ID

Oxfordshire 1-101

Ü	Oxfordshire 102-201

Date

Source

Lot No.

Text

Surnames

1574

Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999

105

LEE or LEIGH (RICHARD, Clarenceux King of Arms, C. 1531-97) VISITATION OF OXFORDSHIRE, ?manuscript fair copy in secretary hand, 70pp. including index at front, 7 coats of arms only, slightly browned, original vellum, a little soiled, folio, 1574 Unfinished, the compiler has left numerous spaces for coats of arms. People mentioned include Anthony Throgmorton, John Oglethorpe, Walter Savage, Thomas Beauforest etc. Lee, as Portcullis Pursuivant, visited Oxfordshire, Oxford University and Buckinghamshire as Robert Cooke's (Clarenceux King of Arms 1567-93, fl. 1562-93) deputy in 1574-5. #300 - 400

Lee or Leigh

Throgmorton

Oglethorpe

Savage

Beauforest

Cooke

1599

Bloomsbury 11 May 2000

Elizabeth I (Queen of England, 1533-1603).-., Cecil (Robert, first Earl of Salisbury, statesman, 1563?-1612) Indenture grant to ''Cawen Grosvenor and Dorothie his wife the custodis wardshipp and marriage of Jane Wenman?.?.?. daughter and next heir of Richard Wenman gent deceased'', D.s. by Robert Cecil, manuscript on vellum, with codicil, 1 burnhole, 1 tear caused by folds, without great seal (?never affixed), slightly soiled, folds, 300 x 525mm., 2nd November 1599; and 2 other documents on vellum relating to the Wenman family, v.s. (3). N.B. Docket in a later hand: ''On the death of Richd Wenman an Inque post mortem was held at Oxon 19 July 40 Eliz whereat Jane Wenman was found Daughter & heir aged 10 months & 21 days.'' Richard Wenman would appear to be a close relative of the Wenmans of Caswell and Thame Park in Oxfordshire. #150-200

Grosvenor

Wenman

Cecil

1616

Dominic Winter 13 Dec 2000

406

A Lease of Tythes on vellum dated 1th April 1616, beteen Ralph Wine and William Ward in the County of Oxfordshire with a most extensive and detailed Terrier on vellum attached to the document which lists all of the many pieces of land. Both documents in fine clear legible condition. Both in English and the main document features a most unusual elaborate initial letter with small sketches of flowers and a bunch of grapes (1) £100-150

Wine

Ward

18th/19th century

Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001

518

Charity Ledgers, 18th/19th c., containing manuscript notes relating to money given to the friends of Witney & Alvescot for the assistance of the poor, accounts dated from 1724-1892, contemp. vellum, minor marks and wear, 4to, together with a similar vol. relating to Witney, Burford, Farringdon, Chipping Norton & Charlbury, dated 1825-1855, contemp. vellum, ink staining to upper board, 4to

1802

Bloomsbury 21 June 2001

Mavor (William, antiquary, schoolmaster at Woodstock, 1758-1837) The auntient Demeanes of the Mannor of Woodstock, autograph manuscript, title and 4pp., a leaf (390 x 310mm.) from a seventeenth century Charter relating to New Woodstock tipped-in, written in red and black, slightly browned, oval morocco bookplate of Vernon Watney on front pastedown, 19th century boards, head and tail of spine with small loss, Phillipps Ms. 34894, tall folio, 12th August 1802. N.B. "Faithfully copied from an old parchment roll in the possession of Lady Mostyn of Kiddington. W. Mavor." £200-300

Mavor

Watney

Mostyn

1797

Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002

379

Oxford Bankrupt. Manuscript document on paper, 3pp large legal folio, dated May 30th 1797, dealing with the disposal of the estate of a bankrupt Cordwainer called Joseph Wickens of the Parish of St Martin's in Oxford, written in a legible chancery hand, some dusting to outer blank surface and one minor tear but otherwise in good overall condition. An unusually early bankruptcy document. The feckless Wickens had tried to carry on business as a cordwainer - or leather boot and shoe maker - for two years but fell into considerable debt. The document details the setting up a committee of creditors and the sale by public auction of his effects.

Wickens

1797

Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002

387

Wickens

17th-19th century

Dominic Winter 15 May 2002

470

Interesting group of approximately twelve documents on paper and vellum, 17th-19th c., relating to property transactions in the Clanfield area of Oxfordshire, including an indenture of 1673, two early 18th c. obligation bonds (one water damaged but legible), one signed by the 'attorney to Mr Samuel Churchill' and other documents relating to the same area. One of the obligation bonds involves the then huge sums of money of œ2,200, while the other is in the name of James Stevens, steward to the Duke of Marlborough. Clanfield lies between Farringdon and Witney.

Churchill

Stevens

Marlborough

1812

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one page vellum document dated 1 July 1812. It measures 24 inches long by 31 inches wide. It is between The Right Honorable Lord Sherbourne and The Honorable John Dutton to Mr William Hale. It deals with the Grant of the reversion of a house in Oxford. The property includes land stables and messnages in Saint Nicholas and Saint Thomas in the City of Oxford. The document retains its revenue stamp and two red wax seals at the foot of the page together with the signatures of Lord Sherbourne and The Honorable John Dutton.

Sherbourne

Dutton

Hale

1650

Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002

848

Scarce vellum indenture dated November 1st, 1650, relating to the sale of the Manor, mansion house, lands and woods of 'Lugershall' (modern day Ludgershall) on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border, by William Child and his wife Elizabeth, written in a legible chancery hand, a little fading affecting a few words, and a little overall browning, but otherwise in good condition with attractive calligraphic initial letter enclosing the date. We have no records of a comparable document appearing on the market in recent years. This document contains one key insertion identifying the parties as Royalists as it refers to the payment of a sum of money for the discharging of a fine composition to Parliament for Child's 'delinquency to the Parliament or Commonwealth'. This was the term used by Parliament for Royalist estates that were generally forfeited until their owners paid a fine to the Committee for Compounding. Upon payment, the lands were usually returned. Those who refused or who were not permitted to compound had their estates remitted to the Treason Trustees. These records have largely disappeared, doubtless during the period shortly after the Restoration when Charles II reversed the process and seized estates from prominent Parliamentarians. The William Child referred to in this document could possibly be the organist and composer William Child (1606-97), organist at St George's Chapel, Windsor who was expelled from this position during the interregnum and rose to be musician to the Chapel Royal at the Restoration.

Child

1789

Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002

935

Attractive and historic document on vellum, dated 1789, being a private agreement to enclose part of the waste or common called Chambers Green in the parish of Caversham under Act of Parliament [29GII] for the purpose of planting and preserving trees for timber and underwoods and for more effectually preventing the destruction of trees, written in a neat legible hand on a single large leave of vellum with the signatures or marks and affixed wax red seals of 39 men and women having an interest in the waste or common, including Charles Sloane, 1st Earl Cadogan, and Charles Marsack of Caversham Park, in fine fresh condition. The reason for the Act of Parliament was to provide sufficient timber for building naval vessels at a period when England was almost permanently involved in Continental and American Wars - and of course a measure which was to prove vital for the defence of the Realm on the rise of Napoleon a decade later.

