Deeds of the Fellows family of Nottinghamshire, 1793-1879

The collection comprises:

• Releases and conveyances, leases for a year and a bargain and sale, a mortgage, and an appointment and release of Elihu Samuel Fellows and his wife Catherine Frances (N e Nevill) for conveyance of land at Whatton, Nottingham, Keyworth and Stanton, Nottinghamshire, 1793-1839 (MS 562/1);
• Lease for a year of Peas Hill Close in Nottingham by Fleetwood Churchill to Thomas Stubbs. The deed contains no reference to the Fellows family. 1829 (MS 562/2);
• Supplemental abstract of title of premises in Cranmer Street and Cranmer Grove, Nottingham transferred from the Fellows family and the firm of Hart, Fellows and Company to Thomas Tatin. 1879 (MS 562/3).

The Fellows family was prominent in Nottingham society for several generations and some of its members were active in civic life. The position of Elihu Samuel Fellows and his wife Catherine Francis (n e Nevill), who are referred to in most of the deeds in this collection, is not clear beyond the evidence of the deeds themselves.

Samuel Fellows, perhaps Elihu's son, was sheriff of Nottingham in 1729 and afterwards alderman and mayor. John Fellows the Elder's civic career followed a similar pattern and he became sheriff in 1753 and was mayor three times. John Fellows (1757-1823), the father of Sir Charles Fellows, was a silk throwster and merchant. His commercial premises were in Broad Marsh and he lived on High Pavement. In 1808, he established the bank of Fellows, Mellows and Hart (later Hart, Fellows and Company).

Sir Charles Fellows (1799-1860) was a noted traveller and collector. His grand nephew, George Fellows JP. (1842-1923), was a keen antiquarian and served for twenty years as honorary secretary of the Thoroton Society, a local historical society. During his time, the family firm of Hart, Fellows and Company was acquired by Lloyds Bank Limited in 1891.

The collection has been divided by document type into three groups. Within these series, items have been arranged chronologically.

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LANGUAGE: English

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The collection was acquired by The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in April 1990.