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Date

Source

Lot No.

Text

Surnames

1766

Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001

487

Large manuscript on vellum dated 1766, being the Assessment of the Land Tax for Burton Overy, levied at the rate of four pence in the pound, listing the names of approximately 150 property owners, the property they held and the amounts levied on each person, in fine condition.

1824

Dominic Winter 20 June 2001

366

Manuscript Cookery and Receipt Books. Miss Burnabys Receipt Book, January 22nd, 1824, St. Margarets, Leicester, written by (her son crossed out) William Burnaby, approx. seventy ms. pages of receipes for cooking and curing minor ailments, later qtr. morocco, large 8vo, with another early 19th c. receipt book, fifty pages filled in ms., the remainder with leaves loosely inserted from another conemp. receipe book, orig. half morocco gilt tooled, worn, 4to

Burnaby

1635

Dominic Winter 12 Dec 2001

499

Large and attractive vellum indenture dated November 10th 1635, describing and granting a large number of tenements in the Little Glen area of Leicestershire, in very fine, fresh condition, with an elaborate and attractive initial letter and a complete pendant seal attached by its original pendant seal A marriage settlement by Thomas Simpkins on the marriage of his son Thomas to Dorothy Wightman, describing a number of ancient areas of land and buildings in this area of Leicestershire, making it of exceptional interest to local historians and genealogists. (1)

Simpkins

Wightman

19th century

Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002

359

Collection of twenty-five multiple sheet vellum indentures, 19th c., relating to the sale of a number of estates and properties in the Leicester area. Of particular interest is a document for the sale of the Real Estate of Knossington Hospital, and a contemporary copy of a document for building a school at Hungarton by consent of the Lord Bishop of Peterborough.

17th-19th century

Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002

230

Group of documents on vellum and paper, 17th - early 19th c., all in good condition. The group includes a 1675 lease for six months for land at 'Beamondly and Beomondwalke', a probate inventory dated 1683 for Thomas Pendock of Tollerton, a detailed accout of an auction at Market Harborough dated 1808 including an itemised list of goods, an inventory of the effects of John Astell of Market Harborough, with some related letters and a deed relating to Retford dated 1720

Pendock

Astell

18th-20th century

Dominic Winter 15 May 2002

454

Collection of vellum and paper documents, 18th-20th c., all relating to Leicestershire, including insurance policies, agreements, indentures, including a number of multiple sheet vellum indentures relating to property transactions, building plans, balance sheets for a coal mine

1878

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one page vellum document dated 18 July 1878. It measures 24 inches long by 30.5 inches wide. It deals with the mortgage of the Britannia Public House and premises in Castle Street, Leicester for £1400.00 between Mrs Ellen Faulks and Mr Francis Millner. The document is in very good condition and retains the revenue stamp red wax seal and signature of Mrs Faulks.

Faulks

Millner

1687

Dominic Winter 11 Dec 2002

467

Unusual will of George Sherwood, yeoman, of Illston on Hill, Leicestershire, dated 1687, not a probate copy and therefore probably superceded, together with two other wills, one for a gardener and one for a clothworker, both of Amersham, Bucks

Sherwood

1646-1648

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

Tilton. Legal memoranda relating to leases of farm land by Daniel and Eliab Harvey, D.s. "Francis Chamberlayne", Ffrancis Bullivant" and others, manuscripts, 35pp., folds, slightly browned, edges frayed, 1646-48; and 5 others, indentures relating to Tilton, v.s., v.d. (6).

Harvey

Chamberlayne

Bullivant

1648-1700

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

Northamptonshire/Leicestershire.- Group of indentures, relating to land in Little Bowden, Braybrooke and Daventry, documents signed or relating to: Eliab & William Harvey, William Allard, Thomas & Nathaniel Wade, William Ireland, John Prestwoode, Henry Pratt, Sir Edward Griffin and Heneage Finch, 20 documents, manuscripts on vellum, folds, soiled, many with seals appended, v.s., 29th November 1648 - 4th June 1700 (20). Little Bowden on the outskirts of Market Harborough is now in Leicestershire.

Harvey

Allard

Wade

Ireland

Prestwoode

Pratt

Griffin

Finch

1659, 1697-1707

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

Lee (Thomas, of Farndon,) Indenture between Eliab Harvey and Thomas Lee "all that … inclosed grounde of pasture comonly called or knowne by the name of Madilose … in the parish of Little Bowden", D.s. "Tho Lee", manuscript on vellum, folds, wax seal, 360 x 760mm., 1st March 1659; and 13 others, documents, 10 relating to Little Bowden and 3 to Great Oxendon, Northamptonshire, v.s., v.d. 1697-1707 (14).

