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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.

Manuscript Status

Manuscripts Obtained

Photocopies of the following manuscripts have been obtained:

Manuscripts Unobtainable

Copies of the following manuscripts were not able to be obtained:

  • 317 (missing)
  • 405 (too fragile to copy)

Manuscripts Desired

The following manuscripts are desired:

  • 1 - By far the oldest document
  • 5 - None of these individuals can currently be placed.
  • 60 - Son and heir Robert should have been dead at this time. Is the date correct? Does it really say Robert?

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

page
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, William de  
                    Kekenwyche, William 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 £10 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 £10 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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25.     1598/9.  Feb.  2.   1. John Hall of Milhalf, co.
                               Hereford, yeoman  
 
                            2. Thomas Probert of Woodseves, co.
                               Hereford, yeoman.
                        
                            LEASE for 6 years of a close of land
                            called Close Kennall divided into two
                            parts by a hedge having a wood called
                            the Welsh Wood on the north end and
                            a close of the said John Hall’s
                            called lline Stockings on the south
                            end, and another close of the said
                            John Hall’s on the east side called
                            the furthest close, lying in Milhalf
                            in the parish of Whitney.

26.     1600.    Oct.  10. 1. Charles Gravener of Whitney,
                               yeoman.

                            2. Richard Jones of Erdysley, yeoman.

                            QUITCLAIM of 6 closes and one meadow
                            called Halefilde, alias Halehide
                            in the parish of Whitney.

27.     1600.    Oct.  10.  1.  Charles Gravener of Whitney,
                                yeoman.

                            2.  Richard Jones of Erdisley, co.
                                Hereford, yeoman.

                            BOND in £200 for the conveyance of 
                            five closes of land and one meadow 
                            called Helefield alias, Halehide
                            in the parish of Whitney.

28.     1602.    June 28.   1.  John Hall of Millhalfe in the
                                parish of Whitney, yeoman, and
                                Jane, his wife.

                            2.  Charles Weaste of the same, yeoman.

                            LEASE for 1000 years of a close of
                            arable land called the Close Pells
                            in the parish of Whitney.

29.     1603.    April 27.  1.  Charles Gravener of Eardesley,
                            joiner, and Richard Johnes of the
                            same, glover.

                            2.  Eustace Whitney of Whitney, esq.

                            BARGAIN & SALE of 5 closes and one meadow
                            called Halefield, alias Halehide
                            in Whitney.
                            Consideration : £80

30.      1603.    April 27. Counterpart of No. 29.

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31. 1603. April 27. 1. Richard Johnes of Eardesley, co. Hereford, glover.

                               2.      Eustace Whitney, of Whitney, esq.
                               BOND in £80 for the performance of 
                               convenants contained in a pair of
                               indentures of equal date.

32. 1604. Nov. 9. 1. Griffith Thomas, alias Griffith of Thomas of Stowe in the parish of Whitney, yeoman.

                               2.      Eustace Whitney, of Whitney, esq.
                               QUITCLAIM of a messuage, tenement and
                               lands in Stowe in the parish of
                               Whitney.

33. 1605/6. Feb. 21, 1. Eustace Whitney, of Whitney, esq.

                               2.      John Hall and Jane, his wife.
                               LEASE for lives of a messuage,
                               tenement and lands in Whitney which
                               the said Eustace Whitney purchased
                               from the said John Hall.

34. 1605/6. Feb. 20. 1. John Hall of Whitney, yeoman.

                               2.      Eustace Whitney, esq.
                               BOND in £200 for the performance of
                               convenants contained in a pair of
                               indentures of equal date.

35. 1614. May 24. 1. David Griffith of Whitney, yeoman, and Margaret, his wife.

                               2.      Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt.
                               BARGAIN & SALE of a messuage or
                               tenement and lands called Howel ap	
                               Richard ap Adam’s lands in the lordship
                               of Whitney; also lands called Kay yr
                               Gove in Whitney Wood.
                               Consideration : £120.

36. 1614. May 24. 1. David Griffith of Whitney, yeoman.

                               2.      Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt.
                               BOND in £240 to levy a fine of the
                               premises mentioned in No. 35.

37. 1614. June 2. WARRANT OF ATTORNEY from Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt., to James Goze to receive possession of certain lands specified in a deed dated 24 May, 1614.

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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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   82.    1783.    June 6.     1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                    of Whitney.

                               2.    John Powell of Whitney, mason.

                                    COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of 
                                    a piece of coppice ground and
                                    arable land in Whitney Wood.

   83.    1783.    July 22.    1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                     of Whitney.

                               2.    William Price, carpenter.

                                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                                     several pieces of land in Whitney.

   84.    1783.    July 26.    1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                     of Whitney.

                               2.    William Roberts, yeoman.

                                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                                     a piece of coppice in Whitney Wood.

   85.    1783.    July 26.    1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                             of Whitney.

                               2.    David Morris, yeoman.  

                                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                                     two acres and a half of coppice
                                     wood in Whitney manor.

   86.    1783.    July 30.    1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                     of Whitney.

                               2.    Thomas Baylis of Whitney,
                                     labourer.

                                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                                     four acres of land in Whitney Wood
                                     and a cottage and land at Pentwyne
                                     in Whitney.

   87.    1783.    July 30.    1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                     of Whitney.

                               2.    John Roberts of Whitney, labourer. 

                                     COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                                     cottage and land in Whitney.

   88.    1783.    July 30.    1.    Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                     of Whitney.

                               2.     John Baylis, labourer.

                                      COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years
                                      5 acres of land in Whitney.

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89.    1783.    Nov. 14.     1.    Tomkyns Dew, of Whitney. Esq.

                             2.    James Johnes of Clirow, co.,
                                   Rednor, builder.
                            
                             LEASE for 21 years of three closes
                             called the Fignesses, Walton’s
                             Close, and Wye Meadow together
                             with 4 acres of coppice, part of
                             Whitney Wood.

90.    1784.  March 23.      1.   Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                  of Whitney.

                             2.   Edward Dale of Whitney, labourer.

                             COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                             a piece of garden ground in Whitney.

91.    1784.  July 22.       1.    Charles Haywood of the 
                                   Sheepcott in the parish of
                                   Clifford, gent.

                             2.    Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                                   esq.

