Archive:Whitney and Clifford Manorial Records
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.
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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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54. 1633. April 24. 1. Eustace Jone of Whitney, gent.
2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney , Et.
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 , Et.
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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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.
