GELL, John (1613-89), of Hopton, Wirksworth, Derbys. and St Martin’s Lane, Westminster.

Family and Education

bap. 7 Oct. 1613, 1st s. of Sir John Gell, 1st bt. of Hopton, and 1st w. Elizabeth (bur. 26 Oct. 1644), da. of Sir Percival Willoughby† of Wollaton, Notts.Wirksworth par. reg.; ‘The regs. of the par. of Kedleston, Derbys.’ ed. L.L. Simpson, Jnl. Derbys. Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc. xl. 103; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 42. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 23 Nov. 1632.Al. Ox. m. (settlement 28 Dec. 1644, with £3,000), Katherine (bur. 22 Jan. 1671), da. of John Packer†, clerk of the privy seal, of Shellingford, Berks. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.Wirksworth par. reg.; Derbys. RO, D258/12/12/1-2; D258/41/14/1-2; D3287/43/25; Vis. Derbys. 42. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 26 Oct. 1671;MI Wirksworth. d. 8 Feb. 1689.Derbys. RO, D258/38/4.

Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Derbys. 30 July 1647, 12 July 1660;C93/19/29; C93/26/1. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1672, 1677, 1679. by Feb. 1650 – 8 July 1651A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p., Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660, 15 June 1675-by Nov. 1680, Mar. 1688–d.C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 221; C231/7, p. 499; A Perfect List (1660); Duckett, Penal Laws and Test Act (1883), i. 165, 168. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 371. militia, Derbys. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660, 1666.SR. Recvr. honour of Tutbury, Staffs. 26 Oct. 1671–d.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 164. Sheriff, Derbys. 11 Nov. 1672–12 Nov. 1673.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 31. Dep. lt. Feb. 1688–d.Penal Laws and Test Act, ii. 293. Commr. inquiry into recusancy fines, Derbys., Lincs. and Notts. Mar. 1688.CTB viii. 1806.

Parlimentarian

GELL, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1612-89), of Hopton, Wirksworth, Derbys. and St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster.

: of Hopton, Wirksworth, Derbys. and Westminster., St Martin’s Lane.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GELL, John (1613-89), of Hopton, Wirksworth, Derbys. and St Martin’s Lane, Westminster.

Will

18 Aug. 1687, pr. 14 May 1689.PROB11/395, f. 127.

Estates

in the early 1630s, Sir John Gell paid £25 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 33v. In 1636, and on Gell’s marriage in 1644, his fa. settled most of the family estate on him, inc. manors of Hope and Wirksworth, capital messuage of Hopton and other lands and tenements in townships of Aldwark, Bakewell, Belper, Brassington, Bubnell, Carsington, Hognaston, Hope, Hopton, Idridgehay, Kirk Ireton, Kniveton, Middleton, Tideswell, Tunstead, Wirksworth and Wormhill, Derbys.Derbys. RO, D258/30/2; D258/12/12/1-2; D258/41/14/1-2; D3287/43/14/1-2; D3287/43/25; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 395. In 1645, Sir John Gell estimated that his estate was worth £1,500 p.a.SP28/128, pt. 15, f. 28; Derbys. RO, D3287/43/21/1-5; The Severall Accompts of Sir John Gell Baronet and Colonell, and of his Brother Thomas Gell (1645), 4 (E.273.15). In 1648, John Gell and another gentleman purchased the Barmaster’s office and lead mines of Wirksworth for £1,000.CCC 1847-8. In 1656, he acquired lease of a house in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.SP27/3/3. His house at Hopton was assessed at 13 hearths.Derbys. Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70 ed. D.G. Edwards (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vii), 194. At his d. estate inc. lead mines and ‘mineral possessions’ in Derbys. and a messuage in Winterton, Lincs.PROB11/395, f. 127v.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

John Packer’s house in Westminster (1645).Derbys. RO, D258/38/2/9.

Religion

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