FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)
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(Latest update of this page - 24/8/2008)
Property, etc
(in chronological order)84/292 - 1681 - Lease by John Norden (Lincoln's Inn, Middx) 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).
68/14 - 1700 - Covenant between Theodore Coladon (St. James)
and Lewis Gerard (Westminster) by which Gerard agreed to assign to
Coladon part of reward to which he is entitled in satisfaction of the monies he
owes Coladon. It refers to an earlier agreement between Thomas, Lord Fairfax
and Gerard under the terns of which a Commission of Enquiry is to be appointed
to investigate various lands in Oxfordshire "settled in Trust for
superstitious uses".
Paper Indenture, some dusting with several small holes in folds - very slightly
affecting text. Signed and sealed by Lewis Gerard. £60
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). For details / price, please see my London page.
55/4 - 1709 - Release of interest in Trust created under Act of Parliament to pay debts of Valentine Crome (Maiden Early). 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 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 - Propert - Maiden Early, Sonning
103/1 - 1711 - Sale of property/ lands in Over Peover by Sir Thomas Mainwaring, Henry Mainwaring (Lincolns Inn, Middx), children of Sir John Mainwaring dec'd - for full details & price, please see my Cheshire page - Property - Over Peover.
84/154 - 1717 - Certified copy (made 1772)of Enfeoffment (Sale) by John Hern(e) (Kinsington, Middx) to John Whitehead (Heath) for details see Oxfordshire page - Property - Hethe / Heath.
190/32 - 1724 - Obligation Bond given by Thomas Gwillim (Hackney) to Phillip Gwillim (London). Refers briefly to conveyance of same date. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 part pre-printed with manuscript details written 1 side, embossed duty stamps. Slight fraying to edges. The 1st section is in Latin (normal practice pre 1733). Signed / sealed by Thomas Gwillim witnessed by Tho. Marsh, Thos. Pryor & Mos. Law. £47
130/1 - 1736 - Lease for a year by Peter Whiteing (Bristol) to Lewis Cannon (Shoreditch) of a messuage in Temple parish / Holy Cross. For full details / price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Bristol / Holy Cross.
130/2 - 1736 - Release by Peter Whiteing (Bristol) to Lewis Cannon (Shoreditch) of a messuage. For full details / price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Bristol / Holy Cross.
68/15 - 1739 - Sale of Land - Aston Clinton, Bucks by Anne
Wells (Acton, Middx) and Thomas and Joyce Everett (Eillin [Ealing]
Middx) to Joseph Wells (Stoke Manderville). Land at present in tenure of William
Brandon alias Cooke, adjoining land occupied by John Wells.
Paper Indenture with ornate initial letter, signed and sealed by Anne Wells
and Thomas and Joyce Everett (Anne and Joyce made marks), and signed by
witness Sam Wells. £61
68/16 - 1747 - Lease of Property - Hatton Garden, by Mark
Wynne (Bloomsbury) to Joshua Cox (Barnards Inn).
Paper Indenture (with some tears as a result of slight damp damage) signed and
sealed by Mark Winn. £49
68/18 St. Marylebone - 1753 - Assignment of Lease by James Fenning
to Francis Hodgson. Refers to original Lease granted by Countess of
Oxford and monies owed by Fenning to Hodgson.
Paper Indenture signed and sealed by Francis Hodgson and witnessed
by Peter Rick and James Foster. Several small tears in folds. £52
84/158 St George - 1760 - Attested copy of Lease
(being 1st part of Lease / Release) for assignment of Properties by
Richard & Mary Clarke (St John, Wapping) to Thomas Coxhead (St
George). Details of Properties & Land in St George - location by reference to adjoining streets / alleys & occupiers
- subject to a right of way. Refers to assignment of properties to Clarke in
1749.
2 sheets watermarked paper - slight dusting to outer & small splits in folds - copy
certified & signed by Henry Metcalfe (Threadneedle St.).
£39
84/159 St George - 1760 - Attested copy of Release
(being 2nd part of Lease / Release) for assignment of Properties by
Richard & Mary Clarke (St John, Wapping) to Thomas Coxhead (St
George). Details of Properties & Land in St George - location by reference to adjoining streets / alleys & occupiers
- subject to a right of way. Refers to assignment of properties to Clarke in
1749, which are subject to unexpired Leases of 1726 & 1736.
4 sheets watermarked paper - small splits / holes in folds causing
very slight loss of text on final sheet - copy
certified & signed by Henry Metcalfe (Threadneedle St.).
