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

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

1 - Letters of Charles II directing Thomas Hodgson gent., and William Leeke to carry out the terms of an order in Chancery 23 Nov - 1676

1-7 - Miscellaneous business papers of William Leeke, Serjeant-at-Law

2 - Letter from T Stanley to William Leeke regarding a bond

3 - Further letter from T Stanley to William Leeke 13 Aug - 1681

4 - Quitclaim by George Morton, son of John Morton deceased late of Stamford, Nottinghamshire, to William Leeke, Serjeant-at-Law, of all actions etc against William Leeke 30 Apr - 1685

5 - Statement of the account between Christopher Hales and the executors of John Morton - 1685

6 - Quitclaim by Christopher Hales to the executors of the will of John Morton, namely Thomas Bebington, William Leeke and Theophilus Barnard of all actions etc. against the executors, concerning Mary Morton's share of the portion of the younger daughter of John Morton or the moiety of £1000 which by John Morton's will was to be divided equally between his son George and daughter Mary (Mary died before receiving the money), reciting the will of John Morton and the appointment by Mary Morton of her sister Katherine Hales, wife of Christopher Hales, as her sole executor 30 Apr - 1685

7 - Apprenticeship indenture by which Thomas Lawson, son of Anthony Lawson of Wymeswold was apprenticed to John Carman citizen and cutler of London for seven years 9 Jun - 1731

8-9 - Two bound volumes of the business correspondence of Thomas Hollinshead of Ashenhurst - 1703-1713

8-240 - Business papers relating to the legal practice of the Hollinshead family of Ashenhurst, Staffordshire

10 - Bond by William Williamson of North Rode, Cheshire, yeoman, and John Eaton of Eaton, Cheshire, yeoman, to William Deane of North Rode, yeoman and William and Thomas Swayne of North Rode in £40 : to pay £20 30 Oct - 1558

11-26 - Bills, receipts and accounts relating to Francis Hollinshead, father of Thomas Hollinshead, and his brother Edward including land tax collection accounts - 1665-1668

27 - Memorandum of an agreement by which if Francis Hollinshead shall happen to buy Wincle Grange from Peter Legh, then Thomas Legh of the Ridge, Chester, shall have two years after the sale of to redeem the estate for his own use 5 Mar - 1665/1666

28-30 - Additional Hollinshead receipts - 1666

31 - Further memorandum relating to an agreement by which if Francis Hollinshead shall happen to buy Wincle Grange from Peter Legh, then Thomas Legh of the Ridge, Chester, shall have two years after the sale of to redeem the estate for his own use by which, in case Peter Legh shall marry as a result of which he shall have £1200 with his wife by May Day, Francis Hollinshead promises to sell to him Wincle Grante at the oversight of Richard Levinge, Recorder of the City of Chester 1 Jan - 1666/1667

32-40 - Further bills, receipts and accounts relating to Francis Hollinshead and his brother Edward - 1666-1669

41-42 - Two letters from Peter Leigh to Francis Hollinshead regarding payments and a meeting with Sir foulke Lucye at Mayfield, Staffordshire 15/18 Feb - 1668/1669

43-72 - Further bills, receipts and accounts relating to Francis Hollinshead and his brother Edward - 1669-1672

73-96 - Bundle of correspondence, accounts, and other papers relating to the estate of Thomas Rudyard - 1682-1694

97 - Receipt by Edward Hollinshead to Richard Pagitt for £1000 20 Aug - 1682

98 - Solicitors bill for John Allen - 1702

99 - Acknowledgement of a debt of £5 - John Allen and Richard Heath of Brookehouse to William Beech 13 May - 1703

100 - Bond by John Allen and John Hambleton to John Heath of Stoke in £12 : to pay £6 27 Jan - 1703/1704

101 - Rent receipts for Bradnop and Leek - 1704

102 - Receipt by Greene to Allen for £5 5 May - 1704

103 - Bond by John Allen to John Hambleton in £20 28 Jun - 1704

104 - Bond by John Allen, John Hambleton and William James of Caverswall, collier, to James Sharratt of Hills in the parish of Cheddleton in £40 : to pay £20 28 Jun - 1704

105 - Bond by John Allen of Brook house to John Hambleton of Stoke, architect, in £20 : to pay £10 14 Aug - 1704

106 - Bond by John Allen of Brook house to John Hambleton of Stoke, architect, in £20 24 Aug - 1704

107 - Bond by John Allen, William Brassington of Eaves Lane, Stoke, ironmaker and Edward Wright of Willfield, Stoke, farmer to James Sharratt of Hills, Cheddleton, Staffordshire in £300 : to pay £150 15 Jan - 1704/1705

108 - Bond by John Allen to John Hambleton in £20 : to pay £10 6 Feb - 1704/1705

109 - Bond by John Allen to Richard Clowes of Hilton, Burslem, in £33 : to pay £17 13 Nov - 1705

