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807
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1840
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VELLUM
INDENTURE, 1840, DEED OF COVENANTS, WIVILSCOMBE-SOMERSET. WILLIAM FREDERICK
BEADON ESQ TO MR FEATHERSTONE. 1 RED WAX SEAL, 29 X 23 INCHES
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Beadon
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Featherstone
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808
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1337
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Bloomsbury 28
Oct 2010
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2
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Stawell
Family. Charter, Geoffrey de Stawelle grant seisin of land in Stoney Stratton
and Evercreech to William de Stawelle, manuscript in Norman French, on
vellum, in brown ink, 8 lines, small black seal well preserved appended,
folds, slightly creased, a little browned, 78 x 210mm., 1337.
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Stawell
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809
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1560s
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Bloomsbury 28
Oct 2010
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7
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Heraldry.-
Harvey (William, herald, Clarenceux King of Arms, d. 1567) Stawell Family
Pedigree from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Charles II, manuscript roll
on vellum, 2 large coats of arms of the Stawell family in gold and other
colours at beginning and end, 39 smaller coats of arms in colours,
linen-backed, roll separated in three pieces, some creasing, slight soiling
at head and tail, framed and glazed, each 1.96 metres x 270mm., 1.53 metres x
270mm., & 910 x 270mm., together over 4 metres in length, signed by
Harvey ("Hervy") as Clarenceux at tail of second piece, [c. 1560s]
and with a continuation to 1682.
*** A fine mid sixteenth century pedigree of the Stawell family of
Cothelstone Hall in Somerset.
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Stawell
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Harvey
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810
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1811
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ebay
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Beautiful
Somerset vellum indenture from the time of George III dated 1811. It relates to Samuel Barnard of Curry Rivell
and Thomas Tilly of Langport Eastover. From the images Samuel Barnard would
appear to have been about eight years old in 1788. The document is a
assignment of a close of meadow or pasture in Aller Moor. Also mentions
Elizabeth Acland.
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Barnard
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Tilly
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Acland
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811
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1799
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Beautiful
vellum indenture & attached paper writ from the time of George III dated
1799. It realtes to John & Sarah
warren of Langport. Indenture measures
approx 29 x 22 inches. Very good condition.
From the images Thomas Tilly appears to be one of the parties. Also mentions
James Hurd. The document is a Foefment of a messuage in Langport Eastover
from John Warren & Wife to Thomas Tilly. Chas Bishop was a witness.
A note with the indenture reads:
Memorandum that by Indenture dated 1 Novr 1848 made between Betty Tilly,
widow of the first part, Sarah the wife of George Wheller of the second part,
the said George Wheller of the 3rd part and John Prankerd, Gentleman of the
4th part, the said Betty Tilly appointed a Cottage and two plots of Garden
ground therein particularly described being part of the hereditaments
comprised in the within written Indenture with the appurtenances thereto and
assigned her Estate for Widowhood therein unto the said John Prankerd his
Heirs Executors administrators and assigns in trust for the said Sarah
Wheller as therein mentioned.
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Warren
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Hurd
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Tilly
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Bishop
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Wheller
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Prankerd
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812
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1766
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Beautiful
vellum indenture from the time of George II dated 1766. It relates to Thomas Hurd of Langport in
Somserset. Fine wax seal. Measures approx 26 x 21 inches. Very good
condition.
From the images Samuel Beedall and ffaithfull Ash of Langport Eastover are
also mentioned. Thomas Hurd was a tallow chandler and his two daughters Mary
and Sarah are mentioned.
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Hurd
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Beedall
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Ash
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813
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1760
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ebay
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Beautiful
vellum indenture from the time of George II dated 18 May 1760. It relates to Thomas Hurd of Langport in
Somserset. Fine wax seal. Measures approx 25 x 18 inches. Very good
condition.
From the images the document is a Mortgage of a House in Langport from Thomas
Hurd to Samuel Beedall. James Hurd is mentioned (his last will and
testament), as is Thomas Hurd's daughter Mary the wife of Samuel Langfield.
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Hurd
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Beedall
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Langfield
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814
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1764
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ebay
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Beautiful
vellum indenture from the time of George II dated 1764. It relates to Langport in Somerset and
Thomas Hurd is a signatory. Samuel
Beedall is the other signatory. Superb
crowned lion head seals. Measures
approx 29 x 23 inches. Very good condition.
From the images it is an Indenture Tripartate, the first party being Samuel
Beedall. One of the other parties appears to be Thomas Hurd, son of the late
James Hurd, tallow chandler, deceased.
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Beedall
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Hurd
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815
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1814
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ebay
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Beautiful
vellum document from the time of George III dated 1814. The last will & testament of Thomas
Tilly of Langport Eastover in Somerset.
It bears the seal of the William Willes Archdeacon of Wells. Measures
approx 32 x 24 inches. Very good condition.
From the images, his wife Betty and children Ann, Edith and Sarah are
mentioned. John Prankerd and Vernon Prankerd were the witnesses. It appears
that Thomas was a Boatman.
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Tilly
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Prankerd
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816
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1786
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ebay
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1786 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Mark Somerset & Seals.
Location: House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland, including
land in the parish of Mark all in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: The Most Noble James Duke of Chandos, Joseph Comer and
Edward Edwards.
Contents: This indenture is a release i.e. sale of the above property from
the Duke of Chandos to Comer. This was the second part of a two-stage process
of selling property, please see last paragraph. The document records that
Comer has already purchased rights over waste land and two moors called Yow
Moor and Panborough Moor from the Duke. Now with his trustee Edwards, Comer
now purchases a house with land from the Duke. Details about the persons
involved are given along with the amount of monies exchanged. Information
about the property is provided including several field names and acreage. The
document refers to 26 previous legal documents dating from 1712, most of
which are included in a schedule at the base of the document. The document
closes with the rights and legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written and unusually for this period typed in
English the words are clear and legible throughout. On a single leaf it
measures approximately 29 inches by 26 inches. Indented along the top, there
is ornate calligraphy at the start of the document that incorporates the
Royal Coat of Arms. On the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece of silver
attached. At the base are signatures with two red wax seals. On the reverse
there are two signatures of the witnesses.
Interesting Fact: The Lease and Release was a two-part system used between
1535-1845 of conveying freehold property as well as other rights and
covenants without the need to be made public. Henry VIII had made statue law
to ensure that all freehold sales were made public so that the state would
know who was in possession of freehold property at any one time. Leasehold
however was exempt, thus those people wishing to keep the transaction private
first created a Lease. The rent and length of the lease were usually nominal
(normally five shillings and for a year) as this was simply a paper exercise.
The following day a Release would be created with the information contained
within it being factual as this was the actual sale.
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Chandos
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Comer
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Edwards
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817
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seals. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: Charles Day, Jonathan Wall, John Thring, John Kellow
Bracher, John Gale Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Day and Wall to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records that the
manors of Wedmore and Churchland were purchased by Everett from the Duke of
Chandos. Now following an Act of Parliament concerning the enclosure of Moors
and the subsequent Commissioners Award in 1791, Wall on the direction of Day
now assigns the property to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. There are several
partial recitals of previous indentures dating from 1755, which also give
details of other property and land in the manors including field names and
rents. Details about the persons involved are given including their
occupations along with the amount of monies exchanged. Information about the
property being assigned is provided including a house name, field names, boundaries
and acreage. The document closes with the rights and legal obligations of the
persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by 23
inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece
of silver attached. At the base is a signature with two red wax seals. On the
reverse there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Day
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Wall
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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818
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seal. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: Robert Tucker, John Thring, John Kellow Bracher, John Gale
Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Tucker to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records using partial
recitals of several previous indentures that the above property was first
purchased with a 99 year lease by William Latcham from George Bridges in 1750
and then by Tucker in 1772. The manors of Wedmore and Churchland were
purchased by Everett from the Duke of Chandos in 1787. Now following an Act
of Parliament concerning the enclosure of Moors and the subsequent
Commissioners Award in 1791, Tucker now assigns his property to the Reverend
Brouncker Thring with the remainder of the lease. Details about the persons
involved are given including their occupations along with the amount of
monies exchanged. Information about the property being assigned is provided
including a house name, field names, rents and acreage. The document closes
with the rights and legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 inches by 23
inches. Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at the start of
the document. On the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece of silver
attached. At the base is a mark/signature with a red wax seal. On the reverse
there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Tucker
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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Latcham
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Bridges
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819
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seal. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: Gabriel Millard, John Thring, John Kellow Bracher, John
Gale Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Millard to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records using partial
recitals of several previous indentures that the above property was first
purchased by Joseph Millard from the Duke of Chandos in 1786 then passed to
Gabriel Millard on the death of Joseph. The manors of Wedmore and Churchland
were purchased by Everett from the Duke of Chandos in 1787. Now following an
Act of Parliament concerning the enclosure of Moors and the subsequent
Commissioners Award in 1791, Millard now assigns his property to the Reverend
Brouncker Thring. Details about the persons involved are given including
their occupations along with the amount of monies exchanged. Information
about the property being assigned is provided including a house name, field
names, rents, boundaries and acreage. The document closes with the rights and
legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by 22
inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece
of silver attached. At the base is a signature with a red wax seal. On the
reverse there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Millard
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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820
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seals. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: William Taverner, John Thring, John Kellow Bracher, John
Gale Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Taverner to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records using partial
recitals of several previous indentures that the above property was first
purchased with a lease of 99 years in 1758. Following the death of Edward
Taverner the property passed to his son William Taverner. The manors of
Wedmore and Churchland were purchased by Everett from the Duke of Chandos in
1787. Now following an Act of Parliament concerning the enclosure of Moors
and the subsequent Commissioners Award in 1791, Taverner now assigns his
property to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. Details about the persons involved
are given including their occupations along with the amount of monies
exchanged. Information about the property being assigned is provided
including a house name, field names, rents, boundaries and acreage. The
document closes with the rights and legal obligations of the persons
concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by 22 ½
inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece
of silver attached. At the base is a signature with two red wax seals. On the
reverse there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Taverner
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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821
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seals. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: John Barrow, George Havey, John Thring, John Kellow
Bracher, John Gale Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Barrow to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records using partial
recitals of several previous indentures that the above property was first
purchased with a lease of 419 years in 1761 by Havey. The manors of Wedmore
and Churchland were purchased by Everett from the Duke of Chandos in 1787.
Now following an Act of Parliament concerning the enclosure of Moors and the
subsequent Commissioners Award in 1791, Barrow acting as trustee and on the
instructions of Havey now assigns the property to the Reverend Brouncker
Thring. Details about the persons involved are given including their
occupations along with the amount of monies exchanged. Information about the
property being assigned is provided including a house name, field names,
rents, boundaries and acreage. The document closes with the rights and legal
obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by 23 ½
inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece
of silver attached. At the base is are signatures/marks with two red wax
seals. On the reverse there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Barrow
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Havey
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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822
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seals. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: Christopher Welsh, Edward Davey, John Thring, John Kellow
Bracher, John Gale Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Welsh and Davey to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records that
the manors of Wedmore and Churchland were purchased by Everett from the Duke
of Chandos. Now following an Act of Parliament concerning the enclosure of
Moors and the subsequent Commissioners Award in 1791, Welsh on the direction
of Davey now assigns the property to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. There are
several partial recitals of previous indentures dating from 1755, which also
give details property details including rents and tenants. Details about the
persons involved are given including their occupations along with the amount
of monies exchanged. Information about the property being assigned is
provided including a house name, field names, boundaries and acreage. The
document closes with the rights and legal obligations of the persons
concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by 23
inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece
of silver attached. At the base is a signature/mark with two red wax seals.
On the reverse there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Welsh
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Davey
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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823
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1792
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ebay
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1792 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore & Churchland, Somerset & Seal. Location:
House with land in the manors of Wedmore and Churchland in the county of
Somerset.
Persons Involved: Robert Tucker, John Thring, John Kellow Bracher, John Gale
Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of the above property from
Tucker to the Reverend Brouncker Thring. The document records using partial
recitals of several previous indentures that the above property was first
purchased with a 99 year lease by William Latcham from George Bridges in 1750
and then by Tucker in 1772. The manors of Wedmore and Churchland were
purchased by Everett from the Duke of Chandos in 1787. Now Tucker on the
direction of John Thring and Bracher now agrees to assign his property to the
Reverend Brouncker Thring with the remainder of the lease. Details about the
persons involved are given including their occupations along with the amount
of monies exchanged. Information about the property being assigned is
provided including a house name and rents. The document closes with the
rights and legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. The two holes in the top margin are natural knot
holes in the vellum matrix. Written in English the words are clear and
legible throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by
22 ½ inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a
piece of silver attached. At the base is a signature/mark with a red wax
seal. On the reverse there is a little more writing and further signatures.
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Tucker
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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824
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1762
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ebay
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1762 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore, Somerset & Seal. Location: Land in the manor
of Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: His Grace the Most Noble Henry Duke of Chandos, the Most
Honourable James Marquis of Carnarvon and Philip Chapman.
Contents: This indenture concerns the lease of the above land from the Duke
and his son to Chapman. Details about the persons involved are given
including their occupations along with the amount of monies exchanged.
Information is provided about the land including field names and acreage. The
document describes the term and conditions of the lease including the rent
and closes with the rights and legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition. Written in English the
words are clear and legible throughout. On a single leaf it measures
approximately 26 inches by 21 ½ inches. Indented along the top, there is
ornate calligraphy at the start of the document that incorporates the Royal
Coat of Arms. On the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece of silver
attached. At the base is a signature with a red wax seal displaying a bushel
of corn. On the reverse there is a signature of the witness.
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Chandos
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Carnarvon
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Chapman
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825
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1770
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ebay
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1770 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore, Somerset & Seal. Location: Land in the manor
of Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: His Grace the Most Noble Henry Duke of Chandos, the Most
Honourable James Marquis of Carnarvon and Philip Chapman.
Contents: This indenture concerns the lease of the above land from the Duke
and his son to Chapman. Details about the persons involved are given
including their occupations along with the amount of monies exchanged.
Information is provided about the land including a field name and the current
tenant. The document describes the term and conditions of the lease including
the rent and closes with the rights and legal obligations of the persons
concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition. Written in English the
words are clear and legible throughout. On a single leaf it measures
approximately 26 ½ inches by 21 ½ inches. Indented along the top, on the left
is a blue duty stamp with a piece of silver attached. At the base is a
signature with a red wax seal. On the reverse there is a signature of the
witness.
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Chandos
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Carnarvon
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Chapman
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826
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1799
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ebay
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1799 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore, Somerset & Seal. Location: Land in the manor
of Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: John Mellish, John Gale Everett, John Thring and John
Kellow Bracher.
