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Collapse D7213 - Clients of Eddowes, Simm and Waldron of Derby, solicitors - 17th-20th CentD7213 - Clients of Eddowes, Simm and Waldron of Derby, solicitors - 17th-20th Cent
Expand 1 - Spencer, Evans and Greaves family papers1 - Spencer, Evans and Greaves family papers
Collapse 2 - Johnson, German and Bolton family papers2 - Johnson, German and Bolton family papers
Collapse 1 - Deeds and papers, mostly re John Johnson of Ipstones (Co Stafford), in a section of parchment cut from a 17th cent deed, marked "old papers and bonds put in this parcel by Robert Johnson, 1856" - [17th-18th Cent]1 - Deeds and papers, mostly re John Johnson of Ipstones (Co Stafford), in a section of parchment cut from a 17th cent deed, marked "old papers and bonds put in this parcel by Robert Johnson, 1856" - [17th-18th Cent]
1 - Copies of five baptism register entries, covering April and May (year not specified) with the Lord's Prayer and other prayers written faintly on reverse - [17th cent]
2 - Account of John Johnson and Simon Johnson, for receipts and expenditure on "parcels" [?of land] - [17th cent]
3 - Lease of the Tithe Barn croft, Ipstones (Co Stafford) from John Johnson of Crowgutter, Ipstones, yeoman and John Johnson his son to James Turner of Ipstones, husbandman - [17th cent]
4 - Legal opinion of Robert Sawyer as to the right of occupiers to take wood from a meadow in Ipstones (Co Stafford) called The Rowelow - [17th cent]
5 - Half-yearly receipts of payments of £10 11s 6d by John Johnson to John Watson 1656-1661 and Henry Buxton for the use of John Watson's children 1661-1663 - 17th cent
6 - Richard Brereton of Malpas, Cheshire to grant a messuage and appurtenances to Henry Grundie of Ipstones, farmer 17 Aug, 20 Jas I - [1622]
7 - Appointment of John Johnson of Ford, Grindon (Co Stafford) as attorney to Sylvester Plumkitt of Ipstones (Co Stafford) esq and Marie his wife to receive £200 owed by William Johnson of Throwley Co Staff Clerk 2 Aug - 1627
8 - Account of disbursements of John Johnson and William Wheeldon headboroughs [parish officers] [?of Alveston] year ending Michaelmas - 1650
9 - Lease of cottage and lands in Ford, Leek (Co Stafford) from Randle Massey of Ford, husbandman to Robert Massey, his son 14 Aug - 1651
10 - Lease of the unsold estate of Randle Massey deceased from his son Robert Massey of Ipstones (Co Stafford) husbandman to John Johnson Sr of Ipstones yeoman, 1 Nov - 1659
11 - Bond William Thornbury and Thomas Thornbury to pay any charges levied in Ipstones on Richard Johnson of James Turner because of Elizabeth Bankes's second child, daughter of Edward Bankes of Ipstones 4 Jan, 12 Charles II - [1661]
12 - Bond Samuel Taylor, James Jenney and John Thornbury to pay to Priscilla James £51 10s on 27 Sep at the house of Edward James at Kinverston [Kinvaston] pa Woverhampton, 6 Mar - [1663/1664]
13 - Bond for £51 10s from James Jenney, Samuel Taylor and John Thornbury to Priscilla James 26 Mar - [1663/1664]
14 - Bond John Johnson and John Sherwin with Samuel Taylor for William Janney are bound to Priscilla James of Kinverston [Kinvaston] pa Woolverhampton [Wolverhampton, Co Stafford] in £200, to pay to Priscilla James £100 plus consideration on 24 Jun next, 1 Jan - [1665/1666]
15 - Bond John Johnson Sr, John Johnson Sr and Samuel Taylor to pay £10 to Rachel Roades, 5 Nov - 1665
16 - Appointment of John Johnson Sr of Ipstones (Co Stafford) as attorney of Paul Prime and George Titterton of Morridge, Ipstones, yeomen, to receive £56 from Richard Sherwin, John Sherwin and Samuel Tealler, all of Ipstones, yeomen, giving power to sue, arrest or imprison them, 21 Nov - 1667
17 - Agreement to sell John Sherwine's proportion of common, from John Sherwine and John Johnson Jr to John Johnson Sr and Robert Mellar (no place names mentioned), 13 Feb - [1666/1667]
