Chandos Pole family of Radbourne

There is a good series of correspondence, especially for the time of German Pole (1626-1683), who married Anne, daughter of Richard Newdigate of Arbury in Warwickshire. The correspondents include John Gell (D5557/2/131) and members of the Mundy family (for example, D5557/2/35,36,42,43,45,51). There are also letters from Barbados (D5557/2/120,126).

The collection also includes papers of R W Chandos Pole relating to the Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry and to Mugginton School which was founded by the charity of Rev Samuel Pole and Ann Pole in the 18th century.

D5557/1-8 Correspondence

D5557/1 Sir German Pole, d 1634

D5557/2 German Pole, 1626-1683

D5557/3 Samuel Pole, d 1731

D5557/4 German Pole, d 1765

D5557/5 Sacheverell Pole, d 1813

D5557/6 Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, 1792-1863

D5557/7 Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole, 1825-1873

D5557/8 Reginald Walkelyne Chandos Pole, b 1853

D5557/9 Estate maps and surveys

D5557/10 Accounts and valuations

D5557/11 Killamarsh estate

D5557/12 Legal papers

D5557/13 Plans

D5557/14 Probates

D5557/15 Derbyshire Imperial Yeomanry

D5557/16 Mugginton School

D5557/17 School reports

D5557/18 Pedigrees

D5557/19-23 Miscellaneous

D5557/24-25 Additional estate records

D5557/26 Miscellanea

<p>See D483/7-11 for deeds and papers concerning the estate and family (1699-1945)</p>

• <famname>Pole, Chandos family of Radbourne, Derbyshire</famname>
• <famname>Chandos Pole family of Radbourne, Derbyshire</famname>

Open with the exception that any items less than 75 years old in D5557/10/65-69 'Accounts of JW Chandos Pole' will not be available for public consultation.

These records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office in Oct 2001.

These papers date from the time of Sir German Pole (d 1634), who served against the Spanish Armada and was made a Knight Banneret for his services in Ireland. The surname Chandos was assumed by Sacheverell Pole in 1807 as representative of Sir John Chandos. The family estate based at Radbourne included lands in Barton Park, Dalbury Lees, Littleover, Barlborough, Mercaston and Brailsford in Derbyshire, and Hanbury in Staffordshire.