Contents: This indenture is a release i.e. sale of the above property from
Mellish to Everett who is holding it in trust for Thring and Bracher. This
was the second part of a two-stage process of selling property, please see
last paragraph. Details about the persons involved are given including their
occupation along with the amount of monies exchanged. Information about the
land is provided including land use, a field name, the current tenant and
acreage. The document refers to 13 previous indentures dating from 1680,
which are included in a schedule at the base of the document. The document
closes with the rights and legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition except for
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a total of two leaves, each leaf measures approximately 23 ½
inches by 18 inches. Indented along the top, there is ornate calligraphy at
the start of the document that incorporates the Royal Coat of Arms. On the
left are blue duty stamps each with a piece of silver attached. At the base
is a mark/signature with a red wax seal. On the reverse there is a little
more writing and further signatures.
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Mellish
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Everett
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Thring
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Bracher
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827
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1799
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ebay
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1799 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore, Somerset & Seal. Location: Land in the manor
of Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: John Mellish and John Gale Everett.
Contents: This indenture is a lease for a year of the above land. Whereby
Mellish is leasing the land to Everett. Details about the persons involved
are given including their occupation along with the amount of monies
exchanged. Information about the land is provided including land use, a field
name, the current tenant and acreage. The document closes with the rights and
legal obligations of the persons concerned as well as the terms of the lease
that are in fact fictitious as this is simply the first of a two-stage sale
of the property, see last paragraph.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition. Written in English the
words are clear and legible throughout. On a single leaf it measures
approximately 23 ½ inches by 11 inches. Indented along the top, there is
ornate calligraphy at the start of the document that incorporates the Royal
Coat of Arms. On the left are two blue duty stamps each with a piece of
silver attached. At the base is a mark/signature with a red wax seal. On the
reverse there are two signatures of the witnesses.
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Mellish
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Everett
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828
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1794
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ebay
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1794 Vellum
Indenture, Manor of Wedmore, Somerset & Seals. Location: Several Houses
with lands in the manor of Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: Gabriel Stone, John Thring, John Kellow Bracher, John Gale
Everett and Reverend Brouncker Thring..
Contents: This indenture concerns an assignment of premises as outlined
above. Whereby Stone assigns the property to the Reverend Brouncker Thring.
Details about the persons involved are given including their occupations
along with the amount of monies exchanged. Extensive information is provided
about the property including, land use, field names, rents, house names,
location, boundaries and acreage covering approximately two thirds of the
entire document. Several partial recitals of previous indentures, along with
an Act of Parliament are also given dating back to 1756. The document closes
with the rights and legal obligations of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a total of two leaves, each leaf measures approximately 29
inches by 23 inches. Indented along the top, on the left are blue duty stamps
each with a piece of silver attached. At the base is a signature with four
red wax seals. On the reverse there is a little more writing and further
signatures.
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Stone
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Thring
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Bracher
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Everett
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829
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1774
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1774 Vellum
Deed, Manor of Wedmore, Somerset & Seal. Location: Lands in the manor of
Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: The Reverend Richard Tuthill and His Grace the Most Noble
James Duke of Chandos.
Contents: This indenture concerns a deed of exchange of land owned by the
gentleman above. Tuthill owns land called Bath Acre and the Duke of Chandos
owns land called Shipham Hayes. Details about the persons involved are given
including their occupations along with a confirmation of the exchange.
Information is provided about the land including field names, land use,
acreage, current tenants and in relation to Bath Acre, full boundaries are
also given. The document closes with the rights and legal obligations of the
persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition. Written in English the
words are clear and legible throughout. On a single leaf it measures
approximately 26 inches by 18 inches. Indented along the top, on the left is
a blue duty stamp with a piece of silver attached. At the base is a signature
with a red wax seal. On the reverse there are two signatures of the
witnesses.
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1794
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1794 Vellum
Deed, Manor of Wedmore, Parishes of Mark and Batcombe, Somerset. Location:
Lands in the manor of Wedmore in the county of Somerset.
Persons Involved: John Gale Everett, John Thring, John Kellow Bracher and
John Barrow.
Contents: This indenture concerns a deed of exchange of land owned by the
persons above. In the exchange Barrow gets land in the parish of Wedmore. The
others get several plots of land in the parish of Rylands and Badcombe
(modern day Batcombe) with further rights over common moors in other parishes
including Mark and Biddisham. Details about the persons involved are given
along with a confirmation of the exchange. Information is provided about the
land including field names, land use, locations, a current tenant, house
names and acreage. The document closes with the rights and legal obligations
of the persons concerned.
Document: On vellum it remains in excellent condition with some
discolouration due to age. Written in English the words are clear and legible
throughout. On a single leaf it measures approximately 29 ½ inches by 23
inches. Indented along the top, on the left is a blue duty stamp with a piece
of silver attached. At the base is a signature with a red wax seal displaying
the head/bust of a man. On the reverse is a signature of the witness.
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Bracher
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1884
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Beautiful
vellum indenture from the Victorian period dated 1884. Relating to a transaction involving two
ladies from Curry Rivell & Langport in Somerset. One of the witness signatures is Hubert
Major, Clerk of the Midland Railway. Measures approx 25 x 18 inches. Very
good condition.
From the images the parties were Sarah Bowman of Curry Rivell, Emily Bowman,
Widow, of Swindon, Wilts, James Millard, Banker and William Gough.
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1824
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Vellum
indenture dated 1824 and principally names Rebecca Whitehead from
Wetheringsett in the County of Suffolk a widow, Thomas Smith from Bentley a
Wheelwright, Thomas Wilkinson from Belmont in Bath , John Sherman, Mary his
wife, Tobias Revett from Mendlesham and Thomas Sheldrake a Gentleman.
the document concerns a tenament, yards, gardens and orchard in Wetheringsett
with barns, yards , stables and named meadows in the document. There are 7
red wax seals and 7 signatures to the bottom of the top sheet of vellum of
the 4 sheets that make up this document.
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Whitehead
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Smith
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Wilkinson
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Sherman
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Revett
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1812
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Vellum
indenture dated 1812 and principally names John Sharman from Middlezoy in the
County of Somerset a Yeoman and Thomas Winslade from the same place and also
a Yeoman.
The document concerns land at Shop yards Drove within the Parish of Middlezoy
in the County of Somerset , there is 1 red wax seal and 1 mark of on the
bottom of the single sheet of vellum. The period of time is for 10,000 years
for the demise of the lands.
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1788
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Excellent
condition indenture dated 1788 and concerning land perhaps near Crowborough
in Sussex, yet signed by Michell (Mitchells ?) from Somerset, it looks like.
Signatories are Robert, Matthew and Thomas Michell(as best we can read them)
and sealed in wax. Size of the indenture is 20 x 30 approx and its in very
good clean condition.
From the images this is a Lease for a year from Mr Robert Mitchell Esq and
others to Mr William Baldock and his Trustee, dated 23 December 1788. William
Baldock was a Brewer of the City of Canterbury. A Matthew Mitchell is also
referred to, he may have been a Dragoon (Dragoons is mentioned) and may have
been of the City of Westminster. The parish of Ickham in Kent is also
mentioned
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835
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1818
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1818
Indenture, being an abstract of title on land situated in Othery, Somerset.
Lovely indenture, being a lease an abstract of title on 4 acres of landf in
Othery Somerset. Recites transfers involving the land going back to 1787.
Names mentioned include: Dame Anne Tynte, widow of Sir Charle Tytnte; John
Woodland of Bridgwater; John Gooding of Durleigh; William Harris and his
widow Mary (now Mary Hayne); Ann Bishop. Covers four large pages, measuring
13" by 16".
From the image, the title abstracted is for William Woodland and John Gooding
and relates to a close of meadow ground called Slate? (in Southlake) in the
parish of Othery, being about 4 acres. The original indenture dated 14 May
1787 was between Dame Anne Tynte of the first part and John Woodland of
Bridgwater, Maltster and John Gooding of Durleigh, Gent of the other part.
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Gooding
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1827
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28 September
1827 Indenture, being attested copy of an assignment of lands situated in
Othery, Somerset. Lovely indenture, being an attested copy of an asignment of
lands in Othery Somerset. A large 8 page document, measuring 13" by
16", with lots of detail. Names
mentioned include: Thomas Nettleshipp of Grocers Hall, London; Charles Kemeys
Kemeys Tynte; Thomas Gotfrey of Othery; Joseph Gilbert of Butleigh and Sir
William Wyndham
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Tynte
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Wyndham
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1811
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Beautiful
Somerset vellum indenture from the time of George III dated 1811. It relates to Samuel Barnard of Curry
Rivell and Thomas Tilly of Langport Eastover, Boatman. Measures approx 29 x
24 inches. Very good condition. The document is an Assignment of a close of
meadow or pasture in Aller Moor. Elizabeth Acland is also mentioned.
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Barnard
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Tilly
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Acland
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1799
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VELLUM
INDENTURE & Writ 1799 WARREN FAMILY SOMERSET. Beautiful vellum indenture
& attached paper writ from the time of George III dated 1799. It realtes to John & Sarah warren of
Langport. Indenture measures approx 29 x 22 inches. Very good condition.
Thomas Tilly was the other party to the document, a foefment, James Hurd
deceased is also mentioned. Chas Bishop was a signatory.
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Warren
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Bishop
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1746
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1746 George
II Conveyance Vellum Indenture County of Somerset. From the images the
parties appear to have been John Marie of Bristol, gentleman and Joseph Rigge
of the same City, sugarbaker. The document is a conveyance of one sixth part
of the the sugarhouse, location not visible.
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1788
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1788 Dated
George III Lease Vellum Indenture Somerset - Lyncombe and Widcombe Related.
From the images the parties were Mr John Chapman, surviving Trustee of Ralph
Allen Esq., of Bath & the Right Honourable Lord De Moutalt & his
Trustee. The document was also signed and sealed by James Sparrow and Geo Edw
Allen. Also mentioned are Philip Allen the elder late of the said City of
Bath, deceased.
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Chapman
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1794
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1794 George
III Mortgage for £4000 & interest at 5 per cent, Vellum Indenture County
of Somerset. From the images the parties were the Right Honourable Viscount
Hawarden & John Jefferys, possibly of the Royal Crescent in Bath.
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1812
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1812 George
III Release Vellum Indenture County of Somerset. From the images the document
is a Release of certain freehold lands and hereditaments in the parishes of
Lipscomb and Widcomb and ....? Monkton Comb in the County of Somerset. The
parties were David Okeden Parry Okeden esquire, late of .....? in Somerset bu
now residing in New Sarum, surviving Trustee of the devised Estates of the
Right Honourable Cornwallis late Lord Viscount Hawarden deceased, late of
Dundr...? in the County of Tipperary, and others, and the honourable Anne Isabella
Dowager Viscountess Hwarden, in Trust for Daniel Clutterbuck and John Thomas
esquires. Witnesses include W R Cartwright, James Dawkins and H Saunders.
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Parry Okeden
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Hawarden
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Clutterbuck
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Thomas
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Cartwright
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Dawkins
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Saunders
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1822
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1822 George
IV Counterpart Lease of a piece of Ground, Vellum Indenture Somerset -
Lyncombe & Widcombe. From the images the parties were Mr John Thomas Esq
to Mr John English.
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English
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1746
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29 Augt. 1746
George III Lease for a Year Vellum Indenture - Somerset Related. From the
images the parties were John Marie of Bristol, gentleman and Joseph Rigge of
the same City, sugarbaker. The property was in the parish of St Thomas (in
Bristol?).
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1765
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23 July 1765
George III Conveyance Vellum Indenture Somerset Interest. Between Mr Joseph
Rigge, of Bristol, sugarbaker to Mr Thos Keene, sugarbaker and Robert Hale.
Refers to an earlier document that mentions a child of Eleanor Smithfield,
then late of Queen Charlton in the county of Somerset, widow, deceased, by
James Smithfield. Eleanor and Anna
.....? were two of the three younger children of William Boudler. Eleanor may
also have been formerly the widow of Thomas Allen, then late of Bristol,
Merchant. Marmaduke was the other of the three younger children of William
Boudler the elder, deceased. Also mentions Joseph Allen and his wife Eleaner.
From FreeREG, a James Smithfield married an Eleanor Allen, widow, at Queen
Charlton on 27 May 1694.
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Rigge
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Boudler
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1788
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1788 George
III Lease for a Year Vellum Indenture Hereford Interest. From the images the
parties were the Right Honourable Cornwallis Lord De Montalt and Thomas
Whitwell Esqr. to Henry Cecil and Willm Plullimore Esquires. Also mentions
Mary Wilshire and the parish of Lyncombe in Somerset.
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De Montalt
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Whitwell
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Cecil
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Plillimore
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1784
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Date: 1784
Location: In the manor of Inglescombe, modern day Englishcombe in the Duchy
of Cornwall, near Bath, Somerset. Persons Involved: William Bracher, Samuel
Phelps and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas Phelps their son and Elizabeth his wife
and Thomas Day the younger. Contents: Assignment of a house and cottage with
details given including location, history, a house name, land use, acreage
and a field name along with the legal terms and conditions. Condition:
Excellent. Other: On vellum, two leaves each 32 ½ inches by 25 Ύ inches with
several signatures, nice calligraphy at the introduction, four blue duty
stamps each with a piece of silver attached, two ink stamps and four red wax
seals.
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Bracher
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Phelps
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Day
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848
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1855
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John
Townsend
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[Manuscript] Indenture, 1855, between Thomas Byard
Sheppard, of Frome, Somerset, George Wood Sheppard, of Frome, William Cory,
James Andrew Durham and James Rhodes, all of Lombard Street, London, Charles
Simmonds Pilcher, of Rolvenden, Gillbee Cullen, of Rolvenden, and John Nunn,
of Tenterden: conveyance of a cottage, stable, garden, and three pieces of
land at Wittersham. An attractive
coloured plan, surveyed by J.S. Thomson, of Tenterden, shows the position of
the property in relation to Potmons Heath Channel, Bridle Road, the road
from Rolvenden to Wittersham, and lands held by Thomas Body, Charles Pilcher, William Hinds, and Hastings
Corporation. Other persons mentioned
include Thomas Randolph, John Goble, Stephen Catt. Written on two sheets of vellum, bearing
eight red wax seals and two blue revenue stamps, in very good condition.
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Cory
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Durham
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Rhodes
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Pilcher
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Cullen
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Nunn
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Thomson
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Body
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Hinds
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Randolph
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849
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1883
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28 Apr 1883.
Conveyance of a dwellinghouse and premises situate in Huish in Yeovil,
Somerset, between Mr Thos Locock and Mr John Ricketts.
