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Messrs. Clark and Smith, solicitors Tetbury, Gloucestershire CONTENTS 149/1-31 PART I. Families of Maskelyne and Bennett. 149/1-7 Minety 149/ 8-11Ashton Keynes 149/12-18 Property formerly Vivash family 149/19 Property formerly Green family 149/20 Hankerton Vicarage 149/21 Financial deeds 149/22 Wills and testamentary deeds 149/23 Property in Gloucestershire 149/24-31Solicitors' papers 149/32-38 PART II. Keene family Minety, Purton, Ashton Keynes and Ampney Crucis (Glos) 149/39-60 PART III. Sherston families. Related families of Manning, Gantlett, Hall, Gaze, Thompson and Cornish. Sherston, Willesly in Sherston and Littleton Drew 149/49-53 Vince family. Willesly in Sherston 149/54-56 Howell family. Willesly in Sherston and testamentary papers 149/57 Holford family. Sherston and Bremilham 149/58-59 Weeksey family. Mainly Silkwood in Sherston 149/60 Miscellaneous. Sherston 149/61-68 PART IV. Beard family West Yatton, Yatton Keynell and Slaughterford 149/69-85 PART V. Other families 149/69-71 Minety 149/72-74 Biddestone, Slaughterford and Colerne 149/75-77 Chedglow and Crudwell 149/78-80 Purton 149/81Stratton St. Margaret 149/82-83 Chelworth and Cricklade 149/84 Luckington 149/85Yatton Keynell and Slaughterford 149/86-97 PART VI. Littleton Drew enclosure 149/98-104 PART VII. Miscellaneous solicitors' papers 149/98-99 Littleton Drew: commutation of tithes and glebe exchange 149/100Estate plans: Biddestone and Minety 149/101-102 Sale particulars: Minety and other North Wiltshire estates 149/103 Miscellaneous single documents 149/104 Miscellaneous single deeds | ||
PART I. FAMILIES OF MASKELYNE AND BENNETT | ||
Minety | ||
1723 Release of land in Minety. William Maskelyne the elder and William Maskelyne the younger to trustees on marriage of William Maskelyne the younger with Sarah Waldren. 1793 Lease and release of land in Minety. Ann Adams and others to William Maskelyne 1845 Mortgage of land in Minety. Maurice Maskelyne to Richard G. Bathe and others 1849 Reconveyance of land in Minety. Richard G. Bathe to Maurice Maskelyn 1853 Assignment (not executed) of land in Minety. Maurice Maskelyne to Susanna Bathe 1872 Declaration of trust of parts of Buckswell and Stert farms , Minety. Maskelyne family and trustees. | 1723-1872 | |
32 deeds, copies and abstracts of deeds and abstract of title to Stert and Swillbrook farms, Minety. | 1608-1772 | |
1793 Lease and release of land in part of Swillbrook farm in Minety. Joseph Pitt, Robert Croome and William Croome and William Croome to Robert Maskelyne 1846 Abstract of title, schedule of deeds and two copies of deeds referring to the title of Maurice Maskelyne to Stert and Swillbrook farms, Minety. | 1793, 1846 | |
14 deeds and schedule concerning three closes of land in Minety and the families of Hinton and Bennett. | 1653-1766 | |
18 deeds and copies of deeds and schedule of deeds concerning land in Minety belonging to families of Roberts and Bennett. | 1684-1758 | |
4 deeds and schedule of deeds referring to a close of land called Whitings in Minety. | 1720-1747 | |
1739 Copyhold admission. Court of George Pitt: admission of William Maskelyne to a copyhold tenement in Minety. 1803 Lease of Knapps farm in Minety. William Maskelyne to Robert Flowers 1841 Lease of Farm in Minety and Ashton Keynes. Ann Bennett and Maurice Maskelyne to Jonathan Packer. | 1739-1841 | |
Ashton Keynes | ||
13 deeds being titles of Maskelyne and Bennett to various properties in Ashton Keynes: mainly mortgages, including an administration with will annexed of Maurice Maskelyne Bennett, 1855. | 1786-1855 | |
12 deeds to various properties in Ashton Keynes concerning the families of Surman, Darby, Chapman, Turner, Bennett, Croome, Gray, Dansey and others. | 1729-1780 | |
7 deeds to land in the parish of Ashton Keynes and the families of Hinton, Bennett, Vincent, Chapperlin, Edwards, telling, Holborowe and Vanstone. | 1757-1825 | |
1719 Deed of partnership for the purchase of timber in Ashton Keynes. John Panting and Francis Evans. 1773 Lease for a year of land in Ashton Keynes. Joanna Evans, and Mary, Ann and Joanna Evans her daughters, and Maurice Bennett and Thomas Wilkins to Robert Colmore [19th cent] 4 maps showing Bennett and Maskelyne property in Ashton Keynes. | 1719-19th cent | |
