FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

Postal History   (in chronological order)

67/70 Lincolns Inn  - 1851 - Short letter - from Thos. Cooper (Lincolns Inn, London) to Messrs Bohun &  Rix,  (Beccles). Sheet of paper folded in 2 - written on 1 side &  signed by Thos Cooper - headed Parsons v (?) Suckling - a copy of Bohun & Rix's response on 2nd side -  3rd side used for address panel. Franks for London (indistinct) & Beccles.  £5

67/69 Lincolns Inn - 1868 - Short letter acknowledging receipt of documents - from W R Williams (Lincolns Inn, London) to Messrs Wilton & Shelly Rix, Solicitors,  (Beccles). Small sheet of paper - signed by W R Williams - separate piece of paper attached to form address panel - franked penny red stamp + 2 clear franks - London 25/SP/68, Beccles 26/SP/68.    £4

84/292 - 1681 - Lease by John Norden (Lincoln's Inn) son & heir of John Norden dec'd (Badbury)  of a dwelling house in Rowd, Wilts. Parchment - very decorative initial letter & further embellishments to top margin. Signed by Jo. Norden. Witness signatures  - Tho Hawkins,  Samel Wilkins (or Wickens),  Charles Danvers.   For full details, please see my Wiltshire page - Property - Rowd(e).

55/3 - 1705 Settlement made in connection with intended Marriage of William Lewis le Grand and Helena Southwell (both of London). Helena's late father was Sir Robert Southwell & (probably her brother) Rt Hon Edward Southwell (St Martins in the Fields, Middx). Both William & Helena were beneficiaries of their fathers Wills [William's father's name possibly Vaniellam]. Includes details of amounts to be transferred, administration & beneficiaries.  2 sheets of parchment, signed & sealed [with 6 different designs - some cracked / incomplete] by William & Helena and Edward Southwell, Justus Beck  & Thomas Guenault (both London), two Trustees. £110

55/4  - 1709 - Release of interest in Trust created under Act of Parliament to pay debts of Valentine Crome (Maiden Early, Berks). His parents were Valantine & Phillis Crome, and brother Lewis Crome. Gives details of Act, brief details of property, debts due to Gawin Birkhead dec'd taken to Court of Common Pleas [exors Peter Birkhead & Deborah Birkhead, widow] and Simon Biddulph who held a Bond, and how monies to be applied. Henry Cartwright (St Martins in the Fields, Middx) & Francis Hayes (Inner Temple, London) are party to the agreement as Trustees. Sheet of parchment with decorative first 2 words incorporating Royal Coat of Arms, signed / sealed Hen. Cartwright, witnessed on reverse by G Wodes, Tho Stone & Tho Bubb.  £92

55/6  - 1709 - Agreement for sale of Manor & Lordship of  Maiden Early by Francis Hayes (Inner Temple, London) as Trustee for  Valentine Crome (the younger)  to William Lewis le Grand (St James, Westminster). Full details & price on my Berkshire page - Property -  Maiden Early, Sonning

190/32 - 1724 - Obligation Bond given by Thomas Gwillim (Hackney) to Phillip Gwillim (London) - for details / price, see Middlesex page, property.

84/41 - 1739 - Disposal of property by William Blythman Adamson (The Temple, London), son & heir of Robert Adamson (Durham), &  Exors of Will of  Robert Adamson - for details, see Durham page, property - Durham

190/30 1759 - Obligation Bond given by Henry Chester Wynter (Chancery Lane) to John Bedford (Warwick Court),  briefly mentions  Indenture of 1757 with 3 later endorsements. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 1 side, embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Wynter, witnessed by Jno Runington & Wm Dobbs.  £42

84/160  - Attested copy of Deed of Covenant made by   Richard  Clarke (St John, Wapping) in 1760.  Lists 12 documents going back to 1726 Indenture of Demise by Rebecca ffossey (Stepney),  her 2 sons William Fossey (St Olave, Southwark),  Joseph Fossey (St Sepulchre's, London) & daughters - Rebecca (w/o George Clerke of London),  Deborah (w/o George Woodale of St Andrews, Holborn),  the remainder of the documents referred to, relate to transactions involving the ffossey family ,  and to John Peacock (London), his son John Peacock (Reading, Berks) & James  Peacock (Lambeth). For details see Middlesex page - Property -  St George  - 1760

84/146 - 1764 - Attested copy of Lease for a year (being 1st part of a Lease & Release relating to the Sale of Property) by the assignees of the estate of Burkitt Fenn (Cornhill, London) a bankrupt, to Henry & Thomas Rogerson (both Swithins Lane, London). The properties located in Sudbury & Wallingfield, Suffolk - details of the occupiers (including William Archer, Christopher Bourney, John Berry,  James Sparkes).
2 sheets watermarked paper + cover sheet. Copy made 1794 - signed by Jno Adolphus (Strand) & Edmd Adolphus (his clerk).  £36

