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[Manuscripts] [LEEK interest] A quantity of mostly 19th (with a few early 20th) century manuscript items relating to Leek, including solicitors’ papers, legal notes and documents, copy indentures, legacy and annuity receipts, affidavits, tradesmen’s bills, particulars of a sale, etc.. Approx. 60 items, on paper, different sizes; in generally good condition. £20.00
KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 1912, Kelly’s Directories Ltd.; lacking map; 31+xx+954pp; large 8vo; 2 leaves of adverts. (pp. 23-26) bound out of sequence (at front), title page and a number of following leaves water stained, title page damaged (without loss of text) and repaired, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, faded, stained and scraped, binding worn but hinges firm, overall an ugly but perfectly usable working copy. £40.00
[Manuscript] 1876 indenture, between Samuel Hammersley, late of Fenton but now of Rugeley, greengrocer, of the first part, Harriet Wood, of Burslem, widow, of the second part, and Edward Withinshaw Hollinshead, of Tunstall, gentleman, of the third part: re conveyance of two messuages and premises in Slater Street, Burslem, nos. 30 and 28, now or late in the occupations of Hamlet Kettle and Peter Davies. The reverse side includes the signatures of witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, three red seals, one blue revenue stamp, in very good condition, folded. £12.00
[Manuscript] 1860 indenture, between William Ellis, of Princes End, p. Tipton, grocer, of the one part, and Joseph Hipkins, of the same, provision merchant, of the other part: re mortgage of a messuage, shop, etc., adjoining the Bull’s Head Inn, at Princes End, for securing £350 and interest at £5 percent per annum. Other persons mentioned include Sarah Morrall, Benjamin Smith, Thomas Morrall, [blank] Craddock, [blank] Morris, Francis Sanders, and William Garratt. The reverse side includes the signatures of witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, one red seal, one blue revenue stamp, in very good condition, folded. £13.00
KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE 1940, Kelly Directories Ltd.; lacking maps; 31+xxii+1000+vi+582+vi+542pp; large 8vo; orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, hinges worn, endpapers dust marked. £60.00
[Map] “Plan of the Croxall Estate, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, for sale by Messrs. Parsons, Clark & Bodin, 1920”. A large folding coloured map on paper. Circled numbers printed on the map may refer to a schedule; if so, it is not present. Crumpled at edges and torn on folds but without loss. £8.00
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE: the complete Staffordshire section of a larger work; folding engraved 1760 county map by W. Owen (in very good condition); 179-196pp; 8vo; rebound in modern half-cloth, marbled sides, fine condition. £28.00
WILLIAM ADAMS, AN OLD ENGLISH POTTER, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FAMILY AND THEIR PRODUCTIONS, ed. W. Turner, 1904; limited edition of 650 copies; 72 illus.; 5 folding pedigrees; 3 appendices; index; xxii+254pp; royal 8vo; orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, t.e.g., a very good copy, fore-edge slightly spotted. £35.00
THE KING’S ENGLAND: STAFFORDSHIRE, ed. A. Mee, “Special Edition by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd.”, n.d.; with 180 places, and 107 pictures; map on endpaper; index; ix+252pp; 8vo; orig. red cloth, a firm, clean copy without dust-jacket. £7.00
BERESFORD OF BERESFORD, PART I: A HISTORY OF THE MANOR OF BERESFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD, Rev. W. Beresford, Leek, 1908; folding pedigree, 11 illus., index, vii+106pp, plus index; 4to; orig. cloth, t.e.g., lightly used. £20.00
Collections for a History of Staffordshire, William Salt Archaeological Society8vo; orig. cloth gilt:
THE GREAT REGISTER OF LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL, KNOWN AS MAGNUM REGISTRUM ALBUM, ed. H.E. Savage, publ. 1926; illus.; index; xlvi+404pp; a firm, clean copy. £15.00
THE STAFFORDSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS ROLLS, VOL. I: 1581-1589, ed. S.A.H. Burne, 1931; mentions many ordinary people; index; xli+394pp; a sound copy. £27.00
THE STAFFORDSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS ROLLS, Easter 1608 – Trinity 1609, ed. D.H.G. Salt, 1950; mentions many ordinary people; index; xxiv+205pp; a good, firm copy. £25.00
THE MANOR OF TYRLEY … , F.R. Twelmlow, 1948; “down to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914”; 3 folding maps; appendices (including wills, and names from suit rolls); xxiv+292pp; a good, firm copy, spine slightly dulled. £25.00
THE REGISTRATIONS OF DISSENTING CHAPELS AND MEETING HOUSES IN STAFFORDSHIRE, 1689-1852, B. Donaldson, 1960; abstracts made from the original registration records held in the public records; index; xxvii+160pp; a firm copy. £25.00
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