FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)
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(Latest update of this page - 13/7/2008) (Embroidered Samplers start about half way down the page - after the various countries.)
Africa
Australia
Property, etc
66/11 Launceston, Tasmania- 1889 - Lease of property 'Ship & Pilot Boat' by Margaret Elizabeth Gilmour (Launceston, Tasmania) For full details/price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Bristol / Narrow Quay
Wills, etc.
160/77 Beryl (daughter of Douglas Baker of Geraldton, Western Australia), beneficiary of Will.
For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Woodcock, Samuel Jonathan - Norwich - 1912171/161 Tillyard, Robin John - Canberra - dated 1938
Letter detailing occupation & death - for details & price see Norfolk page -
Wills - Tillyard, Miss Ellen (his aunt)
73/5 Wyer, Emma, Henley Beach, South
Australia - 1885
Contemporary Certified copy of Will dated 23/9/1885. Refers to late husband,
Charles S Wyer, a plaintiff in the case ' Charles Wyer and others v John Tomkins'.
Son Charles and grandchildren, sister, grand nieces and nephews, not
named, brother - in - law Frederick Hagedorn (Adelaide). £10
Canada
171/206 Cecil T Blundell of Windsor, Ontario, included in his mother's Will - Amy Maria Blundell - Cromer - 1923. Probated copy of short Will - widow of George T Blundell, sister Miss Emily M Boyce. Paper booklet 2 company stamps. £13
160/77 Rose & Ernest Bond of Romford, Saskatchewan, beneficiary of Will. For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Woodcock, Samuel Jonathan - Norwich - 1912
171/166 Davey, Roscoe Ellis Boyle - Cartierville, Quebec - 1913
Letters of Administration, shows English residence at Sustead, Norfolk - father
Guy Davey. Paper. £4
105/33 Release & Indemnity given by the children of Ann Dodds Gainsborough Hill, Stafford died 1852 in 1853. Watermarked paper includes details of net value & amount paid to each beneficiary, signed by 13 of Ann's children - including George Dodds & Edward Dodds (both West Gwillimbury, Canada). William Dodds did not sign as he had already benefited prior to his mother's death. Together with a) a signed declaration from James Patton (Notary Public of Barrie, Simcoe, Canada) confirming he was present when George & Edward signed the Indenture, & b) a Certificate of Appointment of Patton as Notary Public signed by the Earl of Elgin & Kincardine, Governer General of British North America. £50
130/56 Mortgage by Henry de Beaumont Randolph [entitled to lands in tail male, subject to mortgages, annuities and portions to younger siblings]. Henry's sister Grace Lilian (w/o Cecil Wogan Wainwright of Manitoba, Canada). For full details & price of document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -Yate + Old Sodbury - 1899
130/67 & 68 & 69 - Sale of Leechpool Farm & lands by Henry de Beaumont Randolph (formerly of Yate, now Ontario, Canada). For full details & price of documents, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -Yate 1912
171/100 Brother Samuel Smith (Toronto, Canada), his 4 sons Thomas Mann Smith, William Wilson Smith, Samuel Sidney Smith, Robert Cromer Smith mentioned in Original Will. For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Smith, Susanna (Miss) - Cromer - dated 1900
171/98 John Spaul & Austin Spaul (both Collingwood, Canada). John's son Josiah John Spaul. Niece Elizabeth Purdy (Walsingham). Austin's children not named. All mentioned in sister's Will. For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Lewis, Mary Ann - widow - Hunworth & Holt - 1899
130/56 Mortgage by Henry de Beaumont Randolph [entitled to lands in tail male, subject to mortgages, annuities and portions to younger siblings]. Henry's sister Grace Lilian (w/o Cecil Wogan Wainwright of Manitoba, Canada). For full details & price of document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -Yate + Old Sodbury - 1899
England - County unknown
Wills, etc.
171/229 Temple, John - died in China.
Master of merchant ship "Adventure" - 1858
Letters of Administration - widowed mother Christiana Anne Temple, sister
Louisa Temple. Parchment dated 1872, with wafer seal. £5
India
Property, etc
162/24 - 1836 - Lease for a year (the 1st part of Lease & Release for sale of property ) by Philip Peard (Calcutta, Bengal) Parchment signed / sealed by Thomas Goldsworthy as Attorney for Peard, for full details & price of this, please see my Devon page - Property - Bishops Tawton
Ireland
Property, etc
62/5 Marriage Settlement between Thomas Campbell Graham, County
Monaghan and Margaret Davison, Bishopwearmouth - 1827
7 sheets Parchment - signed and sealed by both parties and Trustees -
Thomas Burn, Bishopwearmouth and Robert Reay, Monkwearmouth. Also
signed by witnesses - Frederick Becks, Edw Hinde, Jns Hutton, Thomas Walker.
Includes details of Margaret's Father, Mother, Brother and property in
Bishopwearmouth and investments. £58
62/11 - Appointment of New Trustee to Marriage Settlement between Thomas
Campbell Graham, and Margaret Davison -Bishopwearmouth - 1846.
2 sheets Parchment - signed and sealed by Thos. Burn and W L
Burn. Details original 1827 Marriage Settlement and some Family
History. £42
Wills, etc.
98/159 Kingsbury, James - Cork - died 1856
Letters of Administration granted to sister Diana, in 1875, mother also Diana.
Partly printed parchment with manuscript insertions, with wafer seal attached.
£5
118/17 - 1756 Attested copy of Will, of Booth, Robert - Salford - names Booth Gore (Ireland) & his daughter Arabella, for details see Lancashire page - Wills - Booth, Robert - Salford
118/18 - 1786 Attested copy of Will and Codicil of Booth, John Gore - Salford , names brother Sir John Booth Gore (dec'd) & his daughter Arabella, nephews Sir Booth Gore, Robert Gore (both Ireland), for details see Lancashire page - Wills - Booth, John Gore - Salford
171/6 Sarah (widow of Hugh Lyle-Coleraine, Ireland) included in
brothers Will - for full details & price, please see my Hertfordshire
page - Wills - Greg, Thomas - Westmill - 1832
Gibraltar
98/157 Livingstone, Thos. - Thorne, Doncaster - formerly Gibraltar -
1900 - see Yorkshire page for details
Jamaica
98/148 Hall, Charles - Doncaster, formerly Kingston, Jamaica -
died 1819
Further Letters of Administration with copy of Will attached, issued
following the death of his natural son Francis Hall (Newark,
Jamaica). Brother in law George Pinnock (Jamaica), late wife's nephews
/nieces Philip Pinnock, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth Cuthbert, also
various members of Rev John Allott's family who were kin - details on Yorkshire
page.
Japan
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ersey160/116 Gurney, Lovel Wodehouse - St Clement, formerly Eaton, Norfolk
- 1904
Probated copy of Will - wife Blanche neé Mason,
daughter Rachel Valerie Pearl, late father Francis Hay Gurney, brothers
Edward Hay Gurney, Hudson Gurney. Also refers to Cecil Francis
Gurney, relationship not stated. Property in Jersey & Eaton 7 shares in A/Eyres
Brewery. Paper booklet with some dusting & company stamp to parchment cover.
