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1

London

17th/18th Century

Bloomsbury 23 & 24 Apr 1997

244

PARTICULAR (A) OF LAND IN HENDON ., manuscript on vellum, folds, creased, July 1720 Memorandum. Agreement between George Matlock and Redmond Simpson both of Theatre Royal, Covent Garden and Samuel Johnson, proprietor of the Theatre in Portsmouth, d.s., 31st December 1770 Memorand that John Tomson and his sister Sarah Tomson. .. did tack an acco of Mr Samll Hasell. ye Parish of St Dunston ., edge frayed with some loss, 10th June 1680 To ye Kings most Excellent Majt: The Humble address of ye Grand Jury for the Citty of Lond:o, stained, March 1684, manuscripts, folds, soiled and browned; and a quantity of indentures, wills, etc., some relating to the manor of Cantlowes, v.s. 17-19th centuries (qty). #150 - 200

Matlock

Simpson

Tomson

Hasell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

London

1602

Bloomsbury 17 Sept 1998

18

Elizabeth I (Queen of England, 1533-1603) Licence of alienation from Damiot Payntell and William Essington to Thomas Hayes, of three messuages and gardens in the parish of St. Andrew, Christ Church, London, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 15 lines, Second Great Seal appended, obverse melted obscuring image, broken in two and carefully repaired, text rubbed with some loss, folds, browned, 148 x 380mm., 1st September 1602. #150-200

Payntell

Essington

Hayes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

London

1673

Bloomsbury 6 May 1999

11

Jeffreys (George, first Baron Jeffreys of Wem, judge & lord chancellor, presided over the Bloody Assizes 1648-89) Indenture agreement of a sale of a "messuage mansion house" at St. Mary Aldermanbury, between the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London and George Jeffreys, Common Sergeant at Law, manuscript on vellum, 32 lines, 4 holes in text with some loss, seal of the Corporation of London, seal slightly cracked and worn, 320 x 500mm., 26th March 1673. #200-300

Jeffreys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

London

1726-1925

Bloomsbury 6 May 1999

21

Indentures, agreements, wills etc., some relating to land between Little Tufton Street and Vine Street, the Paddington Estate, All Hallows Barking, Bow, Bermondsey, and 2 others relating to John Fuller-Maitland (musical critic and connoisseur, 1856-1936), manuscripts, most on vellum, folds, soiled, v.s., 1726-1925. (c. 35). #100-150

Fuller-Maitland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

London

1778

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

128

Poor law.- Parish of Saint Martin in the ffields in the Liberty of Westminster, printed form with manuscript insertions, 1p., two paper covered wax seals, folds, slightly browned, folio, 23rd July 1778 A writ to remove Richard Bry and his family from the parish of St. Clement Dane's to the parish of St. Martin in the Fields who have responsibility for them under the Poor law provisions. #60 - 80

Bry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

London

1589

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

151

Younge (Gregory), John Hyd, George Holman & others. Bought of Mr. Phyllipe Cursyne merchant..., Romish allum 21 hundred and ffyfteen bages waying 2 & a half hundredweight every bag... more or less/ at 28s. the hundredweight, to pay one third of the mony by the fyfth of August and the rest to be paid at last December & the last of April, provided if it please God to send the barque Ffarewell that was stayed in Spain laden with allom... is landed hear in London, D.s., manuscript, 18 lines, folds, browned, 178 x 205mm., 23rd July 1589 A year after the Armada. #80 - 120

Younge

Hyd

Holman

Cursyne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

London

1534, 1625

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

3

Broad Street Ward.-., Collyns (Thomas, salter of London, fl. 1534) Will, manuscript on vellum, with codicil in Latin, 13 lines, codicil 12 lines, slightly yellowed and soiled, folds, lacks seal, 300 x 395mm., 8th August 1534 A True & perfect Inventory of all the goods cattells & chattells of Edward Ffranks of Wymeswold Leicestershire?.?.?. lately deceased?.?.?., manuscript on vellum, soiled and creased, 615 x 140mm., 20th May 1625 (2). N.B. First mentioned: ''I Thomas Collyns salter of London?.?.?. make this my last will?.?.?. and my body to be buried within the Church of Benet entering in Brode Strete.'' #50-75

Collyns

ffranks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

London

1836

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

25

Legal.-., English (Walter & Sarah) Agreement, D.s., 1/2p., folio, London, 6th February 1679 Watson (Anne) Bond, D.s., 11/2pp. with conjugate blank, wax seal, folio, December 1688 Channing (John) Agreement to sell property in Hatton Lane, London, D.s., 1p. with conjugate blank, sm. 4to, 1st January 1739 Nokes (James, of Maiden Bradley, fl. 1836) In Chancery. In re Crouch a Lunatic, ''John Crouch?.?.?. left Maiden Bradley accused with one Elliott of Gare Hill of stealing a sack of wheat from his Father, and that he ran away at the Age of Sixteen Years, to Shaftesbury fair, and would have inlisted but was not Man enough?.?.?.,'' and in another hand, ''Sworn at Shaftesbury in the County of Dorset?.?.?. Before me Charles Bankes'', D.s., 1p. with conjugate blank, folio, 6th February 1836, manuscripts, folds, browned; and a quantity of other legal documents, v.s., v.d., (qty). #100-150

English

Watson

Channing

Nokes

Crouch?

Elliott

Bankes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

London

1842

Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001

494

The Tithe Book for Hendon 1842, printed folio volume containing a considerable amount of information on land ownership, lessees etc, and featuring a finely executed manuscript estate map on vellum (split in folds, but easily repairable), which identifies each field with correlation to the schedule in the book, together with five Als's (late 19th/early 20th c.) relating to matters to do with the Tithes and five other related manuscript notes, original green cloth boards, some minor water staining not affecting interior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

London

17th-19th century

Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001

497

Group of documents, and ephemera all relating to the City of London and Westminster 17th -19th c., including a letter from James Sotheby, dated 20th April 1653, reporting of 'some actinges in the army ... what their intent is not certainly knowne...its thought there will be great alterations within weeks time...' (this was written on the day Cromwell turned out the Rump Parliament); the will of Mary Bernard, 1709, leaving amongst other things'all right and title in the 'printing rolls belong to the trade and business of upholders'; lease of property in Philpot Lane, 1802, containing a detailed sketch plan; an engraved perspecive view of Whitehall 1754; a printed list of the Wardens assistants and livery of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 1867; three deeds relating to property in Beech Street/Beech Lane, St Giles Cripplegate, 1789, one with a small plan; a receipt of 1783 regarding payment by the Duke of Norfolk of a quarter's rate on his house ' for repairing and beautifying St James's Square' and a copy of The Star of 23rd April 1810

Sotheby

Bernard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

London

1684

Dominic Winter 16 May 2001

444

Document on vellum dated May 16th, 1684, being a lease by Nathaniel Axtell of Lincoln's Inn, to William Parker, citizen, tiler and bricklayer of London for a messuage in Cow Cross, near St John Street, in the parish of St Sepulchre, Middx, and a messuage lying backward in the same passage. Parker also agrees to demolish the messuage 'next to the front' and replace it with two good and substantial messuages. The document then lists the building specifications in great detail. Written in a clear secretarial hand, with an ornate caligraphic initial letter surrounding the date'1684', a little faded in one fold, but generally in good legible condition, lacking seal, but with prominent signature of Axtell to the base. A document of considerable interest which provides remarkably comprehensive information on building methods during the Reformation, as well as property ownership in the area. Coming just 20 years after the Great Fire of London, it is possible that such well defined building specifications were considered necessary to ensure that a similar disaster never happened again.

Axtell

Parker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

London

1809

Bloonsbury 21 June 2001

51

Whereas Ann Wright was on the 23rd Day of December apprehended in the Parish of Saint Mary Woolchurch in the City of London, wandering abroad and begging., D.s. "Smith, Mayor", printed form with manuscript insertions, 2pp., small hole throughout, folds, slightly soiled, edges slightly frayed, 310 x 195mm., 29th December 1809. £60-80

Wright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

London

1826

Dominic Winter 25 July 2001

312

Campbell (Thomas, 1777-1844). Autograph letter signed, 10 Seymour Street West, March 23rd, 1826, one page, 8vo, to 'Miss Louisa' making arrangements for a visit together with an engraved portrait of Campbell and four other documents of literary interest. The other documents in the group include lines entitled 'Evening' attributed to Edward Manin, a letter from Roger Lockyer to Henry Bolitho regarding the latter's work 'My Restless Years', an als of Eddie Marsh and a Kentish letter of 1789 containing four lines of verse.

