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D231 - Okeover family of Okeover - [12th-20th cent]

M - Deeds and estate records - [12th-20th cent]

B - Business

E - Estate Papers

A - Derbyshire and Staffordshire Estate

B - Norfolk and Suffolk Estates

C - Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Estates

D - Warwickshire Estate

E - London

F - Other Okeover Family Estate Papers

G - Other families' estate papers

1 - Miscellaneous; Staffordshire estate papers

5010 - Hollinshead and associated families: Leek and Bradnop rental for unnamed estate giving names of closes and some tenants and rents - circa 1700

5011 - Hollinshead and associated families: Lease by Ralph Bagnall of Drenlentres Staffordshire, knight, to John Clyfe of Bradnope, yeoman, in consideration of £8, of the tithes arising from two tenements in Bradnope in the tenure of Ann Ratclyffe and William Watson : for 30 years at an annual rent of 5s 8 Dec - 1565

5012 - Hollinshead and associated families: Power of attorney by John Ashenhurst of Ashenhurst to Ralph Ashenhurst of the Beard Derbyshire to receive a yearly rent of 40s from Richard Greenhall for two messuages in Bradnop with appurtenances leased to Greenhall for 21 years by lease of the same date - 1 Jun 1593

5013 - Hollinshead and associated families: Copy? mortgage by William Folly of the Botham in the parish of Cheddleton, Staffordshire, to John Ashenhurst of Ashenhurst, esq., reciting an indenture of 1 Nov 1658 by which Ashenhurst enfeoffed to Folly several closes in Bradnop : the part of the deed reciting the transaction has been torn off. 2 Aug - 1659

5014 - Hollinshead and associated families: Lease by the Right Hon Walter Lord Aston Baron of Fairfar in the kingdom of Scotland, Benjamin Weston of Ashleyhouse, Surrey, Esq., and Robert Robotham of Grayes Inn, Middlesex, to John Mayatt of Bradnop Lane End, Bradnop, in consideration of 5s., of all that close, heretofore common ground as it is now meared walled forth and inclosed out of the great waste or commons called Moredge in the parish of Bradnop commonly called the Gorstic Knoll or the Blubbs: for 99 years at an annual rent of 2s 19 Apr - 1662

5015 - Hollinshead and associated families: Lease by Elizabeth Moate of Bradnop widow of John Moate, James Moate her eldest son husbandman and Lawrence Moate, younger son to John Horsley of Astonsich Bradnop, yeoman, in consideration of £5, of part of the close heretofore common ground as it is now meared walled forth and inclosed out of the great waste or commons called Moredge in the parish of Bradnop commonly called the Gorstic Knoll or the Blubbs lying southwards towards the common : for 19 years at a peppercorn rent if Thomas and Soloman Mayott brothers of John Mayott live so long 8 Jul - 1668

5016 - Hollinshead and associated families: Lease by Benjamin Joliffe of Corton Worcestershire esq., to Thomas Fernihough of Leek, yeoman, and Jonathan Myatt of Leek, maltser of a messuage, farm or tenement called the Barnfield in the parish of Leek now inhabited by John Hancock and closes called the Two Barnfields, Broom Flatts, two Cattslows, Birchall Croft, the Clewes, the Shields, Calf Croft, Tofts Meadow, two Well Snapes, Dry Snapes, Copes Whitfield and Cornhill Cross and all tithes : for 29 years at an annual rent of £83 : not to plough the Calf Croft or above a quarter part of the arable or "upp land" in any one year : nor shall he plough up any part of the premises for any longer than three years together : 40s per acre additional rent per acre for ploughing any land contrary to these covenants 16 Nov - 1716

5017 - Hollinshead and associated families: Lease by Elizabeth Higginbottom of Cheadle widow (widow of Francis Highginbottom of Leicester and Thomas Hollinshead of Ashenhurst) to John Burnett of Tittesworth, Leek, yeoman, of two messuages in Tittesworth, Leek, called Tittesworth and Throstle Nest with all lands belonging : for 99 years at an annual rent of £105 27 Sep - 1770