Property formerly Vivash family | ||
20 deeds to a farm and lands in Purton and Purton Stoke purchased from the family of Giles by Matthew Vivash, including wills of the Giles family. | 1666-1832 | |
9 deeds and copies of deeds to property in Purton and Purton Stoke, descending from families of Fitchew, Giles, Cully and ?Vivash. | 1725-1799 | |
Lease for a year two covenants to produce deeds of land in Purton and Purton Stoke: family of Vivash with Large and Bathe. | 1830 | |
12 deeds and copies of deeds referring to land called Lavingtons in Purton and Purton Stoke assigned to Matthew Vivash by the assignees of Joseph Large, a bankrupt. | 1768-1823 | |
Lease and release and abstract of title to land called Lower Lavingtons in Purton and Purton Stoke purchased by Matthew Vivash from the Earl of Shaftesbury. | 1825 | |
30 deeds referring to property in Uffcot in Broad Hinton descending through families of Stubbs, Gale, Mihill, King, Franklyn to Vivash. | 1647-1786 | |
1802 Copy of will and probate of Matthew Vivash of Uffcot in Broad Hinton. 1839 Copy of will and probate of Matthew Vivash of Purton and Broad Hinton 1857,1864 Two appointments of additional trustees under the above will. | 1802-1864 | |
Property formerly Green family | ||
Lease and release, and a lease of land in Somerford Keynes concerning families of Godwin, Green and Bennett. | 1838-1841 | |
Hankerton Vicarage | ||
3 conveyances of the advowson of the vicarage of Hankerton: Maskelyne, Edwards and Tuson. | 1859 | |
Financial deeds | ||
1825 Assignment: commissioners in bankruptcy of Charles Innell to William Maskelyne: goods and securities. 1821 Assignment of an annuity: Robert Maskelyne to Richard Kinnier and James Mackenzie. | 1821, 18255 | |
Wills and Testamentary deeds. | ||
1809 Copy of will and probate of William Maskelyne of Cricklade, Chelworth and Minety. 1827 Declaration of trust under the above will 1840 Copy of will, codicils and probate of William Maskelyne of Cricklade and Minety with various correspondence and legal papers connected there-with 1841 Quitclaim. Legatees under the above will to the Rev. William Maskelyne. | 1809-1841 | |
Property in Gloucestershire | ||
Counterpart of lease for 21 years of a house in Cirencester. Maurice Maskelyne Bennett and William Chapperlin to Benjamin Fryer. | 1786 | |
Solicitor’s papers | ||
1846-1865 12 drafts of various deeds concerning the Maskelyne estate in Minety including an extract from the tithe apportionment. 1859 14 drafts and other papers concerning copyhold premises in Minety surrendered by the Maskelynes to John Brown 1860 Packet of 6 documents concerning the enclosure award and Maskelyne property in Minety 1843 Map of Packer’s land in Minety [mid 19th cent] Map of an estate belonging to Maurice Maskelyne in Minety. | 1846-1865 | |
1839-1852 12 documents, conditions of sale, correspondence, draft and plan concerning several properties in Ashton Keynes. 1839 Certified copy of lease and release relating to lands in Ashton Keynes, part of settlement on the marriage of Maurice Maskelyne and Sarah Vivash 1841,1843 2 draft deeds concerning the Maskelyne estate in Ashton Keynes. | 1839-1852 | |
20 documents, correspondence, memoranda, printed sale particulars and others concerning the disposal of copyhold and other property in Minety as a result of case in chancery of Ludlow v. Maskelyne. | 1846-1871 | |
4 draft deeds mainly concerning financial business of Maskelyne family with Richard G. Bathe. | 1845-1852 | |
64 letters and memoranda concerning the administration of their estates by the Maskelyne family and their solicitors. | c.1850 | |
55 various papers including rental, pedigree, schedule of deeds, memoranda books and extracts from documents concerning the estate and financial business of the Maskelyne family. | c.1850 | |
1794 Bond: Maurice Maskelyne Bennett to the Rev. Richard Bowles. 1799 Letter. Richard Hall to ‘Mr White’, attorney at Tetbury concerning poor rate paid by ‘Mr Neale’ 1853-1870 12 files and papers concerning the administration of the goods of Ann Neale and a subsequent suit in chancery. | 1794-1870 | |