Campbell

Manin

Lockyer

Bolitho

Marsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

London

1840, 1876

Dominic Winter 25 July 2001

353

Interesting document on vellum, 1840, being the bargain and sale of a distillery in St Aldergate Street, City of London, an attractive document unusually written on both sides of the vellum, signed and sealed by all parties, together with a group of other miscellaneous documents including two marriage settlements of 1876, four early 19th c. property transaction vellum documents, for properties in Dover and a few other sundry documents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

London

1840, 1876

Dominic Winter 25 July 2001

354

Interesting document on vellum 1840, being the bargain and sale of a distillery in St Aldergate Street, City of London, unusually written on both sides of the vellum, signed and sealed by all parties, with other miscellaneous documents including two marriage settlements of 1876, four property transaction vellum documents, early 19th c. for properties in Dover and a few other sundry documents. 13 separate pieces in all. Documents relating to distilleries in London are most uncommon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

London

18th/19th century

Dominic Winter 25 July 2001

374

The Norwood Gypsy. Group of four printed documents, 18th/19th c., relating to Margaret Finch the Norwood Gypsy, comprising two pamphlets and two large engraved portraits, one with an attached press cutting. Margaret Finch, self styled Queen of the Gypsies, reputedly lived to the age of 108 and died in 1740, having developed a reputation for fortune telling. The two pamphlets amount to detailed instructions, purporting to have come from her, in the art of fortune telling by various means including cards, tea leaves, bumps on the head, lines in the skin etc.

Finch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

London

18th/19th century

Dominic Winter 29 Aug 2001

373

Good collection of documents relating to London, 18th/early 19th c., including a lease by Commissioners of Woods and Forests of four messuages in Pall Mall, dated 1834, signed by Sir John Hobhouse and 2 others, plus a City of London Freedom certificate, 1811, a group of five letters signed by Lord Mayors of London, an Indictment of 1779, two accounts of sales of hops, an account re. moving furniture at Cadogan Place, a crudely spelt letter from a coal merchant dated 1814, and a few sundry documents

Hobhouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

London

1690

Dominic Winter 12 Dec 2001

465

Broadsides. The Case of Ann Dod Widow, Magdalen Johnson Widow, Robert Colbatch Gent. Ann his Wife, Sarah Dod Spinster..., on their Appeal to the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in this Present Parliament Assembled..., London, 1690, single sheet printed to one side only, small cancelled library stamp to verso, folio, together with(Charles II), By the King. A Proclamation for the Discovery and Apprehension of the Earl of Bristol, pub. John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1663, broadside printed on two sheets to one side only, woodcut royal arms printed at head of first sheet, some fraying to edges, oblong folio (3)

Dod

Johnson

Colbatch

Bill

Barker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

London

1849-1850

Dominic Winter 12 Dec 2001

474

East Indiaman Ship's Log. Manuscript log of the 'Barham' sailing from London to Madras and Calcutta and thence to the Cape of Good Hope, June 26th 1849, to February 20th 1850, printed log format by Charles Wilson, London with manuscript insertions identified as being in the hand of Richard Parker, Midshipman, on 90pp, with printed title completed in ms, original blue limp card boards, spine slightly defective, large folio A particularly informative log detailing conditions at sea during the journey in meticulous detail. The ship seems to have encountered bad weather virtually all the way. At Calcutta a nasty incident involving two crew members who go absent without leave is recorded, and of great interest is a full list of all the crew and passengers on board for the journey, listing the officers, craftsmen such as the carpenter, the surgeon, the butcher, the cook etc amongst the crew and a number of military personnel and their wives amongst the long list of passengers. (1)

Wilson

Parker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

London

1556, 1558

Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002

186

Contemporary copy of an indenture dated November 20th, 1556, manuscript on a single leaf of vellum, written in latin in a fine chancery hand, together with a Quitclaim and release of Actions dated 24th November 1558, manuscript in latin in a fine chancery hand, both documents in fine condition. Both documents concern Bernard Hampton of London and Simon Slowley, son and heir of Hugh Slowley of Sherwill in Devon, deceased, for the Manor and Hundreds of Fremington in Deveon, with all its rights in Fremington, Instow, Horwood, Newton [Tracey] and Tauestowe [? Tawstock]. The area covered by these documents lies between Barnsaple and Bideford. Documents from the reign of Mary I are scarce on the market.

Hampton

Slowley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

London

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

London

1857-1903

Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002

237

Group of ten vellum indentures and two on paper, 1857-1903, relating to properties in the Kensington area, the majority relating to 4, Cambridge Place, all in fine condition. Provides considerable information on the various occupants of 4, Cambridge Place, during more than half a century, including Sir Henry Muggeridge.

Muggeridge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

London

1714-1908

Dominic Winter 7 Mar 2002

243

Good group of documents relating to various parts of London, 1714-1908, all in generally good order. The group includes the lease of the White Swan Inn at St Botolph Billingsgate, the lease of number 19 and 20 Tottenham Court Road, the lease of houses in St James, Westminster, with a detailed plan, letters signed by five different Lord Mayors, an early will relating to a house in Piccadilly, an interesting letter of 1814 from a coal merchant stating that the price of coal has gone up as 'the thyms [i.e. River Thames] is frause over' (letter cropped) etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

London

1637

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

232

Fine and extensive autograph letter signed by Ralph Hurt, an English Merchant in Lisbon to his father William a Merchant in London 'Per Blessinge' January 1637, in generally good legible condition, one small hole and one tear affecting a few words , with integral address leaf, 2pp folio A particularly informative letter of the state of European trade in the early years of the reign of Charles I. Hurt refers to a ship called the Mayflower, Master Wm. Bodiloe, comments on the state of Spain, mentions the loss of an East Indiaman called the Palsgrave, wrecked off Plymouth, and mentions the Reformation and the Discovery . The fact that Hurt knew of the whereabouts of these vessels is evidence of the speed with which news travelled in those days. He also mentions 'ye plague in England', and an 'Armada for Brazil' as well as a new child for the Spanish Queen and the appointment of Ferdinand III as Holy Roman Emperor. William Hurt is himself known to history as a London Merchant with some connection with the East India Company. Letters with such full information on the state of Europe from such an early date rarely appear on the market.

Hurt

Bodiloe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

London

1766

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

359

Vellum indenture on two sheets, dated 1766, being the assignment of a fortune of Mary Burrows of Southampton Street, Bloomsbury to her intended spouse Culling Smith of Harley Street, on the occasion of their marriage, some dusting but in generally fine condition, engraved miniature profile portrait of George III contained within an elaborate initial letter, signed and sealed by all parties to base. An attractive and intriguing document which will provide considerable information on the financial dealings of high society people in the West End during the reign of George III. The fortune was immense - involving some œ2,000 which was owed to Mary Burrows by Lord Milton, as well as another sum of œ7,000 which was subject of a law suit.

Burrows

Smith

Milton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

London

1763

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

360

Vellum indenture of four sheets, dated 1763, being the marriage settlement between Thomas Cottrell of Little Chelsea and Miss Fanny Smith, in good condition throughout, miniature engraved portrait of George III to head contained within an elaborate initial letter, signed and sealed by all parties to base. An attractive document which will provide considerable information on the great and the good of London's fashionable districts at this time.

Cottrell

Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

London

1812

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

361

Vellum indenture of five sheets, dated 1812, being the marriage settlement between Henry Burrows of Bedford Square, and Mary Rothwell of the same address, in good condition throughout, signed and sealed by all parties to base. An attractive document which will provide considerable information on the great and the good of London's fashionable districts at this time. The sums of money involved were immense, including an intial payment of £2,000.

Burrows

Rothwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

London

1723

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

362

Fine manuscript address to Sir Gerrard Conyers, Lord Mayor of London, dated July 2nd, 1723, advising him that John Williams and Richard Lockwood had been elected Sherrifs and requesting the lists of Liverymen for their respective companies, written in a clerical hand, signed by Humphrey Parsons and Sir Francis Childs, one small vertical split, not affecting text, some dustiness but otherwise in good order, 1p, folio. Parsons (1676-1741) also became Lord Mayor of London . Childs (1684-1740) was a leading City banker.

Conyers

Williams

Lockwood

Parsons

Childs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

London

1687/8

Dominic Winter 26 Jun 2002

504

A most unusual and attractive vellum indenture dated March 17th, 1687-8, being an assignment of mortgage for property and land in 'Lowlayton' (modern day Leyton, now part of Greater London but then in Essex), written in a neat legible hand, and featuring an elaborate initial letter with an illustration of a lawyer or scrivener at his desk, signed by all parties, with attractive red wax seals attached by original vellum tags

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

London

19th century

Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002

903

Fine collection of twenty-two vellum indentures, early 19th c., all relating to properties in Mayfair, mainly in Hertford Street and Ducking Pond Mews and including houses, coachhouses and stabling. At this time Mayfair was still developing into the high status location it is today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

London

1839, 1858

Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002

904

Lunatics. Two scarce documents on vellum, dated 1839 and 1858, being summonses to enquire whether Henry Robert Pearce and Robert Henry Wright are lunatics, the first document entirely in manuscript in good condition, the later document partially printed with manuscript insertions, slight dusting but otherwise in good order. Each document takes the form of a Commissioners' Summons to a hearing of enquiry . The venues are strange - the first hearing being held at the Cadogan Hotel in Sloan Square and the second at the King's Arms in Bow High Street. eformed in 1845. The asylums in which the lunatics were confined are known to history: the first refers to Blacklands House, Chelsea, a small home, which was opened in 1802 and was still known to be running in 1875. Samuel Wesley, the composer and nephew of Rev John Wesley was an inmate in 1817. Other inmates included two surgeons, two clergymen and a clerk. The second house is Grove House, Bow, opened in 1844 and at the time of this document housed 352 lunatics and 168 paupers: it was destroyed by fire in the 1890s.