                             LEASE for 21 years of lands called
                             the Gunden, Cranks Orchard and the
                             Little Orchard, etc., in Whitney.
92.    1786.     Dec 21.     1.     Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                                    of Whitney.

                             2.     Thomas Price of Whitney, weaver.
 
                            LEASE for 21 years of a cottage and
                            land, part of Grave’s End in
                            Whitney Wood.

93.    1786.    Dec. 21.     1.    Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the 
                                   manor of Whitney.

                             2.    Daniel Williams of Brilley,
                                   labourer.

                             COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                             two pieces of land called Wye Meadow
                             and Walton’s Close near Whitney
                             Bridge.  

94.    1791.    Nov. 12.     1.     Tomkyns Dew, of Whitney, esq.

                             2.     Thomas Price of Whitney, weaver.  

                             LEASE for  21 years of several pieces
                             of land in the parish of Whitney.  

95.    1791.   Nov. 12.      1.     Tomkyns Dew, esq., of Whitney
                                    Court.

                             2.     John Spencer of the parish of
                                    Whitney, gent, and Sarah Weale
                                    of  the same, widow.

                             COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of an

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95. 1791. Nov. 12. orchard called the Croft or

                          Tanhouse Close and a meadow
                          adjoining thereto in the parish of
                          Whitney.

96. 1792. April 4. CERTIFICATE of an AGREEMENT between

                          the Commissioners of the Land
                          Revenue and Tomkyns Dew of Whitney,
                          esq., for the sale to the latter of
                          the Crown rents in respect of lands c
                          called Canon Stocking in Whitney and
                          other lands in Middlewood.

97. 1792. Sept. 5. 1. Tomkyns Dew, esq. lord of the

                                manor of Whitney.
                          2.    John Powell of Whitney, mason. 
    
                          LEASE for 21 years of a piece of
                          coppice and one acre of pasture
                          ground of Whitney Wood.

98. 1792. Sept. 5. 1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the manor

                                 of Whitney.
                                               
                           2.    John Powell of Whitney, mason.
                           COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a
                           piece of coppice and pasture ground
                           in Whitney Wood.
             

99. 1795. Dec. 10. 1. Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court, esq.

                           2.    Thomas Apperly of Whitney, miller.  

                           COUNTERPART LEASE for 8 years of a 
                           messuage, tenement or dwelling house
                           where the said Thomas Apperley now
                           lives, together with the two stacks
                           of water corn mills consisting of
                           one wheat mill, one corn mill and one
                           malt mill, called the Millhaugh Mills
                           in the parish of Whitney; also 
                           various parcels of land in Whitney
                           appurtenant to the said mills.


100. 1797. Feb. 2. 1. Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court, esq.

                          2.    John Spencer of Whitney, gent.
                                             
                          COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a
                          capital messuage called Sheepcot
                          in Clifford and lands in Clifford and
                          Whitney.

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101. 1797. April 4. 1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., of Whitney

                                  Court.
                            2.    Samuel Hancorne of the parish
                                  of Whitney, gent.
                           
                            COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a
                            messuage and farm called the Millhalf
                            Farm situate at the Millhalf in
                            the parish of Whitney together with
                            other lands lying in a place called
                            the Millhaugh in the parish of
                            Whitney.
                                  

102. 1810. May 8. 1. Ann the wife of Thomas Powell,

                                  of Whitney Court in the parish of
                                  Whitney, formerly Ann Dew.
                            2.    The said Thomas Powell.  

                            APPOINTMENT by the said Ann Powell of
                            L4,150 stock in the L4 per cents and 
                            L200 on Bond to her husband in case
                            he shall survive her and in default of issue.

103. 1814. Oct. 3. 1. Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court, esq.

                           2.    Thomas Powell of Field's Place
                                 in the parish of Madley, esq.
                           COPY GRANT of an Annuity of L400
                           issuing out of the capital messuage
                           and lands called Whitney Court.

104. 1805. Jan. 29. 1. Edward Dale of the parish of

                                  Whitney, yeoman.
                            2.    James Spencer of Hay, co., Brecon,
                                  gent.
                            3.    Ann Dew of Whitney Court, widow.
                            FEOFFMENT of a cottage and parcel of
                            garden ground in the parish of
                            Whitney to the use of the said Edward
                            Dale for life, with remainder to the
                            said Ann Dew in fee.

105. 1805. Aug. 23. 1. Edward Langford of the parish of

                                  Clifford, gent.
                            2.    John Meredith of the parish of 
                                  Clirow, co., Radnor, yeoman.
                        
                            LEASE for 7 years of seven closes
                            called the Great and Little Broads
                            Crofts situate at the Millhaugh in
                            the parish of Whitney.

106. 1807. Feb. 2. 1. Henry Styleman, esq., Nicholas

                                  Styleman, esq., Thomas Powell,
                                 esq., and An, his wife, late
                                  Ann Dew, widow (guardians of
                                  Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                                  esq., an infant).

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106.    1807.    Feb. 2.    2.    Richard Higgins of the parish of
                                 Whitney, gent.

                                 LEASE for 6 years of the messuage or
                                 tenement, farm and lands called
                                 The Stow in the parish of Whitney.

107.    1807.    Feb. 2.    1.    Henry Styleman, esc., and
                                 Nicholas Styleman, esq., (two of the
                                 guardians of Tomkyna Dew of 
                                 Whitney Court, now an infant)

                           2.    Thomas Powell of Whitney Court,
                                 esq.

                           COUNTERPART LEASE for 6 years of the
                           capital messuage and demesnes called
                           Whitney Court.

108.    1813.    Sept. 18.   1.   William Roberts of the parish
                                 of Whitney, yeoman, and Ann,
                                 his wife.

                            2.   John Bowen of Whitney, carpenter.

                            3.   Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court, esq.

                            DEED TO LEAD THE USES OF A FINE of a
                            messuage or tenement called Paul's
                            House in the village of Whitney and
                            three closes of land there.

109.    1815.    April 24    1.   Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                & 25.            esq.

