Top Hard coal in the parish of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield; schedule of land; plan 
                                               attached. Defective.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/16/15-59: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, 
                                               London Road, Derby, Messrs Dees and Thompson, 
                                               117 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Messrs 
                                               Smith and Bostock, 40 St Mary's Gate, Derby, and
                                               others; various press copy replies; copy 
                                               correspondence between Hewitt and the Stanton 
                                               Ironworks Co. Ltd (per J.A. Longden, managing 
                                               director) and Hewitt and the Blackwell Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd (J.T. Todd, general manager). Generous 
                                               offer of the Stanton company for part of the Top
                                               Hard coal surrendered by the Butterley Company 
                                               (up to fault), to be worked from Teversal 
                                               Colliery, possible involvement of the Blackwell 
                                               Colliery Co. of which Longden is also a 
                                               director, liability for damage [for surrender 
                                               see Pl E12/10/2/10/60];
                                               settling terms with both companies to divide the
                                               area between them; Stanton's lease of Lady 
                                               Carnarvon's coal, this lease to terminate at the
                                               same time; to work the Dunsil coal subject to no
                                               damage to the Top Hard; support for surface; 
                                               measurements at Teversal and quality/thickness 
                                               of coal; barriers; details of the leases.
                                               See also correspondence at Pl E12/10/2/15/21-23.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/17/1-33     24.4.1890-23.6.1905     Bundle of correspondence and deeds concerning 
                                               minerals under Pleasley Hill cemetery, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 24 Apr.-11 Dec. 1890 and 12 
                                               Jan.-8 July 1905
                                               (33 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/17/1-3: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Henry Wace) and his opinion concerning the 1 
                                               acre of land at Pleasley Hill given by the Duke 
                                               of Portland to the Mansfield Burial Board in 
                                               1890 without reserving the minerals, which were 
                                               erroneously included in the lease of Top Hard 
                                               coal to the Stanton Ironworks Co. [see Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/13/5 etc.]; abstract of title of the 
                                               Burial Board, sent as briefing material to Mr 
                                               Wace.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/17/4: Draft conveyance (6 June 1905) 
                                               by the Mansfield Burial Board to the Duke of 
                                               Portland of Top Hard and other coal under 1a. of
                                               land at Pleasley Hill lying on the east of the 
                                               Pleasley to Mansfield Road; consideration of 
                                               £ 125; plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/17/5: Memorandum to be endorsed on 
                                               the Stanton lease of the fact of the conveyance 
                                               Pl E12/9/3/22/4.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/17/6-33: Correspondence (#6-17 of 
                                               1890; rest 1905) received by Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse etc., 
                                               the Mansfield Burial Board (per J.E. Alcock, 
                                               Clerk, et al.), C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby,
                                               and others; copy correspondence between the 
                                               Burial Board and the Home Office, the Local 
                                               Government Board and Hewitt. Donation of land by
                                               the Duke of Portland in 1890; re-acquisition by 
                                               him of the coals underlying the land in 1905.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/18/1-20     4.9.1916-25.7.1917      Bundle of correspondence and abstracts of title 
                                               concerning minerals at New England, Mansfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 4 Sept. 1916-25 July 1917
                                               (20 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/18/1-6: Abstracts and epitomes of 
                                               title of the Pleasley and Pleasley Hill 
                                               Cooperative Society, Thomas Smith, George Alvey,
                                               James Marriot, Miss Elizabeth Rodgers and J.W. 
                                               Howson to property at New England (with plans); 
                                               abstract of order of the Inclosure Commissioners
                                               for England and Wales pertaining to land at New 
                                               England.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/18/7-19: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, 
                                               Mansfield, C.F. Elliot Smith, Mansfield, T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse and Hewitt and Company, London Road, 
                                               Derby; occasional press copy replies. 
                                               Establishing who owns the minerals under a block
                                               of houses at New England near Pleasley; minerals
                                               sold to Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd; were included
                                               in the lease to Stanton of 1894; established 
                                               that several plots treated as copyhold are 
                                               freehold; need to adjust mineral account with 
                                               Stanton and correct schedule to the lease, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/18/20: Site plan.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/19/1-35     1.3.1887-2.7.1910       Bundle of miscellaneous correspondence and deeds
                                               concerning the Pinxton Coal Company (Ltd); 1 
                                               Mar. 1887-2 July 1910
                                               (35 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/19/1: Notes of interview with Mr 
                                               Hewitt concerning Pinxton Colliery/Messrs Coke 
                                               and Co.'s interest in taking 300-1000 acres of 
                                               Main Soft coal underlying the Top Hard leased to
                                               Butterley; discussion of workability of the coal
                                               at Pinxton's Langton Pit near Kirkby-in-Ashfield
                                               but not at New Hucknall's colliery.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/19/2: Draft lease (31 Dec. 1890) by 
                                               the Duke of Portland to the Pinxton Coal Company
                                               (John Talbot Coke of Debdale Hall, Nottingham, a
                                               Colonel in HM Army; Sarah Sophia Robertson of 
                                               Charnwood, Linfield Road, Wimbledon, Surrey, 
                                               widow; George Coke Robertson of Widmerpool Hall,
                                               Nottinghamshire; and Henry Salmond of Waterfoot,
                                               Cumberland, a retired Post Captain, RN) of 2r. 
                                               36p. of land [near Langton Colliery] in the 
                                               parish of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               for a term of 21 years from 29 Sept. 1889, 
                                               reserving minerals, at a rent of £ 7 5/- p.a., 
                                               for sidings; plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/19/3: Copy of lease (16 Oct. 1902) by
                                               the Duke of Portland to the Pinxton Coal Company
                                               Ltd of 1a. 2r. 3p. of land [near Langton 
                                               Colliery] in the parish of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 
                                               for a term of 21 years from 29 September 1902, 
                                               reserving minerals, at a rent of £ 15 p.a., for 
                                               sidings; with plan showing this land, that which
                                               forms the subject of the leases above and below,
                                               and the layout of colliery branches serving 
                                               Langton Colliery.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/19/4: Draft lease (28 Apr. 1910) by 
                                               the Duke of Portland to Pinxton Collieries Ltd 
                                               of 2r. 22p. of land [as in Pl E12/9/3/19/2 less 
                                               14p. sold to the Midland Railway Company] at 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield, for a term of 21 years from 
                                               29 Sept. 1910, at a rent of £ 10 p.a.; plan 
                                               attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/19/5-35: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, Albert L. 
                                               Salmond, 52 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Samuel 
                                               Billing, 218 Strand and others. Lease of parcel 
                                               of land to provide railway sidings for Langton 
                                               Colliery.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/20/1-11     25.7.1899-16.9.1899     Bundle of correspondence and deed concerning 
                                               incorporation of the Pinxton Coal Company Ltd; 
                                               25 July-16 Sept. 1899
                                               (11 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from Messrs Peace 
                                               and Ellis, 18 King Street, Wigan, and Frederick 
                                               J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse concerning the 
                                               conversion of the Pinxton Coal Company into a 
                                               limited liability company for the better 
                                               convenience of the owners, and the permission 
                                               required from the Duke of Portland under the 
                                               1890 lease [see Pl E12/9/3/19].
                                               Duplicate licence (signed by Walter Salmond on 
                                               behalf of the Pinxton Coal Co. Ltd) from the 
                                               Duke of Portland to Messrs Coke and Company 
                                               (John Talbot Coke, Walter Salmond and George 
                                               Coke Robertson) to assign to the Pinxton Coal 
                                               Co. Ltd, and to the Company to charge the 
                                               premises in favour of debenture holders, 14 
                                               Sept. 1901.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/21/1-6      4.12.1905-2.2.1906      Bundle of correspondence concerning workings of 
                                               the Pinxton Coal Co. Ltd and the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd; 4 Dec. 1905-2 Feb. 1906
                                               (6 items, paper)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street, 
                                               C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, the Pinxton 
                                               Coal Co. Ltd, Pinxton Collieries near Alfreton 
                                               (per B. Madew, general manager) and T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse.
                                               Pinxton company wants to work some of the Duke 
                                               of Portland's Deep Soft and/or Deep Hard coal on
                                               the south side of Langton Colliery; area in 
                                               lease to New Hucknall company who are only 
                                               working the Deep Soft, but this is only 14-16 
                                               yards above the Deep Hard; discussion with New 
                                               Hucknall who will not yield any portion of their
                                               coalfield; trials by New Hucknall at Bentinck 
                                               Colliery from the Main Soft down to the Deep 
                                               Hard, quality, width of seam.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/22/1-11     13.9.1902-3.11.1902     Bundle of correspondence concerning land at 
                                               South Normanton, Derbyshire offered to the 
                                               Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd; 13 Sept.-3 Nov. 1902
                                               (11 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby and Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, with copy correspondence 
                                               between the latter two concerning the tenure of 
                                               a small plot of land on the 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield/South Normanton boundary 
                                               offered by Hugh Browne to the Blackwell Colliery
                                               Co. Ltd; related map. 'Mr Browne is one of those
                                               gentlemen who will take advantage in every 
                                               possible way that he can do, and is the sort of 
                                               man that the less one has to do with him the 
                                               better.'
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/23/1-20     14.7.1910-8.8.1914      Bundle of correspondence, deeds etc. concerning 
                                               lease of minerals at Sutton-in-Ashfield to the 
                                               Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd; 14-28 July 1910 and 
                                               25 Nov. 1913-8 Aug. 1914
                                               (20 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/3/23/1: Draft instructions to counsel 
                                               (D.M. Roberston-Macdonald) to settle lease.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/23/2: Draft lease (July 1914) by the 
                                               Duke of Portland to the Blackwell Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd of the Deep Hard and Low Main coal seams 
                                               under various lands at Sutton-in-Ashfield, for 
                                               26 years from 25 Dec. 1913, to be worked from 
                                               Sutton Colliery; subject to rights of copyhold 
                                               surface owners, various freehold surface owners 
                                               and statutory rights of Great Northern Railway 
                                               Company; liberties/reservations as in the 
                                               principal deed [lease of 31 July 1905 - Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/16/14]; minimum rent £ 280 p.a. and 
                                               acreage rent of £ 70 per acre irrespective of the
                                               thickness of the coal under freeholds, and £ 35 
                                               under copyholds; modification to covenants in 
                                               the principal deed; covenants for the protection
                                               and compensation of the Stanton Ironworks, 
                                               lessees of the Top Hard coal in some of these 
                                               lands under the recited deed of 1905 [Pl 
                                               E12/9/3/16/12-13];
                                               three schedules of lands (of freehold land, 55. 
                                               383a., and of freehold mines with surface sold, 
                                               13.213a.; of copyhold or enfranchised land, 
                                               142.116a.; of other freehold lands, 30.555a.; 
                                               total 241.267a.); plan attached, coloured to 
                                               differentiate the various classes of 
                                               land/tenure.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/23/3: File of copy correspondence 
                                               (dated 31 May-13 July 1910) between Hewitt and 
                                               Company, Derby and J.T. Todd, Blackwell Colliery
                                               Co. Ltd, Alfreton, concerning the Lower Mines at
                                               Carsick Lane; financial results of working 
                                               Sutton Colliery in 1909; report on the output 
                                               and finances of Sutton Colliery for the 
                                               fortnight to 5 July 1910; plan of the Sutton-in 
                                               Ashfield area showing lands whose minerals are 
                                               leased to the Blackwell Colliery Co., freeholds,
                                               copyholds, supposed course of fault, barriers, 
                                               etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/3/23/4-20: Correspondence received by 
                                               E.H. Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from Emerson Bainbridge, 47 Upper
                                               Grosvenor Street, C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby, and Messrs Dees and Thompson, 117 Pilgrim
                                               Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; and copy 
                                               correspondence between Hewitt and Todd. Terms 
                                               for subletting coal at Carsick Lane to the 
                                               Blackwell Colliery Co. Ltd to work through their
                                               Sutton pit; negotiations with Bainbridge [who is
                                               involved with Blackwell]; re-opening 
                                               negotiations in 1913; area concerned, proposed 
                                               term and financial terms, etc.
                                               See also Pl E12/9/3/6/.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/24/1-24     3.8.1923-10.12.1923     Bundle of correspondence etc. concerning of coal
                                               at Sutton-in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 3 
                                               Aug.-10 Dec. 1923
                                               (24 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence received by E.H. Bailey/Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Messrs Wells and Hind, Fletcher Gate, 
                                               Nottingham, T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate 
                                               Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, and Hewitt and 
                                               Company, 122 London Road, Derby; occasional copy
                                               replies and letters from Turner to Wells and 
                                               Hind. State of mineral workings under 8.280a. of
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield purchased from the 
                                               Duke of Portland by Messrs I. and R. Morley; 
                                               unsuitability of the land for building purposes 
                                               (Morleys acquired it for a factory); sold in 
                                               good faith by Turner; only now has Hewitt told 
                                               him of the position; discussion of how to behave
                                               decently without incurring moral liability to 
                                               other purchasers of land thereabouts; 
                                               preparation of plan to show areas liable to 
                                               subsidence; obligation of Butterley Company as 
                                               lessees to compensate for surface damage;
                                               Morleys would like to cancel transaction; Turner
                                               offers to halve price for the area likely to be 
                                               affected.
                                               'I have already told ... Hewitt and Coy, that if
                                               in any area they consider the surface is likely 
                                               to be damaged more than in a normal way from the
                                               effect of working coal, they must at once advise
                                               me. It is of course very unfortunate that they 
                                               did not do so, as I would not like Messrs 
                                               Morleys or any other purchaser to imagine for a 
                                               moment that the Duke's representatives were 
                                               aware of such an injury as is anticipated will 
                                               arise to the surface and at the same time sell 
                                               the land for building purposes without 
                                               disclosing this knowledge!'
                                               Pl E12/9/3/24/24 is a plan of the land, between 
                                               the Great Northern Railway and the Swimming 
                                               Baths.
                                               See also Pl E12/6/25/99.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/25/1-14     29.6.1921-13.5.1924     Bundle of correspondence etc. concerning outcrop
                                               of coal at Sutton-in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 
                                               29 June 1921-13 May 1924
                                               (14 items, paper)
                                               Original and copy correspondence between T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse, C.R. Hewitt, 122 London Road, Derby, 
                                               and Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street concerning coal outcrop on land purchased
                                               by Harold Allsop of Sutton-in-Ashfield; minerals
                                               were reserved and are let to the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd; will Allsop be able to work 
                                               outcrop 'after the strike is over'?; if Allsop 
                                               does work the coal 'probably the less we know 
                                               about it the better, unless he really proceeds 
                                               to work to any considerable depth'; a good bed 
                                               of clay on the land which Allsop wants to work 
                                               for his brickyard; correspondence renewed as 
                                               Allsop wants to open cast thin beds of coal and 
                                               fireclay which are above those leased to the 
                                               Butterley Company; strong views of E.H. Bailey 
                                               (unspecified); negotiations for terms proceed; 
                                               Allsop cries off.
                                               
Pl E12/9/3/26/1        30.6.1919               Copy draft sub-lease by the Butterley Company 
                                               Ltd to Midland Coal Products Ltd; 30 June 1919
                                               (1 item, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Second Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Third Party: The Midland Coal Products Limited.
                                               Copy draft sub-lease by (1) to (3), with the 
                                               consent of (2), of 3100 sq. yds of land in the 
                                               parish of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               from 25 Mar. 1919 determinable on six months' 
                                               notice; to be used for the distillation of coal 
                                               [coke ovens]; part of the lands leased by (2) to
                                               (1) in Dec. 1912.
                                               Rent: £ 10 p.a.
                                               2 Attached plans: showing right of way to 
                                               proposed coke-oven plant, with overall layout of
                                               surface buildings and positions of shafts; and 
                                               area available for coke ovens, with surrounding 
                                               buildings and their use.