£17
New Zealand
Wills, etc.
171/174 Probated copy of Will & Codicil of Susan Elizabeth Stebbings - East Dereham - 1915- brothers James William Simpson & Franklin Simpson (Bay of Islands, New Zealand), George W Simpson, for full details, please see my Norfolk page.
Scilly Isles
Wills, etc.
98/103 Culyer, Charles Scilly Isles, Cornwall - 1883
Beneficiary under the Will of his sister - for details see Norfolk page, Wills -
Culyer, Elizabeth.
Scotland
Property, etc
61/2 - 1781 - Lease for a year (relating to assignment of property in Cumberland by way of a mortgage) Property apparently previously mortgaged to late John Smith (Carlisle), and his siblings are party to the agreement. They include Agnes w/o James Johns(t)on (Whitehill, Dumfries), Eleanor Smith, widow, (Cumbertrees, Scotland), Jane w/o John Marshall (Clifton, Cumb.) and late Margaret's eldest son John Irving (Whitehill, Dumfries). For details see Cumberland page - Property - Carlisle.
62/20 Sale of Property in Sunderland - 1881 - by Trustees of William
Jackson Johnson (a Bankrupt), to Waverley Brewery, Edinburgh - James
Jamieson and William Jenkinson. Property was subject to a Mortgage from
Sunderland Thirteenth Working Mans Building Society.
2 sheets Parchment - signed and sealed by Edmund Nichols, Robert
Henderson, John Henry Isitt (all members of the Bankruptcy Committee) and James
Jamieson and William Jenkinson. Includes the large wax seal of the Building
Society and signature of Alexander Prosser, Chairman. It refers to earlier
Indenture, Mortgage and Bankruptcy proceedings. £47
Wills, etc.
54/8 Alexander, Rev. William Burton - Crathie, Aberdeenshire (and
Bloomsbury Square, London) - 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
98/72 Balbirnie, Jean - Edinburgh - 1855 - in brother's Will - see Middlesex page - Balbirnie, John for details.
160/93 Alfred Hugh Mottram (Edinburgh) mentioned in Will - for full details & price please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Mace, Miss Unity - Eaton - 1922
160/94 Alfred Hugh Mottram (Edinburgh) mentioned in mother's Will for full details & price please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Mottram, Fanny Anne - Norwich - 1924
South Africa
160/117 Spratt, Rev Charles Muskett
- died in 1881 in the Transvaal, formerly of Mulbarton, Norfolk
Letters of Administration - for full details, please see my Norfolk page.
S
witzerlandProperty, etc
84/239 Geneva - 1887 - Assignment of Mortgage by James Trevor (Nether Stowey) to Annabella Mary Ascough Evered (Geneva). For details see my Somerset page - Property - Wiveliscombe - 1887
Property, etc
98/63 - America - 1856 - Ann, wife of William Dobson - included in Will of her father, see Leicestershire page - Lynes, John - for details.
48/118 - Carthage, Missouri - 1890 - Samuel and Sarah Davies - for details, see Herefordshire page - under Property, Walford, 1890. £27
60/26 Detroit - 1830 Declaration by Philip Stedman Sparkman - gives details of his birth in Detroit, USA, and his living in England, his mother's move to America, marriage, & his father's death, his mother's inheritance of the Razees Estate from her uncle - Philip Stedman, who died in 1820. For details see Herefordshire page.
60/28 Detroit - 1830 - A 'copy' of document no. 60/26. £22
160/49 - 1900 - Probated copy of Will - mentions brothers James Stebbings (Illinois, USA and his sons William & Miles), Miles Stebbings (Michigan). For full details of this document, & price, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Stebbings, William - East Dereham
Wills, etc.
160/40 Arthur John Chamberlin (New York)b brother of
Ann Elizabeth Green - Runton, Norfolk - 1895
Letters of Administration - Small parchment document with wafer seal attached.
£5
98/103 Culyer,John & Plowright, Maria dec'd (both of
New York) - 1883
John & Maria's son were beneficiaries under the Will of their sister - for
details see Norfolk page, Wills - Culyer, Elizabeth.
98/127 Meaker, Ellen wife of Levi (of North America) - 1880
Named in her mother's Will - for details see Somerset page, Wills - Hembry, Jane
160/118 Newson, Sidney - Flatbush, New York - 1855
Letters of Administration - mother Mary, brother Henry Newson.
Small parchment document with wafer seal attached. £6
160/119 Newson, Robert - Brooklyn, New York - 1855
Letters of Administration - mother Mary, brother Henry Newson.
Small parchment document with wafer seal attached. £6
Wales
Property, etc
48/118 Aberdare / Barry / Swansea -1890 - Richard and James Thorney (both of Aberdare), Luke and John Alfred Owen (both of Barry) - the husband and son of Caroline dec'd, Samuel and Sarah Davies (formerly of Swansea, now of Carthage, Missouri) - for details, see Herefordshire page - under Property, Walford, 1890. £27
48/121 Aberdare -1890 - Declaration by Mrs Esther Thorney
stating she had no interest in the property in Walford, to be sold by
James Thorney and others to E Crockett.
Paper - signed by
Esther Thorney . [see 48/118, above] £7
48/181 Aberedw / Llanbadarne, Radnorshire -1730 - Sale by
John Davies (Gwent, Brecon) to John Jones ( Maesmyngs, Brecon)
of various lands in Aberedw & Llanbadarne y Garreg.
Parchment - some fading & staining and several small tears. Signed &
sealed by Davies and James Watkins & Henry Parry - who were party to the
agreement, probably Trustees for Davies. Also signatures of 6
witnesses on cover, including Howell Davies & W Davies.
£46
48/144 Aberedow, Radnorshire -1782 - Attornment as tenant by
Richard Phillips to John Piggott (Presteign) and Richard Smith
(Presteign) as Exors. of William Archibald. Brief details of
original tenancy granted by Rev. John Williams.
Small sheet of watermarked paper signed by
Richard Phillips and reverse noted with breakdown of how rent paid, including
allowances and a load of lime. £19
48/176 Aberedw (&
Painscastle
) Estates - 1906 - Charge of Properties given by Willoughby
Baskerville Mynors (Bosbury, Herefdsh.) to William Hartland Banks and George
Falconer Pearson (Kington) t/a Davies, Banks & Co, to secure overdraft. Includes
a schedule of lands, with details of existing mortgages at Kinnerton, Evenjobb &
Discoed, Radnor.
Parchment - includes a release in 1911. Original agreement signed &
sealed by WB Mynors, and Release by Wm H Banks & Geo. F Pearson. £24
48/177 Aberedw - 1908 - Mortgage by Willoughby
Baskerville Mynors (Bosbury, Herefdsh.) of properties in Aberedw, Radnor to
Reginald Masefield and Charles Briscow Masefield (Ledbury).
