FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

[see also Gloucestershire, for Bristol]

64/107 Ashwick - 1782 - Attested copy of Lease & Release relating to sale of property in tenure of William Watts, by Hester Hanny (Rusford) to Samuel Harding the younger (Ashwick). Incorporates schedule of 'title documents' including acquisition by Thomas Wilcox in 1755, subsequent mortgage to Edward Lovell & transfer of mortgages & release of equity of redemption to Hester Hanny. Attested copy made 1822 on watermarked paper (with embossed & ink duty stamps).   £36

64/109 Axbridge - 1892 - Redemption of Mortgage on Licensed Beer Hotel by Alfred Llewellyn Barnett (Bristol), mortgage held from Oakhill Brewery Co Ltd (Bristol). Details of earlier agreements, including mortgage granted to George Wilton Barnett by Frederick & John Maitland Spencer. Assignments - of mortgage to Oakhill Brewery & property to G W B's creditor's - subsequent transfer to Alfred Llewellyn Barnett.
Parchment - signed by Directors (Fredr Spencer & Edward Meade) with seal of Oakhill Brewery Co.  [see also 64/110, 111] £24

64/111 Axbridge - 1892 + 1903 -  Mortgage granted by Susan Capel Bisdee (Milton Kewstoke) to Thomas Castle the elder & Claude Charles Edward Woods (both of Banwell) - t/a Castle, Son & Woods on security of premises in Axbridge. Subsequent assignment to John Hungerford Powell (Banwell).
Parchment -original mortgage signed & sealed by Castle & Woods and witnessed by J H Powell - assignment signed & sealed by Bisdee, witnessed by Chas H Day. [see also 64/110]  £27

64/112 Axbridge - 1933 -  Insurance Policy issued to Samuel James Saunders (Exeter, Devon) in respect of Off-licensed premises, The Square, Axbridge. The license being held by Jack Simeous Radford.  Large sheet of paper - partially printed, with typed insertions. Small hole at top.  £5

64/119 Ballingdon - 1889 - List of Fixtures in the Railway Tavern belonging to Messrs Daniell & Sons Ltd.
Short list covering half side of pre-ruled paper & noted 'copy sent to E Copsey ' and on reverse 'not included in Copsey's valuation'.  £2

84/13  Banwell /Bristol  - 1880 - Sale of properties by beneficiaries of Will of George Fowler (died 1878) of Banwell,  to George Pearce. Brief details of Fowler's Will & of properties transferred (including ppty formerly k/a The Fox & Crane).
 Signed, with 7 seals, by William Henry Fowler (Bristol),  Charles Fowler (Yatton, ),  as Trustees,  + Esther Ann Fowler, widow &  Esther T Fowler (Banwell),  Mary Thomas Dibble (w/o Walter Dibble of Mark, ),  Eliza Julia (w/o Francis W B Rich of Sandford, ) + witnesses signatures - Eliza Dibble (Banwell), Albert B Rich (Sandford),  Ella Dugdale Caswell (Bristol). [see Gloucestershire page - Properties, Bristol for details]. 

84/230 Barrow Gurney - 1870 - Mortgage of property by Thomas Wall Hardwick & John Arthur Budgett (both Bristol) to the Bristol General Permanent Benefit B S. Details of property in Barrow G & subsequent repayment in 1884.
Large sheet of fine parchment - folded in 2 forming 4 pages - signed by Hardwick & Budgett also seal of Building Society & signatures of N Thomas,  W Vincent (Directors) & F Wood Tucks (Secretary).  £27

90/16 Batcombe - 1802 - Obligation Bond given by Grace Oatley, widow (Batcombe) to John Hill (Wanstrow) apparently in connection with a mortgage. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, pre-printed with manuscript details written on 1 side, printed & embossed duty stamps. 'Mark' of Grace Oatley - decorative red wax seal, witnessed by L. Witcomb.  £36

190/2 Bath - 1784 - Obligation Bond given by William Corp (Bath) & Susanna Corp, widow, (Bristol) to John Parker (Bristol).  [see Gloucestershire page - Properties,  Bristol / St. Philip & St. Jacob for details].

64/7 Bath - 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, Gloucestershire, 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.    £52

48/63 Fresh Ford, Bath / Bristol - 1853 - Mortgage / further mortgage by William Powell Hooper (Ross) of lands at Walford, Herefordsh. to William Gee (Fresh Ford, Bath) and Augustus Prichard (Bristol). Details of how monies were previously invested by Gee and Pritchard.
Written on 3 sides of paper - signed and sealed by Wm Powell Hooper with note stating Pritchard died 6/1/1898, and loans repaid signed by William Gee.   £26

130/5 Bath - 1859 -  Abstract of Title to properties belonging to Richard Powell dec'd, his daughter Sarah Catherine Shorland was his heir.  She'd been deserted by her husband Henry Shorland (Bath) - refers to proceedings under Divorce & Matrimonial Causes Act. For full details/price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Philip & St. Jacob - 1859
 

84/273 Bath  - 1883 - Sale of property in Sudbury by James Alexander Berry (Bath) son of James Berry deceased  - for details see my Suffolk page - Property - Sudbury

84/170 Bath - 1886 - Lease of Aspen Lodge, Harrow, Middx by Letitia Beaulieu Lumley (Bath) widow,  Admiral William Ellis (Bath) & Robert Keate Alves Ellis (Sunderland)  -for details see Middlesex page - Property - Harrow on the Hill - 1886

66/11 Bath - 1889 - Lease of property  'Ship & Pilot Boat' by Margaret Elizabeth Gilmour (Launceston, Tasmania)  Subsequent assignment to Frederick Cumberland (Bath). For full details/price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -   Bristol /  Narrow Quay [see also 66/21 - Assignment of Lease -  Cumberland  to the Bath Brewery Ltd.]

84/242 Bath - 1891- Supplemental Deed for issue of further debentures by The Bath Brewery Ltd. Agreement between Hon Charles Spencer Canning Boyle (Viscount Dungarvan of Frome) & Henry William Tugwell (Crowe Hall) - the trustees of the debenture holders & Bath Brewery. Details original issue & background to why further issue necessary.
Large sheet parchment folded in 2 - written on 3 sides - signed / sealed by Dungarvan (witnessed by Thomas Stycke, valet, London), and Tugwell (witnessed by Frank Everett, Bath) also large embossed Brewery seal with signatures of Hugh F Clutterbuck & R B Cater.  £28

60/90 Bath - 1891- Mortgage granted to Thomas Little by Anna Williams (Bath) on security of 2 pieces of land in Walford, Herefordshire, (both named) together with details of adjoining roads & landowners.
Paper - signed by Thomas Little.   £22

64/46 Bedminster - 1765 - Agreement by Jennett Curnock (late Jennett Penny, widow ) and her son Harrington Penny (both of Bedminster) to sell a property in St. James, Glos. to Isaac Hibbard.
Watermarked paper - written on single side -  signatures of Jennett Curnock, Harrington Penny, Isaac Hibbard and witness Wm.  Edwards.  [see also 64/45 (Gloucestershire page - St. James), 64/ 65]  £38

130/9 Bedminster (Cathay) - 1888 - Sale of dwelling house & Shop by Thomas Evan Hatherly (Stokescroft Rd) to Walter Northcroft (Bedminster).  Includes location & previous uses of property, formerly occupied by Henry Mitchell. Sheet parchment folded in 2, written on 1½ of 4 sides. Signed/sealed by Hatherly, witness signature of Charles E Larcombe (solr clerk, Bristol) £31

64/54 Bishop Lydeard - 1893 - Mortgage granted by Robert Cozens - see Gloucestershire page under Property - Thornbury.