Sloane

Marsack

1856, 1911

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1856 ANTIQUE VELLUM MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT INDENTURE WITH ADDITIONS UP TO 1911. A VERY INTERESTING RESEARCH DOCUMENT DRAWN UP ON VELLUM, COVERING TWO SHEETS, WITH INFORMATION ON THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT OF WILLIAM FURLEY CHENEY OF THE CITY OF OXFORD, A CORN FACTOR AND ILIZA LANGHAM OF UPPER STREET ISLINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. THIS DOCUMENT CARRIES A NUMBER OF WAX SEALS AND REVENUE STAMPS INCLUDING TWO VICTORIAN GUMMED STAMPS. ILIZA CHENEY IS RECORDED AS LIVING IN PROSPECT HOUSE, ALEXANDER ROAD, HEATHFIELD IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX IN 1911. GUARANTEED original on TWO SHEETS of VELLUM WITH SOME STORAGE WEAR.

Furley

Langham

1631

Bloomsbury 20 Jun 2002

Henley-on-Thames. Indenture between Daniel Harvey and Francis Prynne "all that Messuage … in Henley on Thames … knowne by the name or signe of the Bull", D.s. "Ffrancis Prinne", manuscript on vellum, folds, dusty, lacks seal, 495 x 570mm., 20th November 1631; and another document relating to Thame Park, v.s., v.d. (2).

Harvey

Prynne

1892

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DOCUMENT DRAWN UP IN 1892 MAKING FREDERICK CHARLES TURNER OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OXFORD FREEMAN OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TALLOW CHANDLERS BY PATRIMONY. THREE DOCUMENTS INCLUDING NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY - ORGANISED IN 1393 - LETTERS PATENT GIVEN IN 1428 AND GRANT OF ARMS MADE IN 1456

Turner

1794

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 29 September 1794. It measures 26.5 inches long by 33 inches wide. It is between The Right Honorable James Lord Sherborne Baron of Sherborne in the County of Gloucester and Mr James Adams of the City of Oxford. The document is a lease for 99 years determinable on three lives of Charles Adams aged 9 years, William Slatter aged 11 years and James Butler aged 14 years. The property concerned is in the Parish of Saint Nicholas and Saint Thomas. The original blue revenue stamp is still attached and the red wax seal and signature of Lord Sherborne.

Sherborne

Adams

Slatter

Butler

1610, 1611

Dominic Winter 9 Apr 2003

350

Garsington. Lease by Sir John St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, lord of manor of Garsington, of a messuage and lands in Havells Fee in Garsinqton to Phillip Pim, 26 October 1610, together with a grant of the manor of Garsington by Sir John St John, 25 August 1611, and two related documents, 1611, in all four vellum deeds, three signed by St John. The sale of the manor includes the sale of 'the Constat of the Letters Patent' by which the properties were conveyed to Oliver St John.

St John

Pim

1387

Bloomsbury 13 Dec 2002

Grant by William Jamot, son and heir of John Jamot of Holecombe, to John Edmund of Newyngton of a tenement in Holecombe, near land owned by Osney Abbey, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 16 lines, folds, good wax seal, 158 x 300mm., Foulsham, 4th April 1387. *** Great and Little Holcombe, nine and ten miles respectively south of Oxford.

Jamot

Edmund

1779

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1779 ANTIQUE VELLUM DEED EVENSHAM OXFORD MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT. Hand written it gives details of THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN RICHARD CASTELL OF CRAWLEY IN THE PARISH OF WITNEY IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, YEOMAN AND MARY HIS WIFE (FORMERLY MARY WELLS). RICHARD BEING HEIR TO GEORGE CASTELL. IN 1749 GEORGE CASTELL SOLD AND GAVE LAND TO THOMAS WELLS AND THOMAS HARPER - ON THE CONSIDERATION OF MARRIAGE OF HIS SON RICHARD TO MARY - BEING FIELDS IN EVENSHAM. IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE III - WITH TWO RED WAX SEALS AND THREE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMPS. THIS IS A COMPLEX AND INFORMATIVE DEED AND HAS THE BENEFIT OF BEING SUPPLIED WITH A TYPE WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT OF THE CONTENTS. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION SIZE 36 INCHES BY 33 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM. Also mentions Thomas, John & George Castell.

Castell

Wells

Harper

1786-1837

Bloomsbury 13 Dec 2002

. Loveday family (of Williamscote House, near Banbury).- Family archive including: Loveday (John, scholar, 1742-1809) Rent book: Alkerton, Arlescote, Bourton, Cropredy, Slat Mill, Thorp Mandeville, Wardington and Williamscot, manuscript, 86pp., in two hands, 3ff. at end loose, slightly browned, original vellum, covers bowed, sm. 4to, 6th March 1786 - 27th May 1837 § Plan of an Estate the Property of J Loveday Esq Williamscote Oxfordshire, hand-coloured estate map on vellum, slightly soiled and stained, folds, 722 x 830mm., n.d. [c. 1790]; and a quantity of others including many deeds and indentures and some 19th century maps of Williamscote extate, most deeds relating to the Loveday family, most deeds on vellum, some soiling, v.s., v.d. [seventeenth - nineteenth centuries] (qty). *** Oxfordshire and Nothamptonshire.

Loveday

1798

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1798 ANTIQUE VELLUM ADMINISTRATION DOCUMENT FROM THE COURT OF THE ARCHDEACONARY OF OXFORD. THE PROVING OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JOHN SMITH GAMMON LATE OF HORSEPATH IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD - ADMINISTRATION GIVEN TO JONATHAN COOPER AND MARY BRAIN. WITH ONE EMBOSSED BLUE REVENUE STAMP . GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - SIZE 8 INCHES BY 8 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM (THERE IS NO SEAL ON THIS ITEM).

Gammon

Cooper

Brain

1766

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Offered is this two page vellum document dated 3 August 1766. It measures 23 inches long by 30.5 inches wide. It is between John Osbaldeston to Henry Stow. It deals with the assignment of two meesuages a garden ground in Kings High Street in the Parish of Saint Nicholas in the City of Oxford.Both pages retain the revenue stamp and a wax seal with the signature of John Osbaldeston. also mentions names of tenants occupying, including William Bill Baker, Richard .....?, Andrew Harves, William Dutton. One of the parties is described as of Binsey in the said County.

Osbaldeston

Stow

Baker

Harves

Dutton

1757

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Offered is this three page vellum document dated 25 November 1757. It measures 26.5 inches long by 29.5 inches wide. It is between Richard Wollams and William Sellars to John Osbaldeston. It deals with the assignment of two meesuages and garden for 1000 years in Kings High Street, Saint Nicholas in the City of Oxford. It retains the revenue stamp on each page and the wax seals and signatures of Richard Wollams and William Sellars.

Wollams

Sellars

Osbaldeston

1789

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1789 ANTIQUE VELLUM DECLARATION OF TRUST. VELLUM DOCUMENT DRAWN UP IN 1789. SUSANNAH FIELD OF THE PARISH OF SAINT EBBE IN THE CITY OF OXFORD THE WIDOW AND ADMINISTRATIVE OF WILLIAM FIELD THE ELDER LATE OF THE SAME PARISH, CORN DEALER, DECEASED. WHEREAS THE SAID WILLIAM FIELD LATELY DEPARTED THIS LIFE INTESTATE LEAVING THE SAID SUSANNAH FIELD HIS WIDOW AND ONE CHILD ONLY SON NAMED WILLIAM AN INFANT NOW OF THE AGE OF TWO YEARS OR THEREABOUTS BEING AT THE TIME OF HIS DECEASE POSSESSED OF A CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL ESTATE TO WHICH SHE THE SAID SUSSANAH FIELD AND FAMILY ARE ENTITLED. The deed then sets out the investments and property with detail on land holdings. THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS ONE RED WAX SEAL , ONE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMP AND A PAPER TAX STAMP. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - SIZE 29 INCHES BY 26 INCHES ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM. FROM THE IMAGE - ALSO MENTIONS HENRY SMITH LATE OF THAME IN OXON BUT NOW OF BERKHA....? AND MARTHA HIS WIFE

Field

Smith

1678

Bloomsbury 12-13 Jun 2003

601

Redman (Timothy, of Christ Church College, Oxford, later rector of Streat-with-Walton, Somerset, canon of Wells 1710) Sermon on the Second Epistle of S. Paul to the Thessalonians, manuscript, 73pp., original vellum, slightly creased, upper cover a little damp-stained, sm. 4to, 1678.

