This collection of documents, purchased from the British Records Association in May 1990 (accession 3085), also includes title deeds for properties in Cote, Headington, Ewelme and Chipping Norton, as well as five sets of marriage settlement papers.
Catalogued by Mark Priddey, November 2009
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Parties:
1. John Stevens of Aston Rowant, yeoman
2. Samuel Turner of Grays Inn, Middx, esq.
3. John Stevens & Harriett, his wife
4. Robert Rixon Stevens of Knightsbridge, Middx, gent., Mary Stevens of Mayfield, Sussex, spinster, Harriett White Stevens of Aston Rowant, spinster, James Stevens of Bryanstone Square, Middx, gent., Emma Stevens of Aston Rowant, James Stevens Stevens of Aston Rowant, land surveyor, William Watkins of Mayfield, Sussex, farmer, William Wakelin of Aston Rowant, shopkeeper, & Mary, his wife
5. George Abbott of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, farmer
Property: Two cottages or tenements in Aston Rowant, opposite the north part of the green; will of Thomas Rixon, late of Aston Rowant, yeoman, is recited. Attached is a married woman's certification by Harriett Stevens, dated 16/Mar/1864.
Consideration: £180.
Parties:
1. Samuel Turner of Grays Inn, Middx, barrister
2. Thomas Taylor of Aston Rowant, esq.
Property: Messuages, cottages or tenements and lands in Aston Rowant, devised by will of Thomas Rixon, late of Aston Rowant, yeoman.
Parties:
1. Harriet Stevens of Aston Rowant, widow of John
2. Robert Rixon Stevens of Aston Rowant, gent., (executor of James Stevens, his father, & administrator of his sisters Jane Stevens & Harriett White Stevens)
3. William Wakelin of Aston Rowant, shopkeeper, & Mary, his wife (widow of Thomas Stevens the elder)
4. Thomas Stevens the younger & Harriet Stevens the younger, both of Aston Rowant, only children of Thomas Stevens the elder
5. William Watkins of Mayfield, Sussex, farmer (administrator of Elizabeth, his wife, formerly Elizabeth Stevens)
6. Ann Watkins & Harriet Stevens Watkins of Mayfield, Sussex, only children of Elizabeth Watkins
7. Mary Stevens otherwise Watkins of of Mayfield, Sussex, second wife of William Watkins
8. Ellen Stevens of Islington, Middx, widow of James
9. Emma Stevene of Aston Rowant, spinster
10. Edmund Stevens of Aston Rowant, gent.
11. Thomas Taylor of Aston Rowant, esq.
Property: Three messuages or tenements, seven cottages & orchard at or near the green in Aston Rowant (shown on sketch plan); endorsed with conveyance dated 13/Sep/1880 by Mark Raggett of Windsor, Berks., outfitter, & Harriet Elizabeth, his wife (formerly Stevens) to Thomas Taylor.
Consideration: £2,200
of Earl Manvers & Sir William James Farrer, as mortgagees, to Aston House & the Home Farm in Aston Rowant; deeds, plans, and schedule, 1860-1886
re sale of Aston Rowant Estate (2 items)
Parties:
1. Rt Hon. Sydney William Herbert Earl Manvers & Sir William James Farrer of Upper Brook St., London, kt
2. Rt Hon. Michael Arthur Lord Burton of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs., William Waterfield of Eastdon House, Starcross, Devon, esq., & George Ernest Steward of Lincolns Inn Fields, London, esq.
Property: Aston Rowant Estate.
of Earl Manvers & Sir William James Farrer, as mortgagees, to cottages (lots 5 & 6) in Aston Rowant; deeds 1860-1886
Parties:
1. Rt Hon. Sydney William Herbert Earl Manvers & Sir William James Farrer of Upper Brook St., London, kt
2. Joseph Hill of Kingston Blount, farmer
Property: Eight cottages or tenements in Aston Rowant, on the north side of the green.
Consideration: £675.
Parties:
1. Joseph Hill of Kingston Blount, farmer
2. Rt. Hon. Michael Arthur Lord Burton of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs., William Waterfield of Eastdon House, Starcross, Devon, esq., & George Ernest Steward of Lincolns Inn Fields, London, esq.
Property: Eight cottages or tenements in Aston Rowant, on the north side of the green.
Parties:
1. Mary Ann Abbott of Blewbury, Berks., widow, George Abbott of Cholsey, Berks., farmer, & Thomas Neighbour of South Weston, farmer
2. Sir William Chichell Plowden of Aston Rowant, Knight Commander of the Star of India
Property: Two cottages in Aston Rowant, on the north part of the green.
Consideration: £125.
Parties:
1. Rev. Francis Monkhouse Sparks of Aston Rowant, clerk
2. Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England
3. Bishop of Oxford
4. Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne
5. Sir William Chichell Plowden of Aston House, Knight Commander of the Star of India
Parties: Two pieces of land in Aston Rowant, delineated on the attached plan
re Aston Rowant Estate (1 tied bundle)
of Major General Noel Birch, surviving trustee of marriage settlement of Sir William Chichell Plowden & Lady Plowden, to the Aston Rowant Estate (mansion house & Home Farm); deeds 1892-1900 & sketch plan
of Sir William Chichell Plowden & Lady Plowden and of appointment of new trustees; documents 1862-1907
of Rt. Hon. Michael Arthur Lord Burton; documents 1908-1909
of Rt Hon. Margaret Baroness Vaux of Harrowden to the Aston Rowant Estate; deeds 1900-1916
re sale of Aston Rowant Estate by Birch to Sale
re sale of Aston Rowant Estate by Birch to Sale
by David Alexander Watson of Watlington, land agent & surveyor, in support of title of Sir William Chichell Plowden to the Aston Rowant Estate
on Aston Rowant Estate and cottage, on the death of Sir William Chichell Plowden (2 items)
re sale of property in Aston Rowant Estate by Taylor to Sale
of Edgar Creyke Fairweather, esq., to the Aston Rowant Estate; deeds 1892-1928 & sketch plan
on title to Aston Rowant Estate (Fairweather & Dashwood)
re title to Aston Rowant Estate (Fairweather & Dashwood)
re sale of Aston Rowant Estate by Fairweather to Dashwood
Parties:
1. Elizabeth Monday of Kingston Blount, spinster, daughter of Thomas, cordwainer deceased
2. Christopher North of Kingston Blount, yeoman, & John Wallis of Berrick Salome, yeoman
3. William Cotterell of Berrick Salome, blacksmith
Property: Moiety or half-part of messuage or tenement (where Thomas Monday lived) and of the north-west part of the adjoining barn and of 6.5 acres in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: marriage of 1 & 3.
