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Hertfordshire 1-100

ID	Date	Source	Lot No.	Text	Surnames
1	16th Century	Bloomsbury 17 Sept 1998	14	Lee (Sir Richard, military engineer, 1513?-75) A Rentall of all such lande as I Sr Rychard Lee of Sopwell in the Countie of hertford am seazed of in the Realme of Englande made in the twelveth yere of the Raigne of our soveraigne Ladye Quene Elizabeth... (&) The manor of leez langley (Abbots Langley), manuscript, 18 double pp., in secretary hand, some annotations in margins, inscription on verso of first f. ``Wakeman MSS No 8'', first f. torn and repaired, soiled, edges frayed, slightly browned throughout, bound in Middle Hill boards, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine with tears, folio, n.p., 1570. #300-400 ``Rychard Wakeman doth hold of the lorde (of) the manor house of Beckford... ffor the yearlie rent of xxiiiil xvis iiiid; Agnes Parke wydowe holdeth one messuage and one yard of lande... duringe her wydowhood ffor the yearlie rent of... xxvis viiid.'' An interesting document, Sir Richard Lee, Henry VIII's surveyor of the king's works was outstandingly successful in his defence of the siege of Boulogne in 1544. ``... owing to the strength of the defences and the gallantry with which they were held. Lee had already been knighted for his services in Scotland, and now for his brilliant services at Boulogne the king presented to him... the greater part of the monastery domains of St. Albans and with the nunnery of Sopewell, to the south-west of St. Albans.''-DNB	Lee	Wakeman
2	1656, 1682	Bloomsbury 11 May 2000	17	Benyon (George, steward of the manor & overseer of the Court Baron on behalf of Edward Lord Howard) Admission of John Gable on the Surrender of Edmund Burgess, of a customary tenancy in the manor of Brantfield Bramfield, Hertfordshire, D.s., manuscript on vellum, flaw in vellum at foot, folds, soiled, 192 x 310mm., 18th April 1656 Chauncy (H., seneschal of the manor of Brantfield on behalf of George, Lord Grandison, not the topographer) Copy admission of Thomas Lawrence to the manor of Brantfield, Ds.s., 2 manuscripts on vellum, 15 x 340mm. & 48 x 315mm., 15th December 1682; and 3 others relating to Brantfield (1 16th century) including 2 relating to Lord Grandison, v.s. (5). #60-80	Benyon	Howard	Gable	Burgess	Grandison (Lord)	Lawrence
3	1840	Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001	433	Execution Expenses. Document on vellum dated 1840, being the expenses for the Sherrif of Hertforshire for that year, detailing his expenditure for the year and including an interesting reference to the costs of the execution of 'Thomas Taylor at the Lent Assizes' slight scuffing but in generally good condition. An interesting piece of social history. The Sherrif, Charles Garrard, was responsible for various costs during his term of office, including the board and lodging for visiting Judges, the fitting up of the Assize Courts, paying the Gaoler for maintaining convicts, and paying out œ7/6/6 for Taylor's execution. (1) £70-100	Taylor	Garrard
4	18th century	Dominic Winter 3 Oct 2001	305	Large collection of manorial documents and papers, mostly relating to the manor of Hitchin, mostly 18th c., included are copies of court rolls, early tradesmen's bills for repairs, surrenders of manorial lands, admissions etc.
