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14. 1556.  May 27.    1.  Agnes verch John of Byrley, co.,
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                          Hereford, widow.
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                      2.  David ap Griffith and Griffith
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                          ap David, his younger son.
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                      QUITCLAIM of messuages and lands,
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                      called tyre Howell ap Richard ap
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                      Adam in the parish of Whitney.
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15. 1558.  April 20.  1.  Robert Vaughan of Wynforton,
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                          co., Hereford, gent.
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                      2.  Thomas ap Rees of Clifford and
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                          Joan, his wife.
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                      MORTGAGE of tenements and lands in
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                      Clifford called William Treheyrnes
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                      lands.  Consideration: L10.
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16. 1559.  Dec. 8.    1.  James Whytney of Whytney, esq.
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                      2.  Thomas Gardener of Whytney, clerk
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                      LEASE for 50 years of a messuage or
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                      tenement in the town of Whytney late
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                      in the tenure of one Thomas Here,
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                      deceased.
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17. 1576.  Sept.8.    1.  Ann ap [sic] John, widow, late
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                          wife of James ap John of Whitney,
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                          deceased, and ThomasJames, son
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                          and heir of the said James and Ann.
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                      2.  Charles Gravener and Thomas
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                          Gravener.
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                      BARGAIN & SALE of five closes of land
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                      containing 30 acres and one meadow
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                      containing one acre called Halfilde,
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                      otherwise Halhyde in the parish of
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                      Whitney.  Consideration : L50.
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18.  1576.  Oct.16.  1.  Ann ap John [sic], widow, late
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                          wife of James ap John Whitney,
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                          deceased, and thomas ap James,
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                          son of the said James and Ann.
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                      2.  Charles Gravener and Thomas
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                          Gravener.
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                      QUITCLAIM of fice closes of land
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                      containing 30 acres and one meadow
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                      containing one acre called Halfilde,
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                      otherwise Halhyde in Whitney.
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19.  1581.  April 27. 1.  Sir James Whitney, Kt, Lord of
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                          Whytney.
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                      2.  Hugh ap John Howell of Pont Vayne,
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                          of Hereford, husbandsman and
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                          Thomas ap Hugh and James ap Hugh,
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                          sons of the said Hugh ap John and
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                          Catherine verch Rosser, his wife.
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                      LEASE for three lives of a messuage and
  
 
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Overview

The records of the Manor Whitney and Clifford are currently held at the University of Wales Bangor. These records date from 1333 to 1891 and comprise 2.25 linear metres of materials. The following typewritten index was obtained from the University of Wales Bangor. The Whitney Research Group is currently in the process of transcribing this index on this page.

PDF File

The original PDF file can be obtained from http://www.whitneygen.org/WhitneyManor.pdf.

Content

A collection of 571 items relating mainly to the manors and parishes of Whitney and Clifford in northwest Herefordshire. It comprises deeds and documents concerning lands in Stow, Millhalf and Whitney, 1333-1852; records of the court leet and court baron of the manor of Whitney, including presentments, suit rolls, surveys and valuations, maps and plans, 1676-1874; deeds and documents concerning lands in Castleton and Clifford (alias Llanfair-ar-y-bryn), 1339-1855; records of the manor of Clifford, including bailiffs' accounts, presentments, rent rolls, surveys, valuations, maps and plans, 1381-1889; deeds relating to lands and properties in the parishes of Winforton and Brilley, 1594-1866; wills, letters and administration, etc., relative to members of the Whitney, Wardour and Dew families, lords of the manors of Whitney and Clifford, 1567-1828; miscellaneous accounts, vouchers etc., 1776-1846 and correspondence, including letters addressed to Tomkyns Dew (II), 1724-1889. The collection also includes a few deeds concerning properties in Ireland (Galway), Hertfordshire (Sarratt), Middlesex and London 1722-1802.

Index

FOREWORD

This collection, consisting of 571 items ranging in date from 1333 to 1891, was deposited in the library in 1954 by the widow of the late Mr. E. Thornton Jones, Glyn Garth, Anglesey, who for many years practiced as a solicitor in High Street, Bangor. It comprises deeds, presentments, bailiffs accounts, surveys, correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the manors and parishes of Whitney and Clifford in north west Herefordshire, an area which was originally part of Gwent. There is also a small group of deeds concerning properties in Hertfordshire, Middlesex and London. How or why such a collection ever found its way to the office of a Bangor solicitor remains a complete mystery, for there is nothing in the contents to indicate even the remotest connection with North Wales and Bangor in particular.

The manor of Whitney is stated to have been obtained by one Thurstin the Fleming, a companion of the Conqueror, who married Agnes, only child of Alured de Merleburgh, and their son, Eustace, assumed the name de Whitney from this manor. His descendant, Sir Eustace de Whitney, who was M.P. for Herefordshire in 1312-3, figures as party to the first deed in the collection, dated 1333; it was his grandson, Sir Robert de Whitney (see Nos. 3, 196, 197), who in 1402 received a grant of the castles and lordships of Clifford and Glasbury from Henry IV in consideration of the services of his father, the first Sir Robert, who was killed at the battle of Pilleth in 1401 while opposing the forces of Glyn Dwr.