                            2.   John Jones of Skethrog, co.,
                                 Brecon, esq.

                            LEASE & RELEASE being a Mortgage in
                            Fee of the manor or lordship of
                            Whitney, the capital messuage called
                            Whitney New Court, alias Whitney House,
                            another dwelling house called Whitney
                            Old Court, a messuage, farm and lands 
                            called the Stow, a park called
                            Whitney Park, a messuage, farm and
                            lands called the Farm House, otherwise
                            Mill Half, otherwise Millhaugh Farm,
                            a water corn mill called the Mill
                            Half, otherwise Millhaugh Mill, a
                            messuage tenement and lands called
                            the Boat House Inn Farm and other
                            parcels of land within the said manor
                            of Whitney in the parishes of Whitney
                            and Winforton.  Consideration  :     L3000.

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146.  1828.     PARTICULARS of land in Mr [Tomkyns] 
                Dew's occupation in the parish of 
                Whitney.

147.  1829.     PARTICULARS (names of fields and 
                acreage) of Stow Farm in Whitney 
                in the tenancy of J. Monkhouse.

148.  [c. 1830] PARTICULARS of lands in the 
                occupation of Tomkyns Dew, esq., 
                in the parish of Whitney.

149.  [c. 1830] PARTICULARS of Whitney Court Farm, 
                Far House Farm, or Millhaugh Farm, 
                and Boat Farm.

150.  [c. 1830] SURVEY and Valuation of the Boat
                Farm in the tenancy of Stephen 
                Arrowsmith.

151.  1831.     AN ASSESSMENT of four pence in the 
                pound on the occupiers of premises 
                and lands in the parish of Whitney 
                for the relief of the poor.

152.  1832      ACREAGE of Sheep Cot Farm in the 
                tenancy of Thomas Dowle.

163.  [c. 1836] PARTICULARS of land in the Sheep 
                Cot Farm, not part of the original 
                estate, but bought by Mr. Dew.

154.  1831.     PARTICULARS of an Exchange of lands 
                between Tomkyns Dew, esq., of 
                Whitney Court and Mr. John Hancorn 
                of the Mill Half in the parish of 
                Whitney. 

155.  [a. 1840] VALUATION of furniture in the house 
                at the Mill Half in the parish of 
                Whitney.

156.  [c. 1840] PARTICULARS of lands in the parish 
                of Whitney not belonging to Mr. 
                [Tomkyns] Dew

157.  1874.     MEASUREMENT of various fisheries 
                [on the River Wye] in the parish of 
                Whitney.

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       (v) Maps and Plans.

158.  1783.            MAP of the Carrier Farm in the parish 
                       of Whitney surveyed by Edward Penry, 
                       1783.

159.  [c. 1820]        COLOURED sketch and plan of a 
                       Tollhouse in [? Whitney] 

160.  [c. 1820]        MAP of Broad Meadow or Urchinfield 
                       Farm.

161.  1833.            MAP of lands, late Thomas Jenkins's 
                       part of Clock Mile Farm purchased 
                       by Tomkyns Dew, esq., in 1833.

         (iv) Miscellaneous.

162.  1813.            AN ACT for inclosing lands in the
                       manor and parish of Whitney.
                        (Printed).

163.  1814.  Dec. 21.  NOTICES from Catherine Hancorn to
                       the Rev. John Trumper and Francis 
                       Trumper restraining them from 
                       entering any of  her lands in the 
                       parish of Whitney for the purpose 
                       of hunting, coursing or shooting, etc.

164.  1814.  Dec. 23.  A similar notice from John Monkhouse 
                       to the Rev. John Trumper of Whitney.

165.  1814.  Dec. 23.  A similar notice from the said 
                       John Monkhouse to Francis Trumper 
                       of Whitney.

166.  1817.  Jan. 10.  COPIES of notices from Edward Thomas, 
                       John Monkhouse, Tomkyns Dew, John 
                       Spencer, Stephen Arrowsmith, Thomas
                       Price, and Catherine Hancorn to 
                       William Parry of Bromage, restraining 
                       him from hunting, shooting or 
                       fishing on their lands in the Parish 
                       of Whitney.

167.  1817.  Feb. 28.  DEPOSITION of Laurence Goodman 
                       concerning his apprehension of one 
                       Thomas Nixon accused of poaching in 
                       Whitney Woods.

168.  1817.  March 1.  WARRANT to levy by distress of the 
                       goods of Thomas Nixon of the parish 
                       of Whitney the sum of ₤5, being a 
                       fine imposed on him for having in 
                       his possession "an engine called a 
                       snare".

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169.  1820.             ACCOUNT of the sale to Tomkyns Dew,
                        esq., of the Green Estate in Whitney.

170.  1822.             ACCOUNTS concerning the purchase by
                        Tomkyns Dew, esq., of  Michael's
                        Tenement in Whitney.

171.  1826.             CASE and opinion concerning the right
                        of A.W. Higgins to shoot upon land
                        belonging to Tomkyns Dews, esq.,
                        within the manor of Whitney.

172.  1827.             SCHEDULE of Deeds relating to the
                        Title to the Whitney Court Estate
                        belonging to Tomkyns Dew, esq.,
                        part whereof is now in mortgage to
                        John Wallis, esq., Hannibal Sandys,
                        esq., and the Rev. John Wallis for
                        securing ₤7,000 and interest.

173.  1828.  July 4.    NOTICE OF APPEAL by Richard Higgins
                        of the parish of Whitney against an
                        Assessment made for the relief of
                        the poor of the said parish, 6 May,
                        1828.

174-176.  1836.         AFFIDAVITS of William Higgins of Hay,
                        Thomas Richards Watkins of Hereford,
                        Edward Flowers of Rose, Thomas
                        Hancorn of Whitney and John Colley
                        of Whitney on behalf of Richard
                        Higgins of Hay, co., Brecon,
                        defendant in an action brought
                        against him in the King's Bench by
                        the King on the prosecution of John
                         Monkhouse, concerning the alleged
                        obstruction by the said R.H. of the
                        highway in the parish of Whitney
                        leading towards the town of Kingston.

177.  1836.  Jan 7.     AFFIDAVITS of William Higgins of Hay,
                        co., Brecon, gent, Peter Warburton
                        of Hereford, gent., Edward Flowers
                        of Ross, land surveyor, Edward
                        Powell of Hagley, co., Worcester,
                        land surveyor John Millward of Hay,
                        land surveyor, Washington Boultbee of
                        Birmingham, land surveyor, and Walter
                        Powell of the parish of Brilley, co.,
                        Hereford, freeholder, on behalf of
                        Richard Higgins late of the parish of
                        Whitney, gent, against whom a Bill of
                        Indictment was preferred in October,
                        1834 on a charge of having obstructed
                        the King's highway in the parish of
                        Whitney by erecting a fence or hedge
                        across the said highway.