Pearce

Wright

Wesley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

London

1830

Dominic Winter 5 Nov 2002

386

Apprentice indenture evocative document on vellum, dated January 28th, 1830, being an indenture for Charles Miller, an illiterate boy of 13 into apprenticeship as a chimney sweep in London, printed document with manuscript insertions with wax seals and signatures of parties to the foot. One of the most undying images of the horror treatment of children during the 19th c is that of the boy chimney sweeps, forced to climb the filthy chimney stacks in London to clean them. The death rate of these 'climbing boys' was appalling, with boys suffocating in the choking smoke and soot, or becoming lost in the labyrinth of chimneys in large houses - and often their heartless masters, who treated them as common slaves, would light fires while they were still in the chimney systems. This barbaric work practice was finally stopped by Act of Parliament in 1875. Documents of this nature are extremely rare.

Miller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

London

1790

Dominic Winter 5 Nov 2002

426

Fine document on vellum, dated June 25th, 1790, admitting Charles Cookney Jnr to the Society and Company of Staple Inn. Staple Inn is part of the famous Four Inns of Court & Chancery dating back to 1158

Cookney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

London

1606-1709

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

36

All Hallows Barking (by the Tower). Indenture between Thomas Paramore, Samuel Cozens and William Jordan, relating to property in Tower Hill, D.s. "Thomas Paramore", manuscript on vellum, folds, soiled, lacks one seal, 415 x 570mm., 10th May 1606 - 5th December 1709; and another indenture relating to Tower Hill, 14th February 1614, v.s. (2).

Paramore

Cozens

Jordan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

London

1638-1689

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

37

Group of indentures relating to property in Bishopsgate Street "by the name or signe of the Three Kings at the Packing House … in Bushlane in the parish of Allhallows the greate"; garden in St. Stephens Wallbrook; "pulling downe a house in Bishopsgatestreet", together c. 22 documents signed by: Sir Eliab Harvey, Jeremiah Hibbins, Nicholas Westcombe and others, manuscripts on vellum, folds, soiled, some with seals appended, v.s., 13th December 1638 - 9th October 1689.

Harvey

Hibbins

Westcombe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

London

1641

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

38

Waller (Sir William, parliamentary general, 1597?-1668) Indenture between "Sir John Underhill … Alice Lady Verulam Viscountess St. Alban his wife, Sr William Soame of Thurlow … Suffolk … Sr William Waller of Winchester Castle in the County of Southton & Stephen Soame … the Kings Ma.ties Justices of his Courte of Common Pleas did graunt … John Hunt & Henry Hunt Twoo Messuages & one garden … in the Parishe of St. Martins … in the Cittie of London … called Buishoppsgate Streete … ", Ds.s. "John Hunt" & "Hen: Hunt", manuscript on vellum, slightly browned, 2 seals appended, 530 x 650mm., 20th September 1641. Sir William Waller was elected MP for Andover in the Long Parliament in 1640 and joined the opposition to the king at the outbreak of the civil war. He commanded the force which beseiged Portsmouth and on its surrender he rapidly attacked and captured Farnham Castle, Winchester, Arundel Castle and Chichester, earning himself the title of "William the Conqueror". After a further series of engagements he laid down his commission due to the Self Denying Ordinance and later during the Commonwealth was arrested by the army and spent many years in prison.

Waller

Underhill

Soame

Hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37

London

1643

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

39

Household Inventory.- Harvey (Michael, merchant, 1593-1643) The Inventory of all and singular the goods … chattells and debts … belonging unto Michaell Harvey … in Bishops gate streete London … [&] The Inventory of all and singular goods … at Micham his country house in ye Countie of Surry vallued and indifferently apprised … by John Blunt, Raph Shepard and Richard Coomes … , 5 manuscripts on vellum, single membranes, docket on verso, yellowed, each 660 x 130mm., 25th April & 5th May 1643. A detailed appraisal of a wealthy merchant's houses in the City and Surrey and how it was furnished. Bishopsgate Street goods valued include: "In the Gilded Chamber … Item tenn chaires and tooled of chrimson damask … 70 -10 - 0; In the Compting house … Item six small printed books one brass watch … a sett of counters … 01 - 12 - 6. House at Mitcham: "In the little parler … Italion bible 2 of Perkins workes one Italion dixionary one of Doctor Halls workes one Turkey history … ".

Harvey

Blunt

Shepard

Coomes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

London

1578-1737

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

40

St. Peter-le-Poer. Cokayne (Charles, son of Sir William Cokayne, Lord Mayor of London) Indenture between Charles Cokayne, Heneage Finch, William Daynes and Eliab Harvey, "all that Capitall Messuages or Tenement … scytuate lying and being in Broadstreet in the parish of St. Peter the Poore", D.s. "Charles Cokayne", "Heneage Finch" & "William Daynes", manuscript on vellum, folds, three wax seals, 290 x 446mm., 13th July 1653 § Thomond (Henry O'Brien, fifth Earl of, d. 1639) Indenture between Charles Cokayne, Heneage Finch, William Daynes, Francis Finch … "all that Capitall Messuage … scytuate in Broadstreet in the Parish of St. Peter the Poore", D.s. "Charles Cokayne", Heneage Finch" & "William Daynes", manuscript on vellum, folds, three wax seals, 695 x 700mm., 14th July 1653; and c. 33 other documents and receipts relating to Broad Street, v.s., 10th May 1578 - 28th September 1737 (c. 35).

Cokayne

Finch

Daynes

Harvey

Thomond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39

London

1653

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

41

Cokayne House.- Cokayne (Charles, son of Sir William Cokayne, Lord Mayor of London 1619-20) Indenture sale of Cokayne House in Broadstreet to Eliab Harvey, D.s. "Charles Cokayne", "Heneage Finch" & "William Daynes", endorsed on verso "Robert Abbott", "John Corderoy" & "Robert Clayton", manuscript on vellum, folds, wax seals, 360 x 525mm., 15th July 1653. James I was entertained to dinner at Cokayne House on 8 June 1616 where he dubbed William Cokayne a knight. The house was opposite St. Peter-le-Poer parish church in Broad Street. Heneage Finch, first Earl of Nottingham (1621-82), successively solicitor-general, lord keeper and lord chancellor. Finch married Elizabeth Harvey, daughter of Daniel Harvey, merchant of London by whom he had a large family. Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), merchant and politician. He was apprenticed to his uncle, Robert Abbott, a London Scrivener who left him a large sum of money. In 1671 he was elected sheriff and knighted at the Guildhall and a year later he became Lord Mayor of London.

Cokayne

Finch

Daynes

Harvey

Abbott

Corderoy

Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

London

1655

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

42

Clarke (Thomas, silkweaver) Discharge of Thomas Willmer [Wilmore], D.s. "Thomas Clarke" & "Agnes Clarke", manuscript on vellum, folds, 2 wax seals, 235 x 287mm., 1st March 1655

Clarke

Willmer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41

London

1664

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

43

Harvey (Eliab, merchant, 1587-1664) An Inventary of the goods of Eliab Harvey late of the parish of St. Peter the Poore London Esq … Debts due to the … Deceased at the time of his death, D.s. "Simon Robertson", manuscript roll on vellum, three membranes sewn together, slightly yellowed, c. 1720 x 123mm., 4th July 1664. Debts include voyages to Aleppo, Constantinople, the City of London, John Harvey and "the shipp Golden fleece."

Harvey

Robertson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42

London

1710, 1724

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

44

Whitmore (Mary, née Harvey) Will, "I give and bequeath unto John Blackstone Cittizen and Apothecary of London the sum of One Thousand Pounds", D.s. "Mary Whitmore", probate copy, manuscript on vellum, 3ff., some surface wear, 676 x 775 and 500 x 775mm., 1st May 1710 § Harvey (William, of Red Lion Square) Will, D.s., manuscript on vellum, signature torn with loss, 600 x 685mm., 15th September 1724 (2).

Whitmore

Blackstone

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43

London

1735

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

46

Westminster.- Indenture between Mary Edwards, Anna Maria Edwards and Sir William Clayton, "all that peice or parcell of Ground abutting West upon Soho Square in the parish of St. Anne Westminster", D.s. "Mary Edwards", "Anna Margareta Edwards" & "William Clayton", manuscript on vellum, 2ff., ruled in red, 3 wax seals, 645 x 784mm. & 630 x 784mm., 2nd November 1735; and 5 others indentures, 2 relating to Soho Square and 3 relating to Middlesex, v.s., v.d. (6).

Edwards

Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44

London

1757-1774

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

47

South Sea House.- [Harvey (William, d. 1763)] Memorandum concerning the S-Sea House, manuscript, 6pp., original marble wrappers, sm. 8vo, n.p., 1743 § Accounts Book. Old South Sea House, Homerton & Tower Hill, manuscript, 102pp., extensively damp-stained with some loss, original cloth-covered boards, damp-stained, 1757-74, 8vo & folio (2).