5018 - Hollinshead and associated families: Wincle, Cheshire : Lease by Peter Leigh of Winkle Grange to Richard Armett, husbandman, in consideration of £18 10s 0d of a messuage or tenement in Winkle in which Armett now resides with all buildings and land belonging to be held from and after the death of the survivor of Frances Armett, his wife, John and Richard Armett his sons for 60 years : annual rent of 25/8d 20 Jul - 1660

5019 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bond of Edward Hollinshead of London, merchant, to Richard Pagitt of Westminster esq., in £2000: to pay Pagitt £1,050 at various specific times 26 Aug - 1682

5020 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bond of Lawrence Mayott of Warrington to John Standley of Bradnop in £20: Mayott to observe the covenants in an indenture of the same date, conveying land in Pradnop called Gorsey Knowles to J Standly 6 Aug - 1685

5021-5022 - Hollinshead and associated families: Two case papers - Burnett alias Goodwright v D Leigh - relating to Upper Tittesworth and Throstle Nest arising from the fact that Elizabeth Higginbottom was childless by both Thomas Hollinshead and Francis Higginbottom - circa 1774

5023 - Hollinshead and associated families: Notice to quite by Francis Leigh to John Burnett: two messuages and farms called the Tittesworth and Throstle Nest Farms, late part of the estate of Thomas Hollinshead deceased 16 May - 1774

5024 - Hollinshead and associated families: Fragment of deed relating to delivery of seisin of an estate at Ashenhurst

5025 - Hollinshead and associated families: Receipt by Thomas Brodhurst of Bosley Cheshire husbandman and John Arnitt of the Nettlebeds, Winkle from Francis Hollinshead of Gawsworth, esq., the sum of £186 Dated 11 Apr - 1667

5026 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Rental of the manor of Bradnop

5027 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Extract from Court Roll - Court Leet of the Manor of Bradnop 30 Sep - 1631

5028 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Copy quitclaim by Walter Lord Aston, Baron of Fairfar and Sir Richard Weston of Ridgeley, Staffs., knight, to William Rode of Rushton James, Staffs., in consideration of £15, of a messuage in Bradnop in the occupation of Edward Pott with all lands etc. belonging 23 Jul - 1649

5029 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Proposals made to Lord Aston regarding the regulation of the Morrage Common 3 Jan - 1652

5030 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Agreement between the common right holders and Lord Aston by which in consideration that Lord Aston shall debar and hinder all "outmen" or men living without the Manor of Bradnop from taking any benefits of common of and upon the great waste called Morrage and that no more waste ground be enclosed, that Lord Aston shall enclose for his own use twelve score acres 6 Jun - 1657

5031 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Proposal to erect a fence around the Morrage Common, to divide and separate it from the commons of other lordships - circa 1660

5032 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Agreement between Walter Aston of Tixall, Staffs, esq., son and heir of Walter Lord Aston, Baron of Fairfar and the freeholders of the manor of Bradnop concerning trespassing on Morrage Common, Bradnop: any proceeds from suits for trespass on the common to be divided equally between Aston and the freeholders 13 Mar - 1665/1666

5033 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Petition by the commoners (common right holders) to Lord Aston to prevent trespass on the Morrage Common by "outmen" - 23 Oct 1683

5034-5036 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Queries regarding the possession of land on the Morrage Common

5037 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Agreement regarding the enclosure of the Morrage Common - 1685

5038 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Petition by Lord Aston and Thomas Crompton at the Court of Whitehall, for licence to enclose and improve 2000 acres of waste in Bradnop held from the Crown in capite Dated 3 Jan - 1687

5039 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Manor of Bradnop - presentment by the Jury at the Court of Survey and Court Baron held 23 Aug: bounds of the manor recited, schedule of inclosures made and it is also stated that a manor house has not been discovered - 1687

5040 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Articles to be enquired of at the Court of Surveys and Court Baron held 23 Aug - 1687

5041 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Argument against the enclosure - 1687

