Documents received in January 1951 from the Society of Genealogists per\r\nMr. I Gray, County Archivist of Gloucestershire

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Abstract of the will of Edward French of Bristol, grocer Envelope with particulars of names in will 5918/1a Abstract from case regarding bond: Roger Morgan of Bristol, grocer, v Edmund Phipps and William Newman, grocers, of London and Andrew Boothe, girdler, of London Envelope with particulars of names of 5918/2a Release in fee farm: George Adams of Stokes Croft, Bristol, gardener, to Thomas Cornwall of Bristol, malster Deed to declare the uses of a fine: 1) John Willoughby esq, one of the Aldermen of the City of Bristol and Samuel Willoughby of Bristol, merchant, son and heir apparent of the said John Willoughby, and Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Willoughby; 2) William Allen of Bristol, gentleman, and Katherine, his wife; 3) Jeremy Holloway and Thomas Ellis of Bristol, merchants Release: Robert Bevin of Bristol, gentleman, son and heir of Thomas Bevin, late of said city, upholsterer, and Elizabeth his wife, both deceased, to William Stringer of parish of Henbury, Gloucester, yeoman Marriage settlement: Marriage portion of Ann Snelgrove, wife of Nathaniel Snelgrove of Bristol, merchant Assignment: 1) Sir Abraham Elton of Bristol, Baronet; 2) Francis Dunn of Bristol, hooper (only son of Tobias Dunn, late of Hanham in the parish of Bitton, Gloucester, deceased); 3) William Corp, distiller, and Robert Baynton, tiler Lease: William Price of Bristol, hooper, to William Roscoe the elder of Bristol, furrier Lease: Sir Abraham Elton, Mayor of Bristol, John Becher, James Donning, Joseph Jefferis, Arthur Taylor, Jacob Elton, John Rich, Lionel Lyde, John Blackwell, Nathaniel Day, William Jefferis and Stephen Clutterbuck, Aldermen of said City; Henry Combe, late Mayor; John Berrow, John Day, Edward Cooper, John Combe and Giles Bailey, sometime since Sheriffs of said City, surviving feoffees of the lands belonging to the hospital or almshouse known as Trinity Chapel, near Lawford's Gate, Bristol, to John Bartlett of Bristol esq Exchequer acquittance: John Trethewy Envelope with particulars of names in 5918/10a Exchequer acquittance: Francis Woodward, brother of Richard Woodward, Isaac Morgan and John Bowen Envelope with particulars of names in 5918/11a Exchequer acquittance: William Merrick and Robert Yate Envelope with particulars of names in 5918/12a Lease on lives: James Jenyns of Bristol, merchant, younger brother of Roger Jenyns, late of Hayes, Middlesex, deceased, who was second brother and heir of Thomas Jenyns, late of Bristol, deceased, to Miles Jackson of Bristol, merchant (son of Alexander Jackson, late of same City, merchant, deceased, who was one of the sons of Miles Jackson, deceased) Copy certificate of settlement in parish of St James, Bristol of Arthur Dart and Lydia his wife and their children Envelope with particulars of names as 5918/14a Release: William Jefferis of City of Bristol, merchant, and Ann his wife, late called Ann Alexander and one of the legatees of the will of Jane Tunbridge, late of Bristol, widow, deceased, and Ann Alexander of Bristol, widow, executrix of the will of Jane Tunbridge, to Samuel Burge alias Burges, the elder of Stone Easton, Somerset, gentleman, the Reverend Samuel Burges, his son by Mary his late wife, one of the daughters and heirs of John Hunt, late of City of Bristol, soapmaker, deceased, James Moxham of Dundry, Somerset and Thomasine his wife, the other daughter and heir of John Hunt, deceased, and Christopher Moxham, eldest son of the said James Moxham and Thomasine his wife Lease for a year: Henry Hillman of Bristol, currier, to Robert Hassell of Bishops Sutton, Chew Magna, Somerset, gentleman, and Michael Ford of Bristol, glover Bond: Henry Hillman of Bristol, currier, to Robert Hassell of Bishops Sutton, Chew Magna, Somerset, gentleman, and Michael Ford of Bristol, glover Envelope with particulars of names as 5918/16a and 16b Copy final concord: 