Both manors together with other lands in the parishes of Winforton and Brilley remained in the posession of the Whitney family until the 1692-3, when William Wardour, of Lincoln's Inn and Westminster, Clerk of the Pells in Chancery, acquired by purchase the four equal shares in the estate which after the death without issue of Thomas Whitney, only surviving son of Sir Robert Whitney (d. 1653), had come to his sisters and co-heirs: Lucy,* wife of Robert Price of Bwlch y beudy, co. Denbigh; Susannah, widow of Henry Williams of Cabalva; Ann, widow of Thomas Rodd of Foxley; and Eleanor, widow of Dr Nathaniel Wright (see Nos. 383-94). William Wardour died in 1699 leaving his estate to his eldest son, Col. William Wardour, who, dying unmarried in 1746, left it to his only brother, Tomkyns Wardour. In 1767, by the will of Tomkyns's widow, the Whitney and Wardour property came to her sister, Mary Bourne of St. George's Hanover Square, Middlesex, who in turn left it to Tomkyns Dew of Lincoln's Inn, the first of three of that name who feature in this collection as lords of the manor of Whitney from 1780 to the close of the nineteenth century.

[An useful account of the Whitney family and of the devolution of the property will be found in : Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford in continuation of Duncumb's History: Hundred of Huntington, by Morgan G. Watkins (Hereford, 1897), pp. 77-96]

E. Gwynne Jones,

27 June, 1956.

Librarian.

Table of Contents

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I. MANOR AND PARISH OF WHITNEY:
(i) Deeds and allied documents...............................   1 - 24
(ii) Manorial records................................................ 24 - 25
(iii) Rentals, etc. ..................................................... 25
(iv) Surveys, valuations, etc. .................................... 25 - 26
(v) Maps and Plans................................................. 27
(vi) Miscellaneous.................................................... 27 - 29
II. MANOR AND PARISH OF CLIFFORD:
(i) Deeds and allied documents............................... 30 - 54
(ii) Manorial records................................................ 55 - 57
(iii) Surveys, valuations, etc. .................................... 57 - 58
(iv) Maps and Plans................................................. 58 - 59
(v) Miscellaneous.................................................... 59 - 60
III. MANORS AND PARISHES OF WHITNEY AND CLIFFORD (MIXED):
(i) Deeds and allied documents................................ 61 - 68
(ii) Schedules of title deeds, abstracts of
title, etc. ........................................................... 68 - 69
(iii) Surveys and valuations, ..................................... 69
(iv) Rentals and accounts ........................................ 69
(v) Maps and plans.................................................. 70
(vi) Miscellaneous.................................................... 70 - 71
IV. OTHER HEREFORDSHIRE PARISHES: Winforton and
Brilley: .............................................................. 71 - 72
V. HEREFORDSHIRE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES ........ 72 - 74
VI. IRELAND, HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX & LONDON :
(i) Ireland............................................................... 74
(ii) Hertfordshire...................................................... 74 - 76
(iii) Middlesex and London........................................ 76 - 79
VII. WILLS, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, ETC. ........ 79 - 82
VIII. ACCOUNTS, VOUCHERS, RECEIPTS, ETC. ........... 82 - 84
IX. CORRESPONDENCE .............................................. 84 - 86
X. MISCELLANEOUS ................................................... 86 - 89

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         I.  MANOR AND PARISH OF WHITNEY.

           (i)  Deeds and allied documents.

1.  1333.         DEED INDENTED witnessing that Eustace
                  de Whitney, lord of Whitney has at the
                  request of Sir Roger de Whitney,
                  Philip de Pencombe, Wlliam de  
                  Kekenwyche, Wlliam de Almaly and others
                  granted to the commoners and landowners
                  of Clifford, for a sum of money paid to
                  him, licence to pasture their animals
                  on land belonging to him called la brome
                  (Norman-French)

2. [n.d.-c.1370?] 1.  Robert de Wyteney, son and heir of
                      Sir Eustace de Wyteney, Kt.

                  2.  John de Wytneye, brother of the
                      said Robert.

                  GIFT of land in the Manor of Whitney
                  which formerly belonged to John, son
                  of Isaac.

3.  1424/5.       BOND by William Stowe, as assignee of
                  Sir Robert Whitney, lord of Whitney, to
                  pay to the prior and convent of
                  Wormesley a rent of 2/4 for 99 years
                  for a tenement called le Halvechyden.
                  Friday, on the eve of Epiphany

4.  1424/5.       DUPLICATE of No. 3.

5.  1470.  Nov.4. WRIT OF HABERE FACIAS SEISANAM to give
                  possession to Eustace de Whyteney and
                  Elizabeth his wife, of the Manor of
                  Whyteney, being cognizees in a Fine
                  levied between them and Roger de
                  Whyteney, parson of the Church of
                  Pencombe.

6.  1474.         1.  Robert Whyteney, esq., lord of
                      Whyteney

                  2.  Howell ap Richard a Badam

                  GIFT of a messuage and 8 acres of arable
                  land lying in Yeuanes Crofte.  The said
                  messuage lies between Yeuanes Crofte
                  and the highway and extends from the wood
                  of Brulley to the wood of Whyteney.
                  Thursday, before the Feast of St. George
                  (April 23).

