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Conveyance of a water corn mill, Westmorland

One sheet of vellum measuring approx. 40 x 29 cm and bearing its original seal. On the reverse, "16 June 1612, Richard Langrigge & Wm Birkhead, Conveyance of Moietie of Water Corn Mill". The conveyance concerns land "in the said Countie of Westmorland & Commonlie called or known by the name of Mylnton, Mylne".

Abstract of title to three mills at Banbury

5 vellum sheets (30 cm x 20 cm) providing an abstract of Mr Darnelly's title to lands in Banbury traced back to: a lease by Queen Elizabeth I to Anthony Cope of two Banbury Mills dated 7 July 1587; a conveyance of a third mill "being a Windmill" from Thomas Hawtaine (son of Henry and Mary Hawtaine) to Richard Vivers dated 18 July 1632; a deed dated 6 October [1616] under which Henry Hawtaine made a "jointure of the premises" to his wife, Mary, being "the windmill the Ivy Close b[y] the Meadow....all part of Easington Farms" which he had purchased "from the king"; a conveyance of "the Fine yard Lands at Nethrop" from Richard Cope, John Churchill and Richard Hastings to Richard Vivers dated 27 April 1616; a conveyance of "the Barns" from Thomas and Edward Kirton to Robert Vivers dated 18 June 1652. The abstract is completed with Mr Darnelly obtaining judgement in Trinity Term 1662 for £900.

'Abstract of Sir James Oxendens Settlement of Estates in Hearn'

5 pages of paper measuring approximately 41 cm x 34 cm describing Sir James Oxenden's settlement of his estate at Hearn Bay including land known as 'Underdown with one other small messuage or tenement and the Barns stables orchards Gdens & Arable Meadow and Pasture Lands...... containing in the whole by estim[ation] 160 acres more or less....And all other messuages etc sit[uate] lying & being in the Parishes of Reculver Hearn and Chislett....".

Indenture relating to a grist mill at Northpetherton

1 sheet of vellum measuring 77cm x 38cm, signed and sealed by Henry Gatchell and Robert Woodhouse and concerning a grist mill and meadows at Northpetherton (being known as Spall House, woods or grounds). The reverse features numerous notes in different handwriting, relating to the receipt of payments due under "this mortgage", the last one being made in 1712.

A release of land at Forabury and Minster, Cornwall.

Four sheets of watermarked paper (approximately 31 cm x 38 cm) with double-sided manuscript on three of the sheets. The release relates to two Corn or Grist watermills known as Tubbs Mills as well as the two meadows known as Mill Holme and a variety of other land, fields and premises, much of which named or described as to use/location, in the Parishes of Minster and Forabury. Parties to this indenture quadripartite are James Hill, Hugh Pyper. Richard Wise and Samuel Lyne.

Treble Mill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire

The treble mill enabled a single waterwheel to drive two pairs of stones through an additional set of gears off the pitwheel. Treble Mill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Drawing by H Beighton, Desaguliers, 1744.

Watts, Martin, miller and millwright

Conveyance of two corn mills and additional property at Forabury and Minster, Cornwall

Six sheets of watermarked paper (approximately 21 cm x 33 cm) with double-sided manuscript on five of the sheets. The indenture records the conveyance by Susanna Hill (daughter of James Hill) of two Corn or Grist watermills known as Tubbs Mills as well as the two meadows known as Mill Holme and a variety of other land, fields and premises, much of which is named or described as to use/location, in the Parishes of Minster and Forabury. Parties to this indenture tripartite are Susanna Hill, Samuel Thomas and Oliver Adam.

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