Redman

1848

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 11 December 1848. It measures 23 inches long by 30.5 inches wide. It is between Charles Towney to John Taylor. It deals with the assignment of two messuages in Kings High Street in Saint Thomas in the city of Oxford. It retains its revenue stamp and wax seal with the signature of Charles Towney.

Towney

Taylor

1803

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Offered is this two page vellum document dated 25th March 1803. It deals with the assignment and leasehold od property in the Parish of saint Thomas in Oxford. it is between Joseph Sims and George Titterton. It measures 20.5 inches long by 28 inches wide. It retains the revenue stamps and red wax seals with signatures of those listed

Sims

Titterton

1742

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 3 May 1742. It measures 27.5 inches long by 31 inches wide.It is between Thomas Edwin to John Edney. It deals with the assignment of tenements, Barkside and garden ground in Saint Nicholas and saint Thomas in the City of Oxford. It is beautifully hand written with the letter "T" of This is ornately drawen.It retains the revenue stamps and wax seal and signature ofThomas Edwin.

Edwin

Edney

1788

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 3 December 1788. It deals with the assignment of messuages barkside and gardens in Kings High Street , Saint Nicholas in the City of Oxford. It is between Richard Morgan and John White. It retains the revenue stamps and wax seal and mark of Richard Morgan.

Morgan

White

1695

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two page vellum document dated 1 August 1695. The first page measures 19.5 inches long by 25 inches wide. The second measures 15.5 inches long by 23.5 inches wide. The document is between Mr William Miller and his wife to Whitfield Miller. It is regarding an assignment of Duttons lease being property in Kings High Street, Oxford. There are two blue revenue stamps, one on each page and three red wax seals at the foot of the page bearing the signatures of the three mentioned people.The first page has a small tear where the vellum had been folded. It is beautifully written and this does not detract from the document.

Miller

1750

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LEASE AND BARGAIN 1750. A document DRAWN UP IN 1750 BETWEEN THOMAS COTTIPLACE OF SWINBROOK IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD AND JOHN LUTH OF CHIPPING LAMBOURN FOR HOUSE AND LAND IN CHIPPING LAMBOURN. ON ONE SHEET OF CROWN AND SHEILD BOND PAPER. SIZE 13 INS X 15 INS - IN A STRONG MANUSCRIPT HAND. THERE IS A LITTLE WEAR TO OUTSIDE FOLD ON THIS DOCUMENT. WITH THREE FIRM STRIKE EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMPS AND A COMPLETE RED WAX SEAL.

Cottiplace

Luth

1831

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1831 ANTIQUE VELLUM INDENTURE LEASE DEED. TYPE OF DOCUMENT: INDENTURE OF LEASE BETWEEN RICHARD GROOM OF HENRIETTA STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX AND SIR ALEXANDER CROKE OF STUDLEY IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, KNIGHT; WILLIAM HENRY ASHURST OF WATERSTOFT IN THE SAME COUNTY, ESQUIRE; JOSEPH WARNER HENLEY OF WATERPERRY IN THE SAID COUNTY OF OXFORD, ESQUIRE; PHILLIP HERBERT WYKHAM OF KINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF BURKS, ESQUIRE; ETC.; DEMISE OF A MESSUAGE OR DWELLING HOUSE AND PREMISES SITUATE AND BEING IN THE PARISH OF WOMMINGHALL OTHERWISE WOMALL IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKS. ALSO REFERENCE TO GRANT AND RELEASE WITH THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AND VISCOUNT MORPETH. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - ON FOLDED VELLUM SIZE 27 INCHES BY 23 INCHES - WITH ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMP AND ONE WAX SEAL.

Groom

Croke

Ashurst

Henley

Wykham

1820

Dominic Winter 25 June 2003

553

Banbury Riots! An original handwritten witness statement by Thomas Taylor, March 1820, saying that he was standing in the market place when he saw a large mob assembled by the Town Hall, they were throwing stones with great voilence, he saw Mr Brayne and Mr Legge run out of the Town Hall pursued by one of the Constables, they ran in different directions, but Mr Legge fell over and Thomas Taylor went to his assistance but he got up and ran into Cobb's Bank, the mob seized Mr Rhodes Cobb but with Mr Taylors assistance he escaped and also ran into the bank, whereupon the mob threw stones 'in great numbers and with great voilence'. For his troubles, Mr Taylor suffered 'a severe blow in the hand by a stone or pebble which hurt him very much', with a related document, both slightly damaged, folio

Taylor

Brayne

Legge

Cobb

1692

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one page vellum document dated 15 May 1692. The document measures 26 inches long by 28 inches wide. The document deals with property in the Parish of Saint Nicholas and Saint Thomas which I think is in Oxford. It is between Robin Miller, William Miller, Susannah Miller and William Dutton. The first letter on the document "T" has been elaborately written. The document has some staining as can be seen from the pictures however the writing can be clearly read.It also contains the original four red wax seals.

Miller

Dutton

1926

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1928 VELLUM INDENTURE DOCUMENT. VELLUM DOCUMENT DRAWN UP IN 1928 BEING A LEASE OF A PLOT OF LAND IN WILMSLOW IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER. BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES UNDER THE DE TRAFFORD ESTATE ACTS 1904 AND 1914 BEING FREDERICK BARTHOLOMEW STAPLETON BRETHERTON OF ALTINGTON HOUSE, TELSWORTH IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD A MAJOR IN HIS MAJESTY'S ARMY AND CHRLES EDMUND DE TRAFFORD OF HOTHORPE IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON TO MR JOHN HANCHETT CHADWICK OF HEMINGFORD, MACCLESFIELD ROAD WILMSLOW IN THE COUNTY OF CHESTER, FRUIT AND SPICE MERCHANT. WITH THREE WAX SEALS AND THREE IMPRESSED REVENUE STAMPS - HAND DRAWN SURVEY MAP. GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION - SIZE 25 INCHES BY 28 INCHES ON TWO SHEETS OF FOLDED VELLUM.

Bretherton

de Trafford

Chadwick

1794

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 29 September 1794. It measures 24 inches long by 32 inches wide. It is between The Right honourable James Lord Sherbourne to James Adams. It deals with the lease for 99 years determinable on three lives Charles Adams, William Slatter and James Butler on property in Saint Nicholas in Oxford. It retains the revenue stamps and wax seal with signature of James Adams.

Sherbourne

Adams

Slatter

Butler

1788

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 3 December 1788. It measures 21.5 inches long by 29.5 inches wide. It is between Richard Morgan and John White. It deals with the asignment of a tennement barkside, garden ground in the High Street, in the Parish of Saint Nicholas in the City of Oxford. The property abutts the ground of Christ Church. It has the revenue stamps and one wax seal with the signature of Richard Morgan.