84/259 - 1764 - Attested copy of Release  (being 2nd part of a Lease & Release relating to the Sale of Property) by the assignees of the estate of Burkitt Fenn (Cornhill, London) a bankrupt, to Henry & Thomas Rogerson (both Swithins Lane, London). The properties located in Sudbury,  Suffolk - purchased at auction.
5 sheets watermarked paper - small holes in folds of some sheets. Copy made 1794 - signed by Jno Adolphus (Strand) & Edmd Adolphus (his clerk).  £37

84/147 - 1764 - Attested copy of Lease for a year (being 1st part of a Lease & Release relating to the Sale of Property) by  Henry & Thomas Rogerson (both Swithins Lane, London), Thomas was trustee for Henry to Thomas Greive (Swithins Lane). The properties located in Sudbury & Wallingfield, Suffolk - details of the occupiers (including William Archer, Christopher Bourney, John Berry,  James Sparkes), and the annual rents receivable.
1+ sides watermarked paper + cover sheet. Copy made 1794 - signed by Jno Adolphus (Strand) & Edmd Adolphus ( clerk to John Adolphus).  £36

84/148 - 1764 - Attested copy of Release (being 2nd part of a Lease & Release relating to the Sale of Property) by  Henry & Thomas Rogerson (both Swithins Lane, London),Thomas was trustee for Henry to Thomas Greive (Swithins Lane). The properties located in Sudbury & Wallingfield, Suffolk - details of the occupiers (including William Archer, Christopher Bourney, John Berry,  James Sparkes), and the annual rents receivable.
4 sides watermarked paper + cover sheet. Copy made 1794 - signed by Jno Adolphus (Strand) & Edmd Adolphus (clerk to John Adolphus).  £36

84/149 - 1768 - Attested copy of Lease  (being 1st part of a Lease & Release relating to the Sale of Property) by   Thomas Greive (Swithins Lane), to Solomon Henry (Swithins Lane) The properties located in Sudbury & Wallingfield, Suffolk - details of the occupiers (including Samuel Hassell, Samuel Smith, Thomas Goodwin, William Sherman, Christopher Bourney, John Berry,  James Sparkes), and the annual rents receivable.
1+ sides watermarked paper + cover sheet. Copy made 1794 - signed by Jno Adolphus (Strand) & Edmd Adolphus ( clerk to J Adolphus).  £36

84/260 - 1768 - Attested copy of Release  (being 2nd part of a Lease & Release relating to the Sale of Property) by   Thomas Greive (Swithins Lane), to Solomon Henry (Swithins Lane) The properties located in Sudbury, Suffolk - details of the properties, occupiers & former owners.
3+ sides watermarked paper + cover sheet. Copy made 1794 - signed by Jno Adolphus (Strand) & Edmd Adolphus ( clerk to J Adolphus). [see 84/263 - 1794, below] £37

84/206  - 1767 - Attested copy of Lease & Release for Sale of Land by Joseph Jordan (London), for details see Somerset page - Property -  Shepton Mallet

105/10  -  1772 - Arbitration Award, the arbitrators were John Popham (New Inn, London) and William Prockter Thomas (Wellington), the document gives the details of their decision.  Large sheet paper signed / sealed J N Popham & W P Thomas, witnessed Abm Shorland. For details see Somerset page - Wills - Prockter, John - Henlade

190/1  - 1776 - Obligation Bond  for £2000 witnessed by Tho Graham & James Graham (both Lincolns Inn). For full details & price of document please see my Berkshire page - Wills etc -  Burt, William Matthew - Maiden Earley
 

68/6 Wimbourne Minster - 1777 - Lease of Property from Manor of Kingston Lacy to William Thorne. Lease granted by John Wynne and William Wynne (both of London) as trustees of Henry Bankes, Kingston Hall, minor.
Paper Indenture with several very small tears in folds - signed and sealed by John Wynne and William Wynne. Details of original Lease 1733 and 3 generations of Thorne family - other family names, Cane and Hayward (see also 68/7 and 68/8 below).  £51

84/114 1780 - William Curteis (London),  George Jemmett (London) - for details see Kent page - property -  Isle of Oxney - 1780 - Attested copy extract of Release in Trust.