Parchment - with details of existing mortgage and an added reconveyance of the
properties when it was redeemed in 1911. Original Mortgage signed &
sealed by WB Mynors, and Reconveyance by R and C B Masefield. £24
68/12 Brecon / Radnor - 1795 - Disposal of Interest in Land -
Llandewy Cwm, Brecon, by Elizabeth Jones to John Davis (Disserth,
Radnor).
Elizabeth Jones, spinster, now of Kington, Hereford - grandaughter of John
Morris (Llandewy) and daughter of John Morris alias Jones of Disserth.
Paper Indenture signed and sealed by Elizabeth Jones with signatures of
witnesses, Thos ? Brice and Thomas Morgan. Names pieces of land. £52
98/127 Patten, Edith (of Bridgend, Glam.) - 1880
Named in her mother's Will - for details see Somerset page, Wills - Hembry, Jane
98/21 Cardiff - 1861 - Charlotte & James Saunders - See details on Gloucestershire page under Wills, Clark.
10/12A Carnarvon - 1875 - Ysguburwen - Auction particulars for sale of 98 lots of freehold building land and reversionary interests. 10 page booklet but with middle 2 pages containing lots 22-98 to be sold on day 2 of sale missing. Contains conditions of sale with details of reversionary interests to be sold on day 1. Details include brief description of premises, details of lease, ground rent, tithes & occupants :- Geo. Farren, Dr. Morgan, Robt. Newton, W Lloyd Griffeth, Capt. Davis, Charles Thomas, Jno Jones, John Griffith, Edwin Hobson, Paxton Hardy, Richard Aylmer, W G W Clemenger, Alexander Fraser. The booklet (c.11"x 17"), with some small tears in folds, includes a large, coloured, printed, folding plan (c. 30"x 21")showing the location of each Lot, & names of owners of surrounding grounds. £18
10/13ACarnarvon - 1875 - Ysguburwen - Auction particulars for sale of 98 lots of freehold building land and reversionary interests. Similar document to 10/12A, but this one has the complete booklet, however, there are tears to the centre fold & cover, and a number of large tears in the folds of the plan. £18
10/13BCarnarvon - 1875 - Ysguburwen - Copy of just the plan as in 10/12A & 13A - complete, but torn. £4
10/12B Carnarvon - 1881 - Ysguburwen - Auction particulars for sale of 29 lots of freehold building land and reversionary interests. 8 page printed booklet (c.12"x 18") containing conditions of sale & a brief description of each Lot, but plan missing. £10
64/7 Chepstow - 1822 - Attested copy of Lease - Surrender by Executors
of John Bowsher Dec'd (Chepstow) and Richard Bowsher (Bath) to the
Merchant Adventurers of Bristol in favour of Benjamin Tucker the Elder and
Younger. 4 acres of land - Honey Penn Hill, Clifton, Glos. upon which 32
properties were to be erected.
10 sheets of paper including plan of proposed properties. Refers to earlier
agreements, Will of John Bowsher (deceased at time of agreement), specifications
for construction of properties and various Covenants as to use of land. [see
also 64/8]. £52
105/45 Denbigh - Wrexham - 1885 - George Stewart Bessell (Wrexham) had applied to the Guardian Permanent Benefit Building Socy (Bristol) for a mortgage on 1 Rodney Cottages, Two Mile Hill, St Georges, for full details & price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Bristol / St George
130/16 Glamorgan, Barry - 1903 - Transfer of Mortgage & further advance. Original mortgages advanced by William Tame (Barry, Glam.) to Albert James Beaven (Bristol). For full details / price of this document, please see my Somerset page - Property - Brislington
130/10 Cardiff, Glamorgan -
1895 - Marriage Settlement between Eliza Ann Roberts (Portishead) &
William Gwynne Thomas (Cardiff), signed / sealed by W G Thomas,
Eliza A Roberts (+ Eliza A Thomas), and trustees -
Together with the Death Certificate of William Gwynne Thomas,
prepared in 1903 & signed over a penny stamp. For full details of this
document, please see my Somerset page - Property -
Portishead .
162/20 Cadoxton, Neath, Glam - 1826 - Lease for a year (the 1st part of Lease & Release for sale of property) by Richard & John Fosse (both Cadoxton, Neath) to Thomas Dumayne Place (Cadoxton, Neath). Names the occupiers of the various cottages / lands in Marwood. For full details / price of this document, please see my Devon page - Property - Marwood.
162/21 Cadoxton, Neath, Glam - 1827 - Lease for a year (the 1st part of Lease & Release for sale of property) by Thomas Dumayne Place (Cadoxton, Neath) to Richard Crang (Marwood). Names the occupiers of the various cottages / lands in Marwood including Richard Fosse, formerly the property of John Fosse dec'd. Witnessed on reverse by D Powell (solr, Neath) & Jno Attwood (his clerk). For full details / price of this document, please see my Devon page - Property - Marwood.
98/19 Cowbridge, Glam. - 1835 - Robinson, Richard - see Gloucestershire page - Wills re property bequeathed.
130/3 Glamorgan, Wenvoe Castle - 1806 - Contemporary Attested copy of a Release to make a Common Recovery (property conveyance subject to life tenancy) by Sir John Thomas (Southampton) & his son John Godfrey Thomas Refers to Deed of 1771 - lands inherited from Mary Phelps dec'd (Cole, Westbury upon Trym) settled on Sir John (then John Thomas (Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan), father & brother both named Sir Edmond Thomas. For full details / price of this document, please see my Gloucesterhire page - Property - Westbury upon Trym [see also 130/70]
84/321 Glamorgan - Ystradfodwg - 1894 - Lease on messuage & shop 53, Ystrad Rd, by Catherine Evans to Thomas Jones Davies (Ystrad Rhondda) & assignment of lease to John Davies (?Tin Pentre) in 1895. Covenants relating to maintenance, & use as printers shop. 8 page paper booklet - several tears / holes in centre fold (where sewn) some dusting to outer. Original lease signed by Catherine, assignment signed by T J & John Davies & C Evans. £29
48/190 Dingestowe, Monmouth - 1720 - Copy of Assignment of
Mortgage. Mortgage granted to Richard Jelfe (City of Gloucester), assigned by
Charles Hopkins (Dingestowe) to Jeremiah Jenkins (Gloucester). Details of
original mortgage granted to William Jelfe (Richard's father) in 1708 on
security of lands in Ruardean, Glos. subsequent assignment of mortgage &
transfer of property to Richard. As part of this agreement, some of the original
mortgage was repaid.
