Evan Morris and co., Solicitors of Wrexham, acted for Selwyn Pritchard of Hope Street, Wrexham, who held the title deeds and documents relating to 14-16 Hope Street, Wrexham.
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(i) Griffith Speed of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, iron merchant and Edward Wettnall of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, timber merchant.
(ii) John Lee of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, malster.
Two adjoining messuages in Hope St. in the parish of Wrexham Regis, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £29
6 Jan 1747/48
Copy sent to his nephew, John Parry, attorney at law of Chester, 24 Sep 1765.
(i) Katherine Griffith of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster and Elizabeth Parry of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(ii) Bulkeley Hatchett, senior, of Lee in parish of Ellesmere, co.Salop, gent.
Messuage in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £250 and interest.
(i) Catherine Griffiths of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster, Benjamin Hughes of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, clothier and Elizabeth Hughes, his wife (late Elizabeth Parry, niece of Catherine Griffiths and Ann Griffiths late of Kefn, co. Denbigh.
(ii) Bulkeley Hatchett, the elder, of Lee in the Parish of Ellesmere, co.Salop, gent.
Messuage in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £300
(i) Richard Jones of Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
(ii) Catherine Griffiths of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster, and Benjamin Hughes of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, clothier, and Elizabeth his wife.
(iii) Bulkeley Hatchett of Lee, co.Salop.
(iv) John Higginson of Ellesmere, co.Salop.
Assignment to (iii) of messuage on Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £268. 15s. 0d
(i) Richard Williams of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, cordwainer.
(ii) Hannah Kem of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(iii) Richard Lloyd of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, merchant and Richard Edwards of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, merchant.
Messuage (with weighing machine) in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: Nominal sum and intended marriage of (i) and (ii).
to a messuage, known as the Machine House, with the weighing machine yard, in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
(i) Richard Williams, the elder, of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, hatter, and Richard Williams, the younger, of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, cordwainer, and Hannah his wife.
(ii) Richard Lloyd of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, merchant.
Messuage in Pen y Brin St., in the parish of Wrexham Abbot, co. Denbigh, and messuage (with weighing machine) in Hope St., in the parish of Wrexham Regis, co. Denbigh.
(i) Richard Lloyd of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, merchant.
(ii) John Owens of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, cordwainer, and Thomas Franks of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, currier.
Messuage (with weighing machine) in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh
Term: 7 years
Rent: £12
(i) Richard Lloyd, merchant.
(ii) Richard Williams, the younger, cordwainer, and Hannah his wife.
1 messuage, 1 cottage, 1 weighing machine, 1 garden, 1 orchard, 40 roods of land and common of pasture, with appurtenances in Wrexham Regis, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £60
(i) Bulkeley Hatchett of Lee, in the parish of Ellesmere, co.Salop, esq.
(ii) John Meller of Gate Wen, in the parish of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, merchant.
Messuage in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £270
(i) John Meller of Gate Wen, co. Denbigh, esq.
(ii) Elizabeth Rolison of Redveder in the parish of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, widow.
Messuage in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
(i) John Owens of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, victualler.
(ii) Thomas Evans of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, tanner.
Messuage, known as "the Ship" in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh and two other messuages in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
(i) Thomas Evans of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, tanner.
(ii) John Owens of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, victualler.
(iii) Samuel Roberts of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, mercer.
Messuage known as "the Ship", with two other messuages in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £120
(i) John Stewart Hughes of Chester, merchant, Joseph Hughes of Liverpool, merchant, Thomas Dixon of Chester, merchant, Richard Meychell of Liverpool, broker, George Thomas of Plasnewydd, co. Flint, gent, and Charles Poyser of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, draper.
(ii) Edward Jones of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, flaxdresser.
(iii) Samuel Davies of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, flaxdresser.
(iv) Thomas Jones of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, flaxdresser.
Messuage, with warehouse, in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh from (i) to (iv) in trust for (iii).
Consideration: £850
(i) Samuel Davies of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, flaxdresser.
(ii) Thomas Jones of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, flaxdresser.
(iii) George Thomas of Plasnewydd, co. Flint, gent.
Messuage, with warehouse, in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £600
(i) Richard Meller of Gatewen, co. Denbigh, esq.
(ii) John Meller of Gatewen, co. Denbigh, esq.
