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I've found the following document on National Archives:

Bond in £80, 26 June 1760 Thomas Devis of Wrenside, Kirkby Stephen, yeoman and Matthew...
This record is held by Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
Reference:    WQ/SR/384/20-23
Description:    Bond in £80, 26 June 1760 Thomas Devis of Wrenside, Kirkby Stephen, yeoman and Matthew Williamson of Winton, maltster for payment of £40 and interest to John Shaw of Stennerskew, Ravenstonedale, yeoman, on 26 June [1761].
 
promissory note, 29 May 1772 for £3 10s. due from Cyprian Hilton to Mathew Dives;
 declaration of Matthew Dives, debtor;
 notice, 10 April 1775 of intention of Mathew Dives to apply for discharge under Act for relief of Insolvent Debtors. [See WQ/SR/384/9].
Date:    1760-1775
Held by:    Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal, not available at The National Archives

Language:    English
Context of this record
•   24 - Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal
•   WQ - WESTMORLAND QUARTER SESSIONS
•   Judicial Records
•   WQ/SR - Sessions Rolls
•   WQ/SR/384 - Appleby: Easter: Sessions roll
•   WQ/SR/384/20-23 - Bond in £80, 26 June 1760 Thomas Devis of Wrenside, Kirkby Stephen, yeoman and Matthew...

As Thomas Devis is a yeoman, then there should be plenty of Manorial Court Documents regarding transactions of the Devis family. Basically Manorial Court Records cover farmers/yeoman at the time, as they were copyhold tenants to the Lord of the Manor and they could not sell, pass on to their children etc any property without the permission of the Lord of the Manor - these were recorded in Manorial Court documents and they are a valuable source of information, well worth a look - for example when the father dies, the property is recorded in these documents and often passed on to the eldest son, or in some cases to all the children of the family - naming them all. Wills are also often recorded in these books. I'm not sure if Kirkby Stephen records would be held at Kendal or Carlisle Records Office. If you do a search on National Archives for Manorial Court Records for Kirkby Stephen, this should highlight all the documents and where they are held.

If you do a google maps search and put in the postcode CA17 4HZ, this brings up the property of Wrenside, which was and still is at Wrenside, Kaber, Kirkby Stephen.

Hi Briget
Why don't you post on Cumbria FHS site? I see there are a lot of previous postings - possibly by you?
Several Machells are also published on the Single Surnames document available on the same website.

I see you are online - here is a little more:

1829
DEVIS Adam manor bailiff Brough (1829)
DEVIS Ann milliner &c Brough (1829)
DEVIS Chas tallow chandler Brough (1829)
DEVIS Hannah Brough (1829)
DEVIS John yeoman Augill Head Stainmore (1829)
DEVIS Richard baker/flour dealer Brough (1829)
DEVIS Thos farmer Dummah Hill North Stainmore (1829)
DEVIS Wm farmer Ellergill (1829)

WILLS
Devis (Deaves) And, ye, Bromfield, (Crookdale) 1665 AI [135]
Jas, Brough (Stainmore) WE 1670 WI
John, yeo, Brough (Stainmore, High Ewbank), WE, 1700 W
Jos, yeo, Holm Cultram (Blackdyke), 1742 WI 579 [111r]
Margt, wid, Brough (Forest of Stainmore, High Ewbank) WE 1683 WI
Mary, spin, Kirkby Stephen (Rookby, Scarth) WE 1731 WI 581 [86]
Matthew, KirkbyStephen, (Stainmore Forest, Wrenside) WE dated 1657, 1662 W [23]
Matthew, yeo, Kirkby Stephen (Stainmore Forest, Wrenside) WE 1735 W 41 [195]
Rob, yeo, Kirkby Stephen (How Gill Foot) WE 1682 WI
Rob, yeo, Brough (Churchtown) WE 1686 WI
Rob, Brough (Stainmore, High Ewbank) WE 1691 W
Thos, yeo Kirkby Stephen (Stainmore Forest, Wrenside) WE 1673 WI
Thos, yeo, Kikby Stephen (Kaber, Rookby) WE 1750 WI 195 [22r]

WE = Westmorland
W = Will
I = Inventory
A = Administration of goods - Admon

PS It might be worth looking at the bap of Thomas to Hugh and Alice in the Parish Registers, to see if there is mention of where Hugh was living at the time -sometimes an address is added.

Interestingly the surname 'Theobalds', is quite prominent in Kirkby Lonsdale around that time - CASCAT has several documents listed and the Kirkby Lonsdale Parson and White directory of 1829 also lists Theobalds. It seems likely that Emmanuel's middle name is that of his father. The usual spelling of the Christian name is Theobald (without the s).