1793 Account and receipt by Joseph Pitt to William Maskelyne concerning a legacy. [19th cent] Copy of clause of an agreement made between two parishes of Ashton Keynes and Minety (part of enclosure award?) for the division between them of the South-Moor. | 1793-19th cent | |
PART II KEENE FAMILY | ||
1649-1659 7 deeds concerning a meadow called Pye Close in Minety and the families of Lattimer and Chowle or Choule. 1719-1765 8 deeds concerning the above and other properties in Minety descending through Brinsden, Norton and Keene families. | 1649-1765 | |
1676 Settlement by Lucian Browne on the marriage of his daughter Ann with Thomas Thorner relating to land in Minety, 1727 Copy of will and probate of Robert Browne 1779,1786 Copies of wills and probates of Lucian and William Browne of Minety [18th cent] Extracts from will of Margaret Browne made in 1791 concerning her copyholds in Minety 1793,1806 2 accounts between Williams Keene and Joseph Pitt, his solicitor 1806 Lease and release of land in Minety: William Peter Calley (devisee of Margaret Browne) to William Keene. With office copy of will of Margaret Browne dated 1797. | 1676-1806 | |
9 deeds to a cottage in Minety purchased by William Keene from John Earle. | 1775-1812 | |
1777 Lease of a farm in Minety by Mary Lady Holland to Thomas Keene. 1778,1803 Mortgage and 2 feoffments of land in Minety from family of Hicks to Thomas Keene 1785-1797 7 deeds to property in Minety purchased from Robert Joachim by William Keene in Minety. | 1777-1797 | |
5 deeds referring to properties of the Keene family in Minety. | 1809-1861 | |
1786-1787 3 deeds, contract of purchase, abstract of title and 9 copies of older deeds referring to property in Purton purchased from Edwards family by William Keene. 1780 Mortgage of land in Ashton Keynes: Thomas Carter to William Keene 1733 – 1769 7 leases of property in Ampney Crucis, Gloucestershire, later Keenes concerning the families of Sellace, Freeman, Leech, Lord Downe and Blackwell. | 1736-1787 | |
1742 Administration granted to Mary Keene to administer the goods of Aaron Keene of Minety her late husband. 1762 Bond: Richard Legg to William Keene for £50. 1822 Copy of will and probate of William Keene of Minety. | 1742-1822 | |
PART III. SHERSTON FAMILIES | ||
Related families of Manning, Gantlett, Hall, Gaze, Thompson and Cornish | ||
11 deeds of land in Great Sherston including copy of will and probate of Mary Manning, 1712, concerning property of the Manning and Cornish family. | 1706-1740 | |
1853Copy of affidavit concerning the effects of Samuel Manning deceased. 1897 2 letters concerning a legacy under the above will and property in Littleton Drew left to Ann King. | 1853, 1897 | |
20 miscellaneous documents, mainly legal correspondence concerning the affairs of the above families with those of Stratton, Strafford and King. | Late 19th cent | |
16 deeds mainly concerning property called Wall Leaze and the Swan Inn in Great Sherston, Labelled ‘old deeds belonging to property of the late Mr. Thompson’. Includes will of Betty Dalby, 1778, and of William Thompson, 1819; also families of Buckle, Adye and lea. | 1630-1819 | |
Lease and release of messuage and land in Great Sherston: Samuel Hinchcombe to Roger Gantlett. | 1834 | |
3 official receipts for legacies under the will of Susannah Manning, and copy of will and probate of Issac Manning and 7 other documents connected with its administration. | 1815 | |
Copy of will and probate of John Manning (1835) with appointment of new trustees (1852) together with 277 subsidiary papers connected with its administration. (9 bundles of papers contain 210 documents and 67 were found loose). | 1834-c.1837 | |
1722 Bond: William, Mary and John Gaze of Brokenborough to Edward Hill, Sheriff of Wilts: William Gaze to appear ‘coram rege’ and answer to a plea of debt entered against him by William Tomkinson. 1851-1872 64 documents in a suit in chancery between Butler and Gaze concerning legacies under the will of John Manning 1872 10 draft deeds and other documents concerning the sale of his property in Sherston by John Manning Gaze. | 1722-1872 | |