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Ricketts
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28 Sep 1809,
lease for a year between John Goodford of Yeovil in Somerset Esquire, only
son and heir of John Old Goodford of Yeovil Esquire deceased by Maria his
wife and Emanuel Pester of Preston Plucknett in Somerset, Gentleman. The
properties, sold for five shillings, were as follows:
1. A cottage in Preston Plucknett occupied by Samuel Edwards as tenant to
John Goodford.
2. An adjoining cottage in Preston Plucknett formerly in the possession of
Elizabeth Eden deceased, since of Samuel Gyles deceased but now of Elizabeth
Gyles.
3. A cottage in Preston Plucknett formerly in the possession of Robert Roe,
since of John King deceased but now of William King.
4. A cottage in Preston Plucknett formerly in the possession of .....? Lane,
since of Elizabeth Ostler, Spinster, deceased but now of Mary Ostler and
George Terrel.
5. A cottage in Preston Plucknett now in the possession of Richard Ham as
tenant to John Goodford.
The cottages were bounded on the East and North by the lands of Emanuel
Pester, on the West by a cottage belonging to Mr Butler and on the South by
the turnpike road from Yeovil to Odcombe. I have saved an image of the
document.
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Pester
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Edwards
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Eden
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Gyles
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Roe
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King
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Lane
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Ostler
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Terrel
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Ham
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Butler
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1793
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Vellum Deed
Indenture lease of farm etc in Somerset by Baronet 1793. Measures
approximately 33½ inches by 26 inches
Dated 16 September 1793. Parties to the agreement are Sir James Langham of
Cottesbrooke in the County of Northampton, Baronet and John Coate of the
Parish of North Petherton in the County of Somerset, Yeoman. Contents relate
to a ten year farm let (lease) of land in the Parish of North Petherton
consisting of:
1. a Messuage or Tenement called Hampton Lands with house, outhouses, barns
and 22 acres of land
2. a meadow in Baymead called Laines Meadow (4 acres)
3. Arable Land and pasture in Baymead called Ambroses Orchard (3 acres) plus
a Messuage or Tenement and 3 acres of adjoining land
4. 4 acre close of meadow called Twogood
5. 5 acre meadow called Derrys in Hockmore
6. 6 acres near Bonishead in North Petherton
Condition. Contents complete. No holes or tears. Some creases and darkening
to vellum but handwriting clear and easy to read.
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1885
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Conveyance of
a dwellinghouse garden and premises situate in Hart? Lane Yeovil in the
County of Somerset, dated 30 November 1885. Mr Albert Palmer and his
mortgagee to Mr Samuel Hitchcock.
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Palmer
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Hitchcock
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1892
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Mortgage for ₤94
and interest from Mr William Surtman of Yeovil, Glover to Mr Sidney Watts of
Yeovil, Gentleman dated 24 June 1892. The property was No 5 Summerhouse
Terrace, Summerhouse Road, Yeovil and was in the ocupation of Mr John Childe
as tenant.
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Surtman
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Watts
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Childe
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1796, 1800,
1806
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Bloomsbury 24
Mar 2016
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Bath.-
3 indentures relating to property in Bath, Ds.s., "James
Goodridge", "James Sharples", "Rev. Dr. Alleyne
Walter" and others, manuscripts on vellum, folds, some slight marking,
v.s., v.d., 1796, 1800 & 1806.
⁂ James Goodridge, builder of Bathwick, Bath.
Sharples (James, 1751/21811), portrait painter.
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1846
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Measures 30½ inches by 24 inches.
Dated 23 May 1846.
Parties to the agreement are:
Elijah Treloggen of Walton in the
County of Somerset, Yeoman.
Robert Collins, Yeoman and Thomas
Hardwick, Auctioneer, both of the out Parish of Saint Cuthbert in Wells in
the County of Somerset.
Relates to the Mortgage of a 4 acre Close or parcel of land called Townsend,
a 1½ acres Close called Ridon and a 1 acre piece or Turbary land at Catcott
within the Parish of Moorlinch in the County of Somerset. Also includes a
late decayed Dwelling house, Malt house and other buildings which have since
been rebuilt at Walton on the north side of the Turnpike road. Includes the
garden and orchard containing half an acre.
Also mentioned are Richard Dyer of Walton, yeoman, Henry Treloggen late of
Catcott, yeoman, deceased, John, Lord Henniker, I think from an older
document dated 1800
Condition. Contents complete. No holes or tears. Slight creasing to some
original fold lines but good condition overall. Handwriting clear and easy to
read.
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Hardwick
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Dyer
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1753
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AMBRA BOOKS
& Lesley Aitchison
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LA47-961
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RELEASE of a
messuage and lands at Westhay, John Esgar of Mark, George Cooke of Wookey, to
the Rt. Hon. George Somerville. Mere Publication Date: 1753
Vellum, size 31" x 33", 3 wax seals. Names the various closes of
land.
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1731
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AMBRA BOOKS
& Lesley Aitchison
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LA47-960
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RELEASE of
houses and lands in Westhay in the parish of Mere, Elizabeth Kearle, Spinster
to George Andrewe of Bowless. Mere Publication Date: 1731
Vellum, size 11" x 18", large engraved heading with coat of arms,
signed with her mark by Elizabeth with black wax seal. Some very light
discolouration of vellum in places. Refers back to an earlier document of
1706. The properties included a close of pasture at Barbleaze 'on the South
part of the Reene there', pasture called East Craft, and a cottage and orchard.
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1660
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Colophon
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8336
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A 17th
Century Indenture on Vellum for the transfer of 20 acres of land upon
Marriage between Katherine Frost and John Cooper. 20th September 1660 in the
12th Yeare of Charles 2nd Reign. (Somerset and East Sussex Interest)
INDENTURE for the transfer upon marriage between Katherine Frost & John
Cooper of 20 acres of land, messuage, houses & yards, signed by John
Cooper,"a yeoman" of Crowburgh? & Peter Frost brother of
Katherine, with details in a later hand on the outside explaining the terms
in brief. Witnessed by John & Samuel Pyke 1660 and signed by both. About
30 lines all legible and clear of stains. A little surface discolouration to
right side at edge and some mild age browning, but not brittle no holes or
tears. Usual fold lines and remains of seal tabs, no wax seals though. Very
Good.
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1718
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Goltzius
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64105
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Wells
(Somerset), 1718, oblong parchment 64x50 cm, frame 79x63 cm, ink on
parchment, clearly legible (once accustomed to the script), decorative
initial, two wax sealsl This indenture is dated September 9th 1718. It
concerns a legal agreement between Claver Morris of Wells and Richard Comes
of Wells. Claver Morris (1659-1727) was a physician and a talented amateur
musician according to the diairies he kept. Other names and villages that
come to pass are: John Bryan of Chewstoke, Gabriel Odingsells and Mary Odingsells.
To authenticate multiple copies of legal documents like this one, all copies
were placed on top of each other and a wavy pattern was cut along the top
edge, marking evey copy at once with an identical indenture. Hence the name.
This indenture is signed by Claver Morris en Richard Comes.
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1696
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Jarndyce, The
19th Century Booksellers
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57838
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Indenture.
Late 17th century indenture relating to lands belonging to Ambrose Saunders
and John Seymour, both of Lydiard in Somerset. MANUSCRIPT. SAUNDERS, Ambrose.
Written on paper, dated 6th August 1696, signed & with wax seal. Small
hole caused by wax splash, paper thinning in one area from sl. insect damage,
but v.g.
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1771
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AMBRA BOOKS
& Lesley Aitchison
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LA47-951
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ASSIGNMENT of
land in Ilton called Floods Stoverd, Isaac Standerwick of Westhambrook in
Huish Episcopi, Lincloth maker and James Crabb of Ashull, yeoman. Ilton
Publication Date: 1771
Vellum, size 19" x 29", 2 wax seals. Some damp spotting in one
area, ink slightly faded.
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862
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1821
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AMBRA BOOKS
& Lesley Aitchison
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LA47-1000
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LEASE FOR A
YEAR of tenement of Halsgrove, Samuel and George Cary to Francis Bastone.
Withypool Publication Date: 1821
Vellum, 17" x 24", 2 wax seals
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1743
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AMBRA BOOKS
& Lesley Aitchison
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LA47-935
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COUNTERPART
LEASE of a cottage in a close called Mill Close, Daniel Yerbury to Richard
Prater of Whitchurch. Frome Publication Date: 1743
Vellum, 12" x 20", signed by Prater with wax seal. Ink slightly
faded but legible. Gives the names and occupations of occupiers of the
adjoining premises, including clothworker, saddler. Prater was to pitch and
pave part of the road by the cottage.
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1853
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AMBRA BOOKS
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GRANT OF
ADMINISTRATION to Elizabeth Ludlow Widow of William Ludlow of Ninehead.
Ninehead Publication Date: 1853
Vellum certificate, printed with ms inserts, good papered seal of
Archdeaconry of Taunton on tag. On verso is endorsement concerning
Wiveliscombe Turnpike.
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1795
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AMBRA BOOKS
& Lesley Aitchison
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LA47-927
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LEASE FOR A
YEAR of a tenement at Portbridge with orchard and mill adjoining, and a
tenement called Vaughan's, Miss Mercy Webb to William Ogbourn and John
Hammett. Chewstoke Publication Date: 1795
Vellum, size 15" x 19", signed by Mercy with armorial wax seal
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1847
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Victorian 2
page manuscript vellum indenture
[Mortgage] dated 14th October 1847 between John Webber, of North Petherton in
the County of Somerset, Yeoman, and Jane, his wife, of the first part, David
Bell of North Petherton aforesaid Yeoman of the second part, Eliza Bell of
North Petherton aforesaid Widow of the third part and Matthew Paramore of
Bridgwater in the County of Somerset, Gentleman, of the fourth part.
The relates to the Mortgage of land and premises at North Newton Parish of
North Petherton in the County of Somerset for securing the sum of £110 plus
interest.
The indenture has been folded with light creasing and bumps to the folds,
with browning/darkening at some of the folds and a grey grubbiness at times,
presumably from being handled, and a couple of very small holes at a couple
of the crease points. The manuscript is clear and legible throughout. Verso
is very gray and grubby.
The indenture comes with four red wax seals and two blue tax stamps.
The indenture measures 62 cm x 76 cm
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1749
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1749 City of
Bath Somerset Stall Street Georgian Vellum Deed Document Indenture
Measures 35 inches by 27 inches. Dated
29 March 1749. People named in the agreement are:
John Bassett of the City of Bath in
the County of Somerset, Victualler.
Simon Collett of the City of Bath,
Baker.
Relates to the Mortgage of a Messuage or Tenement and garden in Stall Street
within the City of Bath abutting on a garden belonging to Billetts Hospital
on the west side.
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1777
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George III
manuscript vellum indenture [Lease] dated 4th April 1777 between Edith Esgar
of Halstock in the County of Dorsett, Spinster, of the one part and Peter
Mitchell of Yeovil in the County of Somersett, Clerk, and Thomas Allambridge
of Yetminster in the County of Dorsett aforesaid, Gentleman, of the other
part. Also mentions a Mary Chapman.
The document relates to Lease of all that messuage or dwellinghouse and
tenement consisting of a garden, courtyard and two orchards adjoining
containing by estimation three acres, one close of meadow or pasture ground
call ed Merry Close Orchard and one other close of meadow or pasture ground
called Middle Meade and other land and premises in Mark, Wedmore, and Weare
in the County of Somerset. The tenant was John Horn. The consideration of the
sum of five shillings a piece.
The usual age related folds, patchy browning barely visible when the document
is laid flat and one small ink blot not affecting the manuscript, which is
clear and legible throughout.
The indenture comes with one red wax seal and one blue tax stamp.
The indenture measures 52 cm x 75 cm
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1789
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George III
manuscript vellum indenture [Mortgage] dated 20th March 1789 between Charles
Francis of Yeovil in the County of Somerset, Butcher, Devisee in fee of the
lands and hereditaments mentioned in the Last Will and Testament of Thomas
Francis late of the same place, Butcher, deceased, father, or the one part
and William Row of Wyck, within the Parish of Sherborne in the County of
Dorset, Gentleman, of the other part.
The document relates to the Mortgage in Fee of all that close of heretofore
arable land formerly called by the name of Eastfield or Meadway situate lying
and being in Kingston juxta Yeovil.
The consideration of the sum of £200.00
The indenture has been folded with light creasing at the folds, with faint
patchy browning. Verso is blackened at all of the creases. The indenture
comes with two red wax seals and one blue tax stamp. The indenture measures 60 cm x 75 cm
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George II
manuscript vellum indenture [Release in Fee] dated 2nd April 1729 between
Joseph Gibbon of Allhallows Hony Lane, Cheapside, within the City of London,
Linnen Draper, eldest Son and Heir of Thomas Gibbon late of St Paul's
Shadwell in the County of Middlesex, Cordwainer, deceased and Mary his wife,
also deceased of the one part and Thomas Francis of Yeovill, in the County of
Somersett, Victualler, of the other part.
The document relates to the Release in Fee of closes of several closes,
pasture ground or arrable land commonly called or known by the names of
Brimsmore, Little Brimsmore and East field, all situate, lying and being in
Kingston juxta Yeovil in the County of Somersett. The consideration of the
sum of £380.00
The indenture has the usual age related folds and crinkles, with patchy
browning which is feint when the document is laid flat, and a singular worm
hole. The manuscript is clear and legible throughout. The indenture comes
with one red wax seal and three blue tax stamps. The indenture measures 56 cm x 64 cm
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1860
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1860 Attested
Copy of Abstract of Title for Land and Premises in Witcombe, Martock,
Somerset. It measures 17 inches x 13½ inches and has 5 pages. It is dated 9th
August 1860.
From the images (which I have saved) the abstract was for Mr John Moore Esq
for a Dwellinghouse Garden and Orchard in Witcombe, Martock, Somerset
purchased by Mr Octavius .....? The abstract contains the following (may have
been more but these taken from the images):
1. Indentures of Lease & Release dated 16 & 17 May 1825, the latter
made between John Tatchell Tatchell Esq of 1st part William Worner yeoman of
2nd part and Robert Leach Gentleman of 3rd part. J T Tatchell sold the
property to W Worner for £50. It was theretofore in the possession of Revd.
Christopher Tatchell Clerk deceased.