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45

London

1761-1775

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

48

Account book. Rent Accounts & Disbursements, manuscript, ruled in red, 90pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original cloth, damp-stained, folio, 1761-75. Accounts include properties in Homerton, Middlesex and Old South Sea House & Tower Hill, City of London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46

London

1770

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

49

Pomfret (George Fermor, second Earl of, one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, 1722-85) Indenture between "Edward Harvey Esquire Major General … his nephew William Harvey an Infant … and the Right Honourable Earl of Pomfret … all that messuage or tenement and premises situate … on the North side of Clifford Street in the Parish of St. James Westminster", D.s. "Pomfret", manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, 6ff., folds, wax seal, 635 x 735mm. and smaller, 23rd June 1770; and 2 others, v.s. (3). This indenture includes a detailed inventory of the house contents including furniture and paintings by Van Dyck, Poussin, Maratta, Albani etc.

Pomfret

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47

London

1776

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

50

Tower dock.- Indenture between Edward Harvey and John Lowe "of the Custom house London … the Messuage or Dwelling House and Tenement … fronting last upon Tower Dock", D.s. "J. Lowe", manuscript on vellum, folds, dusty, 435 x 855mm., 16th May 1776.

Harvey

Lowe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48

London

1626

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

56

Charles I (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-49) Letters Patent, a pardon of grace granted to Eliab Harvey, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, historiated capitals in the first line, very slight surface wear affecting a few words, folds, slightly soiled, wax seal worn with loss, seal loose, c. 466 x 730mm., 16th February 1626?; and 4 others, documents with great seals or privy seals appended, all Charles I, v.s., v.d. (5).

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

London

1637, 1646, 1668

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

61

Harvey family miscellaneous papers. Harvey (John, son of Thomas Harvey 1584/5-1637) Indenture between John Harvey the younger and Daniel, Eliab, Michael and Mathew Harvey, concerning the last will and testament of John Harvey, D.s. "John Harvey", manuscript on vellum, some surface wear, folds, wax seal, 350 x 647mm., 20th September 1637 § Finch (Heneage, first Earl of Nottingham, 1621-82) Release to Daniel Harvey, D.s. "Heneage Finch", manuscript on vellum, wax seal, 240 x 310mm., 1st August 1646 § Harvey (Matthew, brother of Sir Eliab Harvey d. 1699) Letter of attorney to Sir Eliab Harvey, D.s. "Matthew Harvey", manuscript on vellum, folds, lacks seal, 340 x 480mm., 3rd August 1668; and c. 62 others, documents and indentures, v.s., v.d. (c. 65).

Harvey

Finch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

London

1642

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

62

Harvey (Michael, merchant, 1593-1643) Last Will & Testament, D.s. "Micc. Harvey", with a bequest to Doctor William Harvey, manuscript on vellum, signed on verso, 37 lines, folds, yellowed, 488 x 735mm., 13th January 1642. "I give and bequeath to my Brother Doctor Harvey in token of my love the somme of twoe hundred pounds." Michael Harvey, twin brother of Matthew died on 21 December 1642 aged 49 and was married with three children by his second wife Mary Mellish. Dr. Baldwin Hamey (1600-76), a colleague of William Harvey diagnosed him as suffering from scurvy.

Harvey

Mellish

Hamey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51

London

1652

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

65

Harvey (Elizabeth, widow of Daniel Harvey the elder) "Mrs Elizabeth Harvey her generall Release to Mr Eliab and Mr Daniell Harvey", manuscript on vellum, 36 lines, signed by Elizabeth Harvey and, as witnesses, Heneage Finch & Robert Clayton, lacking seal, 450 x 335mm., 29th November, 1652 § A scrivener's account for work done for Elizabeth, Eliab & Daniel Harvey, manuscript on paper 1p., folio, with conjugate docketed leaf, 1652; and another document, signed by Eliab Harvey and, as witness, Heneage Finch (3). Heneage Finch (1621-82), later Lord Chancellor, first Earl of Nottingham. Sir Robert Clayton (1629-1707), Lord Mayor of London, Member of Parliament, benefactor of St Thomas's and Christ's Hospitals.

Harvey

Finch

Clayton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

52

London

1657

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

70

Harvey (William, physician, discoverer of the circulation of the blood, 1578-1657).- Obligation bond in favour of Eliab Harvey from the will of William Harvey, D.s. "John Cullen, Tho: Browne" & "John Wotton", manuscript on vellum, 2pp., 26 lines, holed and dampstained with some loss, folds, wax seal, 185 x 299mm., 30th September 1657. "I John Cullen of St. Nicholas in the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent Gent am holden and finely bound to Eliab Harvey of London Esquire Executor of the last will and Testament of William Harvey late of London Doctor in Phisick deceased in fforty pounds … to be paid to the said Eliab Harvey … ". John Cullen was the grandson of Thomas Harvey by his first wife Juliana who died in 1576.

Harvey

Cullen

Browne

Wotton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

London

1661

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

75

Harvey (William, physician, discoverer of the circulation of the blood, 1578-1657) Indenture tripartite between "Sr Eliab Harvey … Matthew Harvey … William Harvey", D.s. "Eliab Harvey" & "Matthew Harvey", manuscript on vellum, 30 lines, docket on verso: "Declaration for payment off Severall Anewtyies Left by Eliab Harvey Esq deceased 1661 Worth nothing finished", lacks seals, folds, 300 x 390mm., 17th September 1661; and another, duplicate of the same document (2). "Whereas William Harvey late of London Doctor in phisick deceased by his last Will and Testament hath given the severall Annuityes following … ".

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54

London

1663

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

77

Harvey (William, physician, discoverer of the circulation of the blood, 1578-1657).- Harvey (Matthew, London merchant, nephew of William Harvey) Indenture between "Sr Eliab Harvey … Matthew Harvey … Whereas William Harvey late of London Doctor of Phisick deceased by his last Will and Testament in writing and Codicill … did give and order to continue his brother Galen Browne … One annuall or yearly payment of Twenty pounds And to John Raby … Sixteene pounds yearly … ", manuscript on vellum, 35 lines, folds, lacks seal, 365 x 655mm., 17th December 1663. Galen Browne, brother of Elizabeth Harvey was "clearly destined by his father [Lancelot Browne] for the medical profession. He did in fact become an 'extra licentiate' of the College on 24th August 1629, twenty-four years after taking his M.A. degree at Cambridge. Harvey, with his usual generosity directed in his Will 'that the twenty pounds which I yearly allow him my brother Galen Browne' was to be carried on 'as a legacy from his sister during his natural life'. Evidently Galen Browne did not make a great success of his career." - Keynes. The Life of William Harvey. John Raby, Harvey's servant and one of the witnesses of his Will.

Harvey

Browne

Raby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55

London

1666-1668

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

78

Account book of a member of the Harvey family, manuscript, 290pp., ruled in red, original vellum, slightly soiled, upper cover a little damp-stained, remains of cloth ties, tall narrow folio, n.p., 5th May 1666 - 30th March 1668. Payments include: "John Prestwood that Mr Gould has for the Haberdashers Company 03 00 00"; "John Raby his annuity 08 00 00" [John Raby was the servant of Dr. William Harvey who left him a yearly annuity of #16 to be paid at Michaelmas and Lady Day]; "For letters to Sr Eliab Harvey 00 00 06".

Harvey

Prestwood

Gould

Raby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56

London

1670

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

80

Legal.- Smith (William, clerk) [Legal Treatise], dedication to "To the right worshipfull Sir Eliab Harvey" signed "William Smithe", manuscript, 71pp., ruled in red, original marbled wrappers, lower wrapper torn with loss, creased, 8vo, n.d. [c. 1670]. A work on the duties of a sheriff prepared for Sir Eliab Harvey (1634-98) on his appointment as Sheriff of Essex. Smith says of himself "I have been employed in the Sheriffs Office" and has written this treatise in the hope of preferrment. "But I forgett my self, and to whom I am speaking, I forgott I am speaking to p[e]rhaps the most dextorous Manager of Business that is any where to be found … Sr I assure you my inclinations are to be serviceable." Chapter headings include: "Of ye high Court of Parlimt And of whom it consists"; "The forme of the Writt to the County att the calling a Parliament"; "What the Sheriffe is to doe presedaneous to the Election"; "An Abridgment of Statutes that concerne Elections & Sheriffs".

Smith

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57

London

1738

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

85

Private Act of Parliament.- An Act for vesting divers Lands and Hereditaments in the Counties of Kent, Suffolk, Essex, Hereford and Monmouth, and the City of London, Entailed by the Will of Elizabeth late Dutches of Bedford, printed text, drophead title, 15pp. with docket, manuscript annotations in margins, hole in last f. not affecting text, folds, n.p., 1738; and another, a defective private act relating to William Harvey (1663-1731), folio (2).

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58

London

1782

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1782 PAPER DOCUMENT OF WITNESS (Deposition). Document drawn up in 1782 on PAPER. Handwritten it gives detail of Thomas Nevill, Clerk to Messers' Farrer and (Thomas) Lacy of Bread Street Hill in the City of London, gentlemen, making an Oath. Signed by  William PLOMER Lord Mayor of London 1781-82. GUARANTEED original on two SHEETs of shield WATERMARKED PAPER. There is storage wear to these items on folds and are sold as researchers copies without reserve. Also mentions James Balliner, Richard Beckford, Joseph Malpas, Thomas English.