Copies of wills and probates of James Stiles and James his son of Sherston. 24 papers concerning the above wills and various properties of the Stiles family in Sherston and a suit in chancery of Gregory v.Cresswell involving the families of Stiles and Gaze. | 1846-1875 | |
14 documents including abstracts of title, draft conveyances, correspondence concerning land and cottages in Littleton Drew once Mannings, and the families of Cole, Gaze and Hall. | 1894-1895 | |
Vince family | ||
19 deeds concerning an estate in Willesly in Sherston belonging to the family of Watts, (later Vinces’). | 1672-1732 | |
1743 Notice by commissioners established by enclosure act of Sherston Magna to Elizabeth Watts concerning the allotments made to her. 1826-1852 22 deeds and copies of deeds concerning the estate of the Vince family in Willesly in Sherston – mainly concerning financial affairs. | 1743-1852 | |
12 documents, deeds, agreements, abstract of title, schedule of deeds, solicitor’s account, concerning an estate in Willesly in Sherston formerly belonging to the family of Watts and passing to that of Brayne. c.1785 Office copy of the will of Anne Brayne dated 23 June, 1783, whereby she devises the above estate to Henry Vince. | 1664-1783 | |
6 draft deeds, abstract of title, sale particulars and memorandum concerning the estate of Henry Chivers Vince in Willesly in Sherston and its sale to Edmund William Rich. | 1826 | |
42 documents – extracts from earlier deeds and others papers concerning the title of the Vince family to the estate in Willesly on Sherston and its sale to Edmund William Rich. | 1826 | |
Howell family | ||
14 deeds concerning an estate in Willesly in Sherston and the families of Brush, Woodcock, Woodruff, Howell and Hoskins. | 1718-1793 | |
Copies of wills and probates of Ethelbert Howell and of Ethelbert his son of Willesly in Sherston. | 1836 | |
79 documents concerning the administration of the wills of the Howell family and the settlement of their estate in Willesly in Sherston: bills, receipts for legacies, accounts of sale of furniture etc., correspondence and copies of documents. | c.1828-1842 | |
Holford family | ||
1639 Feoffment of land called Stanbridge Mead in Sherston: John Codrington to Thomas Gort. 1827 Lease of a tan yard called the Light in Bremilham: Robert Holford to William Buckland. | 1639, 1827 | |
Weeksey family | ||
15 deeds concerning a lot of wood in Silkwood in Sherston. | 1669-1759 | |
1694 Bond: Richard Hort to Richard Weeksey. 1714 2 documents folded together: receipt from John Carter to Richard Weeksey for the rent of closes near Gaggs Mill, and schedule of deeds to the same lands in Luckington 1740 Letter: Thomas Cresswell to Robert Weeksey concerning his estate affairs in Sherston 1726 Feoffment, bond and abstract of title concerning Gallows Hill purchased in Sherston from Thomas Ludlow by Richard Weeksey. 18th cent 3 undated memoranda concerning properties of the Weeksey family. 2 abstracts of title to woods in Silkwood in Sherston. | 1694-1740 | |
Miscellaneous | ||
1703 Settlement made in the marriage of Caleb Amos with Jane Chapman relating to lands in Sherston. 1755 Lease and release of a messuage and appurtenances in Sherston: John Drew to William Morse 1799 Certificate of contract for the redemption of land tax on land in Sherston: Shipway Jones. | 1703-1799 | |
PART IV. BEARD FAMILY | ||
26 deeds concerning a mortgage and resettlement transaction relating to land in Yatton Keynell and Slaughterford mainly within the family of Beard. | 1797-1827 | |
15 deeds concerning the family of Cullimore and an estate in West Yatton in Yatton Keynell devized by Martha Cullimore to Beard. | 1711-1779 | |
12 deeds concerning the family of Bull and an estate in West Yatton in Yatton Keynell sold to Thomas Beard. | 1722-1768 | |
8 deeds concerning families of Tiley and Smith and land called Marsh Mead in Yatton Keynell sold to William Beard. | 1751-1794 | |
16 deeds concerning Giddea Hall and various lands in Yatton Keynell and the families of Baker, Neale, Isaac, Pinniger, Munday, Skeate, Newth and Beard. | 1757-1800 | |