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Pl E12/9/4             1893-1926               Material concerning the exploitation of the 
                                               Mansfield (East and West) and Clipstone 
                                               coalfields, and other mining activity on the 
                                               Duke of Portland's estate thereabouts; 1893-1926
                                               (472 items)
                                               The principal lessees were the Bolsover Colliery
                                               Company Ltd (Mansfield East and Clipstone) and 
                                               the Sherwood Colliery Company Ltd (Mansfield 
                                               West). The material here includes occasional 
                                               items relating to other dealings between the 
                                               Company and the Duke of Portland over minerals. 
                                               Material relating to minerals at Bolsover itself
                                               will be found in section Pl E12/9/1; other 
                                               material relating to the Sherwood Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd in Pl E12/9/2. Section Pl E12/9/3 contains 
                                               material relating to Mansfield minerals to the 
                                               west of the area defined as the Mansfield 
                                               coalfield in the reports at Pl E12/9/4/1 below. 
                                               (Radmanthwaite, Pleasley Hill, etc.).
                                               The Birkland minerals (near Warsop), adjacent to
                                               areas let to the Bolsover Company have been 
                                               treated in section Pl E12/9/5; as have Warsop 
                                               minerals themselves.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/4/1-15 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/1/1-20      27.7.1893-8.11.1899     Bundle of correspondence and reports concerning 
                                               the Duke of Portland's Mansfield coalfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 27 July 1893-8 Nov. 1899
                                               (20 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence received by E.H. Bailey/Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street 
                                               from: C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, M.H. 
                                               Mills, 65 Station Street, Nottingham, and 
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse, with 
                                               copies of Hewitt's reports (1893, 1896 and 1899)
                                               to Turner. Applications of Mills (1893 and 1896)
                                               and others (1899) for leases of the Top Hard 
                                               coal in the Mansfield coalfield; details of 
                                               Mills's offer and Hewitt's suggested 
                                               counterproposals; success of bore at Gringley in
                                               finding two thick coal seams (1893); Hewitt's 
                                               decision that the field be divided into two 
                                               (3861a. in the west and 5134a. in the east; 
                                               roughly equal in letting value); explanation of 
                                               what lands are contained, town of Mansfield not 
                                               to be underworked, sites for pits and rail 
                                               access to them, likely yield, recommended terms 
                                               (1899) of £ 30 per foot thickness per acre.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/1/19 is a map (1 Mar. 1899) of the 
                                               Mansfield coalfield (West and East), showing the
                                               Duke of Portland's lands (freehold and copy 
                                               differentiated) and other lands (freehold and 
                                               copyhold), proposed site of 2 pits, names of 
                                               lessees of existing coal to the east, 
                                               south-east, and north-east, etc., etc. To 
                                               accompany Hewitt's report of the same date (Pl 
                                               E12/9/4/1/12).
                                               Pl E12/9/4/1/20 is a map of the Mansfield 
                                               coalfield (West), largely as Pl E12/9/4/1/19 but
                                               with extra details of surface and lacking 
                                               proposed site for colliery. Undated [See also Pl
                                               E12/9/4/9/1 of Jan. 1901].
                                               See Pl E12/9/3/14/8 for further report by Hewitt
                                               (Oct. 1898).
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/2/1-170     18.7.1899-29.8.1902     Bundle of correspondence, deeds etc. concerning 
                                               the lease of the Mansfield (East) coalfield by 
                                               the Duke of Portland to the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd; 18 July 1899-29 Aug. 1902
                                               (170 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/2/1-23: Copy preliminary terms (with 
                                               plan enclosed), and draft heads of terms between
                                               the Duke of Portland and the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company Limited; instructions to counsel and 
                                               opinions of counsel (Oswald Walmesley), and copy
                                               letter from him to Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett; notes and observations on drafts by 
                                               lessee's solicitors (Messrs Broomhead, Wightman 
                                               and Moore), and by F.J. Turner and C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               with copy covering letters; comments by Hewitt 
                                               and Turner on points raised by Emerson 
                                               Bainbridge in relation to the Mansfield and 
                                               Welbeck coalfields, exchange between the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. and the Shire Oaks 
                                               Colliery in the Whitwell-Elmton-Creswell area, 
                                               and the Bolsover orphanage (Pl E12/9/4/2/2-4); 
                                               draft of lease (incomplete) [for terms see 
                                               below].
                                               Pl E12/9/4/2/24: Schedule of freehold lands in 
                                               the parishes of Lindhurst, Mansfield Woodhouse 
                                               and Mansfield (4455.503a.), copyholds in 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse (51.556a.), and other 
                                               freeholds in the parishes of Mansfield and 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse (525a.673a.).
                                               Pl E12/9/4/2/25: Plan of the area to be leased, 
                                               by Hewitt and Company (24 Apr. 1901); coloured 
                                               to differentiate the various classes of land.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/2/26-170: Correspondence addressed or
                                               forwarded by E.H. Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: Frederick J.
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse etc.; C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby; Emerson Bainbridge, 4 
                                               Whitehall Court etc. [Bolsover Colliery Co.]; 
                                               George and F.W. Hodson, Loughborough; J. Harrop 
                                               White, Deputy Town Clerk, Mansfield; Messrs 
                                               Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, George Street, 
                                               Sheffield; Oswald Walmesley, Stone Buildings, 
                                               Lincoln's Inn; the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               (per John P. Houfton); and others (with various 
                                               press copy replies).
                                               Terms offered by the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               for the Mansfield [East] coalfield; likely 
                                               difficulties; lessons of too sanguine view of 
                                               prospects of Bentinck Colliery; performance of 
                                               Shirebrook Colliery; depth and sinking of pit; 
                                               rail connections; problems/ potential damage to 
                                               Mansfield Corporation water supply, and view of 
                                               engineers on these (Pl E12/9/4/2/36-37 etc.), 
                                               Mansfield Corporation's desire to acquire 
                                               minerals under their pumping station near 
                                               Rainworth; haggling over precise terms; 
                                               emissions of smoke at Creswell Colliery; 
                                               Bolsover Company's interest in Mansfield West 
                                               coalfield; delay that will ensue between 
                                               granting lease and raising first coal;
                                               Turner 'much inclined' to end negotiations with 
                                               Bainbridge if anyone else is interested, tired 
                                               of haggling, annoyed at latest (late) revisions 
                                               to draft terms for lease (Dec. 1900, Pl 
                                               E12/9/4/2/57-69 etc.); 'Why cannot Mr Bainbridge
                                               say 'Yes' or 'No' to the Heads of Terms and not 
                                               have so much writing and interviews?' (Turner, 
                                               14 Dec.); Bolsover had considered forming a 
                                               fresh company to work Mansfield coalfield, but 
                                               too complex; sites of sinking discussed, and 
                                               those of the Sherwood Colliery Co. - too close 
                                               to Mansfield Woodhouse and Debdale Hall (Pl 
                                               E12/9/4/2/83); picking over details in 
                                               agreement/ lease, and letters from counsel 
                                               (Walmesley);
                                               judgment in case on Aldam's settled estates 
                                               (with press cuttings - Pl E12/9/4/2/138); 
                                               provision of sinking fund insurance policies 
                                               (single premium and annual premium), different 
                                               quotations, opinions on insurance companies 
                                               (1902) [see also Pl E12/9/1/13].
                                               Preliminary terms (Pl E12/9/4/2/7) are: 5134a. 
                                               0r. 7p. of land; lease for 60 years from 1 Jan. 
                                               1901; £ 30 per foot thickness per acre for Top 
                                               Hard coal under freeholds, half that sum under 
                                               copyholds; minimum rent of zero in first two 
                                               years, £ 500 in the third year, £ 1000 in the 
                                               fourth, £ 2000 in the fifth, £ 3000 in the sixth, 
                                               £ 5000 in the seventh, thereafter £ 7000 p.a. with
                                               power to make up short workings; no pillars and 
                                               supports bit covenant to compensate; £ 3-£ 5 per 
                                               acre for surface land; pits, shafts and works to
                                               be situated on Duke's freehold; covenants to 
                                               sink and equip a pair of pits to the Duke's 
                                               satisfaction within 7 years of 1 Jan. 1901, 
                                               lined with cast iron tubbing where necessary; 
                                               special covenants to prevent pollution 
                                               especially of Clipstone Meadows, maintain filter
                                               beds etc., prevent smoke and ignition of spoil;
                                               hypothecation of uncalled capital or the 
                                               provision of sinking fund insurances to give 
                                               security for the performance of covenants; 
                                               barriers to be left at the direction of the 
                                               Duke's mineral agent; surface works to be 
                                               approved by the Duke's agent; smoke consuming 
                                               apparatus as efficient as that at the Whitwell 
                                               Colliery of the Shire Oaks Company; power to the
                                               Duke to withdraw up to 20a. of land for the 
                                               protection of the pumping station of Mansfield 
                                               Corporation at Rainworth Well.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/3/1-10      24.11.1903-13.4.1904    Bundle of correspondence and deeds relating to 
                                               the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd's Mansfield 
                                               Colliery, Nottinghamshire; 24 Nov. 1903-13 Apr. 
                                               1904
                                               (10 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/3/1: Draft memorandum of agreement 
                                               (31 Dec. 1903) between the Duke of Portland and 
                                               the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd giving them 
                                               liberty to sell sand recovered when sinking 
                                               [Mansfield Colliery] at 3d per ton.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/3/2: Draft lease by the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd of 
                                               16a. 0r. 9p. of land in the parish of Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse [south of Clipstone Road and east of 
                                               Pump Hollow Road], together with the club, drill
                                               hall and other buildings in course of erection 
                                               thereupon, for a term of 57 years from 1 Jan. 
                                               1904, at a rent of £ 48 p.a. (plan attached). 
                                               Endorsed: 'Not used.'
                                               Related correspondence received by E.H. 
                                               Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse and the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd (per John P. Houfton).
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/4/1-3       21.6.1909-28.6.1909     Correspondence and plan concerning land for 
                                               colliery housing at Forest Town etc., 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 21-28 June 1909
                                               (3 items, paper)
                                               Letters from T. Warner Turner to E. Horsman 
                                               Bailey, 5 Berners Street concerning Bolsover 
                                               Collier Co. Ltd's desire to buy land for 100 
                                               cottages at Forest Town, or to exchange land 
                                               they own near Crown Farm Colliery, Mansfield; 
                                               Colliery Co. have power to lease land from Duke 
                                               of Portland for building purposes under terms of
                                               the colliery lease; better to have whole 
                                               colliery village in one place; expense of 
                                               sewering, consequences for rates; population of 
                                               Forest Town, value of land to a speculative 
                                               developer; Ordnance Survey plan showing the land
                                               mentioned.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/5/1-161     26.4.1911-2.9.1919      Bundle of correspondence, deeds etc. concerning 
                                               lease of Clipstone coalfield to Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd; 26 Apr.-20 Dec. 1911, 7 Oct. 
                                               1913-27 Oct. 1915 and 13 Aug. 1918-2 Sept. 1919
                                               (161 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/1-7: Instructions to counsel (D.M. 
                                               Robertson Macdonald) to settles and revise draft
                                               lease; notes of T. Warner Turner, Mr [C.R.] 
                                               Hewitt and Messrs Broomhead, Wightman and Moore 
                                               [lessee's solicitors], and Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett on the draft lease and alterations 
                                               to it; extract from letter from J.P. Houfton 
                                               [Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd] to Messrs Broomhead,
                                               Wightman and Moore (9 Feb. 1915) making detailed
                                               observations on clauses in the draft lease.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/8: Draft lease. Listed separately.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/9: Draft deed of covenant and 
                                               charge on sinking fund insurance policies 
                                               between the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd and the 
                                               Duke of Portland (30 Apr. 1915). Recites 
                                               condition of the principal lease (Pl 
                                               E12/9/4/5/8) that the company effect sinking 
                                               fund insurance policies for £ 10000 for better 
                                               securing the payment of the rents and royalties 
                                               and due performance of covenant. Company charges
                                               the policies in favour of the Duke, covenants to
                                               assign them by endorsement to him, and deposit 
                                               them with him. Approved by Messrs Broomhead, 
                                               Wightman and Moore, 13 Apr. 1915.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/10: Copy draft conveyance (dated 30
                                               Apr. 1915) by the Duke of Portland and his 
                                               trustees to the Bolsover Colliery Co. of 
                                               25.593a. of land at Forest Town in the parish of
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse [south of Clipstone Road, 
                                               north of Newlands Road, east of Forest Town] as 
                                               the site for a village for employees of the 
                                               Company's Clipstone colliery and also of their 
                                               Mansfield colliery, for a consideration of 
                                               £ 3839; not more than 15 house per acre, not more
                                               than one house to be used as a public house and 
                                               it to be under the control of the Company with 
                                               its profits used for the benefit of the village;
                                               limited option (specified) to vendor to 
                                               repurchase after the expiry of the colliery 
                                               lease (plan attached shows land, Traveller's 
                                               Rest Farm buildings, Wesleyan Chapel and Forest 
                                               Town). Altered extensively and approved on 
                                               behalf of the vendor and his trustees, 13 Nov. 
                                               1914.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/11-12: Copy assignments (31 Aug. 
                                               1915) by the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd to the 
                                               Duke of Portland of insurance policies for £ 5000
                                               (one a single premium policy, the other annual 
                                               premiums) with the Phoenix Assurance Company Ltd
                                               (Nos. 115725 and 115726).
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/13-15: Plan of land conveyed by Pl 
                                               E12/9/4/5/10 and environs, including Walker's 
                                               Plantation and the Mansfield Woodhouse UDC 
                                               pumping station and the course of a main pipe 
                                               leading to/from it, Nov. 1913; tracing of a plot
                                               of 4a. of land at Clipstone, near Culloden 
                                               Plantation [purchased by Mrs F. Armstrong - see 
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/57]; plan of Clipstone and 
                                               environs, coloured to refer to lease of coals Pl
                                               E12/9/4/5/8. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/16-40: Correspondence (1911) 
                                               received by E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse and C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby 
                                               (with one press copy replies), including copy 
                                               correspondence received from the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd (per J.P. Houfton, Managing 
                                               Director) by Hewitt and Turner and between 
                                               Hewitt and Turner. Letting Clipstone minerals; 
                                               better to wait until Welbeck coalfield is let 
                                               and have Clipstone ready to offer to one of 
                                               those disappointed there; neighbouring fields 
                                               and workings; 'recent legislation and the trend 
                                               of the times' (Apr. 1911) suggest development; 
                                               suggested location of pit near Balker Farm close
                                               to proposed Mansfield Railway, coal should be at
                                               700 yards depth and 4ft 5in thick; use of cast 
                                               iron tubbing to keep back water when sinking 
                                               shaft;
                                               construction of settling ponds to prevent 
                                               contamination of Vicarwater, etc.; Clipstone to 
                                               be included in returns to Inland Revenue on the 
                                               basis of early development; interest of Bolsover
                                               Company, also addition of 600-700a. to the area 
                                               worked by the Bolsover Company from their 
                                               Creswell Colliery; where to put the colliery and
                                               colliery village to be fair to Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse and [Old] Clipstone - who gains the 
                                               rates who has the burden of expenditure - or 
                                               possible re-arrangement of parish boundaries; 
                                               Bolsover Company want lease which will give them
                                               flexibility and easy terms for first 5 years in 
                                               view of their commitments at Rufford Colliery, 
                                               until they have proved coal there do not want to
                                               lay out another £ 200000 at Clipstone; 
                                               practically giving them an option, Duke's 
                                               advisers disinclined to do so.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/41-150: Correspondence received by 
                                               E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett from: T. Warner Turner, C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               David M. Robertson Macdonald, 2 Stone Buildings,
                                               Lincoln's Inn, Messrs Broomhead, Wightman and 
                                               Moore, George Street, Sheffield, and others 
                                               (with various press copy replies); and original 
                                               and copy correspondence between the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd (per J.P. Houfton and John 
                                               Bingley, Agent) and Turner. Bore hole for New 
                                               Red Sandstone and Magnesium Limestone measures 
                                               in Clipstone coalfield as a preliminary to 
                                               sinking operations; establishing nominal 
                                               (retrospective) date for the commencement of 
                                               Bolsover's Clipstone lease; deciding on precise 
                                               area covered by the lease; consequences of 
                                               Finance Act on Welbeck coalfield developments - 
                                               an agreement for a lease is not a lease in terms
                                               of liability for Increment Duty;
                                               area of Mansfield lease (4482.794a.) and 
                                               Clipstone (4491.408a.) roughly ths same, minimum
                                               rents to be like; desire of Bolsover Company to 
                                               purchase freehold of site for colliery village, 
                                               not lease it; ready to commence sinking (May 
                                               1914); terms for sale of land at £ 150 per acre 
                                               for colliery housing, to prevent resale to 
                                               speculators, plans to be approved by Duke's 
                                               agents, provision of licensed premises; Company 
                                               want others to build houses selling them the 
                                               land at cost price, with plans approved by them 
                                               and Duke, and power to Company or the Duke to 
                                               acquire premises at valuation on the expiry of 
                                               the mineral lease; means of providing houses for
                                               workmen without having to raise the capital for 
                                               it; use of profits of licensed premises for the 
                                               benefit of the community, Duke to have say in 
                                               this;
                                               preparation of lease, conveyance, etc.; 
                                               observations on terms; no coke ovens or 
                                               bye-product works to be erected at Clipstone; 
                                               covenants to deal with minimising smoke nuisance
                                               Pl E12/9/4/5/151-161: Correspondence (1918-19) 
                                               received by E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett from T. Warner Turner (with one
                                               press copy reply), with copies of correspondence
                                               between Turner and the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd
                                               (per John Bingley, General Manager and J.P. 
                                               Houfton). Suspension of operations at Clipstone 
                                               for the duration because of government 
                                               prohibition on sinking; considerable work done 
                                               on surface; Portland advisers make concession to
                                               the company on minimum rents; further proposals 
                                               from Company in 1919 to extend lease by the 
                                               equivalent of the war period and altering 
                                               minimum rents entirely unacceptable: 'the 
                                               announcement recently made by the Prime Minister
                                               in the House of Commons affects the whole 
                                               position so seriously that no further concession
                                               can be made by owners in respect of Royalties or
                                               Minimum Rents...' (Turner, 30 Aug. 1919).
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/5/8         1913                    Draft lease by the Duke of Portland of the 
                                               Clipstone coalfield, Nottinghamshire to the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd; 1913
                                               (59 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: The Bolsover Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Draft appointment by way of demise [lease] by 
                                               (1) to (2) of Top Hard coal under lands at 
                                               Clipstone and Edwinstowe specified in the 
                                               annexed schedules 1 and 3, subject to the 
                                               interests of the freehold surface owners and the
                                               Lord of the Manor of Edwinstowe in specified 
                                               portions and the statutory rights of Mansfield 
                                               Corporation in respect of its water pumping 
                                               station, and also the surface of the colliery 
                                               village site at Forest Town (schedule 2), for a 
                                               term of 60 years from 29 Sept. 1912.
                                               Liberty to work minerals under copyholds with 
                                               the consent of the Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Edwinstowe, liberty to enter the surface lands 
                                               (the 'selected lands') at Balker Farm for the 
                                               purpose of sinking a shaft; to work the mine and
                                               to let down the surface; to make (with the 
                                               lessor's approval) drifts, headings, levels, 
                                               airways and roadways through any portions of the
                                               mine required to be left ungotten for pillars 
                                               etc., up to 3 drifts in each pillar of coal, no 
                                               drift exceeding 12ft in width, nor to be made 
                                               within 20yds of any other drift, etc.; to 
                                               construct dwellings for colliery officials, and 
                                               a colliery village; to erect surface works but 
                                               no coke ovens or by-product plants; to dig for 
                                               clay, etc.;
                                               Sites for surface operations to be selected by 
                                               lessor, and lessees to compensate surface 
                                               tenants of 'selected lands';
                                               Other seams excepted/reserved, liberty to lessor
                                               to demise and work the excepted mines and to 
                                               bore through the demised mines, liberty to 
                                               construct works, liberty to let down the demised
                                               mine and surface, liberty to use lessees disused
                                               works, liberty to use railways, liberty to sell 
                                               or demise surface, liberty to enter and inspect 
                                               demised mine, sporting rights; but reserved 
                                               liberties not to be exercised to interfere with 
                                               lessees, lessor to compensate lessees for 
                                               physical damage through exercise of reserved 
                                               liberties, etc.
                                               Covenants for proper working of the mine; to 
                                               give notice when workings approach within 200 
                                               yards of buildings; to leave barriers and 
                                               pillars as required; for weighing and accounting
                                               for coal and keeping plans, with power to lessor
                                               to inspect and require copies; for inspection of
                                               the mine by the lessor; covenants as to surface 
                                               operations, restoration of surface on removal of
                                               buildings and machinery, level land from which 
                                               clay abstracted; pay compensation for damage 
                                               caused by working the demised mine, and 
                                               indemnify the lessor; to provide filtration beds
                                               and cleanse water from the demised mine, not to 
                                               interfere with watercourses or water supply; to 
                                               construct works so as to consume their own 
                                               smoke;
                                               To erect a colliery village at Forest Town; to 
                                               erect houses for colliery officials near Balker 
                                               Farm; to pay lessor for minerals as if gotten 
                                               where a public body, railway company etc. pays 
                                               the lessees to leave minerals unwrought; not to 
                                               permit unauthorised use, or unauthorised 
                                               habitation of colliery village; not to assign or
                                               underlet; to deliver up premises at end of the 
                                               term, allow lessor to buy the colliery plant, to
                                               restore 'selected lands' at the end of the term 
                                               or pay compensation, to fill up pits, etc.; 
                                               power of distress and proviso for re-entry by 
                                               the lessor; determination of lease when all 
                                               minerals gotten, lessees to give notice of 
                                               removal of colliery plant, lessor to have power 
                                               to purchase the plant at removal value, if not 
                                               lessees have power to remove; arbitration 
                                               clauses.
                                               Annual rent (payable half-yearly): first two 
                                               years, nil; third year, £ 500; fourth year, 
                                               £ 1000; fifth year, £ 2000; sixth year, £ 3000; 
                                               seventh year £ 5000; eighth year and all 
                                               subsequent years, £ 7000 p.a. Tonnage rent of 6d 
                                               per ton for coal, plus 3d per ton for sand. 
                                               Surface rent of £ 1 10/- per acre for the 
                                               'selected land' and £ 2 10/- per acre for the 
                                               colliery village. No royalty or rents for 
                                               pillars; lessees may raise in every half year a 
                                               quantity of coals whose tonnage rent would equal
                                               the minimum rent; minimum and tonnage rents to 
                                               cease when all minerals paid for; underworking 
                                               of tonnage to pay fixed minimum rent in any half
                                               year may be made up by subsequent overworkings, 
                                               but not vice versa.
                                               Schedules of land: 1, freeholds belonging to the
                                               Duke of Portland (3936.814a. in the parish of 
                                               Clipstone and 278.176a. in the parish of 
                                               Edwinstowe); 2, the colliery village (25.593a.);
                                               3, freeholds whose surface does not belong to 
                                               the Duke (93.320a. in Clipstone and 1.112a. in 
                                               Edwinstowe); 4, copyholds of the Manor of 
                                               Edwinstowe (0.650a. in Clipstone and 363.972a. 
                                               in Edwinstowe). Total 4673.394a.
                                               Extensive annotations and revisions, those in 
                                               green dated 7 Jan. 1914.
                                               Attached plan coloured to indicate different 
                                               categories of land, with an inset of the 
                                               colliery village site near Traveller's Rest Farm
                                               [Forest Town].
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/4/5.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/6/1-4       1926                    Bundle of correspondence and deeds relating to 
                                               colliery housing for the Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd at Clipstone, Nottinghamshire; 1926. 
                                               Defective (unfit for production)
                                               (4 items, paper & linen)
                                               Draft leases by the Bolsover Colliery Housing 
                                               Co. Ltd to the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd of 15 
                                               and 18 newly erected houses respectively, at 
                                               [New] Clipstone Colliery Village, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, for a term of 30 years; 
                                               repairing covenants and restrictive covenants. 
                                               [Clipstone No. 2 Scheme - Public Works Loan 
                                               Board]
                                               Related correspondence between Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street and Messrs 
                                               Davies, Sanders and Swanwick, Chesterfield.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/7/1-21      22.5.1913-5.12.1913     Bundle of correspondence etc. relating to the 
                                               Clipstone coalfield in the Manor of Edwinstowe, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 22 May-5 Dec. 1913
                                               (21 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse and Messrs Tallents and Company, 
                                               Newark on Trent, with copies of letters between 
                                               Turner and the Thoresby Estate Office, Ollerton 
                                               and Turner and C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby.
                                               Concerns copyhold lands within the Manor of 
                                               Edwinstowe, the early 19th century inclosure and
                                               exchanges and the status of various lands for 
                                               inclusion in the lease of minerals to the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd; payment of a moiety 
                                               of the coal royalty under the Duke of Portland's
                                               copyholds to Earl Manvers as Lord of the Manor 
                                               proposed [the usual rate]; necessity of 
                                               arrangements involving both the Duke and the 
                                               Earl to enable minerals to be worked under 
                                               copyholds.
                                               Schedule of lands comprised within the Clipstone
                                               Coalfield and parish of Edwinstowe: acreages, 
                                               tenure, notes of from whom purchased, remarks, 
                                               areas and numbers of fields as appearing in the 
                                               inclosure award of 1821.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/8/1         14.10.1898              Draft exchange of minerals under lands at 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire by the Duke
                                               of Portland; 14 Oct. 1898
                                               (12 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: Edward Horsman Bailey of 5 Berners
                                               Street, Middlesex, solicitor [trustee].
                                               Third Party: William Welfitt Hall of Park Hall, 
                                               parish of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               Esq.
                                               Fourth Party: Letitia Mary Welfitt of Langwith 
                                               Lodge, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, widow; 
                                               the said William Welfitt Hall; and William 
                                               Abraham Hodges of Nottingham, Esq. [Hall 
                                               trustees].
                                               Draft conveyance by (1) to (4) of minerals under
                                               353a. 0r. 19p. of land specified in the annexed 
                                               schedule, upon the uses and trusts of the will 
                                               of Francis Hall; conveyance by (3) to (2) of 
                                               minerals under 230a. 0r. 19p., upon the trusts 
                                               of the Portland resettlement of 1879.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/9/1-5       17.1.1901-21.4.1904     Bundle of material concerning the lease by the 
                                               Duke of Portland of the Mansfield (west) 
                                               coalfield to the Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd; 17 
                                               Jan. 1901-21 Apr. 1904 (fragile)
                                               (5 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/9/1: Preliminary terms agreed 31 Jan.
                                               1901 between the Duke of Portland and the 
                                               Sherwood Colliery Company Limited (per John E. 
                                               Ellis); lease for 60 years; royalty of £ 30 per 
                                               foot thickness per acre for Top Hard and Combe 
                                               coal under freehold lands and half that rate 
                                               under copyholds; minimum rent of nil in the 
                                               first two years, £ 600 in the third, £ 1000 in the
                                               fourth, £ 2000 in the fifth, and £ 3000 p.a. 
                                               thereafter, with power to make up shortworkings;
                                               surface rents; special covenants regarding 
                                               equipment and pollution; coals under Mansfield 
                                               town not to be worked except by special 
                                               arrangement with Duke, but power to drive 
                                               roadways and drifts through with permission of 
                                               Duke's mineral agent; lessee to take out 
                                               insurance policies for £ 10000, to be held by 
                                               trustees as security for performance of 
                                               covenants etc.; coalfield plan attached.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/9/2: Draft liberty from the Duke to 
                                               the Company to sell sand, 1903.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/9/3: Rough memorandum, 17 Jan. 1901.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/9/4-5: Letters from Frederick J. 
                                               Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse to Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street concerning 
                                               the sale of sand.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/10/1-7      4.3.1902-11.3.1902      Bundle of original and copy correspondence (25 
                                               Jan. 1900-29 Mar. 1902) etc. concerning the 
                                               lease of coals at Berry Hill, Mansfield; 4-19 
                                               Mar. 1902
                                               (7 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence between Messrs Mills, Coke and 
                                               Turner, 65 Station Street, Nottingham, C.R. 
                                               Hewitt, London Road, Derby, Frederick J. Turner,
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, Francis N. Ellis, Sherwood 
                                               Colliery, and Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 
                                               5 Berners Street. Proposed letting of Hollins's 
                                               coal at Berry Hill, Mansfield to be worked in 
                                               conjunction with minerals let by the Duke of 
                                               Portland; supposed difficulty in relation to 
                                               terms of lease from the Duke; leases from the 
                                               Duke of his Mansfield coalfield allow wayleaves 
                                               which would enable Hollins's coal to be worked 
                                               through the pits of the Sherwood and Bolsover 
                                               Colliery companies; complaints about damages to 
                                               Hollins's interests, but his objection to a 
                                               central sinking on the Duke's estate not far 
                                               from Berry Hill necessitated acquisition at 
                                               great expense of site for a colliery at northern
                                               end of the coalfield;
                                               Hollins's agents believe that his coal was 
                                               dangled as a carrot before the Duke's 
                                               prospective lessees of the Mansfield coalfield, 
                                               and has now been discarded; boundary [between 
                                               west and east coalfields] straddles Hollins's 
                                               estate to his detriment; Hollins complains that 
                                               otherwise he could have let all his minerals to 
                                               the Sherwood Colliery Co. [the Duke's lessees 
                                               for the western field], but value of Hollins's 
                                               minerals is entirely dependent on the wayleaves 
                                               the Duke has granted to his own lessees unless 
                                               Hollins will permit a colliery on his own 
                                               property, therefore Hewitt believes that Hollins
                                               has gained not lost by events; Hollins may fear 
                                               that as to his coal east of the barrier he will 
                                               be entirely 'at the mercy' of the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. [the Duke's eastern lessees].
                                               Turner wonders whether the Duke should lease the
                                               Berry Hill minerals and then sublet them to the 
                                               Sherwood and Bolsover companies, precedent of 
                                               the 5th Duke taking a lease of copyhold coal at 
                                               Hucknall Huthwaite to help negotiations with the
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co.; Turner having to be 
                                               careful in view of his son's participation in 
                                               Mills, Coke and Turner, Mr Hollins's mineral 
                                               agents.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/10/7 is a map of the Mansfield (West)
                                               coalfield, with the Berry Hill estate 
                                               colour-washed yellow, showing it straddling the 
                                               boundary with the Mansfield (East) coalfield.
                                               See also Pl E12/6/19/49 for other material 
                                               relating to the Hollins minerals.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/11/1-12     12.7.1909-25.9.1909     Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               sale to the Duke of Portland of minerals under 
                                               lands at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; 12 July-25 
                                               Sept. 1909
                                               (12 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/11/1: Memorandum of agreement (3 Aug.
                                               1909) between Catherine Hutchinson of Nottingham
                                               (wife of Robert Hutchinson, miller) and William 
                                               John Arthur Charles James, Duke of Portland, KG 
                                               for the sale to him for £ 200 of coal under 1a. 
                                               2r. 38p. of land at Three Thorn Hollow, to the 
                                               north of Southwell Road, Mansfield (plan 
                                               attached).
                                               Pl E12/9/4/11/2-6: Draft conveyance (25 Sept. 
                                               1909) to the Duke and his trustees, with plan 
                                               attached; copy draft acknowledgment of the right
                                               of the Duke of Portland to the production of 
                                               title deeds (same date); abstract of title, 
                                               requisitions on title and replies thereto.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/11/7-12: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from J.E. Alcock, Mansfield and 
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/12/1-39     5.3.1910-29.5.1912      Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               exchange of coal between the Shirebrook Colliery
                                               Ltd and the Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd; 5 Mar. 
                                               1910-29 May 1912 (fragile)
                                               (39 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/12/1: Rough draft surrender (1910) by
                                               The Sherwood Colliery Company Limited to the 
                                               Duke of Portland, supplemental to the lease of 2
                                               Aug. 1902, of Top Hard coal demised to them for 
                                               60 years from 25 Mar. 1901 under unspecified 
                                               lands at Mansfield Woodhouse to straighten the 
                                               boundary between their workings and those of 
                                               Shirebrook Colliery.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/12/2: Rough draft lease (1910) by the
                                               Duke of Portland to the Sherwood Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd of the Top Hard coal under unspecified lands
                                               at Mansfield Woodhouse in substitution for the 
                                               lands surrendered by #1 above, for the term and 
                                               on the terms of the lease of 2 Aug. 1902 as 
                                               though it had applied to these premises from the
                                               outset.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/12/3: Draft surrender (14 May 1912) 
                                               by Shirebrook Colliery Limited to the Duke of 
                                               Portland, supplemental to the lease of 11 Apr. 
                                               1902, of Top Hard coal demised to them for 60 
                                               years from 1 Jan. 1900 under lands at Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse indicated on the annexed plan, to 
                                               straighten the boundary between their workings 
                                               and those of Sherwood Colliery. Altered and 
                                               settled by Messrs Davies, Sanders and Swanwick 
                                               on behalf of the colliery company, 23 Jan. 1911.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/12/4: Draft lease (15 May 1912) by 
                                               the Duke of Portland to Shirebrook Colliery Ltd 
                                               of the Top Hard coal under lands at Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse indicated on the annexed plan, in 
                                               substitution for the lands surrendered by #3 
                                               above, for the term and on the terms of the 
                                               lease of 11 Apr. 1902 as though it had applied 
                                               to these premises from the outset.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/12/5: Plan showing exchange line 
                                               between Shirebrook and Sherwood collieries.
                                               Pl E12/9/4/9/6-39: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from Messrs Wells and Hind, Fletcher 
                                               Gate, Nottingham, C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby, Messrs Davies, Sanders and Swanwick, 
                                               Chesterfield and T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse (with one 
                                               press copy reply) concerning the exchange, 
                                               terms, barriers, Sherwood company to pay all 
                                               costs, complications in getting consents of 
                                               copyhold surface owners, great expense of 
                                               copyholders' licences and indemnity in respect 
                                               of costs of same.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/13/1-17     7.2.1914-13.10.1914     Bundle of deeds and correspondence concerning 
                                               exchange of minerals between the Duke of 
                                               Portland and Lord Savile, east of Mansfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 7 Feb-13 Oct. 1914
                                               (17 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/4/13/1: Copy deed of exchange dated 30 
                                               July 1914 between (1) William John Arthur 
                                               Charles James, Duke of Portland, KG (2) The 
                                               Portland Trustees (named) (3) John Savile, Baron
                                               Savile (4) The Savile Trustees (named) and (5) 
                                               The Bolsover Colliery Company Limited (Lessees).
                                               Exchange of Top Hard Coal on the eastern 
                                               boundary of the Mansfield coalfield/western 
                                               boundary of Rufford between the Portlands and 
                                               the Saviles [to achieve a straighter boundary], 
                                               to have the effect that the coal hereafter in 
                                               the hands of the Portlands shall be deemed to 
                                               have been in their hands for the purposes of 
                                               their 1902 lease to (5), and the coals hereafter
                                               in the hands of the Saviles shall be deemed to 
                                               have been in their hands for the purposes of 
                                               their 1909 lease to (5).
                                               Pl E12/9/4/13/2: Plan showing the line of the 
                                               exchange northward from near Rainworth to near 
                                               [New Clipstone].
                                               Pl E12/9/4/13/3-17: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby and Messrs Johnson, Raymond-Barker and 
                                               Company, 9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn concerning 
                                               the detail of the transaction.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/14/1        9.12.1913-29.12.1913    File of copy letters concerning Sherwood 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd and Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd; 
                                               9-29 Dec. 1913 (unfit for production)
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Copy correspondence between C.R. Hewitt/Messrs 
                                               Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby, Messrs 
                                               Wells and Hind, Fletcher Gate, Nottingham and T.
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse, concerning Sherwood-Mansfield barrier
                                               coal.
                                               
Pl E12/9/4/15/1        4.11.1908               Letter from T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate 
                                               Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire to 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street, London, with attached plan; 4 Nov. 1908
                                               (1 item, paper)
                                               Concerning Sherwood Colliery, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse and the nature of tenure of lands 
                                               shown on the attached tracing from the 25 inch 
                                               Ordnance Survey plan: part is freehold belonging
                                               to General Coke.

