FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)
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(Latest update of this page - 1/2/2010)
Property, etc.
170/5 Ashby de la Zouche - 1860 - Sale by Stanley Pipe Wolferstan (Statfold) of outstanding mortgage & assignment of his interest in lands - Blythe Field / Meadow, Bromley Hurst signed /sealed by Wolferstan & Edward Mortimer Green (Ashby de la Zouche, as his Trustee) witnessed on reverse by H P Wolferstan (26th Cameronians) & Edward F Mammatt (clk, Green & Smith solr Ashby d l Z). Full details / price on my Staffordshire page - Property - Bromley Hurst
226/5 Birstall - 1792 - Obligation Bond given by Thomas Sibson (Birstall), son of late Edward Sibson, to James Page (Leicester) re loan advanced on the security of a cottage in Birstall acquired (& occupied) by Edward in 1765 from the heirs of John (Bass?). Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 2 sides. 1st paragraph pre-printed with manuscript details, ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed (twice) by Thomas Sibson, witnessed by Wm. (Manon? / Marson?) & Charles Day. £50
63/15 & 16 Eastthorpe - 1865 and 1868 - Brady Brocklesby (Billingborough, Lincs - now Eastthorpe) details of these documents under South Killingholme, in Lincolnshire.
123/9 Harborough - 1682 - Obligation Bond given by Frannncis Clarke (Harborough) to William Harvey (London), the Bond to be void if Clarke observes all the covenants in two Indentures between the parties. Parchment sheet approx 8"x 11", 1st (formal) section in Latin - standard practice until 1733. Signed/ sealed by Frannncis Clarke, witnessed by Wm Furlane, Giles Sturgis & William Allard. £75
224/25 Leicester - 1861 - Redemption of Mortgage by Richard Herbert (East Farndon) from Samuel Stephens Bankart & Samuel Waters (both Leicester) for The Leicestershire Banking Company. Refers to 1852 mortgage, Richard's father & grandfather were also named Richard. Brief details of the land at Great Oxendon & East Farndon, Northants . Large parchment sheet with decorative 1st 2 words incorporating Royal Coat of Arms. Signed / sealed by Saml S Bankart & Saml Waters. £46
146/12 Leicester - 1875 - Mortgage of windmill & other buildings in Lincolnshire by Thomas Turnell Cartwright (Leicester) to Elizabeth Griffen (Louth). For details & price, please see my Lincolnshire page - Property - North Somercotes
190/27 Little Glen - 1743 - Bond to Indemnify against non - payment of annuity charged upon lands by Thomas Poughfee (Leicester) to Shuckburgh Ashby (Melton Mobray). Refers to Will of Joseph Wilkins (Leicester) who left estate to cousins Richard Page, Peter Davye senr, Martha (w/o Abstinence Poughfer), Joseph Newton & Samuel Newton, Joseph Wilkins (Swinfen), sister Hannah Walbank (Burton u Trent, Staffs). Details of subsequent sales including acquisition of interest by Thomas Poughfer & sale of lands to Ashby. Large sheet paper written 1 side with ink & embossed Duty stamps. 'Mark' of Thomas Poughfer with wax seal, witnessed by Tho. Carter & Tho. Carter junr. [Will of Wilkin - see below at 54/1] £63
104/7 Loughborough - 1838 - Obligation Bond given by William Oldenshaw Henshaw to Henry Toone & John Farmer (all of Loughborough). Pre-printed sheet of paper - watermarked 1834 - folded in 2 - written on 1 side - ink manuscript details. Ink & embossed duty stamps - signed / sealed WO Henshaw + witness signature James Berridge. The reverse contains a note Signed by Tho Greensmith in 1843, & the other page, a note signed by Henry Toone in 1845. £36
224/22 - 1860 - Deed of Covenant by Joseph Nunnely (Market Harborough) to produce Title Deeds of plot of land at Little Bowden sold that day. Full details & price on my Northamptonshire page - Property - Little Bowden
84/182 Melton Mowbray - 1916 - Sale of property in
Hungerford Road, Islington by Walter Richard Greves (Rickmansworth) & Daisy (w/o
Humphrey Wheeler - Melton Mowbray) as exors of Seymour Walter Greves -
for details see Middlesex page - Property - 1916 - Islington.