5042 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Draft answers to Manor of Bradnop - presentment by the Jury at the Court of Survey and Court Baron held 23 Aug: bounds of the manor recited, schedule of inclosures made and it is also stated that a manor house has not been discovered - 1687

5043 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Proposals concerning the enclosure of Bradnop Commons by Thomas Parker an old freeholder - circa 1687

5044-5046 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Agreement (3 copies) for the enclosure of the Morrage (Morridge) Common, Bradnop, between Walter Lord Aston Baron of Fairfar, Lord of the Manor of Bradnop, and the freeholders of Bradnop by which the freeholders receive 1000 acres of the common to their own use and Lord Aston the remainder: four indifferent persons to set out and appoint the various shares in the common: further for the next seven years all public ways leading through the common to be repaired at the charge of Lord Aston and the freeholders 6 Mar - 1687/1688

5047 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Rental of the Manor of Bradnop - 1689

5048 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Court Leet of the Manor of Bradnop held 15 Oct: agreement that each householder and occupier of land (scheduled) should take the office of Heyward of all the commons within the manor - 1691

5049 - Hollinshead and associated families: Bradnop enclosure: Letter from F Hollinshead of Leek regarding the walling of Morrage to part it from the neighbouring commons - ?1696

5050 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Licence by the Dean of Lichfield, William Cooke to Symon and John Porter, tenants of the Choristers' House, Lichfield, by lease of 9 Jul, 1594, to underlet 6 Oct - 1609

5051 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Surrender by William Hinton, Archdeacon of Coventry to the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield of all his estate or term by virtue of a lease of 12 Oct 1610 by the Dean of Chapter of Lichfield to George Bird of Coventry, yeoman, of the Choristers' House, Lichfield, during the lives of Samuel Hinton, son of William Hinton, Kathleen Hopkins and Richard Rogers 3 Oct - 1627

5052 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Certificate that Charles Hinton son of Samuel Hinton of Lichfield, who was apprentices to Francis Powell, citizen and vintner of London, was admitted to the freedom of Lichfield at the time of Sir Richard Brown and Sir Thomas Player - 1661

5053 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Surrender by Samuel Hinton, Doctor of Law, of the Close, Lichfield, to William Paule D D Dean of Lichfield, of the reversion and all estate right and title in the Choristers House, Lichfield 24 Jun - 1661

5054 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Letters of attorney by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to Jeffrey Glazier of the Close, Lichfield, to take possession of the Choristers House and deliver the lease to Samuel Hinton, reciting previous lease of the Choristers House to Hinton for five years at 15s per annum - 24 Jun 1661

5055 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Lease by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield to Samuel Hinton of the Close of the Cathedral Church, Lichfield. Doctor in Law, of the Choristers House in the Close of the Cathedral Church, for 5 years at 15s per annum 24 Jun - 1678

5056 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Memorandum of an agreement to repair the fence at the Choristers House between the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield and Martha Hinton 20 Jun - 1692

5057 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Agreement between Martha Hinton and Dr Chandler to allow Dr Chandler to enlarge his house by taking in a small slang of ground between the Choristers' House and Dr Chandler's house: Chandler to pay Martha Hinton 1s per year as long as she has any interest in the property - circa 1695

5058 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Agreement between Henry Fleetwood of the Close Lichfield, and John Browne of Thornes on behalf of Madam Hinton now of Oxford, widow, by which Browne has let to Fleetwood Mrs Hinton's house in the Close for 3 years at £12 per annum 6 Aug - 1701

5059 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Copy lease by Jonathan Kimberley, Dean of Lichfield, to Martha Hinton of Derbyshire, of the Choristers House, Lichfield, for 20 years at an annual rent of 15s 26 Sep - 1713

5060 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Notice to Martha Hinton of the expiration of her five years lease of the Chorister's House 28 Aug - 1718

5061 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: A particular of the goods left by Widow Hinton in her house in Lichfield Close in Mr Fleetwood's possession - 1701

5062 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further note regarding the goods in the Choristers House - circa 1701

5063 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further notes regarding the goods in the Choristers House - 1710/1711