84/115   1786  Jeremiah Curteis (London) as Trustee -  for details see Kent page - property - High Halden - 1786 - Attested copy of Lease

84/263 - 1794 - Near contemporary copy of Lease & Release  for the Sale of Property by Solomon Henry (New Basinghall St.) to Samuel Moulton the elder (Sudbury). The properties located in Sudbury, Suffolk - details of the properties & occupiers.
5 sheets  paper - watermarked 1806. [see 84/260 1768, above]  £35

60/52 - 1799 - Letter from Joseph Salt (9, Bucklersbury, London) addressed to Mr Carwardine (Ledbury, Herefdsh.) enquiring what action has to be taken to transfer property held from the Manor of Ledbury Forren, to Mrs Salt. Details of former ownership by John Lane, & members of the Lane family, and includes a copy of the reply to Salt by the Steward to the Manor - W Holbrook (in his hand).
Sheet of watermarked paper, folded in two & written on all 4 sides.   £28

60/53 - 1800 - Letter from S. Frampton (? in  London) addressed to Mr Holbrook (Ledbury, Herefdsh.). Refers to ? task / favour Holbrook had asked him to undertake which will involve someone speaking to Bishop of London, his state of health, & financial circumstances.
Sheet of watermarked paper folded in two, and written on 2 of the sides, with the address panel on the 3rd side - in Frampton's hand - with a circular post stamp.   £18

54/1 - 1802 - Letter  (with postal mark) to William Hudson (Leicester) by Jno Christie (London) on 24/5/1802. For details, see Leicestershire page, under Wills etc - Shipley, John.

162/4  - 1802 - Lease for a year by Miss Susanna Tucker (Barnstaple) to Henry Cooke (Ely Place, London). [see also 162/24 1836, below]  For full details & price, see my Devon page - Property - Bishops Tawton

105/22 & 23  - 1803 - Redemption of Mortgage secured on Copyhold lands ) from the Exors of   Henry Merewether (Calne) - witnesses include Henry A Merewether (Inner Temple, London) For full details & price, see my Wiltshire page - Property - Corsham

48/74  - 1803 - Letter from Mary Redding (London) to her father Richard Redding at Walford, Herefordsh.. Mentions  a sister, and the Deeds and Loan outstanding on the security of a property.
The second page contains (? a solicitor's) notes detailing a property to be sold to John Morris (Kinstone). The letter with indistinct postmark, is signed by Mary Redding at Mr Martins Black Horse near the Hay Market.  [see also 48/73 and 75 in Herefordsh.]   £12

84/66 - 1816 - Attested copy (made 1820) of Appointment of Trustees in Bankruptcy - Edward Prosser (Lawrence Lane, London), William Farrar (Cheapside, London) - of William Clavey Brown  (Stonehouse, Glos) and John Tozer (Bishopsgate St, London) trading as John Tozer & Co. Contains details of Bankruptcy.
5 sheets paper (watermarked 1816 & 1819) written on 4 sides - impressed duty stamps. £26

60/55  - 1819 - Letter from John Biddulph (Charing Cross, London.) addressed  to Sam. Rickards (Solr. Ledbury, Herefdsh.) written on behalf of Rev. Thos. Dean who was involved with a school.  It mentions troubles with Mr. Goodman.
Sheet of paper - watermarked 1813 - folded in two, and written on 1 1/2 of the sides, with the address on the 3rd side. Small loss of paper - not affecting text - where folded and sealed as a letter. Signed by John Biddulph.   £14

90/11 1820 - Obligation Bond given by Percy Fraser (Somerset Place) to John Maude & Thomas Maude (Westminster) re payment to be made following the deaths of Percy & his wife The Hon Elizabeth Lucy Fraser. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 2 sides; 1st section pre-printed with manuscript details, embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Percy, witnessed by Henry Legge (Lincoln's Inn) & Rob? Middleton (Manor House, Chelsea).  Includes acknowledgement of receipt  by Charles William Hallett & Marmaduke Robinson (both signed) the exors of John & Thomas Maude, witnessed by Chas Bedford (Solr Westminster) of payment by Charles Fraser exor of Percy.  £38

64/70 - 1822 - Richard Beverstone Howell of London..... for details see Gloucestershire page under Property - Bristol / St. Paul & St. James.

84/267  - 1823 - Agreement for purchase of messuage & garden by Thomas Smith (Sudbury) from William Moulton (Portland St. London). The property in Sudbury,  for details see my Suffolk page - Property - Sudbury.

84/287  - 1824 - Deed of Appointment for annual annuity between James Le Vavasseur (Cheapside, London) and Harriot Husbands (Brighton). Henry Martin (Fitzroy Square) party to agreement as agent.  Details of annual annuity to be sold to Husbands - being secured on property.  Witness signatures on reverse - Chas Carrow (Spitalfields),  John Hodgson jnr (Craven Street) -  full details & price of document on my Middlesex page - Property - Mile End Old Town - 1824.