£45
84/160 St George - 1760 - Attested copy of Deed of
Covenant made by
Richard Clarke (St John, Wapping) in favour of Thomas Coxhead (St
George) in connection with the assignment of properties to Coxhead, undertaking
to produce Title Deeds & Documents, if required. 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) & 4 daughters - Rebecca (w/o George Clerke of London),
Deborah (w/o George Woodale of St Andrews, Holborn), Dorothy (w/o
William Sewen of Chelsea), Sarah (w/o John Ralph Hollard of
Swisserland) - the remainder of the documents referred to, relate to
transactions involving the ffossey family (Rebecca's father was John Crosse),
and to John Peacock (London), his son John Peacock (Reading, Berks) & James
Peacock (Lambeth, Sy).
3 sheets watermarked paper - small split in folds - copy
certified & signed by Henry Metcalfe (Threadneedle St.).
£44
84/161 St George - 1760 - Attested copy of
assignment of Properties
by James Clare (St Catherine nr the Tower of London) as
Trustee for
Richard Clarke ( Wapping) to James Clare the younger (St
Botolph, Aldgate) as Trustee for Thomas Coxhead (St
George) - Details of Properties & Land in St George - location by reference to
adjoining streets / alleys & occupiers - details Mortgages of properties by John
Peacock (St George) to John King (St George) 1736, subsequent assignment to
Clare as Trustee 1749 & Lease / Release on even date between Clarke & Coxhead.
5 sheets watermarked paper - some holes / splits in centre fold, no loss
of text - copy
certified & signed by Henry Metcalfe (Threadneedle St.).
£45
68/19 St. Clement Danes - 1765 - Assignment of Lease by Sarah Gough to
William Bailey (St. Mary le Strand). Gives details of original Lease granted to
Sarah Gough by Richard Cox, Albermarle Street.
2 sheets of paper with small splits to edges of folds, slightly affecting text.
£45
68/20 St. Clement Danes - 1765 - Assignment of Lease by Sarah Gough to
William Bailey (St. Mary le Strand). Gives details of original Lease granted to
Sarah Gough by Richard Cox, Albermarle Street.
Single sheet of paper folded double with split down centre fold and small splits to edges of folds.
£48
84/162 - 1766 - Release for sale of Property & Lands in Odiham, Hants - by Ann Potenger (Windsor, Berks) & Elizabeth (w/o Samuel Haynes of St Mary le Bow, Middx) - surviving sisters of John Weaver dec'd (Odiham), Witness signature on reverse - Saml Sherard. For details see Hampshire page - Property - Odiham
55/10 - 1776 - Lease for a year by Thomas Maitland (Westminster), Charles Spooner (Cavendish Square) & Thomas Wildman (Lincolns Inn) who appear to be Trustees for William Mathew Burt. 3 large sheets parchment signed / sealed by the 3 trustees witnessed on reverse by James Graham, Tho Graham (Lincolns Inn) Robt Bygrave (cl to Mr Wildman). For full details / price, see my Berkshire page - Property - Maiden Earley
84/155 St George in the East - 1778 - Attested copy of Release
of Properties held by Benjamin Lea as Trustee, to Mary Noble.
Refers to acquisition of properties by Lea (1773, 75, 76) on her behalf.
Location of properties by reference to adjoining streets / alleys & occupiers.
7 sheets watermarked paper written 6 sides, small split in centre fold. Near
contemporary copy made 1789 - signed by Rd Heathcote (Shadwell) &
Chas Reeks (his clerk). £46
84/156 St George in the East - 1778 - Attested copy of Lease
for a Year (being 1st part of Lease / Release) for transfer of Property by
way of Mortgage by Mary Noble to Thomas Dawson (St Clement
Danes).
Location of 3 properties by reference to adjoining streets / alleys & occupiers.
4 sheets watermarked paper written 3+ sides, slight dusting to outer & small splits in centre fold. Near
contemporary copy made 1789 - signed by Rd Heathcote (Shadwell) &
Chas Reeks (his clerk). £45
84/157 St George in the East - 1778 - Attested copy of Release
(being 2nd part of Lease / Release) for transfer of Property by way
of Mortgage by Mary Noble to Thomas Dawson (St Clement
Danes).
Location of 3 properties by reference to adjoining streets / alleys & occupiers.
Includes copy of declaration by Dawson.