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7.  1491/2.  Feb 12.  1.  Richard Lyncks, rector of
                          Standon, Walter Mills, vicar of
                          Kington and Rowland Blackeston.

                      2.  Robert Whitney, esq.

                      GIFT of the lordship or manor of 
                      Whitney with its appurtenances in the
                      marches of Wales or in the
                      county of Hereford, lying between
                      Yardesley and Clifford, the
                      advowson of the church of Whitney
                      and all lands in Whitney, Stowe and
                      Milhalgh which they formerly had of
                      the gift and confirmation of the said
                      Robert Whitney by his deed dated
                      4 February, 1491/2.

8.  1492.  Oct.4.     FINAL CONCORD between Simon Milbourne,
                      esq., Roger Vaughan of Clyro, esq.,
                      Walter Bellehedde, rector of
                      Wynfreton, Walter Mille, vicar of
                      Kington, and John Taillour, vicar of
                      Almaly, plaintiff, and Thomas
                      Vaughn of Bredwardine, esq.,
                      Eleanor, his wife, Roger Vaughan of
                      Talgarth, esq., and Joanna, his wife,
                      deforceants, when the deforceants
                      acknowledged the manor of Whitney,
                      the advowson of the priory church of
                      St. Peter of Whitney, two mills, six
                      messuages, 300 acres of land, 100
                      acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture,
                      100 acres of wood and L10 rent in
                      Whitney, Stowe and Millehalgh to be
                      the right of the plaintiffs.

9.  1492.  Oct.4.     FINAL CONCORD between Simon Milbourne,
                      esq., Roger Vaughan of Clyro, esq.,
                      Walter Bellehedde, rector of the
                      church of Wynfreton, Walter Mille,
                      vicar of Kington, and John Taillour,
                      vicar of Almaly, plaintiffs, and
                      Thomas Vaughn of Bredwardine, esq.,
                      and Eleanor, his wife, Roger Vaughan
                      of Talgarth, esq., and Joanna, his 
                      wife, deforceants, when the
                      deforceants acknowledged the manor
                      of Whitney, the advowson of the church
                      of St. Peter of Whitney, two mills, 
                      six messuages, 300 acres of land, 100
                      acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture,
                      100 acres of wood and L10 rent in
                      Whitney, Stowe and Millehalgh to be
                      the right of the plaintiff.

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10.  1492. Oct.4.        RECORD of Fines of the manor of
                         Whitney taken before Walter Vaughan
                         of Hergest, Steward of the manor of
                         Huntington
                         The parties to the two Final Concords
                         annexed are the same, viz:

                           Simon Milbourne, esq., Roger 
                           Vaughan of Clero, esq., Walter
                           Bollehedde, rector of Wynspeton,
                           Walter Mille, vicar of Kyngton
                           and John Taillour, vicar of
                           Almaly, plaintiffs, and Thomas
                           Vaughan of Bradwardyn, Eleanor,
                           his wife, Roger Vaughan of
                           Talgarth, esq., and Joanna, his
                           wife, deforceants.

11.  1492. Oct. 8.      1.  Simon Milbourne, esq., Roger
                            Vaughan of Clero, esq., Walter
                            Bollehedde, rector of Wynfreton,
                            Walter Mille, vicar of Kyngton
                            and John Taillour, vicar of
                            Almaly.

                        2.  Robert Whitney, esq.,

                        FEOFFMENT of the manor of Whitney, the
                        advowson of the church of St. Peter
                        of Whitney, together with lands and
                        tenements in Whitney, Stowe and 
                        Millehalgh, to the use of the said
                        R.W. and his heirs male, and in the
                        event of his death without heirs
                        male, to the use of the said R.W. and
                        his heirs by his first wife, Constance,
                        daughter of Sir James Andeley, lord
                        of Andeley, and in the event of the
                        lack of such heirs, to the right
                        heirs of the said R.W.

12.  1546. July 14.     1.  Robert Whitney, esq.,

                        2.  John Baskervile, Charles Vaughan,
                            William Delahay and Thomas
                            Havard of Willarsley, gent.

                        SETTLEMENT of the manor of Whitney
                        to the use of the said Robert and
                        Sybil, his wife and their heirs.

13.  1550/1. Jan.18.    1.  Hugh Pemwyer of Clifford, gent.

                        2.  James Jones Mychell of Whitney.

                        GIFT of a house in Whitney where the
                        said James now dwells, and parts of
                        an orchard lying next to the parish
                        church of Whitney.

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14. 1556. May 27. 1. Agnes verch John of Byrley, co.,

                         Hereford, widow.
                     2.  David ap Griffith and Griffith
                         ap David, his younger son.
                     QUITCLAIM of messuages and lands,
                     called tyre Howell ap Richard ap 
                     Adam in the parish of Whitney.

15. 1558. April 20. 1. Robert Vaughan of Wynforton,

                         co., Hereford, gent.
                     2.  Thomas ap Rees of Clifford and
                         Joan, his wife.
                     MORTGAGE of tenements and lands in
                     Clifford called William Treheyrnes
                     lands.  Consideration: L10.

16. 1559. Dec. 8. 1. James Whytney of Whytney, esq.