Morgan

White

1821

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1821 being the release of property in Towersey in the County of Buckinghamshire between Ann Malins, a Widow, of the first part; William Meads the Elder, Stablekeeper, of the second part; and William Meads the Younger, Yeoman, of the third part; and Thomas Stone of Thames in Oxford, an Auctioneer. Nicely penned with fancy printed vignette, blue revenue stamp with insert, tax stamp, and four red wax seals on green cloth tags. Very Good condition, light creasing, measures 28 x 25".

Malins

Meads

Stone

1614

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1614 during the 11th year of the reign of King James I being the conveyance of several properties in Garsington in Oxford inclusive of "sixteen Beasts, sixteen horses and One Hundred Thirty nine sheepe...". Meticulously penned with the indenture being between Edward Dunche of Little Wittenham in the County of Berks, Esquire, and John Whistler of Gray's Inn in Middlesex, Gentleman, and George Melsam, Esquire, of the one part; and Daniel Danvers of Oxford, Esquire, and Anthony Danvers, one of his "sonnes" of the other part. In English with fancy initial letter and signatures of the Dancers on gutter, lacking tags and seals. Docketed on verso with grain of animal skin readily aparrent. Very Good condition, one quarter sized stain as shown, measures 29 x 25.5"

Dunche

Whistler

Melsam

Danvers

1648-1698, 1858

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A GROUP OF SEVEN LEGAL DOCUMENTS (PLUS TWO BONUS DOCUMENTS) FROM THE FOLLOWING DATES. (1) INDENTURE 1696 OXFORDSHIRE APPEARS TO BE A TRANSFER OR MORTGAGE OF A SUBSTANTIAL GROUP OF LANDS AND PROPERTY. (2) INDENTURE 1697 TRANSFER OR MORTGAGE FRITWELL OXFORDHIRE. (3) INDENTURE 1689 FEWCOTT OXFORDHIRE, A MORTGAGE OR LOAN. (4) INDENTURE 1648 FRITWELL OXFORDSHIRE A MORTGAGE OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT THE ENGLISH IS HARD TO MAKE OUT. (5) INDENTURE 1697 A WILL OR MORTGAGE NOT SURE. (6) INDENTURE 1691 LOAN MORTGAGE SECURED BY ABOUT THIRTY PARCELS OF LAND IN OXFORDSHIRE AND OTHER COUNTIES. (7) INDENTURE 1698 FRITWELL OXFORDSHIRE, RELEASE OF MORTGAGE. (8) INDENTURE 1695 FRITWELL OXFORDSHIRE A LOAN OR LEASE UNCLEAR. (9) 1858 A LEASE TO RUN A SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN THE CITY OF LONDON. THE DOCUMENTS ARE ALL FACINATING IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE ENGLISH, A PEEK BACK INTO THE DAY TO DAY LIFE OF 300 YEARS AGO. ALL ARE IN GOOD CONDITION, THE TWO BONUS DOCUMENTS DO HAVE SOME SMALL HOLES AND DAMAGE BUT YOU GET THEM FREE, IN THIS AUCTION YOU WILL ACTUALLY GET NINE DOCUMENTS FOR THE PRICE OF SEVEN.

1758-1774

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A GROUP OF SIX VELLUM DOCUMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES AND DATES. (1) INDENTURE 1770 A RELEASE OF COVENANT FRITWELL IN OXFORDSHIRE. (2) INDENTURE 1758 AN ASSIGNMENT OF TRUSTEE BICESTER WESTON ON THE GREEN OXFORDSHIRE. (3) INDENTURE 1772 AN ASSIGNMENT WINDSOR BERKSHIRE AND BLOXHAM OXFORDSHIRE. (4) INDENTURE 1774 A RELEASE FOR SUFFERING A RECOVERY, FRITWELL OXFORDSHIRE. (5) INDENTURE 1772 A RELEASE FROM MORTGAGE, FRITWELL OXFORDSHIRE. (6) INDENTURE (THIRD YEAR OF REIGN GEORGE THE THIRD)1772? A MORTGAGE OR LEASE DOCUMENT. A NICE GROUP WITH LOTS OF SEALS, GREAT CONDITION AND CRISP BLUE STAMPS ALL VERY NICE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION OR FOR YOUR FRAMES.

1623

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Beautifully penned English vellum indenture dated 1623 during the reign of King James I being the conveyance of lands abutting colleges of the Unviversity of Oxford including mention of Exeter, Magdalene, and Queens College. Two vellum leaves with one leaf being a very detailed schedule of the lands being conveyed by the deed. The land appears to be 32 acres in total in Garsington with the deed being between William Childe of London, and John Boulten of London, and George Melsam of Oxford, all Gentlemen, of the one part; and members of the Pokins family of Garsington. Large calligraphic initial letter incorporating the date 1623, and three vellum seal tags lacking seals. Docketed on verso with additional signatures. FINE condition, measures 25 x 22.25". Grain of animal skin apparent on verso.

Childe

Boulten

Melsam

Pokins

1825

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1825 ANTIQUE PAPER DOCUMENT LYDENHAM FARM. LEGAL DOCUMENT; DRAFT SOLICITORS WORKING COPY WITH MARGIN NOTES ETC. FOR INDENTURE OF LEASE BETWEEN MRS MARIA BURROWS OF GLOUCESTER PLACE IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX TO MR HENRY BURROWS OF GOWEN STREET, BEDFORD SQUARE. THE LEASE OF LYDENHAM FARM OXFORDSHIRE . LOTS OF INFORMATION HERE TO BE RESEARCHED - INTERESTING ITEM FOR COLLECTORS OF SOCIAL HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY OR GENEALOGY FOR THE BURROWS FAMILY GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN GOOD CONDITION ON EIGHT FOLDED SHEETS OF WATERMARKED PAPER SIZE 16 INCHES BY 10 INCHES

Burrows

1635

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1635 during the reign of Charles I being the conveyance of dwellings in the southern portion of Garsington in the County of Oxford between Stephen Pokin, Yeoman, of the one part to his nephew John Pokin the younger. Nicely penned with elaborate initial letter. Nice docketing on verso. No tag or seal. Very Good with light creasing, measures 22 x 12". A handsome piece ! NB I make the name Pokins. Witnesses: John Bo...?, Thomas Hart, Anthony Howlett, Thomas x Daye

Pokin

Hart

Howlett

Daye

1611

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Beautifully penned English vellum indenture dated 1611 during the reign of King James I, named in the first line of text, being the conveyance of a farm in Garsington in the County of Oxford between Augustyn Ford, a Yeoman, and John Pollard, an Esquire, both of the first part; and William Martin and Thomas Martin, Yeomen, of the second part. Penned entirely in English with extensive docketing on verso. Remnants of vellum seal tags, no seals. Many signatures on verso, worthy of research. FINE condition with creasing at folds, measures 25.25 x 22.5".

Ford

Pollard

Martin

1618

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Handwritten Final Agreement (Concord)in a beautiful Chancery script dated the 15th year of the reign of King James I, circa 1618. The document regards a court rendered agreement pertaining to property in the County of Oxford naming a John Whistler and others. The script is in Latin and is bold and legible throughout. Measures 12.5 x 7", very good condition, creasing.