Parties:
1. William Cotterell late of Berrick Salome, now of Newington, blacksmith, & Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Thomas Monday, & Hannah Monday of Newington, spinster, the other daughter of Thomas
2. Robert Brookes of Kingston Blount, labourer, & Jane, his wife (daughter of Richard Monday late of Kingston Blount, blacksmith)
3. John Eldridge of Kingston Blount, yeoman
4. Christopher North of Kingston Blount, yeoman
Property: Messuage, cottage or tenement, two gardens & part of an orchard adjoining, and 11.5 acres in the Lower, Middle Lower, Upper & Middle Upper Fields in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £276.
Parties:
1. William Cotterell and Hannah Monday
2. John Eldridge of Kingston Blount, yeoman.
Consideration: £550
Parties:
1. William Cotterell and Hannah Monday
2. John Eldridge of Kingston Blount, yeoman
The tenant is Elizabeth Monday, widow
Parties:
1. Christopher North
2. John Eldridge & Rachael , his wife, John Reading & Sarah, his wife, William Cotterell & Elizabeth, his wife, Hannah Monday, Robert Brookes & Jane, his wife, John Heyles & Elizabeth, his wife
Property: Two messuages, 25a. of arable, 3a. of meadow, 2a. of wood & 100a. of pasture in Berrick Salome, Roke, Bensington [Benson], Kingston Blount, & Aston Rowant.
Parties:
1. Robert Brookes of Kingston Blount, labourer, & Jane, his wife (daughter of Richard Monday late of Kingston Blount, blacksmith, & Jane Monday, widow), and John Lucus of Sydenham, yeoman
2. John Eldridge of Kingston Blount, gent.
Property: 1 acre in the Upper Field of Kingston Blount [boundaries are described].
Consideration: £17
Parties:
1. Robert Brookes of Kingston Blount, labourer, and John Lucus of Sydenham, yeoman
2. John Eldridge of Kingston Blount, gent.
Consideration: £34
Parties:
1. Andrew Quartermaine of Kingston Blount, yeoman, & Ann, his wife, and Robert Brookes of Kingston Blount, labourer, & Jane, his wife
2. Sarah Seymour of Lewknor, widow
3. John Eldridge of Kingston Blount, gent.
4. John Lucus of Sydenham, yeoman
5. John Bennett of Kingston Blount, professor of physick
6. James Crawford of Kingston Blount, carpenter
Property: Messuage or tenement with closes of land belonging & 1 acre of meadow in Kingston Blount.
Parties:
1. John Eldridge
2. Andrew Quartermaine & Ann, his wife, and Robert Brookes & Jane, his wife
Property: Messuage, two barns, stable, garden, two orcahrds and 47a. of land in Kingston Blount & Stokenchurch.
from Henry Swell by John Healy & Elizabeth Healy.
Parties:
1. John North, Richard North, Henry Weston & Ann, his wife (formerly Ann North), Richard Gurney & Mary, his wife (formerly Mary North), Edward Hambledon & Elizabeth, his wife (formerly Elizabeth North), who are all the children of John North of Kingston Stert, carpenter, living at time of decease of John Eldridge, & Harry Rixon of Aston Rowant, malster, Mary Rixon & Jane Rixon of Aston Rowant, spinsters, who are the children of Thomas Rixon of Aston Rowant living at time of decease of John Eldridge
2. Henry Swell, hephew of John Eldridge
Will of John Eldridge dated 27/Nov/1742 is recited
Parties:
1. William Turner, esq.
2. Henry Swell & Elizabeth, his wife
Property: Messuage, cottage, two gardens, orchards & curtilages, and 40a. of land in Kingston Blount.
by Susanna Swell, daughter of Henry Swell.
re bequest to Henry Swell, his son, of his estate in Kingston Blount; will written 23/May/1772.
Parties:
1. Richard Swell of Holcombe, farmer, eldest son of Richard decd
2. William Quartermaine of Chiselhampton, labourer
3. Henry Swell of Dorchester, farmer
Property: 1 acre of land in Kingston Blount [details given].
Consideration: £20
Comments: release says 09/Jan not 09/Feb.
Parties:
1. Henry Swell of Dorchester, yeoman (son of Henry, who was nephew of John Eldridge) & Elizabeth, his wife
2. William Turner of Brill, Bucks., esq.
Property: 1 acre of land in Kingston Blount [details given].
Property: Messuage, cottage or tenement, two gardens & part of an orchard belonging, several pieces of land [details given], and 1 acre of arable in the Upper Field, all in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £20
Parties:
1. Joshua Hoare of Great Missenden, Bucks., baker, & Jane, his wife (formerly Jane Nickols)
2. John White of Southwell, Norwood, Middx, labourer (eldest son of Thomas White late of Kingston Blount, yeoman)
3. Ann White of Wallis Hills, Stokenchurch, widow of Thomas
Property: 4 acres of arable [details given] in Kingston Blount.