Nevill

Farrer

Lacy

Plomer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59

London

1884

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1884 ANTIQUE VELLUM MORTGAGE DOCUMENT FOREST HILL KENT. THOMAS BENJAMIN MUGGERIDGE, CATHERINE COURT, SEETHING, LONDON and Chales Oliver Blaber?. THIS DOCUMENT CARRIES TWO WAX SEALS AND REVENUE STAMPS

Muggeridge

Blaber?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

London

1767

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A Vellum indenture dated 8th July 1767 called a tripartite indenture as it was a Lease of land from Lord Grosvenor, the Right Honourable Baron Grosvenor of Eaton Hall (in the County of Chester), to a Thomas Cartwright and a David Boyd of the parish of Hanover square, Middlesex, ( now central London).Lord Grosvenor appears to be the Duke of Westminster. There are two stamps and two seals, those of Lord Grosvenor and David Boyd. There is also a drawing of the dimensons of the land in question and verso is a note dated 11th November 1768 noting the lease had been registered in accordance with Act of Parliament and the signature of the registrar.The document measures 31" x 26". Please note there are several holes in the parchment.

Grosvenor

Cartwright

Boyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61

London

1809

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ANTIQUE VELLUM INDENTURE DEED OF ASSIGNMENT 1809. ANTIQUE VELLUM DOCUMENT ON TWO SHEETS WITH  WAX SEALS AND REVENUE STAMPS, GUARANTEED ORIGINAL. ASSIGNMENT OF PREMISES IN CORNWALL PLACE, HOLLOWAY IN THE PARISH OF SAINT MARY, ISLINGTON, LONDON. BETWEEN GEORGE ANTHONY OF EARL STREET BLACKFRIARS IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND JOSEPH WILLIAMS ON THE ARCHWAY, UPPER GUILDFORD STREET, RUSSEL SQUARE AND THOMAS COLEMAN OF CORNWALL PLACE. IT IS IN GOOD GENERAL CONDITION WITH USUAL WEAR TO FOLDS AND LIGHT DUSTING, 29 INS X 24 INS

Anthony

Williams

Coleman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

London

1838

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ANTIQUE VELLUM INDENTURE DEED OF LEASE 1838. ANTIQUE VELLUM DOCUMENT ON ONE SHEET WITH  SEAL, REVENUE STAMP, GUARANTEED ORIGINAL. LEASE OF A HOUSE AND LAND AT BRIDGEND IN THE PARISH OF COITY ANGLIA IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN  BETWEEN JOHN JONES ESQUIRE LATE A CAPTAIN IN THE 46TH REGIMENT OF NATIVE INFANTRY ON THE BENGAL ESTABLISHMENT AND JOHN JACKSON ON ESSEX STREET IN THE STRAND LONDON. FOR LAND IN THE WESTERN END OF A LANE CALLED ELDER TREE LANE.  IN GOOD CONDITION WITH USUAL FOLDS, 29 INS X 21 INS

Jones

Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63

London

1754

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Very old English hand written deed of Indenture commencing as follows :- "This Indenture Tripartite made the Seventh day of November in the 28th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George II by the Grace of God of Great Britain (.... appears to read "ffrance and ....") Ireland King Defender of the ffaith and in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and fifty four BETWEEN Edward Barratt of the Inner Temple London Efquire (1) William Withers of Old Brartwell within Windsor fforest in the County of Berks Efquire (2) and Rebecca Withers wife of the said William Withers (3) Witnesfseth that for and in consideration of the yearly rent and covenants hereinafter reserved and contained etc...." The Deed leased premises known as "All That messuage or tenement called or known by the name of The Shepherds House and Also Also All Thofe several closes or parcels of pasture etc...". known as "The Sheepwalk etc...". The land contains over 150 acres. The term of the lease being 98 years at a yearly rent of £140. The document consists of 2 pages. It measures 31" x 26" and its weight is approx. 176 grammes. For its age (nearly 250 years old) it is in good condition. The back sheet is a little dark and it has some staining due to storage in a Safe for the last 20 years or so. The signatures and 3 wax seals are good taking account of the age of the document. The 2 triplicate original Revenue stamps (sealed and impressed on the front of both pages with the original black Revenue stamps on the reverse sides) are in good condition.

Barratt

Withers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64

London

1781

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Document drawn up on 25th December 1781 AS AN ATTESTED COPY OF A RELEASE BETWEEN SIR WILLIAM WOLSLEY BARONET OF WOLSLEY HALL IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDAND CHARLOTTE BARBARA HIS WIFE TO THOMAS HOLROYD OF COVENTRY STREET WESTMINSTER LONDON. CONCERNS THE MANOR OF SWINESHEAD IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN GIVING NAMES OF TENNANTS AND FIELD NAMES ETC. GUARANTEED original on SEVEN SHEETS of L. MUNN WATERMARKED PAPER.

Wolsley

Holroyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65

London

1768

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Document drawn up in 1768 on PAPER. Handwritten it gives detail of AN AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES BOOTH OF OLD WINDMILL STREET NEAR TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD, POUCHEMAKER AND MARTHA HIS WIFE  TOUCHING THE AGE OF EDWARD HENRY WILLIAMSON LATE SERVANT OF THE HONOURABLE JAMES LUMLEY LATE OF LUMLEY CASTLE IN THE COUNTY PALANTINE OF DURHAM. THEY SWEAR THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN HIM FROM THE TIME OF HIS BAPTISM IN NOVEMBER 1757. ALSO THAT HE IS THE SON OF GEORGE THWAITE LATE OF THE PARISH OF SAINT GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE IN MIDDLESEX, GENTLEMAN. SWORN AT THE PUBLIC OFFICE OF SYMONDS INN 1768. GUARANTEED original on ONE FOLDED SHEET of  WATERMARKED PAPER WITH THREE FIRM STRIKE VI PENCE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMPS.

Booth

Williamson

Lumley

Thwaite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66

London

1872

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1872 ANTIQUE VELLUM SIGNED LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. ASSIGNMENT OF COMMISIONER OF OATHS TO THEODORE ROBERT RIXON OF GRACE CHURCH STREET LONDON. SIGNED BY SIR ALEXANDER EDMUND COCKBURN, BARONET, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. 1802–80, British jurist. He was called to the bar in 1829, and a volume of reports on election cases (1832) brought him into national prominence as a trial lawyer. He was made recorder for Southampton (1841) and was elected to Parliament from there (1847). He was noted particularly for his defense advocacy, one of his most famous successes being the acquittal (1843) of Daniel McNaghten, who had killed Sir Robert Peel’s secretary, on grounds of insanity; the “McNaghten rules” became the basic definition of criminal responsibility in most English-speaking jurisdictions. In Parliament, Cockburn successfully defended Lord Palmerston’s handling of the “Don Pacifico” dispute (1850). He served as attorney general (1851–56) and was chief justice of common pleas (1856–59) and lord chief justice (1859–80), presiding over the famous Tichborne case. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL. THIS DOCUMENT CARRIES THREE CACHE STAMPS FROM THE QUEENS BENCH AND A WORN VICTORIA GUMMED REVENUE. GUARANTEED original on ONE SHEET of VELLUM

Rixon

Cockburn

McNaghten

Peel

Palmerston

Tichborne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67

London

1684

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This is a fine letter from the Bridewell, Bethlem Hospitals confirming the appointment of a Physician to several London Hospitals. It is dated "Friday the nyneteenth day of December Anno Di 1684". The page measures 12 x 8 inches and is in good condition. It concerns the presentment to a "courte holden at the hospitall of Bridewell London" of Doctor Tyson, who had been recommended to fill the position of "Phisitian to the hospitall of Bethlam in the roome of Doctor Allen decd."

Tyson

Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68

London

1659

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This is a document dated 7th November 1659 and relating to a trust in 5 Houses in Westminster. The writing is strong with good colour ink and it is wax sealed and signes and witnessed. The paper is afolded 15 x 12 sheet and is in very good condition. Parties: Thomas Pennant, Cittizen and ....? of London and Richard Gardiner of Slinfold in Sussex, mercer. Mentions Roger P.....? of Bucks Esquire and John Richbell

Pennant

Gardiner

Richbell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

69

London

1867

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Document drawn up in 1867 and on PAPER. Hand written it gives details of JOHN JAMES MONEY SYMONS OF NUMBER 13 SOMERS PLACE, HYDE PARK, LONDON, GENTLEMAN AND BENJAMIN WOOLF OF NUMBER 5 CLIFTON GARDENS, MAIDA HILL IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. WHEREAS JOHN JAMES MONEY SYMONS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO A ENSIGNCY IN THE 41st REGIMENT OF FOOT AND IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE COMMISSION TO THE ARMY AGENTS MESSERS COX & CO OF CRAIGS COURT CHARRING CROSS HATH APPLIED TO AND REQUESTED THE SAID BENJAMIN WOOLF TO ADVANCE AND LEND HIM THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS - THE PRICE OF SUCH OD SUCH COMMISSION

