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ID

Date

Source

Lot No.

Text

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301

1766+

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2 page 'prep Copy Abstract of the Title of the Reverend Gordon Robertson The present Incumbent of the Curacy of Earl Sterndale in the County of Derby and Diocese To the Cheddleton Park Farm in the Parish of Cheddleton in the County of Stafford'. The document is quite grubby, but it has information dating back to 1766.

Robertson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

302

1876

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1876 CopyAgreement of Tenancy (BalanceSt., Uttoxeter). You are bidding on what appears to be a copy of an Agreement of Tenancy between Clement Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley and the Reverend Dorall Lee. This document has minor smudges.

Kynnersley

Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

303

1882

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partly completed Copy of Agreement of Tenancy, of Loxley Park,Uttoxeter, circa 1882.  The Agreement was between Clement Sneyd Kymmersley Esq. and William Heath?.

Kynnersley

Heath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

304

1884

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Agreement of Tenancy of Loxley Green circa 1884. It appears to be some kind of draft copy. The Agreement is between Clement Sneyd-Kynnersley and Kohala? Hawaii? Esquireand Solomon Swetnam. The document lists some field names. The document has tear along one of the folds, and also has some holes. The document is in poor condition.

Kynnersley

Swetnam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

305

1902

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draft conveyance of a freehold dwellinghouse site known as 3 Park Vale, Leek in the County of Stafford. There is a small plan with it. The document and plan are generally, in my opinion, in a satisfactory condition for their age.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

306

1888

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draft lease 'of House and premises in Balance Street Uttoxeter' for a term of 12 years between Clement Sneyd Kynnersley and Elizabeth Furbank. The document has holes, smudges, marks and minor pieces missing etc.

Kynnersley

Furbank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

307

1774

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Abstract of the Title of Mr. Thos. Ford and others to certain Messuages and Lands in Ipstones in the Co. of Stafford. It has information dating back to 1711, but its' latest information is about 1774. The document has approx. 5 pages. There are some holes and tears, but most of the text is legigble, and in my opinion, the document is in a satifactory condition.

Ford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

308

1838

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Copy document of Valuation of Fixtures in Rectory House from Mr Porter to the Revd. Edwd C Sneyd Kynnersley  It was taken in 1838, but I am unsure when this copy was done. This small document lists items throughout the house.

Porter

Kynnersley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

309

1874, 1901

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KING JAMES HOLY BIBLE. PUBLISHED BY THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS FOR THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. NO DATE IS GIVEN BUT THE INSCRIPTION INSIDE READS

 

LEEK ALL SAINTS SUNDAY SCHOOL VIOLET ANN COATES 1892, BENSON WRIGHT M.A. VICAR.

 

LATER INSCRIBED

 

VIOLET A. COATES BORN OCT 9TH 1874 MARRIED DEC 2ND 1901.

 

THE BOOK IS LEATHER BOUND AND GUILDED TO THE COVER AND PAGE EDGES. THIS EDITION HAS SOME WONDERFUL COLOUR MAPS CONTAINED WITHIN THE PAGES INCLUDING:

 

THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF NATIONS AFTER THE FLOOD

 

THE MIGRATION OF ABRAHAM

 

THE HOLY LAND AS DIVIDED AMONGST THE 12 TRIBES

 

THE DOMINIONS OF SOLOMAN, THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL

 

THE FOUR EMPIRES OF DANIEL

 

THE PLACES IN THE HOLY LAND CONNECTED WITH GOSPEL HISTORY

 

THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THE ACTS AND THE EPISTLES

 

JERUSALEM AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY

 

THERE ARE NO OTHER PEN MARKS APART FROM THE INSCRIBED PAGE. THE BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, THE COVER AND PAGES ARE TOTALLY INTACT AND THERE ARE NO TEARS. THERE IS NO FOXING. ALL IN ALL AN EXCELLENT COPY.

Coates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

310

1872

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A large one page vellum indenture dated 28th February 1872 relating to two houses in Stone, Staffordshire between John Dowell of Acton Tussell (farmer) and William Hine Haycock of 4 College Hill, London (gent.).  Earlier indentures going back to 1846 are cited and the following names are mentioned: John Wright, William Williams + Mary his wife; William Tym Middleton, Thomas Podmore + Ann his wife, George Mills and William Griffith Frith.  Has two signatures and seals with a revenue stamp.  There are witness and received signatures on the reverse.  Has been folded, otherwise good condition.

Dowell

Wright

Williams

Middleton

Podmore

Mills

Frith

 

 

 

 

 

311

1779

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This is a handwritten will and testament of an Elizabeth Atkin, a widow from the Manor at Burton Upon Trent in Staffordshire dated 14th September 1779. The two page (325x210mm) will is signed and red wax sealed (very little wax left) by Elizabeth Atkin. A Mary Wilson, William Richards and John Yeomans are witnesses. Attached to the will is a probate certificate (225x220mm) after Mrs Atkins death dated 2nd May 1781. This is also handwritten. John Hepworth is the clerk and a registrar named Fletcher has also signed. Other names noted for the local historian: Mary, John and Sarah Greenfield, Thomas Harrison and a Henry Bakerswell. The will and probate certificate has a little fraying and fading but is in presentable condition for it's 200 year existence complete with Georgian duty stamp.