Messuage in Beast Market in Wrexham, and the pew in Wrexham church, belonging to the messuage; 3 other messuages in the Beast Market in Wrexham; 5 messuages at "the Cock" in Wrexham and (i)'s life interest in the messuages.
Consideration: £210
(i) Anne Roberts of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, widow of Samuel Roberts, mercer.
(ii) John Owens of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, victualler.
(iii) Thomas Evans of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, malster.
Messuage known as "the Ship Inn", Hope St., and 2 other messuages in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £400
granted to Richard Benjamin of Gresford, co. Denbigh, gent. For the estate of John Higginson of Ellesmere, co.Salop, gent, including a messuage in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
(i) John Meller of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, esq.
(ii) Elizabeth Rollinson of Liverpool, widow.
(iii) Richard Benjamin of Nesny, Rhosnesni, co. Denbigh, gent.
(iv) Thomas Evans of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, malster.
(v) George Kenyon of Cefn, co. Denbigh, esq.
Assignment from (i) to (iv) of messuage in Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £610
(i) John Owens of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, yeoman and Mary his wife.
(ii) Thomas Evans of Wrexham, malster.
Public house in Hope St., Wrexham, known as "the Ship Inn", with a covenant to levy a fine.
Consideration: £410
(i) Elizabeth Evans of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, widow and Jane Parsonage of Wrexham, widow.
(ii) Mary Roberts of Wrexham, widow.
Messuage in Hope St., Wrexham.
Term: 500 years
(i) William Thomas of Russel St., Liverpool, gent.
(ii) William Davies of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, yeoman (eldest son and heir of Samuel Davies, late of Wrexham, flaxdresser).
(iii) Edward Jones of Gwersyllt, co. Denbigh, gent.
(iv) Jane Edwards of Wrexham, widow.
Messuage, warehouse and workshop in Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £450
Copy made 23 August 1837. Probate date 23 October 1828.
(i) Jane Parsonage of the Wheatsheaf in the parish of Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(ii) Sarah Matthews of Hafodybwch in the parish of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster.
Messuage, now known as "the Nelson's Arms", formerly known as "the Ship Inn" in Hope St., Wrexham.
(i) Jane Parsonage of the Wheatsheaf, Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(ii) Sarah Matthews of Hafodybwch in the parish of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster.
Messuage known as "the Nelson's Arms" in Hope St., Wrexham.
(i) Sarah Matthews of Hafodybwch in the parish of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(ii) Jane Parsonage of the Wheatsheaf, in the parish of Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(iii) Margaret Matthews of Wrexham, spinster.
Assignment of mortgage from (i) to (iii) of messuage know as "the Nelson's Arms" in Hope St., Wrexham.
of a messuage known as "the Nelson's Arms" in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
12 Feb 1852-26 April 1855.
Copy made 1886.
Copy made 10 April 1852. Probate date 26 April 1855
(i) Thomas Cubbin, late of Moon St., now of Botanic Terrace, Liverpool, watch lease manufacturer, and John Bebbington of Weston Point, Runcorn, co. Chester, carpenter.
(ii) Daniel Jones, the elder, of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, cheese merchant.
(iii) Thomas Bennion Acton of Wrexham, gent.
Conveyance from (i) to (iii) of messuage, shop and warehouse in Hope St., Wrexham. (Contains plan)
Consideration: £620
(i) Nicholas Fawnes Moore of 5, Belvidere Road, Lambeth, co. Surrey, porter in the general Post Office.
(ii) James Lindop of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, editor of the Wrexham Advertiser.
Messuage, known as the Machine House, (with weighing machine and weights and utensils) on the west side of Hope St., Wrexham.
Term: 14 years
Rent: £20 per annum.
Copy made 27 November 1861. Probate date 15 December 1862.
(i) Jane Parsonage of Llay, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, Spinster.
(ii) William Pritchard and John Pritchard of Corwen, co.Merioneth, drapers and co. partners.
Messuage and shop on the west side of Hope St., Wrexham.
Term: 10 years
Rent: £90 per annum.
relating to the title of Richard Williams and his wife Hannah, to the Machine House in Wrexham.
(i) Anne Moore of 29, Barrington Rd, Brixton, co. Surrey, widow.
(ii) Jane Parsonage of Gwastadd, near Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
Messuage with weighing machine, (adjoining Nelson's Arms) on the south west side of Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £460
(i) John Pickering of Whitby, in the parish of Stoke, co. Chester, gent.