Symons

Woolf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70

London

1681, 1689

Dominic Winter 9 Apr 2003

331

Fire insurance dispute. Indenture between Sir John Fleet, Sheriff of City of London [1688-89], and Robert Raworth, merchant of London, referring to an indenture of 25 Jan. 1681 between Sir Charles Modyford Bart. of London and William Shipman merchant (since deceased) and Raworth, dated 21 August 1689, by which Modyford leased to Shipman & Raworth his capital messuage on the west side of Mincing Lane, parishes of St Dunstan in the East and St Gabriel Fenchurch (or one of them), London, at yearly rent of 70, which indenture was later assigned by Modyford to Thomas Duck of London; Duck later insured the property for œ1720 against fire for seven years, still unexpired; and then assigned his interest to Sir John Fleet, subsequently the building was destroyed by fire in Mincinq Lane, and disputes arose between Fleet and Raworth re. the covenants in the lease, and in the insurance, and it is now agreed that Raworth pays Fleet œ1200; in consequence of which Fleet discharges Raworth from the Lease and all covenants in it about repair &c., rent &c., and Raworth discharges Fleet from all claims on moneys obtained by the insurance &c., signature of John Fleet, with receipt on dorse, also signed by Fleet, for œ1200 paid by Raworth

Fleet

Raworth

Modyford

Shipman

Duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

London

1688

Dominic Winter 9 Apr 2003

341

Deptford. Agreement by William Cosby of Deptford, shipwright, and wife Sarah, with Isaac Loader of Deptford, anchorsmith, dated 15 December 1688, that he will leave a messuage in Deptford (which has been sold to Loader by deed of 25 October last) by the 25th December and deliver it up to Loader; and will also in the interim, at his (Cosby's) charges, 'repaire fix and make good the Dresser with the Drawers and Shelves, and the Sinke and Stone pavement thereof and all other utensills and things that late were or are fixed & belonging to the said premisses'; and Cosby binds himself in 0 to perform this, signed by William Cosby, Daniel Shyling, scrivener, and others, together with bond of Isaac Loader of Deptford, Kent, esquire, to Benjamin Joyce, mariner of the same place, in œ700 (to repay œ350 on 18 December next), dated 18 January 1711/12,English and Latin, signed by Loader (but end of signature, presumably with seal, torn out, probably done when the œ350 was repaid), plus another bond of a Southwark man, 1649, very worn, all folio with integral blanks

Cosby

Loader

Shyling

Joyce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72

London

1865

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Document drawn up in 1865 and on PAPER. Hand written it gives details  THAT CHRISTOPHER HODGSON OF DEANS YARD WESTMINSTER; THE HONOURABLE SIR GEORGE ROSE OF HYDE PARK GARDENS AND THOMAS SOMERS COCKS OF CHARING CROSS WESTMINSTER, TRUSTEES OF AN ACT PASSED IN THE THIRTY FIFTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD MINSTITUTED "AN ACT FOR ENABLING THE BISHOP OF LONDON TO GRANT A LEASE WITH POWERS OF RENEWAL OF LANDS IN THE PARISH OF PADDINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING UPON. SIGNED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND RIGHT REVEREND ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL LORD BISHOP OF LONDON. Power of Attorney granted to Thomas William Budd and Thomas Hayward Budd of Bedford Row.

Hodgson

Rose

Cocks

Campbell

Budd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

London

1684

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An rare although incomplete piece of a document signed by J Stratton Dated 1 September 1684. Indenture, mentions "….. (St Martins?) in the fields in the County of Middx gent dece…? (deceased?)", "….. London of the second part and Richard ……?", "of the said ffrancis Batten may hold ....?", ".... said Guardian Martha Axtell and ....", " .... and with her consent and approbation ...."

Stratton

Batten

Axtell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

London

1781-1784

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

88

Account book. Thomas Grosvenor, Danl. Mc Namara & Andw. Berkeley Drummond Esq. Trustees of Eliab Harvey, manuscript, 28pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, slightly damp-stained, original vellum wallet, ink title on upper cover, sm. 8vo, 23rd May 1781 - 1st October 1784.

Grosvenor

McNamara

Drummond

Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75

London

1693

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

122

Highwayman.- Lovell (Sir Salathiel, Judge, Recorder of London, 1619-1713) Warrant to John Cowell for the arrest of a highwayman, D.s. "S. Lovell Record", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, folds, slightly browned, wax seal, folio, 12th February 1693. "London, Westmr, Middx, Surrey, Kent & Essex. On Tuesday last, there was feloniously stolen from Robert Westcombe, and Thomas Knight upon the Kings Highway a Dapple gray Gelding, a Browne Nagg, a Bright Gray Nagg, and other goods and Chattels … And that he hath in suspition divers, lewd, idle and disorderly persons".

Lovell

Cowell

Westcombe

Knight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

London

1695

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

123

Jacobites.- Marshall (Ralph, examining magistrate) The Information of Page Hockett an Apprentice to Mr. William Bingby, Drugster at the Signe of the St. Thomas neare St. Thomas Streete and in Drury Lane … , D.s. "Ra: Marshall" & "Page Hockett", manuscript, 1p., docket on verso, folds, slightly browned, folio, 15th June 1695. "Who upon his Oath saith that on Monday last in the Evening seeing a Bonfire in Drury Lane he went downe to it, and there heard severall persons crying up King James and the Prince of Wales, and drinking their healths, and driving back those who seemed to be of a Contrary Oppinion. Whereupon this Informant with a pott of drinke in his hand began King Williams health, upon which one of the other party … struck him over the fire with a sword … ".

Marshall

Hockett

Bingby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

London

1842

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

144

Bloomsbury.- Indenture between Lancelot Archer Burton and William Croton "all that Messuage of Tenement situate and being on the north side of Keppel Street in the parish of Saint George Bloomsbury", D.s., manuscript on vellum, 2ff., ruled in red, slightly yellowed, 600 x 715mm., 2nd July 1842; and 16 others, most indentures relating to Middlesex, v.s., v.d. (17).

Burton

Croton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

London

1752

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

207

Hervey (Samuel) A.L.s. to Mrs. Orchard, 1p. & address panel, 8vo, Tottenham, 22nd May 1752, regretting that he is unable to meet her as his father has just died and he is "obliged to remove into Northamptonshire; &, if I can bear the journey, & undergo the fatigue, to take the Living of Weston", folds, browned; and another, an indenture relating to Yorkshire, v.s., v.d. (2).

Hervey

Orchard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

79

London

1859

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Document of discalaimer of trusts under the will of Mr James Painter deceased, dated 18th August 1859. Mr Thomas Hyde to Messrs John Savory and Edward Ormond (signed by all 3).Written by the company of Charles Sparkes 9 Salisbury Square Fleet Street. Complete with seals and stamps.

Painter

Hyde

Savory

Ormond

Sparkes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80

London

1867

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Vellum indenture - February 1867. Conveyance of freehold messuages between Charles Edward DALBY, grocer, of Green Street, Bethnal Green and Abraham LEWIS, trimming seller, of No 120 Hounsditch. Also mentions John GRIFFITHS (currier), Richard DELL, Edward GIBBS, Patmos MEAD, John MEAD of Fore Street (butcher), Martha MEAD, James DAWKINS, Martha DAWKINS, James Hill DAWKINS, William Broughton DALBY, Martha DALBY, Mary Ann DAVIES, Harriet and Joseph HALL, William BLEWETT, William BESWICK, Elizabeth WOOLF, Rosina SPERLING (wife of Henry SPERLING) and Hugh Percy SMITH. Measures 29" x 21" in average condition and signed by Dalby and Lewis. Easy to read.

Dalby

Lewis

Griffiths

Dell

Gibbs

Mead

Dawkins

Davies

Hall

Blewett

Beswick

Woolf

Sperling

Smith

81

London

1782

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Document drawn up in 1782 AS AN ATTESTED COPY OF A FINAL AGREEMENT MADE IN THE COURT GEORGE III AT WESTMINSTER BEFORE ALEXANDER LORD LOUGHBOROUGH BETWEEN SIR WILLIAM WOLSLEY BARONET OF THE MANOR OF SWINESHEAD AND CHARLOTTE BARBARA HIS WIFE TO THOMAS HOLROYD OF COVENTRY STREET WESTMINSTER LONDON. CONCERNS THE MANOR OF SWINESHEAD AND BRANDEND IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN GIVING RENTS FOR MARKETS AND TOLLS IN SWINEHEAD ETC. GUARANTEED original on TWO SIDES OF ONE FOLDED SHEET of COURTIES AND SONS WATERMARKED PAPER.

Wolsley

Holroyd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82

London

1880

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1880 Assignment of Leashold dwellinghouse and premises No.68 CAMBRIDGE GARDENS, Notting Hill .From Mr John Stockdale Stallard To Mr Barnard Lee in good condition 2 sheets Measuring approx 24" x 24"with all relevant stamps and seals. Also mention Katharine Farncomb.