2. Indenture dated 30 May 1843 between William Worner of the one part and
John Blake Lieutenant of the Royal Artillery of the other part. Recited the
1825 indenture and that William Worner had applied to John Blake to lend him
£170 on security of the said premises. In consideration for the payment of
£170 to William Worner by John Blake the property was granted bargained and
sold to John Blake. Said premises by the description of all that the said
meesuage or Dwellinghouse with the Garden (now an Orchard) thereto adjoining
and belonging situate at Witcombe aforesaid and in the successive possessions
of said C Tatchell, J T Tatchell and John Worner (said messuage or
Dwellinghouse having been rebuilt).
3. 29 Aug 1849 Said Joseph Chaffey by his will gave and devised to John Moore
of West Coker, Somerset Esq and his heirs.All the real estate then rested in
him as Tree (Trustee?) or Mortgagee Uppon the trusts and equities affecting
the same resply. And appointed said J Moore Executor in Trust.
4. 23 Sep 1849 Said J Chaffey died without having revoked or altered his said
will which was on 7th August 1850 proved by said J Moore Executor in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
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1780
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Vellum
Indenture [Assignment to attend the Inheritance] dated 25th March 1780
between Robert Davy of Bruton in the County of Somersett, Gentleman, of the
first part, Mathew Hayter or Bruton aforesaid, Miller, and John Sims of the
same, Inn holder, of the second part, Joseph Melhuish of Bruton aforesaid,
Stocking Maker, and John White of the same place, Inn holder, of the third
part and Jason Jones of the parish of Bruton aforesaid, Yeoman, of the fourth
part.
The document is the Assignment to attend the Inheritance, in Trust, for Mr.
Melhuish, of the all that messuage or tenement, barkside, garden and orchard
and also one close inclosed with a stone wall and for some years past an
Orchard, situate, lying and being in the Town of Bruton in the County of Somerset,
commonly called Swanton's Tenement. The consideration of the sum of £264:3
The document has the usual age related folds and bumps, with patchy browning,
faint when the document is laid flat, a few handling marks, a minor hole not
affecting the manuscript, and a couple of pinprick sized holes at a couple of
the crease points. The manuscript is clear and legible throughout. The
document comes with five red wax seals and one blue tax stamp. The indenture
measures 58 cm x 77 cm
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Dominic
Winter 28 May 2020
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Wiltshire
& Somerset Deed, 1484. Quitclaim; 9 July 1484, Edmund Gunter of Sussex,
gent, son and heir of Giles Gunter, brother of William Gunter, esquire, to
William Weston, gentleman; 1. his estate in the manors of Knole (Knolle) and
Pytney Lorty otherwise Pitteney Lorty otherwise Putteney Lorty and the
advowson of the church of Pitney in Somerset; 2. his estate in the manor of
Fenny Sutton otherwise Venny Sutton otherwise Fenney Sutton and the advowson
of the church of Sutton Veny in Wiltshire; Endorsed: enrolled on the dorse of
the Close Roll of Chancery in the months and year within written; [Dering of
Surrenden Dering] 1022; Phillipps 35622, red wax seal appended, 9 x 30 cm
(Quantity: 1)
Giles Gunter, MP Arundel 1442, attorney, third son of Roger Gunter of Racton
in Sussex (died 1436); his elder brother William Gunter of Cliffords Inn died
20 September 1484 (Baker, Men of Court). Before 1469 Roger Gunter was
succeeded at Fenny Sutton by his son, John, who died seised of the manor in
1473 and was succeeded by his brother, William. William, by order of the
king, assigned the manor in 1483 to Thomas Oxenbridge and William Weston, and
in 1484 and 1485 his nephews, Thomas and Edmund, sons of his brother Giles
Gunter, assigned their interest in the manor to the grantees (BL, Harley Charters
51 A. 24, 30. (VCH Wiltshire 8.61-74).
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1774
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George III
Vellum Indenture [Conveyance in Fee in Trust] dated 11th October 1774 between
Thomas Walley Partington of Brook Street in the Parish of Saint George,
Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, of the first part, The
Right Honorable Frederick Augustus, Earl of Berkeley, devisee named in the
last will and testament of The Right Honorable John Lord Berkeley Baron of
Stratton, deceased, of the second part, Matthew Hayter of Bruton in the
County of Somerset, Miller, of the third part and Richard Colborne of Bruton
aforesaid, Scrivener, of the fourth part.
The document is the Conveyance in Fee in Trust on all that messuage,
tenement, garden, barkside and orchard and also one close inclosed with a
stone wall which is now enjoyed with the said messuage or tenement and
premises situate lying and being within the Town of Bruton aforesaid and
commonly called Swanton's Tenement unto the use of Richard Colborne and for
the sole benefit of Matthew Hayter, his heirs and assigns for ever.
The consideration of the sum of £230.00 plus interest.
The document has the usual age related folds and crinkles, a 1 inch hole
affecting just one word of the manuscript, a couple of minor tears along one
crease which do not affect the manuscript, and faint patchy browning.
The manuscript is clear and legible.
The document comes with two red wax seals and one brown tax stamp.
The indenture measures 60 cm x 77 cm
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15 April 1708
Indenture - Dunster - Porlock Somerset - William Blackford. From the images
the indenture was between William Blackford of Dunster in the County of
Somerset Esq of the one part and John Hole of Porlock in the said County
yeoman of the other part.
Witnesseth that the sayd William Blackford for and in consideration of the
sd. John Hole canseinge? and procuringe Joane Hole his mother who was the
Administratrix of all and singular the goods chattells rights and credits of
Abraham Hole her late deceased Husband to surrender and yeild up unto and
into the hands and possession of the sayd William Blackford of all her
Leasehold right, title interest and Estate by virtue of an Indenture bearing
date the six and twentieth day of January Anno Domini 1690. Of in and to All
those several pieces and parcells of arable Land and pasture with thappncs,
called the ffarthing and Heltridges for and during the r....? and remainder
of Ninety nine years from thenceforth next ensueing , and fully to be
compleat, and ended. If and so as Grace Hole therein named shall so long
live: And of the sum of six poundes, and nine shillinges of lawfull English
mony, to him the sayd William Blackford, by the sayd John Hole, now in hand
payd the receipt whereof is herby confessed acknowledged and for other good
and oclueable? causes, and considerations him therunto moveinge, He the sayd
William Blackford Hath demised granted and to farme letten and in and by
these presents doth demise grant and to farme let unto the sayd John Hole his
Exc Adm and Assignes
All and singular the sayd surrendered premises and every part and parcell
thereof thappnces and all wayes pathes passages waters easements commons
profits priviledges in murities and advantages whatsoever to the sayd
premises or any part or parcell thereof incident belonging or in any wise
appertaininge: All which sayd premises are parts and parcells or so reported
to be of the Mannor of West Luckham in the sayd County, except and alwayes
reserved out of this demise of the sayd premises unto the sayd William
Blackford his Heirs and Assigns and now hereby intended to be granted All,
and all manner of Trees Mines Quarries Mineralls and Mettals with full and
free liberty to dig root take and carry away the same and to rend? the sayd
premises att the will and pleasure of the sayd William Blackford his Heirs
and Assigns.
To have and to hold the sayd demised premises with thappnces, except before
excepted, unto the sayd John Hole his Exc Adm and Assignes unto the end, and
terme, and for, and during the full terme and terms of ninety nine years,
fully to be compleated and ended If and so as Cecilia Prall shall so long
live. The same terme to commence and begin immediatly from and after the end,
or othr determination of the present Leasehold interest and Estate of the
sayd Joane Hole therein, for the residue and remainder of ninety nine years
to be accounted from the sayd six and twentieth day of January Anno Domini
1690 and fully to be compleat & ended If he the sayd John Hole shall so
long happen to live
Yieldinge and payinge therefor yearly and every year during the terme hereby
granted unto the sayd William Blackford his Heirs and Assigns the yearly rent
or sum of two shillinges and eight pence of lawfull English mony on the feast
dayes of the Nativity of St John the Baptist St Michael the Arch Angell the
Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary The first payment thereof to be made and begin on such of the sayd feast
dayes as shall next happen after the commencement hereof. And also yieldinge
payinge and deliveringe unto the sayd William Blackford his Heirs and Assigns
upon and after the death and decease of the sayd Cecilia Prall, dyinge after
the commencement hereof, the sum of thirteen shillinges and fower pence of
like lawfull English mony for and in the name and leiu of a Herriot. And
likewise yealdinge payinge bearing dooing excentinge discharginge and
conforminge for the sayd demised premises during the terme hereby granted All
ancient rents suite of Court uopn warning to the Mannor aforesayd Customs
Payments Paines Penalties Duties Offices nd Services whatsoever that formerly
have been due or accustomed or hereafter shall grow or become due for o in
respect of the sayd demised premises only or any part thereof.
And the sayd John Hole for himselfe his Exc Adm and Assignes doth covenant
and promise to and with the sayd William Blackford his Heirs and Assignes by
these presents that the sayd demised premises with thappnces shall from time
to time and at all times hereafter during the terme hereby granted be well
and sufficiently kept repaired and amended in and by all necessary or
convenient reparations and amendments whatsoever: And that the same premises
so well repaired att the end of the sayd terme or other sooner determination
thereof shall be left and yeilded up unto the sayd William Blackford his
Heires and Assignes quietly and in peace. Provied alwayes that if it shall
happen that the sayd yearly rent herein and hereby reserved as aforesayd or
any part thereof to be behind and unpayd unto the sayd William Blackford his
Heires and Assignes by the space of fifteen dayes next after any or eother of
the sayd feasts or dayes whereon it ought to be payd as aforesayd, the same
being lawfully demanded and not payd and no Distresses sufficient for the
satisfaction theeof can or may in the meane time be found in or upon the sayd
demised premises or some part thereof Or if the sayd John Hole his Exc Adm
and Assignes shall not duringe the terme hereby granted appeare, upon
warninge, and do suite to all the Courts of the sayd Mannor Pay all fines
paines and ameriaments of Court after they are estreated and demanded. Or
shall not upon notice repaire and amend the sayd demised premises being in
any decay whatsoever. Or shall do make or suffer to be done or made any wast
spoyle or destruction in upon or about the sayd demised premises or any part
or parcell thereof. Or shall give grant demise or assigne set let or any way
dispose thereof or of any part thereof to any Person or Persons whatsoever
without the leave or license of the sayd William Blackford his Heires or
Assignes in writinge first had or obtained other then to or in trust for the
sayd Cecilia Prall that then and from thenceforth for all either or any of
the causes aforesayd it shall and may
be lawfull to and for the sayd William Blackford his Heires or Assignes into
and upon the syd demised premises with thappnces to reenter and the same to
have againe repossesse and enjoy as in his and their former estate any thing
hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in any wise not with
standinge. And the sayd William Blackford for himselfe his Heires Exc Amd and
Assignes doth covenant and promise to
and with the sayd John Hole his Exc Adm and Assignes tht the sayd demised
premises with thappnces during he terme hereby granted under and subject to
the Reservations and Agreements aforesayd shall and may be peaceably and
quietly held used occupied and enjoyed by the sayd John Hole his Exc Admin
and Assignes without the let suite hinderance or denyall of him the sayd
William Blackford his Heires or Assignes or any lawfully claiminge or to
claime from by or under him them or any or either of them.
Size approx 28 inches by 12 inches.
There is a natural hole top centre which has a 4 inch cut along the
centre
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876
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1864-1925
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Family Bible
of the Godly, Rowe and Wood families, with a name plate inside the front
cover reading Emily Mary Godly. The earliest event in the family register is
the marriage of George Godly and Elizabeth Mogg. The marriage register of
Emmanuel Church, Weston-super-Mare has the following on October 30, 1864:
George Godly, 29, Bachelor, PLasterer, son of Silas Godley, Postman to
Elizabeth Mogg, 32, Spinster, daughter of Anthony Mogg, Gardener. The family
register records the following (the image shows only half of the marriages
page):
Births
Emily Godly Rowe, Nov 12th, 1867
Emily Mary Godly do, Feby 1st, 1869
Francis (sic) Minnie Godly do, April 9th, 1870
Walter Geo Godly do, June 29th, 1874
Douglas Frederick Wood, born August 17th, 1925
Marjorie Wood, Born June 12th, 1920
Marriages
George Godly to Elizabeth Mogg, Oct 30th, 1864
.......? Emily Mary Godly ....? 18th, 1896
.......? to Gwendoline Ellen Frances .....? 1924
.....? (Wo)od? to Daisy Margaret Ellis .....? 3rd, 1925
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1613
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James I era
indenture relating to a tenement in Stogursey, Somerset.
The document is dated 2 August 1613, during the reign of James I. The
agreement is between the right honourable Henry, Earl of Northumberland, Lord
of the honours of Cockermouth and Petworth, Lord Percy, Lucy Poynings,
Fitzpaine, Brian and Latimer and night of the most noble of the garter of the
one part, and Thomas Strang of Stogursey in the county of Somerset, clothier
of the other part.
The consideration is for £320.
The property is described as all that tenement now in the tenure and
occupation of Thomas Strang, his assign or assigns, for or under the yearly
rent of £30, situated, lying, and being in Week Fitzpaine, within the pish of
Stogursey, together with all the houses, buildings, barns, stables, orchards,
gardens, Barkside, profits, and commodities whatsoever to the said, premises,
belonging. Mentions John Strang and Margery Strang, son and daughter of the
said Thomas Strang.
The seal of the document has been removed, and there is a tear where it has
been removed in the bottom margin. This measures approximately 1.5 cm x 5 cm.
The bottom margin does contain the remnants of the signature of Thomas
Strang.
The document appears to be on vellum. The document is in reasonable condition
for its age with obvious fold lines, and browning. There is some wrinkling to
the upper central quadrant. The verso of the document is quite grubby. Wear
in the fold lines, particularly where they meet. No tears other than the
removal of the seal. Please see photos.
The document measures 24 x 13.
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1633
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Indenture
relating to a farm called Weeke Farm in the parish of Stogursey, Somerset.
The document is dated 1 December 1633, in the 9th year of the reign of
Charles I.
The agreement is between the right honourable Algernon, Earl of
Northumberland, Lord of the honours of Cockermouth and Petworth, Lord Percy,
Lucy Poynings, Fitzpaine, Bryan and Latimer and knight of the most noble of
the garter of the one part, and Leonard Seager of Stogursey in the county of
Somerset, Yeoman of the other part. It is Leonard Seager's counterpart lease.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £120 of lawful money of
England.
The property is described as all that one tenement with the appurtenances,
situated, lying and being in Weeke Fitzpaine, in the parish of Stogursey, and
county of Somerset, and one parcel of land to the same adjoining, called The
Croft, one close called little court, two closes called Dreves, two closes
called Isitt closes, one close called Langborough great?, a parcel of land
called the Mead, and 2 acres of Meadow in the comon Mead and other parcels of
land to ye said Tenement belonging, containing by estimation of Arable,
Meadow, and pasture one and twenty acres more or less, late in the tenure or
occupation of Thomas Smith and Sidwell his wife for and under the yearly rent
of eleven shillings and sixpence half yearly to be paid.