Whistler

1801

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 13 February 1801. It measures 22.75 inches long by 29 inches wide. it is between James Adams and George Titterton. It deals with the assignment of premises stables watercourses in Saint Thomas in the City of Oxford. It retains the revenue stamps and wax seal with signature of James Adams.

Adams

Titterton

1743

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1743 during the reign of George II being the conveyance of property "in the markett street" in Dodington in the County of Oxford between William Marshall of Farmborough in Warwick, Yeoman, and Anne, his wife, of the first part; and William Bazely, a Malter, of the second part. Nicely penned with flourishes, three blue revenue stamps with insert, tax staamp, two red wax seal on cloth tags, and nice docketing on verso. Fine condition, measures 30.5 x 19".

Marshall

Bazely

1796

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A large vellum indenture measuring 30½ inches x 25 inches. It has 2 pages in very good condition with clear unfaded handwriting.

It has 3 seals all in good condition.

The persons mentioned in this document are:

Christopher Routh, Gentleman, of York

Susannah Robinson, Spinster, of Albury, Oxford

Mary Routh, Spinster of Leeds

Jonathan Garlick, of Goole, York

Jonathan Allefseutzer (?)

Routh

Robinson

Garlick

Allefseutzer

1699

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1699 during the reign of William III being the conveyance of a dwelling in Dedington in the County of Oxford between William French, a Cordwainer, of the one part; and Joseph Williams, a Locksmith, of the second part. Beautifully penned with fancy hand drawn calligraphic initial. Two small blue revenue stamps, vellum seal tag with red wax seal. Very Good, mild creasing. Measures 30 x 21".

French

Williams

1674

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1674 MANUSCRIPT PAPER DEED REIGN OF CHARLES II. MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENT; BEING AN INDENTURE BETWEEN WILLIAM BARBER OF ADDERBURY IN THE COUNTY OF OXON AND EDWARD DINCOMB OF BANBURY, WOOLEN DRAPER, FOR AGREEMENT AND CONVEYANCE OF A DWELLING HOUSE IN OLD FISH STREET LONDON. one for further research INTERESTING ITEM FOR COLLECTORS OF SOCIAL HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY FOR THE BARBER FAMILY GUARANTEED ORIGINAL - GOOD CONDITION SOME STORAGE WEAR TO BOTTOM EDGE - ON ONE FOLDED SHEET OF PAPER SIZE 14 INCHES BY 12 INCHES - ONE RED WAX SEAL

Barber

Dincomb

1814

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1814 ANTIQUE PAPER INDENTURE REIGN GEORGE III **. MANUSCRIPT LEGAL INDENTURE DOCUMENT; BETWEEN SIR JOHN EDWARD RIGGS MILLER OF SWALCLIFFE HOUSE IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, BARONET, OF THE ONE PART AND ANN CRAMER NAGLE OF SWALCLIFFE HOUSE BEING MORTGAGE SECURED BY LANDS IN TREFELENS OTHERWISE TREVELENS AND PENCARROW IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL. ONE £5 IMPRESSED REVENUE STAMP AND RED WAX SEAL INTERESTING ITEM FOR COLLECTORS OF SOCIAL HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY OR GENEALOGY FOR THE MILLER FAMILY GUARANTEED ORIGINAL AND IN FAIR CONDITION - THERE IS A WATER STAIN BUT THE ITEM IS SOUND AND COMPLETE , - ON ONE FOLDED SHEET OF PAPER SIZE 13 INCHES BY 16 INCHES

Miller

Nagle

1686

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1696 during the reign of King james II being the conveyance of a property of Market Street in dadington in the County of Oxford between Robert Elkinton, a Butcher, and his wife jane, of the one part; and John Harris, a Cordwainer, of the second part. Nicely penned with fancy title words, on long piece of vellum measures 28 x 7", scalloped top. Seal tags, lacking seals. Very Good condition

Elkinton

Harris

1870

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1870 This is an extract document taken for legal reasons. It is the last will and testament of Reverand Charles Clarke formaly of Trinity College Oxford and also contains 5 letters from different Solicitors asking for information. It has a large seal to the bottom which is red wax pressed on both sides with paper, suggest this is some form of court seal.

Clarke

1687

Dominic Winter 28 Jan 2004

448

Exemplification of Recovery, dated 9th May 1687, being William Dennys petition against Henry Clift for the Manor of Newton Purcell (Newnton Purcell) with the appurtenances, sixteen messuages, ten gardens, two hundred acres of land, twenty acres of meadow, one hundred acres of pasture and eighty acres of furze and heath, large initial letter portrait of the King and with top decorated top border showing lions and unicorn, with mythical creatures, with translation

Dennys

Clift

1867

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1867 Letter from James Smith, Assistant Overseer of Eynsham Oxfordshire to Jonas Paxton requesting valuation of fields that belonged to the late John Arnatt. 160mm by 220mm. Good condition.

Smith

Paxton

Arnatt

1880

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7 page inventory of lands belonging to or occupied by Mr Samuel Druce. Undated. Perhaps about 1880. No location is given but very likely to be Eynsham, Oxfordshire. Record of names of field, culture (wood, pasture, etc. ) and ‘no. on plan’ (this plan is not included and I do not have it).

A Terrier of Twelve Acre Farm belonging to the Rev. R.B. Bourne and occupied by Mr S Druce. (Pages 1–2)

In the occupation of Mr Druce. (Page 3)

Lands and premises belonging to Mr Druce. (Pages 4–5)

Terrier of lands belonging to his Grace the Duke of Marlborough and occupied by Messrs S & S Druce. (Page 6)

Mr Samuel Druce’s Estate. (Page 7)

Druce

Bourne

1861

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Valuation of the Parish of Eynsham, Oxfordshire 1861. Original document. This ledger contains an apparently complete rates valuation of Eynsham parish (spelt Ensham at that period). It is completed in pencil with crossings out and is probably a draft for a final ink copy. The book is a pro-forma rate book with 12 headings across two pages. Includes name, occupier, gross valuation, etc. 280mm by 495mm. 50 written pages, stiched. Quite dirty externally but clean and readable within. The front cover is detached; the back cover is missing. Owners mentioned include the Bishop of Chichester, Jos Druce. Earl of Abingdon, [the] Canal Company, John Arnatt, Merton College, Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Macclesfield.

Druce

Arnatt

1856

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1856 ANTIQUE PAPER DEED MERTON COLLEGE OXFORD -.LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE BOND FOR DUE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF RECEIVER OF RENTS AND RENTCHARGES IN THE PARISHES OF PONTELAND AND EMBLETON IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND JOHN A WILSON OF ALNWICK NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURETIES TO THE WARDEN AND SCHOLARS OF MERTON COLLEGE OXFORD MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENT - WITH ONE IMPRESSED FISCAL REVENUE STAMP AND TAX STAMP - THREE SEALS. IN VERY FINE CONDITION - GUARANTEED ORIGINAL - OF INTEREST TO SOCIAL HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND GENEALOGY FOR THE WILSON FAMILY ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM - SIZE 13 INCHES BY 16INCHES

Wilson

1711

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1711 ANTIQUE VELLUM DEED REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE -.LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE WILLIAM AND THOMAS HICCOCKS OF MILLYHRUP IN THE PARISH OF WEADON TO LEONARD LORD OF BOTTESFORD IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD FOR A MEADOW AT SOULDORNE IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD MANUSCRIPT LEGAL DOCUMENT - ORNATE FIRST LETTER WITH TWO IMPRESSED FISCAL REVENUE STAMPS AND TWO RED WAX SEALS ON SEAL TAPE. IN FINE CONDITION - GUARANTEED ORIGINAL - OF INTEREST TO SOCIAL HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND GENEALOGY FOR THE HICCOCK FAMILY ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM - SIZE 15 INCHES BY 22 INCHES

Hiccocks

1620

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Large handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1620 during the reign of King James being the conveyance of property in Dadington in the County of Oxford between Anthony Cox, a Carpenter, of the one part; and Richard Schramke, a Husbandman, of the second part. Nicely penned in English on animal skin with the grain of the skin apparent at places. Vellum seal tag lacking seal. Docketing on verso with several signatures. Scalloped top. Very Good, moderate creasing, clean. Measures 25 x 20".