Wills, etc.
54/7 Bettony, Samuel - Oadby -1854
Contemporary copy of Will. Estate left to 'reputed' son Samuel Clarke &
'reputed' daughter Eliza, wife of John Chamberlain. Refers to
unnamed brothers & sisters. Gives details of properties in Oadby. Written
on 2 sides of paper (watermarked 1847) - small taers in folds, not affecting
text. £24
98/59 Blunt, Miss Elizabeth -
Loughborough - 1823
Probated copy of Will. Properties left to niece Rebecca Taylor. 2 of the
witnesses were Sarah & Thos Blunt. Parchment - certificate of
Probate & wafer seal attached. £24
97/14 & 97/15 Boardman, Mr Lilly - Royal Hospital for
Seamen, Greenwich - 1759
Copy of Will - wife Sarah, son Richard. Refers to property in Barrow upon
Soar, Leics. For price & full details, please see my Kent page - Wills -
Boardman
211/29 Bown, Ann (widow) - Leicester - 1852
Attested
Copy of Probated Will - minor son William Bown, sisters Mary
& Sarah, brother Thomas (surnames not given), father & mother mentioned. This is
an extremely detailed Will, naming items in specific rooms of her home.
Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written 3 sides. Signed by Benj.
Newell & Weldon Underwood (clks to Stone Hazel, solr, Leicester). £27
118/27 Brewin, Arthur Ernest - Loughborough -
1919
Original Will - whole estate left to housekeeper Emily Carpmail. Sheet of paper,
folded in 2 and written on part of 1 side only & signed by Arthur Brewin,
witnessed by Richmond Lancaster (solr), Lilian Somerville (solrs clerk).
£20
97/22 Burrows, John - Wimeswold - (Will
dated 1783), proved 1790
Later, certified Copy of Will - wife Elizabeth, sons William,
John, Thomas, daughter Elizabeth (w/o John Morris). Properties
including Malt Office purchased from Robert Hawley - tenant G Kendall.
Mentions Marriage Settlement. 8 pages paper watermarked 1839 sewn together &
written 4½ sides signed by John Stockdale
Hardy (Registrar). £31
98/54 Burrows, Thomas - Wimeswold -
1800
Copy of Will - wife Rebecca, brothers William & John, sister
Elizabeth Morris, 9 nephews & nieces. 2 sheets paper watermarked 1834 -
original had been made in 1800. £22
54/4 Foster, James - St. Margarets,
Leicester - 1810
Probated copy of Will - beneficiaries Elizabeth Shuttlewood, daughter of
Robert & Lucretia Shuttlewood (Loughborough), and his nephew James Foster.
Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £22
98/60 Gibson, Richard - Barrow upon Soar -
1826
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary, children not named. Parchment -
certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £24
171/215 Sophia w/o Rev Richard Greaves - Lutterworth - 1821 - in father's Will. Full details & price on my Oxfordshire page - Wills - Wilson, William - Nether Worton.