64/55 Bishop Lydeard - 1893 - Insurance policy taken out by Josiah Bennett (Thornbury) & Robert Cozens (Bishop Lydeard, ) on premises next to Castle Hotel, Thornbury.  Includes schedule of premises covered by policy. Signed by Hon. Kenelm Pleydell Bouverie. £7

84/213 Bishops Hull & Bradford - 1802 - Contract for Redemption of Land Tax by William Walter in respect of lands - gives names, acreage, amount paid for redemption, occupiers - Isaac Bryant,  Samuel Hine,  John Wood.
Pre printed paper form with manuscript details. Dusting & fraying to edges, with old repairs (& splits) to folds. Signed by Commissioners John Acland,  John Tyndale Warre, receipt signed by Hugh Tilsley (Dep Rr)
Together with a schedule of the same lands - description, acreage, Land Tax etc for 1798. Mrs Betty Dewberry shown as proprietor & part occupier. Pre printed paper form with manuscript details.   £27

190/36 Bridgwater - 1777 - Bond against Dower given by Isaac Doddrell (Bridgwater - wife Elizabeth) to John Billingsley & James Jordan (both Shepton Mallet) re property they bought from Doddrell. Large sheet watermarked paper with ink / embossed duty stamps, written 1 side. Signed / sealed by Doddrell witnessed by James White & Geo Salisbury.  £46

130/57 - 1900 - Sale of part of Horfield Court Farm  to George Lovibond (Bridgwater, Som), who agreed to sell to Job Dunford Helliar (Bath Rd, Bristol), for full details & price - see Gloucestershire page under Property - Horfield

84/250 Bridgwater - 1912 - Release of Executors of Will of James Cook (Weston Super Mare) who died 1912. Agreement between Executors and Treasurers and Management Committees of Taunton & Somerset Hospital (Taunton), Bridgwater Infirmary and Royal West of England Sanatorium (Weston Super Mare) the  Institutions to which Cook left the residue of his estates.
20 page watermarked paper booklet. The first 3 pages contain the text of the Indenture, pages 4 - 13 a detailed copy of the Estate accounts. Page 14 a list of the Hospital Committee members, p 15 & 16 a list of the Infirmary Committee members & p 18 the signature of the Treasurer of the institution.
This copy is signed by Thomas Tomlin  (Bridgwater) - the Bridgwater Infirmary  treasurer and the 38 members of the infirmary committee :- James Anthony Basker,  Samuel Berry,  George William Harvey Bird,  David Bradfield,  Charles John Clerke,  James Hughes Cornish,  John Henry Cann,  James Quartly Carter (North Petherton),  Edward Constable Curtis (North Petherton),  John Thomas Dunsford,  Robert Yarde Foley,  Francis Henry Gould,  Caesar Frederick Hawkins  (North Petherton),  John Glanville Henniker (Calcot),  William Henry John Masding,  Frank James Merson  (North Petherton),    George Glossop Hamilton Moorhead  (Westonzoyland),  Thomas Floyd Norris (Highbridge),  Charles Emmanuel Pierson  (Burnham),  Henry William Pollard,  Walter Joseph Buscombe Poole (Weston Super Mare),  Percy Turner Pryce Michell (North Petherton),  Randolph Henry Felix Routh, George Rowe,  Robert Arthur Sanders (Yeovil),  James Shepherd (Cannington), Robert David Forbes Sherreff (Calcot),  Charles Balfour Stewart (Huntspill),  William Stirling,  James Murray Strong,  Richard Owen Sully,  William Thompson,  Wilberforce Thompson, Edward Trevor,  Frank Freeman Whitby,  Frank Wills  &  Penrose Watkins Williams, witnessed by Edward Trevor.  [see also 84/249 & 251+ 160/107 etc Cook in Wills, below]  £29

105/39 Brislington  - 1875 - Lease of Manufactory, Millhouse, Cottage, etc by Edward Burges (Bristol) to Messrs Gould Thomas & Co [ partners include Joseph Gould (Brislington),  for full details & price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Philip's Marsh

130/55 Brislington - 1896 - Declaration & Agreement between Annie King (Stonehouse, Glos.) widow and William Hickery (Bristol) relating to roads, sewers, boundaries.  Refers to Thomas Poole King, an agreement of same date conveying a piece of land & an earlier agreement conveying adjoining land to Robert Edward Greenough & Frank Moore. This agreement relates to all parties rights re roads & sewers in relation to houses to be erected. 6 page parchment booklet written 4½ sides.  Signed / sealed by AKing,  & Hickery. Witnesses Miss Mary Liddon King (Stonehouse) & P Burges (solr Bristol). [see also 130/18, below] £35

130/13 Brislington - 1902 - Sale of Land called the Brislington Grove Estate by Alfred John Smith (formerly of Knowle, now Brislington) to Joshua George Rowe (Bristol) - covenants relating to use of land.  Sheet parchment folded in 2 incorporating a colour wash location plan of the land & a short memo that in 1902 one plot was sold to Alfred Banks.  Signed/sealed by Smith & Rowe.  £37

130/16 Brislington - 1903 - Transfer of Mortgage & further advance. Original mortgages advanced by  William Tame (Barry, Glam.), Samuel Edwards (Bedminster),  Thomas Shepstone (Walton, Clevedon) to Albert James Beaven (Bristol). New mortgage by Florence (w/o Richard Gower of Woodbridge, Suffolk), Arthur Tudor Evens  & Charles Robert Hancock (both Bristol). Details of original mortgages, a schedule of the 16 dwellings / lands (including Gorley Lodge) giving Tithe Map number, description & acreage.   6 page parchment booklet written on 4+ sides, signed / sealed by Shepstone, Edwards, Beaven & Tame.  £34

130/17 Brislington - 1903 - Continuation Abstract of Title of 2 properties in Sandholme Road. Refers to original grant of land 1898 by Alfred Edward Hill & Edward Tuckett Daniell to Joseph Bishop & Thomas Harding , the mortgage to a) James Livett Daniell, b) Samuel James King, the subsequent disposal by King to Francis Cecil Wood (Bristol) following default in payment.
2 typed sheets + cover sheet, watermarked paper, with manuscript amendments.  £7

130/18 Brislington - 1905 - Sale of parcel of Land - part of Kensington Park Estate - by Annie King (Newark Park, Wotton under Edge, Glos) to George Lewis Poole (Brislington). Refers to settlements under which Annie neé Liddon & widow of Richard Jenkins Poole King held a life interest in the lands. Other names mentioned - Harry Parry Liddon,   Matthew Liddon.  Thomas Poole King (Wotton under Edge) & Edward Cornelius Cartwright (Barnstaple, Devon) are party to agreement as current Trustees.
6 page parchment booklet with ½ page colour wash location plan on cover. Signed / sealed by A & T P King, Poole & Cartwright. Witnesses include Miss Mary Liddon King (Newark Park), Miss Annie L Cartwright (Barnstaple),  William Wright, valet (St James Place).  [see also 130/55, above]  £41

10/6 Chillcompton, Midsomer Norton - 1904 - Auction Particulars for "Downside Cottage" sold by Exors of Mrs Sarah Penson and William Frederick Pearce (both decd). Cottage occupied by Mr Burge as tenant.
Sheet of paper folded in 2 printed with brief details of the property, & the conditions of sale. Slight damp staining.  £9

130/50   Clifton - 1891 - An Indenture  between Louisa Mary Naish, widow (Clifton), Edwin Hilton Naish , Henry Napier Abbot (both Bristol),  for full details & price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Frampton Cotterell - 1858

130/26 Clifton - 1928 - Assignment of Lease of shop & premises by Daniel Patrick Cotter (Clifton) to Florence (w/o William Lewis of Clifton). Details of original 1926 Lease by Alice Robertson Garaway & Mary Martha Garaway to Cotter. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 with text of Indenture typed on 1½ sides. This copy signed by Cotter.
Together with a) an Income Tax & Schedule A assessment & b) a receipt for Tax paid, (each on a sheet of paper)  for 1928/9, addressed to Cotter.   [see also 130/28]  £29

130/28 Clifton - 1928 - Assignment of Lease of shop & premises by Daniel Patrick Cotter (Clifton) to Florence (w/o William Lewis of Clifton). Details of original 1926 Lease by Alice Robertson Garaway & Mary Martha Garaway to Cotter. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 with text of Indenture typed on 1½ sides. This copy signed by Florence Lewis. [see also 130/26]  £24

84/17 Clutton  - 1891 - 2nd Mortgage of property by  Francis Baskerville (Cotham,  Bristol) to Walter Lawrence Lewis (Clutton). Refers to first mortgage [see Gloucester page - property -  Bristol /  St. Michael ].