Comments: lease & release dated 21/Apr/1741-22/Apr/1741 are recited.
Parties:
1. John White formerly of Southwell, now of Uxbridge, Middx, labourer (eldest son of Thomas White late of Kingston Blount, yeoman)
2. Jonah Britwell of Crowell Hill, yeoman, & George Curryer of Chinnor, yeoman
Property: 4 acres of arable, 3 of them called Hill Foot Close, in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £41 19s.
will dated 17/Feb/1790, examined 08/Jun/1791
Parties:
1. Mary Britwell of Crowell Hill, widow of Jonah, & George Curryer of Chinnor, yeoman (trustee)
2. James Port of Kingston Blount, butcher
Property: 3 acres of arable called Hill Foot Close, in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £26
Parties:
1. James Port of Kingston Blount, butcher
2. Edmund Hopkinson of Grove, parish of Aston Rowant, esq.
3. Charles Hopkinson of Westminster, Middx, esq.
Property: 3 acres of arable called Hill Foot Close, in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £90
Parties:
1. Edmund Hopkinson of Westminster, Middx, esq.
2. Henry Alexander Brown of Christ's College, Cambridge, esq.
Property: 3 acres of arable called Hill Foot Close, in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £90
Parties:
1. Henry Alexander Brown of Christ's College, Cambridge, esq.
2. Edmund Hopkinson of Westminster, Middx, esq.
Includes schedule of deeds 1810 & 1817
of Hillfoot Close or Whites Close at the foot of Kingston Hill by Edmund Hopkinson on 16/Nov/1818 and sale to Henry Alexander Brown; includes description of numbers, lands and acreages in Aston Rowant.
Parties:
1. George Henry Hopkinson of Regent St., Middx, banker
2. Charles Caesar Hopkinson of Stroud, Glos., banker, George Henry Hopkinson, and Amelius Arthur Hopkinson (executors of will of Edmund Hopkinson)
3. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
Property: 3 acres of arable called Hill Foot Close, in Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £60
see also document E35/1/6D/7
Parties:
1. Joseph Worth of Kingston Blount, yeoman, son & heir of Joseph the elder late of Sydenham, mason
2. Harry Rixon of Aston Rowant, farmer
Property: Cottage or tenement and 17a. of arable in Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant.
Parties:
1. Harry Rixon of Aston Rowant, farmer
2. Joseph Worth of Kingston Blount, yeoman, son of Joseph & Frances (formerly Frances Hester)
3. William Watkins of Kingston Blount, common carrier
4. John Sadler of Watlington, draper
Property: Cottage or tenement and 21.5a. of arable in Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant
Consideration: £480
Enclosed is a note of a final concord dated 04/Sep/1772, examined 18Jul/1831
Parties:
1. Harry Rixon of Aston Rowant, farmer
2. Joseph Worth of Kingston Blount, yeoman, son & heir of Joseph the elder late of Sydenham, mason
3. William Watkins of Kingston Blount, common carrier
4. John Sadler of Watlington, draper
Property: Cottage or tenement and 17a. of arable in Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant.
Consideration: £159
will dated 19/Feb/1788.
Parties:
1. Richard Swell of Holcomb, parish of Newington, yeoman, son of Richard
2. William Watkins of Kingston Blount, common carrier
3. John House of Aston Rowant, yeoman
Property: 3.5a. of arable in Kingston Blount and 3.5 a. of arable [details given] in Aston Rowant.
Consideration: £210
Parties:
1. Richard Swell of Holcomb, parish of Newington, yeoman
2. William Watkins of Kingston Blount, common carrier
Consideration: £420
Parties:
1. William Watkins of Kingston Blount, yeoman, son of William deceased
2. Rebecca Loosley of Thame, widow
Property: Cottage or tenement and 21.5a. of arable in Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant.
Consideration: £480
re plot of land number 257 in Lower Field of Kingston Blount, allotted to William Watkins.
belonging to the late Mr Watkins of Kingston Blount, for sale at auction.
Parties:
1. James Holland of Sydenham, grocer, & John Watkins of Kingston Blount, farmer
2. John Edward Loosley of Thame, farmer
3. Samuel Turner of Grays Inn, Middx, esq.
Property: Plot or allotment of land (no. 257 on enclosure award) in the Lower Field, Kingston Blount.
Consideration: £950
of personal representatives of William Henry Newman, esq., to Lower Farm in Kingston Blount (deeds 1875-1905)
Parties:
1. Samuel Newman of Brands House, High Wycombe, Bucks., esq., Harewill Tresyllian Williams of Kidderminster, Worcs., esq., & Bernard Lias Reynolds of High Wycombe, Bucks., esq.
2. Henry James Newitt of Thame, farmer
3. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
Property: Lower Farm in Kingston Blount; includes plan and schedule.
Consideration: £4,075.
Parties:
1. Harewill Tresyllian Williams of Kidderminster, Worcs., esq., & Bernard Lias Reynolds of High Wycombe, Bucks., esq.
2. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
Property: Lower Farm in Kingston Blount.
Parties:
1. Sarah Gurdon & Ann Gurdon of Kingston Blount, spinsters
2. Rev. James Stopes, rector of Britwell Salome, & William Oakley of Brill, Bucks., yeoman
Property: 12 closes of land called Lilleys above Kingston Hill, in Stokenchurch & Kingston Blount, capital messuage of the manor of Waters in Kingston Blount, Bennetts orchard and 8a. arable in Kingston Blount.