5064 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Rent receipt - Michael East of the Cathedral Close Lichfield, to George Murray Canon of Lichfield Cathedral - for 20s for the Choristers House 29 Oct - 1629

5065 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further rent receipt Michael East of the Cathedral Close Lichfield, to George Murray Canon of Lichfield Cathedral - for 20s for the Choristers House 16 Oct - 1641

5066 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Rent receipt - receipt for 7s 6d by the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield from Charles Hinton being his rent or the Choristers House 20 Sep - 1675

5067 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further rent receipt for 7s 6d from Charles Hinton for the Choristers House 1 Apr - 1676

5068 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further rent receipt for 7s 6d from Charles Hinton for the Choristers House - 1688

5069 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Bill relating to charges for the Choristers House rent, renewal of lease etc - 1713

5070 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further rent receipt for Choristers House 16 Oct - 1713

5071-5074 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Receipts for land tax for the Choristers House - 1719-?

5075 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Letter from the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield regarding their liability to repair the fence between the Choristers House and the Prebendal House - 1 Oct 1690

5076 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Letter from J Browne to Martha Hinton at Derbyshire regarding the lease of the Choristers House 19 Aug - 1713

5077 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Letters regarding the renewal of the lease of the Choristers House 7 Oct - 1713

5078 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Further letter to Martha Hinton regarding the lease of the Choristers House 19 Aug - 1720

5079 - Hinton family - the Choristers' House, Lichfield: Undated letter by B Gorring to Martha Hinton regarding allowances for "the extra-ordinary charges I have been at about the house" - [early 18th cent]

5080 - Draft deed stating the sale of land in Jul 1702 to Egerton Yates (messuages in Stoke called Brookehouse) was not intended for Egerton Yates but was in trust for Joseph Allen - [early 18th cent]

5081 - "An estimate of Mr Wilson's freehold estate" at Cannock - [18th cent]

5082 - Lees of Bucknall: Lease by John Lees at Batehouse in Bucknall, mason, to Sibilla Clarke of Batehouse, Bucknall, widow, of closes of land, meadow or pasture in Batehouse, Bucknall formerly in the occupation of John Lees: for 40 years: if Lees pays to Sibilla Clarke £4 per annum for life and £6 within one month of her decease to whoever she nominates in her will and £4 to her daughters Ann an Elizabeth, and £8 to another daughter Alice within three years of her decease and if Lees permits Henry Clarke her son to occupy the property at an annual rent of 40s. per annum within six months of her decease then this lease to be null and avoid - 1670

5083 - Lees of Bucknall: Draft final concord between Thomas Gibson and Hampton Allen relating to 10 messuages, 100 acres of land, 50 acres of meadow, 20 acres of wood, 300 acres of pasture with appurtenances in Bucknall and Aberhulme in the parish of Stoke on Trent and Carswall [Caverswall], and Leek

5084 - Lees of Bucknall: Articles of agreement between Edward Sanderson of City of London, whipmaker and Deborah his wife and Joseph Hurlocke of Hackney, yeoman, and Richard his wife and Egerton Yates of Stoke-on-Trent, yeoman, by which Sanderson and Hurlocke agree to assure to Yates before 9 Sep 1702 two messuages called the Brookehouse in Stoke-on-Trent for £260 3 Jul - 1702

5085 - Lees of Bucknall: Extract from a court roll concerning an enquiry into the title to 10 messuages, 100 acres of land 40 acres of meadow, 300 acres of pasture, 20 acres of wood with appurtenances in Stoke-on-Trent, Leek and elsewhere in Staffs - including a note from Jeremiah adey to William Brassington concerning his title to the premises - 1706

5086 - Lees of Bucknall: Case paper: Jeremy Adey formerly of Stoke respondent, Matthew Burton plaintiff, concerning 10 messuages, 100 acres of land, 50 acres of meadow, 20 acres of wood, 300 acres of pasture in Bucknall Eaves, Hulme, Caverswall and Leeke: note to Thomas Gibson that "this declaration that is against me, doth concern the title of diverse messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments part whereof one in your possession" - circa 1710

