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| + | 19. 1581. April 27. tenement and 10 acres of land in the | ||
| + | fee of Clifford and parish of | ||
| + | Whitney, in a place called the | ||
| + | Woodfilde. | ||
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| + | 20. 1589. Oct.16. 1. Thomas Griffen, citizen and | ||
| + | clothworker of London, son and | ||
| + | heir of Griffen Davie, late of | ||
| + | Whitney, yeoman, deceased. | ||
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| + | 2. Davie Griffen of Whitney, yeoman. | ||
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| + | QUITCLAIM of messuages, lands and | ||
| + | tenements in the town, parish and | ||
| + | fields of Whitney. | ||
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| + | 21. 1598. Aug. 1. 1. Griffith ap Thomas of Stowe, co | ||
| + | Hereford, yeoman, Golley, his | ||
| + | wife, and Elizabeth James of | ||
| + | the Stowe, widow. | ||
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| + | 2. Eustace Whitney of Whitney, esq. | ||
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| + | MORTGAGE of messuages, tenements and | ||
| + | lands in the Stowe in the parish of | ||
| + | Whitney, excepting one cottage with | ||
| + | a close adjoining called Close y Vallen | ||
| + | Consideration : L43. | ||
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| + | 22. 1598. Aug.1. Duplicate of No. 21. | ||
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| + | 23. 1598. Sept. 10. 1. Charles Gravener of Whitney, | ||
| + | joiner, and Thomas Gravener of | ||
| + | Whitney, husbandman. | ||
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| + | 2. Richard Jones of Eardisley, glover. | ||
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| + | MORTGAGE of the moiety of five closes | ||
| + | of land containing 30 acres and the | ||
| + | moiety of one meadow containing one | ||
| + | acre, which said closes and meadow | ||
| + | called Halefield, otherwise Halehide | ||
| + | in the parish of Whitney. | ||
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| + | 24. 1598/9. Jan 16. 1. Thomas Gravener of the parish of | ||
| + | Whitney, husbandman and Charles | ||
| + | Gravener of the same, joiner | ||
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| + | 2. Robert Duppa of Whitney, gent. | ||
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| + | BARGAIN & SALE of the moiety of five | ||
| + | closes of land containing 30 acres, | ||
| + | and the moiety of a meadow containing | ||
| + | one acre, which said closes and | ||
| + | meadow are called Halefielde, alias | ||
| + | Halehide, in Whitney. | ||
| + | Consideration : L20. | ||
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Revision as of 23:31, 19 November 2006
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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19. 1581. April 27. tenement and 10 acres of land in the
fee of Clifford and parish of
Whitney, in a place called the
Woodfilde.
20. 1589. Oct.16. 1. Thomas Griffen, citizen and
clothworker of London, son and
heir of Griffen Davie, late of
Whitney, yeoman, deceased.
2. Davie Griffen of Whitney, yeoman.
QUITCLAIM of messuages, lands and
tenements in the town, parish and
fields of Whitney.
21. 1598. Aug. 1. 1. Griffith ap Thomas of Stowe, co
Hereford, yeoman, Golley, his
wife, and Elizabeth James of
the Stowe, widow.
2. Eustace Whitney of Whitney, esq.
MORTGAGE of messuages, tenements and
lands in the Stowe in the parish of
Whitney, excepting one cottage with
a close adjoining called Close y Vallen
Consideration : L43.
22. 1598. Aug.1. Duplicate of No. 21.
23. 1598. Sept. 10. 1. Charles Gravener of Whitney,
joiner, and Thomas Gravener of
Whitney, husbandman.
2. Richard Jones of Eardisley, glover.
MORTGAGE of the moiety of five closes
of land containing 30 acres and the
moiety of one meadow containing one
acre, which said closes and meadow
called Halefield, otherwise Halehide
in the parish of Whitney.
24. 1598/9. Jan 16. 1. Thomas Gravener of the parish of
Whitney, husbandman and Charles
Gravener of the same, joiner
2. Robert Duppa of Whitney, gent.
BARGAIN & SALE of the moiety of five
closes of land containing 30 acres,
and the moiety of a meadow containing
one acre, which said closes and
meadow are called Halefielde, alias
Halehide, in Whitney.
Consideration : L20.
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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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contd/. 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.
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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.
(1 bundle)
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.
The tenancy of Castleton Farm, etc
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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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553. 1813-1819. LETTERS from Mrs. Ann Powell
(formerly wife of Tomkyne Dew (I))
to her son Tomkyns Dew (II)
concerning family and financial
matters, her separation from her
(second) husband, Colonel Thomas
Powell, etc.
(1 bundle)
554. 1824-1838. LETTERS, maily to Tomkyns Dew, (II)
esq., and papers relating to the
settlement of the estate of Mrs.
Armine Styleman of Snettisham, co
Norfolk and particularly to the
legacies due under her will to Dew's
sisters Mrs. Ann McGachen and Mrs.
Armine Furlong of both whose marriage
settlements Dew was trustee.
(1 bundle)
555. 1835-1838. LETTERS to Tomkyns Dew (II) of
Whitney Court, concerning the
careers and education of his sons
Tomkyns (III) the eldest
(admitted to the Inner Temple in
1838). Hnery, the second son,
(entered Rugby School in 1834),
Edward L'Estrange, the third son,
(at Shrewsbury School) in 1838), and
Roderick, the fourth son (entered
the Navy in 1835).
One of the letters is from Dr.
Arnold, headmaster of Rugby.
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556. 1859-1891. LETTERS to Tomkyns Dew (III) of
Whitney Court from various
correspondents concerning the
payment of chief rents, fishing
rights in the River Wye, etc.
( 1 bundle)
557. 1887-1889. CORRESPONDENCE concerning land
required from Tomkyns Dew (III)
esq., by the Golden Valley Railway
Co., for the purpose of an
extension of the line to Hay.
(1 bundle)
X MISCELLANEOUS.
558. 1615. May 25. 1. James Whitelock of the Middle
Temple, esq.
2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney,
esq.
DEFEASANCE to two Bonds of Statute
Staple, dated 28 July, 1613 and 8
December, 1614 for the recovery of
debts acknowledged before the Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
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