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Pl E12/9/5             1892-1921               Material concerning the exploitation of the Duke
                                               of Portland's Welbeck coalfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, and Warsop minerals; 1892-1921
                                               (791 items)
                                               The principal lessee was the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Company Ltd, but parts of the field 
                                               were let to others, including the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Company Ltd. For other material 
                                               relating to the New Hucknall company see series 
                                               Pl E12/9/3 and Pl E12/10/2.
                                               Minerals under Warsop copyholds are treated at 
                                               the end of this section for convenience.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/1-12 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/1/1-31      29.12.1899-13.12.1905   Bundle of correspondence etc. concerning glebe 
                                               minerals at Warsop, Nottinghamshire and 
                                               development of the Welbeck Coalfield; 29 Dec. 
                                               1899-18 June 1900 and 28 Oct.-15 Dec. 1905 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/1/29 - unfit for production)
                                               (31 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by E. Horsman 
                                               Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from Frederick J. Turner and T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse and Welbeck Abbey, and others (with 
                                               occasional copy and press copy replies and copy 
                                               letter from Emerson Bainbridge, 4 Whitehall 
                                               Court to F.J. Turner); press copy attendance 
                                               entry;
                                               Development of the Welbeck coalfield without 
                                               destroying the amenities of Welbeck Abbey; site 
                                               of pits and mining villages, best option Warsop 
                                               glebe land; possible exchanges with Sir Richard 
                                               FitzHerbert [incumbent of Warsop] of the surface
                                               at Warsop and acquisition of the glebe minerals 
                                               (700a.) for the £ 16000 suggested by the 
                                               Ecclesiastical Commissioners valued by Hewitt at
                                               £ 35000); striking while iron is hot; advice of 
                                               Forster Brown and Rees that the minimum price be
                                               £ 20000 (and £ 13000 for Whitwell glebe minerals);
                                               possibility that Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
                                               are playing off the Portlands against the 
                                               Staveley Company, Turner not prepared to pay 
                                               more than £ 18000; suitable area of land between 
                                               the Glebe and Gleadthorpe owned by FitzHerbert, 
                                               exchange of it suggested but declined; 
                                               wayleaves.
                                               Exhaustion of Top Hard Coal at New Hucknall 
                                               (1905), need to find more, in negotiation with 
                                               the Fitzherberts, would like to lease some coal 
                                               from the Duke of Portland near Welbeck; if New 
                                               Hucknall can get Warsop Glebe and 1200a. from 
                                               the Portlands, they will sink a colliery; future
                                               ambitions and difficulties, and development of 
                                               the Welbeck coalfield when the Duke desires; 
                                               state of the colliery trade and prospects of New
                                               Hucknall Company; colliery at [Meden Vale - 
                                               Welbeck Colliery] would be out of sight.
                                               PL E12/9/5/1/1: Copy report (29 Dec. 1899) by 
                                               C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby [the Duke of 
                                               Portland's mineral agent] to F.J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse discussing parties 
                                               interested in the Welbeck coalfield (the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd, Shireoaks Colliery 
                                               Co. Ltd and Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd); 
                                               the geology of the site; progress of Wigan Coal 
                                               and Iron Co. [Manton Colliery] as lessees of 
                                               Duke of Newcastle to north-east of Welbeck, 
                                               excessive quantities of water causing them 
                                               problems; proposed site of shaft near Cuckney 
                                               would spoil the amenities of the Welbeck estate 
                                               but site can be found near Gleadthorpe Grange; 
                                               advisability of acquiring ex-Warsop glebe lands 
                                               now owned by the FitzHerberts; course of rail 
                                               access; to exploit now or delay. Attached plan 
                                               and section, indicates lessees of adjoining 
                                               coals, site of proposed colliery, and site line 
                                               from roof of Welbeck Abbey.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/1/29: Draft rough outline of terms 
                                               for wayleave and the joint development of the 
                                               Welbeck Coalfield between the Duke of Portland 
                                               and Sir Richard FitzHerbert.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/1/30: Instructions to counsel (Henry 
                                               Wace) to advise and his opinion.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/1/31: Copy conveyance (dated 20 Dec. 
                                               1895) of the glebe coals of Warsop by the 
                                               Reverend Richard Fitzherbert of Warsop, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, Clerk in Holy Orders and 
                                               Incumbent of Warsop, and Sir William FitzHerbert
                                               of Tissington Hall, Derbyshire, Baronet to John 
                                               Wigram of South Collingham, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               estate agent, in trust for Richard FitzHerbert 
                                               and his successors as rectors of Warsop. 
                                               (supplementary to a deed of 25 Mar. 1895 
                                               conveying 709a. of land at Warsop to Richard 
                                               FitzHerbert in his private capacity). Sent to Mr
                                               Wace as briefing material in 1900 (vide supra).
                                               See Pl E12/7/7 for other Warsop coal material. 
                                               Correspondence continues at Pl E12/9/5/4/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/2/1-41      1.1.1906-1911           Bundle of papers concerning the development of 
                                               the Welbeck Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 1 Jan. 
                                               1906-1911
                                               (41 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/1-4 for 1906: Rough outline of 
                                               terms for wayleave and development of the joint 
                                               coalfield (Duke of Portland/FitzHerbert); 
                                               instructions to advise the Duke of Portland, 
                                               sent to Messrs Forster Brown and Rees, Cardiff; 
                                               report by them on the potential of the field 
                                               (Sept. 1906), with plans - (A) One inch Ordnance
                                               Survey Plan of the Worksop/Welbeck/Mansfield 
                                               area showing landowners, existing mineral 
                                               lessees, mines, etc. Hatched to relate to text; 
                                               (B) Six inch Ordnance Survey Plan of the Welbeck
                                               area showing landowners, existing mineral 
                                               lessees, supposed line of fault, etc. Hatched to
                                               relate to text; (C) Railway Clearing House map 
                                               of railways for the Yorkshire District, showing 
                                               lines in area from the Pennines/Peak District to
                                               the East Coast (Huddersfield, Ashbourne, 
                                               Nottingham, Boston, Grimsby, etc.).
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/5-11 for 1907: Draft statement as 
                                               to the proposed letting, submitted by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett to Messrs Johnson, 
                                               Long and Co.; draft and revised draft epitome of
                                               terms between the Duke of Portland, Earl Manvers
                                               and Sir Hugo FitzHerbert; instructions to 
                                               counsel (Oswald Walmesley) to settle draft 
                                               agreement to be entered into between them with a
                                               view to joint development, and to settle draft 
                                               form of lease; epitome of terms (Pl E12/9/5/2/11
                                               listed separately).
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/12-17 for 1908: Notes of Mr Hewitt 
                                               and Mr T. Warner Turner (on behalf of the Duke) 
                                               on the draft joint lease and the draft lease of 
                                               the railway line; instructions to counsel 
                                               (Walmesley) to revise draft lease, and to revise
                                               lease of railway line; notes on draft lease of 
                                               site for proposed colliery railway.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/18-26 for 1909: Plan for railway 
                                               lease, endorsed 'superseded'; two sets of 
                                               instructions to counsel (Walmesley) to revise 
                                               draft lease of railway line, and two draft 
                                               leases (Pl E12/9/5/2/21-22); memorandum of 
                                               meeting held 21 July 1909; notes on draft lease 
                                               and on collateral agreements between the Duke, 
                                               Earl Manvers and Sir Hugo FitzHerbert, taken at 
                                               meeting between T. Warner Turner and C.R. Hewitt
                                               at the Portland Estate Office on 9 Dec. (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/2/23-24); further instructions to 
                                               counsel to revise drafts.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/27-33 for 1910: Copy opinion of 
                                               counsel (David M. Robertson Macdonald); notes of
                                               Mr Turner and Mr Hewitt on perusal of draft 
                                               leases [for further notes see Pl E12/9/5/4/293];
                                               instructions to counsel (Robertson Macdonald) to
                                               settle draft collateral agreement; copy drafts 
                                               of agreement between the Duke, Earl Manvers and 
                                               Sir Hugo FitzHerbert as to development of 
                                               coalfields and grant of wayleave; copy draft 
                                               lease of site for private colliery railway (plan
                                               attached).
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/34-37 for 1911: Draft deed of 
                                               covenants and charge on sinking fund policies; 
                                               instructions to counsel (Mr Tomlin) to settle 
                                               form of invitation to tender, with two drafts of
                                               the form of tender.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/2/38-41: List of those invited to 
                                               tender with note of their response; draft lease 
                                               (1908) of Top Hard coal (with plan attached), 
                                               annotated; draft lease (1911) of Top Hard coal; 
                                               invitation to tender, form of tender, draft 
                                               colliery lease, draft railway lease, draft deed 
                                               of covenants and charge, and draft collateral 
                                               agreement (Pl E12/9/5/2/41 - listed separately).
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/2/11        19.11.1907              Epitome of terms for the joint development of 
                                               the Welbeck Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 19 Nov. 
                                               1907
                                               (3 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Terms between the [6th] Duke of Portland, [4th] 
                                               Earl Manvers and Sir Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert, 
                                               Baronet.
                                               All coal to be worked through pits sunk on 
                                               Duke's land adjoining Elksley Hill Plantation; 
                                               royalty comprises Top Hard coal under 5029a. of 
                                               land, of which 3542a. belong to the Duke, 800a. 
                                               to the Earl (north-west part of Thoresby lands) 
                                               and 687a. to FitzHerbert (485a. of Warsop Glebe,
                                               rest to be surrendered by the Staveley Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. or as specified); shaftage and wayleave
                                               rent for coals under lands of FitzHerbert and 
                                               Manvers at £ 10 per acre of Top Hard coal 
                                               (irrespective of thickness); private colliery 
                                               railway to be built on course approved by 
                                               FitzHerbert from the Great Central Railway a 
                                               little west of Hammerwater Bridge through Church
                                               Warsop to the colliery near Elksley Hill, 
                                               limited use for agricultural purposes, otherwise
                                               strictly for the colliery, its employees, 
                                               inhabitants of houses let in connection with it,
                                               etc.;
                                               Line where it passes over FitzHerbert land to be
                                               leased by FitzHerbert to Portland for 60 years 
                                               at £ 4 par acre plus ½d per ton (roughly £ 10
                                               per acre) for all coal passing over the line except 
                                               that from under FitzHerbert's own lands; 
                                               covenants to be entered into by the colliery 
                                               lessees - sublessees of the railway for payment 
                                               of minimum rentals, with the right to make up 
                                               shortworkings as specified; other covenants; 
                                               FitzHerbert will use best endeavours to carry 
                                               through an exchange with the Staveley Company of
                                               coal under Warsop glebe lying west of the 
                                               Cuckney Road for an equivalent area leased to 
                                               them by his predecessor on the south-east of 
                                               Warsop Glebe, and will do his best, in the 
                                               interests of the Duke to prevent Staveley 
                                               erecting shafts and surface works etc. to the 
                                               harm of the amenities of the Welbeck and 
                                               Thoresby estates;
                                               failing exchange, FitzHerbert will include all 
                                               the Glebe Coal in the proposed joint 
                                               development; colliery village to be at Market 
                                               Warsop, except a few houses for officials to be 
                                               erected on the Welbeck estate; lessees to take 
                                               out usual sinking fund insurances for payment of
                                               rents and royalties.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/5/2.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/2/41        11.8.1911               Lease of the Welbeck Coalfield, Nottinghamshire,
                                               with subsidiary deeds; 11 Aug. 1911
                                               (1 item, paper & linen)
                                               Volume contains: invitation to tender, and form 
                                               of tender; draft colliery lease, with plan; 
                                               draft railway lease, with plan; draft deed of 
                                               covenants and charge; draft collateral 
                                               agreement. All deeds dated 11 August 1911.
                                               1. Colliery Lease.
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG; Charles William Sydney, 
                                               Earl Manvers; and Sir Hugo Meynell FitzHerbert, 
                                               Baronet.
                                               Second Party: The New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Lease by (1) to (2) of the Top Hard coal seam 
                                               under their lands respectively described in the 
                                               first three schedules, and the surface of the 
                                               Portland lands described in the fourth schedule 
                                               (for the site of the colliery itself), for a 
                                               term of 60 years from 24 June 1911.
                                               Power to enter certain approved lands for making
                                               a railway, erecting cottages for workmen, 
                                               constructing houses for officials, etc.; to make
                                               drifts through portions of the mine reserved for
                                               shaft pillars; to work Cuckney Glebe coal; no 
                                               surface privileges to be exercised except with 
                                               approval of lessors, notice to be given and 
                                               compensation paid to surface tenants; power to 
                                               let down the surface except when expressly 
                                               prohibited.
                                               Reserves power to lessors to let surface and 
                                               reserved minerals, and to use the lessees' 
                                               railways; any part of demised mine may be 
                                               required to be left for barriers or to support 
                                               buildings; sporting rights; but not to use 
                                               reservations to interfere with lessees; to pay a
                                               fair proportion of the maintenance costs of the 
                                               lessees' railway; compensation to lessees for 
                                               physical damage in exercise of reserved powers;
                                               Separate special provisions with respect to 
                                               rents payable to (a) The Portland Reversioners 
                                               (b) The Manvers Reversioners (c) The FitzHerbert
                                               Reversioners, making up shorts, cesser when coal
                                               is paid for; general provisions as to all mines 
                                               demised; covenants by lessee for working, 
                                               repair, not to make coke, not to sell clay or 
                                               bricks, construct engines etc. to consume their 
                                               own smoke, to pay for coal lost through 
                                               mismanagement, to make good surface damage or 
                                               pay compensation, barrier and support coal not 
                                               to be paid for; lessee not to work under the 
                                               lakes at Welbeck without consent; to lay wires 
                                               for telephones, telegraph and electricity cables
                                               underground etc. as requested; to erect the 
                                               colliery village at or near Market Warsop; to 
                                               provide schools for the increased population 
                                               attributable to the colliery; support of 
                                               buildings;
                                               Payment for coal purchased for support as if 
                                               gotten; not to pollute streams; maintenance and 
                                               inspection of weighing machines, accounts, 
                                               plans; to deliver up premises at end of term, 
                                               not to underlet, to fill up pits, restore 
                                               surface or pay for same, etc.; power for lessors
                                               to purchase plant at end of term, power of 
                                               lessees to remove rest; arbitration clauses, 
                                               etc., etc.
                                               Rent to the Portland Reversioners (payable 
                                               half-yearly): Nil for the first year, £ 888 15/- 
                                               for the second year, £ 1777 10/- for the third 
                                               year, £ 2666 5/- for the fourth year, £ 3555 for 
                                               the fifth year, £ 4443 15/- for the sixth year, 
                                               £ 5332 10/- p.a. for the rest of the term.
                                               Rent to the Manvers Reversioners (payable 
                                               half-yearly): Nil for the first three years, 
                                               £ 193 10/- for the fourth year, £ 387 for the 
                                               fifth year, £ 580 10/- for the sixth year, £ 774 
                                               for the seventh year, £ 967 10/- for the eighth 
                                               year, £ 1161 p.a. for the rest of the term.
                                               Rent to the FitzHerbert Reversioners (payable 
                                               half-yearly): Nil for the first year, £ 184 5/- 
                                               for the second year, £ 368 10/- for the third 
                                               year, £ 552 15/- for the fourth year, £ 737 for 
                                               the fifth year, £ 921 5/- for the sixth year, 
                                               £ 1105 10/- p.a. for the rest of the term.
                                               Tonnage Rent: 6d per ton (of 2240lb).
                                               Power to lessees to recoup the fixed and minimum
                                               rents payable above: no tonnage rent payable 
                                               until a tonnage has been raised sufficient to 
                                               cover these rents at the tonnage rate; 
                                               shortworkings to the tonnage required to yield 
                                               the fixed rent may be made up from subsequent 
                                               overworkings, but not vice versa.
                                               Surface Rent: £ 4 per acre per annum to the 
                                               Portland and Fitzherbert Reversioners.
                                               Shaftage Rent: ½d per ton payable to the 
                                               Portland Reversioners for coal brought to bank 
                                               from under lands owned by the Manvers and 
                                               Fitzherbert families and from Cuckney Glebe.
                                               Schedules of land: Portland lands in the 
                                               parishes of Welbeck, Carburton, Norton, Cuckney,
                                               Warsop and Edwinstowe - 3555.010a.; Manvers 
                                               lands in the parish of Budby - 774.991a.; Fitz 
                                               Herbert lands in the parish of Warsop - 
                                               737.305a.; Portland lands (surface only) in the 
                                               parishes of Cuckney and Warsop - 204.106a.; 
                                               Cuckney Glebe lands in the parishes of Cuckney 
                                               and Norton - 18.491a.
                                               Plan of the Welbeck coalfield, coloured to 
                                               indicate the three ownerships etc.
                                               2. Railway Lease.
                                               First Party: Sir Hugo Meynell Fitzherbert of 
                                               Tissington Hall, Derbyshire, Baronet.
                                               Second Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Third Party: Charles William Sydney, Earl 
                                               Manvers.
                                               Fourth Party: The New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Lease by (1), at the request of (2) and (3), to 
                                               (4), for a term of 60 years from 24 June 1911, a
                                               wayleave over such of his lands in the parish of
                                               Warsop as shall be occupied by a railway in 
                                               connection with the colliery, to be used to 
                                               convey coal from the colliery and Top Hard coal 
                                               from Cuckney Glebe lands, and all bye-products, 
                                               forming part of a line from the Great Central 
                                               Railway [south-east of Warsop] to the colliery, 
                                               continued by a railway to be constructed on the 
                                               lands of (2) to the colliery; use for materials 
                                               required by the colliery, employees of the 
                                               colliery on business, supply to houses 
                                               constructed in connection with the colliery; use
                                               for agricultural purposes as specified; power to
                                               construct sidings, etc. Detailed covenants for 
                                               construction and use, and removal at the end of 
                                               the term.
                                               Rent (payable half-yearly): £ 4 p.a. per acre; 
                                               £ 500 p.a. minimum rent in respect of Top Hard 
                                               coal gotten from the lands of (2) and (3) 
                                               specified, not payable after expiry of 30 years;
                                               ½d per ton (of 2240lb) for coal from the lands 
                                               of (2) and (3) and from Cuckney Glebe; and the 
                                               same rate for other coal of (2) and (3), 
                                               bye-products and for any other coal led over the
                                               line. In the 30 years period underworkings (in 
                                               terms of the tonnage rent to the sum set as a 
                                               minimum rent) from the specified lands of (2) 
                                               and (3) may be made up from subsequent 
                                               overworkings.
                                               Plan of the line through FitzHerbert land, and 
                                               limits of permitted deviations.
                                               3. Covenant and Charge.
                                               First Party: The New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Second Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Deed of covenants to charge in favour of (2) and
                                               his successors two sinking fund insurance 
                                               policies of £ 7500 each entered into by (1), as 
                                               security for the performance of the covenants 
                                               and payment of the rents contained in the 
                                               principal lease, for a term of 55 years from 24 
                                               June 1911. The maturing policies to be paid into
                                               the hands of two trustees respectively nominated
                                               by (1) and (2)
                                               Note of similar deeds entered into with Earl 
                                               Manvers and Sir Hugo FitzHerbert.
                                               4. Collateral Agreement.
                                               First Party: Sir Hugo Meynell Fitzherbert of 
                                               Tissington Hall, Derby, Baronet.
                                               Second Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Third Party: Charles William Sydney, Earl 
                                               Manvers.
                                               Collateral agreement that should the colliery 
                                               and railway leases be determined before the end 
                                               of their term (as conditions within them 
                                               permit), and a fresh lease of the colliery be 
                                               granted for the remainder of the original term, 
                                               then a fresh railway lease shall also be granted
                                               to run concurrently with the new colliery lease,
                                               and on the same terms as the existing railway 
                                               lease; terms for leases of other coal seams; 
                                               grant of wayleave by (1) to (2) and (3) over the
                                               railway for coals mined from under any other of 
                                               their lands through the colliery leased to the 
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd and payment of 
                                               wayleave rent for same.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/5/2.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/3/1-2       1907-1908               Copy letters concerning the development of the 
                                               Welbeck Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 1907-1908
                                               (2 items, paper)
                                               Copy correspondence (23 Jan.-29 May 1907) 
                                               between E.H. Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street and Charles P. 
                                               Johnson/Messrs Johnsons, Long and Co., 9 New 
                                               Square, Lincolns Inn. Possible colliery site at 
                                               Elksley Hill; desirability of rail link from 
                                               Kirkby Junction to Great Central east of 
                                               Worksop; exchange with Staveley Coal and Iron 
                                               Co. in abeyance; working of coal belonging to 
                                               Earl Manvers and Sir Hugo FitzHerbert through 
                                               mine on Duke of Portland's land, shaftage rent, 
                                               rail link mainly on FitzHerbert land; 
                                               FitzHerbert has separate offer from his existing
                                               lessees [Staveley] to take Warsop Glebe coal, a 
                                               bird in the hand...; previous [1905/06] 
                                               proposals of Duke for joint working with 
                                               FitzHerbert rejected; new ones viewed by Johnson
                                               as ignoring FitzHerbert's interests;
                                               offer to FitzHerbert of wayleave payment of 0.5d
                                               a ton for coal transported on proposed line 
                                               across his land; severance, damage, counter 
                                               proposals concerning rail link; provision of 
                                               schools and churches, uncertain state of 
                                               legislation as to [church] schools discouraging 
                                               individuals from contributing.
                                               Copy correspondence (27 Jan.-6 Feb. 1908) 
                                               between Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street, T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse and C.R. 
                                               Hewitt, London Road, Derby. Consideration of and
                                               detailed observations upon some of the precise 
                                               terms of the draft lease.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/4           1905-1911               Bundle of correspondence concerning the 
                                               development of the Welbeck Coalfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1905-1911
                                               (401 items)
                                               Described in detail in following two entries.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/4/1-204     27.12.1905-18.12.1908   Correspondence concerning the development of the
                                               Welbeck Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 27 Dec. 
                                               1905-18 Dec. 1908
                                               (204 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence addressed or forwarded to E.H. 
                                               Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street by: C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and 
                                               Company, London Road, Derby; T. Warner Turner, 
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               C.P. Johnson/Messrs Johnsons, Long and Company, 
                                               9 New Square, Lincoln's Inn; I. Treharne 
                                               Rees/Messrs Forster Brown and Rees, Guild Hall 
                                               Chambers, Cardiff etc.; and occasional others; 
                                               with various copy/press copy replies; copy 
                                               letters exchanged by Hewitt and Turner; original
                                               and copy correspondence between Turner and John 
                                               Wigram, South Collingham, Newark, and Turner and
                                               Emerson Bainbridge, 4 Whitehall Court, et al.
                                               1906: Continuing negotiations with the Sir Hugo 
                                               FitzHerbert (per John Wigram) over joint 
                                               exploitation of Warsop Glebe/Welbeck coalfield; 
                                               possible long lease to Duke of Portland and 
                                               sublease for usual 60 years to a colliery 
                                               company; Duke agrees that colliery site 
                                               adjoining Warsop Glebe is best; desire of Duke's
                                               advisers to prevent the Staveley Coal and Iron 
                                               Co. from exercising existing rights to open up 
                                               new shafts on Warsop estate in neighbourhood of 
                                               Welbeck; cost of sinking £ 100000-£ 150000 could 
                                               only be repaid by working a greater extent of 
                                               coal than Fitzherbert possesses;
                                               Turner keen colliery be situated entirely on 
                                               Welbeck estate, best rail access would be over 
                                               the FitzHerbert estate but sees no need for such
                                               a large wayleave as they want; briefing Messrs 
                                               Forster Brown and Rees, to include 
                                               practicability of mineral branch to Midland 
                                               Railway at Langwith over the Duke's land, and 
                                               best site for workmen's houses if Fitzherberts 
                                               do not join; interest of New Hucknall Company 
                                               and discussion of seams worked at Bentinck and 
                                               New Hucknall collieries.
                                               1907: Report (4 Jan.) to Duke, seize opportunity
                                               of developing Warsop Glebe coal etc. in case 
                                               Staveley Co. get it and cause problems, 
                                               advantages of the Kirkby Junction to Manton 
                                               railway, limited damage to amenities of Welbeck 
                                               and avoiding Clumber, advantage in concentrating
                                               colliery population at Warsop where it is 
                                               already, also enhances prospect of establishment
                                               of manufacturing employment for women; Duke 
                                               inspects site, possible annoyance from increased
                                               colliery population, pollution, damage to trees 
                                               and vegetation; if he has to suffer this he 
                                               wants to be in control, and not beholden to 
                                               others; negotiations between FitzHerberts and 
                                               Staveley to exchange western Warsop Glebe coal 
                                               for that already leased to them near Gleadthorpe
                                               have fallen through;
                                               other railways proposed in Mansfield area; 
                                               negotiating details of agreement between the 
                                               Duke and Sir Hugo Fitzherbert; should Staveley 
                                               Co. be offered the Duke's coal, so that they 
                                               might delay their negotiations for the Warsop 
                                               Glebe?; FitzHerbert advisers 'somewhat nettled 
                                               now they see there is a possibility of the Duke 
                                               working his own coal without their getting the 
                                               great advantage they anticipated would result 
                                               from owning the Glebe coal which they 
                                               undoubtedly saw was the key [to] the Welbeck 
                                               coalfield' (Pl E12/9/5/4/74), what inducement to
                                               offer FitzHerbert for joint working of coalfield
                                               when it is intended to follow [I.T.] Rees's 
                                               report?; getting a public railway will solve 
                                               payment of wayleaves; Turner feels Rees should 
                                               act for the Duke and Hewitt for just FitzHerbert
                                               and Manvers and not all three, to avoid any 
                                               conflict of interest;
                                               from Hewitt (Pl E12/9/5/4/77, 11 Mar.) is 
                                               detailed account of possibilities of rail access
                                               to colliery, desire of FitzHerberts that 
                                               proposed public railway via Carburton be 
                                               abandoned, suggests Messrs Forster Brown 
                                               overlooked Great Central Railway's recent 
                                               purchase of Lancashire, Derbyshire and East 
                                               Coast, to give an alternative route for coal and
                                               relieve congestion at Retford [level crossing?],
                                               possible Mansfield-Clipstone link, unlikelihood 
                                               of Carburton scheme coming to fruition, 
                                               alternatives are link to Great Central near 
                                               Hammerwater Bridge or to the Midland via Cuckney
                                               Hay Wood, desirability of Duke acquiring Warsop 
                                               Glebe coals long recognised, Staveley Co. 
                                               anxious to obtain lease of these and sink pit at
                                               Eastland Farm, if they do, difficult for Duke to
                                               negotiate lease of Welbeck coals with anyone 
                                               else;
                                               negotiation of the period for which the minimum 
                                               wayleave rental for the railway line across 
                                               FitzHerbert land will be payable; Turner 
                                               inclined to discontinue negotiations (27 Apr.); 
                                               Rees believes railway to Langwith would be more 
                                               costly than capitalised value of railway across 
                                               FitzHerbert lands; discussion of what the pros 
                                               and cons might be for the FitzHerbert estate in 
                                               linking up with the Duke of Portland or sticking
                                               to Staveley Co.; discussions with counsel 
                                               (Oswald Walmesley), particularly concerning 
                                               detail of wayleave rent to be embodied in 
                                               epitome of terms [see Pl E12/9/5/2/11]; 
                                               additional church school accommodation will be 
                                               required in Warsop, current provision, who will 
                                               pay, colliery will not be rated in Warsop, 
                                               disproportionate liability of FitzHerbert (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/112, 116, 123); Rees taking cure at 
                                               Vichy;
                                               covenant proposed whereby lessors will not 
                                               promote competing railways; lengthier period of 
                                               'dead rent' for Earl Manvers's coal reflects its
                                               physical location, distant from the proposed 
                                               shaft; conclusion of negotiations on epitome of 
                                               terms; discussion of details of draft lease.
                                               1908: Possible provision of coal for private use
                                               by lessors up to 500 tons a year, or allow Duke 
                                               to obtain whatever coal he desires at cost plus 
                                               10% suggested level of minimum acreage rents, 
                                               but may alarm would-be lessees; attempt by 
                                               Staveley Co. to repudiate verbal agreement for 
                                               mineral exchange [Warsop Glebe]; always 
                                               contemplated that failing satisfactory 
                                               arrangements with Shireoaks, Bolsover and 
                                               Sheepbridge companies to work areas East of 
                                               their present leaseholds, these could be worked 
                                               from the new pit; '... very awkward indeed if 
                                               Staveley Co. block the railway access to the 
                                               proposed new colliery ... Sir Hugo [FitzHerbert]
                                               is going to get a good plum out of the 
                                               arrangements suggested for the joint coalfield 
                                               and I think ought to bear the expense of 
                                               contesting the Staveley Coy's rights to object. 
                                               However, knowing Mr John Wigram...' (Turner, Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/184, 27 Mar.).
                                               Also Butterley Company litigation (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/201) [see Pl E12/10/2/ ].
                                               Pl E12/9/5/4/41 is a press copy attendance entry
                                               for 3 Jan. 1907: meeting Hewitt and Turner to 
                                               discuss Rees's report [Pl E12/9/5/2/4], and 
                                               other Welbeck Coalfield business.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/4/106 is a list of those applying for
                                               the Welbeck Coalfield or part of it between 1899
                                               and 1906.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/4/205-401   11.1.1909-20.7.1911     Correspondence concerning the development of the
                                               Welbeck Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 11 Jan. 
                                               1909-20 July 1911
                                               (196 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence addressed or forwarded to E.H. 
                                               Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street by: C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and 
                                               Company, London Road, Derby; T. Warner Turner, 
                                               Portland Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; 
                                               Messrs Johnsons, Long and Company, 9 New Square,
                                               Lincoln's Inn; I. Treharne Rees/Messrs Forster 
                                               Brown and Rees, Guild Hall Chambers, Cardiff 
                                               etc.; F. Fenwick [New Hucknall Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd], County Chambers, Westgate Road, Newcastle 
                                               on Tyne; officials of the Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd, Butterley Company Ltd and others interested
                                               in tendering for the Welbeck Coalfield; and 
                                               occasional others; with various copy/press copy 
                                               replies; copy letters exchanged by Hewitt and 
                                               Turner.
                                               1909: Discussion of detail of lease and railway 
                                               lease; value of the railway wayleave rents to 
                                               the FitzHerberts, anxious to protect the Duke of
                                               Portland from undertaking that all coal must 
                                               pass over this line; memorandum by Johnson, Long
                                               and Co. for meeting of 21 July 1909 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/235); haggling over amount of minimum 
                                               rental for the mineral railway and the length of
                                               time for which it will be payable; future 
                                               prospects for the line; possible link over the 
                                               Duke of Portland's land to the Midland Railway 
                                               at Langwith Junction, also future development of
                                               other coal seams and the probable lease of the 
                                               western part of the Welbeck coalfield to the 
                                               Sheepbridge, Bolsover and Shireoaks companies in
                                               extension of their existing leased mineral 
                                               fields.
                                               1910: Carriage of sand and by-products over the 
                                               mineral line; variant practices and preferences 
                                               with the North of England over tonnage royalties
                                               and acreage royalties (Pl E12/9/5/4/278); 
                                               redefinition of slack as small coal; no power to
                                               depress surface at Cuckney Schools, 
                                               responsibility for making good any damage; 
                                               weighing clauses; notes by Hewitt on the 
                                               colliery and railway leases, 10 Sept. 1910 (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/293); disagreement between Turner and 
                                               [John] Wigram over the necessity/desirability of
                                               permitting a club or institute for the colliery 
                                               workmen, although its operations must be 
                                               controlled by the company; not keen to have 
                                               colliery village on the Duke's land.
                                               1911: intimations and invitations to prospective
                                               lessees of Welbeck Coalfield by Hewitt; file of 
                                               copy replies (early May) from them (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/342); '... the Staveley Company's 
                                               decision not to tender, I have made a particular
                                               note of this, because the Coalfield adjoins 
                                               their Warsop Main Colliery, and they must not 
                                               have an opportunity of saying hereafter that 
                                               they had no chance of acquiring the Coalfield, 
                                               as they did (but quite erroneously) with regard 
                                               to the Bolsover Coalfield.' (Hewitt, Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/4/363); Butterley Company interested but
                                               not on the basis of having to bid for the 
                                               tonnage rent with all other conditions of the 
                                               lease fixed; scheme too large for Shireoaks 
                                               Colliery; Barber, Walker and Co. would like more
                                               time and explanations; Bolsover Colliery Co. has
                                               too many commitments developing Lord Savile's 
                                               Rufford coal, but interested in extending their 
                                               Creswell royalty to the east;
                                               Hewitt recommends the offer from the New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. be accepted if nothing 
                                               better tabled; Turner does not want to give them
                                               chance to change their minds 'Personally, too, I
                                               am rather glad they will be tenants after what 
                                               has happened with the Butterley Co.' [litigation
                                               - see Pl E12/10/2/ ] (Pl E12/9/5/4/387).
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/5/1-24      8.12.1911-13.8.1913     Bundle of deeds, correspondence etc. concerning 
                                               the development of the Welbeck (Additional) 
                                               Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 8 Dec. 1911-13 Aug. 
                                               1913 (Pl E12/9/5/5/1 and 7-12 unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (24 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/5/5/1: Copy draft lease (8 Aug. 1913) 
                                               by the Duke of Portland to the Bolsover Colliery
                                               Company Limited of Top Hard coal under 769.748a.
                                               of land in the parishes of Welbeck, Holbeck, 
                                               Woodhouse Hall, Cuckney and Norton, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, to be worked by instroke from 
                                               their Creswell Colliery, for a term of 38 years 
                                               from 1 Dec. 1911.
                                               Rent (payable half-yearly): £ 100 in the first 
                                               year, £ 200 in the second, £ 300 in the third, 
                                               £ 400 in the fourth, £ 500 p.a. in the fifth to 
                                               ninth years, £ 750 p.a. in the tenth to 
                                               fourteenth years, and £ 1000 p.a. thereafter. 
                                               Plus a tonnage rental of 6d per ton, with power 
                                               for the lessees to recoup the minimum rent and 
                                               to make up for shortworkings by subsequent 
                                               overworkings; cesser of rents when all coal paid
                                               for.
                                               Schedule of lands, arranged by parish (70.469a. 
                                               in the parish of Woodhouse Hall, 44.371a. in the
                                               parish of Holbeck, 299.993a. in the parish of 
                                               Welbeck, 231.533a. in the parish of Norton, 
                                               33.382a. in the parish of Cuckney - 679.748a.). 
                                               Plan attached [area is immediately south of 
                                               Welbeck Abbey].
                                               Revised by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett and 
                                               Messrs Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, Apr.-June 
                                               1913.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/5/2-3: Draft instructions to counsel 
                                               to settle draft lease; plan showing area to be 
                                               leased, supposed fault line, exchange lines and 
                                               area around Creswell Colliery.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/5/4-24: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse and Messrs Broomhead, Wightman and 
                                               Moore, George Street, Sheffield, with occasional
                                               press copy replies, concerning terms and 
                                               preparation of the lease to the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd of the additional coalfield at 
                                               Welbeck; also notes and queries of the various 
                                               parties on the draft lease.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/6/1-82      6.7.1910-19.6.1914
                       13.12.1921-14.12.1921   Bundle of deeds, correspondence etc. concerning 
                                               the development of the Welbeck (Additional) 
                                               Coalfield, Nottinghamshire; 6 July 1910-19 June 
                                               1914 and 13-14 Dec. 1921 (Pl E12/9/5/6/3 - unfit
                                               for production)
                                               (82 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/1: Outline of terms for lease to 
                                               the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company Limited, 
                                               not adopted, 1912.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/2: Outline of Terms (signed 10 Apr.
                                               1913) for a lease by the Duke of Portland of the
                                               Top Hard coal under lands in the parishes of 
                                               Cuckney and Norton to the Sheepbridge Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. Ltd; area 468a.; term 37 years 6 mos 
                                               from 1 June 1912; royalty of 6d per ton; minimum
                                               rent of £ 100 p.a. for first two years, £ 150 p.a.
                                               for next two, £ 250 p.a. for next two, £ 350 p.a. 
                                               for next two, £ 400 p.a. for next two, £ 500 p.a. 
                                               for next two, £ 600 for the 13th year, and £ 700 
                                               p.a. thereafter; short workings to be 
                                               recoverable from subsequent over workings; 
                                               lessees not liable for any lowering of springs 
                                               near Cuckney Dam and those springs used by the 
                                               village of Cuckney; power to lessor to work 
                                               other seams without supporting the Top Hard; 
                                               lessees to use best endeavours to keep water in 
                                               River Poulter and Cuckney Dam at its present 
                                               flow by puddle banks, etc. (plan attached).
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/3: Draft lease by the Duke of 
                                               Portland to the Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. 
                                               Ltd of Top Hard coal under 468a. of land in 
                                               Cuckney and Norton, Nottinghamshire, abuts 
                                               towards the west the coal demised to the lessees
                                               on 28 May 1890 and is to be worked by instroke 
                                               from Langwith Colliery. Rents, length of lease 
                                               and conditions follow the terms of Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/6/2. Schedule of lands, arranged by 
                                               parish (39.413a. in Norton and 429.182a. in 
                                               Cuckney).
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/4-9: Plan showing area of coal 
                                               leased; instructions to counsel (D.M. Robertson 
                                               Macdonald) to settle draft lease; notes and 
                                               remarks of C.R. Hewitt, Messrs Baileys, Shaw and
                                               Gillett et al. on the draft lease and on 
                                               revisions to it.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/10-80: Correspondence (1912-14) 
                                               addressed or forwarded to Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby, T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse and Messrs 
                                               Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, George Street, 
                                               Sheffield; copies of correspondence between 
                                               Hewitt and Turner; original and copy letters 
                                               received by Hewitt or Turner from The 
                                               Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Co. Ltd, Chesterfield 
                                               (per W.B.M. Jackson, general manager and M. 
                                               Deacon, managing director).
                                               Negotiating lease of Cuckney additional coal - 
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/11 is draft heads of terms by 
                                               Hewitt; proposals and counter proposals, and 
                                               comments thereupon; preservation of flow in 
                                               River Poulter; Cuckney Dam banks; water supply 
                                               to Cuckney village; haggling over precise terms 
                                               and conditions; pollution of air and streams, 
                                               poor records of Company at Langwith Colliery
                                               Pl E12/9/5/6/81-82: Letter from Turner to 
                                               Baileys and copy reply (Dec. 1921) concerning 
                                               the £ 150 the Sheepbridge Company agreed to pay 
                                               towards the cost of laying on water to Cuckney 
                                               Village from Welbeck main; work now carried out;
                                               money should have been paid when lease was 
                                               signed, etc.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/7/1-35      31.3.1915-23.3.1916     Bundle of correspondence concerning Welbeck 
                                               Colliery, Nottinghamshire; 31 Mar.-7 July 1915 
                                               and 21-23 Mar. 1916 (fragile)
                                               (35 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by E.H. Bailey/Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby and T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse (with occasional copy replies); copy 
                                               correspondence between Turner and Hewitt, and 
                                               between Turner and Featherstone Fenwick [New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd], County Chambers, 
                                               Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
                                               Allegations of Fenwick: impracticability of the 
                                               course of the railway to Welbeck Colliery shown 
                                               in the railway lease [see Pl E12/9/5/2/41]; 
                                               alternatives giving access to lines other than 
                                               the Great Central, such access an advantage; 
                                               line on northern boundary of Warsop estate 
                                               acceptable to Wigram, the FitzHerberts' agents, 
                                               but not to Turner; gradients, costs; alleged 
                                               saving of £ 11000 by constructing 'boundary' line
                                               in lieu of lease line; summary of negotiations 
                                               during 1911-13; site of colliery and of railways
                                               had been fixed in advance, contrary to usual 
                                               practice, lessees claim to have assumed that 'a 
                                               practical scheme had been worked out'; extra 
                                               foundations and brick work will cost over 
                                               £ 20000, extra running costs of £ 1100 p.a. 
                                               because of position of screens and shaft 
                                               relative to Crown Farm [the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Co.'s Mansfield] Colliery;
                                               length of time spent renegotiating railway 
                                               lease; delay to whole project, but subsequently 
                                               no time lost in sinking and equipping colliery, 
                                               shafts down to Top Hard (Mar. 1915); Duke of 
                                               Portland remitted first year's certain rent, but
                                               New Hucknall Co. desire to renegotiate terms.
                                               Counterblast by Baileys and Hewitt; slight 
                                               deviation to railway, as suggested by Mr 
                                               Elliott-Cooper, consulting engineer, provided 
                                               best and cheapest access and allowed the 
                                               colliery to be set out in the same way as Crown 
                                               farm pit; New Hucknall Co. enjoyed more freedom 
                                               over layout of surface works than they allege, 
                                               and it was they that caused the railway sidings 
                                               to be placed where they were; general 
                                               satisfaction with the way New Hucknall have 
                                               carried out works; New Hucknall rejected 
                                               colliery site indicated in the lease; the Duke 
                                               rejected their alternative on high ground, pits 
                                               sunk on a site selected by New Hucknall and 
                                               approved by Duke; Hewitt and Turner unimpressed 
                                               with Fenwick's pleadings.
                                               Consequences of war for the cost of New 
                                               Hucknall's raising capital and finance, 
                                               depreciation of investments such as Consols in 
                                               their reserve fund with new issues of War Loan; 
                                               any concession in postponing minimum rents for 3
                                               years or to 6 months after the end of the war 
                                               would set a precedent with other recent lessees 
                                               such as Stanton Ironworks Co., complicated by Mr
                                               [J.A.] Longden's position as a director of both 
                                               concerns; New Hucknall debenture issue 
                                               oversubscribed; Duke to take £ 50000 War Loan 
                                               under option for converting Consols in to War 
                                               Loan at 3:2.
                                               Difficulties in providing colliery housing at 
                                               Warsop; in bad weather the distance makes miners
                                               late for work and loath to walk; desire (1916) 
                                               to use land set aside for houses for officials 
                                               for a model village; desire to buy site from the
                                               FitzHerberts, whose agent (Wigram) is 
                                               unenthusiastic; for Turner 'this proposal cannot
                                               be entertained'.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/7/1 is a file of carbon copy letters 
                                               (30 Sept. 1911-15 Jan. 1912) between Fenwick and
                                               Turner and John Wigram, South Collingham, Newark
                                               and Mr Muschamp, agent for the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd, and of letters of 31 Mar. and 
                                               3 Apr. 1915 from Fenwick to Turner discussing 
                                               the earlier correspondence.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/8/1-15      9.6.1916-18.5.1917      Bundle of correspondence etc. concerning the 
                                               Duke of Portland's coal at Birklands, near 
                                               Warsop, Nottinghamshire; 9 June 1916-18 May 1917
                                               (Unfit for production)
                                               (15 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/5/8/1: Plan showing site of proposed 
                                               shafts 1 mile south east of Market Warsop.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/8/2-4: Heads of terms for a lease of 
                                               520a. of coal at Birklands to the Staveley Coal 
                                               and Iron Company Ltd, for 36 years 6 months from
                                               1 May 1916; to be worked from pits on the Warsop
                                               estate; no buildings to be erected within three 
                                               quarters of a mile of the Birklands western 
                                               boundary; wayleave powers for a limited area of 
                                               Earl Manvers's coals; minimum rent of £ 1500 
                                               p.a., royalty of 6d per ton, wayleave on foreign
                                               coal brought through at £ 10 per acre; with 
                                               related plan.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/8/5-15: Correspondence received by E.
                                               Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett,
                                               5 Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby, and T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate 
                                               Office, Mansfield Woodhouse; and copy 
                                               correspondence between Hewitt and Company and 
                                               Messrs Coke, Turner and Company, 26 Low 
                                               Pavement, Nottingham. Letting Top Hard coal at 
                                               Birklands (between Welbeck Colliery boundary and
                                               the Bolsover Colliery Co's); Staveley Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. want to sink a further pit at Warsop 
                                               (on the FitzHerbert estate already leased to 
                                               them) to get at coal across a large fault; 
                                               letting coal will give the Duke of Portland a 
                                               lever in discussing site of this new colliery; 
                                               FitzHerbert's agents will accommodate the Duke 
                                               as far as his own responsibilities allow; 
                                               stipulation of where workmen's cottages are 
                                               erected;
                                               Turner's dislike of proposed colliery site, high
                                               ground, blot on the landscape, etc.; alternative
                                               site rejected by the Staveley Co.; what area of 
                                               coal do Staveley intend to take from Earl 
                                               Manvers; whole proposal is really about the 
                                               development of Manvers's coal without his estate
                                               having the nuisance of surface workings; this 
                                               cools Turner's ardour; would not have accepted 
                                               the wayleave rental proposal; has renewed doubts
                                               about Hewitt representing all parties (the Duke,
                                               Manvers, FitzHerbert) and is sure that 
                                               FitzHerbert 'will come out of it all right'; 
                                               Turner's brother [David]'s thoughts; 
                                               negotiations between Staveley Co. and Manvers 
                                               broken off (1917), terms offered by the Duke of 
                                               Portland withdrawn, Coke, Turner and Co. 
                                               nonplussed by this.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/9/1-42      20.4.1892-10.9.1894     Bundle of correspondence, deeds etc. concerning 
                                               the ownership and exploitation of minerals at 
                                               Warsop, Nottinghamshire; 20 Apr. 1892-10 Sept. 
                                               1894 (Pl E12/9/5/9/1-4, 8-10, 12 and 40-42 unfit
                                               for production)
                                               (42 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/5/9/1-2: Instructions to counsel 
                                               (Alfred Bailey) to advise as to ownership of 
                                               minerals under lands in the parish of Warsop 
                                               allotted by the Warsop Inclosure Award in 
                                               respect of lands copyhold of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield, opinion that the Duke is so entitled 
                                               as Lord of the Manor of Mansfield; and 
                                               instructions to counsel to draft deed of 
                                               consent.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/9/3: Copy draft deed of consent 
                                               between Sir William FitzHerbert of Tissington 
                                               Hall, Derbyshire, Baronet and the Reverend 
                                               Richard FitzHerbert of Warsop, Clerk, the 
                                               Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd and the Duke of 
                                               Portland for the working of coal under copyholds
                                               at Warsop; the Duke, as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield licenses the Fitzherberts to lease 
                                               their interest in the coals to the Company; 
                                               declaration of the ownership rights of the Duke 
                                               of Portland as Lord of the Manor of Mansfield; 
                                               recites lease of 1894 by the Duke to the Company
                                               of his interest as Lord of The Manor in the Top 
                                               Hard coal under the Fitzherbert lands for 60 
                                               years from 1 Nov. 1892, and lease contemporary 
                                               with this deed to be granted by the Fitzherberts
                                               pursuant to this consent; schedule of lands 
                                               annexed. Plan wanting. Revised by and approved 
                                               by Alfred Bailey etc., Aug. 1894.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/9/4: Extract from the Warsop 
                                               Inclosure Award of 1825.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/9/5-42: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from: John R. Hewitt and C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby; Frederick J. Turner, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Henry Wing, Fletcher Gate, 
                                               Nottingham; Alfred Bailey, 24 Old Square, 
                                               Lincoln's Inn; Messrs Wells and Hind, Fletcher 
                                               Gate, Nottingham; and F. Parker Rhodes, 
                                               Rotherham; with occasional draft and press copy 
                                               replies. The ownership of minerals at Warsop and
                                               the intention of the Fitzherberts to lease 
                                               theirs to the Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd; 
                                               interests of the Duke of Portland as Lord of the
                                               Manor of Mansfield, and the terms of the 
                                               inclosure award; seeking a copy of the award; 
                                               dispute between the Fitzherberts and the Duke on
                                               wayleave payments for coal under intermixed 
                                               plots of land; terms of lease and deed of 
                                               consent.
                                               These negotiations may have proved abortive in 
                                               view of the content of the next bundle.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/10/1-102    9.4.1901-6.3.1912       Bundle of correspondence, deeds etc. concerning 
                                               the exploitation of minerals at Warsop, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 9 Apr. 1901 and 5 July 1906-6 
                                               Mar. 1912 (Pl E12/9/5/10/1-4, 7-20, 25-42, 
                                               98-101 unfit for production)
                                               (102 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/1: Licence (9 Apr. 1901) to the 
                                               Reverend Sir Richard Fitzherbert to demise his 
                                               possessory interest in minerals under copyhold 
                                               lands at Warsop, Manor of Mansfield, to the 
                                               Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd; plan attached
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/2-3: Copy draft deeds of consent 
                                               (31 Dec. 1909 and 12 Apr. 1912) from Sir Hugo 
                                               Meynell FitzHerbert of Tissington Hall, 
                                               Derbyshire, Baronet to the Staveley Coal and 
                                               Iron Co. Ltd to work coal under copyholds at 
                                               Warsop; plan attached to each. Defective.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/4: Preliminary terms (signed by 
                                               Westlake 16 Mar. 1907) for a lease of the Duke 
                                               of Portland's interest as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield in the Top Hard coal under lands at 
                                               Warsop to the Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd; 
                                               33a. 1r. 12p., surface belongs mainly to Sir 
                                               Hugo FitzHerbert, Bart; term of 45 years 9 
                                               months from 1 Feb. 1907; break clause; rent of 
                                               £ 15 per foot thickness per acre, £ 250 p.a. 
                                               minimum, with usual provision for making up 
                                               short workings; power to let down surface as far
                                               as Duke has power; may be required to leave 
                                               pillars for support, royalty free; free wayleave
                                               for other Top Hard coal brought through the 
                                               area; Combe coal to be included if workable; 
                                               usual consent of copyholder; other standard 
                                               terms of Portland mineral leases.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/5: Draft lease (1907-1909) by the 
                                               Duke of Portland to the Staveley Coal and Iron 
                                               Co. Ltd drawn pursuant to the preliminary terms 
                                               above; coal to be worked from Warsop Main 
                                               Colliery; cesser of rents when all coal paid 
                                               for; lease may be surrendered when all coal paid
                                               for or if lessees give up Warsop Main lease; 
                                               schedule of lands; form of licence/deed of 
                                               consent; plan attached. Heavily annotated and 
                                               revised, 17 Mar. 1908-8 Oct. 1909.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/6: Map of various plots of land at
                                               Warsop (12 June 1911), with schedule relating to
                                               them giving names and acreages (total 72a. 1r. 
                                               18p.) [includes plots shown on plan attached to 
                                               the above lease, etc. but differs].
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/7-96: Correspondence received by 
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, Parker Rhodes and Company, Rotherham,
                                               and Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, Mansfield; with 
                                               various press copy replies; copy correspondence 
                                               between Hewitt/Hewitt and Company and the 
                                               Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd (per H. Westlake,
                                               'managing director'), Charles P. Markham, the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd (per J.P. Houfton, 
                                               managing director) and Turner, etc.
                                               Staveley's workings at Warsop Main Colliery 
                                               approaching lands that are copyhold of the Manor
                                               of Mansfield; they desire to acquire the Duke of
                                               Portland's rights; draft lease had been prepared
                                               in 1894 but terms were never settled, the 
                                               Fitzherberts had demised coals under their 
                                               freeholds and their copyholds of the Manor of 
                                               Warsop (of which they are lords), Staveley 
                                               interested in detached portions [Manor of 
                                               Mansfield copyholds] surrounded by the 
                                               Fitzherbert property; how will current approach 
                                               may complicate/be complicated by planned 
                                               development of the Welbeck coalfield; Hewitt 
                                               believes a better rent will be secured from 
                                               letting a part of the copyhold at a time, 
                                               holding back those areas still distant from 
                                               Staveley's workings;
                                               negotiation of terms embodied in Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/10/4; drafting lease; Hewitt's 
                                               observations on lease as revised (Pl 
                                               E12/9/5/10/30, 9 Feb. 1909); ownership of other 
                                               detached plots by Naylor etc.; Staveley wants 
                                               about 73a. (per plan Pl E12/9/5/10/45), Hewitt 
                                               wants to negotiate for 34a., Baileys etc. 
                                               willing that all Warsop copyhold coal be put on 
                                               the table but linked to satisfactory 
                                               negotiations for the Duke/Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               to acquire Dr Court's coal at Doe Lea barrier 
                                               [see Pl E12/9/1/7/; Pl E12/9/1/9/]; poaching by 
                                               Bolsover company of barrier coal, Markham [of 
                                               Staveley] my be playing a waiting game with 
                                               them; further details of and discussions about 
                                               Naylor's property; settling details of lease and
                                               consents.
                                               Pl E12/9/5/10/97-102: Plan of Naylor's freehold 
                                               and copyhold (Manor of Mansfield and Manor of 
                                               Warsop) coal; further plan with schedule; plans 
                                               forwarded with Turner's letter of 17 Mar. 1911 
                                               [Pl E12/9/5/10/77]; extract from deed of 
                                               enfranchisement of Charles Jackson (29 Dec. 
                                               1849) [see Pl E12/7/2/1/2]; and copy of extracts
                                               from Mansfield Manor Court Rolls (26 Feb. 1844 
                                               and 26 Feb. 1850) of enfranchisements of Charles
                                               Jackson (dated 8 Dec. 1843 and 29 Dec. 1849) 
                                               relating to Naylor's Warsop copyhold.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/11/1-4      16.2.1912-11.7.1912     Deed and correspondence for working coals at 
                                               Warsop, Nottinghamshire; 16 Feb.-11 July 1912
                                               (4 items, paper)
                                               Copy draft deed of consent between Frederic 
                                               William Barton Naylor of Nottingham, gentleman, 
                                               a person of unsound mound and the Committee of 
                                               his estate under an Order in Lunacy of 26 July 
                                               1895, the Staveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd and the
                                               Duke of Portland licensing the Company to work 
                                               coal under Naylor's copyholds shown on the 
                                               annexed plan [wanting] at Warsop, Manor of 
                                               Mansfield, for 41 years 6 months from 1 May 
                                               1911; rent of £ 15 per acre per foot thickness of
                                               coal; recites leases of 30 Dec. 1909 and 30 Aug.
                                               1911 by the Duke to the Company of his interest 
                                               as Lord of The Manor of Mansfield in the Top 
                                               Hard coal; declaration of the rights of 
                                               ownership of the Duke as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield. Plan wanting.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Parker Rhodes and Company, Rotherham and Messrs 
                                               Stenton and Metcalfe, Southwell; includes 
                                               observations on MacSwinney's alterations to the 
                                               draft.
                                               See previous bundle for earlier correspondence.
                                               