Cox

Schramke

1782

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1782 during the reign of King George III being the conveyance of a dwelling on the Market Street in dadington in the County of Oxford between William Harris, a Cordwainer, of the one part; and Hentry Chruchill, a Baker, of the second part. Nicely penned with fancy printed vignette, blue revenue stamp with insert, tax stamp, and two red wax seals on pinkish cloth tags. Very Good condition, mild discoloration. Measures 30 x 23".

Harris

Churchill

1430

Bloomsbury 18 Mar 2004

Power of attorney by John Danvers of Cothrop, William Breton & John Kent, clerks, Henry Ffrebody, Richard Moorton and John Warner to William Elkynton and Peter Austeyn for delivery, in accordance with a charter, to John Cosyn of Williamscote of seisin of pasture in Williamscote, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 6 lines, folds, slightly creased, three wax seals only of 4, 60 x 305mm., 1st January 1430. £120 - 180 Williamscote or Wilscott, three miles north east of Banbury.

Danvers

Breton

Kent

ffrebody

Moorton

Warner

Elkynton

A|usteyn

Cosyn

1482-1814

Bloomsbury 18 Mar 2004

Collection of papers, correspondence, rents and indentures of land and property, mostly relating to the Loveday & Taylor families, in the parishes of Cropredy (Slat Mill), Great & Little Bourton, Coleshill, Williamscote and Wardington, Ds.s., some manuscripts on vellum, many on paper, folds, soiled, v.s., v.d., October 1482 - 17th March 1814 (c. 116). £500 - 700 Includes a medieval indenture relating to Slatt Mill, red wax seal, 110 x 290mm., October 1482; rents of farms, "Mr Taylors Estate at Coleshill"; "Valuation of the Townships of Wardington, Wilscote and Coton in the Parish of Cropredy" [printed work]; "Inclosure of the common fields at Bourton" etc. Slat Mill was the site of the battle of Cropredy Bridge fought on 6 June 1644 between Charles I and Sir William Waller.

Loveday

Taylor

1571

Bloomsbury 18 Mar 2004

Court-Baron. of the Manor of Williamscote, manuscript on vellum, 1 membrane, cut at head, folds, 479 x 305mm., 1st October [1571];

1832-1861

Bloomsbury 18 Mar 2004

Ashfordby-Trenchard (Sarah Baker, née Brookes, of Kingham, Oxon & Northaw, Herts). Commonplace book, manuscript, c. 352pp., front free endpaper and first 6pp. at beginning loose, slightly browned, original diced calf, rubbed, lacks spine, 1st June 1832 - 28th February 1861; and 3 others, including 2 vol. compilations of verses, 4to & 8vo (4).

Ashfordby-Trenchard

1608

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EARLY STUART OBLIGATION BOND WHERE WILLIAM TEMPEST THE ELDER OF CUSWELL IN OXFORDSHIRE AND WILLIAM TEMPEST THE YOUNGER OF WHADDON ARE BOUND TO LODOVICKE PURBER OF PINNER, LONDON FOR THE SUM OF £150. Dated 15 December in the 6th year of the reign of James I, 1608 The bond was in relation to the sale of land between Sir Richard Flaxmor of Somerton, Oxfordshire, Henry Loreton of London, Esquire and William Nayler of Oxford who sold a messuage and lands in Colford and Newlands, Gloucestershire and 6 acres of meadow now in the possession of William Wynter, to Lodovicke Purber for the sum of £500. Handwritten in Latin and English. Signatures and very nice impression of armourial wax seal. Good condition.

Tempest

Purber

Flaxmor

Loreton

Nayler

Wynter

1677

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1677 ANTIQUE VELLUM DEED REIGN OF CHARLES II. LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE MANUSCRIPT LEGAL INDENTURE DOCUMENT BEING THE TITLE DEED BETWEEN MARY WISE WIFE OF THE LATE MATHEW WISE OF SITWELL (?) IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE AND RICHARD KILBY OF SOUTHORNE IN THE COUNTY OF OXON AND WILLIAM LORD OF LITTLETON IN THE COUNTY OF OXON BEING THE PAYMENT FOR LAND AT CHIPPING FARRINGTON IN THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE WITH ORNATE HAND PENNED FIRST LETTER AND SIGNATURES WITH REMAINDER TAPES IN FINE CONDITION - GUARANTEED ORIGINAL OF INTEREST TO SOCIAL HISTORIANS, COLLECTORS OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND GENEALOGY FOR THE WISE FAMILY OF OXFORDSHIRE ON TWO SHEETS OF FOLDED VELLUM - SIZE 25 INCHES BY 29 INCHES

Wise

Kilby

Lord

1830

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Camberwell CONVEYANCE of two freehold messuages and premises No. 13 and 14 Queen's Row, Robert Russell, of Old South Sea House, Merchant, and others to Robert Morris of Christ Church College, Oxford. 1830. 6 vellum sheets, wax seals. Gives detailed location of premises, with names and occupations of adjoining owners etc. One or two blanks where names of owners not known.

Russell

Morris

1876

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Bicester AUCTION POSTER advertising the sale on February 4th, 1876 of a substantially built residence on the Market Hill, lately occupied by George Woodward, Surgeon, an orchard, and two closes of pasture land. 1876. Size approx. 29" x 19", a few foxing spots at right edge.

Woodward

1797

Lesley Aitchison Website

St. Martins, Oxford ASSIGNMENT of the Estate and Effects of Joseph Wickens of the Parish of St. Martin in the City of Oxford, Cordwainer, dealer and Chapman, a Bankrupt, to Samuel Jackson of Windmill St., London, Currier, Maurice Blackford of Wantage, Cordwainer, John Coleman of Oxford, Currier. 1797. On paper, 3 pages size 22" x 15", signed by Commissioners and assignees with small papered seals. Wickens is described as having for two years carried on the 'business of a cordwainer by buying of Leather and working up and converting the same into Shoes Boots and Vandykes'.

Wickens

Jackson

Blackford

Coleman

1780

Lesley Aitchison Website

Watlington ABSTRACT OF TITLE to house and barn in Watlington. n.d. c1780?. 12p., folio. Details indentures etc. from 1722-49. There is no title on cover leaf just 'Mr. Horne'.