                     2.  Thomas Gardener of Whytney, clerk
                     LEASE for 50 years of a messuage or
                     tenement in the town of Whytney late
                     in the tenure of one Thomas Here,
                     deceased.

17. 1576. Sept.8. 1. Ann ap [sic] John, widow, late

                         wife of James ap John of Whitney,
                         deceased, and ThomasJames, son
                         and heir of the said James and Ann.
                     2.  Charles Gravener and Thomas
                         Gravener.
                     BARGAIN & SALE of five closes of land
                     containing 30 acres and one meadow
                     containing one acre called Halfilde,
                     otherwise Halhyde in the parish of
                     Whitney.  Consideration : L50.

18. 1576. Oct.16. 1. Ann ap John [sic], widow, late

                         wife of James ap John Whitney,
                         deceased, and thomas ap James,
                         son of the said James and Ann.
                     2.  Charles Gravener and Thomas
                         Gravener.
                     QUITCLAIM of fice closes of land
                     containing 30 acres and one meadow
                     containing one acre called Halfilde,
                     otherwise Halhyde in Whitney.

19. 1581. April 27. 1. Sir James Whitney, Kt, Lord of

                         Whytney.
      
                     2.  Hugh ap John Howell of Pont Vayne,
                         of Hereford, husbandsman and
                         Thomas ap Hugh and James ap Hugh,
                         sons of the said Hugh ap John and
                         Catherine verch Rosser, his wife.
                     LEASE for three lives of a messuage and

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54. 1633.  April 24. 1. Eustace Jone of Whitney, gent.
                     2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney , Kt.

                     QUITCLAIM of one close of pasture or
                     meadow called Gundon or Rushie 
                     medowe in Whitney.

55. 1633/34. Feb. 3. 1. William Thomas of Milhaughe in
                        the parish of Whitney , miller.

                     2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney , Kt.

                     QUITCLAIM of a parcel or arable
                     land containing one acre called 
                     Brooke acre, lying in a field called
                     le Upper Pyrry hill in the parish of
                     Whitney.

56.  1634.  June 26. 1. Eustace Jones of Whitney, gent.

                     2. Sir Robert Whitney, Kt., chief
                        lord of the manor and lordship
                        of Whitney.

                     QUITCLAIM of a parcel of land
                     containing 8 acres , part of a 
                     common or wood called Whitney in the
                     lordship and parish of Whitney which
                     said parcel was allotted to the said 
                     Eustace under an agreement made
                     between the said Sir Robert and the 
                     tenants of the said manor for the 
                     enclosure of the said common.

57.   1635. June 27. RECEIPT from Thomas jones of the 
                     parish Brilley, co., Hereford,
                     yeoman, John Williams of Abergevenny, 
                     co., Monmouth, corviser, and 
                     Abraham Williams, son of the said
                     John, corviser to Sir Robert Whitney
                     of Whitney Court, Kt., for *16
                     payable to them for a house or
                     tenement and lands in Whittneises
                     Wood in the parish of Whitney.

58.   1635. June 27  1. Thomas Jones of the parish of
                        Brilley, co., Hereford , yeoman,
                        John Williams of Abergevenny, co., 
                        Monmouth, corvisor, and Abraham 
                        Williams, son of the said John
                        Williams, corvisor.
                     
                      2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney  
                         Court, Kt.
                        
                      QUITCLAIM of a dwelling house or
                      tenement and a close of land in the 
                      parish of whitney
                       
59.  1639.  May 28.  1. Joanna Price of the parish of
                        Brongwenne, co., Radnor, widow,
                        sister and heiress of John
                        Phillpotte, citizen and merchant 
                        tailor of London.

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59. 1639. May 28      2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt.

                       BOND in *84 for the performance of
                       cevenants contained in a pair of 
                       indentures of equal date.

60. 1645. June 20.    1.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney,
                          Kt., lord of the manor of Whitney,
                          and Robert Whitney, esq., his son
                          and heir.

                      2.  John West of Whitney, yeoman, one
                          of the freeholders of the said 
                          manor , and a commoner in the 
                          waste and wood ground there called 
                          Whitney's Wood.
                     
                       LEASE for 99 years of part of the 
                       said common, waste and wood ground as 
                       is now in the possession of the said
                       John West being the uttermost part
                       of the said wood on the east and
                       north parts, and adjoining on the
                       same sides a brook called Heybrooke        
                       and the highway there.

61. 1693. May 23.     1.  John Tryst of the city of Hereford,
                          esq., Thomas Geers of the Marsh,
                          co., Hereford, serjeantt-at-law,
                          and elizabeth, his wife, Robert
                          Duppa of Castleton, co., Hereford,
                          gent, and elizabeth, his wife,
                          John Duton Colt of leominster,
                          esq., robert Price of Foxley, esq.
                          Thomas Williams of Cabalva, co.,
                          Radnor , esq., David Williams of
                          the city of Hereford, doctor in 
                          physic, and Thomas Stanley of
                          the same , gent.

