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Somerset 1-100


Ü	Somerset 101-200

ID	Date	Source	Lot No.	Text	Surnames
1	17th/18th Century	Bloomsbury 23 & 24 Apr 1997	250	Indentures, agreements, wills etc., many relating to the Waldegrave family, Bristol and Bath, manuscripts, most on vellum, yellowed and soiled, v.s., 17th and 18th cent. (qty). #100 - 150	Waldegrave
2	1757	Bloomsbury 17 Sept 1998	33	Somerset Felons.- A Kalendar of the Prisoners... at Shepton-Mallet... Bridgewater... Wells, printed broadsides with manuscript insertions, 3pp., folds, lge. 4to, Tuesday, 4th 1757- Saturday, 10th August 1765. (3). #60-80 ``Robt. Symonds 24th August. Removed by Habeas Corpus from Dorchester. Charged on Suspision of Felony in stealing... one Pair of Stays one Linnen Sheet & Bolster Lace... .''	Symonds
3	1696	Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999	116	Poor law.- Poor Apprentice Indenture, printed form with manuscript insertions, 1p., wax seal, one small hole and some slight surface wear affecting three words, folds, browned, 200 x 330mm., 1696 Placing a poor child of Clutton as an apprentice to a Broadweaver at Shepton Mallet, Somerset. #60 - 80
4	1699	Bloomsbury 11 Nov 1999	117	POOR LAW.- Poor Apprentice Indenture, manuscript, 11/2pp., five wax seals, contemporary ink stamp, a few small holes, folds, browned, 374 x 300mm., 16th September 1699 A poor law indenture placing Nicholas Hobbs, apprentice of "Samuel Higgins of Alhampton in the Parish of Ditcheat... Somerset for Mrs. Mary Coward with whom to dwell and serve... ." On verso is a letter from Mary Coward mentioned in the indenture which appears to query the rights of the apprentice, in particular to his entitlement to "close" (clothes). #100 - 150	Hobbs	Higgins	Coward
5	1672-1785	Bloomsbury 11 May 2000	21	Indentures, agreements etc. relating to the Strode family, 7 manuscripts on vellum, folds, soiled, v.s., 1672-1785; and a small quantity of others similar, v.s., v.d. (qty). #80-120	Strode
6	1900	Bloomsbury 23 Nov 2000	56	Bicknell (Algernon Sidney, antiquarian, 1832-1911)Excerpta Biconyllea: Notes for a History of the Somersetshire Family of Biconylle, autograph manuscript, title and c. 229pp., mostly on rectos, 3 watercolours, 7 drawings & 1 folding plan (1 watercolour & 1 drawing by William Bicknell), 6 plates, 1 folding map, 2 folding pedigrees, 8 manuscripts (2 engraved with manuscript insertions), 13 photographs, newspaper cuttings, most mounted, most pp. pasted together and trimmed to size, bookplate on front pastedown, lower hinge split, original half morocco, [Sussex}, Barcombe House, 1907; Excerpta Biconyllea: A Forgotten Chancellor and a Forgotten Knight. Notes for a History of the Somersetshire Family of Biconylle, number 3 of 25 copies on hand-made paper, presentation copy to Maldion B. Bicknell from the author, frontispiece, plates and 2 folding maps, inner gilt pictorial doublure, offset on front free endpaper, contemporary crushed black morocco, gilt coat of arms on upper cover, g.e., bound by Riviere & Son, Taunton, 1900, together 2 vol., bound in reverse order, 4to. Estimate: £400 - 600. Sale price: £340 + 15% buyer commission.	Bicknell
7	1852	Dominic Winter 8 Mar 2001	427	Vellum indenture of 5th February 1852, for the sale of property in Charlton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset from 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Mr Thomas Jelley', an extremely attractive document featuring decorative borders featuring ornamentation in blue and the Prince of Wales feathers in red, Queen Victoria's cipher in red, the Royal Coat of Arms, and a fine example of the Royal wafered seal to the base, and a finely drawn ground plan of the property involved completed in wash colours , document in fine, clear unblemished condition, together with eight further vellum indentures for land and property transactions involving other high status Victorian noblemen including the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Hamilton, the Marquis of Bath and the Duke of Leeds. Rare. Property transaction documents involving the Prince of Wales hardly, if ever, appear on the market. At the time of this document the future King Edward VII was only 10 years old, which would suggest that the property involved was part of the Duchy of Cornwall. (9) £150-200	Jelley
8	1795-1843	Bloonsbury 21 June 2001	47	Indentures, agreements, assignments, mortgages, covenants and releases, relating to land and property at West Monckton, Aller, Bishops Hull etc., 14 manuscripts on vellum, some a little soiled, v.s., 1795-1843. £50-75
9	1813	Dominic Winter 29 Aug 2001	397	Scarce document on vellum dated 1813, being a licence from the Dean and Chapter of Wells Cathedral to pull down an old farmhouse and barn, written in a legible hand on one sheet of vellum which still retains the original seal in its metal skippet, together with four other manuscript vellum documents dating between 1781 and 1853 granting rights to the Manor of Shipham including the right to hold fairs. This particular example allows Jonathan Elford of Plymouth Dock to demolish the house and barn which have become ' in a ruinous state' situated on a farm called Oakhampton in Wiveliscombe, Somerset. The other four documents chart the development of the Manor of Shipham in Somerset, the extensive mineral and farming rights being granted, as well as the right to hold fairs on the land.	Elford
10	19th century	Dominic Winter 3 Oct 2001	336	Collection of 37 vellum indentures relating to property transactions and other legal matters in the Bristol, Bath and Somerset area mainly 19th c.