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178.  1840.  Oct. 12.   MEMORANDUM of an Agreement made
                        between Tomkyns Dew, esq., of
                        Whitney Court, and William Dyke
                        of Valet Cottage, Whitney, for the
                        exclusive right to sport over the
                        land occupied, by him and Mr. Thomas
                        Morgan of Mill-Half as tenants of
                        Mr. Thomas Hancorn during the
                        current season.

179.  1882.  June 17.   TERMS OF SETTLEMENT of a dispute
                        between Tomkyns Dew, esq., and one
                        Mr. Reynolds concerning the Pound in
                        Whitney.

180.  [19th cent.]      CASE and Counsel’s Opinion touching a
                        dispute between Tomkyns Dew of
                        Whitney Court, esq., (as lessee under
                        the Rev. I. F. Stewart, rector of
                        the parish of Whitney, of the tithes
                        of the said parish) and Richard
                        Higgins of Whitney, farmer,
                        concerning certain tithes of turnips
                        claimed by the said Dew from the said
                        Higgins

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            II MANOR AND PARISH OF CLIFFORD.

             (i) Deeds and allied documents.

181.  1339.  April 10.  1.  John, son of William Stephen of St. Marychurch.

                        2.  Philip Mathew.

                        GIFT of two acres of land in the
                        fee of the priory of Clifford, lying
                        there between Wyrristockynge of the
                        one part and le Maplenripple (?) of
                        the other part.

182.  1356.  May 4.     1.  William Oldacre of Clifford and
                            Cecily, his wife.

                        2.  Hugh de Hergast.

                        GIFT of one acre of land in the
                        lordship of Clifford, lying in a
                        place called Caldewalleforlong
                        between the lands of the said Hugh
                        on both sides and extending from the
                        lands of the said Hugh to the highway.

183.  1361              1.  Thomas le hore of Clifford and
                        Thomasine, his wife.

                        2.  Thomesine Wodelef of Greadas

                        GIFT of one piece of arable land in
                        a field called le Walsshemannesfelde
                        in Clifford.

184.  1370.             1.  William Lydon, chaplain, Robert
                            Waters, Chaplain, Rees ap David,
                            John Parpoynct (?) and John Water.

                        2.  William Jonett and Joanna, his wife.

                        GIFT of lands and tenements late of
                        Hugh Hergast in the lordship of
                        Clifford. Monday after the Feast
                        of the Translation of St. Thomas of
                        Hereford (Oct. 2)

185.  1374.             1.  Roger Gosmerton.

                        2.  William Jonet and; Joanna, his
                            wife.

                        QUITCLAIM of lands and tenements in
                        the manor of Clifford.

                        Sunday after the Feast of St. Mary
                        Magdalen (July 22).

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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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192.  [n.d. - ? late     1. Richard Ball, son of Thomas
        14th cent.]         Ball.

                         2. Hugh son of Dance (?) of Hergast.

                         GIFT of a mesauage and house in
                         the township of Clifford.

193.  [n.d. - ? late     1. Madoc ap Maredut of Eluael.

        14th cent.]      2. Hugh ap David of Hergast.

                         GIFT of three acres of land lying 
                         in a field called Walismonsfellde
                         in the fee of Clifford.

194.  1400.              1. John Maddeley and William
                            Maddeley of Clifford.

                         2. Edward Jonet, John Jonet,
                            William Jackesone, Hugh Harper,
                            clerk and William Harper.

                         GIFT of one messuage in the township
                         of Clifford.

                         Tuesday before Trinity Sunday.

195.  1408.              1. Andrew Buffard and Richard
                            Oldacre of Clifford.

                         2. Roger Restell of Clifford.

                         GIFT of one acre of arable land 
                         lying in "le home" of Clifford in
                         a field called Bondefelde between
                         the lord's land of the one part and
                         the land of John Madley of the other
                         part, and extending from the field
                         called Hobynsley to "le bonde
                         ryppell".

                         Sunday after the Feast of the
                         Annunciation of the B.V.M. (25 March)

196.  1425.              1. Sir Robert Whitney, Kt.

                         2. Miles Water of Clifford, esq.

                         GIFT of a meadow called Bruttismedow
                         in the lordship of Clifford lying
                         between the said Sir Robert's meadow 
                         called litilstenry medow on the one
                         side and a certain way leading from
                         Clifford towards the Wye (Wayam) 
                         where there was a ferry, on the 
                         other side, in breadth, and extending 
                         in length from a meadow of the lord 
                         of Clifford called fflagges towards 
                         a pasture of the said Sir Robert's 
                         near the Wye.

                         Friday before the Feast of the
                         Nativity of the B.V.M. (Sept.8)

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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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238. 1615/6, Feb. 15. 1. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt

                           Edward Bullestrod of the Inner 
                           Temple, esq. and Anthony Bull, 
                           servant to James Whitlocke of 
                           the Middle Temple, esq.
                       2.  Lady Constance Lucy of Highcleere, 
                           co., Southampton, widow, and 
                           Richard Lucy, her son and heir.
                       BARGAIN & SALE of the castle manor 
                       and park of Clifford.  Consideration 
                       £2,000.

239. 1617. May 7 1. Richard Lucy, esq., son of the

                            Lady Constance Lucy of 
                            Highcleere, co., Southampton, 
                            widow.
                        2.  The siad Lady Constance Lucy.
                        QUITCLAIM of the manor, castle and   
                        park of Clifford.

240. 1618. Oct. 14. 1. Lady Constance Lucy of Highclere,

                            co., Southampton, widow.
                        2. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, 
                           Kt.
                        3.  William Allen of London, esq.,  
                            and Richard Knightley of 
                            Preston Capes, co., 
                            Northampton, esq.
                        SETTLEMENT of the manor, castle and 
                        park of Clifford to the use of the 
                        said Sir Robert Whitney and Lady 
                        Anne, his wife (daughter of the said 
                        Lady Constance Lucy) with remainder 
                        to their son Robert Whitney and his 
                        heirs male, and in deault thereof, 
                        to the use of the other heirs male               
                        of the said Sir Robert Whitney and 
                        Lady Anne Whitney.

