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ID	Date	Source	Lot No.	Text	Surnames
1	1680?	Bloomsbury 17 Sept 1998	26	Dering (Sir Edward, MP and office holder, 1625-84) Commonplace Book, manuscript, 68pp. excluding blanks, ink inscription ``Dering MSS'' on front pastedown, slightly browned, contemporary gilt panelled calf, extensively rubbed, g.e., 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1680). #100-150 Contains a list of the manors of Kent arranged alphabetically under parishes, with the names of the proprietors and their dates of acquisition; ``Titles of all the peers of England'' (beginning with the duke of York); a world history in Latin including a list of emperors and kings of Rome in the Christian era; ``Cyties & places''; genealogies etc. Dering, son of Sir Edward Dering (1598-1644), one of the three commissioners of the Privy Seal (1669-73), and one of the five commissioners of the Treasury (1679-84).	Dering
2	1602	Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001	428	Vellum document from the very end of her reign, dated 24th February 1602, being an arbitration award for lands near Deal in Kent, signed by Edward Somerset, Earl of Worcester, Richard Bancroft, Bishop of London and Henry, Lord Cobham, with large portion of Cobham's seal still present, with fine calligraphic initial letter and in good fresh and legible condition, with full transcript and notes. An interesting insight into Tudor law, signed by three powerful men. The dispute was between William Crayford of Mongham, Kent and William Vaughan of Pembridge, near Leominster, Herefordshire. Crayford is awarded the lands and an unusual aspect of this document is that Vaughan is then required to deliver up " all deedes evidences writtinges bylles and answeres depositions coppyes of all bookes and offices and all exemplifcacions of all offices verdites and depositions terrors serveyes, mappes cardes and all minimentes whatsoever..." Crayford is known to history, being recorded in the 'Armada Roll' as having given œ50 in 1588 for the defence of the Realm. Edward Somerset had just tried and condemned Elizabeth's favourite the Earl of Essex and was, three years later, to go on to examine Guy Fawkes. Cobham, little more than a year after this document, was involved in the conspiracy to place Arabella Stewart on the throne in succession to Elizabeth - for which he was condemned for treason. Bancroft was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1604. (1) £150-200	Somerset	Bancroft	Cobham (Lord)	Crayford	Vaughan
3	1830	Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001	483	Phillips manuscript relating to Longport in Kent, twelve large leaves of paper together with a manuscript plan, 1830, being a legal argument relating to whether the people of Longport should be liable to paying rates for the city and county of Canterbury, and including fair copies of charters of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I. Phillips manuscript number 18144, providing considerable local topographical detail. The plan is executed in pen and colour wash.
4	1758	Dominic Winter 20 June 2001	353	Important manuscript on paper 1758, being an inventory of the poor of Ashford, Kent, listing the names of all the poor of the area, and the amounts of monies received, together with another two lists giving the names of the poor of Wilsborough and Hinxhill, again with the amounts of monies received by each. The poor of these three areas received the money as a gift from the will of John Woodward, a local benefactor. The total donated was œ100, with individuals receiving amounts between œ2/5s and 4/6d.	Woodward
5	1612	Keith Gibbs		"Deed of release in vellum, dated 20th December 1612 to all rights of messuage and land at Staplehurst, Kent from Richard Austen of Cranbrook to his brother James Austen of Ulcomb both yeoman of Kent, bearing hanging seal, signed with the mark of Richard Austen and witnessed by William Walton, John beecher and Adrian Bendling, c. 8"x12", creased worn and yellowing £1 15s 6d." From a Jantzen's catalogue dated 1965.	Austen	Walton	Beecher	Bending
6	1841	Corran Books		: WHITTAKER'S ESTATE ACT. London: A Private Act of Parliament promoted by Parratt & Walmsley (House of Lords Agents), 1841. ORIGINAL PRIVATE ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Printed on blue-white paper. 335mmx210mm. Hand-stitched. 26pp. THOMAS WHITTAKER lived at BARMING, KENT and signed his last Will and Testament on February 10th 1817. He left a large estate with over 1567 acres of land and this Act gave his Trustees extra flexibility in its management. Of genealogical interest to families with roots in KENT called WHITTAKER, FELLOWS (paper makers), SEAGER, SELBY and WOOD. The lands are named field by field with their acreage and rental and the names of the tenants in LUDDESDOWN, MEOPHAM, PADDLESWORTH, HALLING, SNODLAND, BIRLING, COBHAM, CUXTON, TROTTERSCLIFFE (also known as TROSSLEY) and WROTHAM. Outer wrappers are dusty with a crease. Otherwise in generally Very Good condition. Bookseller Inventory # 4211	Whittaker	Fellows	Seager	Selby	Wood