8 sheets watermarked paper written 7 sides, some dusting to outer, small splits in centre fold
& tear to edge of one page (not affecting text). Near
contemporary copy made 1789 - signed by Rd Heathcote (Shadwell) &
Chas Reeks (his clerk). £48
105/22 - 1802 - Surrender of Copyhold lands to Manor of Corsham by John Fuller (Hadley, Middx) as security for mortgage. Lands to joint use of Merewether, Edward Robson (Castle St, Leicester Sq. Middx) & John as security for mortgage advanced by Henry Merewether (Calne). Lands to joint use of Merewether, Edward Robson (Castle St, Leicester Sq. Middx) & John Ladd (Calne). For full details & price, see my Wiltshire page - Property - Corsham
131/8 Sudbury Common - 1804 - Sale of land by Harrow Inclosure Commissioners to William Pirner (Piccadilly). Location given by reference to adjoining landowners & roads. Pre-printed parchment with manuscript insertions, incorporating a small location plan. Signed by 3 Commissioners Jonathan Gibbons (Uppingham, Rutland), Richard Davis (Lewknor, Oxon), & John Trumper (Harefield), witnessed by Francis Hadgate (clerk to Cmmrs). £49
130/70 - 1806 - Contemporary Attested copy of a Reconveyance of lands to Sir John Thomas (Cote, Somerset / Southampton) settled on him (then John Thomas (Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan), youngest son of Sir Edmond Thomas (Old Bond St, Middx), transferred to Trust. For full details / price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Westbury upon Trym
84/163 St John, Hackney - 1807 - certified office copy (made in 1832)
of certificate for Redemption of Land Tax by Samuel Tyssen, Narborough
Hall, Norfolk re properties in St John. Contains schedule of properties,
occupiers [George Burge, Francis de Berckem, Robert Holden,
Eleazer Chater, Mark (Giberne ?), Hannah Plumstead, Richard
Eaton, Edward Dampden, John Anthony (Wip ?), John
Eschelas, Rev. Jellinger Symonds ] & Land Tax to be
redeemed. Refers to 2 separate certificates (details listed twice), also
Government Stock to be purchased in consideration of redemption.
Sheet paper - watermarked 1831 - folded in 2, with Royal Coat of Arms printed at
top of first page, several splits in folds, edges rough - manuscript on 3 sides
with signature Benj Sayer - Register. [see 84/187 Cert of Contract for
Redempt. re other Hackney lands.] £22
84/187 St John, Hackney - 1807 - Certificate of Contract for Redemption of Land Tax by Samuel Tyssen, Narborough Hall, Norfolk re lands in St John. Contains schedule of lands, occupiers [ Burdon Baynes, Richard Yates, Edward Glazier, John Stapleton, Thomas Edwards, Thomas Bryan, William Lowndes, ] & value & Government Securities to be purchased as consideration for redemption. Pre-printed paper - with manuscript details & some pencil notes -small holes in centre fold & slight splits to edges of other folds, slight dusting to outer with signature Thomas Bennett and William Kinnard - 2 of the Commissioners for Middlesex. [see 84/163 Cert of Contract for Redempt. re other Hackney lands.] £24
48/188 St. Marylebone
- 1818 - Sale Agreement between Edward Steward (Berrington) and
George Meredith (St Mary le Bone) for Properties in Berrington, Worcestersh.
Paper - watermarked 1815 - signed and sealed by Edw
Steward and Geo Meredith . £38
90/11 1820 - Obligation Bond given by Percy Fraser (Somerset Place) to John & 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
84/287 Mile End Old Town - 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 (location
given & occupiers named) owned by Le Vavasseur by a warrant of attorney. Power
of distraint and sale granted to Husbands / Martin in event of default.
4 large sheets parchment signed by Le Vavasseur & Henry Martin - note: Wax
seals "cut" out of document & missing. Witness signatures on
reverse - Chas Carrow (Spitalfields), John Hodgson jnr (Craven Street).
£48
73/2 Paddington - 1826 - Lease of newly erected house in Market
Street, Paddington by Grand Junction Canal, at direction of Samuel
Gardner (Paddington) to Joseph Josling (St, Marylebone).
Single sheet parchment approx. 26" x 21" incorporating a small coloured location
plan. Signed and sealed by Joseph Josling - signed by witness, D Harrop
(Paddington). £42
162/23 Bloomsbury - 1829 - Lease for a year by Rev Anthony Boulton (Tiverton) [wife Harriet, father Henry Boulton, Bloomsbury then Geddington, Northants] Details and price on my Rutland page - Property - Uppingham
84/164 - 1830 - Appointment by Thomas Lacey of Robert Charsley as his Attorney in an action against William Bourne. NO OTHER DETAILS. Long strip of parchment with 2 stamps of K B (? Kings Bench?). £4
105/18 - 1832 - Articles of Agreement in connection with proposed Marriage of Rev. Robert Collier Packman (Regents Park) to Catherine Eells (Marylebone). He agreed to transfer his household goods, furniture etc to John Croft (Brunswick Row, Queen Square) - terms of Trust set out. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 written on 2¾ sides with light damp staining, several small holes in folds, not affecting text. Signed / sealed R C Packman, C Eells & John Croft, witnessed by C A Walker (Austin Friars) & M? A Croft. £45
84/165 - 1835 - Agreement for management of Business belonging to George
Kent (Falcon Square, London) by John James Kent (Paddington), details
businesses carried out by Kent & conditions of John's employment as Manager.
Noted as 'Cancelled' a few months later.
Sheet paper - watermarked 1835 - folded in 2,
written on 3 sides - embossed & ink duty stamps - some damp staining with
a number of small holes to one side of document with slight loss of text.