105/23 Combehay - 1803 - Redemption of Mortgage secured on Copyhold lands  from the Exors of   Henry Merewether (Calne) - his widow Mary, John Merewether (eldest son, Marshfield, Glo.) & Rev Francis Merewether (Combehay).   Signed  by Francis Merewether, M Merewether,   Jno Merewether. For full details & price, see my Wiltshire page - Property - Corsham

84/223 Combe St Nicholas - 1831- Contemporary Attested copy of Assignment of  Leasehold land by Joseph Winter (the elder) to Mary & Susan Cooke. Details original Lease by Henry, Lord Bishop of Litchfield & Coventry, Dean of Wells, to Winter, & previous occupiers.  Single sheet of paper watermarked 1830, copy certified by John Hayes.  £30

84/224 Combe St Nicholas - 1832- Agreement between William Walter & Richard Walter relating to apportionment of costs in respect of renewal of Lease. Refers to Inclosure Award to William Walter the elder - a small part of which were enclosed & taken over by his son Wm, balance passed to Rchd, who had a son Henry. Includes schedule of lands with names / acreage of fields.
Large sheet paper watermarked 1826, folded in 2 - written on 2 sides. Tiny holes in folds - not near text. Signed by Wm & Richd Walter, also Elizabeth & Henry Walter as witnesses.  £38

130/70 Cote - 1806 - Contemporary Attested copy of a Reconveyance of lands  to  Sir John Thomas (Cote, Somerset / Southampton) & his eldest son John Godfrey Thomas. For full details / price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Westbury upon Trym

142/7 Dunkerton & Writhlington - 1748 -  Sale of Lease of property by Susannah ( widow of  Thomas Butcher ). Refers to original Lease granted by Thomas Warren  to  Francis Weaver (for 3 lives - Francis Weaver son of Francis George, son of George and Francis son of Benjamin),  Benjamin Weaver (Dunkerton) & Richard Weaver (Writhlington) exors of Francis. For full details & price please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Bristol / St. Philip & St. Jacob

84/205 Durleigh - 1744 - Exchange of Lands by Richard Tuthill (Badgworth) & Philip Baker (Bridgwater). Details of lands with names of adjoining landowners. Parchment with decorative initial letter incorporating Royal Coat of Arms. Several small holes in folds with small v shape piece nearly 2" long missing from edge of 1 fold with very slight loss of text. Signed / sealed by  Tuthill & Baker, witnessed by James Coles & Geo Parsons.  £52

142/4 Feltham, Froom - 1717 -  Sale of Lease by Francis Owen to Thomas Butcher (both Bristol). Details of original Lease granted by  Thomas Warren (Bristol) to Francis Weaver (late of Feltham, Froom) in 1717, & assignment by his son (also Francis) to Owen in 1742. For full details & price of this document please see my Gloucestershire page - Property - Bristol / St. Philip & St. Jacob 1743

84/215 Horton St Philips - 1811 / 12 - Fine (or Final Concord) made at Westminster in 52nd year of reign of George III, recording sale of land by William & Hannah Humphries to James Brown.  Small parchment document with duty stamp.   £18

84/209 Ilminster - 1794 - Attested copy of Assignment of Property between trustees in connection with Sale of Property by John Morley (Ilminster then North Petherton) to William Banger. Inherited by Morley from his uncle Robert Burd (Ilminster), other family members named - mother Mary & aunt Jane (w/o Robert Paul).  Refers to acquisition by Burd from Samuel Walkey (City of Exon) - details of 4 generations of family.  This copy dated 1828 - 2 sheets watermarked paper - embossed & ink duty stamps - signed by J Baker & Wm Baker. Splits in centre fold of both sheets.  £34

84/216 Ilminster - 1814 -  Assignment of Property  by John Combes & Betty Mitchell to William Stuckey as Trustee for Thomas Murless following sale of property to him by John Coombes. Occupiers Catherine Toms (Thomas),  Joseph Oxry,  Thomas White. Refers to acquisition from John Hardyman & mortgage to Mitchell.
Parchment - but only fragmentary remains - about a half has been cut off (presumably in a solicitor'soffice to make seal tags for other documents). Reverse signed by Betty Mitchell & John Coombes, witnessed by Ed Eames & Geo Eames.  £5

84/217 Ilminster - 1818 -  Stamp Office Assessment & Receipt for duty paid on legacy under Will of John Baker to his daughter Ann (w/o Peter Hurford of Combe St Nicholas). Executors Grace Baker, widow, & Samuel Baker. Pre printed sheet of paper signed by Peter & Ann Hurford. Receipt signed by G Lang & P D Hayman [see also 84/218, 219, 220]  £22

84/218 Ilminster - 1818 -  Stamp Office Assessment & Receipt for duty paid on legacy under Will of John Baker to his son William. Surviving Executor  Samuel Baker. Pre printed sheet of paper signed Wm Baker. Receipt signed by G Lang & P D Hayman [see also 84/217, 219, 220]  £22

84/219 Ilminster - 1818 -  Stamp Office Return of  legacy duty on residue of estate of John Baker. Includes cash at bank / in hand, rents / debts due, Probate / Funeral expenses, legacies, value of plate, linen, apparel, stock, etc.  Large pre printed sheet of paper - folded in 2 - with manuscript entries -  signed by Executors Grace Baker,  & Saml Baker incorporating Receipt for duty paid signed by G Lang,  W J Ingman  & P D Hayman [see also 84/218, 217, 220]  £29

84/220 Ilminster - 1819 -  Stamp Office Return of  legacy duty on residue of estate of Grace Baker (widow of John). Includes cash , rents  due,  Funeral expenses, legacies, value of household goods, apparel,livestock, etc.  Large pre printed sheet of paper - folded in 2 - with manuscript entries -  signed by Executors John Baker (Combe St Nicholas),  & Saml Baker (Ilminster) incorporating Receipt for duty paid signed by G Lang,  A Cottin  & P D Hayman [see also 84/218, 217, 219]  £29

84/228 Ilminster - 1864 -  Further Mortgage of properties by Samuel Stephens to Samuel Palmer. Details of original mortgage, and the properties.
Large sheet of parchment - signed / sealed by Stephens, with 2 more signatures on reverse, witnessed by Richard Dampney. Small hole in 1 fold, with loss of 2 words, also small piece of parchment missing from 1 edge.  £39

84/234 Ilminster - 1879 -  School Board - Small pre-printed paper letter with manuscript details from S H Collins (Clerk to the Board) relating to the meeting to be held to discuss tradesmen's accounts.  On the reverse are what appear to be solicitors notes relating to costs incurred in a case of Wills v Glennie - including distraint, bailiff etc.  £2

84/236 Kenn - 1883 - 'Transfer of Mortgage on 'Rose & Crown', Kenn property owned by Robert Watkins (Nailsea) from Theophilus Coles (Westtown Backwell) to Henry Roberts (Kidderminster, Worcs). Details of original mortgage, description & location of property.
Sheet of parchment folded in 2 making 4 pages - written on 2+ sides - signed / sealed by Coles & Watkins.  £27

105/39 Keynsham  - 1875 - Lease of Manufactory, Millhouse, Cottage, etc to Messrs Gould Thomas & Co [ partners include  Robert Thomas (Keynsham)],   for full details & price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Philip's Marsh

105/20 Kings Sedgemoor, Othery - 1828 - Assignment of Lease by William Burnell (North Curry) to Charles Keirle (Othery). The land was formerly part of the Kings Sedgemoor common, assigned to late William Alloway in respect of a messuage & lands he held. Refers to a 1799 Lease by which Alloway acquired the property from Jane & John Kerneys Tynte [includes previous occupiers names].  William Burnell entitled to property under Will of William Alloway.  Large sheet watermarked paper with ink & embossed duty stamps. 3 tears [2 at top edge - approx 1½" & 2½", another to left edge  - approx 1¼"] & a few small splits in folds. Some dusting which mainly seem to be of shoe prints!  Signed / sealed by Wm Burnell, witnessed on reverse by HO? Meade.  £42

