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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

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

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

1 - Recovery of estate - 1770

2 - Deeds of messuage etc. wellyard in Aston - 1820-1828

3 - Deeds concerning messuage and lands in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in January 1833 - 1706-1833

4 - Messuages in Aston purchased by E A Holden - (1763-1833)

5 - Deeds of Garner's Farm (a messuage and 3 closes) in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1834

Collapse 6 - Bundle of deeds concerning messuage and closes in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in January 1838 from Joseph Botham - 1793-1838

6 - Bundle of deeds concerning messuage and closes in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in January 1838 from Joseph Botham - 1793-1838

1 - Probate and copy of will of Jacob Botham of Aston farmer - 1800

2 - Settlement by (lease, missing, and) release to uses made between 1. William Brownhill of Aston yeoman 2. Thomas Brownhill of Wollaton, county Nottingham, wheelwright, youngest son of William 3. Richard Young of Loughborough, county Leicester, fellmonger and Thomas Heywood of Weston farmer and 4. Abraham Burton and George Moorely both of Aston farmers, by which for £30 paid by Thomas to William Brownhill, William conveyed to Young and Heywood a messuage, outbuildings, toft or homestead, yards, gardens etc containing about one acre and Moor Close, 3 acres 11p, all in William's occupation and in Aston, and tithes of premises, in trust for William and wife Mary for their lives, then to Burton and Moorely for 300 years, then to Young and Heywood for the life of Thomas Brownhill to support contingent uses, then to Mary, Thomas's wife, then their children, with final remainder to William Brownhill, his heirs and assigns for ever, and as to the 300- year term, that Burton and Moorely shall after the deaths of William and Mary Brownhill raise £55 (£30 for Thomas Brownhill, £10 for Catherine Astle great granddaughter of Wiliam Brownhill and £5 each for William, Mary and Sarah Astle, 3 of William's greatgrandchildren); Thomas Brownhill covenanted to pay William and Mary for their lives and the longest liver of them £5 annually Dated 31 August - 1793

3 - Copy of marriage settlement dated 9 April 1703 by (lease, not copied, and) release made between 1. Robert Hill of Weston yeoman and Anne Hill one of his daughters 2. Robert Brownhill of Aston yeoman and Joseph his son and heir and 3. William Cowlishaw of Aston yeoman and John Roberts of Melbourne yeoman, by which in consideration of marriage between Anne Hill and Joseph Brownhill and for £40 paid by Robert Brownhill to Robert Hill, half yardland in the fields of Aston (described in great detail, naming fields, neighbours, acreages) was conveyed by Robert Hill to Cowlishaw and Roberts to the successive uses of Robert Hill and heirs until the marriage, Robert Hill for life, Joseph Botham and Anne his wife for their lives, their heirs, Robert Erpe son of Thomas Erpe of Melbourne yeoman and his heirs and assigns for ever, and Hill allowed Joseph to dwell with him after the marriage and agreed that the farm he now enjoys under Robert Wilmot esquire shall be held and managed jointly between them and the goods, chattels, implements of husbandry, corn, grain now growing on the premises were declared to be as well the goods of Joseph Botham as of Robert Hill to be used jointly and each shall be able to bequeath his half of the goods, chattels etc Copy examined 15 June - 1804

4-5 - Lease and release made between 1. Mary Brownhill of Loughborough, county Leicester, widow of Thomas late of Wollaton, county Nottingham, wheelwright 2. William Cooper of Loughborough butcher and Mary his wife nee Brownhill 3. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer 4. William Jeffrey Lockett of Derby gentleman and 5. William Hickinbotham of Weston farmer - 5-6 Apr 1813

6-7 - Both parts of final concord levied in pursuance of D779/T/6/6/5 - [1813]

8 - Attested copy of the will of John Prior of Aston: to Robert Holden of Weston clerk and brother in law Elias Simpson of Lubsthorpe, county Leicester, all properties in Aston and elsewhere and personal estate in trust by mortgage or sale, to pay debts, then to levy out of the estate £30 for son Benjamin at age 22, £20 for any child his wife may have conceived, payable at age 22, to son John 5s. immediately and if wife has no more children £20 more for Benjamin; to wife remainder of estate for the education of the children until son John is 24, then John is to have half the cottages and lands etc in Aston, testator's wife the other half for life, her half to go to John the son at her death (Will 10 March 1718/19, proved 7 Apr 1719) Copy 14 Dec - 1814