Signed twice by both George & J J Kent, but wax seal cut out (? when
agreement cancelled?). £38
90/12 - 1836 - Bond for performance of Contract given by James Leslie (Dorset Square) to John Lewis (Southampton St, Hampstead Rd) re demolition of property in Oxenden Street, St Martin in the Fields & erection of new one for Leslie. Adam Thomson (King St, Westminster) party to agreement. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 2+ sides with ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Leslie & Thomson, witnessed by Chas. Clare Bedford (Bedford Row), & signed by Lewis. £42
90/13 - 1838 - Obligation Bond given by Joshua Gray (Hyde) to William Field (St Pancras) in connection with a mortgage advanced by Field on security of property in the Manor of Tottenham, St Pancras. Includes repayment dates. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 2 sides with ink & embossed duty stamps, 1st section pre-printed with manuscript details. Signed by Gray, witnessed by Henry Martin (Fitzroy Square) & Henry Lewellin (Bedford Square). 2 short tears at foot of document (not affecting text), seal disintegrated. £38
90/14 - 1841 - Obligation Bond given by Edward Griffin (Bloomsbury, late Weymouth) to Jane Griffin widow (Weymouth). Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 1½ sides with ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Edwd Griffin. Several minor splits in folds. £31
84/269 - 1842 - Copy of Writ issued to be served on William Cutting (Beccles) in respect of sums owed to Charles & George William Wainwright (Middx) for goods supplied. For details see my Suffolk page - Postal History - 1842 - Beccles
84/268 - 1842 - Copy of Summons taken out by Charles & George William Wainwright (Middx) in respect of debt for goods supplied, owed by William Cutting (Beccles). For details see my Suffolk page - Postal History - 1842 - Beccles
105/33 1853 - Release & Indemnity given by the children of Ann Dodds, Gainsborough Hill, Stafford died 1852. Watermarked paper includes details of net value & amount paid to each beneficiary, signed by 13 of Ann's children - including Thomas Dodds (Little Hermitage St, Middx) & Charles Dodds (Nichol Sq, Middx). For full details / price, please see my Staffordshire page - Wills - Dodds, Ann
84/166 Spring Grove - 1863 - Transfer of Real Estate by Thomas Robert Tufnell (Spring Grove) as Trustee for Thomas Dewell dec'd to his son Charles Goddard Dewell (Roehampton Pk, Sy). For details see Wiltshire page - Property - Malmesbury.
84/177 Hampstead - 1865 - 1905 - abstract of Title to property - 82
Belsize Park Gardens - containing details of Conveyances, Mortgages, etc mainly
related to ownership by Daniel Tidey (1866 - 1877) & John &
Alice Mary Simpson (1877 - 1901) other owners include William Robert
Rider 1901 & Charles Damiens 1903.
17 typed paper sheets with some manuscript notes & amendments, small
location plans attached to 1st & last pages. £31
84/11& 12 - 1868 & 69 - Lease of Property in Westbury upon Trym, by William Callaway (Middx) with consent of Jane Maria Murray 'of same place' to Charles Harvey & Thomas Joyce (W u T) - includes small schedule detailing which rooms contain gas lights. For details see Gloucestershire page, under Property, Westbury upon Trym.
84/167 Hendon
- 1870 - Mortgage of Property by Henry James William Wheeler (Stortford
Pk, Herts) to Adeline Elizabeth Wheeler (Portman Square). Details of
lands in Hendon - name & acreage in each piece - all occupied by Thomas
Cowell.
Sheet parchment folded in 2 - written 3 sides - signed / sealed by Henry
& Adeline, witness signatures James Millmore, H J Tyler (clerk) -
both London. £28
48/134 Hornsey - 1875 - Transfer of Mortgage on properties in
Coddington, Herefordsh. by Mary Ann Willson (Hornsey) to Trustees, in
anticipation of her forthcoming marriage to George Boulton (Leatherhead,
Surrey).
8 sides of parchment - details of Mortgage advanced to Henry Edward Vale,
subject to an existing, including a schedule of the lands mortgaged. Original
Indenture signed and sealed by Willson, Boulton and the Trustees.The
final two sides contain details of the redemption of the mortgage by Vale.
£36
84/195 - 1876 - Abstract of Title of George Molton of Freehold Property formerly part of Walcot Hall Farm. Title goes back to sale in 1876 of farm & lands by William Woodward Manning (Cheltenham) to Charles Chase (Diss), refers to settlement in Trust on the Marriage of Charles Chase to Louisa Hicks (Highbury Cresc. Middx - Frederick Hicks of same place - Trustee). - details on Norfolk page - property - Diss - 1906.
84/168 Edmonton - 1882 - Lease of Premises adjoining the Golden Lion
Inn, Edmonton, by Charlotte Maria Ainsley from John Abraham Barber
(Bayswater) & Thomas Porteen Smith (Cornhill, London). Details of current
occupiers, and conditions to be observed by Ainsley. Lease subsequently
surrendered in exchange for new Lease on these & other premises.