Comments: this is part of the pre-nuptial marriage settlement of Sarah Gurdon and William Turner of Brill, Bucks., gent.
by William Turner & Sarah Gurdon
from William Turner of Brill, for purchase of fee farm rent on tenement in Kingston Blount
Parties:
1. Charles Harper
2. William Turner & Sarah, his wife
Property: Moiety of two messuages, three barns & stables, two gardens & orchards, & 165a. of land in Kingston Blount, Kingston Hungerford, Stokenchurch & Aston Rowant
Parties:
1. William Turner of Kingston Blount, esq., & Sarah, his wife (formerly Sarah Gurdon)
2. Charles Harper of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., yeo.
Property: Moiety of 12 closes of land called Lilleys above Kingston Hill, in Stokenchurch & Kingston Blount, capital messuage of the manor of Waters in Kingston Blount, Bennetts orchard and 8a. arable in Kingston Blount.
Parties:
1. Sarah Turner (formerly Sarah Gurdon), wife of William Turner of Kingston Blount, esq
2. Charles Harper of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., yeo., & Charles Webb of Middle Claydon, Bucks., esq.
Property: 12 closes of land called Lilleys above Kingston Hill, in Stokenchurch & Kingston Blount, capital messuage of the manor of Waters in Kingston Blount, Bennetts orchard and 8a. arable in Kingston Blount.
will dated 16/Apr/1790
from William Turner of Brill by Anne House, Susanna House, Mary House and executors of the will of John House of Aston Rowant, farmer
from William Turner of Brill by William Stanley of Euston Sq., Middx, gent., & Martha, his wife (formerly Martha House)
from William Turner of Brill by Edward Rudge of Ewelme, esq., & Sarah, his wife (formerly Sarah Stopes of Britwell Salome)
will dated 07/Jan/1806
Parties:
1. Robert Harvey Mallory of Crescent Clifton, Somerset, esq., & Ann, his wife (late Ann Mander)
2. Anna Herbert of Chayford, Devon, widow, & Richard Berry of Ashburton, Devon, clothier, & Elizabeth Berry, his wife
3. William Dickes of Drewsteignton, Devon, yeoman, & John Berry of Chayford, Devon, clothier
4. William Turner of Brill, Bucks., esq.
5. Joseph Rose of Aylesbury, Bucks., gent.
Property: Two third parts of messuages and lands in Kingston Blount.
Commnets: lease & release dated 03/Jul/1767-04/Jul/1767 are recited.
of Hon. Edward Jervis, Viscount St. Vincent of Meaford Hall, Stone, Staffs.; attached are certified copies of burial entries of Mary Anne Jervis at Stone, and Parker family members at Caverswall, Staffs. (3 items)
of Francis Attwood of Salisbury, Wilts., land agent & surveyor, re land at Kingston Blount.
Parties:
1. Edward Swynfen Jervis of Aston hall, Warwicks., nephew & heir of Thoams Hawe Parker of Park Hall, Staffs., decd
2. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
3. John Moxon of Inner Temple, gent.
Property: Farm (198 acres) in Kingston Blount; plan & schedule attached.
Consideration: £12,000.
Parties:
1. Robert William Hand of Stafford, gent.
2. Hon. Edward Swynfen Jervis of Aston Hall, Warwicks.
3. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
4. John Moxon of Inner Temple, gent.
Property: Closes of land in Kingston Blount; endorsed with deed of assignment dated 19/Nov/1859 to secure re-transfer of £6,300 bank annuities
Consideration: £200.
Parties:
1. Hon. Edward Swynfen Jervis of Aston Hall, Warwicks.
2. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
The deeds are a lease & release dated 06/Jun/1809 & 07/Jun/1809.
Parties:
1. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
2. John Duke Coleridge of Middle Temple, London, esq., George Cherry of Inner Temple, London, esq., Joseph John Henley of Waterperry, esq., & John Augustus Fane of Wormsley, esq.
Property: Farm (198 acres) in Kingston Blount; schedule attached.
Comments: endorsed with reconveyance dated 10/Mar/1888.
of Henry Clerke Brown, esq., to Town Farm & Lower Farm at Kingston Blount (deeds, 1859-1906).
The closes of land include Barn Close (formerly Townes Close), Townes above the Hill Close, Hill Top Close (or Broad Lye or Top Hill Close), Round Close, Bottom Close (formerly Sticker Close), Four Acres, Larkin, The Coppice, and Long Close (or Upper Close)
Parties:
1. Richard Leaver, gent.
2. Richard Dutton 40a. of arable land and 6a. of wood in Crowell.
Parties:
1. Richard Dutton of Henton, Chinnor, yeoman
2. Richard Leaver of Thame, gent.
Property: Five closes of arable (38a.) on top of the hill, two closes of coppice nearby (6a.) and a barn on Barne Close, all in Crowell.
Consideration: £600
for farm, 35a. of arable and 1a. of woodland in Crowell, for Leaver Legg of Cornhill, London, woollen draper (3 items)
to freehold estate in Crowell (deeds 1713-1812)
Parties:
1. John White of Spriggs Alley, Chinnor, farmer
2. Thomas Bennell of Crowell, butcher
Property: Close of ground (4a.) adjoining fields called Towns in Crowell
Consideration: £19 10s.
Parties:
1. John White of Spriggs Alley, Chinnor, farmer
2. John Britnell of Crowell, butcher
Property: 5a. of arable land on Crowell Hill
Consideration: £75.
Parties:
1. John White of Spriggs Alley, Chinnor, farmer
2. John Britnell of Crowell, butcher
3. Jonah Britnell of Rickmansworth, Herts., gent.
Property: Barn Close (5a.) in Crowell
Consideration: £80, paid by 2 to 1.