                       2. William Wardour of the city of
                          Westminister, esq.

                       BARGAIN & SALE of a messuage of
                       tenement in Whitney, two closes
                       called Great Rownslow and Little
                       Rownslow, a meadow called the Roks
                       Meadow and other parcels of land in 
                       Whitney.
                       Consideration : *300

62.  1717. June 18.    1. William Wardour, esq., lord of 
                          the manor of Whitney.
                        
                       2. Albert Randall, alias Harman
                          one of the cottages in the said 
                          manor.

                       LEASE for 99 years of a cottage
                       where the said Albert now dwells in
                       the manor of Whitney.

63.   1717. June 20.   1. William Wardour , esq., lord of 
                          the manor of whitney.

                        2. Susan Williams; one of the
                           cottagers in the said manor.

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63. 1717.  June 20.    LEASE for 99 years of a cottage 
                       where the said  Susan now lives
                       in the manor of Whitney.

64.  1717. June 20.    1. William Wardour , esq., lord of 
                          the manor of Whitney.

                       2. Susan Williams , one of the 
                          cottagers in the said manor.

                       LEASE for 99 years of the cottage 
                       where the aid susan now dwells in
                       the manor of Whitney.

65.  1729. Sept. 26    1. William Wardour of the city of 
                          Westminister, esq.

                        2. Thomas Hancorn of the Millhaugh
                           in the parish of Whitney, gent.

                        DEED OF EXCHANGE of a parcel of
                        arable land containing one acre
                        near the dwelling house of the said 
                        Thomas Hancorn and another parcel of 
                        land containing one acre (W.W.) for 
                        the right to erect weirs and dams by
                        the said William wardour on the lands
                        of the said hancorn at the Millhaugh.

66.  1749.  May 15.    1. Tomkyns Wardour of Hillington
                          Heath, co., Middlesex, esq.

                       2. Uvedale Price of the city of 
                          Bath, esq., and Robert Price of
                          Foxley, co., Hereford, esq.

                       DEED OF EXCHANGE ENROLLED of a 
                       messuage or farm called Hucks farm
                       in the village of Yarsop in the 
                       parish of Yazor, co., Hereford (T.W.) 
                       for a messuage , tenement and farm
                       at the Millhaugh in the parish of 
                       Whitney ( U.P. and R.P.)

67.  1758. March 17.   1. Elizabeth Wardour of Hillington,
                       co., Middlesex, widow, lady of
                       the manor of Whitney, co., Hereford
                       
                       2. William Bayles of Whitney,
                          yeoman.

                       LEASE for 99 years of a cottage and 
                       land in Whitney.

68. 1758.  March 27.   1. Elizabeth Wardour of Hillington
                          Heath co., Middlesex, widow.

                       2. Thomas Jones of Whitney, co., 
                          Hereford, yeoman.

                       LEASE for 17 years of a dwelling house
                       where the said Thomas Jones now lives,
                       called the Boat house on Whitney
                       Green, together with other parcels of
                       land on whitney Green in the parish 
                       of whitney.

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69. 1763. March 5. 1. Edward Allen of Hay, co., Brecon,

                       gent.
                     2. Thomas Price of the parish of
                        Whitney, yeoman.
                     LEASE for 99 years of a piece of
                     arable land near whitney's Green 
                     adjoining the common ground there;
                     also, for 21 years , of a meadow in 
                     the parish of Whitney.

70. 1764. March 17. 1. Elizabeth Wardour, lady of the

                        manor of Whitney.
                     2. John  Richards of Whitney,
                        labourer.
                     COUNTERPART LEASE for three lives of 
                     a cottage and land at the Millhaugh 
                     in the parish of Whitney. 

71. 1775. April 1. 1. John Stallard of Hardwicke, in

                        the parish of Clifford, gent.,
                        (agent and steward of Mrs. Mary 
                        Bourne respecting her manors
                        and estates in the co., of
                        Heresford.)
                      2. Charles Haywoood of Clifford
                         and Richard Farr now or late 
                         of Almely, co., Hereford, timber
                         merchant.
                       AGREEMENT for the sale of 600 tons
                       of oak, from trees growing in
                       Whitney Wood.

72. 1780. Jan 10. 1. Tomkyns Dew , esq., lord of the

                         manor of Whitney.
                      2. James Mathes of whitney,
                         carpenter.
                      COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a 
                      cottage , garden and two plocks of
                      ground in Whitney.

73. 1780. July 17. 1. Tomkyns Dew of Whitney, esq.

                      2. Sarah Treson of Whitney, spinster.
                      LEASE for 21 years of a messuage or
                      dwelling house called Whitney Court 
                      or the New House.

74. 1780. July 17. COUNTERPART of No. 73.

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75. 1780. Aug. 27. 1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of

                        the manor of Whitney.
                      2. Elizabeth Lewis , spinster of
                         Whitney.
                      LEASE for 21 years of a cottage ,
                      garden and two plocks of ground
                      situate at a place called the 
                      Woodgate in Whitney.

76. 1780. Aug. 27 1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the manor

                        of Whitney.
                     2. John Evans of Whitney, tailor.
                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a 
                     cottage, garden and orchard at
                     Whitney Green in the parish of
                     Whitney.

77. 1780. Aug. 27. 1. Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor

                      of Whitney.
                     2. Elizabeth Lewis of whitney,
                        spinster.
                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                     a cottage and two plocks of grounds
                     in Whitney.