Sheet parchment folded in 2 - written on 4 sides - the 1st contains a small
coloured location plan showing Leased ppty & adjacent Inn. Signed / sealed
by John A Barber, Thos P Smith. Signed on reverse by C M
Ainsley. This is the Lessee's copy. £31
84/169 Edmonton - 1882 - Lease of Premises adjoining the Golden Lion
Inn, Edmonton, by Charlotte Maria Ainsley from John Abraham Barber
(Bayswater) & Thomas Porteen Smith (Cornhill, London). Details of current
occupiers, (including John Howes) and conditions to be observed by Ainsley.
Lease subsequently surrendered in exchange for new Lease on these & other
premises.
Sheet parchment folded in 2 - written on 2+ sides - the 1st contains a small
coloured location plan showing Leased ppty & adjacent Inn. Signed / sealed
C M Ainsley. This is the Lessor's copy. £26
10/15 Edgware Road & Harrow Road - 1884 - Auction particulars for sale
of 3 shops & residences - 28 Edgware Road, leased to Mr Metzler,
hosier; 9 Neeld Terrace, leased to Messrs W & G Adams, drapers;
and 4 Neeld Terrace, leased to Mr Walker, stationer; together with
3 sets of stabling in Foscote Mews.
6 page printed booklet c. 16"x 10" in good condition - description of each
property and conditions of sale. £18
84/170 Harrow on the Hill - 1886 - Lease of Aspen Lodge, Harrow by
Letitia Beaulieu Lumley (Bath) widow, Admiral William Ellis (Bath) &
Robert Keate Alves Ellis (Sunderland) to John Allen (West Hampstead).
Details - Superior landlords - Maria Young (Onslow Square), Charles
Waring Young (Strand) & Francis Young (Ennismore Gdns) for part of
property, covenants / conditions relating to Lease. Approx half document
contains a detailed listing of fixtures / property fittings (not furniture) in
house, stables, garden , grounds.
16 page parchment booklet written 12+ pages & plan on separate page - slight
dusting to outer. Signed / sealed by John Allen. £46
10/20 Melville Road, Harlesden - 1889 -
Auction particulars for sale by trustees of W Seth Smith Dec'd of 20
leasehold houses. A number of them let to Bunce, Coleman, Jones, Rist,
Walker, Draisey, Chandler, Ferguson, Easter, Cowley, Jackson, Derley, Burridge &
Almer.
8 page booklet c. 10"x 16" - conditions of sale & brief details of properties.
£14
84/171 Upper Holloway - 1889 - mortgage of Properties by
Henry John Phillips (Tottenham, Middx) to the Temperence Permenant Building
Society (London). Details of properties in Tavistock Terrace - original lease
1845 - shares in Building Socy & repayment terms.
Sheet parchment folded in 2, pre-printed - manuscript details (ink) - signed
by Phillips - endorsed on reverse - repaid in full - with Society seal.
£25
10/22 Mile End - 1890 - Auction particulars & Memorandum of Sale
Agreement of St Andrews Church & School, Philpot Street, Commercial Rd E.
Sold to Rev. John Wilkinson, Mildmay Road, by Charity Commissioners.
4 page booklet in semi fragile condition c.10"x 16", together with a plan
of the property. Some dusting & tears to folds & edges with small pieces missing
from conditions of sale. £10
84/77 1892 - Redemption of Mortgage held by George Dell (Staines, Middx) & Edwin Hilton Naish (Bristol). For details see Gloucestershire page - Property - Frampton Cotterell
84/121 Acton - 1892 Abstract of Title to land in Kent. Court Orders for sale of properties & apportionment of proceeds to mortgagees - Eliza Howard Walker, widow (Woodlands, Acton), amongst others. For details see Kent page Forest Hill, nr Lewisham.
84/172 Hendon - 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). Refers to Will, earlier sale of Land to Fordham, mortgage
of Land by Fordham to Robert Heath (Biddulph Grange, Staffs.) who was also a
party to the agreement, & a detailed schedule of the lands with field names,
acreage & amounts payable to the Vicar & Impropriator.
10 page parchment booklet - written on 9 sides - slight dusting. Signed /
sealed by E H, F W, & G E Steward, Fordham & Heath - with embossed seal
of Board of Agriculture. [see also 84/174, below] £38
105/31 Paddington - 1893 - Lease of house in Castellain Rd 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
84/305 1896 - Deed of Indemnity & Release relating to Will Trust of John Dore Bendrey, dec'd. Signed / sealed by the retiring Trustee - Louis John Aylward (South Hornsey, Middx), for details & price, please turn to my Wiltshire Page - Wills - Bendrey (Family) - 1896
84/21 1897 - Agreement relating to members of the
Anderson, Lofft, and Gleadowe families. Refers to the Marriage Settlements
between a) Capel Lofft and Mary Anderson (1837) and b) Thomas
Littlewood Gleadowe and Harriet Anderson (1838), and the Wills of
Mary & Harriet's mother Elizabeth Anderson, and her brother William
Whittred. Contains extensive details of subsequent Deeds, family
births, marriages & deaths, and schedule of properties in Newnham, Cambridge &
Soham.