(ii) Jane Parsonage of Gwastadd, near Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
Messuage in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £300
(i) Frances Lowe of 50 Wellington Rd., Rhyl, co. Flint, spinster.
(ii) Jane Parsonage of Gwastadd, near Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
Messuage known as the Nelson's Arms in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh.
Consideration: £200
(i) Jane Parsonage of Gwastadd, near Gresford, co. Denbigh, spinster.
(ii) Sarah Williams of Gwernhefin, near Bala, co.Merioneth, widow, John Williams of Gwernhefin, gent, Edward Williams of Billesdon, co.Leicester, surgeon.
3 Messuages in Hope St., Wrexham, co. Denbigh, known as the Nelson's Arms, the Machine House and Pritchards' Drapers Shop.
(i) Jane Parsonage of Llay, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, Spinster.
(ii) William Pritchard and John Pritchard of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, drapers and carpenters.
Messuage and shop in Hope St., Wrexham.
Term: 18 years
Rent: £90 per annum.
9 October 1873 and Codicil 31 October 1879 of Jane Parsonage, formerly of Gwastadd in the parish of Gresford, co. Denbigh, now of Plas Devon, near Holt, co. Denbigh, spinster. Probate 16 November 1883
of No.14, on west side of Hope St., Wrexham, occupied by Messrs Pritchard, drapers; No.15 Hope St., the Nelson's Arms; and No.16 Hope St., a messuage and shop, occupied by Pierce the watchmaker. 24 September 1886
(i) Sarah Williams formerly of Gwernhefin, Bala, now of Fron Feuno, near Bala, co.Merioneth, widow; John Williams of Gwernhefin, gent; and Edward Williams of Billesdon, co.Leicester, surgeon.
(ii) George Clarke, formerly of Gwastadd, near Gresford, co. Denbigh, now of Plas Devon near Holt, co. Denbigh, farmer and Charles Hughes of Wheatsheaf, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, innkeeper.
3 Messuages, known as Pritchards' Drapers shop, the Nelson's Arms, and the Machine House in Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £1337
(i) George Clarke of Plas Devon, Holt, co. Denbigh, farmer, and Charles Hughes of Wheatsheaf, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, innkeeper.
(ii) Thomas Ingham of Percy Rd., Wrexham, boot and shoe maker.
2 Messuages known as the Nelson's Arms and No.16 Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £4200
(i) George Clarke of Plas Devon, Holt, co. Denbigh, farmer, and Charles Hughes the younger of the Wheatsheaf Inn, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, publican.
(ii) William Pritchard and John Pritchard, both of Hope St., Wrexham, drapers.
Messuage and shop, numbered No.14 on the west side of Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £3800
(i) Thomas Ingham of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, boot manufacturer.
(ii) Henry Venables Williams and Robert Henry Done of Wrexham, wine merchants.
2 Messuages known as the Nelson's Arms and No.16 Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £4700
(i) Henry Venables Williams and Robert Henry Done of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, wine merchants.
(ii) Anne Bewsher of the Homestead in the parish of Wrexham, widow; Richard Dutton of West View in the parish of Lymm, co. Chester, gent; and Edward Randles of Bryn Avon, in part of the parish of Bangor, co. Denbigh.
Messuages, known as Nelson's Arms and No.16 Hope. St., Wrexham.
(i) Anne Bewsher of the Homestead, Wrexham, co. Denbigh, widow, and Edward Randles of Bryn Avon, near Wrexham.
(ii) Robert Henry Done of Wrexham, wine merchant.
(iii) William Overton of Wrexham, gent, and Thomas Bury of Wrexham, gent.
Messuages, known as the Nelson's Arms and shop No.16 Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £3500
(i) William Overton of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, gent, and Thomas Bury of Wrexham, gent.
(ii) Robert Henry Done of Wrexham, wine merchant.
(iii) Frederic William Soames of Wrexham, brewer.
Messuages, known as Nelson's Arms and No.16 Hope St., Wrexham.
Consideration: £6500
(i) Frederic William Soames of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, co. Denbigh, brewer.
(ii) Mary Buttram Williams of 6, Union Mansions, Queen's Club Gardens, Kensington, Co. Middlesex, spinster.
(iii) Emily Buttram Williams of the same place as (ii), spinster.
Messuages, known as Nelson's Arms, and No.16 Hope St., Wrexham.