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[Manuscript] Indenture, 1807, between Charles Dubber, of Charnham Street, parish of Hungerford, but in the County of Wilts., shoemaker, of the one part, and Joseph Woesmond, of Hungerford Newtown, parish of Hungerford, in the County of Berks., yeoman, of the other part: re assignment of a messuage or tenement and premises at Hungerford Newtown, formerly occupied by Thomas Noon, who purchased it from John Jackson of Newtown. An earlier assignment indenture of 1797, involving Henry Pettit, of Shefford, is referred to. Other persons mentioned include William Smith, Charles Purton, George Ryley, and Samuel Westall. Signatures of witnesses. Written on a single large sheet of vellum, bearing red wax seal of Charles Dubber, one blue revenue stamp, in good condition, folded. £18.00
MURRAY’S BERKSHIRE ARCHITECTURAL GUIDE, ed. J. Betjeman & J. Piper, 1st edn., 1949; 171 illus.; index; xii+163pp; large 8vo; orig. pictorial cloth, firm volume, slightly rubbed, in defective dust-jacket. £18.00
THATCHAM ROAD NAMES, R.B. Tubb, 1991; signed by author; arranged alphabetically with a detailed account of each road name; illus. including maps; 253[+5]pp; 8vo; orig. cloth gilt, almost as new. £7.00
THE BOOK OF SONNING, THE STORY OF AN ENGLISH VILLAGE, A. Perkins, 1st edn.., Barracuda Books, 1977; a limited edition; list of subscribers; many illus.; bibliography; appendix; index; 162pp; 4to; orig. cloth, a lightly used copy, dust-jacket a little sunned,. £15.00
AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF CUMNOR PLACE, BERKS., A.D. Bartlett, 1850; “with biographical notices of The Lady Amy Dudley and of Anthony Forster, Esq., sometime M.P. for Abingdon; followed by some remarks on the statements in Sir Walter Scott’s Kenilworth; and a brief history of Cumnor and its antiquities”; illus. with frontispiece and ground plan; vii+147pp; 8vo; contemporary cloth, faded and marked, rebacked in matching cloth, unlabelled. £22.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1880, between Walter Edmund Gwynn, of High Street, Colnbrook, Bucks., grocer, of the one part, and Thomas Hodson, of Bracknell, inn keeper, of the other part: re mortgage of freehold hereditaments and land at the Roundabout in Binfield, and assignment of insurance policy for securing £100 and interest at £5 per annum. The document is endorsed by a later reconveyance indenture, 1892, between Joseph Hodson, of Nottingham, builder, John Watkin, of 39 Eastbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, lodging house keeper, the mortgagees, and Walter Edwin Gwynn, the mortgager. Other persons mentioned include Henry Goddard, William Laird, Jane Gwynn, and Charles J. Lane. Signatures of witnesses. Written on two large sheets of vellum, bearing 3 red seals, 2 red revenue stamps, in good condition, folded. £14.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, dated 13 July 1824, between Maria Spencer, of Binfield, widow, of the first part, James Taylor, of Binfield, inn keeper, of the second part, George Spencer, of [blank], of the third part, John Round, of Binfield, baker, of the fourth part, Richard Malins, of New Bracknell, butcher, of the fifth part, and John Roberts, of Wokingham, gentleman, of the sixth part: re release and conveyance of a piece of land called Providence and the messuage on it built by William Spencer. The adjoining garden lay on Priestwood Road. Richard Malins successfully bid for the property at an auction at the Stag and Hounds inn in Binfield. Some history of the property in earlier indentures is mentioned. Written on two sheets of vellum, bearing 6 red seals, 2 blue revenue stamps, with signatures of witnesses, in good condition, folded. £22.50
[Manuscript] Indenture in 5 parts, dated 6 September 1806, between George Danneley, late of Wokingham, officer of excise, but now of Odiham, co. So’ton, music master, and Elizabeth his wife, of the first part, Joseph Feltham, of Hinton St. George, co. Somerset, gentleman, of the second part, Philip Farrington, of Princes Street, p. Christchurch, Spitalfields, co. Middlesex, silk weaver, of the third part, John Deedy, of p. St. Giles, Reading, silk weaver, of the fourth part, and Richard Cole, of Odiham, of the fifth part; re assignment and release of property, including 2 messuages etc., on the south east side of Down Street, Wokingham. Various local place names are mentioned, including the house of Susan Ifold, widow, known as the Roe Buck, which had been the venue for a public auction. Other persons mentioned include Richard Raggett, Thos. Gregory, John James, John Louch, and Wm. Boham. Written on 3 large sheets on vellum, bearing 6 seals and 3 revenue stamps; signatures of witnesses; spotted, rubbed on folds, in generally good condition. £25.00 Down Street is known today as Denmark Street, having been so named in honour of Princess Alexandra.
[Manuscript] Indenture, dated 12 August 1867, between George Provost Heyward, of Egham, co. Surrey, surgeon, and Henry Yates, of New Windsor, postman, of the one part, and Charles Strutton, of Ascot Heath, esquire, of the other part: conveyance for £730 of a messuage and land, “late parcel of Windsor Forest near the racecourse at Ascot Heath … bounded on the North West by the racecourse, on the North East by an allotment to Robert Tebbott and Charles Snowden, and on the South by the turnpike road, on the West by an allotment to Thomas Bedborough …”. Other persons mentioned include James Bailey, Elizabeth Lockhart, Cottlob [sic] and Charlotte Zeyhle, William and Elizabeth Dod, John Belworthy, and Stephen Blake. Written on a single sheet of vellum, bearing 2 red seals, 2 blue revenue stamps, with signatures of witnesses, in very good condition, folded. £25.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, dated 29 January 1858, between George Barnes, of Newbury, gentleman, of the one part, and Henry Nathan Atherton, of Ramsbury, co. Wilts., miller, and Thomas Pearce Brown, of Chisledon, co. Wilts., gentleman, of the other part; re property, including 4 messuages etc., at Ashbury, and 3 messuages etc. in Kingston Winslow, p. Ashbury. Other people mentioned include John Mullock, William Hazell, Jane Hazell, William Reason, Stephen Hambling, Benjamin Stead, William Partridge, William Langford, Robert Holloday, William Johnstone. A single large sheet on vellum, folding, bearing 3 seals and one blue revenue stamp; signatures of witnesses; very good condition. £20.00
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