84/233 Lungley, Wiveliscombe - 1876 - Land Tax Redemption contract for Thomas Criddle Thorne in respect of property at Court House, Lungley. Pre-printed paper form with manuscript details - signed by 2 Commissioners Charles John Herries & Algernon West. Slight dusting to part of reverse. Together with a slip of paper signed by Thos Eldersfield (Registrar of Land Tax). £18

105/39 Midsomer Norton  - 1875 - Lease of Manufactory, Millhouse, Cottage, etc  to Messrs Gould Thomas & Co [ partners include Rachel Ann Thatcher, widow, (Welton, Midsomer Norton)],  witnessed by George Henry Thatcher  ( Midsomer Norton); for full details & price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Philip's Marsh

90/17 North Brewham - 1811 - Obligation Bond given by John Balch (North Bruham) to Rev Richard Michell (University of Oxford) re mortgage. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, pre-printed with manuscript details written on 1 side. Printed & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed by Balch, witnessed by Henry Lake (clerk to Mr Michell, atty, Bruton) & -itturah Matthews (servant to Mr Michell).  £37

84/238 Pilton - 1886 - Attested copy (made 1890) of Release of Executors / Trustees of Will of John Haine (late of Perridge House, Pilton) - details  of John's Will, assets, annuities, etc & refers to John & William Haine (both of Godney), sister Charlotte Churchouse (also k/a Churches) her daughter Amelia,  Albert Churchouse (Perridge / Godney), brother James, also Maria Pitman & Joseph Haine Reynolds (Greinton) mentioned.
6 page paper (watermarked 1886) booklet attested by Jno Wm Fowler (accountant, Bridgwater) [see also 84/240, below].  £28

84/240 Pilton - 1889 - Attested copy of Appointment of new  Trustee of Will of John Haine (late of Perridge House, Pilton) - details  of old & new Trustees - Albert Churchouse (Shepton Mallet),  Joseph Reynolds (Grainton), William T Baker (Bridgwater)  assets still remaining & amounts due to beneficiaries - Hannah Baker & daughters Ada Baker & Clara Mapstone,  Sarah Stott, Amelia Churchouse,  Maria Pitman, children of  Thomas Haine.
6 page paper (watermarked 1886) booklet written on 5 sides attested by Jno Wm Fowler (accountant, Bridgwater) [see also 84/238, above].  £22

130/10 Portishead - 1895 - Marriage Settlement between Eliza Ann Roberts (Portishead) & William Gwynne Thomas (Cardiff, Glam). Charles Burroughs Roberts (Bristol) is a Trustee - and later, Edward James Roberts (late of Ashton Gate, now Bedminster, Bristol). The Deed refers to household effects & furniture, (giving a 17 page inventory - naming paintings, prints, books, objects of vertu etc in each room) & an interest in a steam tug, transferred to the trustees by Eliza. Also refers to another Indenture of same date by which she transferred property to the trustees - includes details of ground rents & mortgages.
At the end of the document is an appointment / release dated 1903, detailing events subsequent to the marriage, & releasing  the balance of the funds to herself, following William's death.
26 page parchment booklet, signed / sealed by W G Thomas, Eliza A Roberts (+ Eliza A Thomas), and trustees - Charles Alfred Tovey (Redland, Bristol),  Charles B Roberts, & signed by  Edward J Roberts.
Together with the Death Certificate of William Gwynne Thomas, prepared in 1903 & signed over a penny stamp.      £68

130/11 Portishead - 1900 - Appointment of new Trustee following the death of  Charles Alfred Tovey, to the Marriage Settlement between Eliza Ann Roberts (Portishead) & William Gwynne Thomas.  (Refers briefly to the Settlement & the remaining funds). Sheet parchment folded in 2, written on 1½ of 4 sides, signed / sealed by Eliza,  Charles Burroughs Roberts (Bristol)  and  Edward James Roberts (Ashton Gate, Bristol). as Trustees. £23

84/235 Priddy - 1881 - 'Law Union Fire & Life Insurance Co' fire insurance policy for house & Inn - insured by Elijah Bishop.  Sheet of heavy paper. Pre-printed with manuscript details - include brief description of premises.  £8

84/221 Shepton Beauchamp - 1825 -  Assignment of Farm & Lands forming part of estate of Samuel Slee (Ilminster) deceased, by his widow Ann to his heirs at law Ann Boyce & John Larcombe (Crewkerne). Details acquisition of farm by Joseph Hutchings, various mortgages & acquisition by Slee as part of arrangement to pay off creditors. Detailed listing of lands - field names, acreage, cultivation, tenants - Henry Rowswell, William Phelps,  James Toleman,  William & Stephen Salisbury,  Robert, Sarah & Mary Allen, William, George & Thomas Vile,  Betty & Ann Pryor. 
4 large sheets parchment with some damp damage mainly affecting folds of outer sheet - 2 holes approx 3+"x 1" & 1+" long with small loss of text. Several small tears in folds of other sheets. Signed / sealed by Ann Slee & John Larcombe, 'mark' of Ann Boyce.  £56

84/206 Shepton Mallet - 1767 - Attested copy of Lease & Release for Sale of Land by Joseph Jordan (London), son of late Joseph Jordan (Shepton M), to John Broughton (Wiveliscombe). Contains details of farm & land sold, names adjoining landowners. Document made in 1807 - 5sheets (some watermarked 1803) paper, tiny split in fold of outer sheet  - embossed & ink duty stamps - signed by John Hooks & H Y Dando. [see also 84/207, 208 (Wills)]  £42

84/207 Shepton Mallet - 1781 - Attested copy of Lease & Release for Mortgage of Land by John Broughton (of Wiveliscombe then Shepton M) to Stephen Jordan (High Littleton) . Contains details of farm & land mortgaged, names adjoining landowners. Document made in 1807 - 8 sheets (some watermarked 1801) paper  - embossed & ink duty stamps - signed by John Hooks & H Y Dando. [see also 84/206, 208 (Wills) & 210]  £44

84/210 Shepton Mallet - 1796 - Attested copy of Lease & Release for transfer of Mortgage  by Thomas Pile (Hallatrow, High Littleton) nephew, executor & legatee of  Stephen Jordan (Hallatrow) to William Taylor (Cote, Olveston, Glos). Contains details of original mortgage of  farm & land by John Broughton, father of Baker Broughton, to Jordan. Document made in 1807 - 9 sheets (some watermarked 1801) paper  - embossed & ink duty stamps - signed by John Hooks & H Y Dando. [see also 84/206, 207, 208 (Wills) & 211]  £44

84/211 Shepton Mallet - 1796 - Attested copy of Assignment by Trustees in connection with transfer of Mortgage  by Thomas Pile (Hallatrow, High Littleton) to William Taylor (Olveston, Glos.).Relates to farm & land mortgaged by John Broughton to  Stephen Jordan (Hallatrow) and refers to various Indentures going back to 1707, when the lands were mortgaged by Nathaniel Tilly (Shepton M) to Samuel Whitchurch (Bristol). Also names William Provis, Joseph & Edward Perry. Document made in 1807 - 6 sheets  watermarked  paper  - embossed & ink duty stamps - signed by John Hooks & H Y Dando. [see also 84/206, 207, 208 (Wills) & 210]  £42

84/214 Shepton Mallet - 1808 - Attested copy of Assignment of property  by  executors   of  Baker Broughton to William Richmond. Contains details of  land & auction from which purchased by  Richmond, surrender of copyhold to Lord of Manor & earlier indentures including original mortgage granted to Mary (w/o William Stevens) & assignment to Broughton. Document made in 1811 - 3 sheets  watermarked  paper  - embossed  duty stamps - signed by Wm Homer & Job Cook, junr. [see also 84/206, 207, 208 (Wills), 210 & 211]  £40

84/227 Shepton Mallet - 1860 - Mortgage of King William Inn, other buildings & land by Emanuel Barrett to Trustees of Shepton Mallet Permanent Benefit B S. Details of property location, monthly repayments, etc. Subsequent redemption of Mortgage & disposal of property by Barrett's daughters.
6 page parchment booklet signed / sealed by Barrett & signatures of Rev. Henry Pratt,  Richard Burt & Jonathan Wybrants (trustees of the Building Society).  £35

