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.
Collection of documents including correspondence relating to the tenancy of Brook Lane smock mill at Herne Bay, Kent, dating from between 1708 and 1879.
Single vellum sheet (approx. 68 x 90 cm). Transfer of mortgage of windmill. Original document available for reference. For content click on the link to the document transcription
4 page paper document (with writing on only one page). Memorandum of sale by Philip Shipworth to Edmund Robson of a Post Mill at Ashby, Bottesford, Lincolnshire. Original document available for reference. For content click on the link to the document transcription.
4 page paper foolscap. Memorandum of an agreement between Robert John Atkinson, agent of William Adam, and James Hart, millwright, for the building of a windmill in Scawby, Lincolnshire. Original document available for reference. For content click on the link to the document transcription.
Single vellum sheet (approx 77 x 60 cm) comprising a mortgage for £200 and bill of sale of the "Wind Post Mill" at Messingham as further security. Parties include Richard Kirkland, miller, and his wife (the prior miller's daughter) who signs by "her mark". Original document available for reference. For content click on the link to the document transcription.
Two vellum sheets (approx. 58 x 73 cm); conveyance of Windmill at Easthorpe, Bottesford, Leicestershire. Original document available for reference. For content click on the link to the document transcription.
Single vellum sheet (approx 41 x 61 cm); lease for one year of a Windmill and surrounding land in High Halden, Kent. Original document available for reference. For content click on the link to the document transcription.
This indenture concerns a mortgage taken out by James Nokes (the builder of Upminster Windmill) in 1837. The pdf file contains a facsimile of the original document, and a transcript of the old English text, plus notes. A reproduction of the document typeset in a readable font is also included.
In 1849 Upminster Mill and its estate were sold by auction. This transcript is from the auctioneer's catalogue. A plan to identify the lots is included.
1 page of paper measuring 44 cm x 33 cm and folded in two comprising a copy of the will of Edward Charles in which he makes various bequests to his children, Charles, Edmund and Eliza. His bequest to his daughter of the "mill bake house lodge stable and premises situate in the Parish of Herne" is made to her "for her sole and separate use free from marital control". Earlier references in the will are to bequests being made to Eliza "for her own sole & separate use and benefit absolutely without being in any manner subject to the debts engagements or control of any husband with whom she may happen to intermarry".
Legal documents re. Nethersole family of Worth and Sandwich, Kent, millers and brewers, 1855-1862. Associated material provided by Diana LeCore. The attached list is taken from the description on Ebay and gives more details.