The bottom margin contains the signature and mark of Leonard Seager. The
pendant tails are still attached with the wax seal, which is still present,
and in good condition.
The document appears to be on vellum and is drafted in English secretary
hand. The document is in very good condition for its age with obvious fold
lines, and browning. Wear in the fold lines, particularly where they meet. No
tears. The document measures 28 x 19.
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1614
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Indenture
relating to a farm and farmland in Stopherd in the parish of Stogursey,
Somerset. The document relates to the Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy,
implicated in the gunpowder plot.
The document is dated 25th September 1614, during the reign of James I. The
agreement is between the right honourable Henry, Earle of Northumberland,
Lord of the honours of Cockermouth and Petworth, Lord Percy, Lucy Poynings,
Fitzpaine, Bryan and Latimer and night of the most noble of the garter of the
one part, and John Webber of Dulverton in the county of Somerset, gentlemen
of the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £110 of lawful money of
England.
The agreement is that the land is to be farmed by John Webber, and the
property is described as all that messuage or tenement with the
appurtenances, containing by estimation, three score and 2 acres of arable,
meadow and pasture, be it, more or less, situated, lying and being in
Stopherd (Stolford?) within the parish of Stogursey, now in the tenure or
occupation of Agnes Brase, widdowe, her assignee or assigns at or for some of
the yearly rent of sixteene shillings and eight pence together with all
howses, buildings, barns, stables, orchards, gardens, backside, easements,
profits, and commodities whatsoever to the said premises belonging or in
anywise appertayning except and alwaies reserved unto the said, Earle, his
heirs and assigns all and all manner of minerals of metal and all quarries,
wood, timber, trees, liberties, royalties, and incomes, whatsoever, now
standing, growing, or being on that any time here after including part or
parcel thereof. The term was four score and nyneteene years (if Alexander,
John and Thomas Webber, sonnes of William Webber of Kittesford in the County
of Somersett, Yoman, either of them shall so long live)
The signature of John Webber is in the bottom margin. The seal is in very
good condition. The upper left corner of the document is stylishly, decorated
and embellished. The document appears to be on vellum. The document is in
good condition for its age with obvious fold lines, and browning. Wear in the
fold lines, particularly where they meet. No tears. Some edge, wrinkling, and
the odd grubby mark.
The document measures 25 x 13.
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1613
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Iindenture
relating to a farm and farmland in Stopherd in the Manor of Week Fitzpaine,
Somerset. The document relates to the Earl of Northumberland, Henry Percy,
implicated in the gunpowder plot.
The document is dated 20 October 1613, during the reign of James I. The
agreement is between the right honourable Henry, Earl of Northumberland, Lord
of the honours of Cockermouth and Petworth, Lord Percy, Lucy Poynings,
Fitzpaine, Bryan and Latimer and night of the most noble of the garter of the
one part, and Bartholomew Camplyn of Stogursey in the county of Somerset,
Yoman of the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £150 of English money to be
paid unto the said Earl, his heirs or assigns in the name of a fine in manner
and forme.
The Earl has demised and granted to farmers letten the property to the said,
Bartholomew Camplyn, and the property is defined as all that messuage, or
tenement in Stooherd, with the appurtenances, present of the manor of Weeke
Fitzpaine in the county of Somerset, containing by estimation, 18 acres of
arable Meadow and pasture ground, and also lease upon the common in Stopherd
to the said premises, belonging, or attaining, now in the tenure or
occupation of Bartholomew Camplyn or his assigns at or by the yearly rent of
£14, together with all houses, edifices, buildings, gardens, orchards,
barksides, easements, profits and commodities whatsoever to the same
premises, belonging or appertaining, except and always secured to the said
Earl, his heirs and assigns all mines, quarries, woods, or timber trees,
liberties and royalties.
The bottom margin contains the mark of Bartholomew Camplyn. The upper left
corner contains a stylised lettering. The pendant seal is attached to the
bottom margin and is in good condition with some of the arms still visible.
The document is on vellum, drafted in black ink in English secretary hand.
The document is in good condition for its age with obvious fold lines, only a
little browning. Wear in the fold lines, particularly where they meet. No
tears.
The document measures 24 x 15.
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881
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1634
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Indenture
relating to a farm called Weeke Farm in the parish of Stogursey, Somerset.
The document is dated 1 November 1634, in the 10th year of the reign of
Charles I. The agreement is between the right honourable Algernon, Earl of
Northumberland, Lord of the honours of Cockermouth and Petworth, Lord Percy,
Lucy Poynings, Fitzpaine, Bryan and Latimer and knight of the most noble of
the garter of the one part, and Richard Meredith, Clarke, Vicar of Stogursey
in the county of Somerset of the other part.
The property is described as one tenement or half that farm called Weeke
farme, lying, and being in the Manor of Weeke Fitzpaine, in the parish of
Stogursey in the county of Somerset, together with all the houses, buildings,
barns, stables, orchards, gardens, backside, easements, profits, and
commodities whatsoever to the land, said, premises belonging, or in any way
appertaining, that is to say, according to the division made of said farm
between said, Bartholomew More, and John More, his brother, the ancient
dwelling house, and all other outhouses on the south side of the forecourt,
or barten, and half the same court or barten being divided east and west,
Stearty, Longforth, Western Meadow and Orchard adjoining Tendon Longgrove,
Sidwell, Swine Pit, Back Close Leaze, two acres of Meadow in South More, 1
acre of Meadow in Redham, 4 acres of Meadow in East End of Northweeke Moore,
being a moiety of 8 acres in said moore considered all in several grounds,
containing of ground, meadow and pasture of four score and four acres more or
less beside Nine Beast Leaze in Redham after aforesaid Sheare Seven Beast
Leaze and one house in Weekemore, One Horse Leaze in Sharpham common for
thirty sheep and other defined and named parcels of land.
Recites an earlier indenture in which the right Hoble Henry late Earle of
Northumberland by his deed indented bearing date ye Tenth day of Aprill in ye
Eleaventh yeare of the raigne of our late soveraigne Lord King James of
England &c for the consideracon therein expressed did demise graunt and
to farme lett unto Bartholomew More of Stogursey aforesaid in the County of Somersett
one Tenemt of halfe that ffearme called Weeke ffearme situate lying and being
wthin the Mannor of Weeke ffitzpaine wthin the parish of Stogursey
aforesaid...... according to a division made of the said ffearme betweene ye
said Bartholomew More and John More his brother the ancient dwelling house
and all other outhowses on the south side of the ffore Court or Barten. And
halfe the same Court of Barten being divided East and West Stearts Longforth
Westerne Meadowe and orchards adjoyning Tewdon Longrowe Westerne Sidwell
Swine pitt Braceclose Somerleaze two acres of meadowe in South Moore one acre
of meadowe in Redham neere ye bridge ffowre acres of meadowe in ye East end
of North Weeke Moore being ye moyetie of Eight acres in ye said Moore
undevided All wth severall grounds conteyne of arrable ground meadowe and
pasture ffowre score & ffowre acres more or lesse beside Nyne beast leaze
in Redham after ye sheare Seaven beast leaze and one horse leaze in Weekemore
after the sheare one horse leaze in Sharpham Comon for Thirtie sheepe in the
Marsh neere ye Sea ye Moyetie of ye Comon of Aftergrasse in Weekemore one
halfe of the Comoditie & benefitt of the Grist milne wth the water and
watercourses thereunto belonging ye Moyetie of all Comons & profitts of
all Comons and fishing thereunto belonging and severally enjoyed wth ye
ffearme of Weeke Except and allwayes
reserved unto ye said Earle his heires and assignes the sheepcomon upon
Quantock wth one platt of ground newly inclosed upon the highway leading by a
late erected house of the said Earle then in ye occupacon of William Millard
and all manner of Mynes of mettall & coale all quarries woods timber
trees Libties Royalties and Customes whatsoever then standing or being or wch
hereafter at any time should growe stand or be upon the pmisses or any part
thereof other then necessary and convenient hedgeboote houseboote ploughboote
and fireboote to be taken upon the pmisses and thereupon to be spent and
imployed and not elsewhere for and during the terme of ffowerscoe and
nyneteene yeares from thence next ensewing fully to be compleat and ended if
the said Bartholomew More Elizabeth his wife & John ffarthing or any of
them shall soe long live under such rents covenents and condicons as in ye
same Indenture are specified it doth and may appeare.
Recites another indenture in which the said Bartholomew Moore by his deed
indented bearing date the Twentieth day of Aprill in the twelveth yeare of
the raigne of our said late Soveraigne Lord King James of England &c for
the consideracon therein menconed did graunt assigne and sett over unto ye
said Wm ffarthing his executors administrators and assignes all &
singular ye said recyted pmisses wth thappurtenances (except before
expressed) and all his right title clayme and demands in & to ye same
togeather wth ye same recyted Indenture in trust to certen uses as in &
by ye said Indenture more at large appeareth.
And Whereas ye said Bartholomewe Moore Elizabeth his wife & ye said Wm
ffarthing for and in consideracon of the some of One Hundred Twenty and Six
pounds of lawfull mony of England to ye said Bartholomew Moore in hand paid
by ye said Richard Mereddith by their deed indented bearing date ye six &
twentith day of December in ye nynth yeare of ye raigne of our soveraigne
Lord Charles? by ye grace of god of England Scotland ffraunce & Ireland
King defender of ye ffaith did graunte assigne and sett over unto ye said
Richard Mereddith the said close of ground called Somer Leaze ye said two
acres of meadowe lying in Southweeke Moore wth Seaven Beast Leazes & one
horse leaze after ye sheare in ye same Moore and ye said acre of meadowe
lying in Redham neere ye Bridge wth Nyne Beast Leazes after ye sheare lying
in ye same Comon Meadowe called Redham. And alsoe all wayes paths waters
& watercourses .....? proffitts and comodities whatsoever thereunto
belonging or in any wise appteyning etc.
The bottom margin contains the signature the Earl of Northumberland. The
pendant tails are still attached with the wax seal, which is still present,
and in good condition. The document appears to be on vellum and is drafted in
English secretary hand. The document is in very good condition for its age
with obvious fold lines, and browning. Wear in the fold lines, particularly
where they meet. No tears.
The document measures 27 x 22, which is comparably large for a document of
this type and era.
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882
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1693
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An indentured
lease deed for cottages, woods, and closes of land within the Manor of Weeke
Fitzpaine in Somerset, dated 18 December 1693, during the fifth year of the
reign of King William and Queen Mary.
The agreement is between Thomas Rich, of the parish of East Quantocks Head in
the county of Somerset, Clarke, of the one part, and Robert Siderfin of
Croydon in the parish of Carhampton, and they said county of Somerset,
esquire of the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is five shillings
The property is described as that one cottage with the appurtenances,
containing one acre of land, be the same more or less, and all those lands
and Woods called Tingleather, containing by estimation 15 acres, be the same
more or less and are in the possession of John Tarr his assigns or tenants,
both of which are bounded on the east by the lands that was purchased by the
said Robert Siderfin off one Thomas Blunman, and on the west by the lands of
the Robert Siderfin called Wilments Poole, and John Pearses grounds, and on
the south by Cockercombe, and on the north by the highway that leads from Ely
to Truscombstone, and all that parcel of woodland lying in Wilments Poole
containing 2 acres be the same more or less and all that wood that be longs
to one parcel of land called Lides Close and one other parcel of Woodland
belonging to said tenement which lies intermixed with the lands of the said,
Robert Siderfin, and now in the possession of Nicholas Dibble of Bagburrow,
containing by estimation, half an acre, be the same more or less and all said
edifices are situated on Quantock and lyeth in the parish of Overstowey in
the county of Somerset and were taken as part and parcel of the Manor of
Weeke Fitzpaine in said County.
The bottom margin contains the signatures of Thomas Rich and Robert Siderfin
along with their seals. The seals and tails are in good condition, showing
the detail in the wax monograms and coats of arms. The document is on Vellum,
and is in good condition for its age.
The seals are in very good condition, one showing a caricature of a stag, the
other showing the monogram I L . There are still original fingerprints in the
wax. There are no tears. Document written measures approximately 21 x 9.5.
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883
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1693
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An indentured
release deed for cottages, Woods, and close of land within the Manor of Weeke
Fitzpaine in Somerset, dated 19 December 1693, during the fifth year of the
reign of King William and Queen Mary.
The agreement is between Thomas Rich, of the parish of East Quantocks Head in
the county of Somerset, Clarke, of the one part, and Robert Siderfin of
Croydon in the parish of Carhampton and said county of Somerset, esquire of
the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is five shillings
The property is described as that one cottage with the appurtenances,
containing one acre of land, be the same more or less, and all those lands
and Woods called Tingleather, containing by estimation 15 acres, be the same
more or less and are in the possession of John Tarr his assigns or tenants,
both of which are bounded on the east by the lands that was purchased by the
said Robert Siderfin off one Thomas Blunman, and on the west by the lands of
the Robert Siderfin called Wilments Poole, and John Pearses grounds, and on
the south by Cockercombe, and on the north by the highway that leads from Ely
to Truscombstone, and all that parcel of woodland lying in Wilments Poole
containing 2 acres be the same more or less and all that wood that be longs
to one parcel of land called Lides Close and one other parcel of Woodland
belonging to said tenement which lies intermixed with the lands of the said,
Robert Siderfin, and now in the possession of Nicholas Dibble of Bagburrow,
containing by estimation, half an acre, be the same more or less and all said
edifices are situated on Quantock and lyeth in the parish of Overstowey in
the county of Somerset and were taken as part and parcel of the Manor of
Weeke Fitzpaine in said County.
The bottom margin contains the mark of Thomas Rich and Robert Siderfin along
with their seals. The document is drafted in a very stylish hand, and is
nicely illustrated in the upper left corner in the opening sentence. The
document is on Vellum, and is in good condition for its age. The seals are in
very good condition, one showing a caricature of a stag, the other showing
the monogram I L . There are no tears. There is a bit of discolouration on
the verso, but the drafted side is very good condition with a bit of edge,
wrinkling and the odd minor mark, although this appears to be from smudging
of the original ink by the draughtsman.
Document written measures approximately 25 x 16.
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Dibble
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884
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1743
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A single
paged, indentured conveyance deed, relating to property in Radlet (Radlett),
Somerset.
