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YATTENDON AND ITS CHURCH, Rev. J.E. Smith-Masters, The Cornwall Press, 1929; “With Records of the Manor and the Village from the 10th Century to the Present Day”; 19 illus.; viii+80pp; 8vo; orig. red cloth gilt, a good, firm copy. £15.00 The author’s own copy, bearing a few of his notes and his heraldic bookplate, and containing a few loosely inserted items, some about bells, including a 1934 letter written to the author.
INDEX OF THE PROBATE RECORDS OF THE COURT OF THE ARCHDEACON OF BERKSHIRE, 1653-1710, J.S. Howse, British Record Society, Vol. 87, 1975; alphabetical arrangement, with indexes of places, and trades and conditions; sketch map, x+174pp; 8vo; orig. gilt dec. plum cloth, a very good copy, slightly faded. £20
[Manuscript] Bond, 1784, of Osman Vincent, of Newbury, banker, Richard Budd, of Chatham Place, London, Doctor of Physic, and William Budd, of Newbury, gent., in the sum of £1,000. The condition of the obligation is the performance of covenants mentioned in a tripartite indenture of the same date. Other persons mentioned include John Ambrose, Elizabeth Susanna Ambrose, Samuel Vines, Richard Read. Signatures of the 3 bondsmen with 3 red wax seals affixed, and signature of one witness. Two embossed revenue stamps. Written on paper, in very good condition. £13
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
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
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1858, between Rev. Edward Fane, Rector of Fulbeck, co. Lincoln, and Henry Edward Fane, of Avon Tyrell, co. Hants., esquire, of the one part, and Richard Malins, of Bracknell, butcher, of the other part: conveyance of land in Binfield, bounded on the north by land belonging to the Binfield poor, on the east by land or gravel pits in Easthampstead. Reference is made to a Binfield Enclosure award, 1817, to the P.C.C. will of Edward David Batson, to a 1840 indenture enrolled in the High Court of Chancery, and to a schedule of deeds going back to 1788. Other persons mentioned include Robert George Cecil Fane, John Hardy, Thomas Whittaker, John Purdue, Thomas Lacey, James Farrer, and William Eyre. Written on a single sheet of vellum, bearing two red wax seals and one blue revenue stamp, in good condition, folded. £16
[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. £19
[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. £15
[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. £23
[Manuscript] An indenture, 1825, between James Wheeler, of Wokingham, surgeon, John Heelas, of Wokingham, draper, Dorothea Ann Heelas, and Daniel Wheeler: declaration of trust monies under the will of Daniel Wheeler deceased. The bequests included the Manor of Buckhurst. Other persons mentioned include Rev. William Bremner, Elizabeth Wheeler, James Webb. Written on 2 sheets of vellum, spotted, bearing 4 red wax seals and one blue revenue stamp, in good condition. £21
[Manuscript] Indenture, dated 22 June 1802, between Francis Lovelock, of Avington, esquire, and George Jennings, of Eastone [sic], co. Wilts., yeoman; re property, including a messuage and land etc., in North Hidden, p. Hungerford. Local place names mentioned include Hide Wood, Hide Piece, and Newbury way. A single large sheet on vellum, bearing one seal and three blue revenue stamp; signatures of two witnesses; generally good condition, creased on folds. £20
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. £5
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