241. 1618. Nov. 14. 1. Eustace Jones of the parish of

                           Whitney, gent., Elizabeth, his 
                           wife, and Robert Jones his son 
                           and heir.
                       2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney 
                           Court, Kt.
                       QUITCLAIM of a close in the parish 
                       of Llannevaire y brynne, otherwise 
                       Clifford.

242. 1625/6 March 8 1. Lady Constance Lucy of Highclere, d

                            co., Southampton, widow.
                        2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt.
                        3.  William Allen of London, esq., 
                            and Richard Knightley of Preston 
                            Capes, co., Northampton, esq.

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242. 1625/6 March 8. COVENANT TO STAND SEISED TO USES

                       of the manor of Clifford, the 
                       park called Clifford Park and 
                       lands in Clifford except Clifford 
                       Castle and the Castle Green ---
                       in consideration of a marriage 
                       already had between the said 
                       Sir Robert Whitney and the Lady 
                       Anne, his wife, daughter of the 
                       said Lady Constance.

243. 1628/9. Feb. 4. 1. John Vaughan of Courtefeelde

                           in the parish of Biggnor, co., 
                           Monmouth, esq.
                       2.  John Eustace of the parish of 
                           Clifford, yeoman.
                       LEASE for 21 years of a messuage or 
                       tenement in St. Mary Hill within the 
                       priory fee of the Blessed Virgin 
                       Mary in Clifford.

244. 1630. April 24. 1. John Vaughan of Courtfield, co.,

                           Monmouth, esq.
                       2.  James Rosser of Clifford, 
                           yeoman.
                       LEASE for 21 years of a messuage and 
                       lands called the Kyver, the Bromy 
                       Close, Parva Pella, the Well Meadow 
                       the Poole meadow, the Plock upon 
                       Wyeside, the over close, the close 
                       by John Tyler's house and Maes y 
                       Parke yssa, all in the parish of 
                       Clifford, alias Llanvayr y Bryn.

245. 1630. July 10. RECEIPT from Thomas Prosser John

                       Howell of Clifford, yeoman, and 
                       James Prosser, his son and heir, 
                       to Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney 
                       Court, Kt., and for £17 for a house, 
                       barn and lands in Clifford.

246. 1630/1. March 9. 1. Christopher Donne of Clifford, gent.

                        2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney 
                            Court, Kt.
                        BOND in £30 for the performance of 
                        covenants contained in a pair of 
                        Indentures of equal date.

247. 1631/2. Feb. 10. 1. Eustace * Whitney of Clifford,

                            gent.
                        2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney 
                            Court, Kt.
                        BARGAIN & SALE of a meadow called 
                        Closse meadow, containing four acres 
                        in the parish of Llannevaire y 
                        brynne in the fee of Clifford.
                        
                        Consideration :  £46.

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248. 1631/2. Feb. 10. RECEIPT from Eustace Whitney of

                        Clifford, gent., to Sir Robert 
                        Whitney of Whitney Court, Kt., for 
                        £46 due for a certain meadow called 
                        Closse meadow in the fee and 
                        precincts of Clifford.

249. 1633/4. Feb. 1. 1. William Thomas of Milhaughe in

                          the parish of Whitney, miller.
                       2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, 
                           Kt.
                       BOND in £18 for the performance of 
                       covenants contained in a pair of 
                       Indentures of Bargain and Sale of 
                       equal date.

250. 1637. Sept. 10. 1. Howell William of the parish of

                           Clifford, yeoman, Rees Phillips 
                           of Clodocke, co., Hereford, 
                           yeoman, and James Phillips of 
                           Peterchurch, co., Hereford, 
                           yeoman.
                       2.  Sir Robert Whitney, Kt.
                       BOND in 5300 for the performance of 
                       covenants contained in a pair of 
                       Indentures of equal date.

251. 1637. Nov. 23. 1. Eustace Jones of Whitney, gent.,

                           Elizabeth, his wife, and Robert 
                           Jones his son and heir.
                       2.  Robert Whitney of Whitney, 
                           Kt., and William Bowdler of 
                           Ludlow, gent.
                       MORTGAGE of a meadow called 
                       Gossingtons Meadow in the parish 
                       of Cliford.  Consideration :  £53.

252. 1637/8. Feb. 9. 1. Walter Beddoes of the parish of

                           Llannevaire y brynne, alias 
                           Clifford, corviser.
                        2.  Sir Robert Whitney, Kt.
                        BOND in £24 for the performance of 
                        covenants contained in a pair of 
                        Indentures of equal date.

253. 1638/9. Feb.28. 1. Eustace Jones of the parish of

                            Whitney and Robert Jones, his 
                            son and h3eir.
                        2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney 
                            Court, Kt.
                        BOND in £160 for the quiet possession d 
                        of a close of meadow or pasture 
                        called Gossingtons Meadow in the 
                        parish of Llannevaire y brynne, alias 
                        Clifford.

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254. 1638/9. March 4. 1. Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney,

                            Kt.
                        2.  William Philip of the parish of 
                            Bettous Clyrowe, co., Radnor, 
                            Yeoman.
                        LEASE for 6 years of the capital 
                        messuage and appurtenances called 
                        the Lower Courte in Clifford, a 
                        meadow called Poole Meadowe a 
                        parcel of arable land in Clifford 
                        called the Close under the hill 
                        together with cattle, wains, goods 
                        and implements as specified in a 
                        schedule annexed.

255. 1639. March 10. 1. Richard Rogers of London, yeoman.

                       2.  Sir Rober Whitney of Whitney, Kt.
                       BARGAIN & Sale of a tenement or 
                       cottage and lands in the parish of 
                       Clifford.
                            (Incomplete)

256. 1639. May 28. 1. Joanna Price of the parish of

                           Brongwenne, co., Radnor, widow, 
                           sister and heir of John 
                           Phillpotte, citizen and merchant 
                           tailor of London, deceased.
                       2.  Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, 
                           Kt.
                       BARGAIN & SALE of a messuage or 
                       tenement and orchard in Clifford 
                       adjoining to the castle there;  one 
                       parcel of arable land and one 
                       little garden adjoining thereto, 
                       near adjoining the said messuage, 
                       one parcel of pasture and wood 
                       ground lying in a certain parcel 
                       of ground called the Tonne; and one 
                       parcel of pasture ground ling in a 
                       close called the Broniey close.
                       Consideration : £42.