Parties:
1. James Shayler of Witney, gent.
2. John Britnell of Crowell Hill, yeoman
3. James White of Chinnor, yeoman
Property: Newly erected messuage or tenement and building at Crowell Hill and close called Townes above the Hill (formerly two closes) and Townes Wood (5a.) in Crowell
Consideration: £500.
Parties:
1. John Britnell of Crowell Hill, yeoman
2. James Shayler of Witney, gent.
Property: Newly erected messuage or tenement and building at Crowell Hill and close called Townes above the Hill (formerly two closes) and Townes Wood (5a.) in Crowell
Consideration: £200.
Parties:
1. Leaver Legg of Lee Hall, Rugeley, Staffs., esq.
2. John Britnell of Crowell Hill, yeoman
3. James White of Chinnor, yeoman
Property: Five closes of arable (38a.) called The Hill Top, Barne, Round, Bottom and The Farther Great Close, on top of the hill, and two closes nearby (6a.) called Larkin and The Coppice by the Barn, all in Crowell.
Consideration: £460 2s.
Parties:
1. John Britnell of Crowell Hill, yeoman
2. Rev. James Beauchamp of Crowell Rectory, clerk
Property: 5a. of arable land on Crowell Hill, five closes of arable (38a.) called The Hill Top, Barne, Round, Bottom and The Farther Great Close, on top of the hill, and two closes nearby (6a.) called Larkin and The Coppice by the Barn, all in Crowell.
Consideration: £400
Parties:
1. John Shayler of Witney, stationer
2. John Britnell of Crowell Hill, yeoman
Property: Newly erected messuage or tenement and building at Crowell Hill and close called Townes above the Hill (formerly two closes) and Townes Wood (5a.) in Crowell.
Enclosed is a receipt for £205 10s. dated 14/Jul/1858.
Parties:
1. Rev. James Beauchamp of Crowell Rectory, clerk
2. Robert Pilbrow of Pimlico, Middx, gent.
Property: 5a. of arable land on Crowell Hill, five closes of arable (38a.) called The Hill Top, Barne, Round, Bottom and The Farther Great Close, on top of the hill, and two closes nearby (6a.) called Larkin and The Coppice by the Barn, all in Crowell.
of Jonah Britnell to Barn Close with two cottages and gardens in Crowell (deeds 1810-1867)
for house, four cottages and land at Crowell and land at Chinnor, sold by Jonah Britnell to Joseph Chapman
Parties:
1. Jonah Britnell of Crowell, yeoman
2. William Crook of Towersey, Bucks., farmer
3. Joseph Chapman of Kingston Blount, butcher
Property: Two cottages or tenements and Barn Close (formerly Townes Close) in Crowell; with schedule of deeds, 1810-1836
Consideration: £195.
of the mortgagees of William Crook to land called the Four Acres in Crowell (deeds and documents 1832-1867)
of the mortgagees of William Crook to land called Broad Lye on Top Hill Close, in Crowell (deeds and documents 1810-1867)
of the mortgagees of William Crook to lands called Broad Lye and Four Acres in Crowell (deeds and documents 1868-1877)
Parties:
1. John Griffin of Brill, Bucks., farmer, & John Aubrey Mumford of Brill, Bucks., auctioneer
2. Robert Pilbrow of Greenwich, Kent, gent.
3. George Britnell of Stokenchurch, farmer
Property: Hill Top Close (formerly Broad Lye otherwise Top Hill Close) and Four Acres Close in Crowell; with two schedules of deeds, 1810-1869 & 1839
Consideration: £195.
Parties:
1. John Griffin of Brill, Bucks., farmer, & John Aubrey Mumford of Brill, Bucks., auctioneer
2. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
Property: Stickers Close and Long Close (formerly Upper Close) at Crowell; with schedule of deeds 1810-1869.
Parties:
1. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
2. Thomas East of Chilling Place, Brill, Bucks., farmer
Property: Sticker Close, Long Close (formerly Upper Close) at Crowell, and garden ground with site of a cottage pulled down at Chinnor and two parcels of land and a messuage at Chinnor.
Endorsed with reconveyance dated 28/Nov/1884.
Parties:
1. Robert Pilbrow of Greenwich, Kent, gent. (mortgagee)
2. Henry Britnell of Chinnor, draper
3. Joseph Hill of Kingston Blount, corn dealer
Property: Five closes of arable (38a.) called The Hill Top, Barne, Round, Bottom and The Farther Great Close, two closes (6a.) called Larkin and The Coppice by the Barn, 5a. of arable land on Crowell Hill, messauge and close of arable called Townes above the Hill, and Townes Wood, all in Crowell; with plan & schedule.
Endorsed with draft conveyance dated 1885 by 3 to Arthur Henry Clerke Brown.
Consideration: £100 & £1,600.
re title to freehold estate in Crowell; with plan.
Parties:
1. George Britnell of Stokenchurch, farmer
2. Joseph Hill of Kingston Blount, corn dealer
Property: Hill Top Close and Four Acres Close in Crowell; with plan
Endorsed with draft conveyance dated 1885 by 2 to Arthur Henry Clerke Brown.
Consideration: £240
Parties:
1. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
2. Joseph Hill of Kingston Blount, corn dealer
Property: Stickers Close in Crowell
Endorsed with draft conveyance dated 1885 by 2 to Arthur Henry Clerke Brown.
Consideration: £150
Parties:
1. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
2. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
Property: Long Close (formerly Upper Close) in Crowell
Parties:
1. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
2. Frank Roberts of Aylesbury, Bucks., dealer in horses
Property: Long Close (formerly Upper Close) in Crowell
Endorsed with reconveyance dated 10/Nov/1885.