5087 - Ford and Ipstones: Draft final concord between Richard Whillock and John Sherratt and John Johnson and Lydia his wife deforciants of 3 messuages, one cottage, 130 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 60 acres of pasture, 50 acres wood, 60 acres of furze and heath and 60 acres of moor in Ford and Ipstones - [18th cent]

5088 - Ford and Ipstones: Memorandum of a final concord between John Johnson and Lydia his wife, plaintiffs, and William ? Trinney, gent., and Mary his wife, William Johnson and Thomas Fernihough deforciants of 3 messuages, one cottage, 3 orchards, two gardens, 100 a of land, 15 a. of meadow, 60 a of pasture, 40 a of wood, 40 a of furze and heath and 40 a of moor in Ipstones and Leek - [18th cent]

5089 - Ford and Ipstones: Lease by Philip Fernihough of Basford, Cheddleton, yeoman, to Thomas Slacke the elder of Ipstones, yeoman, of a messuage, house or tenement called Shawcoate with all outbuildings, barns etc., now in the possession of Thomas Slacke the elder, also croft lying on the backside of the barn, a close called the Croft, a piece of ground called Shaw Meadow, a close called Fernibanks, a parcel of arable called Cromwitheyes and three great intakes with a barn called Janneyes Barn part of which has been converted in a house, containing by estimation 60 acres, all in Ipstones and now in the tenure of Thomas Slacke the elder: for 99 years at an annual rent of £16 28 Sep - 1702

5090 - Ford and Ipstones: Articles of agreement between Samson Bulkeley of Bradnop, gent., and James Bestwick of Gatam Grange, Staffs., husbandman and Elizabeth Bestwick of Eaton, widow, being a tenancy agreement by which Bulkeley lets to the Bestwicks for his life a messuage in Ecton where Elizabeth Bestwick dwells and Two Smith Closes, Nether Close above the Barn, the Close at the back of the house, Little Bank, the Pingle beyond the Seats, Further Bank, Barn Bottom and Botts Closes: annual rent of £14 25 Mar - 1709

5091 - Ford and Ipstones: Lease by John Mellor of the Whitehouse, Ipstones, yeoman, to Robert Massey of Ipstones, husbandman, of so much of the Rough Close lately enclosed from the great waste called Morrage now in the tenure of Robert Massey as shall amount to the quantity of 10 acres : for 99 years at an annual rent of £1 7s 0d 26 Mar - 1714

5092 - Ford and Ipstones: Lease by Samuel Lander of Hardwick Staffs., gent., to Samuel Goostree of Roostonehole in the parish of Ipstones, yeoman, of a messuage or tenement at Roostonehole and all land belonging for 99 years - 11 Sep 1717

5093 - Ford and Ipstones: Bond by Samuel Hemworth of Burton on Trent and Samuel Seale of Horninglow to Thomas Tideswell and Ralph Tideswell of Ipstones in £500: to abide by the award of Thomas Hollinshead of Ashenhurst, Leek, elected to arbitrate in all actions, quarrels etc. between the said parties - 1 Oct 1729

5094 - Kingsley: Lease by Thomas Hurt [?Hunt] of Shrewsbury, esq., to Richard Heath of Kingsley, Staffs., yeoman, in consideration of £10, of a messuage or tenement in Kingsley and a close in Kingsley called Aftle Foot, for 99 years - 20 Jun 1649

5095 - Kingsley: lease by Francis Smith of Knowle, Staffs., yeoman, to John Berdmore of Bromley, Abbots Bromley, carpenter, in consideration of £8 of a cottage or tenement in Kingsley formerly in the occupation of Thomas and William Berdmore, for 99 years at an annual rent of 5s 6d - 18 Apr 1704

5096 - Kingsley: Lease by John Beardmore of Kingsley, carpenter to John Clayton of Hillhouse, Staffs., yeoman, of a cottage or tenement in Kingsley, leased by Francis Smith to Beardmore, for the remainder of the 99 year term at an annual rent of 2s 6d 10 Oct - 1708