Paper - written on 7 sides - some small holes in folds of final sheet - hardly
affecting text. £36
84/89 Dolgelly, Merioneth - 1886 - Statutory declaration made by Edward Otto Partridge (Dolgelly, Merioneth ) relating to purchase of lands in Hazlehurst, Walford - 1846 to 1869 - for details see my Herefordshire page - Property - Walford 1886
48/127 Dolgelly, Merioneth - 1904 - Short Declaration by Edward Otto Partridge (Dolgelly, Merioneth) identifying land at Walford, Herefordsh. sold. for details see Herefordshire page - Property - Walford 1904
48/40 Glasbury, Brecon - 1908 - Sale of lands - Hope Mansell, Herefordsh., by Executors of William Bennett Jones (wife, Elizabeth and niece, Gertrude Anne Freeman) to Sir George Bullough (Bishopwood). Francis Thomas Jones (Glasbury) and others, were party to the agreement as Mortgagees. George William Jones (Hope Mansell) was also party to the agreement. 8 sides of parchment, together with folding map of lands - signed and sealed by Elizabeth Anne Jones, Gertrude Annie Freeman, G W Jones, FT Jones, W S Clarke and F S Collins. [see my Herefordshire page - property - Hope Mansell, for further details] £42
60/42 Great Dinham, Chepstow, Monmouth - 1880 - Certified copy of Surrender of land by Thomas Simon Woodall (Great Dinham) in favour of Osman Barrett - for details see my Herefordshire page, under Hope Mansell.
144/2 Hope, Montgomery - 1628 - Lease for a year (being first part of
Lease / Release for Sale of Land) by David Pughe (Stirchley, Shropshire) to
Howell Jones (Brythdir, Montgomery). Gives names & acreages of property &
lands in Hope, occupied by Bartholomew ap Oliver, Edward Lawrence &
Piers ap Hugh als Bryn.
Sheet parchment approx. 16"x 7" with small stain in centre fold. Signed
by David Pughe, but seal tag & wax seal missing. 4 witness signatures
on reverse, including Francis Davies, Edw Edwardes, Henry
Shipman. £90
144/4
Hope, Montgomery - 1655 - Transfer of Land as security for loan by
David & Elizabeth Roberts (Hope) to George Llewellin (Franckwell, nr
Shrewsbury). Includes details of land, 2 advances & provision for redemption.
Large sheet parchment approx. 9"x 27" with
decorative initial letter, 2
pendant wax seals (1 with only about 1/3 seal remaining). Signed by
David Roberts, 'mark' of
Elizabeth Roberts. Witness signatures of Charles Boyd, Daniel Pughe,
Ric Taylor & Hum. Tomkins. £140
144/6
Hope, Montgomery - 1658 - Lease for 6 months (being first part of Lease /
Release for Sale of Land) by Richard Poole (Gyngroy? Vawre, Montgomery)
to Anne Corbett (Longnor, Shropshire). Details of land. Also refers to
Richard Corbett.
Sheet parchment approx. 20"x 4+" with
decorative initial letter . Small amount of rodent damage to bottom edge,
not affecting text. Signed by Richard Poole, with
pendant wax seal. Witness signatures on reverse Thomas Greene,
James Wooddin, Thomas Crosse, Thomas Poole, Charles Jones. [see
also 144/3 - Leighton, below] £110
144/1 Leighton, Montgomery - 1613/14 - Mortgage of property by
Charles & Anne Lloyd and their son Brochwell to Anne
Lloyd (Tyddyn Preed), widow of Theophilus Lloyd. Property leased to
John Davies & Lewis Davies. Details of original loan by
Theophilus & arrangements for repayment.
Large sheet parchment approx. 21"x 20", with 3 seal tags 2 of which have
pendant wax seals still attached. Signed by Chas Lloyd, Anne
Lloyd, Broychwell Lloyd with 9 witness signatures on reverse -
Richard Griffyths, Humpfrey Lloyd, ........... Lloyd,
....... Hay, Humffrey Jones, Griffith Griffiths, Francis Davies
& Roger Davies. £160
144/3
Leighton, Montgomery - 1653 - Sale and Feoffment of Land by Edmond
Redge & Mary his wife to Anne Corbett widow of Edward Corbett.
Includes names & acreage of parcels of land & current occupiers Gilbert ap
Evan, Richard Shone, Edward Thomas.
Large sheet parchment
approx. 25"x 26", with decorative initial letter. Small hole
towards bottom of document with loss of odd letter from several words. 2 seal
tags 1 of which has large
pendant wax seal still attached. 1 seal tag has the 'mark' "E R" ,
the other has a 'mark' like a reversed letter "R" on its side. 5 witness
signatures on reverse including Thomas Crosse, Thomas Greene,
Thomas Crosse (different writing), James Wooding. [see
also 144/5 - Hope, above] £140
48/11 Llanbadarn y Gerreg, Radnor - 1792 - Fine (or Final Concord)
made at Great Sessions for Radnor recording sale of property by Samuel
and Fortune Bevan to John Bevan.
Parchment - very faint staining. £18
84/91 Mansons Cross, Monmouth - 1897 - "Hand in Hand" Insurance policy on property at Mansons Cross, taken out in names of John Best Bills (owner) and Joseph Herbert Bussell & Thomas Pike (both of Ross, Hereford, mortgagees). Paper printed with manuscript details by W G Walton (Ross agency) - signed by W Esdaile Winter (Director). £7
84/314 Monmouthshire - 1686 - Gift of lands by Edmund Lewis (Lanvihangell
Yestern Llewierne) to his eldest son Isaac. Properties to be held in
trust till after Edmund's death & subject to payment to son Samuel. Lands
in Landeny & Usk.
Parchment - very decorative initial letter, note there are 3 horizontal
splits across it - approx 7", 14"& 15" long, respectively. Signed
by John Evans, one of the trustees, 'mark' of Thomas Watkin
missing with seal tag. Witness signatures on reverse - Thomas Jones,
James Charles, Isaac Lewis & 'mark' of Margaret Lewis. Also,
the signature of Sam Lewis acknowledging receipt of payment by brother in
1693. £55
84/315 Monmouthshire - 1752/3 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at Westminster in 26th year of reign of George II, recording sale of property and land in Landenny Usk Gwehehogg by William and Ann Walker to Thomas Walker on parchment sheet approx 8"x 18". £21
90/22 Monmouthshire - Chepstow - 1812 - Power of Attorney given by Thomas Mutlow (Chepstow) to surrender lands to the Manor of Ledbury Forren . Signed / sealed by Mutlow, witnessed by Hannah Mutlow. For full details & price of this document, please see my Herefordshire page - property - Ledbury - 1812
73/4 Monmouth / Goldcliff - 1887 - Release and Covenant to surrender
copyhold lands to Lord of Manor. Relates to lands mortgaged to Thomas Henry
Morgan (Chepstow) by Daniel Baker (St. Aruans, Mon.)
Agreement between Christiana Morgan (Tidenham, Glos.) - widow of Thomas H
, Sarah Ann Baker (Roggiett, Mon) and George Nicholls (Bristol) -
Executor of Daniel, and Alfred Jones (Nash), the Purchaser.
2 sheets parchment c. 28"x 19" including a plan and description of land.
Occupied by Sarah Reece as tenant. Signed and sealed by
Christiana Morgan,
Sarah Ann Baker and George Nicholls. Details of earlier agreements
including mortgages between, and deaths of, Morgan and Baker.