The agreement is dated 30 September 1743, and is between Ann Day of
Plainsfield, within the parish of Overstowey, in the county of Somerset,
widow, daughter and heir of Charles Estcourt, late of the parish of
Overstowey, gentleman, deceased, who was brother and heir at law to John
Estcourt, heretofore of Overstowey, also deceased of the first part, James
Smyth of Saint Audries, within the parish of West Quantoxhead, in the county
of Somerset, of the second part and Edward Dyke of Tetton, within the parish
of Kingston, in the county of Somerset, of the third part.
The property is described as all that messuage or tenement with the
appurtenances, situated, lying and being in Radlett, within the several
parishes of Nether Stowey, Spaxton, or one of them in the said, county of
Somerset, and all those eight several closes or parcels of land, meadow and
pasture thereto belonging, or there with all commonly called or known by the
several names of the Croft, one close called Mill Close, one Meadow called
Bymfield and the Little Meadows thereunto adjoining one meadow called Heath
Mead, the Moor, one barn and one close called the back?, One close called the
Leaze, containing in the whole by estimation 20 acres be the same more or
less, heretofore in the tenure of William Curry, his assignees or assigns,
one close parcel of meadow being in Cannington in the county of Somerset,
containing by estimation 2 acres, be the same more or less, in the tenure or
occupation of John Aire and also that other parcel of arable land and pasture
ground, lying, and being in Radlett, containing by estimation, 2 acres be the
same more or less, with said messuage and parcels of ground, heretofore now
in the possession of said John Estcort, and Charles Estcourt, and now of her
the said Ann Day, her tenants or assigns.
The bottom margin contains the signature and seal of Ann Day. The seal is in
good condition. The upper left margin contains a blind blue duty stamp for
three lots of six pence.
Document measures 29 x 21
The document appears to be on vellum and appears to be in good condition for
its age with obvious fold lines, and a bit of browning throughout. Some
staining along the fold lines, with what appears to have been some mould in
the past. A small hole in the right central quadrant. However, this appears
to be a fault in the vellum, rather than a tear. It measures approximately 3
mm across. The outside is grubby. No tears.
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885
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1637
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Indenture
relating to a farm called in the parish of Stogursey, Somerset. The document
is dated fifth of November 1637, in the 12th year of the reign of Charles I.
The agreement is between the right honourable Algernon, Earl of
Northumberland, Lord of the honours of Cockermouth and Petworth, Lord Percy,
Lucy Poynings, Fitzpaine, Bryan and Latimer and knight of the most noble of
the garter of the one part, and Robert Leminge (Leeming) of Stogursey in the
county of Somerset Yeoman of the other part. Although the draughtsman has
spelt his name, Leminge in the text, the bottom margin indicates that he
spells it Leeming. The agreement is that for the consideration of the sum of
£10 of good and lawful money of England, said Robert Leminge is permitted to
farm. The said land the Earl has demised and granted to farm, Letten and by
these presents doth demise and grant to farme lett unto the said, Robert
Lemminge, the One burgage and a half be the same more or less, close and
dwelling house, lying in Stogursey, now in the tenure or occupation of
Bartholomew Symons in the right of Agnes his wief, bounded with the howse of
the said Robert Leminge newlie erected on the West, the lands of Sr Francis
Doddington & others on the east, the Streat or highway south & the
lands of Pyme north. Together with all the houses, edifices, buildings,
barns, stables, orchards, gardens, bark sides, ways, easements, profits, and
commodities whatsoever to the same belonging.
The bottom margin contains the signature of Robert Leeming. The bottom margin
also contains a wax seal and tails which is in good condition, showing Robert
Leemings monogram RL clearly. The upper left of the document is nicely
decorated in the opening sentence. The document appears to be on vellum and
is drafted in English secretary hand. The document is in very good condition
for its age with obvious fold lines, and browning. Wear in the fold lines,
particularly where they meet. No tears.
The document measures 26 x 14.
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Leminge
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Symons
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Dodington
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886
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1758
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A single
paged, vellum indentured lease for 3 lives deed agreement made on 1 August
1758, during the reign of King George II (the second).
It relates to a property called Blakes, including a number of specified
closes of land in Charlinch in Somerset.
The agreement is between William Molesworth of Wembury, in the county of
Devon, Esquire, of the one part, and Nathaniel Blake, of the parish of
Charlinch in the county of Somerset, gentleman of the other part. The
consideration for the agreement is the sum of £140 of lawful money of Great
Britain.
The property is described as all those two parcels of Meadow and all those 15
acres of arable land, late part of Blakes, and all those 6 acres called the
Mill Close, and all those 3 acres called Loheat, Close, 4 acres called
Bromley Down, one close containing 3 acres, Westwood close containing 2
acres, Wood 2 acres be the same more or less, all lying and being in
Charlinch and also those 6 acres called Padnoller lying in Spaxton in the
county of Somerset, more or less, and which said premises were heretofore in
the possession of John Hunt, his assigns, or undertenants, afterwards in the
possession of Arthur Blake, gentleman, father of him the said Nathaniel
Blake, since that of Elizabeth Hunt, or her assigns, and now of him, the
said, Nathaniel Blake, his undertenant or undertenants. The property is
stated to be in the Manor of Currypool in the county of Somerset. The rent
for the property is a sum of £2 and 10 shillings.
The document is drafted in English secretary hand and is very stylish. The
bottom margin contains the signature and seal of Nathaniel Blake, including a
very entertaining seal of a naked woman running. The upper left margin
contains a blind blue duty stamp.
Document measures approximately 26x 21.5 The deed document appears to be on
vellum, and appears to be in very good condition for its age with obvious
fold lines, and some discolouration. No tears.
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887
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1678
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Charles II
era, single paged indenture relating to the Manor of Week Fitzpaine in
Stogursey, Somerset. The agreement is dated the 26th day of March 1678, and
is between Orlando Gee of Saint Martins in the fields in the county of
Middlesex and Henry Champion of the inner temple, London, of the one part,
and William Baker of Isleworth in the county of Middlesex, gardiner of the
other part.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £100 of lawful money of
England.
The property is described as that messuage or tenement or half farm called
Weeke Farm together with the houses, buildings, barns, stables, orchards,
profits, and commodities, belonging, or anywise appertaining, which said half
farm is distinguished, according to a division thereof, made heretofore
between John Moore and Bartholomew Moore, late of Stogursey in the county of
Somerset, Yeoman, and are called or known by the several names, following,
viz, that is to say, the Watchmans Barnes, and all the barnes, stables and
other outhouses, or Barton, and half the said court or Barton adjoining to
the said barnes, the Five Watchmen Closes and Blacklands, the mill, croft,
garden and orchard adjoining Blacklands, Soggs, Burrow, Sidwells, Courtland,
and Doggetts, containing by estimation, together of arable, meadow and
pasture lands, 7 acres or thereabouts, all of which premises are situated,
lying, and being in the hamlet of Weeke Within the manor of Week Fitzpaine in
the said county of Somerset.
The document appears to be on vellum. The document is in good condition for
its age with obvious fold lines, and browning. Wear in the fold lines,
particularly where they meet. No tears. The document measures 27 x 20.
History of Orlando Gee:
Sir Orlando Gee (c.1619 - 1705[1] ) was an English member of parliament,
serving as joint MP for the Cockermouth constituency from March 1679 to March
1681, 1685 to 1687 and 1690 to 1695.
He was the fourth son of Sarah Mogridge and her husband John Gee (died 1631),
the latter being parish priest of Dunsford, Devon, making Orlando brother to
the cleric and anti-Catholic writer John Gee. In the 1650s he began to ally
himself with the House of Percy in general and Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of
Somerset in particular. His first marriage on 18 May 1662 was to Elizabeth Maxey,
widowed daughter of Sir William Maxey of Bradwell-next-Coggeshall in Essex.
In September 1660 he became joint registrar to the Admiralty Court, a post he
held until becoming sole registrar two years later, holding the latter post
until his death. That post and his first election as MP in 1690 both resulted
from his alliance with the Percys.
On 18 August 1682 he was knighted and on 7 August the same year he married a
second time to Anne Chilcot, heir and daughter to Robert Chilcot of
Isleworth. Both marriages were without issue. His only notable intervention
in the House of Commons during his first term was to safeguard his own
business interests in two paper mills in Buckinghamshire from a perceived
threat from a bill promoting production of white paper, but neither of two
clauses moved to mitigate this passed the House. He went on to be appointed
to draft bills regarding the militia and preventing escapes from the King's
Bench Prison and Fleet Prison.
Few speeches by him survive, all from the 1692-1693 session of Parliament and
all demonstrating his support for the Court faction. He opposed attempts to
replace the Admiralty commissioners in a 21 November 1692 debate and seconded
a motion on 19 January the following year that the 6th Duke of Somerset's chaplain
give the annual sermon commemorating the execution of Charles I. He initially
supported the Triennial Bill but had turned against it by the time of a
speech on 2 February 1693 in which he stated it was "an invasion on the
[royal] prerogative". He was granted indefinite leave of absence from
Parliament due to poor health on 23 February 1694, retiring at the 1695
election and leaving legacies to charity totalling £10,000 in his will,
including £500 to rebuild All Saints' Church, Isleworth.
He died in 1705 and is buried in All Saints Church in Isleworth with a
monument by Francis Bird.
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888
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1735
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A single
paged, vellum indentured lease deed agreement made on 25 December 1735,
during the reign of King George II (the second). It relates to named closes
of land in Charlinch and Spaxton in Somerset. The agreement is a counterpart
lease between James Smyth of Taunton Saint James within the county of
Somerset, Esquire of the one part and Nathaniel Blake of the parish of
Charlinch in the said county, gentleman of the other part, for the three
lives of the said Nathaniel Blake and of Elizabeth Kinglot and Joane Coles,
his sisters.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £450.
The property is described as all those two parcels of Meadow and all those 15
acres of arable land late part of Blakes and all those 6 acres called the
Mill Close and all those 3 acres called Rolieat Close, 4 acres called Bromley
Towne, one close containing 3 acres, Roastwood Close, containing 2 acres,
Wood, 2 acres be the same more or less or lying and being in Charlinch
aforesaid and also those 6 acres called Padnoller lying in Spaxton in the
said county, be the same more or less. All which said premises were
heretofore in the possession of John Hunt, his assignees or undertenants,
afterwards in the possessions of Arthur Blake and late of Elizabeth Hunt of
Compton Pauncefoot in the county of Somerset, widow.
The left margin contains three blind blue duty stamps for 6 pence each. The
document is drafted in English secretary hand and is very stylish. Document
measures approximately 28x 23 The deed document appears to be on vellum,
and appears to be in very good condition for its age with obvious fold lines,
and some discolouration. Otherwise, the document is in good structural
condition.
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889
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1743
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A single
paged, indentured conveyance deed, relating to property in Radlet (Radlett),
Somerset. The agreement is dated 30 September 1743, and is between Ann Day of
Plainsfield, within the parish of Overstowey, in the county of Somerset,
widow, daughter and heir of Charles Estcourt, late of the parish of
Overstowey, gentleman, deceased, who was brother and heir at law to John
Estcourt, heretofore of Overstowey, also deceased of the first part, James
Smyth of Saint Audries, within the parish of West Quantoxhead, in the county
of Somerset, of the second part and Edward Dyke of Tetton, within the parish
of Kingston, in the county of Somerset, of the third part.
The property is described as all that messuage or tenement with the
appurtenances, situated, lying and being in Radlett, within the several
parishes of Nether Stowey, Spaxton, or one of them in the said, county of
Somerset, and all those eight several closes or parcels of land, meadow and
pasture thereto belonging, or there with all commonly called or known by the
several names of the Croft, one close called Mill Close, one Meadow called
Bymfield and the Little Meadows thereunto adjoining one meadow called Heath
Mead, the Moor, one barn and one close called the back?, One close called the
Leaze, containing in the whole by estimation 20 acres be the same more or
less, heretofore in the tenure of William Curry, his assignees or assigns,
one close parcel of meadow being in Cannington in the county of Somerset,
containing by estimation 2 acres, be the same more or less, in the tenure or
occupation of John Aire and also that other parcel of arable land and pasture
ground, lying, and being in Radlett, containing by estimation, 2 acres be the
same more or less, with said messuage and parcels of ground, heretofore now
in the possession of said John Estcort, and Charles Estcourt, and now of her
the said Ann Day, her tenants or assigns.
The bottom margin contains the signature and seal of Ann Day. The seal is in
good condition. The upper left margin contains a blind blue duty stamp for
three lots of six pence. Document measures 29 x 21 The document appears to
be on vellum and appears to be in good condition for its age with obvious
fold lines, and a bit of browning throughout. Some staining along the fold
lines, with what appears to have been some mould in the past. A small hole in
the right central quadrant. However, this appears to be a fault in the
vellum, rather than a tear. It measures approximately 3 mm across. The
outside is grubby. No tears.
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Smyth
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Dyke
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Curry
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Aire
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890
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1698
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An indentured
release deed referred to as Butlers release of dire tournament, dated 23
April 1698 in the 10th year of the reign of King William the third. The
agreement is between Caradock Butler of the parish of Overstowey in the
county of Somerset, Clerke, and Godwin Butler, brother of the said Caradock
Butler of Overstowey in the county of Somerset, Yeoman of the one part and
Robert Siderfin of Croydon in the county parish of Carhampton in the county
of Somerset, esquire of the other part.
The property is described as all that message or tenement with the
appurtenances and all those closes, parcels of arable, Meadow and pasture
lands thereunto belonging hereinafter particularly mentioned and expressed
that is to say a dwelling house, orchard, barkside and premises containing by
estimation two roods and six and 20 perches be the same more or less, one close
of pasture ground against it containing by estimation 1 acre, one rood and 30
perches be the same more or less, one close of pasture ground called Cole
Acre containing by estimation three roods and seven and 30 perches, one close
of land in Crossland by Gospitt Lane containing by estimation 1 acre, three
roods and six perches be the same more or less, one close of arable ground
in? Containing by estimation 1 acre and two roods be the same more or less,
one close of arable ground cold Muryest Long containing by estimation 2 acres
and two perches be the same more or less, one close of pasture ground by
Hinchley Furzen Leas containing by estimation 2 acres, two roods and 32
perches be the same or less, one parcel of pasture ground abutting on the
Quill containing by estimation one acre be the same more or less, one parcel
of arable ground containing by estimation one rood be the same more or less,
one piece or parcel of Meadowground in Hooks containing by estimation 4 acres
be the same more or less, one parcel of meadow in Hooks containing by
estimation 2 acres and two roods be the same more or less, one other parcel
of meadow in hooks adjoining to Doddings containing by estimation 2 acres be
the same more or less, one other piece of meadow in Hooks containing three
roods be the same more or less and also two other parcels of meadow there
containing by estimation three roods be the same more or less. all parcels of
land, meadow and pasture ground containing together by estimation 23 acres,
13 purchased or thereabouts together with also seven beast leazez in the one
horse leaze, one Hoese leaze in Sharpham, six beast leaves in Stopherdsham,
pasture in Hooks, common in Netherham and common for sheep, and also that
Message or tenement, lands and premises late in the tenure or possession of
Edward Dyer of the parish of Overstowey in the county of Somerset, now in the
tenure or possession of the said Cardock Butler and they said Godwin Butler,
their tenants or undertenants, and also that message or tenement and all
those closes and parcels of arable and pasture grounds thereunto belonging,
including one close of ground called Eastern Scavington containing by
estimation 8 acres be the same more or less and one other close arable ground
called the Western Scabbington containing by estimation 7 acres be the same
more or less. Said lands, premises are situated, lying and being in the
hamlet of Stoford and Week or either of these within the manner of
Weekefitzpaine in the parish of Stogursey in the county of Somerset.