84/232 Stoke under Hambden - 1871 - Sale of lands & Assignment of life assurance policy by trustees (Thomas R Chaffey (Chantmarl, Cattistock, Dorset), John Winter Walter (Stoke U Hambden) & George F Collin (Henham, Essex) of William Chaffey dec'd to John Henry Walter (Stoke U Hambden). Gives dates of death of William & wife Ann (later Langdon), a schedule of lands with names, acreage etc of fields & interest held by Chaffey (on lives of Benjamin & T R Chaffey).
10 page parchment booklet - written on 8 sides - signed / sealed by the 3 trustees & J H Walter.   £38

84/241 South Petherton - 1890 - Transfer of Mortgage by George Moody (Wigborough) to Thomas Willy (Ilminster) and Caroline (w/o Robert Westlake of Roath, Cardiff, Glam.). Details of  original Indenture of 1874 by which Charles Board mortgaged property to Moody.  Large sheet parchment - folded in 2 & written on 1+ sides. Signed / sealed by George Moody  £25

162/2 Taunton - 1801 - Lease for a year (being the 1st part of Lease & Release for sale of property) by Richard Haydon (Barnstaple, late Braunton), Jane widow of John Haydon (Barnstaple, late Braunton),  Miss Mary Haydon (Taunton)  & 2 of  Jane & John's other children.  For full details & price, see my Devon page - Property - Braunton

66/6  Stoke Courey - 1894 - Abstract of Title to property 'The Drawbridge Hotel' covering 1835 - 1894. The properties were mortgaged to  Rev Frederick Meade King (Stoke Courey), for price / full details of document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol /  St. Augustine's Parade. See also 66/9  - 1894 - Copy of redemption of Mortgage.

90/18 Taunton St Mary Magdalen - 1823 - Obligation Bond given by Thomas Johnson (North Petherton, late Taunton St M M) to Betty Warren widow (Taunton St M M) re Mortgage. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 pre-printed with manuscript details written on 1 side originally with printed & embossed duty stamps, 'mark' of Johnson with red wax seal, witnessed by Richard Meade & Jn Bailey.  2nd & 3rd pages have 13 entries re payments & further advance, each signed  B Warren, John W Warren, or J W Warren, with 2 pencil notes re capital repayment. (The payments from 1833 made by Joel Oaten.)  £47

84/225 Taunton St James - 1844 - Mortgage of Freehold & Copyhold lands & property by Thomas Dawe Maddicks (Taunton St J) to James Pearse (Bishops Hull). Also contains details of properties approximate location & acquisition by Maddicks from Pearse in 1839.
2 sheets parchment signed / sealed by Maddicks with witness signatures of John Mockridge & H D King on reverse. Tiny hole & damp staining to small part of reverse of 1st sheet, which has penetrated & slightly affected small areas of text of both sheets.  £49

84/249 Taunton - 1912 - Release of Executors of Will of James Cook (Weston Super Mare) who died 1912. Agreement between Executors and Treasurers and Management Committees of Taunton & Somerset Hospital (Taunton), Bridgwater Infirmary and Royal West of England Sanatorium (Weston Super Mare) the  Institutions to which Cook left the residue of his estates.
20 page watermarked paper booklet. The first 3 pages contain the text of the Indenture, pages 4 - 13 a detailed copy of the Estate accounts. Page 14 a list of the Hospital Committee members, p 15 & 16 a list of the Infirmary Committee members & p 18 the signature of the Treasurer of the institution.
This copy is signed by Henry Jeffries Badcock (Taunton) - the Taunton & Somerset Hospital treasurer and the 20 members of the hospital committee :- Laurence Henry Carr Birkbeck,  Reginald Courtenay Boyle,  Thomas Broomhead,  Frank Calway,  Arthur Allan Chapman,  Francis Selwyn Copleston,  William Glenister Cotching,  Alfred Jones Davies,  Arthur Edgell Eastwood,  Gerald Fowler,  John Hotchkiss,  Arthur Edwin Joscelyne,  Charles Edward Lance,  David Robert Lyall,  William Oliver Meade - King,  George Ruck,  William Henry Streatfield Sealy,  Theophilus Taylor,  Charles Tite & John Edward William Wakefield, witnessed by Henry Woodberry (clerk to Mr Broomhead, solr, Taunton).  [see also 84/250 & 251]  £29

84/25 Taunton - 1919 - Sale of 1/3 interest in property in  Carharrick, Gwennap, Cornwall, in  which she resides, to Elizabeth Polmear . The vendors include  Lady Henrietta Vere Bidlake (w/o Rev Arthur Bidlake, Taunton)   Includes schedule of documents going back to Marriage Settlement of James Ford & Jane Frances Nagle (1825). For details see my Cornwall page - Property - Carharrick, Gwennap.
 

130/8 Totterdown -1886 - Sale of property by James Vincent (Totterdown), the Exor of Mary Ann Heskins dec'd, for full details/price of this document, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Philip & St. Jacob - 1886

64/79 Uphill - 1892 & 1903 - Assignment of Mortgage on Dolphin Inn - in 1892 by the Exors. of  Georgiana  Sophia Knyston, widow of Uphill Castle to John Hungerford Powell & Walter Rice Powell (both of Banwell) - in 1902 by the Powells to Robert Anderson Hill (Hove, Sussex) & George Wood (Gravesend, Kent).  Refers to original mortgage by John Jones to John Broadrick in 1832, acquisition of the mortgage by the Knyston family and sale of property in 1907 to Charles Edward Whitting.
Parchment - 1892 assignment signed & sealed by the Exors. of  G  S Knyston, - & 1903 assignment by the Powells.  [see also 64/78, Gloucestershire page, under 'Bristol']  £28

84/29 Wellington - 1762 - Marriage Settlement made by Mary Maynard the elder, Ottery St Mary, Devon . Details monies owed by Henry Marker (Wellington)  - for details see Devon page - Property, Ottery St Mary.

84/226 Wembdon (Perry / Pury Court) - *1853 - Abstract of Title of sons / Trustees (John & Charles Marshall ) of Benjamin Jennings Marshall to close of land to be sold to James Hook. Includes details of acquisition in 1813 of moiety of farm & lands (fields named with acreages) from Roger Morle (North Petherton), subsequent mortgage to Morle, & acquisition of other moiety by Thomas Gulliford (Lyng) in 1810 & mortgage, & partition agreement between Marshall & Gulliford, new mortgage to Morle, his death, wife Sarah, son John Morle (Vauxhall, Lambeth, Sy), assignments & redemption of mortgage & death of Marshall.
Written on 20 sides / sheets of watermarked paper with some dusting to cover.  £44

130/6 Wembdon - 1862 - Copy made c 1871of Declaration made by Gilbert Marshall (Wembdon) concerning lands in Wembdon, Chilton Trinity, Durleigh, owned by John Cridland (formerly of Milverton,  now of Clapham Common, Surrey). Some family details of Marshall. Includes copy of brief  Sale agreement for estates purchased by Thomas Watson Bagehot (Langport) with a separate small location plan of Lot 11 - a meadow occupied by James Ricks.   Paper sheet - watermarked 1871 - folded in 2,  written on 3 of 4 sides.  £22

84/246 Wembdon - 1905 - Abstract of Title to close of land (identified by ref to Tithe Commutation Survey) purchased by Miss E M Brice from Exors of Elizabeth Luckes dec'd (Bishops Hull) - goes back to disposal by Exors of sons / Trustees (John B & Chas Marshall ) of Benjamin Jennings Marshall to   Jas Hook. (Bridgwater) in* 1853. Details from 3 Wills; & some family history of James Hook - property passed to his daughter Elizabeth (w/o Thomas Luckes) who died 1904.
Written on 3 sides / sheets of watermarked paper with cover.  £14

130/62 Weston Super Mare - 1906 -  Sale of yearly Fee Farm Rent of property by trustee of Josiah Williams (died 1888) to Rev FA Lefroy  & Charles Theodore Grinfield (Weston S Mare).  Supplementary Deed (1908)on reverse conveying rent to Grinfield & Miss Florence G Grinfield (Weston S M).  For full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St Pauls

130/22 Weston Super Mare - 1909 - Sale of annual rent charges by George Rodney Lawrance (Bristol) to Charles Theodore Grinfield & Miss Florence Gertrude Grinfield (Weston Super Mare). Witnessed by G E Weare (Ellenborough Cresc, Weston S Mare).   For full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Werberghs / Baptist Mills.

