FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)
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(Latest update of this page - 16/8/2010)
Embroidered Samplers
69 - Curnow - An impressive Sampler dated 1887, meticulously cross-stitched by Nellie Curnow in wool, which gives it a rather sumptuous effect - especially the large bowl of flowers. It was made during Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Year, but as well as featuring crowns and stars, Nellie chose to include Paul Pry, a character invented by John Poole for his comedy of the same name, introduced on stage in 1825 by the leading comic actor, John Liston. Paul Pry caught the public’s imagination, remaining popular, and being revived as late as the 1890’s. Several porcelain factories produced figures of him. Nellie was the sixth child of James W Curnow and his wife, Elizabeth. The family lived at Mawgan in Menage, in Cornwall, where James worked as a cordwainer. Nellie was already attending school when the 1881 census was prepared - she was four years old. This sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto raw silk, before being framed and glazed. £385
Postal History
67/82 Liskeard - 1825 - Letter noted 'Late W Rawles affairs'
from Benj. H Lynes (Liskeard). The address panel has been cut out, so the
addressee is not known. The letter refers to land sold to Mr Couche, a
visit by Lynes to Mr Rawle & his family at Plymouth, to Mrs Rawle & her
family here (Liskeard), and to 3 children Francis, Anne & Harriett, and
sends compliments to Mr & Mrs Wm Ward.
Written on 1 side of paper, signed by Benj. H Lynes - splits in 1 fold.
£6
Property, etc
84/40 Carharrick, Gwennap - 1915 - Sale of interest in property to Elizabeth Polmear
by Hon. Henry Walter Forbes - Trefusis (Porthgwidden Devoran).
Contains details of settlement in favour of Hon. Henry (as life tenant) and
mortgage of property involving Lord Clinton (Hon. Henry). Hon. Hugh,
Earl Fortescue and Sir Henry Yarde Buller Lopes (Devon) are party to the
agreement as Trustees, and Arthur Francis Forster (Lincolns Inn Fields, Middx) &
Miss Isabella Johnson (Ottershaw, Sy), as mortgagees.
Printed parchment booklet with manuscript insertions - small coloured location
plan - signed & sealed H W S Trefusis, Fortescue, Henry Y B
Lopes, A F Forster, Isabella Johnson. [see also 84/25]
£25
84/25 Carharrick, Gwennap - 1919 - Sale of 1/3 interest in property in
which she resides, to Elizabeth Polmear (Pelmear). The vendors include
Edmund Salwey Ford (Pengreep & Hyde Park Sq.) Lady Henrietta Vere
Bidlake (w/o Rev Arthur Bidlake, Taunton) James Arthur Ford (Pengreep)
who hold their interests under various family settlements. Includes schedule of
documents going back to Marriage Settlement of James Ford & Jane Frances
Nagle (1825).