The document is drafted in a stylish hand, and is nicely illustrated in the
upper left corner in the opening sentence. The bottom margin contains the
signatures of Caradock Butler and Godwin Butler. There are three pendant
seals, all in good condition. The document also contains a continuation of
the main release in the form of a small appended Page attached to the bottom
margin. The document is on Vellum, and is in reasonable condition for its
age. The seals are in very good condition, one showing a caricature of a
skeleton and the other a coat of arms. There are no tears. There is a bit of
discolouration throughout, but the drafted side is very good condition with a
bit of edge, wrinkling and the odd minor mark. Document written measures
approximately 29 x 15.
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891
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1693
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An indentured
release deed for cottages, Woods, and close of land within the Manor of Weeke
Fitzpaine in Somerset, dated 19 December 1693, during the fifth year of the
reign of King William and Queen Mary. The agreement is between Thomas Rich,
of the parish of East Quantocks Head in the county of Somerset, Clarke, of
the one part, and Robert Siderfin of Croydon in the parish of Carhampton, and
they said county of Somerset, esquire of the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is five shillings
The property is described as that one cottage with the appurtenances,
containing one acre of land, be the same more or less, and all those lands
and Woods called Tingleather, containing by estimation 15 acres, be the same
more or less and are in the possession of John Tarr his assigns or tenants,
both of which are bounded on the east by the lands that was purchased by the
said Robert Siderfin off one Thomas Blunman, and on the west by the lands of
the Robert Siderfin called Wilments Poole, and John Pearses grounds, and on
the south by Cockercombe, and on the north by the highway that leads from Ely
to Truscombstone, and all that parcel of woodland lying in Wilments Poole
containing 2 acres be the same more or less and all that wood that be longs
to one parcel of land called Lides Close and one other parcel of Woodland
belonging to said tenement which lies intermixed with the lands of the said,
Robert Siderfin, and now in the possession of Nicholas Dibble of Bagburrow,
containing by estimation, half an acre, be the same more or less and all said
edifices are situated on Quantock and lyeth in the parish of Overstowey in
the county of Somerset and were taken as part and parcel of the Manor of
Weeke Fitzpaine in said County.
The bottom margin contains the mark of Thomas Rich and Robert Siderfin along
with their seals.
The document is drafted in a very stylish hand, and is nicely illustrated in
the upper left corner in the opening sentence. The document is on Vellum, and
is in good condition for its age. The seals are in very good condition, one
showing a caricature of a stag, the other showing the monogram I L . There
are no tears. There is a bit of discolouration on the verso, but the drafted
side is very good condition with a bit of edge, wrinkling and the odd minor
mark, although this appears to be from smudging of the original ink by the
draughtsman. Document written measures approximately 25 x 16.
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Tarr
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Blunman
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Pearse
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Dibble
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892
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1770
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An unusually
large indentured lease deed relating to Currypool farm on Currypool Manor
(aka Curry Poole, Currypoole, Curry Pool) and the right honourable Earl of
Egmont. The lease is for 21 years and the rent is £320. The document is dated
24 October 1770, during the reign of George III. The agreement is between the
Right Honourable, John, Earl of Egmont, Viscount Perceval of Kantark, Lord
Lovel and Holland, Baron Lovel and Holland of Enmore, Baron Perceval of
Barton, and Baronet, Lord of Dunhallow, and one of the lords of his majesties
most honourable privy council on the one part, and Amos Escott of Carhampton
in the county of Somerset, Yeoman of the other part.
The property is described as that part of the capital Barton and farm called
Currypool, situated, lying and being in the parish of Charlinch (Charlynch)
in the county of Somerset together with all the houses, outhouses, edifices,
buildings, orchards, gardens, land, Meadows, pastures, feedings, waves,
paths, passages, waters, Water, courses, easements, profits, advantages, and
pertinences, whatsoever thereunto belonging, and also one other messuage or
dwellinghouse, called or commonly known by the name of Webbers Tenement with
a garden and orchard thereunto belonging, containing by estimation, 1 acre
and a half, situated in the manner of Currypool and parish of Charlinch
The bottom margin contains the signature of Ames Escott and his wax seal. The
upper left margin contains a duty stamp. Document measures approximately 35x
27 The document is in good condition, with some obvious fold lines, and a
little general browning and discolouration throughout. Some wear in the
folds. No tears. There are four small holes in the upper right quadrant, and
one small hole in the central upper right quadrant. However, these appear to
be natural faults in the vellum. All text is clearly legible.
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, PC, FRS (25 February 1711 4 December
1770) was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist who
served as First Lord of the Admiralty. Of Anglo-Irish background, he sat in
both the Irish and British Parliaments. He was the father of the Regency Era
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
Perceval sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dingle between 1731 and 1749.
In April 1748, he was created Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of
Wales. He was made a Privy Counsellor in January 1755.
He sat in the Parliament of Ireland for Dingle (173149) and in the House of
Commons for Westminster (174147), Weobley (174754) and Bridgwater
(175462). In 1762 he was created Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore in the
County of Somerset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which gave him an
automatic seat in the House of Lords.
He was appointed joint Postmaster-General for 17623 alongside Robert
Hampden, 4th Baron Trevor[citation needed] and served as First Lord of the
Admiralty from 1763 to 1766. As First Sea Lord, places named in his honour
were Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands and
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand, which was named Mount Egmont by Captain James
Cook in 1770 during his first voyage around the world.
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893
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1685
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James II era,
single paged indenture relating to the Manor of Curry Poole (aka Currypool;
Curry Pool; Currypoole) in Somerset. The agreement is dated 2 June 1685,
during the first year of the reign of James the second, and is between the
Right Honourable Maurice Lord Egmont Fitzardinge, the Honourable Francis
Parfitt of the parish of the city of Wells, in the county of Somerset, the
Honourable Edward Hawby of the city of Wells, Anthony Bowyer of Camberwell in
the county of Surrey, William Clarke of Sanford, in the county of Somerset of
the first part, Sr William Parkins, Robert Markham, ? Bridges and Richard
Garth and his four sons? [
..] and Richard Thorne of the parish of Barrington
in the county of Somerset, Yeoman. References made to the a decision in the
honourable court of Chancery in the Manor of Curry Pool and a consideration
for £240 of lawful English money. Also mentioned is ffrancis Pawlett.
The property is referred to, as all of that messuage, containing some 40
acres by estimation, more or less, called unknown by the name of Junags
tenement, heretofore in the possession of ? and now, in the possession of
Richard Thorne, lying and being in the tithe of Charlinch (Charlynch) and of
the manor of Curry Poole together with all the houses, barns, stables,
orchards, gardens, courts, ways, courses, easements, profits whatsoever
belonging or appertaining.
The bottom margin contains an intact, wax, pendant seal and the signature of
Richard Thorne.
The document is legible, but drafted in a rather obscure hand. It is quite
difficult to interpret, so please reassure yourself with the photos that my
description is satisfactory. The document appears to be on vellum. The
document is in good condition for its age with obvious fold lines, and
browning. Wear in the fold lines, particularly where they meet. No tears.
Grubby on the back, and some ane Ing throughout the document. The document
measures 23 x 19.
History of Lord Egmont:
Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge PC (Ire) FRS (1628 13 June
1690), known as Sir Maurice Berkeley, Bt from 1660 to 1668, was an English
politician, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family. See
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_3rd_Viscount_Fitzhardinge
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Berkeley
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Parfitt
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Hawby
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Bowyer
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Clarke
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Parkins
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Markham
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Bridges
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Garth
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Thorne
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Pawlett
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894
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1685
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A
magnificently illustrated and stylishly drafted indentured mortgage deed for
1000 years, dated 2 June 1685, during the reign of King James II. The
agreement is between John Adams of the parish of Overstowey in the county of
Somerset, blacksmith of the one part, and Thomas Rich of East Quantocks Head,
in the said county of Somerset, clerk of the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is £45.
The property is described as that messuage or tenement with appurtenances
together with that parcel of arable or pasture ground thereinto belonging,
containing by estimation, 6 acres be the same more or less, late in the
occupation of John Williams of the said parish of Overstowey, husbandman, and
now, or late in the tenure of John Adams, his assigns or assignee, or
undertenants, with the land is bounded and adjoining to the ground, late
Richard Lydes on the north, the pasture ground adjoining to the lodge, late
master Brookes on the east and the ground, late Bartholomew Hussey on the
south and west, together with the outhouses, buildings, orchards, gardens,
ways, Waters, Woods, underwoods, hedges, and groves, privileges, easements,
profits, commodities, and hereditaments whatsoever to the said messuage or
tenement thereunto belonging or those with all heretofore, usually let or
enjoyed, situated lying and being upon Quantock, within the liberties and
permits of the said parish of Overstowey and late of roll of the Manor of our
Lord of Week Fitzpaine in the county of Somerset.
The bottom margin contains the mark of John Adams along with his seal. The
document is drafted in a very stylish hand, and is nicely illustrated in the
upper left corner in the opening sentence. The document is on Vellum, and is
in very good condition for its age. The seal is practically mint. There are
no tears. There is a bit of discolouration on the verso, but the drafted side
is very good condition. Quite remarkable for nearly 340 years old. Document
written measures approximately 26 x 20.
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Rich
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Williams
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Lyde
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Brookes
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Hussey
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895
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1760
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A large
indentured five year lease deed relating to Currypool (aka
Currypole/Currypoole) farm on Currypool Manor and the right honourable Earl
of Egmont. The lease is for 5 years and the rent is £250. The document is
dated 10 March 1760, during the final year of the reign of King George the
second.
The agreement is between the Right Honourable, John, Earl of Egmont in the
kingdom of Ireland, one of the lords of his majesties most honourable privy
council, and Lord of the Manor of Charlinch in the county of Somerset on the
one part, and John Bryant now undering at Currypool farm in the parish of
Charlinch in the county of Somerset, Yeoman of the other part.
The property is described as that part of the capital Barton and farm called
Currypool, situated, lying and being in the parish of Charlinch (Charlynch)
in the county of Somerset and now and for some time in the possession of said
John Bryant as tenant to said John Earl of Egmont together with all the
houses, outhouses, edifices, buildings, orchards, gardens, land, Meadows,
pastures, feedings, waves, paths, passages, waters, Water, courses,
easements, profits, advantages, and pertinences, whatsoever thereunto
belonging.
The bottom margin contains the signature of John Bryant and a pendant seal.
The upper left margin contains a duty stamp.
Document measures approximately 30x 24 The document is in good condition,
with some obvious fold lines, and a little localised browning and
discolouration. Some wear in the folds. No tears. All text is clearly
legible.
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, PC, FRS (25 February 1711 4 December
1770) was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist who
served as First Lord of the Admiralty. Of Anglo-Irish background, he sat in
both the Irish and British Parliaments. He was the father of the Regency Era
Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
Perceval sat in the Irish House of Commons for Dingle between 1731 and 1749.
In April 1748, he was created Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of
Wales. He was made a Privy Counsellor in January 1755.
He sat in the Parliament of Ireland for Dingle (173149) and in the House of
Commons for Westminster (174147), Weobley (174754) and Bridgwater
(175462). In 1762 he was created Baron Lovel and Holland, of Enmore in the
County of Somerset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, which gave him an
automatic seat in the House of Lords.
He was appointed joint Postmaster-General for 17623 alongside Robert
Hampden, 4th Baron Trevor[citation needed] and served as First Lord of the
Admiralty from 1763 to 1766. As First Sea Lord, places named in his honour
were Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands and
Mount Taranaki in New Zealand, which was named Mount Egmont by Captain James
Cook in 1770 during his first voyage around the world.
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Bryant
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896
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1671
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Charles the
second era, single paged indentured lease deed agreement relating to a farm
in Stopherd in the Manor of Week Fitzpaine and Quantock in Somerset.
The agreement is dated the 20 September 1671, and is between John Clarke of
the town of Newcastle upon Tyne, Orlando Gee of Petworth in the county of
Sussex and Henry Champion of the inner temple, London, Esquire of the one
part and John Culverwell of Stogursey in the county of Somerset, clothier of
the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £34 of lawful money of
England.
The property is described as the messuage or tenement with the appurtenances
together with all the outhouses, buildings,barns, stables, orchards, gardens,
easements, common of pasture, profits and commodities whatsoever thereunto
belonging and all those closes and parcels of our meadow and pasture land
thereunto also belonging, usually left occupied and enjoyed, containing by
estimation 17 acres, three roods and five perches or thereabouts, situated,
lying and being in the hamlet of Stopherd within the Manor or Lordship of
Week Fitzpaine in the said county of Somerset, and in the tenure of Mary
Culverwell under the yearly rent of 11 shillings, four pence and 1/2 penny.
The bottom margin contains the signatures of the parties. The seals have been
removed.
The upper left margin is elaborately decorated.
An earlier indenture is recited dated 1 November 1652 and mentions Mary
Culverwell, widdow, mother of the said John.
The document appears to be on vellum. The document is in good condition for
its age with obvious fold lines, and browning. Wear in the fold lines,
particularly where they meet. No tears. The document measures 27 x 25.
History of Orlando Gee:
Sir Orlando Gee (c.1619 - 1705[1] ) was an English member of parliament,
serving as joint MP for the Cockermouth constituency from March 1679 to March
1681, 1685 to 1687 and 1690 to 1695.
He was the fourth son of Sarah Mogridge and her husband John Gee (died 1631),
the latter being parish priest of Dunsford, Devon, making Orlando brother to
the cleric and anti-Catholic writer John Gee. In the 1650s he began to ally
himself with the House of Percy in general and Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of
Somerset in particular. His first marriage on 18 May 1662 was to Elizabeth
Maxey, widowed daughter of Sir William Maxey of Bradwell-next-Coggeshall in
Essex. In September 1660 he became joint registrar to the Admiralty Court, a
post he held until becoming sole registrar two years later, holding the
latter post until his death. That post and his first election as MP in 1690
both resulted from his alliance with the Percys.