18 - Removal order to the constables of Alveston, headboroughs [parish officers], churchwardens and overseers of the poor of Ipstones (Co Stafford) against John Sherwin and Anne his daughter, 5 Nov - 1674
19 - Bond Ralph Carlell indemnifies John Johnson against any obligations by which Ralph Carlell stands bound to John Watson of Derby, gent - 1674
20 - Bond Thomas Jolley and John Johnson of Crow Gutter, Ipstones (Co Stafford) to pay Thomas Clulowe £20 12s on 1 Jun 1676, dated 1 Dec - 1675
21 - Bond Henry Coape to keep to all agreements made in a lease of the same date between Henry Coape and Thomas Healey, 31 Jan - 1684
22 - Lease of land and buildings in Ipstones (Co Stafford) from Henry Coape of Ipstones, mason to Thomas Healey the elder of Withington (Co Stafford) 31 Jan - [1684/1685]
23 - Bill of William Pilsbury, for thatching and related work, to John Johnson of Ipstones (Co Stafford), yeoman 21 Feb - [1687/1688]
24 - Letter from John Johnson, Stafford, to Mr Scowfield, Attorney at Law, Rochdale (Co Lancaster) to ask whether Johnson and Thomas Clark's case against Lawrence and John Fletcher, on which Scowfield was employed around seven years earlier, was heard by the court of King's Bench or Crown Pleas 5 May - 1686
25 - Bond between John Cantrell and John Johnson, 8 Jul [Latin] - 1695
26 - Bond Between John Cantrell of Cloughhead and John Johnson of Ipstones (both Co Stafford), 8 Jul [Latin] - 1695
27 - Order from Wm Milward and others to John Johnson, head constable for the south part of the hundred of Totmonslow (Co Stafford) to order petty constables to summon two or more able inhabitants to appear at the house of Richard Bentley at Uttoxeter on 16 May to be sworn in as tax assessors 6 Mar - 1696
28 - Bond William Low Jr to pay Thomas Johnson 20s to Johnson until a debt of £4 is paid - 1718
29 - Bond for £50 Thomas Johnson of Crow Gutter, Ipstones (Co Stafford) yeoman and Thomas Beardmore of Ipstones, yeoman bound to Casar Arden Colsclough of Delphouse (Co Stafford), gent, 9 Jan (incomplete) - [1746/1747]
30 - Account of monies owed by Thomas Johnson to his brother William, receipted 17 Dec - 1753
31 - Order to the John Johnson and Joseph Ruston of Ipstones (Co Stafford), to appoint tax collector 11 Apr - 1755
32 - Lease of a house lately occupied by Robert Hall in Leeke (Co Stafford) and adjoining land known as The Hands, from John Watson of Derby, gent to John Johnson of Ipstones (Co Stafford) yeoman 2 May - 1756
33 - Bargain and sale of farm, livestock and furniture from William Johnson of Mobberley, Cheadle (Co Stafford), skinner to Thomas Johnson of Inson (Enson, Co Stafford) yeoman, 12 May - 1760
34 - Lease on a house and adjoining land from Jane Slack of Ipstones (Co Stafford) widow and William Fearnihough of Ipstones Ipstones, yeoman to Eliass Forniss of Hatton, Marston upon Dove yeoman, 25 Mar - 1762
35 - Receipt for £20 paid by Thomas Birch to Stephen Dugdale on behalf of John Johnson 31 May - 1772
36 - Order to Mrs Edith Blower of Ipstones (Co Stafford) to appear at Cheadle parish church to exhibit the will of James Blower if he made any, 12 Apr - 1787
37 - Receipt for 7s 8d paid on the account of William Bott deceased to Mary Cheshire, 12 Sep - 1793
38 - Two fragments of a solicitor's bill for e.g. drafting mortgages, payments for parchment. Most payments mention the surname Mellor - [18th cent]
39 - Fragment of a recipe book [?possibly medicinal] - [18th cent]
Expand 2 - Deeds re the Crow Gutter estate, Ipstones (Co Stafford)2 - Deeds re the Crow Gutter estate, Ipstones (Co Stafford)
Expand 3 - Wills and bonds, in packaging marked "the wills of my father John Johnson, my mother Ann Johnson, my brother John Johnson, and sundry bonds" signed by Robert Johnson, Jun 1833, comprising: - 1767-18283 - Wills and bonds, in packaging marked "the wills of my father John Johnson, my mother Ann Johnson, my brother John Johnson, and sundry bonds" signed by Robert Johnson, Jun 1833, comprising: - 1767-1828
4 - Documents re estate of William Warburton of Giltspur Street, City of London, gent - 1821-1844