257. 1639. May 28. RECEIPT from Joanna Price of

                       Brongwenne, co., Radnor, widow, to 
                       Sir Robert Whitney of Whitney, Kt., 
                       for £42 payable to her for one 
                       messuage or tenement in Clifford 
                       containing about 3/4 acre, one 
                       parcel of arable land and one litle 
                       garden adjoining, containing one 
                       acre, a parcel of pasture and woody 
                       ground containing 2 1/2 acres and a 
                       parcel of pasture ground containing 
                       half an acre, and for her right and 
                       title in all other lands in the 
                       parish of Llannevaire y brynne, 
                       alias Clifford.

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262.  1665   April 20.  
                        1. Thomas Whitney of Whitney, esq.,
                           William, lord bishop of St. 
                           David's and Francis Lucy of 
                           St. Martins in the Fields, co.,
                           Middlesex, esq.

                        2. John Booth of the city of 
                           Hereford, esq.

                        LEASE for 5 years of a farmhouse,
                        messuage and lands called 
                        Castelton Farm in the parish of 
                        Llanvairyvryn, co., Hereford

263.  1665.  April 21.   
                         POWER OF ATTORNEY from Thomas
                         Whitney of Whitney, esq., William
                         Lord bishop of St. David and 
                         Francis Lucy of St. Martins in
                         the Fields, esq., to John Lawrence
                         of Winserton, co., Hereford, gent.,
                         and Humphrey Diggas of the city of 
                         Hereford, gent., to deliver the 
                         lease of the premises mentioned in 
                         No. 262 to John Booth.


           The Kitchen in Castleton.

264. 1670. April 9.

                       1. Thomas Nicholas of Castleton
                          in the parish of Clifford, alias
                          Llanvaire y Bryne, yeoman.

                       2. Nicholas Thomas, late of
                          Castleton, son and heir of the 
                          said Thomas Nicholas.

                       LEASE for 1000 years of one
                       "Kichine", one garden and orchard
                       in Castleton.


265. 1741. March 20.

                        1. Thomas Morgan of the parish of 
                           Almeley, co., Hereford, weaver, 
                           and William Morgan of the same,
                           weaver.

                        2. Zacharias Price of the parish of
                           Kinnersley, co., Hereford, gent.,

                        BOND in 60pds for the performance of
                        covenants contained in a pair of 
                        Indentures of equal date.

266. 1741.  Oct. 19 & 20

                        1. Thomas Griffiths of the parish 
                           of Clifford, yeoman, and Susan, 
                           his wife.

                        2. Thomas Morgan of the parish of 
                           Almeley, co., Hereford, weaver,
                           and William Morgan of the same,
                           weaver, his brother.

                        LEASE & RELEASE of a messuage or 
                        tenement called the Kitchen with
                        two gardens and an orchard
                        adjoining thereto at Castleton
                        in the parish of Clifford; also 
                        two pieces of arable land lying
                        in a field called Maes y pont in
                        the parish of Brynllys, co., Brecon.

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267. 1741.  Oct. 21.    
                      1. Thomas Morgan of the parish of 
                          Almeley, co., Hereford, weaver,
                          and William Morgan of the same,
                          weaver.

                       2. Zacharias Price of the parish
                          of Kinnersley, co., Hereford,
                          gent.

                       LEASE for one year of a messuage
                       or tenement called the Kitchen at
                       Castleton in the parish of Clifford.

268. 1741.  Oct. 22     
                       1. Thomas Morgan of the parish of 
                          Almeley, co., Hereford, weaver,
                          and William Morgan of the same, 
                          weaver, his brother.

                       2. Zacharias Price of the parish
                          of Kinnersley, co., Hereford,
                          gent.

                       MORTGAGE of a messuage or tenement
                       called the Kitchen together with a
                       garden and orchard adjoining thereto
                       at Castleton in the parish of 
                       Clifford.   Consideration : 30pds.

269-270.  1748  April  7 & 8 
                       1. Evan Jones of the parish of
                          Llandiloe, co., Carmarthen, 
                          yeoman.

                       2. James Brewer of the parish of 
                          Much Dewchurch, co., Hereford,
                          yeoman, and Eleanor, his wife.

                       3. Thomas Morgan of the parish of
                          Clifford, weaver, and William
                          Morgan of the same, weaver, and 
                          Mary, his wife.

                       4. Rees Robert of the parish of
                          Cusop, co., Hereford, tailor.

                       LEASE & RELEASE of a messuage called 
                       the Kitchen with a garden and orchard
                       belonging thereto, at Castleton in 
                       the parish of Clifford.    

271.  1748.  April 8    
                       1. Rees Robert of the parish of 
                          Cusop, co., Hereford, tailor.

                       2. Thomas Morgan of the parish of
                          Clifford, weaver, and William 
                          Morgan of the same, weaver.

                       BOND in 80pds for the redemption of a 
                       mortgage upon a messuage and lands
                       called the Kitchen at Castleton in 
                       the parish of Clifford.

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271A.  1767.   Sept. 30.

                            1. Mary Bourne of St. George,
                               Hanover Square, London, spinster.

                            2. Thomas Morgan of the parish of 
                               Clifford, weaver.

                            LEASE for 60 years of a messuage or
                            tenement called the Kitchen and
                            appurtenances in Castleton in the
                            parish of Clifford.

272.   1683.   June 23.      
                            1. Nicholas Thomas of the parish
                               of Clifford, alias Llanvaier
                               y Bryne, yeoman.

                            2. Roger Williams of the parish of 
                               Madly, yeoman, and William
                               Harbarde.

                            SETTLEMENT (after the marriage of
                            the said Nicholas and his wife Joan
                            Thomas) of the said Nicholas's house
                            called Akarhine and appurtenances in 
                            Castleton in the parish of Clifford.

273.  1748.   April 5.       
                            1. Thomas Morgan of the parish of
                               Clifford, weaver, and William
                               Morgan of the same, weaver.