Parchment - signed & sealed by E S Ford, H V Bidlake, J A Ford. [see
also 84/40]
£29
215/22 Feock - 1856 - Attested copy of Sale of Land by the Trustees (including William George Sandys of Bradford, Yorks) of the Marriage Settlement of Edward Davies Browne and Harriette Hill Sandys to The Cornwall Railway Coy. Harriett's maternal grandmother named Jane (Fameck?) Hall, also mentions William Sandys, Richard Hill Sandys & Augustus Browne. Property & lands k/a Carnon Treleiver - subject to 1822 Lease to John Tregoning. In 1856 Edward & Harriett lived in St. Marylebone, Middx. 5 sheets watermarked paper written 5 sides with ink and embossed duty stamps. Some small splits in folds, occasional underlining to text in blue. £28
215/24 Lanivet - 1897 - Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm by Robert Treneer Michell the younger (Devoran) to John Henry Retallack (Lanivet). Document includes an extensive list of Covenants to be observed by Retallack re maintenance & working of farm. Watermarked paper booklet of 8 pages, written 5¼ sides. Small holes in cover sheet, some pencil notes in margin. Signed by R. Treneer Michell, witnessed by Alice Michell (Devoran). £33
215/25 Lanivet - 1897 - Counterpart of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm by Robert Treneer Michell the younger (Devoran) to John Henry Retallack (Lanivet). Document includes an extensive list of Covenants to be observed by Retallack re maintenance & working of farm. Watermarked paper booklet of 8 pages, written 6¼ sides. Some blue crayon underlining to text. Signed by John H. Retallick, witnessed by James Retallick (Higher Woodley). Together with a copy letter from Michell offering a new lease, and a letter (1909) from & signed by John H. Retallick accepting the offer. £37
215/26 Lanivet - 1925 - Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm (occupied by John Henry Retallick) by Richard Harry Sampson (Bryngwilli, Pontardulais, Co Glamorgan) & John Messer Bennetts (Truro) [Executors of Robert Treneer Michell see 215/28] to Col. William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden (both of Bodmin). Document includes an extensive list of Covenants to be observed by Retallack re maintenance & working of farm. Paper booklet with typed text on 10½ sides + cover. Signed by R.H. Sampson & J Messer Bennetts witnessed by Roger M Sampson (Pontardulais) & J. F Stone (solr clk, Truro). £24
215/27 Lanivet - 1925 - Counterpart of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm (occupied by John Henry Retallick) by Richard Harry Sampson (Bryngwilli, Pontardulais, Co Glamorgan) & John Messer Bennetts (Truro) [Executors of Robert Treneer Michell see 215/28] to Col. William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden (both of Bodmin). Document includes an extensive list of Covenants to be observed by Retallack re maintenance & working of farm. Paper booklet with typed text on 10½ sides + cover. Signed by W. Arthur Bawden & Frank M M Bawden witnessed by Ernest W Gill (solr, Bodmin). £24
215/28 Lanivet - 1928 - Mortgage of Reversionary Interest in Treliggan & Tretoil Farm by Lieutenant Edward Dignum Treneer Michell (Plymouth) to John Messer Bennetts (Truro). Refers to Will of Edward's father (died 1913) - Robert Treneer Michell (Devoran) - Edward's mother Lilias Home Treneer Michell. Treliggan Farm (previously leased to John Henry Retallick now to William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden) is security for loan.. Paper booklet with typed text with manuscript insertions, on 8½ sides + cover, with large fold-out map (c 72cm x 50cm) based on 1881 Ordnance Survey map showing field numbers, woods, old mineshafts, etc. Signed by E.D. Treneer Michell, witnessed by H Naylor (solr, Truro) Some staining to map & document mainly due to movement of red ink used to outline lands on map & underline parts of document. Together with separate sheet of paper listing field numbers & acreages of lands. £28
215/29 Lanivet - 1935 - Duplicate Surrender of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm (Supplemental to lease of 1925 - see 215/26 & 27) by Col. William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden (both of Bodmin) to Lieutenant Edward Dignum Treneer Michell (Winchester). Large sheet paper folded in 2 & typed on 1 side. Signed by W. Arthur Bawden & F M M Bawden. £13
215/30 Lanivet - 1935 - Surrender of Lease of Treliggan & Tretoil Farm (Supplemental to lease of 1925 - see 215/26 & 27) by Col. William Arthur Bawden & Frank Melville Moyle Bawden (both of Bodmin) to Lieutenant Edward Dignum Treneer Michell (Winchester). Large sheet paper folded in 2 & typed on 1 side. Not signed, full date not completed. £10
84/26 Plainangwarry, Redruth - 1924 - Sale of property by Charles
Pearce to William Sedgman Penaluna (Penryn). Details of earlier
acquisition by Pearce from Abraham Delbridge in 1903.
Parchment -
signed & sealed by
Charles Pearce, witnessed by W Edgar Rowe (Auctioneer, Redruth). £
24
84/24 Redruth - 1903 - Redemption of Mortgage & Re-conveyance of
property in Chyandower & Trefula, Redruth by William Augustus Ferguson Davie
(formerly of South Kensington, now Crediton, Devon) to the Trustees of the Will
of Sir William Robert Williams. Refers to original Mortgage of 1893
granted by Sir John Davie Ferguson Davie, subsequent assignment & death
of Sir William Williams.