£48
48/39 Monmouth - 1897 - Assignment of Mortgage originally granted by
Francis Hamp Adams (Upton Bishop) to William Bennett Jones
(Hope Mansell, Herefordsh.). Mortgage assigned to Francis Thomas Jones (Kings
Caple) and Thomas Robert Oakley (Monmouth). George William Jones (Hope
Mansell) was also party to the agreement. Details of original Mortgage and
description of various pieces of land, including field names, acreage and
location by reference to adjoining landowners.
8 sides of parchment (writing faint in places) - signed and sealed by
Bennett Jones, G W Jones, F H Adams, FT Jones and T R Oakley. £37
55/8 Montgomery - 1760 - Deed of Covenant to produce Title Deeds relating to tithes & tenths at Earley, Berks sold by Elizabeth & John Powell Pryce (Montgomery) (Marriage Settlement 1751, parents Richard Manley & Elizabeth nee Davy), to Joel Watson (London). Covenant made by Richard Simeon (Reading) who held the Title Deeds as Trustee. Tenants Richard Willis, William Henry Sharpe. Large sheet parchment document signed / sealed by Richd Simeon, witnessed on reverse by P H Sherlock & Richd. Sutton (his clerks). £58
48/165 Nantyglo, Monmouth - 1838 - Receipt from exors. and legatees of
Joseph Robins Will, relating to payment received from George Robins (Nantyglo,
Monmouth) in respect of legacies charged on properties left to George by Joseph.
Small slip of paper - approx 3"x 8"with small tear in from one edge - written on
both sides and containing 14 signatures of exors. and legatees - John &
Mary Evans, William & Sophia Finglass, Charles & Elizabeth
Jones, Sarah Lord, Edmund, Joseph, Thos., & William Robins, George &
Susan Webb. Provision was made for James Robins signature - but he didn't
sign. £10
48/33 Newport, Monmouth - 1878- Mortgage by William Bennett Jones
(Hope Mansell) to Elizabeth Anne Preece (Newport, Monmouth).
Contains some details of Thomas Bennett's Will, William's brother and uncle. The
document includes the Assignment of the Mortgage in 1882 by Elizabeth Preece to
John and Ann Addis (Markstow, Hereford).
8 sides of watermarked paper with split down centre fold where sewn together.
Original Mortgage signed by William Bennett Jones and Elizabeth Anne
Preece. Assignment signed by Jones, Preece, John and
Ann Addis. £36
84/243 Penarth, Glamorgan - 1894 - Mortgage by Rev Frederick Hancock (Selworthy) of farm & lands to Arthur J Mackey (Exeter) & Rev William Sweet Escott (late of Hartrow Manor, now Penarth, Glamorgan). Details on my Somerset page - Property - Wiveliscombe - 1894
60/41 Plashendre - 1880 - Certified copy of Surrender of land by
Osman Barrett (formerly of Mitcheldean, but now of Plashendre, Aberystwith) to
Lord of the Manor of Hope Mansell, in favour of Worcester City & County Banking
Co. Ltd. Names adjoining landowners.
Parchment (approx. 23"x 28") - signed by B. Bonnor.
£27
60/42 Plashendre - 1880 - Certified copy of Surrender of land in favour of Osman Barrett - for details see Herefordsh. page, under Hope Mansell.
84/318 Radnor county - Aberedow - 1809 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at Presteigne, recording sale of properties & lands in Aberedow by Thomas & Elinor Price to James Pugh, on parchment sheet approx 14½"x 7¾". £18
84/319 Radnor county - Evenjobb, Old Radnor - 1824 - Agreement
by Thomas Stephens Rogers (Kington, Hereford) to sell to Peter Rickards
Mynors (Enjobb), properties & land in Evenjobb occupied by John Beaumont.
Gives details of completion & mortgage to be advanced by Rogers.
Large sheet of paper watermarked 1818 - folded in 2 & written on 3 of the sides.
Signed by Rogers, Mynors and witness Edwd Hall Green. [see
48/176 Aberedw, above]
£40
60/7 Radnor - Presteigne - 1777 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at
Presteigne, recording sale of property by Thomas & Sarah Jones to
William Williams.
Matching purchasers and sellers copies on fine parchment. [see 84/317
below] £36
84/317 Radnor county - Presteigne - 1800 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at Presteigne, recording sale of properties & lands in Presteign by William & Margaret Williams to David Griffiths, on parchment sheet approx 21"x 5". [see 60/7 above] £18
84/316 Radnor county - 1786 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at Presteigne, recording sale of properties & lands in Old Radnor by Silvanus & Susannah Jones and Thomas & Mary Jones to Peter Richards, on parchment sheet approx 20"x 4¾". £18
60/81 Old Radnor - 1884 - Covenant by Lewis Thomas Turner (Old Radnor) to surrender lands to Lord of Manor of Preston upon Wye, Herefordshire. For the details, see Herefordshire page.
60/30 Radnor - 1908 - Agreement between Willoughby
Baskerville Mynors (Bosbury) and Davies Banks &Co to secure a further
overdraft. Details of earlier agreement between Mynors and the Bank and of properties in
Radnor upon which overdraft secured. Also includes a release of the properties
back to Mynors in 1911.
Parchment - signed by WB Mynors, and William H Banks &
Geo. F Pearson, on behalf of the bank. [see also 48/176, 177} £18
84/241 Roath, Cardiff - 1890 - Transfer of Mortgage by George Moody (Wigborough) to Thomas Willy (Ilminster) and Caroline (w/o Robert Westlake of Roath, Cardiff, Glam.). Details on my Somerset page - Property - South Petherton - 1890
84/322 Ruthin - Plas Newydd - 1896 - Estimate for construction of stable & coach house by 'W H Smith & Co', Whitchurch, Salop addressed to Capt H C Wrigley - includes details of construction & fittings. Large sheet of watermarked paper folded in 2 - the 1st side with printed heading, written on 2 of 4 sides. £9
142/1 Strady, Carmarthen - 1719 - Sale by Lawford Cole (son of Thomas Cole of Strady, Carmarthen) of a plot of land - for full details & price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Bristol / St. James
64/70 Swansea - 1822 - Rosalinda & William Howell ..... for details see Gloucestershire page under Property - Bristol / St. Paul & St. James.
84/19 Tintern - 1892 - Assignment of Mortgage (originally granted by Helen Lavinia Shaw (Sneyd Park) to Francis Baskerville (Kingsdown, Bristol) ) to Mary Ann Jones (Tintern, Monmouth). [for details see Gloucestersh page - Bristol / St. Michael]
Wills, etc.