                            2. Rees Robert of the parish of 
                               Cusop, tailor.

                            AGREEMENT for the conveyance of a 
                            messuage and lands at Castleton in 
                            the parish of Clifford now in 
                            mortgage to James Brewer of the 
                            parish of Much Dewchurch, yeoman,
                            in consideration of the payment of
                            40pds.

274.  1748.   April 8.       
                            1. Thomas Morgan of the parish of
                               Clifford, weaver, and William
                               Morgan of the same, weaver.

                            2. Rees Robert of the parish of 
                               Cusop, co., Hereford, tailor.

                            BOND in 80pds for the performance of 
                            covenants contained in an
                            Indenture Quadrupartite of equal
                            date.

275.  1759.   Aug. 8.       
                            1. Elizabeth Wardour, lady of the 
                               Manor of Clifford.

                            2. George Knill of Clifford, yeoman.

                            COUNTERPART LEASE for 99 years of 
                            a cottage near Clifford Castle.

276.  1759.   Aug. 8.   
                            1. Elizabeth Wardour, lady of the 
                               manor of Clifford.

                            2. Joseph Tanner of the Priory
                               Wood in the parish of Clifford, 
                               yeoman.

                             LEASE for 99 years of a cottage on 
                             Merback Hill in the parish of Clifford.

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277.  1759.   Aug. 8.       
                           COUNTERPART of No. 276.

278.  1759.   Aug. 8.
                           1. Elizabeth Wardour, lady of
                              the manor of Clifford.

                           2. John Jones of Clifford, yeoman.

                           COUNTERPART LEASE for lives of a 
                           cottage and land near Clifford Park
                           in the parish of Clifford.

279.  1764.   March 17.     
                           1. Elizabeth Wardour, lady of the 
                              manor of Clifford.

                           2. Thomas Jones of Merbridge Hill, 
                              in the parish of Clifford, 
                              yeoman.

                           LEASE for three lives of a cottage
                           on Merbridge Hill in the manor of
                           Clifford.

280.  1767.   July 9.      
                           1. Mary Bourne lady of the manor
                              of Clifford.

                           2. John Prosser of Sidcome Hill
                              in the said manor, tailor.

                           COUNTERPART LEASE for lives of 
                           three acres of land on Sidcome
                           Hill in the parish of Clifford.

281.  1777.   June 25.    
                           1. Mary Bourne of Lower Grosvenor
                              Street, London, spinster.

                           2. John Phillips of Clifford, 
                              shoemaker.

                           LEASE for 21 years of several
                           parcels of land lying around 
                           Clifford Castle.

282.  1782.   July 9.       
                           1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the 
                              manor of Clifford.

                           2. Thomas Powell of Clifford, 
                              labourer.

                           COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a 
                           cottage, garden and land in 
                           Clifford town.

283.  1782.   Oct. 1   
                           1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the 
                              manor of Clifford.

                           2. Thomas Tanner of Clifford,
                              labourer.

                           COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of a 
                           cottage and land on Alt Common in 
                           the manor of Clifford.

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284.  1784.   Sept. 30.       
                            1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the 
                               manor of Clifford.

                            2. William Jones of Clifford,
                               labourer.

                            COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of
                            a cottage, garden and land called
                            the Chapple in Clifford town.

285.  1792.   Aug. 1.        
                            1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the 
                               manor of Clifford.

                            2. Richard Gough of Merbadge Hill
                               in the said manor, labourer.

                            COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years 
                            of a cottage, orchard and land on 
                            Merbadge Hill in the manor of 
                            Clifford.

286.  1795.   Oct. 5.    
                            1. Tomkyns Dew, lord of the manor
                               of Clifford.

                            2. William Collins of Sidcome
                               Hill, labourer.

                            LEASE for 21 years of a cottage and 
                            land on Sidcome Hill in the parish 
                            of Clifford.

287.  1795.   Oct. 15.
                            COUNTERPART of No. 286.

288.  1796.   Nov. 6.
                            1. Tomkyns Dew, esq., lord of the 
                               manor of Clifford.

                            2. Eneas Walter of the Broadmeadow,
                               yeoman.

                            COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of 
                            a cottage and land at Broadmeadow
                            in the manor of Clifford.

289.  1797.   Feb. 2.   
                            1. Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                               esq.

                            2. John Spencer of the parish of
                               Whitney, gent.

                            COUNTERPART LEASE for 21 years of 
                            the manor or lordship of Clifford,
                            part of the manor or lordship of
                            Whitney lying on the Clifford or 
                            south side of the River Wye, the
                            site of the ancient castle of 
                            Clifford and lands and cottages in 
                            the parish of Clifford.

290.  1797.   Feb. 23.
                            COPY LICENCE from Tomkyns Dew of 
                            Whitney Court, esq., to John Spencer
                            of Whitney, gent., to plough up and
                            convert into tillage certain rough 
                            pasture lands called Part of the 
                            Rye grass Piece and Ox Leasow, part
                            of premises called the Sheepcott
                            in the parish of Clifford.

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321. 1758 Endorsed : "Final Accounts between

                                     Mrs. Wardour and Mr. Hooper to
                                     Michaelmas 1758 when he was
                                     dismissed the stewardship"

322. MANOR OF CLIFFORD : Accounts of

                                     chief rents, heriots, reliefs and
                                     cottage rents received for the years
                                     1797, 1798, 1799 and 1800.


323. do. 1805, 1806, 1807,

                                     1808, 1809, 1810, 1811.


324. do. Chief rents only,

                                     1817.


325. do. do.

                                    1818.

326. do. do. n.d.

327. do. Cottage rents, 1816.

328. do. do. 1818

329. do. Arrears due 1813

330. do. do. 1815

331. do. do. 1815


332. 1797. Oct. 30. SCHEDULE of deeds and writings

                                    relating to the manor of Clifford
                                    delivered by Tomkyns Dew, esq., to
                                    John Spencer of the Sheepcott, to
                                    enable him to hold the Courts Leet
                                    and receive the chief rents of the 
                                    said manor which is demised to him
                                    by the said Tomkkyns Dew for 21 years.


333. [18th cent. ] ABSTRACT from the Court rolls of

                                    the manor of Clifford relating to
                                    heriots "at death of Dr. Williams."