97/19 Henshaw, Theophilus - Loughborough -
1764
Probated copy of Will - wife Elizabeth (refers to but doesn't name late wife)
children Elizabeth Belcher, Thomas & Sarah. Brother i law John Sowter
(Ashby de la Zouch). Properties & land in Loughboro'. (An 1836 note on reverse
states William Henshaw covenanted to produce Will.) Parchment (some
spotting / dusting) - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £46
98/61 Henshaw, Thomas - Loughborough -
1836
Probated copy of Will - beneficiaries nephew Thomas Greensmith &
William Oldershaw (k/a Henshaw). Details of property & land in Loughborough,
including a cottage in which John Nurse & his wife could live rent free,
for life. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £29
225/12 Johnson, Robert - Saxby - 1794 party to Bond (possibly as guarantor) for full details, please see my Lincolnshire page - Wills etc - Neale, William - Brant Broughton
98/58 Kirkland, John - Loughborough -
1823
Letters of Administration of Effects granted to enable Administrator, Richard
Renshaw (Nottingham), to dispose of land in East (Great) Leake, Notts. acquired
by Kirkland in 1767. Gives details of original Lease and location of land
by reference to numbers on Enclosure Award. Widow Anna died without
proving the Will. Parchment - wafer seal attached. £26
98/63 Lynes, John - Quorndon - 1856
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary, 4 daughters - Ann (w/o William
Dobson, America), Elizabeth (w/o George Bates), Emma (w/o William
Jamieson), Eliza M (w/o William Swain), granddaughter Ellen Lynes.
Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £28
54/5 Moore, Ann - Burton Overy - 1830
Letters of Administration granted to husband Thomas. Printed sheet
of watermarked paper with manuscript insertions with attached wafer seal
of Commissary Court. Some pencil notes on outside. £11
118/26 Morley, Henry - Loughborough -
1911
Typed copy of Will - names brothers Alfred , John, sisters
Harriett, Sarah Abbott, nephews/niece George H, Alfred,
Mary E Morley. Watermarked paper - signed by Owen J Taylor,
Commissioner for Oaths. £6
97/21 Movetty, Isaac - Loughborough -
1783
Copy of Will - son John, niece Ann Raven (her son Thomas
Harrison), other beneficiaries (relationship not stated) Benjamin
Raven (Loughborough), Isaac Movetty Wilborne (s/o Thomas Wilborne of
Hoby), William (s/o William Bakewell of Market Bosworth). 2 sheets
watermarked paper written 1½ sides. 2 small tears
in centre fold of 2nd sheet. £32
97/20 Oldershaw, Elizabeth (widow) -
Rothley - 1767
Later official short extract of Will - son James. Sheet watermarked paper
- written ½ side, signed by John
Stockdale Hardy (Registrar). £5
97/23 Oldershaw, James - Rothley -
1789
Short official extract from Will - only gives names of executors Joseph
Newbold & Thomas Paget, & date Administration granted. Sheet paper watermarked
1842, written ½ side,
signed by John Stockdale Hardy
(Registrar). £2
98/57 Pagett, Thomas - Rothley - 1821
Extract of part of Will - names wife Ann. Sheet of paper - watermarked 1824 -
folded double & written on 1 of the 4 resulting sides - signed by the Registrar.
Gives dates of Will & of Probate. £2
160/89 Pearson, Arthur Charles - Leicester 1917 - killed in
action - in France
Letters of Administration with typed copy of short Will attached - sister Amelia
Jane Pearson (Norwich). Paper - several company stamps on cover. Grant subject
to special War-time conditions, but 'annexed memo ' of these is missing. [see
also Norfolk page - Wills - 160/95 Pearson, Amelia Jane - 1924].
£13
54/1 Shipley / Shipely, John - Leicester - (1802)
Copy of Will - (original having been
made in 1789 and proved in 1797). Names wife Ann and
children John, Sarah, Ann & Lydia, mentions several properties
owned in Leicester.
8 sides of paper - watermarked 1800 - folded and sent as a letter
(with postal mark) to William Hudson (Leicester) by Jno Christie (London) on
24/5/1802. Copy of Will written on 6 sides, with brief signed note from
Christie, and the address panel on the other 2. £31
97/25 Sibson, Dorothy - Beaumont Leys -
dated 1796
Original Will - late brother Samuel Abell, daughter Ann (w/o
William Southernwood). Property in Mountsorrel. Sheet watermarked paper
folded in 2, written 2 sides, signed & sealed by Dorothy Sibson,
witnessed by Wm Southernwood (the elder), Michl Payne & H Gamble.