190/4 Comberbach, Roger - Prothonotary of counties of Chester &
Flint - dated 1762
Appointment of deputy, signed / sealed by Comberbach,
witnessed by Wm Kinsey. For full details / price, please see my
Cheshire page - Wills etc
118/99 Owen, William - Swansea - 1894
Probated copy of Will & Codicil - son William A, daughter Edith M,
mother in law Elizabeth Jones (Newport), brother David Owen,
sisters Margaret (both Anglesea), Ellen Jones dec'd - her daughters Annie,
Sarah G, nephew William Owen, niece Mary L Rees, servant
Elizabeth Davies. 2 large sheets parchment, cert of Probate & wafer
seal attached. Number of company stamps on reverse. £26
Books
Pevsner - Buildings of England - Oxfordshire.
Good condition, with dust jacket. £13 plus
postage....weight approx 0:8kg.
Canal Interest
84/312 Huddersfield - 1796 - Printed report of state of finances and works of the Huddersfield Canal. Sheet of paper approx 18"x 14" folded in 2 & printed on 3 of the pages. The first page contains statement of receipts & expenses, the 2nd & 3rd sides report on the state of construction of the East End, Great Tunnel, the West End - including the number of locks, aqueducts, bridges, etc & expected date of completion. £14
Embroidered Samplers
I have a selection of Samplers for sale at both The Lamb Arcade, High Street, Wallingford, Oxon and Brushwood Antiques, Faringdon, many of which I have conserved by hand-sewing the Sampler onto either natural unbleached Irish linen, or raw silk and mounting this onto museum quality board before having it framed and glazed (using the original frame where possible). If you are seriously interested in making a purchase, I can email a photograph of a particular Sampler to you. Note: The prices quoted DO NOT include the cost of postage and packing.81/6 - A.......... - A simple but striking undated Victorian Sampler worked in thick wool on a coarse cloth by Naomi (probably the “NHA” following the alphabet are her initials). “By this you see what care my parents took of me”. Naomi’s Sampler is possibly typical of the thousands of now lost examples made at the “penny” schools. She was not given fine quality cloth, or silks to sew with, and probably not expert tuition, but she obviously felt her parents would be pleased with her achievement. The edges of the Sampler were turned under and hemmed, then a piece of different fabric was neatly over-sewn to the back - possibly by Naomi. It has now been conserved by being hand sewn onto Irish linen before being framed and glazed. £165
148 - Andrews - An attractively presented Map Sampler of the late 18th, or early 19th century, embroidered (to a design in use from the 1780's) by E Andrews. Worked on a finely woven cloth, the names of the counties and principal rivers of England & Wales are embroidered in minute black cross-stitch. The map is surrounded by a colourful garland of carefully embroidered flowers ~ to include rosebuds, jasmine, cornflowers, carnations and fuchsia. £285
154 - Ashton - Sampler dated 1790 incorporating an unusual design, meticulously embroidered by Mary Ashton at Louth. She used a fine almost transparent gauze fabric ~ and sewed her Sampler with silk threads in tiny cross stitch, satin stitch and stem stitch, including The Lords Prayer and three verses from St John, Ch 1, surrounded by a wide floral border. £445
128 - Bailes - An extremely attractive Sampler sewn by Mary Ann Bailes and dated September 11th 1840. The silks chosen by Mary give her Sampler a glowing golden effect, and her design is reminiscent of the style being sewn about 70 years earlier (even to the omission of the letter "J" from the alphabet) Did Mary perhaps copy a family heirloom Sampler? Embroidered on a very fine cloth, mainly in tiny cross stitch, but with the first alphabet & numerals in Algerian Eye stitch, with the rosebuds highlighted by satin stitch, close inspection reveals that each flower, bird and jardinière were carefully sewn in a number of shades giving a subtle sophistication to her work. This Sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto raw silk, before being replaced in its original Birds eye maple frame. £795
153a - Batten - An unusual collection of three late 19th century Samplers, belonging to one family (surname Batten, of Well Springs, Sotwell, Berkshire - now Oxfordshire) and contained within one frame. At the top is a small colourful alphabet Sampler embroidered in fine wool ~ cross stitch. Below this is a slightly larger example, worked with similar wools and cloth by "E B" during the "Jubilee Year 1887", saying "God save our Gracious Queen Long Live our Noble Queen God save the Queen". Beneath these is a very uncommon survivor ~ sewn on pre-punched card (available from the 1870's and sometimes called 'Bristol Board', generally used by quite small children (both boys and girls) for Samplers or moral texts). In this case, the tiny holes are very neatly embroidered with fine blue and brown threads scribing ~ "If Siners Intice The Consent Thou Not My Brother X John Batten X Sotwell Berks". This is attached to a short length of dark blue ribbon. At the base is a small piece cut from a school exercise book saying "Emma Batten Stan III". On the reverse of the frame, a note reads "Samplers worked in Brightwell School by Emma and John Batten of The Well Springs". A little research on the internet shows that according to the 1881 census, John and Emma Batten lived at Well Springs, Sotwell, with their children Emma, Anne, Louis John and Charlie. Emma jnr would have been eleven in 1887, when she embroidered her 'Jubilee' Sampler. She may have worked the Alphabet Sampler when she was younger, or perhaps Anne (three years her junior) made it, presumably, the card Sampler was sewn by Louis John. £225
24 - Julia Bird stitched her Sampler in 1890 "To my Mother". She used the popular sentiment "Home Sweet Home" as her theme, and included motifs of - Mother standing at the door of the home, kettles, and pet dogs as well as a number of birds - a reminder of her surname, perhaps. This Sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto natural unbleached Irish linen, before being framed and glazed. £355
108 - Sarah Brealey sewed her exquisite Sampler in 1822, at the age of 10. It is symmetrically planned and beautifully embroidered in miniscule cross stitch using fine, coloured threads, and showing considerable skill in the perfect positioning of the trailing border. The motifs (which include birds, butterflies, flowers, trees and a cute little bunny) have been very carefully placed around the verse. The contemporary (probably original) gilt frame complements the colours of this Sampler. £ 425
152a Brown - Helen Kinnear Brown didn't date her Sampler, but the style suggests it was sewn in the late 18th, or early 19th century, and it has a 'Scottish' or 'North of England' feel to it. The row of initials ~ probably of close family viz: 'RB', 'AB', 'MB', 'HB' ~ was a feature of these areas. The other initials could relate to those of her friends, classmates and, or teachers. Helen used fine, colourful wools for her cross stitch, and Algerian Eye stitch producing a neat and pleasing effect, which though slightly faded, remains in very good condition. £215
127 Bunn - An unbelievably fine Sampler embroidered by Rebecca Bunn in 1814 using coloured silks on an almost transparent open weave gauze fabric ~ the intricacy of the stitching has to be seen to be believed. A carnation border surrounds alphabets sewn in Algerian Eye stitch. She included bands of motifs and a verse. Perfectly complimented by its period gold frame, the whole has a "glowing" look. £795