84/55  - 1829 - Contract between Westminster Abbey & Thomas Curtis the elder & Thomas Curtis the younger (Broadway, Stratford Green, Essex) for the construction of a new house within the Collegiate Church Close.
Sheet of watermarked paper, folded in 2 - written on 2+ sides - some dusting to reverse - small holes & staining in folds. Signed by George Giles Vincent (Chapter clerk of the Collegiate Church ) & Thos Curtis, Jnr, witnessed by Henry Stevens (clerk to Mr Vincent).   £38

48/83 - 1832 - Sworn affidavit by John Cooke (Ross) concerning a Mortgage advanced to Kingsmill Evans (Walford) by the late William Morgan (Kings Caple) in 1814 - his widow was Sarah Morgan.
Details of original Mortgage, Assignment to William Powell (Shoemakers Row, London) and subsequent repayment and proposed Sale of property to John Partridge.  Paper - watermarked 1832 - signed by Jno Cooke.   £24

62/7  - 1837 -Mortgage of Property in Bishopwearmouth  to Ralph Fenwick, London by Thomas Laws, Bishopwearmouth / Easington
3 sheets  Parchment - signed and sealed by Thomas Laws, also signed by witness, John Kidson, solicitor, Sunderland. Refers to other members of the Laws family and earlier Deeds. Also mentions - Bygate, Clark, Emerson, Heard, Hill, Hudson, Jurdison, Robinson, Robson, Rollins, Shepherd, Walsh, Williams, Williamson.  £48

84/282  - 1878 - Mortgage between George James Holton & the Temperance Building Society (London), secured on various properties in Cuthill Road, Camberwell. - large ink stamped seal of Society, witnessed by Richd Roscoe (solicitor, Bedford Row).   Details of the document & price are on my Surrey page - Property - Denmark Hill, Camberwell.

146/12  -1882  - Mortgage  of windmill & other buildings by Thomas Turnell Cartwright (Leicester) to Elizabeth Griffen (Louth)  assigned - on the reverse - in 1882  to Mary Holmes Fowler (Russell Square, London). Details & price of this document on my Lincolnshire page - Property -  North Somercotes - 1875
 

84/168 - 1882 - Lease of Premises adjoining the Golden Lion Inn, Edmonton, by Charlotte Maria Ainsley from John Abraham Barber (Bayswater) & Thomas Porteen Smith (Cornhill, London). For details see Middlesex page - Property

84/169  - 1882 - Lease of Premises adjoining the Golden Lion Inn, Edmonton, by Charlotte Maria Ainsley from John Abraham Barber (Bayswater) & Thomas Porteen Smith (Cornhill, London). For details see Middlesex page - Property

84/75 - 1886 - Mortgage of residuary interest in the Horseshoe Inn,  Mangotsfield, Glos.  to William Henry Saunders  (Haymarket, London). Details on Gloucestershire page - Property - Mangotsfield.

10/14 - 1886 - South Kensington - Auction Particulars for 6 new houses (4 partially complete) in Gledhow Gardens (No's 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31) - constructed in Queen Anne style - sold by order of the Mortgagees.
6 page printed booklet c. 16"x 10" with some small tears & dusting to folds & edges. Contains conditions of sale & a description of the properties. The two finished are leased to F H Baxendale & Major Egbert William Cooper.  £16

84/171 -  1889 - mortgage of Properties by Henry John Phillips (Tottenham, Middx) to the Temperence Permenant Building Society (London). For details see Middlesex page -Property - Upper Holloway .

84/141   - 1890 - Assignment of 999 year Lease on property in Preston - by William Caton Thompson (Kensington)  For details see Lancashire page - Property - Preston - 1890

84/242 - 1891- Supplemental Deed for issue of further debentures by The Bath Brewery Ltd. Agreement between Hon Charles Spencer Canning Boyle (Viscount Dungarvan of Frome) - signed / sealed by Dungarvan (witnessed by Thomas Stycke, valet, London),  details on my Somerset page - Property etc - Bath - 1891

60/89 - 1892 - Mortgage to Thomas Preston Beevor of Paddington.  For details see Herefordshire page - Property - Walford - 1884.

84/121 - 1892 Abstract of Title to land in Kent. Court Orders for sale of properties & apportionment of proceeds to mortgagees - George Summers (Great Tower St.), John Howard Walker (Muscovy Ct.) amongst others. Edward Cane (GPO London) also mentioned. For details see Kent page  Forest Hill, nr Lewisham.

84/172  - 1892 Conveyance & Merger of Impropriate Tithe Rent charge of Land by Exors - Major General Edward Harding Steward (Horsham, Sussex),  Frederick William Steward  & George Ernest Steward (both of Lincolm's Inn) - of Will of Samuel Steward (dec'd) of Lincoln's Inn to William Bennett Fordham (Hendon). For details see Middlesex page - Property - Hendon.

