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D779 - Holden Family of Aston Hall, Aston-upon-Trent - 1215-1924

B - Business records - [1632]-1890

E - Aston Estate records - 1623-1924

F - Holden family - 1611-1876

M - Manor of Weston - 1659-1801

T - Title Deeds - [c1215]-1912

1 - Deeds of Robert Holden (1594-1660) - 1215-1659

2 - Deeds of Samuel Holden (1637-1692) - c1660-1692

3 - Deeds of Robert Holden (1676-1746) - 1647-1745

4 - Deeds for properties purchased between 1746 and 1776, with trust deeds - 1562-1776

1 - Deeds relating to purchase from John Bancraft in 1747 - 1639

2 - Ground within the Holt - 1752

3 - Deeds relating to purchase of propety in Leicestershire, 1754 - 1730-1741

1 - Exemplification of common recovery dated Hilary Term 10 George [1724], William Farrer esquire pet. against Nicholas Carew bart. and Elizabeth his wife defendants - 12 Feb [1724]

2-3 - Final concord (2 parts) made between James Lowther esquire querent and William Chetwynd esquire and Elizabeth his wife defendants Concerning 2 cottages, 60 acres land, 100 acres meadow, 500 acres pasture in places as in recovery above, and half of 2 parts of the manor of Halstead in 3 parts divided, of the Rectory of Tilton, tithes etc belonging and of the advowson of the vicarage of Tilton. £460. Dated Easter 3 George II - [1730]

4 - Copies of: (1) Mortgage made between 1. Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, Surrey, and Dame Elizabeth his wife 2. Thomas Scawen of Carshalton, Surrey, esquire sole executor of the will of Sir William Scawen of Carshalton deceased 3. Sir Henry Maynard of Walthamstow, Essex 4. John Farewell of Carshalton gentleman and 5. John Lord Bishop of Norwich and William Farrer of the Inner Temple, London, esquire reciting mortgage dated 6 June 1722 which recited that on 21 December 1720 Sir Nicholas Carew borrowed £8,835 10s 7d from Sir William Scawen, that on 22 Feb 1720/1 Scawen was bound with Carew for the payment of £2,700, a debt of Carew to Thomas Clerk esquire, and that Scawen was bound to Wilfred Lawson for the payment of Carew's debt of £300, and which recited that £9,495 19s 10d and £3,189 11s was due to Scawen, and by which Carew mortgaged to Maynard the manor of Horn and Burstow, messuages and lands etc in the parishes of Horn and Burstow in tenures of named persons at given rents, the manor of Banstead, messuages, lands etc. Including Banstead Park (giving tenants and rents) in Banstead and all other properties of Carew in Surrey, not comprised in Carew's marriage settlement, for 1,000 years in trust for Sir William Scawen, redeemable on payment of £9,495 19s 10d and £3,000 and reciting that the £3,000 was paid, that Maynard is trustee for Thomas Scawen since Sir William's death, and that there is now due to Scawen £10,000 and witnessing that for £10,000 due to Scawen and 5s paid to Carew by Maynard, Carew released to Maynard lands above for remainder of 1,000 year term, and as an additional security for the £10,000, 1. agreed with Farrer and Farewell by Scawen's direction to suffer a recovery of ½ of 2/3 of the manor of Halstead, ½ of 2/3 of messuages, lands etc. advowsons etc. in Halstead, Tilton, 'Marfeild' or 'Marefeild South' and Whatborough alias Whatburgh, ½ of 2/3 of rectories and parsonages impropriate of same 4 places and of tithes belonging, ½ of 2/3 of advowson to vicarages of Halstead and Tilton, and of all messuages etc of Carew in 4 places named above, all in county Leicester, and declared that in consideration of £10,000 due to Scawen and 5s paid to Sir Nicholas Carew and Dame Elizabeth by Farewell, the recovery was to the use of Farewell for 1,000 years, then to use of the Bishop of Norwich and William Farrer in trust nevertheless to the separate use of Dame Elizabeth. (31 March 1724) (2) Assignment of mortgage term made between William Chetwynd of Grendon, county Warwick esquire, Dame Elizabeth Carew his wife, late wife of Sir Nicholas Carew, Thomas Scawen Sir Henry Maynard, William Farrer (as above) and James Lowther of Whitehaven, Cumberland, esquire, reciting that Sir Nicholas Carew is dead, and the reversion and equity of redemption of the manor of Horne and Burstow and the manor of Banstead in Surrey are vested in William Farrer in trust for Dame Elizabeth, and that Scawen wishes to have the £10,000 owed to him, and witnessing that for £10,000 paid to Scawen by Lowther at Dame Elizabeth's request, and for 10s each paid to William Chetwynd, Dame Elizabeth, Maynard and Farrer by Robert Lowther of Mebourn, Westmorland, esquire, Maynard at the direction of Chetwynd, Carew and Farrer, with consent of Scawen and at nomination of James Lowther, has assigned, and Chetwynd, Carew and Farrer have confirmed, to Robert Lowther, all the lands in Surrey for remainder of 1,000 year term in trust for James Lowther, subject to redemption. (24 May 1729) (1729) Stanley, she with Chetwynd's privity, released to Farrer and Stanley, ½ of 2/3 of the manor of Halstead and of messuages, lands, advowsons etc. in Halstead, Tilton, 'Marfeild alias Marefeild South' and Whatborough or Whatburgh belonging to the manor, ½ or 2/3 of rectories and parsonages impropriate of same 4 places and of tithes likewise, ½ of 2/3 of advowson to vicarages of Halstead and Tilton, county Leicester, and manor of Horne and Burstow and all lands in same parish, manor of Banstead and lands etc including Banstead Park, in parish of Banstead (giving tenants and rents), Surrey, farm in parish of Astwood, farm or parcels of land called Dytoms Pightle and the Clamp Closes in parish of North Crawley, 5 acres arable in common field in the same, tithes of Woolston, all in county Buckingham (giving tenants), and she assigned to Farrer and Stanley annuity of £850 limited to her for life by indenture of 1 February 1709/10 (when she was Elizabeth Hackett spinster and only daughter of Nicholls Hackett of North Crawley, county Buckingham esquire) and she bargained and sold to the same, jewels and plate and she demised to them messuage and lands in Hartwell, county Northampton, in possession of - Blunt and George Phillips, for a term she has, in trust for Dame Elizabeth, if she dies in Chetwynd's lifetime, as she shall direct, in default of direction in trust for heirs, executors and administrators of Dame Elizabeth. (17, 18 May 1728) Examined 7 February 1738/9 - [1739]