Atkin

Wilson

Richards

Yeomans

Hepworth

Fletcher

Greenfield

Harrison

Bakerswell

 

 

 

312

1861

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GENUINE ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT DEED Walsall Staffordshire COOPER 1861 guaranteed original - from the reign of QUEEN VICTORIA - 144 YEARS OLD BETWEEN JOSEPH COOPER OF WALSALL WOOD IN THE PARISH OF WALSALL IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD BRICK AND TILE MAKER OF THE ONE PART AND THOMAS JAMES BROADSTOCK WOOLLEN DRAPER JOHN BARNETT SADDLER CHARLES DUNCKLEY DRAPER WILLIAM WALLACE VETERINARY SURGEON AND THOMAS ADAMS UPOLSTERER ALL OF WOLVERHAMPTON IN THE SAID COUNTY OF STAFFORD OF THE OTHER PART TRUSTEES OF THE WOLVERHAMPTON FREEHOLDERS PERMANENT BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY. BEING THE FURTHER CHARGE OF LAND MESSUGE AND PREMISES SITUATE IN THE PARISH OF WALSALL IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD BOUNDED BY THE LAND OF THE EARL OF BRADFORD AND IN THE OCCUPATION OF JOSEPH COOPER SIZES 29 INS X 27 INS IN VERY FINE CONDITION - 1 WAX SEALS ON ONE SHEET OF PARCHMENT

Cooper

Broadstock

Barnett

Dunckley

Wallace

Adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

313

1889

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GENUINE ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT DEED Bloxwich Staffs TURNER > ALLEN 1889 guaranteed original - from the reign of QUEEN VICTORIA - 116 YEARS OLD CONVEYANCE OF MESSUAGES HEREDITAMENTS AND PREMISES SITUATE AT BLOXWICH IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD FRONTING ON THE EAST TO A NEW STREET CALLED WOLVERHAMPTON STREET ABBUTTING AT THE BACK ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. BETWEEN EDWARD WHITEHOUSE TURNER OF BLOXWICH IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD TIMBER MERCHANT OF THE ONE PART AND EDWIN ALLEN BLAKENHALL HEATH NEAR WALSALL IN THE SAID COUNTY OF STAFFORD BUTCHER OF THE OTHER PART WITH ESCUTCHENED REVENUE STAMP SIZES 29 INS X 25 INS IN VERY FINE CONDITION - WAX SEAL ON ONE SHEET OF VELLUM

Turner

Allen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

314

1885

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17th April 1885 Mortgage Stoke-on-Trent - 4 pages People mentioned: Frederick Beech of Mill Street, Hanley (baker), Samuel Johnson of Stoke (doctor of medicine), Frederick Bishop, Thomas Smith, George Turner, John Bilton?, William Lambert, William Coleman Gill, Mathew Elliott? Blackiston   Places mentioned: Brighton Street: Quarry Rd.  Has one signature and seal with revenue stamps.  There is one witness signatures. On the last page there is also an indenture dated 19 April 1894 with one signature and seal and one witness signatures. Has been folded and is a bit grubby, otherwise good condition

Beech

Johnson

Bishop

Smith

Turner

Bilton

Lambert

Gill

Blackiston

 

 

 

315

1863

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1863 Sales Particulars: Congleton, Leek + plan. "Plan and Particulars of Sale of the Springfield Mansion, and other Property, in and near the Borough of Congleton...also a cottage and garden at Leek" to be sold at auction on the 29th October 1849 at the Lion & Swan Inn, Congleton.  Properties mentioned: Springfield Mansion, Congleton (with carriage house, stables, pleasure grounds, gardens and land) + a neat cottage ajoining; a first rate Grocer's and chandler's Ship in High Street, Congleton; 12 houses in Rood Lane, Congleton; house, garden and land at Daneinshaw, nr. Congleton; Rainow Farm, Congleton (with the valuable woods and coppices thereon) and a cottage and garden in West Street, Leek. Has been folded and is a bit grubby around the edges, otherwise good condition.  There is a later plan of a farm at Rainow, near Macclesfield dated 1897.  This has been folded and has some staining.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

316

1867

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This is a one page document dated 22nd June 1867 involving the proprietor of the Sneyd Colliery (closed in 1966) in Burslem near Stoke. The gentleman's name is Charles Bower May and he is borrowing money from the Life Association of Scotland on the strength of some maturing life policies which he pledges to the association. The document (13.5"x8.5") is a part printed form with handwritten entries. Charles May has signed and red wax sealed. Two clerks from Burslem, a Thomas Oliver and a G.M Steele have witnessed and endorsed the document. The item is in good presentable condition together with a Scottish duty stamp.