1) Jeremiah Dean, 2) John Pell and Elizabeth his wife, and George Bush and Sarah his wife Copy abstracts of deeds Draft marriage settlement: 1) Mary Fisher; 2) John Wyatt Cator; 3) Edmund Fisher of Hanham, Bitton, Gloucester, miller, and John Minty of Bristol, mealman Draft conveyance in fee: 1) Sarah Reeve of Bristol, spinster, only child and heiress of Ann Reeve late of Bristol, widow, deceased, to 2) Shurmer Bath of Bristol, malster and 3) Neville Bath of Bristol, cutler, trustee of Shurmer Bath Assignment: John Hill of Paulton, Somerset, gentleman, to Arthur Saurier of St James, Bristol, distiller, and John Brownscomb of St James, Bath, distiller Draft lease for a year: John Wyatt Cater of Stapleton, Gloucester, gentleman, and Thomas Nelmes of Bradley, Gloucester, gentleman, to Henry Brown of Keynsham, Somerset, malster Draft release: 1) Soloman Leonard of Lawrence Hill, St Philip and Jacob, GLoucester, malster, and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Betts, widow, 2) John CLarke of Bristol, coachmaker, trustee for Elizabeth Leonard, 3) Thomas Smith of Stapleton, Gloucester, yeoman Draft abstract of title: Mr Samborne Palmer, premises at Temple Backs, Bristol Draft abstract of title: Mr Samborne Palmer, premises at Temple Backs, Bristol Draft mortgage: Samuel Rogers of Bristol, brewer, and Samborne Palmer of Timsbury, Somerset, esq, to Henry Boucher of Keynsham, Somerset, glazier Draft assignment: Samborne Palmer of Timsbury, Somerset, esq, to George Lewis of Bristol, hooper Draft lease for a year: Samuel Rogers of the City of Bristol, brewer, and Samuel Palmer of Timsbury, Somerset, gentleman, to James Lockier and Henry Cooke of Bristol, merchants Draft conveyance with right to levy a fine: Lamorock Flower of Bitton, Gloucester, miller, devisee and executor of will of Ann Partridge, to William Cheson of Bristol, innholder, and George Porton of Bristol, victualler, trustee of William Cheson Draft settlement of leasehold premises: Thomas Waters of hamlet of Oldland, Bitton, Gloucester, coalminer, and Elizabeth his wife to Robert Willis of Hanham, Bitton, yeoman, and Thomas Fox of Hanham, yeoman Envelope with particulars of names as 5918/26a Typed extracts from deeds Draft conveyance in trust: Lamorock Flower of Bitton, Gloucester, gentleman, to Thomas Williams of Temple, Bristol, shopkeeper and another (incomplete) Draft feoffment with power to levy a fine: 1) Mary Williams of Upper Knowle, Bedminster, Somerset, widow, cousin and heir at law of Ann Lewis of Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucester, deceased, and also cousin and heir at law of Elizabeth Sense, late of Westbury-on-Trym, who died intestate; 2) Milbourne Williams of Bristol, apothecary; 3) Edward Stephens of Bristol, gentleman Draft abstract of title: John Hill Draft conveyance reserving a ground rent: 1) Thomas Prosser of Bristol, cooper, eldest nephew and heir at law of Roger Prosser, late of Bristol, victualler, who died without issue; 2) William Williams, accountant, and James Hoare, dyer, of Bristol, and Grace, wife of James Hoare, late widow of the said Roger Prosser, 3) Lewis Cannon, late of Bristol but now of Portbury, Somerset, cordwainer, only child and heir at law of Jeremiah Cannon, late of Bristol, tailor, deceased, who was the only son and heir at law of Lewis Cannon, sometime since of Bristol, warehouseman; 4) John Hill of Bristol, innkeeper; 5) Trustee appointed by John Hill Draft conveyance and assignment of chattels in trust: 1) John Hill, late of Warminster, Wiltshire, victualler, but now of Bristol; 2) Thomas Willmott of Bristol, house carpenter (trustee of John Hill); 3) Thomas Wigan of Bristol, wine merchant, and Matthew Wright of Bristol, merchant, 4) several other persons, agents of creditors of John Hill Draft sale by auction: Saracen's Head Inn Lease for 21 years: 1) Ann Browne of Bristol, widow, heretofore wife of Richard Cannington, late of same City, esq, deceased; Simon Britton of St George, Gloucester, tailor, and Eleanor his wife, late Eleanor