5	1683	Bloomsbury 22 Nov 2001	70	Poor Law.- Poor Apprentice Indenture, to place "John Milton a poor child" apprentice to Ffrancis Flynn of Bishops Stortford in Hertfordshire, a Merchant Taylor, D.s., printed form with manuscript insertions, folds, wax seal, 205 x 320mm., framed and glazed, 6th April 1683; and 7 others, deeds most relating to Broxted, Essex, v.s. (8).	Milton	Flynn
6	1619, 1744, 1753	Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002	210	Document on vellum dated September 8th, 1619, being an agreement between Sir Julius Adelmare, alias Caesar, Master of the Rolls and his second son, Sir John Adelmare, alias Caesar, usual dusting to outer surface, one small patch of interior slightly faded, but otherwise in good order, signed by Julius Caesar to base, original seal tag, seal missing, together with two later vellum documents dated 1744 and 1753 both subscribed by Julius Caesar, Deputy Registrar, no doubt a descendent. The document deals with the grant of the hundreds of Edwinstrey and Odsey, Hertfordshire to Sir Julius Caesar for life and thereafter to his son for life.	Adelmare	Caesar
7	1706	Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002	214	Interesting indenture on vellum dated 1706, usual dusting to outer surface, but interior in good legible condition, with virtually intact armorial seal to base and signed by the Dowager Countess of Salisbury. An interesting lease of fishing rights, an obligation to keep a spaniel for the landlord (the Earl of Salisbury) to John Beale, a maltster of Hertford. The area is identified as part of Castle Meads in the parish of St Andrew	Beale
8	1726	Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002	215	Document on vellum dated 1726, usual browning to outer surface but interior in good order. A release by Nathaniel Witham of London, a trustee for Richard Washington of Staple Inn, London and others of a piece of arable land in Ippollitts, Herts. Signed by Washington amongst others	Witham	Washington
9	1662-1894	Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002	216	Miscellaneous group of documents, 1662-1894, including an early will dated 1662 of John Daniell of Yardley, a probate of 1702, an interesting manuscript entitled 'A perambulation of Hitchin Parish' 1801 (but later copy made in 1894), letter of Lord Salisbury from Hatfield House, a letter from Lord Verulam recommending two JPs for Hertforshire and a printed enrolment for the Hitchin Friendly Society	Daniell
10	1768	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	329	Baron Thomas Dimsdale. Important and historic document on five sheets of vellum, bearing the signature of Thomas Dimsdale, one of the pioneers of vaccination, dated August 19th, 1768, being the assignment of Cowley Hall Farm, Great Munsden, Hertfordshire for two terms of 500 and 1000 years to Stephen Haggard, some dusting to outer surface but interior contents in fine condition. Thomas Dimsdale, who held a medical degree from Aberdeen, published a paper on inoculating for small pox and as a result Catherine the Great brought him to St Petersburg where he inoculated her on October 12th 1768 - some six weeks after the date of the present document. Catherine had volunteered to set an example and although she developed some symptoms, she returned to full duties within three weeks. Dimsdale declared the experiment a success and many followed the her example. Dimsdale, a leading Quaker, was created a Baron for his services to medicine in Russia. A fine and historic document which will be of considerable interest to local historians and genealogists of the Great Munsden area.	Dimsdale	Haggard
11	1813-1814	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	333	Group of letters and documents, 1813-14, all concerning St Albans and dealing with the history of the town. The letters were all written by Robert Cutterbuck, a local historian and genealogist, discussing in great detail points of history forming part of his researches.	Cutterbuck
12	1838	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	334	Important indenture on five large sheets of vellum, dated 1838, being the release of the manor of Great Munden, Hertfordshire, between members of the family of Baron Dimsdale, in good condition throughout, signed and sealed by all parties to base.	Dimsdale
13	1732-1800	Dominic Winter 26 Jun 2002	499	The North Mimms Courts Baron Rolls. Five large leaves of vellum, 1732-1800, being the records of the proceedings of the Courts Baron of the Manor of North Mimms, written in a neat legible hand on both sides, with signatures of the Court Steward to entries, a little dusting consistent with age, each leaf measures 810x410mm. A most important document for research into this area of Hertfordshire which lies between St Albans and Potters Bar, recording everything which took place of any significance in the area for almost 70 years.