105/41 - 1893 Assignment (Sale) of Reversionary interest &  life assurance policies  by Sydney Hallett to the City Assets Company Ltd (Q. Victoria St, London).  Details & price on my Surrey page - Wills, etc - Hallett

146/14  - 1893 - Transfer of Mortgage by Mary Holmes Fowler (Russell Square, London)  Details of  assignment to Fowler in 1882, see above. Details & price of this document on my Lincolnshire page - Property -  North Somercotes

105/31 - 1893 - Lease of house in Castellain Rd, Paddington  by John Lawrence Longstaffe (London) to Miss Ellin Parry (Paddington). Includes details of various covenants & conditions. A note on cover shows that it was surrendered in 1921 following her death. 6 page paper booklet written 3¼ sides with pencil notes, signed by Longstaffe.  £33

84/304  - 1894 - Sale of lands by Ernest Alfred Tucker  as life tenant of estate of Henry Tucker (Bourton Hse + London).  Some details of Will of Henry Tucker & death of his wife Elizabeth -signed/sealed by Ernest Tucker  also by the Trustees of the Will, Edmund Willett,  James Hambleton King & John Godfrey Baumbach (both London)  For full details & price please turn to my Wiltshire page - Property -  Upper Stratton

84/130  1894 - Sale by Christopher Miskin of plot of land to John Wells (Oxford St, London).  For details see Hertfordshire page - St Albans - 1894

84/124  - 1895 - Papers relating to properties owned by William Watkins (Catford) including a Receipt signed over penny lilac stamp, by Henry H Mundy  (Wood St. London) for 1/2 costs of building wall & installing drains, with a small slip with calculation of costs. For details see Kent page - Property -  Forest Rd & Kilmorie Rd, Lewisham 1896.

150/35 1895 - Deed of Covenant by John Burder Squire Somers (Belsize Park, London).  Details & price of this document on my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney - 1895

150/36  1895 - Surrender by John Burder Squire Somers (London) of lands held of the manor.  Details & price of this document on my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney - 1895

150/37 1895 - Abstract of Title of John Burder Squire Somers (Belsize Park, London) to copyhold land at Hailey.  Details & price of this document on my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney - 1895

105/32 1896 - Lease of shooting & sporting rights on the Cromer Hall Estate, Norfolk by Margaret Bond Cabbell, widow (Cadogan Sq,  London), Edward Eyre Greenwell (Lime St, London) & Evelyn Bond Cabbell (Cromer Hall) to John Henry Buxton (Hunsdon Bury, Ware, Herts). Conditions to be met by Buxton with the rights which cover 1400 acres in several parishes.  Large sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 3 sides, signed by both Cabbells & Greenwell, witnesses include William Shingles (Cromer).  £32

64/89 - 1898 - Further Mortgage by William Maples & Edmund Thomas Moore Teesdale (both of Fredericks Place, Old Jewry, London) for details see Gloucestershire page under Bristol.

84/125 - 1899 - Statutory Declaration made by Thomas George Wharton (Ironmonger Lane, London) concerning properties he owns  which he's contracted to sell to Emma Sarah, George, & Edward James Spicer (all of Kensington).  For details see Kent page - Property - Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1899

84/174  - 1900 - Sale of land by William Bennett Fordham (Hendon) to Arthur Garstin (London). For details se Middlesex page - property - 1900 -  Hendon

84/127 Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1902 - Sale of Land. For details see Kent page - Property -  Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1902

84/24  - 1903 - Redemption of Mortgage & Re-conveyance of property in Redruth, Cornwall  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

130/74 - 1904 - Lease of the Beauclerk Arms, Winchfield   by Frederick Edward Beauclerk (S. Kensington, London)  For full details see Hampshire page - Property - Winchfield

84/128 Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1905 - Sale of Land by  Alfred John Geeves to Florence Maud E (w/o Cecil Earnshaw) refers to earlier Lease of property by Florence (then) Partridge, spinster. For details see Kent page - Property -  Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1905.

84/129 Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1905 - Mortgage of Properties by   Florence Maud E (w/o Cecil Earnshaw)  to Henry Bayliss Worrell (Coleman St, London). For details see Kent page - Property -  Forest Hill, nr Lewisham - 1905.

84/283  - 1906 - Deed of Exchange between Carshalton Central Estate Ltd (Brixton Rd, London) & Cuthbert Lindsay Ring (Sutton, Sy). Details of Culvers Farm, Carshalton, leased by Ring - full details & price of this document on my Surrey page - Property - Carshalton.