Apparently not proved. £52
54/3 Simpkin, William - Little Glen -
(died 1809)
Near contemporary copy of Will. Refers to Marriage Settlement and 'present
wife' Elizabeth, and children of that marriage - John, Sarah &
Ann plus children of former marriage Benjamin, Alice Painter & Elizabeth;
brothers John & Benjamin ; brothers in law Thomas Henton & William Ladbrooke;
properties in Little Glen, Thurmaston & Whetsome, and details of various
bequests.
8 sheets of paper watermarked 1819, written on 7 sides. £27
54/6 Spencer, George - Leicester - 1834/5
Probated copy of Will - wife Ann. Parchment - certificate of Probate &
wafer seal of Commissary Court attached. £21
97/24 Varnam, Mary (widow) - Loughborough
- 1794
Probated copy of Will - minor daughter Mary Mee (guardians Rev. Thomas
Hadwen (Loughborough) & John Starkey (Kegworth). Small parchment
sheet with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £35
98/55 Warner, Thomas - Leicester Abbey -1815
Probated copy of Will - wife Ann son Thomas, brothers William &
George, sisters Mary Tebbs, Hannah Woodruff, Elizabeth
Brooksby, aunt Mary Cowe. Parchment - certificate of
Probate & wafer seal attached. £29
98/55 Warner, Thomas - Leicester Abbey -1815
Extract of part of Will - names son Thomas. Sheet of paper - watermarked 1824 -
folded double & written on 1 of the 4 resulting sides - signed by the Deputy
Registrar. £2
97/17 Wilde, Matthew - Barrow upon Soar -
1726
Probated copy of Will - wife Johannas, sons Thomas, Matthew (each with
son Thomas), Bartin, William, daughters Elizabeth, Anne,
Hannah (w/o Thomas Croft - their daughter Isabella), gr daughter
Elizabeth Wilde. Properties in Barrow. 2 sheets watermarked paper, top
edge frayed, creased with several splits / tears mainly in folds - loss of odd
letter in text. Paper grant of Probate in Latin with wafer seal attached. [see
also 97/18] £48
97/18 Wilde, Matthew - Barrow upon Soar -
died 1726
Letters of Administration & copy of Will - wife Johannas, sons Thomas,
Matthew (each with son Thomas), Bartin, William, daughters Elizabeth,
Anne, Hannah (w/o Thomas Croft - their daughter Isabella), gr
daughter Elizabeth Wilde. Properties in Barrow. Parchment document with
wafer seal attached together with Letter of Administration on separate
sheet of paper (originally attd).Grant of Probate originally made to Johanna &
Bartin but both died leaving part of Estate unadministered. In 1761
Administration was granted to Bartin's daughter Dorothy (w/o John Thornton, Old
St. Sq. London, Middx). [see also 97/17] £54
54/1 Wilkin, Joseph - Leicester - (1720)
Contemporary ? copy of extremely interesting Will -(original having been
made in 1720). Joseph did not appear to have any surviving children, but this
document contains extensive Family History details - including sisters Anne Page
& Elizabeth Newton, late wife's brother Joseph Litchfield & his daughter
Sarah
Buxton, late wife's sisters Anne Robinson (Belper, Derbys.) & her 6 named
children, & Sarah Bailey ( Derbys.) plus cousins Peter Davye, Mary Hallaway
dec'd, Samuel King, Anne Lewis, Mary Markham (London), Joseph, Samuel, Thomas &
William Newton, Mary & Richard Page, Martha Poughfer, Anne Stinson, Hannah Wallbank (Burton upon Trent) &
Joseph Wilkins.
Paper - written on 5 + sides - edges frayed - large ?water stain, but text
perfectly clear and legible. [see 190/27 above - Little Glenn - 1743] £40