334. [18th cent. ] 'PROOFS of Heriots due at the death

                                    of Mr. H. Williams to Mr. Wardour
                                    in Clifford Manor'


335. 1823 - 1883. HONOR AND MANOR OF CLIFFORD : Sundry

                                    Court Leet papers, including : Lists
                                    of Chief Rents due, 1823, 1859, 1864
                                    and 1880; Accounts of a sale under 
                                    distress for rent at Green Farm, 
                                    Whitney, 1883; etc.
                                             (1 bundle)

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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.
                              (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.
                                 (1 bundle)

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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.
                               (1 bundle)

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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559.  1764.  Aug. 24 &   1.  Nicoles Turner of Bignor Park, 
                  25         co. Sussex, esq.    

                         2.  Henrietta Meriton of Chelsea,
                             co. Middlesex, spinster.

                         3.  Sir Francis Vincent of Stoke
                             Dabernon, co. Surrey, Bart.,
                             and John Vincent of Beech Hill,
                             co. Surrey, esq.

                         4.  Tomkyns Dew of Lincoln's Inn,
                             esq., and Mathew Duane of 
                             Bedford Row, co. Middlesex, esq.

                         COPY LEASE & RELEASE, being a
                         Settlement made before the marriage
                         of the said nicolas Turner and
                         Henrietta Meriton, of lands lying at
                         parisho f Sutton, co. Surrey.

560.  1765.  Jan. 17.    AUTHORITY from Nicholas Turner and
                         Henrietta Turner, his wife, to 
                         Tomkyne Dew and Mathew Duane, esqrs.,
                         to sell and transfer for much of a 
                         sum of L5000 4% consolidated Bank 
                         Annuities which was transferred to 
                         the said Dew and Duane upon trust by
                         the Marriage Settlement of the said
                         Nicholas and Henrietta as will raise 
                         the sum of L1,076.  19. 6. to pay
                         Nicholas Kempe and Ann his wife 
                         their share of the estate of Mrs.
                         Ann Meriton, deceased.

561.  1765.  March 9.    1.  Elizabeth Werdour of Grosvenor
                             Street, London, widow.

                         2.  Charles Morris of Loddington
                             co. Leicester, esq.

                         AGREEMENT to pay 5 per cent instead
                         of 4 percent in consideration of a 
                         mortgage upon part of the estate of 
                         the said Charles Morris being
                         permitted to continue for the 
                         term of 4 years.

562.  1771.  Feb 6.      1.  Mary Bourne of the parish of
                             St. George Hanover Square, 
                             spinster.

                         2.  Tomkyns Dew of Lincoln's Inn
                             Fields, esq.

                         ASSIGNMENT of seven messuages or
                         tenements in St. Margaret's 
                         Churchyard in the parish of St.  
                         Margaret, Westminster.

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563.  1788.  Dec. 25.    1.  Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                             esq.

                         2.  Ann Styleman of Ringstead, co.
                             Norfolk, spinster,

                         3.  Rev. Armine Styleman of Ring-
                             stead, clerk, and Henry 
                             Styleman of Snettisham, co.
                             Norfolk, esq.

                         4.  Nicholas Styleman of Norwich
                             esq., and the Rev. Edward Roger
                             North of Harlow, co. Essex, 
                             clerk.

                         SETTLEMENT (before the marriage of
                         the said Tomkyne Dew and Ann
                         Styleman) of an annuity of L200
                         on the said Ann Styleman for life
                         in addition to an annuity or rent
                         charge of L400 to which the said
                         Ann shall become entitled after
                         the death of the said Tomkyne Dew
                         in accordance with the terms of the
                         will of Mary Bourne, late of St.
                         George Hanover Square who bequeathed
                         the manors of Whitney and Clifford
                         etc., in trust to the said Tomkyns
                         Dew.

564.  1800.              CASE, on the part of the executors
                         and trustees of the Will of
                         Tomkyns Dew, esq., for the Opinion
                         of John Lloyd of Lincoln's Inn on
                         certain points arising from the 
                         said will.


565.  1800.                      do.       for the Opinion
                         of R. Richards of Lincoln's Inn.

566.  1800.  June 2.     1.  Henry Styleman of Snettisham, 
                             co. Norfolk, esq., and Nicolas
                             Styleman of Norwich, esq., 
                             (executors of the late Tomkyns
                             Dew of Whitney Court).

                         2.  Ann Dew now of Portland Place,
                             in the parish of St. Marylebone,
                             co. Middlesex, widow (executrix
                             of the said Tomkyns Dew).

                         ASSIGNMENT of household furniture
                         and other effects in the town and 
                         country houses of the said Tomkyns
                         Dew.

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567.  1804.              SCHEDULE of the title deeds of
                         Henry Styleman, esq., to certain
                         estates in Hunstanton and elseware
                         in Norfolk.

568.  [c. 1820].         PARTICULARS of an exchange of land 
                         between Mr. Hancorn and Mr. Dew.

569.  1824.  March 8.    1.  Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                             esq.

                         2.  Rev. George Albert Barker of 
                             Whitton, co. Rednor.

                         BOND in L100 for the payment of
                         L500 and interest.

570.  1847.  July 17.    COPY of the Court Roll of the Manor
                         of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester,
                         recording the surrender by Charles
                         John Furlong, late of Ballydaniel,
                         co, Limerick, but now of Liege in 
                         Belgium, esq., and Armine, his wife,
                         late Armine Dew, of the moiety
                         of a messuage or dwelling house in
                         Cheltenham, to the use of Tomkyns
                         Dew of Whitney Court, esq.     

571.  1860.  July 5.     1.  Charles John Furlong of Clifton,
                             co. Gloucester, major in H.M. 
                             Army.

                         2.  Caroline Warner Girdlestone,
                             wife of Nelson Girdleston of 
                             London.

                         3.  The said Nelson Girdlestone.

                         4.  Armine Styleman Furlong of 
                             Clifton, spinster.

                         5.  Tomkyns Dew of Whitney Court,
                             co. Hereford, esq., and the 
                             Rev. Thomas Furlong of Bath, 
                             clerk.

                         ASSIGNMENT by (1) to (5) of his 
                         life interest in L600 and L800 part
                         of the trust property subject to
                         his Marriage Settlement, and
                         Indemnity to the trustees on raising
                         and paying the L600 to Mrs.
                         Girdlestone and the L800 to Miss
                         Furlong.

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