130/24 Weston Super Mare - 1909 - Sale of annual rent charges by George Rodney Lawrance (Bristol) to Charles Theodore Grinfield & Miss Florence Gertrude Grinfield (Weston Super Mare). Witnessed by G E Weare (Ellenborough Cresc, Weston S Mare).   For full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Property -  Bristol / St. Werberghs / Baptist Mills.

 84/247 Weston Super Mare - 1910 - "Law Fire Insurance Society Ltd" policy taken out by Mrs Annie Whitting (Westcombe Evercreech) & Charles E Whitting (Weston S M ) on property in the High Street. Details some of the property occupiers. Reverse shows assignments of policy to Morgan Harris Whitting (Uphill) & others.
Pre printed on single sheet of paper - manuscript details - signed by Edmund Trevor Lloyd Williams (Director).   £7

84/251 Weston Super Mare - 1912 - Release of Executors of Will of James Cook (Weston Super Mare) who died 1912. Agreement between Executors and Treasurers and Management Committees of Taunton & Somerset Hospital (Taunton), Bridgwater Infirmary and Royal West of England Sanatorium (Weston Super Mare) the  Institutions to which Cook left the residue of his estates.
20 page watermarked paper booklet. The first 3 pages contain the text of the Indenture, pages 4 - 13 a detailed copy of the Estate accounts. Page 14 a list of the Hospital Committee members, p 15 & 16 a list of the Infirmary Committee members & p 18 the signature of the Treasurer of the institution.
This copy is signed by Thomas William Warry  (Weston Super Mare) - the Sanitorium  treasurer and the 14 members of the sanitorium committee :- Harry Herbert Wills (Wrington),  Charles Edward Whitting (Uphill),  John Jeremiah Jackson Barstow,  William Dealtry,  George Hancock,  William Wheeler Aldridge,  John Josselyn Ranson,  David Lloyd,  John Cox Edghill,  Henry Brooke Worthington,  Thomas Nicholson Sully,  Frederick Sydney Trayes,  Henry Morris (Swindon), &  Frederick Robert Smith.  [see also 84/249 & 251]  £29

 84/252 Weston Super Mare - 1920- "Law Fire Insurance Society Ltd" policy taken out by Mrs Mary Smith  (w/o Sydney C Smith of  Weston S M ) on property in the High Street. Details some of the property occupiers.
Pre printed on single sheet of paper - manuscript details - signed by Dillon Ross - Lewin Lowe (Director).   £7

84/231 Wiveliscombe - 1869 - 'Westminster Fire Office' fire insurance policy for Inn, House & stables - insured by Bishop Stone (Chipstable) - brief description of premises, Hampton Inn - amended to Bampton Hotel, & endorsement that policy subsequently vested in Charles Leckey Collard (Abbotsfield). 1 sheet pre-printed paper policy document, with manuscript details. Some small holes & tears in folds, slight discolouration & fraying to edges.  £7

84/239 Wiveliscombe - 1887 - Assignment of Mortgage by James Trevor (Nether Stowey) to Annabella Mary  Ascough Evered (Geneva). Refers to original indenture of 1881 whereby William North Row (Cove, Tiverton) mortgaged the lands at Wiveliscombe to Trevor.
Large sheet parchment folded in 2 & written on 1+ sides - signed / sealed by Trevor, witnessed by Albert Hartwell (his clerk).  £25

84/243 Wiveliscombe - 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 of acquisition by Hancock & schedule of lands in Wiveliscombe including field names, acreage, cultivation. A note on reverse states that in 1896, a close of land was conveyed to Miss Helen Hurley Lutley.
Sheet parchment folded in 2 - written on 3 sides - signed / sealed by Hancock, witnessed by Edwin Hellard (solr, Stogumber). £29

90/20 Wookey - 1829 - Obligation Bond given by George Baker, the elder, Thomas & Dinah Baker (all Wookey), Isaac & Ann Gould (Croscombe), & George Baker, the younger (Shepton Mallet) to John Jones (Bath) re Mortgage. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, pre-printed, with manuscript details on 1 side, printed & embossed duty stamps, signed by both Georges, 'marks' of Thomas & Isaac, witnessed by Rob Jarvies (atty, Wells). A memo on page 2 acknowledging repayment is signed by John Jones jnr. [see copy of Thomas Baker's Will, below]           £42

84/14  Yatton - 1880 - Mortgage of property by  George Pearce  to William Henry Fowler (Bristol), &  Charles Fowler (Yatton, ), [see Gloucestershire page - Properties, Bristol for details]. 

90/19 Yeovil - 1824 - Obligation Bond given by Samuel Dean (Yeovil) to Thomas Lemon (Stalbridge, Dorset) re Mortgage. Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2, pre-printed, with manuscript details on 1 side, printed & embossed duty stamps, signed/ sealed by Dean, witnessed by Jno ? Batten & Jno Warden. £36

104/16 Yeovil & Stogumber - 1833 - Mortgage Bond given by James Burnell (Yeovil) to John Burges (Stogumber). Briefly refers to Mortgage agreement of same date. Pre-printed paper watermarked 1829- ink manuscript details - ink & embossed duty stamps. Signed / sealed James Burnell, witness signatures (M?) Hayward,  Robert Bale.  £36

53/145 Ashton, Francis -Midsomer Norton - 1859
 Contemporary copy of Probate and Will - paper - names wife Ann. £9

53/122 Baker, Thomas - Wookey Hole - 1816
 Later copy of Probated Will - paper [watermarked 1844] - names 6 nephews / nieces [all Baker], gives details of land holdings. [see 90/20 Wookey above - Obligation Bond]  £20

98/128 Barber, William - Ilminster - 1885
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife and 2 sons William R & John (grandchildren not named). Probate & wafer seal attached £16

53/150 Bath, John - Weston Super Mare - 1880
 Attested copy of Will of 16/9/1875 - paper, watermarked 1895 - names wife Elizabeth. £10

53/138 Beckett, Charles - Bristol / Tellisford - 1844
 Copy of Probated Will - paper - names wife, Sarah Jane [nee Moody]. £15

98/129 Bird, Harriet (Miss) - Burnham then Ruishton - 1885
Probated copy of Will - - names Nephew  John S Bird, niece Emily N Bridges, grand nephew Benjamin H Boucher, brother in law George Winter, other beneficiaries incl. Annie Foord (Berrow), Edward G Cox (residing with Harriet).  Large sheet of parchment with cert. of probate & wafer seal attached.  £17

53/127 Bryant, Abraham -Shepton Mallet -1824
 Contemporary copy of Will - paper - names wife and 4 married daughters [Hayes, Parker, Shilstone, Tutton]. £20

160/107 Cook, James J.P. - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare - died 1911
Certified copy of draft Will - wife Ellen, brother William Cook, Nephew Wilfred Cook, stepmother Mary Cook (Highbridge). Appears to have been a connection with the Symons family. 1 servant named - Hester Disney. Many charitable bequests + inscriptions for tombstone etc. Typed on 4 sheets paper, with manuscript amendments. Draft Wills dated April 1896, Feb & Oct 1899. This copy certified in 1911 by JT Roach & ED Jones (solrs clerks, Bristol) also signed by W T A Ross (Bristol). [see also 84/250 & 251 above - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare]  £16

160/108 Cook, James J.P. - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare - died 1911
Copy of Will - wife Ellen, brother William Cook, Nephew Wilfred Cook (his siblings not named). Appears to have been a connection with the Symons family.  Many charitable bequests + inscriptions for tombstone etc. Written on 6 sheets watermarked paper, with pencil notes & some dusting to cover. Will dated June 1902. [see also 160/107 above]  £13