Pl E12/9/5/12/1-12     28.7.1914-7.11.1914     Bundle of correspondence concerning Welbeck 
                                               Colliery and Warsop schools, Nottinghamshire; 28
                                               July-7 Nov. 1914. Defective (unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (12 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, with copy correspondence between 
                                               Turner, F. Fenwick, County Chambers, Westgate 
                                               Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, John Wigram, South 
                                               Collingham, Newark, and others, and copy letter 
                                               from Wigram to P. Muschamp of the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. Ltd.; opinion of counsel as to the 
                                               probable unenforcability of the covenant by the 
                                               New Hiucknall Colliery Company Ltd as lessees of
                                               Welbeck Colliery to provide school 
                                               accommodation; school provision in Warsop; 
                                               proposals of the County Council; background to 
                                               the terms in the lease, etc.

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Pl E12/9/6             1867-1921               Material concerning mining activity on the 
                                               estates of the Dukes of Portland in and around 
                                               Whitwell, Derbyshire; 1867-1921
                                               (218 items)
                                               See also Pl E12/9/1 for material relating to the
                                               Shireoaks Colliery Co.'s workings within the 
                                               Manor of Bolsover.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/6/1-7 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/1           1867-1873               Bundle of papers relating to the ownership and 
                                               exploitation of minerals at Whitwell, 
                                               Derbyshire; 1867-1873
                                               (176 items)
                                               See Pl E12/9/6/1/1-175 below for detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/1/1-30      18.5.1867-11.9.1873     Deeds, memoranda etc. concerning Bowdon's 
                                               minerals at Southgate/Whitwell/Clowne, 
                                               Derbyshire; 18 May 1867-11 Sept. 1873
                                               (30 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/1-2: Various calculations of lands 
                                               proposed to be included in the Southgate coal 
                                               lease (1867); memorandum of arrangement between 
                                               Henery Bowdon and the Shireoaks Colliery 
                                               Company, Ltd for a lease of the Southgate coal 
                                               field; and draft of agreement for such a lease 
                                               (1868).
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/4: Memorandum by J.T. Woodhouse (17
                                               June 1868) relating to coal mines belonging to 
                                               the Duke of Portland in the parish of Whitwell 
                                               and in certain parts of Bolsover Manor [Clowne] 
                                               - where and how to sink and work, possible joint
                                               working, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/5-14: Heads of proposed terms for 
                                               leasing to Henry Bowdon coal at Clowne and 
                                               Whitwell belonging to the Duke of Portland, with
                                               various revisions and instructions to counsel 
                                               (Alfred Bailey) to settle same; related 
                                               memoranda and observations, and memoranda of 
                                               meetings to discuss terms; area of the Southgate
                                               coal field, tabulated and recalculated; etc.
                                               The latest draft of the terms are: Top Hard and 
                                               Black Shale coals under 103a.-104a. of land for 
                                               40 years, at a minimum rent of £ 200 p.a., 
                                               reserved rents of £ 140 and £ 75 per acre for the 
                                               two respective seams (whether surface be 
                                               freehold or copyhold), lessee to have option of 
                                               taking other seams as specified, arrangements if
                                               Bowdon come into possession of 30a. of copyhold 
                                               surface lands specified for proportionate 
                                               increase in the minimum rent, restrictions on 
                                               what can be erected on the surface and where 
                                               (including workmen's cottages), minerals under 
                                               certain areas not to be worked without the 
                                               Duke's consent, latest smoke consuming apparatus
                                               to be employed, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/15-17: Abstract of title (1812-71) 
                                               of Thomas Fenton Salvin to lands in Whitwell to 
                                               be sold to Henry Bowdon, 1871; abstract of 
                                               conveyance from Salvin to Bowdon (18 July 1871) 
                                               of 5a. 3r. 28p. of land near Hollin Toll Bar in 
                                               the parish of Whitwell, Derbyshire, with 
                                               underlying minerals, for a consideration of 
                                               £ 1713 5/- - forms part of Bowdon's abstract of 
                                               title to the premises (with plan attached); 
                                               requisitions on title and replies thereto in 
                                               connection with Bowdon's sale of part of the 
                                               premises to the Duke of Portland;
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/18: Draft conveyance (11 Sept. 
                                               1873) by Henry Bowdon of Southgate House, 
                                               Derbyshire, Esq. to William John Cavendish 
                                               Bentinck Scott, Duke of Portland, for a 
                                               consideration of £ 400 (plan attached), of 
                                               minerals under 4a. 0r. 30p. of land near Hollin 
                                               Hill Bar in the parish of Whitwell, Derbyshire, 
                                               immediately south of the Midland Railway line 
                                               from Creswell Junction to Staveley and adjoining
                                               Elmton parish on the south.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/19-27: Memoranda of meetings, 
                                               inspection of documents, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/28-29: Plan of part of the 
                                               Southgate [Clowne-Whitwell] coalfield by George 
                                               Unwin, 1870; plan of lands acquired by Bowdon, 
                                               the Duke of Portland and the Midland Railway 
                                               from Mr Salvin, 1872.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/30: Table of distances from Welbeck
                                               of proposed colliery buildings.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/6/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/1/31-175    16.4.1867-11.9.1873     Correspondence concerning Bowdon's minerals at 
                                               Southgate/Whitwell/Clowne, Derbyshire; 16 Apr. 
                                               1867-11 Sept. 1873
                                               (145 items, paper)
                                               Original and copy correspondence addressed or 
                                               forwarded to E.S. Bailey/Edward Bailey/Messrs 
                                               Bailey, Shaw, Smith and Bailey, 5 Berners Street
                                               from: the Duke of Portland; Charles Neale and 
                                               William Cripwell, Mansfield Woodhouse; Charles 
                                               J. Neale, High Oakham, Mansfield; George Unwin, 
                                               Whitwell; Messrs Shipton and Hallewell, 
                                               Chesterfield; John T. Woodhouse, Derby and 11 
                                               Great George Street, Westminster; Henry Bowdon, 
                                               Southgate House, near Chesterfield; John 
                                               Butler-Bowdon, Pleasington Hall, Blackburn; and 
                                               others (with various replies and copies of 
                                               correspondence between third parties).
                                               Bowdon's desire to rent the Duke of Portland's 
                                               coals at Whitwell as part of a scheme to exploit
                                               the coal under his Southgate estate, with which 
                                               some of the Duke's lands are intermixed; delays 
                                               in construction of Midland Railway branch from 
                                               Mansfield to Staveley which will give access to 
                                               Bowdon's coal in the parish of Clowne; the 
                                               Duke's preference for buying out Bowdon's 
                                               lands/minerals there; prospect that Bowdon's 
                                               brother [Lt-Col. Butler-Bowdon], having a seat 
                                               in Lancashire, will be more open to the Duke's 
                                               proposals; details of his Pleasington Hall 
                                               estate; Unwin's connections with the Bowdons; 
                                               Duke's proposal turned down; joint working of 
                                               minerals to be explored; promise by the Bowdons 
                                               (Pl E12/9/6/1/61) to give the Duke first refusal
                                               on any sale of the lands or minerals of the 
                                               Southgate estate;
                                               negotiating terms for exploiting minerals, site 
                                               of pit [Clowne], site of chimney, distance from 
                                               Welbeck; Duke's concern that no works or smoke 
                                               be visible from Welbeck; balloon ascent (1870) 
                                               to check on visibility from Welbeck, questions 
                                               of how high smoke might rise, wind direction (Pl
                                               E12/9/6/1/90, 97, 99), installation of 'smoke 
                                               consuming furnaces' debated; acquisition of land
                                               and coals from Mr Salvin and Midland Railway's 
                                               loyal behaviour to the Duke; site for erection 
                                               of colliery cottages, consequential nuisance of 
                                               them; Bowdon's restiveness at continuing delays 
                                               (1871) after the amount of effort and 
                                               considerable expense; interest of the Shireoaks 
                                               Colliery Company.
                                               Also Sutton-in-Ashfield mineral affairs (Pl 
                                               E12/9/6/1/54, 134); Hucknall minerals (Pl 
                                               E12/9/6/1/69, 125, 134, 156); Bolsover minerals 
                                               (Pl E12/9/6/1/71); Mansfield Schools and other 
                                               estate business, acquisitions, etc. (passim).
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/174 is an undated letter from the 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/1/175 contains copies of letters (30 
                                               Nov. 1867-20 Oct. 1868) from E.S. Bailey and 
                                               Edward Bailey to the Duke of Portland and George
                                               Unwin.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/6/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/1/176       18.12.1871              Report on fouling of water by operations of 
                                               colliery at Whitwell, Derbyshire; 18 Dec. 1871
                                               (1 item, paper & linen)
                                               Report by J.T. Woodhouse, Derby to Messrs 
                                               Bailey, Shaw, Smith and Bailey as to the fouling
                                               of watercourses likely from the operations of 
                                               the colliery on Mr Bowdon's land at 
                                               Southgate/Whitwell, Derbyshire: the different 
                                               categories of polluted water - ordinary muddy 
                                               water from sinking, heated water,poisonous 
                                               liquor from oilworks and same from gasworks, and
                                               water fouled by washing coal dust; annexed plan.
                                               Part of the archive bundle Pl E12/9/6/1.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/2           1890-1901               Leases to the Shireoaks Colliery Company, Ltd; 
                                               1890-1901
                                               (4 items, paper & linen)
                                               See Pl E12/9/6/2/1-4 below for detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/2/1         13.2.1890               Draft lease by the Duke of Portland of Top Hard 
                                               Coal at Whitwell, Derbyshire etc. to the 
                                               Shireoaks Colliery Company, Ltd; 13 Feb. 1890 
                                               (unfit for production)
                                               (34 ff, attached + 1 f, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Second Party: The Shireoaks Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Draft lease by (1) to (2) of the Top Hard seam 
                                               of coal under lands specified in the parishes of
                                               Whitwell, Derbyshire and Welbeck, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, for a term of 60 years from 1 
                                               Feb. 1890; together with liberty for (2) to 
                                               enter upon the lands described in the 2nd 
                                               schedule (below) in connection with their mining
                                               operations and ancillary activities (upon giving
                                               due notice as specified and paying compensation 
                                               according to the arrangements specified), to 
                                               sink shafts and erect surface works (but not 
                                               coke ovens etc.), and to have free use of 
                                               Whitwell Quarry to provide raw materials for 
                                               such constructions, etc., etc.
                                               Covenants include gas works, furnaces and steam 
                                               engines to be fitted with apparatus to consume 
                                               own smoke; no rent payable for any coal left to 
                                               support and buildings or works on lands in first
                                               and second schedules, or to support buildings on
                                               adjoining lands entitled to support; (2) to give
                                               notice when workings are within 80 yards of coal
                                               underlying any such buildings, etc.; no effluent
                                               to flow from the mine or related buildings into 
                                               any of the Welbeck lakes or watercourses flowing
                                               into them; wall to be erected from the private 
                                               loading berth at Whitwell Station to near Belph 
                                               Mill Dam; water supply for the cattle of Peter 
                                               Webster, tenant of (1) at Whitwell; numerous 
                                               standard covenants governing working, rents, 
                                               notice, arbitration; restoration of surface 
                                               lands, etc.
                                               Rent: £ 1 10/- per acre per half year for surface
                                               lands entered and used as specified; 3d-6d per 
                                               ton of limestone carried away; half-yearly rent 
                                               of £ 21 per acre per foot thickness of coal from 
                                               seams less than 5 feet thick, and £ 25 for seams 
                                               more than 5 feet thick, with a minimum rent of 
                                               £ 50 per half year in the first year, £ 100 per 
                                               half year in the second, £ 250 per half year in 
                                               the third, £ 375 per half year in the fourth, 
                                               £ 500 per half year in the fifth, and £ 750 per 
                                               half year in the sixth and subsequent years in 
                                               case the quantities of coal raised do not amount
                                               to such sums, but allowing overworkings to be 
                                               offset against earlier short workings (but not 
                                               vice versa).
                                               Schedules of land (pink: 1386a. 1r. 14p. in 
                                               Whitwell parish and 140a. in Welbeck; blue, 18a.
                                               3r. 34p.; brown, 126a. 1r. 14p.).
                                               Extensive annotations and alterations by Messrs 
                                               Broomhead, Wightman and Moore, 2 Nov. 1889 and 7
                                               Jan. 1890, and Baileys, Shaw and Gillett.
                                               Detached map of surface areas concerned.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/2/2         1893                    Epitome of lease (10 May 1882) by the Duke of 
                                               Portland of his freehold interest in copyhold 
                                               coals at Clowne, Derbyshire to the Shireoaks 
                                               Colliery Company, Ltd; 1893
                                               (1 item - 2 ff, paper)
                                               Top Hard coal and coal immediately underlying 
                                               it, under copyhold lands fully described in the 
                                               schedules and plan to the original; term of 50 
                                               years from 29 Sept. 1881; half-yearly rent of 
                                               £ 15 per acre per foot thickness 
                                               (proportionately); minimum half-yearly rental of
                                               £ 37 10/-; power to make up short working within 
                                               15 years.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/2/3         1893                    Epitome of lease (26 Nov. 1888) by the Duke of 
                                               Portland of Top Hard Coal at Elmton, Whitwell 
                                               and Clowne, Derbyshire to the Shireoaks Colliery
                                               Company, Ltd; 1893
                                               (3 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Under freehold and copyhold lands more fully 
                                               described in the schedules and plan to the 
                                               original (359a. 2r. 1p. freehold, 443a. 0r. 33p.
                                               copyhold, 4a. 3r. 33p. wasteland); term of 50 
                                               years from 25 Mar. 1887; half-yearly rent of £ 22
                                               per acre per foot thickness (proportionately) 
                                               out of freehold lands and £ 11 per acre per foot 
                                               out of copyholds; minimum half-yearly rental of 
                                               £ 50 in the first 5 years and £ 270 10/- 
                                               thereafter; power to make up past short working 
                                               during the term.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/2/4         13.2.1901               Surrender of lease of 13 Feb. 1890 to the Duke 
                                               of Portland of Top Hard Coal at Whitwell, 
                                               Derbyshire etc. by the Shireoaks Colliery 
                                               Company, Ltd; 13 Feb. 1901 (unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (4 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: The Shireoaks Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Second Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland.
                                               Draft surrender by (1) to (2) of the lease of 13
                                               Feb. 1890 [Pl E12/9/6/2/1] prior to the granting
                                               of a new lease by (2).
                                               Recites that (1) have overpaid £ 1623 19s 7d in 
                                               rent above the value of coal gotten up to 1 Feb.
                                               1895 and are to recoup this under the new lease.
                                               Extensive annotations and revisions by Baileys. 
                                               Shaw and Gillett and Broomhead, Wightman and 
                                               Moore of Sheffield, 18 Mar. 1899, 15 June 1899 
                                               and 17 Aug. 1900.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/3/1         8.8.1905-6.11.1905      Copy correspondence concerning the Shireoaks 
                                               Colliery Company's Whitwell lease; 8 Aug.-6 Nov.
                                               1905
                                               (19 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Copy correspondence exchanged between C.R. 
                                               Hewitt, London Road, Derby and Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street concerning 
                                               coals leased to the Shireoaks Colliery Company 
                                               at Whitwell, Derbyshire under land sold to Mr 
                                               Hodding; land exchanged there between the Dukes 
                                               of Newcastle and Portland and the status of the 
                                               underlying minerals; construction of cottages on
                                               both sections of land; obligations to support, 
                                               liability for surface damage, etc.
                                               Used as briefing material for counsel.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/4/1-22      29.11.1920-12.8.1921    Bundle of correspondence and leases to the 
                                               Bolsover and Shireoaks Colliery Companies; 29 
                                               Nov. 1920-12 Aug. 1921 (unfit for production)
                                               (22 items, paper & linen)
                                               Pl E12/9/6/4/1: Draft lease (7 June 1921) from 
                                               the Duke of Portland to the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company Limited, supplemental to a lease of 9 
                                               Aug. 1893, of portions of Top Hard Coal on the 
                                               boundary between Whitwell, Derbyshire and 
                                               Holbeck/Woodhouse Hall, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/4/2: Draft lease (7 June 1921) from 
                                               the Duke of Portland to the Shireoaks Colliery 
                                               Company Limited, supplemental to a lease of 13 
                                               feb. 1901, of portions of Top Hard coal on the 
                                               boundary between Whitwell, Derbyshire and 
                                               Holbeck/Woodhouse Hall, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Pl E12/9/6/4/3-22: Related correspondence 
                                               received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 
                                               Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, 122 London 
                                               Road, Derby, the Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd, the 
                                               Shireoaks Colliery Co. Ltd, Messrs Davies, 
                                               Sanders and Swanwick, Chesterfield, and T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse. Fault in the Whitwell Colliery 
                                               workings, revision of boundaries between areas 
                                               to be worked by the Bolsover and Shireoaks 
                                               colliery companies to follow fault in 'exchange 
                                               leases' of 15 May 1906, new leases to be 
                                               prepared and minutiae of this.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/5/1-3       26.6.1899-8.8.1899      Bundle of correspondence concerning mining 
                                               subsidence and the Welbeck water supply; 26 
                                               June-8 Aug. 1899
                                               (3 items, paper)
                                               Letters from Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse to E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street concerning 
                                               increasing leakage from Hollinghill 
                                               Gripps/Hollinhill reservoir, Elmton parish, 
                                               built by the 5th Duke of Portland to supply 
                                               Welbeck, due to subsidence; who is liable for 
                                               damages?; no special provision in lease? 
                                               (Shireoaks Colliery No. 2 lease); solution to 
                                               build new reservoir at Gravel Hill.
                                               See also Pl E12/14/3.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/6/1-6       20.11.1907-1.2.1908     Bundle of correspondence concerning proposed 
                                               mineral exchange between the Dukes of Leeds and 
                                               Portland, with plan; 20 Nov. 1907-1 Feb. 1908
                                               (6 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby, 
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, and others (including 
                                               copies of letters exchanged by Hewitt and the 
                                               Shire Oaks Colliery) debating the merits of the 
                                               proposed exchange of coals, the Duke of Portland
                                               will receive an area inconvenient to work, 
                                               faults have been found in the vicinity, should 
                                               wait and see where they lead, no agreement on 
                                               terms, proposal declined by the Duke of 
                                               Portland's advisers.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/6/6 is a plan of the area to be 
                                               exchanged on the Yorkshire/Derbyshire border at 
                                               Honeysyke alias Honeysuck, between Kiveton Park 
                                               and Whitwell.
                                               
Pl E12/9/6/7/1-6       17.3.1910-28.7.1910     Bundle of correspondence relating to the 
                                               ownership of minerals under the late Thomas 
                                               Ellis's land on Whitwell Common, Derbyshire; 17 
                                               Mar.-28 July 1910
                                               (6 items, paper)
                                               File of copy correspondence received by T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse from Messrs 
                                               Branson and Son, Sheffield and C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby; copy letters from Turner to 
                                               Branson and Son; original letters from Turner to
                                               Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners 
                                               Street.

