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Citation re Probate of Samuel Bagnall of Coptivinney, Ellesmere
This very unusual document was issued in 1863 by the Shrewsbury Probate Registry revoking a grant of probate made to Coptivinney farmer James Bagnall the previous year.  The document mentions an 'alleged will' of Samuel Bagnall - presumably the father of James - but on the affidavit of Samuel's widow Mary it appears the will may have been a forgery - certainly there was something wrong with it.  James Bagnall was given 8 days in which to return the grant of probate.  Manuscript on parchment, signed by the court registrar.  (ref 323/54)  *£15.00  Not for export

[Bridgewater family of Clungunford]  Part of Family Document
This single page from an 1852 Bridgewater family document bears what we take to be (the handwritings are different) the signatures of 5 members of the family, the senior member Mary Bridgewater was Mary Wellings before her marriage to John Bridgewater in about 1827.  Manuscript on large parchment sheet, seals missing.  (ref 54/27)   *£6.00  Not for export

[Alveley deed]  Lease of House, Cottage anmd Land
This 1762 lease for possession, between Jermyn Grove and Henry Jermyn Grove, is for 'All that messuage wherein Richard White heretofore and Humfrey White lately did and now one Richard Pitt doth inhabitt and dwell and all houses outhouses barns stables buildings gardens orchards courts curtilages and foldyards.....and also all that toft.....and ground whereon a messuage or house.....in the occupation of one Henry Brown did stand now or late in the occupation of the said Richard Pitt and also.....the parcel of land called Barn Close.....'.  There follow details of other plots of land identified by such names as The Great Foxleys, Scawtons, Etheridge Meadow etc.   Manuscript on paper, signed Jermyn Grove, rather crumpled at the main fold which with care can be flattened out.  Nice and clean and would look good in a frame.   (ref 270/12)  £15.00 post-free Not for export

[Baschurch]  Sale Particulars for the Stanwardine Estate
Printed particulars for the 1869 sale of the 240 or so acre Stanwardine Estate tenanted by John Pembrey 'or his undertenants' which probably meant he didn't occupy all the 240 acres.  Accompanying the particulars is a large hand-coloured multifolding plan showing this rather fragmented estate.  (ref 3734)  £15.00 post-free within UK

The Register of Bedstone
Shropshire Parish Register Society, nd but 1905. 20pp disbound section accompanied by separate disbound index, neither have covers or spine. Covers the period 1719-1812. Unopened copy. (ref S175/29)  *£4.00

The Register of Church Preen
Shropshire Parish Register Society, nd. 32pp, front paper cover missing, separate index loosely inserted. Unbound copy. Covers the period 1680-1812. (ref S175/42) £4.00

[Clugunford document]  Lease of Beckjay Watermill
This is the counterpart copy of an 1836 21 year lease of 'all that messuage or tenement with the water corn mill, outbuildings.....now in the possession of.....Samuel Urwick.....'.  Manuscript on large parchment sheet, bears signature Samuel Urwick.   (ref 54/26)  *£15.00  Not for export

Notes on Condover
H M Auden, 1932. Grey card covers, 41pp, 4 photo plates. G. (ref 8161)   *£6.00

[Deuxhill & Glazeley - see Middleton Scriven]

[Drayton in Hales document]  Mortgage of 3 Newly Built Houses
This 1812 mortgage records the borrowing of £100 by Thomas Pugh on a plot of land (part of Little Field) in Tinker's Lane leading from Staffordshire Street on which he'd recently built three cottages 'now in the several tenures of Thomas Sillitoe, Sarah Ward and John Mountford', and another small plot of land in Tinker's Lane on which he'd recently built a cottage 'now in the occupation of the said Thomas Pugh'.  Manuscript on large parchment sheet (approx 31"x25"), bears the signature Thomas Pugh.   Worn along old folds (though not worn through) and rather grubby, but no more than most other parchment deeds of this age.  (ref 6808)  £15.00 post-free  Not for export

The Parish Registers of Edgmond
Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1912.  Printed paper covers enclosing pp1-230, unindexed.  Covers the period 1659-1809.  Unopened copy in suprisingly good condition.  (ref 0000)  £16.00