160/109 Cook, James J.P. - Bridgwater & Weston Super Mare - died 1911
Probated copy of Will - wife Ellen, brother William Cook, Nephew Wilfred Cook. Appears to have been a connection with the Symons family. 1 servant named - Hester Disney. Many charitable bequests. Paper booklet with a number of company stamps. Some dusting to cover. [see also 160/107 above]  £17

130/4 Counsell, William - Mark - ( 1836)
Office copy of Will -  proved 1837  mentions William younger son of William Counsell  (Mark, Somerset), sister Mary Counsell,  for full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Wills - Lax, Robert - Bristol - c1837

53/143 Court, Elizabeth [Betty] -Glastonbury - 1852 - Declaration 
Original - paper - signed by John Fry Reeves - says that he is residuary devisee and he has the Will of Elizabeth Court in his possession. £15

160/106 Crocker, Elizabeth Sarah, widow - Cannington - 1903
Probated copy of short Will - brother William Henry Crocker (South Petherton), children Herbert Frederick Crocker,  Alice Emily Kate Crocker. Paper booklet.  £13

160/100 Curtis, Thomas Henry - Castle Cary - 1872
Probated copy of short Will - parchment - wife Jane,  daughter Elizabeth. Grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. £19

98/123 Durbin, Richard - Nailsea - 1872
Letters of Administration & copy of Will prepared for Probate - wife Mary, brother Joseph, nephew George also names  John  & Clara Durbin. Details of land in Nailsea. Parchment with Letters of Administration & wafer seal attached.  £17

53/136 George, Francis, Batcombe - 1836
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - wife not named - names son and 3 daughters [Gibbons, Yeoman]. Details of property, including ‘Three Horseshoes’. £30

53/123 George, William - Wanstrow [late of Batcombe] 1816
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife and 2 sons. £28

98/121 Glyde, Ellanette - Yeovil - 1863
Original Will  - husband  John,  mother  Mary Richards .Provision for the disposal of assets held in her Marriage Settlement - 1 trustee Thomas Richards. 1 sheet of paper watermarked 1855 - folded double - written on 3 sides - signed by Ellanette Glyde, witnessed by Walter Russell & Albert Bollen.. [see also 122, 125]  £30

98/122 Glyde, Susan (widow) -  Martock - (1868)
Draft unsigned Will  -  sons John dec'd,  William & his wife Julia, granddaughters Ella M G,  Nettie G S. Refers to Will of husband John. 1 sheet of paper watermarked 1855 - folded double - written on 2+ sides. Note, the terms in this draft vary from those in the final Will - see 98/125. [see also 98/121]  £24

98/125 Glyde, Susan (widow) -  Martock - 1878
Copy of Will  -  sons John dec'd,  William , granddaughters Ella M G,  Nettie G S, sister Eliza Glyde & her son Edwin (both of Torquay). Refers to Will of husband John & value of his estate. Personal bequests include a Rosewood pianoforte.  1 sheet of paper  folded double - written on 2+ sides (the original having been signed by Susan Glyde). Note, the terms in this draft vary from those in the draft Will - see 98/122. [see also 98/119, 121]  £24

160/101 Godden, John - Somerton - 1875
Probated copy of Will - wife Johannah,  daughters Elizabeth (w/o Christopher Snook),  Susan (w/o George Barnard),  Harriet (w/o Jehu / John Barnard) - gives details of land at Sedgmoor, High Ham let to the latter.  2 large sheets parchment  - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £26

160/103 Godfree, John Gill - Holway, Taunton - 1878
Probated copy of Will & 3 codicils - wife Caroline Adelaide, daughters Emma Chappell Godfree,  Elizabeth Ethelinda Godfree, sisters Sarah (? w/o Robert Trott of Trull)  & Elizabeth Chappell. 2 large sheets  parchment  - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £26

53/151 Goodall, Henry - Shepton Mallett - 1881
 Certified contemporary copy of Will and Codicil - paper - names wife 2 sons 3 daughters [1 Clarke], brother, brother in law [Cook]. £13

98/124 Goodland, James - Ilton - 1874
Probated copy of Will - wife Ann, daughters Virtue & Sarah A Gallen (dec'd but left children), his other children not named. Brother John. Parchment - with certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £17

130/25 Gould, George Henry - Clevedon - Appointment & Release of Trust Funds by Ann Rutherford (Redland, Bristol). Gould was one of  the two Trustees. For full details / price, please see my Gloucestershire page - Wills -  Waters, William - date of death unknown - Rutherford family - 1914

84/244 Helliar, Fanny - Donyatt - 1899
Letters of Administration - small piece pre-printed parchment with Probate wafer seal attached - names husband William, gives date of death, size of estate, & contains 'bank' stamp.  £5

98/127 Hembry, Jane (widow) - 1880
Original Will - names 7 daughters, Edith Patten (Glam.), Caroline w/o James Luff (East Huntspill), Elizabeth w/o Richard Tedball (Westham, Wedmore), Ann w/o Samuel Lee (Berrow), Ellen w/o Levi Meaker (USA), Marion w/o Joseph Porter (Huntspill), Sophia w/o Joseph Palmer (Berrow) - includes details of loans to sons in law.  2 sides of watermarked paper with 'mark' of Jane Hembry, signed by witness Henry Lovibond, solicitor, Bridgwater.  £33

53/153 Hillier, Alexander - Hatch Beauchamp / Rowbarton - 1893 [son of 53/149]
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - names wife and 2 sons. Other children not named. £17

53/149 Hillier, Nicholas - Yatton - 1878 [father of 53/153]
 Probated copy of Will - parchment - names son and 2 daughters [Burgess, Strickland], gives details of property. £18

97/1 Hooper, Jonathan - Yeovil - 1790
Later Copy of Will - 3 sheets paper, watermarked 1825, a few small holes in folds, written on 4¼ sides - father William, sister Elizabeth Masters, late cousin James Hooper,  nephews  William Hooper Masters,   John Hooper,  niece Elizabeth Terrell. Refers to property & lands at Rympton, Yeovil, Mudford, Trent, Queen Camel, Adber & Hummer, some with names of previous owner, or current tenant.  £32

98/117 Hooper, John - Yeovil - 1823
Copy of Will - 5 sheets paper, watermarked 1830, written on 4 sides - children James,  Jonathan,  William,  Edward,  John,  Matilda,  Elizabeth - late uncle Jonathan Hooper. Some lands identified by field names & former owners (Samuel Daniell,  Susanna & Samuel Kitson,  William Cayine,  Andrew Everton,  Mary Steele,  Samuel Watts). Personal bequests - names books, etc. Will had been written in 1823.  £25

97/2 House, William - Ashill - 1807?
Probated copy of Will - parchment, few words in folds, faded - sister Mary (w/o John Woodland of Bridgwater). Certificate of Probate (granted 1807) & wafer seal attached. [see below 98/118, Woodland]   £28

118/90 Keen, John Reynolds - Chewton Mendip - 1898
Copy of Will - 3 sheets watermarked  paper,  written on 2 sides only, with slight dusting to cover - children Sidney,  John F,  Maud.
Together with : a) 3 short letters (2 typed - addressed from Clevedon Potteries; 1 manuscript - addressed from Glen View) to the solicitors dated Jan / Feb 1903, signed by Sidney Keen, relating to sale of property.
b) 2 small receipts - 1 signed by Maud Goodridge, the other by Dorothy C Keen.    £28

53/159 Leman - Bath -  /Purvis, Richard - Beccles - Captain, Royal Navy - 1802
Attested copy of Will - paper. Names wife Lucy (nee Leman) - Bath, but not minor children. Refers to marriage settlement 1779 and extensive lands in Essex, Suffolk and Warwickshire. £30

98/131 Mead, George - Ilton - 1896
Probated copy of Will - names sisters Anna Batten,  Elizabeth Perham,  grandchildren Harry,  George,  Eliza, Annie Mead,  Harry,  Anna,  George,  William Marchant,  nephew George Mead, niece Mary Tobey, other bequests to Annie Adams, Ellen Mead, Mark Bond.  Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal attached.   £18

98/21 Meyler, Alice & Thomas - Taunton - 1861  - See details on Gloucestershire page under Wills, Clark.