110 - Receipt of an indenture by Thomas Hollinshead 7 Jan - 1705/1706

111 - Bill - Thomas Hollinshead to John Allen - 1706/1708

112 - Receipt - John Allen of Thomas Hollinshead 2 Apr - 1706

113 - Receipt for £7 from Thomas Hollinshead being money directed and ordered by Sir William Gore for mourning upon the death of his Lady 2 Apr - 1706

114 - Receipt for £3 10s from Thomas Hollinshead for the board and diet of Mrs Hampton Allen 12 Sep - 1706

115 - Rent receipts for property in Leek - 1707-1708

116 - Notes on an estate (Hollinshead) - circa 1710

117 - Declaration in the Court of Common Pleas concerning the title of 10 messuages, 100 acres of land, 50 a. of meadow, 20 a. of wood, 300 a. of pasture in the parishes of Stoke on Trent, Calverswall and Leek

118 - Receipt for rents - Leek area 28 Dec - 1710

119 - Hollinshead rental

120 - Letter from L Lowe to Francis Hollinshead regarding a security 3 Aug - 1713

121 - Mr Bayliffe's bill - 1715-1719

122 - Receipt for £5, being half year's interest on £200 due at Michaelmas last - Mary Villers from Joseph Lee 16 Oct - 1718

123 - Receipt of indentures relating to Crowgutter Ipstones - Simon Johnson from John Johnson of Crowgutter 18 Oct - 1718

124 - Receipt - T Hollinshead from T Fenton 4 Nov - 1718

125 - Bill for legal charges to the administrator of the goods of Mr Brooke deceased - 1718-1719

126 - Letter - 1717

127-129 - Further Hollinshead bills and receipts - 1719-1721

130 - Bond by Elizabeth Broadhurst of Hixton, Middlesex, to Thomas Hollinshead in £100 : to observe covenants in a mortgage of the same date 1 Jul - 1721

131 - Letter from Thomas Hollinshead to Mr Trenley requesting a copy of the will of Mr John Mills of Fetter Lane, a Chancery Clerk 4 Oct - 1721

132-147 - Miscellaneous Hollinshead bills and receipts - 1722-1724

148 - Receipt - S Villers from Mr Moiser 3 Oct - 1723

149-162 - Miscellaneous Hollinshead bills and receipts - 1726-1729

163 - Copy letters from Margaret Burton to Thomas Hollinshead regarding the payment of £100 14/17/22 May - 1728

164 - Letter from Mary Marsh to Thomas Hollinshead regarding rents of her estate 4 Nov - 1728

165-175 - Further miscellaneous bills and receipts of Thomas Hollinshead - 1729

176 - Award of Thomas Hollinshead of Ashenhurst in a dispute between Samuel Henworth of Burton-on-Trent and Thomas Tyddeswall of Ipstones concerning a parcel of timber on a common called Leek Moor, Staffordshire 3 Oct - 1729

177-178 - Further miscellaneous bills and receipts - 1730-1731

188 - Letter from Goodwin to Thomas Hollinshead regarding financial matters and a demand for £1100 by Leeke Okeover from the estate of his grandfather 26 Oct - 1730

189-211 - Business correspondence between Thomas Leigh and Thomas Hollinshead, many of the letters being draft replies by Hollinshead - 1731-1738

212 - Letter from Mr Whitaker to Leeke Okeover, - 1730/1731

213 - Letter from Thomas Hollinshead to Leeke Okeover regarding "grandfather's will" 23 Mar - 1730/1731

214 - Letter from Thomas Keeling to Thomas Hollinshead regarding the theft of a cow at Uttoxeter 20 Nov - 1732

215 - Letter from Thomas Hollinshead to T Fenton Attorney 23 Dec - 1732

216 - Reply to Thomas Hollinshead from T Fenton regarding a bond 27 Dec - 1732

217 - Letter from Edward Oldfield to Thomas Hollinshead regarding money due to him from Lady Windebank's personal estate 1 Feb - 1732/1733

218 - Further letter from T Fenton to Thomas Hollins-Head - 2 Feb [1733]

219-227 - Bills and receipts for clothing and drapery, relating to Hollinshead's account with Mr Burslem - 1733-1734

228-230 - Correspondence regarding Mr Bayliffe's bill - 1734-1735

231-234 - Further receipts relating to Hollinshead's account with Mr Burslem - 1735-1737

235 - Further bill from Thomas Bayliffe 29 Jun - 1735

236 - Further bill for J Burslem's clothing paid by Thomas Hollinshead 30 Nov - 1735

237 - Copy affadavit by Thomas Hollinshead in a Chancery case regarding the estate of Lady Windebank 30 Mar - 1736

238 - Bill for legal charges 8 Dec - 1740

239 - Receipt 17 Mar - 1740/1741

240 - Receipt from Philip Fernihough to Thomas Hollinshead 9 Feb - 1743/1744

E - Estate Papers

F - Family - 14th cent-c1950

M - Manorial - 1345-1728

UL - Okeover family of Okeover: unlisted records

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