The Parish Registers of Edgmond [concluding part only]
Shropshire Parish Register Society, nd but 1912.  This is the second and finishing-off section consisting of just pp231-236 [comprising extracts from a lost register and covering the period 1559-1651] followed by 37pp of indexes covering both Edgmond vols.  This is a section taken from one of the Society's multi-parish volumes and as such has no covers.   (ref S175/49)  *£4.00

[Hopton]  Horse and Cart Days
Memories of a farm boy by A B Tinsley. A5 size in salmon card covers, 68pp, several drawings by the author. Author was brought up in the years 1910 to 1925 at Stone House Farm. There are several Hoptons in Shropshire - this one is a hamlet just off the A53, NE of Shrewsbury. VG. (ref 8153)  *£5.00

Index to Llanyblodwel Registers
Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1913.  23pp printed index of names and of places in green card covers, a very nice clean copy (ref 0000)  £6.00 UK post-free

Another copy, also VG.  (ref 6926)   £6.00 UK post-free

The Register of  Llanyblodwel
Shropshire Parish Register Society, nd but c1913.  A disbound section from one of the large multi-parish volumes of registers produced by the Society - thus the front printed paper cover is missing but at least the back one is present.  Pp1-179 covering the period 1599-1812.  (ref S175/47)  £10.00

The History and Antiquities of the Town of Ludlow
Thomas Wright, 1972 facsimile rep of 1826. Small 8vo, 276pp inc index, several ills. "This compendious account....is presented to the Public for the purpose of supplying in a cheap and portable form, such particulars as will be found contributary to the amusement and information of the occasional visitant, or the inquisitive inhabitant". Fep missing o/w F in G d/w. (ref 0000)  £8.00

[Ludlow document]  Odd Page from Document
This is from a once multi-page document concerning a small property [Lyme Close Garden] in Corve Street, the principal parties being Humphrey Child and John Taylor.   Early-mid 19c, parchment, no signatures.  (ref 54/29)  *£2.00   Not for export

[Ludlow]  Solicitor's County Court Record & Ledger
A massive ledger (pp are approx 10"x15") used to record court judgements on debt cases, mainly claims by traders for money owed them for work done or goods supplied.  Printed pages with manuscript insertions, shows names of plaintiffs and claimants, amount awarded by the court, and details of payments made - often in instalments.  This is the equivalent of what we today would call the Small Claims Court.  The ledger details 600 cases during the period 1910 to 1913, the plaintiffs and defendants coming from the surrounding area including Shrewsbury, Craven Arms, Leintwardine, Bromfield, but predominantly Ludlow.  Some people paid up straight away, others paid in instalments over several years, others appear to have got away without paying anything.  At the front of the ledger is an alphabetical index of claimants giving an idea of the frequency of debt-chasing - for example Ludlow grocer Gaius Smith took 33 people to court for goods supplied but not paid for.  A fascinating and unique slice of life shortly before the 1st World War unobtainable elsewhere.  Covers very grubby, back board bears all the hallmarks of having been stored on a cold floor - damp affected [from cold moist air rather than from liquid], cloth loose and the final few leaves also show this evidence of former dampness - the rest of the contents are clean enough, though.  Only the front board bears any text [CC Record and Ledger], the calf spine appears always to have been blank.  Books of this size and weight often suffer from weakness at the hinges - however this ledger was made with nice strong hinges and there is no damage to either hinge, both inside and out.   (ref 2184)  £190.00 

Market Drayton Then and Now
Keith Pybus and Gordon Dickins, 1995.  Odd size [pp are approx 8"x7"] in pictorial card covers, 88pp most of which contain captioned photos specially commissioned or hitherto unseen.  VG.  (ref 525/33)  £4.00

[Melverley]  Court Case Brief etc
In January 1893 George John Morgan, a Kinnersley surgeon, was driving his gig along the highway at Cae Lloy. In the dark he damaged the gig on a pile of stone brought in by barge to raise the level of the road which flooded regularly. These 4 little documents give us a vivid insight into the trials & tribulations of a vicar (Rev H H Howard) whose enthusiasm & enterprise landed him at Shrewsbury County Court accused of negligence. It would be interesting to know the outcome. (ref 198/12) *£10.00   Not for export