10/11 Farringdon Street (22, 23, 24 & 25), Wheatsheaf Yard & Bear Alley (part of) - 1906 - Auction Particulars for sale.
Printed sheet, approx 11"x 17" when folded in 2, with brief description of property & conditions of sale, incorporating a coloured folding plan approx 22"x 18". Some small splits in fold of document.  £18

 150/50  - 1906 - Admission of Trustees - Frank Hyde (Mincing Lane, London),  Samuel Shuffrey (Woodgreen, Witney) of Will of Edward Hyde dec'd to lands held of the manor. Details & price of this document on my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey

150/52  - 1907 - Deed of Enfranchisement of copyhold land held by Trustees - Frank Hyde (Mincing Lane, London),  Samuel Shuffrey (Woodgreen, Witney) of Will of Edward Hyde dec'd . Signed/sealed a) "Marlborough" by Charles Richard John, Duke of Marlborough, b) by Mackworth Bulkley Praed (Strand, Middx), c) by Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest (Arlington St. London), witnessed by Selwyn Davies (Roehampton)  Details & price of this document on my Oxfordshire page - Property - Northleigh

10/16 Portland Place (3 Devonshire Terrace) - 1909 Auction Particulars & Memorandum Sale Agreement. Property purchased by Bessie Clapperton, Welbeck Street from attorneys for Elizabeth Reid, Lady Hope of Buccleuch House, Richmond.
4 page printed booklet c. 16"x 10" - some tears in folds and slight dusting to outside.  £14

103/30 1910 - Mortgage of properties in Cheshire by Henry Jackson to Thomas Tellwright. The  Redemption of the Mortgage by Henry's son  from the Trustees of the Will of Thomas Tellwright in 1910 is on the reverse.
 Redemption signed/sealed by the Trustees of  Thomas Tellwright -  Albert Wynne Waring (witnessed by Gerald Childs Jeeves - both of 3 Bucklersbury Poultry, London) - in 1910. For full details & price of this document please see my Cheshire page - Property -  Congleton - 1896

84/248 Release dated 1911 of Trustees of Will. Details of Will - Mother Jane, sister Lavina (w/o Francis Reed), nephews include Francis Stephen Reed (London). For details see my Somerset page - under Wills - Reed, Charles - Weston Zoyland - (died 1886)

84/284 - 1912 - Abstract of Title of William James Everett to property in Bonham Road. Goes back to original Lease granted in 1875  - several other owners include 'Bulwark Land & House Co Ltd' (Basinghall St, London) - William Snowden Gard & William Garrard Snowden Gard,- for full details of this document, and price, please see my Surrey page - Property -  Brixton
 

84/62 - 1912 /13 - Agreement by James Wilfred Ward (t/a Ward & Co), Camberwell Road - to sell to Samuel Waters (Forest Gate, Essex) his stock, fixtures & fittings in exchange for debt Ward owes Waters. Includes a schedule of the stk & fixtures. Part of the document relates to the sale of the stock & fixtures by Waters to Edward John Smith, Upper Holloway (t/a Messrs Hillman Boatman & Co).
Paper - signed James Wilfred Ward,  S Waters & witnessed S J Waters (Aldersgate St.).  £26

84/152 - 1913 - 'Mortgage' by James Wilfred Ward (Camberwell ), to Edward John Smith, (Upper Holloway) of "Chattels & Things". Includes details of the Chattels in the bedroom, Dining Room, & Kitchen - on the cover, 'Mortgage' is deleted & replaced with 'Bill of Sale'. 
Sheet of watermarked paper folded in 2 & typed on 2+ sides. Several small holes in central fold - not affecting text. Signed by Ward.  £23

84/153 - 1913 - 'Mortgage' by James Wilfred Ward (Camberwell ), to Edward John Smith, (Upper Holloway) of his life interest under his father's Will. Some details of Will of Alfred Ward (other children Edith A (w/o William Bevan of Wallington, Sy), & Alfred E Ward) includes the properties in which he had a life interest.
Sheet of watermarked paper folded in 2 & typed on 3 sides. Several small holes in central fold - not affecting text. Signed by Ward. 
Together with 2 solicitors letters - fraying to 1 edge of each - confirming no known previous mortgage of life interest, & a signed statement by J W Ward confirming the amount he owes Hillman Boatman & Co (Redcross St, London).  £26

162/28  (2nd Indenture - on reverse) dated 1915 re sale of the property by the exors of Mary Willshire to the Barnstaple Town Council, signed / sealed by the exors Mary Elizabeth Brewer (Cambridge St, London) [witnessed by William K Brewer, Finchley Rd London] & J H L Brewer (Barnstaple)- for full details & price, please see my Devon page - property -  Barnstaple - 1852

84/40  - 1915 - Sale of  interest in property in Carharrick, Gwennap Cornwall to Elizabeth Polmear by Hon. Henry Walter Forbes - Trefusis (Porthgwidden Devoran).   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. For details see Cornwall page - property - Carharrick, Gwennap

84/182   - 1916 - Sale of  property in Hungerford Road, Islington by Walter Richard Greves (Rickmansworth) & Daisy (w/o Humphrey Wheeler - Melton Mowbray, Leics) as exors of Seymour Walter Greves, to Thomas Henry Wilson (Cheapside) - for details see Middlesex page - Property - 1916 - Islington.