Stockdale

Lee

Farncomb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

83

London

1842

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1842 BILL OF REVIVOR DRURY LANE THEATRE. DOCUMENT DETAILING A NUMBER OF CASES CONNECTED WITH AN ESTATE INVOLVING THE DRURY LANE THEATRE LONDON AND THE SUBSEQUENT AUCTION OF SHARE BETWEEN WILLIAM CLAUDE CARTER AND SARAH CATHERINE CARTER PLAINTIFFS JOHN BENTALL - THOMAS GEORGE KNAPP - WILLIAM MINDHAM - EDWARD JONES - WILLIAM WRIGHT AND MILIICENT HIS WIFE - WILLIAM SEARLE BENTALL - THORNTON BENTALL - SAMUEL ADAMS AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE - WILLIAM BENTALL - JOHN BENTALL THE YOUNGER - THOMAS NELSON WAKEFIELD AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE - EDWARD BENTALL ( OUT OF THE JURISTICTION OF THE COURT) - HENRY BENTALL - JAMES GAY AND ANNE HIS WIFE - ALFREN BENTALL - THORNTON BENTALL THE YOUNGER - AND FRANCIS BENTALL - LOUISA BENTALL - OCTAVIOUS BENTALL - ELLEN BLAYO BENTALL - MARY BENTALL - ARTHUR BENTAL - LOUISA BENTALL. INFANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS : WILLIAM ADAMS - EDWARD ADAMS - HENRY BENTALL ADAMS - GEORGE ADAMS - MARY ADAMS - FREDERICK ADAMS AND LOUISA ADAMS - FRANCIS ADAMS AND ELIZABETH BENTALL ADAMS THOMAS HELPS THE TREASURER OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL - ABEL CHAPMAN THE TREASURER OF ST THOMAS’ HOSPITAL - THE GOVERNORS OF THE COMPANY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF SUCH - CLERGYMEN AS AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATHS SHOULD BE POSSESSED OF SOME ECLESIASTICAL BENIFICE OR CURACY UNDER THE ARCHDEACONRY OF SUFFOLK AND SUDBURY OR ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND THE MASTER AND WARDENS OF THE FRANTERNITY OF THE ACT A MYSTERY OF HABUDASHERS IN THE CITY OF LONDON AND HER MAJESTYS ATTORNEY GENERAL - DEFENDANTS AND BETWEEN WILLIAM CLAUDE CARTER AND SARAH CATHERINE CARTER - PLAINTIFFS - ANNA MUIDHAM DEFENDANT BY BILL OF RIVIVOR AND BETWEEN WILLIAM CLAUDE CARTER AND SARAH CATHERINE CARTER PLAINTIFFS - FRANCIS BENTALL - FRANCIS HERMARNAU - AND OTHERS BY SUPPLIMENTSL BILL AND FURTHER BILL OF REVIVOR. IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER MADE IN THE CAUSES BEARING DATE THE 26 JULY 1842 WHEREBY IT WAS ORDERED THAT FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD ESTATES OF THE TESTATOR THOMAS MIUDHAM WHICH PASSED BY HIS WILL AND ALSO OF THE RUITAS SHARE IN THE DRURY LANE THEATRE - CONFIRMATION OF THE SALE OF THE ESTATE BY AUCTION TO A JOHN HENRY MACHU OF TWISTED ALLEY, BUNHILL ROW IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, SILK TRIMMING MANUFACTURER. London’s Oldest theatre The Covent Garden area has long been associated with theatre. The oldest established is the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which had its origins in a patent granted on the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660. A small theatre was established off Drury Lane in 1663 and this has evolved via several auditoria to the present famous building. Sir Christopher Wren's sectional drawing entitled simply 'Playhouse' is generally reckoned to be at least an initial design for the 1674 Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Since its construction in 1663 the theatre has triumphed over tragedy, fire, bankruptcy and even murder, the celebrated actress/mistress Nell Gwynne played an important role in the theatre's history. In 1794 The Third Drury Lane Theatre was built Samuel Whitbread, the son of the brewer had a major involvement in the DRURY LANE THEATER. In 1809 the theatre was again destroyed by fire. Already over £500,000 in debt, the theatre was in danger of going out of business. Whitbread became chairman of the committee set up to rebuild the theatre. With the help of his political friends, Whitbread managed to raise the necessary funds and the Drury Lane Theatre was reopened on 10th October, 1812. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL firm strike REPORT OFFICE CACHE.

Adams

Bentall

Carter

Knapp

Mindham

Jones

Wright

Wakefield

Gay

Helps

Chapman

Machu

 

 

84

London

1827

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1827 ANTIQUE VELLUM INSTRUCTION FROM THE BISHOP OF LONDON TO THE CHURCHWARDENS OF ST. GEORGE' CHURCH, BLOOMSBURY. WILLIAM BY DIVINE PERMISSION BISHOP OF LONDON TO OUR WELL BELOVED IN CHRIST THOMAS DAY AND WILLIAM MATHEW THISTLETON, CHURCHWARDENS OF THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE BLOOMSBURY IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, GREETING - WHEREAS THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST GEORGE AFORESAID IS BECOME VACANT BY THE DEATH OF THE LAST INCUMBENT - DO SEQUESTRATE ALL FRUITS TYTHES AND OTHER RIGHTS. THIS FACULTY WAS READ DURING DIVINE SERVICE AT ST. GEORGES CHURCH BLOOMSBURY ON THE 18 DAY OF NOVEMBER 1827, AS WITNESS MY HAND, J. H. WYNN, CURATE. THIS DOCUMENT CARRIES A FIVE SHILLING EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP. GUARANTEED original on ONE SHEET of VELLUM.

Day

Thistleton

Wynn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

85

London

1863

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1863 ANTIQUE PAPER RELEASE DOCUMENT BETWEEN CHARLES VERNON OXENDEN OF BARHAM NEAR CANTERBURY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT, MAJOR IN HER MAJESTY'S RIFLE BRIGADE AND THOMAS MONTRESOR OF BUCKINGHAM STREET, THE STRAND AND THE REVEREND WYNDHAM KNATCHBULL OF SMEETH IN THE COUNTY OF KENT DOCTOR OF DIVINITY. THERE ARE REFERENCES TO SIR EDWARD KNATCHBULL BARONET. THIS DOCUMENT CARRIES TWO REVENUE STAMPS GUARANTEED original on FOUR SHEETS of FLEUR DE LYE WATERMARKED PAPER FOR 1862.

Oxenden

Montresor

Knatchbull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86

London

1720

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This is a an old and rare PAPER deed - written in old English Latin script it appears to be from the reign of George I or dating from around 1714 - 1727 AND COMES FROM THE MIDDLE TEMPLE LONDON AND CONCERNS A JOHN BENNETT. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL WITH TWO EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMPS - ON THREE SHEETS OF GR WATERMARKED PAPER - SIZE 15 X 12 INCHES

Bennett

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

87

London

1873

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Document drawn up in 1873 and on VELLUM. Hand written LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT it gives details of THE WILL OF THOMAS PHILLIPS OF MILK STREET, CHEAPSIDE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. WITH ADMINISTRATION DOCUMENT FOR THOMAS ADAMS PHILLIPS THE SON OF THE DECEASED. COMPLETE WITH PRINCIPLE REGISTRY HIGH COURT SEAL. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME STORAGE DUSTING - SIZE 16 INCHES BY 13 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM PLUS ADMINISTRATION DOCUMENT.

Phillips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88

London

1677

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"THIS INDENTURE TRIPARTITE made the six and twentieth day of May on Anno Domini 1677 and in the nine and twentieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second, by the grace of God,of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith..." This is a land indenture between three people whose names appear to be MATTHEW BATEMAN, SAMUEL BERRY and RICHARD BACON Gentleman of the Middle Temple of London. The name JOHN HOSKYNS (Hoskins?)is signed at the base. It relates to land at St.Mary ***** Whitechappell (Whitechapel ?) Middlesex Essex and London. HATFIELD BROAD OAK ? and HATFIELD KINGS are also mentioned?? Very hard to read - time needs to be spent on this document. It is very large, made of real animal hide velum, and 326 years old. The artistry at the top left is super and is signed in the swirls by Edw Berry. Two huge wax seals at the base. Mention is made of stables, arable land, floodings (or shootings?), out buildings etc. The beautiful swirl on the outside has writing beside it in Latin. It measures 2 foot 7 inches by 2 foot when unfolded. This is an old English rarity made in the same century as Oliver Cromwells Commonwealth existed! This came with others from the Bateman family predominantly - many over 150 years later. One mentions the CRABS GREEN FARM at HATFIELD BROAD OAK, ESSEX, probably the same place!! (indenture: A duplicate contract, the two halves being cut in a zig-zag line, which was commonly employed in the early modern period..)

Bateman

Berry

Bacon

Hoskyns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89

London

1898

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1898 ANTIQUE VELLUM  DOCUMENT. TRANSFER OF MORTGAGES AND FURTHER ADVANCES. BETWEEN MARY PITMAN OF ST. JUDES WOODBERRY PARK ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT - THOMAS RICHARD WHITE OF THORNBURY, BROXBOURNE, HERTS - CHARLES JAMES LAWRENCE RUSSELL OF COOBE ROAD SOUTH CROYDEN SURREY - ARTHUR ERNEST SANSOM OF HARLEY STREET CAVENDISH SQUARE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE - GODFREY BOULTON OF NORTHAMPTON SQUARE CLERKENWELL - ARTHUR CUTHBERT LANGHAM LLEWELLYN GWYNNE JONES AND CYRIL LLOYD JONES OF BARTLETTS BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF LONDON - JOHN DIBBEN OF MARTINEAU ROAD DRAYTON PARK HOLLOWAY AND OTHERS WITH PROPERTY SCEDULES FOR A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN THE LONDON AREA. THIS DOCUMENT IS ON VELLUM AND CARRIES TWO WAX SEALS AND THREE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP.

