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[Manuscript] 1885 indenture, between Mary Ann Fairbanks, of Hanley, spinster, and William Boardman, of Blurton, colour manufacturer, of the first part, Levi Page, of Longton, potter, of the second part, and Charles Simmill, of Chesterton, cupola tenter, of the third part: re conveyance of a dwelling house, shop, and bake house, being No. 26 Carlisle Street, Dresden, p. of Trentham. The document includes a schedule of three earlier indentures. Other persons mentioned include Thomas Fairbanks, Miss Simmill, George Jervis, John King Knight, Thomas Goddard, William Green, John Ashwell, Charles Harvey, Ralph Steele, and George Hawley. The reverse side has the signatures of witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, three red seals, two red revenue stamps, in very good condition, folded. £13.00
[Manuscript] 1892 indenture, between James Ridgway, of Basford, p. Stoke on Trent, porter, of the one part, and Catherine Derbyshire, of Stonehouse, Blythe Bridge, widow, of the other part: re mortgage of freehold messuages, etc., in Victoria Street, Basford. Other persons mentioned include Henry Smallwood Swann, Sir Lovelace Tomlinson Stamer, William Patrick, Charles Lynam, and Joseph Bladen. The reverse side includes the signatures of witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, bearing one red wax seal, one red revenue stamp, spotted, in very good condition, folded. £13.00
HIMLEY PARISH REGISTER [CMB 1665-1812], Staffordshire Parish Registers Society, 1969; privately printed transcripts of registers; 87pp; 8vo; orig. cloth-backed boards, lightly used.. £16.00
[Manuscript] Recognizance for £40, 1832. Thomas Webb Greene, of St. Michael’s Lichfield, esquire, and John Cox, of the same, baker, churchwardens of the said parish, are required to appear at the next General Gaol Delivery at the Guildhall and prefer a bill of indictment against John Bevans, Joseph Hubble, and William Hartland, labourers, for breaking and entering the church and stealing five bottles of port wine, and give evidence. Landscape narrow oblong; manuscript on standard printed form, on vellum, in good condition, has been folded. £10.00
[Manuscript] Recognizance for £20, 1844. Rev. William Gresley, of Stour House, in the parish of St. Chad Lichfield, clerk, is required to appear at the next Quarter Sessions at the Guildhall and prefer a bill of indictment against William Arnold, labourer, for stealing two quarts of milk, of the value of six pence, at the parish of St. Michael, and give evidence. Landscape narrow oblong; manuscript on standard printed form, on vellum, in good condition, has been folded. £10.00
[Manuscript] Coroner’s inquest verdict, City of Lichfield, 1844. “ … That the said Jane Godwin … being of the age of fifteen years alone in her master’s kitchen … sitting near the fireside, a burning cinder fell upon her gown out of the said fire … was then and there burnt of which said burning she languished and languishing did live until the sixteenth day of January …” Signed and sealed by the coroner, Charles Simpson, and 12 jurors. Small folio; Written on a single sheet of vellum, with 13 green wax seals affixed, in good condition, a little rubbed and creased. £35.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1869, between John Barlow, of Dale Hall, parish of Burslem, painter, and William Higgs, of Middleport, parish of Burslem, potter’s manager: re mortgage of a dwelling house and premises in Dale Hall for securing £180 and interest. The property was bounded on the north by Newcastle Street and on the south and west by property of Hamlet Howard. The reverse side contains a subsequent reconveyance indenture, dated 1873. Other persons mentioned include George Alcock, Jno. Weaver, William Cooper. Signatures of two witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, bearing 3 red wax seals, 2 blue revenue stamps, spotted, in good condition, folded. £13.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1829, between John Smith, of Elmhurst Hall, esquire, of the one part, and William Mould, of Fenton Vivian, parish of Stoke on Trent, potter, of the other part: lease for a year of a piece of land, part of a close called Hern Hey Meadow at Fenton Culvert, parish of Stoke on Trent, for five shillings. Signatures of two witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, bearing red wax seal of John Smith, one blue revenue stamp, spotted, in good condition, folded. £11.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1856, between Thomas Williams, of Tunstall, parish of Wolstanton, potter, of the first part, and John Walker, of May Bank, Wolstanton, builder, Stephen Edge, of Burslem, corn merchant, and Enoch Wedgwood, of Tunstall, earthenware manufacturer, of the second part: re mortgage of a plot of land and dwelling house in Mount Street, Tunstall, for securing £150 and interest, “lately forming part of a close of land called the Hobbs Croft in the occupation of Mr. Robert Beswick …”. Other persons mentioned include Ralph Sneyd, Fred. Salt, and Mr. Cooper. Signatures of witnesses. Written on a single sheet of vellum, bearing red wax seal of Thomas Williams, blue revenue stamp, in good condition, folded. £25.00 Enoch Wedgwood was a distant relative of the famous potter, Josiah Wedgwood. He joined the Podmore Walker partnership around 1850, and by 1856 was senior partner of Podmore, Walker & Wedgwood. After that partnership folded in 1859, Enoch and his brother Jabez formed the new firm, Wedgwood & Co., which remained in the family until 1900. The name is associated with the production of "Asiatic Pheasants" wares.
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