1641 Edward Revell and Francis Revell and other men of Derby signed a petition beseeching King Charles I to return and reconcile with parliament. [1]
1657 Release by Francis Revell of Lenton (Nottinghamshire) gent of all right, claim etc to properties of John Revell late of Higham esq, his uncle who had bequeathed £100 to Francis on condition that Francis should give security to William Revell, another of John's nephews, that William should enjoy the properties without claim from him. Dated August 4. [2]. Receipt from Francis Revell as in D37/MF/14/2 to William Revell for £100 bequest from John Revell his uncle, dated August 14. [3]
1658 On 26 October, Deed to dead the uses of a fine made between 1) William Revell of Ogston esq and Francis Revell of Lenton, Nottingham gent son and heir of George late of Lenton gent 2) John Davies of St Andrews Holborn (Middlesex) gent and 3) George Sitwell the younger of London merchant and Ralph Franceys citizen and grocer of London, in order to break the entail created by the will of John Revell of Ogston on manor and capital messuage of Ogston, lands etc in Ogston, Higham, Stretton, Woolley, Brackenfield, Morton, Shirland and North Wingfield, 2 messuages called the Griffes with land in Morton, 5 messuages with land and 2 cottages in Woolley, messuage with land in Brackenfield, cottage in Morton, 4 messuages with land and 5 cottages in Stretton, 2 messuages with land and cottage in Shirland, 18 messuages with land and 7 cottages in Higham (naming tenants to properties) [4]
1658 On November 19, Receipt by Francis Revell of Lenton (Nottinghamshire) gent to William Revell of Ogston - for £150, the full price accepted by Francis for his claim and right in remainder expectant to property of his uncle John Revell esq deceased. [5]
1670 Francis Revell, perhaps this one, was patron of the Pinxton Church. [6]
1678 A Lease and release agreement was made from Roger Darbyshire, yeoman of Nottingham; Francis Revell, husbandman of Lenton, Nottinghamshire and Mary his wife, the daughter and heir of John Darbyshire deceased; and Roger Radford, butcher of Nottingham to George Gregory, esquire of Nottingham of a messuage in Gridlesmith Gate [Pelham Street], Nottingham; 1-2 Feb. 1678. [7]
[1] George Sitwell, "The Derbyshire Petition of 1641," Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 19 (1897), 20-23, at 23, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[2] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/14/2, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[3] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/14/3, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[4] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/17/1, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[5] Derbyshire Record Office, Ref. No.: D37/MF/14/5, [Derbyshire_Record_Office].
[6] J Charles Cox, Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. 4, "the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch" (1879), 473, citing the Litchfield registers, [GoogleBooks].
[7] University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Archives, Persons, [Nottingham Archives].