84/7 Westminster - 1917 - Letter from William Beattie (Pluming & Drainage Specialist), Westminster, to Col. A Gleadowe Newcomen, Sunninghill, Berks  concerning dispute over bill for work by Beattie. Typed letter on headed notepaper signed by William Beattie.  £7

10/17 Grays Inn Road - 1917 - Auction particulars for sale of 4 & 5 Regent Square. Sheet of paper folded in 2 to make a booklet c. 8"x 13" containing a description of the properties & the conditions of sale.  £12

84/25  - 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.)   interest held  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.  For details see Cornwall page - property - Carharrick, Gwennap

54/1 Mary Markham (London)  - (1720)
Beneficiary of Will of Joseph Wilkin - for details see Leicestershire page.

64/2  Original Will of  Ann Beckett - St. Pauls, Gloucester - 1816 - 4 sheets of paper plus cover, small tears in folds - signed and sealed by Ann Beckett. 3 witnesses. Gives names of husband - Charles, mother - Alice Greenwood. Refers to mother's Will and property owned by mother. Does not name any children, but mentions uncle - Job Jenkins and cousin - William Jenkins both shoemakers (London) and cousin - Elizabeth, wife of George Warr, shoemaker (Bristol). £49

171/215 Wilson, William - Nether Worton, Oxon  (previously Milk St, London) - 1821
Office Copy of Will & codicils - brothers John Wilson, Thomas (Hampstead), late Stephen Wilson (h/o Jane, their children Jane, Ann, Mary, Susanna & Fletcher Wilson), sons Rev William &  Joseph Wilson, daughters Ann (w/o Rev Daniel Wilson  (Islington) - their children Daniel & John), Selina  (w/o Rev John Davies), Charlotte  (w/o Rev Charles Wetherell  (Byfield, Northants),  Sophia ( (w/o Rev Richard Greaves  (Lutterworth, Leics. & Lower Tooting, Sy.), Eliza Wilson. 2 exors named John Wilson the elder & Thomas Wilson (both Islington). Cousins Margaret Gould (Nether Worton?), Mary Gould (Ashbourne, Dby.), nephew Ambrose Moore, niece Mary Ann Hickson.  Assets include Manors & lands in several places in Oxon, advowsons of several churches; warehouses, dwelling & counting house in Bow Lane, London.  40 sheets watermarked paper sewn together, written 72 of 80 sides. Small damp stain to last few pages.  £45

160/5 Newson, William - Coleman Street - died 1852
Letters of Administration dated 1862 - mother Mary, brother Henry Newson. Small sheet parchment with wafer seal attached. £7

171/19  Original Will -dated 1859. Signed  by  witnesses incl  brother Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (Brick Lane, London) -  for details & price of this, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Buxton, Samuel Gurney - Cromer & Trinity College Cambridge)

98/136 Goodchild, John E - London  - 1860 - included in father's Will, for details see Suffolk page - Goodchild, John - Ipswich 

171/20  - 1869  Israel Mark Wade (Upper Holloway) & William Wade (Wharton St, London) - beneficiaries of their father's Will. For full details & price of this document please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Wade, William - Thorpe, Norwich

118/40  1870 - Mary A wife of Thomas Manning (London), in Will  - for details see Norfolk page -  Bilham, James - Cromer. 

171/25  Hanson, A  - 1871 - signed a letter from the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, requesting the submission of the Estate accounts - for details see Norfolk page - Wills -  Pigg, Edmund Banks - Norwich
 

118/12 Collyer   c. 1873?
Copy of Will & 3 codicils of James Nicholson Collyer of Hurworth, Co Durham -  brother  Joseph Collyer. Nephews James (Ware, Herts),  Joseph H,  Edward W,  Robert & niece Emily M (all Bedford Sq. London).
Together with certified copies (made 1873) of a) Death Certificate of Dorothy Collyer w/o Joseph Collyer (Middx) died 1851.
b) Burial Certificate of James Collyer .  For details see Durham page - Wills.

150/21 - 1876 - Admission of John Early (Wood Green, Witney), John Vanner,  James Englebert Vanner (both of Coleman St, London)  to copyhold lands at New Yatt held of the manor of Witney. For full details and price of this document please see my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney

150/22  - 1879 - Power of Attorney given by John Vanner,  James Englebert Vanner (both of Coleman St, London)  Trustees of Will of John Early  to surrender lands.  For full details and price of this document please see my Oxfordshire page - Property - Hailey, Witney

48/189 Mathews, John Hubbersty - Deal - Died 1886
Certified copy of Death Certificate issued 1890 - names widow, Marianne (Cavendish Sq. London).  £6

