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[Dent Family] Collection of Genealogical
Papers relating to the Dent Family of Hallaton
Includes 7 manuscript pedigrees, a (contemporary?) copy of the 1724 will of
Henry Dent, extracts from parish registers, various notes etc. In various handwritings
ranging from the 18th to 20th centuries. Some tears along folds, some old sellotape
repairs. The collection of 22 items (ref 6623) *£42.00 Not for export
The Greys of Bradgate
The Bradgate Books vol 2, 1977 2nd ed. A5 in card covers enclosing 23pp
inc index, a few ills, maily drawings. The Greys of Groby, and later of Bradgate,
were one of the noble families of England, entangled through conspiracy, feud and marriage
with most of the other great houses of the land. Lady Jane Grey, the 9-day Queen of
England, spent most of her childhood at Bradgate. She was beheaded at 16. VG.
(ref 0000) *£4.00
[Payne] Admission of James Payne as
Freeman of the Borough of Leicester
The printed form used for the 1842 swearing-in of wine merchant James Payne,
his qualification being that his father had been a Leicester apprentice. (ref B340)
*£7.50 Not for
export
[Ashby de la Zouch] Deeds to Rose Villas
Rose Villas would appear to have been built in 1903 in what is today's Lower
Packington Road (towards the Avenue Road end). The plot of land reached back towards
the railway line, a good proportion of which would now appear to be covered by Tudor
Close/Stuart Way. The documents on offer comprise 4 abstracts of title dated
1902-1936 (the 2 earlier ones contain small site plans) and mortgages dated 1921 and 1936.
The site was part of the former 10 acre Hopyard Meadow. The 6 items (ref
9/11) *£20.00 Not
for export
[Ashby de la Zouch] Deeds to 4 Houses in
Tamworth Road
These houses were built (on a 500 sq yd plot of land fronting the Tamworth
Road) by local builder John Salisbury in about 1850. The documents cover the period
from 1844 to 1933 though the last actual property deed is dated 1896. Principal
parties were Dalby (1844-1850); Salisbury (1850-1862); Carver (1862-1863); Fernyhough
(1863-1868); Beckwith (1868-1891); Towle (1891-1933), though none of them actually
occupied any of the 4 houses (apparently no's 34-40 even). A total of 15 items (7 on
paper, 8 on parchment). (ref 9/12) *£55.00 Not for export
The History and Description of
Ashby-de-la-Zouch with Excursions in the Neighbourhood
W & J Hextall, 1974 facsimile rep of the original 1852 ed. Small
8vo, 166pp, 16 ills. Very nice clean copy, F in clear plastic wrapper. (ref
2365) £15.00
The History of Bradgate
The Bradgate Books vol 3, 1974. A5 in card covers enclosing 40pp inc
index, quite a few ills inc drawings and some taken from engravings. Of all the
medieval parks in Leicestershire, Bradgate alone retains the natural unspoilt beauty of
its original landscape. The building of Bradgate House, one of the country's
earliest unfortified great houses, began c1490. The house began to fall into decay
when the Grey family chose to live on the family estates in Staffordshire. VG.
(ref 0000) *£4.00
The Rocks of Bradgate
The Bradgate Books vol 4, 1975. A5 in card covers enclosing 36pp, several good
photos & other ills. Geological interest. VG. (ref 0000) *£3.00
Old Braunstone
Jonathan Wilshere, 1972. Tall A5 booklet of 40pp, 26 photo & other ills
inc pedigree of Winstanley family. Useful appendixes include the 1664 Hearth Tax. Card
covers, G. (ref 6315) *£3.00
[Cold Newton/Billesden document] Scheduling
of Cold Newton Farm by the Land Commissioners
Official copy of an 1885 Order concerning the 123 acre Cold Newton Farm,
tenanted by William Wing. Manuscript on single parchment sheet, approx
16"x12" and ideal for framing. (ref 443/2) £12.00 post-free
Not for export
[Cold Overton document] Scheduling of
North Field Farm by the Land Commissioners
Official copy of an 1887 Order concerning the 118 acre North Field Farm,
tenanted by William Palmer. The schedule breaks the farms into 6 blocks, one of them
a 23 acre field/meadow with the intriguing name of North America. Manuscript on
single parchment sheet, approx 15"x14" and would look good in a frame.