The Parish Registers of Middleton Scriven and Deuxhill & Glazeley
Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1906. 18+20pp, indexes loosely inserted. Covers the periods 1728-1812 [Middleton Scriven] & 1718-1812 [Deuxhill & Glazeley]. Nice clean unopened copy, F. (ref S175/31)  *£8.00

[Much Wenlock Insurance Policy]  Fire Insurance Policy for Chapel in Much Wenlock Cemetery
1902 policy insuring the chapel for £900 and its contents for £100.   Paper, manuscript entries on printed form, approx 15"x19", multifolded but would flatten out & look good in frame.  (ref 37/1)  *£8.00   Not for export

Munslow Parish Registers - Index
Shropshire PR Soc, 1912. 36pp, original printed paper wraps. VG unopened copy. (ref 6277)  £3.00

Another copy - as above.   (ref S175/26) £7.50 UK post-free

[Oswestry Parish register]  Prelims and Index to Vol 1 of the Oswestry Registers
Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1909.  Familiar buff printed card covers enclosing pp i-vii (title and introduction) and pp i-cx (index of places & names).  Covers the period 1558-1669.  Covers sunned, nevertheless VG and an unopened copy.  (ref 2117)  £10.00

Oswestry Parish registers 1558-1593
Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1904.  Familiar buff printed card covers enclosing pp1-160.  Covers worn and sunned but contents nice and clean.   (ref 2118)  £11.00

[Oswestry]  Sale Particulars - Houses and Lands
Printed particulars for the 1839 sale of a house, stable, coach house, malthouse etc in Salop Road, two adjoining houses, 4 newly built houses in Salop Road, together with vacant plots of land.  Occupants are variously shown as Mrs Fox, Mr Lewis, Mr Wood, Mr John Williams or their undertenants, and Rev R Clark, Mrs Rogers, Mr James, Mrs Bishop, and John Howell who is described as a gardener and seedsman.   Accompanying the particulars is a large hand-coloured folding plan.  The outside (as folded) is very grubby.  Printed particulars of this vintage are relatively scarce and it's even more unusual to find one with the detailed site plan.   (ref 3713)  £24.00 post-free within UK

St Bartholomew's Church and Richard's Castle
Anon, nd 4to roneo'd pamphlet of 10pp of text with 5 ills. (ref 0000) *£1.50

[Richards Castle/Ashford Bowdler document]  Sale Particulars for the Ashford Hall Estate inc 2 Farms
Printed particulars for the 1919 sale (following the 1910 death of Sir Edward Lechmere Russell) of the 266 acre Ashford Hall Estate on the Shropshire/Herefordshire border.  As well as Ashford Hall itself, the estate included the 136 acre Ashford Hall Farm (tenanted by Charles Tudge) and the 91 acre Church House Farm (John Collings).   The particulars include 2 large multifolding coloured location plans.  There's also a full-page photo of the ivy-clad Hall.  Nice clean copy esp the plans.   (ref 446/47)  £28.00 post-free within UK

[Shipton & Stanton Lond document]  Scheduling of Lands by the Land Commissioners
Official copy of an 1888 order by the Land Commissioners scheduling 925 acres owned by MP Robert Joseph More of Linley Hall.  The schedule breaks the 925 acres down into 7 lots, mostly farms or cottages but including the Feathers Inn at Stanton Long.   The tenants of 6 are identified (the 7th appears to have been vacant at the time) and the surnames are Allen, Blakeway, Childs, Howard, Jandrell, Lloyd and Boughton - do by all means email us if you think your ancestor might have been one of them.   Manuscript on single parchment sheet approx 20"x15" and ideal for framing.  Bears the embossed seal of the Land Commissioners.  (ref 438/3)  £15.00 post-free  Not for export

Memories of Shrewsbury
Alton Douglas, 1987.  A4 format in red pictorial card covers, 112pp jam-packed with captioned photos.  G.  (ref 3683)  £3.50