7	1679	Dominic Winter 25 July 2001	346	Rare indenture on vellum 1679, being the sale of an inn called 'The Cork' together with a brewhouse at Dartford, Kent, signed by the purchaser, John Ellis, and bearing an intact pendant seal attached by its original vellum tag.	Ellis
8	17th-20th century	Dominic Winter 29 Aug 2001	369	Collection of manorial documents, 17th-20th c., all relating to the Royal Manor of Wye in Kent, including printed sales particulars, vellum indentures bonds etc.
9	1783	Dominic Winter 3 Oct 2001	269	Channel Sloops. Three extensive letters written between an Ostend based shipping agent and a company in Margate, 11pp, 4to, 1783, all three letters in excellent unblemished condition, with good clear legible script. The letters are between Henessy & Co. based in Ostend and the Margate firm of Hooper, Cobb and Hall and discuss a wide variety of items including financial transactions, a plan to bring passengers from London to Margate for their journey across the channel rather than Dover, pay for employees, the whereabouts of two sloops and the embarkation of the Margate Packet. There is also a reference to an unfortunate sea captain who was 'washed away' by the tide.
10	1869	Dominic Winter 3 Oct 2001	312	Enormous indenture of some 20 vellum sheets, dated December 10th, 1869, detailing the sale of an estate in the Parish of Dymchurch in Kent, containing a schedule of land holding and ownership and signed by seven parties to the agreement. An important document for local historians and genealogists. Dymchurch lies in the coastal area to the south west of Folkestone and is well known to tourists travelling on the famous narrow gauge Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway.
11	1657-1901	Bloomsbury 22 Nov 2001	68	Group of documents relating to Milton, near Sittingbourne in Kent, including: Fire Insurance. "Whereas Sills Gibbons of Sittingbourne... hath paid the Sum of Two Pounds nine shillings to the Treasurers of the Kent Insurance Company", D.s., engraved form with manuscript insertions, 540 x 374mm., 2nd February 1804; and c. 69 others, documents and deeds relating to Milton, Lynsted, Halstow, Bredgar, Hucking, Borden and Chalkwell in Kent, v.s., 3rd April 1657 - 24th October 1901 (c. 70).	Gibbons
12	1729, 1844	Dominic Winter 12 Dec 2001	452	Apprenticeship indentures. Two indentures dated 1729 and 1844 respectively, the former for a poor child, named Thomas Ridgeway of Mereworth in Kent, and latter for Daniel Whitford of St Lukes, Middlesex, to be a printer, both in good condition (2)	Ridgeway	Whitford
13	1650, 1684, 1767	Dominic Winter 12 Dec 2001	496	Three fine indentures relating to land transactions in the Romney Marsh area of Kent, 1650, 1684 and 1767, all in remarkably fine condition, the two earlier documents still retaining their wax pendant seals The earliest document was drawn up in the time of the Rump Parliament a year after the execution of Charles I and a year before the emergence of Cromwell as Lord Protector - consequently it carries the scarce wording 'according to the computation of the Church of England' regarding its date. The second document dates from the last year of the reign of Charles II and features an elaborate decorative top line, and has four pendant seals. The third document derives from the early years of the reign of George III. Names mentioned in the documents include David and Bridget Shatterden, John Nethersole, and Thomas and Mary Osborne	Shatterden	Nethersole	Osborne
14	17th/18th century	Dominic Winter 12 Dec 2001	497	Fine collection of nineteen indentures on vellum and paper, all relating to property at Springfield, near Dover, Kent, early 17th c. to 1791, some damage to a few of the documents, but otherwise in generally good condition, several of the vellum documents retain their original pendant seals A particularly fine run of documents all relating to the same village in Kent and therefore providing local historians and genealogists with a wealth of new information on the area. The family names mentioned on the documents include Stokes, Taylor, Hogben, and in the later documents, Harvey. The documents include wills, bonds, conveyance documents, mortgages and a marriage settlement. Included in the collection is a schedule of the documents drawn up in 1919 (somewhat damaged).	Stokes	Taylor	Hogben	Harvey
15	1851	Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002	323	Brewery. Attractive single sheet vellum indenture dated 1851, for the sale of the Lion Brewery, formerly known as the Eagle Brewery in Turner's Place, Ramsgate, Kent, signed and sealed by all parties, in fine fresh clean condition. The particular street where this brewery was situated does not seem to have survived.