14	1846	ebay		INDENTURE RELATING TO PROPERTY AT ASHWELL IN HERTFORDSHIRE BETWEEN MR.JOHN DESBOROUGH AND MR.JOHN BEALE the younger IN 1846.THE DOCUMENT IS IN SUPERB CONDITION AND WOULD BE QUITE AN ASSET FOR ANY LOCAL HISTORIAN OF THE ASHWELL/DIGSWELL AREAS OF HERTFORDSHIRE	Desborough	Beale
15	1656	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	69	Stone (Richard and John) Indenture of sale by Richard and John Stone of the Manors of Gatesbury and Upp Hall in Hertfordshire to Robert Dicer, manuscript on vellum, 83 lines, 2 membranes, c.775 x 660mm. & c.775 x 240mm., signed by Richard & John Stone, 2 seals, 12th March, 1656; and 7 other similar indentures on vellum, most with seals, relating to the same transaction, 1 apparently an uncompleted draft (8).	Stone	Dicer
16	1661, 1671	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	76	Hertfordshire and Suffolk. - Roll accounts of the Sheriff of Hertfordshire for the issues of his office, 1659-1660, and of Suffolk for his, 1669-1670, 2 manuscripts on vellum, in handsome Chancery hand, each of 3 membranes, sewn together & rolled, each attested at the end by Robert Croke, c.2870 x 270mm. & c.2010 x 220mm., 1661 & 1671 (2)	Croke
17	1713	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	84	Forrester (Pulter, of Bradfield, Hertfordshire) Marriage settlement between Pulter Forrester and Agnes Harvey, manuscript on vellum, 11ff., ruled in red, folds, creased, slightly soiled, lacks seals, c. 580 x 715mm., 27th June 1713.	Forrester	Harvey
18	1706	Dominic Winter 9 Apr 2003	333	Lease from the Countesse of Salisbury of Severall Pieces of Meadow Ground unto John Beale of Hertford, Maltster for 16 years from Mich.as 1706, relating to Castle Meads in the parish of Hertford, abutting south on river flowing from Hertingfordbury to Hertford, and liberty of fishing in the river of Hertford as granted by late Earl James to Ralph Hough, for 16 years at a rent of 6, and to keep for the Earl, if required, 'one hound or hound whelp or one spaniel or spaniel whelp such as from time to time shall be sent to him ... to be so kept and maintaind', etc., dated 30 October 17056, and with signature of F. Salisbury and near-intact armorial seal. Frances, Dowager Countess of Salisbury (d. 1713), married James Cecil (1666-1694), the 4th Earl of Salisbury in 1683. The Earl was imprisoned as a popish recusant in 1689 and as a Jacobite in 1692, and on his early death left one son James (1691-1728), who succeeded as the 5th Earl of Salisbury.	Salisbury	Beale	James	Hough	Cecil
19	1399-1509	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	94	Court-Rolls of the Manor of Braughing with Corneybury and Barkesden, Courts Baron detailing numerous cases relating to land and property, manuscripts on vellum, c. 133 membranes in 5 rolls, soiled, creased, edges frayed, v.s., 1399-1509. A near complete collection of court rolls detailing a wealth of information on the social and economic history of the manor, as well as the various tenant families of Braughing in the fifteenth century. During this period the manor of Braughing was held by the Augustinian Priory of Holy Trinity, Aldgate. Please note that these documents cannot be exported from the United Kingdom.
20	1429	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	95	Court-Roll of the Manor of Berkesden in Westmill, Hertfordshire, Court Baron detailing cases relating to land and property, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, soiled, creased, c. 254 x 226mm., 6th January 1429.
21	1461-1464	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	96	Rent roll of the Manor of Uphall/Catesby or Catesbury in Braughing, Hertfordshire, manuscript roll on paper, in English, 5 membranes, 1 tear, edges frayed, soiled, creased, c. 2735 x 237mm., [c. 1461-64]. "Here endeth the … Rent land or chart land ot[her]wise callyd quyte Rent … yerly … to ye manor of Uphall." Please note that this document cannot be exported from the United Kingdom.
22	1572	Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002	107	Essex (Walter Devereux, first Earl of, second Viscount Hereford, father of Robert Devereux, favourite of Elizabeth I 1567-1601, coloniser of Ulster, 1541?-76) Indenture between Walter Devereux and John Pigott, yeoman, of the Manor of Bennington, Hertfordshire, D.s. "W Essex" & "W Ferrers?", manuscript on vellum, 2ff., 6 holes affecting text, water-stained, 2 wax seals, 560 x 450 & 95 x 261mm., 17th November 1572. In 1573 Essex undertook the colonisation of Ulster and to bring it under English control. "In a formal agreement the queen made over to Essex the country of Clandeboye, excluding only the town of Carrickfergus and some mountainous districts to the north" (DNB). His attempts to colonise Ireland brought misery and bloodshed to the land and achieved nothing. Devereux attempted to win the support of Sorley Boy Macdonnell, a Scots-Irish chieftain against the inhabitants, a strategy at odds with his orders. In 1574 he committed the despicable crime of inviting MacPhelim to a banquet in Belfast and then murdered him and his attendants. The queen recalled him in 1575 and he began to withdraw but not before he organised a raid on Rathlin island in which Sorley Boy's family were slaughtered. "When Sir Henry Sidney, the new lord-deputy, visited Clandeboye and other parts of Ulster in the following November, he found it 'utterly disinhabited' - such was the final result of Essex's scheme of an Ulster plantatiom." - DNB.	Devereux	Pigott	Ferrers	MacDonnell	MacPhelim	Sidney
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