Parties:
1. Frank Roberts of Aylesbury, Bucks., dealer in horses
2. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
3. William Parker of Thame, gent.
Property: Long Close in Crowell, and garden ground with site of a cottage pulled down at Chinnor, and two parcels of land and a messuage at Chinnor.
Endorsed with deed of transfer dated 03/Jan/1889 by 3 to Arthur Henry Clerke Brown.
Parties:
1. Rev. James Henry Ashhurst of Waterstock, clerk, MA, Hon. Canon of Christ Church, & Henry Birch of Thame, esq.
2. Joseph Hill of Kingston Blount, corn dealer
3. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq,
Property: Several pieces of land in Crowell, described in attached schedules.
Consideration: £8,000
Parties:
1. William Devening of Crowell Hill, farmer
2. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq, & George Clerke Brown of Barnsley, Glos., esq.
Property: Long Close (otherwise Upper Close), with cottage recently erected, in Crowell; includes sketch plan.
Consideration: £171 14s. 9d.
Parties:
1. Joseph Chapman of Kingston Blount, butcher
2. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
Property: Two cottages or tenements on site of Barn Close above the hill, and remainder of Barn Close (formerly Townes Close, now also called Home Close), in Crowell; includes sketch plan.
Consideration: £250
Parties:
1. Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esq.
2. Rev. John Robert Blayney Owen of Toftrees Vicarage, Norfolk, clerk
Property: Premises in Crowell, described in schedule; includes sketch plan.
Parties:
1. May Georgina Owen of Weybourne, Norfolk, widow
2. Thomas Rickerby of Cheltenham, Glos, esq., & Septimus Tristam Pruen of Cheltenham, Glos, MD
Property: Premises in Crowell, described in schedule; includes sketch plan.
Parties:
1. Thomas Rickerby of Cheltenham, Glos, esq., & Septimus Tristam Pruen of Cheltenham, Glos, MD
2. Mary Louisa Hester of Kingston Blount, widow
Property: Premises in Crowell, described in schedule; includes sketch plan.
Parties:
1. William Taylor Franklin & Thomas Franklin of Ascot, land agents, inclosure commissioners for Crowell
2. Wenman Aubrey Wykeham Musgrave of Thame Park, Oxon, & Barnsley Park, Glos
Property: Six allotments or pieces of land in Crowell described in schedule and shown on plan (in Lower Field, the Upper Field and the Neights).
Will of Sophia Elizabeth Wenman dated 29/May/1866 is recited.
Parties:
1. Wenman Aubrey Wykeham Musgrave of Thame Park, Oxon, & Barnsley Park, Glos
2. Henry Clerke Brown of the Temple, London, barrister-at-law, & Edwin Frend of Brighton, Sussex, esq.
3. Joesph Hill of Kingston Blount, farmer
Property: 196 acres 28 perches in Crowell described in schedule and shown on two plans; also shecule of deeds 1829 & 1880.
Consideration: £7,200
Parties:
1. Thomas Williams of Aston, Bampton, cooper
2. Thomas Bartlett of Aston, Bampton, yeoman
Property: Butt of land adjoining the Meeting House in Cote, parish of Bampton
Consideration: £7 5s.
Parties:
1. Benjamin Badcock of Oxford, gent.
Property: Messuage or tenement, orchard & garden on Headington Hill, in the Manor of Headington
Parties:
1. Sarah Badcock, sister of Benjamin.
Property: Messuage or tenement, orchard & garden on Headington Hill, in the Manor of Headington
Parties:
1. Sarah Badcock of Broad St., Oxford, spinster
2. Fitz James Edward Watt of Headington Hill, esq.,
Property: Messuage or tenement, orchard & garden on Headington Hill, in the Manor of Headington (shown on plan).
Consideration: £1,500
Parties:
1. Sarah Badcock of Broad St., Oxford, spinster
2. Fitz James Edward Watt of Headington Hill, esq.,
Property: Messuage or tenement, orchard & garden on Headington Hill, in the Manor of Headington
The land is referred to as Ewelme Nurseries in one of the documents
Parties:
1. Thomas Panter Hatt of Ipsden, farmer, & Benjamin William Hilliard of Wallingford, brewer
2. Charles Edward Bullford of Watlington, solicitor
Property: Two pieces of ground on which four cottages stand in Ewelme.
Consideration: £152 10s.
Parties:
1. Charles Edward Bullford of Watlington, solicitor
2. Thomas Panter Hatt of Ipsden, farmer, & Benjamin William Hilliard of Wallingford, brewer
Property: Two pieces of ground on which four cottages stand in Ewelme.
Includes reconveyance dated 10/Mar/1877
Parties:
1. Charles Edward Bullford of Watlington, solicitor
2. Wallingford & District Permanent Building Society
Property: Two pieces of ground on which four cottages stand in Ewelme.
Parties:
1. Charles Edward Bullford of Watlington, solicitor
2. Fisher Clark of Watlington, gent.
Property: Two pieces of ground on which four cottages stand in Ewelme.
Parties:
1. Helen Franklin of Ewelme, widow
2. Stewart Charles Paget of the Nurseries, Ewelme, gent.
Property: Piece of ground called Ewelme Nurseries; with sketch plan.
Includes four related letters, 1902 (5 items)
Parties:
1. Fisher Clark of Watlington, gent.
2. Charles Edward Bullford of Watlington, solicitor
Property: Two pieces of ground on which four cottages stand in Ewelme.
Parties:
1. Charles Edward Bullford of Watlington, solicitor
2. Stewart Charles Augustus Paget of Ewelme, gent.
Property: Piece of ground with two cottages in Ewelme; with sketch plan.