(ref 443/6) £12.00 post-free Not for export
[Cold Overton/Pickwell/Whissenden
(Rutland)/Knossington/Braunstone document] Scheduling of Farms etc by the Board
of Agriculture
Official copy of an 1892 Order scheduling 2924 acres under the 1864 Land
Improvement Act. Less than 50 acres lay in the Rutland parish of Whissenden.
Very detailed document in that it shows tenant farmers, field names and acreages.
Manuscript on 8 parchment sides, approx 10"x15". (ref 443/5) Also on
the Rutland page £25.00 post-free Not for export
[Cold Overton/Knossington document] Scheduling
of Farms by the Board of Agriculture
Official copy of an 1892 Order concerning several farms variously tenanted by
G W Brown, William Chamberlain, D Freeman, Glover and Carter, F Marriott. Curiously
the field names and acreages are shown but not the actual names of the farms - however
this detail will surely be found by cross-referencing with the 1891 census.
Manuscript on 4 parchment sides, approx 10"x15". (ref 443/7) £22.00
post-free Not for export
[Hathern document] Scheduling of Glebe lands
by the Land Commissioners
An official copy - signed by two of the commissioners, and bearing an official
seal - of an 1884 Order scheduling 261 acres of glebe land under the 1864 Land Improvement
Act. Looking back from today it's a pity they didn't feel the need to elaborate on
exactly what those 261 acres were. Manuscript on parchment, approx
17"x13". (ref 443/1) £10.00 post-free Not for export
[Heather] Deeds to The Swan Alehouse
& Adjoining Property
In 1854 John Newton sold several cottages including 'all those two messuages or tenements
(one whereof is used as a grocers shop) formerly one dwellinghouse or tenement with the
yard gardens orchard stable and outbuildings thereto belonging situate and being in
Heather aforesaid many years since known as the Swan Inn.....'. This conveyance is
the most recent in a reasonably complete sequence of property deeds - principally
concerning The Swan - stretching back to 1732. The documents not specifically
concerning The Swan relate to the adjoining cottages, and are so inextricably linked that
the whole collection of deeds cannot be split. In total there are 49 documents, 35
of them on parchment. A few of the 14 paper items are in fact copies of some of the
parchment ones. Principal names involved at intervals through the 120 years covered
by these deeds are Hinckley, Piddock, Daking, Sansome, Tatlow, Newton, also Earp, Pearsall
& Heafield - though most of them were owners rather than occupiers - however the
documents mention current and former occupants as a way of identifying the properties.
None of the documents contain or are accompanied by plans, the naming of occupants
was clearly regarded as being sufficient to identify individual properties. Unusual
to have the opportunity to acquire such a run of deeds. The collection (ref 9/21)
£235.00 Not
for export
[Heather] John Newton's Account Book
1823-1834
42pp containing hundreds of manuscript entries in this early exercise book.
Entries start at both ends of the book, one end for payments and the other for
receipts (mainly rents). Very worn & grubby but a rare survival. (ref
9/20) £30.00 Not
for export
Glimpses of Ancient Leicester in Six Periods
Mrs T Fielding Johnson, 1891. 306pp inc index, 3 maps, 39 other ills, useful
list of books consulted. The town from Roman times to the end of the 18th century. Rather
loose and worn copy lacking the fep. (ref 2330) £12.50
A Short History of Leicester Forest East and
West
Jonathan Wilshere, 1980. A5 booklet with photo card covers, 16pp containing
several photos and double-page map. VG. 2 copies available (refs 7139-7140), each *£3.50
A Short History of Leicester Markets and Fairs
Susan E Green and Jonathan Wilshere, 1973. 4to booklet in card covers, 44pp
inc index, plenty of ills. VG. (ref 7130) s *£4.00
Our Century - A Scrapbook of Leicester
Radio Leicester, A4 booklet in printed card covers, nd but approx 1981. 59pp,
many photos. Top corners dogeared, G. (ref 7162) *£4.00
Leicester As It Was
Alan Broadfield, 1972. Oblong A4 in photo card covers, unpaginated but 59
evocative photos with captions. G. (ref 7160) *£4.00
Victorian Leicester
Malcolm Elliott, 1979. 192pp inc index, 37 plate-ills mainly photos.