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Pl E12/9/7             1899-1926               Correspondence with and about mining on the 
                                               Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire estates of the 
                                               Dukes of Portland, especially copyholds; 
                                               1899-1926
                                               (428 items)
                                               Further correspondence with and about the 
                                               Butterley Company, Ltd will be found at Pl 
                                               E12/10/2/15 et seq. For licences to work coals 
                                               under copyholds, and related papers, see Pl 
                                               E12/9/8 series.
                                               This series is a combination of various 
                                               artificial bundles and loose items.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/7/1-428 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/7/1-80        25.11.1903-17.8.1906    Correspondence about the mining activities of 
                                               the Butterley Company, Ltd on the Duke of 
                                               Portland's Nottinghamshire estates; 25 Nov. 
                                               1903-17 Aug. 1906
                                               (80 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby; 
                                               T. Warner Turner/Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse; the Butterley Company, Ltd (per H. 
                                               Eustace Mitton, A. Leslie Wright and others); 
                                               Messrs Fox, Trotter, Thicknesse, Patteson and 
                                               Hull, 64 Victoria Street, Westminster; Messrs 
                                               Watson, Wadsworth and Ward, 15 Weekday Cross, 
                                               Nottingham; Messrs Milles, Jennings White and 
                                               Foster, 8 Whitehall Place, Westminster; and 
                                               others (includes occasional press copy replies).
                                               Minutiae of the Duke of Portland's granting 
                                               licences to the Butterley Company to work coal 
                                               under copyhold lands in Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield etc. being part of the Manor 
                                               of Mansfield of which he is Lord; the tenants 
                                               for life under the will of Mary Anne Hodgkinson;
                                               coal under the cemetery at Kirkby, under Kirkby 
                                               glebe and (East) Kirkby Barrier; working of 
                                               coals near Kirkby Woodhouse church, ownership of
                                               minerals thereabouts, terms of Butterley's lease
                                               from the Duke of Portland gives them liability 
                                               for future surface damage, church and vicarage 
                                               being constructed over worked-out coal; 
                                               Butterley attaching too many conditions to their
                                               donation of £ 500 to the church building fund, 
                                               but to be indemnified against damage to ensure 
                                               donation [see also Pl E12/10/2/15/25]; licence 
                                               for working under old church site.
                                               Pl E12/9/7/7 is a copy of a letter from F.J. 
                                               Turner to Baileys (29 Sept. 1885) concerning 
                                               land at Kirkby-in-Ashfield sold to Arthur 
                                               Bright.
                                               Pl E12/9/7/16 is a copy of correspondence 
                                               between the Butterley Company, Ltd (per F.C. 
                                               Corfield) and Messrs Hewitt and Company (22 
                                               Oct.-4 Nov. 1898) regarding the Kirkby Barrier 
                                               and proposed alterations to it.
                                               
Pl E12/9/7/81-167      14.6.1907-14.4.1910     Correspondence about the mining activities of 
                                               the Butterley Company, Ltd on the Duke of 
                                               Portland's Nottinghamshire estates; 14 June 
                                               1907-14 Apr. 1910
                                               (87 items, paper & linen)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby; 
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Messrs Trotter, Thicknesse,
                                               Patteson and Hull/Thicknesse and Hull, 64 
                                               Victoria Street, Westminster, and subsequently 5
                                               Little College Street; and others (includes 
                                               occasional press copy replies).
                                               Minutiae of the Duke of Portland's granting 
                                               licences to the Butterley Company to work coal 
                                               under copyhold lands in Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield etc. being part of the Manor 
                                               of Mansfield of which he is Lord; 
                                               disproportionate cost of enrolling licences; 
                                               further costs in connection with George Briggs, 
                                               in an asylum but not a lunatic, if formal lunacy
                                               proceedings have to be gone through just to get 
                                               the licence to work coals for which Butterley's 
                                               payment would be £ 6 10/-, indemnities and other 
                                               ways of proceeding; coal under 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield Schools; permission to work 
                                               the Annesley barrier; includes occasional 
                                               matters relating the New Hucknall Colliery 
                                               Company (in respect of Bentinck Colliery) 
                                               [inextricably linked with the workings of 
                                               Butterley's Portland Collieries - see Pl 
                                               E12/10/2/ ].
                                               Pl E12/9/7/152 includes a plan of land belonging
                                               to George Briggs at Sutton-in-Ashfield.
                                               
Pl E12/9/7/168-248     5.1.1915-5.12.1918      Correspondence about the mining activities of 
                                               the Butterley Company, Ltd on the Duke of 
                                               Portland's Nottinghamshire estates; 5 Jan. 
                                               1915-5 Dec. 1918
                                               (81 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby; 
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Messrs Thicknesse and Hull,
                                               5 Little College Street, Westminster; and others
                                               (includes occasional copy replies and letters 
                                               exchanged by E.H. Bailey, Foxholes, Chipping 
                                               Norton and W.E. Gillett at Berners Street).
                                               Does Butterley Company need licences to work 
                                               coal under lands where they themselves are the 
                                               copyholders, or where they propose to purchase 
                                               the enfranchised copyholders' interests in 
                                               minerals (at Sutton-in-Ashfield); their proposal
                                               to work coals under the Great Northern Railway 
                                               at Sutton-in-Ashfield, objections of Railway 
                                               Company's solicitor (R. Hill Dawe) to the 'usual
                                               covenant' etc., complications and prolonged 
                                               discussion, everything to be done to aid the 
                                               Butterley Company in reaching an agreement, will
                                               sort out question of lateral support for railway
                                               and liberate much more coal for working 
                                               throughout the Duke's estates than is 
                                               immediately concerned; construction of 
                                               co-operative store at Kirkby-in-Ashfield and 
                                               under-lease;
                                               Various individual and omnibus licences from the
                                               Duke of Portland to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under various small copyholds at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield; licence to New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Company, Ltd and arrangements between 
                                               Butterley and New Hucknall; South Normanton 
                                               sub-lease; encroachments on barrier coal (2 Apr.
                                               1917).
                                               
Pl E12/9/7/249-280     26.3.1919-22.6.1921     Correspondence about the mining activities of 
                                               the Butterley Company, Ltd on the Duke of 
                                               Portland's Nottinghamshire estates; 26 Mar. 
                                               1919-22 June 1921
                                               (32 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby; 
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Messrs Thicknesse and Hull,
                                               5 Little College Street, Westminster.
                                               Butterley Company's sub-lease to Midland Coal 
                                               Products, Ltd of a site at Kirkby-in-Ashfield 
                                               for an experimental plant for coal distillation;
                                               various individual and omnibus licences from the
                                               Duke of Portland to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under various small copyholds at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, and licence from the 
                                               Primitive Methodist Chapel Trustees there.
                                               
Pl E12/9/7/281-428     27.9.1899-20.4.1926     Correspondence about minerals under copyholds on
                                               the Duke of Portland's Nottinghamshire and 
                                               Derbyshire estates; 27 Sept. 1899-20 Apr. 1926 
                                               (unfit for production)
                                               (148 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from: C.R. 
                                               Hewitt/Hewitt and Company, London Road, Derby; 
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse; Messrs Broomhead, Wightman 
                                               and Moore, George Street, Sheffield [solicitors 
                                               to the Bolsover Colliery Co., Ltd]; William 
                                               Bryan/Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, Mansfield; 
                                               Messrs Wells and Hind, Fletcher Gate, 
                                               Nottingham; the Bolsover Colliery Company, Ltd; 
                                               and other solicitors and colliery companies 
                                               (with occasional press copy replies).
                                               Licences for the Bolsover Colliery Company, Ltd 
                                               to work coal under copyholds in the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover, and other Bolsover and 
                                               Mansfield/Ashfield copyhold matters; acquisition
                                               of various mineral rights by the Blackwell, 
                                               Bolsover, New Hucknall, Shirebrook and Shireoaks
                                               colliery companies, the Butterley Company, 
                                               Stanton Ironworks et al.; scales of charges for 
                                               the various transactions; disputes over tenure; 
                                               minutiae of transactions; serious inconvenience 
                                               from increasing inaccuracy of the Mansfield 
                                               court rolls caused by the Sherwood Colliery 
                                               Co.'s refusal to enter licences upon them; 
                                               dispute between the New Hucknall Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd and various railways respecting a portion of
                                               Miss Hodgkinson's estate at Kirkby-in-Ashfield; 
                                               related matters concerning allotment of coals 
                                               under the Mansfield Inclosure.
                                               Bolsover Lower Mines (1920), negotiations 
                                               suspended during the First World War, proposal 
                                               to sink a new pit near the boundary of the 
                                               Sutton Scarsdale estate, possible support by 
                                               leaving various Sutton Scarsdale minerals 
                                               unworked, compensation, previous activities of 
                                               the Staveley Company, etc.
                                               Pl E12/9/7/398 is a schedule of 'Recusant 
                                               Copyhold Mines' of which the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Co. have purchased or leased the 
                                               possessory interest of the copyholders, with 
                                               acreages and seams involved, 16 Nov. 1910.