5097 - Stanshope, Alstonefield: Bond by Henry Baylie of Stanshope, Alstonefield, husbandman, to Robert Bosterne of Stanshope, yeoman, in £60, to observe the covenants in an indenture of the same date - 10 Jun 1641

5098 - Stanshope, Alstonefield: Lease by Henry Bailey of Stanshope Alstonefield, husbandman, to Robert Bosterne of Stanshope, yeoman, of a cottage and backside in Stanshope 0 acre 1 rood 00 perche, a parcel of land called the Furlong Botham adjacent 1½ a a parcel of land called Groveside 1 acre 1 rood 00 perche and a parcel called Little Parke ½a., for the life of Henry Bailey at an annual rent of £4., reciting lease of 17 Jun 1638 by Bosterne to Bailey of the same property 10 Jun - 1641

5099 - Stanshope, Alstonefield: Agreement by Robert Bosherne of Stanhope, yeoman, and Elizabeth Baylie, daughter of Henry Baylie late of Stanshope yeoman, deceased, that they will enfeoff to Roger Hunt, esq., and Richard Cantrell of Wetton, yeoman, a messuage in Stanhope in the occupation of Robert Bosterne and a messuage or cottage in the tenure of Thomas Rea and William Walton 12 Jan - 1647/1648

5100 - Spott Yate Farm, Stone [Spot Gate Farm]: Abstract of three deeds relating to Normacott Grange, Stone, Staffs 1732-17?? - [18th cent]

5101 - Spott Yate Farm, Stone [Spot Gate Farm]: Bond by Thomas Cookside of Spott in the parish of Stone, yeoman, to Elizabeth Willatt of Normacott Grange, Stone, in £700, to observe the covenants in a mortgage of the same date 20 Dec - 1732

5102 - Spott Yate Farm, Stone [Spot Gate Farm]: Letter regarding a security by Mrs Willatts on Spott Yate Farm, Stone 5 Jun - 1741

5103 - Copy gift by Hugh de Okeover to Robert son of Robert de Castern of all that land which his father once held in Castern in the fee of the Abbot of Burton: annual rent of 4s Witnesses: Ralph son of Jordan, William de Verdon, Richard de Thorpe, Hugh de Ilam, John son of ?Nigel de Mapleton, William de Castern, Peter de Stanton, Roger de Okeover and others - [13th cent]

5104 - Lease by Lord William Wyther to Juliana once wife of Henry Baset and Robert her son of a messuage with buildings, curtilages, gardens, crofts and superstructures in Chene [Sheen] which Hicholas father of Roger and Ysolda his wife held previously: for 30 years from the feast of St John the Baptist 1281 at an annual rent of 3s do all services except forinsec and suit of court, and also to supply a man at harvest in autumn at Chene Witnesses: Henry de Bradeheved, William son of Philip de Chene [Sheen], Geoffrey de Fowall, Thomas de Ylmendon, Thomas son of Nigell de Chene et al [and others] - 1281

5105 - Lease by John de Sheepy to Thomas Mayfield of Ashbourne of all his meadow which lies below the vill of Upper Mayfield just as the said Thomas held by his earlier demise: for six years from the feast of St Chad (2 Mar) 1336/7 Witnesses: Henry son of Robert del Woodhouses, Ranulph de Snelsdale, Richard Smith of Mayfield, Henry Avice de le Wodehouse, William the clerk and others - 1336/1337

5106 - Lease by Ralph Bassett of Langley, Derbyshire, esq., to Henry Talbot of Milton of a messuage and virgate of land in the demesne of Swyneston, Milton, Staffs: for life at an annual rent of 10s 25 Jul - 1447

5107 - Lease by Nicholas Montgomery to William Stanlow of a pasture called Wintercroftes in the parish of Leigh, Staffs: for 4 years at an annual rent of 23s 4d.: William to uproot all thorns and underwood growing in the two crofts and to plough as much land as had normally been ploughed before 27 Feb - 1461