1757 Lease and counterpart of the Old Inn in Yatton Keynell: Tayler to Matthews. 1766 An exchange of pews in the parish church of Yatton Keynell: Beard and Tayler. 1773 Articles of agreement and bond relating to land in Yatton Keynell: Jones to Tayler. | 1757-1773 | |
4 copies of court roll being admissions of members of the Beard family to a copyhold estate in Slaughterford. | 1749-1826 | |
1774 Settlement on the marriage of John Beard with Susanna Tiley relating to land in Yatton Keynell. 1812 Settlement of the marriage of Thomas Beard with Ruth Pinckott relating to land in Yatton Keynell 1816 Covenant for the production of deeds relating to land in Yatton Keynell: Thomas Freke to John and Thomas Beard 1839 Administration of the will of John Beard 1752 Agreement made between land-owners and occupiers in the parish of Yatton Keynell to support their modus for tithes 1785-1794 Account of ‘Mr. Beard’ executor and trustee for Thomas and [Ann] Smith 1815 Case and opinion concerning lands in Yatton Keynell received by devize by William Beard 1815 Certificate of contract for redemption of land tax, on lands in Yatton Keynell with copy of parish assessment for that year and letter 1871 Solicitor’s account and receipt: Pauls and Rogers to Beard. | 1752-1871 | |
PART V. OTHER FAMILIES | ||
20 deeds concerning an estate in Minety and the families of Taylor, Morris, Ovens, Player, Brown and Smith. | 1649 | |
20 deeds, including original will of John Blake (1767) concerning an estate in Purton belonging to the family of Blake and passing to that of Perry. | 1625-1808 | |
early 19th cent abstract of title of Richard Watts Read to an estate in Purton, with 5 copies of earlier deeds, including office copy of will and probate of Edward Read (1739). 1722,1761 4 deeds cognate to the above title of the Read family of Purton. | 1722-early 19th cent | |
1618-18148 deeds, including copy of will and probate of Robert Telling (1618) and certified copy of will and probate of Thomas Carter (1728), concerning an estate in Purton passing from the families of Telling, Carter, Brown and Large. 1672 Lease and bond of land in Purton: John Pedlingham and Thomas Jefferies to John Wallington. | 1618-1814 | |
1726Mortgage of land in Stratton St Margaret: Thomas Andrews to Hugh Cowley. [1789?] Copy of release of land in Stratton St Margaret: John Freeman to Messrs Saunders, White and White. | 1726, [1789] | |
7 deeds concerning an estate in Chelworth, Cricklade and the families of Coxwell, Long and Clarke. | 1632-1652 | |
1652-1760 13 deeds concerning the above estate in Chelworth, Cricklade and the families of Packer, Pleydell, Burge, Prince, Dawes and others. 1741 Assignment of mortgage of lands in Cricklade: Hall to Wayte. | 1652-1760 | |
1710 Deed to lead uses of a fine with indenture of fine attached: Bishopp, Jones, Rolfe and Maberly concerning lands in Luckington. 1769 Copy of will and probate of William Harry of Luckington 1801,1809 4 deeds concerning the property in Luckington of William Harry and the families of Fast and Vizor 1763,1781,1835-1866 12 deeds concerning the property in Luckington of the family of Hacker, passing to that of Slade. | 1710-1866 | |
1794Copy of will and probate of Samuel Beaven. 1803-1837 7 deeds concerning an estate in Yatton Keynell, West Yatton and Slaughterford of the family of Beaven formerly belonging to Cullimore. | 1794-1837 | |
1681 Indenture of fine: William and Mary Thame, James Allen and James Tull to John Mansell, relating to lands in Minety. 1725 Assignment of lease of lands in Minety: Charles Farington and John Deighton to Mary Kight 1782 Mortgage of lands in Minety: Thomas Carter to Edmund King 1843, 1857 4 deeds concerning lands in Minety and the families of Ashman, Stevens and Hibberd, and the Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Agricultural Distillery Co. | 1681-1857 | |
53 copies of court roll to various properties in the manor of Minety concerning various families, including Bennett, Calley and Browne. | 1653-1803 | |
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