ID

Date

Source

Lot No.

Text

Surnames

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1759-1895

Bloomsbury 6 May 1999

27

Indentures, agreements, wills etc., 1 indenture with a reference to Vicary Gibbs, manuscripts, 5 on vellum, folds, some slight soiling, v.s., 1759-1895. (12). #60-80

Gibbs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

1581

Dominic Winter 29 Aug 2001

355

Fine vellum exemplification of a recovery for land in Monmouthshire c. 1581, written in Latin in a good secretarial hand with an elaborate calligraphic initial E and decorative top border in ink and plumbago, document in fine fresh and legible condition with a portion (about a quarter) of the Royal seal attached by original vellum tag showing the complete figure of the enthroned Queen on the obverse and a complete Royal shield with crown on the reverse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

1708

Dominic Winter 26 Jun 2002

509

Memoirs of Monmouthshire, Anciently Called Gwent by the Saxons..., with an Appendix of the Case of Wentwood..., by Nathan Rogers, 1708, 154pp. contemp. ms. copy in ink, orig. qtr. vellum, somewhat worn, sm. 4to

Rogers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

1854

Dominic Winter 5 Nov 2002

467

Multiple sheet vellum indenture, dated 1854, being the deed of covenant and surrender of the copyhold of the brewery, malthouse and premises in the manor of Wentsland and Bryngwyn, Monmouthshire, in good condition with signatures and seals. Bryngwyn is today a small village off the A40 about five miles east of Abergavenny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

1788

ebay

 

Document drawn up in 1788 BETWEEN LYDIA RICHARDS OF RENCARN IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH AND ROBERT BURFIELD OF THE PARISH OF BASSALEG IN MONMOUTH AND MICHAEL JONES OF BATH FOR MALTHOUSE AND COWHOUSE WITH ORCHARD AND DWELLING HOUSE NEAR THE VILLAGE OF NOLTON ALIAS OLD CASTLE IN THE PARISH OF COITY IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN - AND ONE DWELLING HOUSE CALLED AND KNOW BY THE NAME OF THE HORSE AND JOCKEY SITUATE IN THE VILLAGE OF NEWCASTLE IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN.  THIS DOCUMENT CARRIES THE REMAINDER OF TWO WAX SEALS AND AN EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP

Richards

Burfield

Jones

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

1750s

ebay

 

Bundle ( six items in total) of letters and land tax bills and receipts, and a last will and testament, for properties around the Kemeys Inferior area, near Newport, Gwent, mainly concerning ‘Bullmoore Farm’ ( now Greater and Little Bulmore Farms) dating from between 1753 and 1799. 1. Last Will and Testament, dated 2nd August 1753, of Thomas Jones of Upper Bullmoore in the Parish of Christchurch in the County of Monmouth, bequeathing, amongst other things, the leasehold of his property in Caerleon to his great-niece Penelope Jones. The document is browned in places with a loss of approximately 2 square inches near to the centre. Thomas Jones has signed the will with his mark and the will is witnessed by one Lewellyn Thomas, James Herbert Junior and (?) Williams, as well as being ‘sealed’ with a wax seal. 2. Receipt for the sum of £9:7s:0d, paid by a William Williams in respect of the mortgage for Bullmoore, between 13th October 1755 to 6th May 1757. Signed by Wm.Leys and witnessed by John Cobb and John Cobb Junior. 3. A second reciept, as 2 above, for the sum of £120:0s:0d, in respect of a mortgage on land at Lower Bullmoore. Signed and witnessed as above. 4. Letter dated 16th February 1758, from Francis (?) Durbrow to William Williams, Attorney at Law, concerning the transfer of monies regarding Thomas Jones of Bullmoore. This document, whilst complete, is very fragile with much splitting at it’s folds. 5. Certificate of the Contract for the Redemption of Land Tax dated 15th March, 1799, concerning the property at Bullmore, together with relative paperwork and receipt. Again complete, but splitting at folds. 6. As 5. Above, dated 1st of March 1799, in respect of lands in the Parishes of Christchurch Upper, Christchurch Lower and Undy, near Newport. Again complete, with splitting at folds.

Jones

Thomas

Herbert

Williams

Leys

Cobb

Durbrow

 

 

 

 

 

8

1719

ebay

 

1719 ANTIQUE VELLUM LEASE DEED INDENTURE DOCUMENT. CHEPSTOW IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE I  -BETWEEN HENRY DAVIS OF CHEPSTOW IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH AND WILLIAM DAVIS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL, SOAP BOILER AND PAUL MORGAN OF THORNWELL OF THE PARISH OF CHEPSTOW. WITH THREE SEALS AND THREE EMBOSSED BLUE REVENUE STAMPS . FOR LAND AND MESSUAGE CALLED THE SALTHOUSE IN THE TOWN OF CHEPSTOW " and hath the street leading from the Church to the slip a gerden of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort in the possion of John Goslong, Mariner, the street leaving from the said slip to the bridge" plus more information and references to Chepstowgate and the Courthouse etc. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - SIZE 20 INCHES BY 13 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM.

Davis

Morgan

Goslong

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

1806

ebay

 

1806 ANTIQUE VELLUM DEED. INDENTURE drawn up in 1806 on VELLUM DURING THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE III. Handwritten it gives details of  AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHN PARSONS OF CHELTENHAMIN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER AND MARY DAVIS OF CHEPSTOW IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. FOR LAND IN THE PARISH OD LYDNEY IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER. ON ONE SHEET OF VELLUM IT RECITES ARRANGEMENTS AND TENNANTS. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL WITH ONE COAT OF ARMS WAX SEAL AND ONE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP - SIZE 18 INCHES  X 24 INCHES.

Parsons

Davis