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Catalogue description Sefton of Stoke Poges
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| Reference: | D 2 |
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| Title: | Sefton of Stoke Poges |
| Description: |
Deeds relating to the estate of William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Eart of Sefton in Stoke Poges [Stoke Farm, later known as Sefton Park]. |
| Date: | 1584-1837 |
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SUMMARY Bundles 1 - 7. Property purchased from Sir William Johnston in 1803: 1. 2 cottages, formerly (1741) one, at Morrells End, 1584-1791. (Purchased by Johnston from Stanborough, 1791). 2. Messuage and closes (10a.) at Morrells End, 1669-1803. (Purchased from William Pitt, 1792). 3. 3 messuages and gardens at Morrells End, 1700-1792. (Purchased from William Pitt, 1792). 4. Cottage at Morrells End, 1698-1793. (Purchased from John Penn, 1793). 5. Johnston mortgages, etc., referring to the above properties and to a capital messuage "lately erected", 1792-1795. 6. Conveyance from Johnston to Sefton and related items, including lease to Sefton, 1798 (with inventory), 1792-1803. 7. Deeds relating to mortgages, etc., charged on the estate, 1792-1834. 8 - 9. 5 messuages at Morrells End, including (from 1770) the Five Bells P.H., 1639-1838. (Purchased from Hunt, 1804). 10. 5a. land converted into a kitchen garden, and land (52a.) 1801. (Purchased from Lord Godolphin). 11. 3 messuages called Lashes, 1736-1834. (Purchased from Goddard, 1828). 12. Exchange with the vicar of Datchet, 1802. 13. Exchange with vicars of Datchet and Stoke Poges, 1834-1837. Notes Most of the collection was received with the original bundles and labels still intact. A small bundle of unlabelled wills has been redistributed (no's. 1/9, 14; 2/2, 7, 16; 8/6), but otherwise the bundles have been left as they were. The bundles were origiginally in a different sequence thus: 1 now is bundle 8 2 now is bundle 1 3 now is bundle 2 4 now is bundle 3 5 now is bundle 4 6 now is bundle 5 7 now is bundle 10 8 now is bundle 12 9 now is bundle 6 10 now is bundle 9 Bundles number 7, 11, 13 were unlabelled. Unless otherwise stated, all the properties are in Stoke Poges. Legal form considerations of 5/- and 10/- are omitted. The majority of the deeds give details of occupiers and boundaries. |
| Held by: | Buckinghamshire Archives, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 13 series |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
AR -/47 |
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