11	1830	Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002	321	Brewery (Bath). Attractive multisheet vellum indenture dated 1830, dealing with the conveyance of a brewery in Morford Street, Walcot, a suburb of Bath, Somerset, listing all parties to the transaction , and signed and sealed by all to the base, usual outer dusting but interior contents in fine fresh condition. The brewery was situated behind premises at No 3 Morford Street, which is a street which still exists, a few yards from the famous Circus and Royal Crescent in Bath.
12	1571	Dominic Winter 30 Jan 2002	401	Vellum indenture dated April 16th, 1571, relating to a large amount of property in Montacute, Somerset, single sheet of vellum with pendant wax seals or part seals still attached. The document is between six named individuals with their trades and locations identified.
13	1768	ebay		two page vellum document dated 2 July 1768. The document measures 26.5 inches long by 30 inches wide. It is a release in fee from Elizabeth Randall to William Benoy. It details property called Abbey Orchard in the City of Bath in the County of Somerset which fronts the Royal Forum. Each page retains the blue revenue stamp and at the foot of the second page is the red wax seal and signature of Elizabeth Randall.	Randall	Benoy
14	1764	Dominic Winter 11 Apr 2002	420	Attractive vellum indenture dated August 1st 1764, detailing the sale of the Royal Oak Inn at Ilminster, Somerset, with a fine bold signature of Lord North and his wife with two wax seals depicting the family coat of arms. A fascinating document. Lord North went on to become the Prime Minister during the period of the American War of Independence.	North
15	1854	Dominic Winter 15 May 2002	482	Vellum indenture dated May 6th, 1854, detailing the sale of land at Shepton Mallet belonging to Edward Prince of Wales, featuring attractive ornate colour border and Royal Coat of Arms and with a fine colour wash plan of the land involved and a large wafer seal of the Prince, together with two similar documents dated January 19th 1885 and March 30th 1872	Prince
16	1866	Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002	958	Large four sheet vellum indenture dated July 19th, 1866, detailing the sale of the Clandown Brewery and Lamb Inn, with a small coloured plan of the premises. The Lamb Inn still exists today in Fossway, Clandown, which is in the Radstock area of North Somerset.
17	19th-20th century	Dominic Winter 2 & 3 Oct 2002	959	Inns. Large collection of indentures, agreements, printed sales particulars, insurance policies etc., 19th - early 20th c., all relating to inns in Somerset including the Golden Fleece in Tiverton (Devon), the Bulls Inn at Hardway, Greyhond Inn at Weston Super Mare, the Cardiff Arms at Weston, the White Post Inn at Chilcompton, the Easton Inn at Wells, the Queenshead at Pilton, the Red Lion at Wincanton and many more, with one document mentioning 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales'
18	18th-20th century	Dominic Winter 5 Nov 2002	456	Collection of vellum indentures, 18th-20th c., relating to various places in Somerset including Bath, Lyncombe, Widcombe and an interesting document relating to a coach house and stables in Weston Super Mare, a number of multiple sheets including one of 16 vellum sheets, together with a number of other documents
19	1748	Dominic Winter 11 Dec 2002	385	Bath Wine Merchant. Early invoices with engraved headings issued by Evans Thomas, at Orange Court in the Grove, Bath, between October and December 1748, with manuscript insertions and receipted, together with a receipt for filling bottles and endorsed 'Botling Bath Water' dated May 1748 and other invoices for wine and beer. At this time Bath was at its height as a city of leisure and fine living, with many people coming to the city for the world famous water cures.	Thomas
20	1786	ebay		1786 PAPER DOCUMENT - ASSIGNMENT AND SURRENDER OF A LEASE OF SIR MORGAN WALTERS LANDS IN COITY GLAMORGAN. Document drawn up 28 Nov 1786 on PAPER. Handwritten it gives detail of WALTER COFFIN OF NEWCASTLE IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN, TANNER OF THE FIRST PART AND DAVID JONES OF THE PARISH OF COITY AND MICHAEL JONES OF THE CITY OF BATH. GUARANTEED original on ONE SHEET of shield WATERMARKED PAPER. There is storage wear to the EXTERNAL fold. WITH TWO WAX SEAL AND EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMPS	Walters	Coffin	Jones