16	1599-1879	Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002	200	Group of nine documents on vellum and one on paper 1599-1879, relating to East Kent and Canterbury, one bearing the straightline postal mark 'Dover 72'. The group includes a fine deed in English relating to properties in Canterbury and its environs, and other deeds relate to properties in Chislet (1679), Birchington (1642), Deal (1659 and 1654), Dover (five documents with some defects 1803-76). There is also an order, partly printed, from the Town Clerk of Dover re: a tax assessment on Margate, Birchington and Wood.
17	1655-1832	Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002	290	Group of nine documents on vellum and paper, 1655- 1832, relating to properties etc in West Kent. The group includes deeds relating to property in Farningham, Frindsbury, Milton next Gravesend, Shoreham, Swanscombe, Tong, Shorne, Upchurch, and Lower Halstow. There is also an interesting examination dated 1716 of a John Butler, vintner late of Worcester accused of burglary at a house in Crayford, and a letter dated 1832 from Greatness to Sevenoaks discussing a mill, fall of water and a 'manufactory' being taken down.	Butler
18	1674	ebay		Obligation bond between Sir Robert Barnham of Boughton Monchelsea, Edward Hales of Tunstall and Sir Thomas Twisden of East Malling.
19	1843	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	344	Fine pictorial letter, with engraved vignette of Gravesend with a paddle steamer in dock, dated 1843, one small tear not affecting text otherwise in good order, 2pp, 4to. The letter was written from a Mrs Kay to her daughter in Tunbridge Wells and discusses the bustling nature of Gravesend at the time with paddle steamers arriving every half hour, bringing 600 people at one time, for day trips. She also mentions the following families in the town: Harrison, Roberts, Thompson and Gardiner.	Kay	Harrison	Roberts	Thompson	Gardiner
20	19th century	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	345	Relief of the Poor. Three partly printed documents, early 19th c., being warrants for the conveyance of people to the house of correction in the parish of St John Ramsgate, after their convictions for being 'Rogues and vagabonds', in good condition
21	1609	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	346	Quitclaim by John Austen of Northbourne, Kent to Mathew Stodder of Worth, Kent dated November 1st 1609, document on vellum, written in English in a neat scribal hand, signed by Austen and with a perfect armourial seal attached by original vellum tag, in fine overall condition John Austen (1560-1620) was a direct ancestor of Jane Austen (see D Le Faye et al, Jane Austen A Family Record 1989, pp1 &295). The land involved was in Worth which lies just south east of Sandwich. Various people are mentioned on the document including members of the Peake family and Sir Peter Manwood.	Austen	Stodder	Peake	Manwood
22	1763	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	347	The Great Storm. Contemporary manuscript poem by John Wareholm entitled : 'On the dreadful hurricane which happened in Kent on the 12th of August 1763', written in a neat hand, 3pp, 4to. An interesting contemporary record for one of the few times a hurricane has hit these shores.	Wareholm