The edge of the rear ep has become stuck to the d/w and will need careful separation
- but a very nice clean copy which would o/w be F. The title is still in print at
£9.95, this F copy in price clipped but VG d/w (ref 0000) £4.00
A Walk Through Leicester
Susanna Watts, 1967 facsimile rep of her original ed, pub anonymously in
1804, one of the earliest of all town guides. 12mo, 148pp, multifolding map at end.
Ex-college lib, both front pastedown & fep are damaged by removal of labels,
'withdrawn' stamp on fep and verso of t/p, nevertheless a clean copy. Originally
supplied with slipcase, now missing. A comparable copy is currently on offer on the
internet at £43, our copy (ref 2177) a bit more affordable at *£12.00
An Account of Leicester Castle
James Thompson, 1859. Original gilt & blind limp boards (now very
faded), 54pp, frontis eng of the interior as it was in 1821, site plan, two engs of the
old dungeon, another plate is of architectural details & ground plan of the hall.
Contents clean, recently rebacked & eps renewed, spine blank. (ref 6568)
*£20.00
Bygone Loughborough
Herbert W Cook, 1934. 162pp inc index, 9 ills on 8 plates as required.
Chapters of local history from the earliest days to the incorporation of the
borough. Extensive embrowning of pp34/35 and pp110/111 probably due to loose
insertion of newspaper clippings o/w a decent enough copy with no serious faults, G.
(ref 2924) £20.00
[Market Harborough] Harborough in Camera
Pam Aucott & Steph Mastoris, 1992. 4to in pictorial card covers,
162 captioned photos, some dating back well into the Victorian era. G. (ref
5338) £5.00
[Sapcote & Stoney Stanton document] Scheduling
of Lands under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
Official copy of an 1892 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling 150
acres in Stoney Stanton occupied by William Clark, and 1160 acres in Sapcote, variously
occupied by Joseph Brown, Mrs Hunt, William Hill, John Kirby, James Messenger, Ann
Messenger, Ephraim Morley, Henry Morley, William Moore, William Miles, William Nurse,
Arthur Pridmore, William Spencer, Jonathan Wood and William Buckingham. Manuscript
on parchment, 7 sides, each approx 10"x15". An excellent research aid for
both the local and family historian - particularly those researching Sapcote - as all the
field names are detailed together with acreages. (ref 443/4) £25.00
post-free Not for export
[Stoney Stanton document] Scheduling of
May's Farm under the 1864 Land Improvement Act
An official copy of an 1881 Order by the Inclosure Commissioners concerning
the 87 acre May's Farm, owned by Edward Frewin but tenanted by Geoffrey May.
Manuscript on parchment, approx 16"x14", single sheet and ideal for
framing. (ref 443/3) £12.00 post-free Not for export
Bygone Wigston
Duncan Lucas, 1979. Wide A5 booklet [pp are approx 8"x8"],
unpaginated but containing upwards of 40 photos inc one of an ungainly-looking post-mill
at Crow Mills. Photo-card covers, G. (ref 7163) *£4.50
Inns of Leicestershire
Eric Swift, nd. A5 booklet in card covers, 40pp inc index, 18 photo-ills. An
account of the main buildings still standing or of which at least part could still be
seen. VG. (ref 7133) *£3.50
Victorian and Edwardian Leicestershire from
Old Photographs
Iona Cruickshank & Allen Chinnery, 1977. 4to, unpaginated but 139
evocative photos with captions. VG in G (spine faded) d/w. (ref 7167) £8.50
Cap and Apron - An Oral History of Domestic
Service in the Shires, 1880-1950
Samuel Mullins & Gareth Griffiths, the Harborough Series No 2, 1986.
A4 in green pictorial card covers, 66pp inc useful bibliography for those who wish
to study further, plenty of photos & reproductions of old adverts. G. (ref
165/43) *£4.00
Village History in Records
Heather Broughton, 1982. A4 in card covers, 24pp, plenty of ills.
A good beginners guide to local history, using examples of Leicestershire documents
to illustrate the range of sources. Ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, their stamp
at bottom corner of title-page. G. (ref 252/135) *£2.50