Written on 26 sides of parchment - signed & sealed by Mary Whittred
Lofft (temp. residing in S Kensington, Middx), Thomas Smith
Gleadowe (Alderly Edge, Cheshire), and Trustees Robert Adamson (Middx),
Henry William Wright (Wimbledon, Surrey). £72
84/173 Tottenham - 1898 - Sale of Property by
Joseph Norris to William Oliver Lloyd. John Barker
is party to agreement as property is mortgaged to him. Refers to Conveyance by
which Norris acquired land & subsequant mortgages.
Sheet parchment - folded in 2 - written on 2+ sides -
signed & sealed by all 3 parties (all of Tottenham). £26
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
84/35 - 1899 - Sale of 2 fields by William Webber (Ealing)
to Annie Hannaford (Chulmliegh). Names fields - in
Chulmliegh, Devon
- identified by ref to their Tithe Commutation Map number.
Parchment - signed & sealed by William Webber. £23
84/174 Hendon - 1900 - Sale of land by William Bennett Fordham
(Hendon) to Arthur Garstin (London). Refers to earlier mortgage of land to
Robert Heath; whose sons - Robert, James and Arthur Howard Heath (all
of Stoke upon Trent, Staffs) are party to the agreement as Exors of his estate.
Includes schedule of Title Deeds going back to ownership by Henry J W Wheeler
1870 [see 84/167, above] & Covenants to be observed.
Parchment booklet - written on 14 pages with colour wash plan sewn in.
Marked "Duplicate", & with some dusting mainly to cover - signed by
Arthur Garstin.
[see also 84/172, above]
£40
84/175 Station Road, Kensal Rise - 1902 - Counterpart of Lease of
Dwelling House & Shop, between Charles George Lovegrove Herman (Highbury)
& Eleanor May Allnutt (Kensal Rise), & Alice Amelia Hillman (Kensal
Rise). Large part of document relates to Covenants imposed on Lessees, incl
restriction on purposes for which shop to be used.
Parchment booklet - written on 10 sides - signed / sealed by Eleanor &
Alice, witnessed by Gertrude Bygrave (of the same address). £32
84/179 Hendon - 1906 - Agreement between Abraham Booth (The Hyde,
Middx) & Samuel Gilbert Jones (Steanbridge, Stroud, Glos.) & John Henry Jones
(Gloucester) concerning the financing & sale of properties in Hendon. Details of
acquisition by Booth from
William Bennett Fordham & others, monies owed by Booth, & the Jones
interest to be taken.
6 page paper booklet - written 4+ sides with a separate sheet detailing how
proceeds are to be allocated. Splits in folds - especially to edges - no loss of
text. Some dusting to cover. Signed by Booth. [Other
William Bennett Fordham transactions see 84/174, 180, 181. See also
84/183 for sale by the Jones] £26
84/180 Hendon - 1906 - Draft of Agreement (see 84/179 above for 'final'
agreement) between Abraham Booth (The Hyde, Middx) & Samuel Gilbert Jones
(Steanbridge, Stroud, Glos.) & John Henry Jones (Gloucester) concerning the
financing & sale of properties in Hendon. Details of acquisition by Booth from William Bennett Fordham
& others, monies owed by Booth, & the Jones interest to be taken.
6 page paper booklet - written 4+ sides with a number of pencil amendments.
[Other William Bennett Fordham transactions see 84/174, 179, 181.
See also 84/183 for sale by the Jones] £22
150/52 - 1907 - Deed of Enfranchisement of copyhold land held by Trustees - Frank Hyde (Mincing Lane, London), Samuel Shuffrey 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). Details & price of this document on my Oxfordshire page - Property - Northleigh
84/181 Hendon - 1911 - Counterpart of Lease between William Bennett Fordham & John Robinson in respect of houses built by Robinson on land in Annesley Avenue owned by Fordham, incl option to purchase. Pre printed paper document with manuscript details, incorporating a printed location plan showing adjacent roads & prominent buildings. Some dusting - damage to edges. Signed by Robinson, witnessed by Abraham Booth (The Hyde). [Other William Bennett Fordham transactions see 84/174, 179, 180.] £24
84/284 - 1912 - Abstract of Title of William James Everett to property in Bonham Road, Brixton. Goes back to original Lease granted in 1875 to Frederick Bannister (Hackney Road) - for details of this document, and price, please see my Surrey page - Property - Brixton
130/25 -1914 - Alfred Earnest Raif Rutherford (Kilburn, London), son of Henry Jackson Rutherford involved in Release of Trust Funds. For full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Wills - Waters, William - date of death unknown - Rutherford family - 1914
84/182 - 1916 - Sale of property in Hungerford Road,
Islington by Walter Richard Greves (Rickmansworth, Herts) & Daisy (w/o
Humphrey Wheeler - Melton Mowbray, Leics) as exors of Seymour Walter Greves,
to Thomas Henry Wilson (Cheapside, London) - details earlier agreements by
Seymour.