[Shrewsbury]  Part 2 of the Index Vol to the Registers of St Chad
Shropshire Parish Record Society, 1918.  Pp cxiii-ccxc in the familiar printed paper covers.  Without the index vols, searching through the registers of busy parishes such as St Chad's is time consuming.  This part of the index covers names from Gittins to Zamony - there's also 4pp of corrections to entries in previous St Chad's vols.  Paper spine torn along edges, but of course it was never designed to be kept in as-issued condition.  (ref 1164)  £12.00

[Shrewsbury]  Registers of St Chad's
Shropshire Parish Record Society, 1913.  Pp 705-1056 in the familiar printed paper covers.  This vol covers the period 1717/18 to 1741.  Partially unopened copy in VG condition considering the as-issued flimsy printed paper covers.   (ref 2570)  £20.00

[Shrewsbury]  Notes Relating to the Abbey Parish Church Estate
Compiled from ancient deeds and documents preserved in the parish chest by Rev William Allport Leighton, nd but c1880.  Pp15-98 probably taken from a Shropshire antiquarian society journal  and bound in plum cloth boards with gilt-on-calf title on spine.  Earlier deeds (13c-15c) are transcribed in the original Latin.   Includes lists of churchwarden from 1260, 20pp of extracts from the churchwarden's accounts from 1565, and there are 23pp of extracts from the parish registers.  Author was a renowned Shropshire botanist and antiquary - and a friend of Charles Darwin.   Boards fresh, contents clean.  (ref 1678)  £10.00

[Woolstone document]  Lease of Woolstone Farm
This 1848 lease for 3 years is of the near-150 acre Woolstone Farm to local farmer Thomas Venables.  The lease contains a schedule of the various plots of land, their acreages and state of cultivation.  Manuscript on large parchment sheet, bears signature Thomas Venables.  (ref 54/25)  *£12.50  Not for export

Abstract of the Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire vol IV, 1840-1889
Edited by R Ll Kenyon Esq, Shropshire County Records series No 17, nd.   Pale blue paper covers enclosing pp1-290 followed by 3 indexes totalling 103pp.   'This number completes the 4 volumes of Abstracts of Orders of the Shropshire Quarter Sessions.  The first consists of No's 14, 11, 12 & 13 of County Records.....The second consists of No's 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7.....The present number, being the fourth volume, with index to the whole, completes the series down to 1889 when most of the Civil business of the County was transferred from Quarter Sessions to the County Council'.'  A bit dogeared and the paper spine is the worse for wear especially at the top - but of course this was never intended to remain in these original paper covers.   Clean, though.  (ref 2877)  £25.00

The River Severn
Keith Kissack, 1982.  4to in pictorial card covers, 150pp inc index, over 70 ills - mostly photos.  Very nice clean copy, F.  (ref 8195)  £10.00

Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses - Shropshire & Staffordshire
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1986.   Pp191-224 in pictorial card covers, descriptions of 118 Shropshire and 109 Staffordshire buildings, many of which are ill'd (inc 59 photos).  VG copy (ref 1899)   *£5.00

Shropshire County Records vol 2 - Abstracts of Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire 1709-1726
Undated but c1900.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing 57pp of abstracts taken from the Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions during the period April 1709 to March 1726.  A useful finding aid, the local historian can use these abstracts to look up their area of interest which will pinpoint where to look in the much more voluminous ordinary Sessions Rolls to get the full detail - for example, houses in several parishes are licensed as chapels or meeting houses, there are frequent appeals by parishes concerning settlement/removal orders and there are odd entries concerning bastardy orders, apprenticeships etc.  There's some good detail in here for family historians as well, but the lack of an index is a pain.   Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/178)   *£6.00

Shropshire County Records vol 3 - Abstracts of Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire 1726-1741
Undated but c1900.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing pp58-104 containing abstracts taken from the Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions during the period July 1726 to April 1741.  A useful finding aid, the local historian can use these abstracts to look up their area of interest which will pinpoint where to look in the much more voluminous ordinary Sessions Rolls to get the full detail - for example, houses in several parishes are licensed as chapels or meeting houses, there are frequent appeals by parishes concerning settlement/removal orders and there are odd entries concerning bastardy orders, apprenticeships etc. Two other good examples are the court's blessing on the taking down and rebuilding Preston-on-the-Wildmore church in 1736, and a 1730 order for the discharge from gaol of Cardington pauper Thomas Scriven 'having been in gaol for not appearing at a sessions long since past is reduced to great poverty and will perish if not relieved'.  There's other good detail in here for family historians as well, but the lack of an index is a pain.  Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/179)  *£6.00