54/8 Alexander, Rev. William Burton -  Bloomsbury Square, London (and  Crathie, Aberdeenshire) - 1892
Probated copy of Will - names wife Mary Tucker (or Alexander). Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached, and some company stamps.  Heavy damp staining & creasing throughout, & outside dusty.   £8

98/113 Burton, Isaac -  Belgrave, London / Runton, Norfolk - 1895
Letters of Administration granted to father William. Small printed parchment document with manuscript insertions - wafer seal attached. Company stamps on reverse.   £4

84/280 Harding, Jane - 1898
Degree Certificate awarded by University of London. Pre-printed paper with manuscript insertions, facsimile of signature of F Victor Dickins (Registrar) - small areas of light (damp?) stain.  £5

98/69 Livingstone, Mrs Jane Mary (widow) - Sydenham Park - 1899
Copy of Will - sons Frederick Henry,  Arthur William,  daughters Fanny C,  Mrs Jane Mary (w/o Thomas Livingstone),  Isabel C (w/o William T Folks),  Annie F (w/o Dr Ballachey),  granddaughter Dorothy Husluck. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached - a number of company stamps on reverse. A separate note contains details of disposal by Henry Livingstone of his interest in the Trust Fund (to Stanley & Kenneth G Livingstone).  £18

160/34 Pain, Euphemia, widow of John Pain - Upper Holloway, London - 1892 - mentioned in relatives Will.  For full details & price, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Pain, John Harold - Knapton

171/228 Kent, Arthur - Buckingham Palace Rd, 1898  - grandson?  of Walker. For full details & price, please see my Yorkshire page - Wills - Walker, Charles - York - 1879

171/95 Sister's godson William Girling (Tavistock Square, London), included in Will -  for details see Norfolk page - Wills - Rumble, Mary - widow - Heigham, Norwich - 1899

171/102 Cowlan, Fanny Louisa (Miss) - Maitland Park, London - dated 1900
Short Original Will - sister Jessie Mary Cowlan. Sheet watermarked paper - written 1 side only, signed by Fanny Louisa Cowlan, witness signatures W G Snowdon Gard (solr Gresham Bdgs, London), & Herbert G Gard (solr clerk). Will not proved - envelope marked "Cancelled". £22

171/248 Corke, Selina Helen - Overstrand - dated 1903 - Original Will - husband Benjamin Corke, children not named, brother Gordon Lumsdaine Simpson (London). 2 sheets watermarked paper each signed by Selina H Cork, witnessed by Harvard Noel Bridgwater & A C Elliott. [see also 98/110 Simpson, Forster George - Overstrand, Norfolk - 1892 Letters of Administration granted to widow, Selina H. ] . £32

118/16  1905 Probate with copy of Will of Anne Meeten, Cheltenham -  names cousin Anne (w/o Ernest A J Delcomyn, London ), for details see Gloucestershire page - Wills - Meeten

84/150 Briant / Fell / Munford - 1906
Agreement between Catherine Ann Briant, widow (Herne Hill, London) & Lawrence Briant (Holborn Viaduct) (Trustees of Will of William Alford Briant dec'd) and Robert Fell & John Munford (both Newcomen St - t/a Fell & Briant) for repayment of partnership capital. Details of original partnership (1900) between W A Briant & Fell, & supplemental agreement re admission of Munford.  Also includes details of Briant's death, Will, wife, daughter Emily, siblings Edith,  Herbert & Frank Briant, Partnership assets, agreement for repayment.
10 pages parchment - written 7+ sides - signed by Catherine & Lawrence Briant.  £46

160/70  1911- friend Emily Alice Wren (Baker St, London) beneficiary in Will. For full details & price please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Wale, Thomas David - Briston

84/39 Brixton - 1913  - Release of Trustee under Will. Gives details of Will, names wife Sarah, children including  Gertrude (w/o Dr John D Shapland of Brixton).   For details see Devon page - Wills - Bond, Charles W - Axminster  - 1913  - died 1872

171/210 Trangmar, Ethel (nee Burton) - Brixton Hill and East Dulwich Grove, London -   dated  1919 - 1923
Original Will on 4 sheets paper signed by Ethel  & Codicil together with draft Wills & a bundle of over 30 letters & postcards (bearing postage stamps) relating to her Will, addressed to solicitor F A Sargent (Friar St, Reading), some only short notes. Married husband Walter George Trangmar in 1919, son Michael born 1922. Ethel's father Benjamin Burton, brothers Frank [his wife Kate], Benjamin & Albert Burton, sisters Evelyn Burton & Elizabeth Jane Egginton.  Nephews Keith Eversleigh Burton, Jack Burton & Leslie J Egginton, nieces Daphne B, Enid G & Madge Burton, Iris E Egginton. Brother / sisters in law Denys Egginton (Reading), Dora A,  Winifred E, Hilda K & Isabel M  Trangmar. Names various properties in which Ethel has an interest.  £55