Sheet of parchment folded in 2 - signed / sealed by Walter Greves, Daisy
Wheeler & Wilson. Caroline Greves (Croxley Green) was a witness.
£28
84/183 Hendon - 1916 - Lease of several Dwelling Houses by
Samuel Gilbert Jones (Steanbridge, Stroud, Glos.) & John Henry Jones
(Gloucester) to " W.N. & R.S. Kerr (London) Ltd", Shepherds Bush, Middx.
Includes various Covenants & options.
Parchment booklet written on 5 pages with location plan on half of 1st page.
Signed / sealed by both Jones. [ See also 84/179, above re
the Jones] £30
84/25 - 1919 - Sale of 1/3 interest in property in Carharrocks,
Gwennap, in which she resides, to Elizabeth Polmear . The vendors include
Edmund Salwey Ford (Pengreep & Hyde Park Sq.) Includes schedule
of documents going back to Marriage Settlement of James Ford & Jane Frances
Nagle (1825). For details see Cornwall page - Property, Carharrocks, Gwennap.
10/7 Alexandra Road, South Hampstead - 1907 - Auction Particulars for
the sale of 9 houses by the Exors, Trustees & Mortgagees of Thomas Yeo
decd, with a brief description of each property - the tenants of those let being
- Richard Butler, Mr Webb, Miss Platt, E T Brown, Nathan Solomon, Robert
Milton Hay, Mrs Lucas & Geo. Beechy.
8 page printed paper booklet with staples rusted away. £14
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
Wills, etc.
171/41 Arnold, James Emmerson - High Holborn - 1880, included in his uncle's Will - also his children James, Mary Ann, Anna Arnold. For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Arnold, William - Sharrington
98/72 Balbirnie, John - Kingsland - 1855
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - names wife Elizabeth, sons John, Samuel,
Joseph, daughter Sarah, sister Jean Balbirnie (Edinburgh) - details
of various properties. 2 sheets Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer
seal attached. [see also Surrey page 98/143 & 144 re Sarah & Samuel K
Balbirnie] £31
98/74 Bent, Mary - Clerkenwell - died 1827
Further Letters of Administration 1891 granted to brother & sister James
& Elizabeth Bent. Original Letters of Administration of estate granted to
brother Robert who has since died. Parchment - wafer seal attached. [see
Lancashire page for other Bents] £6
50/85 Bull, Edward Philos - Seven Sisters Road - 1901
Probated Will - beneficiary George Birkett Latreille. £15
118/12 Collyer c. 1873?
Copy of Will & 3 codicils of James Nicholson Collyer of Hurworth, Co Durham -
brother Joseph Collyer. Nephews James (Ware), 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.
171/213 Fisher, Frederick Gibbon - Westminster - 1902
Letters of Administration - brother Charles Edward Fisher. Possible
Norfolk connection as prepared by Cozens Hardy (solr, Norwich). Paper with wafer
seal attached, 5 company stamps & dusting on reverse. £4
171/13 Greg, Thomas - Coles, Westmill & The Albany, Piccadilly -
1839
Certified Office copy of Will & codicils - brothers Robert,
John (Lancaster), William & Samuel Greg, sisters not named. Uncle Thomas
Greg, nephew Robin Greg, cousin Thomas Pares. Mrs Thomas Warre was a
beneficiary. Property in Herts, Norfolk, Liverpool (Lightbody Estates), U S A,
West Indies - "any sugars arriving after my death to belong to my 3 brothers".
Written on 8 sides paper watermarked 1847. The copy also includes the statements
made before the Prerogative Court in support of the authenticity of the Will &
Codicils - including one by Sarah, widow of James Agate of the Albany (a
signatory). £28
98/73 Gissing, Caroline - Hackney - 1878
Letters of Administration of estate granted to brother Samuel - parchment
(partly printed) with wafer seal attached. £4
105/30 Hallett, Sydney - Chelsea - dated 1891
Mortgage to the City Assets Company Ltd (Q. Victoria St, London) of
reversionary interest & 2 life assurance policies (full details given). Sydney
Hallett was entitled to an interest in his father's estate (Joseph Hallett of
Croydon) subject to his mother Easter's life interest. Also details of an 1889
mortgage advanced by Edward Richard Spencer secured on the same interest.