Consideration: £90
from Stewart Charles Augustus Paget to Falconer Lewis Wallace esq., re two cottages at Ewelme.
from Stewart Charles Augustus Paget and Falconer Lewis Wallace esq. to Arthur Cecil Henry Paget & Caroline Paget, his wife, re two cottages at Ewelme.
Parties:
1. John Mitchell & William Henry Mitchell of Bordesley Paper Works, Birmingham (mortgagees)
2. Herbert William Orpwood of Ewelme, gent. (vendor)
2. Stewart Charles Augustus Paget of Ewelme, esq.
Property: 5a. of arable in Ewelme, shown on plan.
Consideration: £330
Endorsed with memoranda of conveyance dated 19/Aug/1921 & 05/Feb/1923.
for two cottages at Ewelme belonging to Stewart Charles Augustus Page
Parties:
1. Chapel Lane Properties Ltd
2. Chipping Norton Iron Foundry Co. Ltd
3. Hub Ironworks Ltd
4. Oxfordshire County Council
Property: Land at Chipping Norton (shown on attached plan).
Parties:
1. Chapel Lane Properties Ltd
2. Chipping Norton Iron Foundry Co. Ltd
3. Hub Ironworks Ltd
4. Oxfordshire County Council
Property: Land at Albion St., in Chipping Norton (shown on attached plan).
The families were from Kingston Blount, Wormsley and Waterstock
Parties:
1. Hon. Mary Clerke of Kingston Blount, widow of Richard (formerly Mary Foley), & Mary Elizabeth Clerke of Kingston Blount, spinster, her daughter
2. John Brown of Upper Grosvenor St., Middx, esq.
3. Bartholomew Wroughton of Wolley Park, near Wantage, esq., William Manley of Middle Temple, London, esq., barrister, John Taylor Coleridge of Middle Temple, esq., barrister, & Hon. Charles Rodolph Trefusis of Cavendish Sq., Middx
Property: Manor or lordship of Stokenchurch, and messuage or tenement and lands in Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant.
Consideration: marriage of 2 & 1b.
Parties:
1. John Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq.
2. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq., his son
3. Sophia Fane of Wormsley, spinster, daughter of John William Fane & Catherine Fane decd
4. John Duke Coleridge of Middle Temple, London, esq., George Charles Cherry of Inner Temple, London, esq., Joseph John Henley of Waterperry, esq., & John Augustus Fane of Wormsley, esq.
Consideration: £10,500 bank annuities, intended marriage of 3 & 2.
Endorsed with release from claims dated 01/Jul/1889.
Enclosed are two accounts for succession duty on death of 2, and statement of dealings with the trust fund, 09/May/1889.
Parties:
1. John Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq.
2. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq., his son
3. Sophia Fane of Wormsley, spinster, daughter of John William Fane & Catherine Fane decd
4. John Duke Coleridge of Middle Temple, London, esq., George Charles Cherry of Inner Temple, London, Joseph John Henley of Waterperry, esq., & John Augustus Fane of Wormsley, esq.
Consideration: £6,300 bank annuities, intended marriage of 3 & 2.
Endorsed with release from claims dated 14/Jul/1889.
Enclosed ia an account for succession duty on death of 2, 09/May/1889.
Parties:
1. John Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq. & Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq., his son
2. Rev. William Manley of Ramsay, Isle of Man, clerk
Consideration: £1,008 3s.1d.
by Arthur Henry Clerke Brown & Sophia, his wife, on the marriage of Catherine Sophia Brown, their daughter, & William Henry Ashhurst of Waterstock, esq.
Consideration: half part of £11,200 12s.9d.
Parties:
1. William Henry Ashhurst of Waterstock, esq.
2. Catherine Sophia Brown of Kingston Blount, spinster
3. Arthur Henry Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, parish of Aston Rowant, esq.
4. Charles Henry Ashhurst, lieutenant in 1st Battalion of Royal Sussex Regiment, Benjamin Henry Morland of Sheepstead House, Abingdon, esq., Henry Clerke Brown & George Clerke Brown of Kingston Blount, esqs (trustees)
Consideration: £10,000 new 3% annuities and half part of £11,200 12s. 9d. new 3% annuities.
of the Old House Farm in Stokenchurch, the property of A.H.Clerke Browne, esq.
relating to property in Mixbury
Parties:
1. John Harrison Slater Harrison of Shelswell, esq.
2. Louisa Mary Ann Slater Harrison of Shelswell, spinster, his daughter
3. Edward Rowland Forman, esq., captain of rifle brigade
4. Thomas Armstrong of Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland, esq., Francis Lowe of Inner Temple, London, esq., Thomas Fothergill of Clifton, Bristol, esq., & Joseph Maynard of Westbourne Terrace, Middx, esq.
Property: Middle Farm (365a.) in Mixbury.
Consideration: intended marriage of 2 & 3.
Endorsed with release from charge and surrender of term of 1,000 years dated 04/Apr/1864.
Parties:
1. Henry Hamilton Beamish of Cavendish Sq., Middx, esq., captain in Royal Navy
2. Louisa Mary Ann Forman of Shelswell, widow of Edward Rowland Forman (formerly Louisa Mary Ann Slater Harrison)
3. Francis Lowe of Inner Temple, London, esq., & Joseph Maynard of Westbourne Terrace, Middx, esq.
4. Rev. Charles Henry Ramsden of Chilham Vicarage, Canterbury, clerk, & James Alfred of Great George St., Westminster, banker & navy agent
Consideration: marriage of 1 & 2, and dividends & interest on £16,666 13s. 4d. 3% bank annuities.