78. 1782. 1. Charles Haywood of the parish

                        of Clifford , grazier, and
                        Tomkyns Dew, esq., his landlord.
                     2. William Moythan of the parish
                        of Whitney, yeoman, and Thomas
                        Morris of the same, yeoman.
                     LEASE for 15 years of a parcel of
                     coppice wood in Whitney.

79. 1782. Nov. 1 1. Tomkyns Dew of Whitney , esq.

                     2. Thomas Weale of whitney, gent.
                     LEASE for 21 years of an orchard
                     called the Croft or Tanhouse Close
                     in the parish of Whitney.

80. 1782. Nov. 9. 1. Tomkyns Dew,esq., lord of the

                        manor of Whitney.
                     2. Benjamin Prosser, labourer.
                     COUNTERPART LEASE of a cottage and 
                     land near the Mill Pound at the 
                     Millhaugh in the parish of Whitney.

81. 1783. June 3. 1. Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor of

                        WHITNEY.
                     2. Thomas Vaughan of Whitney,
                        labourer.
                      COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a 
                      cottage formerly Probert's in Whitney
                      Wood.

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186.  1387.            1.  Andrew Boffard of Clifford.

                       2.  William Hugyns of Clifford.

                       GIFT of two acres of arable land and a
                       tenement in the fee of Clifford.
                       Sunday after Ascension Day.

187.  1387.            1. Richard Tylly and Isabel, his wife.

                       2. John, younger son of Richard
                          Palmer and Agnes, his wife.

                       GIFT of lands and tenements
                       (unspecified) in Castelton in the 
                       manor of Acle Pychard with reversion
                       to the said Richard and Isabel if
                       the said John and Agnes die without
                       heirs.

                       Sunday before the Feast of the 
                       Apostles Philip and James (May 1).

188.  1393/4. March 12.1. William Hugyn of Clifford.

                       2. Margaret, his wife, and Robert,
                          his son.

                       SETTLEMENT of lands and tenements in
                       the fee of St. Marychurch held of
                       the lord prior of Clifford.

189.  1394.            1. Dionysis Wodeleof.

                       2. John and William, sons of the above.

                       GIFT of four strips of land lying in
                       a field called Walssmonneffeld in
                       the fee amd manor of Clifford.

190.  [n.d.- ? late    1. Margery, daughter of William
        14th cent.]       de Bois.
                       
                       2. Hugh Pithard.

                       Gift of 36 acres of land which Simon
                       de Delewyn and Margery, his wife,
                       held in the township of Clifford.

191.  [n.d.- ? 14th    1. Llewelyn ap Llowarch
        cent.?]
                       2. Hugh, son of David de Hergast.

                       QUITCLAIM of land called Welshman's
                       land in the lordship of Clifford.

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207.  1499/1500. Jan.15. 1.  Jevan ap Gwilym Vaughan, esq.

                         2.  John Lyngen, esq., and Eleanor,
                             his wife.

                         QUITCLAIM of messuages, lands and
                         tenements in the township and
                         lordship of Clifford which John
                         Milewater, sometime of Stoke Edith,
                         co. Hereford, esq., purchased.

208.  1512.  Sept. 28.   1.  Richard Welford, Robert
                             Whitney, son of Robert Whitney,
                             esq., deceased; William
                             Wallewyn and Thomas ap Jenkyn.

                         2.  Simon Milborn, esq., John
                             Breynton and Thomas Cockes.

                         GIFT of messuages, lands and
                         tenements in the township of
                         Clifford.  Recites that the said
                         lands were part of an estate in the
                         township and lordship of Clifford
                         purchased by John Milewater, esq.,
                         formerly of Stoke Edith, co.
                         Hereford, and of which the said
                         Richard Welford and the other
                         parties of the first part were made
                         feoffees by Sir John Lyngeyn and
                         Eleanor, his wife, daughter and
                         heiress of Thomas Milewater,
                         deceased, to the use of William
                         Herbert, esq.

209.  1538.  Oct. 21.    1.  Robert Whitney, esq., lord of
                             Whitney.

                         2.  Hugh ap John Thomas, Margaret
                             verch Howell, his wife, and
                             William one of their children.

                         LEASE for lives of a parcel of land
                         called the greate tonne, belonging
                         to the nether court of Clifford,
                         and to a close called the old close
                         lying on the north side of the park
                         of Clifford.

210.  1539.  Sept. 30.   1.  Robert Whitney of Ickombe, co.
                             Gloucester, esq.

                         2.  William Treherne of Clyfford,
                             co. Hereford, yeoman.

                         LEASE for 99 years of two closes in
                         Clyfford, lying by the church side,
                         and 10 acres called the Westfylde
                         and 22 acres called the Vycars
                         fylde in the lordship of Clyfford.

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211.  1544.  Nov. 26.    1.  John Bedowe of Clifford, Gent.

                         2.  Richard Whitney and Jenkyn
                             Havard, Gent.

                         SETTLEMENT of messuages, lands and
                         tenements in Clifford which formerly
                         belonged to Howel ap Ievan.

212.  1546.  Sept. 26.   1.  Charles Herbert, Esq.

