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

167/1 - 1605 - Lease of land in Wraxall, Somerset by James Cox, son of late John Cox (Flexburton / Flax Bourton) to John Tynte (Middle Temple, London), who already held a Life Interest in the lands - this Lease was to run from the date of his death. Includes field names, acreage - part occupied by Richard Sheppard - names adjoining landholder.  Parchment with decorative 1st 2 words, pendant wax seal, 'mark' of James Cox with 6 witnesses names on reverse including Robert Cox & signatures of E Tynte & Roger Catley.   £140

135/1 - 1622 - Conveyance of house & extensive copyhold lands at Greenham, Berks by Timothie Wagstaff (Middle Temple, London) & John Backhouse (Swallowfield, Berks) to Richard Dumer (South Stoneham, Hampshire), refers to earlier lease to Dorothy Burrant, William Dumer & Richard Dummer. Names property & closes of land, gives acreages.  Large parchment sheet with embellished initial letter & 2 seal tags with large pendant wax seals, 1 tiny hole in fold. Signed Tim. Wagstaffe & John Backhous, witnessed on reverse by Roger Younge.  £160

187/2  - 1644 - Counterpart of 99 year Demise in connection with mortgage of lands by Elizabeth & Benjamin Mason and Elizabeth's mother Honora Rivett (Chipping Ongar) to Richard Barrett (London). Signed by Richard Barrett, witnesses on reverse include Edward Sedgwick & Thomas Duckfield.  For full details, please see my Essex page - Property - Beauchamp Roding

187/3  - 1647 - Transfer of lands by  Benjamin Mason (Stoye, Som) to trustees Henry Mason & Robert Osbourne (both London) lately recovered by Benjamin and late wife Elizabeth from William & John Poole by Decree of Court of Wards, Honora Rivett (London) widow, party to agreement as 1 of beneficiaries of trust. Parchment sheet, decorative initial letter, signed by Robert Osburne, Ben. Mason, Hen. Mason, 3 tags - 2 with large pendant wax seals (Henry's impressed with fleurs de lis), witnessed on reverse by Thomas Rivett, Tho. Duckenfield, Wardon Fish & Ed. Marlowe.   £160

187/4  - 1647 - Re-conveyance of lands by William  Poole (Bovinger) to Captain Benjamin Mason (Stoye, Som) & his daughters Honora & Anne. William was a  nephew of John Poole (London).  Details of 1625 mortgage  to John Poole & reference to Court Orders to recover lands. For full details, please see my Essex page - Property - Beauchamp Roding

187/6  - 1662 - Agreement between Honora Rivett (London) & Benjamin Mason (Stoye, Som) that Mason is to receive a proportion of Rivett's share of the Trust rents in exchange for a lump sum payment. Robert Osborne (London) party to agreement as Trustee.   'Mark' of Honora Rivett, signature of Robt Osborne. For full details, please see my Essex page - Property - Beauchamp Roding

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).

123/9  - 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  Clarke.  £75

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
 

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

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.

170/2  - 1827 -  Lease for a year  by James Brittain (Wolverhampton) of a seventh interest in close of land to Joseph Dove (Lincolns Inn, London). [Dove may have been acting as a trustee for John Cox (Rugeley) to whom the property would probably be released the next day.]  For full details & price, please see my Staffordshire page - Property - Rugeley

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

106/3 - 1830 - Release to enable Bar of Estates Tail re property at Kirtley, Suffolk inherited by James Brame (Watling St, London) [father James, grandparents Susannah [nee Wright] & James Brame (Lowestoft)]. Thomas Borrett (Gt. St Helens, London) party to agreement. Details of property include occupiers, adjoining properties / roads. Parchment sheet, 1st 2 words embellished incorporating Royal Coat of Arms - signed / sealed by Brame & Borrett,  witnessed on reverse by Borrett's clerk W F Wiltshire.  £54

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

55/16   - 1844 - Mortgage of interest in Farm & lands (Wootton, Berks see also 55/13 & 14) by David Gamaliel Margot (Pentonville) Trustee of John Fisher (Fetter Lane, London) & beneficiaries Louisa Martha & Marianne Frances Margot to Henry Scale English (Old Jewry). Refers to Fisher's Will ( his wife Martha & daughters Martha & Elizabeth Frances, wife of D G Margot and their children Louisa M, Marianne F, Catherine, John A & Elizabeth Margot) gives dates of death / marriage.  Lands inherited by John from his cousin James Fisher (his father James had inherited from Elizabeth Hawkins). 2 large parchment sheets  signed / sealed by D G, L M, & M F  Margot, witnessed on reverse by John Symons (Old Jewery), Fras Walker (his clerk), Jno Hudson (clerk to English). An acknowledgement of repayment is signed by H S English.  £59

106/8 - 1847 - Sale of property by Ann & Edward Augustus Cory (London).  Ann inherited the property from her brother James Brame, in 1841. For full details & price, see my Suffolk page - Property - Kirtley (Kirkley)

84/301- 1877 - Mortgage taken out by Robert Follett Nicholls  (Islington) with Swindon Permanent Building Society on security of property at Rodbourne Cheney. For full details & price, please turn to my Wiltshire page - Property - Rodbourne Cheney

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