5108 - Agreement between Gilbert Higgott of Burton on Trent and Dorothy his wife and Thomas Holland of Bond End, Burton, by which Higgott agrees to convey to Holland a messuage, burgage or tenement with a garden and backside in the Borough of Burton on Trent: £70 purchase money 19 Nov - 1720

5109 - Bond to observe agreement between Gilbert Higgott of Burton on Trent and Dorothy his wife and Thomas Holland of Bond End, Burton, by which Higgott agrees to convey to Holland a messuage, burgage or tenement with a garden and backside in the Borough of Burton on Trent: £70 purchase money - 1720

5110 - Lease by Joseph Loxdale of Stafford, gent., to John Stockley of Normacott, yeoman, of a messuage or tenement in Meir in the parish of Stone now or late in the tenure of Ralph Whewell and closes called Leigh Field, Little Coat Croft, Great Coat Croft, Milking Bank, Two Thorney Crofts, the Knowles, the Two Sling Crofts, the Woodfinch, Croft, the Rye Croft, Rye Croft Meadow and the Homage, all in the parish of Stone, and a meadow called Calverhay in the parish of Caverswall: for 41 years at an annual rent of £35 : not to plough in any year above 20 statute acres : additional rent of 40s per acre for any land ploughed in excess of this figure 22 Mar - 1733/1734

5111 - Award by John Weston, John Archard, Thomas Fane and John Bowde, arbitrators chosen to settle a dispute between Sir John Repington and Joan his wife, one of the daughters of John and Agnes Bailley and Robert Hyde and Agnes his wife daughter of Robert and Agnes Wyllis (formerly Bailly), relating to half a burgage in Robe Street Lichfield 27 Apr - 1539

5112 - Quitclaim by Anne Whitehall of Whitehaugh, Staffs., widow and Joseph Whitehall her son and heir to Richard Whitehall of Oldbury, Warwickshire, of all actions etc. against the said Richard 15 Jan - 1632/1633

5113 - Bond by Wingfield, Lord Cromwell of Fradswell Staffs., Earl of Ardglasse and Sir William Russell of Whitley, Wiltshire, baronet, to Robert Mellor of Waterhouses, yeoman in £60: Lord Cromwell to make a further assurance by fine or recovery of premises to Robert Mellor, namely those premises conveyed to Mellor in an indenture of the same date 25 Apr - 1657

5114 - Memorandum by Alan Morton of the numbers, kinds of cattle and periods of occupancy of the cattle he put to agist in the Park of Tholow [? Throwley, Ilam in 16/17 Henry VI] - 1437-1439

5115 - Roll of estreats for Staffordshire, with copy of the King's Warrant to the Sheriff for their collection and delivery at the Exchequer at Michaelmas following. Thursday after Epiphany - 1489

5116 - Petition by the tenants and "bedemen" of Calton to the Lord of Shrewsbury regarding wrongful possession by Nicholas, Lord of Waterfall, of a messuage and lands in Calton and Waterfall granted by William Hobeson of Calton to the use of a priest who should sing mass and do divine service in the chapel of Calton founded by the Earls of Shrewsbury - mid 15th cent

5117 - Draft final section of a final concord relating to land in Staffs.

5118 - Copy letter by Messrs Allen and Bodle to Messrs Baxter regarding the account in a case between Ford and Walhouse 8 Apr - 1800

2 - Miscellanous Derbyshire estate papers

3 - Miscellaneous Warwickshire Estate Papers

4 - Miscellaneous Norfolk estate papers

5 - Miscellaneous Leicestershire estate papers

6 - Papers relating to Arley while R.R. Vaughton, guardian of H.C. Okeover, was Rector

7 - Miscellaneous Nottinghamshire estate papers

8 - Miscellaneous London estate papers

9 - Miscellaneous Gloucestershire estate papers

10 - Miscellaneous Cheshire estate papers

11 - Miscellaneous Shropshire estate papers

F - Family - 14th cent-c1950

M - Manorial - 1345-1728

UL - Okeover family of Okeover: unlisted records

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