ENFEOFFMENT by Sir Robert Acton of Humphrey Lloyd and others to hold in trust the manor of Ribbesford as part of the marriage settlement between his son Henry Acton and Bridget, daughter of Sir Robert Townshend; 4 Jan. Philip and Mary 1 and 2 [1555]. Latin. Signed by Acton. Red wax signet seal....
MORTGAGE by Robert Acton of Ribbesford to Thomas Chamberlain of Gray’s Inn of the manor of Ribbesford for £1000; 1 Dec. 43 Eliz. I [1600]. Signed by Acton. Ribbesford, Worcestershire: Robert Acton, of Ribbesford: Thomas Chamberlain, of Gray's Inn: Mortgage to Thomas Chamberlain by Robert Acton...
BARGAIN AND SALE by Thomas Chamberlain of Gray’s Inn and Robert Acton of Ribbesford to Richard Green of Banbury of the manor of Ribbesford for £1,100; 10 May 43 Eliz. I [1601]. Signed by Chamberlain and Acton. Two red wax signet seals. Ribbesford, Worcestershire: Robert Acton, of Ribbesford: T...
RELEASE by Anthony and Robert Acton, sons of Robert Acton, to John Churchill of Lincoln’s Inn of the manor of Ribbesford; 16 July 3 Jas. I [1605]. Signed by Anthony and Robert Acton. Ribbesford, Worcestershire: Anthony Acton, son of Robert: Robert Acton, son of Robert: John Churchill, of Linco...
LEASE by Sir Henry Mildmay of Wanstead to Edward Banner of Ribbesford of the meadow called Castlehill in Ribbesford for 21 years; 30 March 20 Jas. I [1622]. Signed by Banner. Red wax signet seal. With undated endorsement in hand of [? Sir Henry Herbert: cf. charter of 3 Aug. 1627 below] stating...
INDENTURE between Sir Henry Mildmay and Sir Henry Herbert for the payment on 31 Oct. following ‘at or in the nowe dwellinge house of Thomas Lawley of London Esquire scituate and beinge in or neeere Broadstreete’ of one thousand pounds, remaining as security in the jointure of Dame Anne Mildmay, ...
LEASE by Sir Henry Herbert to John Hayes of Wolverhampton of the timber in the manor of Ribbesford at an annual rent of £130 for eleven years from the day before the sealing of the lease; 26 March 1672. Signed by Hayes. Sir Henry Herbert, Master of the Revels: Ribbesford, Worcestershire: John ...
INDENTURE OF LEASE by Thomas Ford of Stretton, co. Surrey, to Richard Skipper of Plaistow in West Ham, co. Essex, arrowhead maker, of the leasehold and copyhold messuages and tenements in the Queen’s manor of West Ham for twenty-one years; 14 Nov. 39 Eliz. I [1597]. This item, which appears to b...
LEASE by Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., of Monkwearmouth Hall, to John Brown of a plot of land on Monkwearmouth Shore in Monkwearmouth, co. Durh.; 1 May 1761. Contains an anonymous plan on paper of the plot and the surrounding lands. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, June 1999.
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John Brown, of Monkwearmouth: Monkwearmouth, Durham: Sir Hedworth Williamson, 5th Baronet: Lease to John Brown by Sir Hedworth Williamson of land in Monkwearmouth: 1761.
WILL of Edward Lyne of Bristol, Doctor of Physic; 8 Feb. 1769, with codicils of 6 Aug. 1771 and 23 May and 1 Oct. 1772. In addition to a detailed account of his property, pictures, etc., Lyne mentions a recent survey of lands at Keynsham, co. Som., by Walter Dutton (fl. 17[40?]- circa 1785) [F. Steer, Dictionary of land surveyors and local map-makers of Great Britain and Ireland, 2nd ed., 1997, D377] and a survey and map of estates at Weston [-in-Gordano?] and Whitchurch, co. Som., prepared ...
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Edward Lyne, Doctor of Physic: Walter Dutton, land surveyor: William Ford, land surveyor: Will, with codicils of Edward Lyne, citing surveys by Walter Dutton and William Ford: 1769-1772.