Lee

Harvey

19th century

Dominic Winter 9 Apr 2003

340

Collection of 20 large mainly multiple-sheet vellum indentures, early 19th c., relating to land in Wymondham, Clawson, Grinston, also of particular interest are some relating to the sale of the Parsonage & Manor of Claxton with its members and rights to the Tithes, another document mentions a Robert Gooacre of the City of New York, with attached consulate document, all retaining their attractive wax seals

Goodacre

1794

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INDENTURE FOR JOSEPH POKER, LEICESTER, A BRICK LAYER 1794 WATERMARKED PAPER WITH OFFICAL STAMPS AND SEAL. TWO PAGES [ONE BLANK] EACH PAGE MEASURES 8 INCHES X 1 FOOT.NO FOXING THREE HORIZONTAL FOLDS ONE VERTICLE TO SPLIT UP THE PAGE. NICE STOUGHT RAG PAPER ATTRATIVE CLEAR HAND WRITING

Poker

1720-1800

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INDENTURE 6TH MAY FROM 1720 TO 1800. TEN LARGE PAGES , NINE COMPLETELY FILLED WITH ATTRACTIVE READABLE SCRIPT.LARGE ONE FOOT I INCH X ONE FOOT FOUR INCHES. TWO HORIZONTAL FOLDS, ONE TEAR IN CENTRE OF DOCUMENT. OUTER PROTECTIVE PAGE FOXED, INTERNAL PAGES VERY LIGHT FOXING. DEALS WITH CHARLES RICHARD VAUGHAN, DEALS WITH HOUSES AND LANDS IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MARGARET LEICESTER. LOADS OF SCRIPT LAST DATE MENTIONNED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS A DETAILED WILL OF ROBERT PALMER. MASSES AND MASSES OF DETAIL CONCERNING 18TH CENTURY LEICESTER, REPAIR OF WALLS, STREETS HOUSES, PEOPLE NAMED ECT. 4000 TO 5000 WORDS LONG. AN INTERESTING ITEM FOR ANY BODY INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF LEICESTER.

Vaughan

1806

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ATTESTED COPY DOCUMENT OF LEASE 1806. Two documents drawn up in 1827 with information ON A LEASE BETWEEN THOMAS LOCKWOOD OF LEICESTER IN THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER AND THE EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES OF THE WILL OF ELIZABETH PALMER. LAND AND INTERESTS IN KIMBOLTON IN THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON. Written on SNEILGROVE 1825 watermarked paper. Handwritten on two sides of FIVE sheets.

Lockwood

Palmer

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eleven page document showing the Family Tree and deeds etc., of a land ownership. It is beautifully written and very clear and refers to deeds dating back to 1670.There is also a list of Marriages and Baptisms. The pages measure 16 x 13 inches. From the images, the pedigree appears to refer to the descendants of George Beale and his wife Sarah in 1678. Elsewhere the document refers to Ashby de …..?, probably Ashby de la Zouch.

Beale

1834

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1834 ANTIQUE PAPER DOCUMENT. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: APPOINTMENT BY THE REVEREND FRANCIS MEREWETHER OF COLEORTON IN THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER AND FRANCIS ELIZABETH HIS WIFE IN FAVOUR OF THEIR CHILDREN PERSUANT TO A POWER IN THEIR MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT. PAYMENTS FROM FUNDS AND INTERESTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR CHILDREN. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME STORAGE WEAR TO OUTSIDE EDGES - SIZE 15 INCHES BY 20 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED WOODFULL WATERMARKED PAPER FOR 1833. FEATURES: ONE IMPRESSED REVENUE STAMP FOR ONE POUND AND FIFTEEN SHILLINGS.

Merewether

1787

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 16 October 1787. It measures 19.5 inches long by 29.5 inches wide. It is between John Lawton and Joseph Wheatley. It deals with the conveyance of a tennement with outbuilding, stable and barn in High Street in the Parish of St Mary in Leicester. It has the revenue stamps and wax seal with signature.

Lawton

Wheatley

1846

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Offered is this one page velum document dated 5 December 1846. It measures 25.5 inches long by 31.5 inches wide. It is between William Agar, Hannah Thirby, Joseph Pywell and Charles Mortimer. It deals with the conveyance of messuages in South Gate Street and Castle Street in the Parish of Saint mary in Leicester. It has the revenue stamp and three wax seals with signatures of William Agar, Hannah Thirby and Joseph Pywell. A well written document in excellent condition.

Agar

Thirby

Pywell

Mortimer

1850

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A Victorian vellum document, dated 10 June, 1850, which confirms that William Henry Toone is "duly qualified to act as an attorney of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, at Westminster". The document states that William Toone lived at 17 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It measures approx 33 x 20.5 cm (13 x 8 inches). Condition: Good.

Toone

1869

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A Victorian vellum document, dated 30 June, 1869, which confirms that William Henry Toone is "Commisioner to take affidavits within our counties of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Warwick and Rutland". This document mentions the Court of Common Pleas and is witnessed by Sir William Bovill who was a Victorian Member of Parliament for Guildford. See http://jwhistory.co.uk/bovill.html The paper is also signed by Henry Singer Keating.Another document I have states that William Toone lived at 17 Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. Measures approx 33 x 20.5 cm (13 x 9.5 inches). Condition: Good. Bottom right hand corner is creased.

Toone

Bovill

Keating