                         2.  Eleanor Warmecombe, late wife
                             of Simon Hyatt, gent., deceased.

                         QUITCLAIM of all the lands and
                         tenements late of the said Simon
                         Hyatt, in Clifford.

213.  1547/8. March 24.  1.  Dame Blanche Herbert, widow,
                             late wife of Sir William Herbert,
                             late of Troy, Knt., deceased,
                             and formerly wife of James
                             Whitney, esq., deceased.

                         2.  Robert Whitney, esq.

                         ASSIGNMENT of a lease of the
                         demesne lands of Clifford, formerly
                         granted to the said James Whitney
                         by Prince Arthur, late eldest son
                         of King Henry VII, for 60 years,
                         20 Feb. 1496/7.

214.  1567.  July 20.    1.  Robert Vaughan of Wynforton,
                             co. Hereford, esq.

                         2.  David ap Rees of Stretton, co.
                             Hereford.

                         BARGAIN & SALE of a messuage or
                         tenement and 8 acres of arable land
                         in Clyfford now in the tenure of
                         Thomas ap Rees and known as William
                         Trehayrons land.

215.  1567/8. Feb.22.    1.  John Bedo of Clyfford, gent.,
                             John William Bedo, son and heir
                             of William John Bedo, deceased
                             and Margaret verch Ievan, late
                             wife of the said William John
                             Bedo, deceased, of Clyfford,
                             widow.

                         2.  John Duppa of Whytney, gent.

                         MORTGAGE of 8 acres of land in the
                         lordship of Clyfford, lying in a
                         field called the moore fylde (?)
                         in a field called Kabalva, and in a
                         field called the mydle filde; also
                         one acre of meadow land lying in a
                         place called Monke Pole.
                         Consideration : 20 marks.

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        III.  MANORS and parishes of WHITNEY and
                      CLIFFORD (MIXED)

           (i) Deeds and allied documents

378.  1617/8.  Feb. 17.  1.  William Whitney of Mychaell
                             church, co. Radnor, gent.

                         2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney,Kt.

                         QUITCLAIM of the manor, castle and
                         park of Clifford, and the manor
                         and park of Whitney.

379.  1622.  Nov. 15.    1.  Lacy Constance Lucye of
                             Highclere, co. Southampton,
                             widow.

                         2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney,
                             Kt., and the Lady Anne, his wife,
                             daughter of the said Lady
                             Constance Lucye.

                         AGREEMENT for the levying of the
                         sum of £2000 towards the marriage
                         portion of Constance Whitney eldest
                         daughter of the said Sir Robert
                         Whitney and Lady Anne, and £1000
                         apiece towards the marriage portion
                         of their four other daughters, Lucy,
                         Anne, Eleanor and Susan Whitney, out
                         of the rents and profits of the manor
                         and lordship of Whitney, the manor
                         and lordship of Clifton-super-
                         Dunsmore, co Warwick and part of
                         the manor, castle and park of
                         Clifford, after the said Lady
                         Constance Lucy has received out of
                         the said rents the sums of
                         £772. 3. 2. beign the residue of
                         £3739. 3. 2. which she disbursed
                         towards the payment of various debts
                         owed by the said Sir Robert Whitney.

                             Recites the following deeds =
                             (i) 1615/6, Feb. 16 = Lease for
                                 21 years from Sir Robert
                                 Whitney to Lady Constance
                                 Lucy and Sir Richard Lucy of
                                 the manor and lordship of
                                 Whitney, the park called
                                 Whitney Park the manor and
                                 lordship of Boughroyde, co.
                                 Radnor, the manor and
                                 lordship of Clifton-super-
                                 Dunsmore, co. Warwick, and
                                 the manor and lordship of
                                 Icombe, co. Gloucester.

                            (ii) Subsequent grant by fine of
                                 premises from Sir R.W. and
                                 Lady Anne, his wife, to Lady
                                 Constance Lucy and Sir
                                 Richard Lucy.

                           (iii) Release of the premises for
                                 the aforesaid term from Sir
                                 Richard Lucy to Lady
                                 Constance Lucy.

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471.  [18th cent.].      ABSTRACT OF TITLE of Mrs
                         [Judith] Killigrew to a house in
                         Grosvenor Square, London.

472.  1779 - 1802.       PAPERS relating to the
                         administration by Tomkyns Dew, esq.,
                         of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and
                         Albany Wallils, esq., of Norfolk
                         Street, London, of the estate of
                         Catherine Haynes of Wootton, co.
                         Surrey, widow.
                              (1 bundle)

         VII WILLS, LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, ETC.

473.  1567.  Sept. 17.   INQUISITIO POST MORTEM taken at
                         Hereford after the death of Sir
                         Robert Whitney, Kt.

                             Gives particulars of the lands,
                         etc which he possessed and states
                         that his son and heir is James
                         Whitney, aged 23 years.

474.  1610.  April 28.   PROBATE of the Will (12 Oct., 1609)
                         of Thomas Whitney of Middlewood,
                         co. Hereford.

475.  1736/7. March 4.   LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION granted to
                         William Wardour, esq., touching the
                         estate of his mother Anna Sophia
                         Wardour, late of the parish of St.
                         Margaret Westminster, widow, deceased.