Horne

1805

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Very Old Antique Manuscript Document on Vellum from the Reign of George III dated 1805 DEED of Release TO a parcel of land situate and lying in East Hanny Mead in the Parish of West Hanny in County of Berkshire LOW START PRICE AND NO RESERVE Manuscript Indenture Deed of Release between John Hunt of Dorchester in the County of Oxford, Gentleman and John Monk of West Hanny in the County of Berkshire. ONE RED WAX SEAL WITH three ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMPs - IN FINE TO VERY FINE CONDITION FOR AGE OF 199 YEARS - GUARANTEED ORIGINAL OF INTEREST TO SOCIAL HISTORIANS, LOCAL HISTORY, COLLECTORS OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND GENEALOGY ON ONE SHEET OF FOLDED VELLUM - SIZE 29 INCHES BY 22 INCHES

Hunt

Monk

1689

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Handwritten English vellum indenture dated 1689 during the reign of William and Mary, who are named in the beginning of the indenture. The deed conveys property in Dadington in the County of Oxford between Rebecca Elkington, and John Elkington, an Innholder, of the first part; and William French, a Cordwainer, of the second part. Completely handwritten, nicely penned with two vellum seal tags, lacking seals. Docketed on verso. Very Good condition, measures 27 x 21.5".

Elkington

French

1700

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68/14 - 1700 - Covenant between Theodore Coladon (St. James) and Lewis Gerard (Westminster) by which Gerard agreed to assign to Coladon part of reward to which he is entitled in satisfaction of the monies he owes Coladon. It refers to an earlier agreement between Thomas, Lord Fairfax and Gerard under the terns of which a Commission of Enquiry is to be appointed to investigate various lands in Oxfordshire "settled in Trust for superstitious uses". Paper Indenture, some dusting with several small holes in folds - very slightly affecting text. Signed and sealed by Lewis Gerard. £60

Coladon

Gerard

1782

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58/7 Blenheim Park - 1782 - Obligation Bond in respect of monies advanced by James Stevens (Blenheim Park) to William Norden (Langford, Berks). Paper, partly printed with manuscript insertions. Poor condition with holes and tears as a result of damp damage - signature of William Norden missing. As usual, the bond is for double the amount advanced. Signed on reverse by Jas Stevens. £12

Stevens

Norden

1675

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58/1 Clanfield - 1675 - Sale of Land by John Taylor alias Chapman to John Norden. The agreement describes the location of the land and also mentions Chapman's mother, Katherine, and occupiers of adjoining land - Ralph Simons and Thomas Heerens. Parchment (some creasing) with decorative initial letter, signed by John Chapman and 3 witnesses including John Dawson - original seal tag present, but seal missing. £77

Taylor

Chapman

Norden

Simons

Heerens

Dawson

1779

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58/3 Clanfield - 1779 - Mortgage of Land by John Stevens (son of Thomas Stevens, grandson of Anthony Stevens) to James Stevens (Blenheim Park) - steward to Duke of Marlborough. Parchment with decorative initial letter with scarce King's portrait and Royal Coat of Arms. Signed and sealed by John and James Stevens, also signed by both on reverse, confirming initial advance and subsequent repayment of mortgage. Also signed by witness Jno Leake. £92

Stevens

Leake

1780

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58/4 Clanfield - 1780 - Sale of Land (Release) by John Stevens (son of Thomas Stevens, grandson of Anthony Stevens) to James Stevens (Blenheim Park) - steward to Duke of Marlborough. Parchment with decorative initial letter with Royal Coat of Arms. Signed and sealed by John Stevens. Also signed by witnesses Jno Leake (Witney) and Rich Stevens. £57

Stevens

Leake

1792

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58/6 Clanfield - 1792 - Obligation Bond in respect of monies advanced to James Stevens (Clanfield) by Anne Bree (Allesley, Warwickshire) widow. Paper, partly printed, with manuscript insertions. As usual, the bond is for double the amount advanced and signed and sealed by Jas Stevens. £42

Stevens

Bree

1804

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58/5 Clanfield - 1804 - Lease of Farm and Land by Henry Newman (Great Farringdon, Berks) to Samuel Clack (Clanfield). 3 sheets parchment signed and sealed by Henry Newman and witnessed by James Hall. Details of land and various Covenants relating to Obligations to keep in good repair, crop rotation, spreading of dung, etc. Land previously occupied by John Howes. £57

Newman

Clack

Hall

Howes

1819

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53/107 Fowle, William - Oxford - 1819 Limited Letters of Administration - vellum - Refers to Marriage Settlement of 1777 between Thomas Hall and Elizabeth Hartland [with details of parents] of which Fowle was trustee. Various properties in Newent forming part of the Settlement. Letters of Administration granted at request of Edward and William Little Hartland - beneficiaries of the Settlement. £35

Fowle

Hall

Hartland

1740

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58/2 Stevens, James - Clanfield and Langford, Berks - 1740 Probated Will - parchment with decorative first line and attached Probate with very decorative wafer seal (detached). Refers to brother, Anthony, sister, Mary - wife of John Bowles - nephews, John and James Stevens, niece, Mary - wife of William Carter - grand nephews and nieces - Hannah, Thomas, James Robert, Ann, Mary and Richard Stevens and James and John Carter. Gives details of land holdings in Clanfield. £62

Stevens

Bowles

Carter

1881

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53/108 Warley, George - Beg broke - 1881[see also 53/147, Somerset] Copy of Probated Will - paper - names wife, daughter, brothers, cousin. £13

Warley

1825

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50/90 Winter, Jennet [Spinster] - Oxford - 1825 Probated Will - vellum - names 2 sisters, nieces - Elizabeth Grantham, Sturton, Lincs. , and Catherine Grayson, St. Edmunds Hall, Oxford. £26

Winter

Grantham

Grayson

1566

Dominic Winter 23 Jun 2004

392

Attractive Exemplification of Recovery document, dated 3rd July 1566, in which Richard Pykeryng claims against Roger Knyght for three messuages, three gardens, two orchards, one dovehouse, two hundred acres of land, thirty acres of meadow, forty aces of pasture and forty acres of wood in Northstooke [North Stoke], Mongewelle and Ipsdene in Oxfordshire, written in a fine bold chancery script, retaining fragment of the Great Chancery Seal of Elizabeth I, with translation

Pykeryng

Knyght

1621

Dominic Winter 23 Jun 2004

393

Tithes. Attractive and uncommon vellum indenture, dated 9th March 1621, in which Ralph Vine grants to Leonard Riggs, all those tithes of corn and hay growing in Piddington, for two thousand years, attached to the document is a detailed terrier showing the lands of Leonard Rigg

Vine

Riggs

1612

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Vellum bond where Sir William Cope of Hardwick in the County of Oxford, Knight, is bound to Sir Edward Coke, Knight, Chief Justice of the Common Bench, to the sum of 1200 Pounds. Dated the 12th day of November in the 10th year of the reign of James I [1612]. Signed by Sir William Cope and Sir Thomas Flemyng, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. A very attractive document signed by an important political figure of the early seventeenth century. "Sir Thomas Fleming was one of the Commissioners who tried the gunpowder plotters in 1605" "Sir Edward Coke prosecuted in several trials of treason, including the earls of Essex and Southampton, Sir Walter Raleigh, and the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot" Handwritten in Latin on vellum. Good condition with some minor browning. Official Seal of James I (a crowned Tudor rose) and two other fragments of seals. 36 by 13 cm.

Cope

Coke

Flemyng

1688

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Antique Will Joan May Oxford 1688 Joan May of the parish of St Ebb ? of Oxford. One of the bequests is for 3 pairs of good shoes to her son Edmund May.

May

1651

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Antique Will William ? Durthington Oxford 1651 William ? of Durthington in the county of Oxon, Leaves money to the parish poor and his family.