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Pl E12/9/8             1867-1926               Licences to work coal under copyhold lands held 
                                               of the Manors of Bolsover and Mansfield (of 
                                               which the Duke of Portland is Lord), with 
                                               related material; 1867-1926
                                               (201 items)
                                               Licences have been arranged: Pl E12/9/8/1 for 
                                               the Butterley Company, Pl E12/9/8/2 for other 
                                               companies (New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd, 
                                               Stanton Ironworks Co. Ltd, etc.) in the 
                                               Mansfield and Ashfield area, and Pl E12/9/8/3 
                                               for the Bolsover area (Bolsover Colliery Co. 
                                               Ltd). Pl E12/9/8/4-7 contain legal papers 
                                               concerning the ownership of minerals within 
                                               these manors - see also Pl E12/10/1 series.
                                               Minerals under copyholds (and enfranchised 
                                               copyholds) belonged to the Lord of the Manor, 
                                               who could not work them without the consent of 
                                               the copyhold surface owners who had certain 
                                               ownership rights (a possessory interest) in 
                                               them. The usual mechanism was a licence from the
                                               copyholder to the Duke's lessees (following a 
                                               form specified in the principal lease from the 
                                               Duke which ensured the explicit recognition by 
                                               all parties of his ownership of the minerals) to
                                               enable them to work the coals in return for a 
                                               royalty (the royalty on coals under copyholds 
                                               which was payable to the Duke being generally 
                                               set at half that for freehold coals). Sometimes 
                                               several copyholders were party to one licence or
                                               some other memorandum or form of covenant was 
                                               entered into (always acknowledging the Duke's 
                                               rights of ownership).
                                               It was possible for a copyholder to sell the 
                                               surface but reserve his limited rights in the 
                                               minerals, causing further complexity.
                                               The costs of the transactions could exceed the 
                                               value of the mineral concerned.
                                               For detailed descriptions see Pl E12/9/8/1-9 
                                               below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1           1904-1921               Licences to the Butterley Company to work coal 
                                               under copyhold lands at Sutton-in-Ashfield held 
                                               of the Manor of Mansfield; 1904-1923
                                               (34 items)
                                               See Pl E12/9/8/1/1-34 below for detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/1         4.6.1904                Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 4 June 1904
                                               (unfit for production)
                                               (27 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Thomas Clarke Hodgkinson of Swincoe
                                               Lodge, Beaverton, Ontario, Dominion of Canada; 
                                               and Catherine Anne Hodgkinson of 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: Catherine Anne Hodgkinson; and 
                                               Henry Crewdson of the City of Nottingham, 
                                               gentleman.
                                               Third Party: Francis Beresford Wright of Wootton
                                               Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.; 
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick, near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire, Esq; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Marley Mount, Market Drayton, Salop, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield
                                               - to work the Top Hard coal under 41a. 1r. 
                                               23.5p. of copyhold land (as specified) at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Schedule of fields and acreages.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               See also Pl F12/9/8/2/8.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/2         1905                    Copy draft consent to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 1905
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Charles Manners of Mansfield, tin 
                                               plate printer (trustee).
                                               Second Party: Barringer, Wallis and Manners Ltd.
                                               Third Party: Francis Beresford Wright of Wootton
                                               Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.; 
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Marley Mount, Market Drayton, Salop, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1), at the 
                                               request of (2) to (3) - lessees of (4), Lord of 
                                               the Manor of Mansfield - to work the Top Hard 
                                               coal under 10a. 1r. 16p.'or thereabouts' of 
                                               copyhold land (as specified) at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Consideration: £ 400 by (3) to (2) at the request
                                               of (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/3         16.7.1906               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 16 
                                               July 1906
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Frederick Walton of Sutton in 
                                               Ashfield, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Marley Mount, Market Drayton, Salop, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 6a. 2r. 3p. of 
                                               enfranchised copyhold land (as specified) at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 250 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/4         4.7.1907                Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 4 
                                               July 1907
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Abraham Wass of Sutton in Ashfield,
                                               builder.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Marley Mount, Market Drayton, Salop, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 1a. 1r. 37p. of 
                                               enfranchised copyhold land (as specified) at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Licence 
                                               states 1a. 1r. 25p. of land. Recites previous 
                                               deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 50 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/5         4.9.1907                Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 4 Sept. 1907
                                               (17 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Alfred Unwin Heathcote of 
                                               Shep[h]albury, Hertfordshire, a Colonel in HM 
                                               Army; Arthur Samuel Heathcote of 37 Pembroke 
                                               Road, Earl's Court, London, Esq.; and William 
                                               Heathcote Unwin of Srinagar, Cashmere [Kashmir],
                                               India, a Colonel in HM Army.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Marley Mount, Market Drayton, Salop, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 71a. 0r. 23p. of
                                               land (as specified) at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, for a term of 38 years from 25 
                                               Mar. 1907; subject to deeds listed in the 2nd 
                                               schedule hereof, and to the statutory and other 
                                               rights of the Great Northern Railway, Midland 
                                               Railway and other public bodies in respect of 
                                               the surface of the lands. Detailed working 
                                               clauses and covenants; rents cease when all coal
                                               paid for; power to (2) to determine licence when
                                               all coal gotten. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Rent: £ 100 p.a. by (2) to (1) for 9 years and 
                                               thereafter £ 5 p.a. for 29 years; acreage rental 
                                               of £ 42 10/- per acre for excess quantities over 
                                               those required to pay the minimum rental; 
                                               shortworkings may be made up subsequently.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/6         10.9.1907               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 10 
                                               Sept. 1907
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Emlen Crofts of Sutton-in-Ashfield,
                                               Nottinghamshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Marley Mount, Market Drayton, Salop, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 4a. 1r. 36p. of 
                                               land (as specified) including a moiety of 
                                               Cowpasture Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 157 10/- from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/7         16.6.1908               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 16 June 
                                               1908 (unfit for production)
                                               (12 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Isabelle Radford of Leatherhead, 
                                               Surrey, spinster; Raymond Edward Radford, 
                                               gentleman; Elise Lucy Radford of Bridlington, 
                                               Yorkshire, spinster; John Radford 'a Bombardier 
                                               in HM Army at present stationed at Dover', Kent.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Red House, Halstead, Essex, Esq. [The Butterley 
                                               Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 10a. 2r. 17p. of
                                               land (as specified in three parts) in the parish
                                               of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, for a 
                                               term of 12 years from 25 Mar. 1908. Detailed 
                                               working clauses and covenants. Recites previous 
                                               deeds.
                                               Rent: royalty of £ 42 10/- per acre by (2) to 
                                               (1).
                                               Schedule included.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/8         1.7.1908                Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 1 
                                               July 1908
                                               (5 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Joseph Jennings Wharmby of 
                                               Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, chemist.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Red House, Halstead, Essex, Esq. [The Butterley 
                                               Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 5a. 0r. 36p. of 
                                               land (as specified) at Grace Close in the parish
                                               of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 209 19/- by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached that shows two proposed new 
                                               streets.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/9         1.12.1908               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under copyhold and freehold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 1 
                                               Dec. 1908 (fragile)
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Robert Nesbitt of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Esq.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wootton Court, Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, Esq.;
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Red House, Halstead, Essex, Esq. [The Butterley 
                                               Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 2a. 3r. 0p. of 
                                               land (as specified at 'Hardwick Lane Close') in 
                                               the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. An adjacent 1.5 acres is also 
                                               mentioned. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 341 5/- to be paid by (2) to 
                                               (1).
                                               Plan attached that shows two proposed new 
                                               streets.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/10        25.3.1909               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 25 
                                               Mar. 1909 (unfit for production)
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Samuel Hibbert Beeley and Frederick
                                               William Beeley of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, builders.
                                               Second Party: Frederick William Beeley of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield.
                                               Third Party: Francis Beresford Wright of Wooton,
                                               Leek Wooton, Warwickshire, Esq.; Fitzherbert 
                                               Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near Alfreton, 
                                               Derbyshire, Esq.; and Philip Wright of Red 
                                               House, Halstead, Essex, Esq. [The Butterley 
                                               Company].
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (3) - 
                                               lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 7a. 1r. 32p. and
                                               7a. 2r. 10p. of land (as specified) in the 
                                               parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 
                                               and by (2) to (3) of a parcel of 32p. of land 
                                               there. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 300 by (3) to (1) and £ 15 10/- 
                                               by (3) to (2).
                                               Two plans attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/11        25.10.1909              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under copyhold and freehold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 25 
                                               Oct. 1909 (unfit for production)
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Briggs of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, Esq.
                                               Second Party: John Briggs the younger, Jesse 
                                               Briggs and Alfred Briggs, trading as John Briggs
                                               and Sons of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
                                               Third Party: Francis Beresford Wright of Wooton,
                                               Leek Wooton, Warwickshire, Esq.; Fitzherbert 
                                               Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near Alfreton, 
                                               Derbyshire, Esq.; and Philip Wright of 
                                               Millfield, Eastbourne, Sussex, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield
                                               - to work the Top Hard coal under 10a. 3r. 21p. 
                                               of land (as specified; previously measured as 
                                               10a. 3r. 12p.) and 2a. 3r. 32p. in the parish of
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 447 10/- by (3) to (1) and £ 121 
                                               10/- by (3) to (2).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/12        22.11.1909              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 22 Nov. 
                                               1909 (unfit for production)
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Midland Railway Company.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wooton, Leek Wooton, Warwickshire, Esq.; 
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire, Esq.; and Philip Wright of
                                               Millhouse, Eastbourne, Sussex, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 1r. 26p. of 
                                               land, under a railway, (as specified) in the 
                                               parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. 
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 17 10s 7d by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/13        31.12.1909              Copy draft indemnity to the Butterley Company to
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, belonging 
                                               to George Briggs; 31 Dec. 1909
                                               (2 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Copy draft indemnity granted by John Briggs, 
                                               uncle of George Briggs of Sutton-in-Ashfield, a 
                                               tenant of the Manor of Mansfield and 'a lunatic 
                                               but not so found' to the Duke of Portland, as 
                                               Lord of the Manor of Mansfield, in lieu of the 
                                               granting of an ordinary licence by the Duke to 
                                               permit the Butterley Company to work the Top 
                                               Hard coal under a piece of land in Hardwick Lane
                                               (as specified) in the parish of Sutton-in- 
                                               Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Consideration: £ 6 10/- by Butterley for the 
                                               benefit of George Briggs.
                                               See Pl E12/9/7 for related correspondence 
                                               discussing mechanism for working the coal 
                                               without a licence.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/14        31.12.1909              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 31 Dec. 
                                               1909 (unfit for production)
                                               (4 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: George Saxton of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, framework 
                                               knitter.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wooton, Leek Wooton, Warwickshire, Esq.; 
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire, Esq.; and Philip Wright of
                                               Millhouse, Eastbourne, Sussex, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 25p. of land, 
                                               (as specified) in the parish of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 6 5/- by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/15        14.4.1910               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 14 Apr. 
                                               1910 (unfit for production)
                                               (5 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Great Northern Railway Company.
                                               Second Party: Francis Beresford Wright of 
                                               Wooton, Leek Wooton, Warwickshire, Esq.; 
                                               Fitzherbert Wright of The Hayes, Swanwick near 
                                               Alfreton, Derbyshire, Esq.; and Philip Wright of
                                               Millhouse, Eastbourne, Sussex, Esq. [The 
                                               Butterley Company].
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 3r. 8p. and an 
                                               adjoining 32p. of land, both under the railway, 
                                               and a further 1a. 1r. 11.5p. of land, all in the
                                               parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. 
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 90 by (2) to (1).
                                               Extensive amendments in red ink, most rescinded.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/16        23.11.1914              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 23 
                                               Nov. 1914
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Craster Sampson of Springbank,
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, aerated 
                                               water manufacturer [Sampson Bros].
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 4a. 2r. 6p. of 
                                               land in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 160 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/17        11.3.1915               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under enfranchised copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 11 Mar. 
                                               1915
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Arthur Walton of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, lace 
                                               trimmer.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal, all coal above it but
                                               more than 50 yards from the surface, and lower 
                                               seams (named) under 1r. 0p. of land in the 
                                               parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. 
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 20 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/18        11.3.1915               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under enfranchised copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 11 Mar. 
                                               1915.
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Ernest Parkinson Norton of 
                                               Whitchurch, Salop, cheese factor; Arthur Howard 
                                               Bonser of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               gentleman; Frederick William Buck of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, printer; Thomas Day of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, accountant.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the coal under 1r. 32p. of land in the 
                                               parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 
                                               lying at a depth of more than fifty yards and 
                                               above the Top Hard seam and all mines on other 
                                               named seams. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 35 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/19        23.3.1915               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 23 
                                               Mar. 1915
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Robert Nesbit [sic] of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, gentleman; 
                                               Henry Jennings Bosworth of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               bank manager.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 3r. 10p. of land
                                               in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 60 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Nesbitt here spelt 'Nesbit'.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/20        12.5.1916               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal etc. under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 12 May 1916
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Louis Jennings of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, gentleman; 
                                               George Clarke of Sutton-in-Ashfield, estate 
                                               agent; William Henry Pickard of Sutton-Ashfield;
                                               and others as listed on schedule including: 
                                               Alfred Ellis, innkeeper; James Kirkbride, works 
                                               manager; Thomas Day, gentleman; John Beeley, 
                                               assistant overseer; John Caster Sampson, aerated
                                               water manufacturer and Edward Sampson, seedsman.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work Top Hard coal, and all coal above it but
                                               more than 50 yards below the surface, under 5a. 
                                               3r. 13.5p. of land (made up of 32 parcels) in 
                                               the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 233 7s 6d in various sums by (2)
                                               to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Summary of persons occupying houses attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/21        7.7.1916                Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 7 July 1916
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Victor Turner of The Poplars, 
                                               Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire; and James William
                                               Cecil Turner of Lyttleton Road, Birmingham, 
                                               gentleman.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work coal under 2r. 16p. of land (in 3 
                                               parcels) in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 44 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Summary of persons occupying houses attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/22        16.11.1916              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 16 Nov. 
                                               1916
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Nottinghamshire County Council.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 1a. 0r. 8p. of 
                                               land (the site of an elementary school) in the 
                                               parish of Sutton-in- Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. 
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 84 by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/23        16.11.1916              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under copyhold land at 
                                               Fulwood, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 16
                                               Nov. 1916
                                               (14 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: The New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work the Top Hard coal under 69.878a. of land
                                               in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, for a term of 55 years 6 months
                                               from 29 Sept. 1916. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Rent: £ 40 (minimum) p.a. by (2) to (1); plus 
                                               acreage royalties of £ 105 where thickness of 
                                               seam exceeds 6ft 10in, £ 97 10/- where seam 
                                               exceeds 6ft 4in, £ 90 where seam exceeds 5ft 
                                               10in, £ 82 10/- where seam exceeds 5ft 4in, £ 75 
                                               where seam exceeds 4ft 10in, £ 70 where seam 
                                               exceeds 4ft 6in, £ 60 where seam exceeds 4ft, £ 55
                                               where seam exceeds 3ft 9in; £ 42 10/- for seam 
                                               under 3ft 9in. Short working to be made up.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/24        30.12.1916              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under enfranchised copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 30 Dec. 
                                               1916
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Great Northern Railway Company.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work Top Hard and lower seams of coal under 
                                               6a. 3r. 32.5p. of land in the parish of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, as listed 
                                               in schedule, for a term of 56 years from 25 Mar.
                                               1916. Names specific seams and refers to a plan 
                                               that is not present. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Rent: £ 2 (minimum) p.a. by (2) to (1); plus 
                                               acreage royalties of £ 105 where seams exceed 6ft
                                               10in, £ 97 10/- where seams exceed 6ft 4in, £ 90 
                                               where seams exceed 5ft 10in, £ 82 10/- where seam
                                               exceeds 5ft 4in, £ 75 where seams exceed 4ft 
                                               10in, £ 70 where seams exceed 4ft 6in, £ 60 where 
                                               seams exceed 4ft, £ 55 where seams exceed 3ft 
                                               9in, £ 42 10/- for seams under 3ft 9in.
                                               Royalties also payable for named coal seams 
                                               irrespective of their thickness.
                                               Extensive alterations.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/25        1916                    Copy draft agreement for the Butterley Company 
                                               to work coal under land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1916
                                               (4 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Second Party: Great Northern Railway Company.
                                               Copy draft agreement between (1) and (2) for 
                                               working coal (in named coal seams) under railway
                                               land in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Addresses issues of compensation for damage to 
                                               railway(s) and associated structures; also 
                                               conditions respecting the working of coal seams 
                                               in the vicinity of bridge carrying Outram Street
                                               over the railway.
                                               Compensation of £ 4 for each chain of railway 
                                               line damaged by mining and additional £ 2 per 
                                               chain for each additional line running alongside
                                               the first.
                                               Other documents between Great Northern Railway 
                                               and Butterley Company were made in late 1916 
                                               implying this document is also from late 1916.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/26        1917                    Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work coal under land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, with plan; 1917 (Map fragile)
                                               (2 items, paper)
                                               First Party: Alexandra Mary Toone of Alfreton, 
                                               Derbyshire; Charles H. Briggs, of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield; and others as listed on 
                                               schedule including: Michael Heathcote, farmer; 
                                               James Briggs, gentleman; Samuel Hibbert Beeley, 
                                               builder; John Briggs, hosiery manufacturer; 
                                               George Arthur Briggs, beer retailer; Frederick 
                                               William Beeley, builder; and Barker Eastwood 
                                               (Trustee of Primitive Methodist Church).
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work the Top Hard and other coal 
                                               below the depth of fifty yards under 117 parcels
                                               of land (about 16a.) in the parish of Sutton-in-
                                               Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Recites previous 
                                               deeds.
                                               Total consideration: £ 961 9s 2d.
                                               Detached plan [Pl E12/9/8/1/26/2] of most of 
                                               town of Sutton-in-Ashfield showing plots owned 
                                               by persons contained in attached schedule.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/27        25.7.1917               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 25 July 
                                               1917
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Robert Barber of King Street, 
                                               Nottingham, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: John Edward Cecil Godber 'now 
                                               residing in California, USA'; Henry Trevor 
                                               Godber of 4th Batallion, the Connaught Rangers, 
                                               Lieutenant in HM Army.
                                               Third Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work coal under 6.5a. of land in 
                                               the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Specifies the seams more than 
                                               50 yards below the surface. Recites previous 
                                               deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 200 by (3) to (1) and (2).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/28        1918                    Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; [18 Apr.] 
                                               1918
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Jackson Chadburn and Edward
                                               Addison Titley as the Mansfield Brewery Company.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work the Top Hard coal under 8 
                                               public houses etc. (total of 4r. 35p. of land) 
                                               in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds. 
                                               Covenant for the production of title deeds 
                                               specified in 2nd annexed schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 13 11s 3d and £ 71 15/- from (2) 
                                               to (1) as specified.
                                               First schedule refers to public houses in 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; part II of 
                                               it to the 'Cart and Horses' adjoining the 
                                               Midland Railway near Sutton Junction.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Cover says Walter Jackson Chadburn but inside 
                                               states William Jackson Chadburn. William 
                                               Chadburn was a partner with the Mansfield 
                                               Brewery from 1877.
                                               Date taken from date of amendments in red ink by
                                               Bryan and Armstrong, solicitors, Mansfield.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/29        1918                    Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work lower seams of coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; [23 May] 
                                               1918
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Garnett of Backwell Hill 
                                               House, West Town, Bristol.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to 'work all mines and coal seams' 
                                               more than 300 yards under 26p. of land in the 
                                               parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. 
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 11 7s 6d by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Date taken from date of amendments in red ink by
                                               L and W Wilkinson, [solicitors], Blackburn.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/30        1919                    Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work lower seams of coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 1919
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Sarah A. Reed, of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, wife of George Reed, 
                                               colliery deputy; Dewes Hunt of New Whittington, 
                                               Chesterfield; and others as on attached schedule
                                               including John Craster Sampson (aerated water 
                                               manufacturer), Edward Sampson (seedsman), Samuel
                                               H. Beeley (builder), Alfred Ellis (innkeeper), 
                                               George North (gentleman), James North, George W.
                                               Briggs (chemist), and Ada Jane Ward (wife of 
                                               John Ward), all of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence agreement between (1) and (2)
                                               - lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work 'all the mines and seams of 
                                               coal below the depth of 200 yards' under 69 
                                               parcels of land (8a. 0r. 3p.) in the parish of 
                                               Sutton-in- Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 566 2s 6d by (2) to (1).
                                               Largest parcel is 2r. 32p. with consideration of
                                               £ 49; this is the only plot over 2r., with a 
                                               further 4 plots over 1r.
                                               Date taken from 1919 pre-typed (in words) on 
                                               document with spaces for a date to be added.
                                               Schedule attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/31        1919                    Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work lower seams of coal under copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 1919
                                               (4 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Luther Pickard, John Dove, Barker 
                                               Eastwood and others, Trustees of the Primitive 
                                               Methodist Church, Reform Street, 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work 'all the mines and seams of 
                                               coal below the depth of 200 yards' under 18p. of
                                               land in the parish of Sutton-in- Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 17 17s 6d of (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Date taken from pre-typed wording at beginning 
                                               of document.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/32        18.5.1920               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 18 May 1920
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Edward Sampson of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, seed 
                                               merchant; and John Beeley of Sutton-in-Ashfield,
                                               farmer [trustees of the will of Edward C. 
                                               Sampson].
                                               Second Party: Mary Jane Sampson of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, widow.
                                               Third Party: Edward Sampson; Winifred Oxley, 
                                               wife of Edward H. Oxley, of Tonbridge, Kent, 
                                               colliery agent.
                                               Fourth Party: Mary J. Sampson, as above.
                                               Fifth Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Sixth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (2), as tenant for
                                               life, with the consent of (3), to (5) - lessees 
                                               of (6), as Lord of the Manor of Mansfield - to 
                                               work the Top Hard coal, and all seams above it 
                                               but below a depth of more than 50 yards, under 5
                                               parcels of land (5a. 3r. 21p.) in the parish of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; and by (4),
                                               as beneficial owner, to (5) to work the coal 
                                               under a further 11p. of land there. Recites 
                                               previous deeds including will of Edward C. 
                                               Sampson.
                                               Consideration: £ 207 11s 4d from (5) to (1) and 
                                               £ 2 8s 8d from (5) to (4).
                                               Schedule attached.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/33        30.11.1920              Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard coal under land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 30 Nov. 
                                               1920
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Frederick William Beeley of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, builder.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2), - 
                                               lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work the Top Hard seam, and all 
                                               coal above it but below the depth of 50 yards, 
                                               under 3a. 3r. 14p. land adjacent to Willow 
                                               Bridge Lane in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield,
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 135 from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/1/34        20.6.1921               Copy draft licence to the Butterley Company to 
                                               work Top Hard and lower coal seams under land at
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 20 June 
                                               1921
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Robert Nesbitt of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, Esq.; and 
                                               James Victor Nesbitt of 3 Stone Buildings, 
                                               Lincoln's Inn, London, barrister at law.
                                               Second Party: The Butterley Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), as Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield - to work Top Hard coal and all lower 
                                               seams under 3a. 1r. 23p. of land (2a. 3r. 16p. 
                                               belonging to R. Nesbitt and 3r. 24p. to J.V. 
                                               Nesbitt) in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 145 of (2) to (1) (£ 100 to R. 
                                               Nesbitt as owner of premises coloured red and 
                                               £ 45 to J.V. Nesbitt as owner of property 
                                               coloured blue on attached plans).
                                               2 plans attached.
                                               Schedule attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2           1889-1926               Licences to work coal under copyhold and 
                                               freehold lands at Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse
                                               and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 
                                               1889-1926
                                               (18 items)
                                               Letter and deeds including conveyance of 
                                               interest in coal, grants and licences of 
                                               copyhold interest and consents granted to New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery and Shirebrook Colliery 
                                               companies to work coal seams at Mansfield, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1889-1926
                                               See Pl E12/9/8/2/1-17 below for detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/1         1889                    Copy draft licence granted to the New Hucknall 
                                               Colliery Company Limited to work Top Hard coal 
                                               at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; 1889
                                               (4 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Licence granted to Unwin Unwin Heathcote of 
                                               Shephalbury, Hertfordshire, Esq; William 
                                               Heathcote Unwin of Abbotabad, Punjaub [Punjab] 
                                               India, Major in the 5th Regiment of Ghoorkas 
                                               [Ghurkas], Julia Margaret Beresford Hope of 10 
                                               Emperors Gate, Middlesex, wife of Charles 
                                               Beresford Hope, Sir William Henry Wyatt of 88 
                                               Regents Park Road, Middlesex, knight, and others
                                               to consent to the New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited working the Top Hard coal under 22a. 1r.
                                               9p. of land in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield,
                                               Nottinghamshire and under half the adjoining 
                                               Mansfield to Alfreton road, for a term of 50 
                                               years from 1 July 1888, on terms approved by 
                                               J.R. Hewitt as mineral agent of the Lord of the 
                                               Manor [Duke of Portland] in letter of 3 Sept. 
                                               1888. Court Baron, Manor of Mansfield.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/2/1-2     13.7.1889-17.7.1889     Letter from W. Bryan, Mansfield to E.H. Bailey, 
                                               with copy letter from G.H. Hibbert to Bryan; 
                                               13-17 July 1889
                                               (2 items, paper)
                                               Letter from Bryan, Steward of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield, forwards Hibbert's letter [and other 
                                               letters wanting]; asks what he should do in 
                                               respect of proposed lease of minerals by the 
                                               Heathcotes to the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd;
                                               does not believe it needs a licence to demise 
                                               'It appears to me that the Copyholder's 
                                               interest, assuming it be real estate, is an 
                                               incorporeal hereditament or easement of a 
                                               negative or passive character and is no more a 
                                               subject requiring the Lord's License to demise 
                                               than a right-of-way, light or air would be.'; 
                                               the practice of the Manor of Skegby; related 
                                               matters.
                                               Letter from Hibbert states that Heathcote and 
                                               others have agreed terms for lease to New 
                                               Hucknall Colliery Company Limited for working 
                                               minerals under copyhold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; matters 
                                               'have come to a stand' because solicitor of Mr 
                                               and Mrs Beresford Hope is objecting, there being
                                               licence of demise from the Lord of the Manor 
                                               [6th Duke of Portland] it is not thought a 
                                               licence is necessary; mentions that a Mr Martin 
                                               is confused over difference between leasing the 
                                               mineral rights and the land surface; wants 
                                               licence granted to prevent further loss of time.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/3         9.5.1901                Copy draft licence to demise Top Hard coal at 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse and Mansfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 9 May 1901
                                               (14 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William Hollins and Company 
                                               (Nottingham) Limited.
                                               Second Party: William Byerley Paget of South 
                                               Field, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Esq.; 
                                               Claude Hollins of 24 Sussex Place, Regent's 
                                               Park, London, spinner; and William Hollins of 
                                               Pleasley Vale, Derbyshire, Esq.
                                               Third Party: The Shirebrook Colliery Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence by (4), as Lord of the Manor 
                                               of Mansfield, to (1) to demise to (3) - lessees 
                                               of (4) - their possessory interest in the Top 
                                               Hard coal under copyhold lands at Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse and Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               specified in the first schedule (18 plots; 46a. 
                                               1r. 15p. in total), for a term of 60 years from 
                                               1 May 1895. Recites previous deeds.
                                               Reuses draft of 1900 in which party (2) is the 
                                               Rt Hon. John William Mellor of the Inner Temple,
                                               London, Barrister at Law, QC.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/4         1.11.1904               Copy draft licence to demise Top Hard coal at 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire; 1 Nov. 
                                               1904
                                               (13 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Francis Hall of Park Hall, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, Esq.
                                               Second Party: The Shirebrook Colliery Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence by (3), as Lord of the Manor 
                                               of Mansfield, to (1) to demise to (2) - lessees 
                                               of (3) - his possessory interest in the Top Hard
                                               coal under land in parish of Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, specified in the 
                                               first schedule (258a. 1r. 36p.), for a term of 
                                               56 years from 1 Jan. 1904. Recites previous 
                                               deeds.
                                               Extensive alterations and annotations.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/5         1.12.1905               Copy draft consent to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               land at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire; 1 
                                               Dec. 1905 (unfit for production)
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Joseph Gething of Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Joseph Gething, as above; William 
                                               Smith of Langley Mill, Derbyshire, [merchant] 
                                               miller and Henry Hardwick Smith of Walsall, 
                                               Staffordshire, [miller].
                                               Third Party: The Sherwood Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence/consent granted by (1) and 
                                               (2), as to their respective shares, to (3) - 
                                               lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 2a. 1r. of land at 
                                               Debdale Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, demised by (4) to (3) on 2 Apr.
                                               1902. Recites previous deeds including will of 
                                               William Gething. Acknowledgment by (1) of right 
                                               of (3) to production of deeds specified in 
                                               attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 150 from (3) to (1) and (2).
                                               Extensive annotations and alterations.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/6         20.12.1906              Copy draft licence to work coal under freehold 
                                               land at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire; 20
                                               Dec. 1906. Defective (unfit for production)
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William Hollins and Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Second Party: Shirebrook Colliery Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 3a. 3r. 16p. of land
                                               at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire as in 
                                               the attached schedules, for a term of 50 years 
                                               from 1st May 1905. Recites previous deeds. 
                                               Schedules annexed.
                                               Text often unclear due to water and other 
                                               damage.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/7         1907                    Copy draft licence to demise coal at Mansfield 
                                               and Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire; 1907
                                               (9 ff, paper)
                                               First Party: Robert Alcock, Esq. and others, 
                                               Trustees of Brunts Charity [named].
                                               Second Party: The Sherwood Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence by (3), as Lord of the Manor 
                                               of Mansfield, to (1) to demise to (2) - lessees 
                                               of (3) - their possessory interest in the Top 
                                               Hard coal under a total of 39a. 1r. 37p. of land
                                               (in 11 parcels described in the first schedule) 
                                               at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, for a 
                                               term of 57 years from 1 May 1904. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/8         26.8.1907               Copy draft licence to work Deep Soft coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 26 Aug. 1907 (unfit for 
                                               production)
                                               (19 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Thomas Clarke Hodgkinson of Simcoe 
                                               Lodge, Beaverton, Ontario, Canada, farmer; and 
                                               Catherine Anne Hodgkinson of Kirkby-in-Ashfield,
                                               Nottinghamshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: Catherine Anne Hodgkinson, as 
                                               above; Henry Crewdson of Nottingham, Esq.; and 
                                               William Abraham Hodges of Nottingham, bank 
                                               manager (trustees).
                                               Third Party: The New Hucknall Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield
                                               - to work the Deep Soft coal under land (14a. 
                                               1r. 21p. in 3 parcels) at Kirkby-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire for a term of 48 years from 1st 
                                               July 1905; subject to the licence [Pl 
                                               E12/9/8/1/1] to the Butterley Company to work 
                                               the Top Hard coal; working covenants. Recites 
                                               previous deeds.
                                               Rent: Minimum rent of £ 8 p.a. paid half-yearly, 
                                               first payment on 1 July 1907; acreage rental of 
                                               £ 25 per acre for excess quantities over those 
                                               required to pay the minimum rental; 
                                               shortworkings may be made up subsequently. If 
                                               before the end of the term (3) has paid amount 
                                               equal to the acreage rental for all the coal, 
                                               royalties will cease, except for an annual rent 
                                               of 5/- paid on 31 Jan. each year. Rents and 
                                               royalties paid by (3) to (2), one quarter 
                                               payable to (1) and three quarters to be set 
                                               aside as capital monies under the Settled Land 
                                               Acts.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/9         1909                    Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1909
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: William Cowpe Pendleton, known as 
                                               William Cowpe, of Stoneyford Lane, 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, farmer and 
                                               Samuel Cowpe Pendleton (Samuel Cowpe) of 
                                               Nettleworth Farm, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               farmer.
                                               Second Party: The Shirebrook Colliery Limited
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield -
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 13a. 1r. 11p. 
                                               (including half the road and 38p. under Midland 
                                               Railway) at Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; forms part of Long Close (which
                                               totals 16a. 1r. 12p.) adjoining Northfield Lane.
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 440 from (2) to (1), in equal 
                                               shares.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/10        1918                    Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold and enfranchised lands at Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire; 1918
                                               (22 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Catherine Anne Hodgkinson of Kirkby
                                               House, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               spinster.
                                               Second Party: Catherine A. Hodgkinson, as above;
                                               Henry Crewdson of Nottingham, Esq.; and William 
                                               Abraham Hodges of East Bridgford, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, Esq. (trustees).
                                               Third Party: Shirebrook Colliery Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Mansfield
                                               - to work (from their adjacent workings) the Top
                                               Hard coal under 108a. 3r. 13p. of copyhold land 
                                               at Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, as 
                                               coloured blue on attached plan and also a 
                                               further 19a. 1r. 20p. of enfranchised copyhold 
                                               land coloured green on the plan, for a term of 
                                               44 years 6 months from 30 July 1916; underground
                                               and working powers specified in detail. Recites 
                                               previous deeds including will of Mary Anne 
                                               Hodgkinson.
                                               Rent: £ 170 p.a. from (3) to (2), ceasing when 
                                               all Top Hard coal paid for.; plus an acreage 
                                               royalty of £ 15 per foot thickness for excess 
                                               quantities over those required to pay the 
                                               minimum rental; shortworkings may be made up 
                                               subsequently.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Revised and approved by Messrs Davies, Sanders 
                                               and Co., Chesterfield and Messrs Watson, 
                                               Wadsworth and Ward, Nottingham, 28 Aug. and 20 
                                               Sept. 1918.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/11        1919                    Lease of coal at Mansfield Woodhouse, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 1919
                                               (19 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Beatrice Caroline Sykes of 
                                               Brookfield, Cheadle, Cheshire, widow.
                                               Second Party: Shirebrook Colliery Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft lease by (1) to (2) - lessees of (3),
                                               Lord of the Manor of Mansfield - of the Top Hard
                                               coal under 17a. of freehold land, and liberty to
                                               work the coal under adjacent 37a. of copyhold 
                                               land between Park Road and Northfield Lane, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, as 
                                               coloured pink (freehold) and green (copyhold) on
                                               the attached plan, for a term of 41 years 6 
                                               months from 1 July 1918.
                                               6 schedules covering scope of lease, rents, 
                                               workings, reservation, compensation etc. Various
                                               provisions for compensation for damage to land 
                                               and buildings, including those erected after 
                                               1930 west of Slant Lane and after 1940 east of 
                                               it.
                                               Rent: £ 160 p.a. minimum rent; plus £ 30 per acre 
                                               per foot thickness of coal from freehold land, 
                                               and £ 15 from copyhold land, for excess 
                                               quantities over those required to pay the 
                                               minimum rental; shortworkings may be made up 
                                               subsequently. Wayleave rent of £ 10 p.a. for coal
                                               passing under the land that was mined elsewhere.
                                               Short workings to be made up.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Extensive alterations.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/12        8.4.1924                Draft licence to work Deep Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; 8 
                                               Apr. 1924
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Emily Manners of Innisdoon, 
                                               Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, widow; Robert 
                                               Manners of The Hermitage, Mansfield, 
                                               manufacturer; and Robert Eric Barringer of The 
                                               Nunnery, Penshurst, Kent, commercial 
                                               representative.
                                               Second Party: The Stanton Ironworks Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG (Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield).
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3) Lord of the Manor of Mansfield - 
                                               to work the Top Hard and all other coals under 
                                               4a. 1r. 38p. of land called Little Hungry Well 
                                               (formerly described as $a. 1r. 28p. called 
                                               Hungry Well Close) near Cock Lane, Mansfield; 
                                               recites previous deeds and the will of Louisa 
                                               Maria Barringer of which (1) are executors; 
                                               acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 125 from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/13        29.7.1924               Draft licence to work Deep Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 29 July 1924
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Catherine Anne Hodgkinson of 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: Catherine A. Hodgkinson, as above;
                                               and Frederick Guy Wardle of Nottingham, bank 
                                               manager.
                                               Third Party: The Blackwell Colliery Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG (Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield).
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (3) to work
                                               the Deep Hard coal under 2a. 0r. 30p. [2a. 0r. 
                                               3p. on plan] of land at Sutton-in-Ashfield; 
                                               recites previous deeds, including will of Mary 
                                               Anne Hodgkinson (of which (2) are trustees); 
                                               acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 90 from (3) to (2).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/14        17.8.1925               Copy draft conveyance of copyhold interest in 
                                               Top Hard coal at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 17 Aug. 1925
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Catherine Anne Hodgkinson of 
                                               Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: Catherine A. Hodgkinson, as above;
                                               Frederick Guy Wardle of Nottingham, bank 
                                               manager; and Henry Alistair Fergusson Crewdson 
                                               of Nottingham, solicitor (trustees).
                                               Third Party: The Stanton Ironworks Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG (Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield).
                                               Copy draft conveyance by (1) to (3) - lessees of
                                               (4) - of the copyhold interest to Stanton 
                                               Ironworks Company Limited to work Top Hard coal 
                                               under 2a. 3r. 0p. of land at Sutton-in-Ashfield 
                                               for 26 years from 29 Sept. 1904; recites 
                                               previous deeds including will of Mary Anne 
                                               Hodgkinson; acknowledges right of (3) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached 
                                               schedules.
                                               Consideration: £ 95 from (3) to (2) at the 
                                               direction of (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/15        23.12.1925              Draft conveyance of copyhold etc. interest in 
                                               Top Hard coal at Sutton-in-Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire; 23 Dec. 1925
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Godfrey Bostock Hodgkinson of The 
                                               Limes, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire.
                                               Second Party: The Stanton Ironworks Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG (Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield).
                                               Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) - lessees of (3) 
                                               - of his copyhold and surface owner's interests 
                                               in the Top Hard coal under 10a. 3r. 5p. of 
                                               copyhold and freehold land at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield; recites previous deeds; 
                                               acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 290 from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/16        9.4.1926                Copy draft conveyance of copyhold etc. interest 
                                               in the Top Hard and lower seams of coal at 
                                               Westfield Close, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; 9 
                                               Apr. 1926
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Gertrude Mary Hole of Southwood, 
                                               Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: The Stanton Ironworks Company 
                                               Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG (Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Mansfield).
                                               Copy draft conveyance by (1) to (2) - lessees of
                                               (3) - of her copyhold and surface owner's 
                                               interest in the Top Hard and lower seams of coal
                                               under 10a. 0r. 29p. of copyhold and freehold 
                                               land at Mansfield, adjoining Cock Lane and 
                                               Westfield Lane; recites previous deeds; 
                                               acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedules.
                                               Consideration: £ 353 from (2) to (1).
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/2/17        1905                    Copy draft surrender of possessory interest in 
                                               Top Hard coal at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; 
                                               1905
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Copy draft surrender by Elizabeth, wife of 
                                               Charles Vallance of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               builder and the said Charles Vallance (to 
                                               extinguish his contingent curtesy interest) to 
                                               Francis Newman Ellis of Debdale Hall, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, colliery director, Harold Thornton 
                                               Ellis of Wrea Head, Scalby, Yorkshire, colliery 
                                               director and Francis Henry Ellis of Debdale 
                                               Hall, gentleman (in trust for the Sherwood 
                                               Colliery Company Limited) of a possessory 
                                               interest in the Top Hard coal under 4a. 3r. 26p.
                                               of land in parish of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,
                                               on the east side of the Mansfield-Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse road, and under a moiety of that road,
                                               for a consideration of £ 385 paid by teh Colliery
                                               Company, without prejudice to the rights of the 
                                               Lord of the Manor [the Duke of Portland]. 
                                               Recites enfranchisement of 13 Oct. 1903 [Pl 
                                               E12/7/2/8/65].
                                               Attached draft notice addressed to the Steward 
                                               of the Manor of Mansfield of intention to 
                                               surrender to Francis Newman Ellis and others in 
                                               trust for the Sherwood Colliery Co. Ltd.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3           1895-1913               Licences to work coal under copyhold lands at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; 1895-1913
                                               (67 items, )
                                               See Pl E12/9/8/3/1-67 below for detailed 
                                               descriptions.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/1         10.12.1895
                       1.1900                  Copy licence to get Top Hard coal from under 
                                               copyhold lands at Bolsover, Derbyshire (dated 10
                                               Dec. 1895); Jan. 1900
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Charles Blockley of 27 Cobden Road,
                                               Chesterfield, Derbyshire, bailiff.
                                               Second Party: Mary Elizabeth Blockley, wife of 
                                               (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3) - 
                                               lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under land specified in 
                                               the first annexed schedule (Pichard Meadows, 7a.
                                               0r. 15p.; Underhill Close 1a. 2r. 29p. of land 
                                               adjoining Castle Lane, called Underhill Close, 
                                               formerly Peters Close or Roger Sick) at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire.
                                               No liability to compensate for surface damage, 
                                               subject to the statutory rights of the 
                                               Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway 
                                               Company (purchasers of 1a. 0r. 10p. of land from
                                               Charles Blockley) in respect of land occupied by
                                               the railway or 40 yards on either side of it. 
                                               Recites the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 380 from (3) to (1) and (2).
                                               Certificate of acknowledgment by (2), a married 
                                               woman.
                                               Pencil date on document of '13/1/00' indicates 
                                               copy may date from then.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/2         27.8.1900               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold lands at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 27
                                               Aug. 1900
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Harriet Wightman of 103 Bright 
                                               Street, Carbrook, Sheffield, Yorkshire, widow 
                                               [tenant for life].
                                               Second Party: Henry Wightman, of 103 Brights 
                                               Street aforesaid, painter; and Emma Wightman of 
                                               the same, spinster [remindermen].
                                               Third Party: Fanny Wightman, wife of Henry.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 7a. 0r. 30p. of land
                                               known as the Bank Close, occupied by the 
                                               Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway, 
                                               at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on attached 
                                               plan [wanting]. Subject to the statutory rights 
                                               of Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway
                                               Company in relation to lands acquired by them. 
                                               Recites will of Jabez Wightman, etc.
                                               Consideration: £ 467 3s 9d from (4) to (1) and 
                                               (2) as trustees.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/3         4.11.1900               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold lands at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 24
                                               Nov. 1900
                                               (14 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John William Hunt of Whaley, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer, and Mary Ann, his wife.
                                               Second Party: William Hunt of Whaley, farmer.
                                               Third Party: John Edmund Hunt, of Whaley, 
                                               farmer, and Jane, his wife.
                                               Fourth Party: Mary Elizabeth Hunt, of Whaley, 
                                               spinster.
                                               Fifth Party: George Harry Hunt of Cefn Ruabon, 
                                               Denbighshire, druggist's assistant.
                                               Sixth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Seventh Party: William John Arthur Charles 
                                               James, Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) (3) (4) 
                                               and (5), in respect of their various interests, 
                                               to (6) - lessees of (7), Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover - to work Top Hard coal under 1a. 1r. 
                                               25p. of land called Roger Sick, in the 
                                               possession of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and 
                                               East Coast Railway (adjacent to Bolsover 
                                               station), Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan.
                                               No liability to compensate for surface damage. 
                                               Subject to the statutory rights of Lancashire, 
                                               Derbyshire and East Coast Railway Company in 
                                               relation to lands acquired by them. Covenants 
                                               that (5) will execute the deed when of age and 
                                               indemnifying (6) against any estate duties 
                                               arising from the deaths of either of (1). 
                                               Acknowledges right of (6) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites previous 
                                               deeds including will of William Hunt.
                                               Consideration: £ 98 9/- from (6) to J.W. Hunt at 
                                               the request of (2) (3) (4) and (5).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/4         11.9.1901               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold lands at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11
                                               Sept. 1901
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Joseph Revill of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, postmaster.
                                               Second Party: Ann Revill, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 4a. 0r. 1p. of 
                                               land near Station Road, Bolsover, Derbyshire 
                                               (part of the south part of the Hill Side 
                                               Allotment and part of Woodhouse Close), as shown
                                               on attached plan. No liability to compensate for
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 240 from (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/5         31.12.1902              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold and freehold lands at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 31 Dec. 1902
                                               (13 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Pearce of High Street, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, Esq.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 93a. 0r. 
                                               13p. of land (in 28 parcels specified in the 
                                               first annexed schedule, which differentiates 
                                               copyhold and freehold, 2a. 0r. 33p) at Bolsover,
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan. No 
                                               liability to compensate for surface damage 
                                               except in respect of freehold lands and 6a. 3r. 
                                               1p. of copyhold (specified). Acknowledges right 
                                               of (2) to production of deeds listed on attached
                                               schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 4900 from (2) to (1).
                                               'for the time being' except on specified lands 
                                               contained in first schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/6         15.9.1903               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 15 
                                               Sept. 1903
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Bella Ross of Bolsover, Derbyshire,
                                               spinster.
                                               Second Party: Sarah Tomlinson, wife of Frank 
                                               Tomlinson, of Sutton Scarsdale, farmer 
                                               (mortgagee).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under a total of 8a. 1r.
                                               20p. of land (including 38p. under half the 
                                               road) at Blind Lane Close, Bolsover Woodhouse, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites mortgage 
                                               etc.
                                               Consideration: £ 186 5/- from (3) to (1), and 
                                               £ 400 from (3) to (2) at the request of (1) in 
                                               part redemption of a mortgage.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/7         14.6.1904               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 14 
                                               June 1904
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Richard Henry Thompson of Bolsover,
                                               Derbyshire, butcher (a widower).
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under various specified 
                                               plots of land (8a. 1r. 9p. in total, specified 
                                               in the first annexed schedule) at Hill Top and 
                                               Limekiln Field, Bolsover, Derbyshire. No 
                                               liability to compensate for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 450 from (2) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/8         23.6.1904               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 23 
                                               June 1904
                                               (19 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Joseph Habershon Wells of Eckington
                                               Hall, Eckington, Derbyshire, gentleman; and John
                                               Jermyn Hutton of the Newlands, Ridgeway, 
                                               Derbyshire, sickle manufacturer.
                                               Second Party: Mary Wells of Eckington Hall, 
                                               Derbyshire, widow [tenant for life].
                                               Third Party: Sophia Jane Wells of Eckington, 
                                               widow.
                                               Fourth Party: Mary Alice Lucas, wife of Thomas 
                                               Harrison Lucas of Dronfield, Derbyshire, 
                                               manufacturer.
                                               Fifth Party: Joseph Habershon Wells aforesaid (a
                                               bachelor).
                                               Sixth Party: Catherine Hewson, wife of the Rev. 
                                               William Robinson Hewson of Eckington, Clerk in 
                                               Holy Orders.
                                               Seventh Party: John Matthew Habershon Wells of 
                                               Eckington, gentleman (a bachelor).