6 page paper booklet written on 3½ sides, signed
by Hallett. [see also 105/41 on my Surrey page - Hallett, Sydney] £34
171/22 Hannant, William (Devonshire St, Mile End) - 1862 -named in mother's Will. For full details & price, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Hannant, Ann (widow) - Great Yarmouth
190/31 Hart, John - St Clements Dean (Dane) - dated 1714 Acknowledgement of receipt of legacy paid to wife under Will of Carter, Thomas - Kennington, Kent, witnessed by Edward Hart. For For details / price see Kent page - Wills.
98/76 Johns, Charles Frederick - St. Johns Wood + South Hampstead -
1892
Probated copy of Will - names wife Emily M, (infant children not named), brother
Henry, sister Ada A (w/o James Allison), business partner
Samuel Charles Pegg. Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal
attached - company stamps on reverse. £17
160/11 Millard, Philip - Lincolns Inn Fields - 1855
Certified contemporary copy of Probated Will - note- of North
Walsham, Norfolk when Will written. Brother William Salter Millard (Old Catton),
daughters Lucy Elwin (w/o Walter J Scott), Elizabeth Salter Virtue Millard
(Holcombe Rogus, Devon), Maria J Millard, Phillippa Millard and Mary Whittingham
[** Taunton, Somerset 1876] (pretended wife of William Hewitt), nephews
Charles W Millard & James Elwin Millard.
20 pages of paper watermarked 1854, sewn together with parchment cover sheet.
Written on 18 sides with pencil notations throughout. Some splits in folds,
some dusting to first page & repair made to it before booklet made up.
Notes on cover relating to deaths & burial **places of some family members.
£40
160/6 Murrell, Miss Elizabeth Susan - Guildford St, St Pancras
- 1902
Letters of Administration dated 1862 - sister Sarah Ann (w/o William
Wilkinson ) Small sheet parchment with wafer seal attached. 2 bank stamps on
reverse. £5
98/71 Nicolles, John - Norwood, Hayes - 1786
Probated copy of Will - names mother Isabilla, brothers & sisters James,
Charles, Henry, George, Samuel, Susannah, Mary,
Sarah, Elizabeth. Details of property & lands held of Manor of Norwood.
Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. £45
84/42&43 Peele, Joshua - 1745 - Powers of Attorney given by William Lambe (Gateshead ) & Richard Hodgson (Lintz) to Joshua Peele (of the Liberty of the Rolles, Middx) to receive monies on their behalf. For details see Durham page - Property - Gateshead / Lintz.
171/211 Pratt, Miss Betsy - Poplar - 1888
Letters of Administration - mother Elizabeth Pratt (widow). Parchment
with wafer seal attached. Possible Norfolk connection as extracted by Cousins
Hardy, solicitors, Norwich. £4
171/161 Robbins , Joseph G - Brondesbury - 1911
Exor of Will of wife's cousin - for details & price see Norfolk page - Wills -
Tillyard, Miss Ellen
171/8 Thirkettle, Edward - Deal, Kent (previously Hackney) - 1904
Probated copy of short Will - wife Matilda. Partly printed paper booklet with
large number of company stamps on cover. £11
97/18 Letters of Administration & copy of Will of Matthew Wilde, - Barrow upon Soar - died 1726 - son Bartin, 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). For full details & price please see my Leicestershire page - Wills - Wilde
98/70 Wade, William - Harlington - 1764
Probated copy of Will - names wife Mary, sister Mary Bunyon, New Windsor, Berks.
(her son [nephew] not named). Parchment - with certificate of
Probate & wafer seal attached - [some wax loss from seal].
£42
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
160/7 Walford, Thomas Witts & Elizabeth - Uxbridge - 1836 beneficiaries in Will - for full details & price of this document please see my Oxfordshire page - Wills - Walford, Sarah - Banbury
53/175 Walker, Mary Ann (spinster) - Kingston upon Hull - 1802
Letters of administration - names brother, Miles Walker, Middx. £12
98/83 Wiggett, Maria - Upper Grosvenor St - see Norfolk page for father's Will - Wiggett, Edward - Cromer - 1844
171/215 Wilson, William - Nether Worton (previously Milk St, London) -
1821
Office
Copy of Will & codicils - brothers John Wilson, Thomas
(Hampstead), late Stephen 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, Sophia,
Eliza Wilson. 2 exors named John Wilson the elder & Thomas Wilson
(both Islington). 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
sides. Full details & price on my Oxfordshire page - Wills.
160/39 Blanche (wife of Arthur Wiseman, Enfield Town, Middx). Refered to in her father's Will. For full details & price of this document please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Osborn, John - Norwich & Brooke - 1894
171/214 Woodman, Thomas S - Kilburn - 1821 - his - wife Betsy was included in her aunt's Will - for full detail & price please see my Oxfordshire page Wills - Shaw, Elizabeth - Piddington.