52 - Checketts - 1858 Sampler by Eliza Checketts age 9 worked in muted blues and beige giving the "soft" effect often associated with faded colours - but in this instance, they are the original shades. It exhibits not only exquisite needlecraft, but also an eye for detail unexpected in a girl so young. Eliza has inserted a differently designed "fancy" row between each row of letters or numbers. Intriguingly, it is unfinished. Eliza started to work with a red thread towards the end of the bottom line! Why this sudden alteration to her colour theme? Had the school run out of the colours of her choice? Did she intend to unpick the red thread? This sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto raw silk, before being framed and glazed. £445
69 - Curnow - An impressive Sampler dated 1887, meticulously cross-stitched by Nellie Curnow in wool, which gives it a rather sumptuous effect - especially the large bowl of flowers. It was made during Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Year, but as well as featuring crowns and stars, Nellie chose to include Paul Pry, a character invented by John Poole for his comedy of the same name, introduced on stage in 1825 by the leading comic actor, John Liston. Paul Pry caught the public’s imagination, remaining popular, and being revived as late as the 1890’s. Several porcelain factories produced figures of him. Nellie was the sixth child of James W Curnow and his wife, Elizabeth. The family lived at Mawgan in Menage, in Cornwall, where James worked as a cordwainer. Nellie was already attending school when the 1881 census was prepared - she was four years old. This sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto raw silk, before being framed and glazed. £415
114a - Curtis -This unusual Sampler, within its period birds eye maple frame, was sewn by Mary Ann Curtis in 1841. She used a single weave canvas as the ground for her wool-work embroidery in a variation of Oblique Gobelin stitch to create attractive floral borders in the 'Berlin' style, with the inclusion at the top, of an exotic bird (its beak defined in Petit Point), and at the centre bottom, a Chapel on a hillside, surrounded by trees, and a girl in a red skirt walking towards the Cross in the foreground. The rhyme, sewn in extremely fine Cross stitch is entitled 'The Sampler '. £ 360
138 - Faulknor / Faulkner - An attractive and finely embroidered Sampler inscribed "Francis Faulknor born December 16 1811", worked in coloured silks on a pale ground. A number of motifs including animals, birds, flowering plants & a small ornate building surround a verse, all sewn in minute cross stitch and enclosed within a birds eye maple frame. £465
163 Hannah Fielden sewed her Sampler when she was 12 years old in 1837 using some unusual features - such as her 'wider than normal' border which consists of a continuous trailing branch of realistic rosebuds. A morality rhyme is positioned between floral motifs, also worked to a more realistic design than the usual 'geometric' flowers found on Samplers. A house, with its brickwork cleverly delineated, is embroidered at the bottom - perhaps representing Hannah's home or school. A very attractive piece, worked in cross stitch, with a little tent stitch - in excellent condition, framed & glazed. £375
119b - Mary Frances Hatton was only 10 years old when she completed her Sampler in 1823. Mainly embroidered in exquisitely tiny cross-stitch, she enhanced some areas with satin stitch. Mary must have enjoyed sewing, because she filled her fabric with as many motifs (which include 21 birds - of various breeds such as owls, peacock, pigeon and 3 buildings - possibly garden features on a Family Estate) as she could. She chose a verse seen on a number of other samplers. This Sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto natural unbleached Irish linen, before being framed and glazed. £ 645
89 - Jane Holton was very accomplished with her needle. She worked this beautiful Sampler on finely woven cloth using coloured silks, mainly for exquisitely tiny cross stitch, but with the addition of a saw tooth border & a zigzag row of crosses, in satin stitch, and a second, more fancy alphabet & row of numerals in Algerian eye stitch. It is an archetypal example embodying all the features one would hope to find in a Sampler dated 1796. This Sampler is in the frame made for it when it was first sewn - borne out by a piece of paper (between the Sampler & backboard) watermarked “G R 794” - George Regina 1794. The Sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto natural unbleached Irish linen, & the piece of fragile watermarked paper was replaced with it in the original frame. £ 765
81/1 & 2 - H....... - This small alphabet Sampler has been carefully worked
by “S H” at the age of 14 in 1812 sewn in cross stitch, using a selection
of colourful fine woollen yarns on a coarsely woven cloth. She included a single
motif, in the form of a basket of flowers. This Sampler has been conserved by
being hand sewn onto natural unbleached Irish linen, before being framed and
glazed.
H....... - This Sampler with the initials “J M” to the left of the
basket of flowers is something of a mystery ! It is extremely similar to (and
was purchased with) the 1812 Sampler by “S H”, and careful examination of the
two damaged letters before “Aged 18” look as if they were originally “M H”.
Could two sisters have sat side by side sewing their Samplers to the same basic
design? The date is shown as “18”. Did it remain unfinished? - or was it
unpicked? Was the row of numerals worked by a different hand? - that of “J M” ?
- note the different style of letters. It has been conserved by being hand sewn
onto natural unbleached Irish linen, before being framed and glazed. £340
(both together).
99 - Elizabeth Lawton finished this large complicated Sampler at the unbelievably early age of 10 years, showing the high standards which were achieved by young children, and not only her skill with the needle, but sense of design, ability to count the minute threads (necessary to fit all the features symmetrically within the carnation border) and above all, patience! Worked with a mixture of geometric and realistic designs (note the small birds flying above the temple) in fine, coloured threads, almost entirely in cross stitch - but with an eye-catching central band of satin stitch depicting the garden in front of The Temple of Solomon. Elizabeth did not date her work, but depictions of the Temple of Solomon on Samplers seems to have been a popular subject between 1815 & 1840, and the two styles of script she has used were also prevalent during this period. Similar roses & diamonds were worked on Samplers of the late 1830’s. The faux rosewood and gilt frame has been dated to the 1840’s, and is possibly the frame made for this Sampler at the time Elizabeth finished it. It must have made a very impressive feature for her proud parents to display. £465
112a Millner - The skill that 10 year old Sarah Millner demonstrated with her needle has to be seen to be believed. This Sampler, sewn on a fine pale woollen cloth was finished in 1794, and time has not looked after it too well. There are a number of moth holes, and other damage to the edges, and the once bright silks have faded - but for all that, it has a beauty of its own. The border is different from any I've previously seen - being a straight row of perfect satin stitch in green, forming a 'stem', with attached small pink buds, and leaves. Her finely embroidered alphabets and numerals are in both Algerian Eye and cross stitch, underlined with a band of closely worked Algerian Eyes (another unusual feature). The Lords Prayer is underlined by another satin stitch row and followed by motifs sewn in minute cross stitch. Below are three separate homilies, edged with painstakingly worked flowering plants and birds. This sampler has been hand-sewn onto raw silk and mounted on Museum quality board, ready to be framed and glazed. £295