Pitman

White

Russell

Sansom

Boulton

Jones

Dibben

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90

London

19th century

Dominic Winter 29 Jan 2003

390

Brewing. Four vellum indentures 1821-30, all relating to the activities of James Needham who operated the Star Brewery in Earl's Court, including three documents assigning his letters patent in his device for improvements in brewing and a further deed of co-partnership with Thomas Stubbs for operating the Star Brewery. In 1821, Needham is described as a corn dealer of Lower Clapton, Middlesex, and the first three documents deal with his assignments of his patents in a device which improved the brewing process. By 1830 he is described as 'common brewer' running the Star Brewery in Earl's Court. Documents relating to early London breweries seldom appear on the market.

Needham

Stubbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91

London

1897

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LEASE OF PREMISES IN BAYSWATER, OPPOSITE KENSINGTON GARDENS – 1897 Indenture made 23rd February 1897 between John Cavendish Orred of Tranmere Weston and Runcorn, Chester, Esquire, Walter Moishead of 1 Essex Court Temple, Middlesex, Esquire, and George Journay Biddulph of 43 Charing Cross, Westminster, Esquire (trustees of an act enabling the Lord Bishop of London to grant lease of lands in the parish of Paddington for building) of the first part, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in whom the estates late belonging to the Lee of London are now vested, of the second part, and Richard Rose of 55 Sussex Gardens Paddington, Esquire, of the third part. Lease of land and buildings for 98 years situated 2 Bark Place, Bayswater Hill, Paddington, Middlesex (now known as 5 Orme Court, Bayswater). Two page handwritten vellum indenture. Hand drawn and wash coloured plan of property. Very good condition Revenue and tax stamps. Signature of Richard Rose and red wax seal. 58 by 70 cm Very good condition.

Orred

Biddulph

Rose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92

London

1809

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1809 ANTIQUE VELLUM APRENTICE INDENTURE. THAT WILLIAM PARSONS THE SON OF WILLIAM PARSONS OF SALISBURY COURT FLEET STREET IN THE CITY OF LONDON MATHMATICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER DOES PUT HIMSELF AS APPRENTICE TO HIS FATHER. RARE DOCUMENT ON ONE SHEET OF VELLUM AND CARRIES THE REMAINDER OF A WAX SEALS AND AN EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL - NO RESERVE - SIZE 9 X 7 INCHES.

Parsons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93

London

1804

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1804 ANTIQUE PAPER LETTER OF MEMORANDUM PLUS TWO OTHER DOCUMENTS. Document drawn up in 1804 on PAPER.  Hand written it gives details of AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHN JONES OF COLLEGE STREET NEAR THE VETENARY COLLEGE IN THE PARISH OF SAINT PANCRAS IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, GENTLEMAN - AND JOHN SUTCLIFFE OF BROOK STREET IN THE PARISH OF ST PANCRAS, GENTLEMAN AND JOHN FEUX OF THE SAME PLACE CONFECTIONER. CONCERNS WORKSHOP WITH ROOMS AND CHAMBERS IN COLLEGE STREET. IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE III - WITH FURTHER LETTER OF AGREEMENT DATED 1833 (with some storage damage) BETWEEN ELIZABETH FAUX, WIDOW OF JOHN FAUX OF COLLEGE STREET  TO THOMAS DAWS OF CAMDEN TOWN LAMPLIGHTER FOR LEASE OF A PIECE OF GROUND AT COLLEGE STREET. PLUS NOTE OF RENT FOR 148 COLLEGE STREET, STABLING AND ROOMS, POPLAR COTTAGE COLLEGE STREET ETC. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN FAIR CONDITION - MIXED SIZES.

Jones

Sutcliffe

Feux

Daws

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

94

London

1830

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Cheese Lane Distillery DRAFT BILL OF SALE of Utensils &c connected with the Distillery in Cheese Lane, Bristol, between Lionel Lyde of Lincolns Inn, George Ames of Clifton, Levi and John Ames, Michael Harris, of Bristol, Malt Distillers & Dealers in Spirits. 4p. folio, folded, small waterstain at edge, written with crossings out and amendments. c1830. £25.00. * Included drays, horses, yeast etc. on the premises at 3rd Sept. 1829.

Lyde

Ames

Harris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

95

London

1832

Lesley Aitchison Website

 

St. Ives EVANGELIST'S LETTER. 3 pages closely-written on paper, size approx. 15" x 9", 2 leaves, folded, integral address panel with red postmark and faded black 'St Ives - C' stamp. Addressed to Mrs Denham (the writer's mother), 100 Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London, dated Saint Ives Janry. 4th 1832, but sections dated up to 30th Jan., signed M.A. Denham. Wear at some folds, with loss of a few words. The writer appears to have been in St. Ives on a preaching mission for 2 or 3 months, and to have been at the same time recovering her health, looked after by someone she refers to as 'St. Mathews'. 'My Christian regards to our Preachers.... I've delivered my Lord's message week after week.... I believe all these unusual meetings will be given up except the children or young people's, upwards of 40 attend that, Mondays at 6.... those of the grown persons that wish for help may (attend) the new rais'd class which met last Wednesday for the first time, 9 persons (married & single) joind having previously taken notes of admittance of Mr Carvesso (?). All seem in a fair way for the Kingdom.' Jan 4th - 30th 1832. £30.00

Denham

Carvesso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

London

1751

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An attractive and comprehensive hand written English paper Declaration of Trust document comprising single sheet approx. 27” x 19” dated October 31, 1751, referring to the will of Charles King late of the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn London (Gentleman) giving and devising unto his wife Elizabeth, property in Ponders End in the Parish of Enfield in the County of Middlesex. Other names mentioned: David King, William King, Elizabeth King (sister), William Keene (Tallow Chandler), Cutts Barton, William Carden & Joshua Cox. Stressed and small holes on folds, but all text is determinable for transcription. A very interesting document with two countersigned red wax seals.

King

Keene

Barton

Carden

Cox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97

London

1851

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1851 ANTIQUE PAPER INDENTURE DOCUMENT. DRAWN UP AND HAND WRITTEN IN 1851 BETWEEN EMMA KNAPP OF BROOK STREET GROSVENOR SQUARE AND MARY ANN BARRINGER OF STREATHAM GREEN, SURREY, SPINSTER. LEASE FOR A COTTAGE SITUATE IN STREATHAM GREEN NOW IN THE OCCUPATION OF THE SAID MARY ANN BARRINGER. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - SIZE 15 INCHES BY 12 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED T. H. SAUNDERS & CO WATERMARKED PAPER FOR 1851 - WITH ONE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP.

Knapp

Barringer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98

London

1740

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1740 ANTIQUE PAPER ABSTRACT OF TITLE DOCUMENT. DRAWN UP AND HAND WRITTEN IN OR AROUND 1740 THIS DOCUMENT IS THE ABSTRACT OF MR JOHN LONGBEY'S TITLE TO 4 HOUSES AT DEPTFORD IN KENT. DOCUMENT LIST PREVIOUS TRANSFERS OF OWNERSHIP INCLUDING A JOHN GRAY, CITIZEN AND CHEESEMONGER OF LONDON - A JOSEPH GRAY, APOTHECARY - . FOR PROPETY ON NEW STREET DEPTFORD. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - SIZE 16 INCHES BY 12 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED PRO PATRIA AND CREST WATERMARKED PAPER.

Longbey

Gray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

London

1844

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Offered is this two page vellum document dated 5th march 1844. The document measures 23 inches long by 28.5 inchs wide. The document is beautifully written and has been made between James Weller Ladbroke Esquire to Richard Roy Esquire. It deals with the counterpart lease of number 12 Lansdown Villas, Kensington Park, Notting Hill, now London, (then Middlesex) The lease for the property is for 96 years from 29th September 1843, expires 29th September 1939. The rent is £10.00 per annum payable quarterly. The first page has the revenue stamp attached together with a coloured plan showing the property concerned and surrounding properties. The second page also has the revenue stamp together with a wax seal and signature of Richard Roy. This is a very lean and well written document which details property in a very fashionable area of London.

Ladbroke

Roy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100

London

1761

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1 page vellum document dated 1761 Northampton. Offered is this one page vellum document dated 9 October 1761. It measures 14.75 inches long by just under 20 inches wide. The document is between William Davis of Towcester in the County of Northamptonshire, The Reverend Samuel Jemson of Weedon Park in the said County and Mary Sheppard late of London and now in Daventry in Northaptonshire. It deals with the leasing od Messnages cottages and tenements in Malting Close Towcester for one year. The document contains its original blue revenue stamp and three red wax seals with signatures of those listed above.

Davis

Jemson

Sheppard