9 - Attested copy of the will of John Prior of Aston: to children Frances Prior £500, Elizabeth Sutton £25, Mary Prior £500 and Thomas £500, grandchildren John, Thomas, Mary and William Sutton £25 a piece at age 21, to son Thomas all real estate at Castle Donington, county Leicester, purchased by testator from Charles Greaves; to wife Elizabeth half estate at Aston for life provided she remains a widow, if she remarries annuity of £25; half real estate at Aston and Elizabeth's half if she remarries or after her death to son John and his heirs, with remainders to Thomas and his heirs, and the right heirs of testator; residue of personal estate to wife Elizabeth and son John, who are named executors (Will 14 December 1769, proved 11 October 1774) Copy 15 Dec - 1814

10 - Undated copy of letters of administration granted to Catherine Prior of Desford, county Leicester, widow of John Prior late of same place gentleman, of goods etc of her husband who died intestate, on 2 February 1803 - [early 19th cent]

11-12 - Lease and release by 1. Thomas Prior of Desford, county Leicester gentleman eldest son and heir of John Prior of Desford gentleman deceased intestate who was eldest son and heir of John Prior late of Aston farmer deceased and a devisee in fee tail of his will to 2. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer and William Jeffery Lockett of Derby gentleman for £1,500 of messuage, the Homestead, Clay Pitts and the Top Close (apparently the same as Foss Close) as in D 779B/T 793 Dated 27, 28 December - 1814

13 - Attested copy of release dated 12 November 1814 to make a tenant to the precipe for the suffering of a recovery and to declare the uses of the recovery, made between 1. Catherine Prior of Desford, county Leicester widow of John Prior late of Desford gentleman deceased intestate 2. Thomas Prior of Desford gentleman eldest son and heir of John Prior deceased, who was eldest son and heir of John Prior of Aston deceased and devisee in fee tail under his father's will 3. Samuel Alston of Leicester gentleman and 4. Samuel Miles of Leicester gentleman, for releasing the premises from Catherine's dower and limiting them to the use of Thomas Prior, the premises being messuage with outbuildings, yards, gardens etc in Aston formerly in the occupation of John Prior the grandfather and John Prior the father of Thomas, but now of Mary Botham widow, 2 closes of ancient enclosed land adjoining the messuage and called the Homestead containing 4 acres 1r and the Clay Pitts 2 acres 3p; the Foss Close 5 acres 1r 21p which was awarded at the inclosure of open fields at Aston in 1763 to John Prior the grandfather as parcel of land in Alderslade field containing 5 acres 1r 5p; 5 closes with barn and stable on them called Barn Close, Great Sage Leys, Little Sage Leys, Riband Hole Close and Hunger Hill Close together 46 acres 3r 12p, awarded at the inclosure (see above) to John Prior the grandfather as a piece of land in Cross Field containing 45 acres 1r 15p (further detail of awarded lands) all in township of Aston and in tenure of Mary Botham widow and William Bancroft Dated 28 January - 1815

14 - Extract from common recovery of messuage and 80 acres land and common of pasture in Aston and related to above copy of release. Mich 55 GIII 1814 - 1814

15 - Covenant for production of title deeds by 1. Charles Stanhope Earl of Harrington etc to 2. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer, reciting that Thomas Prior of Desford, county Leicester, gentleman has lately sold property in Aston to both Stanhope and Botham, the Earl being the largest purchaser, and the deeds in the schedule relates to the title of both properties. Schedule relates to 1814 deeds only Dated 9 Nov - 1815

16 - Mortgage by demise for 2,000 years by 1. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer and 2. William Jeffery Lockett of Derby gentleman his trustee to 3. William Botham of Hopwell farmer, for £1,432, of premises as in purchase from Prior (D 779B/T 791-2) Dated 24 May - 1816

17 - Assignment of mortgage by 1. John Annable of 42, West Square, Surrey, gentleman executor of William Botham late of Hopwell farmer deceased, at the request of 2. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer to 3. William Willson of Newcastle under Lyne, county Stafford, gentleman reciting the mortgage of 1816, that £1,057 15s 9d remains unpaid, and for £1,057 15s 9d paid by Willson to Annable and for £942 4s 3d paid by Willson to Botham making £2,000 in all, assigning term in premises as in 1816 (D 779B/T 796) Dated 1 July - 1825

18-19 - Lease and release in trust to sell made by 1. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer at the request of 3. William Willson of Newcastle under Lyme, county Stafford, gentleman and by 2. Botham's trustee as in D779/T/T/6/6/16 at the request of Botham and Willson to 4. Bryan Thomas Balguy of Derby gentleman of premises as in D779/T/6/6/11-12 and D779/T/6/6/14-15 - 1-2 Jul 1825