Expand 5 - Johnson deeds and probate, comprising: - 1833-18925 - Johnson deeds and probate, comprising: - 1833-1892
6 - Counterpart lease of estate at Crowgutter, Ipstones (Co Stafford) from Valentine Close of Hanley of Hanley (Co Stafford) to Robert Wilson of Hanley, Potter, 28 May 1788, with correspondence, 1818 re creation of a small pool or dam at Crowgutter and extract from 1805 survey of the property - 1788-1818
7 - Feoffment of messuage and hereditaments in Ipstones (Co Stafford) from William Brooks of Ipstones, cordwainer to Barnett Young of Leek (Co Stafford), currier (left edge missing) 25 Mar - [1734/1735]
8 - Grant of a pew in Ipstones parish church (Co Stafford) from John Green to Francis Johnson, 26 Apr 1843, with related correspondence - 1843
9 - Conveyance of Tollgate house in Ipstones (Co Stafford) from Trustees of Cheadle tollgate road to Francis Johnson of Ipstones, 28 Jan 1839, with related memorandum from clerk to the trustees, 1838 - 1838-1839
10 - Letters re royalties, rents etc. on the Crowgutter estate due to Dr Joseph German (and later to his wife Ann) as a result of leases from the Ipstones Park Iron Ore Co Ltd of Old Broad Street, London, written by G S Herbert (and later his son Edward) to Dr German (and later to Messrs Wise and Cooke, solicitors, Ashbourne) - 1871-1889
11 - Leases of coal in Ipstones - 1866-1882
12 - Covenant to produce deeds between Mrs Mary Harrold of Loughborough (Co Leicester) widow and Joseph German Esq late of Derby but now of Borrowash, Mrs Harrold being the largest purchaser of tenements and land recently sold by Joseph German 4 Jan - 1870
13 - Declarations of mergers of tithes in Ipstones (Co Stafford) by Ann, Francis and Robert Johnson, 28 and 29 Jan - 1848
14 - Deed of partnership between Joseph German of Derby, surgeon and Alfred Ollivant Francis of Derby, surgeon, in the firm of German and Francis, Friar Gate, Derby, 11 Jul - 1863
Expand 15 - Hurd family deeds and documents, comprising: - 1718-183915 - Hurd family deeds and documents, comprising: - 1718-1839
16 - Settlement on real estate on the intended marriage of Miss Ann Johnson of Osmaston next Ashbourne, spinster with Mr Joseph German of Derby, surgeon, 1 Sep 1854, with deed of appointment of Thomas Hall and William German as trustees of the settlement, in the place of Robert and Francis Johnson, deceased, 2 Sep 1863 - 1854-1864
Expand 17 - Documents re marriage of William Edward Bolton (d. 1917) and Edith Ann Johnson German (d.1929), comprising - 1880-191517 - Documents re marriage of William Edward Bolton (d. 1917) and Edith Ann Johnson German (d.1929), comprising - 1880-1915
Expand 18 - William and Edith Bolton deeds, comprising - 1885-191618 - William and Edith Bolton deeds, comprising - 1885-1916
19 - Birth, marriage and death certificates - 1858-1880
20 - Deeds and other documents re property on Madeira handed over by the executors of the will of Mrs Edith Ann Johnson Bolton (d.1929), widow of Major William Edward Bolton (d. 1917) to Captain Crosthwait and Miss Edith Elizabeth Crosthwait in 1934 - 19th cent
21 - Bound set of documents used as evidence in case of Major William Edward Bolton plaintiff vs. Mrs Edith Ann Johnson Bolton (nee German) defendant, heard by the High Court of the South African Republic [Transvaal] - 1890s-1930s
22 - Will with six codicils of Edith Ann Johnson Bolton of Durban, South Africa, proved 30 May 1930, with charge on share of residue of her estate to secure £50 plus interest, from Mr G W Gawler to B C Simm - 20 Apr 1934
23 - Mortgage on the real and residuary personal estate of the late Francis Johnson for securing £700 and interest, from Major William Edward Bolton to the Reversionary Interest Society 15 Jun - 1904
Expand 3 - Other deeds3 - Other deeds
Expand 4 - Letter books - 1904-19504 - Letter books - 1904-1950
Expand 5 - Plans5 - Plans
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