                                               Eighth Party: Mary Wells, aforesaid (executrix 
                                               of will of George Edwin Wells).
                                               Ninth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Tenth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) (3) (4) 
                                               (5) (6) (7) and (8), in respect of their various
                                               interests as trustees of the will of J. 
                                               Habershom and tenant for life and tenants in 
                                               remainder under the will, to (9) - lessees of 
                                               (10), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - to work 
                                               Top Hard coal under a total of 19a. 0r. 16p. of 
                                               land at two sites; that is 12a. 2r. 1p. of land 
                                               known as the Cobsters, Bolsover, Derbyshire and 
                                               a further 6a. 2r. 14p. of land at Woodhouse 
                                               Close, Bolsover Woodhouse, Derbyshire. No 
                                               liability to compensate for surface damage. 
                                               Subject to the statutory rights of Lancashire, 
                                               Derbyshire and East Coast Railway Company in 
                                               relation to lands acquired by them. Acknowledges
                                               right of (9) to production of deeds listed on 
                                               attached schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds including wills of John 
                                               Habershon and George E. Wells and Wells's 
                                               agreement with the Lancashire, Derbyshire and 
                                               East Coast Railway Company.
                                               Consideration: £ 1337 already paid by (9) to (1) 
                                               as trustees of the will of J. Habershom, and 
                                               £ 139 18s 9d now so paid, at the direction of (2)
                                               (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) and (8).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/9         4.7.1904                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under freehold and copyhold land at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 4 July 1904
                                               (16 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Abel Charlesworth Sykes of 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Florence Sykes, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Gives licence to (3) to work Top Hard coal under
                                               47a. 3r. 11p. of land (45a. 1r. 23p. copyhold in
                                               22 plots and 2a. 1r. 28p. freehold in 4 plots as
                                               specified in the first annexed schedule) at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire. Compensation to be paid 
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites and the concurrence of (2) in the deed 
                                               to override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 2500 from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/10        31.12.1904              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 31 
                                               Dec. 1904
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Simeon Watson of Hucknall under 
                                               Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, mining engineer and 
                                               colliery manager.
                                               Second Party: Mary Ann Watson, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 8a. 0r. 6p. of 
                                               land in 2 plots adjoining Featherbed Lane, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; until 1 Dec. 1949 (the 
                                               expiry date of the lease from (4) to (3) of 9 
                                               Aug. 1893). Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Recites previous deeds and the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Payment: £ 643 from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/11        4.12.1905               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 4 
                                               Dec. 1905
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Spooner of Chesterfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Emma Spooner, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 2r. 24p. of land 
                                               under 17 houses and a shop at Hill Top, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire (5 fronting the road to 
                                               Clowne, and the rest a road from the Clowne road
                                               towards Limekiln Field; 2r. 24p. including share
                                               of adjoining streets). Compensation to be paid 
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 45 10/- from (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/12        9.4.1906                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 9 
                                               Apr. 1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: George Charlesworth of High Cliffe,
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, stone mason.
                                               Second Party: Mary Charlesworth, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 4 houses at Hill 
                                               Top (occupied by (1) and others) and 
                                               appurtenances (2r. 4p.), and 2 under Shipstons 
                                               Field and Shipstons Close (8a. 3r. 21p), all at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire. No liability to compensate
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 600 from (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/13        5.5.1906                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under enfranchised copyhold land at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 5 May 1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: George Bennett, late of 33 The 
                                               Mount, York, chemist, now of 436 Glossop Road, 
                                               Sheffield, Yorkshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under premises specified 
                                               in the first annexed schedule, all at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire (11 cottages and appurtenances in a 
                                               street called Hockley, tenants named; also 3a. 
                                               1r. 15p. of land known as Battisons Close, on 
                                               the west side of the Bolsover to Staveley 
                                               Woodthorpe road). Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (2) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 259 17s 6d from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/14        11.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 
                                               May 1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Alfred Taylor of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under two messuages and 
                                               3a. 0r. 24p. of land at Limekiln Field, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire. Compensation to be paid 
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (2) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 227 10/- from (2) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/15        11.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 
                                               May 1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Mary Dyson of Bolsover, Derbyshire,
                                               wife of Edward Dyson, joiner.
                                               Second Party: Edward Dyson.
                                               Third Party: George Charlesworth of Bolsover, 
                                               stonemason (remainderman under the will of 
                                               George Charlesworth).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3) to
                                               (4) - lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover - to work Top Hard coal under 1a. 3r. 
                                               22p. of land called Riggett Rushes (otherwise 
                                               Brockley Wood Closes) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, 
                                               as shown on attached plan [wanting]. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (4) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites will of 
                                               George Charlesworth the uncle devising the 
                                               property to (1), with remainder to (3) as 
                                               specified.
                                               Consideration: £ 132 2s 6d from (4) to (1) with 
                                               assent of (3).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/16        11.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 
                                               May 1906
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Joseph Mason of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, mason (a widower).
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under three parcels of 
                                               land (20p., 2r. 25p. and 1a. 0r. 15p. adjoining 
                                               Windmill Lane) at Bolsover, Derbyshire. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 131 5/- from (2) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/17        11.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 
                                               May 1906
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Norman Shacklock of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, retired farmer.
                                               Second Party: Sarah Ann Shacklock, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 5a. 2r. 12p. known
                                               as Lane End Field at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as 
                                               shown on attached plan [wanting]. Compensation 
                                               to be paid for surface damage. Recites the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 390 5/- from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/18        11.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal from 
                                               under copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 
                                               May 1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Joseph Haywood of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman (a widower).
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 3a. 2r. 12p. of land
                                               (4 plots, as specified in the first schedule 
                                               annexed) at Limekiln Field Close, Brockley Lane,
                                               High Street and Castle Street, Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan [wanting].
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 195 2s 6d from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/19        17.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 17 May 
                                               1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Tom Jones of Chesterfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Sarah Dorothy Jones, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 2 plots of land 
                                               (7a. 0r. 11p.) at Limekiln Field, Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire. Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to production 
                                               of deeds listed on attached schedule. Recites 
                                               the concurrence of (2) in the deed to override 
                                               her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 494 16s 6d from (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/20        21.5.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 21 May 
                                               1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Alice Julia Jeffery of Sawcliffe, 
                                               Derbyshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: Richard Sam Reynolds of Knotty Ash
                                               near Liverpool, Lancashire, veterinary surgeon; 
                                               and Henry Reynolds of Marlock House, Lowdham, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, farmer (executors etc. of 
                                               Arthur Robert Reynolds) [mortgagees].
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 2a. 1r. 34p. 
                                               between Hill Top and Limekiln Field, Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire as shown on attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites mortgage 
                                               for £ 550 charged on the premises.
                                               Consideration: £ 172 7s 6d from (3) to (1) with 
                                               the consent of (2).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/21        14.6.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 14 June 
                                               1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Bella Ross of Bolsover, Derbyshire,
                                               spinster.
                                               Second Party: Frank Carding of Farnsfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, farmer (mortgagee).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 4a. 2r. 24p. in 
                                               Limekiln Field, Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown 
                                               on attached plan. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Recites mortgage for £ 800 to 
                                               (2).
                                               Consideration: £ 325 10/- from (3) to (1) with 
                                               the consent of (2).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/22        26.6.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 26 June 
                                               1906
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Henry Tinsley of Nook Villa, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, fruit grower.
                                               Second Party: Elizabeth Tinsley, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under a total of 42a. 
                                               3r. 17p. of land (in 14 plots) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire as specified in annexed first 
                                               schedule, and shown on attached plan [wanting]. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 2870 from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/23        28.6.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 28 June 
                                               1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Edwin Cousin of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Elizabeth Lily Cousin, wife of 
                                               (1).
                                               Third Party: William Tom Jones of Chesterfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman (mortgagee).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under lands (6a. 3r. 33p. 
                                               known as Middle Fields and 2a. 0r. 14p. called 
                                               Little Style Pingle) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as
                                               shown on attached plan [wanting]. Compensation 
                                               to be paid for surface damage. Acknowledges 
                                               right of (4) to production of deeds listed on 
                                               attached schedule. Recites the concurrence of 
                                               (2) in the deed to override her rights of 
                                               freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 531, £ 150 by (4) to (3) to 
                                               discharge the mortgage, and £ 381 by (4) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/24        11.7.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 July 
                                               1906
                                               (7 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: John Wilson Shacklock of Palterton,
                                               Derbyshire, farmer (a widower).
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 6a. 2r. 
                                               29p. known as Top Limekiln Field or the Middle 
                                               Field at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on 
                                               attached plan [wanting]. Compensation to be paid
                                               for surface damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 467 13s 9d from (2) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/25        11.7.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 11 July 
                                               1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Joshua Shacklock of The Coppice 
                                               Farm, Shuttleworth, Bolsover, Derbyshire, 
                                               farmer.
                                               Second Party: Martha Shacklock, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 2a. 0r. 27p. of 
                                               land (Orchard and Taylor Close; and a farm house
                                               in Castle Street, with a portion of the 
                                               adjoining road) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as 
                                               shown on attached plan [wanting]. Compensation 
                                               to be paid for surface damage. Recites the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 151 16s 3d from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/26        9.8.1906                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 9 Aug. 
                                               1906
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Frederick Cousin of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, commission agent.
                                               Second Party: Fanny Cousin, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under lands specified in
                                               the first annexed schedule (1r. 22p. in Limekiln
                                               Field, previously an orchard, and Orchard 
                                               Cottage erected there; a house and shop in 
                                               Castle Street, 31p.; Dane Bank House etc. in the
                                               Market Place, and adjoining land behind the 
                                               Black Bull Inn, 3r. 12p.), all in Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan [wanting].
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 98 8s 9d from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/27        9.8.1906                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 9 Aug. 
                                               1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Frederick Cousin and Joseph Harry 
                                               Cousin, both of Bolsover, Derbyshire, commission
                                               agents (trustees).
                                               Second Party: Frank Stanley Cousin of Bolsover.
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under 5 cottages etc. in
                                               Cotton Street, 4 cottages etc. in Church Street 
                                               (total 1r. 9p.) and 3a. 1r. 5p. of land at 
                                               Hanger Hill, all Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown 
                                               on attached plan [wanting]. Compensation to be 
                                               paid for surface damage. Acknowledges right of 
                                               (3) to production of deeds listed on attached 
                                               schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 256 2s 6d from (3) to (1) with 
                                               consent of (2).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/28        9.8.1906                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 9 Aug. 
                                               1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Joseph Harry Cousin of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, commission agent.
                                               Second Party: Eliza Cousin, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessee of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover -
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 3a. 1r. 35p. at 
                                               Middle Field, adjoining Ovencroft Lane; 3p. at 
                                               Lane End and 1r. 35. under a farmhouse at Hill 
                                               Top, all in Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on 
                                               attached plan [wanting]. Compensation to be paid
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 281 18s 9d from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/29        15.8.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 15 Aug. 
                                               1906
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: Mary Elizabeth Hitch (formerly Mary
                                               Elizabeth Jenkinson), wife of Henry Hitch of 22 
                                               Clarkgrove Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 
                                               manufacturer.
                                               Second Party: Henry Hitch.
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under a messuage, 
                                               outbuildings and steam corn mill, and two 
                                               parcels of land, all in Lime Kiln Field (5a. 0r.
                                               31p.) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on 
                                               attached plan [wanting]. Compensation to be paid
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (3) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 363 11s 3d from (3) to (1).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/30        12.9.1906               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold and enfranchised copyhold land at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire; 12 Sept. 1906
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper)
                                               First Party: George Haynes of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer and builder.
                                               Second Party: Annie Bertha Haynes, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Anna Turton of Staveley, 
                                               Derbyshire, widow (mortgagee).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 10a. 1r. 
                                               38p. (7 copyhold plots and 4 freehold plots 
                                               specified in the first annexed schedule) at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, and shown in an attached 
                                               plan [wanting]. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (4) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 626 9s 6d from (4) to (1), and 
                                               £ 7 17s 6d from (4) to (2) with consent of (3).
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/31        17.10.1906              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 17 Oct. 
                                               1906
                                               (16 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Johnson of Oxcroft, 
                                               Derbyshire, retired farmer.
                                               Second Party: Elizabeth Johnson, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Robert Barber of Nottingham, 
                                               solicitor (mortgagee).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 15a. 2r. 
                                               30p. of land (including 11a. 2r. 11p known as 
                                               the Great Stubbings, formerly Damsbrooke Closes 
                                               and Stubbings Closes, and 4a. 0r. 19p known as 
                                               the Stubbing and the Barn Close, adjacent to 
                                               Brockley Lane) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown
                                               on attached plan. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (4) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites details of mortgage to (3) and the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 1000 from (4) to (3), in partial
                                               discharge of his mortgage on which £ 1180 was 
                                               outstanding.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Extensively revised by (3) and by Messrs 
                                               Broomhead, Wightman and Moore and Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/32        17.10.1906              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               freehold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 17 Oct. 
                                               1906
                                               (9 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Joseph Bagshaw of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 14a. 0r. 
                                               16p. of land (Grass Horseheads, 4a. 2r. 6p.; 
                                               Arable Horseheads, 5a. 1r. 16p.; and 2 plots of 
                                               2a. 2r. 21p. and 1a. 2r in Limekiln Field) at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan.
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 960 by (2) to (1), £ 520 paid 
                                               now, remainder in two instalments of £ 220 on 
                                               [29] Sep. 1908 and [29] Sep. 1909.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/33        6.5.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 6 May 
                                               1907
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Hunt of Whaley, Derbyshire,
                                               farmer (a bachelor).
                                               Second Party: John Edmund Hunt of Elmton, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer and Jane Elizabeth, his wife.
                                               Third Party: George Harvey Hunt of Whaley, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer (a bachelor).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 4a. 0r. 
                                               24p. of land known as Moor Acres (previously 
                                               Moor Field), at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown 
                                               on attached plan. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (4) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 290 10/- paid by (4) to (1), (2)
                                               and (3) in equal shares.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/34        6.5.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 6 May 
                                               1907
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Hunt of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Jane Hunt, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Christopher Hinde of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman (mortgagee).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3) to
                                               (4) - lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover - to work Top Hard coal under a total 
                                               of 8a. 0r 25p. of land (including 1a. 3r. 24p. 
                                               of land known as Revill Pingle, formerly Town 
                                               End Close, 4a. 2r. 24p at Marlpit Lane Close and
                                               1a. 1r. 38p. at Middle Field) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (4) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites mortgage to
                                               (3) for £ 1100 and the concurrence of (2) in the 
                                               deed to override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 550 paid as to £ 400 by (4) to 
                                               (3) in partial discharge of a mortgage, and £ 150
                                               by (4) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Mrs Jane Hunt is recorded as the wife of William
                                               in this document but she is elsewhere stated to 
                                               be Jane E. Hunt, wife of John E. Hunt. William 
                                               Hunt is a bachelor in all other documents.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/35        6.5.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               freehold and copyhold land at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 6 May 1907
                                               (14 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Maria Gregory of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, widow.
                                               Second Party: Maria Gregory; Joseph Archdale 
                                               Botham of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, auctioneer; 
                                               and Frank Hibbert Drabble of Old Brampton, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer (trustees).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under a total of 2a. 3r.
                                               36p. (in 2 plots, specified and differentiated 
                                               as to freehold and copyhold in the first 
                                               attached schedule) adjoining the Market Place, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan.
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites the will of
                                               William Gregory etc.
                                               Consideration: £ 208 5/- paid by (3) to (2) at 
                                               direction of (1).
                                               Draft altered and approved on behalf of the 
                                               vendors by Messrs Stanton and Walker, 
                                               Chesterfield.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/36        6.5.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 6 May 
                                               1907
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Sydney Ashton Syddall of 
                                               Chesterfield, Derbyshire, solicitor's clerk, and
                                               Florence, his wife.
                                               Second Party: Charles Meakin of Todwick near 
                                               Rotherham, Yorkshire, farmer.
                                               Third Party: James Meakin of Todwick, Yorkshire,
                                               market gardener and Mary, his wife.
                                               Fourth Party: George Meakin of Tresswell, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, market gardener (unmarried).
                                               Fifth Party: John Meakin of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, miner and Florence, his wife.
                                               Sixth Party: Joseph Meakin, formerly a soldier 
                                               stationed at Dumdum near Calcutta, India, now of
                                               Tresswell, publican, and Jane, his wife.
                                               Seventh Party: Francis Stanton of Chesterfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, solicitor (mortgagee).
                                               Eighth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Ninth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) (3) (4) 
                                               (5) and (6), as to their various seventh shares 
                                               in the premises, and by (7), as mortgagee, to 
                                               (8) - lessees of (9), Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover - to work Top Hard coal 1a. 2r. 16p. of
                                               land at Shuttlewood, Derbyshire as shown on 
                                               attached plan. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (8) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds including mortgage to 
                                               (7).
                                               Consideration: £ 112 paid by (8) of which £ 108 
                                               17/- is to (7) to redeem mortgage (of £ 100 plus 
                                               interest accrued), 18/- to (1), and 9/- each to 
                                               (2) (3) (4) (5) and (6).
                                               Full compensation from (8) to (1), (2), (3), 
                                               (4), (5) and (6) for subsidence damage to land 
                                               and buildings
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/37        24.6.1907               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 24 June 
                                               1907 (unfit for production)
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Christopher Hinde of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, joiner.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under total of 6a. 0r. 
                                               33p. of land (including 3a. 33p. at Limekiln 
                                               Field Close, 1r. 23p at Limekiln Field Pingle 
                                               and 2a. 1r. 28p. known as New Horsehead, bounded
                                               by Horsehead Lane, 4p. adjoining Market Place 
                                               plus 25p., part of land known as Kitchen Crofts)
                                               at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on attached 
                                               plan. Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Acknowledges right of (2) to production 
                                               of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 393 13s 2d paid by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/38        24.6.1907               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 24 June 
                                               1907 (unfit for production)
                                               (15 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Elizabeth Jane Scorer Skelton, wife
                                               of Samuel White Skelton, late of Westfield 
                                               House, Warsop and now of Dale Close, Mansfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Samuel White Skelton.
                                               Third Party: Emma Amelia Bowett of Scarcliffe, 
                                               Derbyshire, widow; and Joseph Harrison of St 
                                               Helens, Monk Bretton, Yorkshire, gentleman.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under total of 10a. 3r. 
                                               29p. of land (3r. at The Pingle and 3 plots at 
                                               Spittle Green Closes, respectively 2a. 3r. 7p., 
                                               3a. 2r 10p., 3a. 3r. 12p.) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (4) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites the will of
                                               William Scorer Thomas Bowett etc.
                                               Consideration: £ 765 3s 9d paid by (4), £ 255 1s 
                                               3d each to (1), with assent of (2), (2) and (3).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/39        30.7.1907               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 30 July 
                                               1907 (fragile)
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Rebecca Charlesworth Warlow of 
                                               Sharrow Knoll, Sheffield, wife of Frederick 
                                               Arthur Warlow of the same place, engineer.
                                               Second Party: Frederick Arthur Warlow.
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under total of 46a. 3r. 
                                               5p. of land (in 9 plots) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan and listed
                                               in attached first schedule. Compensation to be 
                                               paid for surface damage. Acknowledges right of 
                                               (3) to production of deeds listed on attached 
                                               second schedule.
                                               Consideration: £ 2339 1s 3d paid by (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/40        3.9.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 3 Sept. 
                                               1907 (unfit for production)
                                               (13 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Samuel Jepson, formerly of Pleasley
                                               Hill, Derbyshire, farmer, now of Bould Street, 
                                               Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, retired; and Martha 
                                               White, wife of William Edmund White of Bolsover,
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman (trustees).
                                               Second Party: Martha White.
                                               Third Party: William Twidale Bagshaw of 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, miller.
                                               Fourth Party: Robert Bagshaw of Worksop, 
                                               Nottinghamshire.
                                               Fifth Party: Florence Skinner, wife of William 
                                               Skinner, of Bolsover, gentleman; and the said 
                                               William Skinner.
                                               Sixth Party: John Thomas Bagshaw of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire.
                                               Seventh Party: Joseph Bagshaw of Bolsover.
                                               Eighth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Ninth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) (3) (4) 
                                               (5) (6) and (7) to (8) - lessees of (9), Lord of
                                               the Manor of Bolsover - to work Top Hard coal 
                                               under total of 1a. 1r. 8p. of land (Upper 
                                               Pingle, between Ovencroft Lane and Marlpit Lane,
                                               and half a road) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as 
                                               shown on attached plan. Compensation to be paid 
                                               for surface damage. Recites previous deeds, 
                                               including will of Robert Bagshaw etc.
                                               Consideration: £ 91 paid by (8) to (1) (2) (3) 
                                               (4) (5) (6) and (7).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/41        3.9.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 3 Sept. 
                                               1907
                                               (15 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Martha White, wife of William 
                                               Edmund White of Bolsover, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: William Edmund White.
                                               Third Party: Francis Hole of Mansfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, druggist, out of business.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence by (1) (2) and (3), in 
                                               respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under total of 9a. 0r. 
                                               30p. as shown on attached plan at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire (house etc. and 1r. 1p. adjoining it 
                                               in Market Place; 4a. 0r. 13p. called 
                                               Spittlegreen Close; 4a. 1r. 36p. known as 
                                               Robinson Field or Robinson Close, including 24p.
                                               under occupation adjacent road; and 8, formerly 
                                               9, dwellinghouses, with a wooden shop etc. in 
                                               Upper Street, High Street or backing onto same, 
                                               36p.). Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Recites previous deeds including the 
                                               marriage settlement of Robert Bagshaw and Martha
                                               White (9 Apr. 1863).
                                               Consideration: £ 643 2s 6d paid by (4) to (3) (as
                                               the surviving trustee of the marriage 
                                               settlement).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/42        6.9.1907                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 6 Sept. 
                                               1907
                                               (13 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Mary Elizabeth Hunt of Whaley, 
                                               Derbyshire, spinster.
                                               Second Party: William Hunt of Whaley, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer (a bachelor).
                                               Third Party: John Edmund Hunt of Elmton, 
                                               Derbyshire, farmer and Jane Elizabeth, his wife.
                                               Fourth Party: George Harry Hunt of Whaley, 
                                               farmer (a bachelor).
                                               Fifth Party: Emma Louise Goody, wife of George 
                                               F. Goody of South Woodford, Essex, accountant 
                                               (mortgagee)
                                               Sixth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Seventh Party: William John Arthur Charles 
                                               James, Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) (3) (4) 
                                               and (5), in respect of their various interests, 
                                               to (6) - lessees of (7), Lord of the Manor of 
                                               Bolsover - to work Top Hard coal under total of 
                                               18a. 2r. 34p. (in 5 plots) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire (First Horsehead, 3a. 2r. 2p.; Great 
                                               or Second Horsehead, 7a. 0r. 4p.; Pond or Third 
                                               Horsehead, 3a. 1r. 14p.; Little Horsehead, 2a. 
                                               0r. 8p.; Field Close adjoining Marlpit Lane, 2a.
                                               3r. 7p.), as shown on the attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (6) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites previous 
                                               deeds including mortgage.
                                               Consideration: £ 1309 17s 6d to be paid by (6) in
                                               instalments of £ 327 9s 4d as follows; £ 81 17s 4d
                                               paid to (1), £ 81 17s 6d each to (2) and (3) with
                                               consent of (5), and £ 81 7s 17s 4d to (4). 
                                               Remaining £ 982 8s 2d to be divided equally 
                                               amongst (1) (2) (3) and (4) and paid in 2 
                                               instalments of £ 491 4s 1d on 1 Mar. 1908 and 1 
                                               Mar. 1909.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/43        1907                    Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 1907
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Thomas Peter Dungsworth Greenhough 
                                               Potter (known as Thomas Peter Green) of Nothedge
                                               Farm, Ashover, Derbyshire, farmer (a bachelor); 
                                               and Ada Petrina Dungsworth Greenhough Potter, 
                                               (known as Ada Green) of the same place, 
                                               spinster.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under total of 1a. 0r. 1p.
                                               (5 plots near Station Road, built upon, 
                                               including land under road) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on the attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (2) to production of 
                                               deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 200 paid by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Approved on behalf of the vendors by Messrs 
                                               Gratton and Marston, Chesterfield, 8 Jan. 1907.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/44        16.6.1908               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 16 June 
                                               1908 (unfit for production)
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Annie Charlesworth of Chesterfield,
                                               Derbyshire, widow.
                                               Second Party: John Frederick Charlesworth of 
                                               Chesterfield, commercial clerk and traveller.
                                               Third Party: Alice Mabel Pearson Charlesworth, 
                                               wife of John.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 4a. 2r. 6p. at 
                                               Marlpit Lane Close (formerly Middle Field 
                                               Close), between Ovencroft Lane and Marlpit Lane,
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, specified in schedule and 
                                               as shown on attached plan. Compensation to be 
                                               paid for surface damage. Acknowledges right of 
                                               (4) to production of deeds listed on attached 
                                               schedule. Recites previous deeds including will 
                                               of John Charlesworth, and the concurrence of (3)
                                               in the deed to override her rights of freebench 
                                               if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 317 12s 6d from (4) to (1) and 
                                               (2).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/45        29.12.1908              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 29 Dec. 
                                               1908 (unfit for production)
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Pearce of High Street, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 1a. 3r. 35p. (in 3 
                                               plots) on the High Street, Bolsover, Derbyshire,
                                               as shown on attached plan and described in 
                                               attached schedule. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (2) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 100 from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/46        1909                    Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 1909
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Jonathan Henry Moore of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, miner.
                                               Second Party: - Moore of Bolsover, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Joseph Gething of Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, gentleman; and John 
                                               Parr of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, farmer 
                                               (mortgagees).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 1r. 11p. of land 
                                               formally known as Lime Kiln Field Pingle, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan.
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (4) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites previous 
                                               deeds and the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 22 6s 3d from (4) to (1) with 
                                               consent of (3).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Altered and approved on behalf of vendor and 
                                               mortgagees by Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, 
                                               Mansfield, 5 Jan. 1909. Alterations include 
                                               deletion of original fourth party (Frank 
                                               Armstrong of Mansfield, gentleman) being the 
                                               Second Mortgagee.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/47        17.3.1910               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 17 Mar. 
                                               1910 (fragile)
                                               (12 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Henry Tinsley of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, market gardener.
                                               Second Party: Elizabeth Tinsley, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Ellen Tinsley of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, widow.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 2a. 0r. 13p. of land
                                               occupied by Pond House (and associated 
                                               buildings), Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on 
                                               attached plan. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Acknowledges right of (4) to 
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds including will of George 
                                               Tinsley and the concurrence of (2) in the deed 
                                               to override her rights of freebench if any, and 
                                               of (3) to override her estate for life.
                                               Consideration: £ 124 17s 6d from (4) to (1) with 
                                               the assent of (3).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/48        17.3.1910               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 17 March 
                                               1910
                                               (19 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Frederick Tinsley of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, market gardener.
                                               Second Party: Mary Tinsley, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Ellen Tinsley of Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, widow.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 38a. 3r. 
                                               37p. of land (a plot, formerly four Marlpit Lane
                                               Closes, then two Bolsover Moor Closes, and 
                                               Highfield House erected thereupon; a close on 
                                               Bolsover Moor, formerly two; Far Pan Close 
                                               formerly known as Little Pond Field; Big Pond 
                                               Close, formerly the Pan Closes; two closes on 
                                               Bolsover Moor specified) all at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire and on Bolsover Moor, as shown on 
                                               attached plan. Covenant by (1) to pay legacy of 
                                               £ 100 to Charlotte Meakin charged on part of the 
                                               premises by the (recited) will of George 
                                               Tinsley. Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Acknowledges right of (4) to production 
                                               of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds, the will of George 
                                               Tinsley, the consent of all legatees (except 
                                               Charlotte Meakin) under it whose legacies are 
                                               charged on part of the premises to this deed and
                                               are payable after the death of (3), and the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any, and of (3) to 
                                               override her estate for life.
                                               Consideration: £ 2340 from (4) to (1) with the 
                                               assent of (3).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Schedule attached of 'old' descriptions of 10 
                                               plots of land, 6 Apr. 1910
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/49        18.7.1910               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 18 July 
                                               1910
                                               (11 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Robert Bagshaw of Bath House Farm, 
                                               Ashover, Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Mary Bagshaw, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Francis Stanton of Chesterfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, gentleman (mortgagee).
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (4)
                                               - lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under a total of 6a. 3r.
                                               of land known as Pleasanton Nook, adjoining 
                                               Overcroft Lane, Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown 
                                               on attached plan. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage. Recites previous deeds and the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 472 10/-, of which £ 300 paid by 
                                               (4) to (3) to discharge mortgage debt, and 
                                               remaining £ 172 10/- by (4) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/50        24.11.1910              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold and enfranchised land at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 24 Nov. 1910
                                               (12 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: John Thomas Bagshaw of Marl House, 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, gentleman (a bachelor).
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 6a. 2r. 
                                               3p. of land (Kevill Pingle, Little Stile Lane 
                                               Pingle and adjacent roadway, and The Pingle or 
                                               the Lane Field, site of Clifton Villas), all at 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan.
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (2) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites previous 
                                               deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 470 15/- from (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/51        24.11.1910              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold and enfranchised land at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 24 Nov. 1910
                                               (13 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Twidale Bagshaw of 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Elizabeth Bagshaw, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Elizabeth Bagshaw of Bolsover, 
                                               widow.
                                               Fourth Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fifth Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) (2) and (3), 
                                               in respect of their various interests, to (4) - 
                                               lessees of (5), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under 7a. 2r. 9p. of land 
                                               (the south-west corner of the Hoverhends, on 
                                               which a windmill and engine house etc. had been 
                                               erected, the Pingle alias Square Pingle or 
                                               Robinson Pingle, Whiteheads Pingle, Stackyard 
                                               Field or Pale Close), all at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (4) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites previous 
                                               deeds, and the concurrence of (2) in the deed to
                                               override her rights of freebench if any, and of 
                                               (3) to override her estate for life.
                                               Consideration: £ 528 18s 9d from (4) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/52        24.11.1910              Copy draft memorandum for the purchase of 
                                               possessory right to Top Hard coal under copyhold
                                               land and a house at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 24 
                                               Nov. 1910
                                               (5 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft memorandum between Joseph Bagshaw of 
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, farmer, and Fanny, his 
                                               wife, and the Bolsover Colliery Company Limited 
                                               to execute, if required, a formal licence of 
                                               their copyhold interest in the Top Hard coal 
                                               under 22p. of land, formerly part of Whiteheads 
                                               Pingle, at Marlpit Lane, Bolsover, Derbyshire.
                                               Consideration: £ 9 12s 6d paid by the Colliery 
                                               Company to J. Bagshaw.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/53        24.11.1910              Copy draft memorandum for the purchase of 
                                               possessory right to Top Hard coal under 
                                               enfranchised land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 24 
                                               Nov. 1910
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft memorandum between William Skinner of
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, gentleman and Florence his
                                               wife, Anne Dorrington of Waterloo Promenade, 
                                               Nottingham, widow (their mortgagee), and the 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Company Limited to execute, if
                                               required, a formal licence of their copyhold 
                                               interest in Top Hard coal under 36p. of land 
                                               facing Marlpit Lane, Bolsover, Derbyshire on 
                                               which there are six houses. Compensation to be 
                                               paid for surface damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 15 15/- paid by the Colliery 
                                               Company to William Skinner.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/54        24.11.1910              Copy draft memorandum for the purchase of 
                                               possessory right to Top Hard coal under 
                                               enfranchised land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 24 
                                               Nov. 1910
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft memorandum between Elizabeth Bagshaw 
                                               of Bolsover, Derbyshire, widow, John Thomas 
                                               Bagshaw of Marl House, Bolsover, Derbyshire, 
                                               gentleman and William Twidale Bagshaw of 
                                               Bolsover, farmer, and the Bolsover Colliery 
                                               Company Limited to execute, if required, a 
                                               formal licence of their copyhold interest in Top
                                               Hard coal under 1r. 33p. of land facing Marlpit 
                                               Lane, Bolsover, Derbyshire on which there are 
                                               nine houses. Compensation to be paid for surface
                                               damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 31 8s 9d paid by the Colliery 
                                               Company to John T. Bagshaw and William T. 
                                               Bagshaw.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/55        24.11.1910              Copy draft memorandum for the purchase of 
                                               possessory right to Top Hard coal under 
                                               enfranchised land and buildings at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 24 Nov. 1910
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft memorandum between Robert Bagshaw of 
                                               Bath Farm House, Ashover, Derbyshire, farmer and
                                               Mary, his wife, and Charles Beckett Truman of 
                                               Nottingham, wine merchant and James Edwin Truman
                                               of Lincoln, Clerk of Holy Orders (their 
                                               mortgagees), and the Bolsover Colliery Company 
                                               Limited to execute, if required, a formal 
                                               licence of their copyhold interest in Top Hard 
                                               coal under 14p. of land, formerly part of the 
                                               Pingle, facing Marlpit Lane, Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire on which there are three houses. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 6 2s 6d paid by the Colliery 
                                               Company to Robert Bagshaw and Mary Bagshaw.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/56        24.11.1910              Copy draft memorandum for the purchase of 
                                               possessory right to Top Hard coal under 
                                               enfranchised land and buildings at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 24 Nov. 1910
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft memorandum between Elizabeth Bagshaw 
                                               of Bolsover, Derbyshire, widow and Joseph 
                                               Bagshaw of Bolsover, farmer, and the Bolsover 
                                               Colliery Company Limited to execute, if 
                                               required, a formal licence of their copyhold 
                                               interest in Top Hard coal under 19p. of land, 
                                               formerly part of the Pingle, facing Marlpit 
                                               Lane, Bolsover, Derbyshire on which there are 
                                               three houses. Compensation to be paid for 
                                               surface damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 8 6s 3d paid by the Colliery 
                                               Company to Elizabeth Bagshaw with Joseph 
                                               Bagshaw's consent.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/57        24.11.1910              Copy draft memorandum for the purchase of 
                                               possessory right to Top Hard coal under 
                                               enfranchised land and buildings at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire; 24 Nov. 1910
                                               (6 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               Copy draft memorandum between Elizabeth Bagshaw 
                                               of Bolsover, Derbyshire, widow and Joseph 
                                               Bagshaw of Bolsover, farmer and Fanny, his wife,
                                               and the Bolsover Colliery Company Limited to 
                                               execute, if required, a formal licence of their 
                                               copyhold interest in Top Hard coal under 20p. of
                                               land on the High Street, Bolsover, Derbyshire. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage.
                                               Consideration: £ 10 paid by the Colliery Company 
                                               to Elizabeth Bagshaw.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/58        2.8.1912                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 2 Aug. 
                                               1912
                                               (13 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Ellen Armstrong Steetley Holme, 
                                               Steetley, Whitwell, Derbyshire, widow; and 
                                               Robert Armstrong of Whaley, Derbyshire, farmer.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover, 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 32a. 3r. 
                                               4p. of land (in 8 plots, named closes and 
                                               Bolsover Moor, largest plot being 8a. 2r. 1p., 
                                               others 2a. upwards) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as 
                                               shown on attached plan and described in attached
                                               schedule. Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Acknowledges right of (2) to production 
                                               of deeds listed on attached schedule. Recites 
                                               previous deeds, including will of Robert 
                                               Armstrong the father.
                                               Consideration: £ 2294 5/- by (2) to (1) in 
                                               instalments. £ 573 11s 3d now plus three 
                                               instalments of £ 573 11s 3d on 30 June 1913, 
                                               1914, and 1915.
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/59        21.6.1913               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 21 June 
                                               1913 (fragile)
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: George Charlesworth of High Cliffe,
                                               Bolsover, Derbyshire, stone mason.
                                               Second Party: Mary Charlesworth, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               -to work Top Hard coal under a total of 4a. 2r. 
                                               31p. of land (formerly 5a.) at Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire, as shown on attached plan. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites the 
                                               concurrence of (2) in the deed to override her 
                                               rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 328 11s 3d paid by (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Draft approved on behalf of the vendors by 
                                               Messrs Jones and Middleton, Chesterfield, 21 May
                                               1913.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/60        8.10.1913               Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 8 Oct. 
                                               1913
                                               (12 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William Burkitt of St Helens, 
                                               Chesterfield, Derbyshire, gentleman.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 12a. 3r. 
                                               30p. of land (Robinson Close 5a. 1r. 6p., Moor 
                                               Acres 7a. 0r. 19p.) at Bolsover, Derbyshire, as 
                                               shown on attached plan. Compensation to be paid 
                                               for surface damage. Acknowledges right of (2) to
                                               production of deeds listed on attached schedule.
                                               Recites previous deeds.
                                               Consideration: £ 905 12s 6d paid by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/61        29.10.1913              Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 29 Oct. 
                                               1913 (fragile)
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Edward William Hinde, formerly of 
                                               61 Loveday Road, West Ealing, London, grocer, 
                                               now of Teluk Kuran, Singapore, Straits 
                                               Settlement.
                                               Second Party: Jeanie Hinde, wife of (1).
                                               Third Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Fourth Party: William John Arthur Charles James,
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) and (2) to (3)
                                               - lessees of (4), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover 
                                               - to work Top Hard coal under a total of 4a. 3r.
                                               32p. of land (3a. 28p. known as Far Moor Acres 
                                               and 1a. 2r. 36p. known as Far Horse Head, on 
                                               Horse Head Lane), Bolsover, Derbyshire. 
                                               Compensation to be paid for surface damage. 
                                               Acknowledges right of (3) to production of deeds
                                               listed on attached schedule. Recites previous 
                                               deeds and the concurrence of (2) in the deed to 
                                               override her rights of freebench if any.
                                               Consideration: £ 346 10/- paid by (3) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Draft approved on behalf of vendor by Messrs 
                                               Bryan and Armstrong, Mansfield, 24 June 1913.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/62        6.8.1913                Copy draft licence to work Top Hard coal under 
                                               copyhold land at Bolsover, Derbyshire; 6 Aug. 
                                               1913 (fragile)
                                               (10 ff, attached, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: Arthur William Mould of 53 Stanley 
                                               Street, Bury, Lancashire, clothier.
                                               Second Party: Bolsover Colliery Company Limited.
                                               Third Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Copy draft licence granted by (1) to (2) - 
                                               lessees of (3), Lord of the Manor of Bolsover - 
                                               to work Top Hard coal under a total of 5a. 0r. 
                                               15p. of land known as Top Moor Acre, Bolsover, 
                                               Derbyshire. Compensation to be paid for surface 
                                               damage. Recites previous deeds including will of
                                               Elizabeth Mould.
                                               Consideration: £ 356 11s 3d paid by (2) to (1).
                                               Plan attached.
                                               Draft approved on behalf of the vendor by Messrs
                                               Bryan and Armstrong, Mansfield, 24 June 1913.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/3/63-67     9.1.1912-18.1.1912      Bundle of letters concerning mining subsidence 
                                               at Masons Cottages, Shuttlewood, Derbyshire; 9 
                                               Jan.-18 Jan. 1912
                                               (5 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, forwarding his exchange of letters 
                                               with Messrs Alderson, Son and Dust, 23 Change 
                                               Alley, Sheffield, with copy reply; Elizabeth 
                                               Limb owns Masons Cottages at Shuttlewood; that 
                                               occupied by Mr Oldham is cracked due to mining 
                                               subsidence; Bolsover Colliery Company has 
                                               disclaimed responsibility because houses are on 
                                               'New Inclosure' land; requests that compensation
                                               be paid; Mrs Limb, a widow, relying on rental 
                                               income to support her family, cannot afford to 
                                               repair damage; seeking compensation from the 
                                               Duke of Portland as a matter of grace; sets a 
                                               dangerous precedent;
                                               Damage should be repaired by common owners, a 
                                               rather unworkable scheme; Mrs Limb 'poor woman' 
                                               should be allowed compensation for repairs; if 
                                               problem brought to personal attention of Duke, 
                                               he will wish to pay something out of goodwill; 
                                               suggest to Mr Houfton that his men repair minor 
                                               damage, with Duke and Bolsover company dividing 
                                               the cost equally; would set a precedent but 
                                               cases should be judged individually.
                                               Surface owners compensation requests are 'rather
                                               obsolete'; writing to Mr Hewitt, to discover 
                                               whether Bolsover Colliery gave notice of working
                                               coal; unlikely because Mr Houfton 'rather 
                                               inclined to go full steam ahead... without 
                                               considering... the lease'; agreement that 
                                               goodwill payment should be made as long as 
                                               damage and compensation are not made public; pay
                                               Mrs Limb for her silence.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/4/1-19      20.12.1867-4.8.1905     Bundle of cases and opinions of counsel 
                                               concerning the Duke of Portland's interest in 
                                               minerals under copyholds, Manors of Bolsover and
                                               of Mansfield (including Sutton-in-Ashfield); 20 
                                               Dec. 1867-4 Aug. 1905 (Pl E12/9/8/4/2-5 unfit 
                                               for production)
                                               (19 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/8/4/1: Case, with the opinion thereupon
                                               of R. Paul Amphlett of Lincoln's Inn, concerning
                                               the Duke of Portland's entitlement to the 
                                               minerals of the Manor of Sutton in Ashfield, 20 
                                               Dec. 1867.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/4/2: Case, with the opinion of Alfred
                                               Bailey, Lincoln's Inn concerning ownership of 
                                               minerals under lands awarded under the Sutton in
                                               Ashfield Inclosure Award, 12 Aug. 1872;
                                               Pl E12/9/8/4/3-5: Copies of admittances and 
                                               surrenders used as briefing for Mr Amphlett; 
                                               table of closes of land, surrenders, admittances
                                               and licences; memorandum. All relating to the 
                                               Manor of Mansfield and to Sutton-in-Ashfield 
                                               minerals. Defective.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/4/6-18: Circular letter to 
                                               copyholders of the Manors of Bolsover and 
                                               Mansfield reminding them of the authorised modes
                                               of disposing of the possessory interest in 
                                               underlying minerals in the light of attempts to 
                                               circumvent these; cases/instructions to counsel 
                                               (H.H. Cozens-Hardy, QC, 7 New Square, Lincoln's 
                                               Inn and Henry Wace, Lincoln's Inn) to advise, 
                                               with their opinions and that of John Dixon of 11
                                               New Square, Lincoln's Inn, regarding minerals 
                                               underlying copyholds, settling drafts of model 
                                               surrenders, licences and deeds of 
                                               enfranchisement; observations of William Bryan, 
                                               Steward of the Manors upon various of the 
                                               opinions of counsel and their draft model deeds;
                                               copy of correspondence on similar matters from 
                                               Bryan to Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett. All 
                                               Jan. 1899-Jan. 1901.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/4/19: Case to counsel (Henry Wace, 
                                               Carey Street) to advise, with his opinion, 
                                               concerning minerals under enfranchised 
                                               copyholds, 4 Aug. 1905. Various of the opinions 
                                               and observations in Pl E12/9/8/4/6-15 sent 
                                               herewith as briefing.
                                               See also Pl E12/9/8/7/.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/5/1-4       16.4.1923-21.12.1923    Correspondence concerning minerals under 
                                               copyholds, Manor of Bolsover, Derbyshire; 16 
                                               Apr.-21 Dec. 1923
                                               (4 items, paper)
                                               Letters from Messrs Beachcroft, Hay and Ledward,
                                               9 Theobald's Road to Messrs Baileys, Shaw and 
                                               Gillett, 5 Berners Street concerning the opinion
                                               of Cozens-Hardy KC on the rights of copyholders 
                                               to deal with their copyhold interest in minerals
                                               apart from the surface, with reference to Mrs 
                                               Hazlehurst's copyholds at Bolsover.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/6/1-12      23.1.1904-1.11.1904     Correspondence and deeds concerning the Duke of 
                                               Portland's interest in minerals under copyholds 
                                               of the Manors of Bolsover and Mansfield; 23 
                                               Jan.-1 Nov. 1904
                                               (12 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby, the Stanton Iron Works 
                                               Company Ltd, Messrs Bryan and Armstrong, 
                                               Mansfield and the Shireoaks Colliery Co. Ltd 
                                               concerning the behaviour of colliery companies 
                                               at Bolsover and elsewhere in not obtaining the 
                                               consent of copyholders before working coals 
                                               under their lands; particulars of coals worked 
                                               out of copyholds by the Duke of Portland's 
                                               lessees - New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd, 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd, Stanton Ironworks Co.
                                               Ltd, Shireoaks Colliery Co. Ltd, etc. (Pl 
                                               E12/9/8/6/3); details of licences etc. from 1894
                                               onward provided by Stanton Ironworks (including 
                                               Paulson and Jepson); details of terms for coals 
                                               under Jepson's copyholds.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/6/11: Copy surrender by Samuel Jepson
                                               of Pleasley, Derbyshire, farmer, to the Lord of 
                                               the Manor of Mansfield, to the use of John 
                                               Alfred Longden of Stanton by Dale, gentleman in 
                                               trust for the Stanton Ironworks Company Limited,
                                               of his interest in the Top Hard coal under lands
                                               specified at Water Lane, Mansfield for a 
                                               consideration of £ 937 10/-. Court Leet and Great
                                               Court Baron of the Manor of Mansfield, 1 Nov. 
                                               1904.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/6/12: Copy licence (granted at the 
                                               Court Baron of the Manor of Mansfield of 18 July
                                               1899) to Frederick William Paulson of Broomhill 
                                               Grange, Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, gentleman, 
                                               Edith Lucy Paulson of Kirkby in Ashfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, spinster, Eliza Helen Wood of 
                                               Chaussee de Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium (wife of 
                                               William Wood, merchant), and William Bryan of 
                                               Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, gentleman, to demise
                                               minerals under 87a. 2r. 33p. (specified) of 
                                               copyhold land at Mansfield to the Stanton Iron 
                                               Works Company Limited for 60 years from 29 Sept.
                                               1895.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/7/1-43      1897-25.4.1908          Bundle of legal papers and related 
                                               correspondence concerning minerals under 
                                               copyholds, Manor of Mansfield; 1897-25 Apr. 
                                               1908. Defective (Unfit for production)
                                               (43 items, paper)
                                               Pl E12/9/8/7/1-9: Instructions to counsel (H.H. 
                                               Cozens-Hardy, QC, 7 New Square, Lincoln's Inn 
                                               and Henry Wace, 61 Carey Street) with their 
                                               opinions and drafts of letters settled by them, 
                                               concerning minerals under Hugh Browne's 
                                               copyholds at Sutton-in-Ashfield, manor of 
                                               Mansfield, and the general question of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield minerals and copyhold 
                                               minerals. [Material listed at Pl E12/9/8/4/1-2 
                                               formed part of briefing material sent to 
                                               counsel.]
                                               Pl E12/9/8/7/10: Copy correspondence concerning 
                                               enfranchisement of Browne's copyholds, 1901.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/7/11: Copy correspondence with the 
                                               New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd concerning Hugh 
                                               Browne's lands and minerals at 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield, 1902.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/7/12-34: Correspondence concerning 
                                               Hugh Browne's land and minerals, negotiations 
                                               with him and the New Hucknall Colliery Co. Ltd, 
                                               alteration of barriers to avoid his land, his 
                                               'extraordinary epistle' and his desire for his 
                                               'pound of flesh', 1903-1908.
                                               Pl E12/9/8/7/35-43: Prints and cuttings of 
                                               Browne's anonymous and pseudonymous letters to 
                                               the press (1902-1908) on: church affairs; land 
                                               reform; state and compulsory education; the 
                                               right to work; workmen's dwellings; poor relief;
                                               replying to the attack of J.E. Ellis, MP on 
                                               Gladstone; socialism; and other current 
                                               concerns.
                                               See Pl E12/9/3/7/ and Pl E12/10/2/23/ for 
                                               further material relating to Hugh Browne's 
                                               copyholds.
                                               