Endorsed with release & indemnity dated 09/Apr/1866.
for sale and purchase of stock re the Beamish marriage settlement (6 items)
re the Beamish marriage settlement (8 items)
Parties:
1. Elizabeth Forman of Hensol Castle, Cowbridge, Glam., widow
2. Francis Lowe of Inner Temple, London, esq., Joseph Maynard of Westbourne Terrace, Middx, esq., Rowland Fothergill of Hensol Castle, esq., and Edward Slater Harrison of Shelswell, esq.
Recites will and death of Edward Rowland Foreman and death of Louisa Mary Ann Beamish.
of the Beamish marriage settlement, Apr/1864-Oct/1901.
Parties:
1. Henry Blundell Leigh of Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs, esq.
2. Henrietta Dorothy Hawkes of Barnes, Surrey, spinster
3. John Gerard Leigh of Luton Hoo, Beds, esq., & Jonathan Blundell Hawkes of Lincolns Inn, Middx, esq.
Consideration: £10,000, and marriage of 1 & 2.
Endorsed with appointment of new trustees, 1875 & 1887; attached is a trustees' memo., 1899
Parties:
1. John Blundell Leigh of Pont St., Middx, esq.
2. Lady Rose Nevill, spinster
3. Marquis of Abergavenny, her father
4. Hon. Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, Assheton Edward Harbord of Upper Grosvenor St., Middx, Henry Gerard Leigh of Sutton, Surrey, & Francis Bingham Mildmay of Berkeley Sq., Middx, esqs
Consideration: £40,000 stock, and marriage of 1 & 2.
re entitlement of John Blundell Leigh to a fifth part or share on his marriage (2 copies)
Parties:
1. John Blundell Leigh of the Manor House, Stratton Audley, esq.
2. Hon. Henry Gilbert Ralph Nevill, Assheton Edward Harbord of Upper Grosvenor St., Middx, & Francis Bingham Mildmay of Berkeley Sq., Middx, esqs
3. Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey of Grosvenor Sq., Middx, esq., & Richard Fort of Foston, Derbys., esq. (new trustees)
re John Blundell Leigh & Lady Rose Nevill's marriage settlement (documents 1887-1900 are listed.)
Parties:
1. John Blundell Leigh of the Manor House, Stratton Audley, esq.
2. Honor Dorothy Leigh, his daughter
Funds are detailed in a schedule.
by John Blundell Leigh to Honor Dorothy Leigh
Parties:
1. Henry Blundell Hollinshead Blundell of Statton St., London, retired army colonel
2. Rev. Thomas Blundell Hollinshead Blundell, rector of Halsall, Lancs.
Property: Rectory House & lands at Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancs.
Deed dated 23/Nov/1904 is recited.
on account of John Blundell Leigh (2 items)
re Blundell Leigh & Nevill marriage settlement (Capt. John Cecil Gerard Leigh of Faversham, Kent)
The families were from Oxford
Parties:
1. Rev. Daniel Trinder of Walton Place, Oxford, spinster
2. Jane Walford of Oxford, spinster
3. William Ormond of Wantage, gent., William Walford of Essex, esq., & George Edmund Street of Bedford Sq., Middx, architect
Consideration: intended marriage of 1 & 2, and £1,000 & £1,000 sums secured in mortgage deeds of Great Northern Railway.
Enclosed are notices to and appointment of trustees, letters, receipts & certificates re trust funds, 1884-1889 (17 items)
The families were from Shelswell & Middleton Stoney
Parties:
1. John Harrison Slater Harrison formerly of Margate, Kent, now of Shelswell, esq., & Rt Hon. Lady Louisa Augusta Slater Harrison, his wife
2. Augusta Slater Harrison, their daughter (on her marriage to William Wemyss Methven Dewar of Middleton Stoney, esq.)
Marriage settlement dated 29/Nov/1828 is recited.
Parties:
1. John Harrison Slater Harrison of Shelswell, esq.
2. Augusta Slater Harrison of Shelswell, spinster, aged 20, his daughter
3. William Wemyss Methven Dewar of Middleton Stoney, esq.
4. Edward Slater Harrison of Shelswell, esq., Thomas Armstrong of Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland, Rev. David Erskine Dewar, rector of Edgcot, Bucks., & Charles Jacob Bullock Marsham of Caversfield, esq. (trustees)
Endorsed with memo. of payment, 08/Jul/1858, and deeds of release & discharge, 16/Apr/1864 & 08/Aug/1894.
Parties:
1. William Wemyss Methven Dewar of Cottesmore House, Bicester, esq., & Augusta, his wife
2. Florence Louisa Dewar & Charles Gilbert Dewar, their children
by William Wemyss Methven Dewar to Edward Slater Harrison & Rev. David Erskine Dewar (trustees) on purchase of railway stock
on death of William Wemyss Methven Dewar
(Arthur St Quentin Armstrong)
of 16/Aug/1865 on winding up the trust.
from marriage settlement
(2 copies)
of 13/Apr/1857 on winding up the trust.
re marriage settlement and death of William Wemyss Methven Dewar.
for trustees of property of the late Edward Slater Harrison (Shelswell House).
for stock re Slater Harrison marriage settlement.
Parties:
1. Emma Cecilia Slater Harrison of Shelswell Park, widow
2. Charles Gilbert Dewar of Cotmore, Bicester, & William Ross-Lewin Lowe of Combe Down, Winchester, Hants., esqs
Property: Shelswell House, near Bicester
Parties:
1. Emma Cecilia Slater Harrison of Shelswell Park, widow
2. Charles Gilbert Dewar of Cotmore, Bicester, & William Ross-Lewin Lowe of Combe Down, Winchester, Hants., esqs
Property: Shelswell House, near Bicester