20 - Mortgage by lease and release by 1. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer to 2. Reverend John Hare clerk of Repton for £313 10s (capital £300 and £13 10s arrears of interest), the £300 capital being due on bond to Hare who is not satisfied with the security, of 1) messuage with outbuildings, yards, gardens, orchards belonging, 5 closes in Aston - 30 Jun 1837-1 Jul 1837

21 - Notice from John Hare clerk to Michael Wilson and Jacob Smith concerning mortgage of 1837 above Dated 4 July - 1837

22 - Abstract of title of Joseph Botham to an estate at Aston in mortgage to Michael Wilson (1718/19-1832) with request for opinion 1 March 1838, opinion 19 March - 1838

23 - Undated copy of abstract of title with opinion as D779/T/6/6/22 - [c1838]

24 - Undated abstract of settlement made by Michael Willson by lease and release on 12, 13 July 1836: lease and release by 1. Michael Willson to 2. William Morley of Mugginton farmer and Joseph Osborne of Spondon farmer, of certain messuages, lands etc in trust (trusts not extracted) and bargain and sale of principal sums due to Willson upon several mortgages - (1836) [c1838]

25 - Undated abstract of mortgage by Joseph Botham to Reverend John Hare, said to be dated 1, 2 July 1837 - [c1837]

26-34 - Letters and papers, some undated, concerning E A Holden's purchase of property as in D779/T/6/6/35-36 - c1838

35-36 - Lease and release by 1. Joseph Botham of Aston farmer and Elizabeth his wife 2. Bryan Thomas Balguy of Derby gentleman 3. Stephen Gamble gentleman and Walter Pike stationer, both of Derby, assignees of estate of Balguy, a bankrupt, 4. Michael Willson of Derby gentleman. 5. William Morley of Mugginton farmer and Joseph Osborne of Spondon farmer and 6. Reverend John Hare of Repton clerk to 7. Edward Anthony Holden of Aston esquire - 5-6 Apr 1838

37 - Acknowledgement of release of 6 April above by Elizabeth Botham Dated 9 April Paper wrapping for this bundle is labelled to Messrs Sugden, Son and Nephew, 12 & 16 Aldermanbury, London EC from W Gregory & Son, Linen Drapers, Silk Mercers etc, 20 New Street, Huddersfield. Also, Sutton & County London paid [18] 63 - 1838

7 - Deeds of messuage in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in November 1838 - 1800-1839

8 - Deeds of 5 houses in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1839 - [1778]-1839

9 - Deeds and papers of Moor Dyke Close in Aston, purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in December 1841 - 1841

10 - Documents concerning 2 messuages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1841 - 1841

11 - Documents concerning parcel of ground in Wet Close or Scroggy Nook, Aston, purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1842. - 1820-1842

12 - Deeds and papers of 2 cottages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1843 - 1843-1844

13 - Deeds concerning 9 cottages and schoolroom in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1844 - [1661]-1844

14 - Bundle of deeds of the 'Coach and Horses' in Aston, purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1845 - 1646-1845

15 - Deeds of messuage and lands in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in May and June 1847 and in March 1849 - 1717-1849

16 - Exchange made in September 1847 - 1847

17 - Deeds etc of 2 messuages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in February 1849 - 1756-1849

18 - Deeds of messuage, close etc in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden, 24 March 1849 - 1712-1849

19 - Bundle of deeds of messuage, close and tithes of close in Aston, purchased by Edward Anthony Holden on 28 Mar 1849 - 1788-1849

20 - Deeds of 2 messuages and lands in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in November 1849 - 1788-1849

21 - Purchase by Edward Anthony Holden of messuage with blacksmith's shop in Aston in 1853 - 1853

22 - Deeds of 3 messuages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in February 1857 - 1828-1857

23 - Bundle of deeds of 3 messuages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in July 1857 - 1652-1857

24 - Bundle of deeds of 2 cottages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in December 1857 and February 1859 - 1765-1859

25 - Purchase of a messuage in Aston by Edward Anthony Holden in February 1858 - 1858

26 - Deeds and papers of messuages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in June 1858 - 1823-1858

27 - Deeds of three cottages in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in January 1862 - (1729)-1862

28 - Deeds of 2 messuages at Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in August 1862 - 1836-1862

29 - Deeds of Sikes Big and Little Moor Closes in Aston purchased by Edward Anthony Holden in 1863 - 1857-1863

30 - Miscellaneous documents relating, or probably relating to title to property - 1863-1870

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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