Pl E12/9/8/9/1-3       1899                    Model forms of surrenders and licence to a 
                                               copyholder to demise his possessory interest in 
                                               minerals, Manor of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; 
                                               1899
                                               (3 items, paper)
                                               Includes form of surrender reserving to a 
                                               copyholder his possessory interest in minerals.

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Pl E12/9/9             1779-1924               Material concerning other mineral and quarrying 
                                               activity on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 
                                               estates of the Dukes of Portland; 1779-1924
                                               (90 items)
                                               Other material relating to brick manufacture 
                                               will be found in Pl E12/6 - e.g. Pl E12/6/18/43 
                                               and 78.
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/9/1-7 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/1/1-2       1.3.1779-1.5.1779       Lease of ironstone in Derbyshire by the Duke of 
                                               Portland, with related agreement; 1 Mar. and 1 
                                               May 1789
                                               (2 items, paper)
                                               First Party: William Henry Cavendish, Duke of 
                                               Portland.
                                               Second Party: John Smith, Richard Clarke and 
                                               Thomas Munton, on behalf of themselves and their
                                               other partners in Smith, Clarke, Munton and 
                                               Company of Griffin Foundary near Chesterfield.
                                               Copy lease by (1) to (2) of ironstone within 
                                               land called Hady Close (4a. 3r. 30p.) in the 
                                               hamlet of Hasland and parish of Chesterfield, 
                                               Derbyshire, for a term of 5 years from 5 April 
                                               1789. Shaft to be filled up, lessees to make 
                                               satisfaction to the tenant for damages, and to 
                                               have first refusal of any other ironstone in 
                                               Chesterfield or Brampton
                                               Rent: £ 80 p.a. for the first three years and £ 80
                                               per acre for all ironstone got above 3a. 
                                               Increasing to £ 100 and £ 100 per acre if [David] 
                                               Barnes and Company offer such a sum for any 
                                               ironstone within Chesterfield or Brampton before
                                               5 April 1782.
                                               Also memorandum of agreement between John 
                                               Cleaver, on behalf of (1), and (2).
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/2/1-8       14.4.1902-22.12.1915    Lease of brickyard in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
                                               by the Duke of Portland, with related 
                                               correspondence; 14 Apr.-29 May 1902 and 17-22 
                                               Dec. 1915
                                               (8 items, paper)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: Richard Lane of 11 Corporation 
                                               Street, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and Sampson 
                                               Clay Lane of Stanton Hill, Skegby, 
                                               Nottinghamshire, brickmakers.
                                               Draft lease (15 May 1902) by (1) to (2) of 12a. 
                                               0r. 21p. of land in the parish of Mansfield, 
                                               with liberty to dig out clay and to manufacture 
                                               bricks and tiles on the premises, for a term of 
                                               21 years from 25 Mar. 1902. (2) to place 
                                               buildings worth at least £ 2000 without labour 
                                               upon the same premises and not to dig out clay 
                                               or construct works within 20 feet of Sutton Road
                                               and Hermitage Lane or within 10 yards of any 
                                               other boundary.
                                               Rent: £ 25 p.a. for surface rent, £ 50 p.a. fixed 
                                               rent, and a royalty of 1s 6d per 1000 bricks or 
                                               draining tiles, and 1s 6d for every 3 cubic 
                                               yards of clay or other materials worked for any 
                                               other purpose for quantities in excess of those 
                                               which would make up the payment of £ 50 p.a., 
                                               allowing overworkings to make up for 
                                               underworkings in previous years as specified.
                                               Correspondence received by E.H. Bailey/Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               Frederick J. Turner, Mansfield Woodhouse and T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse (with one draft reply) concerning the 
                                               preparation of the lease; working out of the 
                                               clay (1915) because of fault, limited reserves, 
                                               offer of Lanes to purchase the site and T.W. 
                                               Turner's desire to accommodate them if a 
                                               reasonable price can be set.
                                               See also Pl E12/6/19 series for other 
                                               transactions involving the Lane brothers and the
                                               brickyard
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/3/1-11      30.5.1907-26.11.1909    Lease of quarry at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire by
                                               the Duke of Portland, with related 
                                               correspondence; 30 May 1907-26 Nov. 1909
                                               (11 items, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: William John Fowe Sills of the 
                                               Stone Quarries, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               quarry owner.
                                               Draft lease (27 Sept. 1909) by (1) to (2) of 4a.
                                               of land in the parish of Mansfield (adjoining 
                                               the Mansfield to Southwell railway at its 
                                               junction with the Mansfield Colliery branch), 
                                               with liberty to dig out sand, for a term of 14 
                                               years from 24 June 1907 (plan attached). No sand
                                               to be dug within 15 feet of the northern 
                                               boundary of the site. Lessee to supply lessor 
                                               with sand at 10% less than the ruling trade 
                                               price.
                                               Rent: £ 4 p.a. surface rent, £ 50 p.a. fixed rent,
                                               and a royalty of 3d per cubic yard of sand dug 
                                               in excess of the quantity which would make up 
                                               the payment of the fixed rent, accounted 
                                               half-yearly.
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby and 
                                               W.J.F. Sills, Mansfield Stone Quarries (with 
                                               press copy out letters). Sills working sand on 
                                               land adjoining the 'Newark' branch of the 
                                               Midland Railway under informal arrangement to 
                                               test viability; terms of proper lease and its 
                                               preparation; may have to abandon this for fear 
                                               of trouble with William Adlington over ownership
                                               of sand under part of the area.
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/4/1-7       18.8.1922-20.11.1922    Lease of quarry at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire by
                                               the Duke of Portland, with related 
                                               correspondence; 18 Aug.-20 Nov. 1922
                                               (7 items, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: William John Fowe Sills of the 
                                               Stone Quarries, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               quarry owner.
                                               Draft lease (20 Nov. 1922) by (1) to (2) of 4a. 
                                               of land in the parish of Mansfield (adjoining 
                                               the Mansfield to Southwell railway at its 
                                               junction with the Mansfield Colliery branch), 
                                               with liberty to dig out sand, for a term of 14 
                                               years from 24 June 1922 (plan attached). No sand
                                               to be dug within 15 feet of the northern 
                                               boundary of the site. Lessee to supply lessor 
                                               with sand at 10% less than the ruling trade 
                                               price. Power for lessee to determine lease after
                                               7 years.
                                               Rent: £ 1 p.a. surface rent, £ 50 p.a. fixed rent,
                                               and a royalty of 4d per cubic yard of sand dug 
                                               in excess of the quantity which would make up 
                                               the payment of the fixed rent, accounted 
                                               half-yearly.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse.
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/5/1-12      28.1.1924-1.4.1924      Supplemental lease of quarry at Mansfield, 
                                               Nottinghamshire by the Duke of Portland, with 
                                               related correspondence; 28 Jan.-1 Apr. 1924
                                               (12 items, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: William John Fowe Sills of the 
                                               Stone Quarries, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               quarry owner.
                                               Draft lease (29 Mar. 1924), supplemental to that
                                               of 20 Nov. 1922, by (1) to (2) of 2a. 2r. 11p of
                                               land in the parish of Mansfield (immediately to 
                                               the east of the lands demised by the principal 
                                               lease), with liberty to dig out sand, from 25 
                                               Mar. 1924 for the residue of the term of 14 
                                               years from 24 June 1922 (plan attached).
                                               Rent: £ 25 p.a. fixed rent, and royalty payments 
                                               in line with the principal lease.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse, with copy replies.
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/6/1-41      21.2.1924-24.11.1924    Lease of quarry at etc. Cauldwell Wood, 
                                               Mansfield/ Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire 
                                               by the Duke of Portland, with related 
                                               correspondence; 21 Feb.-24 Nov. 1924
                                               (41 items, paper & linen)
                                               First Party: William John Arthur Charles James, 
                                               Duke of Portland, KG.
                                               Second Party: William John Fowe Sills of the 
                                               Stone Quarries, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 
                                               quarry owner.
                                               Draft lease (24 Nov. 1924) by (1) to (2) of 14a.
                                               3r. of land in the parish of Sutton-in-Ashfield 
                                               and 1a. 2r. 10p. of land in the parishes of 
                                               Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield, for a term of 
                                               21 years from 25 Mar. 1924. In respect of the 
                                               first parcel (at Cauldwell Wood), liberty to dig
                                               out sand not to a depth greater than 50 yards 
                                               nor within 21 feet of the northern or eastern 
                                               boundaries of the site; in respect of the second
                                               to lay down a railway line (plan attached). 
                                               Reserving various rights of way over Bleakhills 
                                               Lane. (1) and his tenants to have use of the 
                                               railway at a charge of 2s 6d per truck. 
                                               Covenants regarding crossing gates, fences, 
                                               flood carrier. Lessee may determine lease after 
                                               14 years. Defective.
                                               Rent: £ 50 for the first year, £ 150 for the 
                                               second year, and £ 300 p.a. thereafter; a tonnage
                                               rent of 9d per ton of moulding sand and 2.67d 
                                               for common or building sand, payable for 
                                               quantities in excess of those that would yield 
                                               the foregoing minimum rents; a surface rent of 
                                               £ 4 10/- per acre for land forming the second 
                                               plot.
                                               Heads of terms for lease (20 May), signed by 
                                               Sills. Plan attached.
                                               Related correspondence received by Messrs 
                                               Baileys, Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from
                                               T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, 
                                               Mansfield Woodhouse and Messrs Bryan and 
                                               Armstrong (with copy replies) concerning terms 
                                               of lease; course of railway branch to the 
                                               Mansfield Railway (LNER), use of it by the Duke 
                                               and his tenants, scale of charges;
                                               
Pl E12/9/9/7/1-9       1.2.1918-31.8.1918      Terms for lease of quarry of dolomite and 
                                               limestone at Elmton, Derbyshire by the Duke of 
                                               Portland, with related correspondence; 1 Feb.-31
                                               Aug. 1918
                                               (9 items, paper)
                                               Draft memorandum of terms for the lease by the 
                                               Duke to the Partington Steel and Iron Company, 
                                               Ltd and the Shelton Iron and Steel Company, Ltd 
                                               of limestone under 72.263a. of land to the south
                                               of the Great Central Railway at Elmton, 
                                               Derbyshire. Further draft memorandum of terms 
                                               for the lease of dolomite.
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from C.R. Hewitt, 
                                               London Road, Derby, T. Warner Turner, Portland 
                                               Estate Office, Mansfield Woodhouse, with copy 
                                               replies etc. concerning negotiations with the 
                                               iron companies, terms, area involved; 
                                               negotiations broken off.

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Pl E12/9/10            1767-1927               Miscellaneous papers concerning mining 
                                               activities on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
                                               estates of the Dukes of Portland; 1767-1927
                                               (49 items)
                                               For more detailed descriptions see Pl 
                                               E12/9/10/1-8 below.
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/1          10.2.1767               Lease of coal in Brampton, Derbyshire by the 
                                               Duchess Dowager of Portland and others; 10 Feb. 
                                               1767. Defective
                                               (1 membrane, parchment)
                                               First Party: Robert Harley of Lincoln's Inn, 
                                               Middlesex and James West of the parish of St 
                                               Paul's Covent Garden, Middlesex, Esquires 
                                               (surviving trustees of a deed of 2 Aug. 1737 [Pl
                                               F3/3/42]).
                                               Second Party: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess 
                                               Dowager of Portland.
                                               Third Party: Godfrey Clarke of Sutton, 
                                               Derbyshire, Esq.; and Godfrey Clarke the younger
                                               of Sutton, Derbyshire, Esq. (his eldest son).
                                               Fourth Party: John Barnes and John Wilcockson of
                                               Brampton, Derbyshire, yeomen.
                                               Lease by (1), (2) and (3) to (4) of coal (the 
                                               'upper mine' and 'lower mine') under their lands
                                               in the parish of Brampton, Derbyshire, for a 
                                               term of 99 years (ceasing on the exhaustion of 
                                               the mines), with power to erect engines and 
                                               works necessary to unwater the mines (except 
                                               under or within 20 yards of buildings);
                                               (4) to construct at their own expense and 
                                               without loss of time, such soughs or drains as 
                                               are necessary from the river at the bottom of 
                                               Brampton Moor near the floodgates there to a 
                                               piece of ground belonging to (3) called the 
                                               Hayes, and thence to a place called Storrs Gate,
                                               with a branch to the lands of (1) and (2) called
                                               Cross Closes, to de-water the leased mines; 
                                               covenants for working and inspection.
                                               Rent: to (1) and (3) £ 40 p.a. minimum, 
                                               calculated at a rate of £ 40 per surface acre of 
                                               coal (including any coal left for pillars) for 
                                               coal raised from the respective lands of (1) and
                                               (2) and of (3), after (4) shall have raised 3a. 
                                               of coal as payment/compensation for the 
                                               construction of the soughs.
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/2/1-3      10.4.1816-12.6.1817     Correspondence received by Edward Smith Godfrey 
                                               concerning Pinxton Colliery; 10 Apr. 1816-12 
                                               June 1817
                                               (3 items, paper)
                                               Letter from George Dickins at Staveley to 
                                               Godfrey (10 Apr. 1816) concerning colliery 
                                               [Pinxton] being sunk by Mr Cooke [Coke] 107 
                                               yards deep near the Duke of Portland's coal, 
                                               Cooke's application for same and its value, 
                                               underground operations, drainage.
                                               Letters from John Coke at Pinxton to Godfrey (24
                                               Mar. and 12 June 1817) as to coal at Pinxton 
                                               Colliery etc.; high valuation put on the Duke's 
                                               coals by Mr Dickins, drop in [sale] price by 2/-
                                               a ton, scant chance of profit, hopes that the 
                                               valuation can be revised downward.
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/3/1        26.9.1882               Copy letter from John R. Hewitt, London Road, 
                                               Derby to F.J. Turner; 26 Sept. 1882
                                               (1 item - 2 ff, paper)
                                               Concerning Duke of Portland's coal at 
                                               Killamarsh, applications of J. and G. Wells 
                                               Limited for lease of 34a. of Parkgate and 
                                               Silkstone coal; they will not purchase surface; 
                                               difficulty in valuing the mines in view of 
                                               uncertainty about Silkstone seam; offer fair 
                                               terms of £ 100 per acre for the Parkgate seam; 
                                               copy of letter of 23 Sept. received by Hewitt 
                                               from J. and G. Wells Limited, Eckington 
                                               Collieries (per J.C. Colvin, Managing Director).
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/4/1-7      25.11.1912-19.2.1914    Bundle of correspondence concerning boring for 
                                               minerals on the Duke of Portland's estate at 
                                               Mattersey, Nottinghamshire; 25 Nov. 1912-19 Feb.
                                               1914
                                               (7 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by E. Horsman 
                                               Bailey/Messrs Baileys, Shaw and Gillett from T. 
                                               Warner Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield
                                               Woodhouse, with copy correspondence between 
                                               Turner and H.A. Brundell and Messrs Minet, 
                                               Pering, Smith and Co., 7 St Helen's Place, as to
                                               proposed exploratory boring for coal at 
                                               Mattersey etc. by a syndicate.
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/5/1/1-16   22.5.1925-16.7.1927     Bundle of letters concerning Clumber Park 
                                               minerals, Nottinghamshire; 22 May 1925-16 July 
                                               1927 (unfit for production)
                                               (16 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence received by Messrs Baileys, Shaw 
                                               and Gillett, 5 Berners Street from T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse and Messrs Francis and Crookenden, 23 
                                               Lincoln's Inn Fields [solicitors to the Duke of 
                                               Newcastle], with carbon copy replies, concerning
                                               the ownership of minerals under Clumber Park and
                                               the possible claim of the Duke of Portland as 
                                               Lord of the Manor of Mansfield, desire to settle
                                               matters once and for all.
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/6/1-11     12.5.1906-23.6.1906     Bundle of correspondence concerning Hewitt and 
                                               Company's charges, with related papers; 12 
                                               May-23 June 1906
                                               (11 items, paper)
                                               Letters from T. Warner Turner, Portland Estate 
                                               Office, Mansfield Woodhouse to E. Horsman 
                                               Bailey, 5 Berners Street, with one press copy 
                                               reply concerning the size of the accounts of 
                                               C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and Company for professional 
                                               services as mineral agents to the Duke of 
                                               Portland, proposal to be made to Hewitt, also 
                                               status of plans and other papers in Hewitt's 
                                               office belonging to the Duke; copy letters 
                                               received by Turner from the agents at Chatsworth
                                               and Thoresby outlining their practices for 
                                               paying mineral agents.
                                               Details of the Duke of Portland's mineral 
                                               royalties in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire from
                                               the 10 years to 31 Dec. 1905 (£ 570606), and 
                                               Hewitt and Co.'s charges for the same period 
                                               (£ 11170).
                                               Breakdown for the six half-years 1903-05 of the 
                                               mineral royalties received by the Duke of 
                                               Portland in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire by 
                                               lessee and lease/colliery (1903: £ 59725; 1904: 
                                               £ 64401; 1905: £ 76635).
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/7/1        2.12.1914-29.12.1914    File of copy letters concerning probable effect 
                                               of the First World War on mining royalties; 2-9 
                                               Dec. 1914
                                               (8 ff, attached, paper)
                                               Copy of letters received by T. Warner Turner 
                                               from C.R. Hewitt, London Road, Derby, J. Harling
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Kilmarnock, 
                                               William C. Sample, Bothal Castle, Morpeth, 
                                               Francis Ellis, Sherwood Colliery, Mansfield, H. 
                                               Eustace Mitton, Colliery Offices, Codnor Park 
                                               near Alfreton [Butterley Co.], The Sheepbridge 
                                               Coal and Iron Co. Ltd (per W. Deacon), The 
                                               Bolsover Colliery Co. Ltd (per John P. Houfton).
                                               Reduced output of local coal mines through loss 
                                               of labour to the armed forces; situation less 
                                               bad than anticipated; much worse in Yorkshire 
                                               and the North of England where more coal is 
                                               exported; comparative monthly output figures 
                                               Aug.-Nov. 1913 and 1914 for Sherwood Colliery; 
                                               situation in Northumberland and North Britain.
                                               
Pl E12/9/10/8/1-9      26.7.1923-4.7.1924      Bundle of correspondence and memoranda 
                                               concerning liability for surface damage under 
                                               mining leases, Royal Commission on Mining 
                                               Subsidence; 26 July 1923-4 July 1924
                                               (9 items, paper)
                                               Correspondence between C.R. Hewitt/Hewitt and 
                                               Company, 122 London Road, Derby, T. Warner 
                                               Turner, Portland Estate Office, Mansfield 
                                               Woodhouse, E. Horsman Bailey/Messrs Baileys, 
                                               Shaw and Gillett, 5 Berners Street and the 
                                               Royalty Owners' Joint Committee (R.F. Pawsey), 8
                                               Regent Street, Barnsley: membership and terms of
                                               reference of Royal Commission; none of the Duke 
                                               of Portland's leases so complex as to require 
                                               legislation and comparatively little surface 
                                               damage has been done.
                                               Pl E12/9/10/8/2 is a summary of the terms 
                                               contained for support, letting down, damages, 
                                               etc. in the extant leases of the Duke of 
                                               Portland's minerals in Nottinghamshire and 
                                               Derbyshire; and Pl E12/9/10/8/1 is a memorandum 
                                               compiled from that summary.


 

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