Shropshire County Records vol 4 - Abstracts of Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire 1741-1757
Undated but c1900.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing pp105-160 of abstracts taken from the Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions during the period July 1741 to January 1757.  A useful finding aid, the local historian can use these abstracts to look up their area of interest which will pinpoint where to look in the much more voluminous ordinary Sessions Rolls to get the full detail - for example, many orders are to do with an outbreak of cattle distemper which seems to have been county-wide, houses in several parishes are licensed as chapels or meeting houses, there are frequent appeals by parishes concerning settlement/removal orders and there are odd entries concerning bastardy orders, apprenticeships etc.  There's some good detail in here for family historians as well, for example in 1750 Joseph Darby was fined a shilling for allowing his mastiff 'well knowing that the said dog was used to run at and bite and worry the liege subjects of our Lord the King...', but the lack of an index is a pain.  Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/180)  *£6.00

Shropshire County Records vol 6 - A Full List and Partial Abstract of the Contents of the Quarter Sessions Rolls 1696-1800
Undated but c1900.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing 142pp.  'These rolls are very incomplete, most of the earlier ones having...been lost or destroyed then the old Shire Hall was burnt.  All which remain down to 1800 are included in the following list'.  Perhaps the most fascinating of all the details in this volume are the hundreds and hundreds of accidental deaths - some quite horrible - especially drownings, scaldings, people falling under wagons or down big holes, suicides and the catch-all Visitation of the Almighty - its a wonder there was anyone left.  Elsewhere are details of people being held in custody and their alleged crimes - but, as with the coroners records, there are no individual names - for that one needs to refer to the original sessions records, but this volume of abstracts does a lot of the local historian's work, eg for Stanton Lacy, 1800, 'Man riding, intoxicated with liquor, fell off as he was passing a wagon and was crushed between wheel and turnpike gatepost'.   Not so useful for the family historian, as virtually everyone is identified merely as man, woman or child.   As with the earlier volumes in this series, there's no index.  Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/182)  *£10.00

Shropshire County Records vol 7 - Abstracts of Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire 1772-1782
Undated but c1900.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing pp231-259 of abstracts taken from the Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions during the period July 1772 to October 1782.  A useful finding aid, the local historian can use these abstracts to look up their area of interest which will pinpoint where to look in the much more voluminous ordinary Sessions Rolls to get the full detail - for example, many orders are to do with appeals against bastardy orders, prisoners are being whipped and occasionally 'burnt in the hand' and for the local historian there are occasional snippets such as in 1782 when an order is given for a lock-up to be constructed at Newport.  Unindexed.  Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/183)  *£5.00

Shropshire County Records vol 8 - Plans and Documents relating to Roads, Bridges, Railways, Canals, Water, Gas, &c &c
Published 1902.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing 54pp containing details of 640 lots of plans & documents, the contents preceded by a 7pp index of places.   Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/184)  *£6.00

Shropshire County Records vol 12 - Abstracts of Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire 1660-1694
Undated but 1908.  Pale blue paper covers enclosing pp71-151 of abstracts taken from the Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions during the period January 1660 to April 1694.  A useful finding aid, the local historian can use these abstracts to look up their area of interest.   Much detail you won't find anywhere else, eg in 1690 'Churchwardens and Overseers of Rockerdine were ordered to place Wm Harris, his wife and children in Elizabeth Willey's house, she being the wife's mother and the house having been built for her late husband by the parish; but she refused to admit them.  They are to be taken again and she is to admit them at her utmost peril'.    Lots of details on bastardy orders and settlement & removal orders, but without an index the family historian will have to plough through this volume.   Very nice clean condition, single oval rubber stamp at base of title-page and inked ref no on the back cover doesn't affect the overall grading of VG.  (ref 252/188)  *£8.00