88 - Part - This sampler by Elizabeth Part was once amongst Anne Sebba’s collection. (Anne was the author of ‘Samplers, Five Centuries of a Gentle Art’). Elizabeth sewed it when she was just 9 years old, in 1803, using cross stitch on a fairly closely tabby woven cloth, which would have made the counting of the threads quite a challenge - but she took extreme care, especially as it is composed almost entirely of writing, with a small selection from the standard sampler motifs embroidered down each side. Framed & glazed. £415
113 - Price - A bright, attractive Sampler sewn in 1880 by Ellen L Price aged 12 years. Legislation in 1876 made education compulsory, and it was probably at one of the new ‘Board’ Schools that Ellen embroidered her Sampler on Penelope canvas using a medium thick wool . Her work was very neat, and she chose the verse ‘Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth’ followed by a Dove carrying an olive branch. Framed in faux walnut. £125
124 - Seaton - It is not just the shape of Sarah Seaton's attractive Sampler dated 1815 which is unusual - but also the method of her embroidery. Her floral and ribbon border and the boughs beneath the verse appear to be mainly of tambour work (a chain stitch made by using a special hook, which was introduced to Europe from the Orient late in the 17th century and became very popular for use on fine muslins.) Sarah positioned the usual type of cross-stitched sampler motifs symmetrically, but also included a large central pineapple (representing hospitality) , flanked by a very realistic stag, and spaniel embroidered in minute petit point. In period birds eye maple frame. £495
114b - Steelfox - A large George IV Sampler in excellent condition, meticulously worked by Mary Steelfox in 1826 in cross stitch, using silk threads on a linen ground. The verse surrounded by a floral border and a number of motifs, including Adam & Eve with the Serpent coiled around the Tree of Knowledge, Solomon's Temple, a house and other buildings - one possibly representing Mary's school. Flowers, birds and bowls of fruit are also featured. This Sampler has been conserved by being hand sewn onto pure unbleached linen, before being framed and glazed. £825
82 - Summers - An attractive William IV Sampler worked in Algerian eye and cross stitch in fine silks by Sarah Summers, with the date 1832 in both Roman and Arabic Numerals. In addition to the alphabet, she embroidered the first three verses of Psalm I above a pretty floral band probably representing honeysuckle. Framed & glazed. £375
83 - Tyson - A George III Sampler by Mary Tyson, finished 29th August 1809. Worked in colourful fine wools on a medium linen ground, with alphabets and numerals and trailing floral bands above the motto “Learn to live as you would wish to die” all embroidered in tiny cross stitch. Framed & glazed. £225
102 - Naomi Wilkin sewed her very fine Sampler in 1837, at the age of 14, filling almost every available space with motifs - so many that you seem to see another each time you look at it - and so it is likely that she enjoyed her embroidery rather than doing at as a chore. It is symmetrically planned and beautifully sewn in miniscule cross stitch using brightly coloured threads. Her short verse is probably a reference to the ever present threat of the death of young children in England at that time. Framed & glazed. £325
87 - Ruth Wrigley embroidered her sampler on a single open-weave canvas in 1838. She planned it very carefully, making it almost, but not quite, symmetrical, and leaving no spaces. Using muted coloured silks and just cross stitch, she nevertheless created different textures by the alteration in the spacing of the stitches, and the mingling of shades. The quality of her embroidery was superior to that of her spelling. This sampler, which has remained in excellent condition, has been edged with lace before being framed and glazed. £695
79 - Unknown - A beautiful example of one of the much sought after “Adam and Eve” samplers worked with silk in delicate cross stitch on fine linen. One is forced to wonder what stopped the girl who embroidered this Sampler so exquisitely, from finishing it. It was obviously treasured, and has remained in good condition, retaining the original bright colours in which it was sewn. Unfortunately, we will never know her name. From the fabric, and style of fine sewing, it would appear to date from the late Georgian period. The figures of Adam and Eve, the ‘Tree of Life’ emblem, the flower urns and the surrounding strawberry border being worked to an almost identical design as another Sampler bearing the date ‘1819’. Remaining in its original frame. £525
86 - A charming silkwork picture dating to the Georgian period, in a birds eye maple frame. Exquisitely embroidered with stranded silks and chenille threads - the latter being ‘couched’ onto the surface to create a very realistic impression - especially of the weeping willow (a tree introduced into Britain in the early part of the C18th ). Some of the flowers and leaves have been worked on separate fabric and applied to the surface of the silk to give a raised effect. £225
111 - A C19th embroidery of black and sepia tinted silks upon a silk ground with watercolour painted sky details, worked by an extremely accomplished needlewoman to a very artistic design featuring a rural landscape with excellent 3D effect. Framed & glazed. £465
70 - Early C19th oval Needlework Picture of a woman kneeling beneath a tree & holding a sheaf of corn, set in an open landscape. Hand embroidered in wool on a silk ground, with painted facial, skin, hair & sky details. Framed & glazed. £215
Ephemera
73/17 a) Authors - 'Paris in the Twenties' - catalogue of exhibition
held Usis Gallery, Grosvenor Square 1960 of souvenirs of British, French
and American Writers from Shakespeare and Company (founded by Sylvia Beach).
Numerous photographs including James Joyce, Ezra Pound, TS Elliott, Ernest
Hemingway, Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein, Scott Fitzgerald, etc. £26
b) Artists -
Gandarillas (Carmen) - small folding card with list of paintings included in
exhibition held at Trafford Gallery 1950, with forward by Augustus John.
£4
73/21 Cambridge University - small booklet 'Vade Mecum or the Freshers ABC' by JDM and GRD - Cambridge 1919. (Cover detached). £8
73/13 Cycling - 21/1/1939 - Souvenir Programme for Cycling 9th 'All
Rounder' Concert and Prize distribution.
Over 60 pages (staples rusted away) containing photos and facsimile signatures
of cyclists, adverts, etc. £8
73/18 Ration Books - 1953/54 - for Richard C and John H Dixon of 21 Kings Road, Teddington. £4
73/15 Royal Opera Covent Garden - Programmes for a) Orphee, 1920; b) Boris Godrunn, 1928; c)Ballet Russes - Les Presages, 1935 and Les Cent Baisers, 1935 d) 3 Russian programmes, 1940's/1950's. £7
73/11 Theatre - 16/3/1894 - Programme for the National Academy of Music, Paris - First Performance of musical comedy 'Thais'. £4
73/10 Theatre - 2/12/1916 - Programme for the Princes Theatre - 'Bluebell in Fairyland' - starring Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss. £6
73/12 Walking - 17/12/1904 - Menu for Manchester Pedestrian Club 2nd Annual Dinner at Waterloo Hotel, Manchester. £6
Maps
84/63 Colchester - 1941 - Ordinance Survey Map of Colchester (Essex) area - sheet 97 - "Second War Revision 1940" - published at the War Office 1941. £4
Railway Interest
Property, etc
63/18 - 1872 - Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway. Henry Wigfield,
Jarvis Harris, Jos Richards and Arthur George Harris (all Rotherham,
Yorks. ) party to the agreement for Railway. Grant of Right of Way by Rev.
Edward Mitford Weigall in Frodingham, Lincolnshire.
2 sheets parchment with small plan on sheet 2 - signed and sealed by all 5
parties. Railway to be used for transporting Ironstone and Ironore from mines on
Vicarage Glebelands. Detailed restrictions relating to 40 year Lease, including
annual rental and royalties. Other names - Cole, Sheffield, trafford, Winn.
£48