7 - Copy of mortgage by lease and release made between 1. William Farrer of the Inner Temple, London, esquire. 2. William Chetwynd of Grendon, county Warwick, esquire and Dame Elizabeth Carew his wife late widow of Sir Nicholas Carew (as above) 3. Thomas Scawen of Carshalton, Surrey, esquire sole executor of Sir William Scawen late of Carshalton and 4. James Lowther of Whitehaven, Cumberland, esquire - (7 Feb [1739])

9 - Undated copy of final concord of 1730 between James Lowther esquire querent and William Chetwynd esquire and Elizabeth his wife defendants - 1730

10 - Copy of deed of security made between 1. William Farrer and Edward Stanley of the Inner Temple, London, esquires 2. William Chetwynd of Beddington, Surrey, esquire and Dame Elizabeth Carew his wife, widow of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington 3. Sir James Lowther of Whitehaven, Cumberland and 4. Richard Rider* of Lichfield Cathedral Close esquire, Michael Spateman of St Clement Danes, Middlesex, gentleman and Swynfen Jervis of Meaford, county Stafford, gentleman - 21 Mar [1732] (18 Feb [1738])

11 - Receipt for post fine relating to final concord between Thomas Thornton and William Chetwynd and his wife for 2 cottages, 60 acres land, 100 acres meadow, 500 acres pasture in Halstead, Tilton, Marefield and Whatborough and of ½ of 2/3 of the manor of Halstead, rectory of Tilton and tithes and of the advowson of the vicarage of Tilton. Dated 2 June - 1739

12 - Receipt for £5 of Mr Charles Ewer on account of Thornton Man, used as a cover for sending this and receipt above by ? Edmund Ludlam to Charles Ewer & Co. Lime Street, London. Dated 2 June - 1739

13 - Schedule of Writings of Leicestershire estate belonging to Thornton Man esquire. (1686/7-1741) - c1741

14 - Undated copy of counterpart (according to an endorsement) of a deed of appointment for charging an estate for securing £500 and interest, made between 1. Thomas Trott of Sittingbourne, Kent, gentleman. 2. Thornton Man of St Clement Danes, Middlesex, esquire and 3. Jane Sacheverell of St James, Westminster, spinster, reciting lease and release dated 4, 5 August 1738 - 4 Jul 1745

4 - Exchanges of properties in Aston - 1762

Expand 5 - Possibly deeds relating to purchase by James Shuttleworth of Aston esquire of close containing 23 acres and pingle called Green Leys - 15-16 June 1767

5 - Possibly deeds relating to purchase by James Shuttleworth of Aston esquire of close containing 23 acres and pingle called Green Leys - 15-16 June 1767

6 - Purchase of Chief Rent - 1767

7 - Trust deeds

8 - Exchange of land - 1776

5 - Reverend Charles Shuttleworth, later Holden (d 1821) - 1791-1820

6 - Deeds of Edward Anthony Holden (c1805-1877) - 1646-1863

7 - Miscellaneous deeds

8 - Schedules of contents of 2 boxes, bundle by bundle, headed W D Winterbottom esquire and prepared 29 August 1912 - 1912

Z - Miscellaneous - [1484]-1895

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