Parchment - signed & sealed by
W A Ferguson Davie, witnessed by E C Ferguson Davie (solicitor,
Strand, London). £26
130/33 St Just - 1827- Counterpart of Lease by Rev. Thomas Robyns (Marystow,
Devon) to John White (St Just, Penwith) of derelict property & land (Trewellard,
St Just) for lives of his 3 children - James about 21yrs, Melchezideck abt 18yrs
& Jane White abt 14yrs. Details of previous occupiers including Richard
Warren dec'd & adjoining landowners, contains a number of covenants re
working the land, mineral rights & construction of dwelling.
Parchment with rodent damage (to 1 corner when folded, resulting in some loss of
text in folds, when opened out) - signed & sealed by John White, witnessed
on reverse by Jno Reynolds & Jno Badcock. £42
84/23 Sithney - 1828 / 9 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at Westminster
in 9th year of reign of George IV, recording sale of property by
James and Frances Thomas Kempthorne to Johm Rogers.
Partially printed, with manuscript details - on parchment. £13
Wills, etc.
98/103 Culyer, Charles Scilly Isles, Cornwall - 1883
Beneficiary under the Will of his sister - for details see Norfolk page, Wills -
Culyer, Elizabeth.
171/133
Culyer, Robert - Penzance
(formerly
Dersingham, Norfolk
) - 1904
Probated copy of Will - late wife's sisters Alice S Newell, Rebecca
Clamp [her sons Henry & Thomas Clamp], Charlotte Kerridge [her daughter
Priscilla M Newson, nieces Jessie M & Fanny L
Cowtan, Eliza L Culyer, Elizabeth M Balkwell, nephew Charles
Culyer, gt nephew James King Frost. Alice (w/o Isaac Lack Robinson)
also beneficiary. Cottages in Swaffham.
12 page paper booklet written 6 sides. Together with a typed copy of the Exors
account with the life tenant [naming the tenants of property in Dersingham].
[see 171/70, Norfolk page - Ann Culyer] £21
215/21 Hugo, Miss Elizabeth - Feock - 1846
Near contemporary copy of Will & Codicil - cousin Daniell Hugo,
his children Juliana, Richard & Stephen Hugo. Servant Thomasine
Visack to whom she left house & annuity for life. 6 sheets paper
watermarked 1851, written 5 sides, some dusting to outer. £21
215/23 Simmons, Thomas - Feock - 1879
Copy of Will & Codicil - daughters Marian (w/o Robert Treneere Michell
of Feock), Elizabeth Coode
(w/o Charles James Bennetts of Tregony), Caroline Michell (w/o William
Frederick Hodge of Feock) & Jane Messer (w/o John Blamey (or Blainey)
of Falmouth). Named grandchildren John Messer Bennetts & Thomas Davey
Bennetts. Names various freehold estates left to children. 8 sheets
watermarked paper written 7 sides, occasional underlining to text. £18
190/1
Trehawke, John - Liskeard - 1776
Obligation Bond for £2000. For full details & price of document please see
my Berkshire page - Wills etc - Burt, William Matthew - Maiden
Earley
55/10 - 1776 - Lease for a year to John Trehawke (Liskeard) in connection with Mortgage of Lands in M Earley. For full details & price of document please see my Berkshire page - Property - Maiden Earley
90/15 Ward, Robert - Liskeard - dated 1801
Obligation Bond given by Amelia Ward, widow (Salhouse, Norfolk) to her son
Robert Ward re a sum of money to be paid to him after her death. Sheet
watermarked paper folded in 2, written 1 side with ink & embossed duty stamps.
Signed / sealed by Amelia, witnessed by Tho Blake &
Tho Blake jnr. Minor holes in some folds. £37