476.  1745.  June 13.    LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION to Silet
                         Dew, widow, touching the estate of
                         her husband, Edward Dew, late of
                         the parish of St. Giles in the Fields,
                         co. Middlesex.

477.  1750/1.  Feb. 12.  WILL of Tomkyns Wardour of the
                         parish of St. George Hanover Square,
                         co. Middlesex.

478.  1752.  March 17.   PROBATE of the Will (fragment) of
                         Tomkyns Wardour, late of the parish
                         of St. George, Hanover Square, esq.

479.  1758.  July 28.    LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION to Tomkyns
                         Dew touching the estate of his mother,
                         Silett Dew, late of the parish of
                         St. Luke, co. Middlesex.

480.  1761.  Oct. 21.    PROBATE of the Will (15 Aug. 1761)
                         of Jane Oram of Kingston-upon-Thames,
                         co. Surrey, widow.

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522.  1822-1828.         ACCOUNT BOOK : Tomkyns Dew, Esq., 
                         in account with Davies, Drummer, 
                         Cheese & Cheese.
523.  1823-1827.         FILE OF RECEIPTS from Thomas Powell,
                         esq., to Tomkyns Dew. esq., for 
                         certain annuity payments due to 
                         the late Mrs. L. Powell, mother 
                         of the said Thomas Powell.
524.  1825.  May 31.     A London stationer's bill for
                         goods supplied to Tomkyne Dew, esq.
525.  [1829].            Tomkyns Dew, esq., in account with 
                         C. Hancorn concerning rents, etc.
526.  1829-1838.         ACCOUNT (with vouchers) of Tomkyns 
                         Dew, esq., with John Hancorn
527.  1834-1839.         BANK PASS-BOOK = Tomkyne Dew, esq.,
                         in account with Davies Crummer,
                         E. H. Cheese and David Oliver.
528.  1837.              A Portsmouth outfitter's bil for 
                         naval uniform and other items of 
                         equipment supplied to Roderick 
                         Dew, son of Tomkyns Dew, esq.
529.  1837-1844.         SMALL NOTEBOOK containing accounts
                         of Wheat, barley, peas, etc., sold
                         by Tomkyns Dew, esq., to Thomas
                         Wanklyn.
530.  1838-1848.         BILLS for blacksmith's work done by 
                         Thomas Wanklyn for Tomkyns Dew, esq.
                               (1 bundle)
531.  1842-1846.         RECEIPTS for money paid in to his
                         bank by Tomkyns Dew, esq.
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                IX CORRESPONDENCE
532.  1724.  April 4.    John Pateshall to (? - part of
                         letter missing) concerning heriots
                         due to William Wardour, lord of the 
                         manor of Whitney on the death of 
                         Henry Williams, [of Cabalva].
533-536.  1793. Feb.     Tomkyns DEW from Portland Place,
          13 - March 15. London, to Henry Stylemann, esq.
                             Four letters concerning legal and
                         estate matters
537.  1806. Nov. 14.     J. SPENCER from Hay, to Henry
                         Styleman, esq., at Snetisham near
                         Lynn, Norfolk.
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538-543.  1810-1812.     Six letters to Colonel Thomas Powell
                         of Whitney Court [second husband
                         of Ann Dew, widow of Tomkyne Dew I]
                         concerning estate and legal matters.
544.  1811.  April 3.    Sarah Eves from Clifford Place to 
                         John Spencer [agent to Col. Thomas 
                         Powell] concerning land called 
                         Lox's {or Lockster's} Pool.
545.  1840.  Nov. 30.    LETTER from the Tithe Commission 
                         Office to E.S. Gisborne of 
                         Huntington Court, Hereford, 
                         notifying him that the 
                         apportionment of the rent-charge 
                         in liew of the tithes of the pariah 
                         of Whitney was confirmed by the 
                         Board 27 November, 1840.
546.  1816-1817.         FILE of letters and papers 
                         concerning the investment of money 
                         in the Hay Railway (tramroad) 
                         Company.
547.  1823.              J. Parsons to Mrs. Thomas Powell
                         at Aberystwyth, concerning the 
                         payment of certain dividends.
548.  1833.  June 12.    John F. Stuart from Brighton to
                         the Rev. George Coke at Lower
                         Moors, Kington, Herefordshire
                         concerning the vacant curacy of
                         Whitney.
549.  1833.  June 27.    R. G. Grahm from the Admiralty 
                         to Viscount Hereford regarding the 
                         admission of Roderick Dew, 
                         Tomkyns Dew's son, to the Royal 
                         Naval College.
550.  1833.  Nov. 20.    R. Jenkyns from Balliol College, 
                         Oxford, to Colonel Powell at 
                         Hardwick, Hay, concerning the 
                         admission of [Tomkyns (III) Dew?] 
                         to the college.
551.  1838.  June 4.      William Jones, secretary of the 
                         Bristol Asylum or School of 
                         Industry for the Blind, to Thomas 
                         Lewis, clerk of the Hay Union, at 
                         Bercon, concerning two inmates of 
                         the institution.
552.  1812-1850.         LETTERS to Tomkyns Dew (II) of 
                         Whitney Court from various corres-
                         pondents, maily relating to estate 
                         and financial affairs.
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