May

Oliver

Steele

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

317

1852

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This is a written agreement and contract between five people on the 1851 previous will of a farmer named Thomas Swetnam deceased of the Green Man Inn Croxden in Staffordshire. This document is dated 3rd June 1852. The five people are as follows

 

Lewis Swetnam a farmer of the Green Man Inn Croxden

Jesse Swetnam gentleman of Newark, Nottinghamshire

Sarah Whitehurst widow of Cheadle

William Byatt wheelwright of Alton in Staffordshire

Frances Byatt wife of William Byatt

 

All five people have signed the contract. A Hugh Shaw is the executor and two legal clerks have signed as witnesses (Thomas Shaw of Leek the other indistinct). The two page (17.5x9.5") document is in good presentable condition with fading consistent with age. Two Victorian duty stamps are present, one stamped the other embossed.

Swetnam

Whitehurst

Byatt

Shaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

318

1705

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"An Act for the better Explanation of the Settlement of the Estate of William Trafford, Esq. and clare his Wife, and William their Eldest Son; And for making more Effectual a Provision for Younger children, according to Agreement between them."

 

"Whreas by Indenture of Bargain and Sale for six Months, bearing Date the Six and Twentieth Day of February, in the Year One thouand six hundred and seventy and seven, and Indenture Tripartite of Release and Confirmation, bearing Date the Seven and twentieth Day of the same February, made or mentioned to be made, between William Trafford, then or late of Swithomley, in the County of Stafford, Esq; and Mary his Wife, (both since Deceased) and the said William Trafford (now the Father by the Name of William Trafford, Son and Heir Apparent of the said William Trafford) of the First Part; Sir John Bowyer, of Knypersley, in the said County of Stafford, Bart (since Deceased;) Thomas Leigh of Adlington, in the County of Chester, Esq; (since also Deceased;) Humphrey Tafford, then or late of Leverpoole, in the County of Lancaster, Esq; and Sand Sandford, of Twemlowes, in the County of Salop, Gent. (also since Deceased,) of the Second Part; and the said clare Trafford, (by the Name of Clare Lawton,) Eldest Daughter of William Lawton, of Law, in the said County of chester, Esq...".  This document contains a lot of information about the Trafford family and the estate properties.

 

There is no date on it but British History Online has it listed for 1705.  It comprises 12 pages which have been stitched together.  It has been folded and has damage along the fold on the cover page.  There is a lot of foxing on all the pages.  It also has a thick sheet of paper which has been made into an protective covering which has the title handwritten on it.

Trafford

Bowyer

Leigh

Sandford

Lawton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

319

1579

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A 45 page document relating to a dispute between Philip Trafford, gent and Stephen Bagott concerning the estate of Swithamley Grange in Leek.  It comprises of "Interrogatories to be ministred on the part and behalf of..."  The statements of individuals were taken at Congleton by Thomas Stanley, John Ward, William Vulvine and Ralf Egerton in the 21st and 22nd year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

 

The dispute would appear to be about land which was in the "hands of the Abbott of the Monestrie for the maintenance of their houskepinge by their servaints" (Dieulacres Abbey).  Follow this link to find out more about the abbey: http://members.madasafish.com/~cwthornber/html/dieu.html

 

Names mentioned: John Whittney (late brother of Abbott), Richard Wright, Randall Rutter, William Rutter, Margaret Maltyn, widow (daughter of John Whittney dec.), George Dycons, John Whitney of Pontesbury, Salop gent., Sir Edmund Trafford, Thomas Langhton, John Downes, John Higginbotham of Ruston, yeoman, John Longe Esq., Thomas Pyitte of Rushton, yeoman, Peter Bradle and William Rede of Rushton, yeoman.  There may be more but I stopped reading at this point.

 

Please note that this document has damp stains and is very fragile with some damage at the bottom of the pages.  However, the majority of the document is very readable

Trafford

Bagott

Stanley

Ward

Vulvine

Egerton

Whittney

Wright

Rutter

Maltyn

Dycons

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320

1704

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A vellum indenture for a 99 year lease of a property in Leek for £300 between William Trafford of Swithomley and William Wardle of Bonesley in the Parish of Allstonefield, gent. Has two signatures and two nice seals with coats of arms.  Has been folded and has a small patch of fading.

Trafford

Wardle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

321

1814

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GENUINE ANTIQUE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT Will & Probate POULSON Stoke on Trent 1814 guaranteed original - from the reign of KING GEORGE III - 191 YEARS OLD LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS POULSON A POTTER AND A MEMBER OF THE FAMOUS POULSON FAMILY WHOSE FACTORY WAS RENTED BY MINTON. ROBERT HAMILTON ANOTHER KNOWN POTTER AND JOSIAH SPODE ARE LISTED IN THIS DOCUMENT AS EXECUTORS OF THE WILL INTERESTING DOCUMENT FOR COLLECTORS OF STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY WITH LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION FROM THE PROBATE COURT OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY DETAIL ON FAMILY EFFECTS AND INHERITENCE WAFER WAX SEAL SIZES 29 INS X 27 INS IN VERY FINE CONDITION - DUSTING TO BOTTOM EDGE - CRCKS TO SEAL ON TWO SHEETS OF PARCHMENT PLUS ADMINISTRATION

Poulson

Hamilton

Spode