Cannington, spinster; James Palmer of Bristol, gentleman, and Dorothy, his wife, heretofore Dorothy Cannington, spinster; 2) [ ? ] Ball Draft mortgage: Samuel Rogers of Bristol, vinegar maker, to John Wyatt Cater of Stapleton, Gloucester, gentleman Draft will of Thomas Williams of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol Draft bond: James Gurner of St Michael, Bristol, innholder, to John White of Bristol, gentleman Abstract of title: James Batten Typed list of names mentioned in 5918/33a Draft release: 1) James Batten of St George, Gloucester, yeoman, and Sarah his wife; 2) Joseph Blandford of Inner Temple, London, gentleman; 3) Benjamin Milward of Keynsham, Somerset, gentleman; 4) Henry Brown of Brislington, gentleman List of names in deed Extracts from letters regarding administration: John Doe and others v Bird and others (Whitewood family) Case for Counsel's Opinion and opinion of Samuel Toller in case of Masters v Bird Case for Counsel's Opinion and opinion of Robert Bayley in case of Doe and others v Roe and others Case for the defendant: Case of Doe and others v Roe Apprenticeship Certificate: Mary Green, aged 7, a poor child of Compton Dando, Somerset, apprenticed to Daniel Hedges of St Thomas, Bristol, whipmaker Draft lease for 9 years: Francis Hayes of St George, Gloucester, gardener, to William Lonsdale of same place, esq Draft lease: John Curtis of out parish of St Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, accountant, and John Hutchins the younger of Bristol, merchant, to Gabriel Day of the out parish of St Philip and Jacob, innholder Draft abstract of title: William Markes Draft release: 1) John Flower Morgan, surgeon in His Majesty's 2nd Royal Lancashire Regiment now stationed at Plymouth, and William Morgan of St Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, joiner, trustees of part of property to be released; 2) William Marks of Cardiff, cabinet maker and Sarah his wife; Philip Marks of Mangotsfield, Gloucester, tiler and plasterer, and Ann his wife; Marmaduke Clymer of Bristol, watchmaker, and Elizabeth his wife (late Elizabeth Marks, spinster); Susannah White of St Michael's, Bristol (late Susannah Marks, spinster); and Maria Keeler of St John the Baptist, Bristol (late Maria Marks, spinster), devisees of the will of their mother Grace Marks; 3) Philip Marks to 4) William Cater of Bitton, Gloucester Letter from Mrs M Morgan of 12 Sion Row, Bath to B milward, attorney, Keynsham, near Bristol Draft will of Charles Harris of Castle Street, Bristol, haberdasher Draft conveyance: 1) Matthew Morley of Bristol, master mariner; 2) John Bayly of Bristol, gentleman, and Matthew Morley, 3) Thomas David of Bristol, silk mercer, and Henry Richards of Bristol, merchant tailor Letter from Robert Simpson to R R Falkner of Newark, Nottinghamshire, written in vestry of St Paul's Church, Bristol Envelope with particulars of names Final concord and counterpart: 1) Henry Northall and Peter Mugleworth, 2) John Bood and Francis his wife, Mandley Samborne and Miles Morgan Envelope with particulars of names Final concord: 1) William Jackson and Samuel Sandford; 2) Richard Stubbs, Charles Stubbs and John Stubbs Envelope with particulars of names Letters of administration of Joan Clement, widow of John Clement, formerly of St Stephen, Bristol Envelope with particulars of names Particulars of sale and printed plan of Severn House, near Bristol Marriage settlement of Elizabeth Elton and Peter Day: 1) Abraham Elton the elder of Bristol, esq; 2) Peter Day of Bristol, merchant, and Elizabeth Elton of Bristol, spinster, daughter of Abraham Elton; 3) Christopher Shuter esq, Mayor of Bristol; Henry Parsons, grocer; Anthony Swymmer, merchant, and Henry Walter, woollen Draper, all of Bristol Bargain and sale: 10 Robert Downes of Seamor, near Hocksley, Yorkshire, yeoman, eldest brother and heir of William Downes, sometime of the City of Bristol and afterwards of Fenchurch Street, London, mariner, now deceased, to 2) John Bilby of Bristol, bridlecutter List of names in deed