Durthington

1862

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46/8 9Edwards, Frederick - Wilton - died 1862 Appointment of New Trustees 1881 - vellum - Signed and Sealed by trustees and beneficiaries - 8 Edwards [mainly Wilton], James Tibbetts, Oxford, William Arthur Tibbetts, Stowe, Nebraska, U.S.A. Signed by witnesses - Edwin James Harvey, Oxford and John Taylor, Stowe, Nebraska, U.S.A. £38

Edwards

Tibbetts

Harvey

Taylor

1794

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 29 September 1794. It measures 23.5 inches long by 32 inches wide. It is between The Right Honorable James Lord Sherbourne and James Adams. It deals with the lease for 99 years for messuages, tennements, buildings, stables lands and rights of way in the Parish of Saint Nicholas in Oxford. It retains the revenue stamp and one wax seal with the signature of James Adams. The document is well written.

Sherbourne

Adams

1788-1956

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Fabulous Victorian period King James bible belonging to the Luckett family published by George E. Eyre & William Spottiswoode, London 1853. The contemporary family member was William Luckett (died July 19th 1855) but the handwritten records inside the bible predate William, starting with John Luckett who was married at Witney on 12th May 1788. A blank page opposite the St. Matthews Gospel has a ‘Register of Births & Deaths’ from William Luckett 1855 through to Private William Luckett of the 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers who was killed in action on the Somme 15th September 1916. He is buried at Gueudecourt. Some later family members have been added up until 1956. Enclosed loose papers relate other details; the Greenwood family (1818 – 1931); the Lucketts up to Sarah Ann Luckett (died July 23rd 1931). Also includes extracts from Kelly’s Directory of Oxfordshire 1864. Two blank pages following Revelations have hand written details of earlier Lockett family members; John Luckett 1788 onwards. Fascinating material, this is the classic family bible handed on from generation to generation. This King James bible is a fine example with tooled dark blue leather & gilt lettering. Endpapers lightly foxed & a little soiled but the interior is in good condition. Nice tight overall condition. Bible measures 11 x 8½ x 2½ inches. From the images I can see the following: John Luckett & Elizabeth --- married at Witney May 12 1788; John Luckett born April 4 1789; Harriett Luckett born April 14 1790; Henry William Luckett born March 18 1791; Elizth. Luckett born April 19 1792; William Luckett died July 19, 18..?; Sarah Luckett died Jany 3 1864; James Greenwood died Jany 25 1877; Mary Greenwood died Jany 3 187?; Thomas Luckett born March 12th 1836, Died Jany 27th 1921 & Sarah Ann Greenwood born Sept 8th 1841, Died July 23rd 1931, married at .....? Park Chapel ..... Bush Dec ....?; Thomas Luckett born March 14th 1873, died Jany 3 ....?

Luckett

Greenwood

1855

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Up for auction is a pair of original vellum (sheepskin) documents dated February 17, 1855. The larger document measures approx. 17 X 26 inches and the smaller 10 X 11 inches--attached together at bottom with a large hanging, wax seal bearing the Royal Crest of England-small document bears a blue embossed tax stamp and a black ink stamp. Document is the last will of one Daniel Tebby from the County of Oxford. As an Innkeeper, this will is interesting in content. Other names I see in the document are: Eliza Tebby, John Davenport, John Tebby, Charles Tebby, Charles Hopcroft, Robert Dale, Sam Johnson.

Tebby

Davenport

Hopcroft

Dale

Johnson

1825

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1825 ANTIQUE VELLUM DEED REIGN GEORGE IV KINGSUTTON. LOW START AND NO RESERVE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT This being an COPY TITLE DEED OF RELEASE OF TWO CLOSES OF LAND SITUATE AT WESTRETT BARTON OR MIDDLE BARTON IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD - WITH REFERENCES TO LAND AT KINGSUTTON BETWEEN GEORGE BARTLETT OF KINGSUTTON IN THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON, FARMER OF THE FIRST PART, JAMES HAWTYN OF SHOTTERWELL IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICK, YEOMAN, ELIZABETH HIRONS OF WARMINGTON, JOSEPH PAINTER OF LEDWELL FARM IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD YEOMAN AND TIMITHY COBB OF HAMBURY IN THE COUNTY OF OXFORD, BANKER.. CLEAR SECRETARY HAND ESCUTCHEONED REVENUE STAMP WAX SEALS GUARANTEED ORIGINAL SIZE 29 INCHES X 23 INCHES

Bartlett

Hawtyn

Hirons

Painter

Cobb

1774

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Offered is this vellum document dated 8 April 1774. It measures 22.75 inches long by 29 inches wide. it is between John Buckingham and William Dutton. It deals with the assignemnt of a message or tennement, garden situated in High Street in the Parish of Saint Nicholas in the City of Oxford. It retains the revenue stamp and wax seal with signature of John Buckingham. It is well written but the document is mottled. This does not detract from the reading.

Buckingham

Dutton

1760

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Offered is this one page vellum document dated 5 July 1760. It measures 23.5 inches long by 30.25 inches wide. It is between John Edney, James Green and William Dutton. It deals with the assignement of a messuage or tennement and gardens in the Parish of Saint Nicholas in the City of Oxford in the County of Oxfordshire. It retains the revenue stamp together with the wax seal and signature of John Edney. A nice well written document.

Edney

Green

Dutton

1879

Chapel Books

Arbitration Brief - Lee v Moore

This dispute came to arbitration at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford in 1879. Less than 3 years before, Timothy Wood Lee had sold his Little Milton medical practice to Samuel Moore and moved to Thame where his father and brother had already been practicing for many years. On offer is the brief for the plaintiff (T W Lee), in manuscript on 14 large paper sheets. (ref 323/53)

Lee

Moore

1884

Chapel Books

[Rymill Family of Over Horton] Family Bible

Pocket bible given by William Rymill to Eleanor Warner in June 1884 - they married later that year. The bible lists 7 children, all born at Over Horton. 3 deaths - including those of William and Eleanor - are recorded at the back of the bible. Aeg, G. (ref 6553)

Rymill

Warner

1889

Chapel Books

[Lillingstone Lovell] Grant of Land to extend burial ground

1889 land grant (signed) by James Bogle Delap. Parchment. Site plan. (ref B165 - also on the Buckinghamshire list)

Delap

100

1899

Chapel Books

[Tetsworth] Abstract of Title to Cottage

This cottage 'bounded on the South by the London Road, on the West by the Marsh End and on the North and East by the Common.....formerly in the occupation of James Bowell and afterwards of Edward Butcher and now or lately in the occupation of William Ellis' came up for sale at the Sread Eagle, Thame, in 1899. This abstract gives details of property deeds going back 25 years. Very much the concern of Joseph Charles Cornish and his sons Henry and Alfred. Manuscript on 7 large paper sheets. (ref 323/52)

Bowell

Butcher

Ellis

Cornish

101

1807-1825

Chapel Books

[Thame Documents] 4 Deeds to House

These 4 parchment deeds, dating from the period 1807-1825, relate to 'all that messuage or tenement situate and being in New Thame in the parish of Thame..... heretofore in the occupation of Thomas Hall, since of William Howkins and.....Edward Burnard deceased and now of Mary Burnard widow mother of the said Edward Burnard party hereto together with liberty of free passage.....leading into the yard and backside of the messuage or tenement formerly The Sun public house'. All 4 involve one or more members of the Burnard family. (ref 321/6)

Hall

Howkins

Burnard