171/219 Milton, William - North Petherton - 1875
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary Ann, sons Henry & Thomas Milton.  Parchment, grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. Some pencil jottings in margin.  £20

118/89 Nicholas, James - Bridgewater - 1865
Original Will  - wife Ann,  son Alfred J, daughter Amelia 'brother' & sister William & Eliza Press - Family Bible & properties in Bridgewater mentioned. 3 sheets of blue watermarked  paper  - written on 2 sides only - signed by James Nicholas, witnessed by James Cook jnr (slr)  & W Vaughan Williams (Clerk).  £33

53/ 141 Parsons, Joel - Yatton - 1848
 Certified office copy of Will - paper [10 sides] - names wife, daughter [Young] and granddaughters, also an executor Peter Parsons, Kingstone Seymour. Land in Somerset and Glos. £30

160/98 Pierce, John - North Petherton - 1831
Probated copy of Will - sons John,  William,  Henry,  Thomas,  daughters Betsy Pierce,  Sarah Williams,  Mary Pierce,  Ann Stone. Properties & land North Petherton & Bridgwater. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. [see also 160/99]  £32

105/10 Prockter, John - Henlade - dated 1772
Arbitration Award in a dispute between Mary Anderdon, [widow (Henlade, Rushton) Administratrix of John's estate] and Thomas Knight (Loades, Kingston) & his brother William Knight (Tiverton, Devon). John appears to have held papers concerning the fortune / estate of the Knights at his death. The arbitrators were John Popham (New Inn, London) and William Prockter Thomas (Wellington), the document gives the details of their decision.  Large sheet paper signed / sealed J N Popham & W P Thomas, witnessed Abm Shorland. Split at foot approx 2"long & several small splits in other folds.  £47

84/248 Reed, Charles - Weston Zoyland - (died 1886)
Release dated 1911 of Trustees of Will. Details of Will - Mother Jane, sister Lavina (w/o Francis Reed), nephews / niece Francis Stephen Reed (London), Ellen (w/o Emanuel Reed), Oliver, Guy & Theodore Reed.
Sheet watermarked paper folded in 2 & written on 3 sides. Some dusting to reverse - small tears to edge of folds not affecting text. Signed / sealed by Francis S, Ellen, Oliver, Guy & Theodore Reed.
Together with copy of Trustee A/c's including details of property sold to Oliver, Guy & Theodore Reed with further signatures of Lavina's 5 children.   £30
 

53/143 Reeves, John Fry -Glastonbury / Fitzhead Court - 1852 - Declaration
 Original - paper - signed by John Fry Reeves - says that he is residuary devisee and he has the Will of Elizabeth Court in his possession. £15

98/19 Robinson, Richard - Bedminster - 1835 - see Gloucestershire page - Wills re property bequeathed.

98/12 Rocket, John & Maria - Hockchurch  (? Hawkchurch) 1852
See Devon page under Wills - Raison, Joseph - for bequest.

105/38 Rutherford, Ann (neè Waters) - Queen Charlton - dated 1870 (w/o Rev Henry Jackson Rutherford)
Settlement of Trust funds - trustees George Culley Ashmead & Alfred Ashmead (both Bristol). Mentions Will of William Waters, a Court action of 1870 (Waters v. Waters) involving Ann, Mary Neilson (neè Waters), William Waters & others, & various costs incurred by Ann. A note on the reverse refers to a later Court action. Large sheet of watermarked paper folded in 2, written on 3 sides - some dusting, pencil notes & a split almost full length of centre fold, small splits in other folds. Signed by Ann, witnessed by L A C Bush & Eliza E Lodge (both Keynsham).  £24

98/126 Sharland, Fanny Amelia (Miss) - Ilminster - 1880
Probated copy of Will - names brother Richard dec'd & sisters Caroline,  Ann,  nephew William J M Still,  servants Emily & Henrietta Cannicott. Parchment - Certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached.  £16

53/126 Shum, George Andrew- Bath - 1821
 Later office copy of Will, made c. 1835 -paper - names daughter, son in law [Simpson], 3 brothers, other beneficiaries [possibly sisters], Cromwell, Bath - Haskins, Walcott - Ellesbury, London. Gives details of properties. £20

53/137 Strode, John - Shepton Mallet - 1837
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names daughter Ann Maria. £24

53/146 Sweeting, Melior widow - Castle Cary - 1860
Probated copy of Will - parchment - names daughter [Cooper] with details of property left to her, at Ditcheat. £20

160/102 Towells, Thomas - Bridgwater - 1877
Probated copy of Will - wife Eliza,  step daughters Maria (w/o Charles Vere Hare),  Mary Ann Davidge,  nephew John Towells. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached, bank stamp on reverse.  £21

53/147 Warley, Clement - Bristol - 1870 [see also Oxfordshire 53/108]
Copy of Probated Will 1873 - paper - wife and children not named; except daughter, Rhoda, wife of nephew, James Warley. £11

53/155 Webb, Elizabeth - Twerton / Weston - 1893 [widow of 53/156]
Certified copy of Probated Will - names cousin, Sarah Druce and niece Amy Sims, Birmingham. £10

53/156 Webb, Silas - Twerton - 1880 [husband of 53/155]
Certified copy of Probated Will - names wife Elizabeth. £9

53/121 White, Richard - Batcombe - 1811
Copy of Will - paper - names 8 children - wife [not named] died 1811 / 1812. £22

160/11 Whittingham, Mary -   (pretended wife of William Hewitt) - died Taunton, 1876
See Certified contemporary copy of Probated Will of her father - on my Norfolk page - Wills -  Millard, Philip - North Walsham - 1855

53/119 Whyting, Arthur - Shepton Mallet - 1809
Contemporary Attested copy of Will - paper - names sister and nieces [George], nephew [Hayes] and cousin [Betty, wife of John Lancaster] - gives details of properties owned. £25

53/120 Whyting, Arthur - Shepton Mallet - 1809 [see53/119]
Later certified copy of Will, made c. 1819 -paper - names sister and nieces [George], nephew [Hayes] and cousin [Betty, wife of John Lancaster] - gives details of properties owned. £20

98/130 Wilton, Mary Ann (widow) - Bridgwater - 1892
Probated copy of Will - brothers Alfred & Henry (wife Emily), their children Walter John & Dorcas (all) Greenslade, other niece Gertrude Barnett. Very detailed particular bequests made. Other beneficiaries include James A & Matilda Bounsall, Hannah  Barnett . Parchment with grant of Probate & wafer seal attached. £19

64/71 Windey, Ann & Family - Bristol - 1793
Copy of Deed of Acceptance of Annuity in lieu of legacy, & agreement to release of Dowry, between Ann Windey (who died 1795) - widow of Nathan - and her children James, Nathan, Matthew, Henry George & Ann.  Contains details of Will & codicil of Nathan the elder, including properties acquired / sold & loan to one son.   Written on 6 sides of watermarked paper c.13"x16" - small holes in folds not affecting text.       £38

98/118 Woodland, John - Bridgwater - 1852
Probated copy of Will - estate left to Ann Collier (Ashill) & her children Thomas,  Robert,  Charles,  Ann.  Land & properties (some described in detail) in Ashill, Bridgewater, Western Zoylands etc. Parchment - certificate of Probate & wafer seal attached. [see above 97/2 House]  £30

53/166 Woolford, Henry - Broad Blunsdon - 1872
Probated copy of Will and Codicils - parchment - names wife and her nephews and nieces (Piniger, and Tuck, of Portishead, Somerset). Gives details of land.  £23

53/125 Yeoman, John - Glastonbury - 1819
Contemporary copy of Probated Will - paper - names wife, Honour, main beneficiaries after wife’s death - James and Roger Rood and their children, including John Yeoman Rood, sister in law, Mary West, and daughters in law [or step daughters] Ann Smart and Ann Stone. Details a lot of other small legacies and land holdings. £30