On 18 August 1682 he was knighted and on 7 August the same year he married a
second time to Anne Chilcot, heir and daughter to Robert Chilcot of
Isleworth. Both marriages were without issue. His only notable intervention
in the House of Commons during his first term was to safeguard his own
business interests in two paper mills in Buckinghamshire from a perceived
threat from a bill promoting production of white paper, but neither of two
clauses moved to mitigate this passed the House. He went on to be appointed
to draft bills regarding the militia and preventing escapes from the King's
Bench Prison and Fleet Prison.
Few speeches by him survive, all from the 1692-1693 session of Parliament and
all demonstrating his support for the Court faction. He opposed attempts to
replace the Admiralty commissioners in a 21 November 1692 debate and seconded
a motion on 19 January the following year that the 6th Duke of Somerset's
chaplain give the annual sermon commemorating the execution of Charles I. He
initially supported the Triennial Bill but had turned against it by the time
of a speech on 2 February 1693 in which he stated it was "an invasion on
the [royal] prerogative". He was granted indefinite leave of absence
from Parliament due to poor health on 23 February 1694, retiring at the 1695
election and leaving legacies to charity totalling £10,000 in his will,
including £500 to rebuild All Saints' Church, Isleworth.
He died in 1705 and is buried in All Saints Church in Isleworth with a
monument by Francis Bird.
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Clarke
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Gee
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Champion
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Culverwell
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897
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1681
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Charles II
era, single paged indenture relating to a messuage land in the parish of
Overtowey in the Manor of Weeke Fitzpaine.
The agreement is dated 9 September 1681, during the reign of King Charles the
second. The agreement is between Orlando Gee of Saint Martin in the Fields
within the county of Middlesex, esquire of the one part, and John Adams of
the parish of Stowey in the county of Somerset, blacksmith of the other part.
The property is described as all that messuage or tenement with the appurtenances,
together, with that part of arable or pasture ground, belonging or containing
by estimation, 6 acres, be the same more or less, within the occupation of
John Williams of the parish of Overstowey, husbandman, and now in the tenure
of John Adams, or his assigns for the yearly rent of two shillings, with said
land is bounded and adjoining to the ground of the late Richard Lydes on the
north, the pasture ground adjoining to the Late master Brookes on the east,
and the ground, late Bartholomew Hussey, on the south and west together with
the outhouses, common buildings, orchards, gardens, ways, Waters, Woods,
underwood, hedgerows, privileges, easements, profits, commodities, and
hereditaments whatsoever to said messuage or tenement and premises belonging,
being upon Quantock within the liberties and precinct of the parish of
Overstowey within the manor of Lord of Weeke Fitzpaine in the county of
Somerset.
The bottom margin contains an intact wax pendant seal and the signature
Orlando Gee.
The document appears to be on vellum. The document is in good condition for
its age with obvious fold lines, and browning. Wear in the fold lines,
particularly where they meet. No tears. There are two small holes in the
upper left corner, in the indenture title wording. However, these appear to
be faults in the natural vellum, not tears. They are approximately 0.75 cm
across. The same appears in the very bottom margin on the left side. The
document measures 29 x 24.5.
History of Orlando Gee:
Sir Orlando Gee (c.1619 - 1705[1] ) was an English member of parliament,
serving as joint MP for the Cockermouth constituency from March 1679 to March
1681, 1685 to 1687 and 1690 to 1695.
He was the fourth son of Sarah Mogridge and her husband John Gee (died 1631),
the latter being parish priest of Dunsford, Devon, making Orlando brother to
the cleric and anti-Catholic writer John Gee. In the 1650s he began to ally
himself with the House of Percy in general and Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of
Somerset in particular. His first marriage on 18 May 1662 was to Elizabeth
Maxey, widowed daughter of Sir William Maxey of Bradwell-next-Coggeshall in
Essex. In September 1660 he became joint registrar to the Admiralty Court, a
post he held until becoming sole registrar two years later, holding the
latter post until his death. That post and his first election as MP in 1690
both resulted from his alliance with the Percys.
On 18 August 1682 he was knighted and on 7 August the same year he married a
second time to Anne Chilcot, heir and daughter to Robert Chilcot of
Isleworth. Both marriages were without issue. His only notable intervention
in the House of Commons during his first term was to safeguard his own
business interests in two paper mills in Buckinghamshire from a perceived
threat from a bill promoting production of white paper, but neither of two
clauses moved to mitigate this passed the House. He went on to be appointed
to draft bills regarding the militia and preventing escapes from the King's
Bench Prison and Fleet Prison.
Few speeches by him survive, all from the 1692-1693 session of Parliament and
all demonstrating his support for the Court faction. He opposed attempts to
replace the Admiralty commissioners in a 21 November 1692 debate and seconded
a motion on 19 January the following year that the 6th Duke of Somerset's
chaplain give the annual sermon commemorating the execution of Charles I. He
initially supported the Triennial Bill but had turned against it by the time
of a speech on 2 February 1693 in which he stated it was "an invasion on
the [royal] prerogative". He was granted indefinite leave of absence
from Parliament due to poor health on 23 February 1694, retiring at the 1695
election and leaving legacies to charity totalling £10,000 in his will,
including £500 to rebuild All Saints' Church, Isleworth.
He died in 1705 and is buried in All Saints Church in Isleworth with a
monument by Francis Bird.
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Adams
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Williams
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Lyde
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Brookes
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Hussey
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898
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1686
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A single
paged indenture relating to land in Nether Stowey in the Manor of Curry
Poole, Somerset. The document is dated 21 June 1686, in the second year of
the reign of King James the second.
The agreement is between the right honourable, Maurice Lord Viscount
Fitzharding, the honourable Francis Paulett of the city of Wells in the
county of Somerset, Esquire, Edward Hawley of the city of Westminster,
Esquire, Anthony Bowyer of the county of Surrey, esquire and William Clarke
of Sandford in the county of Somerset , Esquire of the first part and Sir
William Parkins, Sir Robert Marshall,
Bridges and Richard Garth, Esquire,
the clerks of the honourable court of Chancery of the Stroud, and James
Richards of Canington in the county of Somerset, Yeoman.
The property is referred to as a house in the manor of Curry Poole and
tenements and hereditaments belonging to John, late Earl of Rochester which
are assigned to the said clerks during the residue of a term of 500 years.
The property is referred to as all that one acre of Meadow lying in a common
meadow called Gods Moore in the parish of Nether Stowey in the west side of
said Meadow called Bull and late in the possession of William Richards,
father of James and now in the possession of James Richards, together with
all ways, parts, waters, etc.
The bottom margin contains the signature and seal of James Richards, both of
which are in good condition.
The document is on vellum. The document is in reasonable condition for its
age with obvious fold lines, and browning. Some discolouration throughout and
quite grubby on the backside. The document is reasonably legible, but is
faded in places. Wear in the fold lines, particularly where they meet. No
tears.The document measures 25 x 13.
History of Viscount Maurice Fitzhardinge
Maurice Berkeley, 3rd Viscount Fitzhardinge PC (Ire) FRS (1628 13 June
1690), known as Sir Maurice Berkeley, Bt from 1660 to 1668, was an English
politician, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley family.
Berkeley held local office under the Protectorate: he was a commissioner of
assessment for Somerset in 1657, and was again appointed to the commission in
January 1660. In March he was appointed to the militia commission and the
commission of the peace for Somerset.
Appointed a captain of militia horse in April 1660, he obtained a pass to
travel overseas and brought to the court of Charles II the news of Monck's
declaration in favour of restoration. He was rewarded with a baronetcy on 2
July 1660, and was appointed to the household the Duke of Gloucester in May;
however, Gloucester died of smallpox in September and his appointment lapsed.
In June, he was appointed an extraordinary gentleman of the privy chamber to
the King. Berkeley also briefly enjoyed two revenue posts as treasurer and
receiver of the Dunkirk garrison from December 1660 to 1661, and joint agent
for wine licenses from 1661 to 1662. Locally, he was appointed to the
commission for oyer and terminer on the Western circuit in July and for
sewers in Somerset in December.
In the 1661 election, he was returned as a Member of Parliament for Wells. He
was moderately active in the Cavalier Parliament, serving on 72 committees,
but was much abroad in Ireland. There he served as vice-president of
Connaught from 1662 to 1666: his uncle, John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of
Stratton, was Lord President of Connaught, although Maurice was more closely
attached in politics to the Duke of Ormonde. Berkeley was also appointed to
the Privy Council of Ireland in 1663 and sat in the Parliament of Ireland
from 1665 to 1666. He was a commissioner of excise accounts in that country
from 1666 to 1667.
In England, he was appointed to the commission on loyal and indigent officers
in Bristol in 1662 and was made a deputy lieutenant of Somerset. From 1673 to
1679, he was a commissioner of assessment for Wells, and from 1667 to some
time before 1679, was a colonel of militia foot in Somerset. In 1667,
Berkeley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was appointed Custos
Rotulorum of Somerset in 1675.
In 1668, he became a gentleman of the privy chamber in ordinary, and held the
office until the death of Charles II in 1685. He was captain of an
independent troop of cavalry in 1667 and in 1685, and of a troop of Irish
Life Guards from 1676 to 1685. He succeeded his father as Viscount
Fitzhardinge, an Irish peerage originally created for his younger brother, in
1668.
In the spring 1679 election, Berkeley was defeated in Somerset; he was again
defeated in the October election while standing for Bath. He was removed from
the Somerset commission of assessment in 1680.
He was returned for Bath in the 1681 election and continued to represent it
until his death. Made a freeman of Bath in 1679, he was chosen high steward
of the town in 1685.
He was removed as a deputy lieutenant of Somerset in 1687, from the Somerset
commission of the peace in February 1688, and as high steward of Bath in
August 1688. In October 1688 he was re-appointed a JP in Somerset and to the
high stewardship. After the Glorious Revolution, he declined to vote on the transfer
of the throne to William and Mary. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of
Somerset in 1689 and returned to the commission for assessment of the county;
in 1690, he was also appointed to the commission for assessment for Bath. He
died on 13 June 1690 and was succeeded by his younger brother John in his
Irish peerage, while his English baronetcy became extinct
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An indentured
lease deed for three lives of a messuage called Mousehole in the parish of
Charlinch, Manor of Currypoole, Somerset, to which Charles, Earl of Egremont,
Baron of Cockermouth is a party.
The agreement is made 26 July 1751, during the reign of King George the
second. The agreement is between the right honourable Charles, Earl of
Egremont, Baron of Cockermouth in the county of Cumberland, and Peter Glubb
of Bideford in the county of Devon, gentleman, the only acting devisees in
trust and named in the last will and Testament of James Smyth, late of Saint
Audrie, in the county of Somerset, esquire, deceased of the one part, and
Nicholas Lee of the city of Exon, grocer, William Hite of Barbcary in the
county of Somerset, clerk and Robert Hite of Exon, grocer, trustees named in
the last Will and Testament of Thomas Hite, late of Staplegrove, in the
county of Somerset, deceased, John Rugg of Bradford in the county of
Somerset, clerk, Julya Rugg his wife of the other part.
The consideration for the agreement is the sum of £224 of lawful money.
The property is described as that messuage and tenement and 18 acres of
arable meadow and pasture ground be it more or less, with the appurtenances,
commonly called or known by the name of Mousehole, situated, lying and being
within the parish of Charlinch in the county of Somerset, and is part and
parcel of the Manor of Currypoole, and was late in the possession of Samuel
Lee, clerk and now in the possession of the said Earl of Egremont, and Peter
Glubb, or their undertenants, and all manner of timber, timber trees, and
young slips, saplings, and standalls now standing, growing, or being or
hereafter to stand, grow or be in or upon the said, demised premises.
The bottom margin contains the signatures of Nicholas Lee, Robert Hite, and
Julia Rugg, and John Rugg.
The upper left margin contains three blind blue duty stamps for six pence
each.
Document measures approximately 26x 22 The document is in reasonable
condition, with some obvious fold lines, and a little browning and
discolouration. A few stains along the central vertical and right vertical
fold lines. Some wear in the folds. No tears. All text is legible.
History of Charles Earl Egremont
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, PC (19 August 1710 21 August 1763),
of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, Petworth House in Sussex, and of Egremont
House in Mayfair, London, was a British statesman who served as Secretary of
State for the Southern Department from 1761 to 1763.
He was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, of
Orchard Wyndham, Secretary at War in 1712, Chancellor of the Exchequer in
1713 and Tory leader in the House of Commons during the reign of King George
I (17141727) and during the early years of King George II (17271760).
His mother was Catherine Seymour, daughter of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of
Somerset, and sister of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, created in
1749 Earl of Egremont and Baron Cockermouth, with special remainder to his
nephew Charles Wyndham, the subject of this article.
He succeeded to the Orchard Wyndham estates and as 4th baronet on his
father's death in 1740, and in 1750 succeeded by special remainder as 2nd
Earl of Egremont, on the death of his maternal uncle Algernon Seymour, 7th
Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Egremont, and received, as his share of the
Seymour inheritance, the former Percy estates, including Egremont Castle in
Cumbria, Leconfield Castle in Yorkshire and the palatial Petworth House in
Sussex (rebuilt by the 6th Duke). These were formerly owned by the Percy
family, and had been inherited by the 7th Duke of Somerset from his mother,
Lady Elizabeth Percy (died 1722), daughter and heiress of Joceline Percy,
11th Earl of Northumberland.
His younger brother was Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond, created
Earl of Thomond, having become the chosen heir of his mother's sister's
childless husband Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond (16881741).
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manuscript vellum indenture [Conveyance] dated 21st March 1853 between John
Grove Bord of Bruton in the County of Somerset, Gentleman, of the first part,
Thomas Rennie Hutton of Clifton in the County of Gloucester, Official
Assignee, of the second part and The Reverend Richard Mitchell, Clerk, Vice
Principal of Magdalen Stall in the University and Bachelor of Divinity, of
the third part.
The document is the Conveyance on several premises and rents, all situate
lying and being in Bruton in the County of Somerset.
The document has the usual age related fold and wrinkles, with patchy
browning in varying degrees though faint or barely visible when the document
is laid flat; a couple of minor stains and faint grubbiness in parts to the
reverse of sheet 1.
The manuscript is clear and legible throughout.
The document comes with three red wax seals, all a tad chipped at the edges,
and three blue tax stamps.
The document measures 64 cm x 80 cm
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