FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENTS (for sale)

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

84/279 Bexhill & Dallington - 1919 - Sale of land by Rev Charles le Pelley Hatten (Dallington) as Executor of Rev Charles William Hatten (Bexhill) - died 1918, to  Sarah Jane Brown  (w/o Charles Brown of Hitcham). Details of  property in Monks Eleigh, Suffolk . Also mentions deaths of John Laine le Pelley & Arthur William Hatten. For full details and price see my Suffolk page - Property - Monks Eleigh

84/285 Billingshurst - 1722 - Lease for a year (being first part of Lease & Release for sale of property) by Richard Hunt (Arundel) to Simon Slater (Billingshurst ). Gives approximate location of property.
Small sheet of thick parchment - small stain in centre fold slightly affecting text. Signed & sealed by Richd Hunt with witness signatures of Danl Sefton & Jane Sefton on reverse.  £54

84/287 Brighton - 1824 - Deed of Appointment for annual annuity between James Le Vavasseur (Cheapside, London) and Harriot Husbands (Brighton). Details of annual annuity to be sold to Husbands - being secured on property - full details & price of document on my Middlesex page - Property - Mile End Old Town - 1824.

84/118 Brighton - 1842 -  Lydia E  (w/o Arthur L Wigan, Brighton), beneficiary. For full details & price, see my Kent page - Wills -  Cleveland, Sarah (widow) - Benenden - 1842

48/55 Brighton - 1899 - Lease by Rev. George Woodyatt (Brighton), of property in Ledbury, to Harriett and Henry Bill.
Details of property and various covenants regarding use and maintenance. 4 sides of paper signed by all 3 parties.  £27

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

48/56 Hove - 1904 - Sale by Roger  Gresley Woodyatt (Hove), of cottage and land in Ledbury, to Charles Wesley Stephens, Luke Tilley and Hubert Bray. Cottage tenanted by Harriett and Henry Bill.
 4 sides of paper together with plan in outline colour - signed by Roger  Gresley Woodyatt. [see 48/55& 182] £31

48/182 Hove - 1904 - Sale by Roger  Gresley Woodyatt (Hove), of cottage and land in Ledbury, to Charles Wesley Stephens, Luke Tilley and Hubert Bray (Ledbury). Cottage and land occupied by Harriett and Henry Bill and Charles Davies.
 Parchment, incorporating location plan and schedule detailing Woodyatt's title, back to 1843 - signed and sealed by Roger  Gresley Woodyatt. [see 48/55 & 56] £26

84/115 Peasmarsh - 1786 -  Dive Clarke - (Peasmarsh) as Trustee -  for details & price see my Kent page - property - High Halden - 1786 - Attested copy of Lease

84/114 Rye - 1780  - Attested copy re debt owed to Sarah Barnes, widow (Rye).  Trustees include William Durrant (Rye) - for full details & price of this document please see my Kent page - property -  Isle of Oxney.

84/116  Rye - 1786 -  monies advanced by William Cooper (formerly of Udimore, now Rye). For details see Kent page - property - High Halden - 1786 - Attested copy of Release.

84/286Rye - 1791 - Attested copy of Assignment of Mortgage by Sarah Barnes (Rye) & Ann (her daughter) and John Haddock (Rye). Includes details of original assignment of lands in 1780 to Sarah,  Marriage Settlement between Ann Barnes and John Haddock &assignment to Hogben. For full details & price of this document please see my Kent page - property -  Isle of Oxney.

84/117 Rye & Lewes - 1794  Frances (w/o John Colvin, Lewes),  Jane (w/o Jeremiah Curteis, Rye) - beneficiaries of Will - for details see Kent page - Waters, Mary (spinster) - Tenterden - 1794 - Copy of Will & Codicil.

84/119 Rye - 1847 -  Sarah (w/o Philip Woolley of Rye),  for details & price see my Kent page -   Halden & Bethersden - 1847 - Abstract of Title.

190/23 Saleherst - 1740 - Obligation Bond given  to Mary Jewherst  (late of Saleherst, Sussex, now N Romney) for full details, please see Kent page - Property -    New Romney

84/289 Willingdon - 1910 - Conveyance of property by William Carter (Meads, Eastbourne) as executor of Will of Caroline Hilton (widow of Robert) to Mabel Gertrude A Carter (Meads), Caroline's grand daughter. Details of property acquisition by Robert Hilton & approx location.  Sheet of parchment folded in 2, written on 2 sides, signed / sealed by W Carter.  £25

131/10 Woolavington - 1819 - Sale of land by Inclosure Commissioner of Woolavington & Graffham to William Clement. Includes details of 11 Lots ( 1 of which bought by Clement) auctioned in Nov 1818 - gives acreage, adjoining landowners, roads & other features. Names mentioned include John Sargent,  Richard Luff,  J Belton,  James Mills,  Thomas Puttick.
Large sheet parchment signed by John Peachey (Chichester), the Inclosure Commissioner.  £52

171/179 Mottram, Alfred - died at Eastbourne (of Salthouse, Norfolk) - 1916
Probated copy of Will - wife Mary Esther, children Mary Ursula, Guy Naswith, Marion Watson Addison, Maurice John Mottram. Paper booklet with 10 company stamps on cover. Together with manuscript notes and solicitors opinion (1935) relating to the distribution of assets, and schedule of assets distributed to Alfred's children. £21

118/95 - Parker, Mary - Catsfield, Battle - 1908
Original Will - husband Rev James Parker (Marriage Settlement 1903 referred to),  son Lionel H Miller,  brother George Lovibond, nephew  George F Lovibond, personal bequests of paintings etc - 3 sheets watermarked paper - written on 1+ sides only - signed by Mary Parker,  witnessed by Alfred William Piper & Annie Sheather (both Catsfield).  £28

160/115 Parker, Mary - Catsfield Rectory, Battle - 1908
Original Codicil to Will - husband Rev James Parker (1880 Marriage Settlement with late husband William Walter Miller  referred to),  son Lionel H Miller. Paper signed by Mary Parker,  witnessed by Eleanor Frances (w/o Capt A A J Brown) & Alice Maud Mepham (Burwash).  £16

171/227 Robinson, Mary (widow) - Birdham, Chichester - 1917
Letters of Administration - daughter, one of next of kin, Ada (w/o Benjamin John Payne). Paper with 1 bank stamp. (Possible Norfolk connection as prepared by Hansells & Hales, Cromer.  £4 

160/80 Shoosmith, Sarah Anne - Norwich - 1912 - wished to be buried with (un-named) husband at Eastbourne. For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills

171/226 Sims, Thomas - Portslade - died 1874
Letters of Administration - ex wife Martha, minor son George Coleman Veale Sims, brother in law Thomas Veale. Parchment dated 1883 with wafer seal attached. Some dusting.  £6

10/1 Smith, Evan Cadogan Eric - Lower Ashford, Handcross - 1950
Certified copy of Death Certificate issued by GRO Somerset House in December 1951. On the reverse are the stamps of a number of limited companies. Smith was a banker who died 17/10/50.   £4

171/161 Tillyard, Frederick E  - Worthing - dated 1911
Mentioned in aunt's  Will.  For full details & price of this document, please see my Norfolk page - Wills - Tillyard, Miss Ellen

98/44 Westhead, Robert Edward George Chappell -  Eastbourne & Manchester - 1895
Copy of Will & Codicil refers to mother Catherine, brother Walter B, sisters Frances G, Sophia C, sister in law Louisa M Woodcock, also to his 'infant daughter' & 'late wife'.  The original Will had been written in Switzerland, & witnessed by a physician & a hotel proprietor, and the codicil, in Brighton. This parchment copy was apparently prepared for Probate, but no certificate is attd. & the reverse is noted in faint pencil with what appears to be  'not proved'.   £16

118/94 Woodward, Katharine  (spinster) - Lewes - 1787
Letters of Administration with copy of Will & wafer seal attached  - parchment - names sister Elizabeth Hubbersty (widow), and her children Elizabeth A,  Thomas,  John,  Henry Hubbersty,  brothers Rev. John Woodward,  William dec'd, his daughter Sarah Woodward.  Property in Lingfield, Surrey. (Original will was made 1783) Probate first granted to